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MAY, 1932
SURVEY
OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
V O L U M E 12
NUMBER 5
4 stores
in the Louisville
report these
Survey
:
STORE No. 1. Saved $500 by adopting a system for checking
merchandise from invoices as received and reduced its inventory
by watching slow-moving goods.
STORE No. 4. Annual business increased from $84,000 to
about $96,000 through better stock control.
STORE No. 19. Inventory reduced about $500 by eliminating
useless items through "basket sales/5
STORE No. 21. Business increased at least 20 per cent, with
no increase in inventory, largely as a result of remodeling.
Every instance of remodeling or changing the layout following suggestions advanced
after the survey has resulted favorably* In some cases there have been increased
sales of display merchandise, especially fresh fruits and vegetables; in others, fewer
lost sales in rush periods; in still others more leisure to devote to the appearance of
store and stock and more pleasant working conditions. In many stores inventories
have been reduced, credit losses minimized, and unprofitable deliveries curtailed.
(For a synopsis of the published findings of the survey consult
the back cover of this issue of the SURVEY)
V o l u m e 12
MAY, 1932
W E E K L Y DATA THROUGH A P R I L 23,
Numbers
1932
M O N T H L Y DATA T H R O U G H F E B R U A R Y
SURVEY OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
P U B L I S H E D BY
UNITED
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DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE
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CONTENTS
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M onthly business indicators
Business situation summarized
Finance
1932 in comparison
Commodity prices
Employment
Domestic trade
.
Foreign trade
Transportation
Construction
Agriculture
Iron and steel industry
Chemical industries
Automobile and rubber industries
Textile industry
Food industries
Forest products
New and revised series: Gas—Customers, sales, and revenues
Weekly business statistics
Monthly business statistics (Index)
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
Monthly Business Indicators
1923-1925 = 100
160
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
100
160
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
140
100
FACTORY EMPLOYMENT
FACTORY PAYROLLS
ISO
100
i t MM
TOTAL FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS
150
I
I ! I II ! i M ! II M III I I t M I I! <*H»I I I I II II
FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS LCL
(40
f UNADJUSTED
*^
100
eoLLLLU
DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
200
I
\\UNADJUSTLD
!llllll
WHOLESALE PRICES
160
^ADJUSTED
100
100
40
VALUE OF EXPORTS
!60
VALUE OF IMPORTS
!60
^v
100
1 II f 1 1
40
BANK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY
200
200
|| 1
BUILDING CONTRACTS AWARDED
UNADJUSTED
100
100
1928 1929
1930
193!
ADJUSTED FOR SEASONAL VARIATION
1932
ADJUSTED
1928
1929
1930 1931
1932
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
Business Situation Summarized
Building activity continued at low ebb in March
and early April and the small gains in contracts
awarded were less than usually occur at this period.
Total contract awards for the iirst quarter amounted
to only $286,079,000 this year, as compared with
8833,342,000 in 1931, while the value of residential
contracts fell from $233,207,000 in the first three
months of 1931 to $85,130,000 in the corresponding
period of 1932.
Evidence of recent declines in consumer buying is
furnished by the failure of rail shipments of merchandise and department-store sales to respond normally
to seasonal influences. Freight-car loadings failed to
increase seasonally during the first quarter, and the
Federal Reserve Board's seasonally adjusted index
declined more than 1 per cent from February to March,
while rail shipments of merchandise, after allowance
for seasonal changes, declined 4 per cent. Departmentstore sales, reflecting Easter buying, increased in
March, but by less than the usual seasonal amount so
that the adjusted index declined 5 per cent in that
month. Both exports and imports increased slightly
in dollar volume in March, but the gains were considerably smaller than are normally expected.
Financial conditions have shown further recent
improvement. Bank failures have been greatly reduced in number and substantial progress has been
made in reopening closed institutions, while there has
been a further return of hoarded currency to the banks.
activity, factory employment, and
I NDUSTRIAL
wholesale prices showed further moderate declines
in March, and the slight improvement which occured
in some lines of business activity was less than the
normal seasonal gain. The volume of industrial production declined, and the Federal Reserve Board's
seasonally adjusted index decreased 3 per cent and was
22 per cent below the level of the year before.
The decline of 4 per cent in the adjusted index of
production of manufactures was shared in by most of
the factory industries, with the exception of lumber
and leather and shoes, which experienced some
improvement. The index of mineral output, however,
advanced sharply, owing to increased production of
anthracite and bituminous coal.
The seasonally adjusted index of factory employment
declined by 2 per cent in March to the lowest level in
several years. Factory pay rolls, after increasing seasonally in February, dropped back in March to about
the level of January. While most of the manufacturing industries contributed to the decline, wearing apparel and leather were noticeable exceptions, registering
gains in both pay rolls and employment. The curtailment in the automobile industry has been followed by
increased operations and employment in April.
Among the nonmanufacturing industries, anthracite
mining was the only one to record increases in both
employment and pay rolls, while retail trade and
dyeing and cleaning showed gains in employment only.
MONTHLY BUSINESS INDEXES
and pay rolls
Year and month
v- 3
c
3
: ^3
? i *9
I
1
f
i
3
13
OB
•2»
P
Wholesale prices
Merchandise, 1. c. 1.
Total
1-
Foreign
trade,
value
Department
store sales,
value
Freight car loadings
i
1 1a
0
I
3£
®Q
•tt
•53
3
I
1
1
5
I
P
1932
104 |
104
98
93
98
90
96
101
87
88
87
83
82
78
76
73
73
74
87
87
86
82
82
78
75
71
71
72
89
91
87
86
86
79
77
84
81
85
78
78
78
76
75
74
73
70
69
69
75
74
72
68
64
64
62
59
56
56
75
77
79
77
78
76
78
78
70
61
80
80
79
77
76
72
69
69
68
69
89
91
92
89
87
86
88
87
85
77
72 !
70 i
68
70
68
65
77
78
84
68
68
66
52
54
52
58
59
58
65
62
61 ;
75
75
75
106 ij
85
70 i
105
85
68
105
88
80
94
78
67
97
72
53
90
74
58
:
'
'
!
i
'
',
i Adjusted for seasonal variation.
:
1
l
i
:
:
;
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9
ioli
Monthly average
1926=100
Monthly average 1923-1925=100
1930: March
._
i
1931:
j
March
<
April
i
May
_
•
June
1
July....
!
August
!
September _ _
October
i
November _
_
1
December
i
1932:
i
January
i
!
February
March
Monthly average, January
through March:
1930
!
1931
•d
cc
oe ce
.a «>
i
100 !
93
89 i
88 !
89 !
89 i
88 1
86 i
85 !
83 !
83 i
83 !
92
101
97
90
65
67
87
93
97
142
81
78
75 i
67
64
71
98
86 i
i
;
;
•:
<
90
84 :
67
75 i
1
107 «
97
93
126.8
90.2
94.7
88.2
97
106
97
95
91
88
84
86
83
81
62
57
54
49
48
43
48
54
51
48
65
58
56
55 ;
54 ;
52
53
52
46
47
98.4
99.5
96.6
98.4
93.5
83.8
84.3
91.9
74.0
86.7
77 1
73 !
65 j
63
61 :
59 :
59 |
55 ;
49
38 !
76.0
74.8
73.2
72.1
72.0
72.1
71.2
70.3
70.2
68.6
70.6
70.1
67.1
65.4
64.9
63.5
60.5
58.8
58.7
55.7
77.2
75,9
75.1
74.1
73. 9
74.2
73. 9
72.9
73.4
72.3
40
41
41
42
41
41
80.6 j
65.2
69.6
31 i
27 !
26
67.3
66.3
66.0
52.8
50.6
50.2
71.7
71.3
70.9
99
62
41
92
59
41
122. 1
98. 3
71.8
100
76 i
91.4
77.0
66.5
97.9
71.3
51.2
88.9
78.2
71.3
78
78
74
:
Adjusted for number of working days.
102
28 ;
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
Finance—Credit and Banking
CONSTRUCTIVE measures adopted during the
^^ first quarter of the year have proven effective in
improving the general banking situation. Bank failures during March declined to 45, the lowest total for
the month since 1925, and the weekly figures for the
current month reveal a continuation of the improved
March trend. Furthermore, the deposits of banks
reopened during March were approximately as large as
those involved in the suspensions of the month. Money
in circulation has continued to decline, and the total
reduction in the amount outstanding since the first
week of February has been close to $200,000,000.
The gold outflow also was arrested during March and
we had a net gain of gold on balance of $33,600,000,
compared with a loss of double that amount in February. During the first three weeks of the current month
some further gold exports have been made which resulted in a net loss of about $16,000,000.
Evidences of returning confidence in the banking
situation are also reflected in the increase of less than
$14,000,000 in postal savings during March. Such
savings increased rapidly during the latter part of 1931
and the first two months of 1932, but the gain reported
for the latest month was the smallest since last
May.
Among the more important recent developments
in the banking situation have been the reduction in the
indebtedness of member banks at the reserve banks,
and the more aggressive policy adopted by the latter
in the purchase of Government securities. Member
banks drew heavily upon the reserve banks last fall and
such borrowing reached a peak of over $800,000,000
in January and February. By the middle of April this
total had been reduced by over $500,000,000. Total
holdings of Government securities by the reserve banks,
according to the latest report, were well in excess of a
billion dollars and for the latest week such holdings
increased $93,000,000. Reserve bank credit outstanding during the week of April 16, showed a decrease in
comparison with the amount outstanding at the beginning of March, despite the large increase in holdings
of Government securities.
The improvement in the banking situation has not
yet halted the liquidation of bank credit. During the
six weeks ended April 13, the weekly reports of the
member banks reveal a decline in total loans and investments of $465,000,000,, notwithstanding an increase
in investment holdings. However, net demand and
time deposits dropped only about $100,000,000, the rate
of decline being less rapid than in the first two months
of the year.
Bank debits reflect the absence of the usual spring
rise in business activity. Debits in New York City
and elsewhere increased, but the figures reveal no
improvement when reduced to a daily average basis.
During the first three weeks of April the average weekly
totals have shown practically no expansion over the
March figures.
CREDIT AND BANKING STATISTICS
Reporting member
b a n k s Wednesday
closest to end of
month
Bank debits
Year and
month
New
York
City
Outside
New
York
City
Canada
Loans
on
securities
All
other
loans
In-
vestments
Net
imers' ac- ports
inceptances cluding
[ Mem- outgold
j
ber
standre) bank
in g
', leased
| reserve end, of
from
acmonth ear-
Condition of Federal reserve banks
end of month
Total
Total
Total
hills
Total
hills
United reserve
bought
disStates
in
the
bank
count- open securi- credit
ed
ties
market
Total
bank-
count
gold
DeNew
Postal
savings
balYork ance, to
State
credit
savings of debanks positors
Money posits
in
circulation
mark
Thousands of
dollars
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
i
1
40, 740
24, 983
3,092
8,244
8,702
5,719
310
279
535
1, 149
2, 385
1,539
68.5
4,532
4,509
169, 527
27, 589
26, 821
May . .- - 25, 072
25, 893
June
21, 007
July
August
17, 501
September.... 20, 073
October
20, 678
November. _. 14,464
December .. 19, 233
19, 421
19, 620
18, 858
19, 406
18, 444
16, 526
16, 627
18, 125
14, 605
17, 112
2,570
2,786
3, 172
2, 694
2,400
2,244
2, 451
2, 587
2,842
2,638
7,256
7,052
6,867
6,746
6,544
6,519
6,346
5,897
5,807
5,777
8,126
7,941
7,863
7,945
7,942
7,879
7,845
7,624
7,543
7,327
7,551
7,903
7,807
7,795
7,810
7,665
7,916
7,700
7,506
7,428
250
157
174
149
195
255
328
728
718
638
124
163
125
106
73
215
469
681
452
339
599
598
598
668
678
728
742
727
717
817
990
937
917
943
976
1, 255
1. 578
2, 184
1, 931
1, 853
2, 428
2, 371
2, 389
2, 381
2, 367
2, 373
2, 364
2, 167
2, 051
1, 961
1,467
,422
,413
,368
,228
,090
996
1,040
1, 002
974
28.6
42.0
53.6
156. 1
-10.2
41.5
-258. 5
-445. 3
117.7
34.0
4,590
4,647
4,679
4,750
4,836
4,947
5,133
5,478
5,518
5,611
5,018
5,059
5,083
5,156
5,149
5,173
5,231
5,217
5,213
5,255
302, 658
313, 775
325, 028
347, 417
372, 457
422, 699
468, 908
536, 660
564, 809
595, 634
17, 676
14, 381
16, 160
15, 893
12, 870
13, 729
2,071
1, 990
5,574
5,440
5, 328
7,256
7,148
6, 883
7,149
6, 935
7,143
899
828
639
153
109
68
746
740
872
1, 856
1,709 i
1,597
1, 947
1,849
1,924
961
919
911
-49.1
-66.7
33.6
5,645
5,627
5,531
5,236
5, 239
5,290
658, 081
683, 627
697, 280
1930: March
1931:
March
April
1932:
January
February
March
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
Finance—Security and Money Markets
OECUBITY prices have moved downward since the
^ early part of March, interrupted by temporary
upward swings which have not yet succeeded in reversing the trend. Liquidation of stocks proceeded
steadily during the final three weeks of March and
reached an acute stage in the first week of April.
The public announcement that the reserve authorities
were increasing their purchase of government securities
for the purpose of expanding outstanding reserve credit
was one of several factors which served to slacken the
rate of decline. The turnover has not been particularly
heavy, with the average daily sales below the February
total. The market value of all listed shares on the
stock exchange on April 1 was about $3,000,000,000
below the preceding month, and a further substantial
shrinkage occurred during the first three weeks of
April.
Bond prices scored some improvement in March,
although quotations during the latter half of the
month and the first week of April tended to follow
the movement of stocks. Strength was confined
mainly to United States Governments, which currently remain around the high quotations for the
year. Daily price quotations, as measured by the
Dow-Jones averages, fell to approximately the low
point of last December in the middle of April, but
have since recovered over 2 points, or about onequarter of the loss on the decline from the March high.
The easing of the general banking situation has been
reflected in a further reduction in money rates. The
call loan renewal rate continued unchanged during the
month at 2% per cent, but rates on time loans and
commercial paper moved downward. The investment
demand for bills has been high relative to the amount
being released in the market, with the result that rates
were successively lowered. The volume of bankers
acceptances outstanding at the end of March fell to
$911,290,714, a decline of $8,101,166 from the preceding month and of $555,445,789 from a year ago.
Acceptances created for export purposes rose $10,300,000 in March and there were increases in bills drawn
to cover domestic shipments and goods stored in or
shipped between foreign countries, but these were more
than offset by reductions in import bills, domestic
warehouse credits, and bills drawn to create dollar
exchange.
While capital issues increased in March, the total
continues small, and the market remains unreceptive
to any but the highest grade issues. State and municipal flotations made up more than two-thirds of the
total of $160,612,000 offered during the month.
Dividend and interest payments were larger during
March than in the preceding month as a result of
quarterly interest payments. Total disbursements
were 17 per cent under a year ago, while dividend
payments were 31 per cent below a year ago.
SECURITY AND MONEY MARKET STATISTICS
Price indices of foreign listed common stock
Year and month
ReStock ported
sales
prices
of
stocks
Commonstock
yields London
Thou- Per
Rel. to sands
1926 sharesof cent
172 4 96,552
1930'lMarch
1931:
March
121.6 65, 494
109.2 54,335
April
May..
.
_- _ 98.0 46, 661
95.1 58, 719
June
98.2 33,540
July
August
__
95.5 24, 890
September
81.7 51, 140
October . .
69.7 47, 895
November . _ . _ __
71.7 37, 369
December
57 7 50, 190
1932:
January
58 0 34 342
February
56.5 31,719
March
56.8 33, 081
Eange of open market money rates
New York
Brokers* loans
Made
by reTotal
portEeLong- dividend
ing
ported
New
term
mem- by the RaBond capital
and
real
ber
Comyields issues estate interest
Call
New
tio
paybanks York
mon- Time merto
Paris Berlin
bonds ments
in
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Stock marpaper N.Y.C., Exket
newal
Wed. change, value
closest end of
to
month
end of
i
month
Price
Rel. to Rela- to
par
Dec. 31, tive to weight1913
1923
ed
Per
cent
Thousands of dollars
Per cent
Per
cent
Millions of
dollars
3.99
106. 47
479
130.9
4 55
630, 889
11,350
623, 742
3.69 3M-4% 3% 43A
3,968
4,656
6.12
4.95
5.43
5.95
5.96
5.66
5.74
6.51
7.28
7.06
8.66
80.70
81.02
77.63
70.33
76.42
72.40
66.90
70.14
76.64
70.77
373
362
346
322
329
309
304
269
249
243
97.3
101.2
96.6
80.6
83.7
Closed.
62.0
Closed.
Closed.
Closed.
4.41
4.43
4.43
4.45
4.44
4.50
4.70
5.16
5.19
5.81
269, 030 2,015
267, 471 7,235
169, 360 9,485
131, 343 3,425
775
115, 070
46, 197 2,100
156, 381 66, 785
17, 391 9,125
50, 123 2,619
66, 984 3, 185
593, 082
745, 673
559, 624
762, 077
945, 976
489, 858
532, 840
747, 157
557, 742
670, 951
1.55
1.52
1.45
1.50
1.50
1.50
1,50
2.10
2.50
2 70
1,875
,730
,539
,479
,390
,366
,172
1,909
1,651
1,435
1.391
1,344
1,354
1,044
3.58
3.40
3.37
2.93
3.03
3.04
3.23
2.33
2.35
2.20
8.22
8.04
7.16
67 18
69.01
69.24
221 Olosprl
250 Closed.
294 Closed.
5 86
5.92
5.87
997 938
443, 200
494, 269
2 65 3^2-4
505
512
495
525
525
533
1.94
1.90
2.18
46 664
38,863
48,247
1 075
0
905
2.50
2.50
2 -2M
%
1%-2M 2M-2H
\y^-i 2 -2M
2
1J4-1M
2
\y±
IIA
2
\1A-11A
1*4-2
2
2^-4 2 -4M
3 -4 3M-4M
3 -4 3%-4
3% 4
3H-3% 3%-4
2%-3H 3^-3%
869
720
591
796
730
587
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
1932 in Comparison
F/R5T 3 MOUTHS
V/////////A
REMAINDER OF YEAR
BANK DEBITS OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY - {BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED - (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS]
STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION-
AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION -(THOUSANDS OFCARS)
<////%^/
FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS- - (MILLIONS Of CARS)
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10
30
40
50
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
Commodity Prices
Only fractional price changes were shown in 16 of 34
subgroups.
Retail prices of foods declined only fractionally
from the middle of February to March 15, after a
sharp fall during the first two months of the year. Of
the 42 articles of foods on which quotations are
regularly received, prices of 26 articles declined, 8
advanced and 8 remained unchanged. Prices of
fresh eggs continued weak with a further drop of 12
per cent during the month. Most of the other
important items in the daily diet changed less than 1
per cent in price.
Farm prices were nearly 2 per cent higher in the
middle of March than at the same time in February,
the first advance in five months, although they are
still 39 per cent lower than before the war and 33 per
cent lower than at this time last year. From February to March the most significant, although not the
greatest, increases were shown in prices of livestock
and of cotton which advanced 6 per cent each, the
former as a result of higher price levels of all meat
animals, except veal calves. Prices of fruits and
vegetables rose 7 per cent due to higher prices for
apples, citrus fruits, and potatoes, and those of dairy
and poultry products fell 7 per cent to a new low level.
Prices of grains averaged the same in March as in
February.
ALTHOUGH wholesale prices of all commodities
-<-*• and of retail foods declined further in March, the
recessions were the smallest in several months. Farm
prices rose 2 per cent, the first advance since November. Data so far received indicates that wholesale
prices were fairly steady during the first three weeks
of April.
Wholesale commodity prices averaged, fractionally
lower in March than in February, hut the decline
during that time was the smallest for any similar
period since November. Prices of textile products
declined 1.8 per cent as a result of an 8 per cent drop in
prices of silk and rayon, and a 2.3 per cent decline in
prices of clothing. Drops of 3 to 4 per cent in hides
and skins and leather prices caused the index of hides
and leather products to decline 1.3 per cent. Seven
of the other 8 groups declined less than 1 per cent
from February to March, and the miscellaneous group
of products remained unchanged. Of the subgroups
of products included in these 8 groups, prices of crude
rubber showed the largest decline, 16 per cent. Prices
of grains, anthracite coal, and nonferrous metals
declined from 4 to 6 per cent and declines of 2 per cent
each were shown in plumbing and heating equipment,
and lumber. Advances of 9 per cent occurred in
prices of cattle feed and of 2 to 3 per cent in structural
steel, meats, and livestock and poultry products.
INDEXES OF COMMODITY PRICES
Retail
Wholesale i
js| F~
&D
ri an
fl
| i |! |
a
Combined ind
commoditi
.22
*
S
ng
! 1
*»
Cos
1* ; §
•
Food
•"*
H
•M O
1•
Finished man
tures
I
;
5 ^ 1
"3
;
;
43
Raw materii
I :; »d* *
O
w
&*
:
Miscellaneol
&1
§
1
;
House fun
good
s*
sa.i;
is!!!
IS"-!
2
i Fuel and lig
Year and month
1 1^
i'l
«2
• s
a
03
•+*
V
3
j Textile prodi
i A
i "S
i
y
1 8 s ;•
-2w
! •S*
a>»
i —s
T
ITYV
5
«2
«
H
j Farm*
Mo.
average
1909
to
1914 =
Mo. l Mo.
aver- j aver, age
age
f|1913= 1923 =
M on thi y a v erage, 1026 = 100
100
100
100
1
930: March:
931:
March
April
May
-. .
June
.
July
August
.
September
October
November
December
932:
January
February
March
Monthly average, January
March:
1930
_
1931.
_
1932
1
! 90.8
i
!
I
i
' 67 3
I 66 3
I 66 0
through !
;
Department of Labor.
76 0
74 8
73 2
72 1
72 0
72 1
71 2
70 3
70 2
68 6
92. 1
77 0
66 5
94.7
93.9 ; 103.2
86. 5
77.4
100.6
95.4
91.2
96. 5
78.2
89.3
70
70
67
65
64
63
60
58
58
55
77
76
73
73
74
74
73
73
71
69
70
68
67
66
66
65
64
63
62
60
0
2
4
6
5
5
5
0
2
8
68 3
3
9
9
5
4
8
4
3
86 4
85 7
85 0
84 4
84 3
83 9
83 9
82 8
82 6
82 2
82 5
81 5
80*0
79 3
78 1
77 6
77 0
76 1
76 2
82
81
80
79
78
76
76
75
76
76
88
87
86
86
85
84
82
81
80
78
72
71
70
69
69
68
68
66
68
66
69
68
66
64
64
64
62
61
62
60
6
1
1
4
9
5
5
8
7
7
6
3
8
3
0
6
7
3
0
1
i 87
!
87
' 87
! 88
i 89
88
85
i 82
81
' 79
6
5
6
0
4
7
0
5
6
8
65
62
62
66
67
67
69
68
9
3
5
4
9
9
3
6
1
1
0
9
8
4
7
9
7
0
9
5
0
5
5
7
7
3
2
6
7
8
;
90.6
92.0
5
72 9
3 i 71 5
5
69 8
7
69 3
3
69 3
1 68 3
7
66 7
5
65 2
0
64 9
2
63 7
79 6
78 3
76 9
76 0
76 1
76*4
75 9
75 1
74 8
73 3
52 8
50 6
50 2
64 7 ;
62 5 '
62 3
79 3
78 3
77 3
59 9
59 8
58 7
67 9
68 3
67 9
81 8
80 9
80 8
74 8
73 4
73 2
75 7
75 5
75 3
77 7
77 5
77 1
65 6
04 7
64 7
58 3
56 9
56 1
97.9
71 3
51 2
88. 9 ' 104. 1
78 8 : 87 7
63 2
78 3
88.1
70 7
66 1
78.7
71 4
68 0
100.9
86 6
81 2
95.8
82 9
73 8
92.2
83 6
96. 9
88 1
77 4
78.5
71 9
65 0
91.7
91.9
70 9 ; 73 2
57 1 61 9
2 Department of Agriculture.
63 1
61 9
60 8
150
9,8 |
126
126
89 1 i
91
85. 9
85 9
85 9
85 6
84 9
83 9
00. 1
83
i
:
1
i
i
86
80
79
75
72
68
71
66
81 4
80 1
!
1
72 1
71 4
71 5 1
j
1
92.6 !
80 5
71 7
71.7
124
121
118
119
120
119
119
117
114
109
105
105
153
12Q
106
3 National Industrial Conference Board.
88 2 •
,
i
98.5
89 9 '
63
60
61
130
92
61
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
Employment
pick-up in business activity, which
SEASONAL
usually occurs in the first quarter of the year, failed
to materialize in 1932 to any appreciable extent, and
as a result employment which had declined from
January to February was again lower, generally, in
March. Pay rolls were also further reduced during
the month and for the first quarter of the year those
of manufacturing establishments averaged only slightly
more than half of the average monthly wage payments
during 1923 to 1925. A greater than seasonal expansion in employment took place in the wearing-apparel
and the leather industries; an increase, but of less
than seasonal proportions, occurred in the cement,
clay, and glass industries, while employment in the
chemical group of industries remained unchanged
from February to March and that of all the other
groups declined. Employment in the food, leather,
and petroleum groups has been maintained much
better, both as compared with a year ago and as
compared with the period 1923 to 1925, than in all the
other groups, with the exception of the paper and
printing industries, which have shown a smaller decline
in employment during the period from 1923 to 1925,
than any other group of industries.
The factory industries showing the greatest declines
in employment from February to March were those
manufacturing silk goods, woolen and worsted goods,
cast-iron pipe, furniture, explosives, and machine tools,
while those showing the greatest increase were engaged
in the production of butter, women's clothing and
millinery, boots and shoes, fertilizers, and stamped
and enameled ware.
Nonmanufacturing industries, with the exception
of anthracite mining, retail trade, and cleaning and
dyeing also reported declines in employment and pay
rolls from February to March; employment in the
first two of these groups expanded 3.5 and 1.1 per
cent, respectively. The nonmanufacturing industries
showing the smallest relative decrease in employment
between the two months were telephone and telegraph,
wholesale trade, and hotels. Compared with 1929
employment has been best maintained in the power,
light and water, and the hotel industries. During
the first quarter of 1932 wage payments averaged from
one-half to three-fourths less than the 1929 monthly
average in bituminous coal mining, metalliferous mining, quarrying and nonmetallic mining, crude petroleum producing, canning, and preserving industries.
Although unemployment continues high, the American Federation of Labor reports no change in the
number of trade-union members unemployed. Hourly
rates for common labor which increased 1 cent an hour
from January to February showed a similar increase
in March. There were some further downward adjustments of salaries and wages in March. Industrial
disputes and disorders continue to be relatively few.
STATISTICS OF EMPLOYMENT, PAY ROLLS, AND WAGES
Factory em- j
Bituminous
ployment F.R.B. coal
mining
F. R. B.
factory
Anthracite
mining
Power, light,
and water
Em-
Em
'
Pl y
° ment
Telephone
and telegraph
1
pay
Year and month
rolls,
unadAd- Unad- justed
j listed' justed
Employment
Pay
rolls
ployment
Monthly average,
1923-1925 = 100
1930: March
1931:
March.
April
May
June
- _ _
July
August
September
October .
November
December
1932:
January
February. - _ _
March .
..
Monthly average, January through March:
1930
1931
1932.
Pav
rons
rolte
Pay
rolls
Employment
Pay
rolls
Employ- Employ- Wages,
comment
ment,
mon
agencies, trade- labor
in
appli- union
road
per memPay cants
buildbers
rolls 100 jobs
ing
Retail trade
Employment
Monthly average, 1929=100
j Number
Per cent Cents
of total
members per hour
°2 9
93.1
98.2
98.6
86.4
82.6
78.5
99.7
102.1
99.4
105.8
93.9
95. 5
180
79
39
77.9
78.0
77.8
76.0
75.1
74.1
72.8
70.3
69.3
69.4
78.1
77.9
77 A
75.0
73.8
74.2
74.7
71.4
68.7
67.9
74.9
73.6
72.1
67.6
64.4
64.3
61.8
59.4
56.2
55.8
88.8
85.9
82.4
78.4
76.4
77.0
80.4
81.3
81.1
81.2
65.2
58.6
54.4
52.4
50.4
50.6
53.6
56.2
54.6
52.3
82.0
85.2
80.3
76.1
65.1
67.3
80.0
86.8
83.5
79.8
71.3
75.2
76.1
66.7
53.7
56.4
64.9
91.1
79.5
78.4
96.7 102.4
97.1 97.6
97.6 98.7
97.2 98.3
96.7 97.4
95.9 96.2
94.7 94.3
92.7 93.2
91.3 93.3
90.3 91.2
88.6
88.1
87.4
86.9
86.6
85.9
85.0
84.1
83.5
83.1
97.9
95.0
94.1
95.0
93.3
92.3
92.1
91.6
89.7
92.7
87.8
90.1
89.9
89.1
83.9
81. 8
86.6
89. 8
90.9
106. 2
87.5
88.3
88.0
87.6
83.3
80.3
83.5
84.6
85.4
94.1
179
177
181
205
209
217
196
221
214
191
74
75
75
75
74
74
74
74
73
70
37
35
37
37
36
36
34
35
34
33
68.1
67.8
66.4
66.3
67.3
66.3
52.4
53.6
53.3
80.8
77.4
75.3
47.0
47.0
46.8
76.2
71.2
73.7
61.5
57.3
61.2 j
89.3
87.2
85.5
88.4
86.0
85.4
83.0
82.0
81.7
89.1
89.6
88.2
84.3
80. 5
81.4
78.0
73.7
73.4
207
188
69
69
69
32
33
34
93.2 1
96.8
72.2 j:
52.8
101.2
91.4
77.8
96. 6
68.9
46.9
97.2
87.4
73.7
101.9
87.5
60.0 I
99.4 100.7
97.9 100.2
87.3 86.6
100.4
89.4
82.2
104.3
96.3
89.0
95. 7
88.3
82.1
97.1
87.9
75.0
194
202
79
73
69
39
36
33
66! 6
i Adjusted for seasonal variation.
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
Domestic Trade
HOLESALE and retail trade has recently reWflected
the effects of the continued reduction in
clined 11 per cent, or close to the average decline of
10 per cent for the first quarter. Five-and-ten cent
store
sales continue to hold up relatively well. For
consumer purchasing power and general uncertainty,
the
first
quarter of the current year dollar sales through
which have been only partially offset by continued
price reductions. Some gains in retail trade have these outlets were only 5 per cent below the level
occurred, particularly in clothing and hardware lines, of a year ago. Sales of the two leading mail-order
but these have been of a seasonal nature. On the houses during March were about one-fifth below a
whole, the first quarter was marked by a sharp cur- year ago.
Mortality among commercial concerns continues
tailment of retail trade which had held up remarkably
well through 1930 and 1931, considering the decline in high with the total failures for March the largest ever
reported for the month. The returns for the first
production and pay rolls.
The volume of sales through the leading retail out- three weeks of April record only a slight decline in
lets during March was greater than in February, but the comparison with the preceding month. Liabilities
increase was not up to seasonal expectations. Depart- involved in these failures were not far below the total
ment store sales increased 11 per cent in dollar volume for January last, the seasonal peak, and were the
but, after allowing for seasonal influences, the adjusted largest for the month since 1924. During the first
index fell 5.1 per cent. Compared with a year ago, quarter of the current year failures showed an increase
sales were lower by 22 per cent, which was slightly of 8 per cent over a year ago while the liabilities inhigher than the average decline of 20 per cent for the volved increased 28 per cent.
Advertising in both newspapers and magazines
first quarter. This quarterly decline contrasts with a
decline of 6 per cent in the first quarter of 1931 in showed the usual seasonal expansion in March. Durcomparison with the preceding year, and an average ing the first quarter of the year, newspaper lineage dedecline of 10 per cent for the year 1931 in comparison creased 13 per cent in comparison with a year ago,
with 1930. The March reduction from a year ago while expenditures on magazine advertising decreased
was fairly uniform in the various Federal reserve 24 per cent. Expenditures on radio advertising were
higher than in February and for the first quarter were
districts.
Sales through the leading chain-store systems were 46 per cent in excess of the same period of 1931.
also higher than in February, but not by the normal
March postal receipts increased over the short
seasonal amount. In comparison with a year ago, the month of February, but were 12 per cent below last
dollar sales of the leading chain-store companies de- year.
DOMESTIC TRADE STATISTICS
Departmentstore sales
Year and month
Unad- Adjust- justed 2
ed^
Freight car Five-and-tenDepartment-3 loadings,
mercent-store j
store stocks chandise, I.e.
1.
sales
Unad- Adjust- justed 2
ed
Mailorder
sales, 2
houses
Unad- Ad- i Unad- Adjust- just- just- justed
ed 2
ed
ed 2
Failures
Money
order
value,
Liabil- Maga- News- paid
ities
zine paper
Thou- Mil- ThouNum- Thousands lions of sands
ber ofsands
dolls. of lines lines of dolls.
107
100
97
101
149
165 !
47, 582
32,475 i
2,347
56, 846
2,748
98
88,103
92
101
97
90
65
67
87
93
97
142
97
106
97
95
91
88
84
86
83
81
87
87
85
80
75
76
84
88
89
73
84
83
83
82
81
79
81
80
79
78
89
91
92
89
87
88
88
87
85
77
89
88
89
89
88
86
85
83 1
83
83
144
160
156
148
140
143
142
169
148
279
!»
168
168
162
149
160
156
152
147
144
43,008
52, 078
50, 070
49, 480
45, 093
43, 004
45, 955
52, 280
45, 898
58, 821
30, 178
29,257 i
27, 844
26,442
24,578
23,389 i
26,335
28, 618
25, 355
34, 966
2,604 60, 387
2, 383 50, 868
2,248 53, 371
1,993 51, 656
1,983 60, 998
1,944 53, 025
1,936 47, 256
2,362 70, 660
2,195 60, 660
2,758 73, 213
2,182
2,421
2,375
2,191
1,613
1,316
1,603
1,911
1,882
1,626
90
89
88
80
67
67
77
88
82
77
81, 747
81, 956
76, 433
79, 311
76, 365
71,622
74,679
86, 759
81,318
91, 567
67
64
71
78
78
U
67
69
72
75
73
70
75
75
75
81
78
75
115
121
138
155
156
146
31,975
32, 581
33, 959
25, 312
24, 061
26,677
1,138
1,469 i
1,677
68
64
72
78, 149
73, 463
80, 211
47, 149
41, 296
32, 838
31,377
28, 585
25, 350
3,458 96,860
2,732 84,900
2,951 93,760
i
2, 456 56,452
2,828 71,534
3,047 91,840
2,360
1,899
1,428 1
89
79
68
84,254
76,985
77,274
100
i
90
84
67
2
Advertising
lineage
93
i Corrected to average daily sales.
115352—32
50 se-
lected
cities
Thousands of
dollars
Monthly average, 1923-1925=100
1930: March
1931:
March
.
April
May
June
_ _ _ _ _
July
August
September _ _
October
November
December
_
1932:
January
February . _ .
March
Monthly average, January through
March:
1930
1931
_
1932
Commercial
failures
Postal
receipts,
98
86
75
94
82
69
2
I
145
132
125
Adjusted for seasonal variation.
3
End of month figures.
10
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
Foreign Trade
T TNITED STATES exports during March showed
^-^ an increase of $2,000,000 over February, following
the gain of $4,000,000 in the preceding month. Since
imports increased less than one-half million dollars,
the favorable balance of trade for the .month was
$24,000,000, or almost as large as in the same period
of 1931. The value of March exports and imports
was $ 156,000,000 and $131,300,000, respectively.
Gold exports in March amounted to $43,900,000, a drop
of $84,300,000 as compared with February shipments.
Although imports of gold were only $19,200,000, there
was a net gain during March of gold on balance as a
result of changes in the earmark account.
The gain in foreign sales of automobiles contributed
materially to the expansion in total exports during
March. Although exports of automobiles as well as of
electrical apparatus and agricultural implements are
now relatively small as compared with those of the
corresponding period of 1931 and other recent years,
they have recorded a gain in each month since January.
Exports of automobiles (including parts and accessories) for the period January-March, 1932, totaled
$23,500,000 as against $49,300,000 in the corresponding
period of 1931, while agricultural machinery and implements exports were $3,100,000 as contrasted with
$39,100,000.
Shipments of wheat, not only to South America and
China but also to the European countries, have been
decidedly larger this year than in the? corresponding
period of 1931; total exports have been 14,500,000
bushels. Exports of raw cotton fell off slightly during
March, but for the elapsed 3-month period have
amounted to 1,508,000,000 pounds, a gain of 79 per
cent over the corresponding period of the preceding
year. Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, and
China have been the leading purchasers in the order
enumerated. Leading commodities showing declines
in foreign sales in March were apples, tobacco, meats
and fats, and copper. In many instances the abovementioned increases as well as the decreases represent
the usual seasonal changes.
While unit values (average prices) of leading export
and import commodities in March fluctuated only
slightly as compared with the two or three months
immediately preceding, they remain considerably
below the level of the corresponding period of 1931.
Among the leading commodity imports, crude rubber, newsprint, cane sugar, coffee, and cocoa showed
the customary seasonal increase during March, while
wood pulp, unmanufactured wool, and copper fell off
sharply. Crude petroleum and advanced mineral-oil
imports increased from 8,220,000 barrels in February
to 8,860,000 barrels in March, but the value dropped
from $7,300,000 to $7,100,000.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
;
Year and mouth
Exports of United States merchandise
Gen eral imi>orts
!
Crude
Finished manufactures
Foodstuffs
j
Ex- I materials ,
ports,
includSemiI Auto- !
ing
mo- !
reexFruits
Wheat Meats and
Mabiles, 1 f i_ e f t
Saw
ports i
cotj
and
!
and
prepTotal chin- parts, j ,it:^"
Total
Total
ton
ery
and |
j flour fats 1 araacces- i
1
!
tions
i sories
FinSemi- ished
Crude Food- manuTotal ma- stuffs fac- manuterials
factures tures
Millions of dollars
369.5
70.5 43.0 , 43.7
1930: March
„
1931:
235.9 !j 56.4 36.0 i 33.0
March
40.2 22.9 i 28.2
215.1
April
36.5 18.9 , 29.4
May
204.0
29.1 13.5 i 28.7
June. -.
187.1
Julv
28.4
13.5
32.3
180.8
August
9.9 J 28.1
164. 8
25.5
180.2 ; 44.4 23. 5
28.4
September
63.6 39.8
204. 9
October
39.3
68.0 43.6 ! 34.6
November
., ..
193. 5
27.1
December.,
68.3 47.3
184. 1
1932:
49.8 36. 0
January....
... 150.0
23.7
52. 6
Februarv _ .
22.8
153.9
37.3
March
155. 3
50.4 36.5
21.7
Cumulative, January through
March:
1930
1,129.3 242.3 154.3 ', 148.0
92.6 \ 98.0
1931
709 8 162.7
459.2 152.7 109.8 ! 68.1
1932
1
9.1
3.9
57
7. 4
8.8
11.6
7.0
6.7
8.8
8.5
7.6
15.9 i
5.3
5. 1
5.4
6. 1
6. 0
4. T
39. 3
12.0
15.7
48. 2
32.9
16.8
Reexports of foreign merchandise during March, 1932, were 3, 475, 000.
6.8
10. 1 i 10. 7
8.5
6.4
7. 8 : 6. 5 I
7. 1 ' 5. 7 |
6. 8 i 7. 6
6. 4
8. 0
6.3
9. 2 i
7. 1 ! 16.2 1
6.0 ; 11.6 !
7. o
6. 6 j
7. 4 !
7. 0
5. 9
23. 6
30.3
20.3
49. 3
199. 6 j
55. 8 j
37. 6 !
24. 4 i
300.5
101. 7
67.1
62.7
69.0
31.4
31.1
29.9
27.4 i
27.9
23.9 !
21.4 !
20.8 i
20. 7 j
110.3 i
110.6 '
103.4 !i
97. 6
88. 3 1
84. 1
83. 2 :
77. 3 i
67.0 i
64.6 •
29. 3
31.1
26. 6
28. 3
22. 7
20. 4
24. 7
20. 2
15.7
17.7
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18. 6 i
18.0 !
14.2 I
12. 8 i
11. 5 ;
10. 7 i
8. 7 :
S. 5
5.5
7.9
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10.7 '
12. 5 i
7. 2 i
9. 0 i
8. 8 i
7. 2 j
7. 2
8.3 \
5. 9
210. 21
185.7
179.7
173.5
174. o
166.7
170.4
168.7
149.5
153.8
64.6
54.7
54.7
52.4
50.0
47.7
52.9
52.4
47.9
49.9
56.6
51.9
49.6
47.2
47.1
45.4
35.1
36.8
33.0
36.7
39.8
33.4
30.4
29.8
30.0
28.3
30.3
29.0
27.6
25.3
49.2
45.7
45.5
44.2
47.5
45.3
52.0
50.5
41.3
41.1
18.8
18.4 !
18.3
54.5 I
57.2 ;
61.3
11.4
13.8 ;
13.5
6. 8 i
7.4 i
9.3
7.6
7. 0 i
6.3 ;
135.5
131.0
131. 3
38.2
37.4
36.0
38.3
37.8
42.4
26.2
24.1
20. 1
32.5
31.8
32.9
575. 1 : 170. 0
343.4 « 110.7 ;
173.3 i 38.6
97. 5 i
49.3
23.5 i
68. 6
32.8 i
21.0
893. 1
568. 3
309.3
180.3
111.5
190.2
144.5
118.4
189.7
108.2
70.8
203.9
135.3
97.2
21.2 ;
145.2
93.4 i
55.5 i
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
11
Transportation
of commodities by the railroads,
DISTRIBUTION
as measured by the seasonally adjusted index of
the Federal Reserve Board, declined slightly below the
February level and was 24 per cent lower than for the
month of March, 1931. Actual loadings, as reported
by the American Railway Association, numbered
2,286,672 cars for the 4-week period of March, which
compares with 2,245,325 and 2,936,928 cars, respectively, for the preceding month and March, 1931.
Increases over February occurred in the loadings of
merchandise in less than car lots, coal and coke, forest
and miscellaneous products.
Surplus freight cars in the hands of railroads on
March 31, totaled 704,747 cars including box, coal, and
miscellaneous types. This was a decline of 6.1 per cent
from December 31, 1931, when the number of idle cars
totaled 750,696, but was larger than a year ago. New
orders for railroad equipment failed to improve during
March. The number of unfilled locomotive orders at
the end of the month numbered 170 which, although
slightly less than at the end of the previous month,
was 33 per cent higher than in March, 1931.
Class I railroads of the United States for the first two
months of 1932 reported net railway operating income
of $33,739,170, which was at the annual rate of return
of 1.08 per cent on their property investment, according to reports of the Bureau of Railway Economics.
For the corresponding period in 1931 the operating
income was $62,054,969 which was a return of 1.98 per
cent on their property investment. Dividends paid by
steam railroads during March totaled $30,500,000, a
reduction of about one-third in comparison with the
same month a year ago. Street railway dividend payments amounted to $4,900,000 in March, or 14 per
cent less than a year ago.
Traffic on inland waterways showed the usual
seasonal increase during March. More tonnage was
moved in government-owned barges on the Mississippi
River during the month than during the corresponding
month last year. Cargo movement on the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers, reflecting the movement
of coal in the Pittsburgh area, was greater titan in
February, while cargo movement on the Ohio River
between Pittsburgh and Wheeling declined. Cape Cod
traffic amounted to 190,484 tons, moving in both directions during March, as compared, with 163,186 tons
during the same month last year.
Total traffic through the Panama Canal declined
slightly during March and was 20 per cent below the
same month of last year. Clearances of American vessels engaged in foreign trade aggregated a greater
tonnage than during the same month a year ago despite
the decline in traffic. Foreign vessels clearing United
States ports, although also showing a greater tonnage
than during March, 1931, did not reflect the same
relative increase as the American tonnage.
Ad- Unadjusted justed i
0)
o i
H
« fl 1
r -* i
% i e i; a
Monthly
average,
i
1923-1925=100 j
*4
«
*d
d
*»
0>
«5 !
2 ij
«
S
3
8
t9
I
I
G
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i
1
Thous. of
dollars
Thousands of cars s
Canals
River
Sault New
c*n<»
Ste.
York V£Jie
Marie State | Cod
Mississippi
(Govt.owned
barges)
Ocean traffic clearances, American
ports
Year and
month
«a !i
Canal and river traffic
Panama Canal traffic,
American vessels,
both directions
«•
5
fl~
F. E. B. Index
Dividend payments,
steam railways
Freight-car loadings
Freight-car surplus
RAIL AND WATER TRAFFIC
Thous. of Thous. of
long tons net tons
Thousands of short tons
1
1930: March
1931:
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1932:
January
February
March
M o n t h l y average, J a n u a r y
through March:
1930
1931
1932
. I
96
90 i 3,516
80
80
79
77
76
72
69
69
68
69
75
77
79
77
78
76
78
78
70
61
65
62
61
58 j 2,270
59 i: 2,245
58 , 2,287
90 1 4, 498
74 2,881
58! 2,26?
•
!
|
i
!
!!
i
!
2, 937
2,986
3,736
2,992
2,931
3,747
2,908
3,813
2,620
2, 273
i Daily average basis,
92
589
232
36
1, 410
466
47, 600
0
0
<
:
!
I
i
1
79
85
106
75
71
106
96
145
104
87
555
486
611
465
452
617
516
755
507
494
138
130
165
125
106
138
104
123
87
71
23
29
80
119
139
175
121
102
25
15
1,103
1,206
1,496
1,192
1,113
1,413
1,081
1,415
946
753
622
603
616
599
564
574
564
535
659
751
45, 000
36, 800
32. 500
34,000
41, 500
33,500
26,500
36,000
32, 450
28,800
0
922
4,335
6,645
7,611
8,385
7,126
6,248
3,049
293
0
349
457
385
506
425
587
505
510
0
747 :
732 :
749
124 i
137 !
116
88
76
66
483
485
509
73
77
80
12
11
11
742
728
750
742
722
705
42,500
29, 000
30, 500
0
0
0
961
852
743 |
164 :
160
128 1
102
00
77
718
602
492
218
13fi
77
34
22
12
1,301
1,020
740
433
640
723
r.O, 367
48, 033
M, 000
0
0
0
1
1
999
885
899
1,097
876
830
1,069
841
1,081
806
742
156 i
!
!
i
j
i
!
!
i
;
153
151
180
140
220
228
149
193
145
112
!
i
j
J
152
71
1,272
2,116
163
203
217
203
211
186
198
221
210
222
83
82
100
86
104
104
107
105
86
168
910
929
937
828
820
859
884
930
676
774
1,773
2,092
2,526
2,241
2,742
2,734
2,478
- 2,420
2,296
1,729
0 i
0
0
178
168
190
131
113
114
652
628
720
1,781
1,774
2, 056
0
0
0
H)7
188
179
74
76
119
1,176
911
669
2, 039
1,770
1,870
!
!
!
:
!
i
.
i
;
Data for May, August, and October are for 6 weeks other months, 4 weeks.
12
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
Construction
contracts awarded during March were
BUILDING
larger in number and value than in February. The
Federal Reserve Board's unadjusted index, based on a
3-month moving average of values, was the highest for
the current year, but during the first quarter fell to
only 25 per cent of the 1923-1925 average. The adjusted index continued to decline. Reports for the
first half of April showed a continuation of the seasonal
expansion in building activity. Awards were at a
daily average rate of $4,475,000, a gain of 7.6 per cent
over the daily average of $4,157,000 in March.
Measurable footage of all types of construction
increased in March for the first time in five months.
The total, however, was less than half the showing for
the same month last year, and approximately onethird the footage reported for contracts let in March,
1930. The value of all construction contract awards
increased 26 per cent over the amount for February,
but was less than one-third the value of contracts let
in March last year. Awards aggegating nearly
$21,000,000 in the Middle Atlantic States, outside of
New York, exceeded those in any other territory,
according to F. W. Dodge Corporation's statistics
covering 37 States.
Residential building contracts for March amounted
to $3,000,000 more than the awards let for public works
and utilities. Value of the latter in the first quarters of
1930 and 1931 was considerably above that reported
for residential building during the same period; in
the current year, however, residential awards for the
quarter were slightly greater in value as compared to
public works and utility contracts. The combined
value of undertakings during the first three months of
the year in both types of construction was well below
the respective showings for the single month of March
a year ago.
Oak flooring shipments advanced 18 per cent over
those for February but the total was only half the
quantity shipped in March, 1931. Shipments of maple
flooring increased for the second consecutive month,
showing a gain of 22 per cent; the monthly average for
the first quarter was 76 per cent of that for the corresponding period a year ago. In spite of an increase of
23 per cent during the month, cement production was
well under that of a year ago. New orders for fabricated structural steel remained close to the February
level. The total for the quarter is slightly more than
one-third the amount reported for the first three
months of 1931.
Construction costs declined further during the
month. Long-term real estate bonds issued during the
three months of this year amounted to less than onefifth the value of those floated in the first quarter
of 1931.
BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION, AND REAL ESTATE
Building contracts awarded
Year and month
F. R. B.
index (3
months
moving
All types of
average construction
of values
unadjusted)
Monthly
average
19231925 = 100
1930: March..
193 I.March
April
May
June
July. .
August
September., _.. .
October
November
December.. .
1932:
January
February
March
Monthly average, January through March:
1930
.
1931
1932
Mil-
M.,
"ir Si
Maple Oak
floorflooring
ing
Residential
building
Public works
and utilities
Shipments
MilThouMil- sands
Millions of lions
of lions
of square
of
square dollars
dollars
feet
feet
Construc- estate
Fabrimartion ket
Cecated
accost, tivityment strucEng. deeds
tural
Frame
Brick
Newssteel
Total
house house Rec. recorded
Production
New
orders
MonthThou- Thou-of First of month, month- ly avsands of sands
erage
ly average 1913 = 100
barrels short
1926=
tons
Tonnance
new
construction
Thousands of
dollars
100
149.8
4,176
36, 863
11,225
237 :
177
181
206.8
70.3
11,350
4,740
151.7 j
133.0
108.9
140.8
116.3
73.0
85.1
82.5
47.4
50.3
3, 095 26, 243
3, 226 28, 155
3, 315 27. 745
3, 778 23, 131
3,447 • 25,691
3, 397 21, 464
3,144 i 19,486
2,703 18,203
2,481 13,907
1,928 12,976
8, 245
11,245
14, 010
14, 118
13, *99
13, 549
12, 092
10, 7G2
8, 161
5, 974
179
285
152
172
160
124
194 !
109
91
98
163
157
160
158
194.5
191.6
189.3
187.2
174.4
171.4
171.4
169.8
169.3
166.2
61.7
62.0
61.3
58.4
61. 1
59.8
60.3
63.2
59.0
64.5
2,015
156
154
156
158
156
170
167
167
166
164
163
161
162
163
161
7, 235
9, 485
3, 425
775
2,100
66, 785
9,125
2,619
3,185
1,000
1,700
0
1,000
600
565
395
500
725
0
300
176
197
24.1
28.3
29.9
1,759 ! 11,673
2,061 ; 11,359
2,495 13,3(JO
5,026
3,971
4,847
48
62
64
156
157
155
161
163
162
162. 5
161. 8
157.2
57.8
58.8
1,075
0
905
240
0
0
1,357
387
224
128.6
108.5
27.4
3, 618 I 31,629
2, 755 22, 140
2,105 12,131
9,295
6,920
4,615
248
165
58 I
178
164
156
182
170
162
207.4
195.2
160.5
73.3
64.8
16, 668
3,375
660
8,430
1,783
80
53.5
456
20.7
101. 5
516
77
82
78
74
68
63
59
52
43 '
30 |
38.0
3-9. 4
38.9
33.7
33.8
30.6
30.1
30.7
20.5
17.2
370
337
306
316
286
233
251
242
151
137
22.1
22.6
21.9
16.9
15. 9
14.1
13.0
15.2
11.0
8.8
100. 9
95.9
88.9
72 7
63. 9
60.2
54.6
60.5
45.3
36.2
522
785
387
1, 117
1, 233
737
353
171
271
280
25
23
26 i
12.6
12.3
16.9
85
89
112
6.9
6. 1
8.5
27.5
24.4
33.2
90 i
68 |
25
41.6
30.3
13.9
366
278
95
16.6
17.0
7.2
81.0
77.7
28.4
102
Thousands of
feet, board
measure
! Long-term
real estate
bonds
t
Real
Building
material
prices
Building materials
!
13
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
Agriculture
AN ESTIMATE of the number of sheep in the
-^** United States on January 1, 1932, showed an increase of 2 per cent over the preceding year. Reports
from the Department of Agriculture, however, indicate subnormal pasture and sheep conditions that will
tend to reduce the yield of wool per head.
Southern hemisphere wool stocks are larger than a
year ago, but did not reach an unusual total. No
withdrawal against this source has been forthcoming
from the United States where domestic supplies have
been sufficient to meet most of the demand. Continental European stocks, imports, and mill activity are
relatively low, while wool consumption in the United
Kingdom has been stimulated by import duties on
finished goods.
Domestic supplies of wheat were reduced by 8 per
cent during the first three months of the current year.
A greater reduction in the existing surplus was hindered by heavy shipments from the southern hemisphere. Australia and Argentina disposed of more than
100,000,000 bushels to foreign markets during January and February, which represented more than half
of the world's exports for that period. Canada also
made substantial shipments with lesser amounts leaving Russia and the Danube Basin. According to the
Department of Agriculture, shipments from the United
States have been limited by prices, which in most cases
are above an export basis, but reports of smaller supplies in Canada and Australia make the outlook for
export shipments more promising. In addition agricultural representatives abroad report a relaxation of
milling restrictions in European countries indicating
that diminishing supplies of native wheat will further
increase the foreign demand.
Exports of cotton during the first quarter of the
current year were greater than in any comparable
period since 1927. The Far East continues to be the
largest receiver but the European market has also increased its purchases during the current year. Exports
to Europe in the first three months amounted to
1,338,592 bales compared with 934,696 bales shipped
in the same period in 1931. Cotton stocks in the
United States have declined continuously since November and the total holdings on April 1 were 15 per cent
below the amount on hand December 1 of last
year.
Planted and intended acreage of early crop potatoes
were sharply reduced this season. Partial reports received the first week in March from early potato growers indicate a decrease of 26 per cent below last year
in acreage of early crop potatoes grown for shipment
to market. The actual number of acres harvested in
1931 totaled 102,500 while estimated planting for this
year amounted to only 75,700.
Sugar production in Cuba for the 1931-32 season
has been officially fixed at 3,024,000 short tons, according to the decree of March 26, 1931. For the 1930-31
season the designated total was 3,495,000 short tons.
INDEXES OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND STOCKS
Indexes of marketing
Animal products
Indexes of stocks , end of
month
Crops
;
Year~and month
Combined
index
Wool
Livestock
Poultry Dairy
and eggs products
Fish
Com-
bined
index
Grains
Vegetables
Fruits
Wheat,
visible Meats,
supply,
coldUnited storage
States
Cotton
Cotton,
United
States
Monthly average, 1923-1925=100
1930: March
1931:
March
April .
. _ -_
May . _
June
July
August
September
October ._
November
December
1932:
January
February
March
...
M o n t h l y average,
January through
March:
1930
1931
1932 .
97.6
42.4
81.0
117.4
99.6
186.8
57.2
61.8
102.8
53.0
43.7
261.0
108.3
158.4
94.0
101.2
106.7
118.0
105.2
94.3
91.5
96.6
97.5
97.2
61.9
78.2
197.1
405.4
57312
259.6
125.1
49.5
46.5
40.3
79.6
82.6
80.2
77.9
72.6
82.5
88.3
104.2
96.2
89.9
121.8
137.0
125.6
115.6
88.6
88.0
88.4
75.4
117.2
136.6
102.9
113.1
130.9
156.6
123.6
96.3
90.5
92.6
94.9
99.7
169.4
174.3
138.5
144.5
161.2
189.3
160.1
140.5
117.2
79.7
64.6
53.3
62.2
55.3
103.0
83.4
119.3
219.2
159.2
96.4
80.0
63.9
69.0
68.6
182.9
128.7
79.8
84.0
65.9
41.7
104.3
93.3
135.6
165.8
103.4
64.1
103.2
131.9
79.1
70.5
75.1
70.6
102.2
88.8
139.3
154.6
129.2
191.1
96.8
62.9
39.1
30.2
28.7
9.3
22.6
29.2
152.1
366.7
276.7
159.6
352.7
339.8
336.4
324. 7
370. 4
413. 5
407. 7
391.9
375. 5
111.8
114.8
110.8
105.8
98.7
83.3
66.6
52.8
54.6
76.8
216.4
196.9
179.5
162.3
146.8
140.1
188.1
281.0
322.8
320.7
91.5
87.3
87.2
37.1
38.7
28.3
89.3
79.2
73.2
77.8
78.4
92.0
103.2
103. 6
105.9
88.7
114. 4
147.8
88.6
73.6
65.9
46.0
62.5
40.0
82.3
86.1
111.2
67.7
74.5
69.2
133.2 j
80.3
77.3 i
360. 8
357. 9
344. 6
91.4
108.0
105.8
310.4
296.4
274.8
92.0
91.4
88.7
43.1
46.0
34.7
86.6
85.2
80.6
97.1
103. 6
82.7
92.7
96.9
104.2
158.9
130.0
117.0
65.2
68.8
76.0
74.1
81.9
49.5
94.9
97.8
93.2
53.6
71.1
70.5
53.4
49.9 i
96.9
273.9
344. 1
107.8
108.6
101.7
176.0
235.5
293.9
393.4
i
354.4
14
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
Iron and Steel
ACCORDING to the Federal Reserve Board's
•£*• adjusted index of production in the iron and steel
industry, total output for the month declined 17 per
cent from the showing from February and was less
than half the amount reported for March a year ago.
The adjusted index of employment receded to a new
low for the depression; the average for the three
months of this year was 19 per cent below that for
the first quarter in 1931. Pay rolls, according to the
unadjusted index, were half the amount reported in
March last year. The United States Corporation
reported the lowest tonnage of unfilled orders on
record at the end of any month. The industry remains
hopeful, however, that such potential factors as
increased automobile production, gains in structural
steel undertakings, and larger orders for rails will
bring about a belated seasonal expansion of activity.
Daily average output of pig iron, which dropped
6.2 per cent from the average rate in February, was
the lowest since August, 1921. The two additional
days in March brought the production for the month
slightly above the total for February. First quarter
production was a little over half the quantity produced in the same period of 1931, and one-third the
output during those months in 1930.
The average daily production of steel ingots declined
to the lowest point of the depression, with the exception of December, 1931. For the first three months,
normally the largest production quarter of the year,
output dropped 3.7 per cent from that reported for
the last quarter of 1931, and was little more than
half the showing for the first quarter of last year.
Iron and steel exports increased 25 per cent over
shipments in February, but the total for the quarter
fell under half the quantity exported during the first
three months of 1931. Imports likewise increased
over the amount reported in the previous month, and
for the quarter they measured 90 per cent of all
incoming iron and steel during the similar period of
1931. The quantity of manganese ore imports continued negligible.
Although a slight increase in tonnage of fabricated
structural steel orders occurred during March, the
total for the entire quarter was under the volume
reported for the month of March last year. Shipments
of structural steel during the quarter declined more
than 50 per cent as compared to the same quarter of
last year.
The movement in the industry toward price stabilization was a contributing factor in the arrest of
the downward trend which has characterized most
iron and steel quotations during recent months.
Prices for steel billets maintained the February level,
while slight increases were reported for the iron and
steel composite, structural steel beams, and the
composite for finished steel.
IRON AND STEEL STATISTICS
"
Fabricated
Steel ingots structural
steel
Iron and !
steel
General operations
Pigiron
protlii ction
i
Rate of
Em- Pay
Produc- operations,
tion,
ploy- rolls £x- ImF. R.B. electric
energy ment
ad- unad- ports ports
(adconjusted)' sump- justed 1 justed
tion
Year and
month
i
i
" ~
States !»*,„,.,
Steel ijjjjjg;
;
average,
1923-1925 = 100
j
;
[
i
Steel
Per
8
Iron and) Struc- 1 CornPro- cent New Ship- infiSed ^e"! " billets,
Bessesteel | tural I posite
duc- ofca-i or- ments
mer
compos-] steel | finished
tion pac- i ders
month
ity
(Pittsburgh)
:
i
Monthly
Prices
United
Thousands of long tons
Per !
cent
Thousands
of short
tons
i
ite
beams
1
i
|
;
\ Th°USatn0dnSs °f 10Dg 1 Dolls, per long ton |
steel
i
Do
^u^100
!
1
1930: March
!
109
136. 8
91.6
97.1 \
238
75
70
76.6
76.5
74.8
72.6
72.1
70.3
67.4
66.2
65.3
65.4
70.0
69.1
64.9 ;
57.6 i
52.4
50.6
45.2
43.9 '
41.2
41.0
109
101
95
76
84
73
70
50
60
57
1931:
March
April.
June
.
July
August , - . - September
October
__|
November
December
60
58
50
45
45
51
42
119.4
108.1
106. 8
86.6
83.1
78.0
78. ?
76.3
77.0
70.0
January
February.
March
Monthly average, !
January through
March:
43
41
34
77.6
78.2
69.0
M. 0
(}']. 4
00. 9
36. 3
37.2
:>5. 4
40
50
ill
73
95. 2
113. 1
74.9
\'2 7
76, 7
63.4
95. 2
66. 6
36.3
220
97
44
May
66
1932:
1930
1931 ._
1932
..
SO
Vdjusted for seasonal
variation.
a
:
•
i
;
!
j
i
i
!
i
49
3,246
4,254
82
237
265
4,571 |
33
41
30
31
28
22
25
23
23
18
2,032 i 2,994
2,020 2,722
1,994 1 2,506
1,639 1 2,076
1,463 j 1,886
1,281
1,719
1,169
1,548
1,173
1, 592
1,103
1,594
980 1,302
54
49
45
38
179
285
152
172
160
124
194
109
91
98
149
159
145 i
159
181
168
149
144
112
123
3.995
3,898
3,620
3,479
3.405
48
62
S>4
66
78
82
2,648
2,546
2,472
218
165
58
258
158
75
4,507
4,031
2,555
25
973
20
35
9f'4
8(J7
j
1
1,461
1,4(0
1,411
10 II 2.971 i 4,022
30
1,818 ! 2, 652 i
27
968 1,444
34
31
28 ,l
28
30
24 ,
27
2^
25
1
79 !
49
27
i
!
!
!
i
!
3.169 i
3,145 !
3, 119
2,934 !
2.735 i
;
30
33.00
35.01 |
1.80
2.43
2
33
21
37 |l
38 !
30.00
30.00
29. 50
29.00
29.00
27
21
9
8
29.00
29.00
29.00
28.80
31. 66
31.61
31. 39
31. 02
31.05
31.05
31.03
30. 81
30.61
30. 32
1. 65
1.65
1. 65
1. 65
1.65
1.60
1.60
1. 60
1.60
1. 60
2. 23
2.22
2 21
2. 19
2.20
2.19
2.20
2. 18
2.18
2. 16
17 !
3
2
27. 75
27.00
27.00
29. 98
29.56 j
29.62
1. 51
1.53
1.56
2. 11
2.11
2.17
30 !
10
11
33. 33
30. 00
27,25
35.30
31. 67 i
29.72 i
1.83
1. 64
1.53
2.44
2. 22
2.13
22
29.00
i
i
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i
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
Chemical Industries
in the chemical industry failed to
EMPLOYMENT
expand in March as is usual at this season and the
adjusted index of the Federal Reserve Board declined
2 per cent below February. Present employment is 13
per cent less than a year ago and about one-fourth less
than two years ago. Pay rolls declined again after the
slight gain in February, being 23 per cent less than a
year ago and 38 per cent less than in March, 1930.
Stocks of three chemical and oil raw materials
declined seasonally in March and while slightly greater
than a year ago, were less than in the same month in
1930. Crude petroleum stocks reached the lowest
point since 1927, after a steady decline beginning in
the fall of 1930. Cottonseed stocks are exceptionally
high, being three times the quantity in storage in
March a year ago and twice the quantity available two
years ago, while flaxseed stocks are the lowest on
record for this month since 1924.
Stocks of chemical and oil manufactured goods in
March were the highest recorded since the index has
been compiled. Seasonal increases took place in ethyl
alcohol and gasoline, while the usual seasonal decline
in cottonseed oil failed to appear. Supplies of kerosene
and explosives, however, were the lowest in many
years.
Wood rosin production picked up in March. Output
in the first quarter, however, was about one-fourth less
than in this period a year ago and was only about onehalf of the total of two years ago. Receipt of gum
rosin at three southern ports have increased slightly
during the past three months, while the large stocks
on hand have shown the usual seasonal decrease in
this period.
Wood turpentine production also increased in
March, while stocks at plants decreased seasonally.
First quarter stocks were the lowest on hand in this
period since 1926. Gum turpentine receipts at three
ports in the first quarter were the lowest since 1926,
while stocks on hand were greater than a year
. ago, hut about one-half of stocks at this time in
1930.
By-product coke production has been steady during
the first three months of this year at a level about onethird under this period in 1931 and about one-half of
the rate of output two years ago.
Fertilizer consumption in Southern States was up
seasonally in March, but was only one-half that of a
year ago and one-third of the consumption of two years
ago. Imports of potash salt increased seasonally also,
but to an amount only two-thirds of the trade a year
ago. Imports of nitrate of soda were almost nil in
March, amounting to but 54 long tons, the smallest
total on record, while imports in this month a year
ago amounted to over 120,000 long tons.
CHEMICALS STATISTICS
General operations
Employment
F. ». B. Indexes
Year and month
j
j
e*Aoks
stocks
Explo- ! Rosin,
sives
wood
Pay
Raw
Ad- Unad- rolls, i'"flST'i
*<**'
i ma.
justed justed unadjusted
jESSl*—
4-1 1 KIWI
'
1930: March
107.5
1931:
89.8
March
91.7
April
May
93.0
89.6
June
89.4
July
86.6
August _
_September
85.7
85.4
October
83.1
November-,
._
December
81.9
1932:
January.. 81.9
80.2
February
March...
78.6
Monthly average, January through
March:
1930
1931
i
1932
..
112.5
Tur- Super- ByAr- Ferti- Potash Nitrate
pen- phos- prod- senic,
tine, phates uct refined lizer salts of soda
wood
coke
Consumption
Imjj orts
Thous.
Short of
short
tons
tons
Long tons
Production
I*l<t —
Monthly average, 1923-1925 = 100
Ethyl
alcohol
! Thous.
i of gals.
Thous. !
oflbs. !
T,
,
Barrels
Thous. of short
to us
104.3
10, 151
30.221
44,964
8,129
343
4,361
864
1,867
92, 208
96. 5
91. 5
88.4
87.9
86.7
85.3
99. 5
120. 7
133.9
124. 6
11, 929
11, 162
13, 120
13,111
11, 975
12, 363
12, 952
16, 037
14,084
14, 002
25,414
27,647
26,960
25,981
25,068
24,548
26,598
25, 282
24,509
18,595
!
|
}
i
1
!
j
i
;
33,544
35,585
33,593
34,747
28,495
17,074
25,058
26, 102
21,440
23,242
5,740
6,344
5,996
5,675
4,370
2,607
3,797
3,922
3, 547
3,733
226
195
162
146
143
162
142
141
143
188
3,256
3,146
3,126
2, 715
2,569
2,443
2,310
2,389
2,276
2,234
1, 506
964
1,044
1,024
997
1,238
1,252
1,180
1,126
1,172
1,353
1,132
195
74
25
40
91
94
66
67
60,394 120, 164
30, 206 67,008
17, 706 34,006
14, 650 29, 711
67, 958 18,809
65, 043 35, 367
66, 440 48,590
50, 071 33, 968
12, 872 29, 871
11,998 17, 029
148.0 > 115.9
155.0 i 107.2
156.4
100.0
13, 224
10, 340
18,175 '
18,064 ;
23,196
20,006
26, 187
3, 626
3,121
4 329
187
177
2, 101
1,996
2, 089
857
841
172
365
644
12, 245
35, 729
41,834
34, 137
8,404
54
139.1 : 111.2
130. 5 \ 102. 5
153.1 107.7
10, 893
10, 886
31,817 !
27,242 i
41,844
30,121
2X ISO
7, 706
5, 377
3,692
388
251
4,168
3,082
2,082
805
1,495
1,156
768
394
94. 532
45, 293
29, 936
93,926
78, 158
14, 198
111.6 ! 140.9
93.3
96.7
91.4
86.7
86.2
84.4
86.0
85.7
83.5
82.0
89.8
92.0
88.4
84.1
82.9
80.4
80.8
80.8
76.4
75.0
! 132. 0
129. 0
129.3
: 124.1
I 119.2
! 117.4
120. 4
: 127. 0
131.9
j 126. 9
81.7
81.1
81.1
71.4
72.1
69.4
1
111.1
95.0
81.3
110.3
91.0
71.0
!
!
i
i
l
I
i
;
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i
106, 521
16
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
Automobiles and Rubber
schedules in the automobile indusPRODUCTION
try were irregular during March with slightly increased activity during the first and last weeks and
declines during the intervening period. Total output
was slightly higher than in February and was approximately equal to the January figure, but the increase
was considerably below the usual expansion at this
season. The increase was confined to passenger vehicles, as truck output decreased 16 per cent from the
production total of February. The Federal Reserve
Board's seasonally adjusted index of production declined 20 per cent during March from the February
level. Canadian production increased for the fourth
successive month and the total output for March was
52 per cent above that recorded for February.
Exports of passenger cars continued the expansion
of February, and foreign shipments of trucks also
recorded a gain. Movements of the latter increased
by 51 per cent while passenger-car exports were 12 per
cent above the preceding month. Average exports
for the first quarter were considerably below a year ago.
Automobile registration figures for 1931, recently
released by the Bureau of Public Roads, show a total
registration of 25,814,103 motor vehicles. These
figures are based on paid license fees and do not include
172,250 official vehicles which are tax exempt. The
total registration for 1930 amounted to 26,545,281, indicating a decrease in 1931 of 2.8 per cent. Truck
registration in 1931 also decreased slightly with
3,466,303 vehicles as compared with 3,486,019 in 1930.
Consumption of rubber in the United States during
March totaled 25,602 tons compared with 27,611 tons
in February. The March consumption was extremely
low for that month, and this is the first year on record
that an increase over February has not taken place.
There was also a sharp decline in the production of
pneumatic tires, but despite this contraction, manufacturers' inventories increased during the month by
about 10 per cent.
Imports of crude rubber during March were higher
than in February or in March a year ago with the
result that the decline for the first quarter in comparison with last year was reduced to 4 per cent. Failure
of the restriction plans was reflected in another increase
in crude rubber stocks at the end of March. Such
stocks are currently 29 per cent in excess of a year ago.
Renewal tire sales for the first quarter of the current
year totaled approximately 33,000,000, whereas the
total for the first quarter of 1931 was 39,000,000.
Inventory of manufacturer's stocks of casings on
March 31 showed holdings of 8,030,000 compared with
6,220,000 on December 31 of last year.
AUTOMOBILE AND RUBBER STATISTICS
!
Automobile production
Year and month
1932
..
Automobile
exports
Automobile
financing
Automobile
United States
Canada
acces1
By
F.R.B.
sories wholeBy
shipindex,
conPasTotal PassenTrucks ments
sale
ger
cars
adsumTaxi- Trucks
prodealjusted Total seners
duccabs
ger
ers
tion
cars
Monthly averages,
19231925=
100
1930: March
1931:
March
April
May
- - June
July
August
September
. __.
October
November
December
. _
1932;
January
.
February
March
Monthly
average,
January
through March:
1930
1931
!
Thousands
January,
1925=
100
Number
Millions of
dollars
Pneumatic
tires
Production
Crude rubber
Domestic
shipments
World
Im- stocks,
ports end of
month
Thousands
Long tons
98
397
330
1,421
65, 466
20,730
22, 129
8,961
67
78
124
3,891
3, 587
45, 254
377, 878
67
77
78
65
60
52
40
26
36
66
276
337
317
251
218
187
141
80
69
122
231
286
271
210
184
155
109
58
48
97
410
665
340
360
180
104
141
651
999
1,144
45, 161 1 12, 993
17, 159
50, 022
45, 688 ! 12,738
40, 244 : 6, 835
34,317
4, 220
4, 544
31, 772
2, 646
31,338
1,440
21, 727
1, 247
19, 683
2, 432
23, 644
11, 526
11, 228
8,468
5,843
6,478
5,699
4,577
3,207
1,928
5,753
6,002
5,499
4,498
4,340
3,518
2,356
4,171
4,500
1,184
3,333
65
66
61
61
57
66
66
80
73
66
63
71
73
58
49
44
36
26
16
29
92
113
109
105
96
80
68
61
49
50
3,730
3, 955
4,543
4,538
3,941
3,125
2,538
2,379
2,001
2,115
3,143
3,804
4,197
4,320
4,244
3,845
3,034
2,185
2,223
2,171
40, 788
44, 908
35, 844
46, 939
44, 052
39, 033
38, 933
41,398
45, 103
53, 818
487, 716
487, 696
497, 707
496, 238
509, 139
511,754
519, 846
539, 907
566, 429
586, 072
45
35
28 I
119
117
119
99
94
99
97
25
74
20, 541
23, 308
19, 560
3, 731
4,474
4,930
5,541
2, 515
2,113
3,183
57
35
33
45
45
2,770
3,097
2,545
1,973
33, 552
28, 298
45, 588
611,827
616,722
630, 290
99
66
36
333
223
118
280
183
97
1,080
484
65
51, 757
39, 404
21,136
15, 555
18, 718
9, 672
4, 882
9.529
4,908
2,604
71
55
64
51
94
73
3,708
3,286
3,362
2,859
45, 385 363, 009
37, 253 473, 160
35,813 619,613
5,477
8,318
9,787
5, 842
!
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17
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
Textile Industry
showing general improvement for the first
A<TER
two months of the year, the textile industry
marked time during March. Decreases in activity
and output occurred in several branches of the industry but, on the whole, these appear to be healthy
reactions.
Very little change occurred in the consumption
of raw cotton per working day, the average in March
being 18,100 running bales as compared with 18,200
bales in February. Cotton spindle activity decreased
2.6 per cent from the relative high rate of activity in
February, but for the month as a whole spindles were
operated at 90 per cent of capacity on a single shift
basis. Weekly production of 300 classifications of
carded cotton cloths averaged 57,050,000 yards in
March, 6.6 per cent less than the February weekly
output. A decrease of 18 per cent in weekly shipments
of these goods more than offset the decline in production
and as a result stocks on March 31 totaled 259,231,000
yards, an increase of 8 per cent over those at the end
of February. The volume of sales declined appreciably, the weekly average being 33,170,000 yards in
March as compared with 61,396,000 yards in the
preceding month. Unfilled orders at the end of March
were equivalent to about five weeks* production, at
the March rate of activity. Wholesale prices of cotton
goods showed very little change from February to
March. Of the 35 products included in the index,
20 did not change at all. Prices of sheetings, shirtings,
and muslin advanced, while tire fabrics declined.
Wool consumption decreased 14 per cent from
February to March, in the latter month totaling
28,097,000 pounds. The sharpest decrease, amounting to 23 per cent, occurred in the Boston district.
Machine activity declined in March as compared with
the preceding month in most branches of the woolen
industry. On a single shift basis, woolen and worsted
spindle activity decreased 22 and 28 per cent respectively. The activity of combs decreased 33 per cent,
and that of wide looms 21 per cent. Carpet and rug
loom activity was about the same in March as in
February, and that of narrow loom was 17 per cent
greater. Wholesale prices of woolen and worsted
goods were fairly steady, declining only fractionally
from February to March.
Raw silk deliveries to American mills increased
about 2 per cent from February to March. Further
declines were shown in wholesale prices of silk and
rayon which in March averaged 8.2 per cent lower
than in February and two™thirds lower than in 1926.
03
Spinning
spindles
Hii
s** *+*
04
B
Deliveries to mills |
SSS
!*J
£«w
*t « ?
Worsted
Av
Vi~
a
Receipts, at Boston, total
Wholesale price,
Fairchild composite
i_
ftjg
*—' 5
Unfilled
orders,
end of
month
o^g^
£. cl g*
w0 9
Production i
Stocks, mills and
wa r e h o u s e s ,
end of month
Bales
83
w®
•o
c
'ft
00
Cotton textiles (23 groups of
textile constructions)
Silk
and
rayon
1
&
aj
"«9
%
•3
a
£
i
1
Mill consumption
Production F. R.
index, adjusted
Year and month
£,
5
Wool manufactures
Wool
Woolen
Cotton manufactures
Cotton, raw
_ L J*
B.
TEXTILE STATISTICS
Monthly average,
19231925=
100
1930: March
.1931:
March
April
May
.- _
_
June
July
.
- August-.
_
September
October
__
November
December
1932:
January
February
March
Monthly
average,
January
through March:
1930
1931
1932
... - -1
3
Millions of
spindle
hours
7,344
507, 646
97
96
97
96
100
99
100
93
89
88
490, 509
508, 691
465, 363
453, 901
450, 884
425, 819
463, 704
462, 025
428, 870
415, 517
8,136
7,000 271, 638
7, 404 ! 7, 125 225, 955
6,748 ! 6, 733 225, 392
6, 102
6,630 260, 163
5, 520
6,528 192, 545
6,193 209, 050
5, 266
6,540 272, 118
7,072
6, 595 227, 116
10, 566
6, 014 231, 446
12, 137
5,951 254, 692
12, 056
89
86
83
435, 337
450, 018
488, (-55
11, 669
11,144
10,333
6,214
6, 507
6,955
101
93
80
526, 067
458, 001
458, 003
6,017
8, 852
11,049
5,956
Monthi ly av- Thou- Dolerage, sands oi lars per
1911i 1913= pounds pound
100
Thousam Is of yard s
99
Months do not contain same number of weeks.
115352—32
1
261, 403
265, 675
Per cent of active hours to
total reported
!
Bales
Monthly average,
1926=
100
387, 463
140
14, 986
.77
58
50
50, 863
74.2
317, 185 273, 781
217, 582 282, 154
205, 603 301, 943
273, 871 288, 235
211,331 269, 449
227, 644 250, 855
278, 049 244, 924
216, 207 255, 833
213, 889 273, 390
237, 834 290, 248
373, 951 1
294,118
248, 544
330, 575
277, 597
217, 508 !
227, 167
344, 639
354, 957
322, 039
121
119
115
112
111
100
95
91
87 !
85 i
13, 279
17, 775
30, 341
56, 743
79, 381
36, 850
18, 707
9,628
7,026
7,577
.66
.65
.63 !
.62 !
.62
.63 i
.62
.58
.58 j
.58 j
57
55
60
61
64
66
63
53
46
39
57
57
66
73
83
78
70
49
51
49 |
55, 383
41,356
45, 073
42, 161
44, 746
46, 454
53,819
56, 668
50,645
48, 432
45.8
43.4
41.4
41. 9
43.8
43.7
43. 5
41.7
41.8
39.0
232, 707
244, 342
285,252
268, 899
258, 744
265, 675
254, 056
239, 654
259, 231
391, 150
377, 988
278,163
85
86
86
11,235
8,127
5,794
.58 I
.57 i
.52 1
52
58
53 \ 58, 793
51 45, 909
40, 761
37.7
36.5
33. 5
7, 5 :• ( 283, 846
6, 4 J ( 228, 652
6,579 254, 100
290, 566
258,712
264,439
446, 266
316, 208
250, 980
379, 974
362, 406
349, 100
147
120
86
14, 327
12, 448
8, 385
.79
.67
.56
60
57
55
54
69.9
46.5
35.9
440, 853
i
52, 799
55, 178
50,488
18
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
Food Industries
of food products declined during
PROCESSING
March continuing the contraction of the first two
months of the year. The adjusted index of production reached its lowest point since last June. Employment in the industry has followed the same general
trend as production, and the adjusted index of the
Federal Reserve Board shows a reduction of 8 per cent
in comparison with a year ago. Wholesale prices of
food products declined fractionally during March, but
the loss was the smallest for any month since the
decline was resumed after a temporary rise in midsummer of 1931. March level of prices was 20 per
cent below a year ago, or about the same relative decline as for the first quarter.
Among the fruit and vegetable crops, apples are
currently in a strong position marketwise. A good
demand through the late winter months reduced the
cold-storage holdings on March 1 to an equivalent of
5,409,000 barrels, or only 4 per cent above the total
a year ago. Boxed apples on hand were 23 per cent
smaller than the amount held in March, 1931. California oranges moved at a rate of about 200 cars a
day duringearly March, but the shipments were still
approximately one-third under last season. Florida
movements decreased to about 100 cars a day, and a
decline in shipments was also reported from Texas.
Car-lot shipments of tomatoes were curtailed by
freezing weather early in March, particularly from
the Rio Grande Valley, where major movements will
not be reached until late April or early May. During
the third week of March the Florida output showed a
daily average of 60 cars, while imports from Mexico
and Cuba increased to 50 cars per day. Imports this
season have declined sharply, but the Florida forwardings for the early portion of the crop have increased by approximately 50 per cent.
Receipts of eggs at the five principal markets were
30 per cent smaller during March than for the corresponding month a year ago. This decline served
as a steadying influence in the market, although prices
continued downward. Poultry stocks of all varieties
amounted to 74,513,000 pounds on April 1, approximately 4,500,000 pounds more than stocks on hand
on April 1, 1931. This represents a decline of 23
per cent from the total holdings of March 1 of the
current year.
Tear and month
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average,
1923-1925=100
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1923-1925=100
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90
96.9
94.3
56.7
97.6
87
95
89
83
87
88
93
92
91
98
89.9
90.6
90.8
88.7
88.1
88.1
87.5
85.5
85.9
86.3
77.6
76.3
73.8
73.3
74.0
74.6
73.7
73.3
71.0
69.1
64.6
53.1
62.0
55.2
103.0
83.4
119.3
219.2
159.2
96.4
94.0
101.2
106.7
118.0
105.2
94.3
91.5
96.6
97.5
97.2
94
90
84
85.3
83.7
83.1
64.7
62. 5
62.3
88.6
73. 6
65.7
93 i
91
89
97.7
90.5
84.0
95.8
78.8
63.2
64.9
68.6
75.9
77
Millions of
bushels
V)£l
S-l CO
Millions of bushels
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March
1931:
March
April, .
May
June
July
August _ ._
September
__
October
November
_ _
December ..
1932:
January
February
March
Monthly average, January through March:
1930 .
1931
1932
11
1
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«-g
a
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Animal products
Thousands
"o
Cofifee imports
fl
Q
Corn
Wheat
Total raw sugar imports
F.IL B.
Crop marketings
Food products industry
Animal products, marketings
FOODSTUFFS STATISTICS
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si 11
£bo If
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~ Pi
§
3p
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§
r§
21
25
.80
1,547
3,294
1,038
390
1, 134
.71
.75
.76
.67
.47
.51 !
.56
.58
.69
.60
19
17
11
13
16
11
22
20
12
14
12
11
1,535
1,617
1,551
1,539
1, 488
1,821
1,797
2,137
1,866
1,453
3,207
3,OS7
2,938
2,854
8
6
7
10
13
.60
.58
.56
.58
.57
.46
.42
.38
.43
.37
2,511
2,454
2,727
3,462
3, 752
4,210
1,072
1,100
1,062
1,014
946
798
638
506
523
738
515
415
313
382
473
532
330
269
189
218
1,407
1,126
1,415
1,037
1,100
884
794
907
936
1,203
8
8
8
.61
.59
.58
10
14
11
15
19
23
.37
.34
.33
1,376
1, 281
1,377
4,218
3, 659
2,939
876
1,035
1, 914
289
437
515
1,220
1, 149
1,220
10
5
8
1.14
.71
.59
27
20
12
22
20
19
.82
.62
.35
1. 504
1,449
1,345
3,932
1,033
1,041
975
322
361
414
1, 133
1,263
1,196
153
7
31
21
31
30
104
61
39
33
26
14
207
200
198
191
218
243
239
231
230
221
5
7
10
12
17
12
12
15
13
12
91.5
87. 3
88.6
17
25
13
212
210
202
92. C
91.4
89.1
38
30
18
161
202
208
1.04
0
3, 854
3,605
19
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
Forest Products
production recovered somewhat in March
EMBER
from the low point reached in the previous month.
Output was still at a low level, however, being reported
by the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association
as 25 per cent of normal during the first 15 weeks of the
year. New orders were still in excess of production
but not by so wide a margin as in the previous month.
During the week ending April 16, new orders exceeded
production by 11 per cent, while during the first 15
weeks of the year there was an average excess of 36 per
cent. Mill stocks have continued to decline but are
still high.
Employment, adjusted for seasonal movement, declined further to a new low" point in March. Present
employment in the industry is three-fourths of the
level in March a year ago and 54 per cent of two years
ago. Pay rolls also declined to a new low point in
March, and are at present 47 per cent less than in this
month a year ago and 67 per cent less than two years
ago.
Alarch marketings of forest products showed a
seasonal increase, the movement in the first quarter
having been only 8 per cent less than a j^ear ago. The
marketings of naval stores also increased, but fell
considerably short of the normal seasonal rise at this
time. There was a decline of about 22 per cent in the
first quarter this year as compared with a year ago.
The normal seasonal increase took place in southernpine production, and to a lesser extent in new and
unfilled orders. As compared with a year ago, firstquarter production was off about 44 per cent, while new
orders were less by 35 per cent and unfilled orders
showed a decline of 38 per cent. Stocks on hand in
mid April were 22 per cent less than a year ago, and
were less than 10 per cent over the industry's budgeted
stocks as compared with an excess of almost 40 per
cent a year ago.
A counterseasonal decline in Douglas fir production
took place in March, while new orders failed to pick up
materially and unfilled orders declined. Output in the
first quarter of this year was about 40 per cent less than
in this period last year and 60 per cent less than two
years ago. New and unfilled orders have shown
about the same declines in the corresponding periods.
Gar loadings of forest products increased slightly
but less than usual in March as compared with the
short month of February. Car loadings are at record
low levels for this time of year, being for the first
quarter 43 per cent less than in this period last year
and two-thirds less than two years ago.
FOREST PRODUCTS STATISTICS
General operations
Year and month
Indexes of
marketing
Lumber
Em- Pay Total
pro- ployroll, forest Naval
duc- ment,
tion
unad- prod- stores
ad- justed
ad- justed
ucts
justed
F.R.B.
Southern pine
Production
UnNew filled
orders orders
Monthly average 1923-1925= 100
1930: March
1931:
March
A pril
_ _.
May
June
_,
July
August
September
October
November _
_ ..
December
1932:
January
_ ._
February
_
March
Monthly average January
through March:
1930
1931
1932
Production
Hardwoods
UnNew filled
orders orders
Production
Car
loadings,
Un- forest
prodNew filled
orders orders
ucts
Furniture,
unfilled
orders,
southeastern
district
Thou- Dollars
sands of per
firm
cars
Millions of feet, board measure
82
76.8
74.6
73.0
41.1
275
239
193
329
290
217 j
270
203
641
232
62, 923
48
47
48
47
42
38
36
33
27
27
55.7
55.4
55.4
54.4
52.0
51.1
49.4
48.4
47.4
45.4
46.2
44.9
45.7
44.6
41.7
41.3
40 3
38.2
34.4
31.2
59.3
63.6
66.7
67.2
64.6
64.3
67.5
63.1
56.7
53.3
39.7
98.3
136.5
189.9
186. 7
141.5
111.9
114.0
97.2
90.4
165
165
148
127
122
120
117
117
111
78
174
169
158
140
147
151
138
135
111
73
121
104
84
83
83
83
74
58
62
51
186
202
207
200
149
172
155
150
116
103
217
224
189
191
181
188
159
151
136
115
197
216
136
163
166
111
125
81
105
86
165
146
H6
143
109
101
105
105
105
86
173
154
158
176
139
131
131
131
131
105
473
463
431
419
402 i
375
387
374
370
367
138
130
165
125
106
138
104
123
87
71
29,798
28, 248
19,338
56, 865
47, 997
47,706
42, 180
22,100
16, 286
14, 469
27
23
27
43.9
43.3
41.2
26.6
25.9
24.5
49.5
50.3
54.5
26.1
24.1
29.6
80
89
104
106
119
127
61
74
77
99
116
103
126
112
114
114
111
101
68
83
120
105
356
3! 5
73
24, 278
78
46
26
77.9
56. 1
42.8
73.3
45.3
67.6
56.1
38.7
34.1
26.6
257
161
91
246
179
117
195
115 1
71
2fi8
175
105)
2f>2
199
117
267
187
109
259
155
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Data for May, August, October, and December contain 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks.
Douglas fir 1
32, 249
i
177
(7.0
470
80
231
136
77
48, 466
31,913
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
20
May, 1932
GAS—CUSTOMERS, SALES AND REVENUES 1
MANUFACTURED GAS (150 COMPANIES)
YEAR AND MONTH
Industrial
House
Domestic heating
Total
and
com-
j IndusDomestic House | J|*J j
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Total
mercial
r
1939
January
February
March
April
Mav
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
-
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8, 655
8,656
8, 664
8,702
8,748
8 769 1
8, 782
_..:
8,820 !
_ . _ . i 8,871 !
:
8,910 i
8,916 I
'
8,904 1
1930
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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8, 848
F 844
8, 861
8,869
8' 887
8,888
8,889
8 902
8,937
8,954
8 945
8,908
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8.865
8.874
8, 883
8,901
8 904
8,965
8 912
8,911
8,938
8 910
8,888
8,828
Reveni! from sales to consumers
Revenues
Sales
Customers
rhmiQcmrl«
A T i l l i r m Q nf r>nhin
fact
8, 256
8, 252
8 261
8, 299
8, 343
8 351
8, 370
8,410
8, 457
8, 485
8, 486
8, 471
27
28
28
28
28
25
20
19
23
32
36
37
367
370
369
370
372
387
386
385
385
387
388
389
32, 412
31, 930
30, 631
30, 077
30, 595
29 248
25, 951 1
25, 683
27, 855 i
29, 761
30, 275
31,973
22, 639
21, 908
21,015
20, 843
21,628
21, 060
18, 353
18,203
20, 136
21, 257
20, 997
21,784
1,907
2,020
1,641
1,167
850
381
114
68
132
613
1,393
2,385
8 406
8 406
8 425 i
8,431 ;
8 446
8, 449
8,458 .
8 471 i
8,504 !i
8,510
8 499 l
8' 459 i
39
38
38
38
38
36
30
29
31
40
44
45
397
394 !
392 !
394
394
397 '
395
396
395
398
305
397
33 501
32 513
31,221
31,484 i;
30 272
29,179
25 629 :
24 291
26. 882 i
29, 377
29 757
31, 320
22 664
21 510
20, 955
21,385
21 488
21,181
18, 748
17 687
19,986
21, 517
20 771
21,402
2 679
2,707
2,194
1,858
942
464
149
102
145
628
1,727
2,612
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8,404
8,416
8,427
8,444
8 447
8,510
8 466
8 466
8,492
8 446
8, 420
8,358
46
46
45
45
41
39
?-7
34
37
45
48
50
409
407
404
406
410
410
404
404
404 i
411
413
414
33, 478
31,110
30, 945
30,731
29 865
28,310
24 741
23, 527
25, 985
27, 820
28, 527
29, 339
22 537
20, 54S
20, 599
21,004
21, 230
20, 775
18,321
17, 427
19, 590
20, 873
20, 526
20, 396
3,327
3,004
2,692
2,150
1,233
515
191
133
167
532
1,344
2,236
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7 955
8 0^0
7,864
8,084
7 692
7.391
6. 5P6
6,378
6,605
7,048
7,071
7, 104
7,425
7,396
7,490
7,434
7,268
6,906
6,122
5,843
6,087
6,241
6.490
6,507
and
com-
mercial
Thousands of dollars
!
7,680
7,828
7,803
7,903
7,959
7,657
7,354
7,280
7,442
7,723
7,705
7,606
Industrial
House
Domestic heating
Total
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33, 659 1
32 253
31,817
32, 345
31 393
28, 076
27,817
30, 159
31,755
32, 073
33,614 1
25,997
25,300
24,230
24, 151
25,015
24 570
21,794
21,663
23,749
24,742
24, 364
25,076
35 013
33, 837
32, 757 1
33, 129
32, 232 i
31,518
28, 187 :
26, 847
29, 518
31,698
31, 751
32, 963
26 026
24 805
24,285
24,778
24 870
24, 742
22,239
21 144
23,572
25, 042
24, 125
24,629
34, 947
32, 504
32, 386
32, 356
31, 827
30, 654
27, 337
26, 046
28, 681
30, 195
30, 331
30, 602
25,850
23,789
23,861
24,295
24, 536
24,236
21 753
20, 747
23,133
24,291
23,611
23,299
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1 603
1 332
928
726
334
109
72
129
522
1, 128
1,898
6 518
6,606
6 545
6 592
6,464
6 362
6 053
5,961
6,158
6 360
6 450
6,496
2 095
2 124
1 706
1,442
806
452
147
108
144
537
1 361
2,017
6 744
6 761
6 617
6,766
6 426
6 200
5, 687
5 482
5,678
5,977
6, 1 26
6,172
2,533
2,283
2,046
1,646
1, 007
440
176
131
160
447
1,055
1,650
6, 436
6,317
6, 362
6,307
6, 179
5,881
5 307
5,071
5,281
5,335
5, 534
5,524
NATURAL GAS (125 COMPANIES)
January
February
March
Aprl
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March '
4pril
May
Juno
July
August
September
October
November
December
January
Fubruarv
March *
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Mav
June
Julv
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October
November
December
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4 132
4, 114
4 119
4 138
4 31S
4,104
4 107
4 139
4,230
4 273
4,272
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3 955
3 947
3,928
3 929
3 928
3 926
3,917
3 920
3 951
4,034
4 077
4,074
4,294
4 296
4,293
4 965
4,277
4 247
4,233
4 201
4' 236
4,276
4 316
4.326
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4.094
4,095
4,092
4 065
4', 079
4 052
4,040
4 009
4,043
4,080
4 113
4 120
4,330
4,361
4 349
4 338
4.345
4,302
4, 273
4 258
4 268
4,272
4. 312
4,315
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4.144
4 132
4 l'^2
4. 128
4,093
4, 008
4 057 '
4 068 !
4, 072 j•
4, 105
4,103
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183
184
185
189 i
189
188 '
186
186 !
187 I
194 i
195 i
197
61 784
64 097
57,133
49 090
46 531
199
199
200 '•
199
197
194 '
191 '
190
190
194
201
204
67, 542
66, 027
58,383
55 844
44, 639
40 474
35,538
34 794
36 136
40', 930
49' 3*6
56,529
206
216
215
215
215
207
203
200
199
199
205
211
63, 338
56,242
54 729
52, 568
43,340
36.821
32,834
31 661
33,823
37 628
43 fiOS
52,024
;
41 240
36,348
37, 295
38 154
45,092
54 852
63, 643
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35 231
36,663
30,802
23 525
20 843
36 237
11,646
10, 729
11,927
15,767
24 545
32, 952
36, 542
36, 148
29,318
26 753
1 9, 203
15,448
11,424
10,313
11,321
14.948
23,719
30,415
. .
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26, 160
27,065
26,013
25, 157
25, 210
24, 584
24,274
26,098
25, 790
28,803
29, 556
29, 956
30,482
31,215
27,393
22,919
21,134
38. 126
15. 125
14,910
15, 569
18,356
23,910
29, 101
30,461
29,323
28,647
28, 656
25,003
24,615
23,590
24, 042
24. 432
25,610
25, 347
25, 774
31,821
31,190
26,827
25, 157
20, 087
17, 502
14, 675
13,920
14,592
17,031
22,426
26, 816
,.__..! 26.206
36, 834
24.790 j
31,159
! 24 655
29,494
26, 940
' 25, 269
i 21,824
21,142
i
21.252
15,232
. i 21,573
10,876
i
21 205
10 OSfi
22, 200
11,185
, 23,538
13 ffi2
i 23,593
19 9^4
23,733
27,047 .....
!
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31, 037
27, ! 24
26 031
24,225 i
20, 108
16, 159
13,482
12 813
13.490 i
15, 276
19,250 i
24,404 i
22, 925
23, 522
20,118
16, 075
14, 422
11,741
8,994
8,492
9 191
11,434
16,540
21,437
23, 806
23, 293
19.359
17 886
13, 723
11,504
9, 1 07
8' 372
8,981
11.092
16 136
20,126
24, 09?
20, 521
19 4f,fi
17,850
14, 697
11,251
S679
b 205
8, 792
10,349
14,006 _.
18,757
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7 452
7 589
7, 203
6 749
6 605
6 288
6,037
6,321
6 290
6,803
7 223
7, 516
7,888
7, 738
7,369
7 169
6, 272
5 910
5, 478
5 445
5,518
5, 865
6 218
6 608
6,878
6,518
6 494
0 319
5, 365
4,867
4 763
4 553
4 C47
4, 876
5,153
5,579
1
Compiled by the American Gas Association. Separate series are maintained for the manufactured end natural gas companies because the heating value of the two
types is so different as to preclude the possibility of adding the volume to secure total production. The statistics of manufactured gas cover 150 identical companies and the
series on natural gas cover 125 companies. For the natural gas companies, the house heating statistics are not reported separately, being included under "domestic."
Miscellaneous customers, sales, and revenues have been omitted. Additional statistics are published in the monthly reports of the association.
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
21
WEEKLY BUSINESS INDICATORS
[Weekly average, 1923-1925=100]
1933
ITEM
1931
1930
1933
1929
ITEM
Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr.
23 16
9
25 18 11 26 13 i 27
20
Composite index, N. Y.
Times*
59.7 59.9 79.4 79.7 80.1 95.4 95.5 109.6
Composite index, Business
Week * 1
57.0 58.6 57.2 79.5 78.6 78.4 94.1 94.1 110.4
83 5
Detroit employment
82.7 110.5
63.6
Production:
Beehive coke
5.7 6.1 9.8 9.8 10.2 27.8 27.8 46.1
Bituminous coal(da.av.). 46.5 48.4 45.4 61.8 61.9 66.4 80.2 79.3 90.9
Building (new awards) . 30.7 27.9
80.5
131.7
80.7 126.4
88.2 88.9 ~87.~9 100.6 ~98.~5 98.9 103. 5 104.0 102.0
Electric current t
Petroleum (da. av.)
108.9 104.8 106.9 116.4 116.3 110.8 124.3 122.9 127.3
Sfceel ingots
30.3 28.9 28.9 64.5 64.5 67.1 102.6 102.6 132.9
Receipts:
Cattle and calves
63.0 69.9 61.7 74.4 74.7 73.4 74.7 66.8 86.4
Cotton
41.5 35.8 46.2 23.8 30.0 26.2 32.3 35.0 50.0
71.3 76.1 63.5 72.4 72.6 65.6 73.5 76.3 82.4
Hogs
38.2 29.3 60.5 54.7 72.6 51.3 29.4 46.1
Wheat .
57.9 55.7 77.6 77.6 75.4 92.7 91.2 107.5
Distribution: Car loadings
Wholesale prices:
Dept. of labor 1926= 100—
Total
65.8 66.0 65.7
Farm
49.7 50.1 49.7 _ J
Food
61.0 61.3 61.4
* Relative to a computed normal taken as 100.
109. 1!
109. 5
!
45.7
86.2;
102. 6|
128.3;
128. 9;
83.9
52.3
82.1!
44.7!
102. 8
!
1930
1931
19 29
iApr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. JApr. Apr. Apr. Apr.
9
23 16
25 18 11 1 26 19 27 20
i
Wholesale prices— contd.
Fisher's 1926 = 100—
Total (120)
61. 8 62.4 62.5 74.0 74.6 75.2 90.2 90.7 96.7 96.7
Agriculture (30)... i 44.4 45.2 45.3 63.9 65.0 65.6 95.1 95.9 99.3 99.3
Nonagricultural (90). ' 65. 5 65. 7 66.0 77.1 77.2 77.8 87.8 88.1 94.4 94.3
Copper, electrolytic
i 39.9 39.9 41.3 67.4 70.3 67.4 100.0 100.0 129.0 129.0
Cotton, middling, spot..; 22.4 23.2 22.4 37.5 37.5 37.5 59.9 59.6 72.8 74.6
Iron and steel,compositeJ 71.8 71.8 71.8 76.1 73.3 76.5 83.1 83.2 89.5 88.9
Banking and finance:
Bank debits outside N,
Y. C. (da. av.)
i 71.6 66.2 85.0 100.9 101.4 92.1 114. 1 127.3 123.4 138.3
Bond prices
84. 9 82.8 83.9 106.6 106.9 106.9 105.9 106.1 106.2 105.8
Business failures (num- !
ber)
1162.9 160.4 149.1 150.4 138. 3 133.9 134.4 120.6 110.3 119.9
Federal Reserve R. M. j
banks—•
Loans and discounts. 95. 8 95.8 96.5 121.1 122.1 121.7 135.7 134.8 131.1 131.5
Net demand deposits 91. 5 90.9 90.0 113.9 114.3 113.2 111.4 110.8 107. 4 108.6
Time deposits
124.7 124.2 124.7 162.3 161.1 160.4 155.1 155.9 147.4 149.5
Interest rates, call
' 6 0 . 6 60.6 60.6 36.4 36.4 38.3 97.0 97.0 200.0 190.9
Interest rates, time
55. 3 63.8 68.6 46. 6 51.4 50.5 100.0 102.9 194.3 200.0
Money in circulation
112. 1 112.2 112.7 95.7 95.8 95.7 92.7 93.3 96.0 96.3
St.oo.k nrir-p.s
53 4 55.6 59.6 146.3 152.2 155.8 244. 5 249.0 253.2 249.1
f Relative to weekly average, 1928-1930, for week shown.
Latest week is preliminary.
WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS
1932
ITEM
Apr. 23
Apr. 16
1930
19 31
Apr. 9
Apr. 25
Apr. 18 | Apr. 26
1929
Apr. 19
Apr. 27
1928
Apr. 20 Apr. 28
Apr. 21
'
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
792
Bituminous coal production (da. av.)...thous. tons..
Building contracts (da. av., 37 States). .thous. dolls..
4, 923
Electrical current output. ...
mills, of kw-hours..
1,470
Exports:
Corn . . .
_ _.
thous. of bush..
159
Wheat
thous of bush
2,365
Wheat flour
.. . .thous. of bbls _
134
Freight cars:
Loadings, total .
.
.oars..
Coal and coke
curs
Forest products ... _ _.
.-. .cars
Grain and grain products
cars
Livestock. .. __ _
cars_
Mcrchandise, 1. c 1
cars
Miscellaneous .
. . cars.
Ore
cars
Net available surplus (da. av.)
_
cars.
Petroleum production (da. av.)
thous. of bbls__
2,268
Receipts:
Cattle and calves (12 markets)
thousands. .
199
Cotton into sight.
thous. of bales..
108
Wheat, primary markets
thous. of bush..
Wool, total, Boston
thous. oflbs.. ~"~~2~2ii~
Steel ingot production.per ct. of capacity. _
825
4, 475
1,481
774
1,052
1,054
1, 465
1,676
1, 641
86
2, 704
219
125
1, 743
104
23
2,621
182
566, 729
98, 419
20,014
31,839
20, 137
186, 924
205, 076
4, 320
544, 806
92, 359
19, 577
29, 026
17, 173
187, 6S7
196,413
2,671
2, 182
2, 227
759, 272
119, 021
32, 642
37, 448
23, 148
224, 132
313, 513
9, 367
602, 832
2, 423
759, 494
117,329
34, 096
39, 641
22, 024
225, 373
313,613
7,418
614, 228
2,422
222
93
3. 031
3, 016
22
195
120
2, 331
692
22
235
62
4,810
2, 502
49
236
78
4, 348
7,872
49
106. 2
.055
.061
1. 71
29.74
.54
106. 2
.055
.063
1. 72
29. 74
.55
106.2
.057
.061
1. 74
29.74
.51
3,648
3,298
3,071
3,222
15, 464
76.06
663
21 i
239
191 |
!
1,468 i
1, 365
20, 291
1, 72o
1,733
1, 548
21, 153
1,700
1, 709 :
1,388 j
25,840 1 __
1, 440
238.
545
178
103
563
233
1, 045
2,130
266
201
867
291
729
300
311
431
381
236
963, 007
167, 171
63, 890
43, 256
29, 899
259, 392
385, 341
14, 058
320, 762
2,404
945, 289
159, 267
65, 361
39, 595
27, 571
259, 448
384, 861
9,186
340, 608
2,394
906, 879
149, 516
58, 669
38, 778
27, 383
247, 854
369, 808
15, 371
427, 925
2, 590
1, 351
892, 706 1,051,885 1, 005, 880
162, 092
134, 525
177, 366
71, 592
68, 536
56, 759
36, 762
36, 878
37, 405
31, 064
27, 995
23, 290
264, 058
263, 893
249, 480
416, 801
416. 295
377, 797
54, 126
30, 307
13, 450
220, 821
244,245 j
439, 371
2, 651
2,672
2,561
1,341
1,440
i
j
236
81
4,077
2, 602
78
211
91
2, 337
3,555
78
273
130
3, 661
2, 036
101
265
136
3, 554
6, 044
98
290
169
4, 132
8, 366
85
254
153
4,170
3, 494
84
106. 4
. 093
. 102
2. 28
31.51
.73
106.4
.097
. 102
2.30
31.59
.74
110.3
.138
. 163
2.90
34. 40
.98
110.3
.138
.162
2.91
34.44
1.01
111.5
.178
.198
3.42
37. 04
1.07
111.5
.178
.203
3.43
36.82
1.13
110.5
.140
.219
3.38
35. 56
1.65
110.5
.140
.205
3.35
35.56
1.56
4,164
3,939
6,326
4,680
5,739
4,706
7,883
5,289
9,170
5,904
10, 093
5,723
11, 022
6,412
9,653
5,572
10, 874
5,462
26, 897
74.15
653
16, 907
75.13
607
1,772
95.48
612
1,481
95.71
563
2,224
94.87
547
1,662
94.99
491
2,157
95.08
449
2,389
94.77
488
3,329
99.15
410
3,413
99.16
474
565
3,237
629
3,233
635
3,245
135
3,346
211
3,225
214
3,209
975
2,973
994
2,956
709
2,886
620
2,885
11,969
7,150
6,838
11,053
5,655
3.78
11, 970
7,088
6,822
10, 976
5,629
3.78
12,060
7,113
6,838
10, 875
5,656
3.78
15, 139
7,848
8,001
13, 752
7,358
4.86
15, 258
7,793
8,064
13,811
7,304
4.86
16, 955
5,791
8,629
13, 455
7,034
4.86
16, 845
5,747
8,607
13, 383
7,068
4.86
16, 388
5,871
9,068
12, 977
6,775
4.85
16, 431
5,909
9,078
13, 118
6,779
4.85
15,771
6,147
8,822
13, 707
6,803
4.88
15,808
6,149
8,888
13,855
6,766
4.88
2.42
2.50
5,442
2.79
2.50
5,450
3.00
2.50
5,475
2.04
1.50
4,645
2.25
1.50
4,653
.4.38
4.00
4,500
4.50
4.00
4,531
8.50
8.25
4,664
8.75
7.88
4,676
5.00
5.00
4,710
5.00
4.88
4,718
51.88
5,360
53.97
8,125
57.90
10, 262
142. 12
14, 030
147. 77 i
11, 789
237. 43
26, 924
241, 79
16, 708
245. 91
20, 860
241. 95
16, 658
192. 30
20, 114
193.23
19,308
42.7
40.4
22.4
71.4
42.5
40.4
20.5
72.3
46.0
44.3
23.4
74.6
105.7
97.0
84.5
164.6
112.0
103.3
87.5
174.0
177.3
167.1
135.9
262.5
180.5
170.2
140.9
264.1
188.6
194.9
139.5
206.4
187.3
194.6
137.7
201.1
148.1
151.0
133.3
146.9
145.3
148.7
128.7
143.9
i
;
WHOLESALE PRICES
Chemical index
...
... ..
rel. to 1924
Copper ingots, electrolytic, New York-dolls, per lb_.
Cotton, middling, spot, New York
dolls, per lb__
Food index (Bradstreet's)
dolls, per Ib
Iron and steel composite
dolls, per ton
Wheat, No. 2, hard winter, Kansas City.dolls. bush..
Bank debits:
FINANCIAL
New York City
mills, of dolls
Outside New York City
mills, of dolls
Bond sales, New York Stock Exchange:
United States Government
thous. of dolls ..
Average price 40 corporation bonds
dollars..
Business failures. _
number..
Federal reserve banks:
Bills discounted
..
mills, of dolls.
Total reserves
_
.mills, of dolls..
Federal reserve reporting member banks:
Total loans and discounts
mills, of dolls..
Total investments
mills, of dolls..
"Other" loans
mills, of dolls
Net-demand deposits
mills, of dolls. .
Time deposits
mills of dolls
Sterling exchange, rate quoted (da. av.)
dollars..
Interest rates on brokers' loans:
Time money, New York
per cent..
Call money, New York
. .
per cent
Money in circulation (da. av.)
mills, of dolls
Stocks, New York Exchange:
Average price 50 stocks
. . dollars
Sales . . .
thous. of shares -_
Stock prices, weighted:
Industrials, rails, and utilities (421) .rel. to 1926..
All industrials (351)
rel. to 1926
All railroads (33)
rel. to 1926..
All utilities (37)....
rel. to 1926..
132
3,318
22
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
Monthly Business Statistics
The following table contains a summary of the monthly figures designed to show the trend in important
industrial and commercial movements. These data represent continuations of the figures presented in the 1931
Annual Supplement to the Survey of Current Business, in which monthly figures for the past seven years may
be found, together with explanations as to the sources and bases for the figures quoted, The figures given below
should always be read in connection with these explanations. For later data, which ha^e become available
since these data were compiled, see recent Weekly Supplements to the Survey.
CONTENTS
Page
Page
Industrial indexes
Wholesale prices
Commodity groups:
Automobiles
Chemicals and allied products
Foodstuffs
Forest products
Leather and leather products
Iron and steel
Machinery
Nonferrous metals
Paper and paper products
Printing
22
23
._ _
Commodity groups—Continued.
Rubber and rubber products
Stone, clay, and glass
Textiles
Tobacco
Miscellaneous
Fuels
Distribution movement
Foreign trade
Employment and wages
Construction
Public utilities
Finance
25
26
28
32
33
34
36
37
38
40
15*51
JLU3/5
Earlier data for items shown here may 1
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplei March
ment to the Survey
40
41
42
44
44
44
45
47
48
50
50
52
1
Febru- January Eecemary
1 (
berm"
October
Septem- August
ber
July
May
June
April
March
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
Federal Reserve Board
Total unadjusted
- rel. to 1923-25.. i
Total', adjusted
rel. to 1923-25- !
Manufactures, total unadjusted.rel. to 1923-25.. 1
Manufactures, total adjusted.. rel. to 1923-25— i
Automobiles
_ — rel. to 1923-25 . '
Cement
rel. to 1923-25.. !
Food product5*
..rel. to 1923-25.. ;
Iron and steelrel. to 1923-25..
Leather and products
rel. to 1923-25.. i
Lumber
rel. to 1923-25..
Nonferrous metals
__rel. to 1923-25..
Paper arid printing
—rel. to 1923-25..
Petroleum refining
rel. to 1923-25..
Polished plate glass
—rel. to 1923-25.. i
Auto tires and tubes
rel. to 1923-25 „
Te\ tiles
rel. to 1923-25 _.
Tobacco manufactures
rel. to 1923-25..
Minerals, total unadjusted
rel. to 1923-25.. i
Minerals total adjusted
rel. to 1923-25..
Anthracite
rel. to 1923-25. .
Bituminous coal
__rel. to 1923-25 _
Copper
rel. to 1923-25.
Crude petroleum
rel. to 1923-25Iron-ore shipments
rel. to 1923—25 _
Lead
..rel. to 1923-25 __
Silver
rel. to 1923-25..
Zinc
rel. to 1923-25..
Industrial Consumption of Electrical
Energy
Consumption by geographic sections:
United States
rel to 1923-25
New England
rel. to 1923-25—
North Central...
rel. to 1923-25...
Middle Atlantic
rel to 1923-25
Southern
_
_ rel. to 1923-25
Western...
rel. to 1923-25 ..
Consumption by industries:
All industry..
.
rel. to 1923-25 _.
Automobiles, including
repair parts
rel. to 1923-25
Electrical apparatus and
equipment
rel. to 1923-25..
Food and kindred products.rel. to 1923-25—
Leather and its products.. .rel. to 1923-25—
Lumber and its products.. rel. to 1923-25..
Metals group
rel. to 1923-25—
Metal-working plants.. rel. to 1923-25..
Rolling mills and
steel plants
rel. to 1923-25 ._
Paper and pulp
rel. to 1923-25
Rubber and its products.. .rel. to 1923-25..
Shipbuilding
rel. to 1923-25..
Stone, clay, and glass
rel. to 1923-25..
Textiles
rel. to 1923-25..
1
Be vised
71
70 !
270 J
268 i
35
69
68
67
65
28
53
84
56
90
41 i
89 :
23 i
34
91
:
99
141
75 1
85 '•
286
114
2
75
2 78
58
63
47
83
109
77
84
81
70
!
70
71
70
71
45
65
94
43
85
27
J40
75
92
89
124
74
77
54
58
116
41
66
41
47
i
j
98 8 1!
86.4
89 5
99 6
119 3
111.0
97 1
87.5
87 4
103 3
113 2
102 2
100 4
97.0
92 6
104 0
113 8
102 3
97 3
89.9
90 0
99 5
112 8
108 8
97 9
100.0
92 1
95 7
117 5
96 8
101 7
98.4
102 7
91 5
114 3
106 4
109 8
104.4
109.2
101 3
118. 2
119.1
106 4
109.4
105.0
97 6
108 6
114.0
108 2
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105. 7
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90
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160
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114
100
121
85
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150
117
97
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131
82
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98.8
93.9 !i
89 6
98 8
97 1
100 4
97 3
97 9
101 7
109.8
106.4
69.2
85.3
83.6 |i
78 1
65 5
57 4
53 7
43 6
55 9
71 3
89.7
90 8
94.1
101.7
114.9
86.7
78.2
66.0
64.8
122.2
129.5
90.6
86.8
76.0
74.8
120.0
127.2
81.4
81.9
71.3
72.7
123.5
124.8
79.2
74.1
70.6
70.9
126.9
144.0
75. 2
76.4
76.4
76.0
130.4
136.5
81. 8
81.2
73.0
71.0
132 6
142.0
81.9
82.2
76.2
75.0
126 9
146.4
77.1
79.4
75.0
73.3
133.4
147.0
83.8
76.9
74.5
69.3
135.2
136.2
85.4
86.3
81.5
78.6
136.7
126.8
81.0
97.2
98.5
94.0
138.1
122.0
83.9
91.5
99.5
94.6
126.1
116.8
71.2
93.2
112.2
103.5
69.0
112.9
96.8
83.4
81.2
85.3
78.2
116.1
112.0
99.2
90.0
96.8
77.6
109. 3
104.0
93.2
77.1
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76.8
89.8
77.0
126 1
93.5
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113.8
93.4 !
76.3
113 0
82.8
84.5
113.4
98.2
78.3
138 3
88.0
88.9
113.9
98.7
78.0
121 7
98.5
85.6
105.9
95.0
83.1
104 0
97.4
82.0
104.8
98.2
86.6
112 4
121.0
84.8
118.7
100.5
106.8
135. 1
122.3
89.7
132.0
103.7
108.1
109 6
109.0
92.5
116.5
100.0
119.4
123.0
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105.1
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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1932
March
1931
Febru- January
ary
Decem- NovemOctober Septem
August
ber
ber
ber
July
June
May
April
March
STOCKS AND ORDERS
New orders, total
Stocks, total
Manufactured goods
Raw materials
Unfilled orders, total
rel to
rel. to
_rel. to
_ rel. to
rel to
1923-25
1923-25
1932-25..
1923-25..
1923-25
36.0
« 159. 8
U11.9
2
194. 4
32.5
39.8
2161.8
2 109. 8
199.3
42.5
236.4
166.6
108.4
208.6
40.2
»40.9
168.7
105.4
214.3
42.9
44.3
160.1
103.8
200.7
44.4
47.8
141.7
106.9
166.8
46.0
45.5
137.0
111.7
155.3
47.4
48.1
133.6
115.6
146.5
51.4
56.0
133.7
117.0
145.7
65.9
52.9
139.1
118.2
154.2
56.8
60.4
143.6
118.6
161.7
60.6
58.2
150.5
119.0
173.2
61.9-
80.1
70.4
72.1
89.6
76.2
93.8
81.4
72.0
74.8
90.0
77.1
93.9
83.1
73.8
78.2
90.3
78.5
94.2
83.9
74.2
79.9
90.6
79.3
94.3
84.9
75.4
81.5
90.5
80.3
94.6
85.6
78.5
81.7
90.1
80.7
95.4
85.9
78.6
81.9
89.6
81.5
95.5
85.9
78.6
81.5
89.3
82.0
95.8
85.9
79.9
81.0
89.1
82.6
95.5
86.9
80.7
82.8
89.1
83.5
95.9
88.2
82.0
84.9
90.6
84.1
96.8
89.1
83.2
86.5
92.5
84. 6
96.8
66.0
50.2
62.3
66.3
50.6
62.5
67.3
52.8
64.7
68.6
55.7
69.1
70.2
58.7
71.0
70.3
58.8
73.3
71.2
60.5
73.7
72.1
63.5
74.6
72.0
64.9
74.0
72.1
65.4
73.3
73.2
67.1
73.8
74.8
70.1
76.3
76.0
70.6
77.6
73.2
75.3
67.9
73.4
75.5
68.3
74.8
75.7
67.9
75.7
76.1
68.3
76.2
76.1
69.4
76.1
75.6
67.8
77.0
76.3
67.4
77.6
76.9
66.5
78.1
78.9
62.9
79.3
79.4
62.9
80.0
80.5
65.3
81.5
81.3
65.4
82.6
82.9
68.3
87.6
157.3
115. 0
187.9
COST OF LIVING
All groups
Clothing
Food
Fuel and light
Housing
Sundries
rel to 1923
rel. to 1923__
...rel. to 1923..
rel. to 1923
rel. to 1923..
rel. to 1923..
PRICE INDEXES
Department of Labor Indexes:
Combined index (784)
rel. to 1926. _
Farm products
rel. to 1926. _
Food (122)
_...rel. to 1926..
Industrial group commodities—
Building materials (86).. .rel. to 1926..
Chemicals and drugs (89) .rel. to 1926..
Fuel and lighting (24)
rel. to 1926. .
Hides and leather products (41)
.
rel. to 1926..
House furnishing goods (61)
rel to 1926
Metal and metal products
rel. to 1926..
Textile products (113)__._rel. to 1926..
Miscellaneous (52)
rel. to 1926. _
All except farm and food products (595)
...rel. to 1926..
Finished products (582)
rel. to 1926..
Raw materials (109)
rel. to 1926..
Semimanufactured articles (93).rel. to 1926..
Bradstreet's Index . .
.. rel. to 1926
Dun's Index
rel. to 1926. _
77.3
78.3
79.3
79.8
81.6
82.5
85.0
88.7
89.4
88.0
87.6
87.5
77.1
77.5
77.7
78.5
80.9
81.0
82.7
84.9
85.7
86.4
86.8
87.9
88.0
80.8
58.7
64.7
80.9
59.8
64.7
81.8
59.9
65.6
82.2
60.8
66.8
82.6
62.2
68.7
82.8
63.0
66.6
83.9
64.5
68.2
83.9
65.5
68.3
84.3
66.5
69.7
84.4
66.6
69.7
85.0
67.4
70.5
85.7
68.2
71.5
86.4
70.0
72.0
70.9
71.5
56.1
71.3
71.4
56.9
71.7
72.1
58.3
72.3
73.3
60.2
73.4
74.8
62.0
72.9
75.1
61.5
73.9
75.9
62.7
74.2
76.4
64.1
73.9
76.1
64.3
74.1
76.0
64.7
75.)
76.9
66.5
75.9
78.3
68.3
77.2
79.6
69.5
60.8
55.3
73.3
61.9
56.6
74.0
63.1
58.2
74.4
63.7
59.8
74.6
64.9
61.2
74.4
65.2
62.6
74.4
66.7
64.2
72.3
68.3
65.7
75.1
69.3
68.0
77.2
69.3
67.9
77.7
69.8
66.9
77.3
71.5
69.0
79.2
72.9
71.4
80.9
WHOLESALE PRICES
2.00
Acetate of lime,.
dolls, per cwt_.
Alummum No. 1, Virgin 98-99,
.2290
New York
dolls, per lb_.
.0413
Aluminuin, scrap cast, New York.dolls. per l b _ _
.53
Barley, No. 2, Minneapolis
dolls, pei bu_.125
Brass sheets, mill
. _ dolls, per Ib
Brick, common, red, New York
9.750
dolls, per tlious
.23
Butter, common, New York.... dolls, per lb_.
1.318
Cement, Portland (composite) -dolls, per bbl_.
Cheese, American whole milk, New York
.13
..dolls, per lb_.
85
Chemicals
_.
rel. to 1927..
.073
Coffee, Rio, No. 7, Brazil grades-dolls, per lb._
.0576
Copper ingots, electrolytic
dolls, per lb__
Coal:
Anthracite—
14. 45
Retail, composite-dolls, per short ton..
Wholesale, composite
dolls, per short ton.. 12. 396
BituminousMine average (spot)
dolls per short ton
Prepared sizes (composite)
3. 798
dolls, per net ton..
8.01
Retail, composite-dolls, per short ton_.
Wholesale, composite
3.692
dolls, per short ton
Coke, furnace, Connellsville
2.25
dolls . per short ton
.0455
Cocoa, spot, Accra, New York. .dolls, per lb__
Corn:
.33
No. 3, yellow, Chicago
dolls, per bu_.
.34
No. 3, Kansas City
dolls, per bu_.
.33
No. 3, white, Chicago
dolls, per bu._
Cotton:
.062
To producer . . . .
_. ..dolls, per Ib .
.068
In New York, middling
dolls, per lb__
Cottonseed oil, refined, yellow,
.040
prime, New York
_
..dolls, per lb._
Cotton goods:
.038
Print cloth 64 x GO
dolls, per vd._
.044
Sheeting, brown
dolls, per yd_.
86
Cotton goods (Fairchild).rel. to 1911-1913..
Cotton yarns:
.181
22/1 cones, Boston
dolls, per lb__
.284
40/15 southern spinning
dolls, per lb._
157
Drugs and Pharmaceuticals. rel. to Aug., 1914..
113
Drugs, crude..
rel. to Aug., 1914..
Essential oils
rel. to Aug., 1914..
59
Flaxseed, No. 1, Minneapolis. .dolls, per bu._
1.40
Flour, see under wheat flour.
Food, wholesale, see under individual items.
Food, retail (Dept. of Labor)
rel. to 1913..
105.0
Hides:
Green salted, packers' heavy
.064
native steers
dolls, per lb_.
Calfskins, country, No. 1
dolls, per lb_.
.069
1
Revised.
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
.2290
2 . 0413
.52
.130
.2290
. 0398
.51
.133
.2290
.0388
.51
.130
. 2290
.0388
.51
.130
.2290
.0393
.50
.130
.2290
.0400
.50
.152
.2290
.0400
.45
.154
.2290
. 0424
.42
.157
.2290
.0438
.39
.158
.2290
.0438
.45
.165
.2290
.0488
.48
.172
.2290
.0488
.44
.174
9 750
.22
1.323
r? 127
.24
1. 321
9.750
.31
1. 310
10.00
.31
1.310
10.00
.34
1.318
10.00
.33
1.331
10.00
.28
1.331
10.00
.25
1. 331
10.00
.23
1.364
10.25
.24
1.399
10.25
.26
1.422
10.00
.29
1.477
.13
86
.072
. 0597
.14
86
.071
.0700
.14
86
.070
.0658
.15
86
.063
.0656
.16
86
.058
.0678
.17
86
.056
.0699
.16
86
.056
.0729
.15
88
.063
.0770
.14
88
.068
. 0803
.14
89
.061
.0867
.15
90
.053
.0939
.16
90
.056
.0985
14.95
14. 97
14. 97
14. 96
14.97
14.93
14.73
14.59
14.31
14.19
14.39
14.85
13. 170
13. 170
13. 166
13. 083
13. 083
13. 083
12. 796
12. 614
12.413
12. 270
12. 202
12. 608
1.62
1.58
1.58
1.56
1.60
1. 64
1.69
3.929
8.14
3. 953
8.17
3.953
8.19
3.962
8.23
3.954
8.22
3.954
8.17
3.907
8.11
3.856
8.09
3.816
8.00
3. 838
8.04
3. 845
8.46
3.999
8.71
3.701
3.699
3. 701
3.705
3.703
3.705
3.704
3.706
3.692
3. 723
3. 760
3.791
2.25
.0422
2.30
.0432
2.34
.0425
2.38
.0494
2.45
.0475
2.45
.0463
2.45
.0525
2.45
.0581
2.45
.0563
2.48
.0494
2.50
.0535
2.50
. 0550
.34
.36
.35
.37
.39
.37
.37
.39
.38
.43
.46
.43
.38
.40
.39
.42
.46
.44
.46
.45
.49
.57
.53
.58
.58
.52
.59
.56
.52
.56
.58
.63
.58
.60
.54
.60
.058
.068
.056
.066
.055
.063
.061
.065
.053
.064
.059
.065
.063
.072
.085
.093
.077
.090
.088
.093
.093
.102
.096
.109
.040
.039
.042
.047
.045
.044
.059
.069
.068
.069
.076
.076
.039
.043
86
.036
.042
85
.034
.044
85
.036
.047
87
.038
.046
91
.041
.050
95
.043
.052
100
.049
.056
111
.048
.054
112
.050
.058
115
.053
.059
139
.180
.285
157
116
59
1.40
.175
.290
157
116
57
1.41
.181
.295
157
116
59
1.43
.192
.312
157
117
61
1.46
.189
.315
157
118
65
1.32
.201
.326
157
118
70
1.37
.212
.336
157
118
76
1.41
.225
.352
157
118
77
1.64
.215
.352
157
128
77
1.48
.223
.353
157
130
79
1.55
.231
.369
160
131
82
1.57
.055
.059
121
k*.
.240
.382
174
130
81
1.58
105.3
109.3
114.3
116.7
119.1
119.4
119.7
119.0
118.3
121.0
124.0
126.4
.066
.065
.076
.074
.078
.078
.082
.085
.077
.083
.090
.098
.113
.129
.120
.139
.100
.129
.085
.129
.092
.135
.090
.128
24
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1933
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
WHOLESALE PBICES-Continued
March
July
June
May
April
March
!
Iron, raw:
Basic (valley furnace) .dolls, per long ton..
Composite pig iron
dolls, per long ton._
Foundry No. 2,
northern
dolls, per long ton..
Lard, prime contract, New
York
dolls, per Ib
Lead, pig, desilverized, New
York.
_
dolls, per lb_.
Leather, composite, wholesale
price
rel. to 1926..
Leather, sole and belting, oak,
and scoured backs
...dolls. perlb._
Leather, upper, composite, chrome,
calf black, "B" grade
dolls, per sq. ft..
Leather, hides (see under hides).
Leather, shoes (see under shoes).
Linseed oil, New York
dolls, per lb._
Lumber:
Douglas fir, No. 1,
common.... __ . dolls, per M ft. b. m__
Douglas fir, flooring, 1 x 4, "B"
and better (V. G. Washington).. __
dolls, per M ft. b. m_.
Southern yellow
pine.
dolls, per M ft. b. m__
Meats:
Beef, fresh, carcass, good
native steers, Chicago
dolls, per lb__
Beef, fresh, carcass, steers,
New York
dolls, perlb..
Cattle,com-fed,Chicago_dolls. per lOOlbs..
Hogs, heavy, Chicago
dolls, per 100 lbs._
Sheep, ewes, Chicago
dolls, per cwt._
Sheep, lambs, Chicago
dolls, perlb..
Pork, hams, smoked, Chicago
dolls per Ib
Western dressed steers, New York
dolls, per lb_.
Methanol:
Refined
dolls, per gal
Milk, condensed, New York, .dolls, per case-Milk, evaporated .
dolls, per case..
Nonferrou^ metals
rel to 1926
Oats:
No. 3, white, Chicago
dolls, per bu._
Oils and fats
rel to 1927
Oleomargarine, standard, uncolored,
Chicago
dolls, per lb-Paper, newsprint, rolls, destination,
New York basis
dolls, per short ton._
Petroleum:
Crude, Kansas-Oklahoina.dolls. perbbLGas and fuel oils, Oklahoma 24-26,
refineries
dolls per bbl
Gasoline, New York
dolls, per gaL.
Kerosene, 150° water white.dolls. per gal..
Lubricating oil, cy Under. . .dolls, per gal..
Pig iron, foundry No. 2,
Pittsburgh
_. -dolls, per long ton
Potatoes
dolls, per bu_Rayon, 150 denier "A" grade,
New York
dolls, per Ib
Rosin, gum, New York ..
dolls, per bbl_~
Rubber, crude, smoked sheets,
New York
dolls, per lb._
Rye, No. 2, Minneapolis
dolls, per bu_.
Sheep, ewes, Chicago
dolls per 100 Ibs
Sheep, lambs, Chicago..
dolls, per 100 Ibs
Shoes, men's black calf blucher,
Boston
dolls, per pair-Shoes, men's dress welt, tan calf,
oxford, St. Louis
dolls, per pair-Shoes, women's black kid,
McKay sewed
dolls, per pair..
Silk, raw, Japanese, 13-15, New
York...
.dolls, per lb._
Silk goods, composite
dolls, per yd._
Steel beams, mill, Pittsburgh. dolls, per cwt_.
Steel, crude:
Composite, finished steel
dolls per 100 Ibs
Iron and steel, composite
_
dolls, per long ton
Steel billets, Bessemer. dolls, per long ton..
Steel scrap, Chicago dolls per gross ton
Structuial steel beams. dolls, per 100 Ibs..
Structural steel beams..
rel. to 1926 ..
Sulphuric acid
..dolls, per ton._
Sugar:
Retail average, 51 cities
rel. to 1913..
Retail granulated, New York.dolls. per lb._
Wholesale, 96° centrif., New
York
_
dolls, per lb_Wholesale, granulated, New
York
_
dolls, per Ib..
Tea, Formosa fine, New York.. dolls, per lb_.
Textiles, general
rel. to 1926..
Tin, wholesale, straits,
New York..
dolls, per lb.-
1931
Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber
Febru- January
ary
14.50
15.26
14.63
15.36
15.00
15.55
15.00
15.86
15.00
16.02
15.25
16.23
15.50
16.32
15.50
16.38
15.50
16.38
15.50
16.40
16.25
16.64
16.50
16.75
16.50
16.72
16.89
17.02
17.36
17.46
17.76
18.39
18.76
18.76
18.76
18.76
18.76
18.76
18.26
.051
.052
.055
.060
.071
.080
.075
.075
.082
.083
.082
.090
.094
.0315
.0371
. 0375
.0379
.0394
.0396
.0440
.0440
,0440
.0392
.0382
.0441
.0453
88.4
76.5
77.5
78.6
78.8
80.7
83.4
90.3
89.8
87.8
88.1
88.4
.33
.33
.32
.32
.32
.35
.39
.40
.37
.37
.37
.37
.37
.266
.271
.298
.320
.323
.330
.337
.348
.350
.352
.356
.356
.352
.067
,065
.067 !
.071
.075
.073
.076
.083
.091
.086
.088
.092
.095
i
9.90
10.25
11.40
11.09
11.23
11.21
11.27
10.97
10.64
11.25
11.64
12.12
12.68
21.87
22.49
22.84
23.51
24.35
25.63
25. 48
25.29
25.76
25.98
28.33
29.74
31.14
21.22
25.16
25. 16
26.31
26.31
26.49
27.21
27.68
27.82
28.15
28.82
28.32
29.66
.130
.130
.145
.157
.164
.156
.148
.144
.129
.129
.143
.160
.169
.157
7.606
4.22
3.25
5.79
.160
7. 975
3.77
2.98
5.38
.168
8. 969
3.91
2.06
5.09
.172
9.344
4.22
2.00
4.89
.175
10.200
4.64
2.00
4.98
.173
9.250
5.41
1.63
5.70
.165
8.656
5.71
1.63
5.94
.158
8. 620
6.35
1.98
5.95
.145
7.250
6.24
2.56
6.06
.145
7.320
6.39
1.55
6.98
.155
7,675
6.40
2.44
8.36
.172
8.563
7.08
3.29
8.76
.180
9.075
7.18
3.79
8.27
.144
.147
.138
.153
.172
.182
.186
.185
.173
.174
.182
.184
.187
.157
.160
.168
.172
.175
.173
.165
.158
.145
. 145
.155
.172
.180
175
2.98
52.7
.35
4.75
2,98
55.4
.35
4.75
3.00
53.8
.35
4.75
3.00
53.5
.35
4.75
3.00
53.7
.35
4.75
3.00
56.8
.35
5. 00
3.00
58.0
.35
5.65
3.10
59.4
.35
5.65
3.20
58.9
3. 30
60.6
.35
5.65
3.50
65.1
.40
5.65
3.50
67.1
.24
47
.25
47
.25
49
.26
.23
47
.22
51
.21
62
*68
.27
64
.28
68
.30
72
.31
71
.37
4.75
2.80
.22
46
61
.095
.093
.128
.134
.133
.127
.119
.105
.106
.110
.128
.145
145
53. 000
53. COO
53. 000
57. 000
57.000
57. 000
57, 000
57. COO
57. 000
57. 000
57. 000
57. 000
57. 000
.710
.710
.710
.710
.710
.560
.560
.434
.238
. 300
.530
.530
5Q4
.135
.044
.167
.335
.123
.045
.161
.325
.123
.046
.153
.338
.128
.044
.164
.350
.143
.041
.181
.338
.143
.039
.200
.319
.143
.039
.198 ,
.280
. 133
.038
.134
.294
.133
.038
.110
.385
.133
. 042
.112
.463
.133
.045
.118
. 488
.133
.048
.125
.510
.133
.051
.134
16.89
.457
17. 02
.448
17.36
.471
17.46
.457
17.76
.453
18.39
.458
18. 76
.601
18.76
.767
18.76
.825
18.78
.753
18.76
.870
18.76
.908
18.26
.849
.75
3.44
.75
3.23
.75
3.30
. 75
3.61
.75
3.96
.75
3.80
.75
3.87
. 75
3.94
.75
4.28
.75
4.68
.75
4.70
.75
4.73
.75
4.64
.033
.47
3.25
5.79
.039
.46
2.98
5.38
.044
.46
2.06
5.09
.046
.45
2.00
4.89
.046
.51
2.00
4.98
.050
.41
1.63
5.70
.050
.39
L63
5.94
.054
.38
1.98
5.95
.063
.37
2.56
6.06
.063
.37
1.55
6.98
.064
.36
2.44
8.36
.064
.35
3.29
8.76
.077
.36
3.79
8.27
5.750
5.750
5. 750
6.250
6.311
6.55
6.75
6.75
6.75
6.75
6.75
6.75
6.75
4.35
4.35
4.35
4.35
4.35
4.35
4.49
4.60
160
4.60
3.000
3.000
3.000
3.000
3.150
3.150
3.150
3.150
3.150
3.250
3.250
3.250
3.250
1.617
1.891
.94
1.53
1.953
.96
1.51
1.970
.96
1.60
2.315
.98
1.60
2.266
.98
1.60
2.315
.98
1.60
2.512
.98
1.60
2.364
.98
1.65
2.463
.99
1.65
2.266
.99
1.65
2.266
.99
1.65
2.561
.99
1.65
"I." 56"
2.17
2.11
2.11
2.16
2.18
2.18
2.20
2.19
2.20
2.19
2.21
2.22
2.23
29.62
27.00
1.56
79.7
15.50
29.56
27.00
7.156
1.53
77.9
15.50
29.98
27.75
7.500
1.51
77.2
15.50
30.32
28.80
7.800
1.60
81.7
15.50
30.61
29.00
8.000
1.60
81.7
15.50
30.81
29.00
8.000
1.60
81.7
15.50
31.03
29.00
8.200
1.60
81.7
15.50
31.05
29.00
8.375
16.0
81.7
15.50
31.05
29.00
8.750
1.65
84.3
15.50
31.02
29.00
8.750
1.65
84.3
15.50
31.39
29.50
8.875
1.65
84.3
15.50
31.61
30.00
9.813
1.65
813
15.50
31.66
30.00
10.000
1.65
84.3
15.50
95
.049
98
.051
98
.051
100
.051
102
.052
102
.052
104
.052
104
.053
102
.051
102
.050
102
.050
104
.050
106
.051
.028
.029
.031
.032
.034
.034
.034
.035
.035
.033
.032
.033
.033
.043
.225
67.4
.044
.225
68.2
.043
.225
70.0
,2320
,2512
,2707
.040
.203
.041
.215
59.8
.041
.215
59.9
.042
.217
60.8
.044
.225
62.2
.045
.225
63.0
.045
.225
64.5
.046
.225
65.5
.046
.225
66.5
.044
.225
66.6
.2186
.2203
. 2184
.2135
.2281
.2276
.2468
.2575
.2502
.2341
25
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
March
WHOLESALE PRICES— Continued
Turpentine gum,
New York
„
_.. dolls, per gal.,,
0.45
Wheat:
No. 1, northern spring,
.70
Minneapolis
dolls, per bu.~
No. 2, red winter,
St. Louis
_
dolls, perbu..
.56
No. 2, hard winter,
Kansas City
dolls, per bu,_
.51
Wheat flour:
Standard patents,
4.37
Minneapolis
dolls, per bbl
Winter straights,
3.09
Kansas City
dolls, per bbl
Wool:
.52
Raw, territory, fine, scoured.dolls. per lb-..
Raw, Ohio and Pennsylvania, fleeces, H
.19
blood, combing grease
dolls, per lb_.
1.400
Suiting, 13 oz
dolls, per yd._
Women's dress goods, French serge,
.900
54-in., at factory
dolls, per y d _ _
.880
Worsted yarns
dolls, perlb.. 0279
Zinc, prime western
dolls, per Ib
FARM PRICES
50
Cotton and cottonseed (2)
rel. to 1909-14
72
Dairy and poultry products (4)jrel. to 1909-14-.
73
Fruits and vegetables (6)_.
rel. to 1909-14..
51
Grains (5)
rel. to 1909-14 .
Meat animals (5)
- rel. to 1909-14 _.
09
4G
Unclassified (5)
rel. to 1909-14
All groups (27)
. rel. to 1909-14 61
RETAIL PRICES
Retail food index (Dept. of Labor).rel. to 1913.. 105. 0
182. (i
Retail coal index (Dept. of Labor) .rel. to 1913.
AIRPLANES
Deliveries, military
number
Exports, during month
_ number
Production:
Commercial aircraft
number
Manufactured for export
- .number .,
AUTOMOBILES
Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)
rel. to 1923-25..
28
Production index (elect, energy consumed)
rel. to 1923-25-09. 2
Passenger cars and trucks:
Production, actualCanada—
TotaL, ..no. of cars.. 8,318
Passenger cars
no. of cars. - 6, 604
Trucks
no of cars . 1,714
United StatesTotal
no. of cars_. 118, 959
Passenger cars
no. of cars_. 99, 325
Taxicabs
_ .no. of cars. _
74
Trucks
no, of cars.. 19, 560
Electric industrial trucks and tractors:
Shipments —
Domestic
number _
20
Exports
..
number-.
Autos, parts and accessories, export value
thous. of dolls.. 9,346
Exports (assembled):
From CanadaTotal
no. of cars_567
Passenger cars
no. of cars-_
237
Trucks
no of cars
330
From United StatesTotal
no. of cars.. 8,724
Passenger cars
no. of cars. . 5, 541
Trucks
_.no. of cars.. 3,183
Financing:
United StatesWholesale dealers
thous. of dolls.. 34, 204
Total consumers
thous. of dolls__ 51,319
26, 986
New cars
thous of dolls
22, 853
Used cars
_ thous. of dolls
Unclassified
thous. of dolls__
1,481
CanadaTotal new and used cars
and trucks
.thous. of dolls.
New cars and trucks. -thous. of dolls. _
Used cars
thous. of dolls. _
New passenger-car, registrations
_ __
no. of cars.
Sales (General Motors Corp.):
Total to consumers, U. S
no. of cars_- 48, 717
Total to dealers, U. S
no. of cars. . 48, 383
Total to dealers, including Canadian and
overseas
no. of cars.. 59, 696
Fire-extinguishing equipment:
ShipmentsMotor vehicles
number..
41
Hand types „
number
17, 665
Accessories and parts, shipments:
Accessories...
rel. to Jan., 1925_.
Original equipmentrel to Jan., 1925
Replacement parts
rel. to Jan., 1925__
Service parts
rel. to Jan., 1925.. ~""~7>48~
Jlim production...thous. of rims..
2
Revised.
115352—32
Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber
Febru- January
ary
July
June
May
1
April
March
1
:
0.39
0.40
0.39
0.36
0.37
0.36
0.39
0.55
0.54
0.66
0. M
,75
.75
.73
.80
,71
.69
.65
.61
.74
.81
.79
. V(i
.57
.57
.57
.62
.52
.47
.47
.48
.72
.79
.80
. 78
.54
.53
.52
.59
.48
.43
.43
.44
.68
.73
.73
.70
4.61
4.59
4.51
4.84
4.28
4.24
4.21
4.13
4.75
4.85
4.71
4. «:,7
3.30
3.40
3.22
3,03
3. 10
2.96
2.96
3.84
4.12
4.14
4.02
4.00
.57
.58
.58
.58
.58
.62
.63
.62
.62
.63
.65
.66
.21
1.400
.21
1.400
.21
1.400
.21
1.400
.21
1.400
.22
1.400
.23
1.490
.21
1.494
.20
1.494
.20
1.494
.22
1.494
,22
1. 543
.900
.900
.0282
.900
,925
.0301
.925
.931
.0315
9.25
.950
.0321
.925
.950
.0338
.925
.950
.0374
.925
1.00
.0382
.925
1.00
.0389
.925
1.00
.0342
.925
1.00
.0331
.968
1.00
.0372
1. 050
1.00
.0400
45
99
68
52
68
49
66
50
102
68
57
76
51
71
42
99
70
46
79
53
68
47
93
83
50
86
55
72
53
89
97
54
92
60
75
71
84
110
57
92
58
79
65
85
114
67
91
59
80
74
87
119
74
99
62
86
78
96
120
74
106
63
91
80
99
109
74
106
65
91
Hi. 3
189. 1
116.7
189. 1
119.1
189. 1
119.4
188. 7
119.7
186.1
119.0
184.3
118.3
180.8
121.0
179.4
124. 0
181.8
126.4
1S7. 7
75
54
87
57
11
56
18
44
15
77
21
58
11
63
8
93
9
61
11
60
100
10
100
11
164
18
215
15
262
21
291
11
208
8
188
9
47
77
68
51
65
47
60
105. 3
188.9
45 !
85
70
52
68 i
46
63
109.3
189.2
*35
45
66
36
26
40
52
60
65
78
77
67
85.3
83.6 i
78.1
65. 5
57.4
53. 7
43.6
55.9
71.3
89.7
90.8
94. 1
5. 477
4, 494
983
3,731 1
3, 112
619 1
2, 432
2,024
408
1,247
812
435
1,440
761
679
2,646
2,108
538
4, 544
3,426
1, 118
4,220
3, 151
1,069
6, 835
5, 583
1, 252
12, 738
10, 621
2,117
17,159
14,043
3,116
12,993
10,483
2, 510
119, 344 121, 541
96, 753
98, 706
97 ! 1, 144
20, 541 i 23,644
68, 867
48, 185
999
19, 683
80. 142
57, 764
651
21, 727
140, 566
109, 087
141
31, 338
187, 197
155, 321
104
31, 772
218, 490
183, 993
180
34,317
250, 640
210,016
360
40, 244
317,163
271, 135
340
45, 688
336, 939
286, 252
665
50, 022
276, 405
230, 834
410
45, 161
2117,418
94, 085
25
2 23, 308
2
2
2
2
0,40
26
0
29 i
0 !
21
1
19
2
16
1
39
4
37
13
63
15
50
25
69
0
48
23
84
9
7,433
6, 765 ;
7, 925
5,548
8,492
8, 658
10, 651
11, 525
12, 755
14, 174
18,004
» 18, 603
683
233
450
548 :
225
323
244
147
97
398
275
123
630
476
154
690
557
133
740
542
198
934
644
290
1,021
789
232
1,512
1,083
429
1,172
763
409
1,853
1,327
526
7,043
4,930
2,113
6,989
4,474 i
2,515 ;
9,086
5, 753
3, 333
3,112
1,928
1,184
7,707
3,207
4,500
8,748
4,577
4,171
8,055
5,699
2,356
9,996
6,478
3,518
10, 183
5, 843
4,340
12, 966
8,468
4,498
16, 727
11,228
5,499
17, 528
11, 526
6,002
29, 257
50, 432
27, 306
21, 860
1,267
15, 720
48, 569
25, 395
21, 891
1,283
25, 770
60, 692
33, 196
25, 882
1,614
35, 841
68, 285
38, 610
27, 581
2,095
43,943
79, 598
46, 866
30, 486
2,246
48, 853
95,911
59, 300
34, 126
2,484
58, 172
104, 642
63, 555
37, 988
3,099
72, 623
109, 372
68, 564
37, 782
3,026
71, 194
112, 982
70, 545
39, 546
2,891
63, 090
91, 997
55, 022
34, 689
2,287
1,827
824
1,003
2,146
982
1,165
2,662
1,324
1,338
2,614
1,239
1,375
2,907
1,418
1,488
4, 196
2,102
2,094
4,918
2,445
2,474
6,317
3,440
2,877
6,254
3,376
2,878
3, 543
1,890
1, 653
81, 853
85,684 | 77,564
75, 829
102, 659
124, 903
155, 744
194, 322
201,911
247, 727
265,732
200, 841
46, 855
52, 539
47,942
65, 382
53, 588
68, 650
34, 673
23, 716
49,042
21, 305
51, 740
47, 895
69, 876
62, 667
85, 054
78, 723
103, 303
100, 270
122, 717
136, 778
135,663
132, 629
101,339
98, 943
62, 850
74,710
79, 529
29, 359
25, 975
58, 122
70, 078
87, 449
111, 668
153, 730
154, 252
119, 195
76
19, 437
58
20, 624
80
24, 729
64
28, 720
81
26, 334
72
29, 895
90
29, 696
75
31,117
72
32, 538
76
34,248
66
59
94
49
714
73
48
102
60
638
80
37
129
69
282
66
54
138
67
505
66
70
127
79
924
57
79
124
85
813
61
91
122
102
1,085
61
129
128
117
1,508
66
127
127
118
1,718
65
117
110
115
1, 425
33, 276
44, 644
23, 623
19, 974
2 1, 264
34, 842
44, 629
23, 476
19, 974
1,179
•
i
«27
18, 787
53
61
81
57
726
39 \
19, 955 i
57
63
96
56
811
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
26
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1933
March
1931
Febru- January Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ary
ber
ber
ber
July
June
April
May
March
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PEODUCTS
Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)
petroleum refining
rel. to 1923-25—
Production index (elect, energy
consumed)
rel. to 1923-25. _
Prices, wholesale
..rel. to 1926..
Stocks, manufactured goods,
end of month
rel. to 1923-25. .
Stocks, raw material, end of
|
month
rel. to 1923-25..
149
155
169
159
161
160
159
161
159
150
134.3
75.7 i l
118.2
76. 1
138.9
76. 1
142.0
75.6
144.6
76. 3
137. 6
76.9
137.7
78.9
132.7
79.4
133.8
80. 5
137.4
81.3
139.3
82.9
2 155. 0
148.0
126, 9
131, 9
127.0
120, 4
117.4
119.2
124.1
129.3
129.0
132.0
2 107. 2
115.9
124. 6
133. 9
120.7
99.5
85.3
86. 7
87.9
88.4
91.5
0(». 5
3, 182
3, 457
8, 836
2.00
3,195
2, 856
9, 111
2.00
2, 161
3, 466
8, 734
2.00
2, 226
3,035
10, 039
2.00
1. 529
2,172
10. 848
2.00 1
1,482
6.268
11,491
2.00
666
4, 777
16, 277
2.00
840
4,654
20. 389
2.00
1,853
3,856
24, 203
2.00
2,953
4,674
26, 206
2.00
4,400
5,160
27, 927
2.00
7, 452
4, 465
28, C87
2. CO
1, 118
7, 009
2. 065
7, 055
2, 818
6, 116
1, 250
4,801
1,821
5, 066
994
4,669
2,594
4, 977
1,036
3, 972
1,407
4,280
1,491
4,768
1,402
5, 265
1,957
5, 478
841
4,243
857
4, 388
j, 172
4, 295
1,126
4, 306
1,180
3, 907
1,252
3, 528
1,238
2, 616
997
2, 440
1, 024
2, 201
1,044
2,012
964
1,950
1. 506
2,181
10, 340
13, 224
14,002
14, 084
16,037
12, 952
12, 363
11, 975
13,111
13, 120
11,162
11,929
12,574
9, 153
5, 870
12, 690
15, 130
15, 885
17, 024
14, 888
16, 171
14, 711
13, 074
]8,o33
141
12S-5
75. 3
137. 1
156.4
mo. o
140
75, 5
Chemicals
Acetate of lime:
Production
thous. of lbs._
Shipments
,-thous. of lbs_.
Stocks, end of month
thous. of Ibs. .
Price wholesale
dolls, per cwt_.
Arsenic, crude:
Production
..short tons..
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Arsenic, refined:
Production
short tons..
Stocks end of month
short tons
Ethyl alcohol:
Production
thous. of proof gals—
Warehouse stocks, end of
month
___thous. of proof gals..
Withdrawn for denaturization
thous. of proof gals..
Methanol, crude:
Production
.gallons..
Stocks at crude plants, end of
month
gallons. .
Stocks at refineries and in transit.-gallons..
Exports
gallons— 97, 940
Methanol, refined:
Price, wholesale, New York.dolls. per gal—
Production
gallonsShipments
gallonsStocks, end of month
gallonsPrice index numbers:
Crude drugs.
—rel. to Aug., 1914..
113
Essential oils
rel. to Aug., 1914—
59
Drugs and
Pharmaceuticals
rel. to Aug., 1914—
157
Chemicals
—
-rel. to 1927..
85
Oils and fats
- rel. to 1927 ..
4(
Plastic paints, cold-water paints, and calcimines:
Sales of —
Plastic paints
. . -thous. of dolls..
Calcimines
thous. of dolls. _
Cold-water paints
thous. of dolls. _
Paint, varnish, and lacquer products:
Total sales (315 establishments)
thous of dolls
Trade sales
thous. of dolls. _
Industrial sales
..thous. of dolls..
Unclassified sales
.thous. of dolls. _
Sulphur, production (quarterly) ..long tons..
Sulphuric acid:*
Production
short tons .
Purchases—
From fertilizer manufacturers
short tons..
From nonfertilizer manufacturers
_ _ _
short tons .
Exports
.pounds..
Price, wholesale 66° ... .dolls, per ton "~15.~500~
Synthetic dyes, imports
pounds 482, 545
Wood at distillation plants:
Consumption
_
cords. _
Stocks, end of month
cords..
Daily capacityAll plants
_ _.
cords
Plants shut down
cords..
Cottonseed
Cottonseed:
Consumption (crush) _ _ . .short tons 512, 469
Receipts at mills
thous. of short tons..
300
Stocks at mills, end of month
_ _ __ . thous. of short tons
704
Cottonseed cake and meal:
Exports
short tons
12, 159
Production.
short tons 230, 261
Stocks, end of month
short tons 204, 303
Cottonseed oil, crude:
Production
thous. of lbs_. 163, 907
Stocks, end of month
thous. of Ibs 129, 328
Cottonseed oil, refined:
Factory consumptionTotal (quarterly) _ _
thous. of lbs._
In oleomargarine
thous. of lbs_.
Price, yellow, prime, New York
dolls, perlb..
.040
Production
thous. of lbs._ 136, 804
Stocks, end of month
thous. of Ibs— . 682, 487
* By 74 fertilizer companies operating
|
i
6, 2t>5
8, 574
19, 350
15, 515
1 5, 564
13,076
11, 637
10, 436
10, 491
10, 288
10, 541
8, 795
230, 324
206, 739
219, 238
206,416
1S3, 851
133, 507
113, 892
154, 473
182, 273
247, 808
322, 049
4b3, 222
313, 985
234, 124
39, 434
294, 375
231, 491
36, 653
300, 425
131,235
54, 535
410, 439
118, 986
37, 473
466, 975
117,000
80, 065
378, 991
106, 103
30, 455
395, 907
145, 400
42, 300
452, 489
157, 094
61, 240
526, 543
98, 000
59, 950
494, 192
130, 207
52, 048
520, 865
36, 176
54, 857
415, 489
105, 238
30, 146
.37
119,620
125, 361
266, 244
.35
148, 731
102, 452
271, 985
.35
141,873
154, 262
225, 706
.35
87, 486
89, 704
238, 095
.35
56, 474
105, 060
240, 318
.35
56, 519
98,431
288, 899
.35
65, 311
129, 822
330, 811
.35
91, 696
122, 846
395, 322
.35
107, 331
110,454
426, 472
.35
118,052
257, 707
429, 595
.35
211,073
141, 801
569, 250
40
253, 494
399, 500
499, 978
116
59
116
57
116
59
117
61
118
65
118
70
118
76
118
77
128
77
130
79
131
82
130
81
157
86
47
157
8G
47
157
86
49
157
86
51
157
86
47
157
86
51
157
86
62
157
88
68
157
88
64
157
89
68
160
90
72
174
90
71
52
94
58
57
297
253
41
71
43
67
99
52
145
65
64
102
81
67
122
73
51
127
83
75
141
86
109
165
106
91
162
.104
llfi
175
90
11,256 210,871
6, 563 2 6, Hi
4, 626 2 4, 697
67
54
9. 555
5, 036
4,478
41
11,419
6, 915
4, 453
50
13, 956
8,499
5,370
86
14, 680
8,956
5, 638
86
3 539,231
14, 242
8,392
5,764
85
15,112
8,802
6,235
75
19, 126
12,011
7,031
84
3 608,730
22, 600
14, 430
8,071
100
21,689
13, 477
7,999
213
17, 972
10, 461
- 7, 431
81
3
649, 595
117, 613
108, 782
99, 654
106, 751
102, 632
110, 599
92, 895
90, 772
105, 250
116,447
146, 458
8,795 2 15, 865
14, 644
18, 665
18, 802
12, 988
13, 412
14, 709
25, 176
26, 565
15, 424
7,670 2 14, 554
188, 887 349, 100
15. 500
15. 500
430, 298 298, 267
15, 906
262, 548
15. 500
200, 742
14,119
319,733
15. 500
440, 679
14, 553
182, 849
15. 500
371, 392
9, 655
155, 018
15.500
462, 346
15, 967
64, 620
15. 500
454, 165
23, 006
372, 945
15. 500
356, 106
18, 876
250, 775
15. 500
399, 213
14, 601
403, 298
15. 500
675, 058
15, 844
310, 950
15. 500
502, 248
26, 189
200, 218
15, 500
218, 844
30, 538
321,890
21, 453
323, 547
23, 583
324, 704
22, 136
316,530
21, 885
257, 946
15, 596
270, 605
12, 123
337,017
14, 364
326, 990
19, 363
338, 821
24, 444
335, 809
31, 458
379, 562
48, 607
370, 449
2,472
606
2,472
794
2,472
771
2,505
763
2,505
1,167
2,505
1,315
2, 505
1,499
2,505
1,335
2,505
1,008
2,505
752
2,505
632
2,499
388
530, 078
268
589, 363
369
718, 769
549
866, 694
1,259
862, 032
1,570
451, 324
875
59, 148
95
21, 424
13
42, 951
30
85, 851
34
157, 477
45
279, 622
110
104, 573
2
'
917
1,179
1,400
1,585
1, 193
484
60
25
33
46
97
210
5,792
237, 056
230. 677
23, 187
266, 534
217, 666
38, 563
322, 283
202, 496
56, 060
387, 573
167, 359
39, 829
385,190
137,683
10, 260
201,517
118,845
3,590
28, 206
106, 358
1,304
12, 347
146, 888
225
21, 849
192, 293
797
42, 290
224, 282
6,588
77, 626
252, 205
5,750
132, 588
302, 503
169, 826
130, 375
185, 977
133,629
226, 178
126, 761
270, 412
144, 485
269, 031 136, 699
1 1 5, 979 69, 745
17, 196
12,065
7,089
8, 086
14, 175
17, 329
28, 022
33, 056
52, 002
43, 602
90, 132
71, 148
3 232,420
3297,179 -.-..-_.
1, 154
~~"l~480~
1,530
---
~~T 297"
.040
161,114
632, 618
1,363
.039
155, 577
655,311
lO^planl s.
.042
226, 651
489, 866
.047
226, 631
346, 559
.045
206, 643
231,079
* Revise d.
,044
63, 989
173, 945
876~
. 059
.069
16,010
11,908
212,371 277, 837
3 276, 906
3 242,191
1,012 """I," 200 ""I, ~447
1,621
.068
30, 375
3-19, 276
.069
36, 753
406, 376
? Quart er ended in month indicated
.076
75, 847
462, 840
.076
116, 564
493, 760
27
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 19:52
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1932
1931
|^u- January Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
F
March
Se
^m' August
July
June
May
April
25, 058
25, 068
25, 150
20, 304
26, 719
25, 981
26, 611
20, 404
26, 441
26, 960
27, 379
21, 115
28, 721
27, 647
28, 000
20, 639
March
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS— Continued
Explosives
Explosives, black powder, permissible and
other high explosives:
New orders
thous. of Ibs
Production
thous. of Ibs !
Shipments
thous of Ibs
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lbs_.
Fats and Oils
Animal fats (quarterly):
Factory consumption
thous. of lbs__
Production .
thous. of Ibs
Stocks, end of quarter
thous. of Ibs
Animal glues:
Production (quarterly)
thous of Ibs
Stocks, end of quarter
thous. of Ibs. _
Coconut or copra oil:
Factory consumption —
Crude (quarterly)
thous. of Ibs
RefinedTotal (quarterly) thous. of lbs__
In oleomargarine
thous of Ibs..
Imports
thous. of Ibs
Production (quarterly)—
Crude.- . _ - _
thous. of Ibs
Refined
thous. of lbs__
Stocks, end of quarterCrude
thous. of Ibs.. i
Refined
thous. of lbs__i
Copra:
|
Factory consumption (quarterly)
1
_
short tons
Imports.
„ _ _ short tons
Stocks, end of quarter
short tons _
Edible gelatin:
Production (quarterly) __. _ -thous. of Ibs __
Stocks, end of quarter
thous. of Ibs
Fish" oils:
Factory consumption (quarterly)
thous. of Ibs_.
Production (quarterly)
thous. of Ibs..
Stocks, end of quarter
thous. of lbs__
Greases:
Factory consumption (quarterly)
thous. of lbs._
Production (quarterly)
thous. of lbs_.
Stocks, end of quarter
_ .thous. of Ibs
Lard compounds:
Production (quarterly)
thous. of Ibs
Stocks, end of quarter
_thous. of Ibs
Oleomargarine:
Consumption
thous. of Ibs
Production..
thous. of Ibs
Vegetable oils:
Exports
. .thous. of Ibs
Factory consumption (quarterly)
. _ mills, of Ibs
Imports
thous. of lbs__
Production (quarterly)
..mills, of Ibs
Stocks, end of quarterCrude
thous. of Ibs.Refined
_ -thous. of Ibs
Fertilizer
Consumption, Southern States
thous of short tons
Imports:
Total
... _ _
long tons
Nitrogenous
long tons
Other fertilizers ..
long tons
Phosphates
long tons
Potash
long tons
Exports:
Total
long tons
Nitrogenous
. long tons
Other fertilizers
long tons
Phosphate material
long tons ~
Prepared fertilizer
_ long tons
Nitrate of soda, imports thous. of long tons
Superphosphate (acid phosphate) :
j
Production
thous. of short tons
Shipments
thous. of short tons
Stocks, end of month
thous. of short tons
17,655
18, 064
17, 488
18,530
19,095
18, 175
16, 148
18,025 j
18, 648
18, 595
18, 087
18,712
;
3
3
3
_ ._
10,361 12,749
31,655 ! 19,376
3
3
. _
3
3
3
3
78, 039
14,027
16,589
13.201
2.:, IStJ
13,851)
30,784
68. 702
70, 170
3
23,805 j 23,955
3
53 8f<0
15, ()22
25, 106
3
:
!
4, 574
8 312
i
3
40, 893
3
17, 677
3 237, 933
1
3
!
:
|_
:
:
3
17. 703
18, 973
21, 426
18,351
17,232
19,892 !
20,388
6,163 ;
3
i
3
3
3
67,169
56,509 j
3
3
644
40, 060
14, 236
41,834
75, 732
2, 559
1,372
71, 720
81
365 i
172
62,989 ' 89,070
2 40, 132
63, 041 ,
2,944 ;
4,244 •
5.355
5,517 •
35,729 ! 12,245 ,
98.058
31,869
952
65,104
133
8
i 79,242
i 19,600
! 1,419
1 58,200
|
22
i
34
177 !
99 |
1,691 !
187 i
75
1,639
3
8, 466
15, 970
11, 329
26, 862
3
3
20, 207
18, 012
3
63, 434
17, 179
17, 491
3
1, 625
fi43
3
3
-
3
17, 871
18, 927
3
3
3
71,229
25, 890
27, 167
3 4, 549
3 8, 642
3
44, 620
3
11,587
3 215, 405
"i
s
55, 715
94, 985
83, 074
3
3
278,216
25, 140
276,713
21, 718
3
4 415
8 647
54, 465
3
4, 647
262, 106
—
201 932
16,869
3
3
52, 497
29. 847
75, 479
12, 086
27, 550
3
9 1,446
s (5(5 9fi#
81, 899
3 gj 351
3206,123
3
16, 039
138, 255
3
78, 348
7,105
31, 000
23, 348
54, 991
53 346
95, 948
79 012
3291,386
3
26, 081
3
16, 483
16, 075
9,289
11,271
13, 180
12, 636
15, 460
14, 912
17,150
19, 618
19, 573
21, 154
1,814
455
1,025
1,008
1,775
2,356
2,154
3,831
59, 225
3489
50, 633
3 441
72, 280
52, 463
3 390
3
829
68, 23S
3
674
517,909
386,176
3610,812
3
531,666
23, 401
23, 965
1, 230
1,070
s 679,049
3
525,448
'
3
19,499
18, 836
22, 838
22, 138
66, 677
6, 169
34, 845
247. 638
3
62, 669
9,473
18, 228
3
23, 357
58, 757
139, 128
3
' 51, 941
3
90, 056 —
3 81 072
22, 831
23, 173
1, 057
56, 748
3
1 033
3
3 fi
i
306,559
24, 757
2,461
3
26, 730
25, 414
26, 598
20, 929
3
154,951
3618,459
3
224, 398
166, 069
559, 588
276,983
3
137 730
3
49 024
19,352 ! 19,832
i 3 23, 795
49, 688
s 94, 569
391,019
3
3
i 2 201, 036
_ . ; 3 17,516
3
1
3
3
61 388
' 3 68, 682
i
1
20,953
3
20, 847
61.848
3 7s 4qp}
10,947
29,455
;
25, 437
24, 548
24, 867
19, 956
176, 221
49 1,837
230, 999
3
3
21 548
67, 474
3 188, 3."-2
3 14, 800
-•-
-
25, 803
26. 598
27, 408
17, 888
142. 435
3
21,400
26, 970
25, 282
25, 610
18, 151
3173,389
3576,013
3222,583
_
11,429
20,909
22, 657
24, 509
24, 035
18, 264
3 588
63,096 | 74,285
75,470
3
--- 3 591,342
3
209 759
3
67
66
94
91
40
25
74
195
1,132
2 1,353
70, 754
51, 670
3,202
3, 884
11, 998
77, 849
52, 837
6, 583
12] 872
120, 822
61, 904
5, 516
3,331
50, 071
146, 700
70, 022
4, 063
6, 175
66, 440
127, 599
47, 935
4,763
9, 858
65, 043
97, 358
24, 730
902
3,768
67, 958
59, 970
37, 998
3,983
3, 339
14, 650
72, 159
46, 602
3,019
4,832
17, 706
143, 250
102, 342
5,124
5,578
30, 206
255, 9')n
170, 587
9, 766
15, 158
60, 394
80, 469
11,877
9,179
59, 213
200
17
81, 703
3, 284
1,567
76, 785
67
30
94, 416
13, 452
5, 550
75, 114
300
34
127, 953
7, 554
3,863
115, 621
915
49
115,207
7,682
1,425
105, 717
383
35
89, 409
7,078
1,164
80, 670
497
19
89, 194
7,690
1,926
79, 472
106
30
107, 918
6,637
9,498
91, 049
734
34
150, 128
25, 146
10, 829
113, 017
1,136
67
112,725
19,819
7, 755
84, 682
469
120
188
65
143
52
141
85
142
119
162
58
143
63
146
55
162
106
195
407
226
305
1, 518
1,388
1,285
1,237
1,275
1,158
1,060
996
1,101
1, 836
Flaxseed
Flaxseed, imports
thous. of bu
744
1,104 i
720 :
196
Linseed cake and meal:
Exports
thous. of lbs~ 38, 1 10 34,265 j 20,563
32, 838
Shipments from Minneapolis
__
.thous. of Ibs—
14, 518
6,528 . 9,773
Linseed oil:
Factory consumption (quarterly)
3
thous. of Ibs """"."646"
57, 354
Price, New York...
dolls, per lb_.
.071
~~"~665~:"~~~667~:
3
Production (quarterly)
. thous. of Ibs
130 479
Shipments from Minneapolis
..thous. of lbs_3,152
4,440
4,782
Stocks at factories (quarterly)
|
; a 154,490
thous of Ibs
2
R evised
1,234
1,468
2,469
1,339
1,685
1,150
1,496
827
1,313
42, 782
49, 027
48, 615
57, 736
53, 225
39, 769
38, 172
30, 818
39,847
18, 019
14, 354
17, 385
13, 972
11,414
7,653
8,432
12, 145
17, 827
70, 504
.076
141,205
.083
.091
3
95, 544
.086
3 130,635
.088
.092
3
74, 092
.095
3 118,417
6,806
5,675
6,285
6,788
11, 921
12, 792
11,552
3
. 075
4,125
. 073
4,410
3
3 107,508
8
Quarter ended in nlonth ind icated.
3
78, 200
> 11 3, 192
28
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1933
M arch
1931
Febru- January Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ary
ber
ber
ber
July
June
May
April
March
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS— Continued
Flaiseed— Continued
Minneapolis and Duluth;
Receipts—
Shipments
Stocks, end" of month
Oil mills (quarterly)—Consumption
Stocks end of quarter
Price, No. 1, Minneapolis
Production, crop estimate
thous, of bu_.
thous. of bu
thous. of bu-_
thous, of bu__
thous. of bu_.
dolls, per bu..
thous. of bu__
Naval Stores
Pine oil:
Production
__gallons__
Stocks, end of month
thous. of gals_.
Rosin, gum:
Net receipts Southern ports
bbls
Price, "B," New York
dolls, per bbL_
Stocks at 3 ports, end of month
bbls..
Rosin, wood:
Production
_bbls_Stocks, end of month
bbls__
Turpentine, gum:
Net receipts, Southern ports
bbls..
Price, New York
. dolls, per gaL_
Stocks at 3 ports, end of month
bbls..
Turpentine, wood:
Production
bbls__
Stocks end of month
bbls
141
109
119
124
508
197
199
649
316
541
872
1,026
1,159
1,605
2,766
786
1,381
1,452
924
1,422
2, 436
406
747
789
501
790
378
386
675
3
456
424
784
3
1.32
7, 610
3 4, 241
1.37
1.41
49X
185
1,205
309
314
973
3
1.64
7, 205
3 1, 198
1.48
1.55
1.57
6, 571
3 2, 345
1.58
i.40
1.40
1.41
» 7, 112
3 3, 721
21.43
* 11, 018
102, 253
1,787
130, 046
1,724
162, 330
1, 789
169, 695
1,815
140, 690
1,829
176, 973
1,860
172, 539
1,845
114, 205
1, 866
210, 711
2,000
231, 207
2,013
210, 012
1,958
219, 053
1, 903
208, 690
1,882
31, 705
3, 44
347,591
29, 539
3.23
383, 354
28, 614
3.30
426, 508
93, 980
3.61
486, 863
95, 642
3.96
497, 438
101, 157
3.80
465, 466
116, 630
3.87
459, 588
129, 018
3.94
449, 173
156, 810
4.28
439, 241
165, 500
4.68
436, 480
120, 819
4.70
351, 548
88, 741
4.73
310, 576
38, 977
4.64
266, 05G
W, 540
20, 006
91, 762
23, 196
94, 331
23, 242
92, 258
21, 440
93, 142
26, 102
101, 537
25, 058
108, 350
17, 074
112, 295
28, 495
131, 942
34, 747
126, 289
33, 593
124, 830
35, 585
126, 534
33, 544
125,919
0, 190
. 45
73, 640
3, 808
.39
86, 679
5, 234
.40
101, 081
19, 844
.39
112,311
23, 147
.40
119,388
30, 849
.36
120,953
28, 995
.37
115, 178
37, 112
.36
114,421
53, 459
.39
122, 214
52, 345
.55
101, 905
37, 026
.54
66, 248
26,102
.56
53, 393
9,511
.53
45, 232
4, 329
5, 835
3,121
6, 132
3, 626
6, 392
3,733
6,002
3,547
5,143
3, 922
5, 231
3.797
4, 817
2,607
5,358
4,370
5,307
5, 675
4,535
5,996
4, 727
6,344
8,383
5, 740
9, 987
12, 12(5
4, 787
10, 277
5, 188
9,181
5,768
12, 028
5, 458
16, 116
5,021
18,356
4, 834
17, 143
4,761
16, 747
4,908
16, 795
4,398
19, 998
4,092
18, 001
4,360
16, 643
5,378
425
390
197
374
574
711
568
532
520
570
533
333
Hoofing
Dry roofing felt:
Production
short tons~_
Stocks end of month
short tons
Prepared roofing, shipments:
Grit roll
thous. of sqs__
ShinglesIndividual and single thickness
thous. of sqs,_
Strip, patented, and hexagon
thous. of sqs.Smooth roll .__
thous. of sqs._
Total
thous. of sqs_.
1.46
59
60
46
93
130
153
136
127
131
155
146
92
189
1,088
1,761
227
1,097
1,774
169
571
983
299
998
1,765
470
1,128
2,302
535
1,198
2,597
466
1,067
2,237
485
873
2,017
512
843
2,006
541
965
2,230
555
967
2,202
329
702
1, 45G
FOODSTUFFS
Production index:
Food products (Fed. Res.
84
Bd.)
.rel. to 1923-25. Food and kindred products
(elect, energy consumed) .rel. to 1923-25-- 1 14. 9
Stocks, manufactured
86. 9
foodstuffs
_-rel. to 1923-25..
Stocks, raw foodstuffs
-rel. to 1923-25 __ 196.4
Candy
Sales by manufacturers
___thous. of dolls... 17,443
Cocoa
Shipments from Gold and Nigerian
Coasts, Africa
_
...long tons.. 25, 614
Imports. _
- .
long tons.. 37, 244
Spot price, Accra, New York
dolls, per lb-_ .0455
Coffee
Clearances:
Total, Brazil for United
States
thous. of bags
Total, Brazil for world
thous. of bags..
Imports
__
thous. of bags _
Price, Rio No. 7, Brazil grades. __dolls. per lb._
Receipts, total Brazil
thous, of bags..
Visible supply:
United States
thous. of bags. .
World
thous. of bags..
Dairy Products
BUTTER
Apparent consumption.
_-.thous. of lbs__
Cold-storage holdings, creamery,
end of month
thous. of lbs_.
Production (factory)
thous. of Ibs
Receipts, 5 markets
thous. of lbs__
Whoiesale price, New York
dolls, per lb._
CHEESE
w,
Total, all varieties:
Apparent consumption
thous. of lbs_Cold-storage holdings, end of
month.
_. .thous. of Ibs..
Exports, Canada
thous. of Ibs..
Exports, United States
thous. of Ibs..
Imports, United States
thous, of lbs~
Receipts, 5 markets
thous. of Ibs—
Production (factory)
thous. of Ibs..
American whole milk:
Cold-storage holdings, end of
month
thous of Ibs
Wholesale price, New York. .dolls, per lb..
1
Revised.
290
94
98
91
92
93
88
87
83
89
95
87
129.5
127. 2
124.8
144.0
136. 5
142.0
146.4
147.0
136.2
126.8
122.0
116.8
289.4
193.5
»80.5
190. 9
75.7
201.0
66.5
206.8
68.1
211.8
81.3
204.4
97.4
213.1
111. 1
191.7
106.3
178.2
97.0
189.7
96.1
193.7
93.5
202.1
17,371
16, 870
22,909
23,206
24, 110
22,965
15, 558
12, 176
15, 512
15, 680
21, 608
22, 062
49, 330
29, 285
.0422
52, 105
16,641
.0432
44, 588
16, 343
.0425
23,080
8,288
.0494
7,256
8,152
.0475
6,663
14, 104
.0463
4,355
13, 546
.0525
7,783
17, 746
.0581
11,870
14,892
.0563
11, 720
22,520
.0494
33,864
20,242
.0535
48, 353
20, 942
.0550
622
1,098
1,220
.073
1, 721
646
1,097
1,149
.072
1,769
823
1,270
1,220
.071
1,580
818
1,507
1,203
.070
2,138
870
1,529
936
.063
2,319
805
1,485
907
.058
1,711
711
1, 263
794
.056
1,533
592
1,216
884
.056
1,495
530
1,161
1,100
.063
1,462
760
1,504
1,037
.068
1,535
643
1,333
1,415
.061
1,755
1,080
1,863
1,126
.053
1,550
849
1,559
1,407
.056
1, 565
1,219
5, 620
1,340
5,852
1,359
6,244
1,387
6,419
1,299
6,322
1,510
6,127
1,555
6,493
1,592
6,944
1,491
6,990
1,395
6,724
1,345
6,286
1,088
6,136
1,148
5,963
170, 544
156,087
157, 136
171,991
160, 638
187, 114
189,483
203, 731
197,659
207,978
220,758
186,041
175, 538
9, 034 2 15,243
127, 268 117,684
50, 140
49, 071
. 23
.22
22, 506
119,324
48, 895
.24
26, 643
121,054
47, 194
.31
42, 242
112,002
44, 925
.31
56, 229
121,052
43,857
.34
80, 152
118, 202
42, 863
.33
104, 678
136, 769
45,588
.28
115, 121
158, 126
58,522
.25
89, 172
190, 278
74,154
.23
35, 155
177,544
61,813
.24
17, 195
142,529
53, 566
.26
18,010
125, 189
48, 739
.29
45, 072
42,174
38,014
37,257
42,519
50,202
47,384
47,078
45,394
51,689
57,266
49,805
49, 271
48, 785
930
133
4,768
11,760
33, 744
2 55, 568
669
87
3,580
12,075
28,481
65, 728
752
157
3,739
11,361
26, 860
73, 289
3,893
170
5,195
9,304
26, 725
78, 565
11,022
140
6,057
10, 569
33, 424
81, 743
21,945
112
7,179
13, 588
41,480
83, 426
16,688
116
5. 515
11,949
38, 993
86, 418
11,929
124
4.389
14, 264
45, 127
84,003
11, 496
148
3, 413
14, 190
53,255
72,977
4,078
119
5,121
17,480
63, 725
55,939
1,517
139
5,856
12, 145
54,316
53, 172
505
121
6,471
11, 445
42,357
54, 270
491
208
4,611
11,717
37, 298
36, 782 * 41, 712
.13
.13
49,406
.14
55, 775
.14
60, 583
.15
63, 968
.16.
65,802
.17
68,874
.16
68, 532
.15
58, 144
.14
42,461
.14
40,542
.15
41, 836
.16
3
Quarter ended in month indicated.
* As of Dec. 1.
29
SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1932
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
March
FOODSTUFFS-Continued
Dairy Products— Continued
EGGS
Cold-storage holdings, end of month:
Case
thous. of cases
Frozen
thous of Ibs
Receipts, 5 markets
thous. of cases..-
689
68, 870
1,435
1931
Febru- January Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ary
ber
ber
ber
258
2 68. 024
1,090
663
72, 439
936
MILK
Condensed milk;
Exports
thous of Ibs
2,310
1,404
922
Total stocks, manufacturers, end of
month —
C ase goods
thous. of Ibs
9,145
7,467
7, 573
Bulk goods
thous. of lbs__ 6,928
8,275
7, 911
Wholesale price, New York. dolls, per case..
4.75
4.75
4.75
Evaporated milk:
Exports
thous. of Ibs
4,502
f 4, 064
4,227
Manufacturers' stocks, end of monthTotal case goods
thous. of lbs_. 101,388 116,859 127, 883
Wholesale price, New York.dolls. per case,.
2.98
2.98
2.80
Fluid milk:
Consumption in mfr. of
4,265
oleomargarine
thous. of lbs_.
5,106
Production, Minneapolis and
St. Paul
thous. of lbs._
7,883
7,820
Receipts —
Boston, including crearn thous. of qts..
18, 337
19,267
Greater New York
thous. of qts__
117,829
Powdered inilk:
Exports
thous. of lbs._
261
251
279
Manufacturers' stocks, end
of month
_
_
thous. of Ibs.
24,963 H25 QgQ
Net new orders
thous. of lbs_. 9, 501 2 7, 973 1 8, 126
Production, condensed and evaporated milk ._
_
thous. of Ibs. 134, 226 131, 696 131,118
Exports, condensed and evaporated
milk
thous. of Ibs
6,812
5,468
5,149
July
June
May
April
March
1,475
79, 198
652
3,447
86, 407
578
5,745
94, 816
722
7,960
103, 302
943
9,016
110,271
1,053
9,504
114,700
1,180
9,507
113,513
1,862
7,887
106, 607
2,236
5,162
91,517
2,478
1,893
78,051
2,046
1,233
1,443
1,180
1, 309
1,477
1,862
1,372
1,973
1,853
1,873
12, 506
7,929
4.75
15, 130
8,607
4.75
17, 264
10, 032
4.75
20, 349
11,007
4.75
22, 504
15,001
5.00
24, 071
16, 221
5. 65
23, 998
18. 992
5. 65
19, 892
19,163
5.65
12, 390
15, 887
5.65
13, 227
16,273
5. 65
4,367
4,240
3,610
3,659
4,466
5,892
5,024
5, 114
5,311
5,034
132,011
3.00
139, 844
3.00
129, 802
3.00
136, 408
3.00
181, 745
3.00
275, 931
3. 10
275, 280
3.20
230, 739
3.30
177,754
3.50
150, 931
3.50
5,948
5,625
6,142
4,849
4, 199
2,943
3,432
3,791
5,387
5,927
31, 732
26, 854
25, 224
21, 751
24,012
27, 436
33, 978
36, 244
32, 654
36, 245
19, 028
118, 763
18. 529
116, 628
19, 558
121,940
19, 598
122, 776
20, 545
122, 447
21,615
127, 988
21,021
21,023
124,491 |124, 180
19, 877
117, 399
20, 312
120,002
725
712
970
854
1,047
9G4
1,085
1,369
1,414
2,282
24, 198
8,488
23, 305
8,494
23, 572
9,914
26,711
14, 331
35, 922
11,062
38,216
11,816
42, 628
11,109
43, 148
11,047
40, 502
12, 145
41, 363
10, 606
116,379
115, 920
139, 197
119, 741
137, 085
174, 207
232, 389
242, 688
195,021
178, 395
5,600
5, 683
4,790
4,968
5,943
7,754
6,396
7,087
7,164
6,907
87, 338
445
64, 975
433
83, 848
430
100, 138
539
91,873
632
69, 327
902
59, 996
524
47, 423
340
59,883
384
91,083
290
101,817
334
64, 478
15, 749
2 72, 362
14,155
» 74, 725
20, 808
73, 018
24, 947
68, 083
28, 439
57, 518
33, 612
48, 350
28, 626
39, 700
25, 655
31,283
24, 599
28, 095
30, 949
2
7,414
6,617
11, 563
16, 181
9,162
8,041
7,587
5,692
6,549
6,446
10, 717
2, 035
2 3, 220
21,217
2 2, 071
2 3, 096
2 5, 753
Fish
Canned salmon:
Exports, Canada
cases.. 124, 581 105, 113
484
Shipments, United States.thous. of cases-Cold-storage holdings, 15th of
month
thous of Ibs
50, 661
35, 534
Total catch, principal ports
thous. of lbs_.
20, 318
2
34, 567
30, 081
Fruits and Vegetables
Export value, fruits and preparationsthous. of dolls
Apples:
Car-lot shipments
carloads
6,396
Cold-storage holdings, end of
month
thous. of bbls__
Production, crop estimate thous. of bu
Citrus fruits, car-lot shipments
carloads
16, 672
Onions, car-lot shipments.
carloads
838
Potatoes, car-lot shipments
carloads
24, 581
Production, crop estimate
.thous. of bu_.
6,978
8,197
231,470 2 13, 037
2
8,149
2 7, 247
2 14, 516
10, 043
* 211, 506
15, 614
2,198
13, 138
4
376, 248
11, 399
10, 705
2,143
81
62
137
577
1, 509
2,917
13, 439
2,318
14, 419
9,493
4,078
24,760
5,896
4,013
17,701
6,144
2,344
11, 968
9,856
1,714
20, 289
11, 076
2,169
27, 272
16, 513
3,762
24, 078
16, 608
2,475
21, 461
19,919
2,523
23, 885
12, 578
14, 999
17, 296
13, 124
13, 439
18, 750
13, 161
11,224
8,118
6,061
276
.51
* 198, 965
1,653
2,005
4,030
4,226
234
.51
768
.50
717
.50
1,014
.45
678
.42
807
.39
896
.45
776
.48
745
.44
2,344
4,963
5,406
4,770
5,152
4,138
5,088
4,089
1,801
3,449
2,193
4,126
2, 523
4,626
2,446
5,662
2, 484
7,840
177
5,130
120
4,630
508
6,348
256
6,318
165
5,912
201
4,665
556
5,168
123
5,738
151
5,580
206
5,492
534
5,441
.37
.43
.38
.42
.46
.57
.58
.56
.58
.60
.46
.43
.40
.39
.46
.44
.45
.49
.53
.58
.52
.59
.52
.56
.53
.58
.54
.60
II, 741
4,884
10, 079
14, 414
7,211
7,364
8,447
6,364
5,592
11, 320
6,561
8,271
16, 152
8,955
8,536
13,417
10, 589
7,785
11, 381
14, 855
12, 286
17, 102
14, 246
19, 676
18, 567
12, 281
21, 998
3,487
* 64, 233
3,692
5,094
3,959
5,001
3,495
3,052
3,777
4,198
4,519
255
1,151
.25
q,112,142
850
1,762
.26
857
1,506
.23
627
1,166
.22
429
836
.21
253
938
.23
374
770
,27
192
785
.28
179
822
.30
174
844
.31
15, 172
4,028
16, 710
24, 422
4,532
17,863
20, 088
7,090
18, 605
15, 960
7,398
17, 468
10, 239
12, 903
15, 577
12, 963
5,749
7,785
11, 098
4,748
7,654
10, 525
5,294
9,892
9,871
7,604
13, 837
10, 243
6,843
19, 103
5,409
7,807
13, 680
1,503
18, 638
12, 270
2,120
17, 465
8,411
Grains
Total grain exports, including
flour .
BARLEY
Exports
Price, No. 2, Minneapolis
Production, crop estimate
Receipts, principal markets
Visible supply, end of month
thous. of bu
8,991
8,353
thous. of bu
dolls, per bu._
thous. of bu
thous. of bu._
thous. of bu_.
186
.53
113
.52
2,496 "~1,~715~
3,536
2,857
129
.51
CORN
Exports, including meal.
Grindings (starch, glucose)
Prices:
No. 3, yellow, Chicago
No. 3, yellow, Kansas
City
No. 3, white, Chicago
Production crop estimate
Receipts
Shipments
Visible supply, end of month
HAY
Receipts _ _
Production, crop estimate
thous. of bu._
thous. of bu._
220
5,045
291
5,334
dolls, per bu_.
.33
.34
.37
dolls, per bu_.
dolls, per bu_.
thous. of bu._
thous. of bu
thous of bu
thous. of bu._
.34
.33
.36
.35
.39
.37
10, 914
2,916
23, 451
13, 561
2,921
18, 929
number of cars
thous of tons
.39
.38
42,556,863
10,421
10, 767
3,603
4,346
13, 192
14, 736
3,737
3,561
Exports, including meal
thous. of bu
89
149
Grindings, Canada
thous. of bu._
790
---Price No. 3, white, Chicago
dolls, per bu_.
.24
Production, crop estimate
thous. of bu._
Production, oatmeal, and rolled
oats, Canada
thous. of Ibs
10, 008
5,721
Receipts, principal markets
thous. of bu__ 4,543
Visible supply, end of month thous. of bu._ 15, 523 17,808
i Revised.
133
903
.25
OATS
11, 334
4,545
16, 846
< As of Dec. 1.
30
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1932
1931
Septem- August
Febru- TaT11iarv
Decemary | Jailuar >
her ' ^ j October
ber
March
July
June
May
April
239, 358
10, 009
260, 949
50, 472
203, 519
38, 748
211,843
41, 223
601 |
617
75, 732
88, 718
780
68, 753
864
68, 349
March
1
FOODSTUFFS— Continued
Grains— Continued
RICE
Exports
_
pockets (100 Ibs.) _. 263, 495
Imports
pockets (100 lbs.)_.
Production, crop estimate
thous. of bu..
Shipments:
Total from
mills
thous. of pockets (100 lbs.)_.
New Orleans _
.pockets (100 Ibs. )._ 102, 178
Southern paddy, receipts at
mills
thous. of bbls._
Stocks, end of
month
thous of pockets (100 Ibs.)..
203,622 ! 148,002 i 193,200
15,663
32,111
34, 081
380,658 i 322,302
11,859 | 9,397
87, 630
3,756
108,181 ! 100,899
4,475 i 5,443
1,216 1 1,396
136,328 j 199,965
875
139, 048
427 i
404
78,269 ! 37,121
< 45, 014
720
57,264
98,638
!
758
78, 972
569
632
1,408
1,810
1,455
382
172
323
520
566
599
1, 906
1, 987
2,051
1,805
1,305
683 |
848
1, 051
1, 293
1,388
1, 561
9
.41
27
.39
14
.38 i
10
.37
15
.37
29
.36
3
.35
34
.36
RYE
Exports including
flour
Price No. 2, Minneapolis
Production crop estimate
Receipts, principal markets
Visible supply, end of month
thous. of bu
dolls, per bu._
thous. of bu_
thous. of bu..
thous. of bu._
1
.47
8
.46 ;
10
.46
560
9. 250
580 .
8,909 ;
WHEAT
Exports:
Canada, including wheat
flour
thous. of bu_.
United StatesWheat only
. -thous. of bu_.
5, 749
Including wheat flour. ..thous. of b u _ _
8, 435
Export value of wheat and flour
thous. of dolls. .
Stocks, held by mills (quarterlv).thous. of b u _ _
Prices:
No. 1, northern spring,
Minneapolis
dolls, per bu._
.70
. 55
No. 2, red winter, St. Louis__dolls. per bii..
No. 2, hard winter,
Kansas City
.dolls, per bu._
.51
Production, crop estimate:
Total
thous. of bu_.
Winter wheat
thous. of b u _ _
Sprint?
wheat
thous. of bu._
1
Receipts. .
thous. of bu_. 13, 412
Shipments
.thous. of b u _ _
P, 562
Visible supply, end of month:
Canada
_thous. of bu._ 181,445
United States
thous. of bu . _ 202. 383
27 ;
.51 |
378
8,934
3
.45
32, 746
401
9, 025
751
9, 131
1,213
9, 186
1,311
8,922
1, 137
8,267 i
472
8,687
862
8,730
:
1, 035
8,540
880
9,262
855
10.440
11,419
10,966
24, 387
29,596 ;
21,436
16, 843
14,258 I
14,107
22,988 I
31,687
6,148
15,521
4.649
7,852
4,074
7,862
7, 896
11, 924
9,519 ;
13,380 ;
11,873
15,406
8,397
11, 588
8,901
12,731
11,781 ; 17,253
8,136 i
11,842 I
6,406
9,956
3,531
6,954
1,357
4, 574
5,057 i
5,263
7, 593
8, 510
8, 751
6,769
3 139, 002
7,039 ; 11,561
:
7,443
5,671
3,882
381,841
!
.75
. 57
.80
.62 i
.71
.52
.69
.47
,65
.47 ;
.61
.48
.74 i
.72 \
.81
.79
.79
.80
.76
.78
.54 .
.53
.59 i
4
.
.75
. 57
2129,994
.,
:;
8,805
338.771
.48
.43
.43
.44
.68
.73
.73
.70
25,000
11,537
* 892, 271
* 787. 465
_ - . M! 104.806
17,072
13, 766
11,005 j 15, 470
26,405 , 32,658
29,470 ; 26,851
38, 877
28, 325
61,403
45,747
104.047
65,987
29. 656
30, 385
30, 863
24, 061
21,230
16, 601
30, 833
15,570
180,966
210,147
187,974 • 191, 180
211,873 220,521
189,675 ! 161,912
230, 147 : 231, 049
122, 199
239, 431
101,306 ! 116,462
212,846 j 217,526
122,318
190, 702
136, 856
197, 563
160, 750
199, 561
180, 253
207, 138
9,334 | 10,462
i
WHEAT FLOUR
Consumption (computed)
thous. of bbls__
Exports:
Canada
.thous. of bbls._
United States
thous. of bbls..
G Findings of wheat:
Canada
thous. of b u _ _
United States
thous. of b u _ _
Prices, wholesale:
Standard patents, Minneapolis
dolls, per bbl
Winter, straights, Kansas City
dolls, per bbl
Production:
Canada
thous. of bbls__
United StatesActual (Census)
thous. of bbls__
Prorated (Russells')-- -thous. of bbls._
Capacity
per cent
Grain offal
thous. of lbs_
Stocks*
A 11 positions (computed)
end of month
thous. of bbis_.
Held by mills (quarterly) _ -thous. of bbls._
7,604 !
338
712 :
2
CATTLS AND BEEF
451
895
3.751 ! 3,798
35, 130
37, 290 ;
5, 275
37, 157
9, 898
9,843 |
7,642
6, 666
8,711
8,281
8, 654
558
785
557
709
522 !
640 j
467
1,005
490
824
481
789
326
761
561
715
8, 102 ! 7, 565
45,230 : 47,463
6,772
44, 569
5,992 ! 5,932
44,412 i 45,362
5,033
35, 893
5,304
36, 946
4,719
39, 127
5,169
40, 137
4.67
476 ;
858 I
4.37
4.61
4.59
:
4.51
4.84 ;
4.28
4.24
4.21 !
3 09
3.30
3.40 i
3.22
3.03
3.10
2. 96
2. 96 j
842
851
175
1,812
1,694
1,516
2 7, 692
8, 180
8,788
49
645,881
i 8, 148
: 8, 890
i
49
i 645,812
9,890
10,167
65
789, 737
i 10,399
I 11,112
!
60
; 828, 114
9,735
10,611
61
781, 318
; 5,120
i
i
!
4, 577
3 4, 126
.
51
2610,366
.........
4, 652
;
6, 117 i
6, 012
1,
5,975 i
6,000
6,135
3 3, 532
4.75
4.85
4.71
4.12
4.14
4.02
4.00
1,319
1,121
1,183
1,058
1,164
9,658 ! 9,852
10.614 ! 9,847
58 1
59
785, 106 802, 424
;
6,131 | 6,000
7,763
7, 981
47
647, 400
8,015
8,739
50
663, 303
8,494
9,134
51
702, 189
8,724
9.275
52
713,507
4,800
3 2. 830
4, 857
5,618
5, 526
33,712
7, 145
6, 321
6,821
7,074
7,791
8,477
2 10, 081
416,822
1,333
•
7, 035
6, 020 i
6,386 i
i
:
Beef products:
Apparent consumption
thous. of lbs_. 372, 001 2340,516 | 380,079 379, 927 343,245 448,863
Cold-storage holdings, end of month
thous. of Ibs
51, 285
46, 405 2 51, 107
53, 199
39, 158
34, 407
Exports
thous. of lbs__
883
1, 202
1,189 i 1,604
902
1,046
Production, inspected
thous. of lbs__ 366, 403 339, 915 377, 068 393, 399 349,598 | 446,798
Cattle movements, primary markets:
Local slaughter
thousands
841
876
886
905 2 1, 033
2908
Receipts
thousands
1,281 i
1,376
1, 866 i
2, 137
1,377
1, 453
Shipments, stocker and feeder
2
487
581
thousands
125
110 i
130
2246
905
2 i( KJO
Shipments, total
thousands
427 'i
478
483
2608
Prices:
Beef, fresh, carcass, good native steers,
Chicago
dolls, per lb_.
1.30
.130
. 145
.164
.156
. 157
Beef, fresh, carcass, steers, New York
dolls. perlb._
.160
. 168
.172
. 175
. 173
1.57
Cattle, corn fed, Chicago
.
dolls, per 100 Ibs
9.34
7.61
7.98 :
8.97
10.20 •
9.25
' Revised.
s Quarter e nded in nlonth indicated.
4.13
3. 16
:
Meats
Export value, meats and fats. .thous. of dolls..
9, 393
332
864
404, 928
432,312
404,731
424, 672
421, 252
379, 405
35, 171
2, 077
400, 752
39,050 J 41,055 i .45,548
1,837 ! 1,497 '
1,573
430,595 j 411,952 400,529
49, 448
1,468
419, 124
53, 150
981
412, 757
61,111
1,444
374, 151
930 1
969
1, 488 | 2 i, 539
2979
1,551
1,036
1,617
960
1,535
124 '
2 562
2 n2
552
153
2562
175
581
146
546
.169
961
1,797
2 1, 007
1, 821
381
861
2 261 1
2 758
. 148
. 144 I
. 129
. 129
.143
.160
.165
.158
. 145
. 145
.155
.172
.180
8.66
8.62 i
7.25 ,
7.32
7.68
8.56
9.08
* As of Dec. 1
31
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
FOODSTUFFS-Continued
1931
1933
Earlier data for items shown here may \
be found in the 1931 Annual SuppleMarch
ment to the Survey
F
i Novem- October Septem- August
J*^-| January! December
ber
uctooer, ber
;
July
! June
;
May
April
March
j
Meats— Continued
i
HOGS AND PORK
Hog movements, primary markets:
1,968
Local slaughter
thousands
Receipts.
thousands i 2, 939
30
Shipments, stocker and feeder .thousands, -i
969
Shipments, total
thousands. _
Lard (included in pork products):
j
Cold-storage holdings, end of month
_ ..
thous of Ibs ': 106, 411
Exports
thous. of Ibs.J 43, 200
Production
thous. of lbs_.
Pork production:
|
Apparent consumption
thous. of l b s _ _ j 583, 183
Cold-storage holdings, end of month—
i
Total
thous. of lbs__! 900, 584
Fresh and cured
thous. of lbs._ j 794, 173
Exports—
!
Total
thous. oflbs— ' 51, 659
Other products than lard
thous of Ibs
8, 459
Production, inspected
thous. of lbs_J 629, 420
Prices:
i
Hams, smoked, Chicago
dolls, per lb_.'
.144
Hogs, heavy, Chicago, .dolls, per 100 Ibs.J 4.22
Lard, prime contract, New York
__dolls. per Ib
. 051
2,464
3,659
37
1, 188
2,707 !
4,218
35 i
1, 510 ;
2,806
4, 210 i
40
1,426
2,297
3, 752
62
1,427
2, 155 ,
3,462 :i
72
1,311
1,663
2,727 j
55 ::
1,062
1, 398 |
2,454 i
49 !
1,045
1,474
2,511
37
1,039
51,224
34,824
292,861 , 78,430
66,674 i 59,854 . 65,598 : 35,205
174,090
125.,
859
164,152 ; 171,331
39.766
43,547
116, 124
69, 296
37, 790
97, 114
96, 047 j 121,926
33, 824
34, 510
91,680 i 109,265
044,276 ! 620,021
679,011
601,392
552,387 ! 540, 228
2558,845 ! 653,596
2905,260 i 753,581 ' 61*. 530 : 431,387
806, 826 | 674, 151 563,306 | 396,563
75, 728 ! 69, 020
75,954 ; 48,224
9, 054 ! 9, 166
786,802 \ 860,315
10,357
13,019
898,597 ; 678,452
;
420,661 : 544, 183
380,895 | 474, 887
!
691, 110 833, 737
595,063 | 711,811
:
48, 550
48,032
12,587 ! 10, 760
611,171 502, 673
13,522
457, 105
15, 309
532, 757
56, 134 ;
49, 193
1, 773 ;
2,854 :
36
1,072 '
1,962
1, 841
2,938
33
1,099
1,983
3,067
35
1,088
3, 207
3L
1, 234
115,561 103,366
37,786 , 39,623
123,263 126,323
95, 693
44, 769
129, 090
78, 24V
58; 395
127,516
585, 146
581, 110
523, 963
563, 934
890,212 : 931,117
774,651 i 827,751
963, 217
807, 524
921,920
843,671
53,226 j
55,557
59, 406
73, 610
:
15,934
604, 427
14, 637
624, 301
15,215
630,661
15,440
597, 185
. 172
4. 64
.182
5.41
.186
5.71
.185
6. 35
.173
6.24
. 174
6.39
. 182
6.40
.184
7.08
.187
7.18
.060
.071
.080
.075
.075
. 082
. 083
. 082
.090
. 094
59,683
56,499
66, 436
60, 792
58,351
54, 679
55,333
54,604
59, 095
54, 949
2, 318 i
60,047 ;
1, 985
56,545
1,975
66, 546
1, 908
60, 754
1, 975
58, 466
1,892
53, 947
2,685
55,678
2,371
54,433
2,529
58, 579
3, 063
54, 486
2.00
2.00
1.63
1.63
1.98
2.56
1.55
;
2.44
3.29
o. 79
4.89
4.98
5.70
5.94
5.95
6.06
6.98 i
8.36
8.76
8.27
1,305 ,
2,182 !
1.281
2,811
1,500
3, 956
1,461
3, 900
1,474
3,270
1,342
2, 535
1,384 ,
2,587 |
1,464
2,810
1,410
2,713
1, 156
2,119
182 ;
919 j
655
1,520
1,181
2, 468
1, 104
2, 455
718
1,734
243
1,190
289
1,214 i
170
1,353
189
1, 304
103
948
65,579 | 50,664
85, 678
. 147
3.77 i
. 138
3.91
. 153
4. 22
.052
.055
SHEEP AND LAMBS
Lamb and mutton:
Apparent consumption
thous. of lbs_. 56, 538 255,997 64,275
Cold-storage holdings, end of month
2
thous. of lbs_
1,784 I 1,947
1, 238
Production, inspected
thous. oflbs,. 50, 040 55,851 63,934
PricesSheep, ewes, Chicago
dolls, per 100 Ibs
2.98 !
2.06
3.25
Sheep, lambs, Chicago
dolls, per 100 Ibs, _
5. 38
5. 09
5.79
Sheep movements, primary markets:
Local slaughter
thousands
1,233 j
1,381
1,185
Receipts
thousands
2,035
2,303
2,115
Shipments, stocker and feeder
thousands
80
124
77
Shipments, total
_ _ thousands ...
796 j
988
922
Miscellaneous meats:
Cold-storage holdings,
end of month
thous. of Ibs.-j 65, 913 » 76, 368 69, 249
Total meats:
2955 i 1.098
Apparent consumption
mills, of lbs._! 1,012
Cold-storage holdings,
2
1,035 !
876
end of month
_
mills, of Ibs
1,014
1,183 ; 1,301
Production
..
mills, of lbs__i 1,052
;
48, 744
56, 881
66, 334
69, 026
75,469
79,331
81,359
1,048 !
1,020
1, 194
1,067
1,043
1,012
1,045
1,060
1,004
998
j
523
1, 085
506
1,125
638
964
798
946
946
999
1,014
1,053 •
1,062
1,078
1,100
1,096
1,072
1 . 059
296,422 1 111,554 i 116,700
20,530 | 25,197 i 76,149
89,971
64,731
65, 668
30, 377
56, 215
32, 409
43, 056
28, 655
36, 438
24, 871
32,762 ; 35,348
22,164 : 17,252
45, 920
17,443
69, 986
20, 600
114
69. 1
117
71. 0
119
73.3
119
73.7
120
74.6
119
74.0
121
73. 8
124
76.3
126
77.6
134, 336 160, 992
97, 725 109, 613
666 ,
702
215, 110
126,016
754
203, 030
119,664
843
137,205
118,514
982
94, 865
238, 872
1,007
134, 928
546, 538
844
736
1, 352
POULTRY
Cold-storage holdings, end of
month
.
Receipts at 5 markets
thous. of Ibs
thous. of Ibs..
74, 513
19, 169
rel. to 1913—
rel. to 1926
105
62.3
Prices
Retail food (Dept. of Labor)
Wholesale food
105 ;
62. 5 |
109
64. 7
118 |
73. 3 J
Sugar
Cuban movement (raw):
Exports
long tons
Receipts at Cuban ports.
long tons Stocks, end of month. thous. of long tons..
Prices:
Retail composite, 51 cities
rel. to 1913. _
Retail granulated, New
York
-_
dolls, per lb_.
Wholesale, granulated, New
York
dolls, per lb—
Raw:
Imports—
From Hawaii and Porto
Rico
long tons..
From foreign countries
long tonsMeltings, 8 ports
long tons..
Stocks at refineries, end of
month
long tons _ Refined:
Exports, including inaple
long tons..
Shipments, 2 ports
long tons..
Stocks, 2 ports
long tons..
97, 589
491, 685
728
25,111 ! 18,242 ; 156,714 146,102
263,549
88,595 ' 101,544 101,278
561 !
623
301 :
75
98 i
98
102
102
104
104
102
102
102
104
106
.049
.051 i
.051
. 051
. 052
.052
.052
.053
.051
.050
.050
.050
. 051
.040
.041 I
.041
.042 !
.044
.045
.045
.046
.046
.044
.043
. 044
.043
184, 041
330, 891
345, 753
1
172, 792 :! 93, 141 ! 39,191 i 53,741
264, 675 196, 150 I 17»,799 i 135,308
267,038 | 246,324 283,570 | 231,746
82, 062
186, 928
328, 310
126, 970
202, 564
414, 066
135, 228
397, 042
376, 715
148, 636
324, 848
469, 609
143,382 i 161,260
239,085 . 151,815
383,157 i 332,556
135,457
279, 578 i
403, 337
150, 951
364, 493
351, 169
396, 514
263,659 1 182,257
181,363 : 187,552
445, 535
420, 650
4,143
38, 655
30, 6e4
3,365
44, 7 15
32, 239
100
!
95
4.031
51, 153
31,641
;
148,624
93,548
930
2, 607
51,378
31,220
245, 694
321,815
429, 229
367, 252
400,567 | 463,730
3, 598
41.53S
34,4st>
4,304
48, 208
33, 047
4,365
60, 502
41,171
3, S96
76,412
37, 116
3, 952
98, 879
36,481
4,329
3,338
78,583
57,070
35,030 ; 32,632
7,813
.225
10, 271
.225
8, 568
.225
7,977
.225
6, 578
.225
5, 332 !
65, 633 !
43, HSO i
4,612
49, 077
54, 605
Tea
Imports
thous. of lbs._
Price, Formosa, fine, New York-dolls, per lb_.
2
Revised.
7, 465
. 203 i
6,394
10,028 1
.215 i
.215 i
7,748 '
.217 :
6,953
.225
4,135
.225
6, 184 |
.225
7, 995
. 225
32
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
±932
March
Febru- January'
ary
De c e m
ber '
Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
July
June
March
May
April
143, 558
35.6
135, 771
41.5
73,818
40.3
FOREST PRODUCTS
Lumber
A LI, TYPES
Exports
M ft. b. m
New orders
rel. to 1923-1925.
Production index (elect, energy
consumed)
rel. to 1923-1925
Stocks, end of month
_rel. to 1923-1925..
Unfilled orders, end of month rel. to 1923-1925
120,354 120, 501
47.7
35.2 ;
87, 520
24.0
77,877
27.5
85, 234
29.2
89, 502
31.3
99,633
33.4
81.9 !
101.7 j
35.2 j
67.0
105.9
28.0
76.4
103.9
25.7
82.2
99.7
24,2
82.2
105.1
29.0
79.4
104.6
33.7
76.9
104.2
38.2
86.3
101.1
51.4
97.2
106.2
48.1
91.5
105.0
49.2
93.2
106.7
48.8
1,723
66, 638
2,808 ;
64,928 i
2,932
63, 374
6,379
65, 480
9,255
68, 318
8,314
73,002
9,457
76, 554
8,513
78, 274
10,084
79, 017
8,451
80, 051
7,767
80,816
5,236
81, 158
1,842
33, 028
1, 402
33, 054
1,593
33, 458
1,697
34,183
2.599
34, 718
3,481
35, 207
3,249
36, 245
3,280
36, 966
3,745
37, 279
3,432
37, 718
3,421
38, 816
3,368
39, 534
3,389
39, 657
2, 210
3,424
2, 495
22, 702
4,648
2, 203
2, 570
2, 061
21, 5S8
5, 072
1,742
2, 272
1, 759
21,511 !
4,911
2, 342
3,027
1,928
21, 438
5, 083
3,368
2, 797
2,481
20, 216
4,851
2,760
2,812
2,703
20,042
3,778
2,783
3,134
3,144
20, 189
3, 775
3,312
2,973
3,397
21, 130
4,183
3,712
2,737
3,447
21, 321
4,772
4.245
3,116
3,778
21,821
4,955
3, 327
2,629
3, 315
23, 467
4,604
3,879
3,326
3,226
24, 191
5,312
3,217
3,921
3,095
26, 793
5 333
10, 442
13. 101
13! 360
57, 521
8, 150
7, 968
11, 359
56, 201
17.537 I
4, 098
11, 673
60, 781
16, 676
13, 457
12, 976
67, 748
13, 5.26
15, 744
13, 907
68, 293
15, 973
19, 299
18, 203
87, 103
16, 928
22, 425
19,486
65, 696
18, 631
21, 736
21, 464
65,004
26,390
24, 120
25, 691
64, 798
21, 065
20,984
23, 131
67, 619
24, 710
24,505
27, 745
76, 753
28, 575
25, 147
28, 155
76, 783
31, 407
23, 643
26, 243
78, 305
15, 864
19, 189
22,251
17, 987
14, 334
15, 589
17, 590
18, 194
21,204
30, 17G
30, 235
34, 095
36, 326
105
83
124
120
68
120
105
86
109
131
105
128
131
105
135
131
105
131
131
101
143
139
109
139
176
143
161
158
146
169
154
146
161
173
165
176
2, 734
2, 419
2, 791
2,434
2,854
2, 487
2, 893
2,524
2,915
2,542
2,960
2,559
3,020
2,645
3,065
2,662
3,126
2,707
3,149
2,718
3,175
2,713
3,205
2,731
315
356
367
370
374
387
375
40?
419
431
463
473
542
473
549
470
560
476
595
504
607
516
615
518
634
542
653
551
683
575
686
586
694
593
703
598
61,304
65, 063
21.6
78.2
96.9
86.8
98.3
29.8
ft. b. m
ft. b. m..
2,379
68, 575
ft. b. in
ft. b m
84,433
29.3
RETAIL MOVEMENT
Retail yards, 9th Fed. Res. Dist.:
Sales
_M
Stocks, end of month
M
Retail yards, 10th Fed. Res. Dist.:
Sales
-M
Stocks, end of month
M
FLOORING
Maple:
New orders
M ft. b. m
Production
M ft. b. m
Shipments
M ft. b. m__
Stocks, end of month _ _ _ _M ft. b. m
Unfilled orders, end of month_M ft. b. m _ _
Oak:
New orders..
M ft. b. m_.
Production
. M ft. b. m
Shipments
.,
M ft. b, m
Stocks, end of month
_ . _ M ft. b. rn__
Unfilled orders, end of
month,
_.
M ft. b. m__
HARDWOODS
411 hardwoods:
New orders
_ . _ mill. ft. b. m
Production.. _-.mill. ft. b. m__
Shipments
mill ft b m
Stocks, end of monthTotal
..mill. ft. b. m...
Unsold
mill, ft b. m
Unfilled orders, end of
month
mill. ft. b. m._
Gurn:
Stocks, end of month —
Total _
mill ft b. m
Unsold
mill. ft. b. m
Unfilled orders, end of
month
mill ft b. m
Northern hardwoods:
Production
M ft b m
Shipments
_. M ft. b. m
Oak:
Stocks, end of monthI
Total
mill. ft. b. m
Unsold
mill. ft. b. m__
Unfilled orders, end of
month
mill. ft. b. in..
Walnut logs:
Made into lumber and
veneer _
M ft. log measure •
433
Purchases ._
M ft. log measure !
400
Stocks, end of month. _M ft. log measure ..i
676
Walnut lumber:
New orders
M ft. b. m__ i
721
Production
M ft. b. m !
483
Shipments
M ft. b. m._ |
738
Stocks, end of month
_M ft. b. m ! 12, 600
Unfilled orders, end of mouth.M ft. b. m__ j
1,516
69
80
84
92
91
98
92
102
108
100
101
106
9, 900
11,892
8,220
12, 435
6, 382
12, 137
3,517
12,690
2,617
15, 378
3,210
14, 907
5,864
13, 445
6,173
9,846
11,878
11, 690
10, 820
10, 330
12, 767
12, 806
17,878
12,631
775
688 |
805
711
813
728
827
742
840
761
853
783
864
783
890
803
914
809
935
814
966
844
87 j
95
85
85
79
70
81
88
105
120
122
403
323
785
650
864
896
900
878
623
1,145
1,104
666
925
1,113
707
709
776
510
523
666
442
958
674
293
1,135
828
519
925
719
845
816
699
1, 050
691
528
662
12, 880
1,761
861
486
837
12, 279
1,680
786
886
915
12, 606
1,974
1,148
1,110
1,121
12, 745
2,101
1,463
1,405
1,720
12, 825
2,173
1,861
1,037
1,786
13, 176
2,934
1,252
887
1,472
13, 926
2,821
1,574
624
1,853
14, 543
2,981
996
1,075
1,223
15, 837
2,918
1,181
1,382
1,277
15, 990
3,151
1,393
1,141
1,506
15, 893
3,279
2,094
875
1,942
16, 265
3,522
18, 999
14, 523
17, 545
17, 555
12, 202
14, 984
17, 133
13, 616 ;
13, 077 1
11, 079
14, 684
15, 025
16, 383
14, 436
15, 333
18, 636
15, 931
17, 055
16, 007
14, 760
15, 734
15, 386
16, 270
17, 323
16, 576
14, 717
18, 131
19, 321
16, 429
18, 253
19, 220
17, 616
21, 568
22, 480
18, 761
21, 898
24, 485
21, 795
24, 852
24,374
23, 987
21, 932
17, 138
21, 229
20, 485
17, 585
17, 380
19, 331
20, 376
20, 237
22, 290
22, 726
18, 789
26. 434
114,150
21, 362
13, 324
112,360
41, 785 ; 29,448
21, 468
20, 737
125, 789 115,046
29, 549
19, 007
135, 637
36, 714
21, 874
151, 305
38, 787
18, 020
158, 915
45, 308
25, 155
188, 460
53, 088
18, 186
181, 297
47, 766
35, 718
191, 146
69, 043
55, 586
188, 907
63, 159
37, 573
224, 272
15, 211
19, 964
217, 109
9.90
10.25
748
673
76 '
525 1
482
767
SOFTWOOD
California redwood:
New orders (computed)
M ft. b. re- !
production (computed)
M ft. b. m._ [
Shipments (computed) ._
M ft. b. m._ !
Unfilled orders, end of month
(computed)
M ft. b. m..
Douglas fir:
ExportsLumber
M ft. b. m
Timber
M ft. b. m.. i
New orders..
M ft b m
Price wholesaleNo. 1 common ..dolls, per M ft. b. rn_.
Flooring, 1x4 "B"
and better, V.
G . ... dolls, per M ft b m
Production..
M ft. b. m_. |
Shipments
M ft. b. m__ i
Unfilled orders, end of month. M ft. b. m__ !
North Carolina pine:
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m _ _
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. in__
Northern hemlock:
Production
M ft. b. m_.
Shipments --„
_
...M ft. b. m-_
21.87
102,511
115,941
101,168
11.40
11.09
11.23
11.21
11.27
10.97
10. 64
11.25
11.64
12.12
12.68
22. 84
22.49
99, 378
115,941
96, 244 ! 118,627
111, 017 I 113,703
23.51
102, 511
113,703
85, 501
24.35
115, 941
126, 684
105, 197
25.63
149, 962
162, 049
81, 472
25.48
155, 334
166, 525
125, 341
25.29
171, 897
175, 030
111,017
25.76
149, 067
173, 240
165, 630
25.98
199, 651
197, 413
162, 944
28.33
206, 813
221, 588
135, 637
29.74
201, 889
200, 099
215, 766
31.14
186, 222
195, 622
196, 517
25, 760
30,310
26, 670
35, 350
27, 370
33, 110
24, 640
33, 320
24, 276
32, 375
27, 013
30, 408
30, 338
34, 293
30, 233
31, 780
31, 241
34, 454
27, 489
33, 250
3,028
4,461
3,581
6,366
3,928
7, 811
4,804
7,531
9,991
7,864
10, 128
8,640
10, 013
9,554
9,893
7,894
8,616
7,437
6,583
5,432
3,940
3, 465 ;
3,443
4, 682
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
33
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1933
1931
March
February
20, 105
4,320
126, 728
20, 039
3,6(58
119, 329
16, 457
3, 931
105, 553
25.16
104, 114
122, 706
76, 688
88, 727
117, 478
73, 773
79, 979
99, 001
60, 837
December
January
^T- October September
N
August
July
June
May
April
21, 956
7,888
151, 484
27.78
61.4
119,828
155,511
82, 551
29, 925
8,745
146, 860
27.82
61.7
121, 994
151, 488
83, 013
30, 278
12, 535
140, 322
28.15
62.4
126, 739
138, 663
83, 475
34, 067
5,827
157, 920
28.82
63.9
148, 048
165, 004
83, 958
32, 544
10, 256
169, 015
28.32
68.2
165, 325
180, 306
104, 307
22, 478
6, 261
174, 020
29. 66
65.8
164, 929
175, 742
121, 401
127
125
125
1,225
128
137
119
1,245
114
156
125
1,230
107
135
122
1,204
141
141
125
1, 196
109
112
120
1,174
85
64
78
92
99
99
79
54
83
59
105
82
March
FOREST PRODUCTS— Continued
Lumber— Continued
SOFTWOOD— Continued
Southern yellow pine:
ExportsLumber
Timber
Nfiw or d
firs
i
M ft. b. m__
M ft b m
M ft, h m
Price flooring
dolls, per M ft. b. m
Price index
_ ...
rel. to 1926
Production
M ft. b in
Shipments
.
M ft. b. m
Unfilled orders
M ft b m
Western pine:
New orders
mill. ft. b. in
Production
mill. ft. b. m__
Shipments
_
mill. ft. b. m
Stocks, end of month
mill, ft b. m._
25, 793 18, 425 20, 895
4,056
8,636
5,017
72, 751 111, 307 134, 757
26.31
26.31
26.49
58.3
58.3
58.7
77, 749 110, 803 117, 241
73, 059 108, 668 142, 254
50, 925 62, 013 58,464
1
18, 936
5,663
138, 204
27.21
60.3
116, 511
142, 170
74, 235
i
~:.:~:.~~
VENEER
Rotary-cut veneer:
Receipts
Purchases
no of carloads
no. of carloads
i
:
Furniture
Household furniture and case goods:
Grand Rapids district —
Cancellations
percent new orders. _
New orders
no. days' production..
Outstanding accounts,
end of month
no. days' sales _
Plant operations.. .per cent full time..
Shipments
no. days' production..
Unfilled orders,
end of month no. days' production
Southeastern districtShipments
dolls., av. per flrm__
Unfilled orders, end of month
dolls., av. per firm..
Steel furniture. (See under steel manufactured products.)
Wholesale prices:
Beds
_
.
rel. to 1926
Dining-room chairs, sets of six rel. to 1926..
Kitchen cabinets
rel to 1926
Living-room davenports
rel to 1926
9.0
9
14.0
11
5.0
16
8.0
11
6.5
15
8.5
14
8.0
16
7.0
15
6.5
13
4.5
27
13.0
9
8.0
13
12.0
14
29
59.0
11
33
73.0
13
32
68.0
11
31
56.5
11
35
72.0
12
38
83.0
17
39
72.0
19
36
73.0
16
32
80.0
14
32
74.0
12
31
70.0
11
33
67. 0
13
34
64. 0
13
13
17
12
13
11
15
20
22
23
11
15
15
36, 785
33, 632
23, 519
35, 388
64, 122
66, 042
59, 223
55, 063
43, 077
46, 431
52, 390
62, 382
32, 249
24, 278
14, 469
16, 268
22, 100
42, 180
47, 706
47, 997
56, 865
19, 338
28, 248
29, 798
68.8
91.0
95.3
74.2
70.3
91.0
95.3
74.2
73.1
91.0
100.1
74.2
73.1
91.0
100.1
82.0
73.1
91.0
100.1
82.0
80.4
92.1
100.1
84.2
82.9
92.1
102.9
88.2
85.2
92.1
102.9
88.6
85.2
93, 0
102. 9
89.8
86.8
94.0
102, 9
89.8
90.7
94.0
102.9
93.2
90.7
94.0
102.9
93.2
77.3
78.3
79.3
79.8
81.6
82.5
85.0
87. 6
91
89
285
282
2 77
281
86.7
72.6
90.6
283.6
67.6
86. 4
79.2
85.4
75. 2
82.2
81.8
80.4
1,273
6,167
4,611
4,009
18, 644
1,107
7, 115
3,632
2,697
17, 159
1,202
5,209
4,399
3,755
18, 015
2, 739
4,261
3, 879
3,481
16, 712
2,327
9, 473
4,783
2,333
20, 492
88
233
37
62
240
35
65
264
48
66
247
55
632
420
3,664
1,428
583
360
4,590
1,439
653
347
5,027
1,679
.064
.066
.076
.069
.065
.074
24,851
238, 156
33, 763
296, 770
29,313
245, 477
34, 158
308, 948
242
188
213
.33
.33
.32
874
15,070
88,227
60,494
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS
Prices, wholesale, composite
rel. to 1926-.
Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)
rel. to 1923-25. _
Production index (elec. energy consumed)
rel. to 1923-25. _
Stocks, end of month
rel. to 1923-25..
Hides
ImportsCalfskins
thous. of lbs_.
Cattle hides
thous of Ibs
Goatskins
thous. of lbs._
Sheepskins
thous. of lbs_.
Total, hides and skins
thous. of lbs._
Inspected slaughter of livestock:
CanadaCattle and calves.. thous. of animals..
Swine _
thous. of animals
Sheep and lambs.. .thous. of animals. .
United StatesCattle
thous of animals
Calves . . . thous. of animals .
Swine
thous. of animals..
Sheep .
thous. of animals
Prices:
Packers, heavy, native steers (Chicago)
dolls, per lb_.
Calfskins, No. 1, country (Chicago)
dolls, per Ib
Stocks, end of month:
Calf and kip skins
thous. of lbs_.
Cattle hides
thous of Ibs
Sheep and lamb skins
thous. of lbs_.
Total hides and skins
thous. of Ibs..
Raw
Sole and belting:
Exports (sole only)
thous. of Ibs
Price, oak, scoured backs (Boston)
dolls per Ib
ProductionSole only. -thous. of backs, bends, sides..
Sole and belting
thous of Ibs
Stocks, end of monthFinished
thous. of lbs__
In process of tanning
thous of Ibs
2
Revised.
88.7
89.4
88.0
87.6
87.5
2 102
298
299
2 107
2 103
81.9
80.1
77.1
77. 4
83. S
77.6
85.4
78.2
81.0
7Q
/ y. o*\
83.9
80.3
71.2
81.2
3,164
10, 846
5, 533
4,472
25, 856
3, 265
11,934
6,858
3, 360
27, 445
5,058
11,870
7, 556
3,368
29, 513
6,211
9,313
7, 68(j
3,472
28, 332
3, 646
7,528
9,321
3,313
26, 053
4,512
6,812
8,274
3,091
24, 437
3, 337
4, 404
6, 160
4,453
19, 616
1,818
6, 867
6, 292
3,280
19, 468
75
259
98
80
247
193
80
204
117
78
162
81
77
148
71
92
164
56
103
158
23
101
172
27
85
154
32
686
388
5,387
1,581
614
355
4,218
1,505
781
407
3,772
1,804
687
393
2,955
1,667
727
357
2,500
1, 598
706
356
2,767
1,491
667
417
3,251
1,516
704
425
3,408
1,444
690
471
3,488
1,493
635
416
3,523
1,324
.078
.082
.077
.090
.113
.120
.100
.085
.092
.090
.078
.085
.098
.129
.139
.129
.129
.135
.128
29,562
237, 186
33, 720
300, 468
27, 089
221, 891
33, 659
282, 639
26, 977
217, 394
33, 152
277, 523
27, 413
221, 343
34, 649
283, 405
28,325
212, 299
35, 376
276, 000
29, 033
206, 317
35, 223
270, 573
26, 027
209, 697
34, 034
269, 758
24, 150
216, 400
35, 026
275, 576
23, 662
220, 846
32, 926
277, 434
23, 132
223, 182
34,168
280, 482
280
309
531
546
459
652
983
1,143
1,442
949
.32
.32
.35
.39
.40
.37
.37
.37
.37
.37
977
2 16, 673
1,011
17,111
1,003
17, 053
1,127
19, 531
1,088
18, 765
1,160
19,837
1,097
19, 281
1,076
19, 522
1,034
18, 388
1,137
20, 406
984
18, 219
88,761
63, 770
88,358
66.244
86, 348
68, 705
83,463
69, 850
80, 773
69, 172
81,319
68, 931
81, 906
67, 212
85,626
67, 070
85, 848
67,938
87, 196
68,933
88,044
71, 122
2
'95.
2
94
j
.083
34
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here ma#
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1933
1931
Febru- January Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ary
ber
ber
ber
March
July
June
May
April
March
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS— Continued
Raw— Continued
Upper leather:
Exports
thous. of sq. ft..
Price, composite, chrome, calf, black "B"
grade
_
dolls, per sq. f t _ _
Production
thous. of sq. ft_.
Stocks—
Finished
thous. of sq. ft__
In process of tanning __thous. of sq. ft..
4,982
8,094
6,550
6,418
9,718
7,926
6,529
6,635
7,463
9,234
9,211
8,752
9,347
.266
.290
55, 081
.298
50, 120
.320
49, 405
.323
48, 262
.330
60, 682
.337
65,543
.348
69, 626
.350
67, 234
.352
63, 229
.356
60, 542
.356
62, 536
.352
61,515
253, 599
121, 967
261, 588
120, 178
270, 673
116, 212
272, 328
115, 028
267, 705
116, 578
254, 306
126, 146
250, 478
131, 095
246, 424
128, 425
250, 612
126, 684
254, 142
124, 330
257, 195
125, 722
261,057
127, 867
135, 060
112, 004
129, 569
243, 948
233, 394
226, 754
223, 837
164, 205
182, 077
171, 968
191, 120
175, 988
132
140
167
194
177
185
Manufactures
Gloves and mittens cut
dozen pairs
Shoes:
Exports
thous of pairs
Prices, wholesaleMen's black calf blucher
(Boston)..
dolls, per pairMen's dress well-tanned calf, oxford
(St. Louis)
dolls, per pair-Women's black kid, McKay
sewed
dolls, per pair
Production—
Total...
_ _ . thous. of prs__
Men's
thous. of prs_.
Boys' and youths'
thous. of prs__
Women's
._ _
thous. of prs
Misses' and children's. .thous. of prs..
Slippers, all types___
thous. of prs..
All other footwear
thous. of prs_.
71
94
5.75
3.00
58
113
136
136
142
5.75
5.75
6.25
6.31
6.55
6.75
6.75
6.75
6.75
6.75
6.75
6.75
4.25
4.25
4.35
4.35
4.35
4.35
4.35
4.35
4.49
4.60
4.60
4.60
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.15
3.15
3.15
3.15
3.15
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25
25, 888 2 221, 225
5, 857
5, 176
1, 488 2 1, 423
10, 506 2 8. 233
3, 429 22 2, 824
1, 639
1, 109
2, 969 2 2, 460
19, 556
5, 354
1, 485
5,419
2,579
2,642
2,077
18, 518
5,107
1, 449
3,864
1,854
4,317
1,927
25, 381
6,129
1,776
8,133
2,105
4,717
2,521
31,293
7,423
1,991
11, 883
2,785
4,171
3,040
33, 475
> 8, 245
2,078
13, 103
3,140
3,931
2,978
28, 614
7,349
1,739
10, 400
2,846
3,431
2,849
27,839
7,244
1,605
9,596
2,835
2,974
3,585
28,452
2
6, 735
1,647
10, 058
3,128
2,812
4, 072
29, 888
6, 641
1,768
11, 042
3,846
2,454
4,137
29, 364
6, 254
1,654
11.888
3, 712
2,045
3,811
31.9
35.6
36.1
42.9
56.0
46.8
56.2
59.0
57.9
83.6
74.5
43
42
51
45
45
50
58
60
66
70
75
IRON AND STEEL
New orders..
rel. to 1923-25..
Production index (Fed. Res. Bd.)
_
_rel. to 1923-25..
Production index (elect, energy
consumed) .. .
rel. to 1923-25
Stocks, manufactured goods, end
of month.
rel, to 1923-25
Unfilled orders, end of month rel to 1923-25
31. 9
.34
41
69.0
78.2
77.6
70.0
77.0
76.3
78.3
78.0
83.1
86.6
106.8
108.1
119.4
125.0
117.8
48 2
118.8
50.3
127.5
46.0
123.4
49.2
125.3
52.4
123.3
53.0
128.7
53.4
130.1
57.6
136.6
60.3
138.9
62.4
142.8
67.4
145. 7
1,256
46
2 1, 174
77
1,154
89
1, 230
90
1,311
94
1,451
70
1,470
99
1, 652
92
1,832
128
2,114
122
2,675
194
2,826
163
2, 835
1C0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
457
277
2,029
1, 162
2,873
1, 440
3,229
1, 658
3,191
1,735
2,369
1, 428
599
656
9
106
0
0
0
0
0
0
(59.6
Ore
Iron ore:
Consumption
thous of long tons
Imports
thous of long tons
Receipts—
Lake Erie ports and
furnaces
...thous. of long tons..
Other ports
thous. of long tons
Shipments from mines
thous o^ long tons
Stocks end of month—
At furnaces
thous of long tons
On Lake Erie docks
thous of long tons
Total
thous. of long tons..
Manganese ore :
Imports.
thous. of long tons
42,
3, 094
4,179
5,065
4,956
3,808
1,769
176
0
33, 184
33, 687
31, 998
29, 385
28, 451
23, 556
21, 968
23,292
25, 751
5, 765
31,516
5, 718
5,767
5,810
5,874
6,048
39, 232
6,080
39, 767
5, 974
37, 972
5,686
35, 071
5,366
31, 817
5, 157
28, 713
5,147
27, 1.15
5,430
28, 722
2
3
17
8
9
21
27
22
38
37
21
33
69
60
59
77
258
71
69
55
82
240
70
66
56
103
248
69
58
40
72
215
77
55
48
87
225
96
86
67
116
243
111
82
68
137
260
99
79
70
123
231
101
92
70
117
226
108
82
60
123
229
126
105
77
134
232
122
123
93
140
252
122
134
98
136
261
18, 046
205
19, 597
21,337
2 19, 709
223.1
2 21, 578
2 21, 325
22, 036
23.5
22, 216
21, 572
19, 811
21.5
21, 503
20, 206
18, 971
18.3
17, 984
18, 336
18, 558
20.4
20, 444
17, 802
17, 854
18.6
18, 485
18, 727
18, 705
18.9
18, 821
20, 904
19, 667
20.0
20,223
23, 985
22, 495
24.5
24, 248
28, 602
28,716
32. 1
31, 964
36, 957
36, 507
36.3
36, 682
38, 342
35, C98
35.9
35, 758
37, 092
11
10
14
14
12
18
967
32.4
964
32.3
973
32.6
980
32.8
1,103
36.9
1,173
39.3
1,169
39.1
23
297
1,281
42.9
40
371
1,463
49.0
56
336
1,639
519
51
410
1,994
66.7
54
404
2,020
67.6
57
356
2,032
€8.0
264
32, 880
61
30, 630
56
29, 365
67
35, 810
70
36, 530
73
38, 600
76
39, 085
82
45, 230
91
50, 855
105
61, 085
113
66, 980
116
67, 880
14.50
15. 26
14. 63
15.36
15. 00
15. 55
15.00
15.86
15.00
16.02
15. 25
16.23
15.50
16.32
15.50
16.38
15.50
16.38
15.50
16.40
16.25
16.64
16.50
16.75
16.50
16.72
16. 89
17.02
17. 36
17.46
17.76
18.39
18.76
18.76
18.76
18.76
18.76
18.76
18.26
41, 824
64, 691
57, 571
760
77, 122
57, 713
55, 970
783
131, 871
54, 274
44, 848
770
55, 602
83, 230
83, 494
705
75, 683
146, 023
147, 698
741
105, 181
247, 732
270, 880
842
158, 495
257, 941
288, 422
978
208, 072
195, 946
213, 852
1,106
201, 956
155, 723
159, 568
1,089
178, 101
156, 769
166, 923
1,069
174, 244
154, 650
148, 749
1,014
227, 605
150, 227
149, 057
997
210, 584
95, 765
94, 251
916
"~4~317~
3,035
36, 036
4,194
3,159
5,094
35, 411
8,406
5,228
8,497
36, 872
11, 731
6,502
13,923
41, 257
9,148
4,678
10, 262
48, 095
7,204
4,662
7,309
53,558
5,520
3,977
6,071
57, 274
4,948
4,654
5,055
59, 876
4,525
5,069
4,787
59, 770
3,741
6,553
4,232
60,221
4,311
4,864
4,071
57,794
Iron — Crude
Gray-iron castings:
Production
av. tons per foundry-New business
_ av. tons per foundry
Unfilled orders
av tons per foundry
Material received. __av. tons per foundry-Material on hand...av. tons per foundry-Malleable castings:
New orders
short tons..
Operating activities per ct. of capacitv..
Production
short tonsShipments
short tonsPig-iron production:
Canada
thous of long tons
Merchant furnaces .thous. of long tons
United States, total. __thous. of long tonsUnited States, total
rel. to 1923-25
Pig-iron furnaces in blast, end of month:
Furnaces, end of month
number. .
Capacity, end of month.long tons per day..
Prices, wholesale:
Basic (valley furnace) ..dolls, per long ton..
Composite pig-iron
dolls, per long ton-Foundry, No. 2, northern
(Pittsburgh)
dolls per long ton
60
29, 135
2
Iron— Manufactured Products
Cast-iron boilers:
Gas-fired boilersProduction
_
thous. B. t. u
Shipments
thous. B. t. u_.
Shipments.
dollarsStocks, end of month. ..mills. B. t. u..
Round boilersNew orders
_
thous. of lbs._
Production
thous. of lbs_.
Shipments
thous. of lbs_.
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lbs_2
Revised.
35
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supple*
ment to the Survey
1932
March
1931
Febru- January
ary
Decem- NovemOctober SeptemAugust
ber
ber
ber
July
June
May
April
March
IRON AND STEELr-Contimied
Iron— Manufactured Products— Contd.
Cast-iron boilers— Continued.
Square boilers—
New orders
thous. of lbs__
Production
thous. of lbs__
Shipments
thous. of lbs._
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lbs._
Cast-iron fittings:
Production.
short tons-Shipments
short tons
Malleable fittings:
Production
short tons.
Shipments
_
_ short tons..
Radiators:
New orders.thous. sq. ft. heating surface..
Production thous. sq. ft. heating surface..
Shipments. _thous. sq. ft. heating surface..
Stocks, end of month
.
thous. sq. ft. heating surface. _
Range boilers:
New orders.
number..
Production
_ .number..
Shipments
_
number..
Stocks, end of month _ _
number..
Unfilled ordersTotal
number
Delivery, 30 days
. . number..
Delivery, more than 30 days.number..
14, 246
8,275
108, 388
10, 908
7,964
12, 193
101,777
19, 029
11,741
19, 137
106, 617
27,999
19, 751
31, 479
113, 226
22, 547
14, 231
25, 328
124, 657
19, 967
15,264
19, 413
137, 143
14, 765
13, 028
15, 184
139, 469
12, 200
13, 256
11,422
141, 522
10, 049
13, 140
9,537
139, 773
8,091
15,981
8,448
136, 840
9,771
14, 700
8,861
129, 643
2,052
2,552
2,206
3,195
2,861
3,852
3,621
3,564
5,381
4,778
5, 475
7,638
4,592
5,822
3,650
4,442
4,059
4,779
4,165
4,508
4,976
5,088
5,603
5,379
5,76S
5,665
1,133
1,344
1,464
1,518
1,602
1,627
1,620
1,609
2, 412
2,026
2,973
3,610
2,466
2,964
1,959
2,041
2,114
2,330
2,365
2,489
2,471
2,784
3,075
2,995
3,290
3,242
4,867
3,257
4,413
3,489
5,627
8,302
5,560
8,465
10, 342
7,292
11, 282
8,508
5,090
9,262
8,365
4,572
7,960
6,606
4,194
6,834
6,428
5,025
5,759
4,863
5,164
5, 003
4,330
5,957
4,293
4,451
6,781
4,013
33, 681
32, 225
34, 388
36, 798
40, 549
44,834
47, 414
50, 183
50, 953
50, 632
48, 978
40, 250
40, 738
41, 479
26, 180
36, 059
36, 883
37, 383
26, 921
40,816
32, 975
39, 018
27, 421
26, 066
32, 862
26, 743
33, 464
37, 427
37, 918
36, 930
26, 605
46, 680
51, 769
50, 127
25, 617
42, 109
39,211
41, 754
23, 975
35, 674
32, 003
33, 636
26, 518
39,066
44,611
46, 036
28,151
39, 428
42, 012
41, 001
29,576
41,768
43, 799
41, 744
28, 565
43, 287
48, 250
47, 148
26, 510
48, 73a
48, 051
49, 861
25,408
6,237
4,789
1,448
7,466
5, 760
1,706
8,790
7,240
1,550
6,992
6,092
900
7,520
6,309
1,211
7, 023
5,423
1,600
10, 470
8,470
2,000
10, 115
8,054
2,061
8,077
5, 922
2,155
15,047
12, 752
2,295
16, 620
9,944
6,676
16, 596
8,599
7,997
20, 457
10, 882
9,575
Steel— Crude
Prices, wholesale:
Composite, finished steel
dolls, per lOOlbs..
2.17
Iron and steel composite
_
dolls, per long ton..
29.62
Steel billets, Bessemer
(Pittsburgh)
dolls, per long ton. . 27.00
Structural-steel beams (Pittsburgh)
.dolls, per 1001bs__
1.56
Sheets, black, blue, galvanized, and fall finished:
New orders
net tons
101, 559
Production—
Per cent of capacity
per cent..
29.0
Total
net tons
110,559
Shipments
..
net tons.. 117, 685
Stocks, end of monthUnsold
net tons.
68, 677
Total
net tons
124, 008
Unfilled orders, end of month... net tons.. 102, 171
Steel castings:
New ordersTotal
._ . . short tons _
Miscellaneous.
short tons..
Railroad specialties
short tons..
Per cent of capacity
per cent..
ProductionTotal _.
short tons.
Miscellaneous
short tons
Railroad specialties
short tons _ .
Per cent of capacity
per cent
Steel ingots, production:
Canada .
._ thous. of long tons. _
United States, total... thous. of long tons..
1,411
United States, total
rel. to 1923-25_.
40.8
Per cent of capacity.. ...
percent.
25
U. S. Steel Corporation:
Earnings
thous. of dolls..
Unfilled orders, end of
month
_
.thous. of long tons. . 2,472
Unfilled orders, end of
month
rel. to 1923-25
51.8
2.11
2.11
2.16
2.18
2.18
2.20
2.19
2.20
2.19
2.21
2.22
2.23
29.56
29.98
30.32
30.61
30. 81
31.03
31.05
31.05
31.02
31.39
31.61
31. 66
27.00
27.75
28.80
29.00
29.00
29.00
29.00
29.00
29.00
29.50
30.00
30.00
1.53
1.51
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.65
1.65
1.65
1.65
1.65
108, 441
121, 258
99, 706
102, 867
117, 195
120, 688
122, 849
144, 461
163, 599
148, 612
191, 987
236, 310
32.5
124, 157
116,715
31.2
118, 921
112, 971
26.3
101, 570
103, 400
26.7
102, 758
94, 975
33.1
122, 739
129, 365
32.0
116,842
123, 371
34.9
123, 752
151, 529
46.3
174, 890
178, 460
40.3
147, 843
156, 160
56.6
201, 846
191, 942
58.2
213, 608
211,118
61.1
224, 322
208, 207
72, 857
124, 342
118,022
73. 540
119; 288
126, 508
80, 191
126, 540
119, 677
74, 763
133, 29(3
147, 169
70, 465
137, 243
159, 367
67, 337
143, 153
167, 366
75, 288
149, 533
170, 122
77, 953
160, 959
203, 358
75, 618
168,013
304, 107
82. 532
169, 444
296, 731
85, 415
176, 846
325, 169
89, 334
189, 915
383, 280
17, 015
13,615
3, 400
12
17, 344
13, 065
4.279
12
20, 799
13, 863
6, 936
14
20, 001
12, 832
7,169
14
22, 854
15, 893
6,961
16
23, 073
17, 050
6, 023
16
27, 458
20, 610
6,848
19
32, 869
19, 248
13, 621
23
26, 136
18, 539
7,597
18
39, 052
27, 746
11,306
27
46, 039
29, 844
16, 195
32
48, 184
37, 172
11,012
33
18, 759
14, 494
4, 265
13
18, 456
13, 790
4,666
13
22, 064
15,898
6,166
15
23, 139
16, 138
7,001
16
24, 113
16, 747
7,366
17
26, 948
19, 683
7,265
19
30, 186
21, 529
8,657
21
31, 751
23, 339
8,412
22
35, 018
25, 608
9,410
24
43,154
31, 083
12, 071
30
48, 282
35, 439
12, 843
33
56, 755
42, 544
14, 211
39
28
1,460
42.2
28
1, 461
42.3
27
21
1,302
37.7
24
28
1,594
46.1
30
31
1,592
46.1
33
1,548
44.8
28
52
1,719
49.7
31
45
1,886
54.6
34
56
2,076
60.1
38
75
2,506
72.5
45
91
2,722
78.7
49
99
2,994
86.6
54
1,032
1,249
1,690
2, 559
2,960
3,662
4,499
4,183
5, 136
7,191
2,546
2,648
2,735
2,934
3, 119
3,145
3,169
3,405
3,479
3,620
3,898
3,995
53.3
55.5
57.3
61.4
65.3
65.9
66.4
71.3
72.9
75.8
81.6
83.7
794
781
2 751
2 808
967
977
911
1,075
910
956
1,114
1,078
1,059
1,188
1,010
1,057
1,092
1,074
1,272
1,221
1,306
1,305
1,424
1,480
1,487
1,522
562
2 548
605
615
780
826
790
919
966
948
897
896
952
307
358
328
371
452
449
506
409
408
423
456
481
Steel— Manufactured Products
Furniture, steel:
Business groupNew orders
thous. of dolls
Shipments
thous. of dolls
Unfilled orders, end of
month
thous. of dolls
ShelvingNew orders
thous. of dolls
Shipments
thous. of dolls
Unfilled orders, end of
month. .
_. __ thous. of dolls
Iron, steel, and heavy hardware,
sales
rel. to Jan., 1921..
Iron and steel:
Exports
long tons
Imports
_
long tons
Lock washers, shipments
thous. of dolls..
Steel barrels:
Production
barrels. _
Per cent of capacity
per cent-Shipments
barrels-Stocks, end of month
barrels..
Unfilled orders, end of
month
thous. of barrels
2 Revised.
265
259
212
229
267
269
295
299
267
226
304
310
304
310
260
255
272
273
419
378
383
390
441
483
480
383
398
78
70
68
81
91
109
112
110
117
124
129
134
123
49, 927
35, 434
40, 492
20, 302
115
40, 660
25, 346
121
367, 472
25.3
369, 882
40, 319
359, 685
26.2
352, 135
42, 729
382, 483
27.9
385, 435
35, 179
453, 547
32.7
444, 201
44, 050
489, 555
35.3
492, 145
34, 704
451, 562
31.7
452, 960
37, 294
449, 590
31.6
455, 502
38, 692
580, 565
40.7
581, 450
44,604
552, 955
38.9
549, 781
45, 489
610, 788
43.1
618, 801
42, 315
591, 399
41.9
600, 566
50, 328
550, 583
39.9
554, 332
59, 495
1.176
925
620
549
638
914
1,030
939
1,078
1,053
1,195
1,253
------
57, 263 2 59, 556
23, 104
18, 125
80
81
59, 335 2 69, 778
24,509
23, 335
83
85
73, 338 2 84, 465 2 75, 577 2 95, 046
29, 689
28, 255
30, 987
21, 898
172
122
96
84
101, 434 2 109, 324
33, 343
40, 606
177
179
36
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
1932
March
Febru- January 1 Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber
ary
July
June
May
April
March
IRON AND STEEL— Continued
Steel—Manufactured Products— Contd.
Steel bars, cold finished, shipments short tons..
12, 810 2 15, 457
13, 808 12, 182 13, 034 11, 576 12,600 14, 413 16, 360 22,768 25, 141
Steel boilers, new orders:
652
659
560
642
245
435
Area—
_.thotis. of sq. ft..
267
383
401
786
373
564
797
788
282 !
786
Quantity
number
399
644
864
264
204
471
624
655
Steel plate, fabricated, new orders:
24,282
27, 261
18, 268
20, 839
22, 806
Total
short tons
12,564 2 17, 755
17,613 I 16, 442
33, 473
26, 210
29, 916
1,138
Oil storage tanks
short tons
4,136
778
1,755
1,955
4,024
4,679
1,161
4,783
2,411
7,749
4,115
Structural steel, fabricated:
New orders —
Computed total
. short tons _ 64, 400 2 62, 000 48, 400
97, 600
90, 800 109, 200 194, 400 124, 000 159, 600 172, 400 152, 400 284, 800
31.0
39.9
Per cent of capacity
per cent..
2 15.5
12.1
22.7
48.6
43.1
38.1
27.3
71.2
16.1
24.4
ShipmentsComputed total..
short tons. _ 82, 400 2 78, 000 65, 600 122, 800 111, 600 143, 600 149, 200 167, 600 180, 800 159, 200 145, 200 158, 800
45.2
39.8
27.9
35.9
41.9
Per cent of capacity
per cent..
2 19.5
37.3
16.4
30.7
20.6
36.3
39.7
4,409
1,948
3,472
Track work, production
_
short tons.. 3,229
2,162
3,924
5,705
2,765
2,936 |
2,373
8,564
7,453
Enameled Ware
Baths:
New orders
no. of pieces
Shipments
no. of pieces..
Stocks, end of month
no. of pieces..
Unfilled orders, end of
month _ ,
no. of pieces
Lavatories:
New orders
no. of pieces
Shipments
no. of pieces
Stocks, end of month
no. of pieces..
Sinks:
New orders _
no. of piecesShipments
no of pieces
Stocks, end of month
no. of pieces
Miscellaneous sanitary ware:
New orders _. .
no. of pieces
Shipments
no. of pieces..
Stocks, end of month
no of pieces
Small ware (except baths):
Unfilled orders, end of
month
_
no. of pieces
Porcelain enameled flat ware:
New orders —
Total
dollars
Signs.. . .
dollars
Table tops
dollars j
All other
dollars |
Shipments —
j
Total
dollars '
Signs
dollars j
Table tops
dollars
All other .
dollars 1
13, 686
15, 793
129, 726
24, 445
25, 473
126, 718
35, 703
36, 022
131, 858
33, 578
34, 980
134, 392
35, 463
37, 633
139, 496
46, 704
47, 922
138, 759
43, 228
43, 584
145, 140
42, 991
45, 512
152, 206
40, 111
40, 449
163, 037
25,011
625
596
31,056
2, 538
178,800
44.7
149, 200
37.3
8,944
33, 196
34, 938
166, 158
8,866
10, 973
12, 001
12, 320
13, 722
15, 892
17, 110
17, 466
19, 987
20,325
17,083
18, 947
162, 033
30, 269
30, 844
161,911
43, 238
44, 963
169, 509
41, 489
43, 372
176, 825
43, 521
45, 262
190, 226
53, 226
53, 585
192, 552
49, 181
50, 575
209, 841
51, 395
54, 520
218, 067
45, 440
43, 221
232, 277
33, 851
36, 642
230, 817
19, 786
23, 095
212, 825
34, 997
34, 163
212, 783
44, 287
46, 437
224, 726
43, 518
43, 070
226, 440
43, 174
44, 907
236, 005
51, 341
52, 963
245, 354
49, 928
51, 676
255, 269
54, 693
56, 845
260, 426
52, 771
49, 443
273, 154
41, 532
41, 787
267, 828
8, 959
10, 770
82,487
17, 418
17, 718
83, 492
26, 854
26, 175
80, 401
21,911
22, 231
86, 640
27, 324
28, 073
86, 455
27, 106
29, 082
94, 260
27, 463
26, 453
98, 384
21, 243
24, 490
101, 673
22, 995
21, 719
107, 917
IS, 641
18,811
109, 508
29, 481
36, 465
36, 506
39, 702
41, 457
45, 680
49, 637
51, 7G9
60, 293
53, 470
453, 141
207,824
72, 821
172, 496
537,926 ; 451, 740
234,015 : 224, 287
97,390 I 83, 056
206,521 144, 392
465, 431
159, 107
110,963
195, 361
706, 284
206, 012
205, 756
294, 516
701, 487
213, 856
175, 642
311, 989
564, 093
170,313
128,350
265, 430
649, 894
245, 943
168, 362
235, 589
637, 688
249, 455
132, 869
255, 364
716,
283,
148,
284,
502
526
700
276
670, 171
242, 938
161, 172
266, 061
707, 480
254, 769
173, 064
269, 647
461,070
187, 287
76, 662
197, 121
381,607 ! 512,019
141,231 268, 259
94,926 i 88, 218
145,450 ! 155, 542
492, 242
168, 489
123,793
199, 960
692. 415
182, 077
201,935
308, 403
704, 428
222, 332
180, 650
301, 446
638, 431
229, 459
131, 675
277, 297
690, 801
278, 732
163,979
248, 090
706, 838
290, 032
140, 545
276, 261
739, 656
290, 429
151, 647
297, 580
691, 107
256, 906
160, 892
273, 309
738, 358
293, 356
174, 347
270, 655
New orders, net— _
no. of piecesShipments
no. of pieces..
Stock, finished, end of month no. of pieces..
Unfilled orders, end of month... no. of pieces..
78, 606
78, 334
166, 642
79, 505
84,514 i 99, 791
93,431 • 100, 536
167,502 l 2201,837
79,233 i 88, 150
100, 194
100, 708
190, 034
88, 895
100, 275
111,422
191,933
89, 409
110,372
106, 466
199, 308
100, 556
106, 928
118,358
203, 213
96, 650
101,784
108, 525
21 1, 622
108, 080
122, 642
126, 368
200, 227
114,821
135, 674
125,652
211, 972
119,578
118,510
127,055
204, 586
109, 556
130, 895
117,445
213, 574
118, 101
Bathroom Accessories
Total:
Production...
no. of piecesShipments
no. of pieces-Stocks, end of month
no of pieces
77, 105 2 47, 416
82, 731 2 66, 547
637, 043 2642,669
64, 968
64, 403
661, 800
121. 490
104,849
645,909
154,106
166, 839
629, 268
160,401
153, 126
648, 161
163, 462
144, 466
640, 886
147, 999
162,497
621, 890
203, 283
192, 246
636, 388
189, 979
192, 848
625, 351
181,955
177. 051
628, 220
173, 588
166,084
623, 316
98.3
Plumbers' Woodwork
Shipbuilding
Rate of activity (elec. energy
consumed)
rel. to 1923-25
83.4
Building or under contract, end of monthMerchant vessels
thous. of gross tons..
Completed during month—
Total
gross tons
41, 991
Steel, seagoing
gross tons— 33, 509
99.2
93.2
94.6
95.0
84.5
88.9
85.6
82.0
84.8
89.7
92.5
229
252
249
279
288
294
299
326
359
370
397
409
3,703
2,610
2,913
1,594
23, 055
19, 549
23, 229
19, 402
4,261
1,201
27, 906
25, 002
11, 554
7,150
30, 471
25, 363
22, 647
16,964
34, 527
28, 613
13,766
4,985
17,443
13, 976
13,800
11,400
17, 700
15,700
20,200
24,700
20,400
22, 700
28,300
2,600
31,100
2703
269
388
246
753
30
361
363
1,108
75
514
519
1,387
85
642
660
1,576
98
630
848
1,516
81
620
814
1,449
87
621
740
1,796
104
889
803
1,622
139
852
631
1,738
215
831
693
1,495
90
830
574
1,367
112
779
477
143
53, 188
58, Oil
82
32, 921
36, 332
140
59, 907
48,045
104
48, 243
65,714
165
71, 451
62,493
132
63, 032
81, 465
203
85,526
73, 163
192
90, 964
142, 143
220
109, 245
122, 189
293
142, 692
115, 809
276
125, 550
101, 746
261
117, 216
134, 995
56
57
65
40
70
138
44
102
73
157
84
235
91
345
160
435
261
410
307
310
274
416
671
261
396
383
372
435
497
581
736
990
1,264
1,413
1,420
1,552
32.9
15.7
20.5
28.8
26.3
24.9
17.2
32.9
45.9
26.2
31.9
29.6
16.9
37.4
38.7
55.7
40.9
90.4
54.1
118.6
57.7
69.7
174.4
72.9
41.3
29.1
36.5
40.8
66.8
35.6
32.1
51.8
70.1
123.8
180.1
314. fi
Machinery
Total exports
thous. of dolls.. 13,500
Air conditioning equipment:
New orders—
Total..
- „. _ thous. of dolls —
691
Air washer group
thous, of dolls..
67
Fan group
thous. of dolls..
385
Unit heater group
thous. of dolls..
239
Electric hoists:
New orders—
Quantity _.
no. of hoists .
168
Value
-. _ .
dollars. . 76, 179
Shipments
dollars.. 69,073
Electric overhead cranes:
New orders
thous. of dolls..
52
Shipments
-thous. of dolls..
37
Unfilled orders, end of
month
thous. of dolls..
411
Foundry equipment:
New orders
__ rel. to 1922-24.
27.9
Shipments
rel. to 1922-24—
38.3
Unfilled orders, end of
32.1
month
rel. to 1922-24..
• Revised.
2
29,300
37
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
t
1932
March
Febru- January
ary
1931
Septem- August
ber
Decem- [ NovemOctober
ber
I
ber
July
May
June
April
March
IRON AND STEEL— Continued
Machinery— Continued
Machine tools:
New orders
_rel. to 1922-24__
33
52
Shipments . __
rel. to 1922-24
Unfilled orders, end of
64
month
rel. to 1922-24
Oil burners:
New orders
no. of burners
4,055
Shipments
no. of burners.. 3,956
Stocks, end of month
no. of burners. . 9,399
Unfilled orders, end of
month
_ __ no. of burners
468
Patents granted:
57
Agricultural implements
number.. _
Internal-combustion engines
number. .
38
Total, all classes
number
4,897
Pulverized-fuel equipment:
New orders, central systemFurnaces and kilns.no. of pulverizers..
0
Water-tube boilers.no. of pulverizers. .
0
New orders, unit system—
Fire-tube boilers no. of pulverizers..
Furnaces and kilns.no. of pulverizers,.
0
Water-tube boilers.no. of pulverizers. .
Pumps (water) :
Domestic shipmentsPitcher, hand, and windmill
. _ . no. of units
Power horizontal type no of units
Steam, power, and centrifugal —
New orders
thous of dolls
598
Shipments
thous. of dolls..
520
Un filled orders, end of
month
thous. of dolls.. 1,878
Purnps (gasoline and other) :
Shipments —
Gasoline —
Hand operated. _ _
..units
Power operated
units- OtherHand operated _
units
Power operated
units
Stokers, mechanical, sales:
Power
horsepower. . 17, 576
Quantity
number
39
Water-softening apparatus, shipments
__ __no. of units
363
Water systems shipments
no. of units
Woodworking machinery:
5
Cancellations
thous. of dolls246
New orders
thous. of dolls..
195
Shipments
thous. of dolls .
147
Shipments
no. of machines
Unfilled orders, end of
302
month
thous. of dolls..
38
44
59
47
51
50
68
57
56
92
45
85
72
96
62
72
74
95
105
91
87
96
118
92
97
108
104
97
97
140
182
202
212
232
238
225
3,432
3,368
9,724
3,570
3,643
9,574
3,566
3,804
9,190
5,852
6,413
8,860
13, 542
14, 234
8,326
12,329
12, 536
9,748
10, 621
10, 035
10, 155
8,010
7,491
10, 113
6,046
6,044
9,193
5,132
5,562
8,553
5,528
5,248
10, 036
4,836
4,406
8,603
369
305
378
616
1,177
1,869
2,076
1,490
971
969
1,399
1,119
60
57
3,963
51
52
3, 913
75
72
5,303
79
44
4,163
54
57
4, 074
62
66
4,750
54
69
4,088
55
60
3,962
79
67
5,270
60
58
4,270
67
68
4,167
67
68
4,789
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
2 ;
7
1
2
2
0
0
5
2
0
1
4
3
4
1
4
5
1
11
4
3
14
3
1
0
1
1
9
2
2
13
0
0
12
18, 090
446
22, 554
343
19, 458
376
17, 703
864
22, 926
1,057
25, 984
1,084
29, 619
2,224
35, 260
2, 331
33, 574
2,253
26, 772
2,154
29, 153
2,163
29, 752
1, 783 •
508
426
449
390
561
700
475
627
563
696
599
886
775
800
874
944
875
1,028
921
1,037
1,075
918
950
1,036
1,802
1, 726
1,680
1,852
2,023
2,161
2,449
2,441
2,471
2, 605
2, 762
2, 616
1,870
5, 174
2, 101
24,272
2, 203
3, 893
2,280
4,311
3, 3C6
5,627
2,810
4, 939
3,378
6, 252
4,428
7, 044
4,927
9,880
6, 593
13, 295
17, 745
411
17,849 f
1, 151
19, 770
506
24, 051
619
27, 639
1,664
22, 579
1, 502
27, 217
1,501
44, 015
1,504
46, 239
1,677
47, 130
1,413
9,447
32
25, 372 '•
54
11,072
48
13, 231
62
20, 339
83
22, 462
96
29,971
128
20,735
101
29,889
111
23, 646
80
18, 723
65
17. 993
63
321
4,224
267
5,245
370
4, 009
458
5, 237
518
6,267
500
6,909
429
8,119
525
7,936
567
9,006
605
9,336
692
7,863
756
6,331
220
250
179
1
209 :
248
196 |
6
310
301
271
3
312
257
200
8
377
347
371
7
345
379
331
6
447
572
513
16
533
448
421
46
503
463
391
21
487
513
393
10
484
451
356
16
527
545
400
249
275
325
405
340
336
356
534
479
516
518
479
NONFERROUS METALS AND PRODUCTS
Production index (Fed. Res.
Bd.)
Production index (elec. energy
consumed)
Stocks, end of month
Stocks, raw materials, end of
month _ _
rel. to 1923 25
rel. to 1923-25
rel. to 1923-25..
64.8
197.3
74.8
197.3
rel. to 1923-25
127.9
2 137.7
'64
63
62
68
72
74
78
75.0
201. 0
73.3
199.9
69.3
203.3
78.6
213.7
94.0
219.3
94.6
220 .4
103. 5
219.9
163.9
152. 0
147.9
137.7
127.7
122.4
126.9
1418
607
1,239
1,846
552
1,466
2,018
497
1,326
1,823
404
1,347
1,751
511
1,393
1,905
702
1, 576
2,278
731
1,646
2,377
716
1,797
2,513
832
1,779
2,611
13, 599
15,215
11,429
17, 201
40, 459
19, 271
45,816
22,381
43, 144
23, 244
50, 217
22, 951
45, 265
24, 179
54, 567
31,536
74, 685
.0658
. 0656
.0699
. 0729
.0770
.0803
. 0867
. 0939
. 0985
60
38,088
59
38, 925
59
38, 228
67
44,473
68
45, 580
69
46,452
70
48, 702
86, 704
47,012
90, 190
47, 246
96, 408
46,503
98, 275
51,652
102, 695
53, 734
100, 501
52, 085
102, 058
57, 922
178,425 176, 105
\ 479,896 455, 775
, 423. 9
402.6
i 120,689 | 121,655
179, 658
440, 417
389.1
121, 504
187, 353
413, 474
365. 3
126, 722
190, 578
398, 667
352.2
130,486
193, 876
367, 921
325. 0
128,877
198,811
354, 205
312.9
136, 958
2,290
31,577
32, 157
1,432
28, 800
30, 708
1,881
41,576
39,519
1,995
34,816
35, 498
3,762
35, 498
41,775
72.7
199.6 \
70. 9
200. 1
146.8
154. 5
167.4
434
1,143
1,577
463 i
1,281 i
1,744
577
1,047
1,624
17, 572
16,831 \
.0706
2
76.0
200. 9
2
71.0
202. 0
2
Raw Materials
Babbitt metal consumption:
407
Direct by producers
thous. of lbs_.
Sale to consumers
thous. of Ibs.. 1,188
3,595
Total apparent
thous. of Ibs..
Copper:
Exports, refined
short tons.. 15, 432
Domestic shipments, refined short tons
Price, wholesale, electrolytic
(N. Y.)
dolls, per lb- . 0576
Production—
Index (Fed Res Bd ) rel to 1923 25
.Mines
short tons
Refined (N. and S.
America)..
. short tons
Smelters
short tons
Stocks (N. and S. America).
end of month —
Blister . _
short tons..
Refined
short tons
Refined
rel to 1923 25
World production, blister
short tons-Lead :
Ore shipments—
Joplin district
short tons . 2,330
Utah
short tons
30, 345
Production, refined
__
short tons
Production (Fed. Res.
55
Bd.)
rel. to 1923-25..
Price, pig, desilverized (New
York)
dolls, per lb- .0315
Receipts in United States, ore-short tons..
'Revised.
.0597
i
i
i ~
~
•
. 8678
•-- --
~\
2,110
5,722
28,081
32,180 i |
33,576
59 !;
62
58
66 :
.0375 i .0379
31,279 i; 28,611
.0394
28,406
.0396 I
32, 788 ,
54
.0371
1,278
1,401
27, 535
31,671
1,524
34, 807 i
36, 546
2,911
25,305
31,966 I
65
. 0440 i
33, 228 !
3, 064
27, 711
34,144
62
66
. 0440
33.385
1
.0440
30.136 ,
2
58
75
69
76
.0392
32.551
.0382
35.677
. 0441
34. 694
.0453
37. 878
;
38
SUEVEY OF CUREENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
19325
March
1931
Febru- January
ary
December
Septem- August
N0
beerm~ October
ber
July
June
May
April
March
NONFERROUS METALS AND PRODUCTS— Continued
Tin:
Raw Materials— Continued
Deliveries (consumption)
..long tons..
Imports (bars, blocks, etc.)
long tons_.
Price, wholesale, Straits (New
York)
dolls, per lb._
Stocks, end of monthUnited States
long tons
World visible supply
long tons.Zinc:
Ore, Joplin districtShipments
.short tons..
Stocks, mines, end of month
short tons...
Price, slab, prime western (St.
Louis)
dolls, per lb__
Production
short tons
Retorts in operation, end of month
number..
Stocks end of month
.short tons. .
3, 285
2, 497
2, 825
2, 254
3,550
2, 412
3, 380
2,130
3,550
5, 301
.2186
. 2203
.2184
.2135
3,841
50, 780
4, 578
51,300
5, 342
50, 043
6,254
51,313
12, 071
12,239
14, 482
86,998
87,917
.0279
22, 493
. 0282
21, 516
22, 016
129, 451
2
5, 015
4,882
5,270
5,249
5,100
5,587
5,185
4,698
5,505
5,483
6,630
6,126
6, 120
6,986
.2281
.2276
.2468
.2575
.2502
.2341
.2320
.2512
.2707
7, 458
50, 583
6, 773
50, 602
5, 868
50, 722
6,213
50, 987
5,838
51, 707
5,633
51, 626
5,698
51, 231
6,212
48, 462
7,917
48, 607
16, 228
14, 854
19,446
83,000
85, 610
. 0321
. 0315
.0338
2 21, 868 2 20, 443 * 21, 548
.0301
22, 516
21, 752
22, 044
129, 534 2 129, 914
5,385
5,607
2
21,374
19, 428
19, 875
129, 842 a 131, 015 2 130, 535
Manufactured Products
•Electrical equipment:
Delinquent accounts, electrical trade.
(See under Distribution movement.)
Electric furnaces, new orders kilowatts. _
1,982
3,610
1,277
Electric goods, new orders
3
(quarterly)
thous. of dolls ..
151 586
Electrical porcelain, shipmentsGlazed nail knobs. -.thous. of pieces..
698
983
830
631
Special
dollars
54, 941
44, 699
37,840
38, 748
Standard
dollars-- 17, 183 25, 320 j 25, 332
19, 483
Tubes
thous. of pieces...
424
369
475
255
Unglazed nail knobs. thous. of pieces-564
578
444
268
Industrial reflectors sales
units
41,322
38,748
46,261
45, 000
Laminated phenolic products,
shipments
thous. of dolls..
455
438
363 I
413
Manufactured micaShipments
thous of dolls. _
86 1
94
73
Unfilled orders, end of month
thous. of dolls..
69
75
73
Motors (direct current)—
Billings (shipments)
dollars..
300, 456 231, 826 414, 642
New orders .. .
... -dollars..
251,509 150,148 354, 236
Nonmetallic conduits, shipments
thous. of feet..
1,384
1,831 | 2,258
Panelboards and cabinets,
shipments..
..thous. of dolls..
193
211
248
Power cables, shipments... thous. of feet..
743
958"
623
537
Power switching equipment, new orders —
Indoor..
dollars..
36, 686
30,854
28,777
Outdoor
- -dollars _
85, 660 116, 112 197, 708
Vacuum cleaners, shipments
units..
Vulcanized fiber —
Consumption
thous. of lbs._
872
1,003
1,131
1,269
Shipments, total
thous. of dolls. _
261
270
246
301
Welding sets, new ordersMultiple operations _
units..
2
0
3
Single operation
. units. _
122
83
88
:Miscellaneous products:
68.2
Brass sheets
rel. to 1926..
70.1
68.3
Copper-wire cloth —
New orders
thous. of sq. ft..
274
340
304
Make and hold orders,
end of month
thous. of sq. ft..
571 j
592
595
Production
-thous. of sq. ft_.
204
357
366
Shipments
thous. of sq. ft_.
285
289
288
Stocks, end of month thous. of sq. ft_.
880
1,031
965
Unfilled orders, end
of month
thous. of sq. ft..
164
114
165
Enameled sheet-metal ware,
shipments
dozen pieces..
270, 198 2 198, 878 233, 267
Pails and tubs, galvanized —
Production
...dozen pieces..
72, 558
87, 096
110, 474
Shipments
dozen pieces
88, 382
63, 163
105,966
Other galvanized wareProduction
_ -dozen pieces. _
21, 472 J 13, 612
11, 758
Shipments
dozen pieces. _
9,406
19, 354 2 13, 254
1,513
17, 113
20, 243
12, 059
14, 395
22, 470
27, 261
17, 163
81, 190
79, 533
76, 566
70, 935
65, 480
61, 110
63, 001
.0374
21, 327
.0382
21, 467
.0389
21, 365
.0342
23, 483
.0331
25, 688
.0372
29, 137
.0400
32, 328
20, 417
130, 168
19, 305
129, 701
19, 266
131, 833
19, 022
138, 928
20, 624
143, 049
26, 672
143, 212
31,821
141, 493
1, 231
3,975
1,956
1,732
2,680
1,791
2
2
1, 862
3
3224,348
157 304
2,046
s 182, 486
1,276
63, 044
29, 447
509
987
43, 287
1,844
84, 617
40, 171
1,000
1,973
59, 103
2,038
82, 485
42, 562
869
1, 095
54, 691
1,643
74, 183
38, 303
971
901
56, 735
1,482
66, 906
33, 042
516
562
61, 794
1,263
77, 194
41, 331
592
929
66, 188
2,061
78, 983
57, 462
1,309
2,323
67, 256
2,144
76,313
52, 009
890
1,281
72, 003
430
570
639
632
619
633
707
626
73
76
79
103
81
92
128
135
81
73
81
87
100
97
119
138
142
110
276, 905
248, 265
387, 770
311, 793
365, 930
413, 864
365, 877
299, 081
360, 444
377, 129
450, 165
402, 130
455, 325
440, 476
473, 767
536, 272
445, 833
3G6, 958
1,782
2,005
3,356
4,487
2,777
2,447
4,091
5,112
3,508
245
973
333
1,137
326
806
367
840
336
890
338
1,106
339
1,303
324
1,619
345
1,630
39, 191
323, 412
67, 643
37, 547
244, 122
59, 074
40,586
188, 043
47, 142
48, 707
175, 629
37, 952
47, 041
360, 325
35, 447
52, 697
240, 081
43, Oil
73, 567
208, 713
70, 303
111,875
216, 145
79, 527
75, 303
269, 425
82, 279
1,057
262
1,398
313
1,407
332
1,345
348
1,783
344
1,624
402
1,541
419
1,475
432
1,975
484
0
89
0
108
0
115
0
80
0
120
2
134
0
165
8
169
11
177
68.2
68.3
79.7
80.9
82.5
82.8
86.8
90.4
91.4
366
308
339
326
328
275
275
299
357
583
312
254
953
522
338
312
910
509
333
316
911
504
330
330
889
546
302
324
898
560
253
274
934
514
256
277
1,073
554
340
297
1,096
557
330
308
1,079
1,458
78,716
52, 599
783
1,224
69, 484
689
160
129
135
134
158
145
302
174
186
197, 080
255, 782
307, 068
251, 544
246, 858
232, 672
264, 953
281, 339
312,916
67, 145
72, Oil
98, 340
88, 270
110, 253
120, 851
134, 003
129, 693
103, 345
114, 134
92, 460
90, 747
121, 413
122, 072
143, 258
140, 080
147, 278
144, 052
15, 760
16, 087
26, 626
27, 792
32, 276
36,007
34, 709
32, 764
26, 970
27, 334
26, 304
28, 724
28, 390
34,188
34, 929
42, 287
31,542
29, 579
99.3
PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS
New orders
rel. to 1923-25
.Production index (Fed. Res.
Bd.).
. rel. to 1923-25..
Production index (elect, energy consumed)
(paper and pulp)
__ rel. to 1923-25. _
Stocks, end of month
rel. to 1923-25
Wood Pulp
<Qround wood:
Consumption and shipments
Imports
__
Production
Stocks, end of month
short
short
short
short
2
112.9
147.9
tons
tons . 11, 249
tons..
tons..
Revised.
86.2
2 84. 5
269.2
281.0
91.0
96.7
90.5
93.2
90.7
102.7
101.3
99
97
97
97
100
104
105
109
107
111
109
110
116.1
125.9
109.3
124.0
107.0
125.1
126.1
123.9
113.0
122.2
138.3
128.2
121.7
128.6
104.0
128.6
112.4
129.7
135.1
126.1
109.6
131.2
123. 0
123.4
110,803 2 110, 035 2113,483
17, 339
22, 757
21, 066
113,174 2112,954 2120,963
89, 135 2 86, 765 283,845
110,715
21, 842
104, 788
76. 332
106, 094
18, 750
96, 920
82. 260
100, 180
14, 433
87, 638
91. 434
111, 463
17, 725
102, 197
103. 975
118, 371
13, 512
121, 103
115. 235
118, 157
12, 851
136, 858
111.832
116, 914
23, 136
136, 438
93. 131
111,165
14, 652
116,311
73. 606
19, 127
3 Quarter ended in month indicated
39
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
1932
Febru- January j Decem- 1 Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ary
ber
ber
March
July
June
May
April
March
PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS— Con.
Wood Pulp— Continued
Soda:
Consumption and shipments— short tons..
Production
short tons..
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Sulphite, unbleached:
Consumption and shipments.. short tons..
Imports
.short tons
34, 094
Price
dolls, per 100 lbs_.
1.58
Production ._
._
short tons..
Stocks, end of month
.short tons..
Sulphite, bleached:
Consumption and shipments- .short tons__
Imports
.
-. .short tons. . 33, 117
Production . .
short tons..
Stocks, end of month
short tons..
Total sulphite:
Consumption and shipments— short tons...
Production
..
short tons__
Stocks, end of month .
.short tons-.
Sulphate:
i
Consumption and shipments— short tons..
Production
short tons i
Stocks, end of month _
short tons..
Other grades:
Consumption and shipments, short tons..
Production.
__
short tons..
Stocks end of month
short tons
Total chemical (all grades):
Consumption and shipments. .short tons..
Production
short tons. _
Stocks, end of month .
short tons..!
Paper
Box board:
Consumption of waste paper. .short tons.. 190, 472
New orders
. ...
short tons.. 195, 333
Operation
.thous. of inch hours.. 7,278
Operation
. p. ct. of capacity-60.1
Production — .
short tons.. 205, 737
Shipments
short tons.. 202, 749
Stocks end of month
short tons
79, 926
Stocks of waste paper, end of month —
In transit and unshipped
purchases
short tons.. 38, 275
At mills
short tons 163, 196
Unfilled orders, end of month, .short tons.. 35, 173
Newsprint:
Consumption by publishers,
United States
short tons 156, 205
Exports, Canada
short tons.. 171, 651
Imports, United States
short tons.. 151, 786
Price, roll, destination,
N. Y. basis
dolls, per short tons.. 53.00
ProductionCanada
short tons . 166, 758
United States total
short tons 100, 034
Per cent of capacity
per cent
Shipments —
Canada
short tons 163, 806
United States
short tons _ 94, 282
Stocks, end of month—
At millsCanada
... short tons_. 63, 548
United States
short tons
38, 677
At publishers, U S
short tons . 175, 566
In transit to publishers,
United States
short tons
34, 570
Other paper:
Binders' board, production short tons.. 1,366
Book paper:
Production
short tons..
Per cent of capacity
per cent
Shipments
short tons
Stocks, end of month
short tons '•
New orders52
Coated p. ct. of normal production..
61
Uncoated.p. ct. of normal productionUnfilled orders, end of month —
4
Coated
days' production
5
Uncoated
days' production..
Fine paper:
Production
short tons
Per cent of capacity
percent
Shipments
short tons •
Stocks end of month
short tons
Wrapping paper:
Production
short tons
Per cent of capacity
per cent
Shipments
short tons >
Stocks end of month
short tons
All other grades:
Production
short tons
Shipments
short tons L __
Stocks, end" of month
.short tons..1
Revised.
i
18, 088
19, 336
4,516
19, 876
21, 226
4,058
21, 558
21, 528
3,598
24, 278
25, 508
4,620
23, 502
24, 362
4,502
23, 572
24, 834
4,660
25, 960
27, 230
4,480
27, 412
28, 102
4,414
27, 660
29,304
4,998
22 634
67, 062
2.15
2
26, 108
2 7, 402
21, 170
53, 014
2.15
19, 814
5,724
16, 698
49, 314
2.15
19, 800
6,388
19, 026
49, 300
2.15
16, 922
5,052
17, 544
52, 061
2.15
17, 924
5,578
16, 790
52, 745
2.15
19, 092
5, 500
19, 020
34, 483
2.15
19, 494
4,256
21, 178
30, 724
2.15
21, 076
3,936
18, 882
34, 289
2.35
18, 878
4,316
2
34. 116
35, 726
35,
016
2
7, 118
37, 090
29, 169
37, 080
6,156
35, 784
34, 943
36, 232
6,166
37, 818
29, 510
37, 736
5,718
35, 448
23, 109
35, 262
5,800
38, 080
29, 558
39, 048
5,986
37, 440
28,614
38, 262
5,018
37, 272
30, 511
36, 092
4,196
40, 544
32, 863
40, 600
5,376
114, 456 2 103, 600 2109,796
115, 256 2105,802
2114,846
25, 924 2 27, 844 2 27, 788
112, 224
109, 894
24, 198
105, 666
109, 558
25, 836
108, 924
107, 430
23,710
105, 294
107, 664
23, 626
111,282
115, 200
21, 558
110, 722
110, 840
18, 698
115, 960
115. 974
18, 734
115, 794
115, 022
18, 998
23.322 !
23,998
3, 762
22, 086
22, 682
4, 124
22, 628
2 20, 628
46, 789
1.81
2
22, 908
2 7, 536
71, 970 3 84, 424
!
1.58
1.58
i"'
1
;
"
34, 400
25,136
7,328
37,384
30, 689
36, 202
5, 162
2
2
33, 632
25, 288
2 232, 858
6, 344
2
34, 024
35, 686
3,670
23, 956
31, 276
4,348
33, 828
36, 624
4, 144
37, 174
39, 004
3,848
35, 202
36, 866
4, 604
36, 630
38, 522
5,384
38, 156
39, 228
6,050
39, 828
40, 948
7,524
39, 590
41.870
9,076
39, 082
41, 292
9,594
34, 014
36, 542
10,15
954
998
394
804
920
352
844
768
236
1,168
1,062
312
986
942
418
754
890
462
1,078
1,202
326
778
774
202
1,072
514
206
844
898
764
1,184
1, 188
710
162, 556
171, 574
36, 684
170, 442
171, 186
32, 416
163, 412
168, 894
34, 456
170, 586
172, 350
34, 176
168, 030
172, 456
34, 504
175, 460
181, 756
33, 944
177, 344
180, 454
32, 460
183, 298
186, 266
33, 506
178, 652
182, 056
34, 858
172, 756 2 155, 446
175 936 2 2160, 680
33, 750
36, 668
2
2
2
2173,395
2
188, 734
2 6, 529
58.2
2
186, 756
2
190. 007
2
76, 938
177, 610
189,131
6, 366
56.8
182, 306
187, 118
80, 189
146, 368
138, 042
5,802
49.8
1G3, 539
164, 630
85, 001
172, 830
181, 500
6.637
61.7
185, 776
179, 932
86, 092
209, 903
218, 527
7,840
64. 8
218, 157
218, 489
79, 248
205, 084
235, 382
7,946
70.9
221, 684
221, 261
79, 580
200, 138
215, 752
7,685
65.9
213, 614
218, 244
79, 157
233,686
221, 048
8,114
69.6
222, 927
221, 980
83, 787
208, 513
223, 990
8, 200
70.3
224, 110
223, 328
82, 840
227, 125
236, 173
8,727
77.8
232, 020
231, 746
82, 058
206, 571
224, 021
7,903
67.8
230, 537
227, 806
81, 784
210, 590
222, 511
8, 175
70.1
226,011
224, 023
79, 053
34, 219
163, 522
42, 589
30, 537
168, 422
43, 862
28, 192
172, 761
36, 345
42, 181
158, 674
62, 933
38, 055
151,658
61, 365
45, 386
149, 029
61,327
47, 549
148, 042
47, 208
47, 052
166, 006
49, 698
50, 558
169, 570
50, 630
39, 209
182,812
49, 968
25, 02o
167,478
45, 541
51, 301
167, 846
49, 326
142, 883
142, 445
127, 089
151, 181
172, 914
166, 516
160, 146
161, 835
168, 087
174, 092
171, 151
176, 228
173, 852
171, 031
180, 230
152, 422
161, 171
159, 946
146, 249
160, 175
157, 037
157, 119
157, 205
173, 457
161, 265
189, 739
188, 919
179, 836
185, 432
192, 688
174, 325
152, 360
175, 242
179, 340
200, 545
169, 345
2
2
53.00
53.00
57.00
57.00
57.00
57.00
57.00
57.00
57.00
57.00
57.00
57.00
158, 543
87, 157
171, 321
94, 247
165, 173
93, 861
63
175, 643
94, 149
66
184, 252
97,117
63
178, 412
91, 241
64
165, 124
88, 344
59
182, 731
99, 548
67
193, 971
101, 088
68
202, 607
101, 202
69
205, 838
102, 450
70
187, 005
100, 590
68
150, 951
86, 638
171, 843
94, 550
165, 017
93, 550
173, 601
93, 723
191, 725
98, 616
178, 181
90, 303
162, 303
89, 047
175, 350
97, 225
194, 144
100, 087
202, 280
102, 555
205, 752
101, 819
187, 730
101, 044
61, 195
32, 925
191, 666
53, 683
32, 406
192, 817
54, 214
32, 709
195, 505
48, 735
32, 398
187, 839
42, 963
31, 953
190, 367
50, 451
33, 517
197, 716
49, 128
32, 607
202, 121
47, 288
33, 616
203, 944
39, 832
33, 906
189, 990
39, 902
32, 956
178, 333
39, 754
34, 289
185, 560
2 40, 330
32, 254
190, 728
38, 913
37, 612
40, 495
42, 064
38, 022
34,379
30, 879
34, 566
39, 041
44, 859
45, 352
44,011
1,296
1,236
1,301
1,320
1,224
1,560
1,695
2, 069
1,535
1,486
1,809
1, 401
100, 093
66
107, 668
82, 902
103, 509
69
105, 660
85, 115
95, 576
67
103, 588
87, 477
102,111
66
105, 379
85, 594
98, 563
69
101, 323
89, 440
106, 439
71
104, 097
92, 684
108, 015
71
107, 075
89, 984
113,022
77
111,327
90, 985
117,609
78
113, 140
92, 464
117,374
79
118,782
87, 395
117, 964
80
119,026
89,088
58
66
52
66
53
59
55
58
57
57
53
61
58
60
52
65
70
67
76
68
64
74
4
5
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
5
24
5
5
5
6
5
5
6
6
7
6
6
6
27, 371 2 27, 031
50
48
27, 043 22 27, 734
57, 349
56, 735
27, 793
56
29, 071
54, 398
26, 443
55
27, 606
57, 489
26, 386
55
27, 441
58, 658
26, 408
55
27, 728
59, 723
29, 364
59
28, 395
62, 725
30, 793
64
31, 501
61, 758
32,451
67
33,100
62, 459
35, 141
74
33, 981
62, 905
70, 344
80
71, 329
76, 035
2
57, 739 2 61, 902
65
77
60, 280 2 63, 821
2 76, 991 2 79, 521
73, 347
79
72, 027
81, 318
72, 107
81
69, 151
80, 021
78, 360
90
76, 479
77, 047
78, 074
88
78, 777
75, 146
78, 174
87
76, 845
76, 051
78, 377
88
76, 888
78, 107
79, 261
91
80,371
76, 582
75,404
85
76, 083
77, 718
77, 835
80, 185
97, 358
2
71, 252 2 78, 702
2
70, 272 2 74, 423
296,818 2 95, 091
77, 934
80, 425
64,500
77, 505
79, 574
66, 020
78, 271
81,315
68, 192
74, 728
74, 062
70, 755
75, 655
75, 895
69, 174
78, 509
83, 882
68, 734
80, 983
81, 268
71, 545
74,123
74, 186
69, 540
32, 126
64
33, 347
55, 516
2
2
2
2
2
5
2
56
58
2
Quarter ended in month indicated.
40
SUKVEY OF CUERENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1933
1931
j
Febru- January |
ary
D
March
^f NOVMO- October Septem- August
ber
July
June
May
April
March
PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS— Con.
Paper— Continued
Total paper (including newsprint and box
board):
Production
short tons_.
Per cent of capacity
per cent..
Shipments
short tons
Stocks end of month
short tons
556, 951 2517,271 2544,136
64
59
65
574, 197
521,435 2543,221
424, 406 2433,369 M37,928
596, 459
67
604, 007
397,011
587, 543
70
589, 218
406, 067
591,414
67
596, 623
408, 345
607, 700
70
606,847
413, Oil
621,411
71
615, 877
415, 681
638, 510
72
639, 712
416, 077
643, 056
74
643, 146
414, 054
629, 233
73
628, 343
410, 558
53, 373
6,552
54, 721
7,119
51, 948
7,832
54, 431
8,705
62, 268
8,218
65, 452
9, 525
64,910
9,528
82
71
79
80
68
77
78
68
76
81
71
79
84
65
79
81
67
78
79
62
75
448, 910
103, 740
552, 650
75
449, 285
106, 800
556, 085
67
402, 031
95, 582
497, 613
65
416, 282
99, 754
516,036
44
417,407
100,301
517,708
55
401,874
102. 609
504, 483
60
391, 043
93, 875
484, 938
65
Paper Products
Abrasive paper and cloth:
Shipments—•
44, 820
46, 700
46, 061
Domestic
- -reams35, 433
38, 272
53, 348
5,365
Foreign
.-. _
reams. . 7,648
5, 323
6, 376
5, 323
6,942
Paper-board shipping boxes:
Operating time77
74
67
Corrugated
p. ct. of normal
59
70
81
65
Solid fiber
p. ct. of normal..
68
56
54
57
66
75
Total
. p. ct. of normal .
73
64 |
58
67
77
Production —
Corrugated.
thous. of sq. ft.. 390, 279 374, 636 344, 994 286, 897 346, 527 438, 296
91,83,5
Solid fiber
thous of sq ft
84, 800
81,377
79,543 ! 82,788 101,997
482,114 459, 436 426, 371 366,440 i 429,315 540, 293
Total
thous. of sq. ft
Rope paper tacks, shipments, .rel. to 1921-22-49 |
64
69
PRINTING
Blank forms, new orders
Book production:
New books
NPW editions
Printing pctivity
Sales books:
New orders
Shipments
thous. of sets..
no. of titles
no. of titles
rel to 1923
thous. of books
thous, of books. _
48, 751
51,660
675
106
639
118
86
8, 906
9, 783
8, 654
8, 456
9,261
9,201
85
92
541 !
121
84
44,919 ;
48,309
57,819
47,351
45, 455
50, 357
48, 322
55, 266
48, 877
52, 887
656 ;
142 i
82 i
724
103
83
1,070
157
79
735
147
83
770
194
76
568
150
77
£86
117
84
708
178
96
640
220
97
746
107
1*
8,096 i
9,313 ;
9,974
9,546
10, 663
10, 664
10,275
11,241
10,511
10, 501
10, 321
9 997
10,514
10, 382
11,587
10, 585
10,284
11,079
11,204
10, 669
RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS
Production index (Fed. Res.
Bd.), auto tires and tubes... rel. to 1 923-25. .
Production index (elect, energy
consumed)
rel. to 1923-25..
Stocks end of month
rel. to 1923-25
1,6. S
117.9
2
112.0
103. 8
1
304.0
' 90. c
68 ;
71
74
79
90
112
126
123
107
*97
79. 2 i
96.2
i
93. 5
93.2
82.8
96.4
88.0
94. 3
98. 5
102.4
97.4
112.8
121.0
121. 0
122. 3
120.6
109.0
118.1
109.6
3 60 393 i
s 46, 746 1
53,818 ; 45,103
.
41,398
99 135
3 83, 894
46, 939
35,844
.063
.064
.11 S. 4
Crude Rubber
Consumption, quarterly:
Total
long tons
For tires
. . ._
long tons
Imports (including latex)
long tons.. 45, 588
Prices, wholesale, smoked sheets,
.033
New York
.dolls, per lb._
Stocks, domestic, end of quarter:
Afloat _
_
long tons.. _
Dealers
- --long tons
Manufacturers - long tons._
Total, dealers and manufacturers
_
...long tons_.
World shipments, olantation
long tons
World stocks, end of month:
A.float
long tons
Europe
„
-long tons..
Producing countries
long tons
United States
long tons 337, 127
World total
long tons _ 030, 290
Reclaimed rubber:
Consumption
long tons
Production
_.
long tons..
Stocks
long tons
Scrap rubber:
Stocks at reclaimers, end of
quarter
lonr> tons
j
28, 298
33, 552
.039
.044
.046 ;
.050
.046
|
3
63, 627
j
2
100, 650
128. 397
52, 894
32 1,900 - 325, 759
616, 722 - 607, 700
44, 052
.054
.063
.050
^ 214,821
71,511
66, 529
263.057 i
59, 332 i 71, 3.13
.004
.077
3
3 R9 fi*R
3 43 71 1 I
!
s 82, 480
68 5£3
40, 7h8
3
44, 908
49, 471
3
49,613
8
138, 140
'
3
139,613
J
65,392 |
3
66, 600
183.324
62, 090
68, 628
63,395 |
•"' 187,753
71,218
95,285
132,424
42,415
296, 305
566,429
86, 465
136, 638
41, 054
275, 750
539, 907
84, 644
137, 597
39. 253
258, 352
519,846
84, 156
140, 192
42, 779
244, 627
511, 754
90, 768
139, 261
43, 364
235, 746
509, 139
86, 867
140, 265
43, 760
225, 346
496, 238
93, 379
143, 747
41, 176
219,405
497, 707
78, 159
142, 520
42, 806
224, 211
487,696 |
8S, 959
137,452
45, 782
215, 523
487, 716
5 313 i 5 843
8,255 i 7,340
15, 406 | 14, 130
6,338
8,818
14, 273
6,967
8, 955
13, 781
7,778
9,402
13, 732
8,929
10, 596
14, 176
10, 175
13, 082
14, 804
10, 220
12, 535
14, 431
9,161
12,338 i
14, 685
|
9, 769
12, 032
14, 700
80,761
129,717
49,529
2322, 000
-582. 007
,
3fii.283!
38, 933
39,033
a 48, 770
s 43, 525
3 171,296
339,605
3 67, 760 !
3 195,297 !
j
3
3 76 04 1
!
i
i
!
3
s 60, 406
359,836 |
1
59, 103
57, 198
Tires and Tubes
Pneumatic casings:
Production
Shipments —
Domestic
Exports
Stocks, end of month _
Solid and cushion tires:
ProductionShipmentsDomestic
Exports
Stocks, end of month..
Inner tubes:
Production.ShipmentsDomestic
Exports
Stocks, end of month _ _
Raw material consumed:
Fabrics
Crude rubber...
thousands
3, 097
2, 770
2, 115 !
2, 001
2,379
2,538
- .thousands __
thousands
.thousands . _
1 , 973
70
7, 338
2, 545
58
6, 329
2,171 '
54 i
6, 220 ,
2,223
87
6, 335 |
2, 185
96
6, 640
3,034
111
6,527
11
10
13
1
43
12
1
46
thousands..
-
3,125
3,941
4, 538
4, 543
3,955
3,730
3,845
123 1
7,117|
4,244
125
7,936
4,320
137
8,358
4,197
135
8,250
3,S04 i
142
8,025
3,143
155
8,012
12
13
12
11
12
11
15
1
51
15
1
55
14
1
57
14
1
61
14
1
64
15
1
69
10
9
thousands
thousands .
thousands _.
9
1
37
9
0
37
thousands .
3, 057
2, 719
2,078 j
1,955
2,462
2,759
3, 548
3,964
4, 286
4,330
3,693
?, 560
thousands
thousands
.thousands .
j
thous. of Ibs
thous. of Ibs..
2, 135
47
7. 008
2, 761
43
6, 175
2, 172 !
41
6,338 j
2, 022
54
6,496
2,187
63
6,657
3, 247
73
6, 476
4, 158
82
7,019
4, 569
96
7,672
4, 228
89
8,403
4,135
89
8,439
3,610
89
8, 330
2,922
109
8, 380
12,518
39,472
12, 156
36, 850
7,981 ;
25,237 ;
8,361
25,922
6, 263
28. 372
9, 585
29, 864
11, 745
36, 232
15, 140
46, 897
17, 085
51,280
18, 010
53, 418
15, 244
45, 016
14,041
41,851
12, 388
20, 405
20, 720
10, 130
13,654 I 14,341 j
16, 221 ! 23, 255 i
20, 925
19, 773
23, 966
22, 728
21, 580
27,080
17, 932
14, 431
21, 161
15,419
19, 380
18, 094
16, 846
16, 803
19,380
19, 220
i
10 !
10 ;
1 !
39 1
9
!
10
1 I
42
Miscellaneous Rubber Products
Calendered rubber clothing:
Net orders
no. coats and sundries.. 14, 970
Production
no. coats and sundries.. 17, 649
' Revised*
!
KQuarter en ded in m mth indie;ated.
41
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTSContinued
Miscellaneous Rubber Products— Con.
Mechanical rubber goods, shipments:
Belting
. . -thous. of dolls
Hose
thous of dolls
All other..
thous. of dolls..
Total
thous of dolls
Rubber bands, shipments
thous. of lbs_.
Rubber flooring, shipments.- -thous. of sq. ft_.
Rubber and canvas footwear:
TennisProduction
thous. of pairs. _
Shipments, domestic. -thous. of pairs ..
Exports
- -thous. of pairs. _
Stocks
thous of pairs
Waterproof, totalProduction
.. ---thous. of pairs ._
Shipments, domestic.. thous. of pairs..
Exports
thous. of pairs. _
Stocks .
_
thous. of pairs. .
Grand totalProduction
..thous. of pairs..
Shipments, domestic.. thous. of pairs. _
Exports
thous. of pairs
Stocks
thous. of pairs __
Rubber heels:
Production
-thous. of pairs..
Shipments—
Exports
thous. of pairs
Repair trade
thous. of pairs - .
Shoe manufacturers. -.thous. of pairs. .
Stocks, end of month
thous. of pairs..
Rubber-proofed fabrics, production:
Auto fabrics
thous. of yds_.
Raincoat fabrics
thous. of yds..
All other
_ --thous. of yds..
Total
thous of yds
Rubber soles:
Production
thous of pairs
ShipmentsExports
thous. of pairs..
Repair trade
thous. of pairs
Shoe manufacturers. --thous. of pairs..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of pairs. _
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS
New orders
rel. to 1923-25
Production index (elect, energy
consumed)
rel. to 1923-25..
Stocks, end of month
rel. to 1923-25..
Unfilled orders, end of month rel. to 1923-25
Brick
Face brick (average per plant) :
Production
thousands
Shipments
. thousands
Stocks, end of month *
thousands..
Unfilled orders, end of month.thousands..
Sand-lime brick:
Production
thousands
Shipments by rail
thousands
Shipments by truck
thousands
Stocks, end of month _ _ .thousands
Unfilled orders, end of month-thousands. .
1932
March
Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber
July
June
April
May
March
223
208
376
206
358
474
919
989
2,381
231
587
4,187
4,216
48
8,191
3,226
3,378
2,496
2,353
21
8,510
2,077
616
118
8,387
1,443
446
29
7,044
1,231
589
44
6,076
1,012
1,263
72
5,473
1,021
1,223
29
5,704
836
1,520
125
5,957
1,999
2,657
100
6,766
2,142
3,316
121
7,523
2,591
4,049
150
8,833
2,609
3,107
236
10, 328
600
727
8
552
1,038
5
1,061
1,610
6
11 ,726
2,391
3,438
36
12,241
2,773
3,186
59
13, 323
3,131
4,318
153
13, 804
2,922
4,185
186
15, 141
2,361
2,842
151
16, 366
1,570
1,510
117
16, 978
1,922
1,229
108
17, 024
1,261
626
50
16, 357
1,102
1,070
72
15, 733
874
944
53
15, 803
3,777
422
11,156
33
8, 264
11,287
483
856
961
2,300
197
462
601
972
1,105
2,678
225
550
788
1,041
1,186
3,015
201
595
802
1,161
1,393
3,356
195
595
914
1,436
1,356
3,706
246
577
798
1,650
1,431
3,879
209
576
790
1,857
1,584
4,231
215
569
832
2,129
1,656
4,617
259
569
889
1,892
1,631
4, 412
231
496
56
19, 347
4,416
38
19, 551
3,557
3,962
27
20,237
4,468
4,054
154
20,628
4,217
3,632
88
20, 367
4,363
4,907
197
19, 880
3,934
5,448
258
20, 615
3,382
4,065
180
22, 070
2,407
3,030
242
22, 935
3,921
3,886
208
23, 789
3, 402
3,942
171
23, 881
3,693
5,119
222
24, 566
3,483
5,050
288
26, 130
16, 368
14,487
12,317
14, 138
11,455
14, 567
15, 827
16, 293
15, 361
17, 093
15, 474
15, 408
14, 661
305
259
290
3,431
8,705
24, 515
474
4,622
8,198
24, 405
591
4,537
6,610
25, 213
617
5,924
7,484
24, 652
501
6,994
9,724
23, 952
514
5,355
11,653
25,832
540
4,058
11, 177
27, 006
630
4,946
10, 522
27, 898
612
3,975
9,693
28, 491
578
4,038
10, 112
27, 764
577
4,868
10, 991
26, 708
380
931
763
2,074
394
1,267
868
2,529
445
2,476
1,191
4,112
528
2,988
1,176
4,692
596
2,226
965
3,787
531
1,843
963
3,337
701
1,355
1,156
3,212
982
1,066
1,002
3,050
710
1,040
1,271
3,021
738
863
1,168
2,769
4,787
4,943
3,785
9,424
27, 933
4,575
8,748
25 ,807
2,448
339
853
992
2,184
3,953
3,461
3,411
3,639
2,840
2,610
2,880
2,933
2,864
3,177
2,885
2,692
2,292
2
252
3
285
2,925
2,428
8
265
2,953
2,085
25
267
3,196
2,018
29
308
2,579
2,180
45
370
2,273
2,153
90
290
2,604
2,264
67
234
2,790
2,395
67
196
2,569
2,475
59
225
2,899
2,461
62
330
2,651
2,655
69
255
2,474
2,764
14
408
2,145
2,876
50.0
46.7
49.0
60.0
52.3
48.7
55.3
118.7
164.2
27.0
132.0
174.9
27.0
116.5
175.5
24.0
105, 1
179.4
25.8
754"
1,397
3,320
2,691
233
883
1,332
35.7
234.7
36.3
42.0
44.0
81.2
185.0
90.0
2 179. 7
27.2
77.1
175.4
29.2
76.8
164.2
23.3
113.8
153.6
25.2
113.4
148.2
26.8
113. 9
150.9
26.8
105.9
143.9
26.2
104.8
154.5
27.0
203
155
3,601
506
3,557
166
156
197
149
3,561
452
292
222
3,514
383
325
318
3,521
457
422
479
3,516
534
434
454
3,577
587
425
477
3,602
639
540
521
3,660
669
540
574
3,652
733
549
569
3,684
781
533
579
3,698
784
395
522
3,734
685
1,603
125
1,538
165
1,580
2,188
449
2,561
9,067
8,700
3,118
397
3,630
8,677
8,745
4,239
648
4,604
10, 529
10, 485
6,521
977
4,657
12, 347
11,437
6,943
872
4,922
10, 866
11,532
5,989
805
5,506
10, 698
10, 838
5,518
529
5, 424
10, 199
10, 710
6,664
494
5,758
8,975
9,960
5,084
1,595
4,375
10, 724
6,513
3,999
1,698
3,330
11,119
5,232
4,869
1,466
3,743
12, 566
7,070
2,354
5,544
1,764
2,929
1,743
5,697
1,659
1,396
5,855
1,814
1,537
5, 872
1,779
1,941
5,709
1,820
2,310
5,536
1,859
2,213
5,930
2,102
2,180
5,887
2,465
2,491
6,086
2,119
2,545
6,003
1,952
2,291
6,078
2,250
2, 479
5,974
1,548
50.2
6,811
1,606
52.1
6,454
1,508
47.2
6,387
1,692
55.1
6,745
2,128
64.2
6,713
1,948
62.0
6,860
2,239
68.6
7,591
2,268
69.5
8,268
2,565
75.9
8,625
2,481
73 4
9,127
2,404
71.4
9,785
2,166
64.4
10, 340
2,089
8,421
8,914
Glass Containers
Net orders
thous. of gross .
Shipments
thous. of gross
Stocks, end of month _
thous. of gross
Production:
Total.
.
thous. of gross
Per cent of capacity
Unfilled orders, end of month.. thous. of gross Illuminating Glassware
New orders
p. ct. of capacity..
Production:
Total
no. of turns
Per cent of capacity
Shipments
p. ct of capacity
Stocks, end of month. ..no. of weeks' supply. .
Unfilled orders, end of
month.
. . . . no. of weeks' supply
Plate Glass
Plate glass, polished, production
thous of SQ ft
1931
Febru- January
ary
450
8,255
8,306
19.7
21.8
20.8
23.3
26.6
26.3
24.8
24.3
29.3
27.3
28.6
32.4
1,301
17.4
19.1
3.6
1,463
19.5
20.2
3.8
1,774
23.7
20.7
3.8
1,877
250
24.0
3.6
2,276
30.4
30.1
3.7
1,679
22.4
26.0
.9
1,607
21.4
21.6
.9
1,492
19.9
24.0
3.9
2,161
28.8
28.2
4.1
2,037
27.2
26.8
4.1
2,086
27.8
28.8
4.1
2.108
28.1
28.7
4.1
.8
.8
.7
.7
.8
_ 2
.2
.8
.9
.8
.8
.8
6,427
5,500
6,093
3,694
4,812
4,799
6,311
7,216
7,554
9,466
10, 174
10, 593
2,000
2,951
16, 715
2,025
2,094
17, 992
2,918
2,544
19, 597
3,142
3,683
21, 957
4,740
4,533
23, 450
4,571
5,761
25, 236
5,796
5,577
24, 641
6,213
5,237
27, 850
4,824
4,665
28, 394
6,898
4,093
28, 248
6,163
4,178
30, 259
3,796
88.32
4,832
93. 52
6,072
94.15
5,887
96.12
7,104
96.32
7,697 i 10, 476
98.91
97.77
10, 804
98.96
11,387
99.16
32, 541
98.84
31, 497
97.86
96,004 135, 931 182, 938
76, 119
112, 229 102, 150 125, 891 155, 404
524, 131 522, 721 501, 972 506, 901
156, 753 192, 863 199, 009 188, 969
and year- 3nd physi sal invent ories.
116, 794
127, 954
529, 531
161,435
122,977 121, 324 136, 285 119, 922 93, 108
139,005 135, 292 134, 549 128, 574 117, 105
533,305 i 554, 939 574, 304 593, 268 597, 476
172,595 i 188, 623 202, 591 200, 855 209, 507
11
levised.
64, 260
133, 802
583, 099
233, 504
!
4,414
Plumbing Fixtures
Porcelain:
Net new orders
number of pieces
2,072
1,424
Shipments
number of pieces..
1,748
1,631
Stocks, end of month. ..number of pieces-- 16,117
16, 328
Unfilled orders, end of
month
number of pieces
3,548
3,571
Wholesale price, 6 pieces.
dollars
84. 37
88.42
Vitreous china plumbing fixtures:
New orders.
pieces.. 89, 807 70, 918
Shipments
pieces. _ 86, 380 91,078
Stocks, end of month
pieces-- 569, 966 536, 245
Unfilled orders, end of month
pieces. . 140, 020 136, 593
* Adjusted to aceount for d egrading
42
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
'
1932
March
!
1931
Decem- j Novem- October Septem- August ! July
F
arT1" i January
ber
i ber
ber
June
May
March
April
I
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS— Continued
i
Portland Cement
21.3
Per cent of capacity
Prices, wholesale, composite dolls, per bbl__ 1.318
4, 847
Production _
thous. of bbls.
Shipments
--- -thous. of bbls _ 3, 973
27, 530
Stocks end of month
thous. of bbls
Stocks! clinker, end of month.. thous. of bbls.. 10,013
18.7
1. 323
3,971 1
3, 118 i
2
26, 657 >
2 9, 375 :
22.0 '
26.4 !
47.4
37. 2
1. 321 !
1.310 ! 1. 310
1.318
5,026
5,974
8,161
10, 762
3, 393
4,142
7,156 i 12, 360
25, 778
24,098
22, 219 !1 21, 218
8, 184
7,035
6,215
6, 021
55.3
1.331
12, 092
13, 671
22, 736
6, 918
60.2
1.331
13, 549
15, 172
24, 313
8,468 '
62.0
1.331
13,899
15, 545
25, 934
10, 209
65.4
1.364
14, 118
16, 077
27, 602
11,837
3,955
361
5,117
480
7,547
719
62.8 !
52. 1 i
1.399 i
1. 422
14, 010
11, 245
14, 200
11, 184
29, 554 ! 29, 715
13, 087
13, 854
36.9
1,477
8,245
7,192
29, 676
13,318
Terra Cotta
Terra cotta, new orders:
Quantity
Value
Tile
Floor and wall tile:
Production.....
ShipmentsQuantity
Stocks, end of month
-
net tons..
thous. of dolls—
2, 648
237
1,085
104
2,252
223
1,269
115
1,997
194
4,290
386
thous. of sq. ft—
2,127
2,285
2,838
3,026
3,641
2 3, 697
thous. of sq. ft..
thous. of sq. ft—
2,314
15, 577
2,026
15,763
2,779
15, 504
2,786
15, 446
92.1
59.8
91.8
59.9
84.8
60.8
97.5
62.2
TEXTILES
New orders
-rel. to 1923-25. _
Prices wholesale
- rel. to 1926..
Production index (Fed. Ees.
Bd )
rel. to 1923-25..
Production index (elect, energy
consumed)
rel. to 1923-25..
Stocks, manufactured goods,
end of month
- — rel. to 1923-25..
Stocks, raw materials, end of
month
- rel. to 1923-25..
Unfilled ord'ers, end of month .rel. to 1923-25..
Imports:
Burlaps
Fibers
2, 097
176
58.7
83
286
85.3
96.8
89
!
0,0
01. 0
2
4,180
412
2,598
291
3,138
315
4, 133
4,346
4,120
4,090
3,861
3, 535
3, 679 * 3, 607 2 3, 535
15, 206 * 15, 244 2 15, 154
4,308
14, 556
4,316
14, 518
3,998
14, 715
3,744
14, 623
2, 923
14, 506
89.5
65.5
86.7
66.5
90.9
66.6
96.6
67.4
96.8
68.2
101.0
70.0
102.4
63.0
99.0
64.5
88
89
93
100
99
100
96
89.8
93.4
98.2
98.7
95.0
98.2
100.5
97
90
97
103. 7
100.0
97.3
88.4
93.0
95. 0
97.3
90.5
86.8
86.5
90.3
88.9
90.8
90.7
93.4
94.1
272.0
268.3
40.5
278. 6
37.0
288.9
31.0
289.6
33.1
250.2
34.1
169.8
35.2
133.2
39.0
133. 5
40.5
148.9
39.0
161.2
42.0
176.8
46.4
196.3
46.5
thous. of Ibs— 33, 041
long tons. . 17, 131
30, 567
20, 287
33,391
22, 800
21, 123
19, Oil
32, 428
13, 774
35, 432
17,320
37,504
17, 118
45. 618
18, 277
35, 604
21, 993
42, 942
18,622
37, 732
14, 102
30, 481
21, 719
34, 945
19, 574
4,458
4,723
4,522
9,486
4,254
4,153
4,363
10, 003
4,417
3,981
4,558
9,990
4,155
4,394
4,118
9,114
4,902
4,789
4,020
9,107
5,058
5,115
4,743
9,408
4,716
4,941
4,521
9,730
4,279
4,540
4,187
9,869
4,279
3,777
4,069
10,177
4,654
4,561
4,572
9,990
5,029
4,772
4,719
9,864
4,808
4,925
4,627
9,914
4,920
4,982
4,486
10, 120
2,043
2,389
2, 645
2,263
2,641
2,637
2,815
3,139
3,511
3,201
3,225
3,042
3,260
1,054
1,043
1,186
932
942
1,076
865
1,039 I
865
885
915
954
1,076
1,178
985
1,315
1,314
1,064
1,408
991
1,045
1,195
967
1,017
1,008
1,078
1,015
1,050
1,169
1,088
966
1,107
1,053
995
1,055
1,131
1,079
1,289
1,120
1,269
1,282
1,273
1,264
1,181
1,203
1,631
1,809
1,805
1,698
1,574
1,523
295
1,601
1,763
159 !
1,507
1,693
174
1,207
1,207
293
1,189
954
542
2,024
1,286
661
2,477
1,647
593
2,544
1,979
493
2,246
1,897
318
2,408
1,714
138
2,396
1,808
196
2,115
2,005
313
1,985
2,502
435,337
84.8
415,517
81.0
428,870
83.6
462,025
90.0
463, 704
90.4
425, 819 450, 884 453, 901 465, 363 508, 691
83.0
87.9 • 88.4
90.7
99.1
490, 509
95.6
919
36,000
2 16, 002
9,244
12, 718
1,181
47,304
15, 358
12, 705
1,071
43, 619
15, 024
5,986
1,014
39, 838
12,130
2,636
558
23,457
25,410
5,426
211
9,898
2566
7,236
259
13, 525
7
9,305
255
13,517
14, 134
15, 189
17,258
605
35, 961
13, 756
10, 266
24,638
184
5,951
79.3
24,861
186
6,014
85.8
25,188
203
6,595
85.1
25, 237
201
6,540
88.1
25,623
190
6,193
81.8
25, 826
200
6,528
86.0
25,898
202
6,630
86.8
26, 379
204
6,733
89.6
26,669
216
7,125
94.1
26,504
211
7,000
91.0
.061
.065
.053
.064
.059
.065
.063
.072
.085
.093
.077
.090
.088
.093
.093
.102
.096
.109
J
2
Burlaps and Fibers
—
Clothing
Hosiery:
New orders.
.thous. of doz. pairs..
Net shipments
thous. of doz. pairs..
Production
-- -thous. of doz. pairs—
Stocks, end of month. thous. of doz. pairs..
Unfilled orders, end of
month
thous. of doz. pairs—
Knit underwear:
Net shipments... thous. of doz. garments..
New orders
thous. of doz. garments Production
thous. of doz. garments-Unfilled orders,
end of month thous. of doz. garments-Men's and boys' garments cut:
Overcoats
thous. of garments. .
Separate trousers
thous of garments
Suits
thous. of garments—
Cotton
Consumption by textile mills
- bales _
Consumption by textile mills— rel. to 1923-25—
Exports, unmanufactured:
Exclusive oj linters
thous. of bales .
Total.
thous. of dolls—
Qinnings
thous. of bales—
Imports unmanufactured
bales
Machinery, activity of spindles:
Activity spindles
- thousands .
Activity per spindle.
hours—
Total activity
mill, of hours __
Per cent of capacity
per cent..
Prices:
To producer .
dolls, per lb—
In New York, middling
dolls, per lb_.
Production, crop estimate
thous. of bales-Receipts into sight
thous. of bales
Stocks, domestic, end of month:
Mills
_ -thous. of bales. .
Warehouses
thous. of bales
Total, mills and warehouses
-- ..thous. of bales ..
Total, mills and warehouses
rel. to 1923-25
Stocks, world visible, end of month:
American
thous. of bales—
Total
thous. of bales
488, 655
95.2
450, 018
87.7
927
36, 512
16, 596
10, 128
970
37, 272
24, 818
217
6,955
90.1
25, 190
204
6,567
92.5
.062
.068
.058
.068
25,014
192
6, 214 I
84.5
.056
.066
2
336
18,928
392
22, 948
870
918
1,546
.055
.063
16, 918
1,819
3,035
4,082
1,623
333
277
2107
363
»453
1, 566
8, 767
1, 633
9, 511
1,637
10, 032
1,631
10, 426
1,441
10, 696
1,116
9,450
776
6,297
840
4,426
996
4,524
1, 131
4,971
1,258
5,490
1,371
6,033
1,478
6,658
10,333
11,144
11,669
12, 056
12,137
10, 566
7,072
5,266
5, 520
6,102
6,748
7,404
8,136
274. 8
296. 4
320.6
322.8
281.0
188.1
140.1
146.8
162.3
179.5
196.9
216.4
7, 687
9,623
8, 268
10,166
8, 572
10,398
8,403
10, 193
8,346
10, 191
7,299
9,184
5, 275
7,113
4,498
6,435
4,775
6,899
5, 236
7,572
5,861
8, 346
6,302
8,883
6,82(5
9,332
70, 341
66,464 !
55, 791
76,981
59, 501
81, 606
63,014
78, 027
65,983
71,615
<As of D ec. 1.
56, 153
74, 662
57,412
77, 335
67, 704
74,436
86,612
72,973
87, 318
65, 145
310.3 i
4
347
Cotton Finishing
Printed only (mills and outside) :
Production
thous. of yds—
Stocks, end of month
—thous. of yds—
93, 145
89, 286
86,429 i 73,337
* Revised.
70, 138
76, 245
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
43
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1933
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
Febru- January Decem- [ Novem- October Septem- August
ary
ber
ber
ber
March
July
June
May
March
April
|
I
TEXTILES— Continued
i
!
Cotton finishing— Continued
White, dyed, and printed (outside mills):
Billings, finished goode
thous. of yds—
New orders, gray yardage thous. of yds..
Per cent of capacity...
_.per cent..
Shipments, finished goods
._ .cases. .
S locks, finished goods, end of
month
cases 1
Unfilled orders, end of month
days..
Abrasive cloth. (See paper products.)
!
61,919
53, 615
58
32, 173
55, 412
44, 407
59, 119
51, 529
59 !
47
31,410
27, 495
48, 029
40, 028
41
27, 290
18, 876
17, 855
2.7
18, 837
2.2
3,925
35, 610
3,959
30, 840
245,582
244, 342
258, 744
239, 654
40, 516
38, 304
43
22, 828
48, 237
44, 515
48
26, 811
49, 252
45, 782
49
27, 207
44, 982
44, 372
48
24, 483
45, 831
45, 233
47
24, 916
51,577
41, 119
45
27, 221
52, 537
45, 937
51
30, 109
60, 590
50, 394
52
31, 176
61, 803
57, 872
58
35, 334
20, 175
1.6
18, 887
1.6
18, 321
1.5
17, 467
1.6
18, 095
1.7
16, 404
1.5
16,433
1.5
17, 141
1.9
16, 677
2.7
17,641
2.7
2,513
28, 007
4, 026
30, 759
2,551
27, 210
1,958
29, 897
2, 185
25, 599
1,692
30, 309
4, 326
35, 272
3,937
34, 370
3,920
30, 961
2,810
30,776
2, 530
33, 392
338, 010
232, 707
268, 899
254, 056
204,916
254, 692
237, 834
290, 248
224, 207
231,446
213. 889
273, 390
333, 679
227, 116
216,207
255, 833
287, 708
272, 118
278, 049
244, 924
167, 555
209, 050
227, 644
250, 855
158, 353
192, 545
211. 331
269, 449
355, 902
260, 163
273, 871
288, 235
160,029
225, 392
205, 603
301, 943
137, 749
225, 955
217, 582
282, 154
295, 334
271, 638
317, 185
273, 781
278, 163 377, 9H8 391,150
294, 118
1,199
373, 951
1, 363
Cotton Goods
Cotton cloth:
Imports.....
thous. of sq. yds—
Exports..
-.thous. of sq. yds..
Cotton textiles:*
New orders
thous of vds
Production
thous of vds
Shipments..thous. of yds..
Stocks, end of month
-thous .of yds..
Unfilled orders, end of
month
thous. of yds..
Elastic webbing shipments thous of dolls
Fabric for tire manufacture,
consumption
— —thous. of Ibs .'
Prices:
Print cloth 64 x 60
dolls, per yd..
Sheeting, brown
dolls, per yd—
Cotton goods (Fairchild)-rel. to 1911-13..
165. 850
285, 252
265, 675
259, 231
.038
.044
86
2
827
807
322, 039
654
354, 957
715
344, 639
969
227, 167
1, 031
217, 508
969
277, 597
1,015
330, 575
1,018
248, 544
1,124
12, 518
12, 156
7,981
8,361
9,263
9,585
11,745
15, 140
17, 085
18, 010
.039
.043
86
.036
.042
85
.034
.044
85
.036
.047
87
.038
.046
91
.041
.050
95
,043
.052
100
.049
.056
111
.048
.054
112
.050
.058
115
.053
.059
119
.055
.059
121
9, 411
12,009
11,518
11,350
9,349
10, 861
11,574
9,832
14, 703
9,461
10, 858
9,382
10, 295
10, 023
11,800
10, 181
10, 067
11,195
13, 377
11,212
11,081
12, 240
11,536
12, 537
32, 030
31, 791
31,506
32, 519
32, 943
29, 819
31,351
32, 951
34, 017
34, 914
38, 825
40, 979
.180
.285
.175
.290
.181
.295
.192
.312
.189
.315
.201
.326
.212
.336
.225
.352
.215
.352
.223
.353
.231
.369
.240
.382
6,432
6,463
7,944
5,626
8,228
5,621
4,810
9,012
5, 577
13, 662
10, 389
13, 383
11,368
6,960
10, 169
9,215
6,400
8,575
7,901
6,757
8,239
1,725
1,792
1,627
1,619
1,605
1,492
1,471
1,826
1,496
2,257
1,817
2,306
1,932
1,845
1,912
2,002
1, 901
2,112
2,459
1,945
2, 375
15, 244 '
14, 041
Cotton Yarn
Carded sales yarn:
Production
-thous. of Ibs. . 8,646
Stocks, end of month
thous. of Ibs.. 12,436
Unfilled orders, end of month
_.thous. of Ibs — 31,394
Prices:
22/1 cones, Boston
dolls, perlb.181
40/1 s southern spinning
dolls, per lb—
.284
Floor Covering
Felt base:
New orders
thous. of sq. yds..
Production
thous. of sq. yds—
Shipments
thous. of sq. yds—
Linoleum:
New orders
thous. of sq. yds..
Production
thous. of sq. yds..
Shipments
.thous. of sq. yds
-
-
Fur
Sales by dealers
thous. of dolls
1,644
2,651
3,760
6,609
5,465
6,033
4,474
5,324
5,615
6,693
Pyroxylin- Coated Textiles
Pyroxylin spread
Shipments. .
Unfilled orders end of
month
.
thous. of Ibs
thous. of linear yds. .
2,549
2,271
2,408
2,239
2,121
1,956
2, 083
1,902
1, 759
1,709
2,333
2,184
2,822
2,419
2,667
2,411
2,621
2,375
4,001
2,814
4,060
3,186
4,273
3,301
4,081
3,394
thous. of linear yds.
2,660
2,327
2,175
1,789
1,986
2,180
2,401
2,751
2,615
2, 656
2,810
2,962
3,358
Rayon
Imports
thous. of lbs_
Price, 150 denier, "A" grade,
New York
.. . _
..dolls, per lb..
76
32
21
91
71
107
239
299
276
202
225
295
439
.75
.75
.75
.75
. 75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
Deliveries (consumption)
— bales. . 46, 761
Imports, raw
_
._ _. thous. of Ibs
5,673
Prices:
Raw, Japanese 13-15, New
York
dolls, per lb
1.617
Silk goods, composite
dolls, per yd..
Silk machinery activity:
Broad looms
p. ct. of normal
60.2
Narrow looms
— p. ct. of normal ._
47.2
Spinning spindles
p. ct. of normal. . 41.5
Stocks, end of month:
At warehouses
. .. —
.bales
62, 675
A t manufacturing plants
bales. . 27, 157
45,909
6,503
58, 793
7,020
48, 432
8,861
50, 645
9,639
56, 668
9,524
53, 819
7,331
46, 454
7,167
44, 746
6,724
42, 161
6,409
45, 073
6,520
41, 356
4,823
55, 383
7,725
1.891
.94
1.953
.96
1.970
.96
2. 315
.98
2.266
.98
2.315
.98
2.512
.98
2.364
.98
2.463
.99
2.266
.99
2.266
.99
2. 561
.99
73.5
44.6
46.1
88.9
41.0
50.0
83.9
42.4
56.4
93.0
38.0
56.4
90.5
48.3
53.4
79.4
38.2
48.7
76.4
35.3
44.6
75.6
43.9
42.8
76.3
42.5
49.5
90.9
44.6
51.8
93.8
44.2
58.6
70, 570
20, 510
62, 905
25, 180
36,099
20, 044
41,878
21, 122
29, 921
16,990
37, 352
18, 706
32, 688
18, 206
35, 497
20, 425
47, 407
22, 231
53, 886
113.7 !
45, 805
96. 7
52, 199
110.2
47, 710
100.7
40, 373
85.2
12, 987
16, 868
14, 108
21,258
15, 348
115
107
97
82
76
Silk
Wool
89.4 !
41.8 !
51.7 j
69,460 ! 67, 275
24,651 i 23, 435
49,921
23, 176 |
!
Consumption at textile mills,
grease equivalent
thous. of Ibs-.j
31,025 ; 35,424
34, 426
34, 253
42, 990
51, 140
47,548
Consumption at textile mills rel to 1923-25
72.7
72.3
66.7 j
74.8
90.7
107.9
100.4
Imports:
As imported
thous. of Ibs.J 6,422
12, 556
10, 536
9, 890
13,463 i 11,677
6, 977
9, 679
Machinery activity, hourly:
Combs
p. ct. of hours active !
52
69
65
76
74
109
86
115
Looms —
Carpet and rugs.p. ct. of hours active-31
30
28
26 :
30
38 !
40
38
Narrow.
p. ct. of hours active. !
22
26
25
26 '•
31
39 !
44
45
Wide
p ct of hours active i
48
51
61
44
45
49 '•
63
70
Set of cards
p. ct. of hours active. .
45
54
50
40 |
53 ;
65
48
61
Spinning spindles—
:
Woolen . - p. ct. of hours active
45
52
58
39 !
53
63
46
66
Worsted
p. ct. of hours active. .
37
51
53
49 ;
49 i
51
70 i
78
1
Months of March, June, September, and December contain 5 weeks other months 4 weeks.
38 1
43 !
64
64
40
46
61 |
60
46
45
58 i
60
44
42
54
57
44
34
59
66
64 i
S3 !
61
73 I
60
55
57
57
57
2
Revised.
44
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
TEXTILES— Continued
PricesWool— Continued
Raw, territory, fine, scoured.dolls.
per lb._
Raw, Ohio and Penn. fleeces, 1A blood,
combing, grease
dolls, per lb._
Suiting 13-oz
- dolls, per lb_.
Women's dress goods, French
serge, 54-in. at factory
dolls, per yd._
Worsted yarns
dolls, per l b _ _
Receipts at Boston:
Domestic - _.
thous. of lbs._
Foreign
thous. of lbs_.
Total
thous. of lbs._
TOBACCO
Unmanufactured:
Production, crop estimate, -.mills, of lbs__
Exports leaf
thous. of lbs-_
StocksChewing, smoking, snuff, and export
types, quarterly
mills, of lbs__
Cigar types, quarterly . thous. of lbs_Total, including imported
types, quarterly
mills, of lbs_.
Manufactured products:
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals)—
Large cigars
thousands _ _
Small cigarettes .
millions-Manufactured tobacco
and snuff
thous. of lbs._
Production index (Fed.
Res. Bd.)
zel. to 1923-25..
Exports cigarettes
- - thousands. _
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTION
Buttons
Fresh-water pearl buttons:
Production, ratio to capacity
per cent..
Stocks, end of month ...thous. of gross_.
Imports:
ButtonsProduct of Philippines. thous. of gross. .
All other
thous. of gross __
Shells—
Mother-of-pearl
thous. of lbs_.
All other
thous. of Ibs _
Tagua nuts
-- -thous. of lbs_.
1932
1931
Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber
Febru- January
ary
March
July
June
May
April
March
0.52
0.57
0.58
0.58
0.58
0.58
0.62
0.63
0.62
0.62
0.63
0.65
0.66
.19
1.400
.21
1.400
.21
1 400
.21
1.400
.21
1.400
.21
1.400
.22
1.400
.23
1 490
.21
1 494
.20
1 494
.20
1 494
.22
1 494
.22
1.543
.900
.88
.900
.90
.900
.93
.925
.93
.925
.95
.925
.95
.925
.95
.925
1 00
.925
1 00
.925
1 00
.925
1 00
.968
1 00
1.050
1.00
3,758
2,036
5,794
5,131
2, 996
8,127
4,928
6,307
11, 235
5,350
2,227
7,577
6, 163
863
7,026
6,567
3,061
9,628
16, 595
2, 112
18, 707
34, 445
2 405
36, 850
76,046
3 335
79, 381
53, 779
2 964
56, 743
26, 151
4 190
30, 341
10, 376
7 399
17, 775
8.215
5.064
13, 279
29, 437
31, 218
25 047
* 1,610
56 585
58 386
49 170
44 826
23 113
20 574
38 737
48 911
45 006
39,908
3
3 1, 612
321, 305
3 1,419
3 342, 025
3 1, 453
3370 142
3 2, 013
3 1, 841
3 1, 915
3
3 1, 698
354, 184
3fc2, 151
355, 382
8,447
347, 729
7,680
342, 924
8,963
304 531
7,295
477, 458
7,850
534, 371
8,956
449, 330
9,695
463 256
9,520
478 901
10 700
517 514
11 508
467 300
10 448
459 982
9,471
440, 472
9,802
31, 444
29, 417
30 883
25, 813
27, 935
34, 139
33, 278
31 558
30 661
31 086
30 780
30 781
31,049
109
211,210
114
232, 348
121
190 823
113
240 727
113
228, 793
111
191, 385
118
257, 854
118
254 049
121
243 233
132
244 201
135
250 858
132
241 703
131
324, 808
40.7
8,664
44.0
8,812
32.4
8, 518
43.0
8,794
42.3
8,629
46.9
8,640
42.9
8,583
45.0
8,689
31.3
8,803
45.0
9 252
44.7
9 224
45.2
9,408
47.5
9,518
68
38
73
24
73
14
52
0
76
10
50
11
62
5
95
6
68
10
118
446
61
11
55
94
2
506
59
911
606
53
843
600
1 133
2,117
416
69
2,044
563
498
1,500
445
479
2,025
451
83
2,014
399
467
1 527
256
134
2 025
202
527
1 999
272
43
901
395
48
1,720
289
95
592
136
87
96
113
125
157
121
101
110
146
148
120
79
14.45
14 95
14 97
14 97
14 96
14.97
14.93
14 73
14 59
14 31
14 19
14 39
14.85
12. 202
5, 700
12, 608
4,745
45
21
2
FUELS
Coal
Anthracite:
Exports
thous. of long tons- _
PricesRetail, composite, chestnut
dolls, per short ton..
Wholesale, composite, chestnut
..dolls, per long ton-Production
thous. of short tons
Stocks, end of month, in yards
of dealers
no. of days' supply
Bituminous:
Consumption —
By coke plantsCanada
thous. of short tons_United States
thous. of short tons
By electric power
plants
thous. of short tons _
By railroads
thous. of short tons_, By vessels clearing
ports
thous. of long tons _
Exports
. thous. of long tons PricesMine average (spot)
dolls, per short ton Prepared sizes (composite) dolls, per net ton ,
Retail, composite-dolls, per short tcn__
Wholesale, composite
..-dolls, per short ton^.
Production —
Canada
thous. of short tons United States
thous. of short tons_.
Production indev
rel to 1 923-25
Stocks, end of month, held
by consumers thous. of short tons..
Coke
Exports
thous. of long tons Price, furnace, Connellsville
dolls, per short ton..
Production:
Canada
tbous of short tons
United StatesBeehive . . . .thous. of short tons. .
By-products
thous. of short tons.
Asphalt:
Petroleum
Imports
thous of short tons
Product' on
thous of short tons
Stocks, end of month.. thous. of short tons..
2
Revised.
12, 396
4,786
13. 170
4 019
13. 170
3,897
13. 166
4, 671
13. 083
4, 141
54
3,158
13. 083
4, 358
60
75
12. 796
4 314
12.614
3 954
12.413
4 544
75
60
193
213
229
230
247
4,682
4,902
12. 270
5 005
192
203
197
198
191
179
186
3 018
3, 172
3,354
3,442
3,616
3, 459
3 634
3 795
4 027
4 629
2,618
22,875
5, 234
3, 116
5,314
3,222
5,290
3, 454
5,776
3,280
5,268
3, 233
5, 419
3, 168
5,463
2 954
5,314
2,953
5,821
2,963
5,88,5
3,410
6, 414
122
386
93
389
99
521
134
1, 150
183
1,078
163
1, 163
165
1,217
186
1,087
209
994
195
926
168
671
136
665
1 62
1 58
1 58
1 56
1 60
1 64
1.69
403
13. 083
6,551
2
3,798
8.01
3.929
8. J4
3. 953
8. 17
3. 950
8. 19
3.962
3.954
8.22
3. 954
8. 17
3.907
8.11
3.856
8.09
3 816
8.00
3.838
8.04
3.845
8.46
4.001
8.71
3,692
3.701
3. 699
3.701
3.705
3.703
3.705
3.704
3.706
3.692
3.723
3.760
3.791
32, 320
70
1,188
28, 013
63
1, 153
27, 892
58
1, 194
30, 260
64
30,110
67
1,204
35, 700
71
1,005
31,919
70
760
30, 534
70
826
29, 790
74
888
29, 185
74
902
28,314
75
888
28, 478
77
1,028
33, 870
76
36, 100
34, 500
30, 900
30, 100
26, 900
29,500
35, 500
42
29
22
28
41
50
52
87
50
45
86
43
54
2.25
2.25
22.30
2.34
2.38
2.45
2.45
2.45
2.45
2.45
2.48
2.50
2.50
144
151
147
144
140
126
132
139
155
169
169
179
87
2, 089
86
1,996
88
2,101
82
2,234
98
2,276
105
2, 3H9
2,310
70
2,443
76
2, 589
87
2, 715
94
3,126
109
3,146
149
3,256
2
1
130
313
12
326
340
14
312
332
g
304
380
7
248
360
7
190
354
1
1
0
0
0
131
132
210
314
308
302
299
299
Quarter ending in month indicated*
4
10
314
315
349
393
« As of Dec. 1.
45
SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data, for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1933
1931
Febru- January Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ary
ber
ber
ber
March
July
June
May
April
March
FUELS-Continued
Petroleum— Continued
Coke:
Production.
. thous. of short tons
Stocks, end of month. thous. of short tons
Crude petroleum:
Consumption (run to stills) thous. of bbls
Imports
thous. of bbls__
Oil wells completed
number
Price, Kansas-0klahoma--_dolls. per bbl_.
Production
thous. of bbls..
Production index
rel. to 1923-25
Refinery operations __p. ct. of capacity
Stocks, end of monthCalifornia —
Heavy
thous. of bbls..
Light
thous. of bbls..
East of CaliforniaRefineries
thous. of bbls..
Tank farms and pipe
lines
- thous. of bbls
Total
thous of bbls
Mexico —
Production
thous. of bbls
Exports
thous. of bbls..
Venezuela—
Exports
..
. thous. of bbls..
Production
thous of bbls
Gas and fuel oils:
Consumption —
B v electric powder plants thous. of bbls By railroads
thous. of bbls__
By vessels
thous. of bbls
Price, Oklahoma 24-26,
refineries
dolls, per bbl__
Production
thous. of bbls
Stocks at refineries at end of
month
thous. of bbls..
Gasoline:
Consumption
._
thous. of bbls. .
Exports
thous. of bbls._
Exports
__ thous. of dolls. .
Prices, wholesale, New York. dolls per gal..
Prices, retail, filling station,
50 cities
.
dolls, per gal..
ProductionNatural gas (at plants) thous. of bbls
Raw (at refineries)
thous. of bbls...
Retail distribution—41 Statesjmills.of gals._
Stock, end of monthNatural gas (at plant) .thous. of bbls..
Raw (at refineries)
thous. of bbls..
Kerosene:
Consumption
thous. of bbls
Exports
thous. of bbls
Price, 150° water white
dolls, per gal._
Production
thous. of bbls
Stocks at refineries, end of
month
...thous. of bbls._
Lubricating oil:
Consumption
thous. of bbls..
Price cylinder oil
dolls per gal
Production
.thous. of bbls..
Stocks at refineries, end of
month
thous. of bbls
Wax:
Production _
thous. of Ibs
Stocks, end of month
thous. of Ibs
0.710
109"
1,440
141
145
1, 460
168
1 512
168
1,439
159
1,393
180
1,516
178
1,451
173
1,391
180
1 315
178
1,250
168
1,158
170
1,089
63, 814
4,708
575
.710
62,2 484
109
60
68, 715
2,047
643
.710
66, 884
113
60
7? 721
4,315
744
.710
73, 174
121
64
71 639
3,604
874
.710
72, 851
122
64
76, 083
4,106
705
.560
73, 079
116
65
75 094
3,426
445
.560
63, 636
102
66
80 672
2,702
441
.434
68, 418
107
69
79 758
3,588
599
.238
77, 961
122
68
76 187
3,978
643
.300
75,116
122
67
78, 521
4, 512
498
.530
77, 164
122
67
74, 761
4,162
519
.530
73, 101
121
67
73, 651
3,715
383
.594
69, 397
112
64
92, 809
42, 311
93, 033
42, 421
93, 274
42, 114
93, 673
41, 777
93, 493
41, 519
93, 961
41,888
94, 633
42, 300
94, 587
43, 625
95, 362
43, 930
96, 341
44, 540
96, 972
44, 003
96, 635
43, 907
38, 085
36, 594
36, 546
36, 566
36, 705
38, 358
39, 021
41, 007
41, 734
41,819
41,413
40, 786
282, 492
320 577
283, 607
320 201
286 020
322 566
284 222
320 788
283 201
319 906
284 840
323 198
294, 831
333 852
305, 009
346 016
305, 876
347 610
306, 287
348 106
308, 752
350, 165
310, 377
351, 163
2 654
1,833
2 350
1,409
2 359
1,553
2,628
1,864
2,841
1,488
3, 129
2,183
2,960
2,716
3,080
2,808
2,761
2,392
2,819
1,528
9,949
9 998
8,546
8 994
9 087
9 589
9 101
9 922
8 984
9 535
9 639
9 440
9,420
9 412
9,274
9 796
9,401
9 913
8,561
9 181
9,049
9,515
8,586
9,263
10, 362
10, 283
615
2
664
2,965
3 031
2
784
2,899
3 447
721
3,344
3 060
707
3,554
3 643
692
3,236
3,095
726
3, 286
3,442
712
3,567
3,839
622
3, 440
4,053
541
3,608
4,286
552
3,536
4,043
643
3,644
3,667
.335
23, 587
.325
25 530
.338
27 187
.350
27 108
.338
28, 265
.319
27, 639
.280
29, 129
.294
28, 801
.385
28, 406
.463
28, 952
.488
29, 733
.510
29, 505
36, 631
39, 927
42, 582
45, 434
44, 883
45, 334
44, 480
41, 339
38, 591
36, 579
33, 854
32,105
33, 957
3,988
10, 705
.133
30, 780
2,841
8,426
.133
3, 136~
25, 508
2,721
7 033
.123
2,901
6,344
.135
26 845
3,300
7 600
.123
30 529
2, 533
5 898
.128
3 148
3 342
31, 265 2 33, 007
790
3 476
35, 563
880
. 129
2
875
809
2 46, 923 241,782
876
.044
167~
2
35, 051
3,325
7,180
.143
30, 640
3, 710
8. 300
.143
36, 670
3,074
7,178
.143
39, 470
4,036
8,758
.133
39, 246
4,166
9,007
.133
38, 637
3,093
7,234
.133
35, 999
4,792
12, 540
.133
.129
.123
.123
.122
.124
.125
.122
.124
.137
3 405
35, 792
957
3, 345
38, 030
1,059
3,062
37,016
1,082
3,179
38, 425
1,219
3,521
37, 873
1,214
3,521
36, 624
1,137
3,814
38,419
1,08-
3,824
36, 151
2978
4,048
34,688
2888
1,006
860
996
614
722
855
524
34, 615 2 33, 401 2 34, 878 2 38, 174 2 42, 066 2 46, 413 2 47, 601
884
247,888
641
645
40, 202 2 36, 786
3
2? 798
734
.045
3 200
2 612
I 184
.046
3 798
3 358
.044
3 713
2 906
1 206
.041
3 815
3 042
1 267
.039
3 701
2 341
1,057
.039
3 239
2 678
1,131
.038
3 685
2,114
1,214
.038
3,696
2,104
720
.042
3,404
2,395
1,145
.045
3,389
2,804
753
.048
3,397
2,691
1,151
.051
3,676
4,971
5,304
5,332
5,618
5,924
6,558
6,734
6,869
6,521
5,960
6,129
6,300
1,753
134
2,306
1,969
110
2,337
1,615
.112
2,088
1,865
.118
2,264
1,850
.125
2,316
1,950
.134
2,293
9 289
9,597
9,763
10, 119
10, 463
10, 710
35, 840
205, 803
33, 040
205, 105
37, 520
208, 620
1, 050
161
1,947
1,512
153
2,092
1,366
164
2,049
1,211
181
2,164
1,639
200
2,267
1,549
198
2,143
9 777
9 478
9 511
9 422
9 113
9 224
48 440
188 688
43 680
188*476
45 360
180 843
46 760
183 938
46,200
189 167
42,000
191, 158
37, 520
198, 198
37, 800
1, 98407
34, 160
200, 836
1,469
11, 622
1,781
249
1 138
7, 641
678
155
1 626
11,073
942
266
1,882
14, 007
1,311
564
1,911
14, 234
1,469
631
1,603
11, 967
1,604
397
1,316
10, 008
1,304
295
1,613
12, 314
1,393
515
2,191
16, 692
1,886
682
2.375
16, 959
1,886
742
2,421
17, 173
1,632
749
2,203
16, 002
1,418
651
665
232
128
2,592
210
2,326
132
693
37
53
105
51
239
198
262
31
513
182
222
1,424
203
1 326
78
388
167
38
97
14
255
186
215
57
593
283
309
2,238
198
2 020
45
708
381
56
139
29
322
235
186
132
676
399
342
2,729
251
2,685
32
984
378
72
124
116
404
308
217
186
619
444
334
2,665
237
2,634
42
1,231
246
91
167
123
374
313
232
149
547
354
328
2,277
187
2,001
41
842
90
50
98
88
463
174
305
95
428
180
378
2,210
180
1,805
28
453
77
55
88
45
422
114
317
41
422
531
426
2,658
253
1,904
59
630
159
102
170
88
445
141
291
98
486
481
553
3,221
294
2,408
121
1,324
391
190
252
184
526
128
315
208
479
412
387
3,417
274
2,419
196
1,462
308
167
247
216
458
116
294
209
542
494
301
3,552
319
2,665
210
1,536
168
191
216
232
471
209
274
206
507
436
304
3,421
294
3,098
266
1,269
123
160
198
111
348
246
276
169
702
73
193
342
327
63. 557
350
176
271
317
331
67. 762
470
168
509
416
427
77. 005
806
118
410
334
562
81. 891
889
117
434
231
560
87, 803
963
201
240
171
450
77, 208
683
245
160
172
328
67, 169
783
334
180
321
414
66, 877
1,091
522
366
615
451
79, 772
1,261
438
345
711
529
88, 443
1, 246
309
380
769
502
88,737
1,102
166
354
577
510
90, 244
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT
Advertising
Magazine advertising _
thous. lines
1,677
Magazine advertising, total
thous. dolls.. 12, 253
Automotive industry
thous. dolls.. 1,382
Building materials
thous dolls
370
Cigars, cigarettes, and to560
bacco
thous. dolls ..
284
Clothing and dry goods
thous. dolls..
197
Confectionery
thous. dolls
Drugs and toilet goods
.thous. dolls.. 3,043
Financial
thous. dolls. .
206
Foods
thous. dolls
2,332
Garden
thous. dolls
145
House furnishings
thous dolls
934
Jewelry _
thous. dolls
87
Machinery
thous. dolls
65
Office equipment
thous. dolls ..
120
Paints and hardware
thous. dolls..
81
Petroleum products
thous. dolls . .
256
Radios
thous. dolls
165
Schools
..thous. dolls..
185
Shoes
thous. dolls..
65
Soaps and housekeepers'
supplies
thous dolls
741
Sporting goods
thous. dolls..
111
Stationery and books
thous. dolls. _
228
Travel and amusement
thous. dolls..
329
Miscellaneous
thous. dolls. .
367
Newspaper advertising. _.
thous. lines.J 72.043
2
Revised.
46
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT- Con.
Advertising— Continued
Radio broadcasting, total cost., .thous. dolls..
Automotive industry
thous. dolls..
Building materials
thous. dolls..
Cigars, cigarettes, and tobacco
„ ._ __-.thous. dolls.Clothing and dry goods
thous. dolls..
Confectionery...
. thous. dolls
Drugs and toilet goods
.thous. dolls ..
Financial
thous dolls
Foods
.-thous. dolls
House furnishings
thous. dolls..
Jcwelry ....
thous dolls
Machinery
thous dolls
Paints and hardware
.thous. dolls ..
Petroleum products
thous. dolls
Radios
thous. dolls —
Shoes, trunks, and bags
thous, dolls..
Soaps and housekeepers' supplies
.thous. dolls..
Sporting goods
thous dolls
Stationery and publishers
thous. dolls..
Travel and hotels
thous. dolls..
Miscellaneous . .
thous. dolls
Agricultural Products (Marketing)
Agricultural, total..
rel. to 1923-25..
Animal products:
Dairy products .
rel. to 1923-25
Fish
.
rol. to 1923-25..
Livestock
rel. to 1923-25
Poultrv and eggs
rel to 1923-25
Wool...
...rel. to 1923-25,.
Total
rel. to 1923-25—
Crops:
Cotton
rel. to 1923-25. _
Fruits
„_
rel. to 1923-25-.
Grains.
rel to 1923-25
Vegetables...
.
.rel. to 1923-25
Total...
....rel. to 1923-25..
Collections
Delinquent accounts, electrical trade:
Amount
dollars
Delinquent
firms
-.number-Forest Products (Marketing)
Distilled wood.
rel. to 1923-25
Guin
rel to 1923-25
Lumber
.
rel. to 1923-25
Pulpwood
.
rel to 1923-25
Total
rel. to 1923-25
Postal Business
Air mail, weight dispatched
pounds..
Money orders:
Domestic, issued (50 cities)—
Quantity ...
. _
thousands
Value .
thous of dolls
Domestic, paid (50 cities)—
Quantity
__ thousands
Value _
thous of dolls
Foreign, issued
thous of dolls
Postal receipts:
Total index...
rel. to 1923-25..
50 selected cities
.thous. of dolls..
50 industrial cities
thous. of dolls
Retail Sales
Department store sales, value of:
United States, adjusted.. ..rel. to 1923-25..
United States, unadjusted- rel. to 1923-25..
Department store stocks, end of month:
United States, adjusted— .rel. to 1923-25..
United States, unadjusted .rel. to 1923-25..
Installment sales in New England
dept. stores, ratio to total sales
per cent
Mail-order houses:
Total sales, 2 houses
thous. of dolls..
Total sales, 2 houses
rel. to 1923-25
Sears, Roebuck & Co
thous. of dolls..
Montgomery Ward & Co .thous. of dolls..
Restaurant chains:
Childs Co.—
Sales
thous. of dolls..
Stores operated
..number..
J. R. Thomspon Co.—
Sales.
thous. of dolls..
Stores operated
number
Waldorf System (Inc.)—
Sales
..thous. of dolls..
Stores operated..
number..
Total sales, 3 chainsTotal
tbous. of dollsStores operated
number
Grocery chains:
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.—
Total sales
._ __ thous. of dolls
Weeks in month. .....
number _
Weekly average
thous. of dolls..
Tonnage sales .
.
tons
Weekly average
tons. .
4
Revised.
1
1932
1931
l_ .
..
Febru- | January , Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ary
| ber
ber
March
July
!
May | April
June
March
i
4,301 :
234 |
3
732
76
169
1,018
128
1,178
62
16
71
82
154
31
67
3, 891
231
0
75
12
25
2. 764
89
32
2, 835
99
19
3,036
91
30
476
44
112
452
126
748
44
8
39
72
89
84
95
425
68
100
463
136
762
71
18
72
74
95
104
131
129
29
86
22 i
62
110
37
107
27
115
57
89
22
124
72
90
18
51
<
:
1
126
13
138
3
89
122
16
120
2
90
122
13
130
2
97
129
24
118
2
79
153
33
84
2
78
146
34
92
2
84
88.9
96.5
152. 4
207. 1
116.6
84.9
103.2
61.4
103.2 .
88. 7
89.3
77 8
37.1
91.5!
99.7
79.7
89 9
136 6
40.3
97.2
94.9
117.2
96.2
117 2
46. 5
97.5
92.6
140.5
104.2
75 4
49.5
96.6
90.5
160.1
88.3
88.4
125.1
91.5
96.3
189.3
82.5
88 0
259.6
94.3
123. 6
161. 2
72. 6
88 6
573. 2
105.2
156, 6
144. 5
77. 9
115 6
405. 4
118.0
130.9
138.5
80.2
125.6
197.1
106. 7
67.7
46 0
82.3
88.6
97.2
62.9
41 7
70 5
96.4
274.9
96.8 i
65 9 !
79.1
158 8
366.7
191. 1
84 0
131.9
219.2
152.1
129.2
79.8
103.2
119.3
29.2
154.6
130.0
64.1
83. 9
22.6
139.3
182 9
103.4
103. 0
9.1
88.8
68. 6
165.8
55. 2
28.3
102.2
69.0
135.6
62. 0
93 376 ' 82 819
938
911 |
95 161
996
73 165 ' 95 414
987
877
78, 534
786
70 681
780
:
99
0
93
2
86
68.0
77.3
68.6
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111.2
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83
8
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489
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107 !
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141
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59
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2
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163
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38
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453
112
730
39
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412
51
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465
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93
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67.3
113.1
174.3
82.6
137.0
78.2
101. 2
102. 9
169. 4
79. 6
121.8
61.9
94.0
29.8
70.6 :
63.9 i
93.3
53. 1
38.6
75.1
80.0
104. 3
64.4
91,332 1 112,843
941 , 1,258 i
138, 592
1,228
!
i
1
;
i
93,619 i
1,215
98 621 111, 183
933 i
948
;
48.6
29.6 1
49.8
106 8
54.5
3
2
2
2
43
24
46
94
50
3
1
5
6
3
<
i
i
i
634, 284
30.4
26 1
* 45. 9
2
107 9
49. 5
33
90
45
93
50
5
4
8
6
9
669,077
827, 530
30.0
114 0
60 4
82 1
63 1
22.1
111 9
66 6
56 1
57 6
17.2
141 5
63 2
63 5
64 3
20.4
186 7
61.1
76 1
64 6
27.5
189. 5
62.1
93 9
67. 2
720,301 ; 836, 603
796, 703
804,455
779, 105
781, 419
3,749
37 801
3,379
33 800
3, 3G8
33 370
10, 521
86 759
4 027
9,124
74 679
4 496
9,074
71,622
3 958
107.4
28, 618
3 150
98.8
26, 335
2 897
31
97
52
90
56
4
2 ^
7
9 i!
7
34. 7
136.5
62. 8 i
105.6 '
66. 7 i
44. 6
98.3
59. 1 ;
112.5
63. 6
68.9
39 7
55. 4
100.5
59. 3
750,960
750,638
724, Ci7
3,501
34 224
3,729 2 3, 615
36 315 2 34, 535
3, 766
36, 006
4.015
37, 250
9, 930
76 365
4 412
10, 734
79,311
4,348
92.9
88.8
23,389 : 24, 578
2.869 • 2, 903
'
99.4
26, 442
2, 957
|
3, 906
35, 144
3,656 i
34 142
3, 691
35 494
4,125
39 329
3,600
35 458
10, 164
80, 211
9,271
73 463
i
9, 795
78, 149
3, 500
11, 509
91 567
8 140
9 751
81 318
3 971
100. 3
90.9 !
26, 677
24, 061 i
2,985 | 2 832 ;
95.4
25, 312
2, 911
132. 0
34, 966
4,068
95.2
25,355
2 809
!
;
[
2
2
10, 226 l 10, 902
76,433 i 2 81,95G
4.073
4,442
104.5
27,844
3,047
!
11,132
81,747
5, 014
113.1
30, 178
3, 284
109.9
29,257
3,268
i
;
83
95
86
93
84
87
88
67
91
65
95
90
97
97
87 :
98 |
80
88
81
84
79
76
81 [
75 ;
82
80
S3 i
85 ;
9 1 '•
11 0
89
45,898 : 52, 280
140
160
27,495 ! 30,246
18, 403 | 22, 034
45, 955
141
28,450
17, 505
74
71 i
278 ;
264 |
78 !
67 ':
81
142
70
72 |
73 !
69
75 •
67 ;
78
73
33, 959
104
19, 905
14,054 i
32, 581
100 i
20, 618
11,963
1
31, 975 •
98
19,947 ;
12,028 •
58, 821
180
36, 922
21, 899
1.787 !
108
1.9241
108
2,163
108
1,980
;
1,041
1 15
1,114 i
115
1, 233
116
1, 187
116
1,223 ;
159 :
4,261 ;:
382
4 6
1 , 265 :
161
;
1,181
161
;
;
4, 009 ;
384 •
88,912 '•.l
5
17,782 i
520, 198 :
104,040 '
68,967
4
i
4
67
47
7.0
97
92
83
87
84
87
6.5
50,070 :: 52,078
153
159
31,523 i 31,520
18, 547
20, 558
!
8.4
'
!
i
!
43, 008
132
25, 407
17,601
2,208
107
2,164
108
2,030
108
1,858 '
108
1,847
109
1,957
108
2,059 :
110 '
2, 064
111
;
1,325
115
1,278
117
1,301
117
1,086
117
1,093
117
1,202
116 i
1,175 ;
117 i
1,208
117
1,341
159
1, 252 i
156 :
1,359
156
1,303
156
1,246
154
1,244 !i
165
1.245
162
1,337
162
1,360 1
160
1 , 351
160
4,737
383
4, 419
378 '
4, 892
378
4,745
381
4,577
379 '•
4, 188
391
:
4, 185
388
4,496
386
4,594
387
4, 623
388
;
95 498
74 642
74 411
18, 660
411 883
102,971
18,603
399 779
99, 945
95 528 80,851
5 i
4
19,106
20,213
513 095 454,268
102,619 113.567
102,946
5
20,589
563,223
112,645
91,311
5
17, 465 ! 17,242 ; 18, 262
412, 767 • 395, 428 516, 171
103, 192 1 98,857 i 103, 234
69, 861
11 9
43,004
45, 093
49, 480
132
138
151
29,773
30,261
26,597
16,407 • 15,320 i 19,219
106 !
101
106 ;
74 703
4
18,676
418 762
104, 691
5
19,100
524 743
101949
4
;
82,719
85,160
4
i
4 ;
; 21,290 > 20, 680
435, 292
i 454,479
108. 823
i 113,620
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
47
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1932
March
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT— Con.
Ketail Sales— C ont i niiecl
Chain stores, sales:
F. W. Woolworth & Co.—
21, 255
Sales .
thous. of dolls
1,908
Stores operated _ _
number
F. & W. GrandSales
. _ .thous. of dolls
Stores operated.number
G. C. Murphy Co.—
1, 430
Sales
thous. of dolls
171
Stores operated.number-.
Isaac Silver & Bros.—
Sale**
thous of dolls
Stores operated
number
J. C. Penney Co.—
Sales
..thous. of dolls, . 11,412
1,463
Stores operated _
--number..
McCrory Stores Corp.—
3, 584
Sales
thous. of dolls..
Stores operated
number
MetropolitanSales
thoiiP. of dolls
Stores operated
number
S. H. Kress & Co.—
5, 290
Sales
thous. of dolls..
S. S. Kresge Co.—
Sales
thous. of dolls.. 10, 383
714
Stores operated
. - . .number. _
W. T. Grant Co.—
5,
567
Sales...
thous. of dolls..
Scores operated
number
Five and Ten—chain group:
138
Actual
-. rel. to 1923-25..
116.3
Adjusted for seasonaL.rel. to 1923-25-.
Warehouses
Public merchandising warehouses,
February
18, 793
1,906
1,221
171
' Novem- October SeptemJanuary DecemAugust
ber
ber i
ber
17,991 I
1,902 |
July
; June
21,712 ; 21,079
1,895 ; 1,889
;
2,004
117
1,664
116
1,569 '
169 1
1,549
168
1,588
168
1,329
16fi
594
45
692 ',
45
695
45
723
45
5(J6
45
13,257
12,779
1,456 ; 1,454
14,832
1,453 ,
15,450
1,453
15,380
1,454
12.443
L454
3,240
243 i
3,412
243
3,703
243
3. 381
' 242
702 i
83 ;
713
84
722
91
508
5, 467 <
217 1
5, 469
216
5, 761
216
5, 259
213
12,123
690
12, 590
'688
11,035
684
21, 732
1,902
3,158
123
1, 740
123
2,134
121
1,699
121
1,565
119
1,628
119
1,833
119 i
1,111 !
171 !
2, 961
172
1,578
172
1,715
172
1,490
172
1,519
172
1,475
170
1
1, 145
45
610
45
832
45
607
44
589
45
16, 493
1, 458
17, 968
1,458
14, 577
1,457
3, 469
244
3,881
244
3,260
244
3,214 ;
243
565
643
83
571
83
518
83 i
3,067
2}919
4,274
222
;
83
11,221 i
221 :
5. 587
221
5,706
222
5,295 •
220
March
1,825
118
26, 150
1,906
21, 269 :
1, 450 .
'
6, 882
244
April
21,724
1, 894
22, 005
1, 906
9,288 !
1,460 |
May
23, 830
1, 896
39,713
1,906
9, 586
1,460
4,698
225
1931
!
5, 286
218
3.004
242
658
83 ;
5, 104
218
21,978
24,117
1,889 ! 1,896
9S080
712
8,845
713 j
22, 173
711 !
11, 220
710
12, 498
705
10, 957
703
4,839
406
4,495 <
404 ;
12,111
402
:
6, 485
400
7,423
400
5, 570
386
5, 395
381 ;
5, 227
375
6 289 ',
371
6, 606
367
6,402
364
5. 334
354
121
155. 8
115 i
155.1
279 '
143.5
148
146. 6
169
152.0
142
156. 3
143
160.0
140
148.5
148 !
Id. 7 :
156
168.0
160
167.9
144
158.7
66. 7 I
66.6
65.3
65.7
64.6
63.9
04.7
!
65.8
65.9
66.8
58, 430
54. 218
40, 290 | 46, 911
56, 534
45, 933
49, 909
45, 379
49,894
47,308
50,671
48,379
55,320 >
52,508
60,845
73,457
34, 674
51, 189
56, 2<*6
2 75, 381
204, 904
180, 220
164,822
180,670
203,991
214, 888
235, 881
5,376
4, 140
6, 129
4,925
4, 923
37, 221
13,131
34,548
12, 370
28, 996
8,357
30, 277 \ 33, 420
8,798 | 11,201
36, 202
14, 230
38,913
17,995
111,983
8,802
17, 352
6,158
50, 559
90, 361
7,726
12, 837
3,986
34, 589
74, 567 ! 79, 977 ! 88, 149 !
8, 106
7, 392
8, 688 i
7, 873 ; 8, 286 '• 10, 819 :
3. 239
3, 757
3, 622 1
27,815
32,564 ; 30,915 !
89, 576
10, 121
13, 153
3, 887
34,238
94, 320
11, 329
12, 282
3,884
33, 344
113,838
12,456
19, 195
5,691
39, 706
40, 072
26, 621
40, 941
28, 002
44,328 i 48,018 I 51,247 i 59,581
30,579
32,677
35,030 j 41,664
62, 974
44. 851
63, 068
41, 860
10, 252
3,435
10, 230
3,658
10,770 i 12,945
4, 420 ! 4, 706
15,286
5, 583
16, 467
5,803
15, 139
4, 512
201,385
63, 624
177,382
44, 390
161,494 ; 176.977
25,500 | 28,376
199,225
36,484
210,061
40, 151
231, 081
56, 428
64. 0
!
2 65. 9
10,976
10,722
699 i
696
11,896
694
FOREIGN TRADE
Canadian
Total trade:
Exports
Imports
...thous. of dolls..
..thous. of dolls..
41,019
57,437
37, 019
35, 586
39,063 1
34,115
United States
Exports:
Grand total, including
reexports
thous. of dolls.. 150, 000 153, 925 149,901 183, 578 193,554
By grand divisions2,717
3, 140 ;
Africa, total
thous. of dolls..
3, 598
4,317
Asia and Oceania39, 408
Total
thous of dolls
38,667
43, 660 I 41,227
20, 742
Japan
thous of dolls
16,945 i 18, 445 1 14, 259
Europe74, 038
Total
thous of dolls
71,082
92, 242 ! 100,826
8,800
France
thous of dolls
9,340
8,274
8, 681
Germany-.
thous. of dolls.. -12,058
15, 694
14, 587
-- 11, 004
4,027
Italy
thous of dolls
4,487
4,108
7,076
33, 306
United Kingdom thous of dolls
28,606
46, 280
36, 699
North America—
30, 342
Total
thous of dolls
29,737
38, 550
20, 101
20, 247
Canada
.thous. of dolls..
18,572 ; 19, 777
25, 760
South America7,419
Total
thous of dolls
7,276
9,354
10, 100
2, 207
Argentina
thous of dolls
2,025
3,130
2, 701
By economic classes—
Total domestic exports
only..-.
thous. of dolls.. 151, 779 2151,012 ^146,862 : 180, 663 190, 318
52, 569 249,735 : 68, 299
Crude materials
thous. of dolls. _ 50, 408
68,039
Foodstuffs, crude, and
8,510 2 8, 494
food animals..
thous. of dolls..
13, 754
28,193
9,404
Manufactured food14, 264 ^15,464 . 17, 664
stuffs
thous. of dolls... 13,213
20, 719
Finished manufactures
thous. of dolls. _ 61, 348 2 57, 353 254,646
67,007
66, 948
Semifinished manufactures
-~ thous. of dolls. . 18,300 2 18, 332 218,823
20, 798
20, 656
Agricultural exports (quantities)—
117
111
All commodities
rel to 1910-14
111 ;
137
143
All commodities (except
79
85
cotton)
.
rel. to 1910-14..
114
81
106
Imports:
130, 977 135,203 ' 152,887 149, 480
Grand total
thous. of dolls
By grand divisions—
2,854
\ frica total
thous of dolls
1,575
2,141
2,039 i
Asia and Oceania33, 553
44, 366
Total
thous. of dolls_.
37,846 ; 41, 114
12, 723
14, 150
18, 803
20, 408
Japan.
..thous. of dolls..
Europe—
40,986
41,720
50,
231
49,
306
Total
,
thous. of dolls- 6,415
4,137
4,080 i
France..
thous. of dolls -6,446
8,
274
8,
639
8',
187
Germany
thous. of dolls-5,045
6, 630
6, 519
4,007
Italv
thous. of dolls-5, 954
9, 237
8, 547
7, 728
United Kingdom. .thous. of dolls..
'Revised.
6, 162 |
:
5, 070
34, 660 ;
10,885
187,190
4, 648 \
12,869 :
4, 295 :
182,797
29,070
(
13,967
10, 290 ,
8,626
9,583
25, 349
18, 125
18,075 i 18,306
17,531 ! 18,868
19, 596
23, 381
9,981 I 13,999 ' 11,119 | 10,546
77, 262
83, 189
84, 069
88, 348
97, 625 j 103, 436
110, 602
110, 264
21, 184
21, 389
23,868 i 27,948
27,451 \ 29,891
31, 086
31. 424
139
86
53
63
58 ;
66
68
87
127
92
83
97
86
89
81
86
368,708
170, 384
160,679
174,460
173,455
179,694
185, 706
210: 202
1, 697
3,096
2,400
2,384
2,773
4,337
3,778
3,052
48, 413
19, 474
42, 494
17, 256
45,581
16,052
48,772
16,057
52,757
14,988
49,964
15, 58^
53, 180
12, 183
59, 552
18, 454
56, 302
8,971
12, 071
5, 648
11,278
60, 788
7,799
12, 203
5,635
13, 379
50,776
51,359
6,551 i 5,459
11,373 ' 11,734
4, 351
4, 138
11,509
10,951
47,480
5,516
8 S 937
4, 269
11,000
'> 51,841
j 6, 143
i 9,512
j 4, 627
12,354
53, 387
6,250
11, 249
5,741
11.561
62, 174
6, 598
13, 434
6,192
13. 033
48
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here mag
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
March
1
1
|ryU" January 1
Decem- Novem- October
ber
ber
.
June I
ber
May
April ! March
FOREIGN TRADE— Continued
1
United States—Continued
Imports— Continued.
By Grand divisions--Continued.
North America —
Total
thous. of dolls—
Canada
thous. of dolls ._
South AmericaTotal
thous. of dolls. .
Argentina
thous. of dolls. .
By economic classes—
Total
thous. of dolls..
Crude materials
thous. of dolls..
Foodstuffs, crude, and
food animals
thous. of dolls..
Manufactured foodstuffs.. .
... -.thous. of dolls.Finished manufactures
thous. of dolls ._
Semifinished manufactures
thous. of dolls .
31,285
14, 608
32, 356 ! 21,229
20, 037
16, 216
34, 142
20, 464
40, 608
21, 281
41,608 '. 45, 346
21,928 | 20, 529
47, 827
22, 341
44, 456
22, 854
45,177
24,110
46,484 i
23,757 I
50,230
24,148
21, 546
1, 385
21, 976 ! 24,179
1, 803
1. 653
19, 763
2,431
21, 687
3, 309
22,380 ! 22, 567
4, 753 \ 3,595
24,133
3,042
26, 068
2, 645
28, 844
3,215
26,917
2,638
34, 599
3, 506
131,341 2 130, 978 2 135, 530 : 152,887
49, 853
36, 034 2 37,310 238,118
149, 480
47,816
168, 708
52, 378
170,384 i 166, 679
52,948 i 47, 692
174,460 ! 173, 455
49,978
52, 438
179, 694
54,159
185,706 j 210, 202
54,702 I 64, 607
24, 870
22, 849
2 23, 436
22, 809
19, 537
20, 355
18,649 I 21, 820
25, 930
27, 435
30, 774
17, 492
'< 11911
2 14, 880
13, 872
13,464
16, 469
16,483 '
23, 540
21, 120
19, 744
18, 850
28,912 I 33, 02C
|
22,985 | 23, 558
31, 810
32, 491
32, 879
20, 066
41, 069
41,241
50, 467
52,012
45, 303
47, 442
44,186
45, 529
45,734 i
49, 226
25, 284
27, 423
29, 040
30,291
28, 324
29, 990
29, 652
30,382 | 33,373 ;
39, 791
68.1
51. 6
69.4
55.0
69.3
55. 9
70.3
57.6
75.1
76.0
64.4
77.8
65.4
78.0
65.2 !
77.9
65.2
81.9 i
82.8 :
64.0
75.4
43.9
61.8
57.4
88.3
69.7
71.1
74.3
81.9
82.3
65.4
75.3
45.4
64.6
61.1
89.2
71.3
72.2
70.4
83.1
82.2
65. 3
70.1
47.4
64. 6
61.4
89.7
73.3
73.6
74.8
85.4
83.2
66.2
76.4
48.4
65.6
61.7
91.0
70.3
76.0
75.8
85.7
82.9
67.4
80.9
49.4
67.3
62.5
91.1
69.8
80.0
77.2
84.8 !
70.3 !
84.3 j
51.1 I
67.7 I
63.1 |
93.0 j
70.5
80.9 !
79.1 |
89.6
90.2
72.6
83.9
54.4
73.4
65.4
93.6
75.7
78.6
80.4
93.0
94.5
74.8 !
84.2 i
55.4 !
76.3 1
66.6
95.3
74.0
81.2
82.1
89.8
87.2
76.6
82.2
55.7
79.3
66.6
94.7
68.4
79.7
83.4
55. 6
70.2
58.0
68.8
53.4
56.1
51.7
50.5
57.2
62.0
58.3 !
64.2 i
62.4
70.7
63.2
70.9
64.3
72.0
76.2
80.8
49.3 |
79.8
81.2
51.2
83.5
81.1
52.8
86.8
81.3 1
53.8
80.0
80.4
55.5
67.3 !
77.0 i
55.8 !
60.2 i
67.6 |
i
65. 1 i
76.4 I
56.2 I
91.7 !
94.0 i
76.5 !
84.0 I
55.4 i
78.0 !
66.5 i
95.0 !
70.5 i
80.2 I
82.1
I
63.8 |
70.3 !
76.1
78.4
60.0
80.3
82.4
62.4
85.2 I
85.9 !
63.9 |
82.0
88.8
63.5
48. 9
519
83.0
89.3
53.9
58.2
83.1
90.3
59.3
57.6
83.5
91.3
64.5
60.4
84.1
92.7
66.6
61.2
85.0
94.7
68.9 I
62.4 !
85.9 i
95.9 I
71.0 I
65.3 !
86.6 !
72. 3
65. 0
86. 9
97. 2 |
76.1 |
69.8
88. 1 ;
97.1 I
70.0
79.5
81.8
84.3
84.2
35.0
79.9
83.7
106.2
84. 1
40.7
81.5
84.1
90.9
85.9
60.8
82.7
85.2
89.8
88.5
108.1
84.0
86.1
86.6
90.6
180.1
84.8 I
86.5
81.8
92.8
142.9
86.8
87.4
90.1
95.9
59.6
86.4
87.4
87.8
96.8
53.0
77.0
76.0
64.0
63.6
102. 9
61.1
66. 0
68.1
60.5
334,917
70.5
71.0
66.9
77.1
74.9
52.7
62.3
102.2
62.2
67.2
71.0
61.5
340, 494
71.0
71.1
68.2
76.0
74.5
41.7
65.7
105.0
65.2
70.6
72.4
63.7
352, 453
74.3
71.8
70.7
146
!
1
!
217
273
189
80
173
203
162
214
258
232
257
114
208
225
151
221
269
231
264
118
251
249
82.0
69.0 !
91.6
278.9
70.0
99.1
81.4
73.0
103.0
81.7
74.0
103.9
86 |
87
87
88
92
93
94
93
94
95
96
96
96
86
82
79
83
90 j
79
78
80
82
71
82
89
73
80
91
73
80
91
74
83
92
80
85
86
88
2 24, 098 2 26, 605 j
EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES
Employment
Factory employment, adjusted (Fed. Res.
Bd.):
Total
rel to 1923-25
66.4
67.8
51.4
Cement, clay, and glass
rel. to 1923-25..
50.1
ChemicalsGroup
rel. to 1923-25.
80.2
78.6
Petroleum, refined
rel. to 1923-25 ._
81.2
79.5
Iron and steel
rel. to 1923-25
60.9
62.4
Leather and its products, .rel. to 1923-25. .
80.2
78. 1
Lumber and its products.. rel. to 1923-25. .
43.3
41.2
Machinery
rel to 1923-25
61.2
59.7
Nonferrous metals
rel. to 1923-25..
54.3
56.0
Paper and printing
rel to 1923-25
86.2
87.2
Rubber products
rel. to 1923-25..
67.0
68.1
Textiles
rel. to 1923-25-.
72.4
71.0
Tobacco production .. ....re], to 1923-25..
70.8
72.8
Transportation —
Group ..
rel. to 1923-25..
53.4
55.1
60.9
Automobiles—
rel. to 1923-25—
64.7
Nonmanufacturing industries:
Anthracite mining
rel. to 1929. _
73.7
71.2
75.2
Bituminous coal mining
_rel. to 1929..
77.4
Metalliferous mining
rel. to 1929..
45.0
46.9
Quarrying and nonmetallic mining
rel. to 1929..
46.0
47.4
Crude petroleum producing... rel. to 1929..
51.4
54.4
Telephone and telegraph
rel. to 1929. _
81.7
82. C
Power, light, and water
rel. to 1929..
85.5
87.2
Operation and maintenance of electric
railroads
rel. to 1929..
77.6
78.9
Wholesale trade
rel. to 1929 .
79.8
80.9
Retail trade
rel to 1929
81.4
80.5
Hotels
rel. to 1929_.
85.0
85.3
Canning and preserving
rel. to 1929. _
36.3
37.1
Employees on pay roll, unadjusted:
Cleveland
.rel. to Jan., 1921—
72.0
75.1
Delaware
rel. to 1923-25 _
75.9
78.5
Detroit
rel to 1923-25
65.4
68.6
Illinois
rel. to 1925-27
61.3
62.0
Iowa
rel. to 1923—
92.6
96.4
Massachusetts
- rel. to 1925-27 .
63.6
Maryland
rel. to 1924..
63.5
63.9
65.4
New Jersey
__rel. to 1923-25..
67.1
New York State
rel. to 1923—
57.7
58.1
New York State
_
number.. 319, 501 321, 368
Ohio
. rel. to 1926 .
68.7
270.1
Pennsylvania
rel to 1923-25
67.5
68.9
Wisconsin
rel to 1925-27
67.6
Applicants per 100 jobs, employment agencies:
Canada
number
_. ._
United States
number
188
Central States
._ number . . ....
214
Eastern States
number 1
259
Southern States.
number
193
Western States
number i
103
Illinois.. .
number
186
191
Wisconsin.. _. .
number
Employment Trade Unions:
Canada.. .. .p. ct. of total membership
United States.p, ct. of total membership. J
70. 0
69.0
Employment, Canada
... rel. to 1926 - 89.7
Factories, time operated:
Total
p. ct. of full time
86
87
Chemical and other
products
p. ct of full time
93
92
Food and kindred products
p ct of full time
94
94
Leather and its finished
products
p. ct. of full time
89
89
Lumber and its manufactures
p. ct. of full time
77
83
Iron and steel and their
products
p. ct. of full time
73
75
Nonferrous meats . _ p. ct. of full time
80
82
Paper and printing
p. ct. of full time89
89
Stone, clay, and glass
products
_.
D. ct, of full time80
81
2
Revised.
75.8
79.3
69.0
61.6
96.8
60.7
64.1
66. 1
58.1
321,410
69.5
69.4
65.1
183
207
258
316
182
81
223
i
!
!
l
i
i
;
191
74.1
62.7 j
89.4
87.1
72.1
84.8
52.0
70.3
64.2
93.0
73.8
79.6
81.4
!
!
i
!
I
I
i
I
85.6
86.8
83.9
93.3
102.2
85.3
87.1
89. 1
91.6
70.6
75.6
81.3 i
80.3
81.2
83.2 1
84.4
51.0
50.0 !
61.8
68.3
70.1
70.5
106.3
109.1
108.7
70.9
71.4
69.9
72.0
72.3
72.5
73.2
73.0
72.6
65.8
64.0
64.2
364, 265 353,895 355, 504
75.5
76.9
78.2
72.6
72.9
72.5
75.0
75.6
79.6
195
196
250
191 i
287 !
91 i
220
232 i
I
81.9 I
74.0 i
107.1 I
266
217
273
212
411
94
244
199
84.2
74.0
105. 2
75. 0
67. 8
87. 4
97. 6
85.9
87.1
89.9
92.5
56.0
;
88.6
96.7
86.9
83.8
88.8 i
90.0
85.6
86.3
86.9
88. 1
73.2
80.4
83.5 !
83.0
72.3
74.5
75.6 !
76.6
110.1
110.1
111.0 ij
112.5
71.4
73.3
74.7
74.4
75.9
76.2 i
73.8
76.2
73.6
75.3
75.7 :
77.0
65.6
67.6
69.0
69.6
362, 885 373, 993 382,045 384,983
81.3
82.7
83.0
82.4
74.5
77.2
79.1
79.2
76.7
78.1
77.9 ;
78.2
i
206
205
246
221
277
84
245
212
165
181
206
187
345
66
218
197
151 j
177
199
181
237 i
80
215
172
147
179
215
202
215
75
228
197
83.8 i
74.0
103.8 !
83.7
75.0
130.6
83.8
75.0
102. 2
85.1 I
75.0 !
99.7
84.5
74.0
100.2
237
209
247
235
265
94
250
186
i
I
!
89
90 |
92
95
96 |
97 |
95
96 I
96
92
90
92 !
91
83
84 I
85
86
85
74
82
92
76 i
84 I
93 i
77
84
94
80 :
86 i
95
80
87
96
90 )
91
90
90
!
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
49
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Edrlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1932
March
Febru- January
ary
1933L
Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber
July
June
May
April
March
EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES-Con.
Employment— Continued
Factories, time operated— Continued.
Textiles and their prod91
92
91
ucts
p ct. of full time
80
81
Tobacco manufactures- .p. ct. of full time..
81
Vehicles for land trans81
85
86
portation
p. ct. of full time
Miscellaneous indus0
0
0
tries
p. ct. of full time
Federal civilian employees (Wash69, 710
ington)
number
Hours of work in factories:
36.2
37.5
36.1
Actual-.
hours per week-48.0
47.9
47.9
Nominal
hours per week
Labor disputes:
52
49
Disputes
number __
584, 804 2132,106
Man-days lost in month
number.,
43,912 2 6, 507
Workers involved
number
Labor turnover:
Accessions
p ct of no on pay roll
48 8
Separations39.4
Total
p ct of no on pav roll
2.2
Discharges. _.p. ct. of no. on pay roll..
—
Lay-offs
p. ct. of no. on pay roll..
28.8
Voluntary
8.4
quits
p. ct. of no. on pay roll
Ohio construction, employ26.4
228.4
31.9
ment
rel. to 1926.Railways, employees on pay roll --thousands
1,109
Wages
Factory pay rolls (Fed. Res. Bd.):
52.3
52.4
53.6
Total
rel. to 1923-25..
32.2
Cement, clay, and glass rel. to 1923-25—
32.9
31.1
Chemicals—
69.4
72.1
71.4
Group
rel to 1923-25
72.9
75.9
Petroleum refining
rel. to 1923-25. .
75.1
35.4
37.2
36.3
Iron and steel
rel to 1923-25
62.3
61.4
53.3
Leather and its products... rel. to 1923-25. .
24.5
25.9
26.6
Lumber and its products.. rel. to 1923-25—
42.6
45.0
44.5
Machinerv
rel to 1923-25
42.1
Nonferrous metals
rel. to 1923-25
45.0
44.9
82.4
Paper and printing
rel. to 1923-25.
83.5
85.5
51.3
54.2
Rubber products
rel. to 1923-25
53.0
59.3
59.8
Textiles
rel. to 1923-25
55.5
52.2
53.4
53.0
Tobacco products
rel. to 1923-25..
Transportation—
45.1
Group
.rel. to 1923-25
45.6
44.3
51.3
Automobile
rel to 1923-25
52.0
47.7
Nonmanufacturing industries:
61.2
57 3
Anthracite mining
rel to 1929
61.5
46.8
47.0
47.0
Bituminous-coal mining
rel. to 1929—
26.5
Metalliferous mining
rel to 1929
27 8
29 7
Quarrying and nonmetallic
28.7
30.2
mining
rel. to 1929—
29.6
43.2
Crude petroleum producing, .rel. to 1929- .
46.9
46.5
88.2
Telephone and telegraph
rel. to 1929—
89.6
89.1
85.4
Power, light, and water
rel. to 1929. .
86.0
88.4
Operation and maintenance of
72.4
electric railroads
_. rel. to 1929
73.6
74.3
71.3
72.5
Wholesale trade
rel to 1929
74.1
73.4
Retail trade
rel. to 192973.7
78.0
72,5
Hotels
rel. to 192974.0
73.9
31.9
32.7
Canning and preserving
rel. to 1929..
31.8
Farm wages, without board
dolls, per month. . 3 29, 13
Industrial pay rolls:
Total monthly57.2
59.5
57.8
Delaware
rel. to 1923-25—
58.0
60.5
60.5
New Jersey
_. rel. to 1923-25
51.0
New York
rel. to 1923—
51.7
51.0
46.3
49.1
Pennsylvania
rel. to 1923-25—
49.4
48 1
Wisconsin
rel to 1925-27
44 1
Weekly7,692
New York State
thous. of dolls. . 7,681
7,798
Road building, wages of common labor:
By geographic sections34
32
United States average .cents per hour..
33
East North Central cents per hour
40
40
16
19
East South Central ...cents per hour..
17
38
37
Middle Atlantic
cents per hour..
40
45
45
Mountain section
cents per hour..
44
44
41
New England
cents per hour .
43
47
Pacific section
cents per hour
50
49
19
South Atlantic
cents per hour
21
18
37
West
North Central.. cents per hour..
42
38
T
27
W est South Central, .cents per hour..
24
25
Railways, average hourly wages
dollars. ._
678
U. S. Steel Corpn., wage rates -cents per hour—
45~
45*
45
Weekly earnings of factory labor:
United States, totals, 23 industriesGrand total
dollars-18.60
19.51 2 18. 99
69.9
Grand total
rel. to 192373.3
271,4
Men—
20.66
Total
dollars-19.63
20.81
Total
rel. to 192368.4
72.0
72.6
22.37
Skilled
dollars
21.19
21.84
68.8
72.6
Skilled
...rel. to 192370.9
15. 75
Unskilled
dollars-16.67
16.28
Unskilled
rel. to 192370.7
74.8
73.1
12.75
13.32
Women
dollars..
12.79
Women
rel. to 1923..
74.0
77.3
74.2
2 Revised.
91
87
90
85
91
84
91
85
92
88
92
87
88
88
88
89
90
84
83
85
85
85
69 435
69 894
70 056
70, 580
38.7
47.8
37.7
47.9
38.2
48.0
39.2
48.1
92
87
93
87
89
91
85
86
70, 885
71 658
39.9
48.2
59
225
41
43
31
142,
281 2339,730 1 038,063 491,024 1,213,120
2
1 250
12 910 28 696 37, 164
17, 003
93
86
94
87
92
92
91
88
88
87
71 693
72 417
72 297
71 917
39.9
48 0
40.9
47.9
42.7
48.0
41.7
48 0
41.8
48 2
54
666, 309
58 995
51
506, 097
17 071
49
402, 437
15, 735
39
769, 720
22 604
27
422, 545
28 139
38 7
42 7
32 4
43 6
30 6
35 5
29 3
32 8
37 2
43 2
40 4
1.9
30.7
46 1
2.0
35.7
73 2
2.5
59.0
68 4
2.9
51.4
43 2
2.6
28.2
54 9
2.9
39.1
61 9
2.8
46.7
45 1
3.3
28.6
41 6
3.8
23.9
34 8
3.1
20.6
78
85
11 8
14. 1
12.4
12 9
12.4
13.2
13.9
11.1
37.5
1, 134
45.4
1, 169
54.2
1,225
58.3
1,254
60.0
1,288
62.8
1,310
63.3
1,317
61.3
1,337
60.0
1,331
53.7
1,319
55.8
37.4
56.2
40.9
59.4
43.9
61.8
46.1
64.3
48.1
64.4
49.4
67.6
54.4
72.1
56.7
73.6
55.7
74.9
54.0
75 0
77.8
41 0
50.3
31.2
48 9
48.6
91.0
52.0
58.1
58.9
76 4
77.9
41 2
47.0
34.4
48 3
48 8
90.6
50 1
59.3
64.5
80.8
80.8
43 9
56.4
38.2
50 2
49.9
91.4
53.7
66.0
64.6
80.8
83.0
45.2
67.7
40.3
51.2
50.2
90.4
54.6
71.0
62.7
80.4
85.6
50.6
75.5
41.3
54.9
52.9
93.1
62.2
70.2
66.3
82 9
89.6
52 4
72.6
41.7
57.4
54.5
93.6
64.0
65.9
67.5
84.1
91.1
57 6
66.7
44.6
62.4
59.1
96.6
72.4
66.7
68.6
88.4
96.1
64.9
68.7
45.7
67.8
63.4
100.0
71.0
71.7
68.3
92.0
96.7
69. 1
70.6
44.9
69.7
65.4
100.6
66.8
76.8
65.7
89.8
90.8
70 0
73.4
46.2
72.0
66.3
101.9
63.2
81.9
68.3
47.1
48 0
45.2
42 3
45.3
41 4
45.6
41.5
50.9
50.4
52.7
53 2
58.8
62.1
66.1
75.6
65.3
70.8
64.1
67.7
78 4
52.3
34 3
79 5
54.6
35 1
91 1
56.2
37 4
64.9
53.6
40 0
56.4
50.6
40 2
53 7
50.4
41 3
66 7
52.4
46 1
76.1
54.4
49.3
75.2
58.6
51 4
71.3
65.2
52 8
36.9
54.9
92.7
91.2
43.3
52.0
89.7
93.3
48.7
54.4
91.6
93.2
51.2
55.2
92.1
94.3
55.1
56.3
92.3
96.2
57.3
59.2
93.3
97.4
60.1
62.7
95.0
98.3
62.3
64.7
94.1
98.7
62.6
66.3
95.0
97.6
58.2
73.2
97.9
102.4
77.8
77.8
94.1
75.4
36.9
79.7
79 7
85.4
77.1
48.1
79.0
79.9
84.6
79.7
77.6
81.2
81.4
83.5
81.9
129.4
81.9
82.1
80.3
83.8
104.7
83.3
83.3
83.3
85.2
74.2
84.8
84.1
87.6
85.4
58.6
85.1
84.7
88.0
87.7
56.0
86.6
85.2
88.3
89.9
57.1
88.1
89.1
87.5
93.4
50.3
337.00
3 34. 22
« 30. 53
3 38. 37
56.4
62.7
54.8
52.3
48 8
54.7
65.8
56.2
51.1
50 0
61.0
68.9
59.0
54.5
52 8
64.1
66.6
63.0
54.3
55 6
68.9
70.7
61.6
57.0
58 9
68.7
70.8
62.0
57.3
61 0
78.0
72.0
63.2
61.5
64 2
81.1
76.3
66.6
65.8
67 2
79.7
76.1
69.1
69.9
68 2
81.7
77.3
71.1
69.7
68 8
8,254
8,479
8,897
9,493
9,279
9,347
9,524
10,046
10,414
10,723
33
40
18
38
47
43
51
21
36
23
.675
45
34
38
18
37
46
43
51
21
36
23
.684
45
35
37
19
37
46
42
51
21
35
24
.664
45
34
36
18
36
46
43
50
20
35
24
.669
45
36
35
19
37
47
44
50
20
35
22
.662
50
36
35
20
36
45
45
51
22
35
20
.660
50
37
36
20
36
46
44
51
21
36
20
.659
50
37
37
21
38
45
45
50
21
36
22
.664
50
35
36
20
38
43
47
51
22
36
21
.664
50
37
41
21
41
44
48
52
24
37
23
.669
50
20.74
77.9
20.29
76.2
21.21
79.7
21.75
81.7
22.49
84.5
22.34
84.0
23.07
86.7
24.25
91.1
23.82
89.5
23.93
89.9
21.99
76.7
22.56
73.2
17.00
76.3
13.63
79.1
22.60
23.65
23.08
21.54
23.81
82.5
78.8
80.5
75.1
83.0
23.95
23.10
24.89
24.76
22.20
72.1
77.7
80.8
75.0
80.4
18.92
18.05
17.07
18.19
18.86
84.9
81.0
81.6
76.6
84.6
13.85
14.57
14.79
13.37
14.78
84.5
80.3
85.7
85.8
77.6
3
Quarter ending in month indicated.
24.42
85.1
25.71
83.4
19.55
87.7
15.17
88.0
25.76
89.8
27.04
87.8
20.75
93.1
15.37
89.2
25.35
88.4
26.49
86.0
20.46
91.8
15.22
88.3
25.32
88.3
26.49
86.0
20.78
93.3
15.62
90.6
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
50
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
!
1933
1931
Novem- October : Septem- August ; July
^January j; Deceinber
ber
ber
March
: June
1
April ! March
May
i
EMPLOYMENT AND WAGBS-Con.
Wages—Continued
Weekly earnings of factory labor— Continued.
Totals by StatesDelaware
rel. to 1923-25..
Illinois
dollars
Illinois ..
rel to 1925-27
New Jersey
rel . to 1923-25
New York.......
dollars..
New York
.. rel to 1923
Pennsylvania. ..
rel. to 1923-25
Wisconsin
dollars
Wisconsin
rel . to 1925-27
Youngstown district, wages of
steel workers. .
p. ct. of base scale
83.2
20.76
73. 2
94.5
23.94
87.9
71. 8
17.56
69.1
82. 9
20. OS
70.8
92.7
24. 05
88. 3
69.4
107. 5
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;
107.5
!
189
:
80.2
21.68
76. 4
95.8
24.27
89,1
72. 5
16.76
66.0
;
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107.5
81.7
21. 63
76.2
96.3
24. 66
90.5
74.4
18. 02
71.2
80.2
21.12
74.4
97.0
24.91
91.4
72.9
17.95
70.8
90.0
22. 16
78.1
99.4
25.26
92.7
76.3
18. 13
71.7
107. 5
107.5
1
100.5
23.93
84.3
102.2
26.25
96.4
82.3
21.16
82.8
103.6
24.54
86.5
105.8
26.87
98.6
85.6
21. 65
84.9
101.3
24.99
88.1
105.1
27.27
100.1
89. 2
22.26
86. 7
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102.4
25.13
88.6
105.0
27.87
102.3
87. 5
22.69
88. 1
107.5 ;
110.5
110.5
115.0 J
115,0
,
87.0
22.52
79.4
95.1
26.07
95.7
75.3
18,24
72.2
91.2
23.70
83.5
101.4
26.23
96.3
78.4
19.43
76.4
89.9
23.86
84.1
102.2
26.30
96.5
78.3
19.37
75.7
107.5 !
107.5
107.5
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CONSTRUCTION
Building Costs
Building costs (A. G. C.), 1st of
month
rel. to 1913..
183
Building costs (E. N. R.) 1st of
month
_
rel. to 1913.. 157. 2
Building materials:
162
Brick house, 1st of month
rel. to 1913_.
155
Frame house, 1st of month rel. to 1913..
Construction costs (Am. Appraisal):
Brick, steel frame
rel. to 1913..
Brick, wood frame
rel. to 1913..
Frame
rel. to 1913..
Reinforced concrete
..rel. to 1913..
Factory costs (Aberthaw)
rel to 1914 """"a" 172
Building volume (A. G. C.)
rel. to 1913..
Construction Contracts Awarded
Total construction,
F. R. B. adjusted
rel to 1923-1925
Total construction, all types:
F. W. Dodge Corp.—
Projects
number
Floor space
thotis. of sq.ft..
Valuation
thous. of dolls..
Public works and utilities:
Projects
number..
Floor space
thous. of sq. ft—
Valuation
......thous. of dolls..
Residential buildings, all types:
Projects
.__
number..
Floor space
thous. of sq. ft.. 1
Valuation
thous. of dolls..
Contracts awarded, Canada. -thous. of dolls.. ]
Engineering construction (E. N, /?.):
Total public.thous. of dolls.. 1
Water works.. _
..thous. of dolls.. i
Sewers
_
thous. of dolls.. 1
Bridges, public
...thous. of dolls.. 1
Excavations...
thous. of dolls.. !
Street and roads
thous. of dolls.. !
Federal Government.. thous. of dolls.. 1
Unclassified, public. .. thous. of dolls..!
Buildings, public
thous. of dolls. _ !
Total, private _
thous. of dolls :
Buildings, industrial.. thous. of dolls..i
Buildings, commercial.thous. of dolls..
Bridges, private
thous. of dolls.. '
Unclassified
thous. of dolls..
161. 8
190
190
192
193
195
195
196
197
199 ;
199
162. 5
166. 2
169.3
169.8
171.4
171.4
174.4
187.2
189.3
191. 6 ;
194. 5
161
156
163
158
162
156
161
154
163
156
364
155
166
158
167
160
167 i
157 :
170
163
159
169
154
160
3 172
79
160
170
156
161
161
172
157
162
163
176
160
165
165 '
177
162
166
172
186
172
175
126
144
140
166
179
165
168
» 176
137
166
180
166
169
119
163
174
159
164
174
135
107
87 :
178
192
178
181
•> 181
78
38
49
55
59
59
63
65
66
73 |
77
192 I
163
157 :
161
156 :
155
164
151
156
158
166
153
158
43
61
20
27
31 ,
6, 646
16, 924
112, 235
5,208
12,299
89, 046
4,659
12,601
84, 798
5, 951
17, 210
136,852
7,014
20, 519
151, 196
8,701
30, 700
242, 094
9,105
30, 068
251, 110
9,242
30, 631
233, 106
10,663
33,812
285, 997
10,806
33,651
316, 148
11,506
38, 941
306, 079
11,888 i 10,788
39,380
37,955
336,925 ; 369,981
839
197
29, 854
595
176
28,281
977
539
280
300 !
50, 307
24,056
992
271
47, 410
1,288
171
82, 462
1,800
353
85, 139
1,719
737
72, 964
2,048
1,233
116,265
2,030
1,117
140,780
2,141
387
108, 948
1,907 ! 1,681
785 !
522
132,993 ; 151,722
3, 775
8, 523
33,209
10, 767
2,817
2,639 1| 3, 507
8, 753
6,071
6,922
36,164
24,417
27,504
11, 257
14, 803 : 12, 738
4,257
10, 958
45, 290
24, 642
5, 268
15, 217
60, 540
28, 789
5, 096
12, 992
54, 553
33, 658
5,141
14, 124
60, 203
26, 143
5,658
5,972
15,889
16,913
63,893 i 72,745
28, 055
29, 793
6, 652
21,911
88, 900
36, 896
7,221
22,633
95,896
22,708
i
6,486
! 22,090
i 100,913
; 27,312
49, 072
1, 571
1,791
3, 580
633
16, 184
13,116
4, 026
8, 171
37,047
9, 307
19, 545
190
8, 005
37, 192
1,600
2,041
2, 388
225
10,603
8,204
2,771
9,300 i
39,454 '
6,512
26,345 !
0
6,597
51, 073
1,281
3,208
3, 795
323
11,140
16,416
3,289
11,621
39,796
8.683
27,506
700
2,907
106, 113
3,038
5,176
15, 817
1,624
28, 703
18, 821
8,108
24, 826
119, 060
19, 141
86, 128
450
13, 341
129, 157
6,390
7,733
9,948
2,365
29, 840
41, 637
4,753
26, 491
47, 799
10, 021
25, 446
944
11,388
82, 453
1,153
6, 059
6,909
1,711
31, 088
10, 839
5,990
18, 704
6G, 448
11, 801
33, 256
137
21, 254
148, 784 , 125, 737
5, 536
8, 016
5,697
5,370
28,520
5,786
1,180
1,419
56,511
62,471
22, 560
20, 158
4,129 ; 3,965
24,651 1 18,552
96,326
70,589
13, 663
13, 901
55,242
40,986
2,250
25
25, 171
15, 677
122, 036
5,248
3, 254
11,801
4,198
63, 167
10, 340
5,422
18, 606
95, 797
12, 606
54, 413
6,248
22, 530
176,075
10,219
7,727
9,916
1, 143
81,623
26,389
8,214
30,844
140,830
22,965
67,444
50
50,371
! 168.925
!
2,542
! 11,300
!
9,752
1
1, 122
i 53,388
i: 66,225
10,247
! 14,349
\ 78,421
! 16,566
I 46,128
<
25
; 15,702
39,825
3, 982
39,225 !j 40,514
3, 418 i i 3,707
35, 288 i 35, 502
2,307 | 3, 510
33, 203
2,905
31, 918
2,819
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76, 489
2, 414
4, 786
6, 789
558
26,427
16, 620
3, 370
15, 525
48, 642
7, 995
22,837
25
17,785
82, 031
3, 310
7,590
6,561
642
18, 992
22, 224
8. 400
14, 306
56, 727
8, 837
24, 022 ;
800 1
23, 068 :
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Fire Losses
United States
Canada
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls.. ~~~3~28T
33,368
12, 427
37, 835
3,867
41,424 1
3,602 i
44,074
3,488
!i
Real Estate
Market activity
33,025
1, 999
rel. to 1926..
58. 8
57. 8 |
64.5
59. 0
63. 2
60.3
59.8
61. 1 i
58. 4
61.3
62.0 '
61.7
4,361
3, 559 ;
4,009
2, 482
8,702
6,182
7, 675
5,437
12,470 '
9,309
15,957
13,536
12, 303
10, 038
24,671 1
21,982
19,467
17,573
42, 087 !: 65,340
2, 113
1, 435
7,928 | 9,028
53, 415
1,887
10, 659
26, 799
943 i
11, 884 j
9, 100 ;
254
9,569
5, 826
205
8,277
28.441
28.441
740, 461 | 794,798
28.422
734, 056
28.422
712, 660
55, 966
55, 835
Highways
Concrete pavements, new contracts:
Total
thous. of sq. yds.. I
Road
thous. of sq. yds.. \
Federal-aid highways:
Completed—
Cost...
thous. of dolls..
Distance _
miles
Under construction, end of month miles
6, 005
5, 457
3,255
3,084
5,364
2,524 I
2,252 i ; 4,215
!
26,164 ; 13,994
1,018 j
651
12,207 : 12,306
5,059 i
225
11, 229
PUBLIC UTILITIES
Electric Railways
A verage fares (272 cities) .
cents
Passengers carried (232 co. 's) thous of persons
Operating revenue (all railways)
i
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_
.thous. of dolls..!
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I I 802,149
59,970
56, 211 i
59, 704
56,981
Gas and Electric Power
rrr/-»cc
•
npanies, gross
thous. of dolls..!
* Revised.
Tf1p/>frif» r>r>wor onmrianlna
revenue
64,332
63,718
60,232
;
66,028
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28.396 ' 28.396
8. 393
831, 183 j 843,669 , 861,501
28.422 : 28.393
739,617 i 787,453
:
185.050 I 180. 610 i 178. 630 I 171, 930 I 167,380 1 187,190 j 168, 510 I 171, 550
3 Quarter ending in month indicated.
j
176, 210
175, 840
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
51
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
1932
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
PUBLIC UTILITIES-Continued
March
1931
Febru- i January ! Decem- j Novem- October i SeP^m- August
ary
ber
ber
JJuly
I June j May
• April
March
j
Gas and Electric Power
Electric power production:
United States—
Total..
mills, of kw. hrs .
By fuels
mills, of kw. hrs__
Bv water power
mills, of kw. hrs._
In street railways, manufacturing
plants, etc
mills, of kw. hrs...
In central stations mills, of kw. hrs
Canada—
:
Total
mills, of kw. hrs..
By water power
mills, of kw. hrs_.
Exported
_. mills, of kw. hrs _
Manufactured gas:
Sales
mills, cu. ft..
Revenue
thous, of dolls. .
Natural gas:
SaJes_. .
.mills, cu. ft. .
Re venue
thous. of dolls
Rate of manufacturing operations (based on
consumption of electric energy for power purposes). (Sec under Industrial production.)
2
2
2
7 009
4*031
2,978
469
6 540
2
2
2
1 330
1,300
;
i
7, 559
4, 464
3, 095
2
7, 773
5,064
* 2, 709
7,406
5,298
2,108
7,765
5,706 •
2, 059
7,532
5,341
2, 191
7 628 !
5 165 i
2,463
7,766 1
5,022 i
2,744 \
7 526 •
4, 642 i
2, 884 i
7,639 •
4, 500 !
3,139
7 643
4,520
3,123
7 8715
5, 243
2, 633
460
7, 099
433
i 7 340
411
6 995
418 1
7, 347
445
7 087
470 i
7 153
509
7 017
447 1
7, 192 i
454
7 189
452
7 424
1,432
1, 398
69
1. 415
1, 385
73
1,428 ;
1,401
95 i
1,288
1,263
93
1,256
1,234 i
100
506 i
7,260 i
I
1,251 i
1,231
95
1,366 i
1,343 !
87 i
1,411
1,388
98
1,418
1,392
128
25,985
28, 681
23,527
26,046 j
29,865 ! 30,731
31,827 32, 356
30, 945
32, 386
43,340 i 52, 568
20 108 i 24 225
54, 729
26 031
1
76,804 ;
18 046 '
77 098
19 051
77, 214
18 650
1, 420
1, 386 i
62 !
29, 360
30, 414
30,708 i
31,936 !
29, 339 J2 28, f.27
30, 002
30, 331
52 '>06
°5 853
54 805 ;
26 441
52 024
24 404
43, 908
19 250
27,820
30, 195
37, 628 i 33 823
15 276
13 490
1
1, 290
1, 268 :
89 i
24, 741 i 28, 310 i
27, 337 ! 30, 654 i
31 661 ! 32, 834 :
12 813 : 13 482 '
36 82J
16 159
:
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Telephone companies:
Operating revenues
thous. of dolls..
Operating income
thous of dolls
69 211
13 911
71 385 \l
14 542
74 270
15 026
72, 606
15 170
75,440 i 73 414
17 849 i 17 523
73 337 i 74, 802 '
16 621 ! 16 320 !
Telegraph
Commercial telegraph tolls
thous. of dolls..
Operating revenues
thous. of dolls..
Operating income
thous. of dolls. .
6,771
8,894
469
7,058 i
9,181 '
326 !
8,298
10, 849
994
7,387
9,660
722
8,243 ' 8,441
10,859 ; 11,012
951 i
567
8,359 !
10,825 i
387 i
8,774 i
9, 212 '•
11,370 1 11,875
461 i 1,737 i
9, 133 !
11, 744 i
1,426 ;
9,391
11,963
1, 513
9, 346
12,024
1,406
135
8,459 i
131
9,470
119
9,150
134
9,428
139 !
105 ;
9,773 < 10, 151 ;
107 :
10,493 i
129
10, 196
119
10, 113
46 740 * 11Q 972
178 121 '•< 291 673
130,807 168,' 021
891
780
156 642
209 864
86, 346
998
510
i 143 627 i 169 760 i 134 854
! 203 230 ! 216 559 203 085
i 86. 016 | 99,901 i 82, 465
1,518
1, 508 !
I
1', 257 j
457
1
385 i
349
r/2 700
163 186
82, 970
1,535
0
Transportation
Express earnings:
Operating income
thous. of dolls..
Operating revenue
thous. of dolls..;
Inland waterways:
Allegheny River
._ short tons
71 515 43 845
Cape Cod Canal
short tons 190 484 1 fi£ 1 RQ
Mississippi River Govt. barges.short tons..! 113] 600 2 112, 558
Monongahela River .thous. of short tons. J
' 794
723
New^York canals
thous. of short tons.J
Ohio River—
!
Cincinnati district
i
thous. of short tons..:
Huntington district
j
thous. of short tons..!
Louisville district
thous. of short tons. J
Pittsburgh to Wheeling ...short tons..; 298 394 319, 266
Pittsburgh district
!
thous. of short tons..
Panama Canal —
Total traffic
thous. of long tons
i 644
1 645
U S. vessels
thous. of long tons
726
628
British vessels
thous. of long tons..
369
471
St. Lawrence CanaLthous. of short tons..
o
0
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
Q
thous. of short tons
0
Suez Canal
thous. of met. tons _
1 766
Welland Canal
short tons
0
Ocean traffic:
Clearances, vessels in foreign tradeTotal
thous. of net tons
5 240
4 932
American
thous. of net tons • 2 056
1 774
Foreign
thous. of net tons
3 184
3 157
Passenger travel:
i
Arrivals from abroad —
;
Immigrants
number
1 984
United States citizens number
19* 829
Departures abroad—
Emigrants
. number
6 188
United States citizens
number .
22' 920
Passports issued
number. .;
6,475
Pullman Company operations:
Revenue
- . thous. of dolls
4 039
j 494
Passengers carried
thousands
Trend of business in hotels:
Average sale per occupied room... dollars. .'
3. 27
3.46
Room occupancy
_p. ct. of capacity..
52
56
Steam railways:
Equipment —
Freight cars—
In bad order, end of monthQuantity-....cars.. 209,271 206, 461
Ratio to total cars... per cent..
9. 7
9.6
New orders
cars,.
105
10
Owned, end of monthQuantity
thous. of cars.. 2,186
2,188
Capacity
mills, of lbs_. 205,287 2205,519
Shipments—
:
Total...
cars..
3
10
Domestic,
cars..
3
10
Unfilled orders (railroads) —
3,214
Total .
cars
150
Of manufacturers
cars. . 2, 974
150
3, 0(14
In railroad shops...
cars.. 2,824
Locomotives—
4
Exports, steam
number...
3
2
Revised.
129
9,540 '
213 562
221 308
104^873
1, 135
505
135
9,695
1 246 551
197 997
i 106)931
i
962
;
587
!
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338,716 ! 463, 164
1 594
652
412
0
i
i
!
!
1 649
' 744
405
32
293
0
2 136 !
2 075
0 ! 103 954
548, 640
1 578
' 676
371
664
3 049
1,964
954 773
-
294 720 237 024
186 414 ' 211 172
104^266 I 104, 300
1,331
1,042 I
506
425
3 315
1 3 1, 193
3
i
856
603,544 i 635,571
i
!
1 763 : '
930
327 j
795 1
3
1 755
884
318
711
6 248 i 7 126
2, 019 i 1 813
821 454 •' 968 763
i
i
!
3290
;
3 912 !
i
3
;
1 867 i
820
466 i
717 '
i
!
i 759 '
?
828
453 !
920 !
1 925
937 :
421
1, 166 |
3 2, 120
3 1 , 484
1 916
910
429
0
4,335 i
922
7 611 ; 6 645 i
8 385
1,963 I 2, 027 ! 2,403 i 2, 396
1 860
972 976 i 871 513 i 1 015 46° 1 165853 ' 370 003
0
2,440
6,539
2,525
4 014 i
5 907
2,092
3 815
5, 044
1,773
3 271
3 534
3 174 i
30 944 ! 25 588 i
3 799 1
22,518 i
3 470
28, 281
3, 577
34, 861
:
5,647
5 893 i 5,616
24, 418
29, 579 i 23,242
27, 689 ! 28,513 i 21, 466
4,693
32, 278
14, 328
5 605
2 2%
3 309
2 220 '
17' 158 '
2 642
16* 932
2 899
16* 823
3 913
32 427
8 550
25 016
6,442 i
10 727
24 351
5,513
11 318
23 224
6,622
10 857 i 8 733
35,016 I 42*247
7,345 | 8,812
4 530
1 643
4 852
1 677
4 238
1 526
4 499 >
1 674 '
5 409
l' 969
5 564
2 091
5,413
2 023 '
5 470 !
2 051
5,055
1 900
3.39
52
3.56
56
3.51 i
60 i
3.55
58
3.64
54
3.55
54
3. 58
56 !
3. 50
61
195,462 187, 666
8.7
9.0
11
159 !
196, 324
9.0
28
194,948 ! 194,127
9. 0 !
8. 9
798 ;
3
187, 585
8.6
534
2,191 i
2,193
205,745 \ 205,913
2,205
206, 842
2,211 I 2,216
207,290 | 207,638
2,220
207,947
6 837
2* 478
4 35Q
7 463
2 734
4 729 i
I
5 017
62 581
4 090 !
59 372 i
o
6 543
2 241 '
4 302 '
4 866
1 729
3 137
3.38 i
60 ;
3 464
545, 900
2 Oil
929
436
319
1 789
859
378
714
4 910
l' 781
3 129 i
6 461 •
2 420 '{
4 041 '
65
* 765
3
969 !
736,187 ; 685,526 j 713, 200
i
661,514 ; 849, 277
2 135
75 919
17 977
7 536
2 742 i
4 794
9 541 i 7,428 i
65 895 i 46, 961 '
10,749 i 17, 667 i
5,238
1,986
4,894
1,966
3.73
63
3. 63
61
181, 702 \ 172,776 ! 170, 165 162, 966
7.4
7. 7 •
8.3 !
7.9
46 , 2,768
972 1
443
162,117
7.3
2,166
1
!
.
2
!
2,224
208, 207
320 '
262 i
546
542
150
150
404 1
404 |
780
776
524 ;
499
341 !
341 |
615 i
555 !
3, 650 \
259 |
3,391 !
5,042
1,340
3, 702
4,252
220
4,032
4, 610 l
314 !
4,296 j
5, 100
534
4,566
5,746
866
4,880 j
6,466 1
1,336 j
5, 130 1
7, 179
2,070 ;
5,109 ]
0
1 i
11
0
0
1
0
Quarter ending in month indicated.
o i
:
2,249
209, 958
2, 251
210, 102
648 i
646 ;
1,082
1,082
762
657
7,542
2,176
5,366
7, 484
1,569
5,915
2 2
0
2,244
2, 229
208,579 i 209,645
1
6, 585
1,599
4, 986
3:
52
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1931
1933
March
Febru- January
ary
Decem Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber
June
July
May
April
March
PUBLIC UTILITIES— Continued
Transportation—Continued
Steam railways— Continued.
Locomotives— Continued.
In bad order, end of monthAwaiting classified repairs
number. _
Ratio to total locomotives
per cent
Installed
number..
6"
New orders...
__ .number __
Retired
number
Owned, end of monthQuantity
number
Tractive power
mills, of lbs._
Shipments, manufacturers (Census)—
3
Total .-number. _
0
Electric, domestic
number
0
Steam, domestic
. .number
Shipments, electric locomotives —
0
Industrial (quarterly) number
318
Mining (quarterly)
.number..
Unfilled orders (railroads) , end of mo. —
Of manufacturers
number..
In railroad shops
number
Unfilled orders, manufacturers' (Census)—
170
Total
number. _
130
Electric, domestic
number..
32
Steam, domestic
. .number
Passenger cars —
In railroad hands, end of quarter
number
0
New orders
..cars..
Shipments—•
1
Total
.
cars
1
Domestic
.
cars
Unfilled orders, end of quarter
number
Financial operationsNet operating income.thous. of dolls. .
Operating revenues —
Canada
thous of dolls
United StatesTotal
_. .thous. of dolls..
Freight
thous of dolls
Passengers
thous. of dolls..
Operating expenses thous. of dolls..
Net operating revenue, Canada
thous of doll^ - - - Freight cars—
Carloadings*—
2,287
Total
thous of cars
509
Coal and coke
thous. of cars_.
80
Forest products
thous. of cars..
Grain and grain products
116
thous. of cars
66
Livestock
thous. of cars..
11
Ore
thous. of cars..
749
Merchandise, 1. c. 1. thous. of cars_.
750
Miscellaneous
thous of cars
Car surplus (daily average, last week
of month) —
Total
.
cars 704, 747
Box
cars 365, 209
Coal
_ _ _ _ _ cars 264, 606
Operation results—
Freight carried 1 mileCanada
mills, of tons.United States.. mills, of tons_.
Passengers carried 1 mile millions .
Receipts per ton-mile
cents. _
7,814
14.7
40
0
102
7,331
13.7
51
0
285 I
6,990
6,836
6,485
6,310
6,173
5,938
5,910
5,958
5,967
13.0
68
11
46
12.7
53
20
81
12.0
61
0
139
11.7
51
1
113
11.4
95
6
122
10.9
66
3
108
10.9
114
2
291
10.8
94
151
182
10.9
67
7
151
10.9
77
8
161
5,913
54, 166
2,487
54, 228
2,489
54, 462
2,496
54, 861
2,509
54, 889
2,509
54, 967
2,512
55, 029
2,514
55, 056
2,513
55, 098
2,513
55, 278
2,518
55, 366
2,520
55, 450
2,522
5
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
6
12
3
8
7
3
4
*?2
16
4
11
23
4
19
26
0
26
16
3
12
10
5
5
3
3
337
30
324
34
382
j
317
36€
30
6
30
8
30
9
0
10
15
4
15
12
16
13
18
14
20
16
31
20
57
24
60
26
173
130
32
178
130
33
177
130
32
165
132
21
147
132
7
158
135
14
115
88
18
132
93
20
142
93
30
84
18
47
106
8
69
115
14
81
0
30
50, 475
0
6
6
3 50, 060
0
0
0
51, 136
0
0
4
51, 489
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
21
0
0
0
8
8
2
2
13
13
38
38
37
37
24
24
11,714
21,263
36, 580
64, 020
55, 319
55, 859
56, 535
50, 163
41, 264
39, 074
45,906
22, 120
27, 732
31, 688
32, 611
30, 158
28, 265
29, 352
30, 480
30, 934
30, 912
30, 613
3
3 15
22, 043
3
3
3
3 24
316
125
275, 371
208, 492
38,024
229, 548
288, 631
214, 443
40, 577
241, 439
305, 385
238, 459
35, 904
238, 507
363, 206
289, 193
38, 202
261, 247
350, 335
270, 239
44, 757
258, 223
364, 525
280, 103
49, 183
269, 463
377, 146
290, 348
50, 272
280, 127
369, 810
281, 261
50, 957
280, 145
369, 020
283, 161
46, 981
288, 067
369, 652
283,711
47, 272
290, 618
376, 149
291, 289
47, 150
291, 582
340
3,962
7,676
7,363
5,036
1,871
2,049
1,898
2,166
3,640
3,112
2,245
485
77
2,270
483
73
2,273
494
71
2,620
507
87
3,813
755
123
2,908
516
104
3,747
617
138
2,931
452
106
2,992
465
125
3,736
611
165
2,986
486
130
2 2, 937
555
138
137
76
11
732
728
124
88
12
747
742
112
87
15
742
753
145
104
25
806
946
193
145
102
1,081
1,415
149
96
121
841
1,081
228
106
175
1,069
1,413
220
71
139
830
1,113
140
75
119
876
1,192
180
106
80
1,097
1,496
151
85
29
899
1,206
153
79
23
2885
2
1,103
721, 615
366, 620
278, 222
741, 864
380, 777
283, 440
750, 696
401, 332
268, 669
659, 346
340, 502
249, 193
535, 254
290, 369
185, 442
564, 284
293, 424
209, 765
573, 680
302, 887
206, 240
564, 068
288, 414
211, 044
599, 282
306, 443
224,120
615, 924
306, 319
238, 504
602, 832
282,315
251, 679
621, 509
298, 837
252, 825
1,605
1,878
22, 663
1,641
1.037
2,805
25, 086
1,468
1.035
2,927
30, 588
1,541
1.046
2,057
27, 847
1,900
1.049
1,636
29, 348
2,077
1.041
1,770
30, 276
2,116
1.051
2,207
28, 258
2,034
1.090
2,178
30, 014
1,870
1.054
2,136
28,710
1,831
1.093
2,104
29,960
1,758
1,074
267, 272
205, 366
33, 882
211, 109
FINANCE
Agricultural Finances
Loans outstanding, end of month:
Federal land banks
mills of dolls
Federal intermediate credit banks
mills of dolls
Joint-stock land banks
mills, of dolls. .
1,150
1,154
1,158
1,163
1,167
1,171
1,174
1,178
1,179
1, 182
1,184
1,185
1,187
112
513
114
520
118
525
120
630
124
535
124
540
130
545
133
548
137
551
137
532
131
536
138
540
138
544
919
961
974
1,002
1,040
996
1,090
1,228
1,368
1,413
1,422
1,467
76
119
305
418
647
420
70
39
95
124
162
123
312
314
251
126
99
100
228
243
341
380
409
431
175
168
189
159
174
195
131
131
156
125
171
162
112
118
63
162
248
66
168
439
186
232
436
278
196
357
379
171
293
444
125
285
441
131
341
441
103
2108 j
118
174
210
248
271
289
292
305
307
311
2,638
2,842
2,071
17, 676
19, 233
14, 4G4
15, 893
17, 112
14, 605
86.7
80.6
74.0
for 5 weeks, other months 4 weeks.
2,587
20, 678
18, 125
91.9
2,451
20, 073
16, 627
84.3
2,244
17, 501
16, 526
83.8
2,400
21, 007
18, 444
93.5
2,694
25, 893
19, 406
98.4
3,172
25, 072
18,858
95.6
2,786
26, 821
19, 620
99.5
2,570
27, 589
19,421
98.4
Banking
Acceptances and commercial paper:
Bankers acceptances outstanding—
Total
.
_
mills of dolls
Held by Federal reserve banks—
37
For own account. _ .mills, of dolls. _
For account of foreign correspondents
335
mills of dolls
Held by group of accepting banksOwn bills.mills, of dolls. _
Bills bought. .. _
mills, of dolls
Held by others
mills, of dolls
Commercial paper outstanding
mills, of dolls.106
Bank debits:
Canada
mills, of dolls
New York City.
_
mills, of dolls
16, 160
Outside New York City. ..mills, of dolls. _ 13, 729
Outside New York City...rel. to 1923-25..
69.6
* Data for May, August, and October, 1931, are
1,990
14, 381
12, 870
65.2
2 Revised.
3 Quarter ending in month indicated.
53
SUEVEY OF CUKRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1933
March
1931
Febru- January Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ary
ber
ber
ber
July
June
May
April
FINANCE— Continued
Banking— Continued
Brokers' loans, end of month:
By N. Y. F. R. member banks
_ mills, of dolls
525
495
591
720
505
869
1,390
1,539
1,172
1,479
1,366
1,730
1.90
2.18
2.20
2.35
Ratio to market value
per cent
1.94
2.33
3.04
3.03
3.23
2.93
3.37
3.40
533
525
730
Total
_ . -. . .. mills, of dolls
512
587
796
1,354
1,391
1,344
1,044
1,435
1,651
Federal reserve banks:
639
828
638
718
Bills discounted....
...mills, of dolls..
899
728
255
149
195
328
174
157
Member bank reserve account
mills, of dolls.. 1,924
1,849
2,051
1,961
1,947
2,167
2,373
2,367
2,389
2,364
2,381
2,371
2,651
2,624
Notes in circulation
mills, of dolls.. 2,563
2,665
2,480
2,429
1,963
1,765
1,723
1,580
2,098
1,535
1,709
1,853
Reserve bank credit
mills, of dolls.. 1,597
1,856
1,931
2,184
1,255
976
1,578
943
917
937
1,937
2,125
2,093
2,252
Total deposits
mills, of dolls.. 2,012
2,380
2,632
2,504
2,527
2,442
2,506
2,434
939
849
899
1,156
1,169
Total investments
.. mills, of dolls
1,408
943
751
1,211
773
724
761
3,140
3,158
3,080
3,169
2,903
Total reserve.
mills, of dolls. . 3,235
3,619
3, 597
3,301
3,576
3,413
3,334
Federal reserve member banks:
Net demaned deposits
mills, of dolls.. 10,941 11,003 11,166
12,199 12, 449 13, 227 13, 244 13, 473 13, 688 13, 605 13, 664
11,871
7, 143
6,935
7,428
7,149
Total investments
mills of dolls
7,700
7,506
7,665
7,810 . 7, 795
7,916
7,807
7,903
13, 104
Total loans and discounts., mills, of dolls.. 12, 211 12, 588 12, 830
13, 350 13, 521 14,191 14, 398 14, 486 14, 691 14, 730 14, 993
Interest rates:
2.50
2.50
2.70
Call loans, renewal
per cent..
2.65
2. 50
2.10
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.45
1.52
5.63
Federal land banks
per cent..
5.63
5.63
5.63
5.63
5.63
5.63
5.63
5.36
5.63
5.63
5.63
5.44
5.43
5.06
Intermediate credit banks
per cent
5.34
4.50
4.06
3.81
3.81
3.90
4.00
3.81
4.00
New York Federal Reserve
3.00
*3.00
3.50
Bank (discount rate)
per cent..
3.50
3.50
*3. 50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1. 50
*1. 50
2.00
2.51
2.82
3.00
Prime bankers' acceptances
per cent-2.88
3.07
2.50
.88
.88
.88
1.07
2.00
1.50
Prime commercial paper (4-6 months)
3.63
..
.per cent. .
3.88
3.88
3.88
4.00
3.13
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.13
2.38
3.13
3.63
3.50
3.25
Time loans, 90 days
per cent
3.75
3.50
1.38
1.38
1.63
1.50
1.75
2.00
Savings deposits:
5.290
5,239
5,255
New York State
mills of dolls
5, 236
5,217
5,213
5,149
5,173
5,156
5,083
5,231
5,059
United States postal savings system55, 748 96,019 72,011 73, 774 62, 047 43, 505 31, 822 32, 061
Deposits
thous of dolls
Withdrawals
thous. of dolls..
28, 292 27, 846 24,811 23, 532 27, 007 21,117 20, 568 20, 944
Balance to credit of depositors
__
thous. of dolls-- 697, 280 683, 627 658, 081 595, 634 2564,809 536, 660 468, 908 422, 699 372, 457 347,417 325, 028 313, 775
Balance on deposit in banks
... thous. of dolls 620, 139 602, 317 570, 525 512, 300 2479,035 449, 933 395, 725 365, 798 329, 655 306, 120 289, 034 278, 304
Business Failures
Firms (United States) :
45
2 122
358
342
522
Banks «.
number
175
158
93
305
167
91
64
2,951
2,732
2,758
2,362
Total commercial . ...... number
3, 458
2, 195
1,944
1,983
1,936
1,993
2,248
2,383
642
602
Manufacturers
number
688
591
614
519
449
520
449
427
552
515
2,108
2,002
2,013
2,595
1,605
Trade establishments .
number
1, 545
1,322
1,381
1, 435
1,374
1,570
1,710
201
128
154
175
143
Agents and brokers
. . . - number
131
136
141
113
109
126
158
By groupsManufacturers—
642
602
614
688
Total
number..
591
519
520
449
427
449
552
515
17
19
Chemicals
number
22
14
11
12
13
13
9
7
12
9
44
45
48
Foodstuffs
number
46
50
40
34
30
64
40
43
38
19
Leather
number..
20
11
20
25
18
14
18
16
26
14
12
9
Liquors and tobacco
number..
12
4
14
8
15
7
6
10
10
4
6
86
Lumber
number..
62
82
54
65
62
52
39
49
57
65
75
24
26
29
32
Printing and engraving.. number __
28
24
14
17
23
21
27
10
14
23
Stone, clay, and glass number..
12
11
9
18
6
6
13
9
5
105
Textiles..
number..
103
116
81
133
82
61
64
75
53
78
78
80
Metals
number
77
49
75
64
55
32
49
49
37
50
55
244
All other
number
219
235
290
253
191
181
258
198
167
250
227
Traders2,108
2,002
Total - .
number
2,595
2,013
1,605
1,545
1,381
1,322
1,374
1,435
1,570
1,710
14
Books and paper
...number..
16
18
37
16
19
12
19
15
20
19
18
Chemicals and paints number..
148
112
126
120
142
114
84
86
109
90
108
98
437
Clothing _
number
505
284
421
701
289
220
273
235
257
295
351
545
Foods and tobacco
number..
489
556
591
411
447
441
363
360
353
401
451
158
144
General stores
number..
124
105
195
159
78
66
87
89
88
109
487
Household furniture
number..
398
536
260
343
260
235
234
243
239
357
297
319
All other
number..
324
341
450
379
328
286
404
292
322
302
386
Firms (Canada).number
208
293
200
263
256
164
275
230
174
223
196
200
Liabilities (United States) :
15, 936 2 64, 677 J 219, 300 277, 051
Banks
thous of dolls
67, 656 471, 380 233, 505 180, 028 40,745 190, 480 43, 493 41,683
93, 760
84, 900
Total commercial
thous. of dolls
96, 860
73, 213
60, 660 70, 660 47, 256 53, 025 60, 998 51, 656 53, 371 50, 868
31, 293
33, 879
22, 454
Manufacturers
thous of dolls
31, 680
26, 112 26, 334 14, 857 16, 967 20, 586 21, 909 18, 506 18, 719
Trade establishments
thous. of dolls . 44,118 41,005 54, 505
38, 386
27, 229 29, 486 24, 658 25, 848 28, 091 25, 934 25, 069 26, 386
18, 349
Agents and brokers. _
thous. of dolls
10, 016
10, 676
12, 373
7,318 14, 841
7,741
10, 210
12, 321
3,813
9,796
5,763
2
2
4,530
Liabilities (Canada)
thous of dolls
4,226
5,049
5,771
3,170
6,300
2,138
3,345
4,540
3, 505
2,776
3, 752
Dividend and Interest Payments
2
494
Grand total
mills of dolls
443
998
671
558
747
490
946
762
533
560
746
Dividend payments:
215
196
Total
mills of dolls
403
231
288
251
245
387
346
292
233
2311
Industrial and miscel159
laneous-.
mills, of dolls._
143
300
180
183
225
174
170
267
237
213
2233
31
Steam railroads
mills, of dolls
29
43
32
36
34
42
29
34
27
33
237
2
5
12
Street railways
mills of dolls
8
11
11
11
9
6
7
6
8
8
280
Interest payments
mills, of dolls. _
247
595
440
307
459
245
559
300
416
268
435
Foreign Exchange Bates
America:
Argentina
dolls, per gold peso
.583
.582
.583
.588
.585
.520
.646
.699
.597
.703
.707
.765
Brazil
dolls, per milreis..
.062
.062
.062
.062
.062
.056
.072
.064
.075
.059
.067
.073
Canada.
. dolls, per Canadian doll
.895
.873
.851
.827
.890
.891
.963
.997
.997
.997
.999
1.000
.121
Chile
dolls, per paper peso..
.121
.121
.121
.121
.121
.121
.121
.120
.121
.121
21
Asia:
Japan..
_._
..dolls, per yen..
.322
.343
.360
.435
.493
.493
.494
.494
.493
.494
.494
.494
India
dolls, per rupee..
.273
.260
.254
.258
.280
.287
.359
.360
.339
.360
.361
.361
Europe:
Belgium
dolls per belga
.139
.139
.139
.139
.139
.140
.140
.139
.139
.139
.139
.139
England ..
dolls, per Ib. sterling
3.64
3.46
3.43 j
3.72
3.37
3.89
4.86
4.86
4.53
4.86
4.86
4.86
France
dolls, per franc..
.039
.039
.309
.039
.039
.039
.039
.039
.039
.039
.039
.039
Italy
dolls per lira
.052
.052
.052
.050
.051
.052
.052
.052
.052
.052
.052
.052
Netherlands .
dolls, per guilder
.404
.403
.402
.402
.404
.402
.403
.403
.402
.403
.402
.401
Sweden
dolls, per krone
.199
.193
.192
.187
.207
.231
.261
.268
.268
.268
.268
.268
Switzerland
._ dolls, per franc ._
.193
.195
.195
.195
.195
.196
.195
.195
.194
.194
.193
. 193
' Rate changed Dec. 24, 1930, May 8, Oct. 9, Oct, 16, 1931, and February 26, 1932.
2 Revised.
,
March
1, 875
3.58
1,909
250
2,428
1,486
990
2,506
723
3,296
13, 748
7,551
15, 382
1.55
5.63
4.00
2.00
1.50
2.50
2.13
5,018
29, 337
18, 638
302, 658
267, 790
86
2,604
582
1,843
179
582
5
37
23
9
61
27
7
79
52
282
1,843
28
107
400
441
152
358
357
213
34, 320
60, 387
24, 072
30, 348
5,967
3,705
'593
»309
2229
«45
«6
284
.780
.079
1.000
.121
.494
.361
.139
4.86
.039
.052
.401
.268
. 1Q2
54
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
1932
March
1931
Decem- Novem- October Septem- August ; July
ber
her
ber
Febru- January
ary
|
June
May
April I March
114,651
40
95, 133
628
93, 612 i
27
FINANCE— Continued
Gold and Silver
Gold:
Domestic receipts at mint fine ounces.. 91,273 91, 704 89, 185
Exports
.thous. of dolls . 43, 909 128,211 107, 863
Earmarked for foreign account
by Fed res banks
.thous. of dolls. . 348, 460 2406, 781 433, 150
Imports
-... thous. of dolls . 19, 238 37, 644 32, 005
Monetary stocks of U. S., daily
4.384
4,452
average
mills, of dolls. . 4, 372
Rand ouptut
.fine ounces. _ 960, 035 914, 012 936, 784
Silver:
Exports...
thous, of dolls..
967
942
1, 611
Imports
thous. of dolls. _ 1, 809
2,009
2, 097
Price at New York
.dolls, per fine oz_.
.298
.301
.298
Production—
United States
thous. of fine oz._
1,644 2 1,677 * 2, 114
Canada
thous. of fine oz _ 1, 108
1,484
1,539
Mexico
thous. of fine oz..
6,231
Stocks, end of month —
United States
thous. of fine oz.. 6, 152 » 6, 408 2 6, 517
Canada
..thous. of fine oz_. 1,677
1,324
1,538
123,555
32,651
134,775
4,994
123,748
398, 604
128, 92S 1 115,343 i 118,123
28, 708
39 \ 1,009
458,534
89, 509
435,021
94, 430
463, 931
60, 919
356, 321
49, 269
77,231 i 61,231
57,539 ; 20,512
31,531
63,887
123, 795
50, 258
127, 795
49, 543
120, 295
25, 671
4, 450
923, 353
4. 363
900, 510
4,447
945, 113
4, 948
916, 000
4,975
4,958
916,425 ! 916,843
4,865
897,000
4, 767
910, 279
4,711
882, 237
4,682
910, 998
2, 168
872
3,215
2,138
.301 .322
2,158
2, 573
2,183
2, 355 i
.282
2,024 :1
2,685
.275 ,
2,305 ''.
1,663
.283 ;
1,895
2,364
.373
2,099
2,636
.277
3,249
2,439
.283
2. 323
1,821
.292
<S5, 091
2,350
1,113
5, 590
2,132
1,659
6, 295
2,181
« 1, 987
7,312
2,101
1,403 :
7,510
2, 419
1, 610 '
6,814 |
2, 176
2, 133
6,390 :
2. 433
731
7,041
2,762
1,836
7,374
2, 831 !
1,139 !
9,535
3, 528
1,431
6, 510
6, 209
1, 273
5, 035
1, 471
4,066
1,110
4,082
989
2,240 !
1,363 ;
2,077
754
1,611
958
1,485
1,423
713
1,509
2,714
796
Net Corporation Profits
Grand total
mills, of dolls..
Total and industrial and mercantile
mills, of dolls. _ I
Automobile parts and a c c e s s o r i e s ,
exclusive of tires
mills, of dolls..
Eood
mills, of dolls. .
Oil
mills, of dolls. .
Metals and mining
mills, of dolls,.
Machinery
mills, of dolls..
Miscellaneous
__mills. of dolls__
Steel and railroad equipment
mills, of dolls. _
Class I railroads
mills, of dolls..
Other public utilities
mills, of dolls..
Telephones
mills, of dolls..
«390 ..
1
3D.1
» D. 30
3 22
i
..
3D. 13 :.
3 D. 2 ' _
_
32
3 33
i
!
3 125 .„ .
1
•
3 14
329
3
5
s D.I
33
8
48
i
.-
?- 3b2
' 159 |
s 125
3 65
• 30
•'<• 31
s I ) .1
34
33* 1
3 D. 11
8
3
35
. . .
•t 53
39
3 132
378
:
»64
3 441
:
* D.I
•167
3 T). 13 '
379
3 97
» 67
i
2
107
281
3 79
>' 69
Life Insurance
(Association of Life Insurance Presidents)
Admitted life insurance assets (40 cos.):
Grand total
mills, of dolls . _
16, 459
Mortgage loansTotal
mills, of dolls..
6,397
Farm...
..mills, of dolls..
1,512
All other
mills, of dolis.4,885
Bonds and stocks (book value):
Government
mills, of dolls .
1,290
Public utilitv
mills, of dolls..
1,664
Railroad
"_
mills, of dolls..
2,683
All other
mills, of dolls. .
5°6
Total
mills, of dolls..
6, 163
Policy loans and premium notes
mills, of dolls.2, 655
Amount of new insurance (44 cos.):
Group
.mills, of dolls .
112
35
Industrial
mills, of dolls..
221
218
Ordinary
.
mills, of dolls-578
615
Total insurance
.mills, of dolls __
833
945
Policies and certificates, new (44 cos.):
Group.
thous . of certificates . .
21
49
Industrial
thous. of policies-804
816
Ordinary
thous. of policies.252
248
Total policies and certificates .thousands __
1,089
1,100
Premium collections (44 cos.):*
Annuities
thous. of dolls.14, 434
10, 412
Group
thous. of dolls -.
8,862
8,225
Industrial
thous. of dolls..
61,157
60, 570
Ordinary .
thous. of dolls. .
169,784 164, 710
Total
..
thous. of dolls
249, 578 248, 576
Sales of ordinary life insurance (Life Insurance
Sales Research Bureau):
Canada total, 15 cos
thous of dolls
37, 331
38, 145
37, 467
United States, total
thous. of dolls. _ 638, 732 592, 718 634, 717
Eastern manufacturing district
thous. of dolls 278, 899 267, 617 289, 391
Far western district. . .thous. of dolls. . 65,935 58, 258 62, 884
Southern district
thous of dolls
60, 553
68, 009
64, 922
Western agricultural district
_
thous.
of
dolls
.
78, 315
75,
299
83,
360
WTestern manufacturing district
. __
_. thous of dolls 145, 616 130, 991 136,118
Ordinary life insurance, lapse rates (Life
Insurance Research Bureau):
United States, total
rel. to 1925-26
East North Central rel. to 1925-26. |
East South Central
rel. to 1925-26..
1
Middle Atlantic
rel. to 1925-26
Mountain __
rel. to 1925-26
_ _ _
:
New England...
_rel. to 1925-26..
Pacific
rel. to 1925-26
'
South Atlantic
. rel. to 1925-26 ...........
West
North Central... rel. to 1 925-26. _
i
Wrest South Central -.-rel. to 1925-26..
* For earlier data see table on page 21 of the October, 1931, issue.
16,366
16,288
16, 227
16, 135
16, 070
15,978
15,871
15, 769
15, 662
15, 573
6,382
1, 512
4,870
6,387
1, 523
4,864
6,379
1,527
4,852
6,363
1. 530
4,833
6, 359
1,533
4,826
6,353
1,535
4,818
6,356
1,537
4,819
6,345
1,541
4,804
6,332
1,544
4,788
6, 330
1,547
4,783
1,289
1,667
2,686 j
525 '
6, 167
1,284
1,667
2,688
525
6, 164
1,283
1,665
2,687
524
6,159
1,292
1, 663
2,669
519
6, 143
1,258
1,667
2,663
504
6,092
1,213
1,662
2,657
503
6,035 :
1,189
1,644
2,653
504
5,990
1, 164
1,611
2,653
499
5,927
1,134
1, 605
2,660
495
5, 89-1
1,120
1,578
2.651
487
5, 836
2,594
2,544
2,508
2, 446
2,409
2,388 1
2,363
2,331
2,300
2,273
101
262 754 j
1,117 S
29
230
588
847
41
214
563
818
37
199
484
720
46
247
547
839
46 i
253 ;
606
905 !
81
251
673
1,005
72
236
672
980
99
235
691
1,025
62
247
720
1,028
44
1,156 j
350 i
1,551 |
19
951
259
1,229
18
761
256
1,035
22
723
223
968
26
995
233
1,254
22 !
994 i
260 !
1,276 |
45
926
285
1,256
35
845
288
1,168
59
865
301
1,225
28
881
321
1,230
i 9,812
i 7,464
i 69,204
1 158,721
! 235,201
10, 125
7,484
58, 365
165, 587
241, 561
9,019
7,521
55, 319
150, 450
222, 309
9,304
7,895
62, 874
154, 579
234, 652
17,979
8,114
55,612
178,398
260,103
i 13,868
; 8,117
60,654
! 173,947
i 256,586
25, 175
8,037
59, 884
175, 562
268, 658
12, 682
8,398
53, 854
183, 992
258, 926
11,919
8,790
62, 920
186,452
270, 081
47,163
38,860
799,971 ; 629,760
36, 006
599, 855
30, 066
535, 353
35, 738
589, 497
39,977
46,227
634,902 : 734,614
41,314
724, 206
45, 648
754, 002
46, 945
770, 440
342,141 278,665
79,695 '• 64,140
88,686
66,626
258, 245
61,492
64, 470
221, 440
56, 553
61,076
242, 920
60, 607
69, 047
267,378 321,403
63,112 '. 70,226
73,714 i 84,055
313, 038
68, 663
81,955
327, 077
70, 943
82, 930
343, 745
73, 579
77, 628
23,904
10,166
113,491
200,823
348,384
80,794
80, 224
75, 004
84, 197
91,959 i 100,752
98, 861
102, 396
101, 945
179,266 ; 139,535
110,183
135, 424
121,280
132, 726
138, 739 ; 158, 178
161,689
170, 656
173,543
3
127 \
3 141
3 131 !
3 140
3 191
;
3 113
3 197 '
3 122
3 IIS
3 117
3 195 S
3 116
3 107
3 120
3123
3128 i
1
3
3 124
s 140
3123
3
140
!
Revised.
1
i
111
3 123
» 117
3 127
3 95
3
105
3 103
3 100
a 113
« 116
3128
3 128
2 108
3 114
S98
3
109
3108
i j!9
I 107
3 no •
Quarter ending in month indicated
deficit.
55
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS .STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual SupplementJo the Survey
1931
i
1933
Septem- August
De 6 m
be r " N°bVer October
ber
March : Febru- January
May
July
June
34,480
28,986 1 27,463
April
March
31, 798
2
FINANCfr-Continued
Public Finance
23, 231
Customs receipts
_
thous. of dolls
Expenditures chargeable to ordinary
receipts
thous. of dolls— 385, 486
Qovernment debt, gross, end of
18, 507
month
mills, of dolls
275, 932
Total ordinary receipts
_thous. of dolls
United States money in cir5,531
culation
mills, of dolls
:
23, 191
27, 180
26, 549
27, 445
35, 175
35, 500
370, 985
232, 927
862, 348
292, 052
416, 472
356, 630
323,838 ! 330,661
375, 153
285, 892 432, 366
720, 236
18, 128
97, 140
17, 816
107, 748
17,825
342,271
17,310
106,304
17,292
134,649
17, 321
368, 792
16,864 i 16,802
122,141 ; 131,708
16, 801
512, 894
16, 527
124, 405
16, 655
148, 208
16, 683
433, 301
5,627
5, 645
5,478
5,133
4, 679
4,647
4, 590
5,611 !
5,518 |
3
335
480 !
3
6, 947
:
8
38,240
4,947
4, 750 !
4,836
31 ,806
Stockholders
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.:
Domestic
-_
_ - -number ^660,191
Foreign .
number-- 3 7, 047
Pennsylvania R. R. Co.:
3
324
Domestic..
.number-- 248,
3
3, 267
Foreign
number..
U. S. Steel Corporation (common stock):
Domestic
number,.
Foreign..
number. .
Shares held by brokers _. p. ct. of total—
I
!
j
3
3
605,
885
3
6, 870
3
595
322 !
1
6 735 j
3
574, 905
3 6, 383
245
509
3
3,268
3
241, 391
* 3, 284
3
240,
734
8
3, 291
3
235, 306
3 3, 272
176
769
8
2, 803
* 13 29
8
3
153, 718
« 2, 520
8
14 37
3
147. 440
3 2, 451
3 15. 68
i
166,
316
3
2 701
« 13 16
Stocks and Bonds
BONDS
Bond prices:
Combined price
index
p. ct. of par, 4% bond—
Highest-grade rails.p. ct. of par, 4% bondIndustrial
p. ct. of par, 4% bond _
Public utility
p. ct. of par, 4% bondSecond-grade rails, p. ct. of par, 4% bond-Bond prices, 1st of following month:
50 domestic bonds
_
p. ct. of par..
40 representative issues
p. ct. of par..
5 Liberty bonds
p. ct. of par..
Bond yields:
Industrial (15)
percent-Liberty and Treasury bonds
per cent-.
Municipal (15)
__per cent-Municipal bond yield (20)
.percent-Railroads (15)
_- _ .
per cent
U. S. Treasury notes and certificates,
3-6 mos
per cent
Utilities (15)
._
percent
Total, 60 high grade
per cent—
Long-term real-estate bonds issued:
Grand total
thous. of dolls..
Interest rates
per cent
Kind of structure—
Apartments
thous. of dolls—
Hotels
—thous. of dolls __
Office and commercial.thous. of dolls. _
Purpose of issue —
Acquisitions and improvements
thous. of dolls
Finance construction.-thous. of dolls —
Real-estate mortgage.. thous. of dolls —
58.25
79.28
49.51
69.61
46.54
57.23
75.30
48.84
66.23
47. 52
57.47
76.95
50.04
66.09
46.54
53.23
75.29
47.37
65.84
39.11
64.08
83.73
56.31
72.15
53.02
65.06
84.35
55.48
71.93
56.49
72.24
92.70
61.60
78.40
64.11
77.05
95. 14
65.82
82.81
70.76
80.99
97.70
67.75
83.68
80.34
79.07
97.73
64.36
82.76
78.51
80.48
97.68
68.70
80.91
82.54
80.86
96.11
68,15
80.06
84.03
82.29
96.31
70.83
79.59
86.58
88.22
50.13
99.63
89.49
51.45
99.16
88.18
49.63
96.01
88.19
45.61
98.23
91.72
50.20
100. 86
92.96
56.10
100.37
96.32
53.98
103.76
99.98
71.02
106.04
100. 38
72.32
106.09
100.25
83.84
106. 30
99.89
81.01
106.84
100.12
85.30
105. 77
100.15
88. 03
105. 37
7.51
3.92
5.09
4.73
5.60
7.02
24.11
5.40
4.96
5.78
7.11
4.27
5.28
2
4.94
5.70
7.24
3.92
4.86
4.87
5.86
6.08
3.69
4.62
4.45
5.17
6.21
3.71
4.51
4.34
5.14
5.64
3.42
4.00
4.06
4.66
5.26
3.34
3.88
3.85
4.47
5.13
3.32
3.88
3.86
4.32
5.25
3.30
3.76
3.84
4.32
5.24
3.31
3.75
3.74
4.27
5.10
3.38
3.80
3.85
4.33
4.98
3.39
3.89
3.90
4.27
2.25
5.30
5.87
2.42
5.49
5.92
2.48
5.36
5.86
2.41
5.29
5.81
1.77
4.89
5.19
1.70
4.77
5.16
.45
4.50
4.70
.42
4.40
4.50
.41
4.42
4.44
.55
4.46
4.45
.88
4.44
4.43
1.49
4.46
4.43
1.38
4.48
4.41
905
5. 50
0
0
1,075
5.50
3, 185
5.43
2,619
5.71
9, 125
5.00
66, 785
5.80
2,100
5.76
775
5.78
3,425
5.69
9,485
5.43
7,235
5.68
2,015
5.66
0
0
/55
0
0
0
0
0
690
0
0
2,575
0
500
1,979
0
0
9,125
0
0
66, 445
0
0
1,985
0
0
175
0
0
2,700
0
265
8,650
250
0
4,400
1,475
0
0
905
0
0
0
0
240
835
0
0
2,800
0
725
1,894
0
500
8,625
0
395
66,090
0
565
635
0
600
0
0
1,000
425
265
0
9,220
0
1,700
3,135
210
3,000
630
118. 92
95.0
29.28
41.9
18.56
116. 92
93.4
30.68
43.9
18.14
119. 96
95.8
28.44
40.7
17.93
142. 97
114.2
37.82
54.1
21.27
146. 65
117.2
44.72
63.9
23.85
156. 80
125.3
46.44
66.4
22.90
190. 59
152.3
57.87
82.7
32.48
193. 83
154.9
64.88
92.8
33.35
198. 56
158.6
68.09
97.4
35.81
193. 75
154.8
65.89
94.2
31.39
215. 74
172.4
74.97
107.2
36.38
237. 52
189. 8
84. 55
120.9
40.49
56.5
34.2
92.8
58.0
36.6
94.4
57.7
33.0
95.6
71.7
46.0
114.7
69.7
48.4
111.9
81.7
56.1
131.9
95.5
66.2
154.0
98.2
75.3
157.5
95.1
74.0
153.0
98.0
76.8
156.4
109.2
87.3
169.8
121.6
97.2
188.9
52.9
54.4
54.3
67.5
64.8
75.8
88.5
89.8
86.5
89.4
100.3
111.8
68.9
109.8
75.6
101.2
74.7
92.6
98.1
122.2
80.1
121.5
94.0
158.1
115.0
194.1
130.7
196.3
129.2
189.7
140.3
202.3
150.5
227.6
178.6
268.2
60.2
64.2
64.8
75.4
70.4
84.7
103.4
104.9
101.2
110.0
117.4
128.6
22.8
56.3
32.1
74.9
24.5
57.3
36.1
75.8
24.9
57.4
35.2
74.0
33.0
69.3
45.0
89.2
31.3
69.7
43.0
84.3
41.1
80.0
50.0
96.7
49.1
91.6
61.0
112.0
50.2
89.2
65.8
112.2
46.7
88.5
62.0
111.9
46.4
88.8
66.7
117.7
50.0
86.2
79.4
127.1
57.5
89.9
95.7
136.9
0
0
STOCKS
Stock prices, average daily closing:
25 industrials, average
dolls, per share — 115.42
92.2
25 industrials, average . - rel. to 1923-25—
26.14
25 railroads, average
dolls, per share,.
37.4
25 railroads, average
_ rel. to 1923-25
16.30
103 stocks, average
dolls, per share
Stock prices, average weekly closing:
56.8
All groups (421). . . _. _ rel. to 1926
32.1
All railroads (33)
rel. to 1926—
93.4
All utilities (37)
rel to 1926
Industrial, rails and util53. 8
ities (351)
rel. to 1926Agricultural implements
67.3
(4)
rel. to 1926105.0
Airplanes (12)
rel to 1926
Automobiles and trucks
54.5
(13)
rel. to 1926Automobile tires and
23.9
rubber goods (7)
rel. to 1926- .
57.9
Chain stores (16)
rel to 1926
29.6
Copper and brass (8)
rel. to 1926—
79.4
Food, other than meat (22) .rel. to 1926Machinery and machine
47.4
equipment (10).
rel. to 1926
Oil producing and refining
(15)
rel. to 192645.0
30.4
Railroad equipment (9).. .rel. to 1926—
Rayon (5)...
rel. to 192635.8
Steel and iron (10)
rel. to 1926- .
32.3
30.7
Textiles (28)
rel. to 1926
Theaters, motion pictures, and amusements (7)
rel. to 1926—
16.8
Tobacco and
tobacco products
(11)
rel. to 1926..
104.6
Traction,
motor
transportation
(9)....
rel. to 1926..
43.0
« Revised.
47.1
47.7
46.1
60.7
59.3
71.6
84.2
88.0
83.4
88.7
109.4
125. 1
42.4
30.7
37.4
32.2
30.6
42.9
31.0
36.9
32.1
30.7
43.9
31.0
38.8
34.0
31.0
56.7
41.5
46.0
44.6
35. 7
53.1
41.2
42.6
41.7
35.9
60.0
46.4
45.9
54.8
40.4
69.9
54.5
48.4
65.2
44.7
67.4
57.2
48.9
71.8
45.8
63.1
54.6
48.6
68.2
45.0
63.2
57.1
48.6
72.1
47.4
74.1
67.5
52.6
86.1
52.2
84.5
78.2
51.5
102. 9
58.2
17.0
17.8
15.8
27.7
28.3
37.9
43.4
44.5
44.6
44.3
61.3
76.1
99.1
98.3 i
90.6
106.2
104.7
117.5
136.9
141.0
133.5
137.3
144.3
143.8
40.0
38.9
37.2
43. 6
43.6
51.1
59.8
62.7
63.2
60.8
61.9
67. i
8
Quarter ending in month indicated.
56
SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
May, 1932
MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued
Earlier data for items shown here may
be found in the 1931 Annual Supplement to the Survey
March
Febru- January
ary
Decem- Novem- October Septem- August
ber
ber
ber
July
June
May
April
March
FINANCE— Continued
Stocks and Bonds—Continued
STOCKS— Continued
Stock sales, N. Y. Stock Exchange
thous. of shares-Stock yields:
Preferred high-grade industrial
(20)
...percent-Total common (90)
._ per cent
Industrials (50) .
percent-Public utilities (20)
per cent-.
Railroads (20)
percent
33, 061
31, 719
34, 342
50,190
37, 369
47, 895
51, 140
24, 890
33, 540
58, 719
46, 661
54, 335
65, 494
7.28
7.16
7.53
5.74
9.15
7.27
8.04
8.81
6.06
8.60
7.26
8.22
8.89
6.37
9.01
7.07
8 66
9.04
6.60
12.70
6.45
7 06
7.32
5.50
9 79
6.40
7 28
7.49
5.74
10.07
6.03
6 51
6.63
5.11
9 59
5.80
5.74
5.94
4.36
8.15
5.77
5.66
5.89
4.33
7.54
5.85
5.96
6.26
4.47
7.76
5.71
5.95
6.23
4.42
7.91
5.59
5.43
5.69
4.04
7.12
5.54
4.95
5.17
3.60
6.75
215, 033
0
436
51, 073
240
1,923
400
7,133
683
52, 240
5,085
666, 840
9,660
57, 994
3, 975
44, 958
17, 054
0
New Security Issues
Bond sales, Canada:
34, 978 21, 085 47 6470
Total
thous. of dolls
200
Corporation
thous. of dolls ..
0
200
6,000
Dominion and provincial
thous. of dolls
4,000
0
10, 000
30, 212
o
Municipal
thous. of dolls
18 478
17, 435
5 085
0
0
Railways
- . _ thous. of dolls
12,500
0
Bond sales (U. S.):
Corporation48, 164
86, 331
Total
thous. of dolls
57, 344
44, 551
Class of industryIndustrial
thous. of dolls,341
150
19, 100
100
Land and build1,225
5,785
ings
thous. of dolls_1,911
2,900
o
o
o
o
Oil
thous of dolls
Public utilities
thous. of dolls. - 51, 097
53, 398
34, 901
44, 620
0
0
Railroads
_ thous. of dolls
3,425
4,950
Shipping and miso 8,048
cellaneous
thous. of dolls
571
1 700
Purpose of issue—
66 984
New capital
thous of dolls
48 247
38 863
46 664
5,688
Refunding
thous. of dolls
1,500 i 19, 347
9,097
Type of securityBonds and notes
thous. of dolls.. 54, 607
40, 738
43,745 ' 47, 463
38, 868
Stocks
thous. of dolls.4,419
2,737
3,813
Bond sales on N. Y. Stock Exchange:
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls_. 201, 431 162, 591 218, 851 276, 780
51,281
67, 676
61,046
Liberty— Treasury
thous. of dolls
54, 794
Total .
thous. of dolls.. 252, 712 217, 385 286, 527 337, 826
Foreign governments, excl. Canada
thous. of dolls
0
0
0
0
Foreign loans in the United
0
0
0
0
States
thous. of dolls
States and municipalities:
Permanent loans
thous. of dolls_. 86, 326 22 34, 910 2 135, 154 2 49, 244
83, 142
Temporary loans _
thous. of dolls
147, 996 100,759 111,018
2
o
286
0
0
1,523
0
5,000
1,450
0
33, 650
13, 505
' 0
650, 141
7,039
25, 764
28, 254
50, 000
0
8,057
18, 097
1,750
70, 202
17, 891
176, 264
51, 997
155, 934
252, 918
250, 590
456, 678
401, 229
583
2,160
4,550
9,197
15, 439
6,350
4,850
96, 932
82,400
5,784
9,625
67, 009
51, 285
12, 550
2,000
0
42, 080
60, 000
2,650
400
27, 456
12, 295
1,651
0
136, 800
0
3,813
5 000
220, 416
16, 113
10, 415
2,000
210, 025
22, 500
7,577
4,940
305, 661
6,000
3,765
2,053
101, 393
200, 018
215, 000
33
o
0
o
833
o
0
o
4, 106
2,625
0
2,044
1,226
800
35, 568
11,600
50 123
20, 079
17 391
500
156, 381
19, 883
46, 197
5,800
115, 070
40, 864
131, 343
121, 575
169, 360
81, 230
267, 471
189, 207
269, 030
132, 199
46, 347
23, 855
14, 285
3,606
163, 399
12, 865
39, 835
12, 162
153, 814
2,120
247, 034
5,884
190, 065
60, 525
354, 969
101, 709
391, 758
9,471
199, 228
37, 389
236, 617
290, 822
56, 157
346, 979
267, 323
38, 493
305, 816
191, 035
8,675
199, 710
219, 615
8,284
227, 899
252, 585
15, 167
267, 752
221, 256
14, 431
235, 687
215, 661
12, 127
227, 788
238, 298
8,723
247, 021
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8,000
0
23, 602
0
1,900
38, 800
69, 184
44, 303
13, 791
18, 293 2 119, 142
50, 122 104, 129
75, 618
91, 522
85, 327
45, 602
120, 336
30, 892
169, 094
24, 772
111, 386
196, 598
279,443
64, 979
Revised.
150
O
54, 322
74, 625
;U!EF
of the PEPARTHIE^T OF COMMERCE
R. P. LAMONT, Secretary of Commerce
JULIUS KLEIN, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
CLARENCE M. YOUNG, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
EPHRAIM F. MORGAN, Solicitor
Aeronautics Branch
Bureau of Navigation
CLARENCE M. YOUNG, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics
ARTHUR J. TYRER, Commissioner
Superintendence of commercial marine and merchant seamcij.
Supervision of registering, enrolling, licensing, numbering, etc., of vessels
under the United States flag, and the annual publication of a list of such
vessels.
Enforcement of the navigation, load-line, and steamboat inspection laws,
including imposition of fees, fines, tonnage taxes, etc.
Establishment of civil airways and maintenance of aids to air navigation;
nspection of air lines; inspection and registration of aircraft and licensing
•f airmen; enforcement of air traffic rules; investigation of accidents; rating
or ports; fostering of air commerce; scientific research in aeronautics; and
lissemination of information relating to commercial aeronautics. (Some
>f these functions are performed by special divisions of the Lighthouse
Service, the Bureau of Standards, and the Coast and Geodetic Survey.)
Bureau of the Census
WILLIAM M. STEUART, Director
Taking the decennial census of the United States, covering in 1930, population, unemployment, agriculture, irrigation, drainage, manufactures,
distribution, and mines. Taking a census of religious bodies every 10 years;
censuses of agriculture and electrical public utilities every 5 years; and a
census of manufactures every 2 years.
Compilation of statistics of wealth, public debt and taxation, including
financial statistics of local governments, every 10 years; annual compilation
of financial statistics of State and municipal governments.
Compilation annually of statistics of marriage, divorce, births, deaths, and
penal and other institutions, and weekly, of death rates in cities and automobile accidents.
Compilation quarterly or monthly of statistics on cotton, wool, leather,
and other industries; annually of forest products.
Bureau of Fisheries
HENRY O'MALLEY, Commissioner
The propagation and distribution of food fish and shellfish, in order to
prevent the depletion of the fisheries; investigations to promote conservation
of fishery resources; the development of commercial fisheries and agriculture;
study of fishery methods; improvements in merchandising and collection of
fishery statistics; administration of Alaska fisheries and fur seals; and the
protection of sponges off the coast of Florida; enforcement of the law regulating the interstate transportation of largemouth and smallmouth black bass.
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
FREDERICK M. FEIKER, Director
The extension to American commerce and industry of definite aids for the
promotion of foreign trade, and the organized analysis and solution of
problems of domestic trade.
The maintenance of commodity divisions equipped to furnish information
concerning domestic or foreign business in principal products, and of technical divisions supplying information on various aspects of foreign trade,
including foreign commercial laws, financial conditions, customs duties,
constructive activities, economic conditions, and the names of possible
buyers and agents for American goods abroad. The carrying out, in cooperation with representative domestic business organizations, of fact-finding
studies in the fields of business planning, market research, and the costs of
distribution; providing information which will assist American business
firms to establish more efficient merchandising methods and to eliminate
many of the wastes in domestic distribution.
Compilation and publication of statistics on the trade of the United States
with foreign countries.
The dissemination of results in the Survey of Current Business, the weekly
Commerce Reports, the Commerce Yearbook, Statistical Abstract, and other
printed and mimeographed bulletins, and in confidential circulars.
Bureau of Standards
GEORGE K. BURGESS, Director
Custody, development, and construction of standards of measurement,
quality, performance, or practice; comparison of standards used by scientific
or other institutions; determination of physical constants and properties of
materials; researches and tests on materials and processes; and publication
of scientific and technical bulletins reporting results of researches and fundamental and technical data.
Facilitates use of specifications by agencies spending tax moneys, Federal,
State, and municipal; compiles for these agencies lists of producers willing
to supply commodities guaranteed to meet their specification requirements.
Collection and dissemination of information concerning building and
plumbing codes, city planning and zoning, and the financing and construction of houses.
Assistance to manufacturers, distributors, and consumers in the preparation of simplified practice recommendations reducing unnecessary variety
and sizes, and of commercial standards establishing satisfactory acceptance
criteria of commodities.
Coast and Geodetic Survey
RAYMOND S. PATTON, Director
Survey of the coasts of the United States and publication of charts for the
navigation of the adjacent waters, including Alaska, the Philippine Islands,
Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Canal Zone; interior control
surveys; magnetic surveys; tide and current observations; and seismologica!
investigations.
Publication of results through charts, coast pilots, tide tables, current
tables* airway maps, and special publications.
Lighthouse Service
GEORGE R. PUTNAM, Commissioner
Establishment and maintenance of lighthouses, lightships, buoys, and
other aids to water navigation, and the improvement of these aids. Establishment and maintenance of aids to navigation along civil airways.
Publication of Light Lists, and Notices to Mariners, giving information
regarding these aids to navigation.
Radio Pivlsion
W. D. TERRELL, Director
Inspection of radio stations on ships; inspection of radio stations on shore,
including broadcasting stations; licensing radio operators; assigning station
call letters; enforcing the terms of the International Radiotelegraphic
Convention; and examining and settling international radio accounts.
Steamboat Inspection Service
Bureau of mines
DICKERSON N. HOOVER, Supervising Inspector General
The inspection of merchant vessels, including boilers, hulls, and lifesaving equipment, the licensing of officers of vessels, certification of able
seamen and lifeboat men, and the investigation of violations of steamboatinspection laws.
SCOTT TURNER, Director
Technical investigations in the mining, preparation and utilization of
minerals, including the study of mine hazards and safety methods, the
health of miners, and improved methods in production and use of minerals.
Economic studies relating to uses, reserves, production, distribution,
stocks, consumption, prices, and marketing of mineral commodities and
primary products thereof.
Testing of Government fuels and management of the Government fuel
yard at Washington.
Research on helium and operation of plants producing it.
THOMAS E. ROBERTSON, Commissioner
The granting of patents and the registration of trade-marks, prints, and
labels, after technical examination and judicial proceedings.
Maintenance of library with public search room, containing copies of
foreign and United States patents and trade-marks. Recording bills of sale,
assignments, etc., relating to patents and trade-marks. Furnishing copies
of records pertaining to patents.
Publication of the weekly Official Gazette, showing the patents and trademarks issued.
United States Patent Office
Grocers^
Miscellaneous
Edibles
9.Z
This chart
Shows the percentage distribution of sales in 26 grocery stores
all carry ing meats and provisions
and fresh f ruitand vegetablesone of a hundred important findings
regarding grocery retailing revealed
by the Louisville survey,
Voductsy
10.8
Profit by these
three just-published
reports on the survey:
Fruits
and
Vegetables
10.9
\DcurL) Products,
\
157
Merchandising Characteristics
of Grocery Store Commodities
GENERAL FINDINGS AND SPECIFIC RESULTS—Describes
survey methods, analyses operating factors, notes items carried,
and gives results of corrections applied by the 26 stores. Distribution Cost Studies No. 11. Price 20 cents.
PERISHABLES—Studies sales, turnover, earnings, operating
expenses, and methods in the distribution of bakery and dairy
products, fruits and vegetables, lard and shortening, meats and
provisions, and oleomargarine. Distribution Cost Studies No. 12.
Price 20 cents.
Meats
and,
Provisions
32.6
DRY GROCERIES—Presents
dollars-and-cents comparisons
and conclusions obtained from
investigations of the factors
involved in retailing bottled
beverages, canned foods, cere-als, tobacco and products, coffee,
tea, cocoa, spices, confectionery
flour, sugar, soaps, and other
"drygroceries." Distribution
Cost Studies No. 13. Price 30
cents.
For sale by the Superintendent of
Documents, United States Govern*
ment Printing Office, Washington,
D. C., or any district office of the
United States Department
of Commerce
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