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JUNE, 1931
SURVEY
OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
WASHINGTON
V O L U M E 11
NUMBER 6
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O An Annual Supplement to" the Survey of Current Business,
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V o l u m e 11
J U N E , 1931
Number 6
W E E K L Y DATA T H R O U G H MAY 23, 1931
MONTHLY DATA T H R O U G H A P R I L
SURVEY OF
C U R R E N T BUSINESS
P U B L I S H E D BY
U N I T E D STATES DEPARTMENT OF C O M M E R C E
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CONTENTS
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Monthly business indicators
Business situation summarized
Commodity prices
1931 in comparison
Finance
Employment
Domestic trade
Foreign trade
Transportation
Construction
Agriculture
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Iron and steel industry
Metal working industry
Automobile and rubber industries
Textiles industry
Food industries
Forest products industry
Miscellaneous industries
New and revised series
Weekly business statistics
Monthly business statistics
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
Monthly Business Indicators
1923-1925 = 100
140
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
140
MANUFACTURES (ADJUSTED)*
120
120
100
100
80
60
125
FACTORY EMPLOYMENT
MINERALS {ADJUSTED)*
FACTORY PAYROLLS
120
ADJUSTED*
100
75
130
TOTAL FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS
CAR LOADINGS L.C.L.
100
DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
WHOLESALE PRICES
120
Z20
160
150
VALUE OF EXPORTS
VALUE OF IMPORTS
150
UNADJUSTED
100
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BANK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY
150
150
100
100
1927
1926
1929
1930
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* ADJUSTMENT FOR NUMBER OF WORKING DAYS AND SEASONAL
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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VARIATION
BUILDING CONTRACTS AWARDED
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1927
1926
1929
1930
1931
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931]
Business Situation Summarized
'RIL was the third consecutive month in which the
volume of business in the United States, after
allowing for normal seasonal trends, showed further
slight expansion from the low levels established in
January, while the seasonal decline occurring in early
May appears to have been slightly larger than usual.
Industrial production, as measured by the Federal
Reserve Board's seasonally adjusted index, registered
another increase in April, and in that month was 9
per cent above the December level. Output of
manufactures was larger than in March, owing to
gains in the adjusted indexes of output in the food
products, automobile, leather and shoe, cement, and
tobacco industries, while iron and steel and nonferrous metal production was smaller than in the
preceding month. The textile industries maintained
recent gains at March levels, with the woolen industry
especially active.
The index of mineral output, adjusted for seasonal
changes, increased by nearly 5 per cent from the low
level for the depression established in March. Anthracite mining was especially active, and the indexes
of bituminous coal and petroleum increased, while
production of nonferrous metals declined.
Building construction in April, as measured by
contracts awarded, decreased 9 per cent from the
preceding month, instead of continuing the seasonal
A
increase, usual at this period, which was manifest in
February and March. A further decline of seasonal
proportions occurred in the first three weeks of May.
In general, residential building has been holding up
better than commercial and industrial types.
Rail distribution of freight, as measured by car
loadings, has shown normal seasonal expansion in
March and again in April, but shipments of merchandise in the latter month increased less than usual.
Dollar sales of department stores in April, after allowance for seasonal trend and the early date of Easter,
increased by 9 per cent from March to April and in
the latter month were less than 2 per cent below the
total for April, 1930, and less than 5 per cent below that
of April, 1929, despite the decline in retail prices
during the past two years.
Our foreign trade during April was featured by declines in both exports and imports, the former being
influenced primarily by seasonal factors. The wholesale price index declined further in April, the most
severe declines occurring in nonagricultural products,
and continued downward during the first part of May.
Security prices continued to recede throughout April,
and after a temporary upturn fell to lower levels during
May. The steady liquidation was accompanied by a
further reduction in brokers' loans and by lower interest
rates, which reflected the redundance of bank funds.
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78
68
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70
77
63
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Monthly average
1926=100
96.8 104.9
92.9
123.4
123.8
124.9
117.5
106.3
107.7
120.1
99.9
117.2
118
111
146
89
84
81 !
82
62
61
90.7
89.1
86.8
84.0
84.0
84.2
82.6
80.4
78.4
95.8
93.0
88.9
83.1
84.9
85.3
82.6
79.3
75.2
88.3
87.5
85.7
84.3
83.3
82.8
81.5
80.1
79.0
97 !
98 i
97 1
105
66
59
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57
57
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65
58
110.0 !
86.6
98.4
99.5
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82
77.0
75.5
74.5
73.3
73.5
70.1
70.6
70.1
77.8
77.1
75.6
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107
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122
96
61
119
93
59
136.4
122.4
98.6
97.1
91.8
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97.4
71.1
93.1
89.2
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Monthly average 1923-1925=100
1929: April
_ . .. _
1930:
April
May, .
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June
July
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September
October..
November
December . _
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January
February. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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April _
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Monthly average, January
through April:
1929.
1930
1931 ..
102
102
122
123
115
107
104
100
95
91
91
85
82
107
105
100
94
91
90
85
84
80
104 I
103
100
97
96
94
98
92
94
92
91
90
87
84
83
82
81
80
97
94 :
91
83
82
83
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75
74
93
97
95
95
96
99
97
86
74
97
96
93 !
92 :
89
87
86
84
84
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86
88
89
81
86
88
89
90
88
87
91
78
78
78
78
68
73
75
74
74
74
75
77
82
80
80
80
83
87
89
91
119
106
86
120
106
86
115
105
89
101
94
78
108
97 j
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99
91
75
107
98
81
103
99
88
111
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108
103
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110
105
98
71
77
103
112
113
165
107
105
103
100
102
99
102
98
94
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89
89
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79
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92
100
104
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92
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MONTHLY BUSINESS INDEXES
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115
96
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
Commodity Prices
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1931
INDEXES OF COMMODITY PRICES
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1930:
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August .
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October
November
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April _ _
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1929
1930
1931
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Farm products
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commodity quotations
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96.8
104.9
97.7
92.9
107.9
95. 5
80. 6
106. 4
97.9
94.9
96. 7 | 79. 2
97.0 i 97.4
96.9
151
90.7
89.1
8fi 8
84.0
84.0
84 2
82.6
80.4
78.4
95.8
93.0
88.9
83.1
84.9
85 3
82. 6
79.3
75. 2
94.6
92.0
90.5
86.3
87.1
89 2
88.6
85.7
81.8
88.3
87.5
85. 7
84. 3
83. 3
82 8
81.5
80. 1
79.0
102.7
102.6
102.4
100.7
98. 9
99. 1
96. 5
94.0
91.2
85. 5
84. 6
82. 2
80. 0
77. 7
75. 5
73. 8
73. 3
72. 4
77. 9
78. 0
76. 4
75. 4
75. 4
70. 3
75. 1
71. 8
70. 5
98.8
96.8
95.4
94.3
92.7
91.8
90.4
90.2
90.0
94.7
92.9
90.0
88.9
87.4
86 4
85.8
85. 6
84.4
91.0
89. 9
88.9
87.8
87.3
86.6
86 0
85.2
84.8
96.2
96. 2
96.2
96.2
95.9
95.4
95.3
95.2
91.3
89.8
87.8
84.8
81. 1
81. 8
82. 1
80.0
76. 8
74.2
87.9
83.6
82.0
79. 7
78. 1
76. 5
75.5
75. 6
74.3
91.9
91.0
88.9
86. 7
86. 4
86. 8
85.6
83. 7
81.9
151
150
148
144
144
146
144
141
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77.0
75.5
74 5
73.3
73.5
70.1
70.6
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80.1
77.1
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75.6
77.8
77. 1
75. 6
74.2
88.6
86. 6
87.4
87.3
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70. 4
69. 2
67. 6
69. 8
69. 6
64. 5
61. 6
89.3
88. 9
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82.9
81.8
81.9
80.9
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82. 2
81.9
80.1
91.1 1 64.7
90.8 1 63.9
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126
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76.2
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96. 0
87. 4
69. 6
81. 3
78. 5
68. 4
105. 2
100.4
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97.7
95.5
81.9
95.6
91. 9
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96.6 : 80.0
96.8 i 78.5
90.9
64.3
98.2 i 97.8
91.2 • 90.9
70.3 1 72.3
96.5
92.5
78.8
154
152
128
99.6
98.4
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130
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Department of Agriculture.
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71.7
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97. 2
96. 5
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94.7
95.4
94.8
93.9 !
92.6 ;
127
124
123
111
108
111
106
103
97
June, 1931]
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Commodity Prices
OMMODITY prices have now been declining for
more than a year and a half. Wholesale prices in
April, 1931, were 25.2 per cent lower than in July,
1929, the peak, and the lowest since 1915. As compared with the preceding month the April index was
1.5 per cent lower. For the first four months of 1931
wholesale prices on the average showed a decline of
18.2 per cent as compared with the corresponding
period of last year. Farm product prices fell 0.8 per
cent on the average between March and April, 1931,
as a result of lower prices of three classes of grains,
cotton, wool, and livestock except lambs. Wheat,
lambs, and hay were higher in April than in March.
Although the miscellaneous food products group in
April was practically unchanged from March, meats
and dairy products declined 2.6 per cent and 3.3 per
cent, respectively. Appreciable declines occurred in
all classes of textile products. Sharp drops were also
registered in coal and petroleum products, building
materials (especially cement), mixed fertilizers, and
rubber. Hides and leather products, coke, agricultural implements, and house furnishing goods in April
were little changed from the price level prevailing in
March.
The index of farm prices in the middle of April was
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unchanged from its March level. The declines of
slightly more than 2 per cent in dairy and poultry
products, cotton and cottonseed, and miscellaneous
farm products were offset by sharp advances in prices
of fruits and vegetables. The price index of grains and
meat animals on April 15 was the same as that of the
preceding month. As compared with a year ago, the
April, 1931, index of farm prices was 28.3 per cent
lower, a decline in which all groups of farm products
have shared; the drop for the 12 months ending April
range from 19 to 36 per cent.
Prices of foods at retail on April 15, 1931, were about
2 per cent lower than on the corresponding date of the
preceding month, and on the lowest level reached since
the war. Thirty-four of the 42 articles of foods on
which regular quotations are received declined from
2 to 6 per cent, 6 advanced, and 2 remained unchanged
between March and April, 1931. As compared with
12 months previous, the index in April, 1931, was 18
per cent lower. During the first four months of 1931
retail food prices averaged 16.3 per cent lower than
during the corresponding period of 1930.
The cost of living index which has been declining
since the latter part of 1929, was 1.0 per cent lower in
April than in March, 1931.
INDEX NUMBERS OF FARM PRICES
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
1931 in Comparison
BANK
FIRST 4- MOHTHS
Y////////////A
DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK
CITY
—
REMAINDER OF YEAR
(BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
STEEL INGOT
AUTOMOBILE
FREIGHT
0
CAR
10
20
PRODUCTION
(MILLIONS OF TONS)
PRODUCTION (THOUSANDS OF CARS)
LOADINGS
(MILLIONS OF CARS)
30
*0
50
1931
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931
Finance
INANCIAL markets during April, 1931, were featured by further liquidation and by a continuaF
tion of extremely low money rates. Loans to brokers
declined to the lowest point reached since the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York began reporting the weekly
totals advanced to brokers by about 60 New York
City reporting member banks, in 1926. A decline in
stock prices of approximately 10 per cent carried the
averages down to levels which had not prevailed since
the early part of 1927. A slight rise in bond yields
for the month reflected a downward tendency in bond
prices, but, compared with April of each of the two
preceding years, the average yield showed a drop.
Money rates, especially in the call-loan market, tended
downward. New capital issues, amounting to $267,000,000, showed a continuation of a relatively low
evel which has persisted since the middle of 1930.
Aggregate bank debits outside of New York fell
during April 34 per cent below those of April, 1929,
and nearly 28 per cent below the total for the corresponding month of 1930. Debits reported for New
York City, where speculation and noncommercial
transactions greatly influence the total, showed an increase for April but were approximately 40 per cent
below those of April, 1929, and 24 per cent below the
aggregate recorded for the corresponding month a
year ago. Commercial bank statistics indicate a
marked shift of funds to investments, owing to the
declining need for commercial loans. "All other"
loans of reporting member banks—which in a nonspeculative period tend to reflect commercial needs
with a fair, degree of accuracy—declined during April
and stood at the end of the month 7.5 per cent below
the total for April, 1930. On the other hand, investments showed an increase of 36.5 per cent during the
same 12-month period.
Compared with March, the total bills discounted
by the Federal Reserve banks during April showed a
decline of 37 per cent. The total at the end of the
month stood 83 per cent below the figure reported at
the end of April, 1929, and nearly 33 per cent below
the total reported for the corresponding date in 1930.
Total reserve bank credit, which dropped below
$1,000,000,000 in January, stood slightly less than 7
per cent below the total at the end of April, 1930, but
nearly 30 per cent below the high figure of April, 1929.
This relatively small decline in total reserve bank
credit, as compared with the larger drop in bills discounted, was due to opposite movements of other credit
factors, especially holdings of Government securities.
FINANCE
Condition of Federal reserve
banks, end of month
Bank debits
I
Range
of i
open market \
money rates
New York
Reporting member
banks, Wednesday closest to end
Brokers'
of month
loans by
Years and months
New
Stock Bond New
York
MemPrime i prices yields capita]
reporting
ber
Total
Total
Notes
(404)
com(60) issues
banks i Time mer"All Total
Bein
bank Re- Loans
bills
New Outside
on other"
New Canend of loans cial
serve
cirdisreYork York
serve
investada count- bank cula- serve ratio secu- loans ments month !90-days paper,
City
City
rities
ed credit tion
ac4-6
counts
months
Per
cent i
Millions of dollars
1930: April
1930:
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1931:
January
February
March
April
47, 979
26, 803
3,623
934
1,326
1,663
2,282
74.0
38, 631
37, 423
37, 690
29, 600
25, 052
27, 383
30, 781
22, 490
29, 001
24, 347
24, 416
24, 648
23, 171
20, 966
21, 253
23, 693
19, 700
23, 113
3,082
3,427
3,398
3,094
3,802
2,967
3,618
2,974
3,012
233
313
272
200
215
272
207
275
251
1,006
1,049
1,018
934
1,025
1,103
998
1,079
1,373
1,507
1,489
1,424
1,342
1,374
1,379
1,368
1,455
1,664
2,385
2,369
2,389
2,396
2,378
2,467
2,418
2,373
2,471
82.5 8,381
81.4 8,421
81.8 8,435
83.4 8,391
81.1 8,350
79.7 ] 8,476
82.2 8,065
80.3 7,768
73.7 7,814
24, 557
_ _ _ _ _ „ 20, 948
27. 589
28,821
21, 697
17, 084
19,421
17, 620
2,668
2,535
2,570
232
198
250
157
980
925
990
937
1,494
1,478
1,486
1,535
2,398 82.2
2,343 83.7
2,428 82.6
2,371 84.0
;
Millions of dollars
7,371 9, 067
Per cent
MonthMilly
Per
lions
average cent
of
1926
dollars
= 100
5,875
5,532
8K-9
6
186.6
4.69
587
8,583
8,416
8,572
8,529
8,416
8,451
8,707
8,766
8,449
5,789
5,889
6,120
6,291 i
6, 338 !
6,454
6,731
6,800
6, 693
4,274
4,022
3,219
3,228
3,110
3,063
2,512
2,111
1,926
4 -4M
3M-3^
2H-3M
2^-3
2H-2%
2^-2%
2K-2%
2 -2K
2 -2K
3^-4 |
3M-4 |
334 3%'
3 -3H
3
i
3
i
3
i
2M-3 !
2^-3 |
181.0
170.5
152.8
149.3
147.6
148.8
127.6
116.7
109.4
4.54
4.54
4.53
4.49
4.43
4.41
4.41
4.46
4.55
628
864
445
402
122
285
153
138
131
7,379 8,374
7,313 8,151
7,256 8,126
7,052 7,941
6,843 1
7,183
7,551
7,903
1,734
1,798
1,875
1,730
1^-2^
1M-2
2 -2%
2^-3 1
2H~2%
21A
\
21/4-2%
112.3
119.8
121. 6
109.2
4.43
4.44
4.41
4.43
400
74
269
267
13/4-21/4
8
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
Employment
witnessed a slight increase in the volume of
A PRIL
general employment in the United States. Employment in the factories increased by 0.1 per cent
from March to April, but was about 15.6 per cent
less than the figure reported for April, 1930, according to the seasonally adjusted index of the Federal
Reserve Board. The mining industry as a whole
also witnessed an increase in the total volume of
employment after seasonal adjustments are made.
The unadjusted volume of wage payments to
factory workers declined 1.7 per cent from March to
April.
Greater than the usual seasonal increase in employment during April was recorded by the automobile, rubber products, and chemicals industries, while
the textiles, food, leather, and paper and printing industries reported less than the usual decrease for the
March-April period. All other Industrial groups
reported a lower level of employment after seasonal
adjustments are applied. The petroleum industry
registered the greatest gain in actual number of employees compared with March with 8.9 per cent, substantially above the usual gain recorded at this time
of the year. Tobacco manufactures registered the
largest decrease in actual number of employees, with
3.3 per cent. Both employment and pay rolls of
bituminous mines decreased slightly from March, and
the same items for anthracite mining showed increases
of more than the usual seasonal proportions. The
March level of employment was more than maintained
by the retail trade, notwithstanding the fact that on
account of the early Easter this year most of the Easter
buying came in March.
Employment and payrolls of public utility companies
showed slight decreases from March to April. The
index of employment in power, light, and water companies increased about 0. 4 per cent, and that of telegraph and telephone companies decreased approximately 0.5 per cent. Pay-roll indexes of both groups
of utilities decreased in about the same proportion.
Wages of common labor engaged in road building,
which remained steady at 39 and 40 cents per hour
during the first ten months of 1930, gradually decreased to 36 cents in January and February, declining
to 35 cents in April. The number of applicants at employment agencies per 100 jobs showed a gradual decrease as the winter drew to a close and spring activities opened, but remained above the average for the
same time last year. Trade-unions reported 25 per
cent of their members unemployed in April, a slight
decrease in unemployment being evident during the
first four months of the year.
INDEXES OF EMPLOYMENT, PAY ROLLS AND WAGES
Factory employment
F. R. B.
F.R.B.
Bituminous
coal mining
factory
pay
rolls,
Index, Index, j unadEmployad- unadYears and months
justed i justed justed ment
Anthracite
mining
Employment
Pay
rolls
Monthly average,
1923-1925=100
1929: April-.,
1930:
April..
May.
June
July .
August
September
October
November
December
1931:
January
.
February
March
April
Monthly average, January through April:
1929
1930...
1931
1
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
95.9
95.5
97.8
98.3
94.4
90.4
88.4
88.0
89.2
90.5
91.8
92.5
92. 5
81.7
77.5
75.6
68.9
71.1
74.9
79.4
79.1
77.7
84.1
93.8
90.8
91.6
80.2
93.8
99.0
97.2
99. 1
75.0
98.8
94.3
84.0
78.8
91.6
117.2
98.0
100.0
100.7
103.4
104.6
105.9
106.4
105. 2
104.8
103.4
103. 2
102.6
104.5
107.8
106.7
106.6
106.1
105. 6
103.7
106.3
98.9
99.7
99.8
100.0
98.8
96.8
94.5
93.0
91.6
68.4
73.2
74.9
73.6
93.9
91.5
88.8
85.9
73.3
68.3
65.2
58.6
90. 6
91. 0
81.2
85. 2
89.3
100.7
70.1
75.2
99.2
97.8
96.7
97.1
98.6
99.7
102.4
97.6
100.2 i 107. 8
93.1 i1 96. 9
72. 5
77.4
105.3
99.5
90.0
105.1
92.9
66.4
102. 6
93.9
87.0
100.5
95.2
83.8
93.6
99.7
97.7
93.4
101.2
99.6
92.4
91.4
89.7
86.6
84.4
83.4
82.2
81.1
80.1
92 6
90.9
88.8
85.5
85.1
86.4
84.3
81.0
78.8
97.1
94.5
90.7
82.6
81.7
83.0
80.8
75.1
73.7
78.3
77. 8
77.9
78.0
76.4
77.3
78.1 !
77.9
Employment
Employment
agencies,
appliPay cants per
rolls 100 jobs
Number
88.3
111.4
i
Retail trade
Monthly average, 1929=100
100. 7
102.1
Adjusted for seasonal variations.
Employment
Telephone
and telegraph
89.2
101.7
100.7
93.7
78.0
Pay
rolls
Power, light,
and water
100. 2
;
1
"5ST -U'
~
"STBS' ?|-
Per cent rpTltt,
of total ^gour
members per nour
95.5
96.0
128
88.0
38
103.4
103.2
103.4
106.6
102.5
102.2
100.9
97.9
101.3
97.3
96.7
93.9
89.0
85.6
92.0
95.5
98.4
115.1
97.5
97.3
96.8
91.7
87.6 1
92.4
95.1
96.8
107.7
162
164
186
198
177
170
193
227
218
79.0
80.0
80.0
78.0
78.0
79.0
79.0
78.0
77.0
40
40
40
40
39
40
39
38
37
90.5
89.2
88.6
88.1
96.3
94.8
97.9
95.0
90.0
87.1
87.8
90.1
89.4
86.7
87.5
88.3
224
202
179
73.0
73.0
74.0
75.0
36
36
37
35
96.0
100.0
89.1
96.1
104.1
96.0
96.4
96.1
88.8
96.4
97.2
88.0
145
186
86.0
79.0
73.8
37
40
36
1
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931]
9
Domestic Trade
T VOLUME of trade during April was considerably
V below that of a year ago, but current figures show
an appreciable expansion of distribution in several
important lines. In such classes of goods as silk, rayon,
cotton, wool, and linen, better retail values are available than have confronted the buyer in many years.
Department store indexes of sales reflect a greater than
normal gain for this season of the year. Department
store stocks showed about a normal seasonal increase
but merchandise freight-car loadings of less-thancarload lots showed an increase of slightly less than
normal seasonal proportions.
Mail order sales, increasing by 21.1 per cent during
April, made a better than seasonal showing, far exceeding that recorded during the past four years for this
same period. The same tendency was present in 5-and10-cent store sales, increasing by 11 per cent, as against
a 2 per cent normal increase. Advertising lineage in
the magazine field set a new high mark for the year
so far, but in newspapers the lineage figure for the
month declined slightly, and was some 11.8 per cent
under April last year. Postal receipts fell short of the
April average of 1925-1929, and showed a slight decrease from March. Last year a slight increase was
recorded from March to April.
Business failures during April, totaling 2,386, were
under those of March, and some 27.8 per cent below
the January total of 3,316 failures, the peak for the
present depression. Whereas the April failures were
8.5 per cent below the 2,604 insolvencies of March, the
March-April decrease of the years 1925-1929 averaged
only 6.9 per cent. In April of 1930 the number of
failures was increased 6.3 per cent and in 1929, a year
of marked prosperity, an increase of 1.7 per cent was
recorded from March to April. Each month of 1930
so far has recorded insolvencies in excess of 2,000. In
1930, 10 out of the 12 months witnessed over 2,000
insolvencies. The failures of April involved total
liabilities which represent a decrease of about 15.8
percent from those of March,but were still slightly
in excess of the liabilities recorded during April,
1930.
Indexes of retail food prices has shown a decline of
approximately 18.0 per cent since this time last year,
and on April 15, 1931, were about 2 per cent lower than
on the corresponding date of the preceding month,
and on the lowest level reached since the war. Cost of
living has declined about 12.4 per cent during the past
12-month period.
DOMESTIC TRADE
Department
store sales
Years and months
Unad- Adjust- justed i
ed 2
Freight car
loadings, merchandise, I.e. 1. Mailorder
sales, 2
Unad- Ad- Unad- Adhouses
just- just- justed justed 2
ed)
ed i
Department
store stocks
Five and ten
cent store
sales
Advertising
lineage
Postal
receipts,
50 se-
AdUnad- justjusted ed 2
lected
cities
Maga- Newszine paper
1
Thousands of
dollars
Monthly average, 1923-25= 100
1929: April
1930:
April
May. _
June
July
August
September
..October
November
December
1931:
January .
February
March
April
Monthly average, January through April:
1929
1930
1931.
Cost
Retail of livfood
ing,
prices clothFail- Liabiling
ities
ures
Month- MonthThouMil- lyaver- ly aversand of ! Numlions
of
age,
!»
age,
ber dollars 1913=
dollars
1923=
100
100
103
110
103
99
107
104
55, 619
142
153
; 3, 271
108
32, 352
2,021
35
1,516
98.8
110
105
98
71
77
103
112
113
165
107
105
103
100
102
99
102
98
94
101
98
93
87
87
95
101
104
85
97
96
96
94
91
91
92
92
91
101
101
98
94
95
99
97
94
86
98
98
98
95
95
95
93
92
92
56, 561
59, 350
54, 356
48, 790
50, 682
54, 419
68, 878
55, 713
72, 486
159
162
141
138
146
147
168
159
298
161
174
160
152
163
156
151
158
153
3,173
3,022
2,752
1,986
1,658
2,145
2,490
2,488
2,265
101
100
89
72
70
89
98
89
82
32, 644
2, 198
2,179
31, 370
27, 956 I 2, 026
26, 761 1 2, 028
1,913
25, 876
28, 764
1, 963
32, 279
2,124
28, 379 i 2, 031
2,525
38, 572
49
56
63
40
49
47
56
55
84
151.2
150.1
147. 9
144. 0
143.7
145.6
144.4
141.4
137.2
95.0
92.8
92.5
91.0
89.3
90.5
88.8
87.7
86 6
79
80
92
101
97
98
97
106
78
81
87
87
88
86
84
83
83
87
89
91
90
89
89
88
41, 459
39, 422
43, 008
52, 078
124
127
144
160
161
163
159
168
1,585
1,992
2,203
2,421
76
72
90
89
29, 172
26, 405
30, 178
29, 257
3,316
2,563
2,604
2,386
95 i 132. 8
60
127.0
60 ! 126. 4
51
124.0
84.6
84.4
83.2
82.0
98
95
88
111
107
100
97
96
83
100
98
85
103
99
88
104
100
89
50, 707
49, 502
43, 992
133
137
139
156
160
163
102
92
82
32, 084
31, 694
28, 753
2,127
2,392
2,717
40
153.4
55
152.4
67 1 127. 5
98.9
96.3
83.6
1
60200—31-
Monthly aver- Thou- Milage, 1923-1925= 1 sand of lions of
lines
lines
100
! Commercial
business
1 failures
-2
Corrected to average daily sales.
2
Adjusted for seasonal variation.
10
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
Foreign Trade
value of both exports and imports of the
THEUnited
States during April, 1931, as in each of the
three months immediately preceding, fell below totals
for the corresponding period of 1930, The former fell
off 35 per cent, while the latter dropped 39 per cent in
comparison with respective declines of 37 per cent and
36 per cent during the first quarter. The excess of
merchandise exports over imports was $171,600,000 as
contrasted with an excess of $260,000,000 in April,
1930.
Owing to the varying number of days in the months,
daily averages of monthly data are more exact indicators of the month-to-month movement of trade than
the unadjusted monthly data. On a daily average
basis, the value of exports in April, 1931, amounting
to $7,233,000, reached the lowest level of the year with
a decrease of about 5 per cent from the average in the
month immediately preceding. Imports of $6,233,000
dropped back about 8 per cent from, the average for
March to approximately the same average as in February. The decline in exports during April as compared
with those of March represented primarily the usual
seasonal drop in shipments of raw cotton, while that in
imports was chiefly accounted for by a reduction in
our purchases of coffee, raw silk, and fertilizers.
For the period of January to April, 1931, the value
of exports, amounting to $927,000,000, fell 37 per cent
lower than in the corresponding period of 1930.
Although this reduction in dollar value was due in
part to smaller foreign sales, which on a quantitive
basis fell off slightly less than 25 per cent, it reflected
also the sharp drop of about 17 per cent in the unit
value (price) of total exports. The proportion of
finished manufactures in total exports declined
from 53.2 per cent in the period January-April, 1930, to
50.1 per cent this year, primarily as a result of the large
relative declines in shipments of automobiles and in the
value of refined mineral oils.
Imports, totaling $754,000,000, declined 37 per cent
in value as compared with the value in January-April,
1930. Their low average unit value, which showed an
even greater drop (about 25 per cent) than that of
exports, accounted for a large part of the decrease in
dollar value. The quantity of imports fell off only
about 16 per cent. The fact that crude materials and
semimanufactures constituted a smaller proportion of
the total value of imports than in the corresponding
period of last year was due primarily to the sharp
relative declines in prices of crude rubber, raw silk,
wool, tin, and copper.
FOREIGN TRADE
General imports
Exports of United States merchandise
Year and month
Exports,
including
reexports i
Crude
materials
Total
Finished manufactures
Foodstuffs
Raw
Wheat
cot- Total and
ton
flour
Meats
and
fats
SemiFruits nianand ufacprep- tures Total
arations
Machinery
Auto- i
mobiles, i ra<lft
Total
«; ^
FinSemi- ished
Crude Food- 111
an u- manuma- stuffs facfacterials
tures tures
accessories
Millions of dollars
1929:
April
425.3
71.3
47.5
53.3
11.2
16.4
8.6
65.4
228.1
51.2
63.9
20.5
410.7
146.9
98.1
82. 3
83.4
331.7
April.
320.0
May
294.7
June..
.
266.8
July
297.8
August
..
September
312.2
326.9
October
November
__ . 289.0
December
274.9
1931:
January
249.6
224.3
February..
March
235.9
April
217.0
Cumulative, Januarv through
April:
1, 844. 9
1929
1,461.0
1930
926.9
1931
52.4
40.8
37.5
36.6
53.1
93.7
104.8
90.9
76.7
31.1
19.0
15.7
14.8
27.6
62.8
64.9
59.3
47.2
37.1
42.8
40. 7
40. 7
52.5
46.0
47.3
4.5. 6
40. 5
9.1
11.7
13.2
16.4
24.0
18.4
11.4
7.8
6.3
12.8
14.7
13.0
12.1
12.1
9.9
9.8
11.0
9.8
4.6
4.9
5.0
4.9
7.7
9.2
17.1
17.5
15.1
47.8
49.9
47.2
39.9
40.8
37.2
38.0
33.1
33.9
189.3
178.5
164.9
144.7
147.4
130.8
132.7
115.8
119.7
50.9
49.3
42.4
37.8
34.1
33.6
30.8
33.2
36.1
35.1
29.2
21.0
17.4
17.0
16.4
14.5
14.1
15.3
23.0
20.2
27.0
22.5
25.6
16.5
21.9
12.4
13.7
307.8
284.7
250.3
220.6
218.4
226.4
247.4
203.6
208.6
105. 6
86.7
76.7
69.6
72.6
75.4
77.5
59.2
69.1
69.7
76.3
60.2
49.0
43.8
48.2
56.1
48.4
52.3
61.8
53.2
51.6
44.7
44. 1
41.0
45.5
38.3
38.1
70.8
68.4
61.8
57.2
57.8
61.8
69.2
57.8
49.2
58.6
47.7
56.5
40.0
31.2
25.4
36.0
22.9
35.5
29.5
33.0
28.2
4.9
3.2
3.9
5.7
12.2
10.6
10.1
8.5
10.7
8.9
10.7
6.4
34.5
27.5
31.4
30.6
117. 1
116. 1
110.3
111.1
37.7
44.0
29.4
31.1
14.4
16.1
18.5
18.0
13.8
10.6
8.4
10.7
183.1
174.9
210.2
185.7
59.4
56.4
64.0
54.7
42. 1
46.1
56.6
51.9
36.9
31.5
39.8
33.4
44.8
41.2
49.2
45.7
370.6
294.5
202.7
256. 3
185.5
115.5
258.8
185.2
126. 2
45.3
48.3
17.6
69.9
61.0
41.3
49.5
28.2
36.8
261.0
192.9
124.0
924.2
764.6
424.5
206.2
220.3
142.2
245.0
132.6
66.9
80.5 1, 532. 8
91.3 1, 201. 0
43.5 754. 0
565. 6
415. 0
235.0
354. 8
259. 9
196.4
293.3
251. 5
141.8
319. 2
274.7
181.1
1930:
:
Reexports of foreign merchandise during March, 1931, were $4,755,000.
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931]
11
Transportation
the steam railroads appear to have held their dividend
payments to a level of last year. The dividend payments during April were 4.7 per cent under those of
April car loadings for the past five years were 19.6 per April last year, but were 11.4 per cent over the divicent under March, so that the current upward trend is dends paid in April, 1929. The average dividend
contrary to the usual trend for this season of the }^ear. payments during the first four months of 1931 were
April car loadings, however, were 17.5 per cent under $46,025,000 as against only $39,150,000 during the
same period in 1929.
April, 1930, and 25.2 per cent under April, 1929.
The aggregate value of new security issues put out
The movement of merchandise in less-than-carload
lots during April increased slightly over March, but by railroads fell from $200,018,000 in March to
was still some 10.4 per cent under April last year. $6,000,000 in April, the lowest total since October,
The average monthly merchandise movement by the 1930. The average total of new railroad issues, howrailroads during the first four months of the year was ever, for the first four months of the current year was
11.3 per cent under the average for the same period in 54.4 per cent over that reported for the same period
1930 and 14.9 per cent under 1929. Freight move- in 1929, but 32.3 per cent under the first four months
ments of grain and grain products, coal and coke, and of 1930. The price of 25 principal railroad stocks
forest products during April were under March of last decreased during April to the lowest level of the present
depression, while the price of highest-grade bonds
year.
The freight-car surplus has gradually decreased was on about the same level as for the past three
during the past two months, but the average number months. Clearances of ocean steamers from American
of idle cars is still some 40.8 per cent greater than at ports showed a material increase during April as
this time last year and 173 per cent greater than in compared with March and were the highest recorded
1929. The peak in the number of surplus cars in the this year, but were 17.9 per cent under April, 1930, and
present depression, however, was recorded in Decem- 29.4 per cent under April, 1929. Average clearances for
the first third of 1931 were 18.5 per cent under the same
ber, 1930.
In spite of the material reduction in freight carrying, period last year.
REIGHT movements during April, as reflected by
F
the number of freight-car loadings, advanced
slightly above the level set during March. Average
Thousands of cars
1929- \pril
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1931:
January
February March
April
Monthly average,
January through
April:
1929
1930 .
1931.
Per cent
of par
value
Millions
ThouThousands of sands of
long tons net tons
Railroad securities
if !i l«s
fcg
Thousands of
dolla s
>'
•g£^
oca
D
°Lars
shafe
•eg
IP
Ocean traffic,
clearances,
American
ports
S^
Panama
Canal traffic,
American,
both
directions
:
Electric
railways,
passengers
carried
I 1
Dividend payments, steam
railways
rt
ilj e222*
&«
• «
Net ton-mile
operations,
millions of tons
£
.STJ.S1
Forest
products
3 J-
Coal and
coke
Years and
months
Livestock
Freight-car loadings
Freight-car
surplus
TRANSPORTATION
3,989
1,062
144
107
632
278
111
1,655
221
38, 346
34, 200
159, 783
128. 49
88.05
775
1,194
2,738
3,619
4,599
3,719
3,556
4,670
3,725
3,818
4,127
2,784
1,004
1,210
967
899
1,179
944
966
1,133
820
157
188
166
233
304
189
163
190
143
96
117
86
80
106
108
129
140
94
571
740
579
557
769
638
733
852
638
230
265
199
160
207
162
159
174
121
51
259
250
245
284
195
154
92
22
1,510
1,820
1,472
1,382
1,821
1,490
1,514
1,546
946
428
442
465
455
432
394
403
580
707
34, 894
36, 956
34, 419
35, 580
37, 421
36, 220
39, 292
32, 295
29, 026
40, 000
36, 600
39, 500
54, 000
36, 900
29, 900
44, 000
38, 500
39, 000
178,662 !
60,435
178, 467
62, 632
41, 516
76, 254
5,000
7,600
14, 250
131.18
123. 59
113. 84
113.69
110. 38
110. 16
97.30
90.23
82.00
89.81
90.42
91.36
92.83
94.25
95.83
95.85
94.63
92. 89
729
736
682
655
647
646
701
659
719
1,120
1,116
1,062
1,221
1,022
1,040
1,133
1,009
953
2,966
3,112
2,822
3,371
3,359
3.060
2,651
2,501
1,991
3,491
2,836
2.940
2.986
997
842
886
899
196
165
153
151
124
88
79
85
817
584
555
486
156
138
138
130
26
22
23
29
1,175
997
1,105
1,206
647
651
622
603
30, 314
27, 079
29, 960
55, 600
44, 900
45, 500
38, 100
175, 004
12, 000
200, 018
6,000
90.38
92.03
84.55
74.97
96. 59
96.41
96. 31
96.11
693
629
958
864
910
929
1,843
1,695
1,773
2,092
4,036
3,722
3,063
1,064
1,021
906
182
172
166
113
107
94
809
727
611
268
231 1
141
60
41
25
1,541
1,423
1,121
249
432
631
38, 981
35, 317 ,
i
39, 150
47, 775
46, 025
63, 648
145, 096
98, 256
130. 47
130. 24
85.48
88. 66
89.67
96.36
784
744
1,195
1,162
915
2,186
2,271
1,851
12
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
Construction
activity, as measured by contracts
CONSTRUCTION
awarded, showed relatively little change from
Production of cement was at a low rate during the
first quarter of 1931, but increased 36 per cent from
March to April. The number of square feet of all March to April and in the latter month amounted to
types of construction, after having Increased 34 per about 82 per cent of the production during April, 1929.
cent from February to March, showed much less than Shipments of maple flooring were slightly larger than
the usual seasonal increase from March to April, while in March, but total shipments during the first four
the value of all contracts awarded during April was 9 months of 1931 were 53 per cent less than during the
per cent less than in March. Residential building, corresponding period of 1929.
which has been of comparatively small volume throughConstruction costs as indicated by the prices of
out 1929 and 1930, showed but slight change from structural steel shapes, cement, lumber, and the rates
March to April; the square footage of contracts paid common labor have declined almost steadily since
awarded for this type of building increased 2 per cent December, 1929. The decline from March to April
and the value decreased 5 per cent. Construction of amounted to 1.5 per cent and was the largest decline
public works and utilities was unusually heavy through- yet recorded for construction costs since the beginning
out 1930, but has slackened somewhat during the first of the general fall in prices. Building material prices
four months of 1931. The value of contracts awarded for frame and brick houses likewise have declined since
for construction of this character declined about 13 the latter part of 1929 and in April were lower than at
per cent from March to April, and although the total any time since the World War. Common brick shipvalue for the first four months of 1931 is 10 per cent ments increased for the fourth consecutive month, but
larger than in the first four months of 1929, it is about total shipments since the first of the year were 70 per
17 per cent less than in the corresponding period of cent less than the total in the corresponding period
last year.
1930.
BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION, AND REAL ESTATE
Building contracts awarded
Years and months
F. R. B.
index
(value
unadjusted)
All types of
Residential
construction j building
i
Public works
and utilities
MilMilMilMilMil- ThousMonthly lions
sands lions
lions lions
lions
average
of
of
of
of
of
of
1923square
square
square
dollars feet
dollars feet
dollars
1925=100
feet
1929: April _ _ _ _ _
1930:
April
_.
May
June
July
August September
October
November _ . _ .
December..
1931:
January ,_
February
March
April __ _
Monthly average, January through April:
1929
_.
1930
1931
Building
material
prices
B uilding materials
FabriMaple Cecated Comfloor- ment— struc- mon Frame Brick
ing— protural brickship- duc- steel— ship- house house
ments tion
new ments
orders j
1 Thousands Thou- Thouof
sands sands
feet,
of
of
board barrels
short
meastons
ure
Millions
of
brick
Long-term
real estate
Construction
cost,
Eng.
News
Rec.
bonds
Real i
estate
market
activiTo fitydeeds
nance
record- Total coned
struction
Month-!
av- ! Thous ands of
i First of month month- ly
erage
dol lars
ly average 1913=100 1926=
100
156
85.0
642
51.7
256.8
606
191.2
6,821
13, 750
314
181
203.4
85.7
21,711
12, 962
118
111
146
89
84
81
82
62
61
56.6
53.7
48.2
44.6
39.8
41.2
39.5
33.1
29.1
483
457
601
367
347
332
337
254
249
25.4
23.5
20.8
18.2
16.8
19.7
22.3
18.8
14.7
123.1
116.6
96.8
84.3
82.7
98.5
104.7
80.8
70.9
1,999
1,099
1,907
946
1,297
1,484
339
468
697
165.7
152.1
322.8
121.1
126.7
109.1
113.0
76.4
78.6
4,096
4,669
3,956
4,625
4,416
3,331
2,886
2,554
1,811
13, 521
17, 249
17, 239
17, 078
17, 821
16, 124
14, 410
11,098
8,480
223
279
254
270
252
156
209
151
153
104.2
98.8
123.7
82.4
| 105.5
: 115.3
1 103.4
103.5
i 33.5
173
177
175
173
169
168
171
165
168
176
181
179
177
175
174
176
172
174
207.2
205.9
203.4
201.0
201.0
199.6
198.7
198.5
196.9
73.0
73.5
66.7
69.8
69.6
66.8
74.0
64.6
68.9
27, 435
3,813
11, 093
16, 425
1,938
13, 890
6,635
9,965
29, 877
8,295
88
6,648
10, 725
300
1,475
1.210
1,595
530
55
57
90
82
24.6
28.3
38.0
39.4
228
235
370
337
12.2
16.6
22.1
2.26
54.4
77.9
100.9
95.9
393
246
522
785
95.2
78.6
151.7
133.0
2,351
2,676
3,017
3,226
6,595
5,920
8,245
11,245
162
158
184
294
19.7
19.8
29.3
31.3
163
165
163
157
170
171
170
167
194.5
196.6
194.5
191.6
66.0
66.7
61.7
62.0
4,520
3,590
2,015
7,235
2,850
1,500
1,000
1,700
115
96
71
68.9
45.3
32.6
474
395
293
37.5
18.8
18.4
180.3
91.5
82.3
903
1,518
487
104.0
137.8
114.6
6,020
3,738
2,818
10, 531
10, 352
8,001
289
242
199
137.9
82.4
25.0
176
177
162
181
180
170
207.8
207.4
194.3
85.5 46, 314
73.2 19, 360
64.1 , 4,340
14, 692
8,396
1,763
284.8 | 176
13
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931]
Agriculture
compares with 64.4 in the preceding month and 53.6
in the same month last year.
The combined index of the four groups of crops
shows the usual seasonal influences, with the peak of
the fall marketings reached in October, since which
time there has been a steady decline.
The movement of grains reached its peak in the
month of August and has since been declining. Cotton
has registered the usual declining trend since November.
Vegetables have shown an upward trend beginning
with January, reaching the high point in March.
Fruits have made little change in recent months.
The indexes of stocks of farm products on hand at
the end of April show that the volumes of the two
important cash crops, wheat and cotton, are somewhat
below the figures for the preceding month, but considerably above the visible quantities at the corresponding period last year. The cold-storage holdings
of meat at the end of April were exactly the same as
for the corresponding period last year. The decrease
from March was seasonal. Stocks of wheat reached
the maximum at the end of September and have
shown a gradual decrease since that time. Stocks of
cotton were at the highest point in December and
have also made a seasonal decline,
HE combined index of the physical movement of
animal products into the wholesale markets of
the country during April was 99.7, compared with
94.0 in the preceding month and 100.5 in the same
month last year. A comparison of the index for the
month of April in each of three years represented
shows a marked stability for the group, all of which,
except wool, are used primarily for food.
The combined index of marketings for animal
products shows a slight gradual increase since the
beginning of the year, with a decrease in February,
which is a short month, especially for livestock.
The usual seasonal increases during the first four
months of the year were recorded for wool, poultry
and eggs, dairy products, and fish, while livestock
marketings showed a seasonal decrease. Compared
with April a year ago, dairy products during April,
1931, moved in the same volume; wool showed an
increase; fish receipts were somewhat lower; livestock
and poultry and eggs showed only slight declines.
The combined index of crops moving through the
principal primary markets for export and for domestic
use, including the supplies for deficit areas, for direct
consumption, and for use in the manufacturing industries, was 54.7 in the month of April. This figure
T
AGRICULTURE
Indexes of marketing
Indexes of stocks, end of
month
;
Animal products
Crops
1
Years and months
Com-
Live
Wonl
^oo1
bined
index
"
stock
Poultry Dairy
land eggs products
j
i
i
Com! Voo.0
bined j Grains i tables
A\§®"
index |
j
,
Fi lsh
*
i
1
Fruits ! Cotton
|
!
1
'
I
1
:
;
1
i
Wheat,
visible
supply,
United
States
Meats,
coldstorage
Cotton,
United
States
i
Monthly average, 1923-1925=100
1929: April
1930:
April
May
June
-. _ July
August
September .
OctoberNovember
December - 1931:
January
_ February
.
March
April
Monthly average, Januarv through April:
1929
1930
1931
99.7
48.6 '
87.4
130. 6
102. 8
163.5
100.5 i
109.8 ;
64.1
142. 7 !
412.5 ;
545.1
360.5 (
30.9 :
79.1
34.5
57. 1
83.0
81.2
79.2
76.6
76.5
93.9
108. 0
88.0
92.9
144.4
138. 2
112.0
90.6
71.6
78.2
79. 2
121.6
137.8
106.8
134. 6
148.9
131.5
94.6
86.3
82. 2
77.8
92.7
207.2
192.0
185.2
263.3
202.0
229.1
172.0
146.2
98.9
94.7 I
85.5 ;
94 0
99.7 :
25.3
50.8
61.9
78.2 !
96.2
79.8
79 6
82.4
95.0
94.0
121.8 >
141.4
91.0
94.2
93.5
35.0'i"
48.3 i
54.1 j
i
86.1
85.7
84.5
97.3 i
108.9 !!
113.1
H6.7 ;
111.8
91.4
91.2
96.7
88.5
97.8
i
i
i
':
i
60.4
58.6
103.6
85.6
45,6
199.4
132.5
146.5
i
|
53. 6
54.3
48.7
93. 3
122. 5
175. 5
212.1
148.8
105.8
58.4
56.1
58.5
177.5
180. 5
139.0
82.6
72.3
79.8
95.1
136. 5
151.0
113.4
81.9
138.8
168.4
89.6
79.4
56.0
71.9
57.8
124. 4
133.1
164.3
249.0
109.0
67.1
39.0
29.0
14.0
5.8
77.7
219. 3
327.5
240.6
144.9
232.2
203. 8
187.3
275.3
331. 7
364.1
349. 8
344.8
333.3
102.9
99.1
100.1
97.0
82.2
68.1
55.7
62.3
76.9
187.9
174.0
158. 2
144.0
158.7
220.4
315.4
353.4
355.9
96.4
91.3
102.9
106.8
103. 4
116.2
169.4 !
186.1 !
74.3
64. 9
64.4
54.7
81.0
84.6
80.0
66.5
98.0
91.1
104.3
93.4
70.2
68.1
75.1
70.6
64.0
40.6
38.6
36.5
335.8
343.7
352.7
339.8
100.1
114.0
111.8
102.9
338. 8
314.3
288.0
262.6
95.8
96.2
99.4
136.4
171.0
143.8
76.2
62.1
64.6
83.3
70.2
73.0
99.0
94.9
96.7
78.5
54.2
71.0
65.4
49.4
44.9
212.5
263.5
343.0
130.8
106.6
110.2
186.4
223.0
300.9
1
;
1
i
I
14
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June. 1931
Iron and Steel Industry
PERATIONS in the iron and steel industry have
O
recorded the usual seasonal decline from the
March peak. The index of electrical-energy con-
down 34 per cent from the same period of last year.
The rate of operations was 49 per cent of capacity
in April as compared with 54 per cent in March and
sumption for power purposes by the industry declined 79 per cent in April, 1930. Further slackening in the
1.2 per cent in April as compared with March and demand for finished steel during May resulted in a
was 22 per cent below April, 1930. Employment was continuation of the downward trend, the rate of
practically unchanged in April, but the adjusted index operations for the week ended May 25 being 43 per
was 27 per cent below the same month last year. cent. Notwithstanding the lower rate of operations in
The pay-roll index (unadjusted) in April was 1.2 per April, the unfilled orders of the United States Steel
cent below the preceding month and 29 per cent below Corporation at the end of the month were 2.4 per cent
a year ago.
below March and 10.5 per cent below the total for the
Pig-iron production in April was slightly lower than corresponding date last year. A decline in unfilled
in March, although the daily rate of production showed orders has occurred in April in all but 2 of the past 10
an increase for the fourth successive month. April years—the exceptions being 1922 and 1929.
Prices exhibited a weakening tendency in April and
output was 36.5 per cent below the same month of
the
first half of May. Although steel billets and
1930, and the year's production to May 1 was 38.2
structural
steel beams were unchanged in April, the
per cent below the corresponding period of last year.
composite iron and steel price was slightly below the
Furnaces in blast at the end of April were 114, 2 less
March level; the trend continued downward into May,
than at the end of March and 69 less than a year ago. when the price reached a postwar low at $31.37 per
Steel-ingot production in April was 9.1 per cent ton. Average prices during the first four months of
below March and 33.8 per cent below April, 1930. 1931 were about 10 per cent lower than in the same
For the first four months of the year production was period last year.
IRON AND STEEL
General operations
'Liron anu, :
|
Years and
month
Rate of
operationselectric
energy
consumption
Em-
pay
Ex- Imports ports
Monthly average, 19231925=100
1929: April
.
1930:
April
May
June
July. .
August
September
October
.
November.- _
December
1931:
January
February
March
April .
Monthly average,
January through
April:
1929
1930
1931.
1
Pigiron
production
Production
Per
cent
ofcapac- i
ity
110.5
98.5
138.3
135.1
115 2
109. 7
112.0
110. 3
126.0
106. 5
110.2
91.9
91.6
90.0
87.3
83.9
81.7
81.3
80.2
79.1
97.7
95.5
90.8
78.6
77.5
75.4
75.8
68.9
66. 7 L
103 4
116.5
119 4
108. 1
77. 5
75.9
76.6
76.5
62.4
67.5
70.0
69.1
157 6
140. 3
111.9
98.2
92.5
76.6
106.9 i
95.9 i
67. 3 I
'•<
i
4,950
97
314
281
4,109
3,983
35
2', 934 i 3,419
2,922
32 1 2,640
27 ' 2,524 ! 3,061
30
2,277
2,840
30
2.165 i 2,693
35 1,867 2, 212
24 1,666 1,980
79
74
68
56
59
55
50
44
38
223
279
284
265
280
275
262
1,707
2, 032
2,020
2,459
2, 502
2. 994
2.722
43
49
54
49
162
158
184
295
172
166
3, 507
3,024
1,863
4. 712
4.044
2^669
93
79
49
289
242
200
255
278
44
209
196
159
132
151
131
132
112
102
45
46
93
32
1.714
21
31
39
44
41
31
91
110
101
271
217
99
3.663
3,182
3.233
Prices
United
States
i
i Steel
Corporation,
unfilled
^ Ship- orders
end of
month
Thousands i Thouof short ! sands of
long tons
tons
Thousands of long tons
153.3
Adjusted for seasonal variation.
Fabricated
Steel ingots structural
steel
steel
|
254
270
252
156
209
151
153
i
|
;
i
:
243
239
195
168
151
\
148
265
159
l
Steel
billets,
Bessemer
(Pittsburgh)
ComStructural Iron and posite
steel
steel
finished
steel
beams
Dollars
per long
ton
Cents
per
pound
Dollars
per long
ton
Cents
per
pound
Manganese (ore
content),
imports
Total
coke pro*
d lu-t ion,
beehive
and byproduct
1 ThouThou! sands of sands of
j long tons short tons
4,428
34.80
1.90
36.81
2.56
31
4, 955
4,354
4,059
3, 968
4,022
3, 580
3,424
3,482
3,640
3,944
33. 00
32. 50
31.00
31.00
31. 00
31.00
31.00
31.00
30.60
1.80
1.80
1.70
1.65
1.65
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
34.48
33.84
33.53
33.25
33.01
32.67
32.31
31.95
31.76
2.39
2.35
2.33 I
26
30
31
2.29
2. 26 !
2.24
2.22
2.20 !
2.19
16
8
4, 548
4, 538
4, 216
3, 985
3, 807
3, 569
3, 610
3, 305
3, 24S
4,132
3,965
3,995
3,898
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
1.63
1.65
1.65
1.65
31.70
31.65
31.66
31.61
2 22
2 22
2 23
2.22 \\
17
10
2
33
3, 255
3,061
3, 405
3, 255
4,273
4,469 j
3,998
33.76
33. 25
30.00
1.90
1.83
1.65
36.42
35.09
31.66
2. 55
2.43
2.22
21
29
16
4, 892
4, 509
3,244
22
18
10
29
15
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931]
Metal-Working Industry
GREATER than seasonal decline in productive
operations was registered in the machine and
A
metal-working industry during April as compared with
March, the adjusted index of production in this
industrial group reaching the low point in the present
recession. The average index of production for the
first four months of the current year was 26 per cent
under that for the same period last year and 40.3 per
cent under 1929. The rate of manufacturing operations in the metal-working industry, based upon the
consumption of electrical energy for power purposes,
decreased by 8.6 per cent in comparison with March
operations and was 24.6 per cent under April last year.
Employment in the metal-working industry, however, remained on approximately the same level as
during March, after adjustments are made for seasonal
variation. Volume of pay rolls, while decreasing from
the March volume, was still slightly above January and
February. The average monthly volume of pay rolls
for the first four months of the year was 28.2 per cent
under that for the same period in 1931.
Operations in the plants manufacturing machine
tools, as measured by shipments, remained on about
the same plane as during March, the current operations, however, being on a plane some 61.6 per cent
under April, 1930, and 70.7 per cent under 1929.
New orders for steel boilers placed during April
increased slightly over the March orders, but the
average of monthly orders placed during the first
four months of the year was 36.1 per cent under the
orders placed during the same period in 1930 and
54.0 per cent under 1929.
Shipments of electric overhead cranes increased
from 261 in March to 416 in April. The shipments
of cranes in April last year, however, were double the
current shipments. The average monthly shipments
for the first third of the year were less than one-half
that for the same period past year.
Mechanical-stoker sales have been on about the
same level since the opening of the year. It appears
that the low point in sales of stokers was reached in
December.
METAL-WORKING INDUSTRY
General operations
Years and months
ProBate
duc- of option
era(Fed- tions,
coneral
Re- sumpserve tion of
Board), elecadtric
justed energy
j
Em- Pay
ploy- rolls,
ment, unadjusted justed
Patents
granted
i
Wood- Elec- MePumps,
work- tric chani- Oil steam
ing
overburnpower,
cal
cenma- head stokers,
shiptrif.,
chines, cranes, ers,
ship- ship- sales ments shipments
ments ments
S •£*
•SJfe «"-
Electric
hoists,
shipments
Water
softening apparatus,
shipments
Water
systems,
shipments
Foundry
Inequip- Agri- ternal
ment, cul- comship- tural busments impletion
ments engines
l
..
Monthi
ly
Monthl y average, 1923-1925=100 average
19221924
! =100
1929:jApril
1930:
April
May .
June
July
August
September ...
October
November December,
__
1931:
January
February
March ..
April
Monthly average, January through April:
1929
1930
1931
.
Thousands
of
dollars
Nurnber
136
148.3
105. 1
127.0
311
1,706
1,420
748
106
101
96
97
96
97
95
87
85
125.5
116.3
106.8
95.1
95.2
97.4
87.0
89.6
97.8
81.0
80.2
80.3
78.7
76.1
73.6
72.6
71.8
71.2
88.3
84.4
85.0
76.0
72.0
70.7
69.4
67.3
67.9
234
197
176
128
120
96
103
67
85
1,017
1,283
1,360
1,309
1,371
1,254
1,189
777
814
603
577
615
624
694
488
441
442
529
825
880
956
1,005
729
942
677
587
671
78
79
77
73
95.0
112.3
103.5
94.6
69.2
66.8
66.6
66.5
64.1
64.4
66.3
65.4
75
73
92
91
598
516
630
689
400
421
400
356
496
530
261
416
129
104
77
147.3
128.7
101.4
104.2
83.1
67.3
124.0
90.6
65.1
300
215
83
1,322
952
603
1,150
683
394
740
909
423
Month-i
Number
141
Thousands of
ly
Numbef
average
19221924
= 100 j
Nuruber
5,628
1,740
285
1,604
10, 709
220.3
62
54
108 5,871
96 8,178
151 7,623
150 9,593
115 11, 354
'128 17, 036
92 18, 580
71 7,855
53 5,025
1,558
1,641
1,644
1,338
1,367
1,183
1,167
1,116
1,205
232
210
207
177
146
141
138
116
106
1,554
1,279
752
782
774
755
738
732
645
9, 710
11, 120
10, 375
9,699
9,220
8,202
7,522
6,401
5,177
217.4
149.4
160.5
116.1
82.6
66.0
62.0
76.5
102.6
60
49
109
51
27
43
41
52
58
73
59
144
52
30
35
49
54
07
63
65
3,952
3,504
4,226
5,229
718
873
1,036
918
134
112
166
113
753
703
851
785
6,010
5,434
6,105
7,638
54.7
55.4
72.9
69.7
41
44
67
67
58
76
68
63
109
81
70
5,075
5, 205
4,228
1,602
1,445
886
250
250
132
1,425
1,332
773
8,444
8. 533
6,297
202.5 i
201. 3
63.2
48
49
55
51
«3
88
?7
67
16
SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
Automobile and Rubber Industries
A UTOMOBILE production in the United States and
JL\ Canada increased steadily in April, and the output was 22 per cent above March. The April gain
was greater than seasonal; the adjusted index of production advanced 13.4 per cent. However, April
production was 24.6 per cent below April, 1930, and
was the smallest for the month since 1922. In the
first four months of the current year the output was
30.7 per cent below last year and was also the lowest
for any similar period since 1922.
Employment increased slightly more than the usual
seasonal amount, and the unadjusted index of pay
rolls was up 4.6 per cent. Compared with last year,
the adjusted index of production was down 20.1 per
cent and the pay-roll index down 29.8 per cent.
Exports of both passenger cars and trucks declined
n April, and the total wras about 54 per cent below
the same month of last year. The decline in April
was somewhat larger than in the first quarter and for
the four months exports were just half those of the
same period of 1930.
The usual seasonal improvement in the tire industry
has been evident since the low point of last November.
The April output was larger than in March, according
to preliminary data. Employment in the rubber
industry was higher in April, and the adjusted index
advanced 3.1 per cent over March, while the unadjusted index of pay rolls advanced 5.7 per cent. The
employment index in April was 19.9 per cent below
April, 1930, and the pay-roll index was down 29.3 per
cent from the same month. In the first quarter of
1931 the output of pneumatic tires was 11.4 per cent
below the same quarter in 1930, and shipments during
this period were 14.4 per cent less than a year ago.
Preliminary figures on world stocks of crude rubber
at the end of April show little change from the
record March total. Prices have been weak, and the
April average for spot rubber at New York went to a
new low at 6.43 cents a pound, off 1.28 cents from the
March average. The previous low record was 7.70
cents in February of the current year. Imports of
crude rubber into the United States in April were 10
per cent above March and only 2 per cent below
April, 1930.
AUTOMOBILES AND RUBBER
Auto,
industry
Year aiicTmoiith
United States
Rate
of
" " " "j
"""
consumpPastion
Taxiof
Total senelecger
cabs
trical
cars i
energy
Canada
Tru
Automobile
financing
Automobile
exports
Automobile production
Passenger
cars
! Total
H Sue".
Electric
trucks
and
tractors,
doTrucks mestic
shipments
Automobile
accessories,
By
i?y.
ship- wholeconsale
ments
sumdealers
ers
Pneumatic
tires
Crude rubber
Pro- I Doduc- mestic
shiption ments
Imports
tion
i
Mo.
av.,
19231925=
100
1929: April
1930:
April -.
May
_ _ _ . _ . _ _ _ „ _
June
July
August
._ __
September
October.
. _
November
December .
1931:
January
February.
March
April
M o n t h l y a v e r a g e , January
through April:
1929
1930
1931
Thousands
World
stocks,
end of
month
i
Number
Thousands
Number
Januarv,
1925= ;
100
Millions of
dollars
Thousands
Thousands of
long tons
42
48
17
184
91 !
"
172
5,913
5,242
56
266
24
25
15
10
10
8
5
5
6
•
!
;
';
!
24
17
10
8
8
8
6
9
11
10
5
4
5
5
4
6
5
107
127
67
102
82
77
91
37
42
74
78
71
65
60
76
79
63
55
85
84
54
55
45
45
36
30
36
147
115
138
119
103
91
81
60
66
4,518
4,574
4,098
3,193
3,332
2, 692
2,866
2,123
2,251
3, 886
3,960
4,050
4,229
3,976
3,360
2,613
2,119
2,550
46
43
40
35
37
36
45
30
37
378
379
380
395
401
427
428
430
440
34 i
40 i!!
45
50 '!
6 !
10 1
13
17
0
9
12
11
5
4
6
5
4s84
33
50
46
53
65
66
62 i 2, 940
66 ! 3, 188
92 | 3,730
2,855
2,580
3,143
37
34
41
45
460
470
488
67 j
54 i!
42 i
34
18
12
39
20
10
19
10
5
166
114
54
81
72
58
5,445
120
107 | 3,911
4,629
3,493
57
46
39
251
361
170.6
622
536
1, 686
84
112 9
105.8
102.9
75.3
86.6
88.4
80.9
74.9
71.5
444
420
335
266
224
221
154
137
156
376
365
288
225
186
178
115
102
123
486
440
463
376
386
930
582
609
1,425
68
55
46
40
38
42
38
34
32
67.5
88.9
94.1
90.8
172
220
276
336
138
180
231
285
512
529
410
665
159.0
109,6
85.3
519
361
251
449
306
209
1,984
931
529
]
'
1
!
i
J
i
;
;
!
i
1
!
1
!
40
,
50
63
ji
|!
i
55
69
1
17
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931]
Textile Industry
;TIVITY in textile manufacturing has made a
gradual improvement since the beginning of the
A
year, according to the Federal Reserve Board's
seasonally adjusted indexes of production and employment.
Domestic consumption of raw cotton during April
was slightly greater than in the preceding month,
while showing a small decrease compared with the same
month last year. Average monthly consumption
during the first four months of the year was less than
in the corresponding period last year. Stocks on hand
at the end of April were smaller than for the preceding
month, but were larger than at the same period last
year.
Manufacture of cotton textiles during April receded
from the level of the preceding month, reaching a
point below the volume of the same month last year.
Shipments during April were less than in either the
preceding month or the same month last year. Shipments during March were the highest for any month
during the past year. Stocks at the end of April
showed a slight increase over the preceding month,
but were below the volume at the corresponding period
last year. Unfilled orders at the end of the month
were less than for cither the preceding month or the
same period last year.
Total wool receipts at Boston during April were less
than in either the preceding month or the same month
last year, although the domestic receipts showed a
seasonal increase over the preceding month. The
price of fine staple scoured wool at Boston has shown
a declining tendency since the latter part of 1930.
Spinning activity in woolen manufactures has been
irregular in recent months, while that in worsted goods
increased gradually during the first quarter of the year.
Deliveries of raw silk to manufacturers have declined since the record high of November, 1930, and
in April were slightly below the volume in the same
month last year. The wholesale price of silk goods,
represented by the Fairchild composite index, has
shown a steady decline during the past year.
The wholesale price of rayon has declined during
the past year, but has made sudden rather than gradual
changes.
TEXTILES
Cotton
i
il
Cotton manufactures
Raw
j;
0
'£
|*| i
|
SI* :
„ 4) O i
^
4; O
3a
> and months
i
3
p
ia !'
T
fl
:
Bal-s
Mnv
.June
Tulv
August.
:
September
October
I\overiiber
Deeemlier
1931:
Januar'v
.
Febnifir v
Marcl!..'
April ... .
MOT t h l y
average,
t '.rough April:
929....
930
93 !
_
._.
•
i
;
-' s
•
,
"
*«M-
•"^~*V-^~
s-"S.2*®
-«
Thousands of yards
DfJ
Cfc
U
hours '
8,801 , 283,878 ! 1 77, 098
031, 802
4, 131
531, 911
405! ^30
->-(, 022
352, 335
394, 321
444, 494
414 887
401), 207
5 299
4, 907
4, 402
4, 000
4, 470
0. 215
8, S95
9 905
10. 037
7 497 '1
0, 725 i
5 789
5,301 '
5,134 ''
5,003 1
0, 239 '
5,832 '
5,910|
454, 188
433, 510
490, 5SO
508, 744
9, 553
8, 802
8, 1 20
7,404
0,300!
0,110 !
019
528
471, 757
5. 257
(5 288
8,485
8, SOO , ,"04,
257,243 j :53, 300
275,801 : 1 70, 050
19S 539 1 ^2, 052
10") »MO 1 70, ()S«j
21S
3K34S
182,
228, 800 , I 70, ^1
20% 0 M - 00, M.I
234. 052 1 2>) l i~)'
202, 149
212, I'.s
MS
7, 001 ,
7, 129 ; 22 o! 955
10 V»7
. 4s
i\ll\ 582
388 : 1 4,
190
22"! 978
rt
301
1>S 1,205
5 48, 430
Wool manufactures
Silk
Spinning
spindles
2 a i *I §*!•§
Month1 ll v l r
-\ , l ' - ThouDol1 -i'(,]\'_ sunds of larsper
i'(H >
pounds i pound
= 100
'
CU
of [
6,650
;i . p3«.
J
1
' ^«^2 i! f a H o g
•3-sg r |£ |S5§§
]fe'
;
:
1
. •s- S
O
i
*g **i *l;i
1* : S| Jg| lisa
T;!?, » ,
January
60200—31-
Cotton textiles <"23 groups of
textile constructions)
! £a
CG
•'•"tjU(
1929: \p;-il
1930:
1
Wool
-feft
o
^
^
352, 091
430, 298
104
441.730
450, 481
400, 3H8
455, ;>29
4 VI, 990
392, 400
350, SS'J
350, Sf,i ,
;'.f'3, 9(')2
357, 328
273, 745
219.040
222,498 ,
22(5,422 1
2>5, 427 |
350, S45
138
137
114
130
120
>,.K"\ 51 1
319, 32s
273, 7M
282, 151
317, 4')5
395, M)2 1
373,951
294, 118 !
120
119
121
119
30 \, 887
415^83 ,
307,694
4 ( ;t, <84 !
374.31-5
345,334 •
120
2^-S, ( '50
i'Ev-as^
-
g
1
£
®
|
£
Per cent of aetive hours to
total r( i j)oru i d
Dol- ! Dol1-arsper' lars per
yard
})ound
1 \ 390
1.15
1. 15
1.15
124
124
101
litiles
00 ;
.65 |
IS, 804
15, 0315
13,780
1.08 i
78 '
.68 !
83
(iO
57
!
18
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[Juno, 1931
Food Industries
HE volume of productive output in the foodT
stuffs industry, taken as a whole, increased more
than normally during April as compared with March.
The April operations were 10.4 per cent over March
after seasonal adjustments are made, bringing the industry to almost the same level as was reported for
April last year. The rate of operations in the industry
during April, as indicated by the consumption of
electrical energy for power purposes, was 4.5 per cent
above that witnessed during March, and 2.2 per cent
over April, 1930. With the exception of chemicals
arid allied products, the foodstuffs industry is the only
industrial group reporting an April rate of operations
in excess of that during April last year.
The actual number of employees in the foodstuffs
industry decreased slightly during the month but the
decrease was less than would normally be expected at
this season of the year. The volume of employment
in this industry was about 7.1 per cent under that
reported for April last year. Aggregate pay rolls also
fell off about 1.1 per cent during the month as compared
with March and were about 11.5 per cent under the
April, 1930, pay rolls.
Wholesale prices of food products reached the lowest
level in the present recession. The average monthly
wholesale price for the first four months of the year
was 18.8 per cent under that recorded during the same
period, last year.
Receipts of wheat at principal markets dining April
were some 32.3 per cent under March, the decrease for
the same period last year being 35.8 per cent. The average receipts for the first four months of 1931 were 64.7
per cent over those for the same period last year. The
visible supply of wheat in the United States at the
close of April was 200,000,000 bushels, as compared
with 136,000,000 bushels in sight at the close of April
last year and 117,000,000 bushels at the close of April,
1929.
Corn receipts decreased slightly from those of March
and the average monthly receipts for the first third of
the year was some 26.9 per cent under the same period
last year.
Cattle receipts increased during April with respect
to March, while hog receipts decreased by 4.4 per cent.
Both were below the receipts reported for April, 1930
and 1929.
FOODSTUFFS
]
1929- April
1930:
April
May
June -_
July
August
_ _ _
Sepiem ber
October
November -_
December
1931:
January
February
March
\pril
Monthly average, January through April:
1929
.
1930
1931
Monthly
average,
1923-1925=100
i.
M)
a
!
Millions of
bushels
£
£%
AQ
Millions of
bushels
99. 6
121.2
97.7
60. 4
99.7
17
117
9
1.09
97.5
97.1
95. 8
95.2
93.0
92. 9
90. 9
91. 4
90. 8
119.4
138. 2
145. 4
139. 2
141. 2
1 IS. 6
137.2
1 24. 4
107.1
94. 6
92. 0
90.5
86.3
87. 1
89.2
88.6
85.7
81.8
53. 6
54. 3
48.7
93. 3
122. 5
175. 5
212. 1
1 48. 8
105.8
100.5
109. 8
116.7
111.8
91. 4
91.2
96. 7 !
88.5
97.8
13
17
19
99
85
63
29
25
136
120
110
162
195
214
205
202
196
10
12
16
24
19
12
g
0
1.03
1.01
.94
.83
.85
. 79
. 76
.70
.73
16
18
17
20
16
15
17
91.2
90. 3
89. 9
90.6
118. 3
122. 0
116.8
122.0
80.1
77.1
76.7
75.6
74. 3
64. 9
64. 4
54.7
94.7
85. 5
94. 0
99.7
29
31
31
21
197
202
207
200
6
4
5
.71
.71
.71
19
21
19
17
99.7
97 7
90.5
124.7
127 7
119.8
98.2
95 3
77. 4
76.2
f\9. 1
91.0
94.2
93.5
24
17
125
155
201
9
10
6
27
26
19
16
:
Thousands
i
I
Coffee imports
p<
Total raw sugar imports
Cattle receipts
!K
Total meats, coldstorage, end of
month
Animal products
Price, No. 3 yellow,
Chicago
Receipts, principal
markets
Price, wtd. average,
6 m a r k e t s , all
grades
Corn
Exports, including
flour
Visible supply,
United States, end
of month
Beceipts, principal
markets
Wheat
Visible supply,
United States
Animal products, marketings
Cooperative marketing
i
Monthly
average,
1923-1925-100
Monthly average, 1926=100 Wholesale prices
Bate at operations,
consumption of
electrical energy
Years and months
Employment,
justed
ad-
Food products* industry
o
o
ji^
if
o
31
.90
1, 752
3, 582
1,270
749
988
?i
I4
1,644
1,517
1, 459
1,512
1,605
2, 108
2, 377
1, 696
1,736
3, 255
3, 293
3, 215
2, 918
2,617
2, 799
3, 441
3, 439
4, 002
986
950
959
929
788
C52
534
597
737
460
682
311
395
313
392
360
314
312
1.065
915
1,010
801
712
991
1, 159
957
1,098
18
20
22
20
.82
•if !
't>9
1
!99
.94 !
.82 1
.71 i
.69
j
.65
.61
.60 i
.58
1, 508
1. 303
1, 535
1,617
4, 652
3, 704
3, 207
3,087
959
1, 092
1,072
1,099
204
364
515
415
1, 094
1, 289
1,407
1,126
33
22
20
.93
.82
.61
1. 509
1,539
1,491
4. 038
3, 763
3,658
1,253
1,021
1,056
588
357
375
1,027
1,116
1,229
5
17
!
64. 6
no
6O
i..72n
19
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931]
Forest Products
months of 1931 were at a much lower level than in 1930,
in which year they had also declined from the level of
1929.
Marketings of forest products increased seasonally
in April, but were onl}7 about two-thirds of the amount
of a year ago, which was itself considerably below
that of 1929. Naval-stores marketings increased
sharply but seasonally in April over March to a level
about equal to the 1923-1925 monthly average.
Car loadings of forest products increased in April,
although the index was somewhat lower because of the
unavoidable inclusion of an additional week in the
March index. This rise came after a steady decline
during the first three months of the year. Car loadings were still nearly a third above the 1923-1925
monthly average.
The lumber industry was less active in April than
in March as indicated by electrical energy consumption which declined slightly and was 11 per cent less
than in April, 1930. The index of employment adjusted for seasonal variation showed a very small
decline from March to April but was 26 per cent below
the level of the year before.
The pay-roll index also declined and extensive parttime operation is indicated by the fact that the April,
1931, index was 39 per cent below the level of April
last vcar.
UMBER-INDUSTRY employment and pay rolls for
^ April, as indicated by the indexes computed by
the Federal Reserve Board, were about the same and
slightly below March, respectively, and about threequarters and three-fifths, respectively, of April a year ago
The rate of general operations in the forest-products
industry declined somewhat in April, though still remaining above the first two months of the year.
They were about 11 per cent below April a year ago
and 8 per cent below the 1923-1925 average.
Southern-pine production in April remained unchanged from March, although new and unfilled orders
declined considerably. Production in April was about
40 per cent below the high level of a year ago but still
two-thirds above the 1923-1925 average. The average
index for the first four months of 1931 showed about
the same relationships. New orders declined in April
from the earlier months in the year to a level about a
third below that of April, 1930, while the average of the
first four months showed new orders to be, like production, about two-thirds above the level of 19231925. April unfilled orders were 40 per cent below
those of a year ago.
Douglas-fir production rose still further in April,
continuing the customary seasonal rise begun in
January. New and unfilled orders also both increased
in April over March. Operations for the first four
1
FOREST PRODUCTS
General operations
j
Ye^and month.
Southern pine
'
i
i
••£'«. isss i! sss: $£,
90.9
102 8
102.4
107 3
100.0
97 7
105.0
77 1
86 3
73 3
75 •?.
73 9
71 6
67.8
65 1
624
62 1
60 4
58 8
73. 8 ;
\
70.9
63.0
61.6
60. 9
60.4
54. 7
50. 4
278
258
218
224
202
207
211
185
157
56 3
56 3
55 7
55 4
44. 0
45. 6
46 2
88 7
77 3
55 9
i
i
i
|
i
}
|
1
243
229
184
197
189
206
213
177
146
180
160
151
128
124
J12
109
105
99
165
154 j
J65 1
165 |
191
171
174
169
116 '
107 i 113 ; :
104 i
243
176
191 |'
110
,'
•
j
•
;
i:
262 !
162
Total
forest Naval
prod- stores
uets
i
"
i
329 !
308 j
253
190
207 i
200 i
208 j
192 i
167 !
"
384
408
292
291
240
213
223
218
203
186
189
266
202
199
172
135
176
138
176
188
160 \
179 !
186 ;
202
192
189
217
224
']')()
'
'-j(j(j
284 i
182 j
270
206
367
Furniture,
Car
unload- filled
ings, orders,
forest southprod- eastucts
ern
district
Monthly aver- i Thous- Dollars
age 1923-1925= ' ands of
per
firm
cars
100
319
323 '
f.lS
91. 7
32.7*.
199
195
143
128
139
176
154
133
.125
:
(L>7
603
557
526
500
475
436
452
45f '
79. 1
80. 1
70. 0
65. 4
66. 0
60. 2
08. 2
62.9
58.0
135. 0 ,
I
100. f>
174. 7 '
170. 7
203. 9
171. 2
158. 2
143. 1 !
112 9
117.7
278
255
240
214
172
165
161
158
143
134
230
265
199
160
207
162
159
174
121
22, 976
22, 028
33, 951
35, 903
33, 432
25 830
17,335
15,411
14, 073
183 1
182 i
197
216 ;
143
158
165
146
169
188 •
173
154
456
481 ,
473
463
55. 8
55. 9
61.2
64.9
37. i
25 5
39 7
98.3 ,
1 56
138
138
130
376
267
195
315
258
153
328 ;.
211 !
171
641
6^9
468
83.7
70.6
59. 5
51.7
54.2 .
50. 1
i
268
231
141
i
!
1
i
1
i
'
i
1
87.3
73. 5
45.2
oSs orderg
orders
^
;
li
|:
i
!
89.3
106 8
94 7 |
87.9
Production
Unfilled
orders
Millions of feet board measure
108.0
44.9 i
Oldus
orders | tion
|
Monthly ave rajre
1923-1925 = 100
82 6
84 2
93 2
91.5 1
Indexes of
marketing
Hardwoods
Douglas fir
i
:
EmPay
Rate of ploy- roll,
& "^ unadjusted justed ;
1929: April
1930:
April
May
_._
June
'
July
_
August
September
October
i
November
December
'
1933:
:
January
.
:
February
i
March
April
_.
M o n t h l y average, January ;
through April:
1929
:
1930
i
1931
.
i
il
,
1
:
i
!
45,919
34, 868
20
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
iscellaneous Industries
LEATHER
per cent and were 11.4 per cent under April, 1930.
Production of newsprint paper increased slightly over
March, but the average production for the first four
months of the year was 13.9 per cent under the same
period last year.
CHEMICALS
Less than the normal seasonal curtailment in productive operations was recorded by the leather and
its products industry during April. While the actual
number of employees decreased during the month,
this decrease was less than would normally be expected
at this season of the year. The volume of pay rolls
in the industry decreased by 3.8 per cent during April,
and was 13.5 per cent under April, 1930.
The chemicals group as a whole recorded a 2.1 per
cent increase in number of employees, after adjustments are made for seasonal variation, but the petroleum-refining branch of the industry reported the
unusual increase of 7.8 per cent. April employment
in both the chemicals group and petroleum refining,
however, was materially under this time last year.
Pay rolls increased by 2.5 per cent in the group as a
whole and by 6.5 per cent in the petroleum-refining
branch.
FUELS
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS
Production in the stone, clay, and glass group increased more than normally for this season of the year.
The number of employees added during the month
of'April, however, while amounting to 4.1 per cent of
the total March employment, was about the normal
increase for the period. Pay rolls increased by 3.2
per cent but were still 27.S per cent under April last
3rear. Cement production increased about 36 per cent
but was still 16.8 per cent under April last year.
Bituminous-coal production decreased seasonally by
5,424,000 tons, which was not quite so large a decrease
as would be expected during April. The April production was 20.6 per cent under April, 1930, a reflection of curtailed factory operations. Anthracite production increased by 22.4 per cent from the March
production, a materially greater than normal increase.
April production was 20.2 per cent above April last
year.
PAPER AND PRINTING
Employment in the paper and printing group decreased slightly, but the decrease was less than is usual
for this season of the year. Pay rolls declined b}" 1.3
iVSlSCELLANEOUS I N D U S T R I E S
"j^ j1*^
Fuel H'oduetion
Years and months
Thons:
short
1929' \pril
1930:
April
Mav
;
June
July
!
!
August
- •
September
October
i
November
December .
. .!
1931:
Januarv
Februarv _ .
. ':
i
March
;
April
Monthly average, January
through April:
i
1929
1 930
'
1931
tons<
37 565
h°ttVls
6,205 '
35, 860 ! 4,829 :
5,947
35 954
33, 714 1 5. 183
34, 715
35,661
38 632
44, 150
38, 122
39,716
1
'
!
i
!
5, 658
6,190
5 293
7,576
5,207
6,086
^ff'
f ],,p
f|0n
f
l!
pih'
MilMil- ^^
lions of lion^of l, ( "Ji ir J
pound> K-ireLs fe(j| c
>f
80
29
23
77
80 '
77 !
77 :
75
71
73
68 :
67 i
29
25
24
24
28
29
28
19
17
25
24
24
24
23
23
23
19
22
!
i
i
i
!
!
long
tons
Short tons
Mil- Thoulions of sands of
pounds gallons
285
1 19
190
(:35
120
1, 382
836
10
615
104
99
124
82
105
115
103
103
°3
110
118
108
103 '
102
95
105
92
99 .
191
194
178
164
157
164
183
185
167
328
507
410
571
176
466
704
309
439
70
42
19
29
9
19
27
35
36
1,350
1, 652
2,168
1,428
1, 217
2,077
2, 694
2, 392
1,483
1,084
963
1.081
1,032
1, 002
1. 101
1, 265
1, 508
1,439
8
518
426
319
193
242
294
380
430
477
7 !
7
6 j
9
102
89
101
102
161
150
179
1 74
46
68
120
67
2, 803
1,494
1, 957
1, 402
1. 570
1,409
1, 506
964
8
:
305
376
200
311
8
631
474
492
116
115
99
186
182
166
599
473
298
113
88
75
1, 272
1, 514
1,914
899
875
1,362
10
9
5S4
515
;
.j
i
!
;
|
:
20
24
29
18 '
i
81
11 1
11
10
44 54°
40 °42
33, 075
6, 139 '•
5,597 •
a 498 i
80 • '
77 ,;
i
29
28
23
:
11 !
12
25 ::
;
10 i
8 !j
10
9
I
Thou- s Thou.THKof
suids of
I oiinds
Methanol,
crude,
production
11
13
9
8
6
8
9
7
5
66 :
til
69 '!
!
'] l.o'i.nuN of
Re- Acefined tate
of
arsen ic, lime,
proproduc- duction tion
13
6 157
5,391
4.745
5 807
17
Mil-
Crude
arsenic,
produetion
14
38 542
31. 408 ;
33, 870 ,
28, 446
i '
Chemicals
14 !
17
17
17
18
16
14
11
{
i
20
:
1
Paper and
printing
Sole
: Newsand
Co- Plate Com- News- print, Sul- Nitrate
belt- merit, glass, mon print, con- phuric
of
ing,
pro- pro- brick, pro- sump- acid, soda,
pro- I due- due- ship- due- tion, exports
imdue- tioii tion ments tion i pubports
tion
lishers
v
BituAn- Crude
minous thra- petrocoal
cite I cum
Stone, clay, an d glass
20
20 :
29
31
138
83
4
4
(\
6
8
21
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931]
CANADBAN AUTOMOBILE FINANCING 1
Year and month
Number Financing
dollars
of cars
1929
4 o 13
Februarv
March
\ pril
M iv
June
Julv
.. -
September
October
November
December
4, 702
10 725
22, 437
25 0 ( >3
23, 854
19, 591
M 469
11,785
12,394
8. 999
5,710
1
- .
Total (year).' 163,973
1
Used cars and
trucks
New cars
Total cars
9
4 I t 939
2,818,740
5 976 934
11, 9f 0,691
I 9 473 329
12,416,937
10, 446, 3^2
7 970 901
6, (570, 852
6, 844, 521
4,901, 105
3, 1C4. 296
88, 059, 626
Sr
Financing
dollars
] 636
2, 02*
5, 132
11,027
11 9S9
11,001
8, 193
»> 072
4,910
1, 926
2, 77x
1, 178
1 364 x. o
1.644,1(9
3, 85s, 211
('., 398, (',97
0 ( 08 27(5
7, 193.230
5, 379, 107
3 936 10!)
1, 015, If 3
3, 370, 14''»
2, 377, 930
1, 373, <H 5
Used cars and
trucks
New ears
Total cars
Year and month
4S, 019, 902
71,473
|
;!
Number Financing
of cars 1 dollars
"of : Financing
dollars
o 5""*
593
11 41!)
13 101
12, 850
11, 09s
S, 397
875
7 j 468
0 99 1
4, 232
1930
Januarv
February
March
April
Mav
June
July
August
September.--.
Ortober
No \ \ m l x r _ . _
December-. ..
1 , 050, 072
1.171,571
2,118,720
5,561,997
5 8* '5 053
5. 223, 707
5, 067, 275
4 034,795
2, 655, 389
2, 974, 375
2.523,169
J, 71.0, 601
•) 675
i
i
'
'
92, 500
" li 1
5, "62
JO, OH
17, XM)
19, "98
If), 529
H, 3*9
9,907
8,2x4
s.OIS
6 779
f>, 7( 2
,
Trtal(>< i )
40, 039, 724
1.x ] ~ 4
Number of
cars
j i-inaneing
i in, ni
, "*r
2 Si 2 oq->
3 143, 770
"', 2()7. or>
8.49'
9 59 i 209
7 901, is7
i , ( ' (*. 6^'j
4,911, 17!
902
o 7Xti, i> )(>
3 («r> 2il
2, 9}x; x"2
\ 920
<*<.)")
()' 9 I
1
t ') <•
'f'27
,0 4
, ( 2< i
,120
•5H
, ">91 1
<1<
1 5il,3'f) !
2 7Vj, 132
4 22") 1(0
K9M.502
\ ' OX, 444
~,*'l,3S->
1,9%, 829
1,7-0,43-)
1.2X5,092
XI 4, 672
(OX, ',11
, Mi
1
62 S7U; ~>S>
Financing
dollars
3, ^2 )
3, X42
»>, 1 20
9 Ml
1 1 0-50 !
M', 50?
1,73J, 521
1,629,460
2, 527, 903
4 270, 187
4,012, 707
3, 296, 043
i, 775, 001
2,917,644
2, 51<>,467
9
, "01,504
2, 220, V9
2, ^40 309
S "r>
6,2X1
', It i
i, 705
5,' 1 xx
">, 446
1
1
1
34, 317. (Ox
2 * : -51,975 80,310 '
Compiled by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Canada, and represents the financing of new and us< >" nutomor \\< ^ I T I 1 t n u \- *- ri ( in \dj
SALES OF THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO.1
SALES
(Thousands oi dollars)
SALES
(Tliousan-ls of d
TONN VGE SALES
Y K A H AM') M
Y E A H A N P MONTH
N innber of
Total
September
October
November
December
Januarv
February
M arch
\pril
Mav
June
Julv
August
iJeptembci
October
November
December
1
1928
69 330
93 429
73 844
74 911
4 •
5 '
4
4
17
18
18
18
5
4
4
4
5
4
5
4
*
5
4
4
18 397
21.462
19 428
19 331
19,461
19 163
IX 734
18 798
18 811
21,199
20 928
21 815
309
419
33X1
345
331
6X6
461
728
451
079
704
595
77 363
83, 816
S-i 676
bO 399
425, 590
396, 225
363 786
359, 129
451,680
353 289
427, 431
335 628
336 3')9
4f)8, 2/8
381, 106
407 339
85, 118
99. 05(5
90 947
89. 782
1939
-
-
- -
.-
_
91 983
85, 846
77 712
77 324
97,319
76 653
93 671
75 191
75 946
105,995
83 714
87 960
'
>
•
'
!
!
90, 336
88, 322
85, 486
83 907
Jan uar v
Februai v
104,271
86, 122
\pnl
Mav
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
83 976
86 133
104,671
82, 882
96, 724
78. 363
77 023
100,960
79. 82-)
Si 347
Januarv
Februarv
Mai"h
•Vpril
f
!3, 102
95 277
101 835
.
- .-. --.. _
.-- -
- .. .
97 559
82.385
82 719
85 160
__
Weekly
iivenme
5
4
4
4 '
4
4
4
4
4
1931
_ _ ._
'• TONNAGK SALES
- •
:
A
'
4
20 854
21, 530
9
0 994
21 534
20, 934
20, 721
19 345
19, 59 1
19 256 '
20. 192
1 9. 955
•>«» 337 ,
491' -125
400, 568
391 987
399 211
488, 753
392, 099
4/51 644
373, 566
569 673
481,703
•100, 203
416 673
98 485
100,140
97 997
99, 803
97, 751
98, 025
92. 329
93, 392
92 4 IX
96.341
100.051
104 168
19 512 '
2()! 596 '
20 680 i
21 290 !
508
439^
435
454
101
109,
108,
113
490
545
292
479
980
88G
823
620
Compiled by the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., and represent the sales of identical stores for the periods shown.
INDEXES OF EMPLOYMENT AND PAY-ROLL TOTALS '
[Monthh avcray<\ 1929= lOOj
-SF"»"«'; w ™v-
January
Februarv
March
P"m- F a > - j Em- Pay- E m - ' i ' n > - | Em- P-t\ Em- Pa\ - ! Km- i l'<i;\ - i Km- i Pa^- ' Fin- P a \ - Emp l o \ - roil h)lo\- roll p l o \ - | roll ! ploy-', roll ])!()>- toll l - l o v - roll l p l o > - ' ioll ploy- 1 roil p l o \ inent totals! m(>i->t' !(/<a],^ ment' toialsi ment lo-iLs ment totals ment i o t a K ment totals meni totals
Km- Pa> plo\ - 1 roil
nu nt totals
102.1 105.S 102. 5| 101. t 95. 7! 92.7 79 (i 71.9 101 6 105. 1 99 r 99.7 97.1
i 10(5 9 121 5 i()2 l! 10° 1 Il 2 3 92 5 79 8 73 5 100 2 101 9 c's S ion i! d^ i
82. « 7 8 5 9S. 6| Mi. 4 90.9 10. S, S3. 0 SO. (i J9. 4 105.8 99.7 102. l ' 94. 1
84. l' 75.0 9 1 . 4 J M . 7
93.S 98 8 90.4' 77.5
90 8 9 1. 3 88. 4 75 (i
"
. _„..__
Average
' 91 6 84 0
' 80 2 7X 8
93.8 91. f.
1
_ 99.0 117.2
97 ' 98 0
99 1 100. 0
93. 4
1931
Januarv
Februarv
March
April
.....
!
Canning'
ami pre-
!
1930
April
Mav ._
June
Julv
\ugtist
September
'
'
October
November
December
T
..
95. 3
90. 6 89. 3
91. 0 100.7
81.2 70. 1
' 8 5 . 2 75.2
89 3
S7 5
<"4 6
sX. 3! S7 t !*5 t
85 (v 90. Si 9 0 2
81 C,\ 90 ?>\ 90 9
97 S K,0 0 100 (i
95 7 9X " 9S 3
95. 4 97 7 99 7
'.N 9
9' 4
93 9
9f 7 ICO. 4 ICO. 3
9f 0 1 0 i ' 03 8
5-5 5 102 4 104. 4
46. 1
457
19. 7
8 9 103 4 100 7 102 f.j 95 "
»9. 7 103.2 1 0 3 4 KM. 5! 95 9
)9 S 103 41 101 ('> 107.8! 94. v-
97 1
96 0
97 0
97 3
96 S
% "
97 9
°7 4
9s (i
97 3
"6 7
(1
3 9
97 5 100 1 100 3
97 3 98 '! 98 3
% S 98. 0 98. 1
71 8
(55 7
S3 0
U r i 'A
"5 (5
90 5
% 0
9") 0
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96 0
93 0
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85 6
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88 9
87 7
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91 (' 98 1 9(> v
91 :'. 115 1 1"7. 7
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85 6
87 1
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86.6
89 5
88. 2
S7 4
87. 4
(.'ornpiled by the C". N. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Not including car building and repairing, electric railroads; see vehicles group, manufacturine industries, p. 14, et seq.
9
95.9
50. 3
50 S
-0
/•
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22
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[Juno, 1931
WEEKLY BUSINESS INDICATORS
1931
"Composite index, Nr. Y. Times
Composite i n d e x , Business \S cek
Detroit employment
..
Production:
Beehive coke.
... ...
..
Bituminous coal. _ .
Buildings (new awards)
._ _
Petroleum- ..
117. 0
Steel ingots
Receipts:
Cattlt and calves
Cotton.
H o n s _ _ _ -. . .. .
Wheat 1
...
Distribution
C ar loadings .. . ... . . _
1980
1931
77.4 77 s 93.5 94 2 94 010s o 10--. 0109 1
78. 4 78. 7 95. 0 9s!. i 90. 9 107. 7 hK 4 10s. 1
84. t)
Jill. 5
.. 137.3. ...
1930
1929
\\ holevile prices -Continued.
1< teller's index 11920^100) Total u~'u;
..
Agricultural product si 30 <
Nona n c u l t u r a l product- (90)
.
_ .Iron and >teel co upo-ite_ _
D a n k r K g and tinai.v'o:
Bank d o b i i s o u t b i d e X . Y. C.
Bond pru es
Bu>me^ 1-nlures (number; _
Fedend reserve niio
..
Interest rale", c a l l . . .. .
Inttre-4 ratas, time.. ... _
Lo ms and discounts... - .
M mej in circulation .
Net deinan 1 deports Stock pricvs
. ...
Tii".e dep MIS
90
69.0
s{.i
116. 5
">7 9
10.2 23.3 2 4 . 5 2 1 9 5>>. 7 54 7 51.0
08.9 81.9 83.8 85.0 95.3 92 ') 95.1
_ j
120.7- .
-.120.8
11*. 5 123. 9 12\ 2 124. 0 129. 1 1LM. 9 120 0
Od. 5 97 i 9 x 7 1 0 0 . 0 1 2 5 . 0 1 2 0 . 3 1 2 ^ . 9
\
i
75.3 79.4 70.9, 71.2 71. * 71.2 7<>. 3 79.7
> ) s 35.1 39.0 37.7
O ' K O 70.1 70.0' 7 0 0
-. 7 4 . 1 77.5 59.3 :'S 5
\
j
7 \ 0 7S. 0 97.2 96.9 97.2110.
Copper. elearoMle ... . ... 6.5.0 03.8 o4.5 9 2 8 92.0 89.9129.01290129,0
Cotton, middling
.. 34.2 U 9 36. S 00.3 oO. 7 01.0 71.7 72 4 72.1
0 95 [> 95.9 95. 7
4 9s. 0 9s. 1 99. 2
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
1931
1928
1929
1930
May 23 i May 10 , May 9 i| May 24 i May 17 j May 10
May
25
May IS ' May 11
May 26 i May 19
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION"
BrH'tninots coal production . ... . .thous tons _ .
0.7K3
Building contrict.s ( a x a\ ; 37 o t i ' t =5 thous
dolK . .._
13, 01*
Electrical current 0!jtpi t
mil k i \ . hours
1 ( 14
Exports
Corn
thou* of bush
5 !
28
\\hcat
.
thous ofbiioh .
42^
1.202
"Wheat f'oar
, .. _tho is of bbib..
242
114
Freight cars
Lo idmgs, to^il
cars .
Coil aiui COM*
. ...
117.937
_ - _ fars .
I orest piooi c t ^
.
33,8~i
.. . ... car.3
36, l)191
(ir^m «nd grain pic d u i U
I i\ estock
21 3s
. _ c us _
Merchandise. 1 c 1.
. 224,240
Miseellmeous
_
. .
302, 071
.( irs
Ore
.
11,8."
N e t u\ nibble c rpli ^ (<\ i u ).
G08, 071
Petrol^' in p r c d i ' t t i u n C e l l a\ >
. . ..ho . <,nni
2, 137
2, 427
C a t t b ami c a h t s (12 maik*^)..
.thous
Cotton i n f o sight
-. ..-- thoi.s of 1 al n b
thou*. t»nsh
\\ heat pr'mar v markets _
\S ool, t >t il, ji( s t < n
.. thoi.s Ins
t tee! ingot i i o d i ' t i o n
..
p<
239
55
6, 715
S, 27 '
1 TOO
1673
25
1, 1*>0
101
33
1,329
174
747.419
1 is, 152
32,73f
35, 560
- ' 621
220,3^3
dOl, 4fO
10,517
60 WO
2, 109
931,472
119,131
51,2T)
3o. 759
22 802
240,270
304,272
5s, 897
411,503
2, 5s 0
8, 10M
T',370
1 (>9
180 '
2,0^2
2fr5
928,759
143,849
52,789
37, 484 !
23 009
248,135
307,327
fO, 100
4?\ 559
2 t v)s
!
8, 285
9,280
1.010
1, OS7
99
1, 303
150
105 i
2,110
181
9,058
20, 359
1, 6sO
9 2C4
8, 374
1, 077
1,480 ,
8, 182
25,548
1,470
309
2.35s
19i
191
1,53'
15,
101 i
1,3M
2' 6
214
1,293
128
932. S 46 1 , 06 >, 088 1 , 04 6t 594
1 19, v.( ~
173.037
10S, %J4
69,099 fit), 52 i
53,017
39, f-W
3", 552
37, 492
L'5,4LO
L',849
2 1, 278
249, 244
201>, 2o7
2°)?, 257
307, 039
419 3,6
410,675
7.1. 4 M
72,209
50, 209
210,291
410, 130 , 22d,f08
2, OJO
2, T44
2, 5J5
3. Mi
2V7
80
5 svi
9, ')()'
251 • ;
92
0, 15 /
4,416
46
224
10 i
4,715
o,6S9
74 !
225
98
3, 05s
0, lou
75
100. 4 i
.087 !
093 '•
106. 4
.088
095
31 37 |
.73 i
31 37
.73
106.4
.089
. 100
2 21
31 40
.73
';
;|
I
:!
j
ij
109.9
. 128
. 104 i
9
79
33 56
1.00 i
109.9 !
. 127 i
165
-:)
80
33 81 l
.98 I
6.049 !
4, 552
5.51.4
4, 054
6. 899 ' :
5, 122 :
7, 998 1
5,541
8, 280 :;
5, 486
11,190
6,209
4,272
95 53
51 4
2,714
95 90
516
2,047 !
95. 60 i
63° '
1,372
95. 19
480
!
971 !
95 17
517 ^
2. 139
95. 05
525
149
3. 400
145
3. 389
150 :
3,345 ' !
210 '
3,248 !
'^10 i
3, 248 '
14,905
7 (
;24
13, 757
7, 409
486
14,925
7 879
13, 777
7. 398
4. 86
!
10,800
8 500
13,407
7,100 ;
4.80
1.75
1 50
4, 671
1.92
1 33
4, 670
2. 00 ' :
1 . 50
4 ? 695 : i
3. 88 !:
3. 00
4,475 :
127 18
12, 095
135 86
9 505
139 61 - i
9, 930
224 97 :
12 997 >'
225 i
227
77
3, 04s
1, 163
70
87
4,1()>>
7,138
95
^9
4, 07 J
0,^54
96
241
109. 9
. 124 !
. 100 !
2 85
33! 96
.96
111.3
. 178
.195
3. 32 ;
37. 13 !
1.00
111.3
. 178
.197
3. 33
27. 13
1-03
11,489
6, 180 I
11,530 ;
6, 115 ;
1 , 0 1^ ,) 9f(1,021,403 ! 1,003,288
108,641}
i72,8,30 '
163,446
6\ o09
68, 315
f), 3,1)
36, ss.
38, fir
38,364
2f> HO
25,231
201, SO!>
vo, 7(>4 1 261,449
2^4,( 2R()
394,479
411, .<>:I \ 300, 3M
5s-,b-.l
52,004
71,59
;^4, 152 i 299,521
210, 1«<>
>
2. ;51
2,339
2, 62,
2:i2
8>
4. Oo
2, 93()
(
*.•s
242
1UO
4,S2S
M. o<»2
,9
249
132
7,456
10, 021
52
111. 3 i
.17 3
. 19y
3. 3 i
37. 0
1.0 i
110.6
. 114 '
110.6
. 143
.211
.217
3. 35
35. 53
1.53
3. 36
35. 53
1.51
:
11,29 3 i
6, 13 J i;
10,455
5,919 ;
10,995
6,408
WHOLESALE P R I C E S
( ) hemical index
rel. to 1924..
dolls. Ib...
Copper ingots, electrolytic, New Yoi k
Cotton middling, New York
dolls Ib
Food index (Bradstr^et's)
dolls Sb
Iron and steel composite
do' is. ton
\Vheat, No. 2, hard winter, Kansas .'it y. .dolls. bii._
o ]() j
•> 9 [
:
FINANCIAL
Bank debits:
New York City
vi.'s of dolls..
mi'K of dolls..
Outside New York City
Bond sale, New York Exchange:
_ r l ' o n s of dolls.
United States Government
Average price 40 corporation hop
dolK
Business failures
mini 1 id
Federal reserve banks:
13 ills discounted
p i '^ ot doHs
Total reserves , 1
...
nul's of dolis
Federal reserve member hanks:
Total loans and discounts
.mills ot dolls..
Other loans
.nulls of dolls..
Net demand, deposit s
.mil's of dolls.
Time deposits
Foreign exchange, sterling
dolls..
Interest rates on brokers' io:ms:
Time monev. New York ... . .
_pei cent
Call monev, New York
net cent
Money in circulation (daily averag< > .milh oi dolls.,
Stocks, New York Exchange:
Average price 50 stocks
dolls
Sales
.-. _
t hoiis of shares
Stock prices, average weekly closing s
Industrials, rails, and utilities C4'j 4 ).. re] to 1926_.
All industrials (337)
-el to 1926—
All railroads (33)
rel to 1926
rel. to 1926- _
All utilities (3-4)... ...
14.922
7 886
13,608
7,422
4.86
I
'
:
;
!;
16,806
8 484
13,389
7,132
4. 86
'
'
;
i
3. 90
3 00
4.484
f
2,640
93. 93 ;
410
1,295
94. 33 j
475
1.92 1 !i
94. 6^1 i.:
42,? I;
3.932
98.36 •
426 '
2,798
98.86
442
237
3, 242
904 :
3,008
915 ;
3,012 j
96 >
3,01 2 |'
:
847 i
2,795 i
807
2,802
16, 852
8, 593
13.327
7,079
4. SO
16, 187
9,043
12.810
6.789 :
4.85
16,301 !
9.078
13, 139
6,795 ;
4.85 j
16,25 i
9,01 ') h
12,983
6,77 I
4.8 i
9.25 ,
6.50
4,671 ,
9.00
9.00
4,677
:
4. 00 :
3. 16
4, 508
^28 08
14. 157
222. 05
25, 977
242. 63
21,362
248. 99 j
19,639 j
i
102. 8
94. 1
79 7
16&4
103. 1
93.9
S'? 7
103.3
i
i
!
|
1
108. 6 i
158.2
130 7
245.5
174. 0
103.5
136 9
256.2
107. 1
157. 0
134.6
243. 2
i
185. 2 :
189. 1
138.4
211.5
190. 6 !
190.0
137.7
216.0
15,851
8,901
13,644
6,911
4. 88
i
:
i
;
;
15,937
8,916
13,840
0,898
4. 88
:
5. 50 ;
6. 00 :
4. 709
5. 25
5. 63
4, 717
250. U5
20,33 J
!
I
193.92 1
14,688 .'
197.77
21, 198
191. )
(
196.*^
138.:i
214.
!
!
!
i
151.2 :
154.4 i
131.3 '
153.8 i
8.8.s
12. 0(3 •
4,68 " i
i
94. 9
86. 7
73 o
151.9
;
151.5
153.9
133. 1
155.0
23
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931]
onthly Business Statistics
The following table contains a summary of the monthly figures designed to show the trend in important
industrial and commercial movements. These data represent continuations of the figures presented in. the 1931
Annual Supplement to the Survey of Current Business, in which monthly figures for the past seven years may
be found; together with explanations as to the sources and basis for the figures quoted. The figures given
below should always be read in connection with these explanations. For later data, which have become available since these data were compiled, see recent Weekly Supplements to the Survey.
CONTENTS
General industrial indexes
Wholesale prices
Commodity groups:
Automobiles
Chemicals and allied products
Foodstuffs
Forcrst products
Leat her products
Iron and steel _ _ >
Machinery
Nonferrous metals
Paper and its products
Printing
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
Page
23
24
26
27
29
38
34
35
37
38
39
40
.
Page
Commodity groups—Continued.
Rubber and its products
Stone, clay, and glass
Textiles...
Tobacco_
Miscellaneous
Fuels
Distribution movement
Foreign trade
Employment and wages
Construction
Public utilities-_Finance
1931
April
„
Febru- ! January Decem- Novera- >
ber
her
March
1
40
41
42
44
44
45
46
48
48
50
51
53
1930
.
_ __
.^ „
August \ July | June
May
_
j April
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
Federal Reserve Board
Total adjusted
'Manufacture-^, lot il un idjusted
Manufactures, total adjusted. _
Automobile
_.
('emeu 1
Food product,Iron and steel
^ onfcrrou^ met ils
Paper and printing
Petroleum refining
Polished phi to sil.'ivs
Rubf ier t 'res
Te\tii"s
Tobacco m muf tCtures
Minerals, total unadjusted
Minerals, tot d adjusted
A n t h r a c i t e - _.. Bituminous co.il __
i 'op per
( 'rude petroleum
.Iron-ore1 shipments
Le id
Silver
/inc
el to I '.»23 -25
"el. to 1923-25..
el. to 1923 25 .
el. to 1 923-2,1 __
el. to 1*123-2:. .
el. to 1923 25 .
el. to 1923-2.)..
el to 19°3 °5
el to 1923-25
el to 1923-25 •
el. to 1923 25 .
el to 1 9°3-25 !
el to 19' '3 °5 !
el to 1 923-25 >
el. to 1923-25 .
el. to 1923-25
el. to 1923-25 .
el. to 1923-2' ,
el. to 1923-25..
el. to 1023-2.-)..
el. to 1923-25 .
el to 1923-25
el to 1923-25
el. to 1923-25 .
el to 1923-25
89
91 '
89
70
90
90
75
98
97 ;
134
82
91
86
70
119
88
91
88
G7
2 8L
87 .
2 78
2 92
77
111
152
119
98
97
131
82
2
87
72
70
70
2112
71
54
(il •
79 ,
G3
G5
105 7
107 G
105 0 ,
97 6
10>S (i
114.0
108.2
105.8
105. 7 '
102.8 :
117.5 :
115. 7
105.7
108.2
90.8 •>
122.0
S3. 9
91.5 •
99. 5
9k G :
94.1
llll 8
71. 2
93.2
112.2
103. 5
108. 1
112. G ;
119.4
123.0
109. G
98.3
105. 1
97.3
110
111
108
107
110
107
102
108
97
113
103
106
121
174
131
123
96
136
93
104
71
97
90
128
X3
OS
05
92
71
08
111
88
94
1 10, 3
105. 5
10J. 0
10*. (j
130.0
120. 0
97. 0
90.2
100. 2
90. G
105.8
111.0
99. 1
»0. 3
99.0
97. 5
116.4
99. 9
1 10. 3
97. f\
99. 1
lls! 3 i
71.0 ;
82. 0
97. 1
95. 0
71. 5
107. 1
08. 7
73.3
J 02. 3
97. 8
105.8
138. 2
06. 3
102.4 •
123. 2
116.3
112. 9
119.4
91.2
102. 8
130. 2
125. 5
103. 1
111.8
100. 5
113.9
110.2
117.0
8 1. 3
99. 0
135. 1
132.2
135. 3
113.2
121. 2
90. 0
138. 5
126. 7
13S. 5
130. 1
129. 9
102. 3
80 •
89
80
08 •
80 :
92
73
87 :
79
111
149
111
91
93
132
84
88 •
89
73
70
no
82
G2 ;
05 i
82
81
81
03 '
81
fit
78
107
144
90
8S
80
121
8G
90
93
82
7G
80
8.'»
N9
59
8L
S5
101
119
05
73
<s7
12.-.
89
9i
93
S5
Rate of Electrical Energy Cons umed
A c t i v i t y b\ gtographie sections
1 ' nit ed Stai.es
el to 1923-25
New England
el. to 1923-25..
Xorth Central
el. to 1923-25..
el to 1923-25
M i d d l e Vtlantic
Southern
el. to 1923-25,.
re! to 1923-25
\\ est^rr
A c t i v i t y by industries:
VII industry .
rel. to 1923 25..
Automobiles, includinn
repair parts
rel. to1923-25 .
Food and kindred products rel. to 192,V25,_
Leather and its products.-.rel. to 1923 25_.
Lumber and its products, .rel. to 1923-25 .
Metals group
i'pl to 1923 25
M e t a l working plants,.rel. to 1923 25..
Roiling mills and
steel plants
rel. to 1923-25..
Paper and pulp
- - rel. to i 923-25 .
H ubber and its products...rel. to 1 923-25
rel. to 1923-25.
Shipbuilding
Stone, elax and glass
rel. to 11)23-25 _
Textiles
rel. to 1923-25.
3 Revised.
109.0
92. 5
110.5
95.3 ;
:
i
'
:
!
!
'
j
'
!
!
!
88. 9
112. 9
70. 1
M. 2
114.0
112.3
1 1(5. 5
127.0
122.0
Hi. 8
102. G '
99. 3
5i-? i
K;O. G
89. s
119.0
101.3
125. 8 '
112. 3
122.3
130. 5
120. 3
105. 9
125. 7
117.2
117.3
127 0
119.0
24
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1031
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
19,31
Earlier data for items shown here may j
be found in the 1931 Annual Supple- \
ment to the Survey
April ' March ; ™,™-
1930
Decem- NovemiSeptemAugust
October
ber
ber
1 >er
January
July
June |
STOCKS AND OHDERS
rel to 1923-25 !
rel to 1923-25 ':
rel to 19'-'3-25 i
New order^ t o t a l
Stocks, t o i - i l
Vnlilled orders total
145.3
53. 8 ;
151.3
60. x ,
;s 9
1 "it *>
46. 6
153.7
r,0. 2
4x „ I
Ihl x '
X 7
56 6
157.2
58. 6
59. 7
144. 0
63. 0
63. 8
1 32. 3
65. 3
CO. 0
125.4 :
80. 4
85. 7
S3. 7
82. 6
8os 6
8") 6
8k i:
8k 0
87. 1
86 4
8k 4
Si. S
70.5
85. 6
85. b
86 0
75. 1
Mi. i
7l'. 8
76. 3
87.4
8".. .i
75. 4
91.2
98. 9
100.7
102.4
]02. 6
82". 2
74. 5
84. 6
85.7
84.8
87. 8,
82. 0
81.7
91.0
83. O
S3. 4
93. 4
4. 50
. 55
61 s
<>'
77.0
80. 1
80. 5
81.8
81. 9
82. 9
83. 6
69. 8
8
D e p i n m e r i of I iboi f - i d e \ ( >
73 i
._
_ .
rel to nu,.
l n < M s i i h > l gi'uip 4 i ommodu.es—
P u i M i n u m omls <~>~) _ _ i e l lo 19 0.
1 i'ol aid ! Lht ni, ( j i / '
"u! to V<\ '
it i to V<J>
J l c ' i - e l u i n i s l u n g goo<is ( 17 *
H-l tO 19:0-
r e x t ' l e pr >dm t ( T 5 ) . 10! to 1"J«>M ' (ellaneou - » ( _ " > )
.ie' to 19jo_
All e^*vt f<'im and food p t o h i U s
J L i W i atei ils(108j... ...
lei
s-eimn..nbkic.iiied ai tides ( O J )
lei
Bi,,ds(reer i I n d e x . _ _. ... . .iel
Dun's i n t ' f \
lei
65. 3
130. X
78. l
S4. 0
86.3
8G. 7
86.8 '
90. 5 ;
88.9 '
92. 0
91. 0
88. 9 \
,V7. 8
75.4
90.0
88. 9
76.4 :
;
GENERAL PRICE INDEXES
I <><,<! ( 1 ' i , _ .
59.4
124. 9
75. 9 i
7< 7
78 1
77 1
7<> >>
SO 9
X(i I
in ( >
81 ( >
M X
dt 5
f>9 tj
87 3
87 t
M> 6
94.0
96. 5
99. 1
(
M» 8
6(> 2
617
90 8
70 1
(j 9
91.1
71.0
64. 7
91.3
72. 4
66. 9
95. 4
73. 3
67.8
95 3
73. 8
<5*. 8
69. 7
7L2
96. 2
80. 0
71.7
75 6
f> ( » V
77. 1
70 6
77. 8
72. 9
79. 0
74. 2 •
80. 1
76. 8
M.5
x2. 8
82. 1
83. 3
81.8
84.3
81.1 !
o9 0
7 > •>
71.4
80 9
7 > -;
71.0
81 4
72.0
82. 7
74 3
73. 0
8k 7
75. 6
76. 1
86. 4
75. 5
77. 8
^7. 6
76. 5
79. 7
7\ 1
80. 7
90. 6
2. 00
.48
75. 0
. 172
90. 4
2.00
.44
68. 7
. 1 74
91.4
2. 00
. 44
68. 7
. 171
89. 7
2. 00 i
. 44
68. 7 •
. 173
90. 7
2. 00
.47 •
73.4 !
.178|
93. 6 !
2. 00
.48
75. 0
. 176
92. 7
2. 42 i
.52
81.2
. 169
88. 9 !
3. 00 I
:
82. S 1
. 176
92. 5 i
3. 00
5-)
8L2
. 179
94. 0
3. 1 1 :
.47 ,
73.4
. 182 !
4. 29
. 49
76. C
. 192
100.9
10 °5
62. 3
. 26
57. 8
1 . 422
81.6
1 0. 00
60. 8
10. 00
60. 8
. 28
62. 2
1.543
87. 9
9. 50 !
9. 50
57. 7
. 36
80. 0
1.588
91. 1
9.50
57.7
.39
86. 7
1.600
91. 7
10. oo ;:
60. 8
.35 ;
77.8 ;
1.000 ;
I
9. 50J
^
.40 i
88.9
1. 600 i
91. 7 |
91. 7 ;
10. 00
60.8
.33
73. 3
1 . 600
91. 7
. 19
94
. 089 '
. 20 i
94
.072 i
. 19 '•
94 ,
.072 .
. 1069
.1.8 '
95
.076
.1102
79.9
.18
96
. 093
. 1205
87.3
77 1
'U v '
f»7 6
10 1M_6__
(
lo 1 *'6
to J9JO
to 19JO,
89 2
Mi. 8
M;. o
80. 9
89. 8
;
WHOLESALE PRICES
Vcetate of lime
dolls, per cwt '•
Barley, No. 2. Minneapolis-. .dolls, per bush..
Barley, No. 2, Minneapolis
rel. to 1926..'
Brass' sheers, mill
. dolls, per Ib.. 1
Brass sheets nijil
rel. to 1926
Brick, common, red, New York
j
dolls per thous
Brick, common, red, New Y o r k . . rel. to 1926. :
B u t t e r , common, New York
dolls, per 11)..
Butter, New York
.. _.rel. to 1926..
Cement, 'Portland ('composite) ..dolls, perlh..:
Cement. Portland (composite)
rel. to 3926..;
Cheese, American whole milk, New York '
dolls, per < Ib) i
Chemicals
rel to l )'- 7
CotYee, Rio, No. 7, Brazil grades, dolls, per lb._
Copper ingots, electrolytic
dolls, per l b . _
Copper ingots, elect rolvtic
.rel. to 1926..!
Coal:
*
i
A n t h r a c i t e—
;
R e t a i l , composite-dolls, per short ton. J
"Wholesale, composite
j
dolls, per short ton..!
Wholesale, composite
rel. to 1926. .
B i t u m i n o u s—
Mine average (spot)
dolls, per short ton
Prepared sizes (composite.)
:
dolls, per net ton
Prepared sizes (composite)rel. to 1926..
R e t a i l , composite. dolls, per short ton._
Wliolesale, composite
dolls, per short ton
Wholesale, composite
rel. to 1926..
Coke, furnace, Connellsville
doll^ per short ton
Coke, furnace, Connellsville
rel. to 1926.Cocoa, spot. Accra, New York, .dolls, p e r l b . .
Corn:
No. 3. yellow, Chicago
dolls, per bush-No. 3, yellow, Chicago
rel. to 1926. .
No. 3, Kansa^ Citv
dolls per bush
No. 3. White, Chicago
dolls, per bush..;
Cotton:
To producer .
. . . . . dolls, per Ib .
In New York, middling
dolls, per lb._
Cottonseed oil, refined, yellow,
prime, New York
'
dolls, per Ib
Cotton goods:
Print cloth 64 x 60
dolls per vd
Print cloth, 64 x 60
rel. to 1926
Sheeting, brown
dolls per vd
Sheet inu brown
rel to 1926
Cotton goods (Fairchild) rel to 1911-1913
Cotton yarns:
22/1 cones, Boston
dolls, p e r l b , .
22/1 cones. Boston
rel to 1926
40' 15 southern spinnine
dolls, per l b _ .
Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
rel to \utr , 191 1
Drugs, crude
rel. to Auir , 1914
Essential oils
rel. to Aug., 1 9 1 4 _ _ ;
Flaxseed.No. 1, Minneapolis-.dolls. per bush...
Flour, see under wheat Hour.
Food, wholesale, see under individual items.
Food, retail (Dept. of Labor)... .rel. to 1913 .
Hides:
(ireen salted, packers'
heavy native steers
dolls, per l b . _
Green-salted packers'
heavy native steers
rel. to 1926..:
Calfskins, country. No. 1
dolls, perlb..
Calfskins, country, No. 1
rel. to 1926.. •
2
Revised.
64^4
1. 477
84. 1
.15
90
. 053
. 16
90
. 056
.16
89
. 064
. 0939
. 0985
. 0972
68. 0
71.4
70. 4
10. CO
6' ' 8
. 29
64. 4
1.578
88. 5
o7;>7 1
3
71 7
L580 '
90. 6
;
,s
. 17
90 '
. 068
.19
94
. 079
.1011
73.3
93
. 070
. 1030
74.6
. 0984
71.3 ,
9. 50
57. 7
.40
88.9
1.600
91. 7
. 0960
69. 6
|
!
I
:
14.39
14.85
14. 85
14.88
14.89
14.90
14. S7
12. 202
88. 6
* 12.608
12. 732
92 5
12. 732 ji
92. 5 i
12.751
12.751
12.762 i
91.6
92. 6 |
92.6
.1031
;
74. 7
92. 7 !
14. 80
i
12. 707 1
92.3
1. 75
:
. 198
103.9
10. 50
63. 8
. 35
77.8
1.617
. 092
.1276
92. 5
14.53
14. 32
14, 33
12.578 : 12.366
12. 251
89. 0
12. 441
90.4
14.57
91.4
89.8 :
1.68
1.71
1.67
1. 67
4. 303 1
89.8 !
8. 79 I
4. 180
87. 2 '
8.70
4. 156
86. 7
8.65 ,
4. 096
85. 4
8. 54
4. 085
85. 2
8. 53
3. 897
90. 3 j
3. 892
90. 2
3. 891
3. 892
90. 2
3. 902
90. 4
1. 64
1.69
1.77
1.77
1.77
1. 78 I
1.81 '\
3. 845
80. 2
8.85
3. 999
83.4
8. 85
4. 223
88. 1
8.83
4.270 i
89. 1
8.87 |.
4. 317
90. 0
8.94
4. 336 i
90. 5 i
8. 94
4. 342 !
90. 6 :
8.88 :
3. 760
87. 2
2 3. 791
2
87. 9
3.814
88.4
3. 829 i.
88.8
3.898
90. 4
3. 900 1
90. 4
3. 893 •
90. 2 :
9 ,'•()
00. 9
2. 50
60. 9
2. 58 •'
62. 7 !
2. 60 :
63. 3 !
2.60
63.3 !
62.1
61.4
. 0550
2. 55 j
62. 1 i
. 0619 !
2.55
62. 1
. 0535
2. 53 :
6! .5!
. 0563 ;
. 0675
. 0088 ;
. 0675 i
. 0670 !
. 0775
.0869 :
. 0825
. 0850
. 58
77. 3
.60
80. 0
54
. 60
.61 1
81.3 i
54
. 63 1
.65 '
86. 7 !
. 59 i
.68
.69
92.0
.71 i
94.7 j
. 69 i
. 76 ;
.82
109. 3 :
. 82 !
.88
.94 i
125. 3 i
.89
.97 !
. 99
131.2
92
.99
.82
109.2
.80
.84
.79
105.3
.80
.81
. 79
105.3
. 78
. 80
. 093
.102
. 096
. 109
. 091 !
.110
. 086 i' i
. 102 [•
.101
. 096 '
. 110 !
. 092 ,
.107 i
. 099 !
.109 1
.114
. 121
. 119
. 132 .
. 140
.145
. 076
. 07 (i
'
.072
. 076 1
.076
.081
. 084
. 080
. 083 ;
. 088
73. 3
. 059
63. 3
121
053
69.6 :
. 065
69. 8
119 ;
li
68. 8 !;
. 0(52 ji
67. 0
.053
70.4
.065
69.9
. 057
75. 5
. 066 !
70. 9 !
124 \
.055
72. 9
. 066
71.3
124
I
i
;
. 053
70.4 !
. 070 !
75.1 !
124
. 050
66.6
.070
74. 9
126
.054
75.8
. 070
75. 3
130
. 056
74.7
.075
80. 3
134
. 06)1
80. 2
. 078
S3. 9
137
.231
64. 5
. 369
.240
66. 8
. 382
. 239
66. 7
. 390 :
. 248
69. 1 '• '•
. 390
.247
68.8
.390
. 254
71.0
. 405
.235 '
65. 5 i
.413 !
.242 !
67.4 i
.420 |
.252
70.3
.435
. 262
73. 1
.447
76*2
. 461
. 290
SO. 9
.473
1 60 1
131 '•
82
1.57
174
130
81
1. 58
175 :
131
80
1. 56 ;
175
1 33
81
1.57
:
175
137
85
1. 61
175 ;
337 :
87
1.65 ;
176 i
137 i
90 ;
1.80
176 \
139 !
91
1. 90 1
176
143
97
2. 00
2. 32
176
154
111
2.71
176
161
113
2. 68
126. 4
127. 0 i
132.S |i
137.2
141.4 !
145.6 I
i
143.7
144.0
147.9
150. 1
.095
.107
. 5.X
053
69. 6
. 059
63 '">
124.0
. 092
65. 5 •
. 135 '
77.9
. 090 I
64. 1 '
.128 i
73. 4
. 073
. 073
•!!?
.087
,
120
:
52. 1 1
.117 1
C7. 4
67.7 \:
. 125 ! •
71.8 •' • ;
75.9
.144
83.0
;
;
:
:
:
144.4
.118 \
.133 i
. 146
. 136
84. 2 !
. 156 !
89. 7 ;
94. 8
. 1 72 [99. 2
103.8 !
. 165 i
95. 2
96. 7
. 161
93. 0
90.2 ;
176 :
147
107 ;
100. 1 i
. 165 :
95 2 :
2. 50 '
60. 9
.21
97
. 099
2. 53
61.5
109.3
.80
.84
. 145
. 1 52
.143
108.3
.175 i
1 00. 9 ;
1 02. 0
.169
*»7_ 3
176
166
115
2.92
99. 8
. 159
91.4
25
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
J u n e , 1031 |
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
April
1931
March
1930
Febru- January
ary
Oocom- NovemAugust
October Septembor
ber
ber
July
Juno
May
April
WHOLESALE PRICES— Continued
Hosiery
rel to 1926
50. 8
Iron and steel, metals and
88 7
metal products
rel to 1926
Iron, raw:
Basic (valley furnace) .dolls, per long ton
16.50
89.0
Basic (valley furnace)
rel. to~192f__
1 6. 75
Composite pig iron
dolls, per long tor _ .
Foundry No. 2,
northern
dolls, per long toi ...
18.76
Foundry No. 2, northern
rel. to 192f _ .
91.0
Lard, prime contract, New
York
dolls per Ib
.090
Lead, pig, desilverized, New
York
dolls per Ib
.0441
Lead, pig, desilverized, New
York
rel. to 1926..
Leather, composite, wholesale
price
_ _
rel. to 1926
88.4
Leather, sole and belting, oak,
and scoured backs
dolls, per Ib—
.37
Leather, sole and belting, oak,
84.4
and scoured backs.
rel. to 1926
Leather, upper, composite,
chrome, calf black," B "grade-dolls, per sq.ft. _
.356
Leather, hides (see under hides).
Leather, shoes (see under shoes) .
. 092
Linseed oil, New York
dolls, per Ib
Lumber:
73.3
Composite, wholesale price. -.rel. to 1926—
Southern yellow
pine
. . .-dolls, per M ft. b. in
Southern yellow pine
rel. to 1926—
Douglas fir, No. 1,
12.12
common
.dolls, per M ft. b. m _ _
Douglas fir, flooring, 1 x 4, "B"
and better (V. G. Washing29. 74
ton)-.
dolls, per M ft. b. m _ _
Meats:
Beef, fresh, carcass, good
native steers, Chicago
dolls, per Ib—
.160
Beef, fresh, carcass, good
97.1
native steers, Chicago
rel. to 1926—
Beef, fresh, carcass, steers,
.172
New York
dolls, per Ib—
Beef, fresh, carcass, steers,
New York
rel. to 1926 100.8
8. 563
Cattle, corn-fed, Chicago.dolls. per 1001bs_.
89. 9
Cattle, corn-fed Chicago _ rel. to 1926
Hogs, heavy, Chicago-dolls, per 100 Ibs—
7.08
Hogs, heavy, Chicago
rel. to 1926—
57. 4
Sheep, ewes, Chicago
dolls, per cwt
3. 29
Sheep, ewes, Chicago
rel. to 1926—
50. 0
8.76
Sheep, lambs, Chicago
dolls, per l b _ .
Sheep lambs Chicago
rel to 1926
64. 0
Pork, hams, smoked, Chicago
dolls, per Ib—
. 184
Pork, hams, smoked, Chicago
59. 7
rel. to 1926. .
Western dressed steers, New York
_
dolls, per Ib
.172
Methanol:
Refined
._. _ dolls, per gal
Milk, condensed, New York. -dolls, per case—
Milk, evaporated
--dolls, per case
3! 50
65. 1
Nonferrous metals
rel. to 1926
Oats:
No. 3, white, Chicago
dolls, per bush..
.30
No. 3, white, Chicago .
rel. to 1926
73 2
Oils and fats
rel. to 1927
Oleomargarine, standard, uncolored,
Chicago
dolls, per Ib—
.145
Oleomargarine, standard, uncolored,
Chicago
rel. to 1926
63. 5
Paper, newsprint roll, delivered,
New York
.
dolls, per 100 Ibs !
Paper, newsprint roll, delivered,
New York
rel. to 1926
Petroleum:
. 530
Crude, Kansas-Oklahoma.dolls. per bbl..|
("rude, Kansas-Oklahoma
rel. to 1926- .
28.1
Gas and fuel oils, Oklahoma 24-26,
refineries..
dolls per bbl .
.488
Gasoline, New York .
dolls, per gal '
.133
Kerosene, 150° water white-dolls, per gal—
.048
Lubricating oil, cylinder
dolls, per gal— :
.145
Pig iron, foundry No. 2,
Pittsburgh _
dolls, per long ton '•
18. 76
Pig iron, foundry No. 2, Pittsburgh
91. 0
rel. to 1926- l
P ota toes
dolls, per bush
.908
Potatoes
rel to 1996
49
Rayon, 150 denier "A" grade,
i
Now York
dolls, per lb_.
75
Rosin, gum "B," New York— dols. per bbl— i
4.73
Rubber, crude, smoked sheets,
i
New York
dolls, per Ib—
.064
Rubber, crude, smoked sheets,
New York
rel. to 1926—
13.2
Rye, No. 2, Minneapolis
dolls, per bush—
.35
Rye, No. 2, Minneapolis
rel. to 1926—
38.0
3. 29
Sheeps, ewes, Chicago
dolls, per 100 Ibs.J
Sheep, ewes, Chicago..
rel. to 1926—
50. 0
Sheep, lambs, Chicago..
dolls, per lOOlbs.J
8.76
60200—31
4
51.9
51.9
51.9
58. 3
58. 3
60. 5
62. 6
64.8
69. 1
69. 1
73. 1
89 0
88.9
89. 3
90. 0
90. 2
90. \
91.8
92.7
94. 3
95. 4
96. 8
98. 8
' 16.50
89.0
16.72
16.75
90. 3
16.82
1 7. 00
91. 7
16.94
1 7. 00
91.7
17.01
17.00
91. 7
17.14
1 7. 00
91.7
17.30
1 7. 60
94. 9
17.79
18.00
97.0
17. 99
18. 10
97. 6
18.22
1 8. 50
99. 7
18,55
18.50
99. 7
18.66
18. 50
99. 7
18.75
18. 26
88. 6
18.51
89.8
18.76
91.0
18.76
91.0
18. 76
91.0
18.89
91.6
19. 56
94.9
19.76
95. 8
19.86
96. 3
20. 26
98. 3
20. 26
98. 3
20. 26
98. 3
.094
. 0453
. 085
. 0455
.090
. 100
.119
.119
.114
. 100
. 102
. 107
. 0480
.0510
.0510
.0515
. 0550
. 0549
. 0525
. 054 1
. 0552
. 112
73. 1
. 107
. 0554
53. 8
54.0
57.0
60. 6
60. 6
61. 2
65. 3
65. 2
62. 4
64. 3
65. 6
65. 8
88.4
89.0
90. 8
91. 5
93. 3
96.7
98.2
99.9
100.1
102. 9
104. 2
105.3
.37
.37
.38
.40
.41
.41
.44
.46
.46
.44
.46
.47
84.4
83.3
86.7
91. 3
93. 5
93. 5
100.4
104.9
104.9
100.4
104.9
107.2
.352
.354
.359
.355
.367
.372
.372
.371
.371
.371
.371
.372
.095
.092
.088
.092
.094
.099
.105
.131
.140
.140
. 140
.143
74.2
73.2
76.0
78.1
80.1
80.2
80.8
81.1
83.3
85.3
89. 7
91.8
29.66
65.8
28.42
63.0
30.73
68.1
32. 51
72.1
33.44
74.1
34.01
75.4
33.48
74.2
31.72
70.3
33.89
75.1
33.06
73.3
36. 53
81.0
36. 39
80.7
12.68
12.86
12.82
12.99
13.25
12.98
13.14
13.44
14.47
14. 30
15. 16
16. 26
31.14
31.65
31.33
31.73
33.40
33.77
34.58
35.65
36.57
36. 94
38. 19
38. 87
.169
.178
.195
.195
.195
.195
.191
.168
.174
.195
.215
.239
102.8
108.1
118.8
118.8
118.8
118.8
116.1
102.4
105.7
118.8
130.9
145.4
.180
.196
.205
.205
.205
.205
.203
.173
.177
.218
.220
.220
105.4
9.075
95.2
7. 18
58.2
3.79
57. 5
8.27
60.4
115.0
9. 106
95.6
6.73
54.5
3.69
55. 9
8.31
60 7
120.1
10.00
105. 0
7.34
59. 5
3.44
52.1
7.98
58 3
120.1
10.58
111.0
7.94
64.3
2. 93
44.4
7.40
54 0
120. 1
10.31
108.2
8.86
71.8
3.38
51.2
7. 13
120. 1
9.97
104.6
9. 86
79.9
3.84
43. 1
7. 03
118.6
10. 33
108.4
10.58
85.8
3.08
46.6
7. 35
101.1
9.14
95.9
9.78
79.2
3.09
46. 9
7.72
103.7
9.28
97.4
8.94
127.4
10.73
112.6
9. 68
78.4
3.45
52.3
9. 73
71.0
128.9
11.56
121.3
10.02
81.2
4.78
7?. 5
9. 04
66. 0
128.9
12.56
131.8
9. 98
80. 9
5. 1 3
77.7
8.94
65. 2
46. 5
8. 13
.187
. 195
. 207
.213
.222
.221
.227
.229
.230
. 233
.228
.229
60. 7
63. 5
67.1
69. 2
72.1
7.1.7
73.8
74.4
74.7
75. 6
73. 9
7L 4
.180
.196
. 205
.205
. 205
.205
. 203
.173
.177
.218
.220
. 220
.40
5. 65
3.50
67.1
.40
5.79
3.50
66. 1
.40
6. 03
3.75
67.4
.40
6. 03
3.80
69.7
.40
6.03
3. 80
68.4
.40
6. 03
3. 80
67.8
.40
6. 03
3. 80
71.2
.40
6. 03
3.80
.40
6. 03
3.74
73.5
.40
6. 13
3. 69
78.1
.40
6. 13
3. 95
80. 6
.40
6. 13
3. 95
90. 5
.31
75 6
71
.32
78 0
68
.32
78.0
71
.34
82.9
73
.33
80^5
.36
87.8
74
.38
92.7
78
.39
95.1
87
.35
85.4
88
.38
92. 7 i
89 i
.41
100. 0
92
. 43
104. 9
94
.177
.100
.205
. 205
.205
. 205
.205
.228 i
. 235
83. 3
89.8
89.8
89.8
89.8
89. 8
99.7 '
103. 0
3. 25
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25
94.2
94. 2
94.2
94.2
94.2
94.2 !
1. 098
58. 3
1.178
62.5
1.178
62.5
1.178
62. 5
.145
. 155
63. 5
67. 9
1
77.6 !
3.10
3.10
3.10
3.10
89 9
89.9
89.9
89. 9
. 594
31. 5
.850
45. 1
. 850
45.1 I
.850
45.1
. 850
45.1
.510
.133
.051
.145
. 588
.138
.053
. 146
.600
.135
.054
.165
.610
.141
.054
.172
. 650
.141
.053
.184
(
. 594
.143
.054
. 186
. 580
.148
. 053
.190
. 600
.163
.050
.193
. 625
.163
.052
.210
3. 25
:
1.178
62. 5
. 675
. 163
.055 I
.284
. 235
103. 0
94. 2
94. 2
1.178
62. 5
1. 163
61.7
.744
. 163
. 060
. 340
.788
.151
. 063
. 343
18.26
18. 51
18. 76
18. 76 i
18. 89
19. 56
19. 76
19.86
20.26
20. 20
20. 26
88.6
.849
46
89.8
.867
47
91.0
. 903
49
91.0
.898
48
91.0
. 950
51
91.6
1.017
55
94.9
1. 099
59
95. 8
1.088
59
96. 3
1. 294
70
98.3
1. 486
80
98. 3
1.502
81
98. 3
1.461
79
.75
4.64
.75
4.38
.75
4.45
.95
4.95 i
.95
5.29
.95
5.54
.95
5.80
.95
5. 39
.95
5. 90
1.15
6.50
1.15
6.34
1. 15
6.78
.077
.076
.082
.089
.089
.084
.080
.100
111
. 124
.142
. 150
15.9
.36
39.1
3.79
57. 5
8.27
15.7
.37
40.2
3. 69
55. 9
8.31
16.9
.38 I
41.3
3.44
52.1
7.98
18.4
.44
47.8
2.93
44.4
7.40
18.4
.43
46.7
3.38
51.2
7. 13
17.3
.49
53.3
3.84
43.1
7.03
16.5
.55
59.8
3.08
46.6
7.35
20. 6
.60
65. 2
3.09
46.9
7. 72
22.9
.55
59. 9
3.06
46. 5
8.13
25.6
.57
62.0
3.45
52.3
9.73 1
29. 3
.65
70. 7
4.78
72. 5
9. 04
30. 9
.68
73.9
5. 13
77.7
8.94
18. 76
26
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 103J
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
March
April
1930
Febru- January
ary
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
Se
m
^ " ! Au.cust !
;
July
1
WHOLESALE PRICES-Continued
Sheep, lambs, Chicago
rel. to 1926. _
Shoes, men's black calf blucher,
Boston
dolls, per pair-Shoes, men's black calf blucher,
Boston
rel. to 1926 -.
Shoes, men's dress welt, tan calf,
oxford, St. Louis
.dolls, per pair,.
Shoes, men's dress welt, tan calf,
oxford St Louis
rel to 1926
Shoes, women's black kid, dressed
ozford welt lace
dolls per pair
Silk, raw, Japanese, 13-15,
New York
dolls, per Ib
Silk, raw, Japanese, 13-15,
New York
rel. to 1926
Silk goods, composite .
._ _ dolls, ner yd
Steel beams, mill, Pittsburgh. .dolls, percwt..
Steel beams, mill, Pittsburgh
rel to. 1926. _
Steel, crude:
Composite, finished steel
dolls per 100 Ibs
Iron and steel, composite
dolls, per long ton..
Steel billets, Bessemer-dolls, per long ton-Steel billets, Bessemer
rel. to 1926. _
Structural steel beams._dolls. per 100 lbs_.
Structural steel beams
rel. to 1926-.
Sulphuric acid
dolls, per 100 Ibs
Sugar:
Retail average, 51 cities
rel. to 1913..
Retail granulated, New York. dolls, per lb__
Wholesale, 96° centrif.,
New York
_ _
dolls, per Ib
Wholesale, 96° centrif.,
New York
rel to 1926
Wholesale, granulated,
New York
dolls, per Ib
Wholesale, granulated,
New York
rel. to 1926
Tea, Formosa fine, New York.. .dolls, per lb._
Textiles general
rel. to 1926
Tin, wholesale, straits,
New York
dolls, per lb._
Turpentine, gum, southern,
New York
-.dolls, per gal_.
Wheat:
No. 1, northern spring,
Minneapolis
dolls, per bush
No. 1, northern spring,
Minneapolis
rel. to 1926
No. 2, red winter,
St Louis
dolls, per bush
No. 2, red winter, St. Louis... rel. to 1926- .
No. 2, hard winter,
Kansas City
dells, per bush..
No. 2, hard winter,
Kansas City
. rel. to 1926- .
Wheat flour:
Standard patents,
Minneapolis
., .dolls, per bbL.
Standard patents,
Minneapolis
rel to 1926
Winter straights,
Kansas City
dolls per bbl
Winter straights,
Kansas City
rel. to 1926
Wool:
Raw, territory, fine, scoured. dolls, per l b _ .
Raw, Ohio and Pennsylvania, fleeces,
H blood, combing grease. -dolls, per l b _ .
Suiting, 13 oz
_
dolls, per ycL.
Suiting 13 oz
rel to 1926
Women's dress goods, French
serge, 39-in
. _ .dolls, per vd._
Women's dress goods, French
serge 39-in
rel. to 1926
Worsted yarns
dolls, perlb..
VVorsted yarns
re) to 1926
Zinc, prime western
dolls per Ib j
| June
1
I
\
May
j April
50.0
60.4
60.7
58.3
54. 0
52. 0
51.3
53. 6
56. 3
59.3 !
71.0 i
(16.0 :
6.75
6.75
6.75
6. 75
6.75
6. 75
6.75
6. 75 !
6. 75
6. 75 :
6. 75
6. 75
6. 75
105. 5
105.5
1C 5. 5
105.5
105. 5
105. 5
105.5
105. 5 |
105. 5 j
105.5 |
105,5
105.5
105. r.
4.60
4. 60
4. 60
4. 60
4.72
4.85
4.85
95. 0
95.0
95.0
95.0
97.3
100.2
100. 2
100. 2
3. 66
4 25
4 25
4 25
4 °)
4.85 i
4.85
4.85
4.85
!
100. 2
100.2
100.2
4 '^5
2 266
2. 561
2 709
2 807
2 709
2 463
2 512
2 413 '
36. 6
41.3
.99
1. 65
84.3
43. 7
1.00
1 . 65
84.3
45.3
1.02
1. 63
83.0
43.7
1.02
1.60
81.7
39. 8
1.02
1.60
81.7
40.6
1.02
1. 60
81.7
31). 0
1.04
1.60 ;
81.7 !
1. 65
84.3
2 955
]
4 25 '
3 251
3.940 :
4. ISO
52. 5
1.09
1. 70
86.8
63.6 :
1. 11
1.80
91.9
67. 6
1. 14
1. SO
Dl.li
47. 7
1.08
1. 65
84.3 !
2.22
2.23
2.22
2.22
2. 19
2.20
2.22
2.24
2.26
2. 29
31. 66
30. 00 ,
85.7
1. 65
84.3 1
. 75
31.65
30. 00
85. 7
1. 65
84. 3
. 75
31. 70
30.00
85. 7 i
1.63
83. 0
. 75
31.76
30. 60
87. 4
1.60
81.7
31. 95
31.00
88.6
1.60
81.7
. 75
32. 31
31. 00
88.6
l.fiO
81.7
32.67
31.00
88.6
1.60
81.7
. 75
33.01 !
31.00 1
88.6 !
1.65
84.3 i
. 75 i
33. 25
31.00
88.6
1.65
84.3
. 75
104 i
.050
106
. 051 i
107
.053
107
. 053
107
.053
107
.053
106
. 053
107
.054
111 1
.054 j
111
.054
.033
. 033
.033
. 034
.033
.034
.033
.031
.032
75.6 I
75.8
76. 3
77.9
75. 8
78.8
76.3
72. 1
73. 0
. 044
.043
.045
.046
.046
.047
. 044
.043 '
.044
. 046
80. 1
.225
67.6
81.4
. 225
70.4
83. 4
. 225 i
71.0 i
83.2
. 225
72.4
85.0
. 225
73.3
80.8
. 223
73. 8
79. 2 1
.224 !
75. 5
.2631
.2610
. 2527
. 2589
. 2686
80. 3 I
.290
77. 7
i
.3002
84. 1
. 292
80. 0
. 2512
79.2 !1
. 225
69. 2 !
1
. 2707
. 2981
.56 :
.53 :
.45
.44
.43
.41
. 43
. 42
!
.44 :
.41
1>r
4 25
!
31. 61
30. 00
85.7
1.65
84. 3
. 75
.2964
4. 85
100.2
4 95 1
2 955
47. 7
1.06 !
1.65 i
84. 3 1
4. 85 ,
100. 2
65. 2
4
)
2. 33
2. 35
2. 39
33. 53
31.00
88.6
1.70
86.8
. 75
33. 84
32. 50
92. 9
1.80
91. 9
.75
34. 4X
111
.055
115
.057
115
. 055
. 033
. 032
.032
. 035
75. 3
74. 4
74.0 ,
80. 4
. 045
.048
. 048
82. 7
. 300
82. 2
86. 7
. 300
84.6
88. 0
. 300
85. 5
. 3030
. 3213
. 3607
. 47
. 49
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!
!
!
i
;
i
:?3. oo
1)4. 3
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OLD
. 79
. 76
. 82
.87
.92 |
1.00
1. 07
1. 1 1
50. 0
48. 1 <
47. 5
48. 1
48. 7
47. 5
51.0
55. 1
57. 6
58. 2 i
63. 3
67. 7
7(i. :;
.SO •
51.0 1
. 78
50.3
. 79
51.0
. 78
50. 3 i
.83
53. 5
. 83
53. 5
.87
56. 1
.88 «
56.8 :
.89 !
57.4
.85
54. 8 !
1 . 05
67. 7
1. 14
73. 5
I. I V
. 76
'
.91
i
i
.71
. 69
.74
.81
.80 i
.89
.99
1.0!
47.0
46. 3
46. 3 j
47. 7
46.3
49.7
52.3
54.4
53.7 i
59.7
66. 4
67. 8
4.71 :
4. 67 ;
4. 85
4. 96
4.89
4. 69
4. 98
5. 08
5. 34
5.51 i
5.83
55 9
55. 4 !
57. 6
5S. 9 i
58.0
55.7
59. 1
60.3 ,
63.4 ;
65. 3
69. 1
4. oo
.73
49.0
. 69
.70
1
;
.69
.78 i
6. OH
70.8
5. 40
!
4. 06
4. 09 ;
4. 03
4.14
4.23
4. 44 i
4. 56 !
4.64 !
4.99
55. 4
55. 2 I
56. 0
56. 3
55. 6
57. 1
58.3
61. 3
62. 8
64.0 i
68.9
72 7
74. ;»
. 65
.66
. 76 1
. 76
. 77
. 76
.31
1.696
84.6 I
.:>!
1.756
87.6
. 29
1.756
87. 6
.3!
1.756
87. 6
4 02
1.601
79 8
. 66
1.543 !
77.0 i
.68
1.00
69. 7
. 0400
124.0
181.8
1 26. 4
187. 7
78
120
74
J 06
63
91
80
99
109
74
106
65
91
76
67
1
. 76 :
.30
1. 601
79.8
.31 '
1.601 :
79.8 ;
.23
1. 601
79. 8
. 26
1.601
79. 8
:
79. 8
.90
.90
.90
1.10
76. 6
. 0401
87 0 :
1.10
76.6
. 0401
87. 0
1. 17
81.8
.0410
87.0
1.20
83.6
. 0427
87.0
1.20
83. 6
. 0406
87.0
1. 20
83.6
.0427
127.0
187. 6
132.8 i
188. 1
137.2
188. 1
141.4
1 88. 0
144. 4
187, 9
1.601
.90
1.00
69. 7
. 0372
. 29
1. 601
79.8
. 75
. 76
.31
1.601
79.8
. 90
.90
.90
87.0
1. 20
83.6
.0436
87. 0
1.20 i
83. (i
. 0435
87. 0
1.20
83. 6
. 04 44
87. 0
1.23
S3. 6
. 0464
S7. 0
1 . '«,»;>
87. 1
. 048 1
145.6
187.0 i
143.7
184. 1
144.0
183. 6
147.9
180. 9
1 50. 1
181.0
151.2
189. 0
94
115
149
101
119
70
108
115
114
193
106
141
79
123
119
120
1 93
105
142
78
124
rjo
^70 !
106 i
83
123 ;
148 ;
100
128
67
111
49
62
. 90
. 90
. 90
;
RETAIL PRICES
Retail food index (Dept. of Labor) .rel. to 1913.. !
Retail coal index (Dept. of Labor). rel. to 1913. .
FARM PRICES
Cotton and cottonseed (2)
rel. to 1909-14..
Dairy and poultry products (4) .rel, to 1909-14..
Fruits and vegetables (9) . _ rel. to 1909-14
( 5 rains (6)
_
__rel. to 1909-H..
Meat animals (5)
rel. to 1909-14 i
Unclassified (5)
. _
rel. to 1909-14
\11 groups (31)
rel to 1909-14 j
AUTOMOBILES
Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)
rel. to 1923-25_. :
Production index (elect, energy consumed)
rel to 1923-25 j
Accessories and parts, shipments:
Accessories _ _
rel. to Jan., 1925 . !
Original equipment
rel. to Jan., 1925..
Replacement parts
rel. to Jan., 1925..
Service parts., , --------rel. to Jan., 1925-.
90.8
66
127
127
118 :
;
;
76 ;
126
127 i
92 i
;
76
95
109
108
10S
i
i
;
106
67
90
112 i
69
94 !
108
XG
112 ;
70 ;
97 ;
68
63 1
85
1
74
71.5
;
74,9 |
80.9 1
88.4 i
55 1
64
100
75 !
63 1
62
127 :
80
79
75
140
99
i
\
i
1
76 ;
79
139
105
94. 1
65 !
117 !
110
115 !
88.9
67.5 !
53
95
1*9
97
46
84 1
08
92 i
80
130
U4
80
118
73
!
103
i
:
|
:
1
i
<
!i
62 j
86.6
60 i
87 i
132 ;
104
99
111
173 :i
92
127
75
111 i
1 21
i ;-•;
11 0
14G
78
127
75
90
101
102
75. 3
102. 9
105.8
112.9
71
119
131
128
78
153
137
165
74
175
150
180
65
83
127 (
115
27
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 19311
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1930
1931
April
F*™- January
March
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
Se
m
ber "
August
"
July
~~
June
May
April
AUTOMOBILES— Continued.
Electric industrial trucks and tractors:
ShipmentsDomestic
number
Exports.
_ _ _ _ _ _ number
Exports (assembled):
From CanadaTotal.
no. of cars__
PassejQger cars -no. of cars
Trucks
no. of cars
From United States —
Total
no. of cars
Passenger cars
no. of cars
Trucks , .
no. of cars
Financing:
"Wholesale dealers
thous. of dolls
Total consumers
thous. of dolls
New cars
thous. of dolls
Used cars
thous. of dolls_Unclassified
thous. of dolls-_
F ire-extinguishing equipment:
Shipments—
Motor vehicles
number
Hand types
number _ _
New passenger-car, registrations
total no. of cars
'Production, actual:
Canada —•
Total
no of cars
Passenger cars
no. of cars. _
Trucks .
..
no. of cars
United States —•
Total
no of cars
Passengers cars
no. of cars
Taxicabs
no. of cars
Trucks .
no. of cars
Him production
thous. of rims..
Sales (General Motors Corp.):
Total to consumers, U. S
no. of cars_.
Total to dealers, U. S
no. of cars_Total to dealers, including Canadian and
overseas
no of cars
48
23
84
9
50
6
33 1
5 !
42
9
37
9
91
3
77
6
82
11
102
11
67
32
127
19
107
5
1,172
763
409
1, 853
1,327
526
1, 565
881
684
3,054
1,798 i
1,256 i
3,645
2,193
1,452
2, 588
1, 260
1,328
2,868
2,003
865
6,641
4, 293
2,348
3,922
2, 552
1,370
3,521
2, 471
1, 050
3,670
2,240
1,430
3,024
3, 272
2, 304
968
16, 727
11, 228
17, 528
11, 526
6,002
13, 374
9,187
4,187
12,838 <
8,304
4,534 i
14, 198
9, 096
5,102
12, 078
6, 039
6, 039
11,215
7,136
4,079
13, 437
8,125
5,312
13, 274
7,956
5,318
11,870
7,828
4,042
15, 437
10, 101
5,336
26, 542
16, 876
9, 666
35, 238
23, 777
63, 024
91, 971
55, 081
34, 537
2, 353
49, 849
66, 305
36, 912
27, 772
1,621
40, 155
61,877 i
32, 991
27, 329
1,557
35, 601
66, 068
35, 382
28, 899
1,787
29, 684
60, 295
31, 843
26, 902
1, 550
35, 962
81,415
45, 710
33, 835
1, 869
45, 397
90, 504
52, 932
35, 305
2,267
45, 411
102, 994
63, 102
37, 218
2,674
55, 430
119,014
73, 554
42, 775
2,685
53, 802
138,411
91, 224
43, 086
4,101
83, 660
68. 278
42, 906
4, 199
85, 346
146, 881
94, 038
48, 860
3, 983
2
76
34, 248
69
29, 280
56
27,713
113
34, 295
71
29, 213
96
36, 303
86
37, 482
118
34, 958
118
43, 065
106
44, 911
95
56, 620
94
57, 043
198, 358
131, 270
124, 350
96, 054
93, 066
150, 219
175, 286
203, 737
254, 098
260, 861
345, 031
357, 064
12 993
l5! 483
2,510
9,871
7,529
2,342
6, 496
4,552
1,944
5,622
4, 225
1,397
5,407
3,527
1,880
4,541
3,206
1,335
7, 957
5,623
2,334
9,792
6, 946
2,846
10, 188
8, 556
1,632
15, 090
12, 194
2, 896
24, 672
21, 251
3,421
24, 257
20, 872
3, 385
2
276,405
2
230,834
410
2
45, 161
1, 425
219, 939
179, 890
529
39, 520
1,011
136, 754
102, 358
609
32, 787
920
154, 401
115, 476
582
38, 343
864
220, 649
177, 752
930
41, 967
1,052
224, 368
185, 619
386
38, 363
1,504
265, 533
224, 690
376
40, 467
1, 449
334, 506
288, 481
463
45, 562
1,338
420, 027
364, 512
440
55, 075
2,010
444, 024
375, 685
486
67, 853
2, 340
135, 663
132, 629
101, 339
98, 943
68, 976
80, 373
61,566 i
76,681 I
57, 989
68, 252
41, 757
48, 155
57, 757
22, 924
75, 805
69, 901
86, 426
76, 140
80, 147
70, 716
97.318
87, 595
131,817
136,169
142, 004
132, 365
154, 252
119, 195
96, 003
89,349
80, 008
57, 257
28, 253
78, 792
85, 610
79, 976
97, 440
147, 483
150,661
152
149
137.4
80. 1
139.3
146. 6
82. 2
5,499
72
32, 538
17, 159
14, 043
3, 116
335, 708
285, 028
665
50, 015
1,718
171, 851
137, 805 122, 748
512
1, 425
33,534 | 31, 528
681 |
567
2
2, 131
893
115,383
11,461
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
Production index (Feel. Res. Bd.)
rel. to 1923-25
Production index (elect, energy
consumed)
rel. to 1923-25
Prices, wholesale. . __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _rel. t o 192(i
Stocks, manufactured goods,
end of month
...rel. to 1923-25..
Stocks, raw material, end of
month
rel. to 1923-25..
SI. 9
2
131.5
132. 0
2
91. 5
96. 5
144
2
149
151
160
165
164
166
170
173
174
132. 0
83. 6 !
133. 5
84. 8
145.0
85.2
122.4
bti.O
147. 1
86.6
135. 7
87.3
140.6
87.8
138. 6
88.9
1.40. 6
89. 9
137. 2
91.0
2
130. 7
128. 8 ;
123. 9
124. 2
125. 2
121.3
117.3
121. 2
128. 0
133.5
134. 4
2
103. 2
107.7
124. 2
128.5
132. 7
120. 0
98.1
92.9
94.4
96.5
99. 7
7, 326
3. 520
26, 745
8, 245
5, 195
22, 939
7,542
8. 4S()
19, 888
6, 674
9. 496
20, 826
6,018
8, 207
23, 649
6. 038
3, 722
25, 838
3, 568
3, 109
22, 547
4, 847
5, 703
22, 089
6,819
5, 741
22, 945
21,867
Chemicals
Acetate of lime:
Production
thous. of Ibs
Shipments
.'.
thous. of lbs._
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lbs._
Exports
thous. of Ibs
Price, wholesale
dolls, per cwt-_
Arsenic, crude:
Production. _
. short tons
Stocks, end of month
short, tons..
Arsenic refined:
Production
.short tons
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Dycs and dyestuffs, exports:
Vegetable
thous of Ibs
Coal tar _ _ _ _ _ _ ' _ _ _ ..thous. o f i b s
Ethyl alcohol:
Production..
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ thous. of gals
Warehouse stocks, end of
month
thous. of gals..
Withdrawn for denaturization
thous, of gals._
Tvlethanol, crude:
Production. _ „
...
gallons
Stocks at crude plants, end of
month ...
gallons
Stocks at refineries and in transit.. gallons..
Exports
gallons
Menthanol, refined:
Price, wholesale, New York. dolls, per gal. .
Production
gallons..
Shipments
ga lion s - _
Stocks, end of month
_
gallons
Nitrate of soda:
Imports
.
long tons
Production in Chile
metric tons
Potash salts:
Imports
. _ _ long tons
Sales in Germany (K20
content)
metric tons
Price index numbers:
Crude drugs
rel to Aug 191-1
Essential oils..
__.rel. to Aug., 1914 .
Drugs and
Pharmaceuticals
rel. to Aug., 1914..
Chemicals
rel. to 1927
Oils and fats
rel. to 1927..
» Revised.
2
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2. 42
3.00
3,535
2, 560
23, 522
23
3.00
3. 11
4.29
4.50
4. 50
1, 402
5, 265
1, 957
5, 478
1, 494
5, 862
2, 803
6, 486
1, 483
5, 767
2, 392
5,937
2, 694
5, 125
2,077
4, 026
1,217
3,254
1, 428
3, 495
2.168
3, 654
1, 652
3,935
1, 350
4, 159
964
1, 950
1, 506
2, 181
1, 409
2, 449
1,570
2, 419
1, 439
2,221
1, 508
2,010
1, 265
1,813
1,101
1,930
1,002
1, 525
1,032
1, 897
1, 081
2, 024
963
2, 726
1, 084
2, 889
143
2, 231
172
2, 641
179
2,538
101
2, 066
178
2,502
114
3,136
309
2,481
204
866
124
1,757
110
1,153
194
2,612
232
2, 334
3,34U
11, 162
11,929
8, 859
11,869
17, 770
20, 861
18, 455
14, 299
12, 8GO
11,617
13,116
13, 245
12,221
13, 074
13, 633
11,008
9,442
6,858
8, 304
8,898
10, 010
9,317
9, 498
10, 076
9, 143
8, 074
10,541
8, 795
6, 296
8,081
19, 134
20, 070
18, 537
12, 615
11, 777
11, 352
11, 128
11,319
10, 585
4,517
5, 278
28, 880
7, 509
4, 531
29, 641
2
2
2
8, 101
4, 856
218
469, 638
631, 396
477, 165
430, 342
379, 626
294, 176
242, 418
192, 519
319, 478
426, 395
518, 03!)
534, 429
36, 176
54, 857
427, 504
105, 238
30, 146
412, 155
121, 522
18, 295
312,110
89, 740
45, 139
247, 813
93, 805
90, 111
218, 703
59, 197
40, 814
337, 749
59, 236
100, 479
519, 439
168, 166
82, 168
475, 331
79, 380
157, 037
510, 030
153,811
61, 240
490, 158
219, 989
126, 813
565, 299
304, 004
77, 028
538, 054
350, 754
. 35
,40
253, 494
199, 500
499. 978
.40
223, 144
221, 279
445, 984
.40
.40
306,373 ; 382, 547
167, 309 372, 352
444,119 | 305, 055
.40
431, 179
477, 029
294, 860
.40
575,711
541, 807
340, 710
.40
364, 505
440, 514
306, 806
.40
374, 521
463, 215
382, 815
.40
250, 085
309, 274
471, 509
.40
418, 205
383. 570
530, 698
.40
405, 780
339, 930
496, 063
.40
524, 295
67, 008 | 120, 164
68, 421
45, 890
35, 474
27, 207
179, 357
19, 362
181, 467
9,083
202, 466
28, 644
199, 284
18, 737
205,911
42, 308
215,389
69, 788
205, 200
23, 955
19, 043
22, 750
325, 794 H87,235
211,073
141, 801
569. 250
15, 9&J
131
«2
I;KJ
Si
131
80
ItiO
174
90
71
89
68
90
72
35, 512
101,033
531,034
430,213
17, 537
13, 499
37, 425
48, 482
48, 487
51, 970
17,704
13,313
22, 339
80, 699
54, 872
71, 660
127, 660
98, 722
93, 859
95, 968
77, 193
79, 74S
133 !
81 |
137
• 85
137
87
137
90
139
91
143
97
147
107
154
111
161
113
166
175
90
71
175
93
73
175
94
73
176
94
74
176
94
78
176
94
87
176
95
88
176
96
89
176
97
92
176
97
94
28
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS-Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS— Continued
Chemicals— Continued
Sulphuric acid:
Exports
thous of Ibs
Price, wholesale.
. .dolls, per 100 Ibs
Superphosphate (acid phosphate):
Production
.
short tons
Shipments
short tons
Stocks, end of month -thous. of short tons__
Wood at chemical plants:
Consumption
cords
Stocks at end of month
cords
Daily capacityTotal .
cords
Shut down
cords
1931
1930
sept™-
August
703, 787
.75
465, 766
. 75
335, 980
70, 496
2, 110
302,730 335, 594
77,861 ' 92, 769
1,877
1,703
52, 314
408, 185
47, 654
463, 276
43, 483
494, 329
2 2, 607
460
2,607
428
2,647
472
401,736
158
589,911
219
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
i
April
March
^ary11' j Januar y
310, 950
200,218
376, 076
304, 745
.75
438, 836
308, 992
225 906
304, 786
1, 985
249, 405
130 996
2,287
325, 552
103, 024
2,292
2 49, 107 2 45, 767
383, 925 411,503
31, 946
393, 077
2 2, 607
2 504
2,613
716
July
June
May
176,023
• 75
570, 683
. 75
409, 748
507,011
327, 918
282, 710
149, 899
1,479
295,790
64, 756
1,527
308, 241
73, 134
1, 309
290,615
54, 488
1, 079
326, 566
149,343
882
334, 467
469, 184
885
38, 549
470, 732
31, 668
496, 238
27,595 i 29, 503
487,955 477, 761
35, 040
451, 128
45, 048
435, 555
414' 380
2,647
644
2,647
743
2,663
1, 264
2,643
1,344
2, 643
1,346
2,649
914
2, 645
648
2, 659
556
669, 264
578
801,800
803
936, 743
1,323
561,625
1,041
165, 770
336
61, 760
30
86, 369
45
138, 904
60
230, 8011
9V)
:
April
Cottonseed
Cottonseed:
Consumption (crush)
short tons 155, 373 280, 637
Receipts at mills
thous. of short tons..
44
111
Stocks at mills, end of month
thous. of short tons
95
207
( 'ottonseed cake and meal:
Exports
short tons
6, 588
5, 750
Production ... _ _ _ _ ..
short tons. 75 921 135 144
Stocks, end of month
short tons 253, 609 303, 945
Cottonseed oil, crude:
Production
thous. of Ibs
52, 469
89, 794
Stocks, end of month
. thous. of Ibs
43, 048
69, 878
( 'ottonseed oil, refined:
Factory consumption3
Total (quarterlv)
thous of Ibs
276,906
in oleomargarine
thous. of Ibs
1,621
Price, yellow, prime, New York
dolls, per Ib
.076
.076
Production
thous. of Ibs
76, 852 1 15, 302
Stocks end of month
thous of Ibs 462, 881 494, 503
Explosives
Explosives, black powder, permissible and
other high explosives:
New orders
,
thous. of Ibs. .
20, 730
Production
thous. of Ibs
25,414
Shipments
thous. of lbs._
26, 598
Stocks, end of month
thous. of Ibs. .
20, 929
Fats and Oils
Animal fats (quarterly):
Factory consumption
thous. of Ibs
Production
._ _ .
thous. of Ibs
Stocks, end of quarter _ __ .thous. of Ibs...
Animal glues:
Production (quarterly)
thous of Ibs
Shipments
thous. of Ibs
Stocks, end of quarter
thous. of Ibs.
( 'oconut or copra oil:
Factory consumptionCrude (quarterly)
thous. of lbs_Kefined —
Total (quarterly) _ -thous. of Ibs In oleomargarine thous. of Ibs . Imports
thous. of Ibs .._
Production (quarterly) —
Crude
thous of Ibs
Kenned
. . thous. of Ibs
Stocks, end of quarter —
Crude
thous of Ibs
Refined
thous. of Ibs
( 'opra:
Factory consumption (quarterly)
short tons
Imports
short tons
Stocks end of quarter
short tons
Edible gelatin:
Production (quarterly)
thous of Ibs
Stocks, end of quarter
thous. of Ibs
Fish oils:
Factory consumption (quarterly)
thous of Ibs
Production (quarterly)
thous. of lbs__
Stocks, end of quarter
thous. of Ibs..
Creases:
Factory consumption (quarterly)
thous of Ibs
Production (quarterly)
thous. of lbs_.
Stocks, end of quarter . . .thous. of Ibs.
Lard compounds:
Production (quarterly)
thous of Ibs
Stocks, end of quarter
thous. of Ibs. .
( )leoinargarine:
Consumption
thous. of lbs_..
Production
thous. of Ibs..
Vegetable oils:
E xports.
thous. of Ibs. _
Factory consumption (quarterly)
mills of Ibs
Imports
thous of Ibs
Production (quarterly)
mills of Ibs
Stocks, end of quarter—
Crude
_ . _ thous. of Ibs
Refined
thous. of Ibs..
3
Quarter ending in mouth indicated.
377
620
991
1,083
1, 081
695
45
77
1J9
3, 147
190 314
363, 201
11,084
270, 965
343, 665
7, 538
305, 019
298, 139
1, 580
360, 943
252, 323
4, 361
421, 283
202, 156
2, 092
251, 128
116, 396
175
76, 440
45, 340
304
28, 527
55, 352
248
38, 736
85, 277
230
62, 240
320
104, 291
124,392
104, 910
181, 221
127, 739
201, 621
114, 248
239, 913
114, 595
283, 929
110,829
169, 458
79, 280
49, 322
25, 606
19, 425
7,894
29, 253
22, 328
46, 539
39, 508
77, 567
61, 954
323,521
2, 151
" ~2, 906
1, 587
299,749
1, 882
2," 115
2, 483
. 084
. 083
49, 325
393, 573
.088
55, 976
463, 983
. 087
109, 32X
5)6, 753
33, 005
33, 546
33, 969
17, 181
33, 340
36, 147
33, 404
17, 699
33, 204
30, 967
34, 07 1
18, 560
5, 543
6, 0_'5
13, 236
34, 868
15,379
21,943
21,089
16,649
3
.073
130, 556
494, 882
.073
150,998
461,776
.072
188, 823
428, 609
.076
215,405
350, 260
25, 448
28,751
27, 543
20, 219
26, 714
24, 056
25, 201
17, 372
24, 404
24, 024
22, 974
17, 303
28, 847
30, 248
30, 229
16, 346
3
3
3
3 154 951
3
618,459
3
224,398
3
3
3
3
~ 26, 862
53, 772
138,255
3 159 545
75, 479
12, 086
27, 550
79,711
16, 491
30, 952
11, 492
44, 034
3
H, 873
24, 690
3
3
3
71 "9
25, 890
27 167
3
3
3
3
3
3
33, 1 33
34, 056
3
76, 572
15,818
14, 846
18, 248
43, 124
3
3
19, 573
21,154
19, 751
20,335
27, 237
25, 740
2,154
3, 831
2, 947
4, 775
3
3
3
4 434
8 224
3
3
3
3
3
3
79, 809
3
3
69, 377
11, 763
25, 590
3
3
78, 592
65, 232
3
160,193
3
18, 452
3
16, 885
18, 663
61 544
16, 106
28, 698
3
3
3
2 979
7, 499
36 921
50 693
207,301
3
41, 361
3
8,418
174,601
3
3
59 586
92, 621
70, 404
3
54 826
92, 031
69, 739
3
3
317,883
21, 164
5 243
8, 109
3
283,299
24,011
27, 593
28, 969
30, 631
29, 633
33, 138
32, 191
27, 194
28, 554
24, 672
23, 071
18, 782
20, 976
22, 178
21, 904
22, 526
24,812
29, 654
28, 628
2,086
2, 294
2, 591
1, 794
1, 317
533
2, 049
970
3, 753
85, 173
67, 13,'J
i 076
72, 028
72, 142
I 3 1,004
610,812
531,666 i ...... ... . . . . . . .
3
331,412
26, 672
3
i
67 165
31, 139
24 502
3
161,077
11,455
8,118
85, 068
69,313
3
33, 725
49 476
88, 510
377,211
3
11,479
19, 331
27, 939
4,788
43, 162
3
3
433
18, 029
3
3
5, 585
3
139,
3
33, 886
146,450
540,626
226,482
3
4, 598
150,753
3
17, 150
;!
71 134
37, 419
41,077
21 715
4, 885
44, 380
3
3
17,111
20, 477
3
3
3
147,559
461,647
189,561
3
5, 891
3
33291,386
26,081
3
30, 424
30, 810
30, 649
17, 392
3 42, 703
3
27, 815
197,770
44 620 1
11,587 !
215,405 |
s 53 346
3 95, 948
3
79, 012
52, 463
32, 687
31, 168
32, 289
16, 043
90 921
77, 612
3
3
4 549
8 642
829
68, 238
3
>374
33, 173
35, 688
35, 069
16, 694
34, 324
34, J 13
34, 198
16, 812
3 i(j4 206
3
22, 352
33201 932
16, 869
3
200J 273
3
3
3
4, 565
3
.080
29, 754
301,609
154,764
515,598
191,941
23 515
3, 469
1 49, 951
-.. ...
3
.081
. 076
232, 179 102, 460
254, 571 174, 208
3
22 845
3 91 440
3
66, 268
18, 927
331, 746
2,178 ~"~2~09T ~ ~ ~ 2 ~ 505
1, 465 ""I," 875
215 ,
' 641.002
3
466,602
3
3
75,352
561
73, 445
106, 699
3
;1
3
87, 072
670
86, 947
3
415
74, 579
483
521,010
208,964
3
3
497,030
428,427
29
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931]
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1931
Earlier data for items shown here may I
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
April
j
March
1930
Febru- January Decemary
i
ber
N
°b7rm- October
Septem- August
ber
July
June
May
79
1 13 538
143, 347
April
j
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS— Continued
Fertilizer
Fertilizer:
Consumption, Southern States
thous of short tons
Exports
short tons
1 132
14U 088
640
97 082
1 352
104 214
343
91 497
74
71 533
61
84 847
128
1 18 76 L
95
125 441
38
18
115 580
143 620
216
1 °S(")
IS8 04-1
Flaxseed
Flaxseed, imports
thous of bushs
Linseed cake and meal:
Exports
_thous. of Ibs _
Shipments from Minneapolis
thous. of Ibs
Linseed oil:
Factory consumption (quarterly)
__ __ ._ _.
.thous. of Ibs
Price, New York
dolls per Ib
Production (quarterly)
-thous. of Ibs
Shipments from Minneapolis
thous. of lbs_.
Stocks at factories (quarterly)
_ _thous. of lbs_Minneapolis and Duluth:
Receipts
thous of bushs
Shipments
thous. of bushs
Stocks, end of month
thous. of bushs__
Oil mills (quarterly)—
Consumption
__ thous. of bushs..
Stocks, end of quarter
thous. of bushs
Price, No. 1, Minneapolis
dolls, per bush..
Production, crop estimate
thous. of bushs
Naval Stores
Pine oil:
Production
gallons _
Stocks, end of month
thous. of gals. .
Rosin, gum:
Net receipts, Southern ports
bbls..
Price, "B," New York
dolls, per bbL_
Stocks at 3 ports, end of month
bbls_.
Rosin, wood:
Production
__
bbls
Stocks, end of month
_bbls__
Turpentine, gum:
Net receipts, Southern ports
bbls..
Price, Southern, New York-dolls, per gal. .
Stocks at port, end of month
bbls
Turpentine, wood:
Production..
_
_bbls _
Stocks, end of month
bbls
827
1 313
952
219
387
148
59
551
360
371
1 454
2 527
30, 818
39, 847
18, 238
10, 853
33, 596
25 986
12,519
8,474
22, 593
24 833
29, 066
41, 409
48, 716
12 145
17 827
11,046
17 227 !
16 824
17 315 1 29 726
27 149
13 398
5 066
5,768
7,485
8, 604
74, 092
095
118,417
092
088
80 359
105
3 108 236
131
140
104,276
140
130,863
.140
143
11,552
9, 594
8, 553
11,565
6, 117
6,436
6,274
9,685
9, 14 1
712
457
523
146
171
624
3
092
3
12, 792
3
352 i
3
3
309
314
973
498
185
1, 205
3
10,199
099
14,792
3
113,594
491
243 i
877
426
286
1, 293
094 j
7, 385
3
113,192
3
3
69, 307
092
131,257
1 424 1
l' 910
1,411 |
709
1, 386
3
83, 945
2 636
l' 618
2,182
5 054
2' 045
1, 893
3
3 266
1 436
447
108,758
314
267
433
294
193
319
5 887
3
7, 270
1. 65 I
1. 80
24 168 i 25 165
3 386
1. 90
24 611
3
2.00
26 013
2.32
30 100
2, 328
2.71
2.68
2. 92
229, 737
1,799
229 979 i 225 688
1,708 j
1,610
229 238
1, 529
224, 546
1, 513
241 193
1,456
248, 777
1,386
234, 281
1,277
253, 049
1,278
41, 345
4.45
329,626
117, 489
4.95
372, 090
107,414 i 127,621
5.29 i
5.54
323,142 1 303,669
140, 090
5.80
276, 565
151,269
5.39
267, 540
178, 876
5.90
242, 948
149, 880
6.50
196, 857
150, 386
6.34
143, 684
86, 873
6.78
135, 958
24,488
125,630
34, 332
122, 318
38 931
34, 818
119,727 | 109,785
38, 293
117,726
37, 349
114, 281
39, 929
117,318
40, 049
109, 198
40, 933
99, 359
43,919
97, 168
7,228 !
.44 ;
68 320 ;
27, 482
.42
84 911
28,107 I 38,500
.43 |
.41
95 860 '• 88 499
42, 873
.44
76 774
46, 521
.41
65 024
55, 822
.43
58 491
46,711
.47
42, 344
48, 803
.49
47, 130
27, 999
.54
35 053
4, 757
14 437
6, 200
15 799
6 584 i 5 817
13 895
11 257
6, 573
11 163
6, 125
12 772
6,406
13 642
6,774
13, 762
7,454
13, 715
8,303
15,854
872
655
612
653
731
676
139
6 571
3
7 391
1.57
3 2 345
1.58
3
3
4 472
1.61
23 682
3
1.56
219,053
1, 903
208, 690
1, 882
220, 066
1, 839
144, 440
1,769
88, 741
4.73
310, 576
38, 977
4.64
266, 056
4.38
300, 695
35, 585
120, 534
33, 544
125,919
32, 332
130, 490
26, 102
.50
53 393
9, 511
.53
45 232
5,354
.45
58 202
6, 344
8 383
5, 740
9 987
5, 634
13 537
533
333
330
1.57 |
Roofing
Prepared roofing, shipments:
Grit roll__
_
thous. of sqs._
Sh inglesindividual and single thickness
.
_
__thous. of sqs
Strip, patented, arid hexagon
thous. of sqs__
Smooth roll
_ -thous. of sqs
Total
thous. of sqs
146
555
967
2 202
!
322
1
;
242
63
92
60
i
51 i
329
702
1 456
277
714
1 381
249
773 1
1 395 i
372
86 '
238
583
1 126
i
922
283 ;
742 1
1 484 :
191
196
176
572
1 575
3 259
1,001
1,438
3 506
692
1,021
2 544
597
803
2 151
151
656 i
924
2,384
164
144
730
1,088
2,714
715
1,191
FOODSTUFFS
Production index:
Food products (Fed. Res.
Bd.)
„ -- _ rel. to 1923-25
Food and kindred products
(elect, energy consumed ;.rel. to 1923-25. _
Slocks, manufactured
foodstuffs
_--.rel. to 1923-25
Stocks, raw foodstuffs .
rel. to 1923-25
96
87
92
93
122.0
116.8
122.0
118.3
95. 7
193 5
2
2
103. 1
202 0
2
2
105.2
197. 9
2
2
104. 2
194 8
!
:
93
94
96
91
94
98
97
107. 1
124.4 :
137.2
148.6
141.2
139.2
145.4 !
138.2
119.4
95. 0
205 1
92. 6
200 0
98 6
196 9
109. 7
197. 6
120. 1
183 9
127 4
162 7
117.7
153.4 i
105.3 1
170.7
100. 5
174.4
31,004
28, 027
19, 0-14
16, 713
19,774 ;
22, 264
25, 660
7, 554 !
11,008 \
.0670
13,44!
1 7, 863
. 0775
20 764
20, 443
. 0809
14,694 !
15, 121 1
.0825
16, 124
10,721
. 0850
13,951
12, 164
. 0869
89
94
Candy
Sales by manufacturers
;
thous. of dolls..
21, 608
22, 062
21, 444
21, 948
28,727 :
29,500
Shipments from Gold and Nigerian
Coasts, Africa..
... , .long tons
Imports
._ _. _ _ . ...
long tons
Spot price, Accra, New York
dolls, per Ib..
33, 864
20, 242
. 0535
48, 353
20, 942
. 0550
51,550 i
13,696 i
. 0563
39,278 !
16,418
. 0619
21, 750 i
13,700 i
.0675
18,888 ! 12,660
6,338 i 7,410
.0688 | .0675
[
Cocoa
Coffee
Clearances:
Total, Brazil for United
States
thous.l of bags...
Total, Brazil for world
thous. of bags i
Imports _
thous. of bags
1, 126
Price, Kio No. 7, Brazil grades.-dolls. per Ib
. 053
Receipts, total Brazil
thous. of bags..
Visible supply:
United States
thous. of bags..
World
thous. of bays
Revised.
|
j
i
849
1, 559
1,407
.056
1, 565
889 i
1,590
1,289 1
.064
1,648 i
952 i
1,647 i
1, 094
. 068
1, 697
881
1,590 I
1,098 i
.070 |
1,494
514
1,080 l
967
.079 i
1,549
659
1,176
1, 159
.089
1,437
852
1,469
99 1 '
.072 :
1, 595
652
1, 318
712
.072
1,462 :
539
1,025
801
. 076
1,391
441
922
1,010
.093 |
1,031
530
1,027
915
. 092
1,247
548
1, 152
1 , 065
. 099
1, 152
1, 148
5, 963
1,161
5,879
866
5, 455
929 !
5, 188 1
817 i
5,014 !
.828
5,051
934
5, 498
784 :
5, 529
861
5, 378
807
790
5. 449
851
5, 264
3
Quarter ending in month indicated.
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
April
March •
1930
!
Novem- October Septem- August
January December
ber
ber
February
July
June
May
April
FOODSTUFFS— Continued
Dairy Products
BUTTER
Apparent consumption
thous. of lbs._
Cold -storage holdings, creamery,
end of month
thous. of Ibs _
Production (factory)
..thous. of Ibs .
Receipts, 5 markets
thous. of Ibs . 1
Wholesale price, New York
dolls, per l b _ _
Wholesale price, New York
rel. to 1926..
1
':
16,855
140,676
53, 566
.26
57. 8
163,689
152, 985
184,528 i 160,753
', 2 18,010 1 30, 672
\ 122,953 i 105, 192
:
48, 739 j 43, 251
.28
,
.29
62.2
I
64. 4
166, 506
154, 987
181, 569
179, 305
103,110
191,178 i 199,016
210,504
177,1)90
46, 792
63, 401
112,843 106, 181
45,644
43, 892
.29 ,
.32
64.4 i
71.1
88, 012
98, 138
36, 848
.36
80.0
109 646
117,372
38, 933
.40
2 88. 9
131,489
1 19, 388
40, 853
.40
2 88. 9
J 43, 089
133, 600
44, 821
.39
286.7
145,061 106,522
163,534 ; 173,719
62,274
70,529
.35;
.33
2
77. 8 i
73. 3
50, 378
169,365
63, 752
.35
277.8
22, 957
122, 922
50, 595
.39
2 86. 7
CHEESE
Total, all varieties:
Apparent consumption
thous. of lbs__
Cold-storage holdings, end of
month
thous of Ibs
Exports Canada
thous of Ibs
Exports, United States
thous. of Ibs..
Imports, United States
thous. of lbs._
Receipts, 5 markets
thous. of lbs._
Production (factory)
thous. of Ibs..
American whole milk:
Cold-storage holdings, end of
month
thous of Ibs
Wholesale price, New York. .dolls, per lb._
:
47,925
r
>3 165
505
121
6,471
11,445
40,470
38, 068
41,070
39, 500
40, 035
41, 637
43, 695
47, 564
49, 921
44, 080
61 841
306
i
118
4,062
'
i 10, 406
! 26, 379
69 471
918
129
4, 123
11,600
27, 543
79,015
4,025
176
4, 163
10,400
26, 598
87,171
14, 677
108
5,041
10, 784
25, 583
96, 393
16, 568
183
6, 293
12,226
28, 239
103, 691
12,652
121
4,333
14, 509
36, 062
107, 219
10, 188
137
3,687
14, 952
41, 125
108,899
12,092
172
3, 106
17,436
45, 120
i 90,421
! 5,560
i
159
! 6,097
i 17,895
! 64,326
68, 127
1,884
158
12, 356
15,472
59, 940
53, 025
229
199
7, 125
13, 026
44, 94 1
88, 749
.18
70, 186
.18
49, 172
. 20
39, 324
.21
11, 198
10,743
116,272 i 115, 134
1,377
1,728
9.17S
106,904
2, 366
5, 766
76, 664
2,631
46,332 i
'•2 r)4 270
;
491
20S
1 4,611
i 11,717
| 34,388
29,640 i 41,486
40,643 ! 2 41,836
.15 :
. 16 i
47, 968
. 16
54, 499
.17
63, 326
.18
71,132
. 19
78,919
.19
85, 076
.20
87, 221
. 19
5, 174 i 2 i ? 893
91,574 i 2 78,051
2,478
2,046
408
73, 889
1,264
735
75, 685
1,026 !
1,894
83, Iis4
768
4,154
89,571
593
6, 785
98, 359
' 717
9, 174
106, 631
952
1 0, 375
113, ,38
944
;
1,907
1, 973
1,718
1, 479
3, 294
1,515 !
2,682
2, 502
2, 7 1 0
EGGS
Cold-storage holdings, end of mouth:
Case
thous of cases
Frozen
thous. of Ibs.
Receipts, 5 markets
thous. of cases.
MILK
Condensed milk:
Exports
thous. of Ibs
Total stocks, manufacturers, end of
monthCase goods.. _ _
thous. oflbs..
Bulk goods
thous. of lbs_.
Unsold stocks, end of month —
Case goods
thous. of Ibs...
Bulk goods
thous of Ibs
Wholesale price, New York-dolls, per case..
Evaporated milk:
Exports
thoas of Ibs
Manufacturers' stocks, end of mouthTotal case goods
thous. oflbs._
Unsold case goods
thous. of Ibs..
Wholesale price, New York-dolls, per case..
Fluid milk:
Consumption in mfr. of
oleomargarine
thous. of lbs__
ReceiptsBoston, including cream thous. of qts..
Greater New York
thous. of qts _
Powdered milk:
Exports
._
thous. of Ibs. .
Manufacturers' stocks, end
of month
. _ _ thous. of Ibs.
Net new orders
___thous. of Ibs.
Production, condensed and evaporated milk
_- thous. of Ibs -
1,873
1,345
2,403
12,390
13,227
15,887 ! 2 16,273
13,051
16, 171
13,928 !
18,594 |
17, 803 1
19, 520 1
20, 657
20, 885
24, 650
21,965
27,314
23, 727
30, 875
25, 765
35,006
30,337 :
35,373
28,855
30, 124
25, 203
20, 5DO
20,611
8, 864
5,285
9, 698
6,986 ,
6.03 ,
14, 181 !
8, 297 !
6. 03
16, 678
7, 842
6.03
20, 427
7, 935
6.03
22, 951
8, 119
6.03
26, 464
6, 954
6.03
30,866 ! 31,222
10,212 !
8,176
6.03 I
6.13
25, 467
7, 598
6. 13
16,213
5,117
6. 13
5,269
4, 546
1,853 i
8,434 i
5,_OG9 i
5. 65 1
9,059
5^549
5. 65
5,311
5,034
177,754 ; 150,931
154,490 ! 125,498
3.50 ;
3.50
1,414 ;
5 927
5,814
20,312
17, 444
2,282
2
2
40, 298
11,958
194,753
3, 775 !
136, 896
108, 672
3.50
41, 363
10,606
172,306
4, 366
4, 718
3, 452
5,223
157, 152 , 202, 070 211,828
107, 009
163, 478 i 174.148
3.75
3.80 |
3.80
224, 486
187, 262
3.80
218, 486
179, 047
3.80
244, 969
197, 189
3.80
8, 404
9, 066
4
19, 403
116, 140
7, 799
6,173
19, 634
119,356
19, 007
116,769
7, 464
8,158
18.352 | 18,313 ! 18, 226
: 110,428 111,345 | 111,166
1,001
41, 744
9, 492 j
366
41, 122
10, 253
4,720 1
Fruits and Vegetables
Apples:
Car-lot shipment
.
carloadsCold-storage holdings, end of
month
.
_ thous. of bbls _
Citrus fruits, car-lot shipments
carloads...
Onions, car-lot shipments
carloads
Potatoes, car-lot shipments
_ .carloads-.
3,081 S
5,700
1,509 1 22,917
15,099 : 17,572
2,377 ! 2,540
21,032
23,601
6,308
(J, 181
199, 334
166, 196
3.95
162, 221
140,371
3. 95
5,837 i
6,074
20,348 • 21,143
123,165 ! 122,086
:
7, 903
19, 400
112,955
507
467
33, 281
9, 853
32, 770
10, 151
132,284
149, 136
139, 802
163, 034
107, 333 i 108,996
333 i
273
194, 623
653
152, 779
1, 433
29. 494
1,030
24,942 ;
367
22,494 ;
358 i
34, 285
247
29, 183
197
91,436
25, 967
88, 616
30, 541
85, 438
40, 687
78, 997
35, 875 !
64,847 | 47,498 :
46,751 ; 32,886
33, 605
34, 091
25, 186
36, 799
426 !
34,186 ;
9, 623
376
32,493 '
10,946 ;
346 :
496
636
28, 096
11,333
26, 675
10, 671
243, 414 i 235,860
187, 224
31,820
11,913
;
144, 649
141, 981
38, 446
300
45, 998
406
56, 547
20, 635
71, 910
18, 353
85,317 i
17,567 !
I
7,115
7,806
8,085
17, 454
35, 782
12, 757
2,729
3,253 |
9, 575
12, 554
2, 254 i
15, 092 :
10, 860
11,338
2, 753
16, 267
9,043
6, 301
5, 593
28, 788
1, 872
4, 510
5, 437
21, 924
114 i
4,441
2, 793
1 5, 979 !
72 i
5,765 i
2,556 i
22,093
128
5,478
1,729
24,614
14, 091
21, 041
26, 095
18,015
13,829 :
1, 295
.52
281.3
5, 765
12, 03f i
1, 359
.53
82. 8
12.477
11,991
1,281
.52
81. 3
10, 822
7, 429
5, 224
7, 439
13, 980 1 14, 197
2, 610 ! 3, 454
20, 024
20,971
6, 935
20, 906
124,883
36, 318
8, 733
465
38, 976 1
8,945 i
143, 280
205, 641
'
Fish
Canned salmon:
Exports, Canada
cases.. 91,083 1 101,817
Shipments, United States. thous. of cases..
|
334
Cold-storage holdings, 15th of
month
thous. of Ibs... 28,079 ! 38,542
Total catch, principal ports
thous. of bbls._ 30,949 30,081
5,417
258,836 ! 227,201
218,761 1 176,439
3.74 !
3.69
1,083 !
:
:
;
1, 966 i
3, 607
i
1 , 299
9, 653
2, 874
19,350
453
2, 104
3, 975
22, 588
Grains
Total grain exports, including
Hour
thous of bushs
j
8,118
Exports
thous. of bushs
Price, No. 2, Minneapolis
dolls, per bush....
Price, No. 2, Minneapolis
rel. to 1926. _
Receipts, principal markets. .thous. of bushs..
Visible supply, end of month, thous. of bushs..
2
Revised.
6,061
5, 067 \
6, 610
7,578
9, 803 1
745
.44
68,8
2,484
7, 840
921
.44 !
2 68. 8
2, 246
9, 583 i
732
.44
2 08. 8 I
2,511
10,731
1,047 •
.47
73. 4 '
3, 569
11,401
964 i
.48
75.0 ;
4,207
11,854 i
12,626
9, 367
1
BARLEY
778
.48
75.0
2,446
5, 662
!
!
i
:
i
2
:
698
. 47
73. 4 ;
2, 568
3,997
550
. 49
2 70 (•
2, 537
4,671 :
!,457 !
:
85. 9
2, 835
5, 436
778
. 5i J
S7. 5
2, 74L'
0,511
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1031]
31
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1930
1931
April
March
SeptemFebruOctober
J a n u a r y I Decem- November
ary
ber
ber
August
July
May
June
April
FOODSTUFFS-Continued
Grains— Continued
CORN
Exports, including meal
thous. of bushs.
Grindings (starch, glucose)— thous. of btishs..
Prices:
No. 3, yellow, Chicago dolls, per bush..
No. 3, yellow, Chicago
rel. to 1926.,No. 3, yellow, Kansas
City
dolls, per bush
No. 3, white, Chicago
dolls, per bush..
Receipts
thous. of bushs
Shipments
thous. of bushs.
Visible supply, end of mo
thous. of bushs,.
188
5, 990 |
132
5,241
163
f>, 434
295
6, 253
394
6,473
332
6, 565
395
6, 103
776
6, 100
824
6, 623
1,030
6,615
.65
86. 7
.69
92. 0
2947
.82
109.3
.94
125. 3
.99
132. 0
.82
109.3
.79
105. 3
.79
105. 3
.82
109.3
.54
.63
21, 278
11,895
20, 110
.59
.68
19,320
12,611
17, 562
.66
.73
27, 367
10, 925
16, 993
.69
.76
17,067
8, 396
7,411
.82
.88
15, 176
8, 705
4, 703
.89
97
16, 048
9, 829
4, 976
. 92
!99
20, 282
1 2, 792
4, 226
.80
.84
16,660
11,699
4,012
.80
.81
17,833
15, 693
7, 378
.78
.80
16,213
18, 687
11,819
.80
.84
22, 114
18,043
21,452
4, 519
4,279
5,214
4, 057
4, 863
5,401
4,808
4, 717
4, 505
3,881
3, 755
4,708
174
844
.31
75.6
120
940
.32
78.0
144 !
997
.32 !
78.0 I
208
1,126
.34
82.9
202
1, 085
.33
2
80.5
157
1, 174
.36
87.8
194
1, 054
.38
292.7
292
817
.39
95.1
717
826
.35
2 85. 4
204
719
.38
92. 7
266
651
.41
100.0
259
706
.43
104. 9
10, 243
6, 843
19, 103
11,895
7, 123
22, 947
13, 320 1
6, 121
26, 650
14, 360
6, 021
30, 504
14, 605
6, 075
30, 641
14, 749
9, 445
33, 509
14, 843
15, 381
31,979
11,032
25, 277
25, 867
10, 893
8, 725
9,149
9, 660
7,114
11,317
7, 951
10, 690
13, 102
8, 106
9, 544
16,765
211, 843
41, 223
259, 578
37, 821
376, 000
413, 674
41,891 ! 27, 504
383, 517
29, 294
150, 938
10, 684
94, 030
6,505
99, 249
8, 675
124, 181
7,501
202, 224
7,037
203, 573
15, 459
152,572
29, 897
864
68, 349
933
74, 629
1,119
75, 643
1,003
75, 426
1,208
126, 781
1, 323
201, 483
766
128, 756
499
90, 755
268
56, 861
346
65, 195
653
107, 430
686
63, 189
206
5, 492
534
5, 441
443
5, 575
.58
77.3
.60
80.0
.61
81.3
. 53
.58
17, 102
14,246
19, G76
.54
.60
18,567
12,281
21,998
2
HAY
Receipts
_
number of cars. .
OATS
Exports, including meal _. .thous. of bushs.
179
Grindings, Canada..
thous. of bushs.
Price, No. 3, white, Chicago.-dolls. per bush__
.30
Price, No. 3, white, Chicago
rel. to 1926..
73.2
Production, oatmeal, and rolled
oats, Canada
thous. of lbs_.
Receipts, principal markets. _thous. of bushs_. ~~~7,"fi04~
Visible supply, end of month.thous. of bushs__ 13, 837
RICE
Exports
pockets (100 lbs.)_ 203, 519
Imports
pockets (100 lbs.)__ 38, 748
Shipments:
Total from
mills
thous. of pockets (100 Ibs.)
New Orleans
pockets (100 Ibs. )_ "08," 753~
Southern paddy, receipts at
mills
_
thous. of bbls__
Stocks, end of
month
thous. of pockets (100 Ibs.)
2
2
599
864
1, 147
844
1, 257
2,063
1, 084
508
22
60
183
146
1,561
1,790
1,793
1, 678
1,776
1, 670
842
488
450
687
950
1,394
2 3Q \
34
.36
19
.37
40.2
4
.43
46. 7
49
.49
2 53. 4
14
.65
70. 7
47
.68
73.9
10, 440
716
11,110
4
.44
47.8
' 50 234
884 i
1, 356
12,644
11,911
1,640
13,316
2,001
13, 860
6, 562
14,842
337
13, 427
34, 782
33, 447
3, 266
6,311
8,470
12, 295
RYE
Exports, including flour thous. of bushs
Price, No. 2, Minneapolis
dolls, per bush,.
Price No 2 Minneapolis
rel to 1926
Production, crop estimate
thous. of bushs
Receipts, principal markets.. thous. of bushs..
Visible supply, end of month.thous. of bushs__
3
. 35
37 1
< 50. 676
880
9, 262
3
.38 i
41.3
WHEAT
Exports:
Canada, including wheat
flour
thous of bushs
6,148
15, 521
12, 165
24,939
11,373
United StatesWheat only
thous. of bushs.. 3, 531
137
1, 357
2,173
1, 289
Including wheat
flour
thous. of bushs . 6,954
4,574
6,187
3, 564
5, 543
Stocks, held by mills
(quarterly)..
thous. of bushs..
381,841
3 137, 194
Prices:
No. 1, northern spring,
Minneapolis
dolls, per bush,_
.79
.7,
.75
.76
No. 1, northern spring,
Minneapolis.
rel. to 1926
50.0
48.1
48.7
M7.5
48.1
No. 2, red winter, St.
Louis
dolls per bush
.80
.78
.79
.78
.83
No. 2, red winter, St. Louis.. .rel. to 1926. _
51.6
50.3
251.0
53.5
50.3
No. 2, hard winter,
Kansas Citv. .
. _ dolls, per bush
.73
.70
.69
.69
.71
No. 2, hard winter, Kansas
City
rel. to 1926
49.0
47.0
46.3
2 47. 7
46.3
Production, crop estimate,
winter wheat
thous. of bushs _ * 652, 902
5604,337
Receipts
thous. of bushs.. 21, 230 "30," 833" ~30,7V72~ ~29.496~ i 21,549
Shipments
.
thous. of bushs. _ 16, 601 15, 570 14,817 13, 706 | 15,053
Visible supply, end of nionth:
Canada.. .
thous. of bushs 160,750 180. 253 183.704 193, 858 205, 854
Ignited States
thous of bushs 199, 561 207, 138 201,862 197, 219 195, 716
IS
25
2
. 60
2
2 62. 0
5, 200
12,640
758
10,969
445
11,248
1, 234
11,259
31,120
20,461
22, 834
21,681
16,046
5, 458
12, 716
18, 646
11,934
8, 066
5, 433
;;, 050
19, 069
24, 167
16, 188
12, 295
10, 064
7, 252
3
3154,112
.75
2 47. 5
.83
53.5
2
2
5(1 8
59. 8
.82
.87
.91
51.9
2 55. 1
2 57. 6
58. 2
07
56. 1
.88
2 56. 8
.89
.85
54. 8
66, 060
2
1.00
1.07
63. 3
67.7
2
1. 05
1. 14
73. 5
1. 17
2 75. 5
1.11
70. 3
.80
.89
.99
1.01
53. 7
59. 7
66. 4
' 67. 8
85, 476
48, 053
98,900 i 18,705
42,047 : 20,575
16, 535
24, 091
13,441
13, 291
148, 288
213, 804
90, 617
194, 800
106,554 ' 132, 187
161,660 109,985
147,801
119,682
177,424
136,358
11,059
10, 929
9, 585
10,012
7,883
9, 778
8,615
814
1, 330
734
1,412
627
659
945
598
940
573
1,029
451
93-1
7. 789
42,. 428
8, 348
49,914
7, 255
49, 382
6, 930
47, 654
6.448
43,721
5,218
40, 137
6. 258
41,329
5, 429
41^854
4.89
4.69
4.98
5. 08
5. 34
5. 51
5. 83
5.97
6. 09
58.0
55. 7
59. 1
60.3
63.4
65. 3
69. 1
70.8
72.3
4.03
4. 14
4.23
4.44
4.56
4.64
4.99
5.27
5.40
55. 6
57. 1
58 3
61.3
62.8
64.0
68.9
.69
.74
46.3
249.7
52.3
254.4
24, 597
20, 955
28, 943
25, 238
62, 569
44, 746
197, 998
202, 475
178. 827
205, 437
9, 846
10.. 597
602
892
792
1, 156
o, 226
41,307
.81
2
WHEAT FLOUR
Consumption (computed)
thous. of bbls..
8, 654
9, 622
8, 738
Exports:
Canada
thous of bbls
326
392
561
415
United States
. _ thous. of bbls
761
762
945
( Jr hidings of wheat:
Canada
thous. of bushs
5.169
4, 607
4, 834
United States
thous. of bushs._ 39, 113 240,137 37, 939 42; 528
Prices, wholesale:
Standard patents, Minneapolis
dolls per bbl
4.71
4.67
4.85
4.96
Standard patents, Minneapolis
rel to 1926
55.8
55.4
57.6
58.9
Winter, straights, Kansas City
dolls, per bbl._
4.02
4.00
4.06
4.09
Winter, straights, Kansas City
rel. to 1926-.55. 5
55. 2
56. 0
56.3
2
3
Revised.
Quarter ending in the month indicated.
< As of May 1.
*Final .estimate for 1930.
74.5
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may \
be found in the 1931 Annual Supple- j
ment to the Survey
! April
FOODSTUFFS— Continued
Grains— Continued
19.30
1931
March
Febru- January j Decem- Novem- October
ary
ber
ber
her
August
July
June
May
April
i
1
|
WHEAT FLOUR— Continued
Production:
i , 168
Canada,
.
thous. of bbls
United StatesActual (Census)
thous. of hhls • 8,497 2 S, 724
9, 275
Prorated (Russells') . . .thous. of bbls Capacity
per cent i
52
Grain offal
thous. of hhls . i; 702,~498 2 7 1 3, 507
Stocks:
:
All positions (computed)
end of month.... ._
..thous. of hhls
5, 526
:
Field by mills (Quarterly) thous. of hhls
> 3' 7 1 2
1,0:55
1,086
1, 170
1 , 739
1,869
1 , 624
1 , 548
1,436
!, 161
1,394
1,215
8. 242
8, 750
56
678, 795
9, 233
9, 937
9, 184
10, 403
60
762, 108
1 ft. 8 1 7
1 2, 0X9
62
899, 580
10.674
1 2, 24 1
67
888, 576
1 0, 3 1 3
1 1 , 562
62
851,404
9, 466
1 0, 507
8. 687
9,423
8. 98 1
10, 507
9. 07 1
9, 749
76 1 , 935
S. 973
9, 88S
54
739, 243
774, 252
713,579
732, 1 53
712.542
5, 620
6. 370
7, 000
"' 4.016
7. 850
9, 200
9, 500
3, 940
9. 600
8, 850
9, 300
3, 535
8, 70(1
9, Odd
423.831
393, 45
71. 556
1,610
40 L 989
x(), 620
1 , 360
373,810
947
1,517
1.016
1,644
199
569
255
639
.215
. 239
130.9
145.4
;;
:;
Meats
CATTLE AND BEEF
Beef products:
Apparent consumption
thous. of Ihs ! 421,670 -; 379,405 335, 603 384. 754 397. 741 331,945 463,928 434, 287 409. 175 415,278 386, 049
Cold-storage holdings, end of month
66,891
59, 755
64.59!
75, 285
63, 862
...thous. of Ibs.. 53, 134 2 6 1 , 1 1 1
60. 023
67, 622
73, 392
1 , 973
1,491 ! 2, 347
1,661
1.987
1.444
' 961
'902
! . 793
Exports
.thous. of Ibs..
981
Production, inspected
thous. of l b s _ _ 412,757 374, 151 330, 321 381. 531 398' 741 342. 405 ! 468,983 434, 625 403,081 411,227 375, 276
Cattle movements primary markets:
960
959
1,004
953
Local slaughter
thousands _ .
897 i
1,015
1,183
1 , 084
812
823 '
1, 036
1,512
1 , 459
1,605
1 , 508 |
2. 377
2,108
Receipts
thousands. . 1, 617
5.303
•1, 535
1, 736
1,696
Shipments, stocker and feeder
478
109
129
222 :
691
150
_ _
thousands
146
332
443
175
147
501
486
619
496
Shipments, total
thousands 546
1 , 223
947
581
607
1,015
873
Prices:
Beef, fresh, carcass, good native steers,
.174
. 169
. 195
.168
.195
Chicago
_
dolls, per Ib
. 178
. 195
. 195
.191
. 160
. 195 :
Beef, fresh, carcass, good native steers,
105. 7
118.8
102.4
Chicago
.
rel. to 1926
102.8
118. 8
H8.8
1 1 6. 1
97. 1
108. 1
118.8
118.8 ;
Beef, fresh, carcass, steers, New York
. 177
.218
dolls, per lb._
. 172
.180
.205
.205
.203
.173
. 196
. 205
.205
Beef, fresh, carcass, steers, New York
103.7
rel. to 1926
100.8
115.0
120. 1
120. 1
118.6
101. 1
105. 4
120. 1
120. 1
127.4
Cattle, corn feed, Chicago
9.28
10.73
dolls, per 100 Ibs
9. 08
9.97
9. 14
8.56
9. 11
10.00
1 0. 58
10.33
10.31
97.4
95.9
112.6
Cattle, corn fed, Chicago
rel. to 1926
89.9
95.2
95. 6
104. 6
108.4
405. 0
108. 2
111.0
.220
. 220
128.9
128. 9
11.56
121.3
12. 56
131. 8
HOGS AND PORK
Hog movements, primary markets:
Local slaughter
thousands. .
Receipts
thousands
Shipments, stocker and feeder
thousands
Shipments, total _
_
thousands
Lard (included in pork products) :
Cold-storage holdings, end of month
thous. of Ihs
Exports __ _
- _
-. thous. of Ihs
Production
thous. of Ihs
Pork production:
Apparent consumption - thous. of Ibs.
C old-storage holdings, end of month —
Total
thous. of lbs_.
Fresh and cured
thous. of lbs_.
Exports —
Total
thous. of lbs._
Other products than lard
.thous. of lbs_.
Production, inspected
thous. oflbs._
Prices:
Hams, smoked, Chicago
dolls, per l b _ _
Hams, smoked, Chicago
rel. to 1926- .
Hogs, heavy, Chicago _ _ dolls, per 100 Ibs..
Hogs, heavy, Chicago
rel. to 1926._
Lard, prime contract, New York
__ _ _ dolls, per Ih
1,983
3, 067
1 , 962
2, 293
3,704
2. 907 '
4, 652
2, 460
4, 002
2, 169
3, 439
2, 048
3, 441
1 , 703
2, 799
1.487
2, 617
1,782
2,918
2,123
3,215
2,084
3, 293
1 . 980
3, 255
36
1,C88
31
1, 234
1,417
45
1,739
41
1,542
37
1 , 269
39
1, 392
38
1,090
1,133
30
1,139
40
1,082
47
1,216
1,280
51. 134
62, 624
6^, 882 , 45, 1 1 1
!S6, 062 | 150,538
31, 582
42. 552
119,355
36,211
41.396
101,672
59, 732
37,417
88, 059
88, 868
49, 287
98, 167
118,353
51,670
121,351
1 20, 322
56, 666
133, 563
1 1 5, 270
62, 562
135, 785
104,905
50, 045
1 23, 565
94, 897
44, 769
'<' 78, 249 i 74,977
58, 395 ! 6S, 760
127,516 147,632
663,017
608. 323
553, 479
636, 426
551,557
558, 041
557,811
573, 489
598, 020
567,651
962, 452 2 921,920 1 92S, 385 , 788,888
867, 555 2 843.671 853, 4CS 726, 20 1
572,626
521, 192
443, 286
411,704
393,017
356, 806
507, 159
447, 427
639, 827
550, 959
769.797
651,444
799, 543
679, 221
790, 437
675,167
XI 6, 60f>
711,700
61,134
62, 325
524, 728 2 563,934 i 508,890
59, 406
14, 637
624, 301
73, 610
S3, 470
15,215 ! 14,710
630, 661 73 1 , 633
. 184
59. 7
7.08
57. 4
. 1ST
00. 7 i
7.18
. 090
. 094 '
86. 902
18.020 . 1 6, 020
962, 175 798.311
53, 798
53, 892
72, 719
75, 473
82, 054
93, 589
77, 466
19.773 ! 12,402
665, 665 I 575,700
16, 475
472, 467
23,431
500, 438
23, 803
603, 323
25, 388
664, 172
31, 028
665, 124
27, 421
603, 184
.221
. 228
73 9
10.02
81. 2
. 229
74. 4
9. 98
80. 9
63. 5
6.73
5L5
3
i;, ?,
. 213
69. 2
7.94
6 4. 3
222 !
72. 1 ;
8,86
71.8 i
9. 86
79. 9
.227
73. 8
10.58
85. 8
. 229
74.4
9.78
79.2
.230 '
74.7 !
8.94
72. 5
.233
75. 6
9.68
78.4
.085 1
. 090
. 100
.112
.119
. 1 19
.114
. 100
.102
. 207
67. !
7!. 7
. 107
.107
SHEEP AND LAMBS
Lamb and mutton:
58, 873
52, 646
Apparent consumption
thous. of Ihs
59 102 2 54 949
56, 348
64, 946
50 967
58, 195
50, 890
Cold-storage holdings, end of month
2
4,628 i 4, 326
4, 320
3, 977
thous. of Ibs ...
4, 677
2, 527
'•
4, 08 1
3. 063
50^511 : 57,642 ! 56, 453
52, 268
59, 297
Production, inspected
thous. of lhs_. 58, 579 54, 486
51,236 | 65, 060
Prices—
Sheep, ewes, Chicago
3.09
3.08
3.29
3.79
3. 69
3.44
2.93
3.84
dolls, per 100 Ibs..
3.38 i
46.9
50.0
55. 9 !
52.1
44.4
46.6
Sheep, ewes, Chicago
rel. to 1926- _
57. 5
51. 2 ;
43. i
Sheep, lambs, Chicago
1
8.
27
7.72
S.
76
7.03
dolls, per 100 Ihs
7. 98
7.40
7. 35
7.13
8,31
60. 7 ;
60.4
58. 3
54. 0
51.3
53.6
56. 3
Sheep, lambs, Chicago
rel. to 1926..
64. 0
52.0 ;
Sheep movement primary market:
1,266
1 , 056
1, 479
Local slaughter
thousands . - 1,410
1,230
1, 597
1,157
1,201
1, 079 1
2, 583
2, 713
2 119
1, 964 i
3,784
3,580
Receipts
_
- .
thousands
2, 175
2, 307
2, 607
Shipments, stocker and feeder
465
189
103
105 !
1,024
907
thousands
282
761
184 i
1, 304
1,317
Shipments, total. _
thousands908
1,534
2, 238
2, 016
948
979 i
1, 081
Miscellaneous meats:
Cold-storage holdings,
i
end of month
thous. of Ibs.. 81,338 2 85, 678 1 92, 744 1 93,747 | 84, 169 75, 818 72, 444 80, 653 84, 324
i
Total meats:
1,165
1,045
1,006
2 998
1,020
Apparent consumption
mills, of Ibs..
895 ;
1, 062
936
l, 107
Cold-storage holdings,
534
959
652
1, 099 2 1,072
597
788
end of month
mills, of Ibs..
737
1, 092
1,110 ;
1,096
1,059
1,254
966
956
1,112
Froduction - - ..
mill, of Ibs -_
1,401 j
1,059
3
Quarter c nd ing in no nth iiu iieatcd.
2 Revi sed.
52, 074
47, 764
53, 781
55, 488
4. 476
51,861
4, 820
48, 239
4, 639
53, 375
5, 190
55, 602
3.06
46. 5
3. 45
52.3
4.78
72.5
5. 13
8. 13
59.3
9.73
71.0
9. 04 :
66. 0 j
8. 94
65. 2
1. 362 !
2, 296
1,263
2,230
1, 249
2, 334
1 . 27K
2, 230
206
940
216
955
142
1,092
134
975
90, 631
87, 980
83, 294
83, 622
1, 025
1,007
1,076
1,017
929
1,066 i
959
1, 088 i
950 |
1, 120
986
1, 033
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
J u n e , 1<»:-H]
33
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1930
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Suppletnent to the Survey
FOODSTUFFS—Continued
Meats—Continued
POULTRY
Prices
Sugar
C i : } is n moven i (Tit (raw) :
Exports
long tons,.
Receipts at C u h a n ports
long tons..
Slocks, end of month.thous. of long tons..
Prices:
Retail coverage. 51 cities
rel. to 1913...
Retail granulated, New
York
dolls, per 1 r>..
"Wholesale, 96° centrif., New
York
dolls, per l b _ .
"Wholesale, 96° centrif., New
York
,
rel. to 1926.
"Wholes-lie, granulated, New
York
."
dolls, per ]b_.
"Wholesale, granulated. New
York
rel. to 1926.
Raw:
Imports—
From Hawaii and Porto
Rico
long tons. 135,457 i 150,951 . 151,980 | 81,700
From foreign countries
long tons...
Meltings, 8 ports
long tons..
Stocks at refineries,
end of month
long tons..
Refined:
Exports, including maple
.long tons.
Shipments, 2 ports
long tons.
Stocks, 2 ports
long tons..
574,224
4,830
72,114
63,357
Tea
Imports
thous. of lbs_
Price. Formosa, fine, New York-dolls. p e r l b _ .
5, 796
.300
FOREST PRODUCTS
Lumber—All types
Exports
M ft. b. m.
New orders
...rel. to 1923-1925..
Prices, wholesale, composite
rel. to 1926.
Production index (elect, energy
consumed)
rel. to 1923-1925..
Stocks, end of month
...rel. to 1923-1925.
Unfilled orders, end of month.rel. to 1923-1925.
2
39.4
74.2
36. 7
76.0
128.424
33. 8
78.1
73.3 :
117.3
47.0
110,855 j 122,690 ;! 139,138 i 136, 628
36. 8 !
80.1
86.5
113.7
i
;
- 42. 6
39. 4
SO. 2 I
77.1 i
110.0 I
2
46. 3 I
53. 7 j
80.8 I
105.6 '
108.3 |
2
k59.
0 i
43.5
81.1
97. 7
107. 4
51 9
2
107.3 ;
103.1 i
78.6 !
52.7
89. 7
171,344
49.0
91.8
102.4
108. 4
79. 8
102.8
111.0
73.5
i U L 1
Lumber -Production
R e t a i l yards, 9th Fed. Res. Dist.:
Sales
M
Stocks, end of month
M
Retail yards. 10th Fed. Res. Dist.:
Salos....'M
Stocks, end of month
M
100.0 !
107.3 |
80.9 i
158,853
LH<
ft. b. m.
ft. b. m.
4, 145
10,309
93,483
70,531
ft. b. m.
ft. b. m_
3,940
,>, JOs
5.114
3S, (»74
4, 5^0 ! 4, 262
40, 116 ! 41,543
4,407
42,700
4,750
44,241
5,611
43, 668
Lumber—Flooring
Maple flooring:
New orders
M ft. b. m.
Production
M ft. b. m.
.Shipments
M ft. b. in.
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m.
Unfilled orders, end of month.M ft. b. m_
3,679
3.326
3.226
24.191
5,312
: 3,131
3.455 i 3,584
! 3.760 ;: 3,179 ! 3,452
I 3.017
2,676 I 2,351
: 26, 193 - 25,835 i 25,578 ,
5,180 : 5,248 i 4,004 '
J,(.;05
2,983 |
3, 045
1,811
24, 271
3, 491
3,301 •'
3,331 :>
3, 541
3, 616
4, 416
3, 481
3, 321
3, 956
4,130
4,469 ,
4, 669 !
23,915 24,476
2,953 ! 3, 528
27,428 !
4,738
31,957 I 44,00V i 43,312
10,590 i 11,509 !! 9,153
34.01 i 33.48
31.72
34, 276 i 47, 429 l 45,109
10,500
14,970 ! 11,375
33.89 ! 33.06 i 36.53 |
3,815
5, 126
4, 090
28, 04.8
4, 689
Lumber—Southern Yellow Pine
Exports:
Lumber
Timber
Price, flooring
Price, index
-
M ft. b. in.
M ft. b. m_
dolls, per M ft. b. m.
rel. to 1926.
35,873 28,113
9,029 ; 11,890
32.51
33.44
75.1
Lumber—Hardwood
All hardwoods:
j
New orders
mill. ft. b. m.J
Production
mill. ft. b. m _ . j
Shipments
null. ft. b. m..
Stocks, end of month—
Total
mill. ft. b. m..'.
Unsold
mill. ft. b. in..!
Unfilled orders, end of
!
month
mill. ft. b. m.J
Gum:
!
Stocks, end of month—
Total
mill. ft. b. m.J
Unsold
mill. ft. b. m...:
Unfilled orders, end of
:
month
mill. ft. b. m..
z
Revised.
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
44,788
12,412
73.3 !
81.0 !
36. 39
80.7
143 <
214
165 !
195 I
240
203 ;
199
255
218
!
|
154 I
146 !
161 i
i
'
;
463 ;
•
;
Of4 l:
593
;
101 i
173
165
176
188
158
165
!
473
703
598
106
!
•
481
i
j
j
169 |
143 j
158 i
|
125
134
125
133 ;
143 !
148 !
154
158 i
169 i
176 ;
161 |
180 !
139
165
154
128
172 ,
150
!
j
|
713!
601
j
112 i
603
611
oil
118
100 i
610 i
509 !
608
504
601
494
610
497
587
456
609
488
120
:
573
442
130
34
SURVEY OF CUKRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1930
1931
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
; NovemApril ' Marcli i Febru- January December ' ber
June
May
April
FOREST PRODUCTS—Continued
Lumber—Hardwood—Continued
Northern hardwoods:
Production
\L ft b 111
Shipment1-!
M f*" b in
Oak:
Stocks, end of monthTotal ..mill. ft. b. m . _
935 :
Unsold
mill ft b in
814
Unfilled orders, end of
month
Pu'ii ft, b. in
120 '
Walnut logs:
Made into lumber and
j
veneer
V[ ft lo' meagre
925
Purchases
M ft. log measure-719
Stocks, end of month.,. M ft. log measure-846
Walnut lumber:
New orders
- -M ft. b. m
1, 393
Production
...M ft. b. in..
1,141
Shipments
VI ft b. m
1,500
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m.. . 15,893
Unfilled orders, end of month. M ft. b. m... | 3,279
Lumber -Softwood
17,252;
12 330 1
1,029'
935 ;
1,022
928
4,772
H 285
4,371
11 SO9
9,225
11 167
lf()2l!
924 -
1,016
918
1,036
927
109
122
129
99
;
95 :
95
97 ',
98
829;
874 !
1,172 :
895
l,17t» :
1,136,
1,146'
1.204:
777 j
1,340
1, 160
791
1.421'
1,294;
670;
1,109
1,171
805
1,017 ,
918 ,
2, 094
875
1, 942
16, 265
3, 522
1,471
1,152
1,203
804
612
1, 1X4
1.3C.3 • 1,061 '
1,187
17.236! 18,295
17, 670
3,314
3,211
3,118
24, 485
21, 795
24 852
22, 726
,
i
1,343.
1,444'
1,470
i 18, 731
i 3,393,
14,363: 16.321
11 649 '• 33 345
1,044!
929
;
115
1,029!
886 '
745;
:
19,560
IS 47M
23,851
IS 9()i
1,049'
917 '.
1,038
885
1,051
870
132
153
181
1,588
1.008
1,649
2,011
1,820
2,093
1,476'
1,786
1,717
19,634
3,389
1,638
2,654
2,059
J9, 503
3,408
1, 268 !
712 !
1,198!
943 i
598 i
885;
1, 809 i 1,735
1,386
1.121
1.907
1,801
18,796
19,334
3, 646 \ 4,085
1,698
1,031: 1.989
1. 174 i 1 , 3 1 2 .
1,850*
ijoll'
1,123; 1,696:
20,090
2 0 , 4 5 4 , 20,281!
4,025; 4,0161 3,970!
2 0 , 6 9 5 ! 25,928 ; 17,857! 21,485
23, 836 ' 26, 998 ; 23, 048 i 25. 900
23 555 • 21 ^10
*'n 307 ' 90 519
30, 603 ; 27,155
35, 063 i 28, 337
31 808 • 27 505
25,293
28, 835
25 0-U
30, 574 i 26,092
30,052
28, 335 [ 31, 095 \ 29, 650
31 305 ! 28 384 ! 29 566
36,401
39, 146
38 576
23,613! 28,725
2 4 . 2 7 7 ! 26,150
26,573
2 6 , 2 5 4 ! 25,815! 30,880
31,080
I
;
__
4,382
9 374
990:
861
12. 68
12.86!
31.14
186, 222
195, 622
196, 517
12.99i
31. 73
167,420
174, 583
188,012
,
! 13,990
! 2 1H7
;
13 7°9
83 i
;
12.98
I 33.40
i 191,593
i 179, 954
j 176,373
5,812 i
4 955 '
None.
4,174
198 i
129 ,
214
1,174'
13.25
87
63
107
1,218,
i
None. !
1,450 i
29,386
3~> 049
4.046
6 596
4,374 '•
7 436
;
|
1,273 1
3,671
33
3,162
13.14
6 1 , 8 1 3 ! 85, 004
60,420
22,369! 41.8491 46,979
213,080 i 239,939 i 291,419
:
13.44
i
3,229 j
6, 047 i
14.301
:
26,803
30 730
8,223
7 007
41,979
39 6°7
13,245 '
8 033 <
9,555 i 10,595
8 455
9 539
10,700
8 616
!
149
152
152
1, 330
;
4.558 i
4,001!
5,214 !
4,473
21,033 j 917, 697 j 19.503! 19, 962
9 853
2 925 j 27 583
37 849 <
0 498 1 17 791 [ 21 516
" 101 '
177
139
164
1, 300 j
38.87
329,021
286,495
265,903
35,917;: 38,346
38 164
36 666
4,770
3,815
24, 290 j 21,076
41 891 i 34 543
5 160
27 4°2
9
97
98
114
1,284
16.26
!
•
3.968
4,833
70,343
41,942
292,314
15.16
235. 65 : 36. 57 i 3 6 . 9 4 ; 38.19:
206,813 i 190,250 i 253,369 i 307,982 '•
118.452 i 231,434 1 275,751 294,552'
34,742 ; 172,344 ! 199,203 201,889
27.832! 27, 349
35 39° ' 33 481
6,876 {
6 741 '
14. 47 !
{
9,442 ! 12,525
1 326 j
850
10 577 ' 14 280
111
85 i
108 !
1,202!
42,129
25, 850
222,929
33.77! 34.58
208,156 ' 199,651
199,651 200,546 '
137,876 176,373 j
28, 350 | 28,140
30 317 i 34 300
6,526
6 091
!
....
i
59
12.82
21,318;
24,129
39 417 ' 3° ^'44
6,085
5 508 •
:
1
.
i
53,718; 4 2 , 3 6 4 ' 43, 801 | 48,097
12, 859 j 9,151
12,5111 16,114
189,355 186,222 203,232 217,557
31.65! 31.33
179,059 ! 160,258
186, 669 ! 178, 164
181,745 : 182?640
!"::::":::
i
i
\
no. of carloads,. >
no. of carloads.-. |
2 2 , 7 6 6 ! 24,514
14,951 ! 38.251
14,978! 16,081
189,355 ! 191,593
15. 211
19, 964
217, 109
:
Lumber— Veneer
8, 147 '
8 0 9!
966
844
816
(599
1, 050
j
California redwood:
New orders (computed)
M ft. b. m.. \ 22,480 :
Pr eduction (computed)
M ft. b, in,. ' 18,761 !'
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. m < 21 898
Unfilled orders, end of month
(computed^
.. -M ft. b. m . ' 22,290 •
Douglas fir:
Exports —
Lumber.- M ft. b. in. . 63,159 :
Timber
M ft b m
37,573 i
New orders
M ft. b. in 224,272 :
Price wholesale —
No. 1 common-, -dolls, per M ft. b. m _ _
12. 12 \
Flooring, 1x4 "B"
and better, V.
G
dolls per M ft. b. m
29.74 :
Production
M ft, b. m 201,889 i
Shipments
-M ft. b. in.. 209,099 l
Unfilled orders, end of month, M ft. b. m._ 215, 766 i
North Carolina pine:
Production (computed)
M ft b m
Shipment^ (computed)
M ft b in
Northern hemlock:
^Production
M ft. b. m_.
Shipments
- - ...M ft. b. m._
Northern pine:
Lath—
Production
_. . .thousands. .
Shipments
thousands- .
Lumber —
N e w orders
M ft . b . m . _
Production
. -M ft. b. in_.
Shipments
M it b m
Western pine:
New orders
mill ft b in
Production
mill ft b. in
Shipments
_
mill. ft. b. iu._
Stocks end of month
mill. ft. b. rn_.
Rotary-cut veneer:
Recipts
Purchases
„
14,178'
10 854
9
i
i
i
j
131 i
183 !
159 :
1,336'
174 ;
179 i
150 :
1,313;
138 !
198 !
153
1,283
3,215
4,861
25,629
30 690
6 548
9
172
225
162
1,242
147
217
165
1,182
105
82 i
118
118
101 i
138
111
112
106
97
101 i
101 1
147 !
139 i
100
106 !
118
116 ;
115
133
93
73
181
122
12.0 !
14 ;
6. 0
13
7. 0 .
16 ' •
16. 0
15
7. 0
22
9. 0 :
21
5. 0
29 |
6. 0
18
7. 0
18 ,
23. 0
10
13. 0
23
22. 0
13
34 i
64.0 ;
13 1
35
63.0
13
42
68.0
14 !
52 i
89.0 i
27
40
79.0
18
37 \
67.0 i
13 j
36
70.0
12
37
61.0
12
39
69.0
16
15 :
17
Lumber -Furniture
Household furniture and case goods:
Grand Rapids districtCancellations
per cent new orders
New orders
no. davs' production, .
Outstanding accounts,
end of month
no. days' sales. Plant operations per cent full time !
Shipments
no davs' production
Unfilled orders,
i
end of month-no, days' production..
Southeastern district —
Shipments
dolls., av. per firm.. ;
Until led orders, end of m o n t h
dolls., av. per firm
Steel furniture. (See under steel manufactured products.)
Wholesale prices:
Beds
rel. to 1926..
Dining-room chairs, sets of six. rel. to 1926.
Kitchen cabinets
rel to 1026
Living-room davenports..
rel. to 1920..
j
i
'
18
!
43 !
71.0
17
17 '.
48 1
81.0 '
18
51
85.0
26
22
20
24,765 ! 34,207 j 53,091
14 073
15 411
;
26 |
24 !
27 1
24
26
18
:
32,956
41,015
47,092
35 903
33 951
9
°° 976
63,343 ' 56,456
45,686
33 439
17 335 ! 25 830
° 098 '
90. 7
94. 0
102. 9
92. 3
90.7
94.0
102. 9
92.3
90.7
94.0
102.9
92.3
90.7
91.0
102.9
92.3
90.7
94.0.
102.9
92.3
91.7
94.0
102.9
92.3
91.7
94. 0 i
102.9 i
92.3 i
91.7
94.0
102.9
92.3
91.7
94.0
102.9
92.3
91.7
94.0
102.9
92.3
91.7
94.0
102.9
92.3
92. 3 :
94.0'
102.9 i
92.3
92.3
94.0
102.9
92.3
88.4
88.4
89.0
90.8
91.5
93.3
96.7
98.2
99.9
100.1
102.9
104.2
105.3
98
92
95
97
83.9
79. 5
71.2
78. 5
LEATHER PRODUCTS
General operations:
Prices, wholesale, composite, .rel. to 1926.
Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)
rel. to 1923-25
Production index (elect, energy consumed)
rel. to 1923-25
Stocks, end of month
rel. to 1923-25.
2 Revised.
2
:
87
77
76.1
2 79. 3
71.6
82. 9
81 '
'.
68.7!
84. 2
80
63.0
82. 5
'
89 ;
\
84. 9 j
81. 8 '
95
i
73.5
79. 5 •
95 ![
87. 7
78. 6
!
;
97.3
79. 1
96.8
80. 3
98 !
!
66.3!
78. 6
103
91.2
76. 1
35
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 19311
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1030
1931
Earlier data for items shown here may
he found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
F
March i ^!™- Jannarj
|
LE \T1IER PRODUCTS -Continued
Hides
lmpoit c Calfskinthous of Ibs. _
(
rttlehiik>
.thous of Ibs .
Uoat^kms
tboii^ of hV .
Sheepsl ins _ .. _ ._ _ _ t h o i H of Ibs Total,
h
des
^
n
d
skms_
.thoub
of lb^._
luipd r ed ^1 aiJUu of livestock
C uiada ( attic and L r > i \ e^.lhous o f a n m n K , .
>>\, ipe - - - - - - - thous o f I'um tK .
vV'eep
tlioi'b of ininidl^
United -M ite-<\ttfle
- -- ,-thous of inmnlo-{\d\e-.
t i U i U b of j mm lib
->\» u,i»_ . _
thous ot m nials..
Packois, h r < \ - \ , niLve -><eers (Ch c<>go)
dolh pei Ib
( 1 alf jkms, \o 1, c o u n t i v (v h ( v o)
_ „
_
-_
. _ dolls pei Ib
("i.f-sk-n , \ u 1 l o u n i ' x (C lucigo)
lei to 1926
S('>( ks e id of monUi
( If cu"l k . p s k n-,
thou* o f l b s
Cattle hi IPS
_
- . . rhous of Ibs
She t p and lairb ^k ns
thou^ o f l b s
Total iudco ?ad skins
. -thous oflbs
3.337
4, 404
6, 160
4,453
19,616
1,449
i
1 6,867
i 6,292
| 3,280
! 19,468
; 2 1,107
! 4, 149
i 3,991
i 2. 890
! 13,417
1, 722
6,781
1,670
5,186
5,863 :
4,040 i
20,211
3! 31 3
20,471.
101 !:
172
27
85 '
154 !
32 i
58
161
32
69
166
37
170
53
690 i
471 -
635 ;
416 i
3,523
1,321 i
559
353
4, 142
1,223
651
379
5,362
1,426
692
398
4, b 47
1,426
1,488
1
1, 193 i
;
2, 202
6. 781
5, 167
1, 965
18, 207
2, 835
12, 743
6, 807
3, 289
27, 598
1, 403
11,389
8, 075
4, 460
26, 681
124
79
81
127
56
si
159
36
700
363
2, 724
1,413
710
375
3,187
1,411
654
350
3, 689
1, 295
97
160
84
140
98
185
114
605
324
4,024
1,305
836
438
3, 492
1.727
760
374
2, 773
1,591
78
168
i
:
i
i
27
635
455
3, 480
1, 387
. 143 ;
,140
102.0 ;
99. S
.169
.159
. 161
.165
95. 2
93. 0
95. 2
100.9
97.3
91.4
2(5, 972
227, 099
34, 5 16
2^8,617
25, 536
218,416
35, 490
2:9,472
27. 1%
212,9X0
36, 079
30, 006
217,' 302
34, 087
279, 111
30, 034
22 L, 209
32, 123
2SC». 666
25, 538
2 is, 530
26, 218
270, 286
691
673
374
640
819
6G9 !
450
.470
.118
.133
Go. 5
75. 9
81.2
94. 8
.128 :
.117
. 125
. 144
.156
.172
67. 1
71.8
>>3. 0
89. 7
99. 2
2i, 104
2-35,315
3 1. 168 :J3, 172
2.sO, 182 ' 282, 591
26. 707
235,619
33. 29C
295, 652
237^ 392
34, 1>9
299, 134
28.221
227,617
3i,3fb
290, 236
726
1, 128
825
23, 132
690
421
3,823
1,370
100
162
. 165
. 107
67.7
77 0
108 i
174 ,
23 i
2, 815
31, 007
7, 827
6, 186
50, 966
.141
. 095
52. 1
73. 5
!
'
;
1
100. 1
. 073
6 1. 1 ;
j
i
.136
.090
. 135
5, 720
26,839
12,271
6, 284
54,900
96. 7
.092
:
1,295
3. 505
11,504
13,992
10,016
7, 455
6.219 ,
27, 960 37^ 407
3, 264
6, 888
7,268
2.821
21, 512
. 146
103. 8
. 152
108. 3
. 175
228, 492
81,523
Leather -Raw
Sole and belting:
K>" ports
thous of SQ ft
Price, oak, scoured backs (Boston)
...1
dolls, per lb__
Price, oak, scoured backs (Boston)
_ - , .rel. to 1926 :
Production —
Sole oniv.thous. of backs, bends, sides..
Sole and belting
thous of Ibs
Stocks, end of month —
Finished
.thous. oflbs
In process of tanning
thous. of Ibs. _
Upper leather:
Exports
... .thous. of SQ. ft i
Price, composite, chrome, calf, black "B"
grade
i
dolls, per sq. ft.. !
Production
thous. of sq ft
Stocks Finished
_ _ thous. of sq. f t _ .
In process of tanning_thous. of sq. fL
1 442
949 i
713
.370
.370 I
.365
.381
. 400
.410
.410
.440
.460
.460
.440
.460 j
84.4 '
84.4 J
83.3
86.7
91.3
93.5
93.5
100.4
101. 9
104.9
100.4
104.9 i
984
951
18,219 i 17, 386
1,087
19, 559
1,226
21,993
1,071
18, 777
1, 333
23, 418
1,330
23, 137
1,316
23, 223
1.365
23, 894
1,310
23, 542
1, 310
24, 355
1,332
24,854
88,044 ! 90, 321
71, 122 | 72, 488
91, 827
73,2<U
90, 878
74, 135
86. 331
77, 485
84, 036
78,815
81, 569
80, 895
80,018
84, 367
76, 863
85, 953
74, 799
77, 946
72, 724
85, 495
69, 805
85, 760
8, us
7, 451
9, 838
8,813
8,367
7,287
8,765
11,481
8,684
. 367
53, 658
. 3/2
65, 339
.372
63. 304
. 371
61, 477
.371
62, 016
.371
60, 544
.371
60, 699
.372
63, 027
8,752 i
.356
9,347 *
7,700
9, 133
;
107. 2
.354
.352 !
61,515 i 54, 700
. 359 j
. 367
! 54, 459
261,057 ! 264, 392
127,867 128,967
282, 079 i 2S9,092
129,513 1 131,633
279, 023
133, 357
270, 902
137, 513
255, 787
141, 495
254. 020
143, 063
259, 561
150, 287
262, 621
141, 506
255, 738
141,190
256, 155
138, 975
162, 388
Leather— Manufactures
O loves cut
do?en pairs • 191 120 i 175 988 i 158 485
Shoes:
Exports
_ thous. of pairs i
130
185 ;
177 !
Prices, \v holesale—
Men's black calf blucher (Boston)
dolls per pair
6 75
6 75
Men's black calf blucher (Boston)
rel. to 1926 i ]05 5 ! 105 5 i 105 5
Men's dress welt tanned calf, oxford,
(St Jjonlf-)
dolls per pair j
4 60
4 60
4 60
Men's dress welt, tanned calf, oxford,
(St. Louis)
rel. to 1926,, !
95.0 :
95. 0
95. 0 !
i
Women's black kid, dress welt, lace,
oxford
dolls, per pair
99 155 i 23,971
Production-.
thous. of pah's \
IRON AND STEEL
General Operations
Xew orders
rel. to 1923-25 ...
Prices, wholesale-,
..rel. to 1926.Production index (Fed. Pies. Bd.)
rel to 1923-'? 5
rel to 19'?3-25
Stocks, manufactured goods, end of month r>
rel to 19?3- 5
Unfilled orders, end of m o n t h rel. to 19^0-25
74.3
88. 1
75 •
108 1 i
146 2 !
78
l
119 4
\
145 7 '•
69 6 i
236, 263
236, 911
219 548
241,146
209, 873
237, 377
240, 495
251, 140
208
270
269
256
263
256
257
302
175
6. 75 1
6.75
6.75
6. 75
6 75
6.75
6.75
6.75
6.75
6.75
105. 5
105. 5
105. 5
105. 5
105. 5
4. 60 i
105.5
105 5
105. 5
105 5
105. 5
4.72
4 85
4 85
4 85
4. 85
4.85
4.85
4. 85
4.85
100.2
100.2
100.2
4.25
21,512
4.25
29, 001
95.0
97.3
100. 2
100. 2
100. 2
100.2
100.2
19,889
3 66
17, 537
4 95
18, 541
4 25
27, 731
4 25
29, 334
4 25
2*, 429
4.25
24, 121
4. 25
23, 904
59. 9
88.4
66.9
88. I
70.9
88. 0
2 58. 0
88.3
2 67. 8
88.6
70.7
89.5
74.4
90.1
86.1
90.7
84.0
91.7
73
61
59
65
86
93
93
2
95. 9
92. 9
103. 8
93. 8
110
111
HI
138. 3
116 5
103 4
110 2
106 5
16 0
110 3
112 0
109. 7
115. 2
135.1
141 1
68 6
141 7
71 6
146 4
76 3
146 1
69 4
147 1
67 4
145 3
67 9
143 3
70. 5
152.8
78.3
148. 1
77. 5
154.0
79.5
152. 3
87.2
2 350
2 399
2 640
3 050
3 282
215
3,838
251
4, 288
292
4, 576
186
3,673
178
4r 715
74
1 634
4 Oil
1 675
4 721
1 891
5, 586
2 492
6, 346
2, 515
5, 755
2,697
3,987
2,100
10
None.
Ore
Iron ore:
Consumption
thous of long tons
2 g26 i 2 335
Imports _
.
thous. of long tons
' 163 '
95
169
Receipts —
Lake Erie ports and furnaces
_ _ .. ...thous. of long tons
Q
Other ports
thous. of long tons
106 '
Shipments from mines
I
.
ir a \ !
-.
thous. of long tons '
1/0
•|
|
Stocks end of month—
At. furnaces
thous. of long tons.- 23, 292
25,751 i 28, 247
On Lake Erie docks
thous. of long tons •
6 Oil
5 430 ' 5 765
Total
thous. of long tons i 9§ 722 ' 31 516
34 258
Manganenese ore;
Imports
thous. of long tons
10
2
Revised
157, 079
130 i
150
176
993
9
291
313
J , 988
5 531
6,488
8, 252
8, 587
8, 650
6,979
108
30, 430
32,618
34, 761
34, 750
32, 323
29, 397
25, 493
21, 087
17, 072
15,950
6 190
36* 620
6 3S1
38 949
6 466
41 927
6 34°
41 092
6 043
38 366
5 541
34 938
5 022
30 515
4 613
25, 700
4,253
21,325
4, 335
20, 285
29
10
18
°2
16
31
30
26
17 i
36
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
IVIOMYHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here ma:/
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
urn
.\pril
;
M.rch! ™>™-
: gust
IRON AND STEEL-Cor.timied
Iron—Crude
Malleable castings:
\ e\\ order*5
short to n s
Operating aeth ities.-.pei ct. of c'lp-ieiU ..
Production
.. short tons
Shipments
__
_ . .short tons.
Pig-iion pioduction:
Canada
.
. thous. of long tons..
Merchant furnaces
tho'is. of long tons
United States, total. ..thous. ofloni: t o n s - United States total
ici to 1923-25
Pig-iron furnaces in blast:
Furnaces, end of month ...
number. _
Capacity, end of n onth lo;u toii6 per day..
Prices, \\ holesale:
Basic (valley furnace) .dolls per long ton..
Basic (valley furnace)
iel. to 1926. .
Composite pi'{-iron._.cdolls. per long ton..
Foundry, Xo. 2, northern
(Pittsburgh)
.dolls, per long ton..
Foundry, No. 2, northern
(Pittsburgh)
rel to 1926
£
36 6
3 ), 350
37,909-
2 34 331
2 3D. 9
2 35, 210
- 36, 6.7
3'7 560
34.4
33,5s;
32, 663
3° ()7(>
31.5
31,267
31 , 536
9fj 433
31. 1
30,131
27,471
27 111
27. s
27,114
25,9/4
54
404
2, 020
67 6
57
356
2, 032
68 0
46
317
1.707
57 1
3*5
292
1,714
57 1
3S
396
1,666
51 x
16
375
],x'>7
6'1 1
2, 165
113
116
67, Hs()
95 i
51,330 (
107
(50,20")
16. 50
89. 0
16.75 '
16. 50
sy. 0
16.72
16.75
90. 3 i
16. X2
17.00
91. 7
16.94
IS. 76 •
is. 26
lx. 51
18. 76
17.00 1
91.7 !
71.01 i
1
is. 76 ,
91 0
8.s 6
36 3s4
G J, 980
10s1 1
102
61,850
57,361
89 8 i
91 0
Cl
i 0 i
>4 171
29. 0
2S, 7^5
29, 206
°6 ^51
27.2
26. 528
29, 223
25 1Q9
26. 2
25,614
31,845
30 068
31.0
30,911
32, 656
33 861
40. 3
39, 347
43, 937
47 0°->
53. x
53, 502
55, 656
40
49
407
2,277
76 2
513
2, 524
84 5
65
564
2, 640
8X 4
66
630
2, 934
si
619
3. 233
MX 9
10X ' ?
017
3, 182
106 5
111
65, 96)5
123
139
80, 620
144
83, 645
160
92, 590
180
103, 425
183
104, 770
17.00
91.7
17. 14
1 7. 00
91. 7
17. 30
17. 60
94.9
17. 79
18. 00
97. 0
17.99
18. 10
97. 6
18.22
18. 50
99. 7
18.' 55
18. 50
99. 7
IS. 6*j
18. 50
99.7
18. 75
18. 76
I X SJ
9. 56
19. 76
20. 2f,
20. 2G
Q! 0
91 6
94 9
2"0, OO1
319 206
44', 101
286 748
> > 1 266
396, 7X8
940
m
19. 86
20. 26
<5 8
96 3
98 3
268, (.61
3ol, X61
430,361
949
2x^ 710
160, 317
181,4x5
1 032
567, 022
260, 123
312, "50
9P>
(
54 (P5
63. 1
61,984
60, 870
98 3
Iron -Manufactured Products
Cast-iron boilers:
:
Gas-fired boilers—
;
Production.. ...
thous. B. t. u .!
Shipments
thous. B. t. u . . i . _ _
Ship nents
dollars..
Stocks, end of month mills. B. t. u .
Round boilers —
.
,
New orders
thous. of Ibs _ i
Production
thous. of Ibs.
Shipments
... ...thous. of lbs..!.__
Stocks, end of month . thous. of Ibs .
Square boilers —
<
New orders
thous. of Ibs.-i...
Production
_
thous. of Ibs J
Shipments
thous. of Ibs.J...
Stocks, end of month
thous. of l b s . J _ _ _ --Radiators:
New orders thous. sq. ft. heat ins: surface J
Production thous sq ft heating surface
Shipments. .thous. sq. ft. heating surface-.:...
Stocks, end of month
i
thous. sq. ft. heating surface.. L._
?10. 5S4
! 95,761
i <H,211
i
916
ITS '»4 163 3l<0
114 193
°S 397
116, 1X6 ' 92, 702
797 '
721
1
6
1
1
51
41?
109
724
997
11, 500
14, 6X9
, 12,0x2
| 117,622
6 267
(> 961
6, 0 )1
'
43, 613
\ xi PS
J 149, 107
' 202, s ^ i
,
719
I
193
9 4'il
61 1
1 910
1 U i 10 041
657
13 6x{)
si. 39</
221,771
181, ( '6()
621
7
'
7,
M
17, 72 j
10, 817
1n, X37
109,835
7 171
1 097 i
6, x66
38, 702
8X 5
975
703
266
X61
6 V 74
7, 103
f«, U2
79, 60"
22. 271
10, 066
24, 178
155,184
17, 40f>
11 376
1 8, 269
170, 941
If), O i l
14,4^3
11, 3X1
177, 376
11
0
12
6x
894
PI
162
1x2
4,603
8, 7 36
72 967
33, 760
21,377
32,
2 3, Obx
P blS
15
31
21 480 i 39, 1 58
11", 313 121, 660 140,
219
920
591
50x
8, 2 ( «1
17,771
59, 131
6
4
7,
76
2 il 027
iV4
s
-
'^'o
169, 0x6
25't, 442
32 {, 134
7 16
1
98x
9 9H
f
>s
S ,J S
~s MIX
76 232
11,017
i l ; 4 l)
177,674
8,923
21 988
9, 4 , 3
173,605
9 0x9
4 791
9, 118
11,220
1 812
11 310
4 643
10, 347
8,933
1 366
9 520
7 23"1
4 ()(j7
7, 117
1 873
6, U4
7 63 ( »
.,017
4 411
7 89s
4, 25d
41,420
45, 626
51 964
57, 560
62, 662
65, 034
05, 309
62, 747
Steel— Crude
;
Prices, wholesale:
Composite, finished steel
2 <>2
dolls per 100 Ibs
2 22 i
2 23
Iron and steel composite
;
dolls per long ton
"31 61 i 31 66
31 65
Steel billets, Bessemer
(Pittsburgh)
dolls, per long ton..
30.00
30.00
30. 00
Steel billets, Bessemer (Pittsi
burgh)
rel to 1926
85 7/ |
85 7 '
85 7
NX
Structural-steel beams (Pittsburgh)
.
dolls, per 100 Ibs .
1. 65 :
1. 65
} 65 i
Structural-steel beams (Pitts;
burgh)
rel to 1926
84 3 i
84 3
84 3 '
Sheets, black, blue, galvanized, and full finished:
\
New orders
.
net tons.. ...
i 210,310 168 5(.4 1
Production—
1
57 9 |
Ratio to capacity
percent
61 ]
Total
net tons.. ...
i 221. 322 192, 218 i
Shipments
net tons •
20^ 207 179 1 is '
Stocks, end of month—
:
o) 0}7 i
89 331
Unsold
net tons
Total
_riet tons .
1X9,911 181,611 i
Unfilled orders, end of month. ..net tons.. ...
I 383,280 313,439 1
Steel castings:
New orders —
Total
short tons . 1 1,671 2 4S, 159
40, 292
Miscellaneous . . ._ short tons
2 :>, 667 - 37 ] 17
31 lit.
Ra ih oad specialties
short tons.. 1 G, 004 -1 11,012
9,136
Ratio of total to capacity
per cent..
31
i 33
2-s
Product'on —
Total
... . .
shoit tons
4 S 2Js 2 1* 730
49 .VO '
1
Miscellaneous...
short tons
3 1,139 M.,51'
35,610
Railroad specialties _ _ . .short tons
i 2,759 - 14.211
13,910
Ratio of total to cand,ci(\ ...pcrc'iit .
33
- 3'J
34 \
Steel ingots, production.
Canada
thous of long tons
91
<>*»
- 2. 102
United ^tatc-, tot il.. thous ot lone tons .
2
I intod Mates, total
-iel to 1923-25 _
* 72 4 i
7s 7
86 <>
49
Ratio to capacity
per cent
19
- 54
U. S. Steel C oiporation
Earnings . . ___ ...thous. of dolls . .. . . .
7 191 6, l.V> i
1 nfilled oiders, end of
month.. .. . _ thous of long tons
'3. %5 i
i, S'/S
3 995
\ ri filled oidet-% end of
month
re!, to 1923-25 .
83 0 ,
XI. 6 t
83 7
2
Revised.
0
9 2°
2 19 i
2 20
2 ?2
9 94
9 9(>
o 29
2 33
31 70 •
31 7Q ,
31 95 1
32 31
3° 67
33 01
33 95
33 53
33 84
34 48
30. 00 ;
30. 60 !
31. 00 ;
31.00
31.00
31.00
31. 00
31. 00
32.50
33. 00
85 7t
XO.
87 4 '
88 6
88 6
§q 6
88 6
88 6
8S G
9° 9
QJ 3
1. 63 i
1.60 i
1.60
1.60
1. 60
1. 65
1 . 65
1.70
1 . 80
1. 80"
33 0
81 7
!
81 7
81 7
81 7
84 3
84 3
86 8
'") i Q
91 9-
1x0,863
2 53, 2S9
1 T) 6S2
r.s, 700
211,414
14X, 969
207, 400
187.412
20 f, lv)
300, OXG
41 1
167. Sf,l
170 379
3'l 8
111, 121
141 010
43 6
14S, 150
US lx 9
10 6
19^,931
193 116
18 8
179, 928
1X6 f>39
48 6
173,916
205 774
50 4
1 86, 206
]()4 707
!» 8
201, ()71
312 930
274. 2^0
>(,(, 4-u_>
83 629
96 MS
181, 190 Isl, W)
37S, 60i ' 291,282
91,021
1X9,213
88 363
181, 791
388, 599
S > 311
182, 240
373, 118
8> 70S
202, 6S2
4 32, 29S
S 3, 9s8
200, 1X9
431, 324
x 1 5 v>
204, 702
4M.756
XI 671
20\ 374
520, 827
^7 4%
ISO, 2S1
360,479
39
84 0
30x, 9xs
>\) 1 (jQ 1
46. 810
39 092
11,718
32
49, 3>7
30 131 ,
19,256
34
4s, 123
31 (PS
16,491
33
45,512
32, 344
13. 208
32
49, 542
3x 3 ( >4
11 148
34
50. 370
35 085
15, 2s 5
35
57, 850
43 140
14,710
40
61, 164
47, 450
13, 714
42
91,077
49 0°6
42,051
63
92, 987
57 530
35, 457
61-
16 2°1
35, ',51
10, (1 4?
32
1C) 2 f -0
32.093
14. 197
32
44 2( 0
32,445
ll.xll
31
61 919
4 1, OU(>
17,82*
43
61 303
1! 575
20, 72x
45
7x 977
52. 916
20. 061
90, 795
58. 002
32. 793
63
104 ;,X4
110 692
4 3, h4u
11.682
41
13! 341
73
45! 463
56 i
72
- l.'KO
- J 212
-' 57 3
-U 0
38 [
44
65
2,(>'H
- 77 9
50
5(
",. 061
- XX 5
59
68
^ 2. X40
-' 82 2
2
56
95
3.419
98. 9
6X
9!)
2 .), 4 -,9
- 71 1
1,>
13. 090
1 3. 4X0
14, 377
16, 571
16,114-
4. 022
3. 968
4, 059
4, 354.
xi J
83. 1
s5. U
91. 2
2
6. l l s
4 191
7, H<>
10, 943
11,515
4. 132
3. 944
3. «,40
3, 482
3 424
7(. 2
72 9
71.7
8'. 1
X2 6 ,
75,0
2
2
103
-' 4. 109
118.9
2
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1031]
37
MONTHLY BUSBNESS STATIST I OS—Continued
.Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
ia ;*i
April
1930
Fobruury
March
IRON AND STEEL— Continued
Steel— Manufactured Products
-Furniture. Me^l:
Business jrroup New orders
thous of dolls
1, 509
3,437 2 1,521
Shipnii'iit,.thous. of dolls
3 59X
- 1 591
T nfilled orders, end of
month
thous. of dolls
844
Shelvm;.' Xe\v orderthous. of dolls..
416
375
370
Shi'iMients
thous. of dolls
35(5
3x7
4 JO
I n filled orders, end of
month
thous. of dolls . _
407
370
387
Iron, steel, and heavy hardware,
sales...
.
rol. to Jan., 3921..
304
123
Iron and ste.'!'
Exports
...
lon<i
tons..
101.
OS
L
91,212
10'.).
5
12
r A
* Import.long tons
20,513
38 702
33,044
Lock washes, ^!ii]>mcnis
thous. of dolls. 363
179
177
Steel barrel-:
Product i'ii'
barrels
591 39M 5511, 5 3 450, 134
Ratio to capacitx
... . ...percent..
39. 9
41.9
33. 3
Shipments
barrels 6(,0, 566 55 4. 332 449, 4s.-)
Stocks, end ol mouth. ._
.barrels . 50, 328 59, 495 (53, 244
Unfilled orders, end of
month
thous of barrels
3, 392
1,195
1 , 253
Steel bars, cold finished. shipments. short tons.. 25,141 25,011
Steel boilers, new orders:
Area
thous. of sq. ft
622
825
" 665
Quant i l v
number
516
Steel plate. Inbnented, new orders:
Total .
short tons..
24.43S
31,056
>> 53s
Oil storage t a n k s
short tons
3 5rt5
7 74 )
Structural steel, fabricated:
New orders
Computed total .
short tons.. 293, 600 2 184,400 - 3 5S, tOO
2
Ratio to eapacib ...
per cent..
39. 6
46. t
73 4
Shipmenls Computed total
short tons.. 1 47, 600 -' 153.200 -' 3(56.40!)
2
2
K a t l o to capucit v_
per cent ..
36 9
41.6
37. 8
'\ rack work, production
short tons
6 391
S 564
8 941
Machinery
Electric hoist-:
New orders Quanfitv
no. of hoists
Value
dollars. .
Shipments
dollars
Electric overhead cranes:
New orders
ihous of dolls
Shipment^
thous. of dolls
Unfilled or tiers, end of
month
... ..
thous. of dolls .
Foundry equipment :
New orders
rel. to 11)22-24
Shipments
rel. to 1922-24
Unfilled orders, end of
month - ..
rel. to 1922-24..
Machine tools:
New orders
rel. to 1922-24..
Shipments
rel to 1922-24
I'n filled orders, end of
month
rel. to 11/22-24
Oil burners:
New order
no of burners
Shipments
_
no. of burners
Stocks, end of month. ... no. of burners..
Unfilled orders, end of
month .... .no. of burners..
Patents granted:
Auricuitural implements .
number
Internal-combustion engines
number
Total, all classes
__ ... ...number-Pulverized-fuel equipment :
New orders, central s>siem —
Furnaces and kilns .no. of pulverizers. Waier-tubi- boilei>,no. of pulverizers. .
New orders, u n i t sy.slem Fire-tube boilers. _ .no. of pulverizers..
Furnaces and kiins.no. of pulverizers .
M urine boilers... .no. of pulverizers. Water-tube boilers.no. ( t pulverizers .
Pumps:
Domo'Uc shipments —
Pitcher, hand, and windmill
. ... no. of units
Power, hori/ontal tjpe.-.no. of units. _
Steam, power, and centrifugal-New orders..
thous. of dolls '
Shipments
thous. of dolls.
Unfilled orders, end of
,
month .
thous. of dolls ,
Stokers, mechanical, sales:
'
Pow er _
horsepowerQ u a n t i t v ._
number
Water-softening appaiatus, shipments
no of units
Watu'-s>sieiiK-, shipments
no. of units..
Wood-working machinery:
Cancellationthous. of dolls. .
New orders..
thous. of dolls..
Shipments
thous. of dolls.
Slhpments.- ._
no. of machines
Unfilled ordeis, end of
mom ii
thous. of dolls
2
Kevised.
NovemSeptemOctober
August
ber
ber
1 , '537
3 673
1.855
1 901
3.S79
1, 788
1, 985
1. M I
1, S12
2,007
2, 168
2,330
2,342
2, 524
2, 427
1-33
3, 528
1, 492
1,651
3,680
725
(504
(599
705
796
815
782C
932
1. 368
1, 203
1,249
3.331
37(5
3' S3
534
ot-3
5! 2
4J7
526
40s
429
45s
38S
405
63 J
661
720
704
736
74C-
754
130
1 23
339
365
161
1(52
167
ISO
183
131.S50
29, 730
153
131,213
31. 70(5 I 24.'33X
315
340 |
333.9(58
34, 572
3 19
~"l60
351,235
27, 40S
173
131,772
31,849
3(51
159, 392
34, 755
228
196, 320
46, OS
290
208, 640
45, 358
310
4 1 2. 2s i
>- 421.X 1 4
30. 3
- 32. 6
406, 327
427. (522
• (»2. 5.)5 ' ' 68, 303
497, 539
36. 5
500. 409
2
(52, 447
616. 323
44. 3
619 55X
-'.5.317
564. 927
40. 3
5(55, 204
2
0\ 754
553, s 42
39. 6
552, 2(55
-' 69,031
632.333
621,091
2
(57, 454
651,559
4-'i. 1
638, 35s
76, 232
731,0s7
52. 1
736, 147
(53,031
769,061
56.2
766,637
68, 091
1.424
23,943
3.437
15, 747
35. 456
20, 521
i.OJl
19. 338
1, 13 i
3 9, 086
1,296
19,241
1, 290
27, 388
3,457
33, 010
3,538
38, 557
577
5!'S
5s 7
S3t
709
852
3. 3S9
1,2' ,2
3,251
3, 357
1,371
I. 410
3, 309
3,5ss
1.3(50
3 , 330
3 , 2S3
3 , 070
3.017
26. 7^7
5 j]s
33. 151
30, l'»7
4 "3 S
43,06(5
j i «,[(]
36, 513
30 056
3s, 283
41,774
3\ 32s
45, 454
1 52, sOO
151.200
37. 8
20.), 200
155.600
252, 000
63. 0
270, 000
67.5
253, 600
(.3.4
279, 200
t>9. 8
222, 800
JOS, 400
L'. 3
5 174
195.200
4s. 8
4 °1°
239, 200
59. S
243, 200
(50. 8
2(52, 400
65. 6
6 X1' J
274, 800
Ox. 7
8,774
2sO. 000
70. 0
10, 553
2(55, 200
(5(5. 3
12, 799
28 4, 000
71.0
13, 508
400
231
1
12(5,592
134,' 472 j 306,459
267
322, 136
1 15, 849
259
143,635
137,608
274
349,861
140, 598
283
124, 737
145, 979
263
152, 859
177,384
^ 338
206,' 634
380
197, 440
210,022
482
245, 700
231,681
634
942
522
729
601
1, 005
596
&80
882
825
i
!«>:. too
40. 6
172, 000
43. 0
219
322,047
111,727
416
671
261
268
530
423
496
1, 420
1, 552
1,207
1 407
6.». t
174. 4
72.9
54. 7
55. 4
65. 3
54.7
°3 5
118
92
84
73
238
225
5, 517
5, 229
10, 060
4. (508
4. 226
8, 51;3
1,395
1, 107
67
6s
4,3(57
(57
None.
2
2
None.
1
1
None.
None.
9
J3
3,517
3,864
1, 948
2, 124
2, 527
2, 706
3, 249
3, 490
3, 739
59. 8
302.6
45. 3
76.5
50. 0
62. 0
93.0
66. 0
85.2
82. 6
IX). 6
136. 1
302. 1
3(50. 5
149! 4
122.8
217.4
8 3
3 24. 9
159. 1
170.8
340.2
139. 1
JOO. 7
179.3
291.0
69
85
60
SO
103
136
9(5
114
320
91
328
326
376
135
197
379
234
230
238
268
223
235
282
355
407
6,861
7, 855
8.319
18,152
38,580
8. (577
36,457
3 7, 036
10, 304
11,581
31,354
11.940
9, 330
9, 593
33,857
7, 927
7, 623
32, 363
9, 835
8, 378
! 1,221
5,' 871
8, 555
523.
725
724
1, 714
2. 146
2,725
43
58
58
67
52
54
3 0°3
41
49
43
35
K)9
344
7,670
49
9 £7J
53
52
3, 452
3, 932
(50
73
4, 645
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
2
None.
1
None.
None.
1
3
None.
None.
3
None.
.3
5
None.
2
None.
10
6
3
3
3
None.
4
None.
None.
None.
(5
35
30
3
8
None.
6
None. '
None.
'X
2
370
587
203
3. 748 ;
i
8,' 571
None.
3
None.
None.
2
24, 255 i
2,115
22, 767
667
1,075 !
918 !
950
1, 036
2,761
i
18, 723 i
65 ;
2, 616
2,717
2, 826
2 812
17,993
63
14, 249
67
25,102 '
85 '
11,72(5
53
78: !
32, 902
1, 657
- 24, 873
- 1, 564
765
873
773
718
2
7, 638
851
6, 305
10
484
451
356
16
527
545
400
13
474
491
421
51S
479
502
2
703
5, 434
2
IP 4!; ")
5, 026
5,025
8. (504
179
3, 708
3, 504
8, 762
[
302
671
9
67 i
44
7(5
3 715
(5X
4 789
i
°4 6
204
2
2
April
3 , 5(55
1 800
297
134,316
166, 438
334 6
May
3,79S
1 79X
314
140, 500
113, 1(54
0 i1
380
June
Jtily
753 '
6,010 '
9
4X6
383
400
23, 056
1,325
2
15
' 21, 562 2 26, 917
2
2
1, 238
1, 992
1.047
1, 205
2
645
5, 177
30
2 4 "3
24
2
36, 834
1, 881
2
1, 000
2
38, 902
2 2 378
None.
1
None.
32
2
37. 719
2, 388
2
2
26, 611
- 2, 885
1
2
36, 298
2, 495
2
39
2
3 1,033
2, 261
2
967
1, 116
1,027
1, 167
3, 124
3, 267
3, 259
3, 257
3,250
3, 605
3,. 722
21, 103
71
38, 276
92
42, 899
128
29,988
115
37, 761
150
47, 803
151
31, 956
96
35, 903
108
2
2
2
732
6, 401
2
738
7, 522
1.212
1, 183
8, 202
774
9, 220
1, 291
1, 644
1,359
1, 338
1, 362
1, 367
2
782
9, 699
2
752
10. 375
1, 535
1, 641
2
1. 279
11, 120
1,467
1, 558
2
1, 554
9, 710
21
470
500
529
16
459
506
442
17
605
564
441
17
648
536
488
12
41;8
606
694
733
821
624
10
83(5
913
615
11
779
723
577
31
716
1,026
603
467
520
636
588
470
593
705
785
763
38
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
1930
April
March
Febru- January
ary
40,111
40, 449
163, 037
33, 196
34, 938
166, 158
28, 041
30, 616
160, 851
56, 494
68, 564
148,. 909
52, 254
36, 008
167, 932
30, 813
35, 489
168, 808
43, 750
48. 547
166,248
41, 799
47, 970
162, 302
Decem- NovemOctober SeptemAugust
ber
ber
ber
July
June
May
48, 449
51, 836
165, 687
48, 706
53, 259
173, 860
54, 827
52, 189
181, 746
49, 375
59, 554
180,903
April
IRON AND STEEL— Continued
Enameled Ware
Baths:
New orders
no. of pieces,.
Shipments
no of pieces
Stocks, end of month
no. of pieces..
Unfilled orders, end of
month .
no. of pieces
Lavatories:
N ew orders .
no. of pieces. _
Shipments
no. of pieces _ .
Stocks, end of month
no. of pieces..
Miscellaneous sanitary ware:
New orders
__.no. of pieces
Shipments..
_
no. of pieces
Stocks, end of month
no, of pieces..
Sinks:
New orders
no. of pieces. _
Shipments
no. of pieces..
Stocks, end of month
no, of pieces..
Small ware (except baths):
Unfilled orders, end of
month
no. of pieces . .
55, 243
60, 072
182,616
19, 987
20, 325
22, 067
24, 642
36, 712
20, 466
25, 142
29, 939
36,110
39. 497
44, 050
41,412
51, 591
45, 440
43, 221
232,. 277
33, 851
36, 642
230, 817
30, 883
34, 438
212, 395
71,113
93. 870
192,072
72, 493
48, 023
214, 472
41. 227
47, 078
205,517
52, 509
58, 273
204, 496
54, 369
62, 369
185, 515
55, 062
59. 130
187, 150
56, 875
63, 895
187, 979
64. 792
62, 337
197,117
59. 984
72, 1 24
192, 197
66, 842
74, 800
176, 181
22, 995
21,719
107, 917
18, 641
18,811
109, 508
15, 781
17,768
107, 439
29, 785
33, 527
106, 152
25, 092
19, 680
112,460
21, 453
22, 065
108, 795
27. 840
29, 142
106,858
28, 449
31,485
100, 585
28. 365
29, 807
101, 920
23. 537
25, 987
104, 102
27, 159
27, 283
30, 878
35. 399
132, 146
52, 771
49, 443
273, 154
41,532
41,787
267, 828
35, 873
39.211
259, 442
63, 074
80, 095
244, 880
61, 567
43, 968
26.1, 800
44, 897
51,027
253, 374
58, 504
61,486
246, 632
57. 606
64, 044
243, 845
62! 454
254, 426
61, 766
64, 459
257, 039
62, 424
61,329
261,633
61,803
75, 123
261, 556
33, 731
34. 212
145. 544
N
70. 704
75', 176
260, 237
60, 293
53, 470
56, 686
65, 566 ! 109,086
61, 005
74,198
84, 246
101,. 720
113,899
126, 062
122, 636
152,617
88.7
89. 0
88. 9
90. 0
90. 2
!>0. 4
91.8
92. 7
94.3
95. 4
06.8
98. 8
73
77
79
78
85
^7
°7
%
97
96
101
106
94. 6
222.7
103. 5
219. 9
112.3
224. 4
95.0
227.4
97.8
228. 1
89.6
231.1
87. 0
234. 1
97.4
223. 3
95. 2
213.4
95.1
205. 4
106. 8
203. 6
116.3
1&8.9
125. 5
193. 4
131.5
144. 8
2 130. 7
130. 9
129. 6
139.8
134.1
137.0
137.2
119.0
111.7
97.1
91.5
832
1, 829
2, 661
687
1. 820
2, 507
706
2, OCO
2,856
647
1, 459
2,107
791
1,904
2, 695
1, 033
2, 069
3,101
1,042
1,850
2, 892
954
1,964
2, 918
900
2,161
3, 061
1.170
2, 742
3,913
933
3, 140
4,073
31, 536
74, 685
28. 947
60, 636
42. 192
60! 209
32, 208
69, 854
37, 773
62, 693
30, 715
75, 703
30, 478
65, 169
33, 141
56, 810
32, 421
75, 436
34, 960
71,887
40, 186
75, 760
1,042
2, 994
4, 036
W
24, 796
50, 017
. 0985
. 0972
. 0984
. 1030
.1011
. 0960
. 1031
.1069
.1102
.1205
.1276
.1502
71.4
70.4
71.3
74.6
73.3
69. 6
74.7
79. 9
87.3
92. 5
113. 2
70
2 48, 702
76
47, 504
48, 059
76
48, 726
83
53, 141
83
55, 954
89
56, 584
84
56, 136
83
54, 249
86
56, 743
CO
60, 238
60, 450
102, 058
57, 922
99, 853
55, 229
102,458
53, 429
106, 366
60, 022
112,646
64, 816
118, 229
70, 419
116,004
68, 487
120, 778
66, 698
123, 179
67, 638
124, 821
69, 155
132, 183
75, 936
124,531
76,777
198,811
354, 205
312. 9
136, 458
203, 224
363, 629
321. 2
128,685
210, 637
363, 827
321.4
129, 390
218, 799
367, 175
324.4
136, 252
223, 280
369, 832
326. 7
143,214
240, 145
364, 930
322. 4
157, 344
236, 464
360, 650
318. 6
156, 705
234, 135
347, 688
307.1
154, 743
242,212
322, 039
284.5
148, 929
253, 834
316, 762
279. 8
150, 697
265, 106
308, 646
272. 6
153, 488
269, 623
301, 338
266. 2
150, 595
3, 762
35, 498
41, 775
2, 508
46, 902
39, 464
2, 721
55, 331
43, 405
2, 896
48, 705
48, 517
3, 963
48, 400
43, 423
3, 361
63, 584
50, 402
2, 746
52. 907
48', 491
3, 673
60. 978
52, 980
2, 570
45. 194
51, 538
5, 975
55. 801
50, 721
5, 100
77, 372
52,818
2, 450
64, 966
55, 547
125;
505
R»-»
NONFERROUS METALS
General Operations
Prices, wholesale, metal and metal
products
__rel. to 1926..
Production inde* (Ted. Res.
Bd )
rel to 1923-25
Production index (elec. energy
consumed)
rel. to 1923-25..
Stocks, end of month.
_ _ . rel. to 1923-25..
Stocks, raw materials, end of
month
rel. to 1923-25..
89.3 !
Haw Materials
Babbitt metal consumption:
716
Direct by producers
thous. of Ibs
Sale to consumers
Jhous. of Ins .
1, 844
Total apparent
thous. of lbs_.
2,560
Copper:
24, 179
Exports
short tons
Domestic shipments, refined__short tons.. 54, 567
Prices, wholesale, electrolytic
.0939
(N. Y.)_
dolls, perlb..
Prices, wholesale, electrolytic
(N. Y.)
rel. to 1926.,
68.0
ProductionIndex (Fed. lies. Bd.).rel. to 1923-25..
70
Mines...
short tons.. 46, 883
Refined (N. and S.
America)
.
short tons.. 100, 501
Smelters
short tons
52, 085
Stocks (N. and S. America),
end of monthBlister
short tons
193, 876
Refined
short tons
367. 921
Refined
rel to 1923-25
325.0
World production, blister
short tons.. 128, 677
Lead:
Ore shipments—
Joplin district
.short tons..
Utah
short tons "34," 81 6
Production, refined
.short tons.. 35, 498
Production (Fed. Res.
Bd )
rel. to 1923-25
71
Price, pig, desilverized (New
York)
dolls, per Ib
. 0441
Price, pig, desilverized (New
York)
rel. to 1926
52.4
Receipts in United States, ore.short tons.. 34, 694
Tin:
Deliveries (consumption)
long tons..
6, 630
Imports (burs, blocks, etc.)
long tons..
6,126
Price, wholesale, Straits (New York)
dolls per Ib
2512
Price, wholesale, Straits (New York)
rel to 1926
38. 5
Stocks, end of month-United States
long tons..
6,212
World visible supply
long tons.. 48, 462
Zinc:
Ore, Joplin district —
Shipments ._
_ short tonsStocks, mines, end of month
short tons
Price, slab, prime western (St. Louis)
.
. . dolls, perlb..
. 0372
Price, slab, prime western (St. Louis)
rel to 1920
50.7
Production
_ _ _ _ _ . _ short tons.. 29, 137
Retorts in operation end of month
nu mber . _ 29, 072
Stocks, end of month
short tons. . 143,212
2
Revised.
rso
79
82
83
92
83
04
101
106
103
99
104
111
. 0453
. 0455
.0480
.0510
.0510
.0515
. 0550
. 0549
. 0525
. 0541
. 0552
.0554
53. 8
37, 878
54.0
35,512
57.0
42, 110
60. 6
40, 462
60. 6
38, 820
61.2
46, 237
65. 3
48, 354
65.2
45, 542
62.4
44, 433
64.3
47, 692
65. 6
49, 530
65. 8
49, 388
6,120
6, 986
5, 100
5, 903
7 21 f
28,113
7, 495
6, 659
6 270
6, 470
7 580
5, 929
7, 250
5, 523
5 695
5, 979
6. 130
5. 259
5, 885
6, 793
5, 710
8, 829
6, 780
8, 209
. 3670
2707
2f'3J
2610
2527
. 2589
. 2686
. 2964
. 30C2
. 2981
. 3C30
.3213
41. 5
40. 3
40. 0
38. 7
39.6
41.1
45. 4
46.0
45.7
46. 4
49.2
55. 2
7,917
48, 607
5, 862
49, 339
4, 904
43, 619
4, 693
42, 498
5, 372
40,811
4, 823
39, 676
6, 323
40, 150
7,533
43, 805
6, 786
41 ',950
7, 728
42^611
6, 767
39, 771
5, 687
63, 595
17, 1C3
25, 389
25, 987 1 31,056
39, 478
33, 474
32 122
37, 994
24, 974
41,819
52, 454
27, 214
G3,C01
58, 534
56,013
47, CCO
49, 441
45, 689
41, 663
38, 565
28, 729
19, 553
20, 602
28, 486
. C4CO
. 0401
. C404
. 041C
. 0427
. 0406
. C427
. 0436
. C435
. 0444
. 0464
. 0484
54. 5
32, 328
54, 6
29, 562
55. 0
32, 522
32^682
58. 2
32, 097
55.3
40, 922
58.2
40, 470
59.4
41,012
59. 3
40, 023
60.5
43, 458
63.2
44, 556
65. 9
44, 335
34, 221
141,493
35, 518
144, 389
35, 635
145, 076
33, 640
143, 576
37, 492
145, 139
41,004
143, 327
44, 974
134, 835
50, 404
126, 835
46, 030
117,724
52, 428
113, 090
52, 072
106, 080
50. 038
100, 205
!
39
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Juno, 1931]
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1931
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplernent to the Survey
\
April
j
1930
Decem- Novem- October N^m- August
ber
ber
March i: FebruJan tiar >
ary
NONFERROUS METALS— Continued
Manufactured Products
Electrical equipment:
Delinquent accounts, electrical trade.
(See under Distribution movement.)
Electric furnaces, new orders, .kilowatts. .
2, 040 \ 2, 358
1, 489
4, 599
Electric goods, new orders (quarterly)
i
3
___
thous. of dolls
181 205
208 936
ElecTrical porcelain, shipments —
!
( i lazed nail knobs.... thous. of pieces..
1,458 ; 2, 523
2,007
2, 253
Special
_
_
dollars
78 710 > 80 471
91 504
80 9"0
Standard
dollars .,
52, 599 i 64, 823 : 87, 794
51,010
Tubes
thous of pieces
i 1. 125
522
875
Unglazed nail knobs. thous. of pieces..
1,224 I 1,380
1.159
1. 752
Industrial reflectors, sales _ _ .... units.. 72, OC3 i 09, 484 i 08,285
70, 059
05.501
Laminated phenolic products, shipments
thous. of dolls
630
633 I
689
551
1)05
M amifactured micaShipments
thous of dolls
137
135
142 ;
101
133
Unfilled orders, end of month
thous of dolls
138
110
104
i
105
Motors (direct current) —
Hillings (shipments)
.
dollars
: 445,833 i 418. 228 393, 558 500, 105
New orders ... . ... ... .. dollars
39(5,958 i 450, 2C4 680,251 017, 454
i
Nonmetallic conduits, shipments
!
.....
thousl of feet.-.i
5, 112
3, 508 1 3, 667
3, 997
2,417
Outlet boxes and covers, shipments
j
.. _ ..... ... _
. .thous. of pieces..
Power cables, shipments. ..thous. of feet..... j 1, 019 1 1, 630 :
1, 320
1,678
1,139
Power switching equipment, new ordersIndoor
dollars
04, 730
111,875
75 303r
7(\ 052
77. 248
Outdoor
dollars
°16 145 209' 4°. ) 201,344 228,802 178.. 100
Vulcanized fiber—
Consumption
thous of Ibs ! 1, 475 i 1, 975
1.052
1. 30!)
1, 421
Shipments, total
thous. of dolls..
432 ,
420
484 j
318
385
Welding sets, new orders —
S '
Multiple operation _ _.
units
4
23
11 !
13
Single operation
units
130
169
.177
152
155
Miscellaneous products:
Brass sheets
rel. to 1920
90.4
91.4
89. 7
93. 6
90. 7
Copper-wire cloth —
New orders
thous. of sq. ft..
299 ;
309
357 i
337
404
Make and hold orders,
!
end of month
thous. of sq. ft....
554
530 :
574
539
Production
thous. of sq. f t _ _
340 ;
297
330
332
344
Shipments
thous. of sq. f t _ .
304
308
297
309
311
Stocks, end of month. .thous. of sq. f t . _
1,083 ; 1,097 ,
1,096 , 1, 079
1, 145
Unfilled orders, end
of month
thous. of sq. ft,.
174
211
186 1
105
217 j
Enameled sheet-metal ware,
shipments . - ._ ... _ _ . dozen pieces
312,916 289, 205 ; 267,232 i 250, 568
Pails and tubs, galvanized —
Production
dozen pieces..
146,438 i 132,781 : 103,677
87, 140
Shipments
..dozen pieces..
144,637 j 120,723 133,977
68, 898
Other galvanized ware —
Production
dozen pieces. _
' 31,542 : 34, 347 i 23,716
21,657
Shi prnents
dozen pieces. .
. 29, 579 i 28, 142
25, 958
15,915
PAPER AND PRINTING
i
HI
July
i
i
June
l
May
April
!
;
2. 202 :
1. 834
93, 077
47, 994
' 801
1, 104
115,730
3, 317 !
2,860 ';
10,002
12,458
;
?22« 733 1
3292 902
2, 243
I 2,453 ! 2,218
• 99,570 i 111,029 133,654
i 65. 581 ' 09, 650) ; 08, 483
782
1
' 334
1, 140 '
1, 120
1 1.222 ' 1,005
1 125, 780 127, 608 i 135,087
2. 930
127, 295
69, 308
928
1, 400
107, 040
2, 044
131.815
73, 059
1, 1.50
1,015
113,316
5, 899 |
5,012
3, 665
674
1,023 1
854
789
1 2, 404 1 3, 292
j 110, 1'35 111,941
i 72, 825 l 80, 308
! 1, 140 ! 1, 200
! 1, 524 1 2,211
!
134,783 ! 109,977
j
808
925 |
132
150
141 j
122
|
104 ,
107
109
88 1
90
621. 114 i 596,670 ! 7C8,C95 . 644,252
474,611 ! 820,444 ! 719,846 677, 348
433, 530
457, 518
3, 7.13
1
1, 824 1
241
195
137
166
178
073,415 i 770.081
935,040 | 033,088
875, 083
931,822
4,C07 |
4,235 '
3.397 i
3, 5C4 !
4.C21 |
4, C21
7, 660
1,677
1,957 j
2,179 i
2, 108 ,
1,491 '
2. 260
1.517
1, 980 ,
1, 703
2, 033 1
1,512
1, 930
2,218
2, 308
128. 303
448, 8G2
191,277
470, 943
1, 907 I
541
2, 144
517
2, 759
622
1
1
274
9
201
69, 202
84,100 ! 118,431 i 121, 030 : 130, 559 i 172,180
219,232 , 342, 771 i 298, 354 | 319, 608 ! 451,051 : 360, 584
1.513
359
911
102 •
1.824 :
405 '.
1, 945 '
447 i
1. 828
430
2, 121 •'
450
153
fi
200
9 .'
194
8
221
10
207
92 7
88. 9
92.5 i
94.0
95. 9
1C3. 9
114.5
209
303
299
:
336
378
360 :
378
453
530
310
303
1, 176
000
385
350
1, 100
533
384 i
317 :
1,173 i
510
387
353
1.117
525
373
347
1,118
505 i
370
395
1,107
540
401
359
1, 145
555
418
395
1,130
7
228 1
100. 9
106
199
204
279
232
252
220
263, 305
329, 337
297, 022
309, 645
213,420
247, 801
290, 617
318,431
00, 798
68, 330
130,900
115,185
103,177
116,875
103,050
103,354
91, 879
104, 096
89, 982
82, 950
113,645
107, 496
131,015
120, 552
10, 001
21, 290
40, 084
41,126
38,218 1 46,730
46,310 ! 43,827
42, 056
33, 874
40, 646
33, 140
44, 405
43, 483
44, 058
44, 270
85. 8
93.2
106.0
102.2
104. 5
107.3
103. 0
117.2
101
103
107
109 !
109
111
116
119
121
117.0
122.6
112.3
121.7
120.0
127.4
119.3 !
118.1 !
115.1
117.4
119. 9
112.0
137.5
112.9
132.2
106.8
120. 7
93.9
111,223 2 99, 309 ' 108,280 109. 740
14. 652 i 15', 650 i 14. 394
27, 024
115,622 22 90, 960 ' 107,622 110, 578
74,138 i 09, 740 j 73,225 ' 75, 498
110,502
21, 770
102. 957
74, 600
121.335
31,305
96 405
82, 205
122, 709
17, 186
104, 997
143, 054
124,903
18, 534
140, 6C 3
160, 766
130, 293
17,432 ,
102,911
147,710 i
132,728
20, 034
158,709
1 23, 002
28, 984
30, 326
5, 420
30, 004
32, 366
5,426
35,070 i
38.532
34, 976
37,814
5,838
18,530
57,317
2.48
18, 800
5, 300
19,398
64, 687
2.48
19,464
4,976
20,488 ,!
47,042 ;
2.48
21,200 i
4,948 ,
21,382
41 , 021
2. 55
22, 090
4, 230
47,892
30. 955
50, 096
9,200
52,652
25,548 :
52,738
6,972 ;
53, 072
30,153
54,122
6,880
241 !
General Operations
New orders
rel. to 1923-25..
Production index (Fed. Res.
Bd.)
rel. to 1923-25..
Production index (elect, energy consumed)
(paper and pulp)
_rel. to 1923-25..
Stocks, end of month
rel. to 1923-25..
2
103. 7 '
112. 0
131.2 i
123. 0
1 23. 4
96. 7 i
97.2
109
105
127.0
128. 6
1
:
111.8
125.9 ;
1
100.5
Wood Pulp
Ground wood:
Consumption and shipments short tons
.
Imports
.. . .short tons _ _ 23, 136
Production ._ ...
. short tons
<
Stocks, end of month
short tons
i
Soda:
;
Consumption and shipments, .short tons..
Pro c hi ct ion
short tons. _ j
Stocks, end of month ..- ... short tons I .
j
Sulphite, unbleached:
Consumption and shipments. .short tons..
Imports
short tons "30," 724"
Price
dolls, per ICO Ibs..
2. 1 5
Production
short tons..
Stocks, end of month
short tons...
Sulphite, bleached:
Consumption and shipments. ..short tons..
Imports
short tons
Production
short tons
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Total sulphite:
Consumption and shipments.. ..short tons..
Production
short tons..
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Sulphate:
Consumption and shipments.. short tons..
Production
short tons..
Stocks, end of month ... _ . short tons
Other grades:
Consumption and shipments short tons
Production. .
_.
.short tons..
Stocks, end of month
. . short tons
Total chemical (all grades):
Consumption
short tons..
Production
short tons
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
'Revteed,
28,512
29,102 i
4,360
27,128
28,' 560
5,118
28,340
28, COO
4, 930
28, 954
30, 684
5, 642
109,800 110,880
29,502 i 21,201
92.872 ! 97,895
107,075 i 124,003
;
28,638 l 28.868
30,052 i 29,902
5,248 | 5,166
19,652
87,600
2.48
20,370
0,192
18,272
63, 870
2.48
1 7, 860
5,474
18,238
70, 850
2. 48
18,532
5,886
22, 31 6
52. 280
2.48
22, 100
5 502
18.938 ! 19,122
52,426 li 00, 198
2,48
2.48
18,888 ; 19,608
5,742
5,792
38, 844
30, 322
38, 698
9, 206
40, 634
30, 595
40, 938
9,352
48,118
30, 484
47,760
9,C48
49,050 :1 48,094
30,567 26,880
49,830 ! 48,340
9,376 i 8,596
127,044 ! 110.830
120,932 117,158
28,392 ; 28, 720
120, 780
121,270
28, 392
141,852
140, 204
27, 896
128,936 i 131,454
129,242 j 131,382
29,484 ' 29,178
124,320
123,718
29, 250
136, 578
137, 768
29, 858
146,014 :
146,280
28,632 ;
144,104
146, 790
28, 366
33, 190
30, 204
10,006
34,110
37, 208
9, 494
41,446
44,454
8, 974
38.9CO ; 41,970
42,378 ! 44,374
8,966 i 8,498
38, 754
40, 562
9,088
39, 066
41,290
9, 998
43,504 !
46, 134
10,296 -
44,122
46, 7GO
1C, 481
92
28
110
122
CO
136
108
48
174
188
38
160
160
24
214
196
24
108
188 i
42
152
110
22
191, 902 ! 177,272
194,908 182, 014
43,398 i 43, 872
183,340
187, 572
42, 882
212,388
215, 57C
42, 56C
190,714 202,466
201,800 ! 205, £00
43, 714 i 42, 880
192,224
194,766
43, 782
205, 862
211,620
45, 306
27, 660 : 27, 884 i
29, 304 ! 29, 422
4, 998 i ~4, 024
1 8. 798
34, 289
2. 35
18, 778
4, 292
2
;
20,490
50, 271
i
4,312
;
2.48
; 22 is, 61 o
41,544 244,022
32, 863 • 2 25 592
41,600 42 l ! 330
0, 630
6, 686
44,748 :!
30.095
44,502
9,248
119,794 2120,834
119,040 22115,880
21,384
22, 138
2
2
2
35, 228
37, 848
10, 156
183, 866
187, 380
37, 248
37, 082
39, 384
10, C96
2
2
1,184
1.188
' 710
2
35,148
37,724
10,010
2
2
I, 01 6
1.098
2
706
186, 816
185, 784
37, 564
2
:
2
2
1, 258
1,190
2
624
]
150
128 !
16 ;
« Quarter ended in month indicated.
2
42, 980
28, 256
42.130
8, 250
2
2
225,362 1 223, 354
231,134 i 231,504
44,622 ! 44,710
40
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATSSTSCS—Continued
lt)31
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
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stocks, on 1 u n o n h
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.
Ojier.ning t i m e Conug i e « l
- ..p. ct. of normal..'....
Solid fi! or
.. .. .p. ct. of normal-.!
Total
,
p. ct. of normal..;
Pioduei on i
("oilllJMtod
;
:
:
thoilS. Of Sq. f t . . 1
7y
f>2
75
78
61
74.
63
54
61
60
58
60
93,895
,
4M,938 471,271 383,195
0.5.
77
8t
35!*, 410
66
,'91,013
sohd f ' l M - r
thous. o f s q . ft..i
Tot-,1
.._ thous. of s q . f t . . i
Rope p - i p < i M..I s. sh.pmiMits.-rol. to ll.)21-'2'2.J
.
]
428, 236
70
518, 3S8
&7
,
500,57H
88
.
473,354
7s
17,s7s
7s, 7U7
< 0, sl2
55,779
Printing
Blank forms, new ordns
..thous. of sets. J
Vmeri' m in m ifioture
Import-d__
Priii'me a c K \ i t \
Sales books:
Xe\\ orders
Shipments
.
;
no. of editions..;
no. of editions,.!
'
!
rel. to 1923,..'
98;
96
I
•
\
thous. of books._' 10,284 \ 11,204 i 10.054 •
thous. of books..; 11,079: 10,669 j 10,652
48,877
52, ss.7
4S 751
KUBBER
|
'
!
General Operations
'
;
.'
',
'.
\
Production index (Fed. Res.
50, .5^7
... •
(.",004
5 9 , 1 5 2 ' 64,544
68,630
54, ( »01
WS
2 4 7 ;:
95
785 j
712'
643
657.
418 !
440 i
621
141'
95;
150
155
74 i
71 i
147
95 ;
91 ;
92
93
85
89:
96 j
104
:
I
!
i
'
10,735 : 9,455 : 11,053 i 12,217 ; 11,652 : 11,026
10.903 j 12.688 ' 11,730
10,454 '. 3 0 , 8 9 3 ; 1 0 , 7 2 3 ' 13,428
12,363
11,918
10,572 • 1 2 , 5 4 0 ' 10,967
'
,
'
.
^
I
j
'
84.3 ;
110.6:
8(5. 1 i
115.5 :
99.0
117.9
107.2
115.8
:
110.5
125.6
;
!
103.8;
136. 6 i
104.8'
156.0 i
135.3
158.2
Crude Rubber
For tiros
Imports (including latex)
long tons. J
s 3 68. 593 '
3^2,284:
long tons..; 4 4 , 9 0 8 1 4 0 ^ 7 8 8 1 3 4 , 3 7 4 . 36,598, 37,370 i 29,733
- Revised.
3
:
'-64,353
45,375 i 35,783; 36,657
Quarter ended in month indicated.
:
...p]03,250 '
j 3 87, 072 I
3 5 , 4 2 4 ! 40,382 i 42,994;
45,048
41
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931]
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1931
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
April
1930
Febru- January
ary
March
Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber
July
June
i
May
April
RUBBER— Continued
1
Crude Rubber— Continued
Prices, wholesale, smoked sheets,
New York
_
dolls, per lb_.
Prices, wholesale, smoked sheets,
New York
rel. to 1926.
Stocks, domestic, end of quarter:
Afloat
long tons _
Dealers
__
long tons. _
Manufacturers
long tons
Total
-long tons..
World shipments, plantation
long tons
World stocks, end of month:
Afloat
_ __
._
_ long tons..
Europe
longtons.J
Producing countries
long tons
United States
longtons..
World total
long tonsReclaimed rubber:
Production, quarterly.
_long tons-Stocks, end of quarter
long tons. L
Scrap rubber:
Consumption by reclaimers,
quarterly
long tons..
Stocks at reclaimers, end of
quarter _
long tons—
. 064
. 077
.076
.082
.089
.089
.084
.080
.100
.111
.124
.142
.150
13. 2
15. 9
15.7
16.9 j
18.4
18.4
17.3
16.5
20.6
22.9
25.6
29.3
30.9
3 49, 471
i 3 44
986
! 3 58, 804
,3129 575
!
3188 279
3 49, 613
3 138, 140
3 187, 753
71 218
65, 719
88. 959
137,452
45 782
215.523
487,716
65, 714
65, 661
63, 065
84, 469 82, 687
130, 247 127, 553
43, 958 43, 154
210, 611 207, 085
469, 285 460, 479
81, 479
121,131
36, 118
201, 000
439, 728
80, 236
119,- 010
37, 564
193, 091
429, 901
3 32. 11 5
84, 435
118, 873
36, 046
188, 310
427, 664
73, 509
97, 701 82, 805
120, 389 112, 798
37, 714 42, 910
171, 285 162, 283
427, 089 400, 796
3 43, 203
3 51, 387
3 87 381
3 138, 767
60, 596 53, 944
84, 129
111,751
40, 362
158, 445
394, 687
75, 480
109, 908
39, 300
155, 000
379, 688
3 31 277
3 17, 989
3 36. 378
3 39, 071
3 57, 251
; 3 flp 464
3 66, 363
3 66, 511
'
341,274
l
72, 485
63, 127
85, 835
105, 035
41, 923
146, 179
378, 972
85, 875
100, 729
43, 176
148, 272
378, 052
3 45, 269
3 19, 926
1 3 30, 477
1 3 18, 534
316.142 !
3 57. 1 98
3 45 073
3 59, 205
3 91, 968
3151,173
74, 941
71, 934
Tires and Tubes
i
Pneumatic casings:
Production
_
thousands. _
ShipmentsDomestic
thousands..
Exports
thousands..
Stocks end of month
thousands
Solid and cushion tires:
Production
_.
_ ._ -thousands-Shipments—
Domestic
thousands
Exports
_. _ _ thousands Stocks, end of month
thousands..
i
Inner tubes:
Production
_ _
thousands-Shipments—
Domestic
thousands
Exports
_
thousands. _
Stocks, end of month.
thousands..
Raw material consumed:
Fabrics
._
thous. oflbs .i
Crude rubber
thous. of lbs_.
3.730
'
'"' • • -• l &
L, L. „
2,940 I
2, 251
2,123
2,866
2,692
3,332
3,193
4,098
4,574
4,518
2, 580
142
7, 629
2,855 ,
140
7,166
2, 550
139
7,203
2,119
148
7,676
2, 613
186
7,842
3,360
165
7,849
3,976
164
8,678
4,229
129
9,449
4,050
185
10, 622
3,960
213
10, 745
3, 886
186
10, 461
11
11
13 '
13
13
18
14
16
13
17
17
17
15 i
l !
69 |
12
1
73
12
1
75
12
76
i
13
1
76
19
1
78
22
1
82
22
1
90
19
1
101
18
2
107
23
1
108
23
2
117
3,560
3, 133
2,898
2, 448
2,144
3,161
3,053
3,837
3,161
3,960
4,428
4,408
2 922
109
8,380 •
2,619
101
7, 937
3,147 i
102 i
7,552
2, 634
96
7, 999
2,147
84
8,250
2,659
119
8,414
3,525
108
8,052
4,492
118
8,589
4, 594
90
9,326
4,082
131
10, 889
3,940
119
11, 082
3, 769
109
11,028
14 041 | 12, 002 1 12, 738
8, 358
41,851 i 36, 651 ! 36, 319 i 25, 537
8,418
26, 253
11, 780
36, 097
10, 917
33, 382
13, 223
40, 736
13, 399
39, 365
15, 034
45, 706
17,437
52, 130
17, 264
51, 152
15, 493
22, 623
25, 082
41, 291
39, 364
37, 097
26, 348
44, 952
28, 767
38, 582
21, 249
55, 411
110, 520
75, 719
89, 862
86, 471
675
1, 337
1, 326
3,338
165
597
779
1,276
1, 345
3,400
165
432
954
1, 554
1, 678
4, 186
197
682
1,045
1,473
1, 565
4,083
172
529
1,248
1,682
1,622
4, 552
164
559
1,364
1,856
1, 690
4, 910
174
507
1, 238
2, 199
1,881
5, 318
177
634
1,310
2,703
2,150
6, 163
211
615
1,309
2,593
2,087
5,989
197
570
13, 101
11,083
16, 460
14, 322
13, 735
15,117
15, 795
15, 603
17, 762
748 •
838
3, 939 i 3, 450
8, 471
6, 618
30, 302 ; 29, 741
880
4, 473
4, 578
29, 130
966
8,291
9,354
29, 353
1,083
6, 681
9,244
31, 601
780
6, 622
8,813
22, 336
938
5, 053
11, 668
36, 220
829
5,186
10, 287
38, 852
776
5,221
7,432
38, 595
1, 096
4,641
9,201
37, 618
3 143
i
155
8 01 9 i
!
Miscellaneous Rubber Products
1
3,188
:
\
I
Calendered rubber clothing: , &
^
Net orders
no coats and sundries
Production
no. coats and sundries
Mechanical rubber goods, shipments:
j
Belting
_ thous. of dolls..
Hose
thous. of dolls i
All other
thous. of dolls i
Total
thous of dolls
Rubber Lands, shipments
thous. oflbs J
Rubber flooring shipments thous. of sq. ft
Rubber heels:
Production
thous. of pairs
Shipments—
,
Exports
thous. of pairs.. 1;
Repair trade
thous. of pairs. ,
Shoe manufacturers --.thous. of pairs..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of pairs .
Rubber-proofed fabrics, production:
Auto fabrics
thous. of yds
Raincoat fabrics
-thous. of yds _
.
All other
thous. of vds._
Total
.
thous. of yds ... .
Rubber soles:
Production
thous. of pairs..
Shipments —
Exports
thous. of pairs J
Repair trade
thous. of pairs..'
Shoe manufacturers, .thous. of pairs. _
Stocks, end of month.
thous. of pairs
!
i 19 380 i 16, 361
i 19 220 | 18,276
!
<
889 i
1 892 ;
1 631 I
4 412 :
231
496
21, 884
12, 881
13, 059 i 20,791
722
1,611
1,378
3,711
222 ;
366 1
759
1,440 1
1,400
3, 599
211 !
365
; 14,661
13, 150 !
;
577
4, 808
j
10, 991
i 26 708
i
738
i
863
1, 168
2,769
658
4, 854
8, 397
29, 335
644
567
973
2, 184
577
738
891
2,206
i
!
'
i
476
697
736
1, 909
532
1,426
864
2,822
915
3,040
1, 254
5, 209
733
3,249
1,064
5,046
678
1,805
975
3,458
608
1,415
917
2,940
851
1,486
1,042
3, 379
1, 239
1,333
1, 025
3,597
1,368
1,590
1,071
4,029
2,292
2, 724
2,481 i
3, 021
1,426
3,056
2, 193
1,473
2,663
2, 734
1,939
2,593
14
408
2,145
2876
36
290
3,167
11
287 !
2,090 !
3,032
58
243
2, 305
2,917
60
280
1,011
2,390
82
492
2, 638
2,520
74
333
1, 691
2, 729
74
317
1,161
2, 289
34
364
2, 627
2,876
31
309
2,549
3,307
332
1, 506
3,019
28
380
1,956
3,272
!
2,259
;
12, 973
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS
General Operations
New orders _
rel. to 1923-25
Production index (elect, energy consumed)
. _.
rel to 1923-25
Stocks, end of month . _
rel. to 1923-25
Unfilled orders, end of month rel. to 1923-25.
Brick
Common brick:
Plants closed down
number-Price, red, New York
dolls, per thous..
Price, red, New York
rel. to 1926. _
Shipments
thousands. .
Stocks, end of monthBurned
thousands
Unburned
thousands-Unfilled orders, end of month-thousands. .
s Quarter ended in month indicated.
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
55 3
48.0
53.3
48.7
53.3
66.3
64.3
58.7
60.0
75.0
74.3
80.3
116. 5
178. 3
105. 1
179. 3
25. 3
102.6
173.4
24.2
75.3
165.0
28.0
100.6
166.0
33.8
106.2
162.9
41.3
106.3
149.6
40.0
120.5
152.6
45.8
118.2
160.1
47.3
110.8
170.4
39.8
136.5
191.5
53.7
121.2
191. 8
47.8
129. 9
194.5
49.7
44
10. 25
62. 3
31, 307
53
10. 00
60. 8
29, 284
66
10.00
60.8
19, 844
55
10.00
60.8
19, 657
65
9.50
57.7
33, 488
90
9.50
57.7
103, 489
76
9.50
57.7
103, 390
70
9.50
57.7
115, 251
62
9.50
57.7
105, 493
67
10.00
60.8
82, 429
69
10.00
60.8
123, 694
69
10.50
63.8
98, 833
78
11.25
68.4
104, 192
205, 842
165, 172
38, 281
256, 396
192, 499
48, 240
237, 346
194, 504
36, 997
251, 842
205, 600
47, 032
290, 144
233, 812
84, 550
429, 896
285, 944
121, 389
405, 082
273, 309
101, 908
373, 485
271, 577
132, 689
350, 940
222, 710
149, 034
341, 993
197, 069
95, 101
390, 782
213, 848
182, 680
303, 971
171, 867
137, 980
327, 657
177, 704
172, 113
42
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
April
March
1930
Febru- January Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ary
ber
ber
ber
July
June
May
April
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS— Contd.
Brick— Continued
Face brick:
Production
thousands
Shipments
- -thousandsStocks, end of month
thousands ._
Unfilled orders, end of month. thousands ..
Sand-lime brick:
Production
- thousands ..
Shipments by rail
thousands
Shipments bv truck
thousands ..
Stocks end of month
thousands
Unfilled orders, end of mo nth. thousands. .
784
395
522
3,734
685
338
369
3,836
708
310
303
3,856
778
494
365
3,823
778
543
536
3,677
821
748
767
3,662
901
730
794
3,677
1,067
854
779
3,717
1,059
738
865
3,625
1,144
835
887
3,737
1,263
757
968
3,765
1,331
664
966
3, 922
1, 192
3,999
1,698
3,330
11,119
5, 232
4,869
1,466
3,743
12, 566
7,070
4,140
1,493
3,306
12, 545
6,720
3,718
910
3,367
11, 594
5, 245
6,053
1,846
4,277
12, 070
9,125
7,126
3,044
4,659
12, 730
8,183
7,925
3, 437
6,169
12, 260
7, 567
7,877
3,278
6,553
14, 151
8,957
9,636
2,921
6,437
15, 496
7,762
10, 415
3,102
6,781
14, 328
9,797
10, 317
2,929
6,809
13, 191
9,314
12, 708
3,272
7,559
12, 975
10, 706
9,802
3, 910
5,624
11,505
9, 229
2,250
2, 479
5,974
2,342
1,972
6,307
2,634
2,041
6,696
1,894
1,486
7,022
2,221
1,678
6,814
2,451
2,297
6,578
2,585
2,623
6,412
2,636
2,459
6,768
1,980
2, 368
6,799
3,249
2,451
6,750
2,236
2,788
6,662
2, 550
2,564
6, 809
2,166
64.4
10, 340
1, 777
57.2
10, 913
1,776
52.8
10, 761
1,698
50.5
9,628
1,913
59.1
9,484
2,461
70.4
9,097
2,202
68.1
9,404
2,439
72.5
10, 024
2,406
71.5
10, 152
2,528
78.1
11, 147
2, 633
75.4
10, 924
2. 419
71. 9
11,922
32.4
27.0
30.7
26.5
30.5
34.5
33.7
29.9
26.8
36.1
38.2
41.5
1,818
24.2
25.9
4.2
2,183
29. 1
28. 7
1.1
1,912
30.9
27.6
5.1
2,059
33.2
30.6
4.9
2, 185
35.3
34.4
4. 7
1,961
31.7
33.0
4.6
2,083
33.6
30.4
4.6
1,785
28.8
28.0
4.5
2,262
36.5
36.2
5.9
3, 180
36.6
33.6
5.8
2. 532
37.8
38.8
5. 8
.7
.8
.8
.7
.8
1.1
1.0
1.0
533
579
Glass Containers
Net orders
.thous. of grossShipments
thous. of gross .
Stocks end of month
thous. of gross
Production:
Total
thous, of gross..
Per cent of capacity
.
Unfilled order^ end of month thous of gross
Illuminating Glassware
New orders
p. ct. of capacity..
Production:
Total
no. ofturns.Per cent of capacity
_
Shipments
p. ct. of capacity..
Stocks, end" of month. ..no. of weeks' supply..
Unfilled orders, end of
month
no. of weeks' supply _.
28.6
2,086
27.8
28.8
4.1
2,108
28. 1
28. 7
4.1
.8
.8
10, 174
10, 593
8,882
7,321
4,941
7,103
8,583
7,979
5,523
8,326
9, 128
12, 571
11, 430
Net new orders
number of pieces.. 6,898
Shipments
number of pieces. _ 4,093
Stocks end of month
number of pieces
28, 248
Unfilled orders, end of month
number of pieces. . 32, 541
6, 163
4, 178
30, 259
5,570
3,699
30, 004
4, 559
4,597
25, 585
4,586
3,259
29, 598
4,451
5,634
30, 370
8,657
6, 455
31, 133
6,815
7,564
29, 367
8,232
7,214
32, 696
7,480
7,448
34, 259
7,367
6,336
37, 410
7,879
7,101
36, 920
6. 469
6. 502
38. 240
31, 497
30, 526
29, 863
30, 400
29, 869
31, 309
31, 973
33, 493
34, 171
35, 674
35, 078
35,017
52.1
36.9
Per'cent of capacity
- Prices, wholesale, composite --.dolls, per bbL. 1.422
1.477
84.1
81.0
Prices, wholesale, composite
rel. to 1926. _
Production
thous. of bbls . 11,245 2 8, 245
Shipments
- thous. of bbls.. 11, 184 2 2 7, 192
Stocks, end of month
thous. of bbls.. 29, 736 29, 676
Stocks, clinker, end of month. ..thous. of bbls.. 13, 701 ~ 13, 318
29.4
1.543
87.9
5,920
5,074
28, 612
11, 946
29.5
1.586
90.5
6,595
4,692
27, 759
10, 384
38.2
1.580
90.6
8,480
5,688
25, 883
8,809
51.7
1.588
91.1
11, 098
8,784
23, 056
7,758
65.4
1.600
91.7
14, 410
15, 599
20, 697
7,266
75. 7
1.600
91.7
16, 124
18, 083
21, 889
7, 783
81.0
1.600
91.7
17, 821
20, 299
23, 824
9 275
77.8
1.600
91.7
17,078
20, 153
26, 289
11, 684
81.4
1.600
91.7
17, 239
18, 781
29, 364
13, 452
78.9
1.617
92.7
17, 249
17, 224
30, 891
14, 668
64.0
1.617
92.7
13, 521
13, 340
30, 867
15, 164
3, 138
315
3,226
335
3,231
324
3, 799
350
3,373
329
5, 930
556
5,718
465
5,594
520
7, 829
741
8, 236
734
6.990
719
7. 502
743
thous. of sq. ft..
3,135
2,655
2, 866
3,342
3,134
4, 135
3,954
3,812
3,690
3,869
3,838
3, 533
thous. of sq. ft..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of sq. ft..
2, 553
3,656
2,541
2, 937
975
14, 570
3, 791
1, 110
14, 166
4, 572
1, 581
14, 823
4,482
1,518
15, 259
4,859
1, 663
15, 786
4,385
1,576
16, 834
4,280
1,539
16, 778
4,420
1,620
17, 189
3,964
1, 503
17, 771
710
259
675
567
141,036
158, 839
593, 492
243, 116
140, 882
155, 330
586, 915
260, 919
142, 254
166, 156
615, 931
275, 367
142, 024
156,650
654, 535
299, 269
128, 991
157, 773
648, 805
313,895
139, 784
194, 948
626, 429
342, 677
133, 179
209, 366
635, 501
397. 841
73.6
73.3
90.6
73.8
74.4
75. 5
61. 7
56. 1
8.0
67.0
82.2
74.9
84.6
75. 3
85. 5
2
Plate Glass
Plate glass, polished, production
thous. of sq. ft..
Porcelain Plumbing Fixtures
Portland Cement
Terra Cotta
Terra cotta, new orders:
Quantity
Value
- net tons
thous. of dolls. .
2, 598
291
Tile
Floor and wall tile:
Production
ShipmentsQuantity
Value
Stocks, end of month
14,~477
"Is, 895' " 14," 895"
Vitreous China
Plumbing fixtures:
New orders
pieces
Shipments
pieces .
Stocks, end of month
pieces - Unfilled orders, end of month _ _ . . .pieces- -
93, 108
117,105
597, 476
209, 507
64, 260
133, 802
583, 099
233, 504
150, 451
184, 563
552, 403
303, 046
250, 183
172, 334
594, 886
337, 158
131,807
108, 065
623, 125
259, 309
73. 9
69.2
69.7
70.4
66.9
71.0
60.8
72.4
113,
121,
582,
235,
TEXTILES
General Operations
New orders
rel. to 1923-25.. ~~~~67.~6~
Prices, wholesale
rel. to 1926..
Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)
...rel. to 1923-25..
97
Production index (elect, energy
95.3
consumed)
rel. to 1923-25. Stocks, manufactured goods, end of
98.5
month
.
rel. to 1923-25..
Stocks, raw materials, end of
month
. ..rel. to 1923-25.. 176.8
97
Unfilled orders, end of month-.rel. to 1923-25..
Burlaps and Fibers
Imports:
Burlaps
-- .thous. of lbs._
Fibers
long tons..
2 Revised.
30, 481
21,719
97
93
86
87
93
91
88
81
84
84
90
96
97.3
99.3
86.4
89.8
87.0
85.4
85. 1
72.5
79.7
95.3
96.0
102. 3
94. 1
92.4
100.0
109.2
97.3
96.8
96.5
106.4
117.3
123.9
121.6
139. 0
196. 3
41. 1
212 9
39.9
229.9
38.9
241.8
34.3
237.6
37.3
214.7
36. 2
155. 4
34.5
116.9
33.7
104.2
35.9
111.2
41.0
122.3
43.6
138. 0
43. H
34, 945
19, 574
42, 176
21, 326
35, 062
19, 102
44, 591
20, 429
36, 656
14, 631
37. 940
17, 953
39, 578
13, 803
39, 038
13, 941
57, 553
16, 857
43, 235
24, 163
47, 699
19, 322
54, 8»)'.i
23, 12o
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931]
43
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
April
March
1930
Febru- January
ary
Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber
July
June
May
April
TEXTILES— C ontinued
Clothing
Hosiery:
Prices, pure silk, wholesale __.rel. to 1926..
New orders-.
_.thous. of doz. pairs. .
Net shipments
thous. of doz. pairsProduction
thous. of doz. pairs ...
Stocks, end of month
thous. of doz. pairs..
Unfilled orders, end of
month
thous. of doz pairs
Knit underwear:
Net shipments. ..thous. of doz. garments. _
New orders
thous. of doz. garments-Production
thous. of doz. garments. _
Stocks, end of
month
thous. of doz. garments
Unfilled orders, end
of month ... thous. of doz. garmentsMen's and boys' garments cut:
Overcoats
thous of garments
Separate trousers
thous. of garments-Suits
thous. of garments
Overalls:
Cut
thous. of doz. garments
Net shipments.., thous. of doz. garments. .
Unfilled orders,
end of month ..thous. of doz. garments. _
50.8
58.3
60.5
3,889
3,783
3,440
62.6
3,292
3,406
2,789
64. 8
2,633
2,766
2,408
7,120
7,627
7,864
2,403
2,618
1,876
878
821
1,129
1,164
1,978
1,365
1,475
1, 132
1,329
1,299
1,197
1,258
1, 284
160
1,580
1,714
234
223
41
51.9
2, 774
2,728
2,465
51.9
2,600
2,497
2,405
51.9
2, 526
2,209
2,400
2,408
2,743
2,589
6,433
6,713
7,074
7,058
2,051
2,027
2,041
1,828
1, 107
1, 326
1, 146
909
994
945
975
967
840
816
1,366
1,265
1, 549
1,342
58.3
3,198
3, 292
3,005
69.1
2,229
2,356
2,300
69.1
2,941
2,822
2,823
73.4
2,993
2,838
2,840
73.4
2, 920
2,865
2,935
8, 647
9,015
10,418
9,205
8, 724
2,096
2,322
2,781
2,683
2, 470
1,261
1,049
913
1,024
909
828
902
781
869
875
911
1,023
1,003
1,070
1,025
998
896
1,148
1,421
1,497
1,759
1,880
1,846
1,759
1,731
1, 266
1,250
1,140
1,398
1,524
1,634
1,607
1,549
159
1,232
1,222
444
1,183
1,100
555
2, 103
1,654
564
2,071
1,662
437
1,891
1,878
441
1,926
1,811
329
1,976
1,792
203
2,218
1,923
216
2,247
1,981
222
218
161
137
207
191
279
249
326
289
288
250
244
223
231
218
260
248
285
273
36
42
36
51
69
74
60
67
89
112
Consumption by textile mills
bales ._ 508, 744 490, 586 433, 510 454, 188
88.5
Consumption by textile mills __rel. to 1923-25- .
84.5
99.1
95.6
Exports, unmanufactured
625
(exclusive of linters)
thous. of bales
392
433
605
G innings
thous. of bales
13, 593
13, 756
Imports, unmanufactured
bales. . 17, 257 10, 266 11, 165 11,299
Machinery activity of spindles:
Activity spindles .
_ _ . thousands .. 26, 645 26, 490 25, 763 25, 611
191
184
Activity per spindle
hours
211
216
Total activity ._ ...
mill, of hours
6,360
7,129
7,001
6,110
Per cent of capacity
87.2
80.8
94.3
91.2
Prices:
To producer
dolls, per lb_.
.093
.091
.086
.096
In New York, middling
dolls, per lb._
. 102
.102
.109
.110
Receipts into sight __ - _. thous. of bales. 447
358
513
729
Stocks, domestic, end of month:
1,614
Mills
thous. of bales
1,478
1,548
1,370
7,314
7,939
Warehousesthous. of bales. - 6,034
6,643
Total, mills and warehouses
thous. of bales
7,404
9,553
8,862
8,120
Total, mills and ware254.1
235.7
houses.
___rel. to 1923-25
196.9
216.0
Stocks, world visible, end of month:
American
thous. of bales. _ 6,302
7,381
7,576
6,826
9,897
Total
thous. of bales . 8,883
9,332
9,958
406, 207
79.2
414, 887
80.8
444, 494
86.6
394, 321
76.8
352, 335
68.7
379, 022
73.8
405, 236
79.0
473, 284
92.3
531,911
103.7
766
13, 258
4,461
908
12, 837
3,409
1,004
10, 866
1,747
903
6,304
3,394
366
1,879
5,901
176
78
4,162
185
209
350
9,550
53, 328
67, 397
25, 526
176
5,916
76.1
25, 858
173
5,832
80. 1
26, 154
184
6,239
77. 1
26, 087
167
5,663
73.4
25, 874
151
5,134
65.2
26, 458
156
5,301
67.2
27, 659
170
5,789
76.2
28, 358
197
6,725
83.4
28, 851
220
7,497
96.1
.087
. 101
1,627
.096
. 110
2,749
.092
.107
3,670
.099
. 109
2,410
.114
.121
865
.119
.132
64
.140
.145
163
.145
.164
358
.147
.163
463
1,659
8,378
1,567
8,398
1,353
7,542
968
5,247
1,011
3,465
1,183
2,877
1,357
3,105
1,528
3,379
1, 662
3,637
10, 037
9,965
8,895
6,215
4,476
4,060
4,462
4,907
5, 209
267.0
265.0
236.6
165.3
119.1
108.0
118.7
129.5
141. 1
7,841
9,897
7,676
9, 437
6,617
8,413
4,892
6,707
3,159
5,190
2,917
5,230
3,352
5,951
3,688
6,335
3,975
6, 659
Cotton
Cotton Finishing
Printed only (mills and outside):
Production
thous. of yds..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of yds..
White, dyed, and printed (outside mills):
Billings, finished goods
thous. of yds_.
New orders, gray yardage. -thous. of yds..
Per cent of capacity
Shipments, finished goods
eases- Stocks, finished goods, end of month
_ _
cases
Unfilled orders, end of month
days.Cotton Goods
Cotton cloth:
Imports
thous. ofsq. yds..
Exports
thous. ofsq. yds—
Cotton textiles:
New orders
thous of yds
Production
thous. of yds..
Shipments
thous. of yds..
Stocks, end of month
..thous. of yds..
Unfilled orders, end of
month
thous of yds
Elastic webbing, shipments.. thous. of dolls...
Fabric for tire manufacture, consumption.. . _.
__
thous. of Ibs
Mill dividends:
Fall River (quarterly)
thous. of dolls..
New Bedford (quarterly). thous. of dolls..
Prices:
Print cloth 64x60
dolls, per yd..
Print cloth 64x60
rel. to 1926—
Sheeting, brown
dolls, per yd..
Sheeting, brown
_rel. to 1926..
Cotton goods (Fairchild) -,rel. to 1911-13-
86, 612
72, 973
87, 318
65, 145
76, 847
64, 546
68, 380
65, 704
70, 301
68, 420
62, 005
68, 817
69, 764
65, 876
55, 387
64, 788
42, 185
70, 395
38, 799
82, 297
47, 608
82, 856
58, 588
85, 381
72, 721
84, 808
60, 590
£0, 394
52
31, 176
61, 803
57, 872
58
35, 334
50, 166
49, 679
56
30, 593
43, 642
46, 370
47
29, 031
47, 566
39, 749
40
23, 888
40, 249
38, 541
44
23, 743
53, 003
47, 133
48
29, 260
40, 631
41, 618
46
26, 691
37, 907
35, 576
36
28, 843
41, 473
37, 349
34
28, 559
50, 933
39, 249
41
32, 986
59, 384
48, 699
47
39, 307
65, 364
56, 641
56
34, 308
16, 677
2.7
17, 641
2.7
17, 071
2.6
20, 134
2.6
23, 593
2.6
21, 803
2.5
22, 392
2.1
22, 079
2.6
27, 198
2.1
31, 901
1.9
34, 477
2.0
34, 571
2.6
40, 741
2.9
2,810
30, 776
2,530
33, 392
2,148
25, 188
2,641
31, 488
1,658
29, 388
1,763
29, 273
1,976
34, 804
1,920
32, 626
1,664
34, 285
2,434
35, 397
3,019
35, 868
4,299
38, 523
5, 076
36, 821
137, 749
225, 955
217, 582
282, 154
295, 334
271, 638
317, 185
273, 781
326, 691
212, 168
248, 354
319, 328
239, 106
202, 149
210, 597
355, 514
182, 656
234, 052
226, 951
363, 962
183, 067
206, 633
200, 661
356, 861
335, 801
228, 866
270, 383
350, 889
291, 980
182, 385
232, 975
392, 406
235, 272
218, 815
231, 348
442, 996
180, 147
165, 850
176, 689
455, 529
129, 947
198, 539
182, 652
466, 368
184, 473
275, 801
270, 056
450, 481
223, 225
257, 243
253, 360
444, 736
294, 118
1,199
373, 951
1,363
395, 802
1,180
317, 465
1,041
288, 956
921
333, 251
1,000
350, 845
1,356
285, 427
1,200
226, 422
1,127
222, 498
1,088
219, 040
1,169
271, 745
1,300
357, 328
1,347
14, 041
12, 002
12, 738
8,358
8,418
11, 780
10,917
13, 223
13, 399
15, 034
17, 437
17, 264
.053
69.6
.059
63.3
119
Cotton Yarn
Carded sales yarn:
Production
thous. of Ibs.. 11,081
Stocks end of month
thous. of Ibs.. 12, 240
Unfilled orders, end of month
thous. of Ibs— 38, 825
Prices:
22/1 cones, Boston
dolls, per lb_.
.231
22/1 cones, Boston
rel. to 1926—
64.5
southern spinning
dolls, per lb._
.369
Digitized for 40/ls
FRASER
J
Revised.
3279
301
3
3
3 110
330
254
.055
73.3
.059
63.3
121
.053
69.6
.065
69.8
119
.052
68.8
.062
67.0
120
.053
70.4
.065
69.9
122
.057
75.5
.066
70.9
124
.055
72.9
.066
70.9
124
.053
70.4
.070
75.1
124
.050
66.6
.070
75.1
126
.054
71.8
.070
75.1
130
.056
74.7
.075
80.3
134
.061
80.2
.078
83.9
137
.061
80.2
.076
82.2
138
11, 536
12, 537
10, 968
13, 420
12, 665
13, 795
9,582
13, 531
11, 787
12, 548
15, 494
12, 548
11, 148
12, 819
10, Q31
13, 633
11,049
13, 742
10, 968
13, 559
11,678
13, 439
15, 485
13, 116
40, 979
42, 407
39, 963
38, 920
38, 926
37, 854
33, 194
9,103
26, 469
27, 632
30, 186
34, 457
.240
66.8
.382
.239
66.7
.390
.248
69.1
.390
.247
68.8
.390
.254
71 0
.405
.235
65.5
.413
.242
67.4
.420
.252
70.3
.435
.262
73.1
.447
.273
76.2
.461
.290
80.9
.473
.302
84.1
.480
2
s Quarter ended in month indicated.
44
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
i
April
July
June
May
April
i
TEXTILES— Continued
Fur
Sales by dealers
thous. of dolls
!
)
6 693
6,049
4,496
3, 048
4,520
5,787
7,301
5,425
4,348
5,455
7,692
8,362
4,273 i
3, 300 |
4,081
3, 394
3,044
2,724
2,565
2,333
2,208
1,945
2,268
1,893
2,699
2,480
2,963
2,460
2,705
2,109
2, 840
2,212
3,932
2,820
3,693
3,227
4,033
3,445
2,962 ;
3,358
3,058
2,735
1,169
1,413
1,441
1,508
1, 179
1,779
2,323
2,370
2,421
Pyroxylin- Coated Textiles
Pyroxylin spread
thous. of Ibs
Shipments billed
thous. of linear vds__
Unfilled orders end of
month
. thous. of linear yds_.
March
1930
i
Febru- January ! Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ary
ber
ber
ber
Rayon
Imports
Price, 150 denier, "A" grade,
New Y o r k _ _ _
thous. of lbs_.
296 i
439
274
154
o
216
101
153
171
133
383
487
901
dolls, per lb._
. 75
. 75
.75
.75
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
1. 15
1.15
1.15
Silk
Deliveries (consumption)
Imports raw
--Prices:
Raw, Japanese 13-15, New
York
Haw, Japanese 13-15, New
York
Silk goods, composite
Silk machinery activity:
Broad looms
_p.
Narrow looms
p.
Spinning spindles.
..p.
Stocks, end of month:
At warehouses
At manufacturing plants
_
..bales _
thous. of lbs__
dolls, per lb__
41,356 ! 55,383
4,823 i 7,725
54, 242
7,318
55, 910
7,405
55, 424
9,877
57, 333
7,000
61, 937
8,940
55, 649
7,887
41, 734
8,244
39, 948
5,712
29, 396
4,622
40, 823
3,622
41, 584
6,047
2. 561
2.709
2.807
2.709
2.463
2.512
2.413
2.955
2.955
3.251
3.940
4. 186
-rel. to 1926..
dolls, per yd..
36.6
.99 |
41.3
.99
43.7
1.00
45.3
1.02
43.7
1.02
39.8
1.02
40.6
1.02
39.0
1.04
47.7
1.06
47.7
1.08
52.5
1.09
63.6
1.11
67.6
1.14
ct. of normal. _
ct. of normal..
ct. of normal. _
90.9
44. 6
51.8
93.8
44. 2
58.6
96.5
51.7
58.9
94.0
39.2
55.2
94.0
35.8
65.8
96.5
60.8
75.1
88.2
38.2
70.2
80.0
44.7
57.7
73.1
36.9
49.1
79.2
31.0
52.1
79.0
63.6
58.0
87.9
55.0
59.1
35,497 : 47,407
20,425 I 22,231
45, 399
23, 124
51,814
23, 588
58, 430
24, 242
49, 238
24, 929
51, 278
22, 954
47, 621
21, 243
44, 978
20,511
35, 565
18, 046
28, 450
19, 843
35, 477
20, 300
101. 3
59.6
68.8
e
53, 704
22, 120
47,710
100.7
40,373
85.2
38, 420
81.1
33, 856
71.5
30, 007
63.3
31, 237
65.9
40, 975
86.5
38, 083
80.4
33, 761
71.3
34, 682
73.2
32, 772
69.2
32, 641
68.9
36, 794
77.7
21,258
15,348
11,687
13, 767
8,994
8,817
10, 145
8,900
8,896
15, 484
17, 816
82
76
81
75
71
72
68
60
44
42
54 :
57 ;
44
34
59
66
55
57
bales..
bales
2. 266
.
Wool
Consumption at textile mills,
grease equivalent
thous. of Ibs
Consumption at textile mills.-.rel. to 1923-25. .
Imports:
In condition, imported
thous. of lbs._
Machinery activity, hourly:
Combs
p. ct. of hours active. .
Looms—
Carpet and rugs.p.ct. of hours activeNarrow"
p. ct. of hours active- _
Wide
p. ct. of hours active .
Set of cards
p. ct. of hours active .
Spinning spindlesWoolen
p. ct. of hours active..
Worsted
p- ct. of hours active. .
Prices:
Raw, territory, fme.scoured.dolls. per lb._
Raw, Ohio and Perm, fleeces, % blood,
combing, grease
dolls, per lb_.
Suiting 13-oz
dolls, per lb__
Suiting 13-oz
rel to 1926
Women's dress goods,
French serge, 39-in
dolls, per yd..
Women's dress goods,
French serge 39-in
rel. to 1926
Worsted varns
dolls, per Ib
Worsted yarns
.rel. to 1926.
Receipts at Boston:
Domestic
-- thous. of Ibs..
Foreign
thous. of Ibs.
Total
thous. of lbs._
;
10, 920
8,546
!
67
65
39
30
59
60
29 i
28
49
47
29
26
46
43
38
37
47
50
38
44
47
54
36
41
46
53
34
43
44
48
31
42
48
51
36
48
53
60
44
39
51
60
49
41
45
61
57
57
66
54
48
52 •;
45
52
52
52
53
62
55
60
48
55
52
53
62
56
60
52
58
43
65
.66
.66
.68 !
. 72
.72
. 75
.76
.76
.76
.76
.77
.76
22
1.494
7.45
22
1.543
77.0
23
1.601
79.8
.31
1. 601
79.8
.31
1.601
79.8
.31
1.696
84.0
.31
1.756
87.6
.29
1.756
87.6
.31
1.756
87.6
67
27
1. 601
79.8
.26
1.601
79.8
.29
1. 601
79.8
.30
1.601
79.8
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
87.0
1.20
83.6
87.0
1.20
83.6
87.0
1.20
83.6
87.0
1.20
83.6
87.0
1.20
83.6
87.0
1.23
85.3
87.0
1.25
87.1
1.00 ;
1.00
69.7 ;
69.7
1.10
76.6
1.10
76.6
87.0
1.17
81.8
87.0
1.20
83.6
10,376 ! 8,215
7,399 ! 5,064
17,775 13,279
6,741
6,528
13, 269
3, 363
7,432
10, 795
7,574
4,000
11, 574
4,576
1, 664
6,240
10, 494
2,245
12, 739
4, 094
2,980
7,074
47, 826
3,846
51, 672
72, 313
4, 602
76, 915
54, 729
2,936
57, 665
18, 937
9,712
28, 649
8,501
8,662
17, 163
62, 148
57, 964
78, 262
53, 841
39, 527
27, 620
30, 351
28, 823
43, 364
TOBACCO
Unmanufactured :
Exports, leaf
-thous. of Ibs.. 45,006 • 39,908 46, 879
Stocks—
Chewing, smoking, snuff and export
3
types quarterly
mills, of Ibs
1 697
Cigar types, quarterly. .thous. of Ibs.. ..........3354,319
Total, including imported types, quar3 2 151
terly
- - mills, of Ibs .
Manufactured products:
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals)—
Large cigars
_ thousands. - 459,982 440,472 362, 839
Small cigarettes
millions
9,471
9,802
8,836
Manufactured tobacco
and snuff
thous. of lbs_. 30,781 31,049 29, 562
Manufacturing
132
operations
- rel. to 1923-25- .
134 :
131
Exports cigarettes
thousands 241,703 324,808 256, 706
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTION
Buttons
Fresh-water pearl button:
Production, ratio to capacity
per cent.. .
Stocks, end of month
thous. of gross..
Imports:
ButtonsProduct of Philippines.thous. of gross- _
55
All other...
thous. of gross. _
2
Shells395
Mother-of-pearl
thous. of Ibs—
\11 other
thous. of Ibs
48
1,720
Tagua nuts
thous. of Ibs..
2 Re\ ised.
!
;
i
!
i
50, 440
3
1 492
3277,850
3
1, 853
349, 635
8,675
362 939
9,368
:
528, 128 i 623, 861
7,952 : 10,947
3 1, 266
3303,104
3 1, 296
3337,071
3 1, 649
3 1, 726
523, 973
10, 190
517,200
10, 577
532, 805
11,859
519, 599
11,751
523. 775
10, 301
469, 969
9,535
25,815
25,976
33,026
32, 166
31,370
30, 964
30, 939
32, 579
31, 261
121 !
128
229, 697 338,808
119
251,507
129
318,751
125
305, 676
130
295, 744
137
643, 358
141
566,015
134
446, 231
136
366, 674
31, 697
47.5
9,518
44.6
9,807
35.5
10, 154
40.6
8,842
42. 0
8,756 '
38. 8
8,808
36.2
9,061
25.7
9,258
23.1
9,857
41.1
10, 056
42.4
9,790
47.1
9,878
94
2
59
3
59
4
82
9
65
9 :
72
5
78
3
69
14
63
12
107
18
44
16
59
6
289
95
592
273
369
1,329
475
22
270
896
15
858
802
844
402 !
354
164
56
458 |
586
1, 286
708
331
1, 204
(Quarter ended in m onth indi cated.
476
72
1,213
271
377
1,242
570
925
1,317
171
104
1,607
3
45
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931]
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
April
March
1930
Febru- January
ary
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
[
S
»! August
July
June
May
April
FUELS
Coal
Anthracite:
Exports
thous of long tons120
Prices—
Retail, composite-dolls, per short ton_14.39
Wholesale, composite
--dolls, per long ton... 12.202
Wholesale, composite
rel. to 1926—
88.6
Production
thons. of short tons.5,700
Stocks, end of month, in yards of
dealers
no. of days' supply
Bituminous:
Consumption—
By coke plantsCanada
thous of short tons
United States
thous of short tons
4,682
By electric power
plants
thous. of short tons__
By railroads
thous. of short tons-By vessels clearing
ports
--thous. of long tons-168
Exports
thous. of long tons
671
Pr.ces—
Mine average (spot)
dolls, per short ton
1.64
Prepared sizes (composite)
dolls, per net ton.. 3.845
Preparedsizes (composite) rel. to 1926- 80.2
Retail, composite.dolls. per short ton..
8.46
Wholesale, composite
dolls, per short ton-3.760
Wholesale, composite
rel. to 1926—
87.2
Production—
Canada
thous. of short tons
United States
thous. of short tons— 28, 478
Production index rel. to 1923-25
77
Stocks, end of month, held by
consumers
thous. of short tons
'
79
159
207
178
182
253
198
205
129
144
186
123
14.85
14.85
14.88
14.89
14.90
14.87
14.80
14.57
14.53
14.32
14.33
14.99
12. 608
91.6
4,745
12. 732
92.5
5,391
12. 732
92.5
6,157
12.751
92.6
6,086
12. 751
92.6
5,207
12. 762
92.7
7,576
12. 707
92.3
5,293
12. 578
91.4
6,190
12. 366
89.8
5,658
12. 251
89.0
5,183
12. 441
90.4
5,947
12. 887
93.6
4,916
31
43
47
61
60
57
21
36
247
235
236
246
249
249
233
244
248
268
290
295
4,902
4,408
4,686
4,737
4,820
5,270
5,214
5,559
5,824
6, 155
6,572
6,645
3.407
6,414
3,281
5,810
3,688
6,598
3,837
6,622
3,670
6,642
3,944
7,124
3,724
6,349
3,658
6,408
3,452
6,228
3,201
6,177
3,296
6,690
3,255
6,804
136
665
141
645
187
700
201
803
204
1,287
230
1,317
269
1,462
261
1,433
284
1,586
276
1,394
278
1,488
292
858
1.69
1.77
1.77
1.77
1.78
1.81
1.75
1.68
1.71
1.67
1.67
1.71
24.001
283.5
8.71
4.223
88.1
8.83
4. 268
89.0
8.87
4.317
90.0
8.94
4. 336
90.5
8.94
4.342
90.6
8.88
4.303
89.8
8.79
4.180
87.2
8.70
4.156
86.7
8.65
4.096
85.4
8.54
4.085
85.2
8.53
4.083
85.2
8.84
3.791
87. 9
3.814
88.4
3.829
88.8
3.898
90.4
3.900
90.4
3. 893
90.2
3. 897
90.3
3.892
90.2
3.891
90.2
3.902
90.5
3. 902
90.5
3.901
90.4
1,028
33, 870
76
963
31, 408
73
1, 164
38, 542
77
1, 275
39, 716
85
1,315
38, 122
86
1,630
44, 150
87
1, 230
38, 632
85
1, 101
35, 661
82
1,061
34,715
86
1,128
33,714
89
1,115
35, 954
92
907
35, 860
97
34, 200
37, 200
36, 800
35, 900
33, 100
32, 200
71
70
69
83
66
64
93
68
78
73
2.55
62.1
2.58
62.7
2.60
63.3
2.60
63.3
2.55
62.1
2.52
61.4
2.50
60.9
2.53
61.5
2.60
63.3
2
29, 500
Coke
"Exports
_ --._
thous. of long tons-_
Price, furnace, Connellsville
dolls, per short ton__
Price, furnace, Connellsville
rel. to 1926—
Production:
Canada
thous. of short tons
United StatesBeehive
thous. of short tons—
By-product
thous. of short tons—
43
67
2.50
60.9
2.50
60.9
2.53
61.5
2.55
62.1
179
165
171
181
185
185
170
182
182
193
210
213
109
3,146
149
3,256
163
2,898
163
3,092
171
3,077
168
3,137
168
3,432
168
3,401
170
3,637
215
3,770
262
3,954
272
4,266
302
4,246
7
190
354
3
166
332
None.
147
295
3
168
308
3
217
295
7
306
267
5
306
270
3
346
316
6
334
311
6
337
312
4
337
317
1
273
293
170
1,089
151
1,053
159
1,032
166
1,041
158
1,064
177
1,045
170
1,045
172
994
161
942
163
891
170
866
151
817
73, 596
3,715
383
.594
31.5
69, 397
112
64
152
65, 249
4,789
450
.850
45.1
60, 645
110
63
149
70, 026
4, 353
487
,850
45.1
65, 991
110
61
144
71, 581
4, 727
527
.850
45.1
66, 985
111
63
149
70,310
4,467
659
.850
45.1
68, 174
114
64
151
74, 016
5,061
866
1.098
58.3
72, 696
115
65
160
75, 950
5,808
782
1.178
62.5
70, 977
114
69
165
79, 289
5,059
992
1.178
62.5
74.853
117
70
164
78, 644
5,877
1,051
1.178
62.5
76, 554
120
69
166
80, 747
5,767
1,197
1.178
62.5
76, 929
124
73
170
83, 647
4,984
1,233
1. 178
62.5
80, 342
127
73
173
80, 434
5,781
1,151
1.163
61.7
77, 191
128
73
174
100,531
41, 016
101, 442
40, 651
102, 368
40, 389
104, 121
40, 625
103, 553
40, 652
102, 643
40, 738
103, 647
40, 582
103, 701
40, 671
104, 550
41,071
105, 276
41, 045
105, 560
42, 912
105,636
44, 166
Petroleum
Asphalt:
Imports
thous. of short tons—
7
Production
... - thous. of short tons
Stocks, end of month thous of short tons
Coke:
Production
thous. of short tons
Stocks, end of month thous. of short tons
'Crude petroleum:
Consumption (run to stills) thous. of bbls .
Imports
thous. of bbls—
Oil wells completed
number-Price, Kansas-Oklahoma.-. dolls, per bbL_ """'536"
Price, Kansas-Oklahoma
rel. to 192628.1
Production
thous. of bbls—
Production index
rel to 1923 25
119"
Refinery operations-- _p. ct. of capacityRefinery operations index rel. to 1923-25- _
• Stocks, end of monthCalifornia —
Heavy
-thous. of bbls
Light •
thous of bbls
East of California —
Refineries
thous. of bbls—
Tank farms and pipe
j
lines
thous. of bbls— !
Total
thous. of bbls—
Mexico—
|
Production
thous. of bbls.J
Exports _ .-- --_ - -thous. of bbls
VenezuelaExports
. . thous. of bbls
Production
_-_ -thous. of bbls—
'Gas and fuel oils:
Consumption—
B y electric power plants.thous . of bbls _ _
By railroads
thous. of bbls
By vessels _ _._ -._ -thous. of bbls
Price, Oklahoma 24-26,
refineries . —
..dolls, per bbl
.488
Production
thous of bbls
Stocks at refineries at end of
month
_ - ._
thous. of bbls
* Gasoline:
Consumption
thous. of bbls_ _
Exports
_
thous. of bbls
Prices, wholesale, New York.dolls per gaL.
. 133
Prices, retail, tank wagon,
\
50 cities
dolls, per gal.J —
2 Revised.
54
40, 786
42, 027
41, 785
41, 191
43, 446
46, 032
45, 445
46, 785
47, 140
46, 772
47, 490
47, 388
310, 377
351, 163
313,310
355, 337
317, 854
359, 639
320, 510
361, 701
323, 089
366, 535
323, 030
369, 062
324, 644
370, 089
328, 355
375, 140
331, 124
378, 264
331, 050
377, 822
331,429
378, 919
332, 487
379, 875
2,564
1, 463
2,890
1,263
2,922
1,690
2,895
1,895
3,147
2,093
3,243
2,419
3,449
2,630
3,437
2,808
3,287
3,030
3,351
2,429
3,319
1,902
10, 362
10, 283
9,516
9,486
10, 877
10, 384
10, 704
10, 492
11, 134
10, 911
12, 208
11,785
11, 674
11,311
12, 182
11, 378
11,506
11, 624
11, 221
11,361
11, 133
10, 918
11,018
10, 724
644
3,644
3,667
635
3,181
3,622
800
3,599
3,544
845
3,705
3,868
790
3,806
3,794
885
4,355
4,463
835
3,841
4,333
751
3,817
4,702
712
3, 924
4,316
617
3,750
4,041
607
4,064
4,657
590
4,025
4,234
.510
30, 754
.588
26, 536
.600
29, 174
.610
29, 704
.650
29, 034
.594
29,818
.580
29, 923
.600
29, 862
.625
31, 023
.675
31, 092
.744
33, 961
.788
32, 236
32, 105
32, 159
33, 977
37, 007
40, 427
41,293
41, 480
39, 729
39, 127
38, 302
36, 664
33, 650
31, 037
2,841
.133
26, 133
3,586
.138
26, 844
4,462
.135
29, 094
2 4, 149
.141
30, 984
3,536
.141
37, 433
6,375
.163
38, 256
5,497
.163
35, 706
6,955
.163
36, 438
4,864
.163
34, 509
5,662
.151
.137
.149
.148
.146
. 150
32,267 ! 37, 823
6,131
3,826
.143
.148
i
.154 i
.159
.163
.165
.166
.170
.170
46
SURVEY OF CURKENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
April
March
1930
I
Febru- January
ary
Decem- Novem- October
»- August
ber
ber
July
June
May
April
FUELS— Continued
Petroleu m— C ontinued .
Gasoline— Continued .
ProductionNatural gas (at plants) .thous. of bbls._
4,048
Raw (at refineries)
thous. of bbls
35, 246
Retail distribution— 41 States-mills, of gals.
Stocks, end of month —
884
Natural gas (at plant) -thous. of bbls
Raw (at refineries)
thous. of bbls
48, 225
Kerosene:
Consumption
thous of bbls
2,691
Exports
thous. of bbls-. """"648"
1, 151
Price, 150° water white
dolls, per gal-.051
Production
thous. of bbls._
3, 676
Stocks at refineries, end of
month
thous. of bbls
6,300
Lubricating oil:
Consumption
thous. of bbls..
1,950
.145
Price cylinder oil
dolls, per gaL. """"."145'
Production
thous of bbls
2,293
Stocks at refineries, end of
month
thous. of bbls. .
10, 710
Wax:
37, 520
Production
thous of Ibs
Stocks, end of month
thous. of Ibs
208, 620
4,198
34, 352
887
4,238
33, 616
935
4,326
37, 400
1,019
4,079
36, 944
1,060
4, 212
37, 844
1,114
4,231
38,061
1,124
4,269
37, 537
1,027
4,521
39, 293
995
4,428
38, 157
976
578
40, 741
596
38, 705
559
38, 684
534
38, 254
744
41, 624
741
46, 077
928
50, 225
920
54, 046
700
54, 435
2,596
1,275
.054
3,560
2,786
1,310
.054
3,575
2,841
970
.053
3,590
2,599
1,373
.054
3,876
2,768
1,349
.053
3,846
2,573
1,687
.050
3,975
2,933
1,021
.052
3,929
2,323
1,782
.055
4,026
3,181
816
.060
4,317
3,240
1,529
.063
4,435
6,477
6,555
6,883
7,379
7,633
7,771
8,030
8,319
8,352
8,384
8, 068
1,583
.146
2,036
1,715
.165
2,441
1,458
.172
2,509
1,573
.184
2,409
1,569
.186
2,546
1,944
.190
2,723
1,940
.193
2,971
1,887
.210
3,018
1,772
.284
2,920
2, 394
.340
3,185
2,116
.343
3,193
3,631
31, 328
782
4,140
32, 708
821
692
45, 355
606
42, 818
2,272
974
.053
3,171
2
10,911
11,013
10, 971
10, 536
10, 502
10, 257
10, 161
9,953
9,742
9,578
9,649
38, 640
229, 414
42, 560
233, 044
36, 120
232, 592
35, 840
237, 027
38, 080
240, 060
43, 960
248, 940
39, 760
254, 990
45, 640
254, 999
43, 680
249, 748
45, 920
248, 524
54, 040
241,853
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT
Advertising
1,992
2,421
Magazine advertising
thous. of lines
2,203
Magazine advertising, total
15, 307
17, 173
cost
thous. of dolls
16, 002
National advertising in newspapers:
Building materials
thous of lines
Electrical appliances, supplies
thous. of Imes.Financial
thous. of lines..
Foods and beverages
thous of lines
Heating and plumbing equipment
thous. of lines.Medical
thous. of lines..
Passenger cars
thous of lines
\
i
Radio
thous. of lines..
Tires, trucks, and accessories
thous. of lines.Tobacco
thous. of lines
Toilet articles
thous of lines
Transportation
thous. of lines. _
\11 other
thous of lines
Total
thous. of lines- .
Newspaper advertising
thous. of lines. . "88," 737" "90,244 ~~72~ 282"
Radio broadcasting, facilities,
3,141
2,591
cost
thous. of dolls. . 3,161
1,585
2,265
2,488
2,490
2,145
1,658
1,986
2,752
3, 022
3,173
10, 820
15, 352
17, 359
17, 759
15, 214
12, 075
14, 316
19, 614
20, 399
21,861
75
129
229
216
99
117
342
660
615
794
5,114
3,579
751
4,472
6, 156
562
5, 579
7,726
685
5,112
6,618
459
3,755
5,898
739
6,446
6,428
1,247
6, 162
7,781
1,548
6,387
9,503
2,016
7,617
9,220
279
2,025
1,208
2,186
396
4,415
3,058
2,788
676
4,266
3,398
3,604
979
2,382
3,154
3,584
484
1,760
2,736
1,049
401
1,853
4,082
927
479
2,194
3,781
649
608
2,926
5, 169
958
629
3,635
5,817
856
75,"823~
2,490
938
985
1,890
4,229
25, 795
82, 467
3,859
3,787
2,140
1, 991
4,678
38, 622
89, 424
3,913
5,880
2, 590
1,768
5,180
45, 370
98, 437
4,063
5,633
1,841
1,689
4,623
40, 579
88, 648
5,431
1,760
2,055
2,323
3,318
31, 126
70, 018
5,634
3,742
2,985
3,130
3,427
39, 911
72, 007
5,927
5,413
3,123
4,101
5,812
47, 010
88, 702
7,697
4,919
3,404
3,728
6,987
54, 491
100, 402
6,066
3,606
3,674
2,719
6,397
52, 867
101, 259
2,637
2,718
2 577
2,674
2,123
1,960
2,074
2,033
2,300
2,199
2 167. 2
2 119. 5
295.1
255.4
2 £n 7
2 58. 2
131.5
263.3
76.6
90.6
545.1
111.8
148.9
185.2
79.2
112.0
412.5
116.7
134.6
192.0
81.2
138.2
142.7
109. 8
106.8
207.2
83.0
144. 4
64.1
100.5
29.0
71.9
56.1
136.5
6.1
254.3
:;:::;;;; ;;;::::;:
......... ::::::::: :::::::::
Agricultural Products (Marketing)
2
267.3
2 67.0
276.3
2 105. 0
142. 8
2 200. 7
106.8
186.1
82.4
141.4
78.2
99.7
102.9
169.4
79.6
121.8
61.9
94.0
293.3
116.2
79.8
94.0
50.8
85.5
96.4
103.4
96.2
95.0
25.3
94.7
92.7
98.9
93.9
137.8
57.1
97.8
77.8
146.2
88.0
121.6
34.5
88.5
82.2
172.0
108.0
79.2
79.1
96.7
86.3
229. 1
93.9
78.2
30.9
91.2
29.8
70.6
63.4
93.4
38.6
75. 1
80.0
104.3
53.0
64.4
40.6
68.1
84.6
91.1
4.4
64.9
64.0
70.2
81.0
98.0
4.3
274.3
144.9
67.1
79.8
79.4
5.3
2 105. 8
240.6
109. 0
72.3
89.6
10.7
2 148. 8
327.5
249.0
82.6
168.4
20.1
2 212. 1
219.3
164.3
139.0
138.8
41.6
2 175. 5
180.5
81.9
24.8
* 122. 5
5.8
124.4
177.5
113.4
2.6
293.3
14.0
57.8
58.5
151.0
2.7
248.7
Delinquent accounts, electrical trade:
Amount
dollars. _ 112, 843
Delinquent firms
number. . 1,258
138, 592
1,228
132, 609
1,141
112,250
1,089
150, 349
1,065
96, 912
868
122, 150
1,101
93, 898
939
127, 006
1,155
141,162
1,106
157, 821
1,096
88.2
82.0
84.9
90.6
84.1
96.8
89.1
83.2
86.5
92.5
84.6
96.8
89.6
84.4
86.9
92.7
85.3
96.9
91.1
84.6
90.9
92.9
85.9
97.2
92.6
86.6
93.9
92.9
86.7
97.4
93.9
87.7
96.8
92.9
87.5
97.6
94.8
88.8
98.8
92.7
88.0
97.8
95.4
90.5
99.7
92.1
88.7
97.6
94.7
89.3
98.4
91.4
88.5
97.6
95.2
91.0
98.6
91.1
89.1
97.8
96,5
92.5
101.2
91.5
89.9
98.1
97.2
92.8
102.7
92.0
90.6
98.2
97.9
95. 0
103. 5
94.1
90.8
98. 1
67.4
98.3
58.0
124. 5
64.9
270.5
39.7
2 55. 4
121.9
2 61. 2
2 65. 8
25.5
51.6
104.2
2 56. 0
274.2
37.1
50.5
110.9
255.9
67.0
117.7
50.7
115.6
58.0
67.0
112.9
57.4
105.4
62. 9 !
60.0
143.1
63.4
99.3
OK. 2
50.2
158.2
57.7
63.9
60. 2
44.7
171.2
62.8
76.1
6C. 0
42.2 !
203.9 !
61.8 !
72.4
€.5. 4
56.4
170. 7
64.1
105.9
70. 0
71.8
174.7
72.1 !
137.7
80. 1 1
83. 4
100. 6
71.6
135. 9
79. 1
Agricultural total
Animal products:
Dairy products
Fish
Livestock
Poultry and eggs
Wool
.
Total
Crops:
Cotton
Fruits
Grains
Vegetables
Miscellaneous
Total
rel to 1923-25
rel. to 1923-25. .
rel. to 1923-25 _ _
rel. to 1923-25
rel. to 1923-25
rel. to 1923-25
rel. to 1923-25
rel. to 1923-25
rel. to 1923-25
rel. to 1923-25
rel. to 1923-25
rel to 1923-25
rel. to 1923-25
59.1
94.6
202. 0
76.5
71.6
360.5
91.4
mi
1
i
i
i
/
39.0
56. 0
58.4
95.1
8.6
2 53. 6
Collections
215, 001 i
1,449
203, 572
1, 493
Cost of Living
All groups..
Clothing
Food
.
Fuel and light
Housing
Sundries
. . .
.rel. to 1923
rel. to 1923-.
rel. to 1923
rel to 1923
rel. to 1923
. . .rel. to 1923
Forest Products (Marketing)
Distilled wood
Gum.
Lumber
Pulpwood
Total
2 Revised.
_ ...
rel. to 1923-25..
rel. to 1923-25
.rel. to 1923-25.
rel. to 1923-25..
rel. to 1923-25. .
47
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931]
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
1930
March
Febru- January
ary
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
724, 617
642, 484
687, 560
767, 229
637, 054
742, 687
705, 963
4,015
37, 250
3,567
33, 240
3,749
36, 352
4,165
39, 627
3,525
34, 525
3,662
35, 916
11,132
81, 747
5,014
9,701
70, 935
4,032
10, 590
78, 273
4,893
11, 716
91, 923
10, 443
10, 248
79, 934
5,178
109.9
29, 257
3,268
113.1
30, 178
3,284
100.1
26, 405
3,215
110.3
29, 172
3,466
145.3
38, 572
4,418
106
101
92
98
81
97
79
April
Se
m
April
July
June
May
695, 305
693, 627
680, 814
702, 499
676, 255
3,415
33, 923
3,285
33, 363
3,436
34, 672
3,554
35, 395
3,813
38, 266
3,828
37, 803
11,514
90, 647
4, 996
9, 758
79, 174
4,781
9,681
77, 670
5, 225
10, 197
81, 800
5,428
10, 619
82, 691
5,413
11,191
87, 661
5,040
11, 562
90, 646
4,859
106. 2
28, 379
3,028
121.1
32, 279
3,568
107.9
28, 764
3,160
98.1
25, 876
3,132
101.2
26, 761
3,157
104.9
27, 956
3,062
117.3
31, 370
3,335
122.3
32, 644
3,524
94
165
152
163
167
148
159
147
129
191
152
194
142
182
98
113
97
110
106
89
108
99
78
125
101
117
94
108
102
112
115
115
113
103
118
110
86
136
114
134
104
118
99
103
90
88
108
89
107
103
100
112
79
92
108
108
102
63
100
71
67
71
72
68
69
68
61
77
58
73
108
66
91
105
98
83
98
98
87
89
82
80
109
84
100
84
97
105
105
101
108
112
102
106
94
90
119
91
112
96
114
2 107
110
104
107
119
109
106
97
99
120
95
113
109
114
88
78
91
85
79
73
92
104
95
98
114
95
87
120
73
120
91
103
95
107
92
191
92
94
113
93
86
119
73
116
86
100
95
107
91
95
88
87
107
88
78
113
69
107
79
93
89
100
91
87
85
78
99
80
70
107
66
97
70
82
86
96
94
87
83
81
99
80
66
100
62
97
71
83
82
96
96
93
89
88
103
88
72
104
65
104
78
90
86
99
96
98
91
94
111
92
79
110
69
109
80
95
91
105
97
101
95
94
114
92
82
115
72
112
85
99
90
110
££ - August i
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT— Contd.
Postal Business
Air mail, weight dispatched
pounds..
Money orders:
I
Domestic, issued (50 cities) —
j
Quantity
_
- thousands
Value
thous of dolls '
Domestic, paid (50 cities)—
Quantity
_ _ thousands.
Value
thous. of dolls
Foreign, issued
thous. of dolls..!
Postal receipts:
Total index
rel. to 1923-25 .
50 selected cities
thous. of dolls
50 industrial cities
thous. of dolls..
Retail Outlets
Department store sales, value of:
United States, adjusted
rel. to 1923-25. _
United States, unadjusted.rel. to 1923-25..
Atlanta
rel. to 1923-25 .
Boston
rel. to 1923-25..
Ohicago. . .
. rel. to 1923-25
Cleveland
rel. to 1923-25..
Dallas
rel. to 1923-25
Kansas City. . . .
_ _rel. to 1923-25
Minneapolis
rel. to 1923-25..
New York .
.
rel. to 1923-25
Philadelphia
rel to 1923-25
Richmond
rel. to 1923-25..
St. Louis
_. .. rel. to 1923-25 .
San Francisco
rel. to 1923-25..
Department store stocks, end of month:
United States, adjusted_.._rel. to 1923-25. _
United States, unadjusted.rel. to 1923-25..
Atlanta
rel. to 1923-25..
Boston
rel. to 1923-25..
Chicago
rel. to 1923-25..
Cleveland
rel. to 1923-25.. i
Dallas
rel. to 1923-25. „
Kansas City
rel. to 1923-25..
Minneapolis
rel. to 1923-25..
New York
rel. to 1923-25
Philadelphia .
rel. to 1923-25
Richmond
_. .
rel. to 1923-25
St. Louis.
rel. to 1923-25..
San Francisco
rel. to 1923-25..
Mail-order houses:
Total sales, 2 houses
.thous. of dolls
Total sales, 2 houses
rel. to 1923-25
Sears, Roebuck & Co
thous. of dolls
Montgomery, Ward <fe Co.thous. of dolls..
Restaurant chains:
Childs 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
Total sales, 3 chainsTotal
. . thous. of dolls
Stores operated
number
10-cent chain stores, sales:
F. W. Woolworth & Co.—
Sales
thous of dolls
Stores operated., .
_ number
F. & W. GrandSales
thous. of dolls. .
Stores operated... . . _ number
G. C. Murphy Co.—
Sales
thous. of dolls
Stores operated
number. _
Isaac Silver & Bros. —
Sales
thous. of dolls..
S tores operated
number. .
J. C. Penny Co.—
Sales
thous of dolls
Stores operated
number. .
McCrory Stores Corp. —
Sales
Ihors of dolls
Stores operated ,_.
. number
Metropolitan —
Sales
_ . thous of dolls
Stores operated
number
S. H. Kress & Co.—
Sales
thous. of doll?..:
Stores operated
..number..
S. S. Kresge Co.—
Sales.
thous. of dolls \
Stores operated
. .number
W. T. Grant Co.—
Sales _ _.
thous. of dolls
Stores operated
number
Total sales, 4 chains —
Sales
. . thous. of doll^
Stores operated
number
Miscellaneous chain group:
Five and Ten —
Actual
rel. to 1923-25
Adjusted for seasonal.. rel. to 1923-25. .
1
Revised.
!
83
87
84
87
86
81
74
84
76
78
79
73
2
52, 078
159
31, 520
20, 558
43, 008
132
25, 407
17, 601
39, 422
121
24, 177
15, 245
41, 459
127
24, 839
16, 620
72, 486
222
43, 814
28, 672
55, 713
170
33, 312
22, 401
68, 873
211
38, 785
30, 093
54, 419
166
33, 086
21, 333
50, 682
155
29, 715
20, 967
48, 790
149
30, 121
18, 669
54, 356
166
30, 367
23, 989
59, 350
182
34, 300
25, 050
56, 561
173
32, 785
23, 776
2,059
110
2,064
111
1,889
111
2,083
112
2,277
112
2,075
111
2,259
111
2,136
113
2,173
113
2, 050
113
2,103
114
2,279
115
1,330
112
1,208
117
1,082
120
1,192
120
1,246
120
1,186
121
1,287
121
1,215
120
1,208
120
1,199
119
1,225
121
1,314
121
1,279
121
1,351
160
1,210
160
1,295
152
1,379
152
1,338
147
1,338
145
1,291
147
1,261
146
1,252
147
1,257
147
1,382
145
1, 353
144
4,623
388
4,181
391
4,570
384
4,902
384
4, 599
379
4,884
377
4,642
380
4,642
O-Q
o/
y
4, 501
379
4,585
382
4,975
381
4,962
377
23, 830
1,896
23, 724
1,894
19, 386
1,888
19,240
1, 886
42, 320
1,890
24, 077
1,890
26, 422
1,889
22, 353
1,886
22, 055
1,881
20, 737
1,871
20, 715
1,867
25, 310
1,855
2 24, 372
1,853
2, 004
117
1,664
116
1,431
114
1,371
112
3, 545
112
1,894
112
2,026
111
1,663
111
1,669
108
1, 669
105
1,869
103
1,840
98
1,936
96
1, 588
168
1,329
166
1,204
166
1,221
166
3,170
166
1,579
165
1,621
163
1,344
162
1, 362
163
1,319
163
1,289
160
1,410
156
1,291
155
723
45
596
45
513
45
476
45
1,421
45
673
45
693
44
566
45
608
45
598
45
696
45
715
45
751
45
15, 380
1,454
12, 443
1,454
9, 540
1,453
9,725
1,452
23, 703
1,452
18, 937
1,452
19, 860
1,450
15, 956
1,446
14, 397
1,440
13, 602
1,438
15, 828
1,435
17, 170
1,430
17, 452
1,428
3, 703
243
3, 381
242
2, 946
242
2,903
242
6, 783
242
3,617
242
3,606
241
3,278
240
3,406
240
3.123
240
3,212
240
3,588
241
3,651
240
1,226
148
1, 258
148
1,337
148
1,474
147
1, 348
147
1,360
160
5,761
?W
4,487
211
5,259
213
i
6.402
364
160
167.9
5, 334
354
144
158. 7
4,347
350
127
162.5
4,400
211
12,061
213
5, 528
213
5, 716
213
5, 478
911
5, 125
211
5, 061
211
5, 221
209
5,399
207
5,627
205
9,825
681
23, 982
678
12, 503
676
12,853
668
11,265
665
11,410
656
10, 882
645
11,400
636
12, 778
632
12, 724
624
4,110
350
11,797
348
6, 677
346
7, 084
340
5, 286
318
5,385
309
4, 818
305
5,469
303
6, 153
293
36, 36S
3,020
85. 146
3, 023
45, 725
3,021
48,597 ; 42,374
3,011 I 3,002
41,996
2,988
39, 803
2,967
40, 548
2,952
47,075
2, 935
2 46, 374
2,922
298
153. 2
159
158.3
146
163.0
138
152. 0
141
160.0
162
174.0
159
161.0
124
160.8 !
168 i
151.0 !
147
356.0
2
5, 730
287
48
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
April
March
1930
1 Novem- October Septem~ January DecemAugust !
ber
I
ber
ber
July
June
May
April
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT— Contd.
Warehouses
Public merchanidse warehouses,
space occupied
p ct of total
66.9
67.9
68.9
70.4
69.9
68. 8
68.4
63 4
67.8
68.4
70.3
69.7
56, 296
75, 348
44, 914
50, 994
45, 634
50,^14
68, 053
60, 338
74, 592
76, 325
84 298
78, 358
82, 190
87, 900
70,613
77, 906
77, 906
84, 551
80, 536
91, 544
79, 464
101,545
52, 508
71,402
249, 646
275, 193
289, 021
327,120
311,889
298,118
266, 619
295, 097
319, 592
331,843
65.8
72.5
76.1
86.2
82.1
78.5
70.2
77.7
84.2
87.4
5,514
5, 635
6, 588
6, 272
6,460
7, 525
7, 095
8,497
7,875
7,820
35, 431
14, 713
42, 279
12, 593
39, 219
12, 425
44, 204
11,2^9
41, 268
15, 025
33, 641
8,821
35, 913
7,489
43, 960
12, 709
44, 749
11, 325
52, 780
18, 325
131, f 99
16, 676
IV, 015
5, 260
49,744
141,621
19, 172
20, 326
8, 625
53, 871
155, 227
22, 094
23, 6%
7, 582
61, 094
174.652
23, 683
31, 507
8,924
71, 918
158, 717
20, 069
32, 912
8, 105
57,841
143, 262
16,152
22, 784
5,775
53, 928
113,043
11, 986
14,151
5,522
40, 628
122, 830
11, 152
16,456
6,240
47, 915
135, 508
15, 110
17,22o
7, 719
47, 002
142, 159
16,855
18, 960
8,915
46, 713
5b, 952
33, 657
61,921
36, 326
64, 471
41, 689
76,175
49, 165
79, 533
52, 070
82, 945
53, 695
82, 956
55, 058
92, 174
59, 715
101,606
69, 559
98, 915
63, 997
20, 049
5,467
23. 737
8, 801
23, 516
8,728
25,81?
10, 361
25, 911
9,776
25, 744
9,741
27, 612
10, 816
27, 636
12, 067
29, 8.53
11, 227
30, 608
12,012
245, 759
58, 625
270, 810
76, 735
285, 441
90, 930
322, 941
104, 829
307, 945
94, 268
293, 899
53, 156
261, 960
36, 532
289, 827
37, 484
312,592
40, 777
326, 540
52, 432
FOREIGN TRADE
Canadian
Total trade:
Exports
Imports
thous. of dolls
_thous. of dolls. _
34, 674
51, 189
United States
Exports:
Grand total, including
reexports
thous of dolls
217, 000 2 235,881 224, 413
Grand total, including reexports,
2 62. 1
59.1
index
rel. to 1923-25 _
57.2
By grand divisions —•
4,923
4,954
Africa total
thous of dolls
Asia and Oceania —•
38,913
33, 252
Total
thous. of dolls..
Japan
thous of dolls _
17,995
11,257
Europe—
113,838 117,938
Total
thous. of dolls..
13, 564
12, 456
France
thous. of dolls-19, 195
16, 960
Germany
thous. of dollsItaly
thous of dolls
5, 691
4, 168
United Kindgom thous of dolls
39, 706
38, 626
North America—
52, 762
Total
thous of dolls
63, 068
Canada
thous. of dolls ..
41, 860
35, 305
South America15, 139
15, 50S
Total
thous. of dolls. _
4, 512
Argentina
_ -_ -thous. of dolls. .
4,922
By economic classesTotal domestic: exports
only
thous. of dolls.. 209, 876 231,126 220, 658
47, 660
Crude materials
-thous. of dolls. _ 39, 977
56, 476
Foodstuffs, crude, and
8,626
9, 588
food animals
thous. of dolls..
7,316
Manufactured food22, 165
stuffs
._
thous. of dolls. . 19, 593
23, 383
Finished manufactures, thous. of dolls.. 111,088 110,254 116,009
Semifinished manufac31,425
27,417
tures
thous. of dolls.- 30, 592
Agricultural exports (quantities) —
71
87
68
All commodities
rel. to 1910-14...
All commodities (except
82
cotton)
rel to 1910-14
81
86
Imports:
Grand total
thous. of dolls __ 185, 747 209, 607 175, 108
57.5
512
Grand total index
rel. to 1923-2564.9
By grand divisions2,344
3, 052
Africa, total
.thous. of dolls. .
Asia and Oecania—
Total
thoas. of dolls..
50, 183
59, 552
Japan
thous of dolls
18, 454
16, 255
EuropeTotal
thous. of dolls _ _
51, 172
62, 174
France
thous of dolls
6, 598
6,880
9, 486
Germany
thous. of dolls.
13, 434
Italy
thous. of dolls. _
5,128
6,192
United Kindgom.-thous. of dolls..
13, 033
11,970
North America —
42, 294
Total
thous. of dolls.
50, 230
Canada
thous of dolls
21, 454
24, 148
South America—
34, 599
29, 115
Total
thous. of dolls..
Argentina
_ thous. of dolls..
2,849
3,506
By economic classes—•
Total
thous. of dolls. _ 185, 747 209, 607 175,103
54, 729
64, 015
56, 357
Crude materials
thous. of dolls
Foodstuffs, crude, and
28, 314
food animals
.thous. of dolls . 28, 912
33, 020
Manufactured food17, 737
stuffs
thous. of dolls.. 22, 993
23, 558
Finished manufactnrcs.thous. of dolls. _ 45, 719
41, 168
49, 225
Semifinished manufactures
-_ thous. of dolls ._ 33, 394
31, 532
39, 789
8,487
13, 462
15, 592
15, 228
18, 183
24, 161
10, 656
13, 346
12, 448
9,356
27, 008
117,061
27. 033
119,670
29, 992
115,802
32, 143
132, 729
27, 825
130, 569
28, 317
147, 505
24, 209
144, 732
27,311
164, 559
30, 378
179, 022
27, 704
189,266
34, 578
33, 910
33, 125
38, 012
37, 099
40, 760
39, 830
47, 127
49, 967
47, 782
85
109
126
137
124
87
57
55
56
65
95
105
116
127
114
130
98
93
90
83
183,132
56.7
208, 721
64.6
203, 713
63.1
247, 322
76.6
226, 352
70.1
218, 417
67.6
220, 494
68.3
250, 343
77.5
284, 683
88.1
307, 824
95.3
3, 500
3, 353
3,938
4,310
4, 257
4,696
5, 354
5,013
5,611
7,385
56, 024
19,711
64, 941
27, 208
53, 032
19, 620
73, 909
30, 577
62, 020
23, 232
68, 789
25, 249
65, 281
17, 147
71,194
15, 357
74, 577
13, 874
87, 260
24, 433
52, 940
5, 881
10, 682
3, 724
10, 813
56, 661
7,275
11,619
5, 252
11, 468
56, 560
8,227
11,166
6,353
15, 289
77, 530
11,673
17, 353
6, 461
17, 743
73, 423
10, 351
14,050
4,976
17, 017
63, 495
62, 046
7,857
8,806
14, 334 . 12,724
4,546
4,518
13, 840
13, 901
72, 147
7, 484
12, S] 7
6,770
15,511
84, 137
10, 302
13, 046
10, 467
21, 353
93, 004
10, 194
17, 300
8,698
24, 513
43, 858
23, 534
53, 257
26, 139
54. 526
30, 279
62, 158
34, 306
58, 584
32, 508
65, 129
29, 286
57, 515
30, 265
66, 181
38, 503
81,139
37, 358
7?, 088
36, 339
26, 928
2, 35o
30, 509
2,519
26, 657
2,370
30, 388
2, 639
28, 028
3,396
26, 279
3, 341
30, 248
3,931
35, 554
4,109
39, 180
9,159
47, 591
12, 226
183, 132
59, 318
208, 721
69, 079
203, 713
59, 243
247, 322
77, 487
226, 352
75, 393
218, 417
72, 617
220, 494
69, 585
250, 343
76, 643
284, 683
86, 589
307,824
105, 559
27, 363
32, 849
27, 582
26, 598
29, 310
35, 372
34, 7-t4
38, 597
41,571
68, 424
31, 178
70,800
30, 029
27, 337
14, 644
44, 947
22, 312
49, 172
21, 045
57, 826
23, 145
68, 321
20,600
61, 791
17, 210
57, 797
19, 669
57, 242
24, 813
61, 790
36, 860
38, 129
38, 262
45, 520
40, 986
44, 196
44, 688
51, 725
53, 354
61,789
EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES
General Employment Indexes
Factory employment, adjusted(Fed. Res. Bd.) :
Total
rel. to 1923-25
Cement, clay, and glass
rel. to 1923-25..
Chemicals —
Group
rel. to 1923-25
Petroleum, refined
rel. to 1923-25..
Iron and steel
rel. to 1923-25 .
Leather and its products, .rel. to 1923-25 ._
Lumber and its products ..rel. to 1923-25.Machinery
-rel. to 1923-25
Nonferrous metals .
rel. to 1923-25 _
Paper and printing
rel to 1923-25
Rubber products
rel. to 1923-25
Textiles
.
rel. to 1923-25 .
Tobacco production
rel. to 1923-25
TransportationGroup
rel. to 1923-25-.
Automobiles
rel. to 1923-25..
Revised.
2
78.0
65.2
77.9
65.2
77.8
65.0
78.3 i
64.4 j
80.1
68.6
81.1
70.0
82.2
71.4
83.4
71.7
84.4
71.4
86.6
74.3
89.7
77.1
91.4
79.3
92.4
80.7
91.7
94.0
76.5
84.0
55.4
78.0
66.5
95.0
70.5
80.2
82.1
89.8
87.2
76.6
82.2
55.7
79.3
66.6
94.7
68.4
79.7
83.4
94.5
97.5
75.9
78.4
56.3
80.6
66.8
94.9
71.4
77.2
84.6
96.6
99.7
77.5
77.1
56.3
81.9
69.2
95.6 !
73.7
75.5
81.3
97.9
100.8
79.1
76.6
58.8
84.2
71.2
96.7
74.7
77.4
83.5
98.3
100.8
80.2
77.4
60.4
85.7
71.8
97.0
75.2
79.4
82.0
101.1
104.3
81.3
80.2
62.1
88.0
72.6
98.4
75.4
80.7
83.5
102.3
106.6
81.7
82.7
62.4
90.2
73.6
99.0
75.3
82.4
85.1
104.4
110.1
83.9
85.1
65.1
90.8
76.1
101.1
80.0
81.0
84.1
105.4
111.1
87.3
86.8
67.8
95.2
78.7
101.7
82.4
81.0
90.4
105.7
113.0
90.0
88.9
71.6
99.5
80.3
102.4
88.0
85.7
89.7
106.5
114.3
91.6
90.4
73.9
102.8
80.2
103.2
88.0
87.4
90.9
105.6
116.1
91.9
91.5
75.2
105.6
81.0
103.1
88.0
88.6
90.1
63.8
70.3
64.3
70.2
64.9
68.8
67.1
72.3 \
69.4
78.9
68.6
76.4
67.2
69.6
71.7
74.8
74.9
81.4
78.9
86.5
80.4
87.4
81.0
87.9
69.7"
71.1
49
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931]
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
April
March
1930
I
Febru- January j
ary
Septem- August
ber
July
June
May
April
EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES -Con.
Genera! Employment Indexes— Con.
Employees on pay roll, unadjusted:
107.9
87.4
92.0
99.4
Cleveland
rel. to Jan., 1921_.
91.6
103.9
90.0
89.8
87.9
96.1
88. 8
90. 0
109.4
94.0
102.7
107.2
Delaware
rel. to 1923-25 _
87.9
98.5
101.6
87.6
87.1
86.7
86. 9
88. 1
109.2
74.8
75.8
79.0
48.0
99.0
Detroit
rel. to 1923-25__
76.5
40.0
83.0
81.2
83. 5
83. 0
93.4
77.7
80.2
82.9
84.9
85.7
91.2
Illinois.-. - rel. to 1925-27
76.5
76.3
77.5
75. 6
76. 6
126.1
114.3
115.1
118.1
122.5
113.8
117.2
117.7
117.2
Iowa
rel. to 1923 _
112.5
114.6
81.3
75.4
69.4
76.2
74.3
78.5
Massachusetts
rel. to 1925-27
71.2
69.9
73.2
75.7
72. 2
71. 9
87.4
83.4
Maryland
rel. to 1924 . 76. 2
86.2
75.5
76.7
78.8
81.6
82.0
83.3
73.6
76. 2
85.6
New Jersey
rel. to 1923-25
88.2
88.0
84.2
83.5
84.1
77.4
82.2
85.8
77.9
75. 7
77. 0
79.0
74.3
75.6
New York State
. _
rel. to 1923
73.9
74.6
77.5
68.5
67.5
69.3
72.0
69. 0
69. 6
New York State
.-number-- 382, 045 384, 983 379, 089 373, 304 383, 518 398, 424 411,333 418, 262 408, 895 412, 693 428, 678 436, 926
100.0
92.1
82.1
85.1
88.2
89.3
96.5
Ohio .
.
rel to 1926
79.8 1
80.9
81.9
34, 285
Oklahoma
number .
32, 294
33, 342
35, 058
35, 139
34,849
34, 748
26, 363 28, 110 28, 487
30, 076
94.2
86.4
87.5
Pennsylvania
rel. to 1923-25
80.2
84.7
87.6
91.9
78.9 !
81.7
86.6
79. 4
79. 8
92.7
90.5
Wisconsin ._- _ _
_. . rel. to 1925-27
78.5
81.3
83.1
85.2
77.5
89.0
78.2
77.6
76.9
107.4
112.6
110.5
95.0
124.3
83.4
88.6
86.8
80.3
444, 133
^ 100. 9
33, 479
95.8
93.6
Employment
Anthracite mines, employment.rel. to 1923-25-.
Applicants per 100 jobs, employment agencies:
Canada
number. .
United States
number
Central States
number
Eastern States
number
Southern States
number
Western States
number..
Illinois
. .__
number
Wisconsin
number. .
Employment, Trade Unions:
Canada.- . ...p. ct. of total membership..
United States.p. ct. of total membership-.
Employment, Canada
rel of 1926
Factories, time operated:
Total
p. ct. of full time
Chemicals and other
products
p. ct. of full time
Food and kindred products.. .
p. ct. of full time
Leather and its finished
products..
p. ct. of full time
Lumber and its manufactures
p ct. of full time
Iron and steel and their
products
..p. ct. of full time
Nonferrous metals
p. ct. of full time__
Paper and printing
p. ct. of full time
Stone, clay, and glass
products _ .
p. ct. of full time
Textiles and their products
p. ct. of full time
Tobacco manufactures. p. ct. of full time
Vehicles for land transportation
p. ct. of full time
Miscellaneous industries. _ _ p. ct. of full time
Ratio actual time to capacity. . per cent
Factory employment relative to full normal
force:
Total 12 groups
p. ct. of nor. force..
Chemicals and other
products
_.p. ct. of nor. force. _
Food and kindred products
p. ct. of nor. force-Iron and steel and their
products
p. ct. of nor. force
Leather and its finished
products
- . p. ct. of nor. force
Lumber and its manufactures
p. ct. of nor. force
Nonferrous metals
p. ct. of nor. force..
Paper and printing
p. ct. of nor. force..
Stone, clay, and glass
products
p. ct. of nor. force-Textiles and their products
p. ct. of nor. force..
Tobacco manufactures .p. ct. of nor. force .
Vehicles for land transportation
p. ct. of nor. force-Miscellaneous
p. ct. of nor. force
Federal Civilian Employees (Washington)
number
Hours of work in factories:
Actual
_. _ _ hours per week
Nominal
hours per week..
Labor turnover:
Accessions
p. ct. of no on pay roll
SeparationsTotal,
p. ct. of no. on pay roll
Discharges_-_p. ct. of no. on pay roll..
Lay-offs
p. ct. of no. on pay roll-Voluntary
quits
p. ct. of no. on pay roll-Labor disputes:
Disputes
_ .number. _
Man-days lost in month
_ number
Workers involved.
number _ _
Ohio construction, employment
rel. to 1926..
Railways, employees on pay roU__thousands_2
Revised
82. 9
i
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79. 9
87.1
88.3
96.5
94.7
96.2
91.9
81.7
90.3
89.5
92.3
84.8
147
179
215
141
202
232
209
265
89
250
250
156
224
261
254
293
91
331
230
133
218
233
239
314
103
270
191
189
227
251
231
344
123
280
210
211
193
240
192
277
74
278
178
159
170
222
181
201
230
188
145
177
204
214
252
79
234
162
161
198
221
231
253
98
262
150
156
186
209
202
240
81
224
155
148
164
173
172
243
93
196
135
145
162
177
177
217
74
190
159
74. 0
100. 2
84.4
73.0
100.7
84.0
73.0
101.7
83.0
77.0
108.5
86.2
78.0
112.9
89.2
79.0
116.2
90.6
79.0
116.6
90.7
78.0
118.8
90.8
78.0
118.9
89.4
80.0
116.5
89.7
80.0
111.4
91.0
79.0
107.8
202
215
!
75
228
197
75. 0
99. 7
91
90
89
90
90
92
92
91
91
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95
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87
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88
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90
71
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72
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71
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73
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78
94
80
94
82
76
77
78
78
80
84
85
87
75
77
79
77
77
79
81
90
88
89
89
85
88
88
87
86
73
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77
79
82
86
88
89
83
88
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90
90
87
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66
75
94
68
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68
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71
77
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72
78
95
75
80
97
76
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76
77
77
77
81
83
82
78
97
77
97
75
97
76
97
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98
82
96
84
97
64 !
66
79
76 1
71,052
70, 790
70
79
72
80
75
82
81
86
85
88
86
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78
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i
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--71 917
!
71, 162
_
71, 252
71, 189
41.7
48.3
70, 598
70, 197
69, 666
68, 510
67, 036
65, 778
41.1 i
47.8 ;
42.3
48.2
42.5
48.3
42.6
49.1
43.3
48.4
44.5
48.6
45.2
48.9
46.1
48.8
37. 2
43. 2
36.8
35.0
225.1
24.9
30.1
39.8
31.9
29.5
35.5
38.6
43.2
41. 6
3. 8
23. 9
34. 8
3. 1
20. 6
35.0
2.6
22.8
33.9
2.2
23.0
244.6
22.5
232.2
47.6 <
2.9
33.7 !
52. 9
3.8
33.9
60.9
4.4
38.2
67 7
4.2
47.0
68.8
3.8
49.1
64.6
5.6
36.5
60.8
5.6
31.5
63.5
6.5
31.3
13. 9
11. 1
9.6
8.7
29.9
11.0
15.2
18.3
16.5
15.9
22.5
23.7
25.7
36
487, 785
30, 159
46
241, 983
15, 709
221
28
270. 254
7,424
34
336, 250
15, 649
41
202, 874
13, 409
32
144, 530
7,161
31
148, 982
5,039
34
150, 627
8,499
30
192, 201
4,640
41
180, 445
5,711
82.6
1, 455
87.7
1.486
96.6
1,514
100.3
1,532
93.3
1.564
93.5
1,601
92.3
1,573
51.9
1.316
2
172, 628
2
1, 719
49.4
1.334
2
2
8
197,041
2 5, 385
59.8
1.357
72.0
1.394 i
50
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
193O
1
Febru- January Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber
ary
March
April
July
June
May
April
EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES— Con.
Wages
Anthracite mines, pay roll
rel. to 1923-25. _
Factory pay rolls (Fed. Res. Bd.):
Total
rel to 1923-25
Cement, clay, and glass rel. to 1923-25-Chemicals—•
Group
rel to 1923-25
Petroleum refining
rel. to 1923-25 ..
Iron and steel
rel to 1923-25
Leather and its products... rel. to 1923-25 ..
Lumber and its products- _rel. to 1923-2/5 ._
Machinery
rel to 1923-25
Nonferrous metals
rel. to 1923-25
Paper and printing
rel to 1923-25
Rubber products
rel. to 1923-25-.
Textiles
rel. to 1923-25. .
Tobacco products
rel to 1923-25
Transportation—•
Group
rel to 1923-25
Automobile
rel. to 1923-25
Farm wages, without board dolls, per month
Industrial pay rolls:
Total, monthlyDelaware
rel. to 1923-25-.
New Jersey
rel. to 1923-25
New York
rel. to 1923- .
Pennsylvania
rel to 1923-25
Wisconsin
rel. to 1925-27
WeeklyNew York Statethous. of dolls. _
Oklahoma
_ -thous. of dolls. _
Road|building, wages of common labor:
United States average
cents per hour-East North Central section
cents per hourEast South Central section
cents per hour
Middle Atlantic section. ..cents per hour..
Mountain section
cents per hour
New England section
cents per hour-Pacific section
cents per hour..
South Atlantic section
cents per hour..
West North Central section
cents per hour..
West South Central section
cents per hour..
Railways, average hourly wages
dollars —
U. S. Steel Corpn., wage rates-cents per hour..
Weekly earnings of factory labor:
United States, totals, 23 industriesGrand total
dollars
Grand total
rel to July, 1914
MenTotal
dollars
Total
rel. to July, 1914
Skilled
dollars
Skilled
rel to July, 1914
Unskilled
dollars ..
Unskilled
rel to Julv, 1914
Women
dollars
Women
rel to July 1914
Totals by States —•
Illinois
dollars ._
Illinois
rel. to 1925-27..
New York
_ - dollars. .
New York
rel. to 1923 _
Oklahoma
.dollars..
Wisconsin
. dollars..'.
Wisconsin
rel to 1925-27 ;
Youngstown district, wages of
steel workers
p. ct. of base scale..
63.8
55. 7
79.8
75.8
85.0
83.2
102.3
78.2
68.2
72.6
73.2
85.8
63.9
73.6
55.7
74.9
54.0
73.2
51.4
68.4
46.6
73.7
56. 3
75.1
60.9
80.8
66.4
83.0
66.4
81.7
66.4
82.6
66.4
90.7
76.1
94.5
76.9
97.1
77. 1
92.0
96.7
69. 1
70.6
44.9
69.7
65.4
100.6
66.8
76.8
65.7
89.8
90.8
70.0
73.4
46.2
72.0
66.3
101.9
63.2
81.9
68.3
92.9
100.8
67.5
68.8
45.6
71.9
64.4
100.7
63.8
76.9
65.3
90.4
99.3
62.4
60.6
44.0
69.9
64.1
101.3
63.8
68.4 !
64.3
94.7
101.4
66.7
58.1
50.4
75.0
67.9
105.7
62.6
72.2
77.7
96.1
103.2
68.9
55.0
54.7
75.1
67.3
105.0
58.7
73.4
76.8
99.9
109.3
75.8
69.7
60.4
81.4
69.4
105.4
65.9
80.3
78.0
101.3
113.8
75.4
76. 2
60.9
84.2
70.7
106.3
71.8
81.2
80.0
102.7
117.2
77.5
80.0
61.6
85.6
72.0
106.9
77.6
73.2
77.2
100.8
118.1
78.6
78.6
63.0
90.9
76.0
107.3
80.8
69.2
81.9
105.3
121.7
90.8
73.8
70.9
102.7
85.0
111.9
88.3
77.8
84.4
106. 6
120.5
95.5
75.6
73.2
108.3
84.4
113.3
95.4
82.7
82.1
110.9
122. 1
97. 7
81. f3
73.8
113. 4
88.3
113. 5
94.5
89. 3
77. 1
65.3
70.8
64.1
67.7
338.37
62.2
61.1
51.8
40.0
60.8
55.5
39. 04
60.8
57.4
62.8
58.4
66.0
62.4
3 44. 28
66.3
58.1
71.7
72.4
83.8
89.2
3 47. 24
91.1
101.7
92.0
100. S
79.7
76.1
69.1
69.5
81.7
77.3
71.1
68.4
68.8
79.9
78.6
68.8
68. 3
65.8
77.0
77.5
66.7
66.2
60.0
78.7
83.4
69.7
2 71. 3
63.9
78.1
87.7
72.2
74.8
66.2
87.1
93.4
76.2
80.7
73.0
89.7
93.0
80.0
81.4
72.3
93.2
89.3
77.2
82.0
73.9
94.2
88. 1
77.7
81.2
77.7
101.1
90.1
82.0
89.1
83.0
103.8
93.3
84.0
94.9
89.0
108.1
95.2
86. 4
98.6
91.9
10, 414
10, 723
679
10, 365
711
10, 048
730
10, 513
808
10, 883
869
11, 489
836
12, 061
944
11, 631
958
11,717
971
12, 369
982
12, 667
1,013
13, 030
933
35
37
36
36
37
38
39
40
39
40
40
40
40
38
41
33
37
37
37
38
38
37
38
38
39
33
20
38
43
47
51
22
21
41
44
48
52
24
22
39
42
48
51
24
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44
48
51
20
22
41
45
51
51
22
24
40
47
50
52
24
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48
49
53
22
24
42
48
50
53
23
23
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50
53
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25
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25
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36
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36
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37
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23
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50
26
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50
28
.670
50
26
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50
27
.659
50
27
.664
50
26
.697
50
26
.651
50
28
.653
50
28
.688
50
33
652
50
24. 23
193. 2
24.06
191.9
24.92
198.7
25. 22
201.1
25.38
202.4
25.72
205.1
26.48
211.2
27.05
215.7
27. 64
220.4
25.36
190.7
26.30
185.7
21.58
201.5
15. 47
197.3
25.15
189.1
26.11
184.4
21.29
198.8
15.22
194. 1
26.25
197.4
27.25
192.4
22.13
206.6
15.72
200.5
26.87
202.0
28.08
198.3
21. 93
204.8
15.27
194.8
27. 15
204. 1
28.35
200.2
22.30
208.2
15.71
200.4
27.33
205.5
28.55
201.6
22.26
207. 8
15.88
202.6
28.56
214.7
29.87
210. 9
23.13
216. 0
16. 13
205.7
29.19
219.5
30.50
215.4
23.85
222.7
16.27
207.5
29.74
223. fi
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24.41
227. 9
16. 59
211.6
25. 09
88.4
27.42
100.7
26.87
20.84
81.1
25.31
89.2
27.32
100.3
26.91
21.33
84.1
26.42
93.1
27.94
102.6
25. 06
22.89
89.0
26. 43
93.1
28.84
105.9
26.92
22.16
85.6
26.45
93.2
28.45
104. 4
27.27
22.21
86.0
26.27
92.6
28.40
104.3
27.85
21.47
83.6
27.49
96.9
28.86
105.9
28.25
23.96
92.8
28.14
99.2
29.00
106. 5
29.54
24.79
95.7
28. 40
100. 4
29. 35
107. 7
24. 83
25. oo
98.4
127.0
127.0
127.0
127.0
127.0
127.0
127.0
127.0
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24.99
88. 1
27.27
100.1
25. 13
88.6
27.87
102.3
25.73
25.29
89.1
27.35
100.4
25.28
24. 25
85.5
26.92
98.8
25.61
127.0
127.0
127.0
i
127.0
76. 5 !
CONSTRUCTION
Building Costs
Building costs (A. G. C.), 1st of
month
rel. to 1913
Building costs (E. N. /?.) 1st of
month
rel to 1913
Building materials:
Brick house, 6-rm., 1st of month
rel. to 1913_Frame house, 6-rm., 1st of month
rel. to 1913..
Construction costs (Am. Appraisal):
Brick, steel frame
rel. to 1913
Brick, wood frame
rel. to 1913.
Frame
rel. to 1913
Reinforced concrete
rel to 1913
Factory costs (quarterly) (Aberthaw)
rel to 1914
Building volume (A. G. C.)
.rel. to 1913. .
199
199
200
199
199
199
200
198
198
199
200
201
201
191.6
194.5
196. 6
194.5
196. 9
198.5
198.7
199. 6
201.0
201.0
203.4
205.9
207. 2
167
170
171
170
174
172
176
174
175
177
179
181
17»>
157
163
165
163 I
168
165
171
168
167
173
175
177
173
178
192
178
181
179
194
179
182
179
194
179
182
i
i
1
i
179
196
182
184
ISO
196
183
185
186
202
188
190
188
206
191
193
190
208
194
195
193
211
197
197
193
212
198
198
196
213
201
200
1'.)'}
213
202
200
1
199
3 189
191
176
14>]
87
99
95 |
3 185
123
173
186
3 185
199
206
57 !
55 ;
61
62
82
81
84
89
146
111
us
7,629
6,911
7,391
9,127
12,158 , 11,495 11,621
10, 788
39, 484 41, 193 39, 760
37, 955 | 28, 339 24, 635 29, 055 33, 099
369, 981 ! 235,405 227.956 249, 436 , 253, 574 i 336, 706 i 331, 864 346, 643
3 Q uarter ended in month indie ated.
12, 533
44, 577
366, 878
13, 359
48, 214
COO, 573
14, 331
53, 732
457, 416
14, 68*~>
56, <-,03
482, 877
78 ;
Construction Contracts Awarded
Total construction, unadjusted,
82
F. R. B
rel. to 1923-1925..
Total construction, all types:
11,888
Projects
number
Floor space.
.
thous. of sq. ft.- 39, 380
Valuation
thous. of dolls. . 336, 925
2
Rev sed.
j
SO
51
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931]
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS-Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
April
1931
March
1930
Febru- January
ary
Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber
July
June
1
!
May
April
CONSTRUCTION-Continued
Construction Contracts Awarded— Con.
Commercial buildings:
Projects
number. Floor space
thous. of sq. it-.
Valuation _
_ thous. of dolls _
Educational buildings:
Projects
. number
Floor space
thous of sq ft
Valuation
thous. of dolls
Hospital and institutional buildings:
Projects
_
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .numberFloor space
thous. of sq. ft._
Valuation
thous. of dolls _ _
Industrial buildings:
Projects
number
Floor space
thous of sq ft
Valuation
thous. of dolls
Public 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
Religious and memorial buildings:
Projects ._
_
_. __ number. _
Floor space
thous of sq. ft
Valuation
thous. of dolls .
Residential buildings, all types:
Projects
number
Floor space
___thous. of sq. ft._
Valuation
thous. of dolls. .
Social and recreational buildings:
Projects
...
number-Floor space
thous. of sq. ft
Valuation
.
thous. of dolls. _
Contracts awarded, Canada. ..thous. of dolls. _
1,607
785
132, 993
7,221
22, 633
95, 896
22, 708
1,276
3, 825
27, 513
1,135
4,567
28, 435
1,174
3,555
25, 092
1,481
4,727
29, 509
2,015
6,673
35, 653
1,841
5,721
31, 137
1,919
7,914
50, 860
1,925
7,332
46, 941
1,916
9,489
59, 080
2,267
9,897
73, 340
2, 331
10, 510
73, 241
147
2,272
16, 685
146
2,800
19, 408
197
4,012
24, 527
202
4,275
29, 528
283
3,584
28, 554
380
4,150
28, 233
548
4,141
25, 897
823
6,514
42, 748
696
6,730
48, 919
518
6, 213
36, 890
401
5, 842
35, 156
59
908
7,708
55
600
4,855
69
752
6,769
72
816
6,937
110
1, 052
11, 556
136
1,753
16,547
119
1, 609
13,415
126
1,900
12, 673
125
1,903
19, 675
125
1,401
10, 312
115
2,918
25, 874
221
1,499
7,309
236
1,620
10, 067
266
2,090
12, 946
318
2,056
12, 967
385
2,610
13, 785
347
5, 434
24, 043
417
3,611
18, 175
401
5,073
28, 882
383
3,721
22, 693
433
7,516
37, 352
501
4, 597
22, 103
83
2,019
10, 705
86
952
5,364
107
1,710
19, 545
114
645
5,240
137
1,176
14, 553
137
1,300
11, 661
137
2,031
12, 547
156
2, 650
13, 947
155
1,115
8,554
112
1, 598
10, 033
138
1,779
11, 399
1,080
246
78, 643
978
393
95,211
1,009
697
78, 621
1,292
468
76, 378
2,017
2,146
339
1,484
112, 966 109, 092
2,076
1, 297
126, 722
2,316
946
121, 151
2,594
1,907
322, 842
2,406
1,099
152, 128
2,151
1, 999
165, 688
94
392
3,926
90
241
1,685
102
446
5,177
111
496
4,564
162
667
5,386
189
860
6,576
206
852
6,879
220
873
8,030
236
1,315
11,809
208
1,131
10, 374
204
1,439
8, 866
6,486
22, 090
100, 913
4,520
16, 559
77, 918
4,056
12, 235
54, 376
4,340
14, 705
70, 911
5,368
18, 844
80, 782
6,822
22, 337
104, 670
6,097
19, 688
98, 535
5,979
16, 843
82, 670
6,297
18, 231
84, 333
7,012
20, 782
96,816
7,982
23, 462
116, 569
8, 566
25, 402
123, 142
27, 312
149
619
4,999
25, 930
129
1,226
8,557
20, 299
127
1,108
5,849
24, 542
169
771
7,670
39,311
227
1,047
9,583
33, 332
222
804
6,040
32, 407
220
1,462
9,478
49, 407
269
1,059
8,173
37, 374
242
1,253
10, 187
54, 728
280
1,416
10, 419
46, 862
279
2,117
17, 409
48, 779
51.9
49.4
59.8
72.0
82.6
87.7
96.6
100.3
93.3
93.5
92. 3
1,681
522
151, 722
Employment
Ohio, construction
rel. to 1926. .
Highways
Concrete pavements, new contracts:
Total
thous. of sq. yds_.
Road
thous. of sq. yds__
Federal-aid highways:
Completed—
Cost
thous. of dolls__
Distance ._.
miles..
Under construction, end of month.. miles ._
24, 671
21, 982
19, 467
17, 573
9,403
8,321
10, 107
9,218
8,808
5,081
6,293
4,790
9,745
6,820
10, 080
6, 360
10, 657
7,243
17,416
12, 720
18, 156
13, 860
18, 914
14, 899
18, 570
14, 338
9,100
254
9,569
5,826
205
8,277
9,654
188
7,489
17, 416
423
6,957
42, 751
1,071
7,030
40, 418
1, 138
7,785
41, 088
1,025
8,325
18, 422
544
8,459
18, 541
537
8,339
13, 844
483
8,055
22, 939
938
7,709
9,317
445
7,674
6,031
302
7,230
182, 280 2 197, 960
191, 920
187, 340
182, 950
174,940
168, 100
167, 200
176, 920
172, 900
176, 300
PUBLIC UTILITIES
Gas and Electric Power
Electric power companies, gross
revenue
thous. of dolls..
Electric power production:
United StatesTotal
-__mills. of kw. hrs._
By fuels
mills, of kw. hrs
By water power
mills of kw hrs
In street railways, manufacturing plants, etc _ mills, of kw. hrs.In central stations mills of kw hrs
Canada —
Total
mills of kw hrs
By water power
mills, of kw. hrs _
Exported ..
_milis. of kw. hrs
Rate of manufacturing operations (based on
consumption of electric energy for power purposes). (See under General production.)
176, 300
7,860
5,240
2,620
2 7, 158
2 4, 997
2 2, 161
2 7, 947
2 5, 597
2 2, 350
8,108
5,746
2,362
7,693
5,502
2,191
8, 172
5, 903
2, 269
7,965
5,513
2,252
7,878
5,391
2,487
7,869
5,010
2,859
7,752
4, 715
3,037
8,015
4,821
3,194
8,000
4, 716
3,284
452
7,408
2
410
6, 748
460
2 7, 487
502
7, 606
465
7,228
486
7, 686
479
7,286
526
7,352
541
7,328
541
7,211
518
7, 497
489
7,511
1,414
1,392
128
1, 336
2 1,311
145
1, 485
1,457
162
1,542
1,513
149
1, 515
1,488
142
1,575
1,550
161
1,443
1,419
154
1,412
1,391
143
1,426
1,404
132
1,435
1,414
136
1, 545
1, 524
129
1,502
1,481
113
thous. of dolls. _
thous. of dolls
77, 214
18, 6EO
73, 277
16, 864
76, 824
17, 892
77, 820
16, 070
76, 139
17, 148
79, 173
19, 074
76, 925
17, 756
76, 279
16, 445
76, 850
15, 452
77,815
17, 432
80, 507
18, 141
79, 8oO
18, 877
thous. of dolls _ _
thous . of dolls
thous. of dolls
9,346
12, 024
1,406
8,326
10, 806
724
8,943
11, 528
609
10, 012
12, 973
1,517
8, 647
11,348
735
10, 137
13, 157
1, 829
10, 117
13, 054
1,467
10, 121
12, 965
1,400
10, 131
13, 090
875
10, 759
13, 768
1,412
10, 957
14, 059
1,445
11,002
13. 964
1, 673
134
9,687
128
9,884
100
10, 509
119
10, 156
118
10, 940
115
10, 810
124
10, 416
93
10, 891
83
11, 153
153
11, 734
74
11,471
629, 336
692, 709
718, 784
658, 789
701, 279
646, 036
8,352
646, 750
8,340
655, 477
8,328
681, 788
8,320
736, 202
8,308
728, 820
49, 620
165, 789
56, 740
233, 890
64, 170
225, 021
230, 423
225, 322
246, 832
230, 043
282, 393
244, 640
387, 260
247, 376
367, 727
219, 574
307, 823
208, 467
310, 711
214, 302
335, 262
184, 002
69. 572 3 75. 512
107. 507
83. 430
102. 569
113.749
70. 088
84. 266
140. 176
124.924
101. 122
Telephone
Telephone companies:
Operating revenues
Operating income
Telegraph
Commercial telegraph tolls
O perating revenues
Operating income
Transportation
Express earnings:
Operating income
thous. of dolls ._
Operating revenue
thous. of dolls Electric railways (212 companies):
Average fare..
cents..
Passengers carried
thous. of persons. Inland waterways:
Allegheny River _
short tons. - 134, 854
Cape Cod Canal
short tons.- 203, 085
Mississippi River Government
barges
._ .short tons..
2
Revised.
52, 700
163, 186
82. 970
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MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
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1931
April
March
1980
FebruJanuary
ary
D
^-j
N
Septem^- October
ber
August
June
July
May
April
PUBLIC UTILITIES-Continued
Transportation— Continued
Inland waterways— Continued.
Monongahela River. ..thous. of short tons_. 1,518
New York State canals
thous of short tons
Ohio River, Pittsburgh to Wheeling
thous. of short tons
713
Panama CanalTotal cargo traffic -thous. of long tons__ 2,011
In American vessels
_
_thous. of long tons-929
In British vessels -thous. of long tons_.
436
St. Lawrence CanaL.thous. of short tons..
319
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
922
thous of long tons
Suez Canal
thous of met tons
"Welland Canal
short tons 370, 003
Ocean traffic:
Clearances, vessels in foreign trade—
Total
thous. of net tons
5,907
American.
thous. of net tons
2,092
Foreign
thous of net tons
3,815
Passenger travel:
Arrivals from abroad —•
Immigrants
number
United States citizens
number Departures abroad —
Emigrants .
. number
United States citizens
.number. National parksVisitors
number
Automobiles entered
number
Passports issued
number
21, 466
Pullman Company operations:
Revenue
thous. of dolls
Passengers carried
.thousands Trend of business in hotels:
Average sale per occupied room. ..dollars ..
2.73
Room occupancy... ...p. ct. of capacity. _
63
Shipbuilding:
Rate of activity (elec. energy
consumed)
rel. to 1923-25-92.5
Building or under contract, end of
monthMerchant vessels thous. of gross tons
Completed during month —
Total
- _ _ . . _ _ _ .gross tons. - 13, 766
Steel, seagoing
gross tons.. 4,985
Steam railways:
EquipmentFreight cars —
In bad order, end of month —
Quantity . .
cars
Ratio to total cars-. .per cent__
New orders
cars
2,768
Owned, end of monthQuantity
thous. of cars-Capacity
mills, of Ibs
Shipments —
Total
cars.. 1,082
1,082
Domestic
. _. cars
Unfilled orders (railroads) —
Total
cars
Of manufacturers
cars-.
In railroad shops
cars.Locomotives (Am. Ry. Assc.}—
Exports, steam
number
5
In bad order, end of monthAwaiting classified repairs
number-- 5,958
Ratio to total locomotives
per cent
10.9
Installed. __
_ number. .
67
New orders
number
Retired
number .
151
Owned, end of monthQuantity
number ._ 55, 366
Tractive power. .... .mills, of lbs_. 2,520
Shipments, manufacturers (Census)—
Total
number. 15
2
Electric, domestic
number. _
Steam, domestic _. .. number .
12
Shipments, electric locomotives—
Industrial (quarterly) number
Mining (quarterly)
number
Unfilled orders (railroads), end of mo.—
O f manufacturers
number. _
57
24
In railroad shops number
Unfilled orders, manufacturers' (Census)—
Total
number
80
Electric, domestic
number. .
--Steam, domestic
number
Passenger cars—
In railroad hands, end of quarter
number
4
New orders
cars Shipments37
Total
cars.37
Domestic
cars
Unfilled orders, end of quarter
.
number..
2
Revised.
1,535
1,359
1,571
1,547
1,811
2,075
2,087
2,152
2,154
2,152
2,265
390
608
458
457
563
416
402
312
2, 113
546
428
505
500
926
1,037
928
998
1,106
1,015
1,002
879
1,916
1, 930
2, 107
2,167
2,263
2,394
2,060
2,145
2,402
2,147
2,262
2,457
910
429
864
448
958
540
953
536
38
1,009
615
563
1, 133
546
877
1,040
436
914
1,022
532
1,006
1,221
578
928
1,062
556
875
1,116
511
841
1.120
685
111
2,440
2,474
2,744 i
1
311
2, 246
68 400
5,130
2,186
583, 907
9,094
2,217
916, 563
10, 347
2,204
980, 532
11, 267
2,288
985, 829
12, 367
2,390
850, 918
12, 650
2,111
756, 563
11,320
2 542
805^ 262
410
2, 475
141,679
5,044
1,773
3,271
4,972
1,695
3,277
5,414
1,843
3,571
5,505
1,991
3, 514
6,224
2,501
3,723
7,074
2,651
4,423
7,653
3,060
4,593
8,480
3,359
5,121
8, 067
3,371
4,696
7,509
2,822
4,687
7,525
3,112
4,412
6,703
2, 966
3,738
3,577
34, 861
3,147
27, 508
4,091
19, 844 I
6, 439
28, 535
9,209
22, 381
13, 942
40, 702
17, 792
80, 900
14, 816
69, 957
13, 323
38, 822
14, 944
32, 284
19,414
25, 487
22, 261
32, 115
4,693
32, 278
4,720
33, 172
4,397
24, 885
5,450
21, 140
4,951
24, 420
5, 352
32, 988
5,100
56, 526
5,245
88, 372
4,818
55, 366
4,320
40, 103
3,720
27, 593
3,947
26, 707
14, 328
7,255
48, 874 ! 37, 246
9,211
6, 010
7, 445 : 6, 565
43, 361
7,937
7,496
67, 089
15. 596
7,834
183, 583
43, 939
8,772
549, 287
127, 153
10, 510
596, 699
143, 049
16, 084
293, 931
77, 153
32, 405
121, 194
35,819
43, 227
75, 515
14, 322
33, 148
4,894
1,966
5,346
1,919
6,072
2, 203
180
5,305
2,031
6,016
2,278
6,476
2,517
7,128
2,767
6, 485
2,541
7,198
2,679
6,171
2,351
6,247
2,420
3.63
61
3.84
64
3.80
66
3. 72
60
3.96
65
3.90
69
3.82
64
3.96
60
3.86
59
3.89
62
3.76
68
4.05
68
98.3
114.8
113.9
99. 0
105.5
121.5
124.1
122.8
111. 8
113.2
130.1
5,418
2,
:
116.8
409
412
421
344
359
366
423
489
465
487
488
366
17, 443
13,976
25, 622
9,703
29, 413
21,045
25, 971
18, 391
53, 551
39, 830
51, 667
16, 895
32, 083
20, 125
75, 030
33, 302
45, 069
15, 974
29, 806
17, 395
45, 570
26, 248
16, 930
4, 166-
162,117
7.3
2,166
153, 606
6.9
24
147, 650
6.7
147,334
6.6
2, 691
155, 883
7.0
2,862
157, 727
7.1
3, 291
157, 141
7.1
565
153, 046
6.8
823
144, 987
6.5
1, 306
140, 594
6.3
794
137, 386
6.2
1,079
129, 865
5.9
1, 543
2, 251
210,102
2,254
2 2, 253
210, 235 2 210, 229
2, 258
210,426
2,271
211, 788
2 272
211,' 823
2, 275
211, 942
2,274
211, 831
2,274
211, 550
2,272
211, 221
2,270
210, 890
2, 270
210, 726
607
436
1,182
1,139
2,384
2,307
4,235
4,176
5,940
5, 934
5,348
5,348
5,066
5,059
6,785
6,785
9,087
8. 874
9, 780
3, 376
6, 404
3,716
1,125
2,591
5,423
2,445
2,978
6,175
4, 127
2,048
10, 802
7,723
3,079
17, 230
14, 247
2,983
22, 759
19, 161
3,598
28, 696
25, 050
3,646
31, 846
26, 518
5, 328'
5
2
2
4
3
9
4
762
657
633
533
7,484
1,569
5,915
8,637
2,207
6,430
845
735
8,799
2,681
6,118 i
2
3
5,967
5,734
5,522 |
5, 216
5,102
4,936
4,676
4,585
4,562
4,515
4,450
4, 563-
10.9
77
8
161
10.4
86
8
128
10.0 !
. 80 !
2
182 ;
9.5
92
60
390
9.2
96
4
268
8.9
127
7
206
8.6
147
25
198
8.2
161
34
216
8.2
118
2
156
8.1
165
193
8.0
177
18
226
8.2
149
29
166-
55, 450
2,522
55, 534
2,525
55, 576 !
2,525
55, 678
2,528
55, 985
2,541
56, 157
2,541
56, 236
2,541
56, 287
2,540
56, 342
2,537
56, 380
2,535
56, 410
2,533
56, 456.
2,531
49
43
6
37
50
2
48
65
3
62
77
5
68
56
3
52
81
58
97
80
56
94
l
l5
15
5
10
16
6
10
3?
3
55
3
3
323
376
317
3
3
113
3
5
136
60
26 !
57
29
64 !
30 :
90
so
59
33
102
37
143
38
189
46
242
54
300
64
354
77
239'
123-
95
2 !
81
103
7
85
91
12
78 |
104
18
86
93
25
63
132
31
96
174
33
136
234
36
193
291
41
243
343
44
291
420
44
367
469'
45'
417
51, 777
13
72~
66
66
72
69
3
351,489' -
24
24
3125
30
30
33 •\
33 !|
:
3
51,644
•\
3
2
10
8
§
67
67
264
51, 770
62
73
73
50
50
3
13"
35
35
465
* Quarter ended in month indicated j
---
3
41
41
3
587
-- ;
77
65-
53
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June, 1931]
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1930
1931
April | March
PUBLIC UTILITIES—Continued
Transportation—Continued
Steam railways—Continued.
Financial operations—
Net operating income.thous. of dolls..
Operating revenuesCanada
thous. of dolls..
United StatesTotal
thous. of dolls..
Freight
thous. of dolls..
Passengers
thous. of dolls..
Operating expenses
thous. of dolls..
Net operating revenue, Canada
thous. of dolls..
Freight cars—
Carloadings—
Total
thous. of cars..
2,986
Coal and coke
thous. of cars..
488
Forest products
thous. of cars..
130
Grain and grain products
thous. of cars..
151
Livestock
-.thous. of cars..
85
Ore
thous. of cars..
29
Merchandise, 1. c. Lthous. of cars..
899
Miscellaneous
thous. of cars..
1,205
Car surplus (daily average, last week
of mo.) —
Total
cars.. 602, 832
Box
cars.. 282,315
Coal
cars.. 251, 679
Operation results—•
Freight carried 1 inile—
Canada
mills, of tonsUnited States..mills, of tons..
Passengers carried 1 mile_millions_.
Receipts per ton-mile
cents..
45,906
Febru- !I January
ary
Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber
July
June
27, 264
33, 849
49,372
62, 069
112, 251
104, 078
95, 604
26, 788
28,141
33, 450
35, 474
42, 093
44, 340
38, 804
336,632
257, 521
46, 455
272,116
365, 900
277, 014
53, 349
294, 082
377, 933
280, 909
55, 443
297, 606
398, 786
311,043
48, 710
299, 301
483, 455
385, 684
52, 368
326, 286
467, 469
363, 473
59, 092
320, 131
466, 370
354, 713
67, 432
327, 204
121
424
5,910
7,579
11,408
11, 435
5,619
5, 702 | 5,486
2,940
555
138
2,836
584
138
3,491
817
156
2,784
638
121
4,127
852
174
3,818
733
159
3,725
638
162
4,670
769
207
3,556 !
557
160 !
153
79
23
886
1,105
165
88
22
842
997
196
124
26
997
1,175
143
94
22
820
946
190
140
92
1, 133
1,546
163
129
154
766
1,514
189
108
195
944
1,490
304
106
384
1,179
1,821
233 I
80
245
899
1,382
621, 509
298, 837
252, 825
650,964
324, 938
253, 515
648, 750
336, 577
240, 292
706, 538
380, 603
251, 358
580, 498
304, 100
213, 752
402, 637
230, 705
126, 935
394, 032
202, 298
139, 416
431,971
232, 896
141,721
2, 239
29, 026
2,015
1. 052
2,633
32, 295
1,828
1. 050
3,096
39, 292
1, 959
1.063
3, 562
36, 220
2, 253
1.081
2, 268
37,421
2, 634
1.040
1,187
1, 188
1,189
1,190
1,191
128
550
130
553
132
567
126
560
123
563
123
565
2, 570
2,535 i 2, 668
27,589 j 20,948 I 24, 557
19, 421
17,084 ! 21, 697
98.4
86.6 ! 110.0
3,012
29, 001
22, 113
117. 2
2, 974
22, 490
19, 700
99.9
3, 618
30, 781
23, 693
120.1
2,967
27, 383
21, 253
107.7
3,802
25, 052
20, 966
106.3
376,149
291, 289
47,150
291, 582
29, 960
1,951 ! 2,016
27,079
30, 314 '.
1,747 j 1, 915
1.049 ! 1. 015
May
69,174
April
62, 272
37, 845
36, 805
457, 025 444, 848 463,130
347,293 331,647 354, 326
65, 805 67,146 60,406
331, 562 334, 638 351, 780
451, 203
345,813
59, 586
348, 214
38,071
4,107
5,054
3,719 i
579
199
4,599
740
265
3,619
571
230
166 I
86 i
250
967 !
1,472
188
117
259
1,210
1,820
a 157
96
51
1,004
1,510
441, 503
233, 664
148, 873
427, 925
203, 192
168, 930
454,815 ! 465,464
232,235 246, 622
165,499 ' 163, 396
2,131
35, 580
2,567
1.071
2,538
34,419
2,513
1.063
2,213 !
36,956
2,197
1.071 !
2,137
34, 894
2,120
1.097
1,194 I
1,194
96 I
572 I
90
574
FINANCE
Agricultural Finances
Loans outstanding, end of month:
Federal farm banks
mills, of dolls. J
Federal intermediate credit banks
mills, of dolls..
Joint-stock land banks
mills, of dolls..
!
1,185 I
133
549
1,187
138
544
1,187 |
128
548
1,187 j|
1,192 i
111 i
567
1,193 |
92
569
Banking
Bank debits:
Canada
mills, of dolls..
New York City
mills, of dolls..
Outside New York City
mills, of dolls..:
Outside New York City.._rel. to 1923-25..
Brokers' loans, end of month:
j
By N. Y. F. R. member banks
|
mills, of dolls._j
Ratio to market value
per cent..
Total
mills, of dolls..
Deposits, New York State savings banks,
end of mo
mills, of dolls..
Federal reserve banks:
Bills discounted
mills, of dolls..
Notes in circulation
mills, of dolls..
Reserve ratio
per cent..
Reserve ratio
rel. to 1923-25..
Total deposits
mills, of dolls..
Total investments
mills, of dolls..
Total reserve
mills, of dolls..
Federal reserve member banks:
Net de:iiaii(i deposits
mills, of dolls..
Total investments
mills, of dolls..
Total loans and discounts..mills, of dolls._
Interest rates:
Call loans, renewal
per cent..
Federal land banks
per cent..
Intermediate credit banks
per cent..
New York Federal Reserve
Bank (dis.)
percent..
Prime bankers' acceptances
per cent..
Prime commercial paper
(4-6 months)
percent..!
Prime commercial paper (4-6 months)
!
rel. to 1923-25..j
Time loans, 90 days
percent..
Business Failures
I
Firms (United States):
I
Total commercial..
number..
Manufacturers
number. _
Trade establishments
number..
Agents and brokers
number..
By groupsManufacturers—
!
Total
number. _!
Chemicals
number..!
Foodstuffs
number. J
Leather
number. J
Liquors and tobacco
number.. ;
Lumber
number. J
Printing and engraving.number..
Stone, clay, and glass
number. J
Textiles
number..
Metals
number .
All other
number-.
Digitized for 1FRASER
Revised.
26,821
19, 620
99. 5
1, 730
3.49
1,651
1,875
3.58
1,909
1,798 |
3.22
1, 840 |
1,734
3.30
1,720
1, 926
3.86
1,894
2,111
4.06
2,162
2,512
4.65
2, 556
3,063
5.79
3,481
3,110
5.31
3,559
5,059
3,094
3,398
3,427 i
3,082
29, 600 37, 690 37,423 | 38,631
24, 416 2 24, 315
23,171 : 24, 648
124.9 i 123.8 i 2 123.3
117.5
3,228
5.49
3,689
3,219
5.83
3,728
4,022
6.33
4,748
4,274
6,72
5, 063
5,018
4, 928
4, 888
4,792
4,666
4,658
4,772
4,591
4,559
4,505 j
4,507
157
i 535
84 o
109.2
2,434
751
3,334
250
1,486
82.6
107.4
2,507
723
3, 296
198
1,478 i
83.7
108. 8 !
2,399 i
708 I
3,244 !
232
1,494
82.2
106. 9
2,448
735
3, 243
251
1, 664
73.7
95.8
2, 517
1,100
3,082
275
1,455
80.3
104.4
2,422
780
3, 115
207
1,368
82.2
106.9
2,465
771
3,149
272
1,379
79.7
103. 6
. 2,532
813
3,118
215
1,374
81.1
105.5
2,423
779
3, 079
200
1,342
83.4
108.5
2,447
714
3,160
272
1,424
81.8
106. 4
2, 455
724
3,174
313 |
1,489 !
87.4 j
105.9 |
2,436 |
719 j
3,195 I
233
1,507
82.5
107.3
3, 434
750
3,252
13, 064
7,903
14* 993
'
l 52
5^63
4^03
13, 748
7,551
15, 382
13,614 | 13, 680
7, 183 ' 6, 843
15, 464 15, 753
13, 999
6, 693
16, 263
13, 908
6, 800
16, 516
13, 830
6, 731
16, 764
13,812
6,454
17, 013
13, 629
6, 338
16, 830
13,798
6, 291
16,945
13, 740
6,120
16, 960
13, 388
5, 889
16,837 j
13, 581
5, 789
16, 964
1.55 !
5.63 I
4.00 1
1.50 I
5.63 !
4.00 I
1.57
5.63
4.00
2.23
5. 63
4.00
2.00
5. 63
4.00
2.00
5.63
4.00
2.19
5.63
4.06
2.21
5.63
4.13
2.20
1.50
1, 50
2.00
1.50
2.00 !
1.44 I
2.00
1.56
2.00
1.88
2.50
1.88
2.50
1.88
2.50
1.88
2.38 j
!
55.2 i
2.00 I
j
2.50
2.63 I
2.88
2.88
3.00
58.0
2.13
61.0 !
1.88 !
66.8
2.13
66.8
2.25
66.8
2.13
69.6
2.50
2, 383
515
1, 710
158
2,604
582
1, 843
179
2,563 I
583 I
1,831 !
149 i
3,316
611
2, 541
164
2, 525
537
1,834
154
2,031
448
1,447
136
!
i
i
I
611
10
32
17
6
76
21
11
124
44
270
537
9
34
14
6
77
15
12
85
34
251
448
5
27
8
10
71
18
14
71
34
190
515
9
38
12
6
75
10
5
78
55
227
582
5
37
23
9
61
27
7
79
52
282
583
13
37
14
9i
72 |
15
4
96
54
269
4.17 I
2. 62 i
5.58 |
4. 55 I
3.12 |
5.58
4.83 |
4.00
5.58
4.98
2.50
1.88
2.50 !
1.88 i
2. 50 j
2.13
3.00 !
2.50
3.50
2.94
3.00
3.00
3.25 I
69.6
2.63
75.4 '••
2.75 i
3.50 I
81.2 !
3.75
69.6
2.63
87.0
3.50
90.0
4.13
2,124
499
1,474
151
1,963
434
1,395
134
1,913
566
1,234
113
2,028
425
1,481
122
2,026
507 I
1, 393
126
2,179 I
501 j
1,580 |
148 i
2,198
534
1,500
164
499
7
35
15
14
54
20
12
97
34
211
434
9
35
14
8
65
16
7
53
30
197
566
14
29
21
11
98
19
7
55
33
279
425
11
37
10
1
81
20
9
51
45
160
501
5
29
14
4i
94
21
13
57
43
221
534
9
38
4
3
106
15
10
61
42
246
5.6i ;
507
9
45
8
6
85
22
7
75
28
222
54
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
April
_ ._ - _
March
||
Febru- January
ary
i
FINANCE -Continued
1930
Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber
July
June
April
May
|
Business Failures— Continued
Firms (United States)— Continued.
By groups— Continued.
TradersTotal
number
1,710
Books and paper
number, .
IS
Chemicals and paints. . .number..
98
Clothing
. number .
351
Foods and tobacco
.number..
451
General stores
number
109
Household f urni ture
number. .
297
All other
number
386
Firms (Canada)
number..
204
Liabilities (United States):
Total commercial
thous. of dolls. . 50, 868
Total commercial
- ..rel. to 1923-25..
120.0
Manufacturers
thous. of dolls. . 18, 719
Trade establishments ... thous. of dolis.. 26, 386
Agents and brokers
thous. of dolls. _
5,763
Liabilities (Canada)
thous. of dolls . 3,638
1,843
28
107
400
441
152
358
357
213
1,831
19
93
381
438
131
407
362
253
2,541
15
117
633
476
220
571
509
296
1
!
j
I
|
!
1,834
15
114
444
461
138
290
372
295
1,447
11
111
261
393
104
245
322
237
1,474
18
94
250
398
108
253
353
214
1,395
12
98
257
341
93
247
347
175
1,234
11
78
270
329
67
204
275
167
1,481
21
73
268
403
83
235
398
183
1,393
13
93
264
365
73
259
326
156
1,530
18
60, 387
142.4
59, 608
140.6
25, 304
30, 852
47,633 i
43,071
83, 683
197.4
19, 948
28, 853
35, 382
6, 994
55, 261
130.3
19, 438
56, 297
132.8
17, 989
22, 096
16, 212
2, 532
46, 947
110.7
16, 448
19,311
11, 188
2,664
49, 181
116.0
24, 735
17, 829
8.617
39, 826
93.9
13, 369
21, 572
2,939
4,887
2,997
63, 131
148.9
26, 273
22, 825
14, 033
2,707
55, 541
131.0
23, 133
21, 285
11, 123
21,072
30, 348
5,967
3, 752
3,452
3,014
94,608
223. 1
3,901 1
4,215 i
I
21,217
14, 606
2, 958
1,500
10
80
270
386
108
277
369
* 172
300
395
69
286
389
188
49, 059
115.7
19, 669
23, 427
2
2,737
5,964
1, 996
Dividend and Interest Payments
Grand total
Dividend payments:
Total
Industrial and miscellaneous
Steam railroads
Street railways
...
Interest payments
mills, of dolls. .
749
594
mills, of dolls. -
314
311
mills,
mills,
mills,
mills,
236
38
9
435
236
46
of dolls _
of dolls. .
of dolls. .
of dolls-.
284
521
1,121
713
579
763
524
424
916
721
570
'764
285
521
281
277
320
228
197
373
329
308
2
386
56
16
601
221
39
14
429
212
39
12
302
250
44
11
184
30
153
37
278
235
40
220
36
2258
443
29(5
09 ~
13
543
392
262
217
45
9
239
344
40
10
420
2
Net Corporation Profits
Grand total, 10 groups
mills, of dolls..
Total public utilities
mills, of dolls. .
Industrial and miscellaneousTotal
mills, of dolls..
Automobiles, parts and accessories
.
mills, of dolls.Food
- .mills, of dolls .
Machinery
mills, of dolls _
Metals and mining
mills, of dolls. _
Oil
- -- mills, of dolls .
Miscellaneous
.. - _ _ . mills, of dolls .
Steel and railroad equipment
...
mills, of dolls. .
Class I railroads
.mills, of dolls. .
Telephone
mills, of dolls.
Other large public utilities
mills, of dolls. .
s3 683
341
3 775
2 288
3 H05
3 lie"
2 204
3276
s 16
2 30
3 29
2 37
3 9
3 72
3
40
i g
3 10
38
3 H29
o 4
2 5
3 43
2 24
366
3 16
3 226
^68
3283
3
3200
3
3223
3
3
335
22
353
65
3273
i
70
259
Stockholders
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.:
Domestic
--- .number .
Foreign
number
Pennsylvania R. K. Co.:
Domestic
. number. Foreign
number
U. S. Steel Corporation (common stock):
Domestic
. . . . . number. .
Foreign
number..
Shares held by brokers
p. ct. of total. -
^560,424
•• 574, 905
; 6, 383
!
3 6, 184
2233. 4H
2 3, 190
3507, 774
3 5. 866
3 5 555
3212,311
2
3907 869
3 3 0X7
3 096
3
3143,221
i 147, 440
2 2, 451
3 15. 68
3540, 826
3 2, 345
2 16. 20
132
479
3
3 026
3 18 60
3131,357
3 2 infi
3 I X 57
Foreign Exchange Rates
America:
Argentina
.. . . dolls, per gold peso. .
Brazil
dolls, per milreis..
Canada.
.dolls, per Canadian doll .
Chile
dolls, per paper peso
Asia:
Japan
dolls, per yen .
India
dolls, per rupee. .
Europe:
Belgium
. dolls, per franc. .
England
dolls, per Ib. sterling-France
dolls, per franc. .
Italy
dolls, per lira. .
Netherlands
dolls, per guilder. .
Sweden
dolls, per krone .
Switzerland
dolls, per franc. .
.765
.073
1.000
.121
.780
.079
1. 000
.121
.719
.086
1.000
.121
.697
.091
.998
.121
.756
.096
.999
. 121
.781
.781
1.001
.121
1.001
.121
.818
.101
1.001
.121
.825
.100
1.001
.121
.821
.109
1.001
.121
.845
.114
1.000
.121
. 872
.118
.998
.121
.886
.117
1.000
.121
.494
.361
.494
.361
.494
.359
.494
.359
. 496
.359
.496
.360
.496
.360
.494
.360
.494
.360
.494
.361
.494
.360
.494
.361
.494
.361
. 139
4.86
.039
.052
.401
.268
.193
.139
4.86
.039
.052
,401
, 268
.192
.139
4.86
. 039
.052
.401
.268
.193
.139
4.85
.039
.052
.402
.268
. 194
.140
4.86
.039
.052
.403
.268
.194
.139
4.86
.039
.052
.402
.268
.194
.139
4.86
.039
.052
.403
.269
.194
.140
4.87
.039
.052
.403
.269
.194
.140
4.87
.039
,052
.403
.269
.194
.140
4.86
.039
.052
.402
. 269
.194
.140
4.86
.039
.052
.402
.269
.194
.140
4.86
.039
.052
.402
.268
.194
.140
4.86
.039
.052
.402
.269
.194
15, 573
15,474
15,392
15, 293
15,217
15, 120
15, 024
14, 926
14, 837
14, 736
14,648
14, 543
6. 330
1,547
4, 783
6,323
6,312
1,555
6,303
6,270
6,244
6,223
4,709
4,682
6,213
1,571
4,660
4,642
6, 200
1,572
4,628
6,171
1,573
4,598
6,160
1,575
4,585
1,089
1,488
1,085
1,473
2,621
437
5,616
1,079
1,450
2,617
436
1,073
1,441
1,064
1,414
5,582
417
5,531
2,098
2,062
2,127
2,041
Quarter e nded in nlonth ind icated.
2,018
1,992
Life Insurance
(Association of Life Insurance Presidents)
Admitted life insurance assets (10 cos.):
Grand total
mills, of dolls
Mortgage loansTotal
. mills, of dolls. _
Farm
mills, of dolls..
All other
mills, of dolls..
Bonds and stocks (book value):
Government
mills, of dolls. .
Public utility
mills, of dolls
Railroad
.. mills, of dolls. .
Allother....
.mills, of dolls..
Total
mills, of dolls
Policy loans and premium notes
. ... mills, of dolls..
2 Revised.
1,120
1,578
2, 651
487
1,555
4,768
1,108
1,572
2,648
5,836
485
5,813
2, 273 i
2,241
!
4,757
1,106
1,545
1,554
4, 749
1,561
1,104
1,531
1,101
1,526
2,633 '
2,637
2,640
5,762
5,747
5,736
2,212 i
2,169
478
469
475
2
1,562
1,095
1,521
1,563
2,638
2,622
465
5,719
5,648
449
2,600
6,140
1,576
4,564
1,065
1,398
2,594
2,572
5,470
5,420
1,965
1,942
398
385
55
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June, 1931]
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
April
March
1930
Novem- October Septem- August
January December
ber
ber
™™
July
June
May
April
FINANCE— Continued
Life Insurance— Continued
Amount of new insurance (44 cos.):
Group
- mills, of dolls
Industrial
mills, of dolls__
Ordinary
mills, of dolls..
Total insurance
.. ._ mills, of dolls
Policies and certificates, new (44 cos.):
Group .
thous of certificates
Industrial
thous. of policies. .
Ordinary
...
thous. of policies _
Total policies and certificates. .thousands..
Premium collections (44 cos.):
Annuities
thous. of dolls..
Group -thous. of dolls
Industrial
thous. of dolls..
Ordinary
thous. of dolls..
Total
thous. of dolls..
Sales of ordinary life insurance (Life Insurance
Sales Research Bureau):
Canada, total, 15 cos
..thous. of dolls
United States, total
thous of dolls
Eastern manufacturing district..
thous. of dolls
Far western district.. .thous. of dolls..
Southern district
thous. of dolls..
Western agricultural district
thous. of dolls
Western manufacturing district
__
thous. of dolls
;
99
235
691
1,025
62
247
720
1,028
104
209
599
912
78
214
596 !
888 '
131
229
753
1,112
59
208
593
861
52
244
620
915
138
210
545
894
73
234
622
929
130
248
715
1,092
107
312
726
1,144
91
230
776
1,098
114
241
840
1,194
59
865
301
1,225
28
881
321
1,230
60
731
247
1,039
44
750 1
231
59
794
319
1,172
28
741
253
1, 022
35
847
261
1, 143
46
722
229
996
39
805
245
1,088
74
896
270
1,241
52
1,163
267
1,482
46
848
294
1,188
62
893
310
1,265
12, 682
53, 854
183, 992
258, 926
11,919
8,790
62, 920
186, 452
270, 081
12, 430
8,748
56, 388
166, 759
244, 325
10,741
10,108
62,659
170,497
254,005
| 19, 615
9,591
I
| 112, 666
! 191,871
333, 743
7,094
7,269
58, 108
154, 473
226, 944
6,917
7,944
55, 851
165, 954
236, 666
5,016
7,220
59, 859
147, 907
220, 002
5, 797
6,508
58, 961
150, 754
222, 020
7,047
8,480
54, 602
170,847
240, 976
5,359
7, 615
59, 522
166, 190
238, 686
6,086
8,003
58, 459
175, 397
247, 945
5,805
7,598
53, 948
173, 929
241, 280
45, 648
754, 002
46, 945
770, 440
40, 180
647, 140
628,607
49, 874
795, 642
46, 868
653, 131
46, 019
685, 755
39, 643
603, 102
37, 061
685, 864
49, 829
779, 184
55, 355
822, 437
50, 085
860, 068
52, 708
897, 871
327, 077
70, 943
82, 930
343, 745
73, 579
77, 628
289, 757
60, 094
64, 009
280, 066
61, 589
65, 329
324, 635
86, 291
91, 922
279, 651
65,011
72, 189
285, 594
71, 961
77, 196
238, 909
68, 520
69, 724
275, 228
77, 450
80, 858
319, 321
82, 955
89, 284
330, 948
87, 114
94, 384
350, 430
88, 667
99, 406
370, 797
94, 243
99, 928
8,398
1,026 :
41,
188
:
!
102, 396
101, 945
86, 439
82, 754
117,117
90, 178
97, 300
89, 779
99, 276
114,929
121, 170
130, 005
131, 635
170, 656
173,543
146, 841
138, 869
175, 677
146, 102
153,704
136, 170
153, 052
172, 695
188, 821
191, 560
201, 268
85, 091
26
25, 671
87, 717
14
16, 156
94, 476
254
34, 426
109, 907
36
32, 778
113,430
5,008
40, 159
152, 648
9,266
35, 635
125, 871
3 1, 133
13, 680
112,395
39, 332
19, 714
115,119
41, 529
21, 889
90, 764
26
13, 938
76, 786
82
23, 552
89, 694
110
65, 835
4, 553
4, 520
884, 735 926, 561
4,503
903, 176
4,496
921, 081
4, 532
912, 652
4,528
887, 867
4, 505
916, 213
4, 443
868, 60
Gold and Silver
Gold:
Domestic receipts at mint fine ounces.. 93, 612
Exports
thous. of dolls..
27
Imports
thous. of dolls. . 49, 543
Monetary stocks of U. S., daily
average
.mills, of dolls.. 4,711
Rand output
fine ounces-- 882, 000
Silver:
Exports
thous. of dolls..
3, 249
Imports
thous. of dolls.. 2,439
Price at New York
dolls, per fine oz_.
.283
Production—
2.858
United States . ._ thous. offineoz
Canada
thous of fine oz
1J301
Mexico
thous. of fine oz..
Stocks, end of monthUnited States
thous of fine oz
713
Canada
thous. of fine oz_.
1, 509
2
4,682
910, 998
2,323
2
4,656
839,937
2
4, 622
914, 576
2
4, 583
908, 492
2
1,821
.292
1,638
1,877
.268
3.571
2,896
.294
3,472
2,660
.326
4,102
2, 652
.359
4,424
2,270
.358
3,903
3,461
.363
4,544
3,492
.352
3, 709
3, 953
.343
3,336
2,707
.346
4,978
3, 486
.407
4, 646
3,570
.424
2 3, 528
1.431
6,511
3,187
1,772
6, 944
3, 480
1,932
8,751
3, 713
2,043
8,481
3,738
1,412
8,712
3, 816
2,291
8,889
3,780
3, 486
9,154
3, 835
2,685
7,755
3,551
2,100
7,905
3, 969
1,485
10, 276
4,293
1, 585
9,080
4,627
1,705
7,514
2,714
796
1,851
'702
.831
179
956
216
649
217
813
341
677
410
459
312
737
441
348
844
356
690
2
654 !
694 !
Public Finance
Customs receipts
.
thous. of doll^
31, 798
Expenditures chargeable to ordinary
receipts
thous. of dolls_. 432, 366
Government debt, gross, end of
month
mills of dolls
16, 655
Total ordinary receipts
thous. of dolls ._ 148, 208
United States money in circulation...
mills, of dolls.. 4,647
28,808
31, 807
28, 107
30. 764
36, 365
39, 319
36, 655
32, 083
26, 200
72, 170
51, 722
41,071
720, 236
191, 425
413,796 i 364, 540
244, 651
375, 244
308, 221
224, 117
284, 310
416, 799
230, 997
414, 147
16,583
433, 301
16,231
118,614
16,163
125,605
16, 026
717, 092
16, 185
120, 362
16, ISO
147, 813
16, 081
602,811
16, 188
127, 388
16, 176
138, 741
16, 185
803, 495
16, 399
173, 243
16, 394
159, 053
4,590
4,598
4,695
!
4,823
4,528
4,501
4, 492
4, 476
4,483
4,489
4,497
4,518
82.29
82.06
96.41
70.72
79.00
86.39
81.98
96.59
70.98
78.14
86.54
j
I
I
|
78. 96
92.89
68.61
75.54
82.78
81.10
94. 63
70.53
77.32
85.85
82.49
95.85
71.63
78.92
87.49
84.26
95.83
76.13
79.49
88.32
82.93
94.25
76.33
76.82
86.94
81.43
92. 83
75.43
74.99
85.09
81. 10
91.36
75. 60
74.78
84.91
81.20
90.42
76. 35
75.36
84.49
81.23
89. 81
76.64
75.76
84.32
105. 37
88.03
100. 27
86.67
104. 85
99.57
84.56 i
104. 23
99.54
81.53
105. 53
99.68
84.05
106. 41
100. 08
86.08
106. 06
100. 96
88.25
105. 84
100. 41
90.99
105. 23
99.81
91.12
105. 44
99.10
90. 62
105. 28
99.23
92.01
104. 92
98.87
91.97
104. 16
4.98
3.39
3.89
3.90
4.27
5.01
3.40
3.95
4.03
4.27
4.99
3.33
3.92
4.05
4.25
5.12
3.34
4.05
4.12
4.41
4.97
3.32
4.00
4.06
4.32
4.89
3.34
3.94
3.99
4.25
4.85
3.37
3.97
3.97
4.25
4.87
3.38
3.97
4.01
4.29
4.92
3.37
4.05
4.08
4.36
4.92
3.37
4.10
4.14
4.41
4.92
3.41
4.11
4.18
4.45
4.91
3.46
4.11
4.17
4.47
1.38
4.48
4.41
1.06
4.54
4.44
1.24
4.56
4.43
1.48
4.61
4.55
1.40
4.57
4.46
1.74
4.53
4.41
1.84
4.55
4.41
1.53
4.59
4.43
1.83
4.63
4.49
1.89
4.67
4.53
2.41
4.68
4.54
3.00
4.69
4.54
2,015
5.66
3,590
5.36
4,520
5.81 |
29,877
5.75
9, 965
5.74
6,635
5.61
13, 890
5.89
1.938
5.46
16, 425
5.99
11, 093
6.20
3,813
5.93
27, 435
6.13
1,250
1,200
340
28, 972
110
175
1,475 "~2~ OOO"
9,300
3,050
600
2,300
675
250
10,050
1,400
3,395
5,665
198
3,035
500
1,943
5,000
110
7,685
210
1,000
630
1,250
2,850
850
530
27, 945
1,595
5,120
2,000
1,210
1,975
10, 500
1,475
165
300
1,388
480
10, 725
2.590
1,110
6,648
1,555
100
88
2,025
5,000
8,295
180
Stocks and Bonds
BONDS
Bond prices:
Combined price
index
p. ct. of par, 4% bond.. 80.86
Highest-grade rails.p. ct. of par, 4% bond-96.11
Industrial ...
_p. ct. of par, 4% bond-68.15
Public utility
p. ct. of par, 4% bond-80. 06
Second-grade rails.p. ct. of par, 4% bond-84.03
Bond prices, 1st of following month:
50 domestic bonds
p. ct. of par.. ICO. 12
40 representative issues
_p. ct. of par.. 85.30
5 Liberty bonds
p. ct. of par.. 105. 77
Bond yields:
Industrial (15).
per cent-5.10
Liberty and Treasury bonds
per cent..
3.39
Municipal (15)
per cent-3.80
Municipal bond yield (20)
per cent..
3.85
Railroads (15)
per cent. .
4.33
U. S. Treasury notes and certificates,
3-6 mos .
per cent
1.49
Utilities (15)
per cent-4.46
Total, 60 high grade
per cent
4.43
Long-term real-estate bonds issued:
Grand total
-thous. of dolls..
7,235
Interest rates
per cent
5.68
Kind of structureApartments
-thous. of dolls..
250
Hotels
thous. of dolls..
Office and commercial .thous. of dolls.. 4,400
Purpose of issue —
Acquisitions and improvements
thous. of dolls
Finance construction.. thous. of dolls,1,700
Real-estate mortgage. -thous. of dolls..
3,135
'Revised.
96.31
70.83
79.59
86.58
100. 15
1,500
1,090
!
56
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
[June, 1931
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
April
1930
Decem- NovemOctober
ber
ber
Febru- January
ary
March
i
bei— August
July
June
May
April
FINANCE— Continued
Stocks and Bonds—Continued
STOCKS
Stock prices, average daily closing:
25 industrials, average
dolls, per share.. 215. 74
25 industrials, average
rel. to 1923-25.. 172.4
25 railroads, average
dolls, per share, _ 74.97
25 railroads, average
rel. to 1923-25, _
107.2
103 stocks, average
dolls, per share-- 36.33
Southern cotton mills
dolls per share
Stock prices, average weekly closing:
All industrials (404)
rel to 1926
109.2
All railroads (33)
rel. to 1926
87 3
All utilities (34). _
rel. to 1926.
169.8
Industrials, rails and utilities
(337)
... _-.rel. to 1926
100.3
Agricultural implements (4)..rel. to 1926 __
150. 5
Airplanes (10)
rel. to 1926.. 227. 6
Automobiles and trucks (13) . .rel. to 1926.. 117.4
Automobile tires and rubber
goods (7)
rel. to 1926
50 0
Chain stores (17)
rel to 192(5
86.2
Copper and brass (9)
rel to 1926
79.4
Food, other than meat (20)...rel. to 1926.. 127.1
Machinery and machine equipment (10)
rel to 1926
10.4
Oil producing and refining
(16)
rel. to 1926
74.1
Railroad equipment (9)
rel. to 1926..
67. 5
Ravon (5)
rel to 1926
52. 6
Steel and iron (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _
rel. to 1926.. 116.0
Textiles (30)
...
rel. to 1926
52.2
Theaters, motion pictures and
amusements (7)
_
_ rel. to 192661.3
Tobacco and tobacco products
(10)
rel to 1926
144. 3
Traction, motor transportation
(9)
61.9
Stock sales, N. Y. Stock Exchange
thous of shares
54, 335
Stock yields:
Preferred high-grade industrial
(20)
per cent
5.59
Total common (90).
percent .
5. 46
Industrials (50)
..per cent..
5.73
Public utilities (20)
per cent..
4.04
Railroads (20)
per cent
7.12
237. 52
189.8
84.55
120.9
40.49
235. 29
188.0
92. 03
131. 6
44.00
214. 18
171. 1
90.38
129.2
40.69
212. 34
169. 6
82.00
117.2
38.09
227. 60
181.8
90.23
129.0
42. 12
62 04
240. 49
191. 1
97.30
139.1
43.44
63.54
282. 92
226. 0
110. 16
157.5
47.40
65.70
282. 81
225. 9
110.38
157.8
55.92
68. 96
282. 64
225.8
113.69
162.6
56. 98
71.92
284. 36
227.2
113.84
176.7
54. 84
74.91
327. 04
261. 3
123. 59
187. 6
64 73
77. 76
349. 4(
279. i
131. IS
188.1
64. 6(
80. 7(
121.6
97 2
188.9
119.8
104.7
177.9
112.3
100.4
163.4
109.4
93.5
157.9
116. 7
102.1
167. 4
127.6
110.9
187.0
148.8
122.6
216.4
147.6
121.2
212.7
149.3
124.2
215.4
152.8
124. 5
223. 5
170.5
136. 0
250.0
181. C
141.7
263. 7
111.8
178. 6
268. 2
128. 6
110. 3
174.0
237. 3
120.4
103.4
161. 7
202. 5
106.2
101.9
1(59. 7
177.0
100.3
108.5
195. 8
214. 9
101.2
117.8
211.7
269. 6
108. 0
139.3
265. 3
391.1
132. 5
138.7
268. 5
400.9
134. 1
139.8
285. 5
405. 7
132.2
143.1
311.1
418.1
134.0
160. 1
374.8
530. 3
151.7
170. S
393. £
647. 1
162. C
57.5
89.9
95.7
136.9
54.4
86.4
90.8
133.2
50.6
78.4
82.1
127. 2
54.9
78.1
79.9
123. 0
56. 0
81.7
90.8
126.4
52. 5
88. 1
92.6
133. 5
65.5
95. 6
114.4
149. 8
72.0
90.1
121.3
147. 2
70.8
88.7
129. 1
149.4
84.0
89.5
134. 6
148.7
99.4
96.5
151.0
159. 5
111.1
101. 1
174.2
159. C
125. 1
125. 8
120.4
116.9
120.3
134.4
154. 1
152.3
154. 5
152. 1
169. 8
172. £
84.5
78.2
51.5
132. 6
58.2
90.7
77. 4
52.2
131.7
55. 3
89. 1
74. 1
53.8
124.0
52. 5
87.8
72.9
58.2
124.7
51.0
96. 9
76. 8
67. 9
130. 5
54. 9
106.4
82.0
64. 6
141. 5
58.2
125.4
95. 6
71.4
161. 5
67.2
129. 7
93.4
65.8
IfiO. 4
66.0
132.9
94.3
72.0
159. 1
67.1
133.1
98.8
73.7
161. 1
68.5
147.9
109. 7
80.9
174.1
76.7
155. 7
119.8
88. C
196. 4
83.2
76.1
80.2
69.4
66,7
87.8
112.4
106. 1
111.9
119.4
144. 5
151. *
143.8
137.4
131.5
125. 6
129. 2
136. 8
152. 6
149. 2
146. 6
Ho. 2
158. 9
157. 8
67.1
66.3
63.1
63.3
67.9
72.3
74.6
72.7
74. 1
75. 3
82.1
85.0
65, 494
64, 145
52, 543
58, 764
51, 946
65, 497
53, 545
39, 870
47, 746
76, 593
78, 040
111,041
5. 54
4.95
5. 17
3. 60
6. 75
5.61
5. 12
5. 35
3.89
6.29
5.77
5. 62
5.79
4.37
7.05
5. 62
5.43
5.69
4. 10
6. 46
5.52
5.05
5.39
3.64
5.98
5.48
4.33
4. 60
3.04
5.45
5.53
4.42
4.69
3.12
5.50
5. 56
4.44
4.77
3.04
5.41
5.52
4.50
4.91
2.92
5.43
5.48
4.02
4.42
2.50
5.03
5. 46
3. 78
4.13
2.34
4.84
5. 66
5.50
5.73
4.26
6.56 i
New Security Issues
Bond sales (Canada):
Corporation
thous. of dolls
Government and provincial
thous. of dolls
Municipal
thous. of dolls
Bond sales (U. S.):
CorporationTotal-.
thous. of dolls. _
Class of industry —
Industrial
thous. of dolls
Land and buildiiu°s
thous. of dolls
Oil
thous. of dolls..
Public utilities
thous. of dolls..
Railroads
thous. of dolls..
Shipping and miscellaneous
thous of dolls
Purpose of issueNew capital -_
thous. of dolls Refunding
thous. of dolls. _
Type of security —
Bonds and notes
thous. of dolls..
Stocks
thous of dolls
Bond sales on N. Y. Stock Exchange:
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls..
Liberty — Treasury _ . thous. of dolls
Total
thous. of dolls..
Foreign governments
thous of dolls
Foreign loans in the United
States
..-.thous. of dolls..
States and municipalities:
Permanent loans
thous. of dolls..
Temporary loans-.-.-.-.-.thous. of dolls..
456, 678
401, 229
88, 226
96, 932
82, 400
2,925
7, 577
4,940
305,661
6, 000
3, 765
2. 053
101, 393
200, 018
6, 405
64, 266
12, 000
580,706
69,173 1
3,475
13, 900
12, 690
25, 400
7, 150
2 365
1,000
12, 930
7,300
4, 056
46, 993
27, 522
19,820
187, 644
141,855
213, 795
346, 887
189, 886
428, 762
512, 678
927, 376
679, 703
21, 889
10, 562
44, 605
10, 273
84, 714
45, 920
55, 953
154, 845
169, 229
15, 365
8,740
35. 750
4,250
89,738 i 104,642
7, 600
5, 000
15, 615
3, 101
172, 243
76, 254
48, 071
41,516
22, 070
625
234, 465
62, 632
15, 383
66, 000
172, 091
178, 467
7, 599
23, 932
604, 486
CO, 435
64, 541
63. 742
130, 777
178, 662
8,861
4, 725
14, 340
15, 058
72, 501
9, 363
63, 050
24, 785
31,080
72, 752
137, 622
4, 233
151, 148
62, 647
284, 570
62, 317
121, 516
68, 350
402, 281
26, 481
445, 363
67,315
864, 042
63, 334
628, 444
51, 259
535, 404
45, 302
114, 135
73, 509
123, 417 183, 659
18, 438 i 30, 136
285,112
61, 775
132, 193
57, (573
358, 332
70, 430
357, 723
154, 955
493, 736
433, 640
418, 323
261, 380
247, 308
16, 809
264, 117
250, 707
15, 055
265, 762
182,906 I 264,357
6, 640
7. 773
189, 546 ; 272, 130
9,500
221, 327
9,631
230, 958
52, 900
167, 584
4, 951
172, 535
2,680
183, 716
10, 112
193, 828
42, 100
218, 500
11, 789
230, 289
103, 250
220,
7,
227,
79,
131
064
195
781
264, 898
9, 731
274, 629
121, 675
399,848
180, 858
354, 969
101, 709
391, 758
9,471
61,460
26, 766
215, 661
12, 127
227, 788
238, 298
3, 723
247, 021
174, 535
19,911
194, 446
46, 000
13, 791
279,315 2 139,586
65, 134 250, 436
35, 875
180, 872
6,772
2,630
74, 251
13, 975
107, 392
101, 618
4, 345
20, 150
8 485
l
11,600
269, 030
132, 199
8, 707
34, 166
111,552
12 547
2,900 |
35, 568
2
2,700
20, 000
2, 526
8,021 i! 30, 002
1,500
324, 108 ! 116, 778
175,004 ! 14, 250
267, 471
189, 207
!
11 748
45, 170
3, 236
2
95, 657
22, 377
5,662 ' 103,545
59, 650
19, 680
73, 738
187, 855
129, 751
148, 684
49, 977
09, 697
97, 703
76, 531
93.982 1 158,380
80,422 j 81,222
79, 578
76, 501
98, 514
26, 406
111,657
153, 068
153, 699
69, 742
142, 448
24,614
148, 956
83, 074
19, 646
19,684 '•
19, 836
19, 873
19, 848
19, 772
19,811
19, 735
Tax-Exempt Securities
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20,040
EXPLANATORY
The Survey of Current Business is designed to present
each month a picture of the business situation by setting
forth the principal facts regarding the various lines of
trade and industry. The figures are very largely those
already in existence. The chief function of the Survey
is to bring together those data which, if available at all,
are scattered in hundreds of different publications. A
portion of these data are collected by Government
departments, other figures are compiled by technical
journals, and still others are reported by trade associations. The Survey of Current Business computes
the indexes on total stocks, new orders, agricultural
marketings, crop marketings, and unfilled orders based
on available data.
SOURCES OF DATA
The sources and inclusiveness of the data appearing
in the table "Monthly Business Statistics" will be
found noted in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the
Survey of Current Business, and the sources of the
weekly data are given on page 4 of the February 5,
1931, issue of the Weekly Supplement to The Survey of
Current Business.
HISTORICAL DATA
Monthly data on all the various series carried in the
Monthly Survey will be found in the 1931 Annual
Supplement to the Survey, running back seven years
and in some cases eight years. Data previous to that
included in the 1931 Annual Supplement will be found
in the monthly Surveys prior to 1924.
RELATIVE AND INDEX NUMBERS
To facilitate comparison between different important
items and to chart series expressed in different units,
relative numbers (often called "index numbers," a
term referring more particularly to a special kind of
numbers described below) have been calculated. The
monthly average for 1923-1925 has usually been used
as a base equal to 100.
The relative numbers are computed by allowing the
monthly average for the base year to equal 100. If
the movement for the current month is greater than
the base, the relative number will be greater than 100,
and vice versa. The difference between 100 and the
relative number will give at once the per cent increase
or decrease compared with the base period. Thus, a
relative number of 115 means an increase of 15 per
cent over the base period, while a relative number of
80 means a decrease of 20 per cent from the base.
Relative numbers may also be used to calculate the
approximate percentage increase or decrease in a
movement from one period to the next. Thus, if a
relative number at one month is 120 and for a later
month is 144, there has been an increase of 20 per cent.
When two or more series of relative numbers are
combined by a system of weightings, the resulting
series is denominated an index number. The index
number, by combining many relative numbers, is
designed to show the trend of an entire group of industries, or for the country as a whole, instead of for the
single commodity or industry which the relative
number covers. Comparisons with the base year or
with other^periods are made in the same manner as
in the case of relative numbers.
SEASONAL ADJUSTMENTS TO INDEXES
Seasonal variations are found in most series of economic statistics for which monthly values are obtainable. Consumption and production of commodities,
interest rates, bank clearings, railroad freight traffic,
and many other types of data are marked by seasonal
swings repeated with minor variations year after year.
These, in so far as they exist at all, are definitely
periodic in character, with a constant 12-month period.
In cases where an adjustment is noted for a series carried in the Survey, the index has been corrected for
number of working or business days in the various
months and then adjusted for seasonal variation.
The index figures thereby become comparable throughout the series.
METHODS OF USE
Methods of using and interpreting current business
statistics have been collected by the Department of
Commerce from many business concerns and are
described in a booklet entitled "How to Use Current
Business Statistics," together with methods of collecting statistics. This booklet may be obtained from the
Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing
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