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JUNE 1936
SURVEY
OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
WASHINGTON
VOLUME 16
NUMBER 6
•TTLMONG the durable goods industries that have
made rapid strides toward recovery is included the
farm equipment manufacturing industry. Business
in 1935 was the best since 1930, although it fell
considerably short of the results of the earlier year.
Production amounted to $331,998,066 in 1935, or
almost three times the value of the 1932 production.
The total was, however, only 55 percent of the 1929
figure. . . , Business, both domestic and foreign,
so far during 1936 has shown further substantial
gains.
. . . The review on page 16 by E. V.
Needkam, the Bureau's agricultural implements
specialist, gives a summary of recent as well as of
historical trends.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DANIEL C. ROPER, Secretary
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
ALEXANDER V. DYE, Director
SURVEY OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
Prepared in the
DIVISION OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ROY G. BLAKEY, Chief
M. JOSEPH MEEHAN, Editor
Volume 16
Number 6
JUNE 1936
CONTENTS
SUMMARIES AND CHARTS
Business indicators
Business situation summarized
Graphic comparison of principal data
Commodity prices
Domestic trade
Employment
Finance
Foreign trade
Real estate and construction
Transportation
Survey ofiindividual industries:
Automobiles and rubber
Forest products
Iron and steel
Textile industries
STATISTICAL DATA—Continued
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SPECIAL ARTICLE
Farm equipment business recovers r a p i d l y . . . .
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STATISTICAL DATA
New and revised series:
New series: Commercial stocks of domestic barley, corn, oats,
and wheat in the United States and Canadian wheat in Canada,
1927-36
Revised series: Manufactured gas: Customers, sales and revenues, 1929-35
Weekly business statistics through May 30
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20
21
Page
Monthly business statistics:
Business indexes
Commodity prices
Construction and real estate
Domestic trade
Employment conditions and wages
Finance
Foreign trade
Transportation and communications
Statistics on individual industries:
Chemicals and allied products
Electric power and gas
Foodstuffs and tobacco
Fuels and byproducts
Leather and products
Lumber and manufactures
Metals and manufactures:
Iron and steel
Machinery and apparatus
Nonferrous metals and products
Paper and printing
Rubber and products
Stone, clay, and glass products
Textile products
Transportation equipment.
Canadian statistics
General index
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Business Indicators
1923-25=100
FACTORY EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLLS
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
125
125
100
100
v/
\
75
N
75
V
50
25
25
0
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M i1l l1 M i l ! I I I I 11 n i II
Ml 1 1 1 1 1 1
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED
FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS
125
100
100
25
1
I
i
0
v\\
50
TOTAL (Acijusted)*
25
\
\
75 \
L.C.L. (Adjusted)^
\
50
11 III IIII1
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\
V
V*
SSRES/DENT/, \L (Adjusted)
WHOLESALE PRICES
125
100
100 •
.A
50
50
25
25
s
i
75
TOTAL
0djusted)
0
TOTAL (Aq
iustecf) y
1 1 | II 1 I! 1 M1M1 1 I I I 1 1II1 1 II 1 M 1 1 1
DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
75
—••
0
125
1\
"IIIIMH HI
PAYROLLS ( ^Unadjusted)
0
125
75
(Adjusted) ®
^ — _ - — ^
X
Adjusted ®
50
EMPLOYMENT
\ I I II 1 i l 1 I M
1 i l l 1 1 1 | l|
1 |1 ii 1 I I II i
ALL COMMOL7/T/£S
PRODUCTS
II M 1 1 M M 1
M 11 1 1 M 1 M
1 II II 1 1 II II
FEDERAL RESERVE MEMBER BANK L O A N S *
BANK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY
150
125
125
100
100
75
\
TOTAL;
\
75
50
50
ot
i929'30'3!'32'33
(commercial)
i i i i I t i i i I I I I I I I I 1 I i I • iiilinnt
1 9 3 4 1935
ADJUSTED FOR SEASONAL VAR/AT/ON
1936
0[
M I I I ! 1 I 1 M i i i I i M i i 11 I I I I 1 I I ! I M
1929 '30 '31 '32 '33
* REPORT/NG MEMBER
BANKS
1934 1935
1936
D.D. 8635 J.M.
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Business Situation Summarized
NDUSTRIAL activity has tended to level off in about the same as in March; the indexes of food procIseasonally
May after the unusually rapid rise in April when the essing and shoe production fell off less than the
adjusted index of manufacturing advanced usual seasonal amount; and the contraseasonal gain
to 99 from 93 in March, and the index of mineral output rose to 104 from 95. While the March-April
change was influenced by the effects of the floods which
accompanied the spring thaw in the East, the forward
movement this spring continues to have as a basis the
sales expansion in many industries.
The demand for finished steel has held the ingot
rate during May close to 69 percent of capacity, the
April figure, which represented the highest rate of
production in 6 years. Sales of automobiles have been
maintained in May at a rate which promises little
change in production from the April total; in that
month production exceeded half a million units for the
first time since 1929. This high rate of automobile
production was the major factor in the record output
of plate glass in April, although the expansion in building operations has also caused an increasing demand
for this product as well as for lumber, cement, and
other building materials. Notwithstanding the further
improvement in construction, the relatively low level
of building remains a major deterrent to reemployment,
not only in this industry but in others as well.
In the nondurable goods industries the changes in
April were not so marked. Production of textiles was
in tobacco manufacturing established a record for the
month in this industry.
The expansion in manufacturing in April was accompanied by an increase in the seasonally adjusted index
of factory employment; there was a large gain also in
the number of employees in the nonmanufacturing
industries surveyed regularly by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. During the past year of increased production and national income, the estimated gain in employment in all industries and occupations has been
in excess of 1,500,000.
Retail sales reports for April reveal mixed trends
in comparison with the March results, but the value of
all retail sales was greater than in April 1935, and a
substantial year-to-year gain for the May comparison
is indicated by current reports.
The May crop report revealed a deterioration due to
the uneven distribution of rainfall and extreme temperatures. In the first half of May, however, there
was a marked improvement in conditions. Prices of
farm products and foods have continued to decline as
adjustments are gradually made to a more normal
demand-supply situation. Prices of industrial commodites also have eased.
April
April
4pril
April
April
April
_.
ApriL_
Mav
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1936:
January
February
March
.-_
April
Monthly average,
January
through
April:
1934
1935
FRASER
1936
110
105
102
74
64
74
120.0
107.7
86.6
67.2
61.5
73.8
118
92
60
37
29
50
118
88
53
36
25
42
135. 7
123.3
99.5
72.8
53.8
72.4
123
101
73
27
14
32
70.8
68.5
66.4
65.4
69.7
72.2
75.0
74.5
76.6
61
61
63
58
60
62
64
66
71
63
63
64
64
64
65
64
64
66
73
76
80
80
78
81
77
81
84
101.0
93.1
99.7
97.0
92.8
104. 8
104. 6
103.7
109.8
45
46
50
52
49
50
48
62
56
49
52
51
59
54
53
58
52
58
78.3
78.9
80.1
83.9
78.8
76.1
85.4
84.6
94.7
84.9
83.9
84.2
84.9
72.2
72.3
76. 3
77.9
70
70
66
69
64
62
62
63
79
80
88
81
96.3
93.0
106.7
109.9
51
53
51
54
57
60
55
58
78.6
81.3
83.9
61.7
68.8
74.7
61
60
64
66
64
62
66
68
71.0
85.6
92.2
46
45
50
44
52
61
103
94
83
72
65
81
121
104
88
63
66
86
122
104
87
61
65
85
114
104
91
80
73
90
89
87
86
83
87
90
97
97
96
91
87
85
83
87
89
96
98
96
79
88
84
85
92
100
95
96
86
85
86
86
87
90
95
98
104
86
84
84
86
88
91
95
98
104
87
89
98
84
81
87
93
92
101
82.4
81.4
80.1
80.6
81.8
81.9
83.7
84.8
85.6
95
95
96
103
95
93
97
104
99
106
89
94
98
94
93
100
97
91
93
99
103
110
95
104
84
83
90
97
87
88
97
i-,o
i '3
Wholesale price Index, 784
commodities
Adjusted >
Cash farm
income»
Unadjusted
Construction contracts, all
types, value, adjusted »
Imports
104
98
88
73
63
65
128
110
91
63
68
89
90
Digitized for
97
Exports
108
97
80
59
53
62
105. 1 112.6
97.7
96.1
74.4
80.6
49.5
66.1
38.8
59.9
67.3
82.3
124
107
90
64
67
88
97
Foreign
trade, value,
adjusted 2
1929-31 Monthly average, 1923-25= 100 Monthly
average,
= 100
1924-29=100
Monthl jT average, 1923-25=100
1929:
1930:
1931:
1932:
1933:
1934:
1935:
Rural, general merchandise
Retail sales
value,
adjusted
Department stores
Adjusted»
Adjusted »
Amount of pay rolls,
unadjusted
Minerals
Manufactures
Adjusted »
Total
Minerals
Total
Year and month
Manufactures
Unadjusted i
Number of employees, adjusted *
Factory emFreightployment
and pay rolls car loadings
MerTotal chandise,
Lcl.
Industrial production
Bank debits outside New
York City
MONTHLY BUSINESS INDEXES
Monthly
average,
1926-100
85.5 105. 5 ;
80.0 98.5 '
58.5 70.5
41.5 52.0
36.5 47.5
45.5 60.0
95.5
90.0
74.8
65.5
60.4
73.3
27
27
30
35
38
43
48
60
67
55.5
57.0
52.0
53.5
64.5
75.5
94.0
78.0
70.5
69.0
64.0
60.0
60.5
62.5
63.5
67.0
66.5
66.0
80.1
80.2
79.8
79.4
80.5
80.7
80.5
80.6
80.9
88.7
80.0
90.6
88.7
61
52
47
48
66.0
55.0
59.5
58.0
68.0
65.5
67.0
70.0
80.6
80.6
79.6
67.6
75.4
87.0
37
26
49
47.9
51 8
59.6
79.7
73 2
79 5
80.1
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Graphic Comparison of Principal Data
FIRST "f- MONTHS
Y/////A
REMAINDER OF YEAR
BANK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY — (B/LLIONS OF DOLLARS)
50
0
1936
1935 —
1934
1933
1932
—
J00
150
200
250
300
-
1929
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED— (B/LL/OA/S
OF DOLLARS)
19 29
STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION —- (MILLIONS OFTONS)
10
20
30
40
0
19 36
—
1935
—
50
—
1
1933 b a n ^/////////////
'///A
!932JHHi
AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION --(MILLIONS OF CARS)
'.
3
4-
0
5
19 36kBHHI
//
1929
/ / A
—
FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS — (MILLIONS OF CARs)
30
40
20
10
0
50
19 36 IBM
—
19 35
1 9 34
1933
1932
1929
—
•
DO. 6638 J.M.
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Commodity Prices
T
HE Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly combined July 30, 1935. By May 20 this index had reacted to
index of 784 wholesale commodity price series 165.4, but subsequently receded to 163.3.
Farm prices, after having experienced a 1-point rise
recovered one-tenth of a point in April to 79.7 (1926 =
100) after having experienced a fall of 1 point in March, in April, appear to have resumed the downward trend
the largest decline for a year and a half. Among the which began in January. Cotton prices have declined
important group and subgroup constituents of the com- somewhat since the advances of March and April, but
bined index, meats advanced most in April; next in world consumption is at a record high level and prosorder came farm products and building materials. pects are for a reduction in the world carry-over of
Substantial declines were exhibited, however, by American cotton. Wool prices declined sharply in
April.
grains, chemicals and drugs, and textiles.
The same Bureau's weekly index of all wholesale
The B. L. S. index of retail food prices rose from
commodity prices dropped to 78.1 for the week ended 79.5 for March to 79.7 (1923-25 = 100) for April. The
May 16, the largest declines during the first half National Industrial Conference Board's index of the
of May being shown by foods (especially meats), farm cost of living advanced 0.2 percent from March to
products (especially grains), chemicals and drugs, April, chiefly because of a 1.6 percent rise in the rent
metals and metal products, and textiles. The only constituent. Rents have risen 10.5 percent since
significant advance was in the index of miscellaneous April 1935, and 21 percent since January 1934.
products.
Fairchild's composite price index of departmentFollowing a 3-month period of very narrow fluctu- store articles was the same for May 1 as for April 1
ations around 170 (Dec. 31, 1931 = 100), Moody's and changes in most groups were slight. Fur prices
daily index of 15 "sensitive" commodities advanced continued the uninterrupted gain which began in
to 172.1 on April 18 and again on April 23—the highest October 1935 and average about 10 percent higher
point in 6 months. It then began a sharp decline now than a year ago, whereas the composite index
and on May 12 reached 162.7, the lowest figure since is only 2 percent higher.
INDEXES OF COMMODITY PRICES
Wholesale Prices (Department of Labor)
l!
Groups and subgroups
Economic classes
Retail Prices
I
a©
Tear and month
si
li
Dec.
Mo.
Mo.
Mo.
1930
average average average (Jan.1
1923= 1909-14 1923-25 1931)== 100
100
= 100
100
Monthly average, 1926=»100
1929: April
1930: April
1931: April
1932: April
..
1933: April
...
1934: April
_
.._
1935:
April
May
__
_
June
July
August
_.
September
October
November
December
1936:
January __
_
February
March
Aprii
Monthly average, January
through April:
1934
1935
1936
94.0 102.3
33 5 95.3
87.9 85.7
76.3 80.3
71.5 76.9
81.6 87.9
91.6
84.0
68.2
56.1
51.8
75.3
81.9
81.0
71.5
64.7
57.8
69.5
99.1
97.9
88.2
78.8
71.5
78.4
144
136
97
6'
58
82
100.
103.3
83.8
70.3
60.1
72.1
94.3
78.2
69.4
89.4
86.3
88.3
88.9
89.3
9.6
90.9
93.6
95.0
95.4
80.7
80.6
80.5
80.4
80.5
80. 5
80.6
81.0
81.0
85.9
S6.fi
86.9
86.4
86.6
86.6
86.5
86.9
86.8
69.2
69.4
70.1
70.2
70.9
71.8
72.9
73.4
73.2
68.7!
68.7
68.4
67.7
67.3
67.1
67.5
67.4
67.5
83.2
82.9
82.7
82.6
83.0
83. 51
83.9J
84.3!
84.8;
111
108
104
102
106
107
109
108
110
81.3
81.4
81.5
80.2
79.6
80.1
80.5
81.5
82.0
86.3
86.1
85.7
85.2
85.7
86.6
87.6
88.0
88.2
97.1
96.1
94.9
94.6
81.4
81. f)
81.4
81.5
86.7
86.7
86.6
86.6
71.7
71.0
70.8
70.2
67.8
68.1
68.3
68.6
84.8
84.4
84.1
84.3
109
109
104
105
81.7
80.6
79.
79.7
88.1
88.3
88.1
88.1
82.4!
84.41
82;
109!
107!
72.0
79.6
80.4
89.3
86.5
88.2
95.5
90.0
74.8
65.5
60.4
73.3
95.0
90 7
78.3
71.1
65.7
77.1
97.0
89 8
68.3
55.5
50.0
65.1
94.8 104.9
86 1 95 8
71.5 70.1
59.6 49.2
57.3 44.5
73.9 59.6
94.3
84.1
59.5
44.5
44.8
58.8
98.0 111.5
94.9 103.2
76.3 79.9
61.0 59.8
56.1 50.3
66.2 57.3;
91.8
87.8
75.9
70.9
65.3
78.6
96.3
93.5
81.5
72.5
70.2
86.7
94.7
91.2
81.3
74.4
71.4
75.5
81.9) 107.8
79.5> 102. 7
65.4 87.5
70.2 75.0
61.5 9.4
71.7 88.9
80.1
80.2
79.8
79.4
80.5
80.7
80.5
80.6
80.9
82.3
82.4
82.2
82.0
83.0
83.1
82.7
82.7
83.1
77.5
77.6
76.4
75.8
77.1
77.3
77.1
77.2
77.7
72.3
73.5
73.9
72.8
73.2
74.4
76.3
76.2
75.2
80.4
80.6
78.3
77.1
79.3
79.5
78.2
77.5
78.3
87.9
83.2
76.9
78.3
79.3
83.5
S6. 4
77.9
76.6
84.5 94.3
84.1 97.0
82.8 94.5
82.1 93.3
84.9 102.0
86.1 102.9
85.0 97.1
85.1 94.3
85. 7 97.5
77.2
77.6
78.0
78.0
77.9
77.8
78.3
78.8
78.7
84.6
84.8
85.3
85.2
85.4
85.9
86.1
85.8
85.5
81.0
81.2
80.7
78.7
78.6
80.2
81.1
81.2
80.6
72.8
73.1
74.2
74.7
74.1
73.0
73.4
74.5
74.6
80. t
80.6
79.6
79.7
82.4
82.2
81.3
81.6
78.1
79.1
77.4
77.0
74.8
74.6
74.4
74.5
78.2
79.5
76.5
76.9
78.9
78.3
75.6
73.9
83.5
83.2
80.1
80.2
94.9
92.1
89.7
91.0
78.8
79.0
78.9
78.9
85.7
85.5
85.3
85.7
80.5
80.1
79.3
78.5
75.1
76.1
76.2
76.4
73.2
79.5
80.1
76.8
81.6
81.9
65.3
77.0
77.9
"3 "
7L8
74.6
60.2
78.9
77.8
62.0
86.7
76.7
66.1
82.3
81.8
54.0
88.9
91.9
78.5
77.4
78.9
86.5 75.3 72.2 9.2 81.2 86.9 76. a
84.9 80.6 72.8 86.0 80.8 85.8 69.8
85.6 79.6 76.0 95.7 81.5 86.7 70.9 68.2JI
1 Revised. See p. 20 of the November 1934 issue.
> Middle of month. This is a new series. See p. 23.
3
Index is for 1st of following month.
6
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Domestic Trade
HILE recent retail sales data do not show a ports, which are compiled with the cooperation of the
Wuniform
movement, the underlying trend of con- National Association of Credit Men, are designed to
sumer purchasing is still upward. When comparisons reveal the trend of sales and collections of manufacare made with a year ago, the available data for both turers and wholesalers on a country-wide basis.
April and May record a continuation of the 12 months' Figures have been collected for each month of 1936,
gains which have featured the reports of recent months. but the first releases issued were for the month of
The seasonally adjusted index of department-store March. While the number of reporting firms has
sales in April dropped to 81, after having advanced increased since the compilation was initiated, the numfrom 80 in February to 88 in March. These wide move- ber is still not sufficiently large to provide an adequate
ments are probably caused at least partially by the sample, particularly when a distribution by groups is
difficulty of making a proper seasonal adjustment for made. Nevertheless, even with the limitations stated,
the Easter buying period. It ma}7 be noted that a the figures are of interest and it is hoped that the samsimilar movement occurred in 1935, and the percentage ple may soon be made representative. Copies of the
gains over a year ago for each of the 2 months were reports may be secured upon request to this Bureau.
about the same.
Total sales of 560 manufacturers showed an increase
Sales of general merchandise in rural areas rose by of 7 percent in dollar volume from March to April
more than the usual seasonal amount in April, and and a gain of 16 percent as compared with April 1935.
the relative gain in comparison with a year ago (9According to reports of 527 manufacturers, the median
percent) was the same as for department-store sales. ratio of collections during the month to accounts
Sales of variety stores increased by the usual seasonal receivable at the beginning of the month was 79.5 peramount. Sales of chain grocery stores gained about as cent for April 1936, about the same as for April last
much as is usual in April and were 2 percent in excess year.
of those of April 1935. For the 4 months to and
The value of wholesale trade, as reported by 1,075
including April, the slight gain in dollar sales through wholesalers for April, decreased 2.5 percent from
these chains, in comparison with 1935, is probably March 1936, but was 6 percent higher than in March
accounted for by the increase in retail food prices.
1935. Total collections reported for March by 531
Two new monthly reports on sales and collections wholesalers formed 71 percent of accounts receivable,
have recently been issued by the Bureau. These re- a higher rate than in March or April last.
DOMESTIC TRADE STATISTICS
Wholesale
trade
Eetail trade
Department stores
Tear and month
Chain-store sales
Sales
Stocks 3
Unad- Adjust- justed i
ed 2
Unad- Adjust- justed^
ed 2
Monthly average, 1923-25 = 100
1929:
1930:
1931:
1932:
1933:
1934:
1935:
April
April
April
April
April
April
...
April
May
June
July
August
September..
October
N o vember _ _
December
Commercial
failures *
Rural sales
New passenGeneral
mer- ger-car sales
Variety
stores
chandise
Combined
Ad- Unad- Ad- Unad- Adindex * Unadjust- just- just- just- just- justed 2 ed^
ed 2 ed i
ed »
ed i
Avg. same
mo. 192931 = 100
Employment
Pay
roils
Monthly average, 1929=100
Monthly average, 1929-31 = 100
Fail-
Nuru- Thouber ofsands
dolls.
53
65
94.9
101.5
96.0
77.3
77.9
82.5
102.3
97.1
97.5
83.5
77.5
87.2
115.2
103.4
83.1
64.5
59.1
70.8
120.0
107.7
86.6
67.2
61.5
73.8
232.7
154.5
112.0
55.5
45.5
87.9
154.5
103. 5
75.0
37.5
30.5
59.0
97.9
97.1
86.7
77.6
71.5
82.1
97.8
97.5
83.7
66.3
52.4
63.1
1,020
22, 871
75
61
64
64
63
61
62
64
66
67
65
96
98
98
100
100
103
92.9
86.0
86.1
82.0
79.3
87.7
93.4
95.1
178.4
90.6
86.0
90.7
92.1
89.6
91.8
92.0
93.7
96.7
97.0
87.6
94.2
74.7
79.8
103.7
127.6
127.6
155.9
101.0
93.1
99.7
97.0
92.8
104.8
104.6
103.7
109.8
116.7
98.4
104. 9
89.1
80.2
50.1
53.3
96.6
90.6
78.5
70.0
78.5
81.0
75.0
79.0
82.0
113.5
106.5
83.2
82.5
82.1
82.1
82.7
83.7
85.7
86.4
64.8
64.6
64.6
64.6
64.8
67.2
66.8
66.9
68.6
1,083
1,004
944
902
884
787
1,056
898
910
16, 529
14, 339
12, 918
16, 523
13, 266
17,002
17,185
14,384
15, 686
58
62
67
68
66
65
65
65
97
99
101
103
67. 7
90. 8
73.5 ! 87.9
80.3 I 93.2
95.0
94.5
I
78.2
95 i 78. 5
100
79. 1
79.9
84.2
99.2
105.5
96.3
93.0
106.7
109.9
69.3
65.5
117.6
140.9
102.0
89.5
101.0
92.5
85.6
85.0
85.8
85.7
66.6
66.6
69.2
67.9
1,077
856
946
18,104
14,089
16,271
U, 157
81.4
84.0
85.5
61.6
64.6
67.6
1,106
1,031
927
22,170
15,428
15,655
103
110
101
73
68
73
110
105
102
74
64
74
103
101
87
72
55
68
79
76
76
55
61
86
86
91
145
73
76
66
66
61
57
60
67
97
1936:
January
February
March__
April
Monthly
average,
through April:
1934
1935
1936
63
66
77
85
January
i5 Corrected to daily average basis.
Series revised. See p. 32.
64
62
fi4
2
Liabilities
Adjusted for seasonal variations.
71.0
85.6
92.2
End of month.
56.2
85.3
98.3
* See note on p . 26 of this issue.
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Employment
T
HERE was a gain from March to April of about
255,000 in the number at work in the industries for
which sample data are collected by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. The steam railroads, which are represented
in the above total only to the extent of their shop activities, reported a total increase of 27,000 workers. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys monthly the employment situation in more than 100 manufacturing and
nonmanufacturing industries, and these, together with
the steam railroads, employed about one-half of all
gainful workers in 1930, according to the census of
occupations taken in that year.
For factor}^ employment, the increase in Arpil as
compared with March was 1.2 percent, while factory
pay rolls were 2.1 percent higher. The seasonally
adjusted index increased to 84.9 percent of the 1923-25
average from 84.2 in March, thus equaling the January
but not the December figure. Of the 90 manufacturing
industries included in the canvass, 57 employed more
workers and 49 had larger pay rolls. The gain in
employment resulted from the substantial increases
reported for several of the durable-goods industries; the
unadjusted index for this group advanced 2.5 percent
to the highest point since October 1930, while the nondurable goods index remained unchanged from the
March figure. In comparison with April 1935, the
durable-goods index was 8.1 percent higher, while
the nondurable-goods index was 1.1 percent lower.
Among the more important durable-goods industries
more than seasonal gains were recorded by blastfurnaces,,
steel works, rolling mills (2.7 percent); foundries (2.7 percent) ; and electrical machinery (3.6 percent). Relatively
large gains were reported for the industries allied to building construction; these changes were influenced by seasonal factors. Only two important industries reported
declines in excess of the usual seasonal amount. These
were the rayon and allied-products industry (6.0 percent)
andwoolenand worsted-goods establishments(5.6percent).
Of the 16 nonmanufacturing industries included in the
Bureau of Labor Statistics survey, only two, anthracite- and bituminous-coal mining, reported declines in
employment in April as compared with March. Large
seasonal gains were reported for private-building construction, and quarrying and nonmetallic mining, and
a somewhat smaller relative increase, but a large absolute gain, took place in retail-trade establishments.
As a result of the substantial increase in April, the
total number employed exceeded all monthly figures
since October 1931, according to estimates based on the
available statistics of employment trends. The increase in comparison with April 1935 exceeded 1%
million, bringing the estimated cumulative increase
from the depression low to about 5K million. There
was, of course, a very large volume of unemployment in
the fall of 1931 and there has been an increase in the
number of employables since that time.
STATISTICS OF EMPLOYMENT, PAY ROLLS, AND^WAGES
Factory employment
and pay rolls
Employment
Year and
month
Pay
rolls
Nonmanufacturing employment and pay rolls
(Department of Labor)
Anthracite
mining
EmUnad- Ad- Unad- ployjusted justed' justed ment
Pay
rolls
Bituminous
coal mining
Electric light
and power
and manufactured gas
Employment
Employment
Monthly average,
1923-25=100
1929: April.._
1930: April
1931: A p r i l . . .
1932: April
1933: April
1934: April
1935:
April
May
June..
July...
August
September
October
November
December
1936:
January
February
March
April
Monthly average,
January through
April:
1934
1935
1926
Pay
rolls
Telephone
and telegraph
Retail trade
Employ- Pay
ment rolls
Employ- Pay
ment rolls
TradeUnion
members employed
Percent
of total
members
Monthly average, 1929=100
Factory *
Common
labor
Average Average rates *
weekly hourly
earnings earnings
Cents
per
hour
Dollars
88.3
75.0
75.2
72.0
37.4
51.7
100.2
94.4
85.9
65.5
63.7
72.2
89.2
81.7
58.6
33.9
26.6
51.4
95.9
100.7
97.1
84.8
76.9
82.4
95. 5
102.6
97.6
82.4
69.4
76.8
97.8
98.9
88.1
81.2
72.3
70.2
98.3
103.4
95.0
83.4
67.8
68. S
97.6
98.1
91.3
78.7
73.3
82.5
97.2
97.9
87.5
67.7
52.0
61.2
28.82
27.25
23 93
17. 33
15.49
20.90
.587
.593
.574
.513
.460
.581
38
40
35
33
33
43
52.6
53.5
56. S
49.4
38.7
46.0
58.8
46.6
57.3
49.9
49.5
66.0
37.5
28.3
38.2
55.9
28.4
55.4
74.3
75.3
77.9
70.0
73.4
77.1
74.3
76.1
79.1
45.0
49.1
64.7
35.9
45.8
60.1
69.8
65.5
69.5
82.6
83.3
83.9
84.8
86.8
86.9
87.4
87.6
86.8
79.0
79.8
79.8
81.5
82.8
84.5
84.4
83.4
86.0
69.7
70.0
70.2
70.3
70.5
70.4
70.0
69.8
69.6
73.1
73.7
74.4
75.7
75.5
73.8
74.9
74.9
75.6
83.5
82.2
82.2
79.3
78.0
81.8
83.8
84.6
92.9
62.5
62.0
62.5
60.5
59.3
62.5
63.2
63.4
69.3
21.93
21.76
21.46
21.75
22.32
22.58
23.12
23.31
23.47
.598
.599
.599
.598
.601
.601
.602
.604
.605
40
41
42
42
42
42
42
42
41
72.2
72.3
76.3
77.9
59.1
61.2
52.5
49.8
54.4
76.7
42.6
28.6
79.8
80.2
80.4
77.4
70.6
78.5
70.1
62.1
86.1
86.1
86.9
8S.2
84.8
84.7
88.5
86.6
70.1
69.9
70.2
70.8
75.0
76.2
77.2
76.0
80.4
80.0
81.7
85.3
62.1
61.6
63. 5
65.4
23.09
23. 09
23.20
23.76
.600
.609
.610
.612
40
38
37
38
61.7
68.8
74.7
63.3
57.8
55. 7
68.3
52.7
50. 6
75.5
79.3
79 5
54.1
59. 6
70.3
81.9
82.5
86.8
75.2
78.7
86.2
70.1
70.0
70.3
69.0
73.8
76.1
80.9
80.6
81.9
59.7
60.5
63. 2
20.02
21.87
23.29
. 564
. 596
. 607
40
L05.3
96.3
80.7
66.1
59.9
82.4
105.1
96.1
80.6
66.1
59.9
82.3
112.6
97.7
74.4
49.5
38.8
67.3
82.6
81.2
79.7
79.7
82.0
83.7
85.3
85.0
84.6
82.4
81.4
80.1
80.6
81.8
81.9
83.7
84.8
85.6
70.8
68.5
66.4
65.4
69.7
72.2
75.0
74.5
76.6
83.0
83.2
84.1
85.1
84.9
83.9
84.2
84.9
78. 6
81.3
83.9
Pay
rolls
Wages
100.7
84.1
85.2
70.1
51.6
58.2
1
Adjusted for seasonal variation.
i National Industrial Conference Board.
79
»Road building.
38
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Finance
the sharp decline in prices in April, the stock in the final quarter of 1935 when earnings recorded a
AFTER
market movement was irregular during the first strong contraseasonal increase. For the second quarL
3 weeks in May, with a slight upward tendency. The ter of the year, an increase in profits will undoubtedly
volume of shares traded dropped sharply.
be reported, but it is too early to judge whether the
The figures of non-Federal capital financing in April gain for the corporations included in the Standard
indicate that over a billion dollars of securities were Statistics index will exceed the usual seasonal increase.
offered to the public in that month. While this total
In comparison with the first quarter of 1935, the
was the largest in 6 years and about two-thirds of the increase in profits of a representative list of large corall-time record established in September 1929, there is porations was about 30 percent. Industrial and public
a marked difference in the types and purposes of the utility corporations reported substantial increases, but
present financing and that of 1929. In the earlier the railroads operated at a loss during this period, albeit
year the predominant form of financing was stocks at a somewhat smaller loss than was reported a
rather than bonds; in 1935 and in the first part of year ago.
1936 the reverse was true with relatively little stock
Another indication of prevailing money-market confinancing. In 1929 nearly 90 percent of the issues ditions was the announcement by one of the leading
represented new capital and only 10 percent repre- banks that the nominal rate of interest on new personal
sented refinancing, although it should be noted that credit loans had been reduced from 6 to 4 percent. The
about one-fifth of the capital raised in 1929 was for one-quarter of 1 percent increases in call and time rates
investment trusts. In 1935, 70 percent represented on the New York Stock Exchange reflect the increased
refunding issues, while in the first 4 months of 1936 costs in handling these loans rather than any change
about 80 percent was for refunding.
in the availability of short-term credit for such purpose.
The increase in member-bank balances with the
An important factor in these refunding operations
has been the ability of corporations, by reason of Federal Reserve System from the middle of April to
improved earnings, to take advantage of the prevailing the middle of May reflected mainly the disbursements
low interest rates. Many have been able to convert of Treasury funds held in the Federal Reserve banks
their outstanding obligations bearing high interest rates and the increase in the monetary gold stock in the
into securities carrying a much lower rate. The recent country. The latter again reached a new high figure
announcement of an offering of $85,000,000 of 3-percent as the flow of gold from Europe continued.
debenture bonds by a large petroleum corporation set
The Treasury Department announced that tax cola new record for low-cost industrial financing.
lections in the first 10 months of the present fiscal year
Corporation profits during the first quarter of the were 7 percent above the collections for the similar
year were smaller, on a seasonally corrected basis, than period in the 1935 fiscal year.
FINANCIAL STATISTICS
Bank
debits
outside
New
Year and month York
City
Reporting member
banks,
Wednesday
closest l to end of
month
Loans
All
on
securi- other
loans
ties
Net
Total
Federal bankgold
Reserve ers'
imacbank
ports
ceptMoney
credit ances
inin
outcluding
outcircustandgold
standInlation
released
ing,
vestend of end
from
of
ments | month
earmonth
mark
Savings
deposits
New Postal
York SavState ings
Millions of dollars
1929:
1930:
1931:
1922:
1933:
1934:
1935:
AprilApril
April
April
April
April
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1936:
January
February
March
April
-
Stock
prices
(421)
Standard
Statistics
Thous.
of dollars
96.69 1,073,508
97.77 731,857
95. 70 369, 536
70, 604
79.31
25,889
80.07
145, 915
92.54
i 1926 = 100 Dollars
26. 770
24, 315
19.620
14, 366
10,616
14, 278
7,371
8,381
7, 052
5, 099
3,869
3, 752
9,067
8, 583
7,941
6,783
5,003
4,876
5, 875
5, 789
7,903
7,151
8,151
9,868
1,326
1, 006
937
1,850
2,459
2,485
1,111
1,414
1,422
879
697
613
71.7
66.2
42.0
-26.3
-113.3
53.6
4,679
4,518
4, 647
5,452
6, 137
5,368
4,439
4,507
5,059
5,262
5,164
5,097
154
170
314
723
1,160
1,197
186.6
181.0
109.2
43.9
47.5
79.6
15, 645
15,557
15, 808
16, 550
15, 536
15,016
16, 844
16,685
18, 676
3,219
3,156
3,208
3,076
3,009
3,095
3,006
3,108
3,274
4,936
4,955
4,829
4, 735
4,808
4,935
4,896
5,044
4,975
11,804
11, 676
11,791
12. 034
12, 022
12,390
12,476
12, 480
12, 646
2,468
2,469
2,480
2,465
2,485
2,477
2,482
2,480
413
375
343
321
322
328
363
387
397
146. 3
138.5
231.4
15.8
47.8
157.7
313.5
211.1
191.3
5,500
5,507
5,522
5, 550
5,576
5,651
5,704
5,770
5,897
5,158
5,152
5,187
5,161
5,152
5,179
5,161
5,154
5,187
1,200
1,205
1,205
1,189
1,192
1,192
1,196
1,199
1,201
67.5
73.1
76.0
79.4
83.3
85.0
86.1
94.2
95.7
17,499
15, 766
17,867
17,497
3,128
3,117
3,313
3,304
4.871
4,842
5,079
5,039
12, 996
13,047
13, 229
13,452
2,479
2,482
2, 473
2,475
384
377
359
344
43.9
-26.1
6.4
27.9
5,757
5,177
5,779
5,177
5,857 , 5,204
5,89? I 5,175
1
Bond
prices,
New
York
New
Stock capital
Exissues
change
(domestic)
Series on 101 cities resumed, superseding data on 91 cities.
1,208
1,214
1, 216
1,315
!
101.7
106.7
108.7
106.6
Average
Interest
rates,
dividend
commercial
per
share
paper
(600
(4-6
c o m - months)
panies)
Dollars
3.04
2 49
1.60
1.09
1.16
89,508
81,764
55,457
127,127
148,210
172, 745
148,462
119,794
221, 207
1.29
1.29
1.29
1.30
1.33
1.34
1.35
1.40
1.41
96.16 115,253
106,739
97.22
97.26 I 129,527
1.42
1.45
1.46
1.47
92.95
92.81
93.94
94.12
93.07
92.65
92. 84
93.69
94.47
I 176,672
Net exports indicated by (—).
Percent
J4H
4%
334-3%
2 -3J4
3J4
-ltt
H
%
A
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Foreign Trade
ERCHANDISE imports exceeded exports in April ported increased 60 percent in value. Imports of crude
M
for the third consecutive month. Exports, which rubber, hides and skins, wood pulp, unmanufactured
normally recede 6 percent in value from March, were wool, and nickel recorded quantity increases which
only 1 percent smaller, while general imports, for which ranged from 11 to 69 percent. Imports of furs and
the estimated seasonal decline is 3 percent, were 2 manufactures increased 75 percent in value, while
percent larger. As compared with April 1935 thewood and saw-mill products were up 78 percent.
relative increase in both exports and imports was Among the agricultural imports in which declines
slightly less than one-fifth.
occurred were butter, which was valued at $1,364,000
Although a few agricultural commodities, principally in April 1935 compared with $152,000 in April 1936;
meat products, continued to be exported in smaller tallow which dropped from $1,499,000 to $122,000; and
quantities in April 1936 than in April a year ago, ship- oilseeds which declined from $3,306,000 to $2,724,000.
ments of a number of agricultural exports have in- However, expressed oils and fats imports increased
creased. For example, exports of unmanufactured from $5,798,000 to $8,496,000, while meat products
cotton, unmanufactured tobacco, fodders and feeds, increased from $2,225,000 to $2,539,000.
vegetables and preparations, and fruits were each
April 1936 marked the opening of the fourth year of
larger in quantity and value.
recovery in foreign trade. It was in April 1933 that
Nonagricultural exports were valued at nearly 24 foreign trade began its sustained upward trend from
million dollars more in April 1936 than in April 1935. the lowest point of the depression. Export trade in
Leading products showing increases in value included the first 4 months of 1936 was three-fourths as large in
petroleum products, metal manufactures, machinery, quantity as in the 1923-25 period, while imports were
electrical apparatus, chemical products, wood and about one-seventh larger. Exports of finished manupaper, and textile manufactures. Exports of automo- factures were larger in volume in the first 4 months of
1936 than in 1923-25, but exports of agricultural prodbiles were only slightly larger.
The increase in imports for consumption over April ucts, particularly foodstuffs, were much lower in
1935 was due primarily to larger imports of crude and volume. In terms of value, exports were 51 persemimanufactured materials, sugar, and whisky. Cane cent and imports 60 percent as large in the first 4
sugar imports increased 31 percent in quantity and 65 months of 1936 as in the corresponding period of
percent in value, while whisky and other spirits im- 1923-25.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
Exports of United States merchandise
Indexes
ExValue Value ports,
inof
of
total total cluding
imexreexports, ports, ports
ad- 1 adjusted justed'
Year and month
Finished
manufactures
Crude
materials
Total
Total
Raw
cotton
Food- Semistuffs, mantotal ufactures
Monthly average, 1923-25=100
1929:
1930:
1931:
1932:
1933:
1934:
April
April
April
April
April
April
Imports *
Total
AutomoMa- biles,
chin- parts
and
ery
accessories
Total
Crude Food- Semimanmaterials stuffs ufactures
Finished
manufactures
Millions of dollars
118
92
60
37
29
50
118
88
53
36
25 |
42 '
425.3
331.7
215.1
135.1
105. 2
179.4
418.1
326.5
210.1
132.3
103.3
176.5
71.3
52.4
40.2
34.0
28.6
45.9
47.5
31.1
22.9
20.7
16.9
24.5
53.3
37.1
28.2
21.0
11.3
17.8
65.4
47.8
31.1
18.7
15.5
29.2
228.1
189.3
110.6
58.6
47.8
83.6
51.2
50.8
31.0
12.3
8.8
19.2
64.1
35.2
18.1
7.9
7.4
21.5
410.7
307.8
185.7
126.5
88.4
141.2
146.9
105.6
54.7
36.2
21.1
41.0
98.1
69.7
51.9
38.1
32.8
45.7
82.5
61.8
33.4
18.9
13.5
26.1
83.4
70.8
45.7
33.3
20.9
28.4
45
46
50
52
49
50
48
49
164.4
165.5
170.2
173.4
172.2
198. 2
221.2
269.3
223.5
160.7
159.8
167.2
168.0
169. 8
195.5
218.1
266.7
221.0
38.2
36.9
40.6
38.3
40.9
68.7
82.6
112.7
82.7
21.8
19.4
23.4
19.2
16.6
31.8
45.9
75.1
56.8
12.9
15.4
15.5
15.3
15.6
22.4
23.7
26.8
19.7
26.2
26.4
28.9
28.1
31.0
29.3
30.3
34.3
31.7
83.4
81.0
82.2
86.2
82.2
75.2
81.5
93.0
86.9
22.8
22.2
20.6
23.3
23.9
20.5
23.5
25.5
22.5
22.0
18.6
20.1
19.4
15.7
13.3
14.1
21.9
19.7
166.2
166. 8
155.3
174.2
180.4
168.7
189.7
162.8
179.6
45.9
44.4
43.7
53.0
50.2
49.8
55.4
46.0
55.7
56.1
55.0
49.4
56.5
63.6
44.4
51.7
43.9
44.8
30.7
33.6
31.7
32.1
31.3
38.4
38.6
36.3
42,8
33.4
33.9
30.4
32.5
35.4
1935:
April
May
June
July
August
September... _
October
November.
December
,
52
51
59
54
53
58 |
52 '
58
1936:
January
February
March
April
Monthly average, January through April:
1934
1935
1936
44.0
36.6
36.3
51
53
51
54
60
56
58
198.0
181.8
194. 8
192.6
195.1
179. 2
192.1
189.4
59.8
50.1
44.5
40.4
35.7
26.6
26.3
32.8
15.9
14.8
16.8
14.2
28.6
28.3
32.1
33.8
90.8
86.1
98.7
101.0
25.5
24.6
27.9
30.7
22.1
22.1
24.0
23.0
186.4
189.6
194, 3
199.8
58.4
58.6
57.7
62.1
55.3
60.3
63.6
65.7
39.7
40.1
37.6
33.0
30.6
36.8
34.4
46
45
51
3 44 !
3 52
3 61
705. 3
688.6
767.2
693.1
676. 6
755.8
215. 7
179.5
194.7
138.3
102.9
111.4
80.1
61.6
61.7
110.1
109.7
122.8
287. 2
325. 7
376.5
66. 5
83.5
108.7
66.1
84.7
91.2
548.7
662. 5
770.0
159.2
184.6
236.9
172.0
232. 9
244.9
104. 4
124. 5
153.5
113.1
120.4
134.8
i Adjusted for seasonal variations.
60511—36
2
1
36.0
57
m. l
i
2
General imports through December 1933; imports for consumption thereafter.
* Monthly average of unadjusted indexes.
10
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Real Estate and Construction
of the gradual expansion in the highest since the final quarter of 1931. The chart on
ACONTINUATION
building industry is evident from recent statis- page 4 indicates, however, that the volume of contracts
tics. Actual operations, as indicated by data on is still relatively low.
employment, have increased markedly, and manu- Basic conditions in the real-estate field still remain
facturers and suppliers of building materials have favorable for an extension of the improvement of resienjoyed an increased demand for their products. dential construction. Not the least important of these
April output of plate glass established a new high for is the continued upward trend of rents. As pointed
the industry, but it should be noted that this product out on page 5, the rise in the rent index of the National
has found increasing uses in recent years in industries Industrial Conference Board during the past year has
other than building, and it is such uses that account exceeded 10 percent, with every month during this
for the current production records. Production of period showing an increase.
lumber, brick, stone, cement, and plumbing supplies
The March-April increase in nonresidential building
are still far below the level of output prior to the depres- was accounted for mainly by the rise in commercial
sion, notwithstanding the very substantial and con-and factory building, the increase for these two groups
tinuing increases of the past year or more.
being larger than the gain in all nonresidential work.
The seasonally adjusted index of construction con- Such work is gradually picking up but is still restricted.
tracts awarded rose slightly in April after having In 1929, for example, the volume of such construction
receded from 67 last December to 47 in March. There in the first 4 months of the year amounted to about
was a sharp gain in the volume of privately financed one-half billion dollars. In the same period of 1938.
contracts, the total being the largest in more than the corresponding total was about one-eighth of a
4 years. Thus, the revival in private building appears billion dollars.
to be making further progress.
Each of the 13 districts distinguished by the Dodge
While awards for all major classes of construction Corporation has reported a larger contract total so far in
were larger in April than in March, the relative in- 1936 than in 1935. Among the largest relative increases
crease was greatest in residential building. On a have been those reported for southern Michigan (Deseasonally adjusted basis, residential awards were the troit particularly), Texas, and upstate New York.
BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION, AND REAL ESTATE
Construction contracts awarded
Year and month
F. R. B.
index
adjusted »
All types of
construction
Monthlyaverage,
1923-25=
100
Number of
projects
Residential
building
MilMilMil- 1
of lions
lions of lions
of I
square
dollars
dollars |
feet
Publie
utilities
Public
works
Millions of
dollars
||
Loans outstandBuilding-material shipments Highways
ing
;
Conunder
strucconstruc- tion
Realtion
estate
costs,
(National
Home
Eng.
Com- T
Oak
Home- foreIndusCeclom
News- Owners' loan
mon L "
" I floor- ment
trial
Loan
her
Recbanks sures
brick
Corp.
Recovery ord »
Act)
Thousands
I
Mills. I Thous. Thouof ft. sands of
of ft.
b. m. b. m. barrels
59, 725
45, 501 13, 325
31,874 13, 340
28,155 11,184
12, 555 6, 536
9, 479 4, 949
1,378 9,476 6,492
Thousands of
dollars
Monthly average,
1913=
100
Thousands of
dollars
Number
_|
1929: April
1930: April
1931: April
1932: April
1933: April
1934: April
1935:
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1936:
January
February
March
._.
April
Monthly average,
January through
April:
1934
1935
1936
1
123
101
73
27
14
32
19, 948
14,686
11, 888
7,653
7,254
8,110
642
483
337
122
57
131
51.7
25.4
22.6
7.2
5.8
5.9
256.8
123.1
95.9
28.9
19.1
22.6
83.2
37.9
34.8
4.9
2.4
12.4
269, 229
153.1
160. 2
195.9
27
27
30
35
38
43
48
60
67
10, 567
10, 501
10,450
10, 929
10, 655
9,978
11,385
9,256
8,249
124
127
148
159
169
167
201
188
264
11.9
13.1
13.7
13.1
11.8
12.0
16.8
12.3
11.9
42.2
44.9
49.8
48.4
40.5
41.8
55.1
39.7
45.1
7.3
5.4
9.1
13.8
4.4
12.5
11.2
10.7
18.1
33.2 76, 646
26.0 83, 076
30.0 88,324
40.1 93, 608
65.1 95,940
63.7 91,127
75.1 117,031
69.6 95, 673
76.4 73,586
1,521
1,681
1,415
1,614
1,761
1,643
1,782
1,489
1,331
14,438
18, 306
17,732
18,374
17,864
17,402
23,475
19,547
19,497
6,198
7,428
7,632
7,813
8,105
7, 799
8,794
5,976
4,514
187, 675
191, 522
185, 044
170,846
149, 047
126, 211
102, 246
88, 776
74, 700
61
52
47
48
7,724
6,442
10, 514
13,338
205
142
199
235
10.3
9.1
15.6
19.7
37.4
31.2
55.2
67.3
17.9
11.9
18.1
23.8
58.9 56,471
36.3 44,736
44.2 108, 781
49.7
1,569
1,467
1,688
20, 395
23,081
28,479
29,483
3,889
3,156
7,138
9,089
7,317
8, 022
9,505
148
105
195
5.1
7.7
13.7
20.1
28.4
47.7
12.6
6.6
17.9
69.8
33.1
47.3
42,544 3 1,194 I 9,109
45,853 * 1,296 | 11,684
69, 996 31,575 | 25,360
4,460
4,218
5,818
108.1
128.1
98.6
42.4
11.2
57.5
Based on 3-month moving average and adjusted for seasonal variations.
2
203.4
207.1
191.6
30, 540
607, 269 86, 822
18, 202
15, 781
15, 807
194.5
194.1
194.8
195.2
195.1
195.1
195.1
194.9
194.9
2, 578,883 74, 011
2,620,119 75,836
2, 660, 677 79, 233
2,702, 247 80,877
2, 747,022 86,025
2, 788, 203 90, 432
2,838,086 95,595
2,886,013 97,089
2, 940, 029 102, 795
17,441
17,441
17,249
15,835
14,964
14,470
14,398
12,886
13, 221
65, 390
61,015
59,593
56,484
199.5
201.2
201.2
202.2
2, 984, 438 102, 800
3, 014, 423 102,942
3.040,137 103,358
3,060,029 105,972
12, 560
11,794
13.245
13,126
230, 646
164, 880
60,621
193.8
195.9
201.0
Index is as of 1st of month, May 1, 1936, 203.4.
15, 508
17,224
12, 6S1
11
SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Transportation
URING the first 5 months of 1936 there has been 1931, but they were 15 percent less than in the same
Dnoteworthy
improvement in the volume of railroad period of that year. The gain over 1935 amounted to
equipment purchases. Through May 21, 19,240 freight 8 percent, with all classifications showing increases,
cars and 88 locomotives were ordered, according to the except livestock and 1. c. 1. loadings. For the lasttabulations of the Railway Age. These totals exceeded mentioned group, the total was not only below that of
those for the full year of 1935, during which 18,699 1935 but was also lower than in any similar period since
freight cars and 83 locomotives were ordered. Rail 1920.
Miscellaneous loadings, which are composed
buying also has expanded sharply, with orders for the largely of manufactured products, were 11 percent
first 4 months of the year totaling 445,000 tons, more higher than in 1935.
than twice the amount in the corresponding period in
For the first quarter the railroads reported a loss of
1935, according to the same source. Purchases of all $27,923,134, compared with a loss of $43,359,976 in the
types of equipment are still relatively small, however, corresponding period of 1935. The floods in March,
in comparison with those of predepression years. which reduced the volume of freight traffic for a time
Nevertheless, they have played a significant part in the and caused heavy expenditures for repairs; the severe
rise in manufacturing activity this spring.
weather conditions earlier in the year; and the inauguWeekly freight-car loadings have advanced steadily ration of employment-insurance taxes and pension
since March, with the exception of the small recession taxes were all elements contributing to higher operating
in the week ended May 9, but on a seasonally adjusted expenses reported by the railroads for this period. The
basis, loadings are still below the December figure. basic difficulty, however, still lies in the slow rate of
During the first half of May only one class of traffic, recovery in freight traffic. The table below indicates
ore, showed a marked expansion and this increase was that the number of cars loaded is only about twoapproximately of seasonal proportions. Loadings usu- thirds of the 1929 volume.
ally record the sharpest expansion of the year between
While the financial statements of the roads for April
April and May, but the increase is generally concen- are not yet available, the return to more normal opertrated in the latter half of the month.
ating conditions after the floods and the gain in loadings
For the first 20 weeks of the year total loadings suggest that the results for the month will be considerexceeded those in comparable periods of all years since ablv better than those for March.
RAIL AND WATER TRAFFIC
Freight-car loadings
F. R. B. Index
Year and month
Unad- Adjusted* justed'
Total
Pullman
Freight- passencar
gers
MerGrain
Mis- surplus carCoal Forest and Live- chan- Ore celand prodried
dise
prodstock
laeoke ucts ucts
neous
Monthly average, 1923-25=
100
1929: April
1930: April.
1931: April
1932: April.
..
1933: April.
1934: April
1935:
April
May_.
June.__
July
_
August
September
October.
November
December
1936:
January
,
February...
March
April
Monthly average, January through April:
1934
1935
...I
1936
i Daily average basis.
Thousands
Thousands of cars *
Financial statistics, class I
railways
Operating
revenues
Canal traffic
Netrail- Sault New
wayop- Ste.
York Panama 3
erating
income Marie State
Thous.
Thousands of of
long
short tons
tons
Thousands of
dollars
102
93
T,
5'
51
60
108
97
80
59
53
62
997.3
913.4
757.5
557.3
506.4
585.1
158.1
146. 5
122.4
95.3
82.2
107.2
69.6
57.5
33.3
19.8
17.5
24.2
36.0
38.8
37.7
31.2
35.9
26.5
26.7
25.0
22.3
19.3
16.9
16.3
265.5
250.1
225.1
186.3
161.1
166.0
27.7
18.2
8.6
3.7
3.4
7.2
413.7
377.5
308.1
201.5
189.4
237.6
221
428
603
728
619
368
2,582
2,420
1,986
1,286
974
1,212
508,587
445,850
365,419
264,886
224, 859
265,406
92, 526
60, 901
38,820
20, 273
19, 351
32,434
4,406
410
922
369
696
13
60
312
349
250
183
140
1,194
1,120
929
620
664
1,038
59
61
63
60
64
70
73
67
62
61
61
63
58
60
62
64
575.5
581.8
607.0
557.2
620.4
657.9
720.5
635.9
579.6
100.2
104.2
130.2
84.3
103.5
117.8
143.4
132.3
138.8
25.5
25.0
26.3
26.4
30.3
30.9
31.6
27.5
25.9
26.9
25.6
25.4
30.0
42.2
40.6
37.0
31.3
27.3
12.9
12.9
10.2
9.9
12.9
17.4
21.6
16.9
12.8
160.5
159.8
153.5
150.2
159.6
160.3
166.9
157.6
146.6
9.7
25.6
31.8
32.8
34.1
33.8
32.4
13.4
5.2
239.9
228.6
229.6
223.6
237.8
257.1
287.5
256. 9
223.1
310
305
272
296
245
229
208
252
271
1,193
1,146
1,309
1,286
1,425
1,364
1,278
1,246
1,409
274, 663
279, 549
281,336
275, 349
294, 018
306, 960
341, 018
301,331
296, 225
34, 709
39, 505
34,025
26,851
42,074
57,359
75, 425
54, 234
46,040
5,985
7,058
7,503
7,731
7,148
7,454
4,087
440
329
554
482
519
576
574
800
655
0
811
938
862
715
848
907
588.3
627.0
604.7
636.2
156.0
192.1
112.5
118.3
26.0
26.9
30.5
30.3
30.2
30.2
34.0
30.6
13.1
10.6
11.9
12.4
141.4
146.0
155. 6
161.8
5.6
5.7
6.0
8.9
215.9
215.6
254.2
274.0
231
171
205
179
1,533
1,359
1,312
299,099
300, 459
308, 304
313,408
35, 765
33,595
35, 206
41,548
0
0
0
37
582.7
576.9
614.8
140.3
135.3
147.5
22.1
23.7
28.3
28.9
26.1
31.2
15. 5
12.8
11.9
160.9
154. 3
150.9
4.2
5.2
6.5
210.7
219.4
238. 5
384
318
197
« 1, 222 266, 270
s 1, 274 268, 670
51,401 305,318
36, 283
30, 427
36,529
63
65
62
66
61
60
64
2
69
Adjusted for seasonal variations.
3 American vessels, both directions.
* Average weekly basis.
0
0
0
* 3 months' average.
852
775
813
981
1,023
826
898
12
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Automobiles and Rubber
HILE the 1936 peak of automobile production of cars announced an increase from 22 to 24 percent in
W
has apparently been passed the rate of assemblies the discount allowance to dealers. This was designed
has fallen off very gradually. Current estimates place
to strengthen the position of the dealers in a field
the probable May production at a figure close to that where competition is extremely keen.
for^ April, when United States factory sales amounted
Profits of automobile manufacturers have increased
to 502,775 cars and trucks, of which 469,545 were for considerably this year, but the parts and accessory
the domestic market. To find a larger total, it is companies have not done so well. The two leading
necessarytto go back to June 1929, and in only 5 months manufacturers of cars that issue quarterly statements,
in the history of the industry have assemblies topped the reported profits for the initial period of 1936 well in
half-million mark. All of these months were in 1929. excess of the totals for that period last year. The
r 'indicated production for the first 2 months of the comparison is influenced, however, by the slow start of
second quarter is thus approximately 1,000,000 vehicles, one company on the 1935 models. Twenty-seven
compared with 814.000 in the same months of 1935. manufacturers of parts and accessories reported a
Production of cars dropped sharply in May a year ago, combined net profit 8 percent less than the total for
partly by reason of labor difficulties which for a time the initial quarter of 1935.
curtailed the operations of one of the leading proIn the rubber-manufacturing industry, production
ducers of low-priced cars.
increased sharply in April, with crude consumption
The current high rate of output has been based on reaching the record figure of 46,707 long tons. This
the favorable trend of retail sales of cars. General brings the total consumption for the 4 months slightly
Motors' sales to consumers in the United States, above the figure for the same period of 1935. Tire
amounting to 200,117 vehicles, were the the highest in business increased in April, with the larger demand
the history of the corporation, and they exceeded sales for original equipment tires supplemented by the
to dealers b}r more than 5,000 cars. Sales of all makes seasonal trend in renewal tire sales. The latter probwere up considerably in April, although the seasonally ably have been stimulated to some extent also by the
adjusted index continues to move erratically. Reports general increase in retail tire quotations announced by
for the first half of May indicate that sales during this the major companies. At the same time the price
period have been maintained on about a par with those increase was made, two of the leading tire producers
of the first half of April. In May one leading producer announced general wage increases.
AUTOMOBILE AND RUBBER STATISTICS
Automobile production
F.R.B.
index,
adjusted i
Monthly av.,
192325=100
1929: April
1930: April
1931: ApriL
1932: A p r i L . . . . .
1933: April
1934: April
1935:
April
May
June
July
August
September. _
October
November __
December,._
1936:
January
February
March
April
Monthly average, January
through April:
1934..
1935
1936
Total
Registrations
Passen- Trucks
ge?
New
New
compassen- mercial
ger cars cars
Pneumatic
tires»
New passengercar sales
Canada
United States
Year and
month
Automobile
exports
PassenTrucks
ger
cars *
Total
Production
Adjusted i
Monthly average,
1929-31 = 100
Number
Thousands
Unadjusted
Crude rubber
DoDomestic
Imconmestic
sump- ports
shiption,
ments
total
World
stocks,
end of
month
Long tons
Thousands
143
102
77
35
43
85
622
444
337
148
176
353
538
373
287
121
150
288
84, 346
71,092
50,022
27, 389
26, 677
64, 620
41,901
24, 257
17,159
6,810
8,255
18, 363
47, 732
23,777
11, 229
4,669
5,662
16,511
16, 695
11,461
5,498
1,630
2,656
10, 756
481, 750
357, 064
265, 732
121,093
119,972
223,050
56,258
46, 978
36,851
17, 777
17, 301
38,882
232.7
154.5
112.0
55.5
45.5
87.9
154.5
103.5
75.0
37.5
30.5
59.0
5,913
4,518
3,955
2,813
2,499
4, 627
5,242
3,886
3,804
2,886
2,874
4,212
42,769
36,186
30, 655
23,877
22,817
40, 902
55,730
45,648
44, 908
38,454
21, 038
45,367
285, 570
419, 288
531, 832
630,803
629,159
658, 796
110
86
100
95
78
71
94
115
126
453
361
356
332
237
88
272
395
405
387
306
294
274
181
56
213
337
343
65, 778
55, 560
62,158
57, 765
56, 270
31, 443
58, 733
58, 145
61, 506
24,123
20, 702
15, 745
13, 069
7,692
5,323
8,313
13,496
13, 775
18, 341
13,604
16, 517
14, 752
10, 076
5,622
7,471
22, 491
17, 736
8,092
6,291
9,753
10, 274
9,997
7,081
7,109
8,038
10, 276
319, 650
293,199
280,360
285,178
233,851
157, 098
148, 389
220, 262
237,194
46, 785
47, 968
48, 243
51, 243
50, 355
41, 390
43, 243
37,616
38, 000
116.7
98.4
104.9
89.1
80.2
50.1
53.3
96.6
90.6
78.5
70.0
78.5
81.0
75.0
79.0
82.0
113.5
106.5
4,376
4,050
3,793
3,426
3,234
3,067
3,281
3,238
3,282
4,908
3,850
4,061
5,212
3,783
2,621
3,258
3,170
3,311
40,913
37,827
33,327
33,109
36,000
34, 000
38,192
38, 500
38, 648
41,456
30, 705
32,182
48,131
41, 483
35, 707
36,378
26, 073
39,812
677,006
677, 569
671, 525
679,061
680,644
661, 509
655, 000
623, 300
611,987
111
91
110
IU
364
288
421
503
298
225
344
417
65,730
62, 790
77, 448
85,643
13, 302
13,268
17, 974
24,951
15, 867
16, 046
18,921
17,723
9,787
9,913
9,999
8,330
215, 782
176, 668
296, 722
350,000
43, 760
40, 301
52, 000
57,000
69.3
65.5
117.6
140.9
102.0
89.5
101.0
92.5
3,709
2,898
2,947
3,079
2,545
3,065
43, 655
33, 071
38, 433
46,707
33, 921
34,339
34,874
15,830
600,479
599.355
574.594
553,694
269
375
394
217
312
321
52, 544
60,528
72, 903
12,005
18, 705
17, 374
11,303
16,357
17,139
8,603
7,566
9,507
138,117
222, 094
259, 793
30,039
39,463
48,265
56.2
85.3
98.3
38,985
40,411
40,467
42,982
44,116
37, 241
662. 609
685, 041
582,031
82 '
117
119 i
1 Adjusted for seasonal
variations.
» Covers varying percentage of industry, see note on p . 55.
- !
* 4, 345 * 3, 372
4, 318 ^ 3, 527
3,185 4 2, 896
4
4
» Includes taxicabs, see footnote on p . 59.
* 3 months' average.
13
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Forest Products
consumption, including exports, for thewere about one-fifth larger than the comparable total
1UMBER
first half of the current year is estimated by the a year ago and were also about 8 percent in excess of
J
Special Lumber Survey Committee in a report to the production. Shipments exceeded production by a
Department of Commerce at 10,650,000,000 board substantial margin during this period, with a resulting
feet. This represents the largest consumption for the decline (partly seasonal) in producers' stocks. The
period since 1930, but is only about 3 percent in excess ratio of unfilled orders to stocks for the four important
of the comparable 1931 total and is 43 percent less than softwood regions is now the most favorable for the past
the estimated consumption in the first 6 months of 6 years, the entire period for which data are available.
1929. In the first 6 months of 1935 the consumption
The production statistics reported weekly for identiamounted to 8,615,000,000 feet and in 1932, the low cal mills reveal a rising tendency through the first half
year of the depression, it was 6,780,000,000 feet.
of May.
The Committee found that the major sources of
Production in the furniture industry in April was at
increased business this year were the construction a slightly lower rate than in March, if the employment
industry, which is by far the most important consumer and pay-roll data may be accepted as a correct guide.
of lumber, and the agricultural implement industry in Reports concerning manufacturers' sales in April and
which production has shown a substantial increase.
early May indicate some slackening in the volume of
The Committee reported that the increased use of
purchases by retailers following the sharp spurt in
lumber in the furniture industry was not so marked as
March.
The volume of retail sales, according to
anticipated, and that the increase in the container
reports
received
by the Department, is substantially
industry, in comparison with the early months of 1935,
ahead
of
a
year
ago. Reporting furniture stores in
was only 2 percent. More automobiles have been
three
principal
mid-Western
States, for example, show
produced this year than last, but the increased use of
dollar
sales
in
April
to
have
been
more than one-fourth
steel in the current models has curtailed the market
above
the
April
1935
total.
for lumber to some extent. Exports of lumber this
The increase in paper production in April was unyear have been less than in 1935.
Increased consumption has been reflected in orders usually large, the rate of operation moving up to 82
received by the mills this spring, although there was percent of capacity from 76 percent in April. The
little change in the volume from March to April. increase in the production of board mills was less
Total orders for lumber for the first 4 months of 1936 pronounced.
FOREST PRODUCTS STATISTICS
Car
load-1
ings
Lumber production
TurYear and month
CaliFurniTotal South- fornia
ture,
AdTotal 3 softern
redjusted*
adpine
woods
wood
justed*
Millions of feet
1929- \pril
1930- April
1931- April .
1932- April
1933: April
1934- April .
1935:
April—
May
June
July.
...
August
SeptemberOctober
November
December
1936:
January
February
March
April
Monthly average, January
through April:
1934
1935
1936
.
1
Of forest products.
91
74
43
26
22
31
111.8
95.9
77.4
61.2
50.9
63.0
98.5
72.0
63.5
101.2
Short tons
116, 974
57.9
57.3
59.9
57.5
59.3
59.3
64.6
65.8
64.4
732,493
778,059
713,999
694, 705
806, 564
752, 268
914, 328
783, 476
714,352
96,852
93, 358
82, 098
86,121
88, 201
87, 911
95,894
89, 262
91,075
74, 651
84,141
77, 010
72, 797
75,160
71,262
79,974
78,955
75,869
260, 851
262,463
256, 665
260, 207
291,127
289, 596
345, 596
294, 290
243,594
132, 986
148, 984
132,181
121, 304
160, 510
135, 278
176, 973
138, 523
131, 544
166,122
201,970
161,884
153,811
148,142
160, 558
179, 821
187, 448
186, 514
98.0
98.1
97.1
99.0
60.5
55.2
59.2
57.0
823.183
757, 764
782, 517
101, 223
96, 068
101, 669
107,533
79, 336
79, 249
76, 500
76,470
270,928
271,107
285, 257
294,929
165,934
13G,087
140, 072
161,185
182, 213
183,974
183,399
99.8
97.7
98.1
39.3
47. 4
54.5
50.5 s 679, 879
54.3 5 741, 593 92, 283
58.0 s 787, 821 101, 623
79, 389
74, 708
76,139
243,711 5126, 220
262, 629 5140, 878
280,555 5147, 364
153,112
166,237
1,382
1,374
1,359
1,636
1,806
1, 750
1,971
1,620
1,422
1,102
1,084
1,074
1,358
1,517
1,457
1,669
1,347
1,215
107
107
110
131
137
125
149
134
126
25
26
26
28
34
34
38
33
30
33
33
35
39
40
42
42
40
45
71.1
70.5
69.6
72.4
73.3
73.9
71.7
71.6
72.4
99.2
99.0
98.9
98.9
99.1
100.5
100.3
100.7
99.7
1,490
1, 353
1,587
1,261
1,138
1,343
141
125
148
155
31
32
37
42
36
40
40
74.4
73.3
73. 7
74.7
1,289
1,153
«1,477
1,064
963
1,339
115
103
142
«23
522
5 33
31
33
40
61.6
67 2
72.2
5
111.3
85.1
62.5
36.3
24.4
40.3
ConWrap- sumption
ping
h
paper
l
publishers
49.2
47.1
48.5
48.4
56.0
60.2
63.0
59.3
58.4
51.8
54.3
55.7
56.2
1,188
5
Book
paper, News- Paper
un- print board
coated
189, 986
190, 936
174, 325
148, 351
132, 032
160,815
1,463
_ __
Total
Monthly average, 1923-25 = 100
39
39
19
12
10
24
Newsprint
Paper production '
Unadjusted
Turtine
penand
tine
rosin Furniand
unad- ture
rosin
justed
278
165
106
89
117
. -
_.
board measure
Pay rolls
Employment
56.2
32.3
26.4
53.7
677,194
118, 667
109, 967
102, 377
91,490
74, 415
79, 609
223,845
251, 324
j
2 See note on p. 54.
* See footnote on p. <
i
Adjusted for seasonal variations.
6
3 months' average.
177,693
14
SURVEY OF CUREENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Iron and Steel
for finished steel products has sustained
DEMAND
the rate of ingot production near the peak reached
in April. After rising above 70 percent of capacity in
the latter part of that month, operations have subsided
only slightly in succeeding weeks. It is estimated that
output for May will be about the same as in April, when
production averaged 69 percent of capacity. On a daily
average basis, output in April was the largest since Ma}T
1930 and was nearly 50 percent in excess of the total for
April 1935.
Automobile purchases have been an important influence in the maintenance of a relatively high rate of steel
production through May. While other sources of business have required increasing tonnages this spring, it
may be noted that the output of automobiles in April
reached 503,000 units against 421,000 in March. Present estimates place the probable May requirements
close to the April figure. Kailroad, structural steel,
and machinery business has also tended to bolster the
rate of operations. Orders for freight cars, steel rails,
track work, and structural steel in April were each
larger thanjin March. Continued improvement in machinery business is evidenced by a further gain in new
orders for machine tools; domestic business for this industry in April was the best so far experienced in the
recovery period. Orders for steel sheets were sharply
lower than in March, although shipments were about
one-fifth larger.
Statistics on the volume of finished products made
for sale in the first quarter are now available, and provide detailed information concerning the sources of
increased business this year. Generally, the largest
percentage increases have been in the heavy lines, but
the output of this type of products is still relatively
low. Production of heavy structural shapes in the
first quarter was at the rate of 32 percent of capacity
against 19 percent a year ago; standard rails 26 percent
against 13; splice bars and tie plates 22 percent against
14; and bars 37 percent against 32. Production of
pipes and tubes also showed a substantial increase.
For lighter products the gains generally were smaller;
thus, the capacity engaged for sheets dropped from 74
to 72 percent. The amount of both black plate and
tin plate produced for sale was considerably in excess
of the total for the first quarter of 1935.
Production of all products utilized about 55 percent
of total finishing capacity, compared with 45 percent
in the opening quarter of 1935. Roughly the same
proportion of finished capacity as of ingot capacity
was engaged this year. In 1935 ingot production was
at a rate some 5 points higher than the rate of finishing.
The trade press has featured reports of prospective
price increases for third-quarter delivery, and some
price increases were announced in the latter part of
May. Scrap prices have been declining, after rising
steadily throughout the first quarter.
IRON AND STEEL STATISTICS
General operations
Year'and month
Production,
adjusted 1
EmPay
ploy- rolls,
Ex- Imment, unadad- justed ports ports
justed «
Pig iron
Production
Thousands of long
tons
Monthly average,
1923-25=100
1929: April
1930: April.
1931: April
1932: April
_-.„..
1933: April
1934: April
1935:
April
_
May..
June._
_
July
August
September
October
November
_
December
1936:
January
February
_.
March
April
Monthly average, January
through April:
1934
1935
1936
Iron and
steel
Furnaces
in
blast
Steel ingots
Production
Prices
Steel sheets» United
States
Steel
Corporation, Iron Steel Steel FinNew Ship- finished and billets,
scrap ished
orprod- steel, Bessesteel,
mer (Chi- comcom- : (Pittsders ments ucts,
ship- posite burgh) cago) posite
ments
Percent
of
capacity
ThouNum- sands
Thousands of
ber of long
short tons
tons
Long
tons
Dollars per long ton
Dollars
per 100
pounds
131
107
71
32
35
77
101.4
94.9
74.4
5.5.7
47.4
71.5
112.0
99.8
67.7
32.3
24.6
56.8
278
209
101
58
91
202
54
54
48
36
28
27
3,663
3,182
2,020
853
624
1,727
215
183
113
60
48
110
4,950
4,109
2,767
1,260
1,345
2,936
300
192
103
119
272
377
292
211
105
100
184
1,188,456
878,558
395, 091
335, 321
643,009
36.40
34.16
31.47
29.44
27.78
32.67
34.80
33.00
30.00
27.00
26.00
26.75
15.95
13.00
9.81
7.00
6.00
11.75
2.56
2.39
2.22
2.17
2.06
2.40
67
81
84
88
96
103
71.1
71.5
71.7
72.4
73.4
74.1
75.9
77.1
77.9
59.4
58.3
55.7
52.6
59.4
62.7
65.5
65.1
68.8
205
287
290
297
247
244
238
205
239
29
48
33
32
31
53
60
57
54
1,663
1,727
1,553
1,520
1,761
1,776
1,978
2,066
2,106
97
97
91
95
99
104
116
122
120
2,641
2,634
2,259
2,268
2,916
2,825
3,143
3,150
3,073
150
129
206
207
196
226
289
203
202
187
161
152
181
177
221
213
195
591,728
598,915
578,108
547, 794
624,497
614,933
686,741
681,820
661,515
32.29
32.35
32.42
32.44
32.68
32.82
32.84
33.15
33.31
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
28.00
29.00
9.85
10.06
9.97
10.35
12.38
12.50
12.50
13.00
13.35
2.44
2.44
2.44
2.44
2.43
2.43
2.43
2.43
2.43
83
83
100
77.6
75.9
76.1
77.7
64.4
65.2
69.9
73.7
242
214
264
302
50
43
57
49
2.026
1,824
2,040
2,404
117
120
126
144
3,046
2,964
3,343
3,943
175
138
252
190
207
176
210
252
721,414
676,315
783, 552
979,907
33.34
33.48
33.21
33.10
29.00
29.00
28. 20
28.00
13.38
14.19
14.75
14.34
2.43
2.43
2.37
2.36
68.0
70.5
76.8
48.7
57.4
68.3
198
255
256
28
25
50
1,457
1, 630
2,074
96
95
127
2,486
2,788
3,324
206
217
189
166
211
211
487,124
594, 244
790, 297
31. 63
32.44
33.28
26.19
27.00
28.55
11.35
10.85
14.17
2.33
2.44
2.40
1
Adjusted for seasonal variations.
i Black, blue, galvanized, and full finished.
3
See table on p. 19 of the January 1935 issue.
15
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Textile Industries
output of three of the four major rowed manufacturers' margins. According to the regAGGREGATE
^ branches of the textile industry was about the ular compilation of the Textile World, the spread between the average cost per pound of clean cotton and
same in April as in March. After allowance for the
usual seasonal increase, the index remained unchanged the average selling price of a representative group of
at 100 (1923-25 = 100). Rayon production, which is print cloths has been cut substantially this spring. In
not represented in the index, recorded a slightly more the week ended April 28, the margin was 14.2 cents, 1.3
than seasonal gain. Activity in the various branches cents less than the average for March and the lowest figshowed a continuation of the divergent trends that ure in the series which is available back to August 1933.
have been in evidence for several months. Briefly,
In the woolen industry, the situation was somewhat
these comprise declining activity in the woolen and less favorable than in the preceding month, at least
silk manufacturing industries, only minor changes in from the standpoint of volume of output. The seacotton mill activity, and the maintenance of a relatively sonally adjusted wool component of the textile produchigh level of operations in the rayon industry.
tion index, which is based on wool consumption and
Daily average cotton consumption was about 7 per- wool machinery activity, dropped 7 points to 89, the
cent higher in April than in March. The gain was more lowest figure reported in 16 months.
than is usual at this season of the year, and, on an ad- In the silk and rayon industries the data on delivjusted basis, cotton consumption was only slightly below eries did not record any significant changes from March
that of the December-January period, when the rate was to April. Daily average deliveries of raw silk showed
the highest since the "boomlet" in the summer of 1933. a small contraseasonal decline, but were higher than
While cotton-spinning operations are relatively high, the average of the first 2 months of the year, after
reports of sales trends suggest a less satisfactory mar- seasonal correction. The adjusted index of rayon deket situation. Orders received by New England mills liveries turned upvvard, after having recorded declines
fell off in April, partly because of seasonal influences, in each of the three preceding months. While the
and the employment data indicate a slackening in drop in rayon deliveries from the December figure has
weaving operations. Furthermore, price movements amounted to about 25 percent, a movement of this
of raw cotton and finished cloths have gradually nar- size is not unusual in this industry.
TEXTILE STATISTICS
Cotton,
raw
Production index, adjusted i
Year and month
Monthly average,
1923-25=
100
1929: April
1930: April
1031: April
1932: April
1933: April
1934: April
1935:
April
May
June
July...
August
September
October
November
December
1936:
_
January
February
March.,'
April
Monthly
average,
January through
April:
1934
1935
1936
Mill
consumption
Cotton cloth,
finishing
Spindle activity, Plain
total bleached
WholeConsale
price, sumpcotton tion^ Wool- Worgoods
en
sted
49, 205
36, 794
47,710
19, 954
28, 701
29,889
84
58
,^
122, 951
99.4
89. 6
71.4
55.1
50.7
88.2
144,429
130,284
90, 496
89,164
94, 521
93, 013
110,885
102, 292
101, 310
104,597
100,265
70,381
61,842
77, 913
86,948
97, 972
97, 331
104, 720
81.8
82.7
82.5
82.0
82.5
83.2
84.5
85.8
86.0
62, 066
70, 617
80,428
66,648
74, 781
80, 293
78, 727
72,993
73, 367
73
83
89
94
103
97
106
104
93
72
67
67
67
81
83
73
591, 309
516, 649
548,913
576,762
7,714
97, 435
92,807
6,736
7, 264 107,893
3
7,320 106,000
100, 528
91,860
95, 274
3
92,500
80.4
78.1
77. 1
76.2
73, 908
64,193
53, 460
55,387
95
96
85
62
68
59
82
510, 633
495, 417
558, 408
7,158
6, 697
7,259
142,364
143, 966
101, 034
114, 800
116, 282
95, 041
88. 1
82.9
78.0
34, 081
59, 265
61,737
72
83
90
119
95
96
65
85
90
631, 802
531, 911
508, 691
366, 481
470, 359
512, 594
8,861
7,497
7,125
5,199
6,570
7,259
150,138
102
100
105
104
106
113
106
111
468,402
470, 412
383, 982
390,712
408, 410
449,126
552,187
507, 836
498,329
6, 055
6,087
5, 102
5,155
5,545
6,184
7,445
6,897
6,804
91
100
102
Spinning
spindles
Thousands
of
pounds
Millions of
spindle
hours
105
102
100
100
Print
goods
Thousands of
yards
i Adjusted for seasonal variations.
2
Silk
Wool manufactures
Monthly average,
1926=
100
Running
bales
m
Wool
Cotton manufactures
WholeWholesale
Deliveries
sale
price,
to mills
woolen Deliv- price,
raw,
and
to Japaworsted eries
Unmills nese, 13- ad- AdNar- Broad goods
15 (New just- JustYork)
ed ed i
26
53
72
Hosiery
Looms
Percent of active hours
to total reported
70
43
57
29
Rayon
ThouBales Dollars
Daily
sands
of 133
per
average,
of dozpounds pound 1923-25=100
en
pairs
21
29
39
90.7
80.7
69. 0
59.7
53.3
82.0
53, 855
47, 584
41, 356
35, 779
41, 910
37, 392
5.145
4.186
2.266
1.421
1.324
1.318
266
236
413
186
392
290
256
227
397
179
376
279
9,878
27
28
25
24
31
33
42
44
43
73.1
73.5
75.6
76.4
76.4
76.9
79.1
80.7
81.0
39,757
38,361
33,728
44.166
41,715
45,156
48.167
37, 012
35,559
1.391
1.418
1.376
1.447
1.705
1.868
2.084
2.092
1.958
274
417
381
433
550
583
494
464
473
264
439
477
570
513
419
462
522
557
9,392
9,203
7,121
7,541
9,001
9,577
11,574
10, 293
8,918
81.4
82.8
83.8
82,2
38, 995
32,053
36, 000
34,564
1.950
1.784
1.733
1,682
477
517
422
433
487
454
399
416
10,099
9, 252
9,832
60
48
44
38
36
10,201
45
67
62
37
29
42
83.7
73.4
82.6
40,359
43, 320
35, 403
1.432
1.375
1.787
359
391
462
340
374
439
9,186
9,574
9,846
35
39
65
71
G4
41
42
Monthly average,
1»26=
100
Production
Grease equivalent: see note on p . 58.
90
* Estimated.
16
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Farm Equipment Business Recovers
Rapidly
By E. V. Needham, Agricultural Implements Specialist, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
and production of farm equipment manu- year. For the low year, 1932, the value of production
SALES
factures have recovered rapidly in the past 3 years was not much more than half of this figure.
after dropping to an extremely low level in 1932. In
With the further rise in farm income so far during
that year, the estimated value of production was less 1936, the upward trend of sales and production has
than one-fifth of the 1929 figure. The improvement persisted. Although neither production nor sales data
has resulted mainly from the rise in the income of the are available on a monthly basis, the figures on emfarm population, and particularly in that portion of ployment and pay rolls afford some indication of the
the farm income which is available after meeting trend. For the first 4 months of the year the employcurrent expenses of production.
ment index stood at 137 (1923-25-= 100) while the
pay-roll index was at 168, these figures representing,
BILLIONS OF D0LLAR5
respectively, increases of 44 percent and 59 percent over
14
the corresponding period of 1935. The April figures for
I2
both employment and pay rolls were the highest
Y//;/;/\ FARM l/MV£ OF PfiODVCTS
. 1422^4 ftzrA/A/EO /Vfi COA/Sl/AfPr/Gt
reported since 1929.
I0
RgrSB PRODUCT/ON
£XP£hS£5
8
Four Main Categories of Farm Equipment.
6
Generally speaking, farm equipment may be divided
into four broad classifications. The first is tillage
equipment, which includes plows, harrows, cultivators,
planting and seeding machinery, and in general those
machines which are used to prepare the soil, to plant
and to care for the growing crop up to the time of
harvest.
The second group, harvesting machinery, is made
up of grain binders, corn binders, reapers, combined
harvester-threshers, threshing machines, hayrakes,
mowers, and, in general, all equipment used in harvesting the crop and preparing it for market.
The third and most important class, from the standpoint of value of product, is the tractor group, which
comprises all types of tractors and parts. The fourth
class, miscellaneous farm equipment, includes a wide
variety of machines and appliances not used directly
in the production of crops but important on every
farm, such as barn equipment, dairy equipment, windmills, and poultry equipment.
Figure 2 depicts the trend of production of these
four general classes from 1920 to 1935, omitting a
break-down for the years 1932, 1933, and 1934, for
which comparable figures are not available. The
chart reveals the growing importance of the tractor in
relation to total production, a development which has
been associated with the trend toward power farming.
In the 5-year period ended 1924 the value of tractors
represented 29 percent of the total value of farm equipment produced; in the succeeding 5-year period the
percentage was 35. Complete data are not available
for the years subsequent to 1929 but in 1930 the percentage was 41; in 1931 it was 34 and in 1935 it was 46.
The number of tractors on farms has increased each
year during the depression, notwithstanding the
III Mill II III
1924 '25 26 'Zl '28 '23 '30 '31 '3Z '33 '34 '35
DP-367/ L
Figure 1.—Distribution of Gross Income From Farm Production,
1924-35 (United States Department of Agriculture.
Figure 1 shows the trend of gross income from farm
production during the past 12 years, and the proportion of the total required for production expenses, as
well as that portion representing the value of products
retained for consumption on the farms. It will be
noted that the amount available after meeting production expenses, and exclusive of the consumption requirements on the farms, dropped sharply after 1929
to reach a relatively small total in 1932. This decline
was accompanied by a rapid drop in the sales of farm
equipment. With the recovery in farm prices and
farm income, and the added rental and benefit payments by the A. A. A., sales in the past 2 years have
undergone a marked revival.
Farm equipment business in 1935 was the best since
1930, although it fell considerably short of the results
of the earlier year. Production amounted to $331,998,066, and sales in the United States were valued at
$300,268,076, according to preliminary official statistics of the United States Bureau of the Census. Production during 1935, however, was only 65 percent of
the 1930 figure of $507,002,259, and only bh percent of
the 1929 figure of $606,621,812. Official statistics for
1931 show production of $214,390,792, while estimates for the intervening years, 1932 to 1934, inclusive,
place production below the $200,000,000 mark in each
adverse influences tending to restrict sales and the drop
in production. According to the census of 1930, the
number of tractors on farms was 920,021, and by July
1935 the number had increased to 1,174,889. At present the number is in excess of 1,200,000.!
LIONS
17
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
OF DOLLARS
Improvement in Other Types of Equipment.
Coincident with the development of the tractor and
its widespread application to farming tasks has been the
improvement and refinements in many other types of
equipment. The "baby combine", for example, has
recently been developed for the small farm with diversified crops. Heretofore the combine was suitable only
for use on large farms and was beyond the reach of the
small diversified farm except on a cooperative basis.
Many other developments have been of interest, but
lack of space prevents a more extensive treatment here.
Comparative Production and Sales Data.
'22
'23
'24
'25
'16
'Z7
'26
'29
'30
'31
'32
'33
Figure 2.—Value of Production of Farm Equipment and Related Products
(Bureau of the Census, U. S. Department of Commerce).
The accompanying table gives comparative figures
on production and sales of the principal classes of farm
equipment and related products for the years 1930,
1931, and 1935. It should be noted that the 1935
figures are preliminary and subject to correction, but it
is not believed that the final figures will alter materially
the data as here presented.
NOTE.—The census of production of farm equipment and related products was
not taken for the years 1932 to 1934 inclusive. The totals for |these years are unofficial
Table 1.—Value of Farm Equipment and Related Products Manufactured
estimates.
and Sold, by Classes: 1935, 1931, and 1930
Development of "All-Purpose Tractor."
The original tractor, which came into fairly general
use during and immediately following the war, was
somewhat limited in its application to agriculture. It
was ideally suited to plowing, harvesting, and tasks requiring belt power, but it could not be used to cultivate
row crops such as corn, cotton, and similar products.
About 1925, the "all-purpose tractor" of lower
horsepower was developed. This type overcame
many of the objections to its predecessors and it has
constituted a very large proportion of the total produced in recent years. In 1931, 61,940 wheeled tractors
were produced of which 25,831, or 41.7 percent, were of
the "all-purpose" type. In 1935, 138,084 wheel
tractors were manufactured of which 106,343, or 77
percent, were of this type. Part of the gain made in
1935 was due to the development of the so-called "baby
all-purpose tractor", a machine of small horsepower for
use on small holdings.
The track-laying tractor has also made important
strides during the past few years, and has made a
marked contribution to the industry's recovery. This
particular machine has certain limitations for farm use,
being employed mainly on extensive holdings, but it is
a most practical machine for many industrial uses such
as logging, road building, grading, and other tasks in
the construction industry.
An important development in the track-laying
tractor industry in recent years was the utilization of
the Diesel engine for power purposes. The first
Diesel-powered tractor was produced in 1931 and subsequently the Diesel type has grown in popularity due
to its low operating costs. It is now being marketed
by all track-laying tractor producers.
[The sales statistics refer only to sales by manufacturers and do not cover sales by
dealers to consumers. The principal difference between the export sales as reported
by manufacturers and the value of exports as reported by the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce is the fact that many manufacturers report to the Bureau of
the Census on a fiscal-year basis, whereas the reports of the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce are compiled on a calendar-year basis. The figures for export
sales understate somewhat and those for domestic sales correspondingly overstate
the amounts of the actual sales, because of the fact that some manufacturers sell to
middlemen who export a part but not all of the commodities they purchase, so that
manufacturers do not in all cases know whether their products are destined for
export. The value figures include values of attachments and parts.]
Sold by manufacturers—
Class
Total.
Planting, seeding, and
fertilizing machinery.
Plows and listers..
Harrows, rollers, pulverizers, and stalk cutters.
Cultivators and weeders.
Harvesting
machinery...
Haying machinery..
Machines for preparing
crops for market or use.
Year
1935
1931
1930
1935
1931
1930
Manufactured
Total
For use in
United
States
$331,998,066 $324,415,989 $300,268,076 $24,147,913
214,390,792 248,979,523
(i)
(i)
507,002,259 480,448,234 382,190,716 98,257,518
14,981,579 15,204,595 14, 625,472
579,123
(0
10,862,052 10,886,064
0)
26,087,161 23,343, 796 21,039,871 2,303,925
1935
1931
1930
19,344,431
12,084,033
37, 830,174
18, 699,032
13,778,483
37,176, 586
28,483,065
1935
1931
1930
9, 036, 402
5, 867, 798
13, 814, 780
8, 557, 002
6, 362,103
13, 043,491
11,537,504
1935
1931
1930
11,892,32]
8, 595, 294
21, 892,105
11, 754, 538
10, 726, 330
19, 896, 356
1935
1931
1930
23, 642,993
19,955,370
62,145,315
27,750, 285
25, 288, 710
55,802, 536
1935
1931
1930
14, 752,185
7, 088, 582
17,186, 426
15,189, 671
7, 737, 719
15, 537,050
14, 707, 245
1935
1931
1930
15,
12, 048, 266
20, 760,106
15,365,045
13, 759, 856
22, 023, 810
14, 605, 936
16,839, 012
0)
8, 219,818
0)
1, 860, 020
0.)
8,693, 521
337,184
0)
1,505,987
11, 326, 758
427,780
18,729,205
1,167,151
25,453,849
2, 296,436
(0
0)
0)
0)
42,030,211 13, 772, 325
0)
14, 059,774
0)
18,862,307
482, 426
0)
1, 477, 276
759,109
0)
3,161, 503
147, 825, 552 137,990, 418 123, 432, 843 14, 557, 575
75, 572, 447 98,129, 434
0)
0)
205, 657,133 190, 535, 716 133,054,559
57, 481,157
9,
612,
533
533,968
9,078,565
10, 273, 380
3,194, 742
3, 022,007
(J)
0)
6,522,061
6,164,198
4, 773, 617 1, 748, 444
Tractors .
1935
1931
1930
Engines 2 .
1935
1931
1930
Farm wagons and trucks.
1935
1931
1930
5, 888, 111
1,884,003
4, 692,640
5, 806, 242
1, 810, 790
4, 594,760
4,514,512
1935
1931
1930
58, 914,124
57, 410, 940
90, 772, 221
58,486, 628
57, 305, 292
91, 972,072
85,106,091
Miscellaneous farm machines and equipment.
For export
5, 777, 726
0)
56, 200,852
0)
28, 516
0)
80, 248
2, 285, 776
0)
6,865,981
1
Not called for separately on schedule.
2 Statistics for 1935 include data for engines up to 100 horsepower, whereas those
for
1931 and 1930 include data only for engines up to 20 horsepower.
i Estimates for years subsequent to the census are from the Research Department,
Equipment Institute.
Source: Bureau of the Census, U. S. Department of Commerce.
DigitizedFarm
for FRASER
69511—36
3
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Aside from the marked increase in the value of tractor
production, the largest relative increases from 1931
to 1935 were in haying machinery, plows and listers,
and farm wagons and trucks. The increase in harvesting machinery, between the two periods, was relatively smaller than that for other major types of
equipment.
Improvement in Export Trade Lagging.
Exports of farm equipment and related products
fell precipitously from 1929 to 1932 and, while there
has been some recovery during the past 3 years, it has
MILLIONS
160
PERCENT
80
OF DOLLARS
70
14-0
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60
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1919
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Figure 3.—Exports of Farms Equipment and Related Products and the
Percentage of the Production of these Products Exported (Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce, U. S. Department of Commerce)
NOTE.—A census of production of farm equipment and related products was not
taken for the years 1932 to 1934; the totals used for computing the percentage of the
products exported for these years .are unofficial estimates. See figure 2 for production data.
not been so marked as the gains in domestic sales.
During the period 1924 to 1931, inclusive, the proportion of the total domestic production exported
exceeded 20 percent. In 1931, when the ratio was
highest, the percentage was 27. Although official
production figures are not available for 1932, 1933, and
1934, only about 10 percent of the estimated production was exported, or approximately the same as the
figure revealed by the official data for 1935. Figure
3 shows the value of exports for the period 1919 to
1935, inclusive, together with the ratio of exports to
production for all these years, except 1919.
June 1936
The rapidly expanding trade during the 1920's was
largely the result of the demand in certain foreign
countries for power-farming equipment. In Canada,
Argentina, South Africa, and Australia, a large market
for tractors, combines, and other power-farming implements was developed. An additional factor in this
expanding trade was the inability of certain major
farm equipment producing countries to compete on
favorable terms with United States manufacturers in
agricultural areas while the domestic manufacturing
industries in these countries were being rehabilitated.
During recent years of more restricted markets,
manufacturers in these countries have offered more
aggressive competition to American sales organizations.
Furthermore, sales were restricted by the many foreign
trade barriers, such as high tariffs, exchange controls,
import restrictions, and other artificial impediments
to the flow of trade.
Were it not for unusually large purchases by the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1930 and 1931,
the foreign trade statistics would make a much less
favorable showing during the early years of the depression. In these 2 years, exports to the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics amounted to $79,790,000,
or 46 percent of the total exports. Sales to this area
have been reduced to relatively small proportions
since 1931, owing to the rapid development of the
Soviet farm equipment manufacturing industry.
The reciprocal trade agreement program may alleviate some of the adverse influences operating to restrict
trade. The agreement with Canada, effective January
1,1936, removed all tariff duties on tractors and lowered
the duty on other farm machinery. This market has
always been the leading foreign purchaser of American
farm equipment. The agricultural situation and general business outlook in Australia and South Africa
have improved during the past year with a resultant
gain in exports to those countries. Better agricultural
conditions in Argentina have stimulated sales to some
extent in that major market.
Exports for the first quarter of 1936 were valued at
$8,913,374, an increase of 36 percent over those of the
corresponding quarter of 1935. While the largest
total for this period since 1931, it was much smaller
than in the earlier period.
19
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
COMMERCIAL STOCKS OF GRAIN l
[Thousands of bushels]
Month
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
Stocks of Domestic Barley in the United States
January
February. _.
March
April
May
June
July
August
September..
October
November..
December. _
6,664
6,116
5,339
3,675
3,046
2,720
3,108
5,041
6,549
5,957
5,769
4,825
Monthly average.
4,901
14, 587
17, 975
19, 330
20, 647
19,958
18, 291
17, 236
16,123
14,535
13,010
11,322
10, 633
10,027
13,264
17,744
17, 531
19,164
18, 290
16,406
14,255
11,757
9,621
8,100
6,102
5,234
8,635
13, 918
18, 436
18, 245
18, 088
6,097
14, 709
14,907
12,400
10, 681
11,067
11, 744
10, 926
11, 985
11, 399
9,998
8,323
7,373
6,861
8,803
12,894
12, 563
12, 721
11, 760
12, 074
10, 961
10,415
9,726
8,137
6,843
6,366
6,746
10,945
15,856
15,018
14,637
13,987
14, 261
12, 279
10,159
7,319
6,232
6,716
6,568
7,093
7,211
7,355
7,124
6,164
5,710
5,185
4,179
3,732
3,005
2,793
3,440
6,651
8,976
9,380
9,862
10, 245
6,626
10, 563
10, 803
8,207
4,423
4,273
4,588
3,890
2,410
2,801
3,395
9,318
10, 516
10,162
9,848
9,599
12,181
13,417
16,971
15, 280
14,407
12,913
Stocks of Domestic Corn in the United States
January
February.
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
-
._-_._..
- - -. -.-
November
December
M o n t h l y average
--
40,670
47, 515
49,759
39,010
31, 224
36, 268
31, 782
23,324
24, 913
21, 661
20, 254
28, 741
30, 717
44,786
48, 273
36, 835
27, 497
17, 650
12,304
9,768
6,894
2,032
6, 353
18, 565
28, 797
36,927
37, 744
31, 680
15, 951
13, 740
9,076
6,340
4,421
3, 639
2,982
8,228
16, 079
24,944
25, 671
21,073
11,463
7,049
3,421
4,220
4,710
4, 550
7, 332
17,190
17, 383
20,127
22,174
19, 697
12,337
7,279
8,363
9,066
5,586
7,341
9,803
12, 664
14,176
18, 528
22, 693
22, 032
20, 708
16,117
11,144
14, 739
18, 705
27,973
26, 537
30,633
33, 648
34,914
36,151
31,958
38, 780
48,618
63,274
57, 764
59, 791
61, 355
65,053
70, 540
68, 946
69, 424
66, 314
57, 343
46, 257
38, 312
39, 604
61, 373
63,803
58,482
50,166
43, 752
34, 497
28,002
21, 352
15, 205
10, 642
7,491
5,637
5,655
3,421
2, 060
4,466
8,158
32, 927
21, 806
16, 627
12, 309
12, 652
20, 332
50,154
55, 315
12, 216
6,659
5,116
7,866
7,650
Stocks of Domestic Oats in the United States
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
47,421
45,105
38, 481
30,513
22, 553
17, 686
11,886
23, 224
26, 513
25, 682
24,784
23,815
20,006
21,127
16,803
11,667
7,171
3, 338
1, 939
15, 992
17, 561
16, 900
15, 399
17, 314
16, 219
16,801
14,003
12, 268
10, 591
8,592
8, 668
24, 318
28, 597
32, 762
30,064
29, 568
26,097
22, 937
19, 484
16,519
13, 247
11,028
9,102
25, 844
32, 904
33, 265
30, 504
30, 896
26, 770
23,029
19,055
13,930
9,681
8,042
8,021
15,013
17, 372
18,180
18,161
16,810
17,096
17, 938
15, 796
13, 621
11,272
10, 657
12, 627
27, 273
28, 895
29,084
27, 484
26, 443
26,116
25, 946
24,195
21,878
23,959
28, 430
35, 589
46,193
50, 846
49,870
48, 755
47, 229
45,177
42,399
38,190
33,013
26,237
23, 369
21,824
26, 344
26, 271
24, 245
23, 570
23, 384
22, 332
19, 729
15,656
12,093
11, 003
8,838
7,525
25, 602
41, 215
45, 701
45, 320
43,513
M o n t h l y average
28,139
13,768
19, 371
22, 652
16,172
19, 849
35, 751
29, 502
24,877
41,893
40, 766
39, 018
35, 500
Stocks of Domestic Wheat in the United States
January
February.-March
April
May
June
July
August
September,
October
November..
December. _
56,304
56, 262
49, 910
37, 667
27, 833
21,052
33,677
62,042
78,811
89,684
91, 589
88, 581
79,152
72,858
68, 791
61, 957
48, 286
38, 587
52, 421
93, 870
115,469
139, 493
140,172
144, 351
129, 646
126, 377
124, 756
115, 602
96,059
90,442
136,423
186,847
198,211
202, 461
189,926
185,151
168, 346
160,674
153,122
135,471
120,303
109, 327
161, 897
201,319
223, 826
211, 381
206, 618
199,649
202, 694
208, 651
214,242
206, 490
209,110
203,491
235, 727
261, 742
256,327
244, 043
236, 616
226, 874
217,719
216, 282
207, 215
186, 549
174,118
168,405
175,918
188,342
194, 858
191,829
176, 428
168, 465
158,031
148, 242
135, 552
124, 395
117, 536
123, 712
134, 946
151,738
156,652
153, 262
142,187
132,511
116,472
107, 233
97,132
88, 821
78,967
80, 548
112,551
122,380
120,075
108,518
99,158
90,937
75, 274
61, 751
51, 882
41,958
30,775
21,951
34, 739
62, 495
79,703
84, 326
81,173
78,444
Monthly average.
57, 784
87, 951
148, 492
170, 994
225, 501
188, 844
139,897
101, 899
58, 706
70, 251
59, 922
51,945
40, 698
Stocks of Canadian Wheat in Canada
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Monthly average
107, 835
110,602
102, 223
67, 856
51, 744
38, 974
36, 524
21, 706
28, 909
61,831
92,487
122, 678
136,938
139,028
131,334
121,195
98, 041
82, 781
51,882
26, 964
85,804
140, 441
149,054
179, 805
176,196
169,379
164, 429
133, 397
115,126
94,939
82, 766
81,348
145, 739
188,009
187, 784
191,139
184,834
178,689
170, 688
157,912
128, 020
110, 202
86,463
84, 287
140,943
167, 287
177, 000
185,017
175, 741
172, 699
169,407
153,088
126, 601
107,861
105,193
96,449
119,117
152, 863
169, 088
172, 631
173, 593
171,191
172, 281
159, 982
138,616
134,040
116, 767
110,818
187, 252
225, 519
221,997
223, 816
219,866
215, 785
219, 537
217,309
196, 382
194, 776
189, 926
194,168
221, 762
242,073
228, 561
227, 649
223, 888
220, 524
218, 368
205,796
195,084
179,438
177,713
174,123
214,357
236, 325
230,911
230, 531
221, 831
219, 318
215,031
202, 336
192,175
187,905
186,788
176, 319
213,690
238,700
232, 977
226,479
70, 281
111,939
144,188
147, 612
143,395
169, 656
213,983
208, 922
209,462
215,
199,
192,
172,
226
734
233
753
i Compiled by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The series shown above, with the exception of Canadian wheat in Canada,
includes domestic grain in storage in public and private elevators in 41 markets and grain afloat in vessels or barges in harbors of lake or seaboard ports. They do not
include grain in transit either by train or water, stocks in mills or mill elevators attached to mills, or private stocks of grain intended for local use. Stocks of Canadian
tion to show the above data only to represent stocks of grain, in the 1936 Supplement to the Survey of Current Business.
20
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
MANUFACTURED GAS
Customers
Year and Month
Total
Domestic
Sales to consumers
House
heating
Industrial
and
commercial
Domestic
Total
House
heating
Revenue from sales to consumers
Industrial
and
commercial
Domestic
Total
Industrial
and
commercial
House
heating
Thousands of dollars
Millions of cubic feet
Thousands
1929 m o n t h l y average.
1930 m o n t h l y average.
June 1936
l
10,113
10, 289
9,638
9,786
32
43
436
453
32, 878
33, 009
23, 038
23,143
1,177
1,515
8,483
8,160
36, 323
36, 504
27,8;
27,918 i
995
1,252
7, 334
7,177
10, 290
10, 241
10, 266
10, 255
10, 320
10,272
10, 298
10,299
19, 344
10,330
10, 242
10, 207
9,773
9,714
9,744
9,734
9,784
9,730
9,770
9,773
9,814
9,796
9,705
9,666
54
53
51
51
51
49
44
42
43
51
56
58
456
467
464
464
479
488
477
478
480
476
474
476
37,158
34,622
34, 084
34,315
33, 277
31, 433
27, 821
26,476
29, 204
31,356
31, 740
32, 778
24,958
22, 898
22, 668
23,471
23,664
23,125
20, 628
19, 582
22, 022
23, 523
22, 765
22, 677
3,715
3,396
2,941
2,347
1,415
596
213
155
195
622
1,527
2,554
8,269
8,142
8,278
8,314
8,043
7,572
6,856
6,612
6,838
7,037
7,264
7,345
40, 116
37, 598
36, 958
37,470
36, 745
35, 422
31, 965
30, 556
33, 544
35, 422
35, 251
35, 720
29, 613
27, 518
27,121
28, 081
28, 360
28, 084
25, 510
24, 352
27, 076
28, 495
27,423
27,106
2,918
2,679
2, 356
1,927
1, 181
505
200
154
190
549
1,211
1,963
7,441
7,272
7,320
7,304
7,078
6,715
6, 151
5,950
6,159
6, 256
6,457
6, 514
10, 280
9,750
50
473
32, 022
22, 665
1,640
7,548
35, 564
27,395
1,319
6,718
10,113
10, 094
10, 064
10, 080
10,043
10, 004
9,938
9,888
9,882
9,852
9,786
9,729
9,615
9,592
9,562
9,578
9,544
9,510
9,453
9,404
9,399
9,359
9,290
9,231
57
57
57
56
55
50
43
45
46
56
59
60
434
437
437
437
435
436
434
431
429
429
429
429
33, 034
31, 449
33,069
32, 330
30, 111
28, 456
25,814
23, 948
26, 393
28, 526
28,688
30, 357
23,132
21,487
22, 724
22, 879
22, 522
22, 024
20,132
18, 567
20,805
21, 970
20, 698
21,134
2,908
2,972
3,212
2,589
1,306
465
208
158
198
708
1,812
2,904
6,763
6,777
6,922
6,676
6,111
5,814
5,336
5,076
5,228
5,648
5,966
6,090
37,108
35, 252
36, 825
36, 422
34, 647
33, 397
30, 654
28, 718
31,299
33,034
32, 429
33,558
28, 414
26, 503
27.778
28, 054
27, 691
27, 420
25,334
23,646
26,053
27,062
25,436
25,697
2,255
2,296
2,460
1,981
1, 043
392
196
151
186
586
1, 355
2,064
6,288
6,308
6,437
6,247
5,780
5, 461
5,015
4,812
4,941
5, 252
5, 496
5,645
9, 956
9,461
54
433
29, 348
21,506
1,620
6,034
33,612
26,590
1,247 i
1931
January
February
March
April
May
June...
July...
August
September
October
November
December
--.-.
.-
Monthly average _
1932
January
February...
March
April__
May
June
July
August
September..
October
November.
December_.
Monthly average.
1933
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August.
September
October.
November
December
5, 640
I
----
!
.
Monthly average.
9,599
9,566
9,576
9,581
9,553
9,618
9,613
9,636
9,692
9,708
9, 683
9, 680
9,107
9,077
9,087
9,092
9,067
9,134
9,136
9,157
9,208
9,205
9,169
9,161
59
59
59
59
56
50
43
43
48
68
78
80
424
421
422
421
422
423
426
428
427
428
428
430
30,643
29, 206
29,373
28, 839
28, 271
26,867
24, 394
23,826
25, 798
27, 669
28,805
30, 476
21,376
20,038
20,457
20,469
20, 707
20,212
18,165
17, 621
19, 592
20,613
19,873
20,176
3,035
3,001
2,897
2,271
1,268
432
208
179
247
822
2,440
3,586 i
6,030
5, 980
5,820
5,936
6,146
6,088
5,895
5,900
5,820
6, 052
6, 296
6,516
33, 698
32,171
32, 320
31,911
31,575
30,645
28,001
27, 442
29, 676
31, 203
31,352
32,357
25,855
24, 437
24,759
24, 868
25,188
25, 006
22, 780
22, 250
24,400
25, 323
24, 231
24,428
2.133
2,119
2,037
1,643
938
356 I
191
169 I
221
615
1.616
2,300
5, 566
5,478
5,371
5,270
5, 308
5,169
4,931
4.924
9,625
9,133
58
425
27, 847
19, 942
1,699
6, 040
31,029
24.460
1,195
5, 247
9,150
9,183
9,157
9,198
9,281
9,303
9,309
9,337
9,386
9,381
9,338
9,311
95
105
114
117
433
429
435
433
431
432
433
434
433
435
435
437
31, 827
32,105
32, 522
30, 645
29,186
27. 623
24, 495
23, 870
20, 684
28, 283
29,117
31,097
20,789
20, 579
20,843
19,654
19,741
19, 649
17,365
16,873
19, 541
20,149
18,750
18,896
4,160
4,137
3,937
3, 261
1,962
714
378
332
441
1,168
3,268
4,794
fi, 670
7,191
7, 552
7, 561
7, 334
7,124
6,586
6,538
6,545
6, 790
6, 917
7,199
33,661
33, 324
33,586
32, 049
31,637
30.700
27.701
27, 064
30,138
31. 375
31,337
32, 274
25,068
24,451
2% 722
24,057
24,660
24, 645
22, 258
21,712
24,518
24, 966
23,764
23, 601
2,825 |
2,930 |
2,779 i
2,094!
1,267 i
534
298
267
395
895
1,906
2,886
5,625
5,803
5, 948
5, 757
5, 592
5, 421
5, 046
4,980
5,118
5,388
5. 540
5, 652
9,817
9,278
96
433
28,954
19, 402
2,379 |
7,000
31,237
24.035
1, 590
5, 489
9,817
9,830
9,841
9,869
9,936
9,949
9,948
9,956
10,023
10,033
9,994
10,005
9,253
9, 268
9, 279
9,303
9,369
9,389
9,394
9,407
9,473
9,467
9,421
9,425
119
122
114
117
120
115
106
104
106
121
128
131
43.'
430
435
437
435
434
43(
432
435
434
43'
43!
33, 615
32, 899
31,065
30, 943
30, 304
28, 897
25, 723
24.479
27, 492
29,897
30,164
33.480
19,916
19,477
19, 034
18, 742
19,166
19, 764
17,601
16,673
19,189
20,008
18,"43
18, 679
5, 755
5, 422
4,160
3, 789
3,027
1,271
550
387
550
1, 571
3,223
5, 716
7,731
7,806
7,682
8,233
7,944
7,720
7,396
7,288
7, 600
8,134
8,206
8,861
33, 801
32, 877
31,641
31,370
31,834
31,189
28, 313
27,137
30,140
31, 753
31,308
33,013
24, 044
23,150
22, 805
22, 953
24,275
24,669
22, 575
21,539
24,140
24,697
23,416
23,336
3,726
3,709
2,927
2,417
1,695
894
419
313
475
1,150
1.849
3,291
5, 887
5,884
5,772
5, 857
5, 736
5,524
5, 216
5,175
5,415
5,782
5,912
6,244
9,933
9,370
29,913
18,899 I
2,952
7, 883
31,198
23, 467
1,905
5,700
4, m
5,138
5, 374
5, 494
1934
January
February...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September-.
October
November..
December..
M o n t h l y average.
|
I
j
I
1935
January
February...
March
April
May
June.
July
August
September..
October
November..
December..
Monthly average.
i Compiled by the American Gas Association and represent a revision of the data that appeared in original form on p . 144 of the 1932 annual supplement and in revised
form on p . 19 of the M a y 1933, p. 20 of M a y 1934, and p. 19 of the May 1935 issues, as well as data shown in subsequent monthly issues until April 1936, wherein
statistics for the month of December 1935 were last shown. The revisions for 1934 and earlier years resulted from the reclassiflcation of manufactured and natural-gas companies according to the kind of gas they were distributing in 1934. For example, former distributors of manufactured gas who changed to the distribution of natural gas in
1934 have been excluded from the figures for manufactured gas for all prior years. If it is found that further changes occurred in the classification of companies between
1934 and 1935, the figures will be again revised according to the 1935 classification. Data for 1935 cover only companies distributing manufactured gas; however, the figures
as here shown include some revisions which were not available wThen they were originally published in previous monthly issues of the SURVEY. The natural-gas series in
revised form for the period 1929-35 will appear in the July 1936 SURVEY. For 1936 monthly data refer to p. 41 of this issue.
SURVEY OF CUERENT BUSINESS
June 1936
21
WEEKLY BUSINESS INDICATORS *
[Weekly average, 1923-25=100]
1936
1935
May May May May May
30
23
16
9
Business activity:
New York Times*
Business week*1
Commodity price, wholesale:
Dept. of Labor, 1926=100:
Combined index (784)
Farm products (67)
Food (122)
.
P
All other (595)
Fisher's Index, 1926=100:
Combined index (120)
Copper, electrolytic}
Cotton, middling, spot
99.4 100,3
74.2 74.2
81.2 80.5 81.0 81.6 82.2 82.3 82.7
67.4 67.4 67.4 67.4 67.4 63.8 63.8
43.4 43.0 43.0 43.0 42.6 41.5 45.6
50.1 50.1 52.5 30.2 33.1
71.1 69.7 70.0 59.0 62.4
105.4
105. L02.4
44.2
42.8 50.6 42.0
1936
June May
2
26
May May May May May
30
23 16
9
2
Finance—Continued.
Banking:
Debits, outside N . Y. C . t - Federal Reserve reporting
member banks:
73.9 73.7
Loans, total
60. 60.1
Interest rates:
67.7 67.4
Call loansX
79.0 79.0
Time loanst
Money in circulation:}:
75.8 75.5
Production:
60.1 60. 1
Automobiles
„
43.4 42.3
Bituminous coalj
Cotton, consumption
Electric powerf
_,__
28.4
Lumber
60.5 65.3
Petroleum
100.5
Steel ingots..
Receipts, primary markets:
Cattle and calves
53.1 55.3
Hogs
.__
_.*
Cotton
...
_
105. 0 105.0 i
Wheat
84.4 j 84.6
82.3 81.6 85.2 84.7
63.7 63.9 65.' 66.8
78.2 78.1 78.6 79.1 80.2
75.0 74.4 76.1 77.1 80.7 81.5
77.5 77.4 78.0 79.1 84.4 84.3
78.7
78.9 78.9 77.8
Construction contractst
Distribution: Carloadings
Employment: Detroit, factory Finance:
Failures, commercial
Security prices:
Bond pricest
Stock pricest
72.4
1934
8.2 54.3 56.3
114.2 113. 9! 113. 6 113.3 112. 106. 3 106.3
92.! 94.5
124. 4il22.2 ; 121.9| 120. 5
* Computed normal = 100.
• Data do not cover calendar weeks in all cases.
80.2 87.8
82.0
1935
95.'
63.9
85. 0j 73.5
66.8 66.9 67.3
66.4
1934
June M a y
26
66.8
68.0
64.5
24.2 18.2 18.2 6.1 6.1 24.2 24.2
28.6 28.6 22.
22.9 5.7 5.7 22. 22.9
122.1 121.7 121.7 122.0 121.1 113.5 113.2 110. 2 109.9
142. 0 143. 9 153.6 155.7 155.7 86.1 132.0 71. 0 100. 0
66. 6 66.1 67,1 67.0 75.2 62.5 63.6 60.7
108.4 108.4 106.5 85.9 85.4 91.9 94.6
29.5 31.9
117.8 119.7
104.
115.4 117.3 117.8 116.9 115.8 97.8i 101.8 94.6 99.3
57.4 54.4 52.7 51.5 30.7 28.7
141. 3 144.4 144.4 142.2 140.5 123.71 125.1
90. i 92.1 55.3 56.6
90.8 90.!
67.4 58.8 73.7 72.3 65.5 72.3
34.7 38.4 41.7 41.5 29.5 31.0
30. C 34.6 38.1 25.8 20.0 16.9 33.5
39.7 27.8 27.0 27.9 34.3 22.5
77.6
76.3
83. 90.0
83.3 84.0
26.5 25.0
37.5 39.7
t Weekly average, 1928-30=100.
X Daily average.
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS •
1936
May 30
C O M M O D I T Y PRICES, WHOLESALE
Copper, electrolytic, New York____
dol. per lb._
Cotton, middling, spot, New York
dol. perlb_.
Food index (Bradstr eel's)
dol. per lb_.
Iron and steel, composite
dol. per t o n . .
Wheat, No. 2, hard winter (K. C.)
dol. per b u . .
FINANCE
Banking:
Debits, New York City
mills, of doL.
Debits, outside of New York City..mills, of doL.
Federal Reserve banks:
Reserve bank credit, total
mills, of dol_.
Bills bought
.mills, of doL.
Bills discounted
mills, of dol..
U. S. Government securities
mills, of doL.
Member bank reserve balances
mills, of dol..
Excess reserves, estimated
mills, of doL.
Federal Reserve reporting member banks:
Deposits, net demand, adjusted., .mills, of doL.
Deposits, time
.
mills, of doL.
Investments, total
mills, of doL.
U. S. Government direct obligations
mills, of doL.
Obligations fully guaranteed by TJ. S. Government
mills, of dol..
Loans, total
mills, of dol..
On securities
mills, of dol..
All other
mills, of dol...
Interest rates, call loans
.
percent..
Interest rates, time loans
...percent..
Exchange rates:
French franc (daily av.)
cants..
Pound sterling (daily av.)
dollars..
Failures, commercialt
.. .number..
Money in circulation
mills, of doL.
Security markets:
Bond sales (N. Y. S. E.) -thous. of dol. par value..
Bond prices, 40 corporate issues
dollars..
Stock sales (AT. r Y. S. E.)
thous. of shares..
Stock prices (A . Y. Times)
dol. per share..
Stock prices (Standard Statistics) (421)..1926=100..
Industrial (351)
1926-100 .
Public utilities (37)
1926=100 .
Railroad (33)
1926=100..
P R O D U C T I O N , CONSTRUCTION, A N D
DISTRIBUTION
Production:
Automobiles (Cram's estimate)
number.
Bituminous coal (daily a v . ) . thous. of short tons..
Electric power
mills, of kw. hr_
Petroleum
thous. of b b l .
Steel ingots (Dow-Jones' est.)
pet. of capacity.
Construction-contract awards (da. av.).th. of dol.
Distribution:
Freight-car loadings, total
cars.
Coal and coke
cars.
Forest products
cars.
Grain and products
cars.
Livestock
cars.
Merchandise, 1. c. 1
cars.
Ore.
cars.
Miscellaneous
___
cars.
Receipts:
Cattle and calves
thousands.
Hogs
.
thousands.
Cotton into sight
thous. of bales.
Wheat at primary markets
thous. of bu.
v Preliminary.
0.093
.118
May 23
May 16
193o
May 9
May 2
1934
Apr. 25
June 1
May 25
June 2
1933
M a y 26
June 3
32.83
.91
0.093
.117
2.52
32. 87
.94
0.093
.117
2.54
32. 94
.93
0.093
.117
2.58
32.96
0.093
.116
2.60
33.00
1.01
0.093
.118
2.59
33.08
1.06
0.088
.113
2.60
32.43
.94
0.088
.124
2.61
32.41
1.00
0. 083
.118
2. 11
34. 81
0. 083
.115
2.11
32.89
.80
0.071
. 093
1.87
28. 46
.69
3,134
3,721
3,389
4,072
3, 515
3, 804
5,326
4,445
3,803
3,941
3,024
3,410
3,139
3,572
2,995
2,327
2,470
5
5
2,430
5,694
2,860
2,469
2. 430
5,611
2,774
2,478
5
5
2, 430
5, 532
2,097
2,472
5
5
2,430
5,506
2,686
2,467
5
8
2,430
4,827
2, 322
2, 469
5
34
2, 430
l', 693
2,218
20
302
1,890
2, 167
339
14, 562
5,028
13, 515
14, 390
5,043
13, 446
14, 272
5, 056
13, 462
14, 260
5, 076
13,485
14, 258
5, 047
13, 452
14,187
4,985
13,451
12, 556
4, 935
11,676
2, 459
5
7
2,430
4,821
2,328
12, 501
4,966
11,716
2, 415
2, 551
2,470
5
34
2, 430
3, 763
1, 680
2,908
3,100
2,466
4
5
2, 430
5,747
2,901
4, 092
4, 038
2, 475
5
5
2,430
5,442
2,635
13,068
4, 941
9,825
12, 958
4, 947
9,803
11,257
4, 654
8,232
8,920
8,868
8,872
8,847
8,802
8,805
7,778
7,844
6,654
6,665
5,146
1,290
8, 299
3,224
5,075
1.00
1.25
1, 285
8, 353
3, 256
5,097
1.00
1.25
1, 289
8, 358
3,257
5, 101
1.00
1.25
1,278
4,412
3,315
5, 097
.75
1.00
1, 281
8, 343
3, 304
5,039
. 75
1.00
1,277
8,332
3,282
5,050
.75
1.00
791
8, 111
3,156
4,955
.25
.25
801
8,059
3,143
4, 916
.25
.25
8,513
3,650
4, 863
1.00
1.00
8,494
3,643
4,851
1.00
1.00
8, 952
3, 876
5,076
1.00
1.00
6,583
4.99
180
5, 92!)
6.584
4.97
174
5, 909
6.594
4.97
206
5,911
6.583
4.97
171
5,923
6.584
4.94
196
5,881
6. 586
4.94
193
5,874
6. 587
4.94
221
5,512
6. 585
4.92
229
5,498
6.587
5.07
216
5,350
6.610
5.10
225
5, 335
4. 667
3.99
378
5,814
51, 810
102. 26
4,561
120.81
103.7
118. 5
99.4
47.0
45, 180
102. 00
4, 376
118. 69
101.0
116.2
95.3
45.1
43. 870
101. 70
4,611
118. 36
100.7
116. 2
93.2
44.6
48, 030
101. 49
5, 503
117.00
102.0
117.7
94.2
45.5
52, 030
101.07
10, 195
115. 54
97.7
112.7
91.2
42.8
52, 360
101. 67
8, 995
119.62
106. 3
122. 3
99. 4
47.5
45,910
95.18
6, 425
90. 15
73.3
85.0
67.6
31.2
58, 570
95.20
6, 220
91.76
75.6
89.1
64.7
31.4
44, 200
94. 02
2,469
81.96
71.8
79.6
70.2
43.1
53, 900
94.03
3. 184
82. 17
70.4
77.9
69.0
42.2
69, 300
83.71
28, 249
83.19
68.7
71.6
84.8
41.5
108, 346
109, 821
1, 135
1,955
3,007
117,156
1,126
1, 962
3.008
69
8,046
118, 786
1, 143
1,948
2,962
69
118,764
1,141
1, 929
2, 926
70
8,423
120,519
1,186
1, 933
2, 933
71
11, 086
65, 675
1, 280
1,629
2,576
42
4, 845
100,705 j 54,185
1,065
1, 056
1,576
1, 696
2, 605
2,453
43
59
5,310
76,281
1, 030
1, 655
2, 493
58
4, 560
46,6P9
916
1, 461
2,678
45
683, 406
114,330
33, 414
31, 365
11,153
162,096
46, 729
284, 319
681, 447
114,683
33,126
30, 557
11,672
162, 269
46, 559
282, 581
668, 935
118,464
31, 867
31,173
13,142
162,769
31.199
280, 321
671,154
127, 222
32,164
32, 666
15,181
162,600
17, 629
283, 692
666,181
131,614
32, 205
33,105
14, 032
161,006
11,098
283,121
565, 342
122, 9S1
24, 640
23, 234
11,103
138, 963
30, 064
214, 354
598, 396
118, 756
24,081
25,812
11,341
157, 234
31, 284
229,888
579, 656
108, 668
24, 442
27,151
15, 756
143, 589
30,319
229, 731
625, 990
117,031
26,011
28, 253
16, 313
164. 169
29, 826
244, 387
512, 974
84,800
23,069
34, 305
15,144
148,386
9,001
198, 269
213
225
90
3. 159
186
249
99
2 209
233
270
67
2, 148
228
270
234
275
97
1,958
207
191
44
2,727
228
201
87
1,789
265
540
69
2,986
1,922
2,944
69
78
2, 848
2, 218
• Data do not cover calendar weeks in all cases.
t Figures on commercial failures for 1935 exclude certain types previously reported. See revised data on p . 20 of the M a y 1935 Survey.
yearly total by 3.8 percent and the 1934 yearly total by 3.1 percent.
284 j
545 !
3. 156
190
502
121
5,107
The revision reduced the 1935
22
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Monthly Business Statistics
The following summary shows the trend of industrial, commercial, and financial statistics for the past 13
months. Statistics through December 1931 for all series except those marked with an asterisk (*) will be
found in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey of Current Business, together with an explanation of the
sources and basis of thefiguresquoted. Series so marked represent additions since the Annual was issued and
similar information, if published, will be found in the places noted at the bottom of each page. Note, however, that many revisions have occurred since the last Annual Supplement was published. A special supplement was included in the April 1935 issue, pages 57 to 72, inclusive. This supplement gave the
monthly averages of all current series for the years 1933,1933, and 1934.
The terms "unadjusted" and "adjusted" used to designate index numbers [refer to the adjustment for
seasonal variation.
Data subsequent to April will be found in the Weekly Supplement to the Survey.
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
April
1936
1935
April
May
June
July
1
DecemOctober NovemAugust September
ber
ber
January
February
91.3
« 106.9
135.6
69.8
42.3
101.4
109.7
82.0
68.8
52.9
69.6
124.0
76.0
87 8
0 88.9
« 116.5
70.7
42.7
92.9
110. 1
73.8
60.8
47.8
67.0
117.3
68.1
March
BUSINESS INDEXES
BUSINESS ACTIVITY (Annalist)!
Combined index!
normal = 100 _
Automobile production!
.normal=100_.
Boot and shoe production!—normal = 100..
Carloadings, freight
_ normal = 100..
Cement production.
normal = 100..
Cotton consumption
normal = 100._
Electric power production.__normal = 100_.
Lumber production!
normal=100._
Pig-iron production
normal = 100 _
Silk consumption._
_normal=100._
Steel ingot production!
normal = 100_.
Wool consumption!
normal=100
Zinc production
normal = 100. _
93.9
115.1
70. 3~
99.T
112.6
75.3
72.6
55. 9
85. G
81.7
80.6
98.7
117.1
63.4
47.6
78.9
98.7
61.6
50.9
68.3
58.8
129.7
67.2
79.3
75.8
113.9
61.5
49.4
81.7
99.3
45.8
51.5
66.7
58.6
154.4
65.0
79.5
83.6
103.2
63.1
52.1
74.8
102.2
52.5
49.3
61.8
57.1
125.3
70.5
80.7
83.5
115.1
58.4
45.9
80.7
103.5
64.1
50.0
64.0
58.3
140.0
72.1
82.7
66.1
110.6
60.8
40.4
78.1
105.9
73.9
57.8
64.9
72.9
139.7
70.6
83.6
46.8
114.2
62.5
43.0
87.4
105.1
80.8
61.8
74.5
77.0
125.9
72.1
87.4
79.8
115.2
65.8
45.7
96.4
105.0
77.8
66.5
75.0
77.0
151.9
68.7
90.5
118.9
119.8
66.4
51.8
91.3
107.9
76.0
72.2
61.6
80.9
141.2
70.8
94.9
121.8
148.5
70.5
55.4
102.6
109.5
78.6
76.2
63.3
86.8
133.0
74.3
v 88. 4
« 108. 7
d 115.6
65.6
52.8
95.2
a. 109. 3
77.6
61.2
52. 6
" 70. 2
107. 2
74.1
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (F.R.B.)
97
97
96
Total, unadjusted
1923-25 = 100
89
87
0 95
" 96
86
83
90
87
p 104
96
98
96
Manufactures, unadjusted 1923-25=100..
95
91
87
«85
83
89
"97
87
a
a
125
149
78
126
94
124
Automobiles!
1923-25 = 100
108
134
108
114
100
69
29
58
46
70
59
29
42
29
50
65
57
Cement
1923-25—100
71
63
59
86
82
86
85
86
82
74
92
Food products
.
1923-25 = 100
76
78
73
74
81
1 ()4
192
202
235
193
169
174
201
Glass, plate
1923-25=100
205
169
165
168
181
89
90
83
111
74
85
72
64
Iron and steel!__.
1923-25 = 100..
94
87
66
79
83
104
112
115
109
112
Leather and shoes!
1923-25=100. _
* 105
105
120
106
116
109
107
100
Lumber
1923-25—100
Paper and printing
1923-25=100 .
:::::::::
174
176
170
172
176
168
Petroleum refining
.1923-25=100
153
160
166
167
169
173
99
107
91
89
99
103
96
95
81
97
Rubber tires and tubes
1923-25=100
91
105
35
92
100
107
27
22
64
Shipbuilding
_ . 1923-25=100
88
71
51
138
111
105
102
116
110
103
106
108
Textiles
1923-25=100
100
101
95
97
99
141
140
119
140
132
148
135
Tobacco manufactures
1923-25=100..
127
136
152
143
. 150
139
95
96
99
100
106
Minerals, unadjusted
1923-25=100..
79
88
84
92
97
85
« 89
50
69
P66
62
75
99
Anthracite.. _
. . . 1923-25=100
71
51
65
72
85
36
40
0
v 71
80
82
82
Bituminous coal
1923-25 = 100..
60
50
61
88
51
71
98
57
70
37
105
Iron-ore shipments
1923-25=100..
80
102
119
105
109
70
70
70
63
Lead
1923-25=100..
62
57
56
69*
57"
53
64
60
57
a
143
141
142
Petroleum, crude
.1923-25=100..
132
137
139
142
136
140
145
136
130
73
74
68
Silver
_ .1923-25 = 100
50
62
68
46
99
59
« 100
49
82
78
86
73
75
79
89
76
90
95
75
Zinc
.
_
1923-25=100
82
78
a
98
104
v 100
95
93
Total, adjusted
1923-25=100
98
90
91
86
85
86
86
87
a
a
a
104
98
95
97
91
Manufactures, adjusted
1923-25=100..
91
*99
86
84
84
86
8S
93
a
115
126
94
111
124
Automobiles! .
.1923-25=100
« 105
91
86
71
100
95
109
78
59
59
52
47
Cement
1923-25=100..
71
51
52
49
58
55
47
58
44
82
83
92
90
74
80
74
76
83
87
84
78
78
Food products
1923-25=100
200
269
193
179
225
161
162
Glass, plate
1923-25=100
185
155
169
167
178
96
103
88
100
66
86
83
Iron and steel!
1923-25=100 .
67
66
69
81
°83
83
a
a
109
124
105
104
115
114
109
105
104
105
111
Leather and shoes!
1923-25=100
Lumber
1923 25—100
Paper and printing
1923-25=100
Petroleum refining
1923-25=100
172
153
160
168
166
169
172
176
176
173
168
169
Rubber tires and tubes
1923-25=100 .
79
82
75
83
102
104
116
88
92
133
142
Shipbuilding
1923-25=100
21
129
56
15
64
141
91
48
35
119
179
"138
Textiles
1923-25=100
111
100
102
100
105
106
98
104
106
113
102
105
100
152
Tobacco manufactures
1923-25=100..
134
138
140
129
138
137
147
14S
138
130
148
140
Minerals, adjusted
1923-25=100
* 104
89
92
101
93
98
81
110
103
" 95
87
84
87
Anthracite
1923-25=100
69
62
71
97
36
65
48
1)3
71
48
48
70
Bituminous coal
1923-25=100
69
92
a 70
60
74
71
79
55
58
58
77
80
Iron-ore shipments
1923-25=100
53
50
62
62
44
53
54
Lead
1923-25=100
70
62
58
59
70
55
63
60
59
68
67
63
59
0
f 149
131
134
Petroleum, crude
.
1923-25=100
130
133
135
140
144
146
133
143
116
148
a
Silver
1923-25 = 100
51
75
68
49
47
73
59
71
68
93
°80
90
Zinc
_
.1923-25=100..
91
84
75
73
79
80
82
80
81
84
77
84
85
• Revised.
* Preliminary.
t Revised series, refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues for revisions; Annalist indexes complete, annually 1920-28, monthly January 1929-December 1932,
October 1933, p. 19; Annalist indexes, combined, automobile and steel-ingot production for 1933, August 1934, p. 22; Annalist indexes, boot-and-shoe production for 1934,
April 1935, p. 22; Annalist indexes, combined, automobile production and wool consumption revised for 1934, July 1935, p. 22; Annalist indexes, lumber production for 1934,
p. 22 of the September 1935 issue; Federal Reserve Board indexes, leather and shoe production January 1919-October 1933, January 1934, p. 19; automobile and steel production for 1933, September 1934, p. 22; leather and shoe roduction, 1935, p. 22, April 1936.
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
;ogether with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
23
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
1936
1935
April
DecemAugust SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
April
May
June
July
1936
January
Febru- March
ary
BUSINESS INDEXES—Continued
MARKETINGS
Agricultural products • (quantity)
1923-25=100. _
Animal products
1923-25=100Dairy products
1923-25=100..
Livestock
1923-25=100Poultry and eggs
1923-25=100—
Wool
1923-25=100Crops
1923-25=100Cotton
—.1923-25=100—
Fruits
._
1923-25=100..
Grains.—
..1923-25=100..
Vegetables
„ .1923-25=100—
Agricultural products, cash income received
from marketings of:*t
Crops and livestock:
Unadjusted
—1924-29=100Ad justed .
...1924-29=100..
Crops, adjusted
1924-29=100—
Livestock and products, adjusted
1924-29=100..
Dairy products, adjusted..1924-29=100..
Meat animals, adjusted—1924-29=100..
Poultry and eggs, adjusted. 1924-29=100. .
STOCKS
Domestic stocks
1923-25=100 .
Manufactured goods
1923-25=100..
Chemicals and allied prod. 1923-25=100..
Food products
1923-25=100..
Forest products
. 1923-25=100
Iron and steel products
1923-25=100Leather
1923-25=100—
Metals, nonferrous
1923-25=100—
Paper, newsprint
1923-25=100..
Rubber products
1923-25=100
Stone, clay, and glass
1923-25=100..
Textiles
1923-25=100Raw materials
1923-25=100.
Chemicals and allied prod. 1923-25=100. _
Foodstuffs
1923-25=100—
Metals
.1923-25=100..
Textile materials
_
1923-25=100
World stocks—foodstuffs and raw materials:
TotalfA
.1923-25=100..
Coffee—adj. for seasonal...1923-25=100
Cotton—adj. for seasonal-.1923-25=100..
Rubber—adj. for seasonalf. 1923-25=100
Silk—adj. for seasonal
1923-25=100..
Sugar—adj. for seasonalt—1923-25=100 .
Tea—adj. for seasonal
1923-25=100..
Tin—unadjusted .
1923-25=100.
Whofit—qdj. for seasonal _.1923-25 = 100__
65
80
98
64
120
46
50
35
79
43
84
57
75
89
61
111
54
39
19
82
27
90
63
82
116
61
117
130
44
23
89
33
94
61
81
144
52
98
315
40
19
69
31
103
70
86
145
58
81
510
53
32
88
59
68
78
75
109
65
63
256
80
63
85
109
45
106
76
100
72
65
146
135
200
85
107
73
124
82
89
84
69
89
167
280
126
85
103
98
77
72
69
106
83
119
202
66
66
71
78
76
74
68
106
40
79
119
65
49
59
68
74
85
74
70
48
61
72
58
46
74
57
61
85
57
59
35
53
57
65
34
85
67
77
95
65
108
37
56
41
72
51
98
58.0
70.0
61.0
55.5
69.0
66.5
57.0
64.0
57.0
52.0
60.0
54.5
53.5
60.5
54.5
64.5
62.5
54.5
75.5
63.5
55.0
94.0
67.0
58.0
78.0
66.5
57.0
70.5
66.0
55.5
66.0
68.0
56.0
55.0
65.5
56.5
« 59.5
»a 67.0
58.0
79.5
82.5
82.0
73.5
72.0
81.5
67.5
74.0
71.5
77.5
67.5
78.0
66.5
73.0
59.5
77.5
67.0
71.5
61.5
77.5
70.5
71.0
73.0
68.0
72.5
74.0
70.5
77.5
76.5
73.0
79.0
79.0
76.5
75.0
75.0
90.0
76.5
79.5
76.5
80.0
80.5
84.0
84.0
69.0
75.5
85.0
75.0
62.5
« 76. 5
82.0
°75.0
78.0
110
102
128
62
108
110
82
121
65
115
152
100
115
78
93
72
119
101
117
69
114
98
81
151
60
113
157
119
132
87
114
90
195
113
102
116
72
113
101
80
149
62
114
162
121
121
84
99
95
179
110
105
117
83
113
102
79
155
63
114
168
127
114
81
93
101
168
110
107
117
90
114
101
79
159
72
113
170
107
113
78
102
90
155
115
106
114
89
113
105
78
155
70
112
165
103
121
79
120
92
157
127
106
120
87
114
107
79
148
63
114
162
99
141
98
136
96
186
136
104
117
77
114
108
79
136
55
114
154
101
160
115
144
88
225
136
101
118
63
115
109
81
124
47
115
161
103
161
111
141
88
235
133
103
121
66
117
109
79
122
39
115
170
305
154
107
127
86
233
127
104
124
70
114
110
83
119
54
115
166
104
144
98
112
87
225
122
105
132
65
112
122
81
115
61
113
167
104
134
88
103
86
213
223
336
151
363
211
320
162
80
162
219
334
158
356
201
295
155
80
166
213
332
148
375
211
275
151
69
163
205
350
136
391
177
259
147
63
172
209
357
147
384
179
246
139
64
174
212
370
159
369
194
226
136
57
188
213
378
169
355
176
228
133
64
188
215
399
169
328
166
259
129
72
176
« 214
°419
179
206
206
«394
« 400
« 413
177
161
64
170
322
163
248
128
66
186
165
319
184
256
124
64
172
154
318
197
263
123
75
152
« 115
104
• 133
62
109
115
80
119
70
115
156
100
° 123
81
97
84
194
a
161
304
133
77
137
COMMODITY PRICES
COST O P LIVING (N. I. C. B.)
Total, all groups
1923=100—
Clothing.
1923=100—
Food
1923=100Fuel and light
1923=100..
Housing
1923=100-Sundries
.
1923=100-.
F A R M PRICES (Dept. o f Agrl.) §t
Total, all groups
1909-14=100-Chickens and eggs
1909-14=100—
Cotton and cottonseed
1909-14=100
Dairy products
.__ 1909-14=100-_
Fruits.
1909-14=100G rains
1909-14=100-.
Meat animals
1909-14=100-.
Truck crops
1909-14=100-.
Miscellaneous
1909-14=100-.
84.3
73.8
84.3
86.6
75.9
93.7
83.2
75.4
85.4
86.0
68.7
93.0
82.9
75.0
85.1
83.9
69.6
92.5
82.7
74.5
84.2
83.7
69.9
92.7
82.6
74.4
83.3
83.7
70.5
93.1
83.0
74.2
83.7
84.0
71.5
93.1
83.5
74.3
84.8
84.7
72.1
93.1
83.9
74.4
85. 2
86.2
72.7
93.4
84.3
74.5
86.1
86.6
73.0
93.4
74.6
87.2
86.7
73.4
93.4
84.8
74.5
86.9
86.7
73.9
93.4
84.4
74.1
85.7
87.1
74.1
93.5
84. 1
74.0
84.3
87.1
74.7
93.7
105
97
96
114
89
89
125
107
94
111
105
103
117
105
115
117
156
92
108
110
105
107
98
112
118
127
89
104
108
103
99
100
102
119
96
86
102
107
102
97
98
96
116
93
85
106
111
97
98
87
96
129
92
102
107
126
90
102
82
97
131
101
96
109
132
94
104
82
101
125
120
103
108
140
99
111
83
90
117
136
103
110
135
98
118
92
89
120
136
108
109
117
95
120
89
92
122
118
112
109
121
94
123
92
92
125
117
94
104
99
93
118
94
92
122
77
91
RETAIL PRICES
Department of Labor indexes:
162
153
150
158
148
147
158
164
Coal*
1913=10080.5
80.1
79.6
80.2
81.4
81.5
81.7
81.2
81.5
82.0
80.6
79.7
79.5
Food 1
1923-25=100
Fairchild's index:*
87.6
85.7
86.6
85.2
85.7
88.2
86.1
86.3
88.0
88.1
88.1
Combined index.
Dec. 1930=100-.
Apparel:
92.6
92.7
93.4
93.4
92.7
93.2
92.7
93.5
93.5
93.8
92.7
92.8
92.9
Infants' wear.
Dec. 1930=100__
87.2
87.3
87.3
87.3
87.3
87.4
87.2
87.2
87.4
87.3
87.2
87.1
87.1
Men's._-_
-.Dec. 1930=100
89.4
89.4
89.5
89 5
89.5
89.8
88.8
89.1
87.7
87.8
87.9
88.1
88.4
Women's
Dec. 1930=100..
89.2
89.1
89.2
89.2
89.2
88.5
89.0
89.3
88.1
88.2
87.8
87.8
87.7
Home furnishings
Dec. 1930=100
84.7
84.9
84.7
84.5
84.6
84.5
84.9
84.8
84.8
84.6
84.3
84.6
84.8
Piece goods
Dec. 1930=100
« Revised.
* New Series. See pp. 16-19 of the May 1934 issue, cash income for marketings of agricultural products, p. 19 of the December 1932 issue, Fairchild's price index, and
pp. 19 and 20 of the March 1933 issue, quantity marketings.
§ Data for May 15, 1936: Total 103, chickens and eggs 101, cotton and cottonseed 96, dairy products 106, fruits 103, grains 88, meat animals 118, truck crops 105,
miscellaneous 97.
t Index of farm prices has been completely revised. For earlier data see p. 20 of the November 1934 issue. World stocks—revised total, rubber adjusted and sugar
adjusted indexes for January 1927-June 1932, appeared on p. 20 of the September 1932 issue. Cash income for marketings of agricultural products revised from January 1933June 1935. For revisions see p. 19 of the September 1935 issue. World stocks—total revised for period 1920-1935, see p. 20 of the May 1936 issue.
• Monthly retail prices of coal were discontinued with the month of August 1935. Subsequent to that date the price will be shown quarterly.
1 This series has been completely revised. Revised indexes for months not shown in the December 1935 issue will appear in a subsequent issue. Index computed every
2 weeks; monthly index is figure taken nearest the middle of the month: prior to Aug. 15,1933, index computed once a month.
A See footnoote on p. 24 marked, "<?".
24
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1935
1936
April
June 1936
April
May
June
July
1936
August SeptemOctober November
ber
D
fST
January
COMMODITY PRICES—Continued
WHOLESALE PRICES
Department of Labor index:
Combined index (784)
.-1926=100.
Economic classes:
Finished products
..1926=100.
Raw materials
1926=100_
Semimanufactures.
1926=100.
Farm products
.
1926=100.
Grains
1926=100.
Livestock and poultry
1926=100.
Foods
1926=100_
Dairy products
1926=100.
Fruits and vegetables
.1926=100.
Meats...
1926=100.
Other products
1926=100.
Building materials
1926 = 100.
Brick and tile
1926=100.
Cement..
1926=100.
Lumber
1926=100.
Chemicals and drugs
..1926=100.
Chemicals
1926=100.
Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
1926=100.
Fertilizer materials
.1926=100.
Fuel and lighting
1926=100.
Electricity..
....1926=100.
Gas
1926=100.
Petroleum products
1926=100.
Hides and leather._.
.1926=100.
Boots and shoes.
1926=100.
Hides and s k i n s . .
1926=100.
Leather
1926=100.
House-furnishing goods
1926=100.
Furniture
1926=100,
Furnishings.
1926=100.
Metals and metal products. 1926=100.
Iron and steel
1926=100.
Metals, nonferrous
1926=100.
Plumbing and heating equipment
1926=100.
Textile products
1926=100.
Clothing
1926=100.
Cotton goods
1926=100.
Knit goods
.1926=100.
Silk and rayon
1926=100.
Woolens and worsted
1926=100.
Miscellaneous
1926=100.
Auto tires and tubes
1926=100.
Paper and pulp
1926=100.
Other wholesale price indexes:
Bradstreet's (96)
1926=100.
Dun's (300).
1926=100..
World prices foodstuffs and raw materials:* c?
Combined index
1923-25=100..
Coffee
.
1923-25=100..
Cotton
1923-25 = 100.
Rubber
1923-25 = 100..
Silk
1923-25 = 100.
Sugar
1923-25=100.
Tea
.
1923-25=100..
Tin
1923-25=100..
Wheat
1923-25 = 100..
Wholesale'pri ces, actual. (See under respective commodities.)
80.1
80.2
79.8
79.4
80.5
80.7
80.5
80.6
82.3
77.5
72.3
80.4
87.9
85.9
84.5
84.9
67.3
94.3
77.2
84.6
89.7
94.9
79.9
81.0
87.2
82.4
77.6
73.5
80.6
83.2
87.6
84.1
77.7
66. 3
97.0
77.6
84.8
89.3
94.9
79.8
81.2
87.5
82.2
76.4
73.9
78.3
76.9
84.8
82.8
74.6
68.7
94.5
78.0
85.3
89.2
94.9
81.6
80.7
86.3
82.0
75.8
72.8
77.1
78.3
82.8
82.1
74.0
65.1
93.3
78.0
85.2
89.1
94.9
81.7
78.7
84.6
83.0
77.1
73.2
79.3
79.3
91.6
84.9
75.7
60.5
102.0
77.9
85.4
89.0
94.9
82.0
78.6
84.3
83.1
77.3
74.4
79.5
83.5
92.0
86.1
76.0
60.0
102.9
77.8
85.9
88.8
94.9
82.1
80.2
86.9
82.7
77.1
76.3
78.2
86.4
86.6
85.0
76.9
59.1
97.1
78.3
86.1
88.3
95.5
82.0
81.1
88.3
82.7
77.2
76.2
77.5
77.9
83.1
85.1
81.1
63.2
94.3
78.8
85.8
88.3
95.5
81.8
81.2
88.4
83.1
77.7
75.2
78.3
76.6
87.4
85.7
83.7
63.7
97.5
78.7
85.5
88.9
95.5
81.5
80.6
87.7
82.4
78.1
74.8
78.2
78.9
89.1
83.5
84.2
62.2
94.9
78.8
85.7
88.4
95.5
82.2
80.5
87.6
82.2
79.1
74.6
79.5
78.3
90.3
83.2
85.7
62.4
92.1
79.0
85.5
88.4
95.5
82.3
80.1 i
87.0 |
74.2
65.9
73.1
88.7
92.0
52.2
88.3
97.2
76.1
79.6
80.6
77.1
84.1
86.6
86.6
69.2
74.3
65.7
74.2
90.2
95.2
53.2
88.9
97.3
78.0
80.5
80.5
77.1
83.9
86.9
87.1
69.1
74.0
65.7
74.7
87.8
94.0
52.9
89.3
97.8
79.8
80.2
80.4
76.8
84.0
86.4
87.0
66.1
73.8
66.8
74.1
86.7
91.8
52.4
89.6
98.3
80.4
80.2
80.5
77.0
84.0
86.6
87.1
66.9
73.8
67.2
73.0
87.5
91.9
50.6
90.9
98.3
83.8
83.0
80.5
76.9
84.0
86.6
86.8
68.6
74.2
67.2
73.4
86.3
89.0
50.1
93.6
98.8
92.9
86.6
80.6
76.9
84.2
86.5
86.9
70.9
74.7
67.5
74.5
57.9
94.6
100.3
90.1
84.5
81.5
78.0
85.0
86.6
86.3
70.4
73.8
66.0
72.8
87.8
88.0
51.0
86.3
97.2
71.2
74.9
80.7
77.1
84.2
85.9
86.0
68.2
52.5
95.0
99.6
96.0
88.1
81.0
77.1
84.7
86.9
87.0
71.3
74.7
64.5
74.6
84.9
84.5
52.8
95.4
100.1
96.5
87.6
81.0
77.1
84.7
86.8
86.9
70.6
70.4
64.4
75.1
83.1
83.2
54.4
97.1
100.5
100.5
87.3
81.4
77.9
84.8
86.7
87.1
69.7
73.2 !
64.5 ]
76.1 !
86.2 |
82.1
55.7 |
96.1 |
100.5 !
96.7 •
86.0 '
81.5 !
77.9 i
85.0 !
86.7 i
86.9 i
69.7
73.8
70.2
80.8
76.2
62.0
30.1
82.2
68.6
45.0
80.5
67.1
69.2
78.5
81.8
61.6
27.6
73.1
68.7
46.3
80.4
67.1
69.4
78.5
82.7
60.4
27.6
73.5
68.7
45.0
80.0
66.2
70.1
80.7
82.5
59.5
27.2
75.6
68.4
45.0
79.7
68.8
70.2
80.7
82.0
59.9
27.9
76.4
67.7
45.0
79.7
71.1
70.9
80.5
82.5
60.2
31.0
76.4
67.3
45.0
79.7
71.1
71.8
80.8
83.2
61.6
32.9
76.9
67.1
45.0
79.7
71. 1
72.9
80.8
84.5
63.2
35.1
79.1
67.5
45.0
79.7
71.1
73.4
80.7
85.8
63.2
35.0
80.7
67.4
45.0
79.4
71.1
73.2
81.0
86.0
62.2
33.7
81.0
67.5
45.0
79.2
71.7
71.7
80.8
80.4
61.8
33.5
81.4
67.8
45.0
79.8
73.8
71.0
80.7
78.1
62.0
31.6
82.8
68.1
45.0
79.9
76.0
92.0
75.8
93.4
76.7
92.4
76.2
90.7
76.8
90.9
77.5
90.6
78.8
94.1
79.6
94.7
80.5
94.2
80.2
94.4
77.6
52.1
43.0
43.0
37.4
23.5
71.0
70.9
93.4
56.6
47.2
43.5
43.0
26.9
19.4
58.4
65.8
99.7
50.9
48.6
42.0
45.2
28.1
19.8
59.4
65.3
101.7
53.4
47.6
41.0
43.8
29.3
19.2
60.3
61.0
101.6
50.2
47.9
40.5
44.9
28.3
20.2
58.6
65.1
104.0
51.2
48.2
40.0
42.3
28.0
23.8
59.6
66.3
100.3
54.7
49.6
42.5
39.7
26.9
26.1
64.8
77.1
97.6
58.0
52.2
43.5
41.2
29.7
29.1
67.8
77.0
101.9
62.7
50.3
42.0
44.1
30.7
29.2
62.8
67.9
103.2
54.9
49.5
42.0
44.5
30.8
27.4
55.6
66.0
99.0
59.2
51.1
45.0
43.8
33.5
27.2
59.1
67.8
94.0
63.1
50.5
47.0
42.6
36.2
24.9
61.1
69.5
95.3
58.1
126.4
125.5
140.1
120.8
125.7
123.0
132.5
122.4
125.6
122.9
136.1
122.9
126.2
122.7
141.4
123.2
126. 8
124. 7
144. 1
123. 3
125.1
125.6
138.7
122.7
124.8
124.8
137.4
122.0
125.1
124.2
135.0
121.4
125.0
122.7
136.1
120.8
124.5
122.0
133.7
120.0
125.0
122.4
135.0
120.0
125.0
124.1
135.0
120. 6
80.6
95.2
PURCHASING POWER OF THE
DOLLAR *
Wholesale prices
Retail food prices 1
Farm pricesf
Cost of living
.....
1923-25 = 100..
1923-25=100..
1923-25=100..
1923-25 = 100..
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
AWARDED
Contracts awarded, F. R. B.:%
44 \
35
44
53
53
50
55
32
39
45
Total, unadjusted
1923-25=i00._
21
22
22
25
34
25
26
25
25
25
Residential..
....1923-25=100..
48
43
67
61
52
30
35
48
60
Total, adjusted..
1923-25=100..
27
29
21
24
25
25
25
26
25
25
26
Residential
1923-25=100..
F. W. Dodge Corporation (37 States):A
Total, all types:
6,442
7,724
9,978
9,256
10, 655
8,249
10, 567 10, 501 10 450
10,929
11,385
Projects
.number.. 13, 338
Valuation
.thous. of dol.. 234, 806 124, 020 126, 720 148 005 159,258 168, 557 167, 376 200, 596 188,115 264,137 204,793 142,050
Nonresidential buildings:f
2,355
2,761
3 059
2,778
2,753
2,796
3,385
3,325
3,307
3,318
3, 792
3,178
Projects
...number..
9 075
9,632
7,748
Floor space
thous. of sq. ft.. 17, 343
9,145
8,288
8,602
10,813
11,680
20,680
16, 047 11, 384
58,489
41,328
Valuation
thous. of dol.. 94, 243
49, 420 59,180
68,080 124,506
90, 480 62,611
50, 433 59, 036
56,969
• Revised.
* New series. For earlier data on the following subjects refer to indicated pages of the monthly issues as follows: World prices, p. 20, September 1932; Purchasing
Power of the Dollar (except for farm prices), p. 18, August 1933.
t Revised series. For revisions of construction contracts awarded on nonresidential buildings for years 1930, 1931, and 1932, refer to p. 20 of the September 1933 issue.
Farm prices (purchasing power) are on p. 20 of the April 1935 issue.
A A continuation of the statistics shown on pp. 30 and 32, of the 1932 annual supplement, by classes, for the years 1932 and 1933 was published on p. 19 of the August
1934 issue and for 1934 on p. 19 of the October 1935 issue. Series also revised for 1935. See p. 19 of the May 1936 issue.
% Indexes are based on 3-month moving average of F. W. Dodge data centered at second month.
1 See footnote on p. 23 marked "V.
c? Index revised to exclude copper prices, since data on copper stocks have not been available subsequent to October 1931. Both stock and price series now cover 3
commodities as listed. For revised data for period 1920-35 see p. 19 of the May 1936 issue.
25
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1935
1936
April
April
May
June
July
1936
Decem- January
August SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
Febru- March
ary
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE—Continued
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
AWARDED—Continued
F. W. Dodge Corporation (37 States)—Con.
Public utilities:^
Projects
number..
221
Valuation
thous. of doL_ 23, 753
Public works:#
1,092
Projects—
number..
Valuation
thous. of doL- 49, 660
Residential buildings:
8,233
Projects
_
number..
Floor space
thous. of sq. ft.. 19,736
Valuation
thous. of doL. 67,151
Engineering construction:^
Total contracts awarded (E. N. R.)
thous. of dol__ 195, 458
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
Concrete-pavement contract awards:
2,835
Total
..thous. of sq. y d . .
2,767
Roads only
thous. of sq. y d . .
Highways:
Approved for construction (N. I. R. A.):*
296
Mileage
number of miles..
Public works funds alloted.thous. of dol..
7,382
Under construction (iV. /. R. A.):*
Estimated total cost
thous. of doL.
56, 484
Public works funds allotted
thous. of dol_.
Federalaidfunds^allotted.thous. ofdol. 52, 005
Mileage
number of miles..
467
CONSTRUCTION COSTS
1,527
Building costs—all types (American Appraisal Co.)*
..1913=100..
Building costs—all types (A. 0. C.)
1913=100178
Building costs—all types (E. N. i?.)§
202.2
1913=100..
Building costs—factory (Aberthaw)
1914=100..
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Fire losses, United
States
thous. of doL. 25, 787
Foreclosures*0
number.. 13,126
Real estate:
Home loan bank, loans outstanding*^
thous. of doL- 105, 972
Home Owners' Loan Corp:*
Applications received
number..
Loans closed:
6,305
Number
Amount
-thous. of dol— 19, 891
Loans outstanding*
thous of doL.
207
10,694
269
18,104
221
17,926
136
11, 939
205
18,106
1,540
69,645
1,328
76, 387
1,048
58,948
702
36, 325
1,123
44,191
6,230
16, 764
55,100
4,756
12, 253
3,856
11,899
45,140
3,694
10, 306
37,440
3,249
9,115
31,176
114,840
182,631
154,973
235,506
3,052
2,395
4,663
3,766
6,816
5,888
4,496
3,327
3,591
2,250
1,217
2, 068
1,396
2, 662
1,579
559
14, 221
402
11,984
295
10,100
290
8,740
241
8,092
267
7,279
308
7,607
291
7,623
158
7,319
132
5,419
9,146
198
13,810
182
4,422
176
12,493
926
33,170
923
25,967
1,087
29,991
1,050
40, 083
1,358
65,118
1,422
63,653
223
11,198
1,614
75,117
11,887
42, 203
6,268
13,136
44,902
6,166
13, 702
49,833
6,356
13,115
48,395
5,808
11, 753
40,528
5,602
12,002
41,811
116,972
122,827
110,161
86,873
158,057
1,706
826
2,250
1,111
2,129
1,508
3,303
2,381
2,643
40, 622
1,889
33,480
1,427
26,004
876
20,048
6,080
15, 604
•' 55, 221
288, 547 164, 499 147, 697
187, 675 191, 522
185, 044
170,846
149, 047 126,211
102,246
88,776
74, 700
65, 390
61, 015
59, 593
171, 294
4,093
175,478
4,110
9,121
168, 816
3,815
8,530
155,739
3,261
7,881
136,399
2,334
114, 867
2,020
5,031
92, 885
1,328
3,706
80,810
1,189
2,968
68, 965
982
2,371
60, 877
667
1,988
56, 653
601
1,734
55, 085
569
1, 679
158
158
157
157
157
157
157
157
178
178
177
175
175
174
173
173
173
178
178
178
194.5
194.1
194.8
195.2
195.1
195.1
195.1
194.9
194.9
199.5
201.2
201.2
177
177
177
178
18,500
17,249
19, 294
15,835
18,137
14,964
16,642
14,470
19,786
14,398
20,872
12,886
27, 969
13, 221
27, 730
12, 560
75,836
79,233
80,877
86,025
90,432
95,595
97,089
102, 795
102,800
2,914
140, 795
13, 593 13,142
13,413
14,623
12,892
41, 236 40, 558 41, 570 44, 775 41,181
2,702,247 ,747,022 2,788,203
2,660,677
2,620,119
16,259
49,883
23, 268
17,441
21, 238
17,441
74,011
13, 807
39,475
,578,883
158
30, 910
11,794
29,177
13, 245
102, 942 103, 358
14,192
9,392
19,002
8,386
15,634
58, 541 44, 409 29, 984 25, 715
47,927
2,886,013 2,940,029 2,984,438 1,014,423 1,040,137
DOMESTIC TRADE
ADVERTISING
Printer's Ink indexes (adjusted for seasonal
variation) :*
80.2
84.1
«78.0
79.8
83.2
80.2
°84.8
79.4
76.6
79.0
Combined index
1928-32=100..
87.7
81.6
78.7
66. 6
Farm papers. _
..1928-32=100._
72.8
57.7
64.6
62.6
74.4
67.1
66.0
63.9
58.8
65.5
69.8
61.5
86.8
77.1
Magazines
1928-32=100..
89.2
80.9
81.8
81.0
82.4
82.2
82.5
78.8
78.4
74.4
75.1
"81.5
Newspapers
1928-32=100—
85.0
78,7
80.4
82.9
84.7
79.1
75.5
76.1
77.2
78.6
75.6
77.9
71.1
Outdoor_
..1928-32=100
70.6
61.2
59.4
58.0
47.0
50.0
52.3
63.2
63.4
58.9
52.4
59.5
192.8
Radio
1928-32=100185.2
169.7
169.9
177.5
195.0
187.0
189.7
182.1
188.2
182.5
184.5
185.2
Radio broadcasting: A
4,741
4, 621
4,780
5,210
4,691
2,900
3,250
4,377
3,973
3,448
3,119
4,710
4,298
Cost of facilities, total
thous. of d o L .
539
Automotive
__thous. of dol—
453
342
400
487
432
460
312
275
215
186
244
721
1, 555
967
Drugs and toilet goods
thous. of d o L .
1,408
1,461
1,303
1,295
1,406
1,469
1, 428
1,196
1,097
1,096
1,283
1, 260
912
897
876
911
Foods
thous. of doL1,176
1,089
1,139
1,072
1,171
1,197
1,111
1,154
390
417
344
302
384
382
398
402
272
313
262
311
Petroleum products
thous. of dol—
282
370
331
395
280
284
188
183
184
367
368
384
359
Tobacco manufactures
thous. of d o L .
336
1, 069
895
861
934
882
913
802
518
413
386
503
All other*
__thous. of d o L .
788
667
Magazine advertising:!
7,435
11,166
9,360
11,747
13,431
7,074
8,852
12,754
11,004
7,798
12,142
10,248
Cost, total
thous. of dol— 14, 516
2,044
832
686
979
Automotive
thous. of d o L .
2,146
1,678
1,684
1,157
1, 655
1,641
1,555
1,005
1,023
2,477
Drugs and toilet goods
thous. of dol__
2,506
2,436
2,203
1,609
1,241
2,323
2,185
2,017
1,616
1,464
1,454
1,957
2, 195
Foods
thous. of dol__
1,784
1, 680
1,986
1,630
1,230
1, 837
1,636
1,556
1,380
1,100
1,296
1,690
191
110
148
263
214
284
192
459
344
292
368
329
220
Petroleum products
.thous. of d o L .
568
494
591
484
525
526
559
565
580
595
563
581
489
Tobacco manufactures
thous. of dol__
5, 932
All other*...
thous. of dol__
7,031
6,011
5,052
4,467
3,079
4, 665
5,862
4,938
2,941
2,719
4,523
5,197
2, 511
Lineage, totalf-thous. of lines..
2,860
2,700
2,201
2,334
1,696
2,128
2,618
2,335
1,831
1,497
1,812
2,181
« Revised.
* New series. For earlier data on building costs, American Appraisal Co., refer to p. 20 of the August 1933 issue. N . I. R. A. highway work started in September
1933, see November 1934 issue for beginning of series. For Home Loan Bank loans outstanding for period December 1932-January 1936 see p. 19 of the April 1936 issue.
Home Owners' Loan Corporation data from September 1933 to April 1934 will be shown in a subsequent issue. Total loans closed to Apr. 30, 1936, $3,060,028,685. Printers'
Ink indexes from January 1922 to May 1934 appear on p. 19 of July 1935 issue. Data prior to May 1934 on "all other" radio and magazine advertising not published.
See special note below on foreclosures. Data on H. O. L. C. loans outstanding for period September 1933-January 1936 are shown on p. 19 of the April 1936 issue.
t Revised series. See p. 20 of the October 1933 issue, magazine lineage. For revised data on magazine advertising cost for the years 1933 and 1934, see p. 19 of the February 1936 issue.
§ Index as of May 1, 1936, 203.4.
• Compiled by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and represent the number of foreclosures on all types of properties in 1,013 identical communities in 48 States;
having 53 percent of the population of the United States. Data prior to October 1933 not published. Comparable annual totals for 1926, 65,857; 1932, 210,821; and 1933
209,003. Data were not compiled for other years. Months subsequent to September 1934 were computed by means of a link relative to keep series comparable since the
figures for these months are from a slightly different number of communities.
# These series represent a break-down of the combined total shown in the Survey previous to September 1933. For earlier data see p. 20 of the September 1933 issue.
«[ Months of May, August, and October 1935; January and April 1936 include 5 weeks; other months include 4 weeks.
t For the period October 1933-February 1935, inter-bank loans that were formerly included have been removed.
A Data for 1935 revised. See p. 25 of the May 1936 issue.
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1935
1936
April
June 1936
April
June
May
DOMESTIC
July
August
1936
ber
DecemOctober November
ber
January
Febru- March
ary
TRADE—Continued
ADVERTISING—Continued
Newspaper advertising: 0
Lineage, total (52 cities) __thous. of lines.. 121,887
Classified
thous. of lines.. 22,548
Display
thous. of lines.. 99, 339
7,813
Automotive
thous. of lines..
2, 488
Financial
thous. of lines..
General
thous. of lines.. 21,812
Retail.thous. of lines.. 67, 227
112, 803
19, 844
92, 960
7, 467
1,894
20, 313
63, 286
115, 854
20,174
95, 680
8,978
1,614
20, 504
64,584
102, 210
20, 061
82,149
8,426
1, 642
18, 042
54, 038
87, 363
18, 299
69, 064
6,415
1, 926
16, 862
43, 861
89, 997
19, 266
70,731
5, 281
1, 280
14, 459
49,712
101, 347
20,155
81,192
2, 910
1, 454
16, 629
60, 200
117, 427
20, 658
96, 769
5. 714
1,983
20,775
68,297
117, 704
19, 753
97, 952
7,677
2, 096
20, 980
67,198
118,684
20,171
98, 513
4,058
1, 835
16,269
76,351
94,810
18, 499
76,311
3,787
2,536
17, 686
52, 301
91, 334
17, 548
73, 788
3, 632
1,942
19, 4G4
48, 751
116,443
21,991
94, 452
5, 453
2,773
22, 899
63, 327
63.6
63.1
62.3
63.0
63.1
62.5
61.9
62.3
62.2
°62. 4
*60. 7
61. £
2,318
2, 329
2,179
2,142
2,057
2, 272
2,053
2,409
2,655
2, 218
2, 506
677, 232
728,600
761, 385
732,875
807, 460
717,264
858,100
761, 833
745, 845
3, 952
37, 528
3, 953
36,611 |
4, 123
38, 676
12,449
92, 882
2, 294
11,523
85, 855
2,254
13. 291
99, 739
27, 434
3,257
20,103
3, 060
28, 839
3,318
GOODS IN WAREHOUSES
Space occupied, public merchandise in warehouses
-.
.percent of total-.
NEW INCORPORATIONS
Business incorporations (4 States) _.number _.
2,297
POSTAL BUSINESS
Air mail, pound-mile performance*
thous. of 1b
Money orders:
Domestic, issued (50 cities):
Number.
._
...thousands..
Value
thous. of dol
Domestic, paid (50 cities):
Number
thousands
Value
thous. of dol__
Foreign, issued—value
thous. of doL_
Receipts, postal :1
50 selected cities
thous. of dol..
50 industrial cities
thous. of dol_.
632, 507
3,950
37, 884
3,805
36, 700
3,714
35, 237
3, 552
33, 807
3,512
34, 607
3,428
33,812
3, 359
33, 417
3,809
37, 327
3,740
35, 890
4,346
39, 631
13,122
99, 510
12, 444
94, 393
2,415
12,177
92, 975
2,149
12, 023
87, 441
2,238
11, 358
89, 525
2,052
11,071
88. 997
2,479
10,915
88, 703
2,416
13, 631
108,905
2,038
12, 561
99, 403
2,733
14,341
107,701
5,281
28, 944
3,320
26, 775
3,110
27, 365
3, 222
24, 679
2,829
23,123
2,866
24,162
2,901
25, 035
2, 815
29,354
3,292
27, 580
2, 976
35,985
4,248
a
RETAIL TRADE
Automobiles:*
New passenger car sales:
53. 3
98.4
89.1
80.2
50.1
Unadjusted
1929-31=100.
104.9
96. 6
140.9
116.7
69.3
65.5
90.6
»]17. 6
Adjusted...
.—1929-31=100. _
82.0
70.0
81.0
79.0
75.0
113.5
102.0
92.5
89.5
106.5
»101.0
78.5
78.5
Chain-store sales:
Chain Store Age index:*fc?
Combined index t
100
100
av. same month 1929-31=100—
92
102
97
103
99
101
Apparel index f
110
av. same month 1929-31=100..
104
99
101
107
108
100
101
100
115
114
105
119
Grocery t
93
av. same month 1929-31 = 100..
94
91
92
90
92
93
94
93
93
Five-and-ten (variety) stores:*
93.4
95.1
Unadjusted
1929-31=100..
86.1
92.9
87.7
86.0
82.0
95.0
79.3
67.7
178.4
80.3
Adjusted
1929-31 = 100..
92.0
94.5
90.6
93.7
86.0
90.7
92.1
89.6
91.8
90.8
93.3
96.7
H. L. Green Co., Inc.:*
2,384
2,049
2, 684
2,229
2,088
2,476
Sales
thous. of dol..
2, 522
2,158
2,157
4,941
1, 753
2,043
1,868
134
132
Stores operated..
number..
132
131
132
133
134
132
131
137
133
130
130
S. S. Kresge Co.:
11,925
12, 269
12,011
10,872
10,004
Sales
thous. of dol.
11, 518
11, 048
10, 758
10,148
8,597
21,551
9, 571
10,043
Stores operated
number.
734
735
736
735
737
743
745
740
739
741
744
737
737
S. H. Kress & Co.:
6,586
5,934
5,884
6,138
6,858
0,87"
5,946
5,204
Sales
.thous. of dol.
6, 441
5,700
6, 314
13,789
5, 459
234
Stores operated
number.
232
232
232
235
235
233
233
234
234
234
233
235
McCrory Stores Corp.: A
3,183
3,262
3,212
2,784
2,989
2,822
2, 626
2, 651
2,324
2,893
6, 268
2, 691
Sales
thous. of dol.
202
201
205
202
203
200
»200
205
205
203
200
200
Stores operated
number.
201
G. C. Murphy Co.:
2,351
2, 865
2,354 ;
2,970
2, 576
2,584
2, 311
2,420
2,513
5,005
2,003
2,320
3, 001
Sales
.thous. of dol.
189
186
188
188
186
189
190
190
190
188
Stores operated
number _
188
189
189
F. W. Woolworth Co.:
23 072
23, 383
23, 407
22, 382
21, 050
20,169
20, 243
21,113
21, 556
16,983
39, 590
19.677
19,016
Sales
___thous. of dol.
1,965
« 1, 957
1,974
1,980
li 983
1,964
1,968
1, 972
1,978
1,980
1,977
1,979
1,978
Stores operated
number.
Restaurant chains (3 companies):
3,369
3,195
3,395
3,384
3,495
3,335
3, 565
3,457
3,465
3,118
3, 662
3,230
3,509
Sales
thous. of dol.
351
353
357
353
356
352
348
350
350
355 I
358
Stores operated
number358
359
Other chains:
W. T. Grant & Co.:
6,726
8,365
7, 040
7,654
6, 276
6,732
8,581
7,663
5,175
7, 430
5, 754
6, 475
14,818
Sales
.thous. of dol.
470
472
472
467
470
471
471
467
468
471
465
466
Stores operated
number.
J. C. Penny Co.:
10, 977
18, 806
24, 023
24, 992
19, 759
17, 592
17, 935
15, 919
31,332
13, 964
13,692
17, 8*5
16, 282
Sales.._
thous. of dol_
1,483
1,480
1, 481
1,478
1,478
1,478
1,479
1,483
1,478
1,481
1,481
1,481
1,481
Stores operated
—.numberDepartment stores:
Collections:*
Installment account
16.2
17.4
17.4
17.1
16.1
15.4
17.4
16.3
16.7
17.1
17.6
percent of accounts receivable_
Open account
43.2
45.5
44.2
41.1
40.6
45.3
46.8
44.0
44.4
43.9
percent of accounts receivable.
« Revised.
* New series. For description of Chain Store Age indexes see p. 19 of the December 1932 issue. Data of H. L. Green Co., Inc., prior to July 1933 will be shown in a
subsequent issue. For earlier data on automobiles see p. 19 of the April 1934 issue and variety-store sales, p. 18 of the March 1934 issue. Data prior to October 1933 on
collections not published. Data are currently being received from about 400 stores on open accounts and about 250 on installment accounts. Series on air mail not available
prior to May 1934. Series on basis of weight carried was published in the Survey for the period February 1926 to December 1933.
t Revised series. For revisions refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues as follows: Apparel sales index of Chain Store Age, p. 26, October 1933. Combined
index and grocery index of Chain Store Age were revised for period January 1932 through August 1934. See footnote on p. 26 of the November 1934 issue.
1 Monthly data from January 1932 through June 1935 are on page 20 of the July 1935 issue.
• The New York Evening Post series on newspaper advertising
sing in 22 cities is available for the period 1916 through January 1934. See the 1932 annual supplement and
monthly issues prior to December 1934.
A Data for 1935 revised. See p. 26 of the May 1936 issue.
cf Chain Store Age combined index for the period 1932-35 included 18 companies. Beginning 1936 it was increased to 20 caused by the addition of 1 apparel and lshoe
company.
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
1935
1936
April
April
May
June
July
1936
DecemAugust SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
January
Febru- March
ary
DOMESTIC TRADE—Continued
RETAIL TRADE—Continued
Department stores—Continued.
Sales, total value, unadjusted ^
1923-25=100_
Atlanta*
1923-25=100.
Boston
1923-25-100
Chicago*!
1923-25 = 100Cleveland*
1923-25=100_
Dallas*
1923-25 = 100.
Kansas City
1025=-100
Minneapolis*—.
1929=100.
New York*
1925-27=100.
Philadelphia*
1923-25=100.
Richmond
1923-25 = 100.
St. Louis
__.1923-25 = 100_
San Francisco*
1923-25=100.
Sales, total value, adjusted*. 1923-25 = 100.
Atlanta*
1923-25 = 100.
Chicago*!
1923-25=100Cleveland*
1923-25 = 100.
DaJlas*
1923-25 = 100.
Minneapolis*
1929=100New York*
1925-27=100,
Philadelphia*
1923-25=100San Francisco*
1923-25=100Installment sales, New England dept.
stores, ratio to total sales
percentStocks, value, end of month:
Unadjusted
1923-25=100.
Adjusted
1923-25 = 100_
Mail-order and store sales:
Total sales, 2 companies.__thous. of dol.
Montgomery Ward & Co_thous. of doL
Sears, Roebuck & Co.—thous. of doL
Rural sales of general merchandise:*
Unadjusted
.1929-31 = 100.
Adjusted
1929-31 = 100..
85
100
75
89
89
90
SO
87
78
69
103
78
87
81
96
84
79
92
82
80
69
89
72
74
65
83
8.5
7.2
8.2
6.7
68
65
66
64
66
64
61
63
69,413
30, 403
39,011
5Py 644
25,571
34,073
58,105
22,915
35,190
105. 5
109. 9
97.0
101. 0
87.6
93.1
76
84
69
78
74
78
72
76
71
63
98
69
77
76
84
76
69
75
76
75
61
80
61
77
52
68
61
64
70
70
58
49
78
59
80
78
98
85
73
88
80
76
65
82
86
91
72
81
78
97
85
84
83
65
98
71
87
81
97
79
75
92
77
81
72
84
86
98
82
86
79
92
90
94
87
74
117
80
88
9.2
14.5
57
61
60
62
58,953
23, 822
35,131
49,888
20,293
29,594
94.2
99.7
74.7
97.0
76
75
68
76
75
74
70
76
74
66
95
64
76
80
84
78
78
81
78
77
69
86
55
63
49
56
55
59
55
54
51
46
68
50
68
80
90
78
72
84
71
72
62
83
63
71
63
64
58
69
60
65
63
47
73
56
70
79
90
80
77
82
73
81
57
84
66
86
54
69
70
77
63
58
64
51
72
59
71
80
98
87
86
91
77
77
62
85
77
95
66
82
68
87
"80
79
71
66
«95
°73
78
88
103
90
78
91
84
83
73
85
82
78
75
80
79
77
65
88
89
83
97
84
85
93
80
114
81
92
81
90
81
79
84
86
79
66
91
145
158
124
137
133
155
133
123
146
122
185
120
152
84
93
81
81
95
83
83
69
88
10.7
10.2
8.8
6.2
10.1
11.0
9.7
67
64
72
66
75
67
61
65
58
66
62
65
67
65
52, 402
22, 849
29,553
59, 474
25,173
34, 301
79,945
35, 897
44, 048
71,777
30,910
40,867
90, 813
39, 475
51, 338
46,181
18, 508
27, 672
45, 435
17, 855
27,580
60,926
24, 845
36,081
79.8
92.8
103.7
104.8
127.6
104.6
127.6
103.7
155.9
109.8
79.9
96.3
84.2
93.0
106.7
77
91
103
78
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES
EMPLOYMENT
Factory, unadj. (B.L. £.)*§__„ 1923-25=100-.
Durable goods group*§
1923-25=100..
Iron and steel and products. 1923-25=100—
Blast furnaces and steel works
1923-25 = 100-
Structural and metal work
85.1
77.6
78.9
82.6
71.8
« 72. 2
81.2
71.4
72.4
79.7
69.7
71.8
79.7
69.4
71.3
82.0
70.5
73.2
83.7
71.2
74.7
85.3
74.9
76.4
85.0
76.1
76.8
84.6
75.7
76.6
83.0
74.5
75.8
83.2
74.6
76.0
•84.1
«75.7
77.1
79.4
73.7
73.6
72.4
71.7
73.7
74.4
75.6
76.2
77.0
77.1
76.6
«77.4
57.4
57.7
56.6
56.9
56. 0
60.9
57.9
58.6
58.6
59.0
1923-25=100-.
64. 4
55.3
56.0
91.6
91.4
93.9
Tin cans, etc
1923-25 = 100-.
95.8
88.3
90.4
92.9
95.3
104. 0
105.4
100.5
100.0
96.0
52.9
53.4
54.5
«54.5
56.0
Lumber and products
1923-24 = 100-.
55.3
57.0
57.5
55. 6
51.9
51.7
50.9
48.9
71.7
72.6
74.8
72.4
77.0
Furniture
1923-25 = 100
73.4
76.3
77.9
72. 1
69.1
68 6
67. 0
67.1
Millwork
1923-25= 100..
48.6
39.7
40^7
45.5
45.7
46.9
47.0
48.7
47.5
50.1
49.5
44. 8
41.9
Sawmills
1923-25=100
37.4
34.0
34.8
34.4
34.7
35.1
•36.1
36.0
36.6
37.4
37.6
33.9
30.9
99. 0
99.2
Turpentine and rosin
1923-25 = 100-99.0
98.0
98.1
97.1
99.7
100.7
99.1
100.5
100.3
98.9
98.9
92.5
92.6
93.1
93.6
93.8
Machinery
1923-25=100
87.3
91.1
93.1
96. 1
85.6
85.1
84.5
84.2
140.4
97.0
Agricultural implementS-1923-25 = 100_ _
97.0
133.9
136.3
138.7
128.9
116.7
117.8
118. 5
116.6
123.8
110.6
75.0
70.9
Electrical machinery, etc.l923-25 = 100—
70.7
74.0
72.1
71.4
72.3
69.6
70.4
73.3
75.3
75.4
69.6
Foundry and machine-shop products
79.1
72.8
80.0
73.4
74.0
79.0
77.6
81.5
76.8
76.0
1923-25=100—
83.8
74.3
73.8
Radios and phonographs-1923-25=100-.
188. 6
182.4
168.0
230.0
213.1
196.0
186.1
271.6
213.8
254.9
279.1
185.0
165. 5
89.4
89.3
°88.9
92.3
93.1
Metals, nonferrous§
1923-25=100._
88.7
82.0
86.9
91.9
83.4
82.9
80.2
81.8
Aluminum manufactures §
a
81.2
82.1
76.2
82.0
75.5
83.0
74.6
85.2
79.1
82.7
1923-25=100—
84.3
78.7
78.3
Brass, bronze, copper products
78.9
87.6
87.2
88.5
81.8
89.0
77.4
78.2
86.8
°86.9
1923-25 = 100—
86.8
81.8
80.8
Stamped and enameled ware§
110.5
109.2 a 109.1
116.2
100.4
102.5
117.0
106.2
101.9
112.7
1923-25 = 100—
112. 8
109.1
106.9
Railroad repair shops
1923-25=100..
59. 9
52.9
53.6
55.8
55.9
58.2
•60.1
52.8
52.6
55.1
55.7
53.5
53.8
64.8
65.0
65.5
65.8
65.3
64.6
64.5
65.1
Electric railroad
1923-25-100...
60. 0
65. 6
65.2
65. 7
65.6
55.2
57.6
°59.7
Steam railroad
1923-25=100.59.4
52.0
52.7
55.1
51.9
51.7
54.4
55.0
52.6
52.9
Stone, clay, and glass products
55.2
50.8
55.7
56.4
55.9
51.0
55.8
54.7
54.1
56.7
1923-25 = 100-.
57.7
53.2
55.0
Brick, tile, and terracotta-1923-25=100-_
36. 7
27.6
29.6
33.9
31.0
30.0
°32. 5
34.0
35.3
34.6
32.9
33.8
32.1
Cement
1923-25=100—
52.3
50.0
57.0
45.0
38.0
38.0
44.3
51.9
52.9
49.6
57.5
53.8
60.1
97.8
95.8
97.5
98.4
Glass
1923-25 = 100
97.2
94.2
92.7
95.7
94.8
95.2
92.0
93.8
°94.9
104. 4
104.8
102.7
Transportation equipment_1923-25== 100—
103.4
103.1
100.4 a 100. 3
75.8
92.3
101.0
87.2
83.5
93.7
118.2
118.1
113.8 « 111.1
84.0
105.0
115.5
Automobiles
1923-25 = 100—
114. 1
119. 9
100. 6
95.1
116.4
107.2
62.2
59.1
60.3
Cars, electric and steam._1923-25=100—
50.1
33.5
40.0
45.9
31.7
32.2
48.2
48.5
50.6
56.8
Shipbuilding
1923-25-100101. 2
74.6
76.4
82.9
83.9
82.0
°90. 7
76.1
79.8
82.3
71.3
72.4
66.2
94.2
97.1
96.4
94.6
Nondurable goods group* §—1923-25=100—
93.2
90.8
94.3
94.2
91.8
90.6
92.1
92.5
°93.2
Chemicals and products.__ 1923-25=100._
110.5
111.5
108.0
111.1
109.7
108.9
112.1
110.7
113.1
112.4
106.8
107.9
107.2
108.8
107.4
107.1 a 108.1
Chemicals
1923-25 = 100—
108.0
108.9
109.5
109. 0
106. 9
109.0
107.7
107.1
108.1
Druggists' prep
1923-25=100-.
98. 4
98.9
96.8
98.8
99.5
101.6
100.3
95.1
97.3
95.8
97.6
97.7
99.0
107.9
107.1
107.2 • 108.1
Paints and varnishes
1923-25=100-106.7
109.2
109.3
111.9
109.2
108.6
105.5
112.6
112.5
• Revised.
• New series. For earlier data on department store sales by Federal Reserve districts, see p. 20 of the February 1935 issue excepting Chicago, for which see note below.
Note that the combined index of department-store sales is computed by the Federal Reserve Board and the district indexes are computed by the Federal Reserve banks.
For districts not marked with an asterisk the series are as published in the 1932 Annual Supplement and subsequent issues. See p. 20 of the December 1934 issue for rural
sales for period January 1929 to October 1934. For earlier data on factory employment unadjusted in detail, see p. 16 of the June 1934 issue. See p. 19 of the July 1934 issue
for factory employment unadjusted total. Data on employment in the durable and nondurable goods groups for the period January 1923-June 1935 were shown on p. 19 of
the August 1935 issue.
t Revised series. See p. 19 of the April 1935 issue, department-store sales, Chicago.
A This series was shown on p. 20 of the June 1935 issue from 1919 through April 1935.
• The adjusted index of department-store sales (total value) was revised by the Federal Reserve Board for the years 1929 through 1934. Revised indexes for this period
were shown on p. 20 of the June 1935 issue.
§ Data have been revised for the period January 1933-September 1935. Revisions not shown in the November 1935 issue appeared on p. 16 of the January 1936 issue.
28
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1935
1936
April
June 1936
April
May
June
July
1936
Decem- JanuAugust SeptemOctober Novemary
ber
ber
ber
Febru- March
ary
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES—Continued
EMPLOYMENT—Continued
Factory unadjusted—Continued.
Nondurable goods group—Continued.
Chemicals and products—Continued.
Petroleum refining
1923-25= 100Rayon and products
1923-25=100Food and products
—1923-25=100Baking—
1923-25 = 100Beverages
1923-25=100Slaughtering, meat packing
1923-25=100Leather and products
1923-25=100Boots and shoes
1923-25=100Leather
1923-25=100Paper and printing
—1923-25=100—
Paper and pulp.
1923-25=100Rubber products §
1923-25=100Rubber tires and tubes-1923-25=100—
Textiles and products
1923-25=100Fabrics
1923-25=100Wearing apparel
1923-25=100Tobacco manufactures
1923-25=100..
Factory adjusted (F. R. B.)* §.1923-25=100Chemicals and products
1923-25=100—
Chemicals
1923-25 = 100Druggists'preparations—1923-25=100—
Paints and varnishes
1923-25=100Petroleum refinin g
„ 1923-25=100Rayon and products
1923-25=100Food and products
1923-25=100Baking
1923-25=100Slaughtering, meat packing
1923-25=100Iron and steel and products-1923-25=100Blast furnaces and steel works
1923-25=100Structural and metal work .1923-25=100Tin cans, etc
1923-25=100Leather and products
1923-25=100..
Boots and shoes
1923-25=100Leather
1923-25=100Lumber and products
1923-25=100Furniture
1923-25=100Millwork
-1923-25=100Sawraills...
1923-25=100Machinery
1923-25=100Agricultural implements.-1923-25=100__
Electrical machinery, e t c . . 1923-25=100Foundry and machine-shop products
1923-25 = 100. _
Radios and phonographs
1923-25=100..
Metals, nonferrous§__
.1923-25=100.
Brass, bronze, copper prod. 1923-25=100..
Stamped and enameled
ware § —
1923-25=100..
Paper and printing
1923-25=100.
Paper and pulp
1923-25 = 100.
Railroad repair shops
1923-25=100..
Electric railroads
1923-25=100.
Steam railroads
1923-25=100.
Rubber products!
1923-25 = 100Rubber tires and tubes
1923-25=100..
Stone, clay, and glass products
1923-25=100..
Brick, tile, and terra cotta. 1923-25=100..
Cement
1923-25=100.
Glass
1923-25=100..
Textiles and products
1923-25=100 __
Fabrics
1923-25=100..
Wearing apparel
1923-25=100
Tobacco manufactures
1923-25=100..
Transportation equipment _ . 1923-25=100..
Automobiles
1923-25=100
Cars, electric and steam...1923-25=100..
Shipbuilding
1923-25=100.
Factory, by cities and States:
Cities:
Baltimore*
1929-31 = 100.
Chicago*
1925-27=100.
Cleveland*
1923-25=100.
Detroit
.1923-25=100.
Milwaukee*
1925-27=100
New York
1925-27=100Philadelphiaf
1923-25=100.
Pittsburgh*!
1923-25=100..
States:
Delawaref
1923-25=100.
Illinois
1925-27=100.
Iowa
...1923=100.
Massachusetts*!
1925-27=100.
109.6
331.1
94.1
113.5
163.9
108.3
334.9
95.4
111.8
156.0
108.3
326.9
95.8
112.7
161.6
110.6
325.9
98.9
114.2
170.0
111.2
327.9
105.7
111.5
178.5
112.2
340.3
111.8
111.7
179.0
110.1
353.6
118.2
114.6
171.9
110.9
356.8
108.5
114.6
162.9
110.3
356.1
100.5
113.6
153.0
109.6
357.9
96.8
112.4
150.1
108.7
353.6
92.6
111.2
149.7
108.0
347.2
91.1
111.7
148.0
» 107. 5
352.0
92.0
112.9
158.6
80.7
86.3
84.3
94.8
98.6
110.3
82.7
69.4
96.3
92.1
101.7
55.4
84.9
107.5
108.3
100.2
111.4
109.6
331.0
100.5
115.3
81.5
91.5
90.8
94.5
96.9
109.8
83.6
74.9
97.2
93.3
101.8
56.8
82.4
108.1
106.3
100.7
108.8
108.3
334.9
102.4
113.6
80.6
86.7
85.2
93.2
96.5
109.9
82.4
73.6
93.5
91.0
95.3
56.6
81.4
109.3
109.0
100.4
108.6
108.5
326.9
103.1
112.7
81.4
83.0
80.6
92.8
95.6
109.1
80.9
72.9
90.4
89.4
88.6
57.8
80.1
111.3
110.2
100.3
108.4
109.6
325.9
100.1
113.0
80.4
87.3
85.8
93.5
95.5
108.9
78.3
70.3
87.8
87.5
84.4
57.6
80.6
110.7
111.7
100.4
108.8
108.8
327.9
101.6
109.9
79.4
90.1
89.1
94.4
95.9
108.8
79.1
69.7
92.9
89.9
96.0
57.9
81.8
111.4
111.6
99.3
108.4
110.1
340.3
100.3
111.4
78.9
88.8
87.3
95.2
97.3
109.2
81.1
70.3
95.9
92.1
100.5
58.9
81.9
110.3
108.5
97.4
108.0
108.2
353.6
99.8
112.6
79.7
86.6
84.0
97.0
98.3
109.1
82.8
70.7
97.7
94.6
100.5
60.0
83.7
111.3
107.7
97.1
108.9
111.1
356.8
98.1
112.8
82.8
82.3
77.8
100.3
98.7
109.0
82.7
69.8
97.0
96.1
94.8
59.7
84.8
110.8
107.2
96.8
110.2
111.4
356.1
98.4
111.8
84.3
86.3
82.8
100.4
99.7
110.0
83.0
70.5
96.9
96.4
93.8
58.2
85.6
110.3
106.6
97.3
109.7
110.9
357.9
100.7
112.4
84.9
88.4
86.1
97.7
97.5
108.7
82.0
70.5
95.1
94.0
93.4
52.2
a 84. 8
109.8
105.9
95.4
109.6
110.8
353.6
103.1
113.6
81.7
89.7
88.1
96.3
98.2
109. 2
81.7
69.9
96.1
93.5
97.9
55. 5
°83.8
108.2
105.4
96.8
107.3
109.4
347.2
101.7
114.2
«80.5
89.0
87.4
95.6
98.2
109.6
«72.7
« 53.2
97.2
93.3
« 101.9
55.9
«84.2
110.3
« 106. 9
96.9
«107. 3
« 108. 6
352. 0
102.2
115.2
83.4
77.7
84.2
71.1
81.6
71.5
81.8
71.7
80.9
72.4
81.0
73.4
79.7
74.1
79.1
75.9
82.0
77.1
80.7
77.9
82.4
77.6
80.3
75.9
82.4
76.1
77.8
65.2
95.4
86.9
85.2
94.6
56.3
74.7
48.3
37.6
96.9
132.6
75.0
72.2
56.0
87.9
92.2
91.7
94.3
52.4
71.1
39.4
35.0
86.0
91.6
70.9
72.5
56.3
89.5
89.1
87.9
94.5
51.3
70.5
40.2
33.4
84.9
94.1
70.7
72.6
55.7
92.8
86.4
84.4
95.1
48.8
69.6
41.4
30.1
84.4
111.4
69.6
72.7
55.7
96.2
86.9
84.5
95.8
52.0
72.4
44.4
33.2
86.1
123.2
69.6
74.3
56.5
97.0
87.0
84.9
95.8
54.6
73.3
46.8
35.6
87.1
124.4
70.4
74.4
57.0
99.4
85.4
83.1
95.1
55.5
73.9
49.7
36.2
88.8
126.6
73.3
76.1
57.7
100.7
84.5
81.4
97.1
55.4
71.7
49.1
37.0
90.6
122.4
75.3
77.1
58.4
99.6
84.1
80.2
99.6
54.4
71.6
48.7
35.7
93.0
127.8
75.4
78.3
57.1
96.6
90.3
88.0
100.0
54.5
72.4
47.6
35.8
93.9
129.3
74.0
77.6
58.9
97.9
89.2
87.5
96.0
54.8
74.4
46.9
36.0
94.6
129.4
72.1
75.8
59.4
95.5
87.8
86.4
93.9
54.9
73.3
46.3
36.3
93.6
128.1
71.4
«75.7
62.3
96.9
86.9
85.4
93.4
a
55.9
73.7
47.6
«37.3
94.9
129.6
72.3
82.4
239.0
87.6
85.3
73.1
231.2
82.4
80.4
72.7
200.0
83.3
80.3
72.0
182.7
82.8
79.4
73.4
192.7
82.2
78.2
73.9
194.4
83.7
78.8
75.8
190.9
87.4
82.7
77.4
196.8
90.8
87.9
79.1
222.3
91.9
90.0
80.9
225.4
91.4
89.1
80.3
253.1
90.4
88.0
79.6
239.0
88.3
85.6
80.4
248.8
°87.2
°84.6
109.7
99.0
110.3
59.4
66.0
59.0
82.7
68.2
106.1
97.3
109.8
52.6
65.6
51.6
83.4
73.6
105.4
97.1
109.9
53.3
65.7
52.3
81.1
70.2
102.4
96.4
109.1
53.4
65.6
52.4
78.8
68.4
101.6
96.5
108.9
53.2
65.2
51.9
77.4
67.2
104.2
97.1
108. 8
52.7
65.3
51.7
80.4
69.6
107.9
97.6
109.2
52.4
64.6
51.4
81.7
71.6
112.6
97.8
109.1
54.8
64.5
54.1
83.4
73.2
116.3
97.4
109.0
55.8
65.1
55.2
83.0
72.1
118.3
98.0
110.0
55.9
64.8
55.2
83.4
72.9
114.2
96.8
108.7
56.7
65.0
56.1
83.4
72.7
107.9
98.0
109.2
59.0
65.5
58.4
82.2
70.6
«105.1
97.9
109.6
°60.4
65.8
«60.0
a
73. 7
°54.3
57.1
36.4
52.6
95.7
95.1
91.5
99.1
56.2
98.8
108.0
57.6
95.0
52.7
27.4
50.3
92.7
96.0
92.7
99.2
57.7
99.1
113.5
54.7
70.0
53.6
28.0
55.3
93.1
93.6
91.0
95.6
56.8
94.0
105.9
54.9
74.1
53.5
29.9
56.4
92.1
91.7
90.6
90.0
58.1
88.7
101.5
44.4
65.4
54.4
30.4
53.4
96.6
92.2
91.2
90.3
58.2
84.8
97.7
29.6
73.0
54.8
31.2
50.5
97.4
96.1
93.3
98.4
58.1
83.6
94.9
30.7
76.5
53.9
32.1
48.9
93.6
96.0
93.2
98.3
57.3
81.4
91.0
32.8
81.1
54.6
34.4
50.9
92.5
96.0
93.6
97.3
57.4
99.5
113.8
41.7
85.3
56.1
34.7
49.2
97.2
96.2
94.4
96.0
57.0
109.0
125.1
50.9
85.6
56.4
35.8
47.4
98 2
96^2
94.7
95.3
58.0
111.1
128.1
54.6
82.9
55.8
35.3
42.8
100.0
95.0
93.0
95.3
56.0
104.4
119.3
54.4
81.4
54.0
34.5
42.7
96.2
94.4
92.0
95.8
55.2
98.0
110.4
54.4
78.0
55.2
°35.2
47.3
a
94.1
94.6
91.6
°97.4
56.4
« 96. 3
«106. 3
57.3
-86.1
86.1
70.0
95.1
105.8
97.6
75.9
91.8
74.3
83.3
69.3
88.7
110.8
93.1
74.9
88.6
68.5
82.6
69.0
82.1
102.4
93.0
72.3
88.1
68.6
80.8
67.0
80.9
93.7
92.4
69.8
87.8
67.6
79.4
64.8
86.5
66.6
92.6
67.9
87.9
67.2
80.9
65.3
84.8
71.7
91.9
72.2
89.1
68.3
84.5
67.3
89.3
82.7
93.2
75.9
91.0
69.7
84.4
68.5
95.5
100.9
94.4
77.7
92.2
71.5
82.9
68.9
94.9
107.8
96.2
76. 3
92.2
72.2
81.9
69.1
94.7
108.8
96.0
75.2
92.7
72.0
80.8
68.7
94.9
103.8
95.2
73.7
90.5
69.7
82.0
69.2
94.2
100.0
94.2
74.5
90.8
71.3
83.3
69.3
94.4
101.5
96.1
77.2
«91.8
a
71. 8
88.3
79.0
127.6
71.2
84.3
75.6
114.0
71.7
85.9
74.8
117.1
69.0
90.3
73.4
117.2
67.4
89.8
72.4
118.2
67.8
102.8
73.6
118.8
69.5
96.1
75.7
122.2
71.2
92.6
75.8
122.3
73.1
88.4
76.0
122.7
72.9
89.5
76.6
124.7
73.0
89.7
75.8
123.9
71.0
89.1
76.7
122.7
72.0
88.7
77.8
125.9
71.5
a
Revised.
* For earlier data see the following references: For factory employment, adjusted, all series, see pp. 16 to 19 of the July 1934 issue; employment in Baltimore, Milwaukee,
and Massachusetts, p. 18, December 1932; employment in Chicago, p. 20, June 1933; Pittsburgh employment, p. 18, January 1934; Cleveland employment, p. 19, July 1934.
t For revised data refer to the indicated pages as follows: Employment in Delaware and Philadelphia, p. 19, September 1933; for revisions of years 1930-34 for those
series and for the city of Pittsburgh, see p. 20 of the March 1935 issue; for Massachusetts, employment for 1931, p. 19, August 1933, and for 1932-34, p. 20, September 1935.
§ These data for the period January 1933-September 1935 have been revised; revisions not shown in the December 1935 issue appeared on p. 16 of the January 1936 issue.
SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Monthly statistics through December, 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1935
1936
April
29
April
May-
June
July
DecemAugust SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
1936
January
February
March
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES—Continued
EMPLOYMENT—Continued
Factory, by cities and States—Continued.
States—Continued.
88.2
89.7
89.5
86.5
92.1
90.4
90.7
92.3
88.4
Maryland*
1929-31=100__
93.0
° 90.5
88.3
72.4
79.1
74.2
72.5
80.0
80.6
74.5
75.9
78.0
76.3
77.0
76.4
New Jerseyf
1923-25=100..
76.1
76.2
73.7
72.5
72.1
77.8
76.9
74.8
73.8
76.8
75.2
77.4
77. 2
New York
1925-27=100..
75.3
94.2
93.0
90.1
93.8
96.0
94.9
90.8
91.1
93.1
0)
Ohio
..-1926= 100..
0)
0)
0)
78.8
75.4
75.0
79.4
79.0
76.0
76.6
78.1
76.9
74.9
Pennsylvania!
1923-25=100..
«77.3
79.1
« 77. 9
87.2
85.7
92.3
89.1
88.2
85.1
90.4
89.5
85.9
Wisconsin
1925-27=100..
87.1
89.3
88.7
Nonmanufacturing (B, L. S.):
Mining:
57.3
46.0
49.4
53.5
56.8
38.7
46.6
52.6
58.8
59.1
Anthracite. _
1929=100..
52. 5
61.2
49.8
79.1
77.1
75.3
77.9
70.0
73.4
76.1
74.3
74.3
79.8
Bituminous coal
1929=100..
80.4
80.2
77.4
53.5
44.4
46.0
46.3
48.9
52.6
46.0
45.2
51.6
54.2
Metalliferous...
1929=100..
5f>. 9
55. 5
57.5
71.9
76.0
76.7
76.3
73.0
74.9
75.1
74.7
77.4
71.4
Petroleum, crude production. 1929=100..
70.7
70.6
71.1
49.5
50.4
51.0
46.7
43.1
45.3
50.0
50.0
39.4
50.9
Quarrying and nonmetallic.—1929=100..
42.2
36.9
48.4
Public utilities:
Electric light and power, and manufac83.9
86.9
87.4
87.6
83.3
86.8
86.1
84.8
tured gas
.1929=100..
82.6
86.1
86.9
88.2
70.5
71.7
71.0
71.6
71.2
71.1
70.7
71.5
71.1
Electric railroads
.1929=100..
7!.2
71.7
71.4
71.2
69.6
70.2
70.4
70.0
70.5
70.1
70.3
70.0
Telephone and telegraph
1929=10070. 2
69.9
70.8
69.7
Trade:
82.2
°92.9
80.4
82.2
78.0
81.8
84.6
83.5
79.3
Retailf.1929=100..
81.7
85.3
80.0
86.4
82.1
82.1
83.7
85.6
83.2
82.5
82.7
Wholesalef
.1929=100..
85.7
85.8
85.0
86.8
85.7
Miscellaneous:
73.4
82.1
76. 3
71.5
79.4
80.4
80.9
79.9
81.7
Dyeing and cleaning'! A
1929=100..
74.7
70.3
81.8
80.8
81.1
81.5
81.9
80.7
81.3
81.6
81.1
81.6
80.3
Hotels!
1929=100..
82.8
83.2
82.8
83.0
81.3
81.1
81.5
84.2
80.0
82.3
84.4
81.9
81.1
Laundries*!*
.__.
1929=100..
82.1
81.2
83.2
Miscellaneous data:
Construction employment, Ohio
27.9
27.6
30.7
31.5
30.9
28.5
1926=100..
24.8
35.0
32.9
(0
0)
0)
0)
Farm employees, average per farm*
.89
.74
.62
.71
.85
number. _
1.13
1.01
.90
Federal and State highway employment,
227, 586
282, 740 331,000 362, 339 375,442 382,846 340, 073 323, 374 290, 523 252, 229 202,884 200,451
total*
number..
94, 200
80, 674
478
147, 256 195, 459 224, 086 226, 867 218,886 183,886 176, 050 151, 385 130, 539 97,089 119,
Construction*.. _
number.. 287,
173
777
133, 386
144,
121,
690
105,
795
139,138
Maintenance*
number.. 143, 305 135,484 135, 541 138,253 148, 575 163,960 156,187 147, 324
Federal civilian employees:
835, 087 841, 197
United States*._
_
number.. 846, 279 746, 088 747,478 754, 745 764,925 805, 286 829, 605 831,453 835,236 850, 943 840,183 112, 304
112, 370
Washington
number.. 115, 073 101,178 102, 539 103, 453 104,498 105, 679 108, 952 110, 009 110, 745 111,692 111,954 •1,054
1, 043
999
1,003
1,013
1,025
1,034
1,031
1,011
1,013
1,035
Railroad employees, class I
thousands. .
994
1, 070
Trades-union members employed:
79
78
77
80
78
80
79
79
77
73
77
All trades
percent of total..
51
48
82
52
50
54
55
46
49
49
52
43
Building trades*
percent of total..
83
83
59
82
83
81
80
77
77
78
77
77
Metal trades*...
percent of total..
87
85
87
86
85
85
87
86
86
85
85
Printing trades*
percent of total..
83
83
88
81
82
84
84
84
81
81
77
All other trades*
percent of total..
58
85
55
58
57
54
54
52
On full time, all trades-percent of total..
57
61
LABOR CONDITIONS
Hours of work per week in factories:*!^
"38.1
z38. 2
38. £
38.8
38.5
35.9
37.8
36.3
37.3
36.7
38.5
38.6
Actual, average per wage earner
hours..
56.4
Industrial disputes in progress during
month:!
0
°223
«223
210
274
311
319
332
294
307
377
317
Number of disputes
1,207,000
,178,851 1,697,848 1,311,278 1,297,730 1,191,663 3,027,040 1,562,908 1,003,852 660,911 629,260 727,389
Man-days lost
number.. ^886,000
p
116,000
'•
88,229
74,000
124,174 151,163 129, 784 141,829 150,835 514, 427 133, 742 100, 732 61, 782 "56,716
Workers involved
number..
Employment Service (United States):*
Applications:
a
In active
file
number.. 8,996,649 ^,312,060 6,094,192 6,713,047 7,532,046 8,235,139 8,696,943 8,735,671 8,387,179 8,954,074 9,011,458 9,193,120 '9,252,979
New
.number.- 295,686 313, 661 379, 573 662,138 821,524 781,971 655,847 635,451 526,227 4bl, 850 428, 775 343,155 352, 249
Placements:
310,009 247, 507 271,711 248, 568 258, 250 242, 838 232,176 246, 431 149, 279 149, 276 155, 506 145,165 «227, 722
Number..
.025
.016
.034
.017
.017
.018
.027
.028
.045
.034
.037
.039
.029
Per active applicant
number..
Labor turn-over:!
3.97
2.95
3.30
3.63
4.95
5.23
4.60
3.65
3.01
3.18
4.17
3.63
Accessions
percent of no. on pay roll..
Separations:
.19
.17
.18
.20
.21
.20
.19
.21
.17
.20
.20
.20
Discharged—percent of no. on pay roll..
2.21
1.83
2.89
2.66
1.95
2.58
2.03
3.00
2.70
3.46
2.57
2.60
Laid off
percent of no. on pay roll..
Voluntary quits
.86
.77
1.05
.83
.93
.90
.71
percent of no. on pay roll..
1.21
PAY EOLLS
1
76. 3
72.3
77.9
76.6
72.2
74.5
72.2
75.0
69.7
65.4
68.5
70.8
Factory unadj. (B. L. S.) * $ 1923-25=100_.
* 69. 7
64.1
73.7
70.1
64.3
68.1
60.6
66.3
58.9
60.1
55.6
61.8
Durable goods group*§
1923-25=100..
57.6
Iron and steel and products
64.4
59.4
62.7
65.5
59.4
58.3
73.7
52.6
1923-25=100..
55.7
Blast furnaces and steel works
* 73. 8
72.0
68.2
66.4
68.0
64.2
66.1
52.4
61.6
78.8
62.3
61.1
1923-25=10056.8
Structural and metal work
» 49. 9
44.8
45.0
45.3
44.7
54.7
46.0
42.2
45.6
43.9
40.7
40.9
39.8
1923-25=100. _
94. 5
86. 1
91.5
90.9
91.5
100.2
94.3
97.7
105.7
103.6
93.8
87.0
85.4
Tin cans, etc
.1923-25= 100..
« 44. 6
41.4
44.2
41.1
45.0
48.6
38.3
47.3
46.3
44.4
36.3
34.8
37.5
Lumber and products
1923-25=100—
55. 7
54. 3
58.4
51.8
59.3
63.0
48.4
60.2
56.0
56.2
48.5
47.1
49.2
Furniture
1923-25=100.
35. 9
39. 2
39.0
36.1
39.6
41.9
34.2
40.8
37.7
31.5
41.2
29.1
27.7
Millwork
1923-25=100
1
24.8
28.0
25.9
25. 2
26.5
29.5
23.3
29.4
27.9
20.9
20.1
29.6
23.7
Sawmills
1923-25=100.
55.2
59.
2
64.4
60.5
65.8
64.6
57.5
59.3
59.3
59.9
57.3
57.9
57.0
Turpentine and rosin-..-1923-25=100._
i Temporarily discontinued by the reporting source.
Preliminary.
• Revised.
* For earlier data see the following references: Employment in Maryland, and Federal civilian employment, total, United States, p. 18, December 1932; Federal and
State highway employment, dyeing and cleaning establishments, and laundries, p. 19, June 1933; trades-union members employed, p. 18, December 1932, and hours of
work, p. 20, October 1932. Pay rolls in the durable group for the period January 1923-June 1935 are shown on p. 19 of the August 1935 issue. Data for factory pay rolls
by classes are shown on p. 18 of'the June 1934 issue. See also p. 19, July 1934 issue. Data on the U. S. Employment Service for the period July 1933-June 1935 were shown
on p. 19 of the September 1935 issue.
! For revised data refer to the indicated pages as follows: Employment in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, p. 19, September 1933; employment in laundries, and dyeing
and cleaning establishments, p. 20, August 1934; hotels revised for the period January 1929-July 1935, inclusive, see p. 20 of the September 1935 issue. For revised data on
employment in wholesale and retail trade for 1930-34, see p. 20 of the March 1935 issue. Hours of work per week in factories revised for 1933. See p. 20 of the July 1934
issue. For labor turn-over see p. 20 of the April 1935 issue. Industrial disputes revised for 1935. See p. 29 of the April 1936 and p. 29 of the May 1936 issues.
• Figures represent the condition as of the end of the month shown. This method has been followed since September 1932. Figures shown previous to that date in
the Survey are as of the first of the month. They were published as of the first of the following month by the Department of Agriculture.
1 Data revised for 1934. See pp. 29 and 56 of the May 1935 issue.
§ Data have been revised for the period January 1933-September 1935. Revisions not shown in the November 1935 Issue appear onj>._16 of the January 1936 issue.
r
A. The revised series on dyeing and cleaning and laundry employment shown ini the
1" August 1935 issue have been dropped by the B. L. S. and the publication of the
original series resumed in the September 1935 issue.
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Monthly statistics through December, 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
April
June 1936
1935
April
May
June
July
1936
DecemAugust SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
January
February
March
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES—Continued
PAY ROLLS—Continued
Factory unadjusted—Continued.
Durable goods group—Continued.
!
Machinery
1923-25=100..
Agricultural implements.l923-25 = 100..
Electrical machinery, etc.l923-25=100Foundry and machine shop products
1923-25=100. .
Radios and phonographs.l923~25=100..
Metals, nonferrous §
1923-25=100..
Aluminum manufactures §
1923-25=100..
Brass, bronze, copper products
1923-25=100..
Stamped and enamel ware §
1923-25 = 100Railroad repair shops
1923-25=100..
Electric railroads
1923-25=100..
Steam railroads
1923-25=100..
Stone, clay, and glass products
1923-25=100...
Brick, tile, and terra cotta
1923-25=100..
Cement
.1923-25=100. _
Glass
1923-25=100Transportation equipment-1923-25=100..
Automobiles
1923-25=100..
Cars, electric and steam. 1923-25 = 100Shipbuilding
1923-25 = 100..
Nondurable goods group* §..1923-25=100..
Chemicals and products.-.1923-25 = 100..
Chemicals
1923-25=100..
Druggists' preparations~1923-25=100Paints and varnishes..—1923-25=100..
Petroleum refining
1923-25=100..
Rayon and products
1923-25 = 100_.
Food and products
—1923-25=100..
Baking
1923-25=100..
Beverages.1923-25=100..
Slaughtering, meat packing
1923-25=100. _
Leather and products
1923-25=100..
Boots and shoes
..1923-25=100..
Leather
1923-25=100..
Paper and printing
1923-25=100..
Paper and pulp
1923-25=100..
Rubber products!
1923-25 = 100..
Rubber tires and tubes..1923-25=100..
Textiles and products
1923-25=100Fabrics
1923-25 = 100..
Wearing apparel..
.1923-25 = 100..
Tobacco manufactures
1923-25=100Factory by cities:
Baltimore*
1929-31=100..
Chicago*...
-1925-27=100..
Milwaukee*
1925-27=100..
New York*
1925-27=100..
Philadelphia^
1923-25 = 100..
Pittsburgh*t
.1923-25=100..
Factory by States:
Delawaref
1923-25=100..
IllinoisA
1925-27 = 100..
Maryland*
—1929-31-100..
Massachusetts*!
1925-27=100..
New Jerseyf
1923-25=100..
New York
1925-27=100..
Pennsylvania!
—1923-25 = 100-.
Wisconsin
.1925-27=100..
Nonmanufacturing (B. L. S.):
Mining:
Anthracite..
1929=100..
Bituminous coal...
1929=100.
Metalliferous
1929 = 100..
Petroleum, crude production
1929 = 100..
Quarrying and nonmetallic. 1929=100. _
Public utilities:
Electric light and power and manufactured gas
.1929=100...
Electric railroads
1929=100..
Telephone and telegraph... 1929=100..
Trade:
Retail!-—
1929 = 100..
Wholesale!
.1929 = 100..
Miscellaneous:
Dyeing and cleaning*!•
1929=100..
Hotels!
.1929 = 100..
Laundries*!*
1929=100—
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»Revised.
rolls, Chicago,
P
•11s, Pittsburgh,
P
June 1933. Data
on pay rolls for nondurable goods industries for the period January 1923-June 1935 are shown on p". 19 of the August .„„„ .„„
!Revised series. For revisions on the following subjects, refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues as follows: Pay rolls, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey
and Philadelphia, p. 19, September 1933; for revisions of years 1930-34 for these series and for the city of Pittsburgh, see p. 20 of the March 1935 issue; pay rolls, Massachusetts, for 1931, p. 19, August 1933 and 1932-34 p. 20, September 1935; pay rolls in wholesale and retail trade for 1930-34, inclusive, p. 20, March 1935- pay rolls in dyeing
and cleaning establishments and laundries, p. 20, August 1934; hotels revised for the period January 1929-July 1935, inclusive; see p. 20 of September 1935 issue
* Revised data on Illinois pay rolls from April 1929 to December 1932 will be shown in a subsequent issue.
• The revised series on dyeing and cleaning and laundry payrolls shown in the August 1935 issue have been dropped by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the publication of the original series resumed in the September 1935 issue.
§ Data have been revised for the period January 1933-September 1935. Revisions not shown in the November 1935 issue, appeared on p. 16 of the January 1936 issue.
31
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
April
1936
1935
April
May
June
July
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EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND
March
WAGES—Continued
WAGES—EARNINGS AND RATES
Factory, weekly earnings (25 industries) :*tc?
All wage earners
.
dollars _
Male:
Skilled and semiskilled
..dollars..
Unskilled
dollars..
Female
dollars
All wage earners
1923=100—
Male:
Skilled and semiskilled
1923=100..
Unskilled .
1923=300
Female..1923=100. .
Factory, av. hourly earnings (25 industries) :*tc?
All wage earners
_
.dollars..
Male:
Skilled and semiskilled
dollars..
Unskilled..
dollars..
Female
dollars..
Factory, weekly earnings, by States:
Delaware..
1923-25=100Illinois
1925-27 = 100
Massachusetts*!—.-1925-27 = 100New J er^ey
1923-25 -100
New York _.
1925-27 = 100
Pennsylvania
1923-25=100
Wisconsin
1925-27 = 100..
Miscellaneous data:
Construction wage rates:*§
Common labor (E. N. Ii.).do\. per hour—
Skilled labor (E. N. i?.)__dol. per hour...
Farm wages, without board (quarterly)
dol. per month
Railroads, wages.
dol. per hour..
Road-building wages, common labor:#
United States
dol. per hour
East North Central.
dol. per hour..
East South Central
dol. per hour..
Middle Atlantic
dol. per hour..
Mountain States
dol. per hour..
New England
dol. per hour..
Pacific States
dol. per hour .
South Atlantic..,.
dol. per hour..
West North Central—-—dol. per hour..
West South Central
_dol. per hour .
Steel industry:
U. S. Steal Corporation
dol. per hour..
Youngstown district—.percent base scale—
23.76
21.93
21.76
21.46
21.75
22.32
22. 58
23.12
23.31
23.47
23.09
23.09
8
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17.48
14.73
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24.58
17.66
14.77
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24.97
18.16
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.485
115.0
. 42
!55
.30
.44
.57
.47
.59
.32
.48
.36
.485
115.0
.485
115.0
23. 20
85. 6
85. 9
88.' 9
8s!4
30. 87
.485
115.0
. 38
!fj()
.30
.46
.54
.50
. 57
.33
.49
.36
.485
115.0
. 37
.'62
.30
.48
.55
.50
59
!32
.47
.36
. 485
115.0
FINANCE
BANKING
Acceptances and com'l paper outstanding:
Bankers' acceptances, total, .mills, of dol—
375
343
344
413
321
322
328
387
397
384
359
Held by Federal Reserve banks:
For own account
mills, of doL.
For foreign correspondents
mills, of doLHeld by group of accepting banks, total
mills, of doL.
310
391
356
317
296
292
301
321
339
358
368
353
340
Own bills
mills, of dol._
143
178
162
154
148
145
148
178
183
172
150
182
181
Purchased bills
mills, of dol_.
167
214
193
163
148
154
147
161
185
168
171
175
172
34
22
19
Held by others
mills, of doL.
26
24
27
24
29
37
30
38
29
31
174
175
173
Com'l paper outstanding....mills, of dol._
159
164
183
180
172
176
177
180
178
178
Agricultural loans outstanding:
Farm mortgages:
2, 002
1, 998
1,976
Federal land banks
mills, of dol—
2,017
2,024
2,036
2,047
2, 059
2,059
2,066
2,072
2, 060
2,066
158
223
215
Joint stock-land banks}
mills, of dol—
208
201
195
190
184
180
166
176
170
162
823
697
Land-bank commissioner*.mills. of doL.
716
733
743
755
765
786
803
777
795
811
818
Federal intermediate credit bank loans to
and discounts for:A
Regional agricultural credit corp's and
production credit ass'ns—mills, of doL.
130
133
124
129
131
100
111
123
115
105
125
101
All other institutions
mills, of doL.
64
60
50
49
49
50
83
89
53
64
Other loans:
Agricultural marketing act revolving
fund loans to cooperatives!
mills, of dol..
47
50
47
46
45
44
44
44
Banks for cooperatives, incl. Central
Bank*
mills, of dol—
40
32
24
25
43
31
43
51
48
41
50
47
Emergency crop loans*
mills, of doL.
112
122
125
126
125
122
114
104
109
104
107
105
Prod. cred. ass'ns*
mills, of dol—
127
101
107
110
93
109
101
92
103
96
116
94
Regional ag. credit corp.*..mills, of dol—
39
77
73
78
69
52
65
59
41
46
41
40
43
"Revised.
fRevised series. For revisions on the following subjects, refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues. Massachusetts weekly earnings for 1931, p. 19, August
1933; and for 1932-34, p. 20, September 1935; factory weekly and hourly earnings for 1933, p. 20, July 1934. Certain classes of loans included in the figures shown through
May 1934 have been redassified and removed from the agricultural category.
cf Data for 1934 revised. See pp. 30 and 56 of the May 1935 issue.
§Construction wage rates as of May 1, 1936'—common labor, $0,558; skilled labor, $1.14.
#Beginning with March 1932 data are based on Federal-aid and State projects; before that time the data are based on Federal-aid projects.
{Joint-stock land barks in liquidation,
*New series. For earlier data on the following subjects, refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues as follows: Factory weekly earnings for period of January
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including central bank and production credit associations for the period October 1923-April 1934, and emergency crop loans and regional agricultural credit corporations for
nthiy periods January 1932-March 1933 and regional credit corporaApril 1933-April 1934. Data for emergency crop loans for fiscal years from June 1922-June 1931 and monthly
lions for October 1932-March 1933 will be shown in a subsequent issue.
A Break-down of figures shown in issues up to November 1934.
32
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
April
June 1936
1935
April
May
June
July
DecemOctober NovemAugust September
ber
ber
1936
January
February
March
FINANCE—Continued
BANKING—Continued
31,475
Bank debits, total...
mills, of dol._ 34, 782 31,550
30,108
33, 287 30, 268 29, 031 32, 577 32, 227 36, 360 35,424
31, 572 ' 37, 496
New York City
mills, of dol
17, 285 15, 905
14, 551 15, 667
16, 737 14, 733 14, 014
15, 733 15, 542 17, 684 17,925
15, 806 1 19, 629
Outside New York City
mills, of doL. 17, 497 15, 645 15, 557
15,808
16, 550 15, 536
16, 844
15, 016
16, 685 18, 676 17,499
15, 766
17, 867
Brokers' loans:
Reported by N. Y. Stock Exchange
805
793
809
769
772
781
792
846
938
925
924
997
mills, of dol._
1, 064
1.93
Ratio to market value
percent. .
2.23
2.40
2.29
2.23
1.98
1.94
1.93
1.84
1.88
2.00
1.84
1.81
By reporting member banks:
To brokers and dealers in N. Y.*
881
864
921
825
846
779
980
893
778
850
898
mills, of doL.
1,032
990
To brokers and dealers outside N. Y.*
209
192
176
183
170
169
152
160
183
171
171
173
mills, of dol._
220
x ecierai xteserve uanKs.
9,
529
11,184
9,165
9,
556
9,872
9,096
9,749
10,416
10,
780
11,088
11,026
11,094
11,127
Assets total
mills, of dol
Reserve bank credit outstanding
2, 473
mills, of dol..
2,475
2,468
2,469
2,480
2,465
2,485
2,477
2,482
2,480
2,486
2,479
2,482
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Bills bought
- - mills, of dol
7
11
6
5
9
6
8
6
6
Bills discounted
mills, of dol
10
8
2, 430
United States securities..mills, of doL.
2,430
2,433
2,432
2,431
2,430
2,430
2,430
2,430
2,430
2,430
2,430
2,430
8,027
Reserves, total
mills, of dol
8,049
6,014
6,108
6,426
6,515
6,716
6,838
7,285
7,566
7,835
8,006
8,021
7,717
5, 769
5, 901
6,203
6, 502
6,246
6,633
7,053
7,571
7,668
7, 685
Gold reserves§.
mills, of dol._
7,347
7,680
Liabilities total
mills, of dol
11.184
9,096
9, 165
9, 529
9, 556
9,749
9,872
10,416
10, 780 11,026
11,088
11 094 11,127
6, 524
5,084
5,406
5,999
6, 386
6, 617
5,146
5, 562
5, 613
6, 535
5,478
6, 497
6,166
Deposits, total
mills, of dol—
5, 087
Member bank reserves
mills, of dol__
5, 486
4,715
4,832
4,979
5,100
5,305
5,254
5,648
5,835
5,587
5,860
5, 784
2, 305
Excess reserves (est.)* mills, of dol..
2, 664
2, 253
2,318
2,414
2,513
2,708
2,600
2,970
3,100
2,844
3,084
2, 986
3, 764
Notes in circulation
mills, of doL.
3,762
3,153
3,189
3, 258
3, 262
3,399
3,474
3, 532
3,647
3,709
3, 633
3,732
78.2
Reserve ratio
- percent
78.3
73.0
73.3
74.2
74.5
74.9
75.3
76.4
77.1
77.6
78.1
78.1
Federal Reserve reporting member banksi
Deposits.
14,017
12,962
13, 263 13, 246
13,887
13, 598
14,018
14,090
13,578
Demand, adjusted*
.mills, of dol.. 14, 258 12, 231 12, 556 12,921
4, 909
Time
mills, of dol..
5,047
4,991
4,935
4,842
4,856
4,839
4,890
4,899
4,872
4,911
4,888
4,900
13, 229
Investments
mills, of dol
13, 452 11,804
11, 676
11,791
12, 034
12, 022
12, 390 12,476
12,480
12, 646
12,996
13, 047
U. S. Gov. direct obligations*
8,643
mills, of dol..
8,802
7,902
7,778
7,824
7,947
7,877
8,183
8,177
8,301
8,468
8,655
8,690
U. S. Gov. guaranteed issues*
782
791
972
1,265
mills, of doL.
1,281
1,017
1,035
1,094
1,133
1,137
1,126
1,172
1,201
3,321
Other securities*
mills, of dol_.
3, 369
3,120
3,107
2,995
3, 070
3.110
3,113
3,166
3,042
3,052
3,169
3,156
8,392
Loans total
mills, of doL
8, 343
8,155
8,111
8,037
7,811
7,817
8,030
7,902
8,152
8,249
7,999
7, 959
Acceptances and commercial paper*
352
346
403
375
322
306
310
324
329
353
362
360
349
mills, of dol._
1,144
On real estate * mills, of dol
1,141
1,119
1,157
1,147
1,136
1,135
1,144
1,146
1,140
1,136
1,142
1,146
114
83
65
162
67
103
75
87
81
150
76
66
To banks
- mills, of dol
88
3,304
3,274
3,128
3,208
3,006
3,156
3,076
3,009
3,095
3,108
3,219
3,117
On securities
mills, of dol
3,313
3, 485
3,300
3,261
3,277
3,190
3,380
3,340
3,401
3,304
3,288
3,401
3,281
3,495
Other loans*
..mills, of dol..
Interest rates:
H
Vs
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Acceptances, bankers* prime
percent..
x>anK rates to cuBiomcro.
2.72
2.54
2.66
2.72
2.64
2.61
2.67
2.61
2.69
2.61
2.56
2.77
2.61
In New York City
percent..
In eight other northern and eastern
cities—
percent..
3.47
3.99
3.78
3.79
3.88
3.87
3.75
3.75
3.67
3.62
3.63
3.63
3.60
In twenty'Seven southern and western
4.44
cities
percent4.40
4.80
4.76
4.63
4.79
4.58
4.51
4.55
4.55
4.47
4.51
4.51
.75
.64
.25
.25
.25
.25
.29
.75
.75
.75
Call loans, renewal
percent.25
.75
. 75
3
3
•M.
%
%
Corn'! paper, prime (4-6 mos.)...percent._
A
H
U
A
X
u
1.50
Discount rate, N. Y. F. R. Bank ..percent1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
4.00
Federal Land bank loans*
percent—
4.00
4.33
4.19
4.00
4.25
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
Intermediate credit bank loans...percent—
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2,00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
1
1
1
1
1
1
Time loans, 90 days
percent—
H-l
H
U
H
H
H
u
Savings deposits:
5,152
5,152
5,177
5,187
5,179
5,161
5,154
5,158
5,161
5,187
5,175
5,204
5,177
New York State
mills, of d o l U. b. Postal bavmgs.
Bal. to credit of depositors.thous. of doL. 1,215,170 «l,200,437 "1,205,213 °l,204,863 1,189,490 1,191,754 1,191,677 1,196,427 1,198,966 1,201,304 1,207,971 °1,213,765 1,215,825
Bal. on deposit in banks—thous. of dol— 200, 252 451, 563 411,714 384, 510 363. 001 347,870 318, 513 305,778 293,598 286,588 243, 702 °224, 497 201, 530
FAILURES <?
Commercial failures:
944
902
884
787
898
910
830
856
94">
Grand total
number..
1,083
1,004
1,077
1,056
59
58
53
47
43
46
47
62
67
48
41
Commercial service, total
number..
38
47
32
68
56
54
55
53
38
74
58
54
51
36
51
Construction, total
number..
180
172
166
172
132
143
210
169
180
174
137
161
158
Manufacturing, total
number
1
5
6
10
10
9
7
10
6
8
3
5
2
Chemicals and drugs.
__number..
50
37
39
37
48
40
43
35
34
45
57
38
40
Foods
number..
9
11
6
16
12
18
14
10
14
13
12
20
11
Forest products
.number
1
1
6
7
5
2
5
4
3
3
3
3
Fuels
number
11
8
5
13
8
5
9
9
7
6
5
7
6
Iron and steel
number..
10
8
9
7
7
9
8
7
4
4
8
10
Leather and leather products-number..
6
5
12
8
12
11
2
7
9
8
6
3
12
Machinery
number
Paper, printing, and publishing
17
13
19
14
4
9
10
12
12
8
12
13
10
nurnber__
° Revised.
*New series. For earlier data on the following subjects, refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues. New series on "Brokers' Loans" for the period January
1929-December 1935 are shown on p. 19 of the March 1936 issue. For new series on bank rates to customers see p. 19 of the March 1936 issue. For new series on interest
rates of Federal land banks see p. 20 of the April 1935 issue. Data on excess reserves prior to September 1934 will be shown in a subsequent issue. See footnote below
n break-down of Investments and total loans. These 3 series represent a break-down of the investment total. Monthly data previous to October 1934 not available.
Data on acceptances and commercial paper, on real estate, to banks and other loans represent a break-down of the "All other" loans total which was published prior to
§Figure's subsequent to December 1933 represent gold certificates on hand and due from Treasury, plus redemption fund.
{Method of computing net demand deposits subject to reserve was changed by the "Banking Act of 1935" approved Aug. 23,1935. Consequently figures since that
date are not comparable with those for earlier periods. Data for months August 1934-August 1935 were incorrectly shown in the October 1935 issue.
IData on Federal Reserve Reporting Member Banks represent operations in 101 leading cities. These series, according to a statement in the Federal Reserve Bulletin
for November 1935, in the main, represent a continuation of the 101 city series published prior to the bank holiday. It is pointed out that although the banking crisis and
subsequent developments affected these series considerably, the data reflect the course of banking developments during the disturbed period. Data on 101 cities were last
shown in the May 1933 Survey for February 1933. Figures on the new basis not shown above will appear in a subsequent issue. Data on brokers' loans by reporting
member banks also represent a continuation of the series covering 101 cities last shown in the May 1933 Survey.
<$ Classifications have been changed and revised data prepared beginning with January 1934. These data are shown on p. 20 of the May 1936 issue.
33
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1982 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
1935
1936
April
Decem- January
August SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
Febru- March
ary
April
May
June
July
FINANCE—Continued
FAILURES}:—Continued
Commercial failures—Continued.
Grand total—Continued.
Manufacturing, total—Continued.
Stone, clay, and glass products
number..
Textiles
_
number
Transportation equipment-.number..
Miscellaneous
number..
Wholesale trade, total
number..
Retail trade, total
number..
Liabilities:
Grand total
thous. of dol._
Commercialservice,totaLthous. of dol._
Construction, total
thous. of dol..
Manufacturing, total
thous. of dol..
Chemicals and drugs._thous. of dol..
Foods
thous. of dol
Forest products
thous. of dol._
Fuels
thous of dol
Iron and steel.
thous. of dol..
Leather and leather products
thous. of doL.
Machinery
thous. of dol..
Paper, printing and publishing
thous. of dol. .
Stone, clay, and glass products
thous. of doL.
Textiles
thous. of doL.
Transportation equipment
4
48
2
18
93
506
10
34
5
20
93
680
1
43
2
27
79
630
5
40
4
18
88
589
14,157
567
1, 570
4, 959
108
762
169
122
154
16, 529
1,502
1,628
3,985
382
652
540
143
103
14,339
1,083
1,461
4,664
202
797
341
12
410
140
93
201
97
126
349
1,020
373
808
625
354
725
110
848
5,581
1,480
Assets, admitted, totalf
mills, of dol._ 19,627
4,325
Mortgage loans
mills, of dol_.
768
Farm.
_
mills, of dol
3,557
Other
mills of dol
Bonds and stocks held (book value):
9, 565
mills, of dol._
4,099
Government...
mills, of dol._
2,061
Public utility
mills, of dol
2,636
Railroad
mills, of dol_.
769
OtherA
mills, of dol__
Policy loans and premium notes
2,741
mills, of dol..
Insurance written:!
1,114
Policies and certificates
thousands
30
Group ._
.
thousands
868
Industrial
.thousands
217
Ordinary
«,
thousands..
743, 945
Value, total __ _
thous. of dol
Group
J. thous. of dol.. 37, 213
244, 3f,6
Industrial. ._ .
thous. of dol
Ordinary
thous. of dol._ 462, 376
Premium collections!
Annuities
Group
Industrial
Ordinary
Miscellaneous
thous. of dol
"Retail trade, total
thous. of doL.
Wholesale trade, total...thous. of dol..
6
51
17
81
551
10
32
3
10
94
557
1
30
2
17
71
489
5
48
6
18
81
633
5
39
3
23
65
559
6
47
1
28
75
548
5
39
4
25
89
704
1
30
2
21
98
544
7
27
3
23
88
602
12,918
1,177
1,079
3,580
91
560
484
138
57
16, 523
1,525
1,294
5, 237
88
1,347
150
525
631
13, 266
469
1,471
4,297
8
802
322
587
801
17, 002
2,602
1,185
2,840
260
1,029
71
58
65
17,185
1,187
2,792
4,984
122
1,038
1,026
77
210
14, 384
731
2,948
3,954
442
967
195
4
52
15, 686
2,969
1,971
4,358
196
645
905
831
198
18,104
1,867
2,435
5,834
184
1,588
925
14, 089
i 1404
1,819
3,360
95
1,164
340
99
227
16, 271
650
4,484
4,371
21
707
248
21
90
188
306
327
79
275
275
30
175
168
143
404
71
128
403
61
49
125
51
218
714
13
379
110
94
466
129
186
102
246
322
12
1,242
567
720
496
875
385
856
8
617
268
1,171
63
715
109
763
265
1,779
4
828
146
568
96
319
7,448
1,966
22
437
5,889
1,242
290
166
5,684
1,398
340
6,327
2,140
36
115
5,220
1,809
132
201
8, 539
1,836
68
195
5,904
2,318
353
487
5,371
1,380
10
316
4,777
1,611
72
360
6, 245
1,723
12
254
6, 651
1, 855
47
407
5, 503
1,263
18, 382
4,717
883
3,834
18,479
4,668
868
3,800
18, 567
4,631
855
3,776
18, 696
4,590
844
3,746
18, 786
4,552
831
3,721
18,887
4,517
821
3,696
18,990
4,502
820
3,682
19,109
4,480
812
3,668
19,196
4,448
807
3,641
19, 32R
4,420
799
3,621
19, 423
4, 383
789
3,594
19, 545
4, 348
776
3,572
8,201
3,087
1,850
2,643
621
8,327
3,163
1,881
2,639
644
8,375
3,199
1,888
2,637
651
8,531
3,264
1,973
2,623
671
8,639
3,318
1,998
2,627
696
8,693
3,385
1,979
2,633
696
8,854
3,515
1,997
2,635
707
8,945
3,569
2,045
2,622
709
9,161
3,801
2,015
2,596
749
9,242
3,889
1,998
2, 604
751
9, 265
3, 907
1,987
2, 604
9,468
4,039
2,041
2,614
2,841
2,834
2,829
2,821
2,813
2,807
2,797
2,786
2,777
2,766
1,151
32
854
265
733,870
37,495
228,188
468,187
1,103
38
804
261
732,188
50, 231
215,323
466,634
1,047
28
769
250
697,471
39, 537
205, 951
451,983
1,161
167
756
238
904,149
267, 582
203, 465
433,102
1,022
24
764
234
651,193
26, 524
208, 508
416,161
942
20
716
206
573, 481
22, 501
190, 044
360,936
1,229
26
934
269
728,438
31,338
233,988
463,112
1,047
25
775
248
700, 059
36,981
207,408
455, 670
1,034
65
692
277
788,003
74, 606
187, 874
525, 523
252 982
29' 231
8,580
54, 625
160, 546
255,226
33,800
8,966
48, 658
163,802
242, 554
30, 611
8,415
52,331
151,197
269,121
39,836
9,567
55, 488
164,230
240,321
32, 591
9,281
51, 561
146,888
225, 617
24, 716
8,537
53,941
138, 423
246, 754
31,413
8,546
49, 789
157,006
251, 726
33,624
8,515
54,002
155, 585
349,
64,
10,
94,
180,
540
226
54
66
194
500
203
52
62
183
490
201
51
59
179
126
483
199
50
58
176
456
183
50
57
166
414
168
44
53
149
502
215
51
60
176
495
208
51
60
176
K
12
LIFE INSURANCE
(Association of Life Insurance Presidents)
thous. of dol._
thous. of dol
thous of dol
thous. of dol__
thous of dol
767
774
2,756
2, 748
949
30
703
216
681,506
40,981
193,344
447,181
996
24
769
203
665,140
30, 498
212, 055
422, 587
1,150
32
890
228
775, 982
56, 213
246,011
473, 758
903
656
681
212
354
286,015
52, 382
10,836
53, 805
168, 992
252,
26,
9,
56,
160,
542
254
452
245
091
262, 030
31,136
9, 791
58, 223
162, 880
576
233
64
69
210
118
479
203
49
54
173
460
198
47
52
163
525
222
56
62
185
(Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau)
Insurance written, ordinary, total
mills, of doL.
Eastern district.
mills, of dol
Far Western district.
mills, of dol._
Southern district
mills, of dol_.
Western district
mills, of dol__
LaDse rates
1Q25 26—100
506
210
56
62
178
MONETARY STATISTICS
Foreign exchange rates:#
.330
.333
.330
.322
. 326
.329
.331
.328
.329
.327
.329
.331
. 331
Argentina* _„
dol. per paper peso
.169
.170
.169
.169
.169
.169
.169
.169
.169
.169
.169
.168
. 170
Belgium
dol per belga
.084
.083
.084
.084
. 086
.083
.083
.084
.084
.083
.083
.084
.085
Brazil
dol. per milreis
1.001
.995
.998
.999
.999
.998
.990
.995
.989
.999
.993
.986
.998
Canada . _.
dol. per Canadian dol
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
Chilef
dol. per peso..
5.00
4.84
4.89
4.93
4.96
4.97
4.93
4.94
4.92
4.96
4.93
4.91
4. 97
England
.dol. per £_.
.066
.066
.067
.066
.066
.066
.066
.066
.066
.066
.066
.066
.066
France
.
dol. per franc
.404
.404
.402
.402
.402
.404
.407
.403
.402
.402
.402
.403
.404
Germany
dol per reichsmark
.372
.373
.372
.377
,375
.375
.364
.369
.372
.371
.373
.370
.375
India
.
dol. per rupee..
.082
.084
.083
.082
.081
.083
.082
.081
.083
.079
.081
.081
.080
Italy..
_
dol. per lira..
.292
.291
.293
.287
.290
.290
.289
.284
.287
.287
.289
.287
.289
Japan
dol. per yen..
.680
.687
.678
.676
.682
.679
.675
.679
.678
.677
.678
.676
.684
Netherlands..
dol. per florin
.137
.138
.137
.137
.137
.137
.137
.137
.137
.136
.137
.137
.137
Spain
dol. per peseta..
.252
.254
.256
.256
. 254
. 258
.254
.254
.255
.255
.249
.253
. 256
Sweden
dol. per krona..
.803
.804
.805
.805
.801
.802
.799
.802
.802
.802
.801
.798
.800
Uruguay
dol. per peso..
t See footnote on p. 32 marked "«?."
t Revised series. For earlier data see pp. 18,19, and 20 of the July 1933 issue, insurance written and admitted assets; p. 18 of the June 1933 issue, premium collections.
i The nominal official gold value of the Chilean peso was changed from 3 pence gold to 1^ pence gold as of Jan. 2, 1935.
# Par values of foreign currencies as given on pp. 86 and 87 of the 1932 annual supplement were changed with the reduction in gold content of the United States dollar.
• Quotation based on paper peso since Dec. 10, 1933, instead of gold peso as formerly. Former equivalent to 44 percent of latter. See note on p. 56 of the March 1934
issue.
AThe figures for "other" bonds and stocks held (book value) for the months of January and February 1934 shown as 611 and 616 million dollars, respectively, in the
monthly
issues from May 1934 to April 1935 should read 514 for January and 518 for February.
34
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
1936
April
1935
April
May
June
July
August
June 1936
1936
loctoberlNo^m- Decem-
Janu- I February
ary
March
FINANCE—Continued
MONETARY STATISTICS-Continued
Gold and money:
Gold:
8,641
10,172
9,025
9,246
Monetary stocks, U. S
mills, of doL. 10,202
8, 755
9,180
9,545
9,777
9,128
10, 072 10,158 10,163
Movement, foreign:
-155
1,250 -1,745 - 9 , 506
- 2 , 301 —1,535
1,015
969
1,796
-1,864
998
-423
573
Net release from earmark_thous. of dol—
51
170
2,315
338 23, 637
62
49
86
166
59
102
242
Exports
thous. of doL.
76
7,002
7, 795
190,180
45, 981
Imports
thous. of doL. 28,106 148,670 140, 065 230, 538
16,287
46, 085 156,805 314,424 210,810
Net gold imports, including gold re6,449
43, 898 -26,141
leased from earmarkA*thous. of dol._ 27, 900 146, 307 138, 481 231, 370
47, 779 157, 734 313, 484 211.141 191, 260
15, 805
869, 956 916, 035 889.026 927, 803 929, 331 902, 333 931, 724 909, 550 906, 496 924, 081 894, 624 933, 000
Production, Rand
fine
ounces..
193,107 120, 712 125, 529 156,435
97, 080 114, 552 112,619 167, 667 155, 793 173,899
Receipts at mint, domestic.fine ounces __ 163, 674
191,898 149,144
5,892
5,779
5,897
5,500
5,522
5,576
5, 651
Money in circulation, totaL_mills. of dol__
5, 507
5,550
5,704
5,770
5,857
Silver:
535
141
769
253
1,472
237
1,593
512
2,885
1,717
2.009
1,547
260
Exports.
_thous. of doL.
4,490
17, 536
47, 603 58,483
8,115
11,002
13, 501
10,444
45, 689
60, 065
30, 230
30, 820
48, 898
Imports
thous. of dol—
.449
.448
.448
.584 1 .473
.678
.744
.719
.654
.654
.682
.664
.654
Price at New York..
dol. perfineoz_.
20, 527
14, 550
16, 072
15,157
19,111
15, 854 « 22, 781 19, 501
17, 309
19,927
17,121
Production, world •
thous. offineoz._
1,941
1,414
1,244
1,001
1,896
1,185
1,300
1,148
1,703
1.03J
1,156
1,845
Canada
thous. offineoz_.
9,600
7,159
6,
862
5,192
7,444
3,844
5,193
5,432
8,553
5,237
6,454
Mexico
thous. offineoz._
3,688 ° 4, 374 a 5, 056
3,548
3,814
2,579
4,008
2,693
2,387
3,352
5,329
3,170
United States
thous. offineoz__
Stocks, refinery, end of month:
1,058
1, 873
2,372
1,109
1,487
1,691
3,280
2,351
538
1,757
1,913
1.076
United States
thous. offineoz__
658
730
2,112
1,746
2,513
1,576
570
1,930
1,605
Canada
thous. offineoz__
1, 418
1,842
NET CORPORATION PROFITS
(Quarterly) +
199.8
147.6
124.7
Industrial corporations, total--mills, of dol—
75.1
35.5
68.8
Autos, parts and accessories—mills, of dol__
41.6
31.6
24.2
Chemicals
mills, of dol..
19.6
18.0
16.0
Food products and beyerages.mills of dol__
Machinery and machine manufactures
6.2
7.4
7.3
mills, of dol._
4.0
3. 0
1.9
Metals and mining
..mills, of dol—
6.6
10.1
11.3
Oil
.mills, of dol__
4.6
14.6
2.7
Steel
mills, of dol__
17.1
27.4
17.5
Miscellaneous
mills, of doL.
Railways, class I (net operating income)
126.3
110.0
mills, of dol—
47.4
Telephones (net op. income)...mills, of dol_.
53.3
48.3
Other public utilities (net income)
42.4
39.3
mills, of dol—
49.7
PUBLIC FINANCE (FEDERAL)
29, 421 29,462 29, 634 30, 557 30, 516 30, 520 31, 459
29,033
Debt, gross, end of month
mills, of dol__ 31,425
28,638
28, 701
28,668
29,120
Expenditures, total (incl. emergency) c?
thous. of dol__ 681, 507 815,151 '283. 651 930,747 847,317 701,774 457,776 870,626 573,013 694,383 487, 274 517,044 643, 098
Receipts, totalf
thous. of dol._ 258,759 267, 822 266,178 496, 042 301,883 330, 301 586, 339 288, 867 284, 636 479, 722 279, 556 250, 705 779,521
29, 704 33,276
30, 339
28,177
31, 226 29,123
31,453
37,127
33, 599 33,087 35, 342
29,711
Customs
thous. of dol.. 32, 226
Internal revenue, total
thous. of dol_. 202, 780 194, 083 206, 677 427,906 236, 962 229, 639 378, 870 192, 218 184,096 275, 487 183, 765 185, 001 691, 051
28, 213 21,753 228, 999 36,061
24,385
43, 610 404, 209
23,172 230, 227
24, 835 251,889
23,963
Income tax
thous. of dol— 35,127
Taxes from:*
Admissions to theaters, etc.
1,266
1,314
1,211
1,755
1,344
1,489
1,158
1,460
1,867
1, 255
1,174
1,405
1,277
thous. of dol—
Capital stock transfers, etc.
2,992
2,132
1,860
1,934
3,818
1,155
1,458
2,894
2,871
1,623
thous. of dol..
3,911
4,033
2,925
Sales of produce (future delivery)
174
165
282
202
264
299
263
367
275
319
262
238
256
thous. of dol—
321
336
424
319
571
253
339
200
643
730
601
Sales of radio sets, etc.—thous. of dol—
292
146
Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans
outstanding, end of month:f§
Grand total
thous. of dol.. 2,634,619 2,644,990 2,659,850 ,747,497 2,813,311 2,822,360 .2,829,186 2,811,325 2,795,737 2,736,181 2,745,586 2,709,238 2,653,750
Total section 5 as amended
thous. of dol.. 847, 934 1,163,714 1,160,976 1,137,162 3,102,849 1,082,977 1,061,465 1,032,390 1,004,374 970,288 932,097 907, 768 855,495
Bank and trust companies, including
receivers
thous. of dol— 277, 383 519, 200 498, 977 480, 404 455, 928 441,825 427, 657 411,729 387, 288 381, 206 356, 775 337, 598 288, 465
Building and loan associations
5, 631
8,854
7,359
5, 233
11,182
9,494
6,138
10, 294
8,359
7, 866
6, 743
9, 80S
10, 307
thous. of dol—
5, 750
9,372
5,231
6,460
21,157
19, 841
17,163
10,011
6, 075
19, 231
18,052
17, 628
Insurance companies.-thous. of dol..
5,881
Mortgage loan companies
124, 767
thous. of dol.. 125, 347 148, 861 146,257 145, 551 139, 972 136,396 132, 346 131,771 131, 394 128,215 126, 826
125, 675
Railroads, incl. receivers
389, 239
thous. of dol._ 394,168 386, 612 413,414 414, 344 413,338 413,350 412, 903 412, 810 412, 795 396,250 393, 712
390, 202
All other under section 5
62, 442 57, 710 55, 659 50,798
41, 643
65, 252
40, 966
72,193
67, 824
76, 702
64, 284
thous. of dol._ 40, 572
42, 274
Total Emergency Relief and Construc775,291
tion Act as amended.thous. of dol— 760, 622 502, 596 512, 671 614,743 700,359 724, 797 746, 800 751,487 758,373 732, 724 769, 395
771, 307
Self-liquidating projects
159, 672
thous. of dol— 163, 601 134,268 137,311 146,457 148, 525 154,690 168, 259 168, 266 173,139 146, 309 153, 684
155, 323
Financing of exports of agricultural
14,300
14, 300 14, 027 14, 027
47
14, 531
14,517
14,300
14,926
14,517
13, 584
14,962
surpluses
thous. of dol_.
14,027
Financing of agricultural commodi62, 744 156, 066 239, 629 257, 969 267,142 272,118 274,233 275, 761 305, 058
305, 567
55, 656
ties and livestock
thous. of dql_. 300, 538
305, 332
Amounts made available for relief
296, 468
and work relief
thous. of dol— 296, 436 297,710 297, 690 297, 689 297, 688 297, 621 297,099 296,803 296, 701 296, 627 296, 626
296, 625
Total Bank Conservation Act as
877, 724
amended
thous. of dol. 877, 591 900,013 902,099 905,262 903,508 902,629 904,341 906,900 907, 270 899,486 905,168
888,397
I
Other loans and authorizations
145, 240
84,104
90, 330 106, 595 I 111,957 116, 580 120, 548 | 125,720 133, 683 138, 926
78, 667
thous. of dol— 148, 472
141, 766
AOr exports (—).
° Revised.
* Preliminary.
•Data are compiled by the American Bureau of Metal Statistics and represent the estimated world output. The series for the period January 1928-August 1934 presented
in the SURVEY covered the principal producing countries which produced the following percentages of the world total: 1928, 87.9; 1929, 87.1; 1930, 85.5; 1931, 82.0; 1932, 75.5;
and 1933, 77.5.
cf Series revised to include emergency expenditures. Figures as shown in SURVEY for months prior to May 1932 are comparable with this series. Comparable figures
for the period May 1932 to March 1933 are on p. 33 of the June 1934 issue. Later data are shown in monthly issues.
" The item of $333,245,378 carried by the Treasury as a credit under the trust funds for May 1935 represents a transfer of that amount from the general fund to the
trust funds. Amount represents deposits of governmental agencies for which Treasury has been acting as fiscal agent. The amount therefore has not been included in
the May 1935 total of receipts and expenditures.
IFor 1934 includes $2,808,221,138 for February, $2,233,252 for March, $409,052 for April, $298,868 for May, $213,447 for June, $272,163 for July, $268,204 for August, $134,843
for September, $173,702 for October, $116,585 for November, $132,296 for December. For 1935 includes $123,639 for January, $68,241 for February, $157,326 for March, $89,144
for April, $96,103 for May, $105,773 for June, $65,219 for July, $62,055 for August, $62,936 for September, $56,256 for October, $65,780 for November, and $70,889 for December.
For 1936 include $60,222 for January, $43,460 for February, $58,427 for March, and $155,254 for April, representing the increment resulting from reduction in weight of the
gold dollar.
* For earlier data on net gold imports see p. 20 of the December 1932 issue. For new series for internal revenue tax receipts from admissions to theaters, capital stock
transfers, and sales of radios, see p. 20 of the Feb. 1936 issue. For new series on sales of produce (future delivery), see p. 19 of the April 1936 issue.
§This excludes relief grants to States by the R. F. C. under the Emergency Relief Act of 1933 upon certification of grants by the Federal Emergency Relief Administrator. During 1934 these amounted to $499,650,000 on Jan. 31, Feb. 28, Mar. 31, arid Apr. 30, $500,000,000 disbursed for relief purposes under Emergency Appropriation
Act of 1935, and $10,000,000 purchase of stock in R. F. C. Mortgage Co. and $12,500,000 for preferred stock subscription in export-import banks.
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tRevised series. All series of corporation profits unused for period 1928-35. Revisions not shown above will appear in a subsequent issue. The data of the Reconstruction
Corporation has been revised to include the statistics of certain loaning agencies of the Corporation not included heretofore and for revisions made in recent.
Federal Reserve Bank
of Finance
St. Louis
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
35
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
1936
April
April
May-
July
June
1935
1936
Decem- January
August SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
February
March
212, 089
27,113
31, 464
583, 391
81, 519
28, 793
FINANCE—Continued
CAPITAL FLOTATIONS
New Security Registrations Fully
Effective
(Securities and Exchange Commission)
Estimated gross proceeds:*
Total
..thous. of doL. 751,013
Common stock
thous. of dol 168,638
Preferred stock
thous. of dol
53,973
Certificates of participation, etc.
thous. of dol_. 35,373
Debentures and short term notes
thous. of dol.. 113,593
Secured bonds
thous. of doL. 379,436
Securlties Issued
(Commercial and Financial Chronicle)^
Total, all issues.
thous. of dol__ 1,020,032
Domestic, total
thous. of dol-_ 988,532
Foreign, total
thous. of dol.. 31, 500
Corporate, total
.thous. of dol__ 687,751
Industrial
thous. of dol— 236, 693
0
Investment trusts
thous. of dol._
0
Land, buildings, etc
..thous. of dol—
0
Long-term issues
thous. of dol—
Apartments and hotels
0
thous. of dol._
0
Office and commercial.thous. of dol._
Public utilities
thous. of dol— 315, 587
Railroads
.thous. of dol._ 122,197
13,273
Miscellaneous
thous. of dol
Farm loan and Gov't agencies •
thous. of dol.. 198,718
Municipal, States, etc.
_thous. of dol._ 102, 063
Purpose of issue:
New capital, total
_..thous. of dol._ 176, 672
Domestic, total
thous. of doL. 176, 672
Corporate
thous of dol 127, 879
Farm loan and Gov't agencies
0
thous. of dol—
Municipal, States, U. S. possessions,
48, 793
etc
__ __ _ thous. of dol
0
Foreign
thous. of dol—
Refunding, total
thous. of dol_. 843,360
559,
872
Corporate
thous. of dol—
Type of security, all issues:
Bonds and notes, total
thous. of dol— 955, 533
Corporate
thous. of dol— 623, 252
Stocks
thous. of dol.. 64, 498
Bond Buyer
State and municipals:
Permanent (long term)
thous. of dol—
Temporary (short term)
thous. of dol—
COMMODITY MARKETS
Volume of trading in futures:*
Wheat
thous. of bu._ 800,684
Corn
thous. of bu._ 92, 053
SECURITY MARKETS
B o n d s
Prices:
93.90
All listed bonds (N. Y. S. E.)
dollars96. 69
Domestic issues
dollars
79.21
Foreign issues
dollars._
JJomestic (JJow-Jones) (W)
94.
97
percent of par 4% bond..
industrials \i.\))
101.
39
percent of par 4% bond—
.ruDiic utilities (,iu;
98.14
percent of par 4% bond_.
Rails, high grade (10)
126.
22
percent of par 4% bond..
Rails, second grade (10)
70.70
percent of par 4% bond.107.9
Domestict (Stand. Stat.) (60)
dollars..
U. S. Government (Stand. Stat.)*.dollars.. 107.82
62.97
Foreign (N. Y. Trust) (40)—percent of par „
Sales on registered exchanges (Securities
and Exchange Commission):*
Total on all exchanges:*
Market value
thous. of dol._ 251,878
Par value
thous. of dol._ 301,433
On New York Stock Exchange :+*
Market value
thous. of dol_. 197,277
Par value. __ _ __.
thous. of dol 236,792
Sales on the New York Exchange excl. of
stopped salest (Dow-Jones):
154, 597
37, 235
32,316
140, 208
27, 690
2, 034
192,631
35, 247
4,514
530, 475
77,428
25, 550
254, 062
24,986
24, 547
319,874
62,151
16, 714
406,087
25,425
31, 047
289,772
55, 309
7,080
212,085
41, 286
20,873
275, 696
27, 278
3,125
2,767
205
25,961
11, 503
6,235
83,700
1,505
4,777
11,027
13, 708
7,442
7, 515
74,763
29, 050
81,229
29,488
123,382
49, 284
352,253
90,846
102,181
77,749
157, 026
83,558
182, 357
31, 786
194, 093
55, 219
89, 930
19,350
214, 916
41,125
98, 679
130,921
334, 716
507,456
507,456
0
155,878
21, 200
0
568
568
472, 429
472, 429
0
126, 760
86,700
0
325
325
512, 900
512, 900
0
129,164
28, 500
0
0
0
644, 509
644, 509
0
541,975
173, 433
0
0
0
437,127
361,127
76, 000
209, 862
92, 378
0
5, 660
5,G60
437,425
437,425
0
275, 854
94, 707
0
475
475
368,121
368,121
0
252,395
65,499
4,000
482
482
382, 221
382, 221
0
250, 503
32, 750
0
600
600
462,422
422, 422
40, 000
167, 355
54, 504
2,000
250
250
410,824
354, 824
56,000
273, 907
150, 589
301, 978
301, 978
0
194, 613
37, 501
250
0
5,250
0
767, 351
743,851
23, 500
594, 853
101, 823
0
0
0
0
0
84,339
27, 400
22, 372
0
0
19, 500
20, 235
0
0
88,164
12, 500
0
0
338,591
651
29, 300
0
0
0
35,412
73,412
3,000
0
0
164,172
16, 500
0
0
0
180, 644
0
1,770
0
0
217,153
0
0
0
83,343
21,090
6,168
0
0
28, 550
94, 519
0
0
135, 450
o
16, 413
0
0
260, 779
223, 391
8,850
195, 500
156, 078
267. 394
78, 275
319, 000
64, 736
10, 500
92,034
85, 562
65, 703
12, 700
148, 871
38, 962
76, 764
17, 254
114,464
121, 500
133, 567
200
88, 717
10,200
97,165
20, 000
128,999
89, 508
89, 508
21,988
81, 764
81, 764
45,193
55, 457
55, 457
13,676
127,127
127,127
55,090
148,210
148,210
29, 795
172, 745
172, 745
45,087
148,462
148, 462
73,003
119,794
119,794
33, 289
221, 207
221, 207
66, 738
123, 253
115, 253
72, 935
106,739
106, 739
13, 473
129,527
129,527
58,816
o
o
3,500
0
0
0
85, 262
0
15, 000
0
40, 290
0
4,000
11, 000
64, 020
0
417, 948
133, 891
36, 571
0
390, 665
81, 567
41, 781
0
457,443
115, 488
72, 037
0
517, 382
485, 885
33,153
0
288,917
180,067
127, 658
0
264,679
230, 767
60, 459
0
219,659
179,392
86, 505
0
262,426
217, 215
114,179
0
241,216
100, 617
50, 318
8,000
287, 571
200, 973
89, 266
0
195, 23 P
181,141
59,711
0
637, 824
536,037
483,084
131,507
24, 372
466, 229
120,560
6,200
512, 900
129,164
0
611,276
508, 742
33, 233
412, 765
185, 499
24,362
433, 598
272, 027
3,827
349, 500
233, 774
18, 621
378,471
246, 753
3,750
427,960
132, 893
34,462
406, 635
273,907
4,189
280, 815
173, 450
21,163
743, 659
594, 853
23, 692
159,223
84, 680
86, 580
34,427
68, 303
36, 037
94,330
83, 796
52, 743
32,941
115,116
81, 713
70,228
124, 087
137,145
16,061
126, 454
30, 298
« 93, 636 «94, 308
22,800
118, 586
117,842
37, 219
733,425
329, 843
637,996
240, 347
651,755 1,157,598
219, 502 192, 253
917, 282
185, 330
901, 531 1,074,776
136,306 197, 332
626,949
119,961
569, 673
100, 377
448,466
53, 744
321, 637
45, 297
466,193
52,161
90.69
92.95
79.50
90.62
92.81
91.08
93.69
93.59
96.16
80.87
94.44
97.22
80.32
94.47
97.26
79.76
78.37
80.47
91.71
94.12
79.74
90.54
93.07
78.12
89.93
92.65
79.84
91.62
93.94
80.17
76.73
90.23
92.84
77.62
78.45
91.85
94.47
79.03
79.60
81.08
81.95
81.90
81.82
79.51
83.52
86.50
92.72
96.41
96.50
82.97
83.35
86.97
87.35
88.87
89.77
92.38
97.56
102. 88
103.57
101. 76
89.07
90.09
89.87
91.81
91.36
92.08
92.61
92.96
92.83
97.94
99.13
97.51
112. 58
113. 57
115. 07
116. 65
113.83
113.83
112. 55
114.32
116. 92
120. 77
123. 69
126.34
54. 04
100.0
107. 30
66.07
54.66
101. 2
107. 40
65. 61
57.10
102.2
107. 27
65.92
56.01
104.2
107. 52
64. 49
56.60
104.2
107.11
62.36
55.58
103.1
106.11
61.79
51.31
101.9
106. 06
62.71
56.93
103. 5
106.45
59.93
59.99
104.5
106. 53
63.43
66. 96
106.5
106. 84
63.93
73.18
107.8
107.11
64.47
74.32
108. 4
107. 68
63.54
319, 926
404, 335
335,465
429, 924
289, 247
377, 319
283,146
363,194
323,438
414, 036
271, 503
333, 012
302,178
387,152
296, 212
405,138
314,083
448, 712
443, 264
622, 546
395, 266
511,121
336, 206
410,410
232, 555
290,102
239, 044
306, 224
210,737
274, 661
198,131
256, 235
245, 922
306,890
217, 726
262,489
229, 642
291,123
217, 954
304, 219
23^, 442
352,057
338, 695
492, 214
305,052
402, 610
361, 553
323, 695
Total .
_
thous. of dol 774, 052 265,990 284,155 263,350 235, 675 286, 903 249, 795 275, 727 301,977 314,429 476,137 175,145 2,275,275
Liberty and Treasury bonds
60,483
61, 840
42,175
23,471
73, 674
64, 422
51,997
19, 252
20, 464
33,118
10,000 1,809,000
thous. of dol— 594, 053
° Revised.
• Has included since July 1934 other than farm loan issues for which Treasury has acted as fiscal agent.
t Revised series on domestic bond prices for July 1931-February 1933 appeared on pp. 19 and 33 of the April 1933 issue.
* New series. Data on new security registrations fully effective for the period September 1934-December 1935 and volume of trading in futures for the period January
1919-December 1935 are shown on p. 20 of the March 1936 issue. For new series on U. S. Government bond prices see p. 20 of the June 1933 issue. New series on bond
sales on all registered exchanges (market and par value) and on the New York Stock Exchange (par value) are shown on p. 20 of the April 1936 issue for the period October
1934-February 1936.
$ The difference in the figures covering bond sales on the New York Stock Exchange (par value) is due to stopped sales being included in the figures of the Securities
and Exchange Commission (total) beginning April 1935.
1 Data for the year 1935 revised by reporting source. See p. 35 of the April 1936 issue.
36
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
1935
1936
April
June 1936
April
May
June
July
1936
DecemAugust SeptemOctober November
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January
Febru- March
ary
FINANCE—Continued
SECURITY M A R K E T S - C o n t i n u e c i
Bonds—Continued
Value, issues listed on JV. Y. S. E.:
Par, all issues
..mills, of dol_.
Domestic issues
mills, of dol._
Foreign issues
..mills, of doL.
Market value, all issues
mills, of dol__
Domestic issues
mills, of doL.
Foreign issues
mills, of d o L .
Yields:
Domestic (Standard Statistics) (60)t
percent..
Industrials (15)..
percent..
Municipals (15)t
percent..
Public utilities (15)
percent.Railroads (15)
percent..
Domestic, municipals (Bond Buyer) (20)
percent..
Domestic, U. S. Government:
U. S. Treasury bonds*
percent..
Cash Dividend and Interest Payments
and Rates
Dividend payments (N. Y. Times)
thous. of doL.
Industrial and miscellaneous
thous. of doL .
Railroad
thous. of dol..
Dividend payments and rates (Moody's):
Dividend payments, annual payments at
current rate (600 companies)
mills, of dol..
Number of shares, adjusted
millions..
Dividend rate per share, weighted average
(600)
dollars..
Banks (21)
_
dollars..
Industrial (492)
..dollars..
Insurance (21)
dollars..
Public utilities (30)
dollarsRailroads (36)
dollars..
Stocks
Prices:
Dow-Jones:
Industrials (30)
dol. per share..
Public utilities (20)
dol. per share..
Railroads (20)
dol. per share..
New York Times (50)
dol. per share..
Industrials (25)
-dol. per shareRailroads (25)
dol. per share..
Standard Statistics (421)
1926=100..
Industrials (351)
1926=100._
Public utilities (37)—..
1926=100.
Railroads (33)...
1926=100..
Banks, N . Y. (20)
....1926=100.
Fire insurance (20)
—1926=100..
Sales:
Market value of shares sold:
All registered exchanges, total*
thous. of doL.
On New York Stock Exchange*
t h o u s of d o l
Volume of shares sold:
'
~
On all registered exchanges, total*
thous. of shares._
On New York stock exchange: t
Total (Sec. and Exch. Com.)
thous. of shares..
Total excl. of odd lot and stopped sales
(New York Times).-thous. of shares..
Values, and shares listed, N. Y. S. E.:
Market value all listed shares.mills. ofdoL.
Number of shares listed
millionsYields:
Preferred, Standard Statistics:
Industrials, high grade (20)
percent..
Stockholders ( C o m m o n Stock)
American Tel. & Tel. Co., total
number.
Foreign
number..
Pennsylvania Railroad Co., total..number.
Foreign
number.
U. S. Steel Corporation, total
number.
Foreign
number.
Shares held by brokers.-.percent of total.
44,223
37,150
7,073
41, 525
35,922
5,603
44, 267
36, 856
7,411
40,147
34, 256
5,891
43,720
36, 322
7,397
39,618
33, 712
5,906
43,511
36,172
7,339
39, 864
33,980
5,884
43,026
35, 694
7,332
39,457
33, 597
5,860
43,145
35, 825
7,320
39, 062
33,343
5,719
42,671
35, 391
7,280
38,375
32, 789
5,586
42, 303
35,054
7,249
38,171
32, 543
5,627
42,232
34,987
7,245
38, 465
32, 781
5,684
42,893
35, 619
7,274
39,399
33,650
5,749
43,113
35,851
7,263
40, 348
34, 475
5,873
43,015
35, 934
7,082
40, 625
34, 936
5,688
44, 255
37,196
7,059
41,807
36,177
5,630
3,90
4.38
2.76
4.00
4.45
4.34
4.77
3.25
4.41
5.18
4.32
4.65
3.27
4.36
5.00
4.26
4.63
3.25
4.34
4.82
4.13
4.53
2.95
4.23
4.81
4.13
4.54
2.87
4.23
4.88
4.20
4.54
3.08
4.26
4.90
4.28
4.51
3.16
4.31
5.12
4.18
4.42
3.02
4.15
5.12
4.11
4.44
2.97
4.17
4.87
3.99
4.29
2.93
4.09
4.63
3.90
4.27
2.86
4.04
4.43
3.87
4.32
2.78
4.01
4.37
3.12
3.39
3.46
3.31
3.25
3.34
3.51
3.34
3.23
3.25
3.11
3.04
3.03
2.51
2.64
2.61
2.61
2.59
2.66
2.78
2.77
2.73
2.73
2.68
2.62
2.54
162,174
130,960
256, 594 185,306
157,809
398,021
155, 519 124, 225 296, 470 193, 848 132,174 239, 561 181,997
6,655
6,735 27,053
3,308
25, 405 13, 603 17,033
151,055
6,754
369, 279 280, 609 184, 035 259,487
14,162
28, 742 20,794 44,035
1355-8
923.92
323, 523 219, 253 145,777
301, 403 228,328
273, 649 200,042
192,324
7,718
1,184. 4 1,186.1 1,186. 9 1,190. 2 1, 225.0 1, 230. 6 1,243. 7 1, 296. 5 1, 298. 7 1,311.5 1,337. 2 1, 345. 5
918.42 918. 42 918. 42 918. 42 918. 42 918. 42 918. 42 923. 92 923. 92 923. 92 923. 92 923. 92
1.47
2.98
1.34
2.39
1.86
1.21
1.29
3.28
1.10
1.91
1.86
1.24
1.29
3.28
1.10
2.07
1.84
1.24
1.29
3.19
1.10
2.17
1.84
1.24
1.30
3.19
1.11
2.23
1.83
1.21
1.33
3.19
1.16
2.23
1.83
1.21
1.34
2.99
1.17
2.23
1.83
1.21
1.35
2.99
1.19
2.23
1.83
1.21
1.40
2.97
1.26
2.23
1.83
1.24
1.41
2.98
1.26
2.37
1.86
1.21
1.42
2.98
1.28
2.39
1.86
1.21
1.45
2.98
1.32
2.39
1.86
1.21
1.46
2.98
1.33
2.39
1.86
1.21
155.8
31.7
47.2
121. 63
206.14
37.10
106.6
122.7
99.4
47.7
64.0
106.0
17.9
30.1
85.68
147. 56
23.81
67.5
78.9
59.1
29.4
47.4
75.2
113.5
19.2
31.0
89.84
155. 64
24.05
73.1
85.5
64.5
31.0
47.3
79.2
116.9
21.4
32.5
95.83
166. 03
25.63
76.0
88.0
70.4
32.7
49.8
83.2
122.7
22.5
33.6
98.91
171. 78
26.05
79.4
91.7
73.9
34.1
56.8
89.7
127.1
25.9
35.4
102.59
177. 22
27.96
83.3
95.2
81.6
35.9
61.7
93.3
131.5
25.7
36.0
105. 78
183. 20
28.37
85.0
97.5
81.9
37.0
56.6
93.0
130.4
26.0
33.8
108.16
189. 58
26.74
86.1
99.5
82.1
34.5
55.8
92.8
144.3
28.9
37.0
113. 80
197. 63
29.97
94.2
108.4
91.0
38.3
63.5
96.0
141.8
28.8
40.3
111.27
190.86
31.69
95.7
109.8
92.0
41.4
69.1
101.7
145.9
30.9
43.3
116. 06
197. 67
34.46
101.7
116.0
99.1
45.2
70.5
107.5
151.8
32.5
48.5
120. 00
201.17
38.84
106.7
121.5
103.0
49.6
65.8
106.8
155.9
30.9
48.0
120. 95
203. 97
37.94
108.7
124.6
102.8
49.2
66.4
102.1
1,936,373 875,333 1,214,893 987,346 1,138,644 1,610,330 1,407,019 1,912,161 2,250,677 1,979,149 2,439,219 2,503.129 2,429,960
1,680,019 746,776 1,034,753 852,493
77,916
41, 662
53, 511
41,822
990,281 1,392,860 1,241,475 1,659,690 1,952,075 1,738,247 2,069,564 2,140,084 2,092,308
48,696
79,180
59,433
81,106
99,864
82,870
119, 592 120, 963 101,923
56,935
29,916
39, 552
31,490
37, 782
60,372
46, 531
62,555
77,474
63, 344
87, 502
85, 305
75,532
39, 616
22,408
30,438
22,340
29,429
42,923
34,748
46,663
57,463
45, 590
67,211
60, 871
51,025
47, 774
1,337
33, 548
1,302
34, 549
1,304
36, 227
1,304
38,913
1,308
39,801
1,307
40,479
1,307
43, 002
1,307
44,951
1,309
46,946
1,318
50,165
1,321
50, 202
1,323
51, 668
1,330
5.04
5.30
5.19
5.22
5.19
5.17
5.19
5.19
5.12
5.11
5.10
5.05
671, 324
7,847
231,970
3,145
190,375
4,021
19.55
664, 095
7,816
230, 086
3,126
187, 533
3,979
20.40
657, 651
7,825
227, 251
3,111
184, 680
3,925
21.56
5.02
653, 435
7,859
225,120
3,101
181, 493
3,870
21.75
FOREIGN TRADE
^
CD OO
INDEXES
48
51
51
59
52
46
52
44
58
Exports, unadjusted
1923-25=10043
45
71
45
Exports, adjusted for seasonal variation
53
51
52
53
50
50
62
45
49
48
51
46
1923-25=100..
62
60
63
55
52
50
59
52
58
Imports, unadjusted
1923-25=100..
53
53
49
Imports, adjusted for seasonal variation
60
55
58
59
52
52
58
57
49
51
54
53
58
Quantity exports:
1923-25=100..
Total, agricultural products:
44
44
39
64
96
64
51
41
87
128
51
40
36
Unadjusted
1910-14 = 100..
54
64
76
52
52
59
57
58
Adjusted*
1910-14=100..
55
98
48
44
48
Total, excluding cotton:
34
30
52
49
33
41
35
33
35
61
74
43
37
Unadjusted
..1910-14=100..
32
41
37
45
42
40
36
37
35
53
68
37
48
Adjusted*
.1910-14= 100..
* New series. For earlier data see p. 20 of the August 1934 issue, yield on United States domestic long-term bonds (all issues except those due or callable within 8 years)
for years 1926-34; for data for years 1919-25 see p. 20 of the November 1935 issue. Series on stock sales on all registered exchanges and on the New York Stock Exchange
as compiled by the Securities and Exchange Commission for the period October 1934-February 1936 are shown on p . 20 of the April 1936 issue. For quantity exports
adjusted for seasonal variation for the period July 1914-August 1935 see p. 18 of the October 1935 issue.
t For earlier data on yield of domestic and municipal bonds see pp. 19 and 33 of the April 1933 issue.
X The difference in the figures covering the volume of stock sales on the New York Stock Exchange since April 1935 is due to stopped and odd lot sales being
included in the figures of the Securities and Exchange Commission. These are excluded in the figures reported by the New York Times.
37
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may he found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey.
1936
April
1935
April
May
June
July
1936
DecemAugust Septem- October November
ber
January
February
March
FOREIGN TRADE—Continued
VALUE §
Exports, incl. reexports
thous. of dol—
By grand divisions and countries:
Africa
thous. of dol._
Asia and Oceania.
thous. of dol—
Japan
thous. of dol—
Europe
thous. of dol__
France
thous of dol
Germany
thous. of dol_.
Italy.,
thous. of dol—
United Kingdom.._
thous. of dol—
North America, northern—thous. of dol—
Canada
thous. of dol—
North America, southern—thous. of dol—
Mexico
thous of dol
South America
thous. of dol—
Argentina
_thous. of dol—
Brazil..
,_ ._ thous. of dol
Chile_
.thous. of d o l By economic classes:
Exports, domestic
.thous. of dol—
Crude materials ._
thous. of dol—
Raw cotton
mills, of dol—
Foodstuffs, total
—..thous. of dol—
Foodstuffs, crude
thous. of dol—
Foodstuffs, mfgd
thous. of dol—
Fruits and prep
mills, of dol—
Meats and fats
mills, of dol—
Wheat and flour mills, of dol—
Manufactures, semithous. of dol—
Manufactures, finished—thous. of dol._
Autos and parts
mills, of dol—
Gasoline...mills, of dol—
Machinery.
mills, of dol—
Imports, t o t a l s
thous. of dol—
Imports for consumption*...thous. of dol—
By grand divisions and countries: #c?
Africa
thous. of dol—
Asia and Oceania
thous. of dol—
Japan
thous. of doL.
Europe
thous. of d o l France
thous. of dol—
Germany
thous. of dol—
Italy
—thous. of dol—
United Kingdom
thous. of dol—
North America, northern—thous. of dol—
Canada
..—thous. of dol—
North America, southern..thous. of dol—
Mexico.._.
thous. of dol—
South America
thous. of dol—
Argentina
thous. of dol—
Brazil.. _ __
thous of dol
Chile
thous. of d o l By economic classes: §<$
Crude materials
thous. of dol—
Foodstuffs, crude
thous. of d o l Foodstuffs, manufactured.thous. of dol—
Manufactures, semithous. of do!—
Manufactures, finished
thous. of dol..1
192, 629
164,350
165,457
170,193
173,371
172, 204
198,189
221,238
269,310
223, 514
197,958
181,838
194, 792
9, 215
39, 337
16,211
78, 247
9,311
7, 787
4,827
27,954
32, 128
31. 557
17, 902
5,932
15,801
4,031
3,704
1,562
8,006
34,100
13, 719
63,388
8,614
4,819
4,156
20,550
28,957
28,582
15, 747
5,370
14,150
3,864
4,024
1,088
6,797
33,441
13,977
64,945
9,298
4,980
3,552
24, 238
31, 380
30, 636
16,195
5,625
12,699
3,535
3,158
1,119
7,927
33, 325
14,108
69, 380
8,741
7,027
5,565
21,924
28,170
27, 723
17,342
6,368
14,048
4,383
3,474
1,209
9,211
31, 598
11,864
69, 722
7,345
6,348
5,167
24,306
30,141
29,679
17,624
6,004
15,064
4,622
3,733
1,432
9,950
29,475
11,680
72, 590
7,824
5,553
5,596
32, 280
28, 611
27,986
16, 216
4,758
15, 363
4,916
3,596
1,069
6,279
37, 400
16,996
96,926
7,316
8,891
4,796
53,513
28,063
27,418
15, 700
4,916
13,821
4,143
3,196
1,283
8,878
34,143
16, 402
115,315
10, 746
9,885
6, 529
59,098
31,084
30,349
18,090
5,817
13, 728
3,436
3,414
1,089
9,427
51, 058
26, 945
144, 510
18,817
14,363
9,125
62, 481
28,170
27,473
18, 628
5,353
17, 517
4,948
4,537
1,698
9,093
50, 946
26,885
110,183
15, 701
12,327
7,944
41, 823
22,15,7
21,760
17, 729
6 025
13,406
3,556
3,276
1,216
7,700
40, 290
18,753
91, 669
11,666
7,136
5,420
37,863
27, 390
26, 990
16, 693
5,642
14, 217
3,784
3,950
1,193
8,307
32, 553
13, 251
83,697
9,794
8,803
7,571
32,304
25, 638
25, 275
16, 281
5,277
15, 361
4,154
4,214
1,254
10, 553
38,332
16, 401
82, 932
8,388
« 9,489
5,891
32, 012
27,945
27, 356
19, 593
6,395
15, 438
3,876
4,109
1,274
189,408
40, 431
22.8
14,199
4,949
9,250
5.5
3.3
1.4
33, 802
100, 976
23.0
5.1
30.7
202, 789
199, 787
160, 709
38, 222
21.8
12,875
3,201
9,674
4.0
3.2
1.2
26, 205
83, 406
22.0
3.1
22.8
170, 567
166,152
159,789
36,920
19.4
15,404
3,715
11,689
4.7
4.3
1.4
26,430
81,035
18.6
4.5
22.2
170, 559
166, 791
167, 226
40, 600
23.4
15, 467
4,014
11,453
5.6
3.3
1.1
28,914
82, 246
20.1
6.4
20.6
156, 756
155,314
168, 006
38,340
19.2
15, 336
5,220
10,116
6.4
3.3
1.1
28,135
86,196
19.4
6.3
23.3
177, 698
174,162
169, 761
40,875
16.6
15, 629
4,788
10,841
6.6
3.2
1.2
31,018
82, 239
15.7
5.8
23.9
169, 030
180,444
195,537
68,677
31.8
22, 399
7,074
15,325
11.8
2.6
1.3
29,309
75,152
13.3
6.1
20.5
161,653
168,689
218,138
82, 604
45 9
23, 695
7,974
15, 721
12.5
2.8
1.5
30, 291
81,548
14.1
5.1
23.5
189,240
189, 688
266, 730
112, 678
75.1
26, 780
5,925
20,855
13.8
4.2
1.4
34,319
92,953
21.9
6.7
25.5
169,386
162,808
220, 977
82, 685
56.8
19, 697
5,169
14, 528
9.4
3.3
1.2
31, 702
86,894
19.7
7.5
22.5
186,864
179,586
195, 085
59, 770
35.7
15,863
4,349
11,514
6.3
3.3
1.3
28, 621
90,831
22.1
5.1
25.5
187, 440
186,351
179,195
50, 054
26.6
14, 763
4,020
10, 743
6.3
2.9
1.2
28,319
86, 059
22.1
3.6
24.6
192, 776
189, 589
192, 081
44,486
26.3
16, 848
5,087
11, 761
6.8
3.5
1.4
32, 096
98, 652
24.0
3.3
27.9
198,686
194,281
5,801
65, 671
13, 286
51, 637
4,538
5,870
3,017
14,712
26,923
26, 710
25, 829
4,828
23, 925
5, 223
7,216
3,442
3,771
50, 256
11,276
46,418
5,875
6,451
3,560
11,513
22, 677
22,357
20,152
3,420
22,879
4,853
7,549
3,388
2,363
46,360
11,668
47, 725
3,914
5,747
2,533
12,883
27, 394
26,984
19,485
3,516
23,465
5,413
7,818
2,712
3, 085
45,743
10,441
43, 232
4,340
5,338
2,503
11,153
23,389
22, 563
18,112
3,080
21,753
6,336
6,044
1,860
3,098
55, 352
11,496
43,849
3,610
5,109
2,223
12, 389
24,480
23, 773
22, 587
3,267
24, 795
6,611
8, 384
1,657
3,129
52,112
12,839
46, 635
4,557
6,491
2,795
11,711
23,905
23, 266
32,359
2,979
22,304
6,687
7,394
712
2,424
52,380
13,888
52,915
4,796
7,326
2,924
14, 895
27,334
26, 708
11,845
3,014
21,791
4,970
8 205
M15
2,579
57,319
16, 594
65, 053
7,565
7,702
4,723
15, 820
29,741
28, 573
10,183
3,227
24, 813
5, 251
9,934
1,344
3,235
46, 230
14,106
55, 009
5,433
6,738
4,528
14, 214
27, 258
26, 576
8,988
3,048
22,089
4,498
8,530
2,424
3,714
55, 693
14,213
56,019
5,168
8,152
3,553
13, 577
27,901
27,320
11,139
4,220
25,121
5,154
9,414
1,969
4,212
56, 977
15, 086
53, 493
5,539
5,729
2,749
15, 990
24, 675
24, 272
23, 289
3,860
23, 704
4,862
9,158
1,421
4,483
58,590
14, 435
51,612
4,321
5, 650
2, 586
16,132
23,020
22,926
24, 636
4,688
27, 247
4,638
11, 053
3,787
4,936
57, 435
12, 926
55, 491
5,347
6, 740
2,947
16, 730
27, 222
26, 836
24,252
5,094
24,945
5,108
9, 406
2, 748
62,076
28, 690
37,035
37, 57?
34. 409
45,900
27,514
28, 588
30, 729
33, 422
44,361
26, 337
28, 661
33, 577
33. 855
43, 733
23,078
26, 342
31,715
30.44fi
53, 029
24, 232
32, 291
32,106
32. 504
50, 212
24,726
38, 849
31, 290
35. 367
49,844
23,653
20,742
38, 422
36. 027
55, 398
29,492
22, 256
38, 587
43.955
46, 045
24,942
18,909
36,305
36.60R
55, 737
27,116
17,712
42, 768
36. 253
58,412
26, 543
28,733
39, 699
32.964
58, 613
28, 745
31,547
40, 060
30, 625
!
a
57, 749
31,221
32,338
36,127
36, 847
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
TRANSPORTATION
Express Operations
Operating revenue
thous. of doL.
6,079
7,918
7, 593
7,619
7,671
8,053
8,029
7,745
7, 706
7,936
8,586
142
133
134
136
139
142
137
141
143
140
Operating income
thous. of dol
Electric Street Railways
8.120
8.120
8.120
8.101
8. 101
8.101
8.101
8.100
8.101
8.101
8.101
8.101
Fares, average (268 cities)
cents__
747, 350 748, 630 693, 542 663,348 662, 696 685, 430 764, 558 742, 270 799, 787 797, 242 780,142 814, 298
Passengers carriedfthousands..
54, 634
54, 733
50, 929
49, 041
49, 244
50,323
55,442
53, 788
57,874
56, 443
£8, 752
58,138
Operating revenues!
thous. of dol.
Steam Railways
61
59
63
64
62
60
70
73
67
65
62
63
Freight carloading (F. E. B.):
60
53
72
48
56
66
76
74
88
79
106
60
Index, unadjusted...
_ 1923-25=100—
50
49
46
40
43
56
61
62
89
56
73
80
Coal
.
1923-25=10035
35
37
38
42
44
43
39
42
37
38
37
Coke
1923-25=100..
55
56
69
90
90
78
57
69
61
67
72
66
Forest products
1923-25=100-.
30
30
38
38
39
54
63
50
31
35
39
39
Grain and products
1923-25=100-.
65
64
63
64
67
67
66
65
63
62
60
60
Livestock
1923-25=100-.
83
87
87
90
79
71 !
32
25
14
15
15
15
Merchandise, 1. c. 1
1923-25=100
67
67
67
68
77
82
69
73
76
63
63
67
Ore
1923-25=100-,
61
63 i
58
61
60
62
64
66
66
70
70
71
Miscellaneous
1923-25= luO—
67
63
58
67
61
67
74
97
63
78
Index, adjusted
1923-25=100-.
50
54 !
49
48
57
60
55
61
68
79
73
Coal
1923-25=100..
33
35
!
33
40
42
42
40
36
40
42
45
Coke
1923-25=100..
68
64 j
74
75
74
70
65
85
62
08
70
Forest products
1923-25=10041
35 !
41
44
45
47
44
41
39
38
33
Qrain and products
1923-25=100..
63
64 |
63
64
64
65
64
62
62
66
64
Livestock
1923-25=100..
46
49
47
51
55
56
04
46 i
62
58
62
Merchandise, 1. c. 1
1923-25=100-.
64
67
64
62
65
70
77 !
77
74
86
79
Ore
1923-25=100-.
Miscellaneous
1923-25=100-.
c? Data revised for _1933.
See
p. 20 of the October 1934 issue; for 1934 revisions, see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
# Beginning with January 1934, import data represent imports for consumption (goods entering consumption channels immediately upon arrival, plus withdrawals for
consumption from bonded warehouses) and are not comparable with earlier figures, which consist of general imports (goods entered for storage in bonded warehouses, plus
goods entering consumption channels upon arrival in the U. S.).
t Revised series. Data for January 1929-May 1935, inclusive, on electric railway passengers carried and operating revenues for January 1932-April 1935, inclusive, are
shown on p. 19 of the August 1935 issue. Data on electric railway passengers carried through December 1935 are based on estimates for 210 companies, and for 1936 on
estimates for 214 companies.
* New series. Data prior to April 1933 on value of imports for consumption will be shown in a subsequent issue.
§ Data revised for 1932. See p. 34 of the March 1933 issue. Other revisions for the year 1932 were shown on p. 34 of the April, May, December 1933, and January 1934
For revised data for months of 1933, see p. 20 of the September 1934 issue, and for 1934, revisions, see p. 19 of the December 1935 issue.
Digitized for issues.
FRASER
38
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data,'may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
April
June 1936
1935
April
May
July
June
1936
DecemAugust SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
January
February
March
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS—Continued
TRANSPORTATION—Continued
Steam Railways—Continued
Freight carloading (A. A. R.):
2, 5-15
Total carsV
..thousands..
445
Coal
,__„
thousands..
28
Coke
_
_
thousands..
121
Forest products
thousands..
123
Grain and products.
..thousands..
50
Livestock...
thousands..
647
Merchandise, 1. c. 1
...thousands..
35
Ore
thousands..
1,096
Miscellaneous
thousands..
179
Freight-car surplus, total
thousands..
97
Box
thousands..
42
Coal
..thousands..
Financial operations (class I railways):
Operating revenues!
thous. of dol_. 313, 408
Freightt
thous. of dol..
Passengerf
thous. of doL.
Operating expenses!
thous. of doL. 235,073
Net railway operating incomef
thous. of dol_. 41, 548
Operating results (class I railways):
Freight carried 1 mile
mills, of tons..
Receipts per ton-mile
cents..
Passengers carried 1 mile
millions..
Waterway Traffic
Canals:
Cape Cod...
.thous. of short tons..
New York State
thous. of short tons..
Panama, total!
thous. of long tons..
U. S. vessels
thous. of long tons..
St. Lawrence.
thous. of short tons..
Sault Ste. Marie
thous. of short tons..
Suez
thous. of metric tons..
Welland
thous. of short tons..
Rivers:
Allegheny
thous. of short tons..
Mississippi (Government barges)#
thous. of short tons.
Monongahela
thous. of short tons.
Ohio (Pittsburgh to Wheeling)
thous. of short tons.
Ocean traffic:!
Clearances, vessels in foreign trade
thous. of net tons.
Foreign
thous. of net tons.
United States
thous. of net tons.
Shipbuilding. (See Trans. Equip/
Travel
Airplane travel:
Express carried*
pounds.
Miles flown*.._
thous. of miles.
Passengers carried*
number.
Passenger-miles flown* thous. of miles.
Hotel business:
Average sale per occupied room •.dollars.
Rooms occupied
percent of totalForeign travel:
Arrivals, U. S. citizens
number.
Departures, U. S. citizens
numberEmigrants
_
numberImmigrants
.number.
Passports issued
numberNational parks:
Visitors
.numberAutomobiles
number.
Pullman Co.:
Passengers carried
thousandsRevenues, total...
thous. of dol.
« 2,302
"378
a 22
102
108
52
«642
«39
«960
310
175
88
2,327
394
23
100
102
52
639
102
915
305
189
68
3,102
2,229
491
318
19
26
106 I
152
120 I
211
64
39
798
601
171
131
1,189
894
245
296
152
178
73
53
3,035
621
30
131
127
51
768
159
1,148
272
175
50
2,632
446
26
124
162
69
641
135
1,029
229
133
59
274, 663 279, 549 281, 336 275, 349 294,018
221,968 224,330 225,183 220, 490 234,986
27,181
27,114 31, 053 31,604 33,849
209,416 209,196 216,464 217,931 221,238
2,882
544
30
126
148
87
667
130
1,150
208
125
48
3,179
625
36
137
157
84
788
67
1,284
252
143
65
2,319
522
33
104
109
51
586
21
892
271
155
2,353
587
37
104
121
52
566
23
864
231
138
47
3, 135
906
54
134
151
53
730
28
1,078
171
104
22
2,419
423
27
122
136
48
G22
306,960 341,018 301,331 296, 225 299, 099
249,926 284,614 248,146 225, 826 241, 160
30, 820 28, 608 27, 848 34, 374 34, 102
218, 040 232, 516 218, 583 234, 053 231, 779
300. 459
245 145
31, 902
235, 906
308, 304
251,821
30, 516
230, 579
33 595
35, 206
81
0
2,155
813
0i
0
0I
0
2,043 1 1,864
0
200
0
2, 634
981
0
0
2, 149
0
34, 709
39, 505
34, 025
26,851 ! 42,074
57, 359
75, 425
54, 234
46,040
23,320
1.041
1,386
24, 662
1.016
1,377
25,933
.974
1,594
23,167 I 25, 936
1.059 I 1.005
1,710
1,855
27,715
.983
1. 660
31,200
.999
1,475
27,468
26,175
.987
1,787
230
554
2,292
938
919
5,985
2,161
1,122
202
574
1,994
907
983
7,148
1,956
1,180
270
800
2,229
983
992
7,454
2,225
1,151
208
655
2,050
843
865
4,087
2,955
1,313
238
0
2,188
852
44
440
2,029
167
224
0
2,149
775
95
213
329
2,079
811
157
888
2,461
484
226
191
246
200
226
267
191
112
149
1,707
98
1,664
1,270
956
834
635
5,162
3,331
1,831
4,351
2,948
1,403
3,521
3,184
1,337
227
228
2,430
1, 023
187
37
188
1,928
154
1,142
229
206
227 |
576
519
482 I
1,778
2,019
2,081
862
715
848
882
1,007
1,024
7,058
7,503
7,731
2,135
1,958 1 2,636
1,072
1,128 | 1,334
293 !
273
152
1,383
133
1,561
j
!
!
I
I
I
I
|
238 |
154
143 I
143 !
146 |
1,271 j 1,491 I 1,239 ! 1,414
863
754
877
881
928
4. 872
3, 329
1, 542
5,188
3,435
1,753
5,703
3,699
2,004
5,958
3,852
2,106
6,379
4,099
2,280
967 !
6,791
4,436
2,355
782 I
5,786
3,831
1,955
5,580
3,670
1,910
35, 765
1.017
' 205
104
01
.960 i.
1,695 '_
43
56
102 ' «140
1,327
547
56
520
4, 305
3, 049
1, 256
4, 039
3, 225
1,414
I
231,237
4,194
61,499
26, 747
3.00
68
2.91
«63
258,924 330,970 335, 762 392, 212 417, 223 488, 019
5,360
5,288
5,756
4,749
4,993
5,605
64,971
73, 896 85, 546 89, 581 77, 370 70,924
28,788
27, 075 31, 226 34,042 35, 732 32,024
2.95
5G
2.94
3.01
66
2.89
65
27,479
24,159
3,382
4,288
4,174
14,202
19, 678
3,708
2,856
4,202
13, 648
12, 781
2,984
2,797
4,121
16, 674
17,130
2,980
2,540
5,098
20, 991
21,189
1,926
2 252
4,918
30, 678
26,081
2,108
2,591
8, 071
77, 723
36,112
7,020
12,967
68, S94
10,899
98, 791
13, 32S
1,409
4,094
1,533
5,035
1,359
4, 326
1,312
4,479
86,111
56,055
22, 314
60, 685
17, 367
' 86, 783
• 57,167
1
21,895
'59,498
' 17, 291
85, 364
56. 329
21,271
57, 649
17, 746
88, 909
57, 594
23, 459
59, 582
19,165
14, 621 »14,770
14, 839
14, 921
9,223
7,120
8,050
744
8, 978
6, 851
7, 793
700
10,046
7,757
8,288
1,326
2.94
60
51,930
51,512
4,111
3,711
7,587
50,177
39, 007
4,430
3,679
4,814
100, 593 317, 182 664,422 723, 320
28,176
84, 368 158, 005 183,171
72, 731
18,141
2.86
58
23, 374 «19, 447
16, 536 19,033
2,697
2,249
2,951
2,516
12, 674 22,854
19, 519
19, 342
2,412
2,817
24, 879
90,914
15,908
3.12
61
2.99 I
64 |
2.98
57
2.77
61
2.87
56
26,638
31, 376
» 2. 884
« 2. 524
13, 546
361,839 400, 061 354, 301 •353, 293 '535, 736
4,429
4,245
4,301
3, 958 « 4,860
50, 534 53, 507 44, 061 41, 330 a 70, 926
23,046
18,983
20,837
13. 122 « 31, 730
1,286
4,210
1,425
4,374
1,364
4,251
4, 143
41,210
7,828
1,246
3,864
81, 757
54, 006
20, 569
57,443
16,025
82, 063
53,187
21, 524
59, 683
14,401
82, 360
52,909
22,189
58,255
16, 036
82, 653
53, 923
21,402
57, 394
86, 328
56, 245
22, 630
59, 321
18,529
85, 330
56, 732
21,213
59, 741
17,386
14,335
14,323
14, 350
14,446
14, 512
14, 568
9,568
7.440
7,959
1,219
9,375
7,198
7.682
1, 306
1,193
3,675
1,146
3,660
1,309
4,220
82,127
54,483
20, 566
57,499
16,214
83,406
54,998
21, 250
59, 059
16,052
14, 303
14, 355
!
1,278
COMMUNICATIONS
Telephones:*
Operating revenues
thous. of dol.
Station revenues
thous. of dol.
Tolls, message.
thous. of doL
Operating expenses
thous. of dol.
Net operating income.
thous. of dol.
Telephones in service, end of mo.
thousands.
Telegraphs and cables:
Operating revenues...
thous. of dol.
Commercial telegraph tolls.thous. of dol.
Operating expenses
thous. of dol.
Operating income
thous. of dol.
a
9,377
7, 366
7,790
1,195
9,809
7,634
7,964
1,450
9,372
7,268
7,824
1,150
9,224
7, 161
7,942
894
7, 545
7,989 |
1,452 I
9,096
6,882
7,708
1,002
10, 245
7,951
8,475
1,377
Revised. # Includes tonnage in both upper and lower Mississippi River. Revised figures prior to December 1934 will be shown in subsequent issue.
! Revised series. For earlier data see p. 20 of the April 1934 issue for operating revenues, operating expenses, and net railway operating income of class I railways. For
revisions of data for clearances of vessels in foreign trade, see p. 36 of the September 1934 issue. For revisions on Panama Canal from August 1914 to June 1935, see p. 19
of the September 1935 issue.
* New series. Data on airplane travel covers scheduled airlines operating in United States. For data on passengers carried for period of 1926 to 1933 and passenger-miles
flown from 1930 to 1933, see p. 20 of the February 1934 issue. For data on miles flown and express carried from 1926 through 1933, see p. 19 of the January 1935 issue. New
series on telephones as compiled by Federal Communications Commission. Data supersede those published in previous issues of the Survey which covered all carriers
having annual operating revenues in excess of $250,000; presen,t series for 1934 and 1935 are for 57 carriers representing about 95 percent of all carriers according to the_1932
census, based on revenues for all companies. Beginning January 1930, data are for 62 carriers representing about 95 percent. Revised data for 62 companies for 1935 are
as follows: Total operating revenues, January $81,778,000, February $78,142,000, March $81,514,000; station revenues, January $54,859,000, February $53,021,000, March
$54,312,000; message tolls, January $19,862,000, February $18,005,000, March $20,131,000; operating expenses, January $58,003,000, February
$55,595,000,
March $57,478,000;
nnn
1 o o r AAr
t,246;000,
F"~
e bur u a r y 14,285,000,
M a r c h 14,334,000,
net operating income, January $15,467,000, February $14,316,000, March $15,882,000; stations in service, end of month, January 14,2'"
"
• This figure covers room revenue only.
1 Data for March, June, August, November 1935 and February 1936 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks.
39
SUKVEY OF CURKENT BUSINESS
June 1936
1935
1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
April
April
May
June
July
1936
Decem- January
October NovemAugust September
ber
ber
February
March
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
CHEMICALS
Alcohol:
Denatured:
i
Consumption (disposed of)
5, 773
5,536
7,213
8,359
5,001
5,238
thous. of wine gal..
5,864
5,651
8,192
8,580
5,953
5,554
Production
thous. of wine gal._
1,793
1,750
2,750
2,959
Stocks, end of month.thous. of wine gal..
1,777
1,694
Ethyl:
Production
thous. of proof gal.. 11, 948 14, 235 15, 791 14, 611 16, 704 16,646
Stocks, warehoused, end of month
thous. of proof gal.. 21, 224 18, 092 22, 213 24,468 | 26, 055 25, 852
Withdrawn for denaturing
9, 974
9,207
9,921
9,398 j 14, 046 14, 632
thous. of proof gal—
1,591
1,642 j 1,771
2,441
1,510
1,676
Tax paid*
..thous. of proof gal—
Methanol:
30,471
33, 621 66,077 ' 55,125 36, 422
Exports, refined
gallons.. 41,915
Price, refined, wholesale, N. Y.
.38
.38
.38
.38
.38
dol. per gaL.
Production:
Crude (wood distilled)*f A
gallons.- 426,313 450.941 452,322 385,472 379,309 403,020
Synthetic
gallons.. 1,692,921 1,167,282 1.203,143 1,198,186 1,278,505 1,389,812
Explosives:
22,189
23,957
Shipments!
thous. of lb__ 27, 483 23,202 22, 659 22,193
Sulphur and sulphuric acid:
Sulphur, production (quarterly) •
long tons..
271,452
Sulphuric acid (104 plants):
Consumed in production of
87, 944
94, 980 99, 673
93,873
fertilizer
short tons..
75,690
Price, wholesale, 66°, at works
15.50
15.50
15.50
15.50
15.50
dol. per short ton..
15.50
139,333 111, 102 99,176 110,249 123,209
Production
short tons..
Purchases:
11,760
11,610
16,830 27, 714 35, 573
From fertilizer mfrs
short tons__
20,862 23,334
13, 397 13,186
10,632
From others..
short tons..
Shipments:
24,684
25.381
33,855
18,473
28,516
To fertilizer mfrs
short tons..
29,714
To others
short tons..
40,293
34.382 40, 739 48,404
10, 064
10,211
3,148
17, 947
17,160
2,351
10,816
10, 297
1,836
7,950
7,736
1,632
6,143
6,207
1,739
5, 954
5, 939
1,718
5,548
5, 598
1,720
19,607
23,988
19,729
17,190
13,179
12, 747
13, 899
25,501
16,954
16, 688
18,461
19, 386
20, 315
21,894
17,660
1,911
29,193
2,445
17, 509
2,223
12, 921
1,903
10,433
9, 860
1,649
9,367
2,054
40, 843
73, 349
1,840
51,490
102, 296
39,230
63, 733
105,895
.38
.38
.38
.38
.38
405,034 454,233 478,474 478,331 494, 081 494,144 '476, 496
1,539,554 2,508,978 2,373,475 1,654,794 1,418,863 1,540,171 1,631,832
29,498
26, 876 25, 509 28, 492
27,940
25, 514
374, 276
389,608
131, 441 125, 496 132,508
125, 730 1J7, 864
106, 785
15.50
15.50
15. 50
156, 878 152. 800 141, 339
352, 690
101, 708
15.50
15.50
15.50
130, 260 149, 729 153,792
15.50
172,823
35, 742
12, 111
33,396
17,540
35,134
18,946
30,185
22, 402
24,932
22,193
13,352
15,111
15, 722
15, 988
30,888
46, 717
28, 031
50,802
29, 525
45,478
38,363
51,116
35, 007
47,163
20, 921
37,170
22, 307
54,306
124
151
341
161,955 153,467 137, 754 164,458
36,216
34,219
17, 723 34,025
115, 797 104, 520 114,438 112,802
186
1,306
62
1,233
71,956 155, 686 143,580 149,473
50,970 75,301
39,951
89,538
10, 641 22, 256 38, 528 32,642
4,166
8,075
4,104
4,299
21, 704 70, 791 56,899
53, 097
545
149,917
36, 326
105, 420
276
218, 892
165, 555
92, 739
6,332
43, 885
1,402
178, 789
31, 552
133, 762
139
173,708
134, 406
62,115
4, 252
31, 749
FERTILIZER
Consumption, Southern States!
thous. of short tons..
Exports, totalf
long tons..
Nitrogenousf
long tons..
Phosphate materials!
-long tons..
Prepared fertilizers..
....long tons—
Imports, totalf#
long tons..
Nitrogenousf
long tons_.
Nitrate of sodaf
_
long tons..
Phosphatesf
long tons..
Potashf
long tons..
Price, nitrate of soda, 95 percent, N. Y.
dol. per cwt_.
Superphosphate, bulk:
Production
„
short tons..
Shipments to consumers
..short tons..
Stocks, end of month.
..short tons..
Pine oil:
NAVAL STORES
1,023
117,628
17,515
91,481
301
189,085
149,968
100,982
3,368
28,553
1.325
704
93, 456
5,551
82,946
98
178,827
113,829
83,415
4,486
56, 045
1.275
203,152
169,152
814,804
237
157,462
21,116
126, 226
245
193, 512
102,475
75,872
4,309
76, 743
1.275
17
66
44
95
63,402 102,467 153,316 208,797
5,244
15,319 39, 752 28,507
50,637
77, 054 110,633 172,425
2,181
179
421
235
69, 787 43,174
51,317
34,800
37,141
20,899
20, 640 32, 794
16,918
2,200
9,961
2,742
1,350
1,206
1,248
23, 436 19,909
10, 797 12,074
1.275
1.275
168, 384 167, 095 205,105
79, 704 24, 973 19,396
831, 536 870,835 914,169
1.275
1.275
1.275
1.275
1.275
1.275
1.285
1.325
221, 772 226,317 281,892 288,307 320, 800 298,073 259, 374
16, 422 82, 059 87, 313 29,178 28, 438 33,163
54, 687
979, 038 1,013,399 1,102,407 1,199,542 1,217,767 1,190,315 1,137,700
257, 728
238, 498
953, 739
354,389
346, 676
\
Production
gallons..! 374, 585
Rosin, gum:
Price, wholesale " B " , N. Y
dol. per bbl
4. 51
Receipts, net 3 ports
bbl. (500 lb.)-- 58,894
Stocks, 3 ports, end of month.bbl. (500 lb)— 144,782
Rosin, wood:
Production
bbl. (5001b.)-- 54,209
Stocks, end of month
bbl. (500 lb.)__ 87,257
Turpentine, gum:
Price, wholesale, N . Y
dol. per gal
.40
Receipts, net, 3 ports
bbl. (50 gal.).. 15,157
Stocks, 3 ports, end of month.bbl. (50 gal.)__| 99,320
Turpentine, wood:
Production.
bbl. (50gal.)-8,662
Stocks, end of month
.bbl. (50 gal.)— 10, 610
370, 222 378, 395 360,889
373,417
4.65
4.64
4.67
4.85
69, 290 97,354 110,998 124,401
250, 213 258, 255 272, 312 311,355
335, 318 323,125
46, 028
95, 283
47,867
95,829
47,293
91,477
47,651
89,015
48, 063
86, 730
47,388
86,485
.52
18,410
87,971
.52
.50
24, 366 32,128
85,846 103,831
35,293
122,631
.46
31,136
131,960
.45
18,798
131,273
7,261
2,997
7,324
2,910
7,550
2,937
7,049
7,122
7,004
4, 588
6,787
3,278
336,178
303, 625 343,038
354, 433
5.^8
4.91
4. 68
75, 552 41, 226 23,348
315,021 271, 749 222, G38
4.45
32, 002
156, 291
52,156 52, 693
47, 214 43,894
72, 901 80, 278 83, 021
72.861
.47
.48
.49
.47
.48
13, 350
3,808
1,442
20, 646 20,101
135,
959
145,216
142,
625
125,
285
134, 539
9,042
7,474
7,355
8, 740
6,910
8,553
4,001
5,531
11,582
3,023
51,326
83, 340
5.61
4.83
5.50
5.18
120,950 88,784 93,917
95.860
324, 539 310, 697 306, 658 334,226
43, 719
76,311
.42
4, 800
114, 789
8, 580
10,733
OILS, FATS, AND BYPRODUCTS
Animal fats and byproducts and fish oils
(quarterly):
Animal fats: t
I: 212,053
203, 048
210, 541
Consumption, factory
thous. of lb..
319,916
306,659 I
^5,430
Production
thous. of lb..
364, 010
386,852 j
361,160
Stock, end of quarter
thous. of lb..
Gelatin, edible:
5,052 |
5, 597
2,853
5,323
Production
thous. of lb_.
8, 590
6,841
Stocks, end of quarter
thous. of lb..
8,526
7, 987
Greases: t
52,121
51,146
45,324
|.
Consumption, factory
thous. of lb_.
68, 942
64,916
64,399 j
Production
thous. of lb_.
63,645
63, 732
66, 856
Stocks, end of quarter
thous. of lb_.
Lard compounds and substitutes: f
469,674
457, 595
Production
thous. of lb_.
293,425
39,890
Stocks, end of quarter.
thous. of lb..
32, 575
29,747
a
Revised.
* New series. For earlier data see p. 20 of the April 1935 issue (alcohol withdrawn tax paid), p. 20 of the April 1933 issue (crude methanol). This series for production
revised for 1934 and 1935. Revisions not shown above will be published in a subsequent issue.
t Revised series, see p. 36 of the June 1933 issue, for 1932 revisions, exports and imports of fertilizer; for 1933 revisions on exports see p. 29 of the September 1934 issue;
for 1934 revisions see p. 19 of the December 1935 issue; for revised data for crude methanol production for 1933, see p. 36 of the May 1934 issue. Quarterly data on fats and oils
for the years 1932 and 1933 were shown on p. 19 of the March 1935 issue; for 1934 on p. 19 of the November 1935 issue. For revised series on explosives for period January
1920-October 1933 see p. 19 of the January 1934 issue.
A The refined equivalent of crude production is approximately 82 percent.
• Texas only. Louisiana produced 23 percent of the United States production in 1933 and 16 percent in 1934.
1
Figures since January 1922 revised due to dropping of Missouri from Southern States classification. See p. 19 of the January 1934 issue.
# See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Monthly revisions for 1933 are shown on p. 20 of the October 1934 issue: for 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
40
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1930
April
June 1936
1935
April
May
June
1936
Decera- January FebruAugust SeptemOctober November
ber
ary
'ber
July
March
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS—Continued
OILS, FATS, AND BYPRODUCTS—Con.
Animal fats and byproducts and fish o i l s Continued.
Fish oils (quarterly):!
Consumption, factory
thous. of Reproduction
thous. of lb—
Stocks, end of quarter
thous. of lb—
Vegetable oils and products:
Vegetable oils, total:
Consumption, factory (quarterly)!
thous. of lb__
478
Exports
thous. of lb._
Imports!#
thous. of lb._ 107,837
Production (quarterly)!
thous. of l b . .
Stocks, end of quarter:!
Crude..
thous. of lb—
Refined
thous. of lb—
Copra and coconut oils:
Copra:
Consumption, factory (quarterly)
short tons.
Imports*
.short tons.. 16,791
Stocks, end of quarter
short tons.
Coconut or copra oil:
Consumption, factory:
Crude (quarterly)!
thous. of lb—
Refined, total (quarterly)!
thous. of lb._
In oleomargarine
thous. of l b . . 12,334
Imports#
-thous. of lb._ 40,336
Production (quarterly):
Crude.
thous. of l b . .
Refined
—thous. of lb—
Stocks, end of quarter:!
Crude
-thous. of lb_.
Refined
-thous. of lb_.
Cottonseed and products:
Cottonseed:!
Consumption (crush)
.short tons.. 133,666
Receipts at mills
short tons.. 31,670
Stock at mills, end of month
short tons.. 98,353
Cottonseed cake and meal:
74
Exports!
short tons..
Production
short tons.. 63,599
Stocks at mills, end of month
short tons— 202,429
Cottonseed oil, crude:!
Production..
_
thous. of lb._ 43,137
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lb— 85,206
Cottonseed oil, refined:
Consumption, factory (quarterly)!
thous. of lb._
8,347
In oleomargarine
thous. of l b . .
Price, summer yellow, prime. N . Y.
.094
dol. per lb—
Production!
_.-thous. of lb__ 65,190
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lb— 487,536
Flaxseed and products:
Flaxseed:
Imports, United States#.thous. of b u . .
1,037
Minneapolis and Duluth:
172
Receipts
thous. of bu_.
95
Shipments
thous. of bu._
791
Stocks, end of month—thous. of bu._
Oil mills:!
Consumption, quarterly
thous. of bu—
Stocks, end of quarter..thous. of bu_.
Price No. 1, Minneapolis.dol. per bu_.
Production, crop estimate
thous. of b u Stocks, Argentina, end of month
thous. of bu_.
Linseed cake and meal:
Exportsthous. of lb.. 33,233
Shipments from Minneapolis
thous. of lb_. 23,715
Linseed oil:
Consumption, factory (quarterly)!
thous. of lb_.
.095
Price, wholesale, N . Y
dol. per lb_.
Production (quarterly)!—thous. of lb_.
~9~372
Shipments from Minn
thous. of lb_.
Stocks at factory, end of quarter
thous. of lb_.
Oleomargarine:
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals)
32,46thous. of lb.
Price, standard, uncolored, Chicago
.143
dol. per lb.
32,302
Production
thous. of lb.
Vegetable shortenings:*^
. 11'
Price, tierces, Chicago
dol. per lb.
I 59,139
9,143
172, 371
628,186
632
251
96,622 I! 121,023
357,167
939
91,445
-_
63, 346
67,249
187,916
593
95,895
696
1,492
609,071 j.._
383
237
92,174
87,810
! 456,913
507,571 ! —
602,217 ! —
536,998
355,800
I 35,733 ....
|
- 48,424
11,990 I 6,858
26,138
10,330
19,535
i 24,605 ._
I 29,565
15, C
I 128,036 I
86,811
13,804
11,472
27,849 ! 39,040
15,945
25,293
67,328 I
117,078 I _
212, 667
,1,004,980
338 i 329
79,966 I 114,354
| 950,784
27. 433
66, 737
32,019 ! 22,873
I 40,039
648
82,003
13, 297
14,97'
135,073
I 130,395
| 101,105
10,326 1 13.056 j 16,771
22,929 ; 29,770 j 25,965
181
77, 068
_l 632,757
| 477,563
I I
'
:
526
94,611
16,372
31,055
15, 275
21,985
105,252
15,024
45,122
~l7,~946T~27~i68~ 13,289
23,507 ! 37,972 j 22, 532
84,509
93, 006
127, 904
23, 992
112,507
26,036
129,372
18,886
102, 266
22,435
741,295
1,096,758
248,878
169, 047
24
61,704
49
46, 959
518,673
481,299
456, 656 350,614 j 252, 06."
244,044
85,646 I 80, 504
828,029
886, 804 849,430
636, 818 371,850 I 200,349
2,418
336,139
1,382
1,403
287, 362 231,337
189
207, 346
634,326
693,101
263, 899
242, 204
253,294
312,279
355,432 j 358,752
43, 525
61,725
33,194
47,589
22, 617
38,036
225,168
110, 557
193,025
119,314
154,286 I 135,623
131,843 128,018
11,005
7,819
256,192
6,425
6,610
8,549
. 103
73,380
576,783
.105
52,011
540,864
.101
37,063
513,358
.104
161,333
289, 326
.103
176,261
343,550
.102
73,430
287,347
2,567 ! 781.
163,342 ! 114,649
322,211 | 285,958
361,863
9,120
107,792
126,446
8,626
81,055
313,413
10,700 j
8,178
.101
.097 | .094
.107
139, 381 126,945 114,079 ! 84,935
453,
990 489,195 ! 504,033
401, 284
1,160
1,360
1,738
2,240
1, 129
1,322
930
1,254
1,690
139
242
603
214
179
397
319
70
344
205
117
248
985
81
344
4,009
389
2,040
3,148
1,299
3, 326
952
1,266
2,597
415
298
2,153
229
142
1,928
1,414
1,496
119
1,640
224
131
1,246
I
8,264
4,270
1.77
1.65
~1.~59~!
1. 53 I
1.79
1.87
1.80
1. 84
/14, 931
7,874
7,087
6,299
2,322
4,331
3,543
2,559
1,969
36,929
33, 201
53,605
39,368
41,787
35,356
37,430
40,983
59,293
39,399 i 36,225 j 42,379
6,114
4, 776
4,485
7,544
12, 506
21, 527
22, 647
19, 509
22,245
21, 782
.095
.096
.097
5,233
73,812
.089
116,667
10, 235
~ 67 053 |
~6~n8" I
5,315 :
.093
116,946
6,045 |
!
4,797
104,995 i
38,243 i 27,785
.140
37,386
.127
!
13, 320
-_._- 106,332
26,766 j 17,846 j 26,193
. 140 .140
30,446 | 25,222
.128
l
.135
21, 469
.130
25, 793
.129 I .124
.130
3,150 | 4, 331 | 5, 315
75,404
. 101 I
156,569
8,605 |
6,854 \ 4,069
.097 i
15, 244
21, 748
.100
.098
7,853
10, 200
! 146,532
32,440 i 32,430
35,501 | 32,831
37,388
37, 851
32, 368
.142
32, 261
.145 | .145
33,962 ! 33,506
.128 i .125
.145
.145
36,558 | 38,835
. 145
33, 791
.130
31, 855
.130
.128
. 122 I
. 118
. 117
"Revised.
/ December 1 estimate.
•For earlier data on vegetable shortening price, see p. 18 of the January 1934 issue.
!Revised series: Monthly data on cottonseed and cottonseed products for the year ended July 1932 were shown on p. 20 of the February 1933 issue; revisions for each
month of 1933 were shown when monthly data for 1934 became available; revisions for year 1934 were shown on p. 38 of the November 1934 issue and for year ended July 1935
on p. 20 of the November 1935 issue. For exports of cottonseed cake and meal for the year 1932, see p. 37 of the June 1933 issue. Data revised for 1933, see p. 19 of the September
1934 issue; for 1934 revisions, see p, 19 of the December 1935 issue. For revised data on imports of vegetable oils for 1932, see p. 17 of the June 1933 issue; for 1933, p. 20, of the
October 1934 issue; and for 1934, p. 20, of the December 1935 issue. Quarterly data on fats and oils for the years 1932 and 1933 were shown on p. 19 of the March 1935 issue;
for 1934 on p. 19 of the November 1935 issue.
#See footnote on p. 37 of the October 1934 issue. Data revised for 1933; see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue; for 1934 revisions, see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
•This series prior to September 1935 was listed as "Lard Compound."
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
April
41
1935
April
May
June
July
1936
DecemAugust SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
January
February
March
23,914
16, 355
8,195
8,160
7,559
20,154
14, 270
7,073
7,197
5,884
29,906
20,660
9,224
11,436
9,245
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS—Continued
PAINTS
Paints, varnish, lacquer, and filler products:§
Total sales
thous. of dol_Classified
thous. of doL.
Industrial—
thous. of dol_.
Trade
thous. of doL.
Unclassified (273 estab.)§-thous. of doL.
Plastic, cold-water paints, and calcimines:
Sales:
Calcimines
dollars..
Plastic paints
dollars..
Cold-water paints
.
..dollars..
32, 851
22, 295
9,178
13,117
10,557
36,160
24,434
15, 745
11,726
32, 326
22,118
8,503
13, 615
10,207
28,975
19,675
8,338
11, 33f>
9,300
28,502
19,214
7,777
11,438
9,287
28,536
19,039
7,985
11,054
9,497
32,853
22,132
9,519
12, 613
10,721
25, 427
17, 856
8, aoy
8,870
7, 571
20, 039
14, 271
7,561
6,710
5,768
332,343
36,653
113, 202
376, 644
35,563
128, 461
303,229
28,668
102,892
253, 256
29,039
103,161
266,689
29,261
107,877
274,829
27,463
102, 379
264,306
34,414
105, 306
212,871
31, 760
77,784
205, 543
21,468
72, 918
280,896 j "199,183 295,018
31,292 o 27,734 45,540
89,730 76,971
CELLULOSE PLASTIC PRODUCTS
Nitro-cellulose:*
Sheets, rods, and tubes:
Production
Shipments
Cellulose-acetate: *
Sheets, rods, and tubes:
Production
Shipments...
thous. of lb_.
thous. of Jb..
1,388
1,319
1,311
1,356
1,292
1,246
1,009
1,017
1,026
1,024
1,285
1,294
1, 551
1,435
1,660
1,598
1 298
1 420
1,469
1,398
1,230
1,252
1,322
1,148
1,224
1,239
thous. of lb_.
thous. of lb_.
1,221
1,097
1,107
1,048
718
649
317
293
486
525
595
578
882
1,299
1,239
1 265
1 114
859
869
934
597
546
785
939
23,713
7,086
19,723
6,653
21, 831
6,324
21,454
7,252
20,215
7,376
20,666
7,730
20,419
7,376
24, 716
6,962
16,851
7 577
15, 780
8,935
17, 286
8,677
19,313
7,902
22,528
7, 999
2,974
606
908
1,460
2,882
586
991
1,304
2,213
494
739
980
2,321
576
635
1,110
2,768
667
815
1,286
3,102
834
766
1,501
3,180
850
869
1,461
1 952
498
482
972
1,186
270
308
607
1, 668
366
341
961
3,139
660
565
1,914
2,591
566
681
ROOFING
Dry roofing felt:
Production
short tons..
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Prepared roofing shipments:^
Total..
thous. squares..
Grit roll..
_
thous. squares.
Shingles (all types)
thous. squaresSmooth roll
thous. squares.
1,345
ELECTRIC POWER AND GAS
ELECTRIC POWER
Production, totalf
mills, of kw.-hr__
By source:
Fuelsf
mills, of kw.-hr__
Water powerf
mills, of kw.-hr..
By type of producer:
Central stationsf
mills, of kw.-hr_.
Street railways, manufacturing plants,
etc
mills, of kw.-hr...
Sales of electrical energy:
Sales to ultimate consumers, total (Edison
Elec. Inst.)
mills, of kw.-hr..
Domestic service
mills, of kw.-hr__
Commercial—retail
mills, of kw.-hr..
Commercial—wholesale, mills, of kw.-hr. _
Municipal street lighting
mills, of kw.-hr__
Railroads:
Electrified steam
mills, of kw.-hr_.
Street and interurban.mills. of kw.-hr..
Revenues from ultimate consumers (Edison
Elec. Inst.)
thous. of dol
8,870
7,816
8,022
7,875
8,373
8,576
8,206
8,847
8,690
9,139
9,246 j °8,599
a
S, 905
4,880
3,990
4,203
3,612
4,301
3,721
4,425
3,450
4,781
3,592
5,246
3,330
5,182
3,024
5,975
2,872
5,432
3,258
5,850
3,288
5,881 I » 5, 681
3,365 j ffl 2, 918
1
0
5,115
3,790
8,395
7,365
7,557
7,419
7,846
8,078
7,731
8,361
475
451
465
456
527
498
475
6,225
1,102
1,129
3,327
6,145
1,060
1,099
3,346
6,147
1,059
1,095
3,396
6,265
1,052
1,128
3,468
6,614
1,073
1,177
3,734
6,635
1,135
1,192
3,676
186
175
152 !
170
180
365
66
354
65
331
67
329
333
156,069
153, 203
151,437
151, 215
i,747
' 8,118
551
499
481
481
6,823
1,186
1,220
3,726
6, 927
1, 289
1, 293
3, 624
7,029
1,368
1,361
3,493
6, 999
1,340
1,324
3,514
6,913
1,254
1,256
3,649
189
207
217
227
7,278
1,466
1,403
3,567 !
j
234 |
219
209
67
328
73
360
79
368
86
439
100
446
96
435
83
394
162, 789 169 339
173 459
179,141 j 171,220
165,650
156,038 I 159,073
i
GAS
Manufactured gas:*f
Customers, total
thousands.
Domestic
..thousands.
House heating._
thousands..
Industrial and commercial..thousands
Sales to consumers
millions of cu. ft_.
Domestic
millions of cu. ft
House heating
millions of cu. ft..
Industrial and commercial
millions of cu. ft.
Revenue from sales to consumers
thous. of dol
Domestic
thous. of doL.
House heating
thous. of dol_.
Industrial and commerciaLthous. of dol.
Natural gas:*f
Customers, total
thousands.
Domestic
thousands.
Industrial and commerciaL.thousands.
Sales to consumers
millions of cu. ft.
Domestic
millions of cu. ft.
Industrial and commercial
millions of cu. ft.
Revenues from sales to consumers
thous. of dol.
Domestic
thous. of dol.
Industrial and commerciaLthous. of dol_
a
* 8,424
8,588
481
9,869
9,303
117
437
30, 943
18, 742
3,789
9,936
9,369
120
435
30, 304
19,166
3,027
9,949
9, 389
115
434
28,897
19,764
1,271
9,948
9, 394
106
436
25, 723
17, 601
550
9,956
9,407
104
433
24,479
16,673
387
10,023
9,473
106
435
27, 492
19,189
550
10, 033
9,467
121
434
29,897
20,008
1,571
7,600
9,994
9,421
128
437
30,164
18, 543
3,223
10,005
9,425
131
439
33,480
18, 679
5,716
9,960
9, 333
133
485
35,960
19, 922
6,669
9,972
9,346
135
481
36, 611
20,146
7,053
8, 233
7,944
7,720
7,396
8,134
8,206
8,861
9,143
9,190
31, 370
22, 953
2,417
5,857
31,834
24, 275
1. 695
5, 736
31,189
24, 669
894
5,524
28, 313
22,575
419
5,216
27,137
21, 539
313
5,175
30,140 j 31, 753
24,140 i 24, 697
475 ! 1,150
5,782
5,415
31, 308
23, 416
1,849
5.912
33,013
23,336
3, 291
6. 244
34,555;
23,800
4,113
6,495
34,653
23, 322
4, 612
6, 571
5, 827
5,378
448
89,515
28, 576
5,820
5,404
415
68, 272
14,083
5,835
5,427
407
71,519
12,519
5,880
5,468
411
75,325
14,135
5,947
5,510
435
85, 028
18, 556
6,018
5, 552
464
99,714
26,726
6, 039
5, 563
474
113,418
36, 325
59,947
5,845
5. 836
5,403
5,409
441
425
82,843 | 74,116
24,608
19,149
I
57,168 I 53,761
53,314 | 58,049
60,273 | 65,252 j 71,691
31,599
19, 273
12,162
28, 355
17,028
11,159
21,095 [ 20, 776
11,192 | 10,316
9,760 J 10,321
22,120
11,262
10.718
24,395
14,056
10,178
7,288 !
25,805
13, 677
11,958
32, 099
18,316
13, 591
5,987
5,515
470
123,778
43,715
0, 004
5, 532
469
136, 242
50,131
78,980 ! 84,673
38,825
23, 635
14,981
44,312
27,964
16,178
48,116
30, 581
17, 296
Revised.
* New series. For earlier data see p. 19 of the May 1935 issue, manufactured and natural gas. Series on cellulose products prior to January 1933 not available.
1 Revised series. Data revised beginning with January 1932; see p. 39 of the April 1935 issue. Revisions for period January 1932 to January 1934, inclusive, will
be shown in a subsequent issue.
t For revised data for electric-power production for 1932 see pp. 38 and 56 of the May 1933 issue; for 1933 see p. 38 of the May 1934 issue; 1934 and 1935 data also revised
Revisions not shown in the June 1935 issue and in the May 1936 issue will appear in a subsequent number. Manufactured and natural-gas statistics for the years 1929-35
have been revised. Revised data on manufactured gas are shown on p. 20 of this issue. Data for the natural gas series superseded by current statistics appeared on p. 2J
of the May 1935 issue and in the monthly numbers through May 1936. Revisions for entire period will appear in a subsequent issue.
§ For revised data on paint, varnish, and lacquer products for the years on "total" for 1928-35 and "unclassified" for years 1932-35 see p. 20 of the November 19 issue.
42
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
April
June 1936
1935
April
May
June
July
1936
Decem- January
August SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
February
March
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO
BEVERAGES
Fermented malt liquors:*
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals)
3,431
3,887
thous. of bbL.
4,465
4,970
Production
thous. of bbL.
8,208
7,219
Stocks, end of month
thous. of bbL.
Distilled spirits:*
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals) f*
4,901
6,177
thous. of proof gaL.
4,384
5,390
Whisky
_
thous. of proof gaL.
Production, totalthous. of proof gaL. 23, 251 15,171
14,329
Whisky
thous. of proof gaL. 21,917
Stocks, end of month__thous. of proof gaL. 273,798 139,036
131,659
Whisky
_.thous. of proof gaL. 264,389
Rectified spirits:
Alcohol, ethyl, withdrawn tax paid (see p.
38):
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals)*
1,414
thous. of proof gaL.
2,441
4,006
4,576
7,736
4,341
4,521
7,615
4,675
5,301
4,014
4,613
16, 701 15,144
14,280
15,679
150, 477 160,755
152,807
142,639
5,465
5,335
7,341
5,332
5,107
6,924
3,931
3,868
6,690
3,790
3,735
6,496
3,366
3,221
6,204
3,104
3,219
6,205
4,265
7,020
8,219
4,535
7,807
9,045
3,486
6,372
7,315
3,758
7,076
8,237
15,610
16,238
24,412
14,089
23,002
25,000
14, 557 13,067
13,989
16, 549 18, 301 19,910
171,094 180, 268 187, 729 195, 796 205, 382 215,518
163,202 172, 363 180,066 188,423 197,788 207,154
1,451
1,345
1,271
154,367
138,811
133,372
1,385
2,019
2,614
2,969
2,998
2,679
3, 335
6,640
2, 685
2,932
6,802
3,738
4,433
7,333
6,019
6,173
6,203
5,421
5,687
5,531
21,910
19, 804 22, 691
20, 340 18, 838 21, 612
230,425 242, 830 258, 221
221, 602 233, 797 248,946
2,304
2,028
2,335
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Butter:
Consumption, apparent*!
thous. oflb-.
Price, N. Y., wholesale (92-score)
dol. per lb_.
Production (factory)!
thous. oflb-.
Receipts, 5 markets
..thous. oflb..
Stocks, cold storage, creamery, end of
month
thous. oflb..
Cheese:
Consumption, apparent!
thous. of lb_.
Imports^
thous. of lb_.
Price, no. 1 Amer. N. Y
_.dol. per lb..
Production (factory)t
thous. oflb-.
American whole milkf
thous. of lb_.
Receipts, 5 markets
.thous. of lb_.
Stocks, cold storage, end of month!
thous. oflb..
American whole milk!
thous. of lb_.
Milk:
Condensed and evaporated:
Production:!
Condensed (sweetened)..thous. of lb_.
Evaporated (unsweetened) §
thous. oflb..
Exports:
Condensed (sweetened)..thous. oflb..
Evaporated (unsweetened)
thous. of lb_.
Prices, wholesale, N. Y.:
Condensed (sweetened)-dol. per case..
Evaporated (unsweetened)
dol. per case..
Stocks, manufacturers, end of month:
Condensed (sweetened):
Bulk goods
thous. of lb_.
Case goods
thous. of lb.
Evaporated (unsweetened):
Case goods
thous. of lb.
Fluid milk:
Consumption in oleomargarine
thous. of lb_.
Production, Minn, and St. Paul
thous. oflb..
Receipts:
Boston, incl. cream
thous. of qt_.
Greater New York*
thous. of qt_.
Powdered milk:
Exports..
thous. of lb_.
Orders, net, new
thous. of lb_.
Stocks, mfrs. end of mo
thous. of lb_.
133,162
139.465
.31
132,194
48,379
.34
.27
130,984 179,162
44, 246 58,860
.32
94,838
32,898
.34
.35
.37
104, 426 107, 831 108,096
35, 734 42, 257 41,211
.32
121,157
45, 829
120, 210
71,948
40,117
21, 502
8,217
° 5,346
53, 989
3,632
.17
59,491
47,448
16, 384
62. 476
6,015
.17
53, 315
41,157
16,836
52, 304
5,880
.18
39,464
27, 598
15, 423
47,085
3,022
.19
38, 782
26,912
11,488
56,180
3,240
.18
43, 841
29, 730
10, 416
54,820
3,794
.17
39,809
26,139
13,339
56,559
5,693
.17
45,317
29, 733
15,164
75, 291
64, 395
94, 679 105,851 114, 953 111,731
82, 397 92, 767 102, 661 100,670
104, 661
92, 912
99, 572
86, 537
90, 890
78,197
79, 556 a 73, 952
68, 363 « 62, 261
33, 619
23, 334
16,856
21,405
19, 833
21,254
52,153
2,832
.15
68,760
54, 293
18, 480
54, 459
46, 593
56,767
48, 320
23, 224
27, 349
22,140
143, 320 136, 491 127, 217 123, 556 124,574
148,822
56,641
3,836
.15
70, 659
55,607
14,645
181,552
.28
141,141 119, 602
48, 294 42,149
53,889
3,647
.16
61,513
51, 493
16,687
96, 392 149,628
61,215
3,735
.16
56, 909
44, 934
11,803
67, 946
55,780
5,676
.26
156,855
33,096
55,145
58,961
4,455
4,217
.17
.15 0
48,816 42,394
34,656 * 30,592
10,688
13,398
4,997
150, 704 149, 397 148,227
.24
.24
.25
200, 733 186, 562 157,839
72,844
72,036
53,000
21, 689
18,918
17, 581
180, 943 231, 663 269, 344 209, 278 161,929
138,202
105, 325
87, 766 102,872
23,328
118, 301 112,704 j 144,222
257 j 229
246
717
89
265
319
242
235
275
332
474
147
1,765
3,267
3,441
2,432
1, 581
1,582
2,383
2,108
2,646
2,585
1,810
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85
4.85 | 4.85
3.15
3.00
3.00
3.00
2.80
2.80
2.80 |
2.90
3.12
3.15
3.15
3.15
4,403
3, 741
5, 759
5,552
2,931
8,829
72,916
2,845
6,044
2,329
3,659
« 2, 741
2, 963
66, 094
45,375
42, 597
61,775
74,145
13, 059 13,956
9,571
18,159
12, 284 16,511
179, 684 287, 204 339,978
6,529
8,645
7,012
36,039
29, 722
38, 702
Ii6,~64O
286
14, 527
11,219
17,110
18,131
105, 280 111,529
200
12, 298
20,896
228
13, 646
27,377
5, 998
39,899
8,333
17, 349
5,497
14,678
3,373
11,697
358, 780 343,132
229, 065
91,250
11,648
18, 460
2, 463
4,489
5,371
6,515
6,506
6,787
6,932
7,396
7,555
6,622
32, 713
27,869
24, 773
23, 075
22, 738
28, 022
31, 578
30,919
35, 548
16, 529 17, 768 17,160
16, 210 16, 380 15,308
107, 265 109, 639 105, 925 109, 377 111,875 104,459
15, 266
115,536
17, 535 19,614
18,431
110,417 110, 573 107,630
207
12, 338
36, 440
2, 719
281
12, 989
38, 504
243
16, 239
34,698
282
14, 844
29, 702
252
13, 559
23,166
234
13, 254
14, 580
219
12, 654
10,121
305
10, 952
9,212
268
236
10, 720 «a 12, 316
9, 435
8, 485
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Apples:
/168, 465
Production, crop estimate..-thous. of bu._
5,378
4,563
3,107
616
1,307
1,605 j 6,855
18,836
4,740
6,283
5, 414
Shipments car lot!
carloads..
1,175
7,546
Stocks, cold storage, end of month
1,811
5,976 ° 3, 769
8,225
1,189
360 j
2,510
10,276 I 11,018
thous. of bbL.
13,516
15,016
16,711
11,466
6,800
8,911 I 11,153
14, 450 13,260
15,574 i 12,114
8,428
Citrus fruit, car-lot shipments!
carloads.. 14,628
2, 592
3,645
1,744
3,420
2,625
1,838
2,385
1,020
1,518
3,326 I 3,038
2,392
Onions, car-lot shipments!
carloads..
3,654
Potatoes:
.906
1.656
.965
1.820
.935
1.800 , 1.790
Price, white, N. Y
dol. per 100 Re- 2.406
.713
.706
1.120
1..700
J/356, 406
production, crop estimate thous. of bu._
13,854 I 11,356
16,810 ~19~566T~24,~388
17, 688 18, 386
21, 073 ~I5,~453" ~9,~097" ~I2,~362~
Shipments, car lot!
carloads.. 18,718
° Revised.
§Bulk evaporated milk not included since December 1931.
/ Dec. 1 estimate.
*New series. Beverage figures are compiledby theU. S. Treasury, Alcohol Tax Unit. Monthly data on distilled spirits available beginning July 1933 and on fermented
malt liquors, April 1933. For earlier data for receipts of milk in Greater New York see p. 20 of the August 1934 issue. See p. 19 of the June 1933 issue for butter consumption.
Data on consumption of rectified spirits are as indicated by the sale of stamps. Data prior to April 1933 not published.
#See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Data for 1933 also revised, see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue. For 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
!Revised series. For revisions refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues, as follows: For 1931 on apparent consumption of cheese, production of total and
American whole-milk cheese, and production of condensed and evaporated milk, p. 20, January 1933. For earler data on stocks (cold-storage holdings) of total and American
whole-milk cheese, p. 19, April 1933. For 1932 revised data on production of factory and American whole-milk cheese, production of condensed and evaporated milk, p. 39,
September 1933. For subsequent revisions for 1932 on production of evaporated milk, p. 39, November 1933. For 1932 and 1933 revisions on butter and cheese consumption
and 1933 revisions on production of butter, cheese, condensed and evaporated milk, see p. 19 of the March 1935 issue. For 1934 revisions on production of butter, cheese,
condensed and evaporated milk, and apparent consumption of butter and cheese see p. 19 of the November 1935 issue. For final revision for 1933, car-lot shipments of
apples, citrus fruits, onions, and potatoes, see p. 20, January 1935 issue, and for 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the November 1935 issue. Data on consumption of distilled spirits
revised to include brandy tax paid direct from fruit distilleries. For revisions see p. 39 of the March 1935 issue.
•Consumption of distilled spirits (withdrawn tax paid) plus brandy tax paid direct from fruit distillers plus ethyl alcohol withdrawn tax paid (see p. 39) equals
Bureau of Internal Revenue total of distilled spirits withdrawn tax paid.
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
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June 1936
1936
April
1936
1935
April
May
July
June
August
Septem- October Novem- December
ber
ber
January
February
March
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO—Continued
GRAIN AND PRODUCTS
Exports, principal grains, includingflourand
mealf
thous. of bu._
Barley:
Exports, including maltf
thous. of bu__
Price, no. 2, Minn.:
Straight*
doL per bu..
Malting*
_
dol. per bu._
Production, crop estimate.--thous. of bu__
Receipts, principal markets*-thous. of bu__
Visible supply, end of month*
thous. of bu._
Corn:
Exports, including mealf
thous. of bu_.
Grindings
thous. of bu
Prices, wholesale:
No. 3, yellow (Kansas City)-dol. per bu._
No. 3, white (Chicago)
dol. per bu__
Production, crop estimate.—thous. of bu.
Receipts, principal markets—thous. of bu._
Shipments, principal markets
thous. of bu._
Visible supply, end of month*
thous. of bu._
Oats:
Exports, including oatmealt-thous. of bu__
Price, no. 3, white (Chicago).-dol. per bu_.
1,842
1,478
323
1,607
1,594
1,999
2,003
3,449
2,777
2,601
2,481
2,144
1,683
2,156
79
67
549
581
1,953
1,138
872
1,240
823
359
573
.59
.66
"292,249
4,809
.67
.66
.71
.66
6.142
3,826
7,845
13,443
12,978
.68
.71
.97
1.07
.87
.94
.71
.82
.58
.52
.59
.58
.61
.65
.56
.62
5,966
2,550
3,205
2,628
1,559
7,645
13,780
9,923
7827
11,894
7,684
6,845
5,169
3,681
6,412
12,009
16,087
16, 571
15, 474
15,124
34
5,995
44
5,513
39
4,571
29
4,028
63
4,001
74
3,917
28
4,710
46
6,021
42
5,630
32
5,748
48
6,044
52
5,868
70
6,880
.63
.93
.94
.92
.91
.87
.87
.84
.84
.78
.82
.81
.85
.62
.64
.62
0)
.67
.62
.63
.58
17, 497
9,878
10,850
9,091
7,313
6,146
7,129
9,544
18,879
.61
.56
(/)
!,202,852
18,729
14,466
13,640
18,003
8,508
7,905
7,356
6,039
4,565
3,342
3,102
3,812
7,256
8,133
7,494
7,750
8,673
15,924
12,041
8,860
7,317
6,821
3,932
2,481
4,884
7,685
6,802
5,008
7,955
62
.28
65
.50
63
.44
303
154
.36
70
.29
142
.30
105
.30
83
.29
70
.30
80
.30
88
.28
2,224
3,351
1,901
2,544
28,907
21,300
12,089
6,201
77
.29
(/)
,195,435
4,489
5,652
4,450
8,768
11,867
10,786
8,399
7,075
25,068
41,430
45, 863
46, 637
42,012
41,123
40, 213
37, 648
141, 593
15, 644
288,072
7,717
329,712
6,897
55,374
11, 789
35,182
12,412
90,194
14,056
148, 651
21, 932
342,068
19,769
90, 247
25, 040
51,059
27, 839
29,792
73,986
6,986
79,589
.039
.040
.040
.040
.040
.040
.040
.040
.040
/ 38, 452
.039
.039
.039
Production, crop estimate,--thous. of bu.
4,991
Receipts, principal m a r k e t s - t h o u s . of bu_.
Visible supply, end of month*
thous. of bu._ 35,493
Rice:
4,241
Exports!
pockets 1001b..
Imports#
pockets 1001b.. 60,932
Price, wholesale, head, clean, New Orleans
.040
dol. perlb._
Production, crop estimate._.thous. of b u .
Southern States (La., Tex., Ark., and
Tenn.):
Receipts, rough rice, at mills
161
thous. of bbl. (1621b.)..
Shipments from mills (milled rice) total s
thous. of pockets (100 lb.)__
Stocks, domestic, rough and cleaned (in
terms of cleaned rice) end of month
1,244
thous. of pockets (100 lb.)_.
Rye:
Exports, including
flour
thous. of bu_.
0
.50
Price, no. 2, Minneapolis
dol. per b u . .
Production, crop e s t i m a t e . . . t h o u s . of bu_. 35, 253
Receipts, principal markets*_thous. of bu_.
970
Visible supply, end of month*
thous. of b u .
7,176
Wheat:
Exports:!
Wheat, including flour thous. of b u .
1,423
16
Wheat o n l y . .
thous. of b u .
Prices, wholesale:
No. 1 Dark Northern Spring, Minn.*
dol. per b u .
1.23
No. 2 Red Winter, St. Louis
1.0'
dol. per b u .
1.02
No. 2 Hard Winter, K. C . d o l . per b u .
Weighted average 6 markets, all grades
dol. per b u .
.95
Production, crop estimate, total
thous. of b u .
Spring wheat
thous. of bu_
Winter wheat
thous. of b u . !463, 708
7,418
Receipts
thous. of bu_
7,745
Shipments
thous. of b u .
Stocks, visible supply, world.thous. of b u .
Canada
thous. of b u . 189,250
41,482
United States*
..thous. of b u .
Stocks, held b y mills (quarterly)
thous. of b u .
Wheat flour:
Consumption (computed)f.thous. of b b l .
Exports
thous.of b b l .
299
Grinding of wheat
thous. of b u .
36,444
Prices, wholesale:
Standard Patents, Minn..-dol. per b b l .
6.45
Winter, straights, Kansas City
dol. per b b l .
5.24
Production:
Flour, actual (Census)
thous. of bbl..
7,842
Flour prorated, total (Russell's) f
thous. of b b l .
Offal
. . . . t h o u s . of l b . 664,251
Operations, percent of total capacity..—.
48
Stocks, total, end of month (computed)
thous. of bbl._
Held by mills (quarterly)..thous. of bbl.
175
143
82
14
272
930
2,402
953
961
529
270
331
591
1,224
1,842
1,075
632
333
709
0
.61
0
.54
0
2
2
0
.46
.48
0
.45
.47
.52
"l,~680
9,198
298
""286
8,559
6,907
~2," 212"
7,060
~2,~46T
~2~ 754
8,367
9,088
657
845
483
232
882
538
1,019
1,070
979
2,968
3,136
3,044
2,554
1,855
2
.49
0
.49
/ 57,936
1,169
1
.53
0
.57
T06l'
9,660
9,022
8,412
7,642
7,555
1,425
30
1,281
30
1,426
2
1,195
8
1,231
66
1,278
8
1,324
14
1,489
14
1,602
30
1,132
34
1,202
13
1,192
28
1.19
1.16
1.05
1.13
1.27
1.33
1.34
1.28
1.28
1.33
1,31
.97
1.05
.93
.99
.87
.99
.92
1.04
1.03
1.15
1.10
1.19
1.05
1.13
1.06
1.11
1.09
1.13
1.09
1.10
1.03
1.07
1.00
1.07
1.07
27,883
14, 695
443,400
259,869
82,406
14,501
12,403
/603,199
/"169, 752
(433,447
9,943
7,181
484,010
259,928
74,730
9.277
7,964
468,910
243, 631
68,010
5,474
6,782
427, 650
223,725
58,164
9,022
248
38,987
1.13
.97
.97
28,895
11,233
339,480
192,419
36, 674
48,169
14,997
359,920
186,114
64,198
7,624
253
7,665
248
7,646
270
35, 567
33, 745
33,918
37,141
7.22
6.87
7.44
7.99
5.
5.54
6.13
6.24
7,381
7,387
6,390
7,971
405,507
216,181
42,832
8,298
8,683
380,760
199,926
31,607
8,154
266
7,920
303
35, 466
7.48
5.91
10, 024
11,217
342,490
194,779
23,739
58,700
7,787
8,290
621,828
48
42, 289
15, 595
418,130
219,903
78,631
257,424
80,371
155,791
139,774
8,567
279
41,686
10,703
314
45, 664
8.38
8.48
7.06
.52
~1,~324
1.08
1.06
9, 788
9, 289
380,190
206, 823
49,537
86,097
10, 373
335
7,923
234
9,386
253
38,254
33,123
40,042
8.15
8.21
7.19
6.84
6.69
6.09
8,274
7,175
8,644
7.19
9,055
9,035
297
"38,273
6.99
6.92
5.56
5.42
8,401
0
8, 252
8,016
11,116
9,746
9,070
7,857
8,163 659,717 744, 779 821, 200
9,802
9,386 709,574
8,349
8,975
48
597, 746 599, 548
692, 087 595, 761 728, 216
61
56 °694,897
53
47
46
53
46
51
4,270
5,592
4,200
4,500
5,400
5,600
5,400
5,200
4,950
4,100
4,400
4,600
4,222
3,864
4,068
3,639
1 1_
N .o.quotation.
. _ f Dec. 1 estimate.
,
Brewer's rice not included.
• May 1 estimate.
Revised.
* New series. For earlier data, see p. 20 of the November 1932 issue, rye and barley receipts and rye stocks; and p. 20 of the June 1935 issue, wholesale price of wheat,
No. 1 Dark Northern Spring, Minneapolis. Since the division of no. 2 barley by the Department of Agriculture into straight and malting grades as of July 1,1934, prices
for each grade have been reported separately.
t Data revised. For revisions of wheat flour, production and consumption (Russell's) from July 1931 to December 1932, see p. 19 of the August 1933 issue. For revised
data on exports for 1932 see p. 39 of the June 1933 issue for 1933, p. 20 of the September 1934 issue, and for 1934, p. 19 of the December 1935 issue.
• Represents the visible supply east of the Rocky Mountains as reported by Dun & Bradstreet.
# See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Data for 1933 also revised, see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue, and for 1934, revisions p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
8,125
625,958
48
44
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
April
June 1936
1935
April
May
June
July
1936
DecemAugust Septem- October November
ber
January
February
March
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO—Continued
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS
Total meats:
Consumption, apparentA
mills, of lb__
Production (inspected slaughter) A
mills, of lb__
Stocks, cold storage, end of month, totalA
6G7
mills, of lb__
61
Miscellaneous meats
mills, of lb_.
Cattle and beef:
Beef and veal:
Consumption, apparentA—thous. of lb_.
1,032
Exportsf
thous. of lb__
Price, wholesale:
Beef, fresh native steers, Chicago
.149
do!, per lb__
Production, inspected slaughterA
thous. of lb__
Stocks, cold storage, end of month A
thous. of lb_. 64, 923
Cattle and calves:
Movement, primary markets: 0
1,673
Receipts
_
thous. of animals..
1,094
Slaughter, local
thous. of animals..
Slaughter, inspected. (See Leather
and leather products.)
573
Shipments, total
thous. of animals..
195
Stocker and feeder.thous. of animals..
Price, wholesale, cattle, corn-fed, Chicago.._
dol. per 100 lb__
9.21
Hogs and products:
Hogs:
Movement, primary markets:*
1,875
Receipts
thous. of animals..
1,322
Slaughter, local
thous. of animals..
Slaughter, inspected. (See Leather
and leather products.)
550
Shipments, total...thous. of animals..
38
Stocker and feeder.thous. of animals._
Price, heavy, Chicago..-dol. per 100 lb__ 10.55
Pork, including lard:
Consumption, apparentA--thous. of lb__
Exports, totalf
thous. of lb__
Lardf
thous. of lb_.
Prices:
Hams, smoked, Chicago..dol. per lb__
Lard:
Prime contract, N. Y_..dol. per lb_.
Refined, Chicago*
dol. per lb_.
Production, inspected slaughter, totalA
thous. of lb._
LardA
thous. of lb
Stocks, cold storage, end of mo.
thous. oflb__
Fresh and curedAthous. of lb._
LardA
thous. of lb_.
Sheep and lambs:
Lamb and mutton:
Consumption, apparentA--thous. of lb__
Production, inspected slaughterA
thous. of lb__
Stocks, cold storage, end of mo.
thous. of lb_. 1,795
Movement, primary markets:*
1,798
Receipts
thous. of animals..
990
Slaughter, local
thous. of animals..
Slaughter, inspected. (See Leather and
leather products.)
800
Shipments, total
thous. of animals..
112
Stocker and feeder.thous. of animals..
Prices, wholesale:
4.81
Ewes, Chicago
dol per 1001b_.
10.75
Lambs, Chicago
dol. per 1001b..
Poultry and eggs:
2,022
Receipts, 5 markets
thous. of cases..
Stocks, cold storage, end of month:
3,031
Case
thous. of cases..
Frozen
thous. of lb_. 69,145
Poultry:
Receipts, 5 markets
thous. of lb.. 15,122
Stocks, cold storage, end of mo.
thous. of lb_. 49, 316
882
917
808
876
834
1,015
799
843
744|
818
777
992
813
66
716
57
641
53
478
50
422
49
402
53
405, 041 425, 522 380, 687 416, 360 471,179
1,034
1,084
623
1,193
988
472,160
1,226
.192
.191
.174
374, 311 404,144
366, 834
540 !
50 !
.170
.179
.170
463, 641
465, 982
915
448
63
933
1,009
844
942
1,023
1,144 j
847
937
563
74
698 !
79 I
546, 724 473, 218 464, 510
1,013
1,041
604
.169
.166
.178
559, 057 492, 498 472, 516
77, 559
63, 523
55, 653
49, 473
47, 292
48,226 ) 65,484
1,630
1,025
1,636
1,034
1,402
904
1,603
1,053
1,944
1,136
2,257
1,241
2,545
1,351
2,037
1,340
1,809 j
1,143
587
219
596
237
494
150
414
145
792
302
978
441
1,198
629
12.55
12.43
11.50
10.00
11.54
11.31
11.41
911
445
11.36
1,650
1,138
1,551
1,075
1,301
926
1,336
912
1,278
874
1,220
824
1,652
1,182
506
<*30
477
26
9.41
375
27
9.49
420
24
9.49
401
31
11.26
390
22
11.41
463
25
10.19
91,164
106, 210
493, 972 426, 553 439,651
728
1, 218
787
. 180
.151
104, 447 I 86, 928 j « 79, 509
1,416
942
1,625
1,046
650
242
623
196
462
116
556
190
12.21
12.11
10.61
10.31
1,671
1,149
2,036
1,428
2, 524
1,774
1 817
1, 188
2,045
1,372
526
24
9.42
606
36
9.51
745
38
9.73
26
10.33
666
33
10.10
450,560 362, 070 443,486
14, 929 11, 268 16,403
7,514
10,117
11,461
.213
.223
.264
.279
.260
.267
.273
.263
.151
.158
.168
.177
.169 I
.177 !
.151
.164
.138
.144
.117
.134
.109
.120
363,631
57,704
666,105
564,881
101,224
593,399 I 529,987
503,413 I 445,307
89,986
84,680
.203
.171
484, 406
.141
.147
.154
.148
373,924 I 321,685
58,684 ! 49,102
.195
*675
67
1,785
1,158
415,462 427, 060 370,858 395, 089 341,068 301,338 I 399, 239 387,163 413, 271
14, 787 20, 294 15, 041 13,413
10, 256
6,213
7,425
14,872
12,832
7,193
6,877
4,915
1,515
3,406
2,731
7,932
9,740
7,853
.138
.143
689 !
70 I
.235
.112
.118
.111
.118
315,612 290,419
45, 772 41,306
250,608 j363,102 409, 862 495, 296 595, 065 i 390, 346 453,787
34,392
96,392 | 66,464
75,518
47, 758 58, 072 74,009
438,345 378,786 322,955 ! 281,365 291,115 379,495 511,711 530,143 °526, 963
369,910 325, 249 277,605 I 240,663 253, 209 326, 777 436,042 451, 418 "450,149
68, 435 53, 537 45,350 ! 40,702
37,906
75, 669 78, 725 a 76, 814
52,718
61,319
64,862
56,361
59,874
63, 986
60,255 I 69, 370
54, 961
54,837
64,298 j 55,016 ! 58,477
61,089
64, 678
55,946
59, 653
63, 641
59,941 | 69,083
55, 702
55, 231
64,140 I 54,829 j 58,285
3,031
2,354
2,376
2,109
1, 730
1,968
2,661
3, 025
2, 824
2,106
1,223
2,251
1,227
1,994
1,037
2,368 I 2,577
1,185 1,144
2,822 I 3,055
1,109
1,225
1,588
966
1,862 ! 1,631 j
1,127 j
949 j
1,046
86
891
81
1,169
109
1,660
533
1,860
822
335
620
112
3.69
6.72
3.00
6.72
2.95
8.23
1,434
342
3.09
8.25
3.28
8.05
3.59
9.00
4.11
9.81
4.35
10.80
1,503 1,170
856
6,353 I 4,644
2,738
98,653 I 88,018 ' 79,035
964
69,546
4.00
6.58
1,866
1,963 !
3,901
6,366 j 7,595
59,313 I 84,680 j 107,937
7,373
7,947
116, 274 112,585
1,376 |
781
1,732 I
927 I
704
732 1
94 I
4.50
10.25
2, 563 i ° 2, 334
690 !
59 !
4.34
9.97
811 i
784
159
59,722
1,701
1,023
4.62
9.66
1,798
13 I a 807
46, 367 ; « 45, 848
14,178
15, 147
18,615
18,646 i 16,765
21, 783
28, 332
62,486 I 56,321 ; 21,433
15,654 1 15,098
61,815
48, 274
47, 051
41, 262
39,720
53,156
86.098 I 107,389 j 103,833
85, 792 ! « 69, 494
34, 911
TROPICAL PRODUCTS
Cocoa:
12, 332 18, 229 21, 593 12, 587
19,388 19,005
24,357
30,508 ! 32,601
28,549
Imports#
-long tons.. 31,206
17,051
.0517 I .0510 .0501
.0491
.0470
.0501
.0517
.0535 I .0550
.0536
.0501
Price, spot, Accra, N. Y
dol perlb..
.0533
.0474
Shipments, Gold Coast and Nigeria
61,247 ! 59,819 \ 40,114
22, 657 14, 631 12,796
17,399
14, 696 10,820 1 23,345
long tons.-! 17,025
39, 786 54,930
• Revised.
A Government slaughter not included, for months June 1934-February 1935 see p. 44 of the June 1935 issue.
• See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Data revised for 1933, see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue, for 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
t For revisions of exports for 1932, see p. 40 of the June 1933 issue. For revised data for 1933 on all export data, see p. 20 of the September 1934 issue, for 1934 see p,
19 of the December 1935 issue.
• New series. See p. 18 of January 1934 issue.
• Included animals purchased for Federal Relief Corporation for the months of October 1934-February 1935.
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data : may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
45
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
1936
April
1935
April
May
June
July
1936
DecemOctober NovemAugust September
ber
ber
January
February
March
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO—Continued
TROPICAL PRODUCTS—Continued
Coffee:
Clearances from Brazil, total
thous. of bags..
To United States
thous. of bags..
Imports into United States#
thous. of bags..
Price, Rio No. 7, N. Y
dol. per lb—
Receipts at ports, Brazil
thous. of bags..
Stocks, world total, incl., interior of Brazil
thous. of bags..
Visible supply, total excl. interior of
Brazil..
_
_thous. of bags.
United States
thous. of bags..
Sugar:
Raw sugar:
Cuba:
Stocks, total, end of month
thous. of long tons..
United States:
Meltings, 8 portsf
long tons__
Price, wholesale, 96° centrifugal, New
York.
dol. per lb_.
Receipts:
From Hawaii and Puerto Rico
long tons..
Importst#
.long tons..
Stocks at refineries, end of mo.f
long tons..
Refined sugar:
Exports, including maplef
long tons—
Price, retail, gran., N. Y
dol. per lb_.
Price, wholesale, gran., N. Y.dol. per lb_.
Receipts:
From Hawaii and Puerto Rico*
long tons—
Imports:
Cuba* A
long tons__
Philippine Islands*
long tons..
Shipments, 2 portsf
long t o n s Stocks, end of month, 2portsf.long tons..
Tea:
Imports#
thous. of lb__
Price, wholesale, Formosa, fine, N. Y.
dol. per lb._
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS
Candy sales by manufacturers.thous. of dol—
Fish:
Landings, fresh fish, principal ports
thous. of lb_.
Salmon, canned, shipments
cases..
Stocks, total, cold storage, 15th of month
thous. of lb__
TOBACCO
Leaf:
Exportsf
thous. of lb—
Imports, unmanufactured^.._thous. of lb—
Production, crop estimate
thous. of lb—
Stocks, total, including imported types
(quarterly)
mills, of l b . .
Flue-cured, fire-cured, and air-cured
mills, oflb__
Cigar types
mills, of lb—
Manufactured products:
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals):
Small cigarettes
millions..
Large cigars
thousands..
Manufactured tobacco and snuff
thous. of lb__
Exports, cigarettes
thousands..
Prices, wholesale:
Cigarettes
—dol. per 1,000..
Cigars
dol. per 1,000,.
1,094
549
1,138
.063
1,027
0)
8,128
995
2,092
460, 316
1,298
637
1,466
887
1,651
879
1,420
779
1,474
824
971
.069
1,440
1,308
728
1,114
.066
1,343
943
.064
1,379
1,130
.066
1,431
1,237
.068
1,651
1,086
.066
1,472
1,299
.065
1,539
24,032
22, 930
23, 204
24,716
27, 204
27,765
28,738
29,548
0)
0)
7,374
655
7,540
672
7,670
799
7,653
863
7,794
941
7, 669
817
7,844
7,832
832
7, 846
1,010
8, 116
1,056
2,230
1,993
1,589
912
775
755
1,108
1,991
340, 929 436, 500 323,013
414,436
1,138
612
1,316
734
1,061
.071
1,344
1,390
687
991
.071
1,509
24, 722
7,153
715
2,465
.033
.033
7,749 i
790 '
1,158
1,076
331, 240 301,969
313,903
.035
.036
.035
.031
73,641
82,044
69,960
54,844
67,731
38,864
211,023
.038
.033
176,391
325,379
168,519
242,346
125,811 163,091 117,378 120, 832 116,556
225,913 ; 210,218 326, 736 511,025 117,163
301,105
567,039
509,028 | 504,813 536, 236 571,925
512,518
3,710
.053
.049
4,209
.052
.049
6,496
.055
.051
12, 450
.055
.050
13,369
.056
.051
14, 485
.056
.052
.033
3,187
.053
.052
5,681
.053
.052
.033
1, 563
954
1,248
.066
1,409
1, 360
1, 201
692
1, 575
.068
1, 496
1,450
.065
1,444
30, 650
240, 378 241, 580 321, 986 331, 296 419,096
370, 639 310,543
10,308
.057
.052
4,375
.056
.052
.033
. 034
.036
90, 223 144, 017 197, 386
246, 005 315,164 279, 852
178,176
4,867
.053
.052
228, 493 240, 659
1, 895
.053
.052
4,391
. 053
.048
17,924
12,806
15,028
16, 260
12,099
6,472
6,381
1,534
1,402
225
5,506
15, 021
14, 213
37,988
14,501
43, 725
19,816
45,164
4,816
59,109
11,839
24, 586
5,875
56,190
13,857
10,361
6,857
50,368
14,603
27,842 101,105
0
6,555
58, 606 50,451
13, 742
13,346
7,666
0
46,853
9,754
8
0
40,943
9,951
2,298
0
34,026
15,842
636
693
30,636
9,352
26, 987
0
57,640
13, 340
28, 707
2 902
58, 820
13, 203
42, 877
9,371
65, 722
11, 080
6,776
6,049
5,999
5,499
5,830
6,521
8,457
9,326
7,867
8,378
6,067
5,915
8,159
.275
.275
.275
.275
.275
.275
.275
.275
.275
.275
.275
.275
20,419
19,637
14,434
11,191
16,910
27,886
26,187
27,030
26,170
22, 584
23,192
22,123
41, 588 38,378
203, 609 368,097
42,811
407,363
41,769
732,630
38, 445 42, 793 33,368
950,789 462,745 471,448
76,332
66, 527 70,079
26,437
359,188
60, 488
8,470
42,060
3,781
.275
21, 399
42,560
26,054
24.235
5,883
44,343
309,459
°22,053
21, 691
35,905
48,157
59,443
17,937
5, 700
17, 386
4,044
12,452
6,623
14, 782
5,250
22, 644
6,086
52, 671
4,943
67, 793
4,843
74,845
20,120
20, 016 39,029
490, 638 436, 976 494, 790
64, 031 45,079
31,292
41,929
8,430
35,137
5,726
13, 877
4, 553
1,283,742
2,163
2,200
°2,373
2,416
1,701
374
1,772
348
»1,949
« 344
1,945
374
10, 7fifi
11, 975 10, 774 12,7
9,841
12,725
13,138
11, 869 10, 697 11, 709 12,120
10,801
411, 606 373,673 407,731 402, 272 432,159 422,282 430,959 52^,3
457, 299 312,974 336, 579 350, t>24 ; 377, 1G7
30, 212 28, 984 31,916
27, 919 30, 315
26, 687 23,096
29, 254 27, 689 30, 603 27, 879 29,066
29,490
428,572 261,677 382,815 308,500 304, 549 307, 484 297,240 324, 298 393,886 337, 227 385,525 320, 394 351, 679
5.380
5.380
5.380
5.380
5.380
5.380
5,380
5.380
5.380
5. 380
5. 380 5.380
5.380
46. 041 46.041
46. 005 45. 996 45. 996 45. 996 45.996 45,996
45. 996 45. 996 45.996
45. 996 46. 041
FUELS AND BYPRODUCTS
COAL
Anthracite:
141
188
121
88
120
87
89
118
Exports
thous. of long tons..
156
156
162
101
Prices:
Retail, composite, chestnut!
12. 95
11.86
12.07
12. 83
12.47
12.96
dol. per short ton..
11.70
11.63
Wholesale, composite, chestnut %
10.015
10.001
9.245
9.981
9. 707
9. 436
9. 657
9.969
10. 065
dol. per short ton..
9.261
8.942
9.052
10.045
6, 461
2, 730
4, 336
3,536
2, 591
4,172
3,160
5,203
4,919
5,642
4,279
Production!
thous. of short tons..
4,806
4,620
5, 934
4, 217
2, 393
2, 429
4,347
4,879
3,032
3,587
2,868
4,865
3,681
4,168
4,116
Shipments!
thous. of short tons..
a
1
Revised.
Data not available.
/ Dec. 1 estimate.
tRevised series. For revisions refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues, as follows: Exports of tobacco for 1932, p. 42, June 1933, data revised for 1933, see
p. 20 of the September 1934 issue. For 1934 revisions see p. 19 of the December 1935 issue. 1932 final revision of anthracite production, p. 42, January 1934. Anthracite
shipments for 1932, p. 42, December 1933. For revised data for 1932 on sugar meltings and stocks, see p. 41 of the May 1933 issue. For 1932 revisions of sugar imports and
exports see p. 41 of the June 1933 issue. For revisions of exports in 1933, see p. 20 of the September 1934 issue. Revised data on shipments and stocks of refined sugar at
2 ports (for period January 1925-April 1935) are shown on p. 18 of the October 1935 issue. The change resulted from a reduction in the number of reporting refineries.
#See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Data revised for 1933, see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue. For 1934 revisions, see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
tA Price converted to short-ton basis. Data on a short-ton basis prior to April 1931 were not published. Earlier monthly data were reported on a long-ton basis.
Note major correction in data on imports of refined sugar from Cuba, June-November 1934, were shown in the February 1935 issue.
*New series. For earlier data, see p. 20 of the August 1934 issue, for receipts of refined sugar from Hawaii and Puerto Rico and imports from Cuba. Data prior to
May 1934 on imports of refined sugar from the Philippine Islands are not available.
1|Monthly retail price of coal was discontinued with the month of August 1935. Subsequent to that month the price is shown quarterly.
46
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December, 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
April
June 1936
1935
April
May
June
July
1936
Decem- January
August SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
February
March
FUELS AND BYPRODUCTS—Continued
CO ALr—Continued
Anthracite—Continued.
Stocks in storage: •*369
Total
thous. of short tons..
Stocks, in yards of dealers, end of month
38
no. of days' supply..
Bituminous:
Consumption:
5,133
Coke plants
thous. of short tons..
Electric power plantst
2,861
thous. of short tons..
Railroads.
thous. of short tons_.
Vessels, bunker
thous. of long tons..
462
Exports
thous. of long tons..
Price, retail composite, 38 cities H
8.57
dol. per short ton..
Prices, wholesale:
4.303
Composite, mine run. dpi. per short tonPrepared sizes (composite)
4.340
dol. per short ton..
Productiont
thous. of short tons.. 30, 318
Stocks, consumers, and retail dealers, end
of month
thous. of short tons.. 26,970
COKE
20
Exports
thous. of long tons..
Price, furnace, Connellsville
3.58
dol. per short ton..
Production:
88
Beehive!.,.
thous. of short tons..
8,466
Byproduct!-thous. of short tons..
Petroleum. __
thous. of short tons..
Stocks, end of month:
1,586
Byproduct plants
thous. of short tons..
Petroleum, refinery.-thous. of short tons..
PETROLEUM AND PRODUCTS
Crude petroleum:
Consumption (run to stills) .thous. ofbbL.
2,864
Imports*
thous. of bbl._
1.040
Price, Kansas-Oklahoma
dol. per bbl_.
Production!!--thous. of bbl_.
Refinery operations
pet. of capacity..
Stocks, end of month:
California:
Heavy crude and fuel oil§
thous. of bbl..
Light crude§
thous. of bbl_.
East of California, totalf§.thous. of bbl..
Refineriesf§
thous. of bbl_.
Tank farms and pipe lines!§
thous. of bbl..
Wells completed!!
number..
Refined products:
Gas and fuel oils:
Consumption:
966
Electric power plantsf-.thous. of bbL.
Railroads
thous. of bbl_.
Vessels, bunker
thous. of bbL. ~2~643
Price, fuel oil, Oklahoma, 24-26 refineries
.800
dol. per bbL.
Production:
Residual fuel oil*!§
thous. of bbl__
Gas, oil and distillate fuels*!§
thous. of bbl. .
Stocks:
Residual fuel oil, east of California*!§
thous. of bbl-.
Gas, oil and distillate fuels, total*§
thous. of bbl. _
Gasoline:
Consumption^
thous. of bbl..
2,140
Exports*...
thous. of bbl
Exports, value. (See Foreign trade.)
Price, wholesale:
.165
Drums, delivered, N. Y..dol. per gal._
.058
Refinery, Oklahoma
dol. per g a l Price, retail, service station, 50 cities
dol. per gal..
Production:
At natural gas plants!§.thous. of bbL.
At refineries!§
thous. of bbl_.
Retail distribution (41 States)!
mills, of gal..
Stocks, end of month:
At natural gas plants§—thous. of bbl..
At refineries!§
thous. of bbl_.
B
h
456
705
970
27
36
44
1,462 |
54
1,758
72 j
2,127
2,239
60
2,244
1,911
1,217
528
458
64
35
23
19
31
3,969
4,134 ,
3,860
3,765 '
4,086
4,171
4,539
4,649
5,042
4,990
4,764
4,862
2, 536
4,822
95
2,578
4,706
132
772
2,608
4,535
144
955
2,803
4,329
161
983
3,039 i
4,575 i
156
1,080 |
2,961
4,789
128
804
3,437
5,449
161
789
3,143
5,231
91
902
3,391
5,708
79
457
3, 453
6,078
96
323
« 3, 365
° 3,022
87
321
101
308
4.233
4.237
4.324
4.336
4.337
4.320
882
8.24
8.11
8.05
4.234 !
8.12
4.252 i
8.41
8.12 |
8.58
4.186
4.322
21,970 !
4.359
4. 347
4.290
26,849
4.294
30,117
4.314
22,339
4.281
26,164
4.336
25, 038
4.451
37, 768
4.508
33, 404
4.528
35,388
4.547
39, 330
4.683
41, 375
4.612
31, 233
36, 249
35, 541
41,127
40, 772
40, 378
40, 904
39,553
39, 911
37,017
33,052
29, 542
28,083
4.228
18
50
69
70
54
54
58
32
43
44
24
3.60
3.60
3.54
3.37
3.33 i
3.33
3.64
3.66
3.61
3.58
3.58
3.58
67
2,670
120
57
2,793
132
61
2,600
135
46
2,566
140
56 !
2,778
131
56
2,836
123
90
3,052
119
101
3,116
108
121
3,368
106
142
3,309
120
153
3,141
108
109
3,257
105
3,019
397
2,791
416
2,787
424
2,995
441
3,192
458
3,130
454
2,975
427
3,026
408
2,780
389
2,110
360
1,274
334
1,444
360
75, 066
2,651
.940
78, 427
80,412
3,160
.940
82,454 I
70
81, 724
2,937
.940
82, 338
74
84,903
3,000
.940
85,485
74
84,584
3,110
.940
84,816
74
83, 347
2,870
.940
84,109
74
85,132
2,815
.940
88,160
73
83,180
2,128
.940
86,476
73
84,992
3,161
.940
88, 711
73
85, 776
2,256
1.015
88,820
74
81, 523
2,758
1.040
82,120
76
85, 286
2,183
1.040
90, 568
75
62
58,818
35, 377
297,380
59,343
58,928
33, 233
298,240
59, 909
57,894
33, 282
294,314
57,584
58,498
32, 662
289, 703
56,081
58, 243
33,494
284,471
56, 055
58,518
34, 981
278, 643
53,710
59, 388
35,591
274, 568
51,751
60, 075
37, 646
270,906
50,495
61, 227
38,944
268, 781
6
49,089
62,802
40, 640
265,195
48, 789
63, 536
40,275
263,436
47, 686
63, 341
39, 856
266,092
51, 741
238, 037
1,248
238,331
1,467
236,730
1,385
233,622
1,348
228,416
1,428
224,933
1,433
222,817
1,218
220,411 *>219,692
1,304
1,149
216, 406
1,199
215, 750
214,351
759
3,365
2,402
849
3,390
2,621
856
3,241
2,496
935
3,300
2,666
1,016
3, 381
2,762
1,044
3,366
2,560
1,166
3,898
2,740
1,093
3,827
2,590
* 1,124
«979
2,690
3,005
1,102
3,682
2,329
1,132
3,773
2,400
.750
.769
.775
.765
.750
.740
.700
.713
.725
.756
.800
.800
19, 328
21,311
20,267
20, 210
21, 232
21, 495
22,652
23,278
25,005
24, 573
23, 751
23, 667
8,205
8,709
8,129
8,885
9,068
8,598
9,885
10,587
11,125
10, 262
17, 529
7,183
22,677
23,884
25,548
26,909
27,179
27,351
26, 265
25, 509
22,827
20, 281
18,027
16, 232
17, 365
20, 232
22,915
23,860
24, 272
24, 299
23,263
19,930
17, 418
15,322
15,746
37,884
2,729
41, 203
2, 759
42,836
2,453
37,862
2,678
41,401
2,195
35,956
2,760
33, 734
2,946
32, 553 a 27,216
1,435
2,308
35,871
1,404
.163
.056
.166
.056
.173
.056
.173
.056
.173
.056
.173
.056
.166
.056
.154
.060
.165
.061
.165
.060
3,653
39,544
3,196
37,176
3,378
38, 764
36, 076
1,330
.138
.051
.162
.053
.136
.139
.140
.141
.138
.134
.135
.137
. 137
3,056
34,728
3,085
37, 583
3,134
38,180
3,132
40, 667
3,064
40, 488
3,202
39,817
3,574
41,956
3,598
40, 260
3,654
40,667
1,043
1,113
1,145
1,243
1,258
1,174
1,204
1,093
1,007
973
833
2,050
37,867
2, 579
34, 725
2, 745
32, 499
3,027
30, 550
2,975
26, 549
2,760
27,166
2,442
27, 280
1,945
28, 043
1,645
31, 328
1,743
36,158
1,833
44,612
2,172
45, 799
Revised.
Figures revised to reflect transfers between pipeline and refinery stocks beginning December 1935.
! Revised series. For revisions refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues, as follows: Consumption, of bituminous coal by electric power plants for 1932, p. 42
May 1933; for 1933, p. 42, May 1934. Data also revised for 1934 and 1935. Revisions not shown on p. 43 of the June 1935 issue and p. 46 of the May 1936 issue will appear
in a subsequent issue. Bituminous coal production for 1932, p. 42, January 1934. Bituminous coal production revised for 1933 and 1934. Revisions not shown in the
May 1935 issue will appear in a subsequent issue. For 1935 revisions see p. 46 of the March 1936 issue. Beehive and byproducts coke for 1932, p. 43 of December 1933 issue,
and for 1933 revisions see p. 43, July 1934. Data for 1934 also revised; revisions not shown in the July 1935 issue will appear in a subsequent issue. Crude petroleum production, stocks, east of California (total), at refineries and at tank farms and pipe lines, and wells completed, for 1932. See footnote on p. 56, November 1933. Consumption
of gas and fuel oils in electric power plants for 1932, p. 43, May 1933; for 1933 revisions, p. 43, May 1934. Data also revised for 1934. Revisions for months not shown for
1934 on p. 44 of the June 1935 issue will appear in a subsequent issue. Data revised for 1935; see p. 46 of the May 1936 issue. Production of residual fuel oils and gas oil
and distillate fuels, stocks of residual fuel oil east of California, consumption of gasoline, production of gasoline at natural-gas plants and refineries, stocks of gasoline at
refineries for 1932, p. 56, November 1933; retail distribution of gasoline in 41 States for 1932, p. 43, May 1933; for 1933, p. 43, May 1934.
# See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Imports also revised for 1933, see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue; for 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
§ Data revised for 1933. See p. 20 of the January 1935 issue. For 1934 see p. 20 of the October 1935 issue.
• Data revised for 1933, see p. 20 of the September 1934 issue; for 1934 revisions see p. 19 of the December 1935 issue.
* New series. For earlier data see p. 20 of the February 1933 issue, production and stocks of residual fuel oil and gas oil and distillate fuels.
1 Monthly retail price of coal was discontinued with the month of August 1935. Subsequent to that month the price will be shown quarterly.
• Beginning with August 1934 certain anthracite stocks were included which had not been covered in previous reports.
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
47
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
1936
April
1935
April
May
June
July
1938
DecemAugust SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
January
February
March
FUELS AND BYPRODUCTS—Continued
PETROLEUM AND PRODUCTSContinued
Refined products—Continued.
Kerosene:
Consumption!!
thous. of bbl.
Exports
thous. of bbl.
Price, 150° water white, refinery, Pa.
dol. per gal.
Production§
thous. of bbl.
Stocks, end of month§
thous. of bbl.
Lubricating oil:
Consumptionf§
thous. of bbl_
Price, cylinder oil, refinery, Pa.
dol. per gal.
Production!
thous. of bbl.
Stocks, refinery, end of month §
thous. of bbl_
Other products:
Asphalt:
Imports#
thous. of short tons.
Productionf!
thous. of short tons.
Stocks, refinery, end of month
thous. of short tons.
Coke. (See Coke.)
Wax:
Productionthous. of lb.
Stocks, refinery, end of mo§
thous. of lb_
3,751
3,545
496
2,768
614
2,885
456
3,631
519
3,892
750
4,520
370
4,724
585
5,081
497
5,569
473
4, 785
455
4,098
435
.050
4,325
.050
4,474
7,295
.050
4,417
8,310
.050
4,212
9,169
.048
4, 390
9,398
049
4,498
9,238
.049
4,978
9,318
.049
4,878
8,879
.050
4, 624
7,915
.051
4,761
6, 599
.055
4, 445
5, 784
.055
4,741
5,974
1,802
1,919
1,558
1,655
1,667
1,697
1,820 !
1,576
1,433
1,396 I
1,520
1,863
.110
2,309
.113
2,392
.120
2,247
.120
2,213
.120
2,399
.120
2,357
.120
2,463
2,453 I
.120
2,484
.120
2,309
.126
2,204
.135
2,515
7,026
6,897
6,855
6,517
6,649
6,607 i
6,612
6,857
7,025
7,127
7,385
7,137
251
0
308
2
350
411
424
435
512
.056
.139
43,120
144,153
41,160 I 31,360
145,982
141, 506
2
352
32,480
138,941
.120
j
2
380
7
343
351
12
248
3
203
363
354
341
377
405
35,000
36,400
39,200
41, 720
40,320
120, 398
114, 675
136, 646
131,560
124, 557
1
179
1
261
463
526
44, 800
36,120
42, 280
118,636
118,312
119, 684
1 |
198 I
LEATHER AND PRODUCTS
HIDES AND SKINS
24,736 27,003 25,107 33,178 28,357 25,056
Imports, total hides and skinsf#-thous. of lb__ 28,116
27,786 25,373 27.152 28, 264 26, 255 28, 963
2,291
2,035
1,215
1,140
1,810
2,390
1,354
Calf and kip skins
thous. of lb_.
2,942
2,164
1,931
2,225
2,236
1,960
11.153 12,768 13,498
12,815
12, 275 10,203
16, 329 11,907 11,712 12,670
Cattle hides
thous. of lb._ 12,613
11,631
13,063
6,492
7,911
6,056
8,211
6,133
6,042
Goatskins
thous. of lb_.
6,132
7,277
7,950
5,574
6,299
5,573
8, 506
3,872
4,643
4,470
3,146
3,499
3,348
3,576
5,827
2,685
3,265
Sheep and lamb skins
thous. of lb__ 4,809
3,160
4,668
Livestock, inspected slaughter:
525
481
439
472
511
464
458
405
483
508
531
465
CalvesAthous. of animals..
812
892
669
886
956
742
683
735
875
1,083
906
763
745
CattleA
thous. of animals..
2,874
2,559
2,172
2,422
1,828
1,453
2,135
3,428
2,319
2,177
1,712
1,668
2,
617
Hogs
_
thous. of animals..
1,369
1,584
1,266
1,421
1,549
1,765
1,407
1, 540
1,314
1,546
1,374
1,483
1,665
SheepA
thous. of animals..
Prices, wholesale:
Packers, heavy native steers, Chicago
.148
.130
.143
.113
.123
.124
.130
.132
.154
.157
.150
.146
dol. per lb._
.130
Calfskins, packer's 8 to 15 lbs., Chicago
.175
.158
.153
.146
.191
.180
.156
.118
.176
.181
.138
.181
dol. per lb._
Exports:
LEATHER
242
226
430
333
213
448
382
443
146
510
210
410
310
Sole leather #
thous. of lb._
5,121
5,522
3,603
6,040
5,284
6,035
8,563
5,044
4,595
Upper leatherf —
...thous. of sq. r e 8,571
5,798
5,107
5,234
production:
1,092
1,321
1,227
1,088
1,156
1,316
1,399
1,051
1,195
1,253
«l,002
939
Calf and kip*
thous. of skins..
a
1,924
1,815
1,865
1,659
1,829
1,723
1,722
1,957
1,943
2,062
l, 855
1,897
Cattle hides*t
thous. of hides.4,393
4,184
3,970
3,587
4,061
4,091
3,993
4,126
4,168
4,562
°3, 757
3,786
Goat and kid*t
thous. of skins..
3,153
3,144
2,850
2,802
3,039
3,628
3,138
3,474
3,061
4,111
«3,125
2,815
Sheep and lamb*fj
thous. of skins-.
Prices, wholesale:
I
Sole, oak, scoured backs (Boston)
.32
.39
dol. per lb._
.39
.37
.35
.34
.35
.35
.37
.37
.36
Upper, composite, chrome, calf, black,
.382
.380
" B " grade
..dol. persq. ft-.
.320
.362
.380
.382
.342
.354
.373
.386
.380
.378
.361
Stocks of cattle hides and leathers (all kinds)
end of month:
Total*1
thous. of equiv. hides..
18,209
18,203
18,044
17,844
17, 764 17,851
18,008
18,077 17,735 17,789 a17,786
17, 851
In process and finished*
11,330
11, 273 11,402
11,447
11,381
11, 377 13,188
thous. of equiv. hides..
11, 516 11,487
11,576 °11,568 11,710
6,762
6,700
6,557
6,463
6,434
6,606
Raw*f_
thous. of equiv. hides..
6,213
«6,218
6,140
6,578
6,547
LEATHER MANUFACTURES
Gloves and mittens:
Production (cut), total*
dozen pairs..
187, 746 201, 204 194, 270 194,951 271,909 255, 792 286, 857 253, 795 163, 467 1147,776
183,485 204,314
Dress and semidress*
dozen pairs..
103,353 112, 955 114,037 108,360 147, 926 142, 230 178,372 168,487 94, 725 182,884 109,573 1117,024
Work*
dozen pairs..
84,393 88,249
80,233 86, 591 123,983 113, 562 108,485 85,308 68,742 164,892 i 73,912 i 87,290
Shoes:
Exports
_
thous. of pairs..
82
82
79
73
101
106
104
65
43
97
188
Prices, wholesale:
Men's black calf blucher,
factory
dol. per pair..
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
Men's black calf oxford,
factory.
dol. per pair..
4.50
4.15
4.15
4.21
4.25
4.25
4.31
4.44
4.15
4.35
4.50
4.50
4.50
Women's colored blucher,
factory.._
dol. per pair..
3.15
3.00
3.00
3.04
3.10
3.10
3.10
3.13
3.00
3.10
3.15
3.15
3.15
1
Data for 234 manufacturers not available for these months. Figures shown are computed by means of the month-to-month percentage change indicated by the current
Census Bureau report for 228 identical concerns.
K Raw stocks in all hands as shown above include all hides from Government animals slaughtered under Federal inspection. Hides from cattle allotted to State relief
agencies and which were not killed under Federal inspection are not included unless they have already moved into sight. It is obvious, therefore, that a quantity of hides
from noninspected slaughter held by State Relief Agencies constitutes an invisible addition to the visible supplies shown above.
t Data on production of sheep and lamb and goat and kid leathers from 1927-34 have been revised. For revisions not shown on p. 44 of the April 1935 issue see D 19
of the June 1935 issue.
* Government relief slaughter included for the period June 1934-February 1935. See p. 44 of the June 1935 issue for the figures, excluding relief slaughter. For sneep
and lambs, relief slaughter only affected the data for the months of September to December 1934.
§ Data revised for 1933. See p. 20 of the January 1935 issue. For 1934 see p. 20 of the October 1935 issue.
# See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Imports revised for 1933, see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue, for 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
* New series: For earlier data refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues. Leather production, p. 19, June 1933; leather stocks, p. 19, January 1935. New series
on gloves and mittens cover 234 identical manufactures as reported to the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Data prior to July 1934 are not available. These data are not comparable with data through January 1934 previously shown. New series on wholesale price of women's shoes began January 1934. Data not
shown above will appear in a subsequent issue.
t Revised series. For earlier data refer to the indicated pages of the monthly issues. Production of cattle, sheep, and lamb leather for 1932 and 1933, p. 44, April 1934.
Production of cattle hides revised for 1935, p. 47 of the April 1936 issue. Imports of total hides and skins for 1932, exports of upper leather for 1932, p. 43, June 1933. Production of asphalt for 1932 and consumption of kerosene and lubricating oil, for 1932, see p. 56 of the November 1933 issue.
• Data revised for 1933. See p. 20 of the September 1394 issue; for 1934 revisions see p. 19 of the December 1935 issue.
48
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes a n d references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to t h e Survey
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
1936
April
June 1936
1935
April
May
June
July
1936
Decem- January Febru- March
August SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
ary
LEATHER AND PRODUCTS—Continued
LEATHER MANUFACTURES—Cont.
Shoes—Continued.
Production, totalf-.-thous. of pairs..
Men'sf
thous. of pairs..
Boys' and youths'f
thous. of pairs.Woinen'sf
thous. of pairs..
Misses' and children'sf-.thous. of pairs..
Slippers, all typest
thous. of pairsAll other footweart
thous. of pairs..
32,167
7,875
1,200
12, 856
3,105
2,905
4,225
34,564
8,063
1,379
13,993
3,688
2,776
4,666
31,258
8,163
1,519
11,205
3,197
2,985
4,189
27,234
7,819
1, 569
8,857
2,794
2,717
3,477
32,274
7,926
1,726
13,281
2,956
3,291
3,093
37,243
9,132
1,702
15,925
3,361
4,088
3,035
33,909
8,391
1,502
13,275
2,998
4,857
2,887
35,948
9,918
1,721
11,813
3,186
6,124
3,185
27,715
8,161
1,330
7,034
2,673
5,570
2,947
28,949
8,440
1,354
9,794
2,869
3, 277
3,214
32, 420
9,043
1,267
13, 436
3, 292
1,633
3,749
32,142
8,313
1,130
13,843
3,007
2,140
3,709
LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES
LUMBER-ALL TYPES
Exports (boards, planks, and scantlings)* •
M ft. b. inNational Lumber Mfgrs. Assn.: A \
Production, total
mill. ft. b. m.
Hardwoods
mill. ft. b. m.
Softwoods...
mill. ft. b. m.
Shipments, total
mill. ft. b. m.
Hardwoods
mill. ft. b. m.
Softwoods
mill. ft. b. m.
Stocks, gross, end of month total:
mill. ft. b. m.
Hardwoods
mill. ft. b. m.
Softwoods
mill. ft. b. m.
Retail movement:
Retail yards, Ninth Fed. Res. Dist.:
Sales
.-M ft. b. m.
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m_
Retail yards, Tenth Fed. Res. Dist.:
Sales
M ft. b. m.
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m_
Flooring
Maple, beech, and birch:
Orders:
New
Mft. b. m.
Unfilled, end of month
M ft. b. m.
Production
M ft. b. m.
ShipmentsM ft. b. m_
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m..
Oak:
Orders:
New
M ft. b. m.
Unfilled, end of month
M ft. b. m.
Production
M ft. b. m.
Shipments
M ft. b. m_
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m.
Softwoods
Fir, Douglas:
Exports:f #
Lumber
M ft. b. m._
Timber...
M ft. b. m._
Orders:
Newcf
M ft. b. m._
1
Unfilled, end of month J . M ft. b. m__
Price, wholesale:
No. 1 common
dol. per M ft. b. m__
Flooring, 1x4, "B" and better v. g.*
dol. per M ft. b. m_.
Productionc?
M ft. b. m._
Shipments^
M ft. b. m_.
Pine, northern:
Orders, new
M ft. b. m..
Production
M ft. b. m_.
Shipments..
M ft. b. m__
Pine, southern:
Exports:
Lumber§
M ft. b. m_.
Timber§.
M ft. b. m_.
Orders:
New..
-.M ft. b. m..
Unfilled, end of month
M ft. b. m._
Price' flooring
dol. per M ft. b. m._
Production
M ft. b. m._
Shipments
M ft. b. m__
Redwood, California:^
Orders:
New
M ft. b. m_.
Unfilled
M ft. b. m_.
Production
M ft. b. m._
Shipments
M ft. b. m._
6,053
89, 276
67, 627
61, 883
59, 893
73, 012
81,752
77,810
83, 258
89, 265
83, 150
66,073
1,613
~1~665"
1,382
280
1,102
1,521
290
1,231
1,374
290
1,084
1,681
285
1,396
1,359
285
1,074
1,415
290
1,125
1,636
278
1,358
1,614
288
1,326
1,806
289
1,517
1,761
280
1,481
1,750
293
1,457
1,643
259
1,384
1,971
302
1, 669
1,782
270
1,512
1,620
273
1,347
1,489
202
1, 227
1,422
207
1,215
1,331
220
1,111
1,490
229
1,261
1,569
238
1, 331
1.353
215
1,138
1,467
238
1,229
5,097
7, 276
2,080
5,196
6,946
2,062
4,884
6,863
2,030
4,833
6,875
2, 010
4,865
6,891
1,990
4,901
6,967
1,993
4,974
7,121
1,943
5,178
7,235
1,935
5,300
°7, 273
° 1,915
«5,358
7,203
1,905
5,298
7,103
1, 882
5, 221
7,210
81,851
5, 776
67,415
8,180
69, 405
10,629
67,104
10, 636
67,160
11,567
69,817
9,787
69,793
14.125
64,942
63,137
4,594
61, 365
3,677
70, 834
4,191
32,143
2,517
26, 619
2,883
26,788
2,701
26,991
3,741
27, 569
3,257
27, 773
2,882
27,902
3,354
28,164
3,061
27, 708
2,415
28, 637
2,884
29,794
2,374
77, 713
2,168
32, 069
4,391
15, 012
5,439
5,457
20, 033
3,634
5,195
3,942
4,148
22, 301
4,307
5,112
3,342
4,410
21, 313
4,311
5,388
4,347
4,692
21,043
5,706
6,045
4,200
5,114
20,295
4,278
5,498
4,315
5,037
18, 214
3,917
4,989
4,276
4,035
19, 638
4,634
4,763
5,584
4,891
20,497
4,514
4, 683
5,109
4,609
21,023
5,768
6,444
4,279
3,997
21,878
4,263
3,879
21,209
5,989
11, 303
4,123
3, 936
21,077
19,221
33,521
30,761
29.483
59,961
13,947
10, 638
11,698
14,438
53,959
21,991
14,422
15,078
18, 306
50,392
18,622
15,304
18,108
17, 732
50,639
15,466
12, 423
20, 606
18, 374
52,644
16,456
11.004
17,642
17,864
52,408
19,459
13,065
19,467
17,402
54,475
24,383
14,347
21, 642
23, 475
52,843
25,125
19,925
20,823
19, 547
54,119
25,064
25,492
24, 203
19,497
58,825
30, 204
35, 301
22, 783
20,395
61,365
40,675
52,892
21, 831
23,081
60,115
40,462
23, 371
38, 663
15, 623
14, 607
14, 346
2,517
577
4,862
8,615
15, 568
20,834
26, 952
36,486
22, 677
14,548
20, 227
17,577
26,139
21,931
24,199
23, 456
19, 542
19, 455
0)
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
0)
0)
0)
0)
(!)
43.00
43.00
43.33
45.00
46.00 ! 46.00
11,462
12,392
10,119
9,239
1,803
9,322
8,220
265
6,535
9,942
779
8,219
7,350
392
8,215
24,350
3,516
24,999
5,713
27,083
10,492
21,983
7,072
18, 506
10, 261
4,500
9,912
3, 697
10, 956
5,818
5,511
5,638
6,912
8,738
7,174
13,355
10,169
13,489
10,898
22,178
12,103
10,260
22, 774
11,211
16, 398
11,283
21,169
26, 739 23,233
25,653
28,913
22, 893 19,715
8,243
8,022
6,302
6,367
8,330
8,324
7, 506
162, 250 117, 256 166, 280 116,592 127,556 139,608 120,979
62, 968 70, 774 53, 683 62,093
73, 227 61,029
87,175
34.94
37.43
37.65
36.74
35.38
36.80
37.63
155,187 106,911 106,838 109,805 130, 515 137, 442 125,132
170,446 112,480 143, 349 129,264 137,051 144,476 120,818
35, 521
33,414
25, 342
29,269
38,045
41,035
26, 326
30, 353
23, 704
40,142
25, 675
24,548
24, 623
33, 721
27,939
30, 925
24,054
25, 622
34, 262
31, 259
25, 411
24,819
33,754
25,628
23, 498
12, 985
| 0)
128,825 124,184 150, 424 125, 758
68,010 90, 889 77, 275 72, 930
36.67
35.75
36. 61
37.01
148, 566 134,190 125, 928 141, 315 124, 541
145,970 128, 570 105, 743 121, 632 125, 416
143,695
69,962
36.61
29, 593
26, 290
38,073
27,952
27,456
27, 446
33,187
25, 761
28, 514
31,097
30, 369
23, 716
29, 579
35, S18
31,318
27, 068
34, 054
44, 489
32,185
24, 711
° Revised.
i D a t a temporarily discontinued.
* N e w series. For data on lumber exports for period of J a n u a r y 1919 to September 1932, see p . 20 of t h e November 1932 issue. See special footnote below on lumber
production, shipments, a n d stocks.
t Data revised for 1932, see p . 44 of t h e J u n e 1933 issue, exports of Douglas fir lumber and timber. Boot a n d shoe production for 1934, p . 45, March 1935 issue, for 1935
revision see p . 48 of t h e M a r c h 1936 issue.
• D a t a revised for 1933. See p . 20 of the September 1934 issue; for 1934 revisions see p . 19 of t h e December 1935 issue.
A N e w series on l u m b e r production, shipments, a n d stocks compiled by National Lumber Manufacturers' Association and represent an estimate of t h e total lumber
cut based on m o n t h l y reports received from regional associations covering between 80 and 90 percent of the total cut in 1934 and 70 to 80 percent in 1935. N o comparable
figures are available prior to J a n u a r y 1934.
^ Series have been revised for period J a n u a r y 1934-October 1935. These are shown on p. 20 of the February 1936 issue.
t Beginning with J a n u a r y 1934 the report includes all known operators; prior to t h a t time approximately 89 percent of t h e listed capacity.
§ Data revised for 1932. For revisions of exports of Southern pine lumber and timber, see p . 45 of the J u n e 1933 issue. D a t a revised for 1933, see p . 20 of t h e September
1934'issue
For 1934 revisions see p . 19 of the December 1935 issue.
cf New series covering these items will be shown in a subsequent issue*
49
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
April
1936
1935
April
May
July
June
August
Novem- DecemSeptemOctober
ber
ber
ber
January
Febru- March
ary
LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
FURNITURE
Household:
All districts:
Plant operations*
percent of normal..
Grand Rapids district:
Orders:
Canceled
..percent of new orders. _
New
no. of days' production..
Unfilled, end of month
no. of days' production..
Outstanding accounts, end of month
no. of days' sales. _
Plant operationsf
percent of normal..
Shipments
no. of days' production..
Prices, wholesale:
Beds
1926=100..
Dining-room chairs, set of 6—1926=100—
Kitchen cabinets
__1926=100._
Living-room davenports
1926=100..
Steel furniture. (See Iron and Steel Section.)
59.0
41.0
41.0
48.0
49.0
53.0
61.0
62.0
61.0
59.0
60.0
58.0
6.0
9
8.0
7
7.0
10
7.5
6
3.5
18
5.0
13
4.0
15
6.0
14
8.0
15
13.5
8
3.0
19
9.0
12
10.0
13
11
8
10
9
18
18
19
16
16
12
18
16
13
22
54.0
11
17
36.0
8
14
34.0
7
14
40.0
8
16
44.0
13
19
48.0
11
21
55.0
12
24
56.0
14
24
58.0
13
21
57.0
11
22
57.0
12
22
57.0
12
24
57.0
13
67.5
84.0
83. 5
87.5
68.5
89.9
86.0
76.6
68.5
89.9
86.0
76.6
68.5
89.9
86.0
76.6
66.9
89.9
86.0
76.6
65.7
89.9
86.0
76.6
66.3
89.9
86.0
76.6
66.3
89.9
86.0
76. 6 I
66.3
89.9
86.0
78.0
66.3
89.9
86.0
78.0
67.5
84.0
83.5
87.5
67.5
84.0
83.5
87.5
67.5
84.0
83.5
87.5
241, 568
50,489
213, 802
43, 358
204,337
56, 720
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
I R O N AND S T E E L
Foreign trade, iron and steel:
Exports!
long t o n s . . 301,987
Imports*#
.
long t o n s . . 49,277
Price, iron and steel, composite*
dol. per long t o n . .
33.10
Ore
Iron ore:
Consumption by furnaces
thous. of long t o n s . .
Imports#
thous. of long tons—
177
Receipts:
Lake Erie ports and furnaces
thous. of long t o n s . .
Other ports
thous. of long t o n s . .
Shipments from upper Lake ports
thous. of long t o n s . .
Stocks, total, end of month
thous. of long tons..
At furnaces
thous. of long tons..
Lake Erie docks
thous. of long t o n s . .
Manganese ore, imports (manganese content)#
thous. of long tons—
19
205, 336
28, 786
286, 599
47, 719
289, 647
33, 208
296, 802
31,894
247, 312
31,312
244,419
53,158
238,358
59, 569
205, 242
56, 637
239, 269
53,678
32.29
32.35
32.42
32.44
32.68
32.82
32.84
33.15
33.31
33.34 I
33.48 |
2, 360
113 I
2, 467
108
2,199
158
2,198
154
2, 616
109
2, 654
165
2f 911
114
3,026
158
3,101
138
2, 952
154
2, 632
125
119
180
2,208
1,020
3.002
1,084
3,295
1,240
3, 482
1,281
3, 250
1,349
3,162
1,453
1,472
557
18
0
33.21
2,898
132
400
3,504
4,242
4,461
4,781
4,818
4, 601
1, 557
0
0
24,817
20,644
4,173
25, 325
21. 203
4,122
27, 002
22, 841
4,161
29, 509
25, 227
4,282
31,491
26, 936
4,555
33,469
28,512
4,957
35,115
29,756
5, 359
34, 277
28, 964
5,313
31,342
26, 248
5,093
28,404
23, 434
4,970
25, 809
20, 904
4,904
10
12
11
16
14
16
19
15
13
54
30
47,933
50,954
626
51,840
37,394
42,035
51.1
46,090
31.136
34, 729
41.1
37, 573
25, 668
27, 548
33.5
31,905
25, 526
28,915
34.3
31,111
35,602
35, 245
42.5
27r 772
35,658
36,996
44.7
33,442
45, 246
43, 467
51.0
40,132
47,778
44, 277
53.1
41,434
42,573
45,598
55.0
43,942
43,852
48,198
»57.1
43,386
°38, 278
M0, 611
o t19.9
°39, 384
90,105
144
53, 555
97
54,465
97
49,180
91
50,635
95
56,815
99
59,250
104
67, 655
116
70,095
122
66,825
120
63,660
117
64, 550
120
6S, 395
126
19.00
19.96
18.00
18.94
18.00
18.94
18.00
18.96
18.00
18.96
18.00
18.96
18.00
18.96
18.00
18.99
19.00
19.96
19.00
19.96
19.00
19.96
19.00
19.96
19.00
19.96
21.39
2,404
20.39
1,663
20.39
1,727
20.39
1,553
20.39
1,520
20.39
1,761
20.39
1,776
20.39
1,978
21.39
2,066
21.39
2,106
21.39
2,026
2 L. 39
1, 824
21.39
2,040
0i
22, 933
18,199
4, 734
Iron, C r u d e a n d S e m i m a n u f a c t u r e d
Castings, malleable:*
Orders, new
short tons..
Production
„_
—.short tonsPercent of capacity
Shipments
short tons—
Pig iron:
Furnaces in blast, end of month:
Capacity
-long tons p e r d a y . .
Number
.
Prices, wholesale:
Basic (valley furnace)..dol. per long t o n . .
Composite pig iron
.dol. per long ton..
Foundry, no. 2, northern (Pitts.)
dol. per long t o n . .
Production
-thous. of long t o n s -
1
48, 008
' 45, 536
« 55.9
* 46, 823
Iron, Manufactured Products
Cast-iron boilers a n d radiators:
Boilers, range:f
Orders:
New...
n u m b e r of boilers..
Unfilled, e n d of m o n t h , totalf
57,631
n u m b e r of boilers-. 20,177
Production
n u m b e r of b o i l e r s - 65,773
Shipments
n u m b e r of boilers.. 63,548
Stocks, e n d of m o n t h ..number of boilers. . 45,557
Boilers, r o u n d :
Production
t h o u s . of lb—
3,456
Shipments
thous. of lb—
1,683
Stocks, e n d of m o n t h
thous. of lb—
35,429
Boilers, square:
Production.,..
t h o u s . of l b _ . 18,176
Shipments
.
t h o u s . of lb—
11,129
Stocks, e n d of m o n t h
_ t h o u s . of lb— 127,274
106,605
69,459
51, 548
64,845
83,929
64,341
55,136
70,890
62,143
62,649
12, 052
51, 052
55, 764
28,065
32, 319
61,815
60, 422
29,458
55,291
88, 486
85,413
32,201
35,842
92,883
88,908
36,176
23, 512
69,922
63,878
42,220
22,306
61,808
66,051
37,753
25, 644
84,328
80, 591
41,490
25, 647
63, 500
64,338
40,652
31,999
57, 723
48,726
49,625
25, 545
65, 409
77, 344
37,690
25
65
62
41
382
658
306
042
26, 094
64,227
61, 937
43,332
4,311
2,115
38,090
4,604
2,493
40,149
4,487
2,710
41,917
2,898
3,647
41,138
4,312
4,368
41,139
4,121
6,879
38,361
6,467
9,485
35, 389
3,784
4,957
34, 377
3,287
4,018
33,644
2,977
3,120
34,106
3 343
437
35 053
3,954
1,664
37, 738
16, 409
7,730
126,053
19,062
9,241
136,149
16,436
10, 700
141, 520
12, 711
16,332
137,923
21, 462
21, 689
137,815
20, 906
31, 761
126,889
27,425
41,380
115,096
17,487
20, 325
112,592
18,941
16, 330
114,019
17,599
13,786
14.696
18 454
11 955
121 258
17,957
8,984
129,933
55,093
• Revised.
* New series. Data on furniture activity, all districts, prior to April 1933 not published. For imports of iron and steel, see p. 20 of the November 1932 issue; for
malleable castings, p. 20 of the April 1933 issue. New series on iron and steel composite price was shown on p. 19 of the January 1935 issue.
§ For 1932, 1933, and 1934 revisions, see p. 45 of the June 1933 issue, p. 20 of the September 1934 issue, and p. 19 of the December 1935 issue, respectively,
f Revised. Data prior to April 1933 not published on plant operations. For range boilers, see p. 20 of the July 1934 issue.
• Imports from Cuba not included.
# See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. For 1933 and 1934 revisions, see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue and p . 20 of the December 1935 issue, respectively.
\ Distribution of unfilled orders of deliveries of 30 days or less and deliveries of more than 30 days has been discontinued by the reporting source.
50
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
1935
1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
April
June 1936
April
May
June
July
1936
DecemAugust SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
January
Febru- March
ary
METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
IEON AND STEEL-Continued
Iron, Manufactured Products—Con.
Cast-iron boilers and radiators—Continued
Boiler fittings, cast iron:
6,032
Production
short tons_.
Shipments
short tons..
5,940
Boiler fittings, malleable:
4,296
Production
short tons..
Shipments...
short tons..
4,201
Radiators:
Production
6,345
thous. of sq. ft. heating surface..
Shipments
3,549
thous. of sq. ft. heating surface..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of sq. ft. heating surface.. 36,997
Radiators, convection type:*
New orders:
Heating elements only, without cabinets or grilles
I
thous. of sq. ft. heating surface!--I
Heating elements, including cabinets I
and grilles
j
202
thous. of sq. ft. heating surfacet-J
Sanitary Ware
3,790
3,955
3,870
4,271
3,610
4,321
4,201
4,696
5,542
6,210
5,860
6,330
7,451
8,454
6,835
6,620
5,589
4,248
5,730
5.194
5,107
5,217
2,729
3,274
3,228
3,014
3,107
2,873
3,073
3,036
3, 620
3,481
3,627
3,392
4,162
4,670
3,794
4,532
4,357 ! 2,503
3,970
3,393
3,982
3,475
4,602
5,304
4,742
3,422
6,096
5,937
7,430
5,037
4,706
4,733
4.951
5, 046
2,366
2,835
3,462
4,675 ! 6,470
7,701
10, 055
6,616
5,413
4,183
3,086
2,720
32,891
35, 388
36, 753
35,610 | 35,384
33,853
31, 493
30, 000
0, 243
32, 224
34, 779
114
113
60
231
170
130
46
49 !
j
56
82
106 !
153 !
148
167
243
208,732 245,519
174,640 228,210
370,588 ! 370,180
269,863
243, 262
402, 707
199. 63
i
|
199.43 | 197.53
338, 449
321,312
386, 716
202.01
207. 62
900,388
255, 477
212, 598
900,828
265,137
213, 646
760, 743
279,016 274,078
208, 213 164, 808
865, 904 773, 531
283, 524 264, 896
189,044 174, 671
753,635
300,160
146,128
770,024
307,018
153, 937
890, 631
312,172
193, 944
801, 207
292, 709
169, 204
187
62 i
|
121 I
5,721
5,325
3,817
3,663
63
117
i
Bathroom accessories:!
j
Production
number of pieces..!
Shipments
number of pieees.J
Stocks, end of month
number of pieces..
Plumbing brass. (See Nonferrous metals.)
Plumbing and heating equipment, wholesale
price (8 pieces)*
....
.dollars..
Porcelain enameled flatware:
Orders, new, total. _
dollars..
Signs.
_
dollars...
Table tops__
dollars..
Shipments, total
dollars..
Signs
dollars..
Table tops
_
dollars..
Porcelain plumbing fixtures:
Orders:
New, net
number of pieces...
Unfilled, end of month
number of pieces..
Shipments.
number of pieces..
Stocks, end of month number of pieces.Vitreous-china plumbing fixtures: t
Orders:
New, net
number of pieces..
Unfilled, end of month
number of pieces..
Shipments.number of pieces..
Stocks, end of month number of pieces.-
447,533
386,783
587,891
120,821
119,171
367, 593
207.70 I 207.80
822,997
213, 599
245,107
830, 241
243,535
222,447
937, 394
257, 005
258,369
949, 349
218,000
298,499
300.108 | 370,732
254,473 | 335.338
526,039 j 553,141
208.13
208.18
209. 22
212. 24
212. 29
816, 050
236, 380
195, 795
817,866
249,153
195, 707
751,629
191,827
236,173
676,656
196, 287
169,096
773,108
283,139
197, 974
666,820
172,813
194, 726
786,380
223, 994
196, 817
727,162
169,453
187, 073
877,598
206,115
154, 291
908,433
220, 427
176,295
2,441
2,904
2,322
2,101
2,391
3,193
2,864
3,095
2,158
1,594
2,529
2,288
1,692
3,053
1, 896
9,515
4,553
1,722
10, 710
4,506
2,309
10, 688
4,122
2,417
10, 600
3,702
2,771
9,405
3,645
2,915
8,579
3,339
3,026
6,635
3, 583
2,713
6,685
2,763
2,746
6,874
1,912
1,935
7,268
2,722
1,597
7,836
3,227
1,730
8,595
2,753
2,068
8,962
143,323
164,042
127,764
161,199
319,589
250, 648
179,928
168,820
168,840
738,580
308,912
229, 347
297,971
217, 842 191,060 293,904
218,834 187,981 216,745
333,240 381, 675 403, 381
236, 890
295, 880
363,914
175,140 117,289 112, 621 128,020 281, 827 256,377 194,337
241,678 190, 229 137, 535 124,197 219, 606 229, 699 227, 664
359, 308 424, 242 516, 677 629, 750 645,898 642, 893 674, 282
I
33,512
31,972
29, 640
25, 600
25,295
29,863 ! 34,439
47,301
33, 670
32, 285
35, 097
27, 917
83,188
69.8
45,942
63,087
52.9
24,712
28,233
23.7
4,322
31,952
26.8
6,731
29,083
24.4
4,779
30,646
25.7
4,867
30, 257
25.4
6,480
27, 665
23.2
5,443
34, 570
29.0
9,574
31,125
26.1
5,857
45,426
38.1
17,111
34,972
29.3
8, 598
29,995
25.2
5,616
35,411
29.7
10, 568
34,553
29.0
8,201
42, 597
35.7
12,347
32, 714
27.4
7,071
36,165
30.3
10, 024
40,529
34.0
13,919
37, 793
31.7
10,076
59,019
49.5
22, 542
44. 298
37.1
13, 373
3,942
2,641
46
« 2, 634 «2,259
41
44
« 2,268
•2,916
49
• 2,825
51
• 3,143
53
• 3,150
55
• 3,073 !• 3,046
51
56 :
51,701 ! 71,341
43.4 ! 59.8
16, 650 32, 542
47, 954 51, 674
43.3
40.2
15, 830 17, 385
« 2, 964 « 3, 343
54
Steel, Crude and Semimanufactured
Bars, steel, cold finished, shipments
short tons..
Castings, steel:*A
Orders, new total
...short tons..
Percent of capacity
Railway specialties
short tons..
Production, total
short tons..
Percent of capacity
Railway specialities
short tons..
Ingots, steel :§
Production
thous. of long tons..
Percent of capacity
Prices, wholesale:
Composite, finished steel
dol. per lb__
Steel billets, Bessemer, Pittsburgh
dol. per long ton..
Structural-steel beams, Pittsburgh
dol. p e r l b . .
Steel scrap, Chicago
dol. per gross ton..
U. S. Steel Corporation:
Earnings, net—
thous. of dol..
Shipments, finished products*..long tons..
341, 770 362,580 464,176 292, 770 266,574
312,007 326, 585 408, 402 283, 996 216,910
400,018 407, 886 387, 233 393,481 488,747
69
. 0236
132, 378 132,867
139, 596 373,413
204, 249 165, 624
31,378
i
.0244 I
.0244
.0244
.0244
.0243
.0243
.0243
.0243
.0243
.0243
.0243
.0237
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
28.00
29.00
29.00
29.00
28.20
.0180
12.50
.0180
13.00
. 0180
13.35
.0180
13.38
. 0180
14.19
.0180
14.75
28.00
.0180
14.34
27.00
.0180
9.85
.0180
10.06
.0180
9.97
.0180
.0180
10.35 ' 12.38
.0180
12.50
979, 907
591, 728
i8,915
14,118
578,108
547,"794" "624,197
13,470
614,933
Barrels, steel:
Orders, unfilled, end of m o n t h . . . n u m b e r . . 299,745
Production.
_
n u m b e r . . 650,028
Percent of capacity
48.5
Shipments
n u m b e r . . 658,657
26,991
Stocks, end of m o n t h
number..
944,168
538,255
39.6
534,479
29,926
971, 344
471,592
34.7
474,139
27, 379
976, 634
460, 737
34.0
457, 370
30, 746
932,843
509,121
37.4
505, 942
34,925
686, 741 681,820
20, 418
17, 665
I 552
661,515 721,414 | 676,315 783,
Steel, Manufactured Products
930,831 853,986 725,748
529, 414 532, 433 790, 057
38. 8
38. 9
58. 9
528,338 ! 530,433 | 791,469
36,001 • 38,001 i 36,589
620,571 I
535, 514 j
40.2 |
537,947 !
34,156 i
341,693
478, 592
36.0
480,918
31,830
400.608
479, 873
35.9
478, 588
29,171
349,752
476,465
35.6
471, 481
34,155
341, 248
578, 705
43.3
577, 240
35, 260
o Revised.
* D a t a on convection type radiators, prior to January 1932 not available. For earlier data on wholesale price of plumbing and heating equipment, see p. 20 of the
J a n u a r y 1933 issue; for steel castings, p . 20 of the October 1934 issue; and for United States Steel Corporation shipments, see p . 18 of the J a n u a r y 1934 issue.
t In equivalent direct radiation.
t Revised series. For earlier data on bathroom accessories see p . 20 of the October 1933 issue. D a t a on vitreous china plumbing fixtures revised beginning January
1933, see p . 47 of the April 1935 issue; revisions for 1933 will be shown in a subsequent issue.
A Steel casting series revised January 1935 by the increase of the number of companies from 164 to 180; comparable data not completed for 1934 and earlier years.
Figures for 164 companies in January 1935 were new orders, total 31,816, percent of capacity 20.3; new orders, railway specialties, 6,835; production, total 28,519; percent
of capacity 18.2; production, railway specialties 6,052
§ For 1932 revisions see r>. 46 of the July 1933 issue; for 1933, p . 47 of the August 1934 issue; for 1934, p . 50 of the August 1935 issue.
Revised figures for the first quarter
of 1935 are: J a n u a r y 2,870,000, F e b r u a r y 2, 774,000, and March 2,865,000 long tons.
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
51
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
1936
April
1936
1935
April
May
June
Decem- January FebruOctober NovemAugust Septemary
ber
ber
ber
July
March
METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
IRON AND STEEL—Continued
Steel, Manufactured Products—Con.
Boilers, steel, new orders:
Area..
thous. of sq. ft—
784
Quantity
_
.number of boilers.-!
687
Furniture, steel:
I
Business group:
Orders:
New
thous. of dol— 1,583
Unfilled, end of month..thous. of dol—
913
Shipments._
_
thous. of dol— 1,634
Shelving:A
Orders:
New
thous. of dol—
378
Unfilled, end of month-.thous. of dol._
229
Shipments
thous. of dol.J
384
Safes:
Orders:
New
thous. of dol—
251
Unfilled, end of month..thous. of dol—
197
Shipments
thous. of dol._
244
Lock washers, shipments
thous. of dol—
313
Plate, fabricated steel, new orders, total
short tons
Oil storage tanks.
short tons..;
Sheets, black, blue, galvanized, and full finished:
Orders:
New
short tons.. 190, 269
Unfilled, end of month
short tons.. 221,950
Production, total
short tons.. 217, 975
71.6
Percent of capacity.
Shipments
short tons— 252,441
Stocks, end of month, total
short tons.. 124, 239
Unsold stocks
short tons.. 65,783
Tin and terneplate:*
Production
thous. of long tons..
Track work, production
short tons..
MACHINERY AND APPARATUS
Air-conditioning equipments
Orders, new, total
thous. of dol—
Air-washer group
thous. of dol..
Fan group
thous. of dol—
Unit-heater group
thous, of dol—
Electric overhead cranes:
Orders:
New
thous. of dol—
Unfilled, end of month
thous. of dol..
Shipments
..thous. of doL.
Electrical equipment. (See Nonferrous
metals.)
Exports, machinery. (See Foreign Trade.)
Foundry equipment:
Orders:
New
.1922-24=100..
Unfilled, end of month
1922-24 = 100..!.
Shipments.
1922-24=100. _i
Fuel equipment:
j
Oil bnrners:*J
\
Orders:
New
no. of burners.. 10,373
Unfilled, end ofmonth.no. of burners..
2,365
Shipments.—
no. of burners.. 10,042
Stocks, end of month
no. of burners.. 16,901
Pulverized-fuel equipment:
j
Orders, new, storage system:
I
Furnaces and kilns._no. of pulverizers. _ i
0
Water-tube boilers-.no. of pulverizers. J
0
Orders, new, unit system:
j
Fire-tube boilers no. of pulverizers..'
1
Furnaces and kilns.no. of pulverizers..
2
Water-tube boilers.no. of pulverizers.,
38
Stokers, mechanical, new orders:!
j
Class presidential
number..! 2,745
Class 2, apartment and small commer- I
cial
number—I
130
Class 3, general commercial and small I
commercial heaters
number..!
44
Class 4, large commercial:
I
Number
I
152
Horsepower
43,080
Machine tools:*
Orders:
New*
avg. mo. shipments 1926=100.. 125.'
Pumps:
Domestic, water, shipments:^
Pitcher, hand, and windmill
units— 40,004
Power, horizontal type
units.
Measuring and dispensing, shipments:
Gasoline:
Hand-operated-..
_
units..:
851
Power
units—
8,703
Oil, grease, and other:
Hand-operated..
units..
9,720
Power
_
units..
844
313
443
641
961
391
523
519
536
1,114
701
1,123
1,237
746
1,214
1,236
845
1,137
1,331
943
1,225
271
155
291
257
130
269
313
152
291
272
167
257
168
238
158
47 i
207
257
185
238
170
277
150
204
145
287
334
203
17,914
1,872
18,890
4,193
:
|
!
|
13,244 ! 17,630
2,152 i 3,690
623
634
810
705
590
594
1, 619
940
1, 586
1 427
882
1 484
1,667
964
1,586
389
243
342
325
198
371
419
235
382
189
173
185
219
« 190
« 210
232
27 830
5 940
29, 787
3, 020
13S 244
231 060
191 359
B2.9
175 702
108, 572
86,971
251,818
280,493
207, 820
08.3
209, 673
141,916
70, 648
575
829
784
787
464
587
685
595
1,393
980
1,361
1,618
1,036
1,562
1,507
945
1,591
1,520
908
1, 558
309
216
260
336
210
342
348
212
346
323
206
329
370
196
379
145
268
164
147
172
281
159
235
200
277
205
246
188
285
180
261
182
255
205
206
23, 628
3,505
31,105
3, 531
30,530
5,850
19,116
2,617
35, 584
9,341
38, 709
3, 354
174 805
267 673
223 000
'3.3
207 437
152 283
84 037
544
735
1,333
948
1,327
o
a
a
a
a
a
203
169
176
255
168,093
177,950
209, 219
68.2
202,365
116, 316
68,153
149,725
144,392
191, 507
63.8
186,971
124, 442
71, 345
128,957
112,944
143, 309
47.7
160,812
126,531
74,099
206,313
170, 299
145,505
48.1
152,146
125,37!
72, 632
207,140
204,108
206,613
68.3
180,893
138, 432
75,391
196.423
198.424
190, 701
63.0
176,897
142,922
75,581
226, 209
211,452
222,963
73.5
220, 536
146,306
83, 200
289,101
286, 799
224, 541
74.1
213,453
149,122
81, 597
203,318
299, 394
208,774
68.9
195, 077
149, 213
74,516
200
4,472
190
4,228
140
4, 210
4,054
4,028
2,962
3,495
3,090
3,025
3,366 j
1,361
229
674
457
1, 405
252
704
449
1,522
215
813
495
1,502
173
895
435
1,418
154
693
571
1,359
60
586
713
1,713
96
596
1,021
1, 833
170
854
809
1,958
135
673
1,151
0)
0)
571
711
)
690
715
()
(0
954
562
264
813
140
626
1,318
221
682
1,782
217
154
1,604
332
440
1,801
233
245
1,475
471
194
1,166
503
392
1,082
476
1,194
274
626
1,700
217
349
1, 076
373
363
1,723
317
113.2
86.1
69.7
100.7
117.7
67.0
100.2
135.6
82.2
94.0
126.5
102.3
113.0
142.3
97.2
128.5
144.5
124.7
140.0
164.7
119.7
100.4
119.2
145.2
118.1
90.8
147.6
127.0
107.5
110.4
110.4
130.4
114.5
115.0
94.4
124. 0
8,576
672
8,615
14, 575
10,174
1,108
9,738
13,966
9, 677
1,325
10, 044
10, 434
2,089
9,670
17,005
15,320
1, 860
15,549
18,422
29,090
3,807
27,143
11, 631
24, 088
2,108
25,657
12,047
9,553
1,612
10,049
14, 101
7,765
1,648
7,729
15, 565
7,275
1,487
7,436
13, 437
7,139
1, 531
7,095
14, 057
9, 235
2,034
8, 732
15, 090
0 I
0j
0
8
2
0 i
7
11
14,114
4,116 6,258
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
2
4
0
8
10
0
2
17
1
9
24
2
3
13
0
16
33
1
13
20
17
1
0
16
8,777
4,287
1,046
1,706
3,078
2,065
2,342
2, 376
83
107
158
190
348
615
683
359
281
187
167
130
33
41
55
96
164
272
268
145
108
84
71
40
2,432
2,872 j 4,931
196
34,166
161
27, 297
12(3
25, 120
132
24,775
98.3
110.8
112.1
105.3
22, 358
681
19,493
613
39, 221
772
35, 621
659
41,192
«964
564
5,491
583
4,785
592
4,901
426
4,517
569
3,992
599
5,226
7,963
1,178
8,166
5,993
823
5,678
4,401
881
9, 492
1,259
120
32,241
133
32,548
178
34,821
199
43, 594
269
47,355
345
55, 260
310
51, 031
65.6
73.3
91.1
119.8
125.8
80.0
102.9
35,432
726
36, 964
879
29,859
33,734
1,004
33,863
939
30, 014
782
21, 775
915
644
4,874
6,753
901
728
5,120
672
4,451
639
5,757
776
7,551
662
5,121
8,257
719
7,433
651
7,048
668
8,005
1,030
7,631
956
213
34,849
° Revised.
i Comparable data not available. See the regular monthly report of the Census Bureau for detailed data on this industry.
* New series. For earlier data see p. 20 of the December 1932 issue for tin and terneplate and p. 20 of the July 1934 issue for machine tools (including forging equipment). Current oil-burner series, available only back to January 1933, are based on reports from 160 concerns.
t Revised series. Data on air-conditioning equipment revised starting January 1933; see footnote on p. 4S, April 1935. The revisions for 1933 will beshown in a subsequent issue.
t Oil burners revised for 1934 and 1935, to exclude data erroneously reported. See p. 51 of the April 1936 issue. Data for 1933 and 1934 will be shown in a subsequent
issue.
A Revised data on steel furniture shelving for years 1932, 1933, and 1934 will be shown in a subsequent issue.
Digitized for 1FRASER
Revised series on mechanical stokers, see p. 48 of the April 1935 issue; domestic pumps starting January 1934, see p. 49 of the April 1935 issue.
• Series covering shipments and unfilled orders temporarily discontinued
52
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
April
June 1936
1936
1935
April
May
June
July
August
ber
October
Novem- December
ber
January
FebruMarch
ary
METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
MACHINERY AND APPARATUS-Con.
Pumps—Continued.
Steam, power, and centrifugal:
Orders, new
thous. of doL.
Water-softening apparatus, shipments^
units..
Water systems, shipmentsJ 1
units..
Woodworking machinery:
Orders:
Canceled
thous. of dol__
New
thous. of dol__
Unfilled, end of month
thous, of dol._
Shipments:
Quantity
machines...
Value
thous. of doL.
1,066
538
552
10, 799
592
11, 685
535
10, 989
5
284 |
463 |
I
185 !
268 I
719
832
1, 044
1, 06S
493
10,827
577
11,060
583
1,560
812
8,946
715
8,125
666
7,195
754
9,856
737
6,371
980
10, 364
5
400
515
1
304
456
11
281
422
2
404
441
9
311
404
8
520
462
12
449
538
3
412
581
5
417
632
177
322
240
384
170
302
249
373
241
383
188
419
190
361
201
365
224
358
17, 960
.1219
16, 246
.1251
14, 534
.1263
24, 439
.1263
24, 251
.1260
18,997
.1257
19, 938
. 1203
2,510
546
1,964
2,013
524
1,489
2, 004
453
1, 612
747 !
377
610
13
311
426
12
286
451
217
383
168
318
157
249
21,685
.1257
18, 010
.1227
17, 663
.1238
16, 670
.1146
18, 272
.1138
19,047
.1164
2, 414
549
1, 865
1,830
520
1,310
1,840
439
1,401
1,815
601
1,214
1,880
549
1,331
1,893
422
1,471
2,002 ! 2,294
650
384 i
1,618 | 1,643
2,113
613
1,500
1,954
469
1,485
16,700
11,310
27, 446
16, 734
15. 626
.0878
16, 805
16, 837
16, 070
. 0878
27, 252
16,492
15. 754
. 0863
27, 079
26,197
24,967
.0778
30,900
10, 568
9, 652
.0798
20,050 ! 20, 275
22,239 ' 24. 327
23'. 095
21, 087
. 0897
.0850
25, 592
20, 772
20,118
.0903
22,104
27, 456
25, 255
. 0903
12, 573
19, 313 17.4.38
14,749
16,723
16,427
12,935 I.,
.0903 ! .0903 "."0903
29,535
2, 950
27,283
3,452
24, 302
1,157
22, 952
889
25, 863
3,437
29, 890
6,292
28, 599
2, 628
27, 847
3,006
31,412
7,977
31,648
8, 639
29,464 j 28, 105
29, 341
3, 1S3 | 6, 407
1,774
521
NONFERROUS METALS AND
PRODUCTS
Metals
!
Aluminum:
j
Imports, bauxite# —
long tons..!
Price, scrap, cast (N. Y.)
dol. per lb__
Babbitt metal (white-base antifriction bearing metals):
Production!
thous. of lb_.
For own use
„_.thous. of Ib__
Salesf
thous. of lb_.
Copper:
Exports, refined*
short tons..
Imports, total§ #__
short tons..
Ore and blister
„ short tons,.
Price, electrolytic (N. Y.)
dol. per lb_.|
Lead:
Ore:
Receipts in U. S. ore
short tons..
Shipments, Joplin district short tons..
Refined:
Imports^
.
short tons..
Price, pig, desilverized (N. Y.)
dol. per lb_.
Production
short tons_.
Shipments, reported
short tons..
Stocks, end of month
..short tons..
Tin:
Consumption in manufacture of tin and
terneplate*
long tons..
Deliveries
long tons..
Imports, bars, blocks, etcJ
long tons_.
Price, Straits (N. Y.)
dol. per lb._
Stocks, end of month:
World, visible supply
long tons__
United States
long tons..
Zinc:
Ore, Joplin district:
Shipments
.short tons..
Stocks, end of month
short tons.Price, slab, prime, western (St. Louis)
dol. per lb_.
Production, total (primary)f..short tons,.
Retorts in operation, end of mo..number..
Shipments, totalt
short tons..
Doinesticf
short tons..
Stocks, refinery, end of monthf_short tons.-
718
1,143
1,440 |
1,217
742
946
. 0450
. 0450
. 0451
37, 958
36, 229
37, 844
42, 333
43, 035
42, 271
p I 222, 306
225, 309 222, 636
.0450
34,088
34, 590
224, 013
.0452
32, 221
33,0^6
225, 010
.0460
32. 1S4
36, 743
223, 388
2, 350
5, 360
6,287
. 4977
2,300
6,635
6.646
.4724
2, 400
5, GOO
6. 525
2,350
5, 520
6,104
.4799
477
1, 430
771
2,181
. 0460
36,175
40. 457
220, 991
.0369
29, 857
40,922
220,043
. 0396
33, 202
32, 341
225, 057
. 0402
29, 332
26,978
231, 077
.0412
30, 488
34,575
230, 915
.0425
30, 807
38,195
227, 583
2,850
6. 235
4,994
. 4694
3,260
5,825
5, 234
.5010
3,100
3, 950
5, 224
.5110
2,280
4, 615
5,320
.5107
2,610
5,290
4,179
. 5229
2,850
5,320
4, 615
. 5044
1, 790
1, 890
5, 355
5, 360
6,773 ! 4,095
.4907 I .5121
2,120
4,035
4,700
.5188
13, 328
2, 713
16, 614
4,295 I
16, 718
4,930
14,275
5, 467
13,162
3,227
13, 246
2,681
11,939 ! 13, 425
2,849 ! 1, 389
15,049
1,472
13,782
13,338 I 15,607
2,312 I 2,985
3,523
16.074
3, 968
40, 060
28, 070
28, 751
26, 552
15, 204
25, 938
23, 013
23, 725
28, 296
23,529
38,584
25, 865
36, 436
25, 409
34, 736
23, 093
48, 579
25, 344
40, 889
21,000
35,200 | 36,770
24,900 1 25,130
38, 640
20, 930
. 0490
.0403
43, 252
35,329
33, 719
41, 400
38,455
42,311
38, 452
42, 311
80, 782 108, 680
.0422
34, 572
32, 389
35,627
35, 604
107, 625
.0430
34, 637
33,836
29, 353
29, 353
112,909
.0433
35,120
33, 884
32, 306
32, 306
115, 723
.0454
35, 547
32, 942
38, 824
38,824
112, 446
. 0467
36, 221
34,870
42, 351
42, 351
106, 316
.0483
36, 716
34, 777
47, 063
47, 063
95, 969
.0485
37, 469
36, 650
48,172
48,172
85, 266
.0485
40,550
38, 329
42, 058
42,058
83. 758
.0485
41,917
38, 205
46,468
46,468
79,207
.0486
36, 228
38, 004
39, 918
39,918
75,517
. 0490
42, 483
37, 922
38,159
38, 159
79. 841
783
6,704
1,609
1,903
2,055
1,369
2,258
3,903
.0441
29,358
37,615
224, 992
Electrical Equipment
Furnaces, electric, new orders
kilowatts..
Electrical goods, new orders^ (quarterly)
3, 246
IT*
thous of doL.
Lamlnated phenolic products, shipments
dollars.. 1,004,258
Mica, manufactured:
Orders, unfilled, end of month
143
thous. of dol.210
Shipments
thous. of doL.
Motors (direct current):
Billings (shipments)
dollars. _
Orders, new
dollars..
Panel boards an<i cabinets, shipments
thous. of dol..
Porcelain, electrical, shipments:
Special
_
dollars. - 92,637
Standard.,
dollars.. 35,228
408
Power cables, shipments
thous. of ft..
Power switching equipment, new orders:
Indoor
_
dollars..
Outdoor
..dollars..
Reflectors, industrial, sales
u n i t s . . 111,617
Refrigerators, household, sales*
number..
Vacuum cleaners, shipments:
Floor cleaners
n u m b e r . . 104,559
Hand-type cleaners*..
number-. 29,588
2,218
1,586
1,583
888, 705
816, 314
643,770
740,922
801, 292
100
160
150
166
106
158
77
117
124
161
464,835
476, 841
401, 708
433,141
358,543
348,349
432,406
403,480
366, 222
357,945
262
259
258
279
374
62,882
33, 566
542
64, 793
30, 284
355
62,711
28, 902
325
54,441 | 35,308
88, 521 161,634
66, 466
56, 038
266, 931 244, 602
30,180
98, 066
62, 608
161, 525
50, 452
139,512
65, 068
154,121
45,823
130,628
68, 635
110,161
79,330 i 73,086
31,219 i 27,321
58, 701
22, 521
56,906
13,950
58. 575
68, 473
24, 561
27,898
448 I 374
139,012
143,132
134,925
2,992
153, 452
832,902 1,061,285
878,041
813,455
844, 374
924, 238
179
201
109
187
121
147
113
153
157
18S
374,026 | 348,942
454,450 445, 613
490,201
405,167
571,756
625, 708
533, 595
612, 483
424, 944
585, 34S
338
293
306
83, 238
35, 458
293
70, 698
26, 881
233
78, 914
29, 923
419
77,690
27, 694
a
446
119
172
285
79, 377
34, 737
332
I
46, 781
102,719
71, 093
53, 622
65,128 | 78,343
16,227 I 27,478
101,108
41, 249
455
81, 004
53,858
«323
64, 691
41, 637 63,163
57,981
43,435 I 46,328
91, 522 156,313 | 166,011
127,347 | 135,293 115,247
81,807
97,360
70,093
89,044
83,002
87,811
43, 706
46, 930 75,904 | 119.764 179,056 I 272,139
93,627
29, 047
85,816
29, 261
86,763 | 74,733 j 86, 084
26,570 I 24,999 i 23, 769
114,001
35, 878
• Revised.
* New series: For earlier data, see p. 20 of the December 1932 issue, for tin and terneplate; p. 20 of the July 1935 issue, electric reirigerators; and p. 20 of the August 1934
issue, for hand-type vacuum cleaners.
t Data for Babbitt metal revised back to January 1933. Revisions not shown in the March 1936 issue will appear in a subsequent issue. For 1933 revisions on zinc
see p. 49 of the January 1934 issue; for 1934 see p. 49 of the February 1935 issue; for 1935, see p. 52 of the February 1936 issue.
t Present series on water systems cover 52 companies.
• For revisions for 1932, see p. 48 of the June 1933 issue; for 1933, p. 20 of the September 1934 issue; for 1934, p. 19 of the December 1935 issue.
§ Data for 1932 revised; for 1932 revisions, see p. 48 of the June 1933 issue, total imports of copper.
# See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Data for 1933 revised; see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue. For 1934 revisions, see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
\ Revised series on water systems starting January 1934; see p. 49 of the April 1935 issue; for earlier data on new orders for electrical goods, see p. 19 of the August 1933
issue. New series on water-softening apparatus revised starting January 1933; revisions for 1933 will be shown in a subsequent issue.
53
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
193(5
April
1936
1935
April
May
METALS AND
June
July
August
Septem- October Novem- December
ber
January
February
March
MANUFACTURES—Continued
N O N F E R R O U S M E T A L S AND
PRODUCTS—Continued
Electrical E q u i p m e n t — C o n t i n u e d
Vulcanized fiber:
Consumption
thous. of l b .
Shipments
thous. of dolWelding sets, new orders:A
Multiple operator
units.
Single operator
units.
Miscellaneous P r o d u c t s
2,129
470
1,819
425
1,871
434
1,716
363
1,579
344
1,524
420
1,423
420
1
1,073
1
497
0
413
7
324
3
387
2
479
0
480
4,111
4,507
5,297
5,195
Brass and bronze (ingots): 0
6,012
Shipments and deliveries
net tons4,620
5,698
Brass, plumbing:
Shipments*!
number of pieces- 1,275,836 1,062,452 1,001,767
Brass sheets, wholesale price, mill
.148
dol. per l b .
.143
.143
Copper, wire cloth:
Orders:
369
New
thous. of sq. ft.
398
351
Unfilled, end of month..thous. of sq. ft.
412
467
443
Production
thous. of sq. ft.
450
383
424
Shipments
thous. of sq. ft439
367
373
Stocks, end of month
thous. of sq. ft.
702
742
797
2,112
440
1,718
387
1,781
455
1, 635
417
7
430
0
467
0
543
2
796
0
810
6,294
5,944
5,894
5,948
5, 645
1, 782
509
995, 808 1,048,172 1,156,791 1,195,230 1,388,845 1,131,066
1, 830
492
5,897
916,783 1,240,615 1,155,921 1,210,393
.143
.136
.138
.142
.145
.146
.146
.146
.146
.146
411
472
376
375
801
441
509
358
375
787
417
486
416
419
781
439
560
375
359
788
386
483
442
440
741
424
527
384
396
725
386
505
379
395
418
528
447
398
689
370
495
406
416
689
413
516
424
411
709
PAPER AND PRINTING
WOOD
Consumption and shipments
short tons—
378, 708 385, 205 364,846 356,130 379, 217 362, 559 401, 864 394,485 388,244 416,019 393, 587 405,472
Groundwood
short tons.. 1 110,806
99, 711 102, 730
93, 086
88, 016
90, 925
86,102
98,365
97, 545 102,102
98,100
96,445 107,642
Sulphate
short tons._| 136, 761 111,592 113, 251 115,381 115, 875 127,001 120, 234 127, 598 124,418 120,807 139,951 130, 084 136,497
Sulphite, total
.
short tons..' 154,300 132, 772 133,814 122, 298 116, 810 125,226 121, 767 136, 623 134, 291 135,317 129, 249 128, 983 127, 281
77, 726
Bleached
short tons—I 98,791
80, 239
81,515
76, 558
73, 843
76, 036
72, 675
78, 624
76, 640
79,011
78,217
77,100
49, 555
Unbleached
short tons.. 1 55, 509
52, 533
52, 299
45, 740
42, 967
49,190
49, 092
57, 999
52, 343
55, 280
57,100
52,149
32, 873
Soda
short tons_.
28, 919
29, 317
26, 909
27, 588
29, 563
27,126
30,483
30, 639
30, 256
29,399
32,099
5,714
7,172
7,330
8,795
7,420
6,719
6,093
7,841
6,502
6, 336
Damaged, off-quality & misc'Lshort tons—
6,276
7,078
6,621
Production, all grades
short tons—
387, 719 387, 651 357, 547 353, 939 371, 259 355, 536 389, 331 388,785 386,523 420,037 397,913 417,948
Ground wood
short tons— 120"654" 109,019 110, 000
94, 603
82,046
79, 730
75,477
89, 067 94, 007
99,402 106.885 100, 725 110, 057
Sulphate
short tons— 137, 792 111,981 113,421 114,527 116,216 128,039 119,590 126,332 125,609 121,148 139,329 131, 642 136,076
Sulphite, total
_short tons— 142, 459 131, 794 129, 934 114, 223 120,099 127, 707 125, 671 135,193 132, 294 130,975 134, 290 128, 423 133,143
80,749
Bleached
short tons— 90,474
80, 965
77,650
69, 942
77,875
78,109
76,486
78, 227
77,528
75,977
75,236
79,704
52, 394
Unbleached
short tons—
51,985
50, 829
52, 278
44, 281
42, 224
49, 598
49,185
56, 966
50, 895
56, 317 55,739
54, 586
Soda
short tons_31, 794
29, 038
28, 276
27,000
27, 787
29,399
27, 541
30,022
30,989
29,171
28,821
32,381
5,887
7,194
6,384
7,257
8,717
7,704
8,020
7,791
Damaged, off-quality & misc'l- .short tons—
6,134
6,878
6,177
7,152
6,492
Stocks
short tons—
131,826 134,273 126,674 124,743 116,784 109,761
97, 683
90,263
90,080
94,406 106,172
91,984
64, 742
73, 529
66,364
45,739
36,896
32, 803
Groundwood
short tons—
72,012
67,559
41, 479
34,277
35,760
31,097
50, 727
Sulphate
short tons—
6,422
5,685
5,855
5,001
5,342
6,380
5,736
4,470
6,002
5,285
6,843
5,661
7,471
Sulphite, total
short tons—
55, 080
43, 239
54, 984
51,104
43,029
46,278
48, 759
52, 663
51, 233
44,894
49, 735
49,175
49,236
Bleached...
short tons— 28, 276
36, 593
36,909
33,050
26,434
30,466
32, 539
36,350
35,953
29,938
32, 639
33, 527
32,919
Unbleached
short tons.. 14, 963
18, 487
18,075
18,054
16, 595
15,812
16, 220
16,313
15,280
14,956
17,096
15,648
16,317
Soda
short tons—
2,477
5,547
4,507
4,598
4,797
4,632
5,047
4,586
2,924
3,206
3,556
3,502
Damaged, off-quality & misc'l—short t o n s 714
868
795
817
767
649
576
498
683
555
782
757
585"
Imports:
Chemical, totalf#
— -short tons— 122, 060
86,361 165,397 155,406 147,952 151, 705 165,848 228, 504 199,812 243,858 213,837 160, 649 143, 576
Groundwood#
short tons_. 13,905
10,097
18,368
16,744
11,715
14,300
14,818
31,097
23,621
28,116
20, 392
13, 796 20,457
Price, wholesale, sulphite, unbleached
1.90
1.90
1.90
1.90
dol. per 100 lb—
1.90
1.90
1.90
1.90
1.90
1.90
1.90
1.90
1.90
PAPER§
Total paper: f
Paper, including newsprint and paperboard:
732,493 778,059 713,999 694, 705 806, 564 752,268 914,328 783,476 714,352 823,183 °757,764 782, 517
Production
short tons—
Paper, excluding newsprint and paperboard:
378, 215J! 426, 046 340,925 349,842 430,907 411,755 493,920 398, 223 368,540 456, 210 399,512 451, 607
Orders, new
short tons—
396,991 431,455 380,324 361,701 440,277 391,410 488,758 410,231 394,889 472,919 414, 408 420, 753
Productionf
.short tons..
385,934 417,334 368, 583 1 361,474 435,108 390,179 484, 827 411, 507 381,314 475,790 401, 545 416,391
Shipments!
short tons—i
« Revised.
• Since January 1934 the figures are more complete than those on deliveries previously shown. Shipments of the concerns formerly reporting contribute about 80-85
percent of the total for the present series.
A These series have covered a varying number of companies for period covered in survey; percentage of industry coverage not known. Reports have been~from 12
companies since January 1934.
t In September 1935 3 firms discontinued reporting; data of 3 firms of equal size were added, thereby maintaining the comparability of the series.
I Revised series. See p . 49 of the June 1933 issue for 1932 chemical wood pulp imports. Data on total paper for 1934 revised. Revisions for months not shown in the
August 1935 issue will appear in a subsequent issue.
* New series. Data prior to October 1931 not published on plumbing brass.
# See footnote on p. 37, of this issue. Date for 1933 revised; see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue. Tor 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
§ The figures on paper (including total, fine, and wrapping) are as reported by the American Paper and Pulp Association, except book paper, the data on whichlare
reported by the Book Paper Division of the Paper and Pulp Industry; they are not comparable with the data carried in the SURVEY from the American Paper and Pulp Association through December 1933. The present classification of the association differs from that previously used by them, as well as from the Bureau of the Census classification. In addition to the classes shown, the association also reports on printing paper (including uncoated book), boards, paperboard, and newsprint. The first two
of these classifications are not used in the SURVEY, while the Bureau of the Census report is used for paperboard and the Newsprint Service Bureau's report for newsprint
(the latter series is identical with that reported by the association). The ratio of the production reported by the association, the Newsprint Service Bureau, and the Bureau
of the Census (monthly report on paperboard) to the annual figures reported by the Bureau of the Census for 1934 follow: Total paper, 87.4 percent; fine paper, 76.1 percent; wrapping, 109.7 percent (present classification of association is much broader than is Census or earlier association classification); paperboard, 68 percent of all paper
board, but 81 percent of the more comparable classifications of container board and boxboard; book paper, uncoated, 95 percent and coated 100 percent (book paper estimates are by association since the data cannot be checked with Census data); and newsprint, 97 percent. Figures for the first 5 months of 1934 on book paper are not available. Data are available for the other series for the months of January to April 1934. These figures will be shown in a subsequent issue.
^ See footnote marked " A " on p. 60 of the March 1936 issue.
54
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
June 1936
1935
1936
April
April
May
June
July
1936
I1
Decem| August SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
I
January
February
March
PAPER AND PRINTING—Continued
PAPER—Continued
Book paper:*
Coated paper:
Orders, new
short tons..
Orders, unfilled
short tons..
Production
short tons..
Percent of potential capacity
Shipments.
short tons..
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Uncoated paper:
Orders, new
_
short tons..
Orders, unfilled
short tons..
Production
___short tons..
Percent of potential capacity
Shipments
short tons..
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Fine paper:*
Orders, new
short tons..
Orders, unfilled
short tons..
Production
short tons..
Shipments
short tons..
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Wrapping paper:*
Orders, new
_..short tons..
Orders, unfilled
short tons..
Production
short tons..
Shipments
..short tons..
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Newsprint:
Canada:
Exports.
short tons..
Production..
_.
short tons..
Shipments from mills
short tons..
Stocks, at mills, end of month
short tons..
United States:
Consumption by publishers
short tons..
Imports #
short tons..
Price, rolls, contract, destination, N. Y.
base
dol. per short ton..
Production, total.~_
short tons..
Shipments from mills.._
short tons..
Stocks, end of month:
At mills
short tons..
At publishers
short tons..
In transit to publishers-short tons..
Paperboard:§
Consumption, waste paperf..short tons..
Orders:
New
short tons..
Unfilled, end of month
.short tons..
Production
short tons..
Percent of capacity
Stocks of waste paper, end of month:
At millst
..short tons..
In transit and unshipped purchases
short tons..
15,835
9,118
18,264
56.9
17,215
16, 861
18, 464
8,798
19,335
55.8
19, 441
17,194
18, 390
8,153
19, 363
59.4
19, 267
15, 605
18,903
8,808
18, 640
64. 3
17, G54
16, 595
19,912
7,924
21,197
65.0
21, 728
16, 064
19, 264
7,225
20, 066
58. 1
20, 746
16, 580
17, 352
10,043
18,831
63.7
19,145
14,961
22, 352
10, 351
23,106
63.4
23,640
16, 243
22, 541
11.364
21, 844
66.8
22, 752
15, 050
81,320
27, 806
93, 358
69.9
87,815
63, 320
72, 222
26, 754
82,098
66.7
78, 740
66,352
78,190
29,864
86,121
63.2
84, 996
70,154
80,143
30,480
88, 201
68.2
85, 880
71,860
83, 400
35,464
87,911
70.1
88,127
73,098
88, 329
32, 771
95,894
72.4
92, 415
74, 820
87, 252
35,065
89, 262
66.4
91,197
74,399
82,558
37,746
91,075
71.5
84,964
79,518
98,108
40,212
101, 223
71.8
99, 769
81,821
93, 960
43, 739
96, 068
73.9
96, 293
81,713
27,175
10,649
30, 751
28, 936
52,880
37, 596
10, 676
39,114
37, 428
54, 610
25, 966
8,276
31,196
29,182
56, 550
24, 606
9,421
26, 650
25,910
55, 716
33, 646
8,067
36, 553
35, 501
56, 931
28, 497
9,269
28, 494
28, 599
56,903
37, 763
8,666
39,075
38, 959
56,504
29, 802
8,245
31,281
30, 709
56,867
29,912
8,857
31,633
28,355
60,206
43,582
10,560
41,979
43, 467
59,143
36, 999
12,813
38,155
34,803
62, 400
118, 858
60, 867
132,986
127,543
106, 385
147,153
62, 098
148, 984
148,493
105, 337
118,943
55,634
132,181
129, 561
107,000
122, 953
57, 596
121,304
121,871
104,715
162,916
60, 807
160, 510
159,808
105,116
141,541
70, 686
135,278
132, 926
107,856
184, 471
79,566
176, 973
175, 974
107, 655
134,343
73, 774
138, 523
140, 060
105, 468
125, 290
71,348
131,544
127,051
108,178
155,564
58,378
165,934
168, 333
105,361
124,216
56, 391
136, 087
128,188
114,425
18,610
11,336
23, 525
79.0
23,734
11, 992
20, 733
9,106
21, 758
62.0
21,215
14, 870
85, 548
49, 939
107, 533
85.4
105, 689
76, 033
87, 282
30, 975
96, 852
69.3
95, 237
60,919
20, 311
9,794
20, 756
58.8
19,513
15,810
192,894 158,924 239,881 227, 215 219,461 220, 866 208,912 240,421 244, 037 277,838 184, 884 184,079
258,721 222, 235 242, 693 232, 020 234, 753 235, 573 233, 968 266, 515 262, 854 244,732 227,955 221,190
267, 296 236, 905 251,979 228,196 226,884 225, 736 225,403 266, 679 285,179 265, 233 181,403 206, 010
85, 629
3
55,211
57, 771
65, 705
183, 399 166, 122 201, 970 161,884
203,590 188, 700 227, 330 202,878
153,811
190,872
41.00
76,470
77, 546
63,527
40.00
74,651
76,872
40.00
84,141
83, 825
40.00
77, 010
76,994
40.00
72, 797
71,213
75, 305
73,818
76, 658
92 082
148,142 160, 558 179, 821 187, 448 186, 514 161,185
195, 057 190, 272 222,811 234, 305 249,876 179,982
182, 313
157,456
40.00
75,160
74, 676
40.00
71,262
73,067
73, 579
40.00
79, 974
82, 220
50, 993
40.00
78, 955
81,151
30,138
40.00
75,869
79,672
41.00
79,336
74,126
41.00
72, 249
70, 650
17,087
15, 873 16, 294 17, 887 18, 235 16,450
15,440
10, 266 14,275
14, 340 12,473
188,453 203, 672 203, 353 211,071 223, 364 232, 200 221,114 222, 362 223, 377 240, 838 237,955
48, 567 33, 268 37, 342 29,914
29, 220 26,100 38, 703 34, 754 41,727 53,302 35,178
16, 032
221,165
39,387
245,566
217, 300 219,767
246, 318 196,429
229,064
226, 216
298,180
99,796
294,929
255, 730 259,995 248, 656 259, 486 297, 349 307,103 351,887 272,477 234,753
79, 296 80, 367 78,020 78,241
86, 767 105,088 107, 074 88,971
81,894
260, 851 262, 463 256, 665 260, 207 291,127 289,596 345, 596 294, 290 243,594
61.4
64.8
62.7
68.7
66.5
74.1
73.6
60.9
79.5
233, 784
214,680 222, 519 230, 365
228,137 220, 998 214,685 213, 297 211,029
47, 039
30,233
33,481
32, 432 38, 420 40, 780 35,044
32, 864
35,269
283,890
94,210
270,928
268,843
91,917
271,107
71.6
204,353
44,306
213,523
217, 934 246, 537 244,963
63.4
68.4
216,040
193,919
39, 737
39, 983
PAPER PRODUCTS
Abrasive paper and cloth, shipments:
Domestic
reams..
Foreign
reams..
Paperboard shipping boxes:
Shipments, total
mills, of sq. ft..
Corrugated*
mills, of sq. ft..
Solid
fiber*...
mills, of sq. ft..
77, 561
10, 241
69,173
6,851
50, 774
5,442
61, 294
8,538
61,116
7,364
62,201
6,719
66,455
8,743
73, 057
9,082
66,453
9,428
55,740
15,231
65,784
7,712
59, 936
4,575
2,095
1,873
222
1,829
1,626
204
1,933
1,729
204
1,832
1,626
206
2,017
1,772
245
2,161
1,912
250
2,176
1,931
245
2,412
2,165
247
1,991
1,796
195
1,781
1,604
176
1,964
1,768
195
1,846
1,653
194
83,393
718
568
150
77
89, 491
624
447
177
80
73, 780
674
495
179
78
82, 686
500
403
97
75
93,807
714
519
195
80
88, 721 100,160
787
868
611
681
176
187
83
85
94, 574
897
700
197
86
92,113
836
688
148
84
95,196
536
430
106
84,853
842
676
166
83
13,531
12,097
13,998
11,906
14,399
11, 672
14,915
12, 677
14,648
12, 931
14,643
12,906
15,785
13,117
15, 500
13,127
14, 966
13.033
~
PRINTING
r,'"'"
Blank forms, new orders
thous. of sets.. 101, S05
854
Book publication, totaLnumber of editions..
718
New books
number of editions..
136
New editions
...number of editions..
Operations (productive capacity). 1923=100,.
Sales books:
Orders, newtthous. of books.. 15,031
0)
Shipments
thous. of books..
17, 503
14, 804
0)
0)
• Revised.
t Revised series. Data for period January 1933-January 1934, inclusive, on consumption and stocks of waste paper at mills will be shown in a subsequent issue.
Sales books, new orders, have been revised beginning January 1935 to include the statistics of 2 members not included heretofore. The data now represent 90 percent
of all the sales books sold in the United States. For 1935 revisions see p. 54 ot the May 1936 issue. Revised data for 1935 not shown above, January 13,727, February
13,895.
i Shipment figures are no longer reported by the Specialty Accounting Supply Manufacturer's Association.
§ The Bureau of the Census has changed the title of the "Boxboard" report to "Paperboard" since data actually cover all board of .0012 of an inch or more in thickness
reported by the cooperating manufacturers. Figures given on production and new and unfilled orders are for 94 identical manufacturers; and consumption and stocks of
waste paper for 82 manufacturers. Estimated coverage is given in footnote marked § on p. 53
* New series. New series on paperboard shipping boxes compiled by the National Container Association, Chicago, 111., from reports from all members of the industry of
record beginning in January 1934. The volume of companies not reporting each month is estimated by the association, so as to keep the series comparable. Prior to January 1934 data covering this industry were compiled by the Paper Board Industries Association. See footnote marked " § " on p. 53 of this issue for book, fine, and wrapping
paper.
# See footnote on p. 37 of this issue; data for 1933 revised; see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue. For 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
55
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
1936
1936
1935
April
Decem- January Febru- March
October NovemAugust Septemary
ber
ber
ber
April
May
June
July
RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS
CRUDE AND SCRAP RUBBER
Crude:
Consumption, total
long tons..
For tires and tubestt
long tons..
Imports, total, including latext#-long tons..
Price, wholesale, smoked sheets, N. Y.
dol. per lb__
Shipments, world
long tons_.
Stocks, world, end of monthf---long tons_.
Afloat, totalf
__-long tons..
To United States!
long tons_.
London and Liverpool
long tons,.
British Malaya
--long tons..
United Statesf
long tons..
Reclaimed rubber:
Consumption
.long tons..
Production
--long tons..
Stocks, end of month
long tons..
Scrap rubber:
Consumption by reclaimers
long tons..
40,913
31,825
41,456
30,705
.115
60,000
75,000
553,694 677, 005
83,000
97,400
47,678
37,651
140, 404 165, 064
66, 290
86, 723
264, 000 328,118
.120
77, 000
677,569
103,200
44, 375
167,745
91, 345
311,000
46, 707
~45~830
8,266
11,382
16,193
9,210
10,315
17, 032
37, 827
8,448
10,223
16, 341
33,327
25,961
32,182
34, 000 38,192
38,500
33,109 36,000
25, 019 6 21,893 6 21, 250 6 23, 627 6 22,818
26,073
35, 707 36,378
48,131 41,483
.121
.126
72, 000 70,000
671, 525 679,061
101, 000 96,000
55, 581 49, 018
171,303 174,141
89, 979 89, 098
315,000 315, 000
7,317
8,590
15, 780
7,136
8,421
14,889
.120
70, 000
680, 644
101,000
47, 724
177,250
80,843
321, 551
.116
74,000
661,509
100,000
43,413
174,894
67, 361
319,254
7,036
7,263
12, 611
7,011
6,871
11,321
.131
.127
63,000
75,000
655, 000 623,300
100, 000 89,000
49, 913 46, 588
168, 570 166, 896
71, 868 66, 794
312,112 294, 610
7,923
11,926
11, 784
7,494
11,482
12, 028
23, 498
32, 588
33,071
620,464
34,339
38, 648
6 23,198
39, 812
43,655
627, 437
33, 921
.132
62, 000
611,987
82, 000
39,094
164, 200
61,692
303, 000
.144
.154
63,000
«62,000
600,479 599,355
«84, 000 a 85, 000
43,870
46, 532
162,107 «157,028
66,618
72, 530
287,754 284, 797
6,817
12, 307
13, 537
8,031
11,665
14,326
5,893
10,188
15, 547
38,433
621,372
34,874
.159
« 68,000
574, 594
°90,000
58, 935
'147,712
61,045
'275,837
[
7,014
10,712
16,039
61,045
29,772
TIRES AND TUBESJ
Pneumatic casings:
Production
thousands..
Shipments, total
thousands..
Domestic
thousands..
Stocks, end of month
__.thousands__
Solid and cushion tires:
Production
thousands. _
Shipments, total
thousands..
Domestic
thousands..
Stocks, end of month
thousands..
Inner tubes:
Production
..thousands..
Shipments, total
thousands..
Domestic
thousauds..
Stocks, end of month
thousands..
Raw material consumed:
Crude rubber. (See Crude rubber.)
Fabrics
thous. of lb_.
4,376
4,989
4,908
10, 673
4,050
3,945
3, 850
10,797
3,793
4,134
4,061
10,433
3,426
5, 284
5,212
8,584
20
22
21
31
23
21
20
34
16
20
19
30
22
20
20
4,132
4,320
4,252
9,864
3,775
3,347
3,287
10, 296
3,376
3,904
3,840
9,748
8,011
7,736
7,055
3,153
5,111
5,053
7,765
» 3, 234
6 3,839
b
3, 783
6 6,322
6 3, 067
6 2,676
6 2. 621
* 6, 713
6
6 24
6 20
«» 19
26
&24
b 24
6 33
* 3,154
6 3,690
» 3, 647
> 5, 621
14,868 6 13,8
h
* 3, 281
6 3, 317
b 3, 258
» 6, 715
b 27
6 25
6
6
6
6
3, 238
3,232
3,170
6, 682
6 3, 282
6 3,365
6 3,311
6 6,639
6 3, 709
6 3,139
6 3,079
6 7, 224
6 2, 898
6 2,601
6 2,545
6 7,504
* 2,947
& 3,123
f> 3,065
6 7,360
» 23
»19
«»19
Ml
6 22
6 23
6 23
Ml
6 25
*23
6 22
6 40
6 15
6 17
6 17
6 37
6 16
6 21
6 21
6 2,880
6 2,791
6 2, 748
6 7,046
6 3,068
6 3,074
6 3,027
6 7,040
615,988
612,059
613, 417
3, 341
6 2, 775
* 2, 735
* 6,127
6 3, 592 * 3,193
» 3, 262 b 3, 035
*3,215 6 2,988
* 6, 523 6 6,611
12,606
14,148 6 13,523
6
6
6
6
3,
3,
3,
6,
279
268
229
667
6 13,632
6 3,719
& 3, 376
6 3,330
6 6,984
6 32
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS
Rubber bands, shipmentsA
thous. of lb_.
Rubber-proofed fabrics, production, totalA
thous. of y d . .
265
Auto fabrics
thous. of y d . .
Raincoat fabrics..
thous. of y d . .
Rubber flooring, shipmentsA-thous. of sq. ft.. """"485
Rubber and canvas footwear:^
5,876
Production, total
thous. of pairs..
2,838
Tennis
..thous. of pairs..
2,988
Waterproof
thous. of pairs..
4,970
Shipments, total
thous. of pairs..
3,519
Tennis
thous. of pairs..
1,451
Waterproof.thous. of pairs..
4,928
Shipments, domestic, total.thous. of pairs..
3,480
Tennis...
.thous. of pairs..
1,447
Waterproof
thous. of pairs..
Stocks, total, end of month.thous. of pairs.. 16,699
6,565
Tennis
thous. of pairs..
Waterproof
thous. of pairs.. 10,134
Rubber heels:A
Production.
thous. of pairs..
0)
Shipments, total*
thous. of pairs..
0)
Export.
_
thous. of pairs..
0)
Repair trade
thous. of pairs..
0)
Shoe manufacturers
thous. of pairs..
0)
Stocks, end of month
thous. of pairs..
(0
Rubber soles:A
Production
thous. of pairs..
0)
Shipments, total"
thous. of pairs..
0)
Export
thous. of pairs..
(l)
Repair trade
thous. of pairs..
Shoe manufacturers
thous. of pairs..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of pairs..
Mechanical rubber goods, shipments:A
Total—.
thous. of dol..
0)
Belting
-.thous. of dol..
Hose._
thous. of dol_.
0)
Other...
thous. of dol..
0)
8
(l)
269
334
363
363
396
2,984
431
5,571
449
2,866
492
3,269
395
1,291
450
2,760
313
604
450
2,864
219
603
371
2,950
191
786
322
199
859
422
15, 653
4,156
11,497
4,427
873
3,554
5,510
889
4,622
5,489
881
4,608
14, 559
4,137
10,422
5,874
1,297
4,577
5,733
673
5,059
5,705
654
5,051
14, 700
4,761
9,939
5,172
1,301
3,871
5,657
491
5,165
5,626
467
5,159
14, 200
5,571
8,630
5,993
1,661
4,332
6,276
830
5,446
6,252
815
5,437
14,967
6,743
8,224
5,925
2,174
3,751
6,144
2,061
4,083
6,109
2,042
4,067
14,886
6,839
8,047
5,231
2,498
2,732
4,819
1,929
2,890
4,788
1,915
2,873
14,957
7,305
7,652
5,905
2,937
2,969
5,041
3,019
2,022
5,011
2,997
2,014
15, 804
7,207
8,597
17,836
17,492
233
4,810
12,449
34, 746
18,016
16,267
177
4,054
12, 036
36,464
16, 406
17,067
187
5,187
11,694
36, 051
18,517
18,814
296
5,029
13, 489
36, 291
16, 024
16,886
428
4,173
12,285
30, 710
16,649
17,094
348
2,829
13,917
30,374
0)
0)
0)
3,567
3,509
8
380
3,121
3,887
3,599
3,597
11
384
3,202
3,875
3,166
3,099
5
449
2,646
3,967
3,021
3,160
3
660
2,497
3,844
4,022
4,141
1
625
3,515
3,731
3,399
3,528
11
492
3,025
3,121
3,698
3,544
1
401
3,142
3,164
4,422
1,026
1,383
2,012
4,106
1,092
1,281
1,733
4,354
1,346
1,368
1,640
3,980
1,018
1,248
1, 715
5,015
1,155
1,438
2,422
4,755
989
1,319
2,447
5,200
1,027
1,408
2,765
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
285
293
227
220
276
4,068
305
1,398
456
4,030
292
1,716
486
303
1,540
400
4,200
278
1,986
325
5,209
427
2,370
477
5,415
3,188
2,226
4,210
3,276
934
4,170
3,243
927
17,056
6,241
10,815
4,857
2,376
2,481
3,688
2,579
1,109
3,623
2,521
1,102
18, 202
6,026
12,176
4,151
1,391
2,760
3,002
1,774
1,227
2,964
1,742
1,222
19, 358
5,642
13, 716
3,147
702
2,445
3,737
1,507
2,230
3,667
1,490
2,177
18, 767
4,836
13,931
4,699
1,056
3,643
6,132
1,340
4,792
6,106
1,322
4,784
17,173
18,764
241
7,405
11,118
34,869
20,262
19,658
336
7,471
11,850
35, 602
19,105
18,694
356
5,578
12, 760
34, 250
3,525
3,543
7
631
2,905
3,897
3,607
3,701
6
505
3,190
3,733
5,711
1,394
1,949
2,368
4,944
1,109
1,688
2,147
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
(0
0)
C1)
0)
(0
0)
a
h
i Discontinued by reporting
Revised.
See footnote marked " t "
0) source.
t Data for 1934 and for the period January to July 1935 are estimated to represent approximately 97 percent of the industry; for for subsequent months the coverage is
estimated to be 81 percent. Previously published data are estimated to cover about 80 percent of the industry for 1929-33, inclusive, and 70 to 80 percent prior to 1929.
# See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Data for 1933 revised. See p. 20 of the October 1934 issue. For 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
• In October 1933, 4 new companies were included in the report and 1 additional company in January 1934. Since that month, the coverage of the industry is 100 per
cent. For preceding periods the coverage varied; in 1929 it was 90 percent; in 1931, 80 percent; and in 1933, 95 percent, according to the Census of Manufactures. Over
lapping figures are available for October 1933. See the October 1934 issue for October 1933 data for the smaller number of firms.
* New series. Earlier data not published on total shipments of rubber heels and rubber soles prior to December 1932.
t Revised series. Data on consumption of rubber for tires and tubes revised for 1932,1933, and 1934. See p. 51 of the August 1934 issue. Revised data from September
1930-December 1934—rubber world stocks, world afloat, and afloat to the United States appear on p. 20 of the July 1935 issue; for 1932 revisions for United States stocks, see
p. 50 of the May 1933 issue. See p. 50 of the June 1933 issue for crude rubber imports.
A Coverages of Rubber Association data has varied considerably over period for which data have been shown in SURVEY. Coverage was generally higher in 1934 and
1935 than in earlier years.
56
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
;ogether with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
1935
1936
April
June 1936
April
May
June
July
Decem- January
August SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
February
March
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS
BRICK
Common brick:
Price, wholesale, red, N . Y.
dol. per thous-.
Shipments*
.thous. of brick-.
Stocks*
thous. of brick..
Face brick (average per plant):
Orders, unfilled, end of mo.
thous. of brick..
Production (machine)*
thous. of briek__
Shipments
thous. of brick..
Stocks, end of monthj
thous. of brick..
Sand-lime brick:
Orders, unfilled, end of mo.
thous. of brick..
Production
thous. of brick..
Shipments by rail
thous. of brick..
Shipments by truck
thous. of brick..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of brick..
Vitrified paving brick:
Shipments*.
.thous. of brick..
Stocks*
thous. of brick..
9.50
10. 00
9.63
9.50 j 9.40
93,608
76, 646 83, 076 88,324
341,477 343,554 341,315 I 365,481
9.44
9.50
95, 940 91,127
381, 532 394,988
9.50
9.50
95, 673
117,031
423, 651 424, 737
<).5O
73 586
426 550
.50
9.50
50,471 « 44, 736
417,482 <405, 866
833
172
66
387
177
229
2,133
381
293
255
2,107
342
310
284
2,078
337
350
313
2,107
322
320
300
2,126
291
351
277
2,168
294
348
311
2,223
354
322
235
2,334
562
309
147
2,485
95
2,385
9 477
850
345
104
343
346
810
1,821
125
1,754
1,374
600
1,582
206
793
1,860
1,150
2,077
213
1,901
1,877
1,012
1,974
144
1,873
1,921
720
2,396
44
1,894
2,202
390
2,115
129
1,927
2,164
400
1,399
83
1,280
2,185
1,225
1,274
33
896
2,451
1,690
486
36
714
2,046
7,965
1,032
29
1,085
2,285
7,928
2,220
186
2,129
1,600
3,307
80, 358
4,162
87, 241
7,753
89,638
12, 565
86, 236
9,173
81, 447
5,115
81,344
5, 454
79, 753
6,178
79, 468
4, 715
81,191
3,892
79,730
2,052
79, 677
4,856
79,194
1.667
6,136
27.9
6,198
21, 219
6,122
1.667
8,222
36.1
7,428
21,991
6,365
1.667
8,725
39.6
7,632
23, 083
6,741
1.667
8,021
35.7
7,813
23,287
6,849
1.667
7,235
31.8
8,105
22,415
6,779
1.667
7,173
32.6
7,799
21, 783
6,368
1.667
7,510
33.1
8,794
20, 501
5,891
1.667
7,093
32.2
5,976
21,613
5,607
1.667
5,803
25.6
4,514
22,908
5,226
1.667
3, 630
16.1
3,889
22, 686
5,214
1.667
3,454
16.4
3,156
22.971
5,590
1.667
5,263
23.4
7,138
« 21,126
a
5, 625
3, 576 a3,825
64. 3
62.4
3,458 ° 3, 748
8,239
8,183
«3,102
58.7
0
3,700
7,576
a
3a , 616
60. 8
° 3, 569
7,575
• 3,271
59.4
• 2, 938
7,836
« 3, 059
"55.5
« 2, 537
8,328
3,114
52.1
2,916
8,437
3,047
55.4
3,031
8,410
747
179
PORTLAND CEMENT
Price, wholesale, composite
dol. per bbl_.
Production
thous. of bbL.
Percent of capacity
Shipments
thous. of bbL.
Stocks,finished,end of month.tbous. of bbL.
Stocks, clinker, end of month-thous. of bbL.
1.667
8,519
39.2
9,089
20, 556
5, 276
GLASSWARE, ETC.
Glass containers:#
Production
thous. of gross..
Percent of capacity
Shipments
thous. of gross..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of gross..
Illuminating glassware:*
Orders:
New and contract
number of turns..
Unfilled, end of month
number of turns..
Production
number of turns..
Shipments:
Total
number of turns..
Percent of full operation
Stocks, end of month
number of turns..
Plate glass, polished, productiont
thous. of sq. ft..
3,604
€3.0
3, 604
8,224
a
3,115
° 54.4
2,956
8,060
« 3, 284
«59.6
•61.5
° 3, 239 • 3, 270
8,141
8,115
a
a
2,381
2,020
1,965
1,919
1,743
1,865
2,446
2,485
2,416
1,817
2,261
1,853
2,109
2, 039
2,608
2,065
2,623
2,022
2, 751
1,829
2,828
1, 555
2,757
1,591
2,306
2,013
2, 680
2,705
2,730
2,672
2,477
2,292
2,749
2,159
1,883
2,148
2,127
82.9
3,916
1,920
74.8
4,945
1,927
75.1
5,097
1,814
70.7
5,119
1,567
61.0
5,053
1,920
74.8
4,787
2,088
81.4
3,358
2,584
100.7
3,450
2,339
91.1
3,618
2,067
80.6
3,735
1,965
76.6
3,753
1,978
77.1
3,045
19,455
16,999
14, 582
13,163
13,909
14, 526
14,404
16,593
15,909
16,112
17, 276
13, 857
1.906
211
1,105
138
GYPSUM*
Crude (quarterly):
Imports
short tons..
Production..
__
short tons..
Shipments (uncalcined)
short tons..
Calcined (quarterly):
Production
short tons..
Calcined products (quarterly):
Shipments:
Board, plaster (and lath) .thous. of sq. ft_.
Board, wall
thous. of sq. ft..
Cement, Keenes
short tons..
Plasters, neat, woodfiber,sanded, gauging,finish,etc
..short tons..
For pottery, terra eotta, plate glass, mixing plants, etc
short tons..
Tile, partitition
thous. of sq. ft..
114,934
523, 238
188,458
170,613
566, 719
161, 786
124, 302
498, 765
140, 363
388,440
416,709
345,826
56, 284
73, 990
4,724
72,957
62, 250
5,642
62,886
5,716
272, 202
293,984
235, 111
36,668
2,211
35,892
2,420
34,814
2,420
TERRA COTTA
Orders, new:
Quantity. _
Value
_
short tons,
thous. of dol.
1,945
215
1,440
133
791
93
934
113
104
581
76
1,027
124
1,267
149
1,509
179
47, 223 45, 575 55, 663
341,833 341,509 329,489
45, 069
335,104
31,361
337,465
713
91
TILE
Hollow building tile:*
Shipments
Stocks
a
short tons.
short tons.
38 498
346,785
42,336
43,196
43.069
341, 432 334, 369 335,114
28, 480
21,952
330, 262 «327,112
Revised.
* New series. Earlier data'not published on illuminating glassware prior to July 1932 (except production and percent of capacity); for earlier data see p. 20 of the June
1933 issue, face brick, machine production. Series on common and vitrified paving brick and tile beginning January 1934 were shown on p. 20 of the June 1935 issue. For
earlier data on gypsum see p. 20 of the January 1933 issue.
| Adjusted for degrading and year-end physical inventories.
t Data on plate glass represent the total output of the industry. Complete figures for the months of 1932 were shown on p. 52 of the March 1933 issue, for 1933 on
p. 52 of the March 1934 issue, and for 1934 revisions p 56 of the March 1936 issue.
# Monthly series on glass containers for 1934 and 1935 are not comparable with those of earlier years due to increase of number of firms reporting to 44. Shipments of the
44 firms for the year of 1933 amounted to 33,048, 747, compared with 23,511,963 for the 30 firms reporting for the same year. Comparable statistics on shipments for the
companies, now reporting by years, from 1928 to 1933, inclusive, were as follows (in gross): 1928, 31,943,016; 1929, 33,765,896; 1930, 31,905,933; 1931, 31,413,508; 1932, 26,947,949;
and 1933, 33,048,747. Data are not available for this period on production and stocks, nor are monthly figures on shipments available. It may be noted from the trend
of these data that the monthly figures prior to 1934 had a downward bias. Basis of estimating capacity was changed in computing the new series. Data for 1934 revised,
see p. 52 of the May 1935 issue.
57
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
April
1935
April
May
June
July
1936
DecemAugust SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
January
Febru- March
ary
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
CLOTHING
Hosiery:*
Production
thous. of dozen pairs..
Shipments
thous. of dozen pairs..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of dozen pairs..
10,201
10,176
9,392
9,180
9,203
9,124
7,121
7,513
7,541
6,818
9,001
9,686
9,577
10,816
11, 574
12,164
10, 293
10, 231
8,918
8,648
10,099
8,487
9,252
8,662
9,832
10,420
19,186
19,366
19,546
19,256
19,938
19,211
17,930
17,299
17,319
17,547
19,160
19, 750
19,161
577
468
470
384
391
408
449
552
508
498
591
517
353
323
278
345
280
526
406
COTTON
Consumption!
thous. of bales..
Exports:
Quantity, exclusive of linters
thous. of bales..
Ginnings (total crop to end of month)
thous. of bales..
Imports#
thous. of bales..
Prices:
To producer...
dol. per lb_.
Wholesale, middling, N. Y
dol. per lb__
Production, crop estimate. _.thous. of bales..
Keceipts into sights
thous. of bales..
Stocks, end of inonth:f
Domestic, total mills and warehouses
thous. of bales..
Mills
_
thous. of bales..
Warehouses
thous. of bales..
World visible supply, total ..thous. of bales..
American cotton
thous. of bales..
10
487
712
1,135
1,133
8
4,230
7,750
9,362
7
.115
.120
241
877
k
549
405
9,758
13
10, 250
14
18
.111
.119
.110
.116
.109
.114
817
689
494
• 10,420
16
.112
.117
.117
.117
.120
.123
.118
.119
.119
.122
.115
.115
.106
.108
.109
.112
436
229
286
233
395
718
2,254
3,136
.114
.121
'/10.638
2,309
1,328
7,211
1,190
6,021
6,540
4,574
1,062
7,203
6,124
4,169
7,555
975
6,581
5,593
3,720
6,953
885
6,069
4,998
3,253
789
5,739
4,278
2,790
6,538
645
5,893
4,212
2,834
7,865
717
7,149
5,205
3,968
9,556
1,074
8,482
7,060
5,807
9,976
1,346
8,630
7,697
6,383
9,814
1,427
8,387
7,768
6,363
9,279
1,435
7,844
7,590
5,918
8,652
1,404
7,248
7,385
5,591
7,905
1,334
6,570
6,825
4,992
.274
.385
.296
.415
.305
.415
.301
.415
.299
.415
.299
.411
.300
.405
.312
.408
.323
.415
.321
.415
.299
.415
.290
.415
.278
.393
19,685
9,836
16, 285
5,903
16,539
5,460
13, 657
3,729
14, 566
3,258
13, 731
3,517
14,128
4,315
15,529
5,876
16,935
5,174
12, 466
4,910
15,489
9,489
15,392
8,799
21, 745
12,316
.053
.061
.062
.061
.059
.061
.063
.064
.064
.064
.058
.056
.055
.067
.073
.074
.073
.072
.072
.074
.078
.083
.075
.071
.070
•106,000 144,429
404,000 112,883
• 3,795
6,218
• 92, 500 104,597
130, 284
98,810
6,000
100,265
90,496
73, 531
5,504
70, 381
89,164
78, 254
6,585
61,842
94, 521
84, 486
7,282
77,913
93,013
87,921
6,151
86,948
110,885 102, 292 101,310 97,435
102, 066 96, 507 84, 239 87,685
4,554
6,499
5,399
3,969
97, 972 97, 331 104, 720 100,528
92, 807
90, 390
4,118
91,860
187,333 297,866
93, 275 103,500
297, 776 333,991
111, 926 115,255
234,457
96,103
212,369
COTTON MANUFACTURES
Cotton yarn:
Prices, wholesale:
22/ls, cones (Boston)
dol. per lb__
40/ls, southern spinning*
dol. per lb_.
Cotton goods:
Cotton cloth:
Exports§thous. of sq. y d . .
ImportsJ#
thous. of sq. yd—
Prices, wholesale:
Print cloth, 64 x 60
dol.
Sheeting, brown, 4 x 4 (Trion mill)
dol. per yd—
Cotton cloth finishing:*
Production:
Bleached, plain
thous. of yd__
Dyed, colors
thous. of yd..
Dyed, black
thous. of yd_.
Printed
_..thous. of yd—
Stocks:*
Bleached and dyed
thous. of y d . .
Printed
thous. of yd—
Spindle activity:t
Active spindles
thousands..
Active spindle hours, total
millions of hours.
Average per spindle in place
hours..
Operations
percent of capacity.
94,012
23,124
23,854
23, 041
22,704
22,312
7,320
256
6,055
197
85.4
6,087
199
83.3
5,102
168
75.0
5,155
171
73.5
195, 421 199.328 205,719 203,494 197,107
88, 292 93, 795 95, 790 107, 382 105,464
R A Y O N A N D SILK
Rayon:
Deliveries:*
Unadjusted..
1923-25=100..
433
274
417
381
Adjusted...
1923-25=100..
416
264
439
477
3-mo. moving average of adjusted index
1923-25=100..
495
327
393
ImportsJ#
. . t h o u s . of l b . .
551
39
16
12
Price, wholesale, 150 denier, " A " grade
(N. Y.)
—
- d o l . per lb._
. 57
58
.55
.55
Stocks, imported, end of month
thous. of lb._
Silk:
Deliveries (consumption)
bales..
34,564
39, 757 38,361
33, 728
Imports, raw {#
thous. of lb_.
4,647
4,905
5,545
5,201
Prices, wholesale:
Raw, Japanese, 13-15, N . Y..dol. per lb__
1. 682
1.391
1.418
1.376
Silk goods, composite
_dol. per y d . .
0)
.92
.92
.92
Stocks, end of month:
World visible supply A
bales..
220, 577 207,000 190,700
United States (warehouses)
bales._
42,
018
37, 587 36,762
42,018
b
• Revised.
As of Dec. 13
'Estimated.
5, 545
185
76.4
107,893
»101,739
a
4,140
• 95, 274
I
198, 508
103,179
183,292
22,684
23,193
23,194
23, 391
23, 324
23,337
23,176
6,184
207
93.9
7,445
251
103.8
6,897
233
101.1
6, 804
233
103.8
7,714
266
111.9
6, 736
233
105. 2
7,264
252
108.1
477
487
517
454
422
399
499
392
447
611
423
346
22, 047
110.9
l
433
570
550
513
583
419
494
462
464
522
520
60
501
107
465
241
468
145
514
509
473
557
522
312
.55
.57
.57
.57
.57
.57
.57
57
238
237
235
231
229
44,166
5,562
41, 715
6,344
45,156
6,708
48,167
8,218
37, 012
6,061
35. 559
6,365
38,995
6,275
1.447
.92
1.705
.95
2.084
1.00
2.092
1.00
1. 958
1.00
1.950
.97
0)
32, 053
5,518
1. 784
0)
36, 000
3,480
1.733
0)
199, 500 214,000 236,000 233,000 228, 000
199,500
51,458
54,941 i 56.511
64, e
32,654
37,381 I 38,680 46,777
53, t
dd
A s of
ofJan.
Jan.16.
16.
As
» Discontinued
/ As of Dec. 1.
* New series. Hosiery compiled by the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers and estimated to represent 95 percent of the industry. For complete series see
p. 19 of the September 1935 issue. Data on cotton cloth finishing are from the National Association of Finishers of Textile Fabrics and cover practically all the industry,
comparable figures are not available prior to December 1933; the production statistics are prorated from data for 4-week periods; stocks are reported at end of each 4-week
period. Data on cotton yarn, southern spinning from January 1933-April 1934 will be shown in a subsequent issue. Rayon deliveries from January 1923-April 1935 were
shown on p. 19 of the June 1935 issue; these data are compiled by Textile Organon.
1 For revisions for crop years 1931-32, 1932-33, 1933-34, and 1934-35, see p. 52 of the October 1933 issue, p. 52 of the September 1933 issue, p. 53 of the October 1934 issue,
and p. 57 of the October 1935 issue, respectively.
t For revisions of cotton consumption, domestic stocks, and spindle activity for crop years 1931-32, 1932-33, 1933-34, and 1934-35. see p. 20 of the February 1933 issue,
pp. 52 and 53 of the November 1933 issue, p. 53 of the October 1934 issue, and p. 57 of the October 1935 issue, respectively.
§ For 1932 revisions see p. 53 of the June 1933 issue; for 1933 revisions see p. 20 of the September 1934 issue; 1934 revisions are shown on p. 19 of the December 1935 issue.
# See footnote on p. 37 of this issue. Data revised for 1933; see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue; data also revised for 1934, see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
• Stocks at end of 4-week periods through June 16. July figures are averages for July 14 and Aug. 11. August figure as of Sept. 8. Subsequent data at the end of
succeeding 4-week periods.
t For 1932 revisions see p. 53 of the June 1933 issue, for 1933 revisions see p 20 of the October 1934 issue, and for 1934 revisions see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
A This series has been superseded by a new series which excludes stocks held at Milan, London, Canton, and Shanghai. Monthly data from January 1922-March 1936
will be shown in a subsequent issue. For data on new series for 1935 see p. 57 of the May 1936 issue.
58
SUKVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1936
April
June 1936
1935
April
June
May
July
1936
Decem- January Febru- March
August SeptemOctober November
ary
ber
ber
TEXTILE PRODUCTS—Continued
WOOL
Consumption:
Total, grease equivalent basist
thous. of lb__ b55,387
Apparel class, scoured basis*__thous. of lb__ "20,588
Imports, unmanufactured§#
thous. of lb__ 23,883
Operations, machinery activity:*
Combs, worsted
percent of capacity..
74
Looms:
Carpet and rug
percent of capacity..
50
Narrow
percent of capacity..
36
Wide
percent of capacity..
76
Spinning spindles:
Woolen
percent of capacity..
82
Worsted
percent of capacity..
60
Prices, wholesale:
Raw, territory, fine, scoured dol. per lb._
.88
Raw, Ohio and Penn., fieeces_dol. per lb_.
.37
Suiting, unfinished worsted, 13 oz. (at mill)
dol. per yd..
1.782
Women's dress goods, French serge, 54" (at
factory)
dol. per yd..
1.114
Worsted yarn, 2/32s, crossbred stock, Boston
_.dol. per lb_.
1.30
Receipts at Boston, totalA
thous. of lb_. 20,495
Domestic
thous. of lb_.
6,071
ForeignA--thous. of lb.. 14,424
Stocks, scoured basis, end of quarter:*!
Total
thous. of lb_.
Domestic
thous. of lb__
Foreign..
_thous. of lb_.
Combing
_
thous. of lb_.
Clothing
thous. of lb..
62, 066
21,818
15,459
b
b
70,617
25,444
15, 778
h
80,428
b
28, 388
15,932
66, 648 * 74,781
23, 575 * 26, 592
18,760 20,361
80,293
28,994
21,952
k 78, 727
* 29, 565
23,498
k 72,993
«• 27, 528
18,041
» 73,367
fc
27, 730
18,467
b
b
b
b
73,908
28, 223
21,167
64,193
24, 488
21, 212
b
b
53,460
20, 369
25, 298
113
116
115
103
111
113
124
125
108
107
117
88
58
27
59
28
76
50
25
77
53
24
78
60
31
85
52
33
78
54
42
84
53
44
89
45
43
90
46
48
90
52
44
90
50
38
83
71
89
72
94
67
103
67
97
67
106
81
104
83
93
73
95
62
96
68
85
59
.26
.75
.30
.76
.30
.76
.31
.78
.33
.81
.32
.84
.39
.84
.39
.87
.39
.92
.42
.93
.42
1. 510
1.522
1.609
1.609
1.609
1.603
1.624
1.708
1.733
1.733
1.733
1.742
.990
.990
1.015
1.015
1.015
1.027
1.040
1.052
1.064
1.064
1.101
1.114
1.05
8,951
7,141
1,810
1.06
19, 701
17, 246
2, 455
1.08
44,346
41,809
2,537
1.10
72,156
67, 598
4,557
1.10
37,957
33,981
3,978
1.11
23, 832
19, 385
4,446
1.25
18, 525
11,803
6,722
1.29
19, 214
10,982
8,232
1.30
12.875
5,285
7,590
1.31
17, 524
6,410
11,113
1.33
18,581
4,576
14, 006
1.33
22, 258
4,845
17,413
.64
.23
143, 484
127, 729
15, 755
110,313
43,171
156, 689
137,817
18,872
111,770
44,919
103, 642
59,167
44,475
60, 327
43, 315
113,337
84,401
28,936
69,193
44,144
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS
Buttons, fresh-water pearl:
Production
pet. of capacity..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of gross..
Fur, sales by dealers
thous. of dol_.
Pyroxylin-coated textiles (artificial leather):
Orders, unfilled, end of month
thous. linear yd..
Pyroxylin spread
thous. of lb.
Shipments, billed
thous. of linear yd.
51.9
8,003
3815
45.9
8,258
2,301
37.6
8,188
2,782
29.0
8,005
2,326
22.3
7,688
3,185
36.5
7,403
3,390
43.7
7,215
3,069
50.2
7,215
2,145
52.8
7,136
1,186
48.9
7,151
1,214
45.0
7,925
2,493
53.7
7,956
3,761
2,459
5,647
5,118
2,654
4,600
4,328
2,368
4,280
4,606
1,974
3,274
3,645
1,898
3,587
3,534
2,176
4,471
4,032
2,589
4,692
4,412
2,592
5,125
4,616
2,300
4,152
4,084
2,154
3,895
3,845
2,033
3,951
3,715
1,943
f 3,894
[3,876
2,475
5,121
4,689
152
112
23
17
118
59
20
39
107
61
9
37
119
51
50
18
136
72
39
25
201
93
84
a
53.4
7,989
4, 045
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
AIRPLANES
Production, totalf
Commercial (licensed) f
Military (deliveries)
For export
number..j
number..
number..
number..
134
76
34
24
156
106
20
30
217
148
35
34
144
171
138
19
14
129
83
9
37
AUTOMOBILES ||
Exports:
Canada:
3,726
6,356
7,603
6,499
3,931
Automobiles, assembled, totaLnumber__
5,576
6,607
4, 573
4,829
5,070
5,995
4,777
5,515
5,194
3,108
1,607
5,088
3.643
2,629
3,639
5,143
3.276
3,579
4,100
Passenger cars
number..
3,537
4,087
United States:
Automobiles, assembled, total c?
28,012
19,895
12, 703
26, 433
14, 580
30, 529
25, 654
26, 270
25,026
20,073
25, 959
28.920
number.. 26,053
18, 341
13, 604
16,517
14, 752
10,076
5,622
22, 491
7,471
17,736
15,867
18.921
Passenger carsrf
number.. 17,723
16, 046
8,092
8,038
9,753
10, 274
9,997
8,330
9,999
6,291
7,081
Trucks c?__
number..
7,109
9,787
10,276
9,913
Financing: <g)
74,188
113,026 107, 821 106,174 113,125 100,761
90,191
88, 649
87,169 143, 515
77, 651
Retail purchasers, total
thous. of doL.
97, 508
67, 631
42,179
66, 913
62, 661
73,058
56, 284
55,232
94,664
71, 665
46,114
60, 531
New cars
-thous. of doL.
64, 605
38, 227
37, 237
31,122
37, 929
28,708
31, 868
31,432
48,044
40,274
37,011
30, 718
31,906
Used cars
.
thous. of dol._
1,963
2,039
2,025
820
951
887
997
1,186
1,089
Unclassified
thous. of doL.
498
505 !
807
Wholesale (manufacturers to dealers)
159, 930 132,074 118, 732 119,100
92,918
39,700
thous. of dol._
75,907 132, 315 149,728 118,872 113,830 I 154,147
" Revised.
*> Preliminary.
# See footnote on p 37 of this issue.
* Since July 1934 report has been on a weekly basis. Data for September and December 1934 and March, June, September, and December 1935, and January and
April 1936 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. Figures for July and succeeding months are computed from Census Bureau figures so as to represent 100 percent
of the wool industry; earlier figures incomplete.
* New series. Wool stock series began in June 1934. See p. 20 of the July 1935 issue for earlier data and explanation of new wool consumption series.
* Beginning with the July 1934 report the statistics are reported on the basis of 4 and 5 weeks, the weekly distribution being determined by the Saturdays. The statistics presented herewith are still based on the pre-code computed normal (currently based on the single-shift performance over the 5-year period 1928-32). The current data
represent practically complete coverage of the industry. Since December 1934 no allowance has been made for holidays.
AForeign receipts beginning January 1934 are compiled by U. S. Department of Agriculture and are not comparable with data carried through December 1933. This
results in a total figure which also is not comparable with earlier data.
1 Compiled by the Bureau of the Census and represent stocks of raw wool held by all dealers, topmakers, and manufacturers who usually hold significant stocks of wool.
The figures for the 3 quarters of 1934 have been revised to include the "grade not stated."
X Grease equivalent of shorn wool, plus actual weight of pulled wool. Conversions are based on totals; scoured wool is multiplied by 2 and pulled wool by 1 ^ .
Includes clothing and carpet wools. See note on apparel class wool on p. 20 of the July 1935 issue. As this grease series will probably be dropped in favor of the more accurate
scoured series, it is suggested that those who wish to keep series going have their names placed on Bureau of the Census mailing list for the monthly wool consumption
report, from which can be computed the present data, using formula given.
§ For 1932 revisions see p. 53 of the June 1933 issue, for 1933 revisions see p. 20 of the October 1934 issue, and for 1934 see p. 20 of the December 1935 issue.
<J Data revised for 1932, see p. 54 of the June 1933 issue. Data revised for 1933, see p. 20 of the September 1934 issue; and for 1934, p. 19 of the December 1935 issue.
|| Index of sales of new passenger cars is shown on p. 26 of this issue.
t Data for 1935 revised. For revisions see p. 53 of the April 1936 issue.
® Of the 282 identical organizations reporting originally 8 discontinued financing in January, 2 in February, 2 in March, 5 in June, 1 in July, 2 in August, 1 in September
1 in October, and 2 in December, 1934.
59
SUKVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
June 1936
1935
1936
Monthly statistics through December 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
April
April
May
June
July
1936
DecemOctober NovemAugust September
ber
ber
January
February
38
32,120
42
23, 932
March
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT—Continued
AUTOMOBILES-Continued
Fire-extinguishing equipment:!
Shipments:
Motor-vehicle apparatus
number..
Hand-type
number..
Production:
Automobiles:
Canada, total
..number..
Passenger cars
number__
United States, totalf
number..
Passenger carsf •
number-Trucks f
number..
Automobile rims
thous. of rims__
Registrations:
New passenger carsf
number..
New commercial cars*
number..
Salss:
General Motors Corporation:
To consumers
number..
To dealers, total \
number..
U. S. dealers
number..
Shipments, accessories and parts, total*
Jan. 1925=100..
Accessories, original equipment
Jan. 1925=100..
Accessories to wholesalers..Jan. 1925=100..
Replacement parts
Jan. 1925=100..
Service equipment
Jan. 1925=100..
53
32, 753
47
29,796
40
34, 585
54
34,692
47
29, 571
38
32,534
49
28,362
59
31, 556
65
27,587
53
25, 516
52
31, 203
7,692
13,496
24,951
24,123 20,702 15,745
5,323
8,313
13, 775 13. 302 13, 268 17,974
13,069
5,524
3,819
12,042
20, 247 20, 688 17,030
12, 276
7,128
11, 370 11, 261 10,853
9,471
14,488
502, 775 '452, 930 *361,107 '356,340 '332,109 '237,400 « 87, 540 '272,043 »395, 059 404, 528 '364, 004 '287, 606 '420, 971
417,133 '387,158 >305,547 '294,182 *274, 344 •181,130 « 56, 097 '213, 310 '336, 914 '343, 022 '298, 274 '224,816 '343, 523
85, 642 ' 65,778 « 55, 560 « 62,158 ° 57, 765 « 56,270 « 31,443 «58, 733 « 58,145 « 61, 506 « 65, 730 «62, 790 « 77,448
1,052
2,258
1,804
1,428
798
1,654
1,907
1,561
1,339
1,912
1,877
1,261
1,841
319,650
46,785
293,199 280,360
47, 968 48,243
285,178
51,243
233,851
50,355
200,117 143,909
229,467 184,059
194, 695 152,946
109,051 137,782
134, 597 181,188
105,159 150,863
108,645
167,790
139,021
127,346
124, 680
103,098
66,547
39,152
22,986
105
350,000
57,000
147
132
119
114
92
156
110
144
132
132
148
83
102
103
131
82
113
95
138
81
85
126
124
75
157,098 148,389
41, 390 43,243
129
135
91
220,262
37,616
237,194
38,000
215,782
43,760
176, 668 '296, 722
40,301
52,000
68,566 136,859 122,198 102,034
127, 054 182, 754 185, 698 '158,572
97, 746 147,849 150, 010 131,134
96,134 181,782
144, 874 196, 721
116, 762 162,418
132
135
135
145
123
149
137
150
141
148
147
139
80
155
160
107
73
156
170
114
85
127
160
116
84
160
120
109
97
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT
Equipment condition:
Freight cars owned:
Capacity
mills, of lb_.
Number, total
.thousands..
Bad order, total
number..
Percent of total in bad order
Locomotives, railway:
Owned:
Tractive power...
mills, of lb._
Number
Awaiting classified repairs.number..
Percent of total
Installed__
_
number..
Retired.
number..
Passenger cars:
On railroads (end of quarter)..number..
Equipment manufacturing:
Freight cars:
Orders, new
cars..
Orders, unfilled, total
cars__
Equipment manufacturers
cars.Railroad shops
cars..
Shipments, total
cars._
Domestic
cars..
Locomotives, industrial electric (quarterly):
Shipments, total...
number..!
Mining use
number..,!
Locomotives, railway:
Orders, new
number. .
Orders, unfilled, end of month:
j
Equipment manufacturers (Census),
total
number..
Domestic, total
number..
Electric
number..
S team
number..
Railroad shops (A. A. R.)...number..
Shipments:
Domestic, total
number..
Electric
number..
Steam
number..
Exports, totalf
number..
Electric
number..
Steam
number..
Passenger cars:
Orders, new, placed by railroads
number..
Orders, unfilled (end of quarter)
number..
Shipments, total
number..
Domestic
number..
172,517
1,778
253,125
14.5
2,193
44,966
9,610
21.4
60
103
181,396 180, 559 180,114
1,883
1,873
1,868
284, 728 283,310 276,535
15.4
15.4
15.0
2,231
46,192
10, 537
22.8
62
106
2,228
46,099
10,582
23.0
63
156
2.222
45,910
10, 541
23.0
57
246
179,556 179,203
1,861
1,857
281, 262 285,320
15.3
15.6
2,222
45,883
10, 557
23.0
92
119
2,219
45,821
10,403
22.7
60
122
600
1,447
533
914
334
162
2
1,477
549
928
1,031
401
5,151
2,427
414
2,013
66
66
2,215
45,686
10,335
22.6
86
221
2,212
45,610
10,187
22.3
43
119
176, 727 175, 772 173,507
1,827
1,817
1,791
269,984 266, 876 256,511
15.0
14.9
14.6
2,211
45,565
10,127
22.2
53
108
500
2,173
427
1,746
40
38
100
7,259
5,841
1,418
17
17
110
7,440
5,775
1,665
29
27
2,206
45,375
9,914
21.8
54
241
2,199
45,179
9,825
21.8
81
284
172, 939 '172, 620
1,784
1,780
254,598 249,246
14.5
14.2
2,197
45, 088
9,556
21.2
46
138
•40,509
41,405
41, 986
3,650
15,683
7,035
8,648
2,168
2,066
178, 703 178,125
1,851
1,842
284,427 273,125
15.5
15.0
810
6,432
4,514
1,981
1,281
1,281
25
4,489
2,798
1,691
1, 755
1,754
10, 030
12, 715
5,224
7,491
1,912
1,912
2,194
45, 009
9,642
21.4
53
132
40,186
1,050
11,315
4,444
6,871
746
746
7,236
12, 629
4,052
8,577
430
430
627
13,478
5,471
8,007
189
186
58
58
15
101
95
33
62
12
85
79
76
3
1
95
90
33
57
12
70
0
0
0
4
0
50
37
65
4
4
ELECTRIC TRUCKS AND
TRACTORS
Shipments, industrial, total
Domestic
Exports
.number..
number. J
number. .I
112
99
13
72
117
114
3
115
103
12
100
74
26
89
86
3
° Revised.
* New series. For earlier data see p . 20 of the February 1934 issue for total shipments, accessories and parts, and registrations of new commercial cars.
t Revised series. For earlier data see p . 19 of the August 1933 issue for fire extinguishers and passenger-car registrations; exports of locomotives for 1932; p . 55 of the
June 1933 issue for 1933, see p. 20 of the September 1934 issue, and for 1934 p . 19 of this issue. Data on automobile production revised for 1933. See p . 55 of the August
1934 issue. For revised data for 1934 see p p . 55 and 56 of the June 1935 issue. Data for 1935 and 1936 through March revised. Revisions not shown above for 1935 are as
follows: United States, total, Jan. 289,728; Feb. 332,231; M a r . 425,913; passenger cars, J a n . 227,554; F e b . 273,576; M a r . 359,410; trucks, Jan. 62,174; F e b . 58,655; M a r . 66,503.
• Taxicabs are included in figures for passenger cars, beginning January 1934 in order to avoid disclosure of individual companies.
J United States and Canadian dealers, plus overseas shipment.
60
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Monthly statistics through December, 1931,
together with explanatory footnotes and references to the sources of the data, may be found
in the 1932 Annual Supplement to the Survey
June 1936
1936
1935
April
DecemAugust SeptemOctober November
ber
ber
April
May
June
July
1936
January
Febru- March
ary
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT—Continued
SHIPBUILDING
United States:
Merchant vessels:
Under construction.thous. of gross tons..
Completed during month,
total gross tons..
Steel
. .
.
total gross tons..
World (quarterly):
Launched:
Number
ships
Tonnage
thous. of gross tons._
Under construction:
Tonnage
154
20
20
20
31
72
76
77
82
21,321
8,024
12,640
8,543
22,026
15,801
5,928
2,189
4,530
957
4,305
45
15,860
8,464
9,266
1,707
4,617
2,660
thous. of gross tons..
119
36, 651
8,017
119
17, 576
10,242
133
18,429
17, 297
137
20, 89£
13, 386
135
323
119
263
124
359
14£
39/
330
1,283
268
1,198
393
1,543
53 *
1,82C
CANADIAN STATISTICS •
Business indexes:*
108.8
Physical volume of business
1926=100—
109.2
Industrial production, t o t a l . .1926=100..
26.8
Construction t ^ A
1926=100—
225.4
Electric power...
1926=100106.0
Manufacturing
-1926=100124.0
Forestry
1926=100..
187.2
Mining t
1926=100107.7
Distribution
—1926=100..
82.8
Carloadings
1926=100..
«>23.9
Exports (volume)
1926=100..
82.7
Imports (volume)
1926=100125.1
Trade e m p l o y m e n t 1926=100..
115.8
Agricultural m a r k e t i n g . .
1926=100..
116.8
Grain marketings
1926=100—
111.0
Livestock marketings..
1926=100Commodity prices:
79.8
Cost of living index c?
1926=100..
Wholesale price index #
1926=100—
72.2
Employment, total (firstof m o n t h ) . 1926=100..
97.4
Construction and maintenance. 1926=100__
71.8
Manufacturing
1926=100.
101.1
128.2
Mining
1926=100..
118.5
Service
1926=100.
121.0
Trade
1926=100.
78.5
Transportation, —
1926=100Finance:
Banking:
277.4
Bank debits
. . . m i l l s , of dol
78.5
Interest rates
.1926=100..
Commercial failures*
number.
Security issues and prices:
New bond issue?, total t
thous. of dol._ 103,186
3.76
Bond yields
percent..
116.0
Common stock prices, total f-1926=100—
Foreign trade:
57, 964
Exports
_.thous. of dol
Imports
thous. of dol— 42, 223
Exports, volume:
Wheat
thous. of bu_.
6,752
Wheat
flour
. . t h o u s . of bbl
Railway statistics:
Carloadings—_
thous. of cars..
193
Financial results:
Operating revenues
thous. of dol
Operating expenses
thous. of dol—
Operating income
thous. of dol.
Operating results:
Freight carried 1 mile
mills of tons
Passengers carried 1 mile.mills of pass.
Commodity statistics:
Production:
Electrical energy, central stations
2,164
mills, of kw.-hr..
54
Pig iron
.thous. of long tons—
Steel ingots and castings
107
thous. of long tons._
Wheat
flour.
thous. of bbl
98.3
97.7
35.6
195.9
94.0
99.0
156.4
100.0
79.1
81.5
71.5
121.0
91.8
91.7
92.0
103.2
104.4
35.8
198.1
105.1
108.7
147.6
100.5
73.4
84.1
84.0
121.2
86.3
85.4
90.6
99.2
99.7
41.3
197.4
98.4
105.7
138.4
97.8
70.6
69.9
74.6
122.6
106.1
112.3
78.2
103.0
104.0
55.4
199.4
101.7
100.7
135.3
100.2
75.0
78.6
79.8
122.3
164.7
183.4
80.4
107.9
110.3
66.5
206.2
102.7
111.8
165.8
101.3
72.1
100.3
80.5
122.8
163.9
181.2
86.6
101.9
102.5
49.3
191.9
100.0
103.7
144.7
100.1
69.6
92.7
77.6
123.6
114.2
119.5
90.2
107.2
109.5
50.7
198.0
105.4
114.5
169.6
100.7
71.0
88.6
85.4
122.8
86.6
86.1
88.7
110.0
113.5
37.0
199.0
118.5
114.8
146.3
100.2
66.8
77.1
93.7
124.1
43.3
36.4
74.3
106.2
108.8
23.6
197.6
112.5
118.9
160.8
99.3
66.5
69.5
70.2
128.8
34.0
27.4
63.5
105.2
107.0
95.3
197.1
96.1
106.7
144.4
100.3
72.1
84.3
76.3
124.0
39.8
29.5
85.7
104.9
104.9
52.6
196.0
96.2
111.3
186.2
104.8
78.4
99.3
78.9
127.3
62.7
53.9
102.2
78.6
72.5
93.4
80.2
93.9
117.7
111.4
117.4
76.3
78.6
72.3
95.2
84.7
95.6
116.2
116.4
119.3
80.1
78.8
71.5
37.6
89.5
98.4
119.2
118.5
119.9
79.9
78.8
71.5
99.5
101.1
98.5
121.5
123.6
122.1
82.7
79.4
71.6
101.1
104.7
99.8
125.2
127.9
120.7
85.4
79.6
72.3
102.7
110.0
100.8
128.6
127.8
121.8
85.8
80.4
73.1
106.1
117.4
103.3
129.5
120.5
123.8
86.4
80.6
72.7
107.7
110.9
103.5
132.5
117.1
124.6
84.5
80.6
72.6
104.6
95.9
101.4
131. 1
116.3
131.0
84.0
80.7
72.9
99.1
74.8
96.8
129.9
118.0
135.9
77.9
80.4
72.5
98.4
74.4
98.5
129.4
116.4
121.6
78.2
2,367
80.8
107
3,132
78.5
101
2,710
80.4
109
2,545
80.2
110
2,498
79.7
94
2,426
88.3
2,908
85.4
115
3,022
80.8
107
2,992
85.5
2,767
78,489
3.87
86.4
68,091
3. 76
93.6
82,243
3.85
93.8
60,311
3.84
92.4
123,263
3.82
94.7
195,994
4.23
93.6
66, 724
4.09
96.1
147,080
3.87
105.8
2,932
82.7
112
121, 372
3.96
107.4
133, 384
4.10
112.9
138, 853
3.86
120.7
38, 296
36, 637
62,947
54, 540
52, 763
46, 732
57, 786
48, 414
71,700
49, 560
66,152
44, 689
85, 749
52, 751
70, 565
38, 569
54,417
40, 590
60, 198
41,597
5,027
277
185
11,990
383
6,495
430
9,158
395
21,698
377
17,273
396
28,919
501
85, 317
55, 958
26, 575
525
17,044
444
7,557
314
14, 241
340
188
186
195
197
221
251
214
174
173
24, 482
20,563
2,990
24, 529
21, 839
1,781
24,049
22,455
691
26,187
22, 754
2,442
25,520
23,435
1,134
29, 585
23,436
5,380
32, 279
23, 598
7,730
27,154
20,854
5,290
26,656
21,333
4,289
22,234
21,440
22, 597
21,187
339
1,797
125
1,720
124
1,860
134
2,041
157
1,784
185
2,712
137
2,937
108
2,240
101
1,934
140
1,763
117
1,814
117
1,881
43
1,923
45
1,816
45
1,792
51
1,851
54
2,163
46
2,143
65
2,157
71
2,091
61
1,938
69
73
1,164
73
992
82
1,161
95
1,825
94
1,604
100
992
1,919
54
91
1,535
957
93
1,019
180
• Statistics in this section, with few exceptions, are from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Ottawa.
1 Data for 1934 revised. See p. 56 of the May 1935 issue.
* New series. For earlier data see p. 18 of the February 1933 issue, business indexes, and p. 20 of the October 1933 issue, commercial failures.
f Revised series. See p. 55 of the April 1934 issue, construction and mining, for 1933. Series on common-stock prices revised back to December 1932 as a result of additional stocks being added; for revision see p. 56 of the April 1934 issue. New bond issues revised for the year 1935; see p. 60 of the April 1936 issue.
# Number of commodities changed from 502 to 567 beginning with month of January 1934.
ef Data revised January 1932 through July 1933. Revision for 1932 see p. 55 of the November 1933 issue. For final revisions for 1933 see p. 56 of the October 1934
issue.b
Exports for April 1936 are not comparable with other months, as nonmonetary gold is included.
d Deficit.
• Data for 1935 revised. For revisions see p. 60 of the May 1936 issue.
U . S . GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1936
INDEX TO MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
Page
Abrasive paper and cloth
54
Acceptances
31,32
Accessories, automobile
59
Advertising
25, 26
Africa, United State* trade with
37
Agricultural products, cash income received
from marketing* of
23
Agricultural wages, loans
31
Air-conditioning equipment
51
Air mails
26
Airplanes
38, 58
Alcohol, denatured, ethyl, methanol
_ 39
Aluminum
52
Animal fats, greases
._ 39,40
Anthracite industry
22,29,45,46
Apparel, wearing
28,30,57
Argentina, United States trade with; exchange; flaxseed stock
33,37,40
Asia, United States trade with
37
Asphalt
47
Automobiles
22, 26, 27, 28,30, 58,59
Babbitt metal
.
52
Barley
43
Bathroom
fixtures.
50
Beef and veal—
44
Beverages, fermented malt liquors and distilled spirits
42
Bituminous coal
22,30,46
Boiler and boiler
fittings
__
50
Bonds, prices, sales, value, yields
35,36
Book, publication.
_
54
Boxes, paper, shipping
_
54
Brass.---.........
..
53
Brazil, coffee; exchange, United States trade
;•
with
— 33,37,45
Brick 1
56
Brokers loans
32
Brottse—_—--.-.-------.-.--..«.
53
Building contracts awarded
. . . 24,25
Building costs
25
Building materials
.
48,49
Business activity index (Annalist)
22
Business failures
32,33
Batter
_
42
Canadian statistics
60
Candv.
45
Canal traffic
—
38
Capital issues
.
35
Carloadings
22,37,38
Cattle and calves
_
44
Cellulose plastic products,
41
Cement . .
-.
22,27,28,30,56
Chain-store sales
26,27
Cheese
;
42
Chile, exchange, United States trade with.. 33,37
Cigars and cigarettes
45
Civil-service employees
29
Clay products
23,27,28,30,56
Clothing
24,28,30,57
Coal.-!
-
22,29,45,46
Cocoa - 44
Coffee!
23,24,45
Coke
46
Collections, department stores
26
Commercial paper.
_
31,32
Conimunications..........
38
Construction:
Contracts awarded, indexes
_ 24
Costs
25
Highways
25
Wage rates
_ 31
Copper
52
Copper wire cloth
...
53
Copra and coconut oil....
40
Corn
_
43
Cost-of-Iiving index..
__ 23
Cotton, raw and manufactures
. 23,24,57
Cottonseed, cake and meal, oil
40
Crops
23,40,42,43,57
Dairy products
23,24,42
Debits, bank
32
Debt, United States Government
34
Delaware, employment, pay rolls
28,30
Department-store sales and stocks
27
Deposits, bank
32
Disputes, labor
29
Dividend payments.....
.
36
Douglas
fir
.___ 48
Earnings, factory
29,30,31
Eggs
23,44
Electrical equipment
52,53
Electric power, production, sales, revenues. 22,41
Electric railways
37
Employment:
Cities and States
28, 29
Factory...
27,28, 29
29
- Noronanufacturmg. . . . .
29
Miscellaneous...........
38
Emigration
III.
50
Enameled w a r e . . . . . . . . . .
25
Engineering construction
England, exchange;, United States trade
with.
33,37
Exchange rates, foreign..
.
33
Expenditures, United States Government. _
34
Explosives...
39
Exports
36,37
Factory employment, pay rolls.. 27,28,29,30,31
Failures,commercial
32,33
Page
Fairchild retail price index
23
Fares, street railways
37
Farm employees
29
Farm prices, index
23
Federal Government, finance
34
Federal-aid highways.
25, 29
Federal Reserve banks, condition of
32
Federal Reserve member bank statistics
32
Fertilizers
39
Fire-extinguishing equipment
59
Fire losses
25
Fish and fish oils
40,45
Flaxseed
40
Flooring, oak, maple, beech, and birch
48
Flour, wheat
43
Food products..
22-25, 28, 30, 42
Footwear
,
47, 48, 55
Foreclosures, real estate
25
Foreign trade, indexes, values
36,37
Foundry equipment
51
France, exchange; United States trade with. 33, 37
Freight cars (equipment)
38, 59
Freight carloadings, cars, indexes
37
Freight-car surplus
38
Fruits. __
___
23,42
Fuel equipment
51
Fuels
45,46,47
Furniture
49
Gas, customers, sales, revenues
41
Gas and fuel oils
46
Gasoline
46
General Motors sales
59
Glass and glassware
22, 27, 28, 30, 56
Gloves and mittens
47
Gold
34
Goods in warehouses
26
Grains
23, 24,43
Gypsum
56
Heels, rubber
55
Hides and skins
24,47
Hogs
44
Home loan banks, loans outstanding
25
Home Owners' Loan Corporation
25
Hosiery
57
Hotels
29,30,38
Housing
23
Illinois, employees, factory earnings
28, 30, 31
Imports
37
Income-tax receipts
34
Incorporations, business
26
Industrial production, indexes
22
Installment sales, New England
27
Insurance, life
33
Interest payment
36
Interest rates
32
Investments Federal Reserve member banks.
32
Iron, ore; crude; manufactures
22,49
Italy, exchange; United States trade with__ 33,37
Japan, exchange; United States trade with_ 33,37
Kerosene
47
Labor turn-over, disputes
29
Lamb and mutton
44
Lard
_
44
Lead
52
Leather
22-24,28,30,47
Leather, artificial.
58
Liberty bonds
35
Linseed oil, cake, and meal
40
Livestock
23,24,44
Loans, agricultural, brokers', time, real
estate___
31,32
Locomotives
.
59
Looms, woolen, activity
58
Lubricating oil
47
Lumber
* 22, 24, 27-29, 48, 49
Lumber yard, sales, stocks
48
Machine activity, cotton, silk, wool
57, 58
Machine tools, orders
51
Machinery
_.
27,28,30,51,52
Magazine advertising
25
Manufacturing indexes
22
Marketings, agricultural
23
Maryland, employment, pay rolls
30, 31
Massachusetts, employment, pay rolls
30, 31
Meats
44
Metals
22-24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 49-53
Methanol
39
Mexico:
Silver production
34
United States trade with
37
Milk
_
42
Minerals...
.
22,45,52
Money in circulation
34
National Industrial Recovery Act, highway
construction
25
Naval stores
39
Netherlands, exchange
33
New Jersey, employment, pay rolls
29-31
Newsprint
54
New York, employment, pay rolls, canal
traffic
28-31, 38
New York Stock Exchange..
35,36
Notes in circulation
32
Oats
43
Oceania, United States trade with
37
Ohio, employment
29
Ohio River traffic
38
Oils and fats
39,40
Oleomargarine
40
Page
Paints
41
Paper and pulp
22, 23, 28,30,53, 54
Passenger-car sales index
26
Passengers, street railways; Pullman
37,38
Passports issued
38
Pay rolls:
Factory
29
Factory, by cities and States
30
Nonmanufacturing industries
30
Pennsylvania, employment, pay rolls
29,30
Petroleum and products
22, 24, 28-30,46-47
Pig iron
. . __ _
22,49
Pork
_ 44
Postal business
26
Postal savings
_ _ _ _ _
32
Poultry
23,44
Prices:
Cost of living, indexes
23
Farm indexes
23
Retail indexes
23
Wholesale indexes
24
World, foodstuffs and raw material
24
Printing
22, 54
Production, industrial
22
Profits, corporation
34
Public
finance
34
Public utilities
29,36
Pullman Co
38
Pumps
51,52
Purchasing power of the dollar
24
Radiators
50
Radio, advertising
25
Railways; operations, equipment, financial
statistics
37,38, 59, 60
Railways, street
37
Rayon
57
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, loans
outstanding
34
Refrigerators, household
„
52
Registrations, automobiles
59
Rents (housing), index
23
Retail trade:
Automobiles, new, passenger
26
Chain stores:
5-and-10 (variety)
26
Grocery
26
Department stores
27
Mail order
27
Rural general merchandise
27
Roofing
41
Rice
43
Rubber, crude; scrap; clothing; footwear;
tires
22-24,28,30,55
Rye
43
Sanitary ware
50
Savings deposits
32
Sheep and lambs
44
Shipbuilding
22,27,28,30,60
Shoes
22,24,28,30,47,48
Silk
22,23,24,57
Silver.
22,34
Skins
47
Softwoods
48
Spain, exchange
33
Spindle activity, cotton
57
Steel, crude; manufactures
22,49,50
Stockholders
36
Stock indexes, domestic and world
23
Stocks, department stores
27
Stocks (see individual commodities).
Stocks, issues, prices, sales
36
Stone, clay, and glass products
22,
23,27,28,30,56
Sugar
23,24,45
Sulphur
39
Sulphuric acid
39
Superphosphate
39
Tea
23,24,45
Telephones and telegraphs
38
Terneplate
51
Terra cotta
56
Textiles, miscellaneous products
58
Tile, hollow building
56
Timber
48
Tin and terneplate
23,24,51
Tires
_
.
22,24,28,30,55
Tobacco
22,25,28,30,45
Tools, machine
51
Trade unions, employment
29
Travel
38
Trucks and tractors, industrial electric
59
United Kingdom, exchange; United States
trade with
33,37
Uruguay, exchange
33
United States Steel Corporation
31,36,50
Utilities
29,30,34,35,36,41,59
Vacuum cleaners
52
Variety-store sales index
26
Vegetable oils
39,40
Vegetables
23,42
Wages
31
Warehouses, space occupied
26
Waterway traffic
38
Wheat and wheat
flour
23, 24, 43
Wholesale prices
24
Wisconsin, employment, pay rolls
29,30,31
Wood pulp
53
Wool
22,58
Zinc
22,52
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