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MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON

SURVEY OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
AS OF

OCTOBER 1, 1921
No. 3

COMPILED BY

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
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WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1921

CONTENTS.
Summary
Price comparison (chart)
Textiles
Textile machinery
Paper and rubber
Automobile tires, etc.; rubber stocks
Automobile production
Leather
Hides and leather
Building statistics
Construction material
Metals
Fabricated iron and steel
Fuel and power
Chemicals
Comparison of production (^ chart)
Cereals
Food price comparison (chart)
Meat products
Live stock
Sugar and vegetable oils
Dairy products

.rage.
3
10
12
16
18
20
21
22
26
28
-32
36
40
42
44
45
46
49
50
52
54
56

Cold storage (chart)
Tobacco
Foreign trade of the United States
Foreign trade of the United Kingdom
Foreign trade of France
Foreign trade of Italy and Spain
Foreign trade of Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden
Foreign trade of The Americas
Foreign trade of Egypt and South Africa
Foreign exchange
Transportation—Water
Transportation—Rail
Railway revenues and expenses
Department store trade
Banking and finance
Public finance
Earnings and employment
Interest rates and security prices
Price index numbers
Cost of living
Distribution movement
Index

Page.
58
59
60
64
66
68
70
72
74
76
78
80
82
84
86
90
91
92
94
96
97
98

INTRODUCTION.
The third number of the " Survey " is issued with several changes in the form of the tables and with a number
of additional items. In particular, information from a number of trade associations are included for the first
time. It is believed that these associations will gradually recognize the advantage both to themselves and
to business in general of having the significant trends of their industries made public in this manner.
Many of the tables have been rearranged in order to bring together closely related subjects. For example,
the table on crop production has been broken up and the various items distributed in tables relating to textiles,
cereals, tobacco, etc.
In the early numbers of the "Survey" the source from which the information came was shown in heavy
type at the top of the table. This was done in order to make it clear that the information was compiled largely
from already existing sources and did not represent new material collected by this Department. Now that
this arrangement is well understood, the information as to the source of the data has been placed in footnotes,
thus giving a better form to the tables.
The summary table has been rearranged with the hope that it will give a better bird 's-eye picture of changing conditions. An alphabetical index has been added at the end of the bulletin which will materially assist
in its usefulness.
Further experience shows that at present it is impossible to obtain data on the majority of items before
the end of the following month.
The present number contains figures received up to November 1, 1921.




2

SUMMARY.
The following summary is designed to show the trend in important industrial and commercial movements. In the first three columns
there is given, first, the year used as a base in computing the index numbers; second, the per cent increase or decrease of the latest available figure compared with the base year and, third, the comparison of the current month of 1921 with the corresponding month of last year.
The last four columns give the per cent increase or decrease during each of the last four months. The column headings refer to the latest
months for which, in the majority of items, data is available. However, in cases where movements are reported only quarterly, the first
three columns compare the last three quarters. Where data are credited to October, 1921, as in the case of "farm crop prices " (p. 94), this
figure is shown in the September column. Where the September or August figure is not available, these columns are left blank, and the
yearly comparison is for the latest figure compared to the same month a year ago.
The details for each item can be ascertained by reference to the proper table in the body of the bulletin.
A few items in which the movement is shown in terms of percentage (not index numbers), such as active wool machinery, underwear
production, etc., are not included in this summary.

Base
year.

Sept., ! June,
July, Aug.,
Per
1921,
1921,
1921,
1921,
cent per
per
cen
cent
per
cemLt per cent
change
change change change
from
from
from
from
from
base
May, June, July,
year, Sept.,
1920.
1921.
1921.
1921.

Sept.,
1921,
per
cent
change
from
Aug.,
1921.

Base
year.

TEXTILES.

METALS—Con.

(Pages 12 to 18.)

Fabricated-iron and
steel.

Wool.
Consumption
Quarterly stocks:
Commercial
Governmental
Imports, unmanfd

1913
1919
1919
1913

+ 55.0 + 76.1 +

2.8

9.0 +

9.8 + 6.!

- 1.0 + 15.1 + 15.7 + 10.4 - 6.6
- 73.0 - 32.5
0.0 - 20.6
10.5
+ 15.0 + 23.7 - 59.8
57.4 + 68.9 -

8.0

Cotton.
Production (crop est.)... 1909-13 - 50.0 - 46.2
- 3.1
1913 + 1.0 + 6.3
Consumption
5.5 - 11.5
1913 - 24.0 + 11.8
Stocks, mills
5.3 - 7.8
1913 +145.0 + 54.1
Stocks, warehouse
8.9 - 13.5
1913 - 69.0 - 68.4
Imports, unmanfad
7.7 - 64.6
1913 - 28.0 +132. 3
Exports, unmanfd
3.0 + 7.4
1913 - 29.0 + 53.6
Visible supply
1.4 - 7 . 6
Spindles, active, cotton.. 1913 + 12.0 - 0 . 9
0.0 - 0 . 9
1913
Cotton cloth exports
68.0 + 14.3 + 22.4 + 2.3
Fabric consumption by
tire manufacturers
11920 + 127.0
+ 2.1 + 19.1

- 14.3
+ 1*4.1
9.6
6.6
+ 64.7
6.8
9.7
1.9
+ 13.4

•

7.4

4.1
1.3
23.7
10.7
5.9
6.6
2.8
10.5

64.0
78.0
72.0
14.0
67.0

1920
1920

+
+
+
+
+

1913
2 1920
2 1920

+ 61.0 +133.3 - 12.8 + 25.7
+ 4.0 + 89.1 + 25.6 - 5 . 3
+ 65.0 - 5 5 . 7 - 25.0 + 16.7 +

+ 11.3 - 14.2 + 22.8
+ 10.1 + 14.9 + 12.8
2.9 - 5.6 + 12.7
+ 10.0 - 1.0 + 8.2
+ 8.6 - 15.9 + 14.5

5.1
6.0
13.9
7.5
5.7

• 52.6 I - 19.3

• 5.6 |+ 7.4

- 43.0
- 94.0
1920 - 51.0

• 40.0 |+ 3.3 + 19.4 + 21.6 + 26.7
• 94.2 j - 50.0 + 25.0
0.0
20.0
55.0 + 4.9 - 27.9 + 71.0 - 7.5

1920

- 68.0
- 95.0
- 67.0

29.6 - 8 . 6
• 60.0 - 16.0 + 28.6
0.0 - 28.6
95.6 - 25.0 + 16.7
66.0 - 3 . 1 - 12.9 + 33.3 - 8.3

1919

-53.0

+ 36.8 - 26.9

'1920
'1920

+ 14.0
+ 17.0

-

1920
1920

1920
1920

Production.
Exports

11920
11920
11920
* 1920
U920

- 54.0
+ 1.0

Sept., June, July, Aug.,
1921,
1921,
1921,
1921,
per cen" per cen per cen percent
change change change
from
from
from
May, June,
Sept.,
Aug.,
1921.
1921.
1920.
1921.

18.4 +

4.4

0.0
7.1

1913

- 34.0 - 18.5 + 31.6 - 10.7 -

1913
1913

83.0 - 68.6 - 5.3
- 15.0 + 142.9 + 54.3

1913
1913

- 5 0 . 0 - 60.6
+ 100.0 + 88.7

1913
1913

- 5.0 - 53.0 - 0.7
0.0
- 39.0 - 39.0 + 104.8 - 14.0 + 45.9 + 13.0

1.5

Copper.

+ 16.4 - 32,0

Finished cotton goods.
Orders received
Goods billed
Goods shipped
Goods in storage
Per ct. capacity operated.

Sheet and tin plate:
Production
Stocks
Bolts:
New orders
Unfilled orders
Shipments
Nuts and rivets:
New orders
Unfilled orders
Shipments
Bar iron:
Shipments
Steel barrels:
Shipments
Production
Structural steel:
Sales

Per
cent
change
from
base
year.

11.1 + 6.3
5.6 - 11.9 + 44.1

Zinc.
Production.
Stocks
Imports

8.1
4.7 + 2.

-

2.0
6.1

Silk.
Tin.
Imports, raw
,
Consumption, raw..
Stocks, raw

(Pages 36 to 41.)
Iron and steel.




10.1
4.6
20.7

Stocks...
Imports.
Wholesale prices.

METALS.

Iron ore movement
1913 - 32.0 - 58.5 +143.1
Production:
1913 - 62.0 - 68.9 - 12.5
Pig iron
1913 - 45.0 + 61. 0 - 21.7
Steel ingots
1913 - 59.0 | - 77.1 - 24.2
Exports
1913 - 50.0 : - 58.3 - 27.7
Imports
Unfilled orders
I 1913 - 34.0 ! - 18.5 - 6.5
A Six months' average, Nov., 1920, to Apr.,

4.7
1.9
3.6

- 33.1
- 19.0
- 19.1
- 19.1
+ 17.6
-5.7
1921.

Pig iron:
Fdry, No. 2, northern
Bessemer
Steel billets, Bessemer...
- 1.2 - 17.1 Iron and steel
Composite pig iron
+ 8.8
2.7 Composite steel
+ 42.1
1.9 Copper ingots, electrolytic
- 13.2
24.2 Lead, pig, desilverized...
-7.5
35.1 Tin, pig
- 6.1
0.0 Zinc, spelter, western.... I
February.

1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913

3 January.

43.0
28.0
13.0
42.0
36.0
36.0
24.0
5.0
40.0
19.0

55.3
56.6
50.4
45.6
57.2
37.6
36.1
43.5
39.4
36.6

5.7
5.9
0.0
8.8
5.7
2.9
0.0
8.8
9.7
7.6

7.4
7.6
IS. 2
5.5
6.7
7.3
2.4
2.9
4.6
3.5

& See detailed table.

0.7
3.8
8.0
2.2
5.7
5.9
6.3
0.0
4.8
2.4

4.4
0.0
1.7
6.0
3.0
4.2
1.3
5.0
1.0
1.3

SUMMARY—Continued.

Base
year.

Sept., June, July, Aug., Sept.,
Per
1921,
1921,
1921,
1921,
1921,
cent
per
per
per
per
per
change cent
cent
cent
cent
cent
from change change change change change
base
from
from
from
from
from
year. Sept.,
Mav, June, July, Aug.,
1921.
192*1. 1921.
1920.
1921.

FUEL AND POWER,

AUTOMOBILE
TIRES AND
ACCESSORIES.

(Pages 42 and 43.)
Coal and coke
production.

(Pages 18 and 19.)

Bituminous coal
Anthracite coal
Beehive coke
By-product coke
Pub. utility elec. power..

1913
1913
1913
1913
1919

- 12.0
-7.0
- 90.0
+ 34.0
+ 4.0

- 31.3 + 2.4 - 10.6+
+ 52.5 + 6.9 - 14.8 +
- 84.1 - 27.3 - 25.0 +
-9.0 +
- 7 . 1 - 1 . 0 + 1.0 +

14.5
2.2
50.0
9.1
4.0

+ 1.1
- 1.1
+ 11.1
+ 1.5
- 1.0

Petroleum a n d
gasoline.
Crude petroleum:
Production
Stocks
Consumption
Imports
Gasoline:
Production
Exports
Domestic consumption
Stocks at end of the
month

1913
1913
1913
1913

+ 76.0
+ 63.0
+ 91.0
+516.0

1913
1919

+ 31.0 - 3.0
+ 14.0
- 10.9

1919

+ 76.0

-3.8
+ 49.5
- 11.6
-23.8

+
1919

- 3.9
0.0
+ 4.1 + 3.9
+ 3.7 - 3 . 6
+ 11.7 - 21.2
4.4
4.6

+ 20.0

+ 25.0 +

3.2

-

8.8

5.9 -

+ 1.5 - 11.1
+ 0.6 + 1.9
+ 2.6 - 2.1
- 58.3 + 172.6

2.3 + 3.1
28.2
- 26.9
- 75.3

4.8

- 76.5

Contracts awarded.

14.0
6.0

• 18.9 + 10.1 + 7.9 + 8.5 - 3 . 4
• 27.7 + 3.9 - 12.7 + 23.2 + 10.6

1919
1919

17.0
3.0

21.0 + 11.1 + 3.8 + 6.0 - 5 . 7
0.0 - 6 . 7 + 22.9 + 12.8
26.0
3.6 + 5.6 + 11.5
3.3 - 2 . 5 - 6.1

1919
1919

+ 26.0 + 22.3 - 14.6 - 8 . 0 + 66.2 + 0.8 -

1919
1919

- 45.0 - 36.8 - 18.5 - 6.1 - 1.6 - 9 . 8
- 22.0 - 33.3 - 6.8 - 5 . 9 + 17.2 + 4.0

1919
1919

- 21.0 - 24.0 - 18.0 - 30.5 -

1919
1919

11.0 + 48.3
9.0 + 7.7

1.5 +
5.6 -

5.3 + 7.6 1.5 + 14.9 +

7.1
6.5

4.8 - 9 . 3 - 15.0 - 17.6
1.0 - 8.1 - 2 . 9 - 8.1

RUBBER.
I

'

Imports, crude
1913 + 258.0 + 23.9 + 45.3 - 2 0 . 3 + 19.9
Consumption by tire i
manufacturers
! i 1920 +H4.0 :
12.0 + 29.1 - 3 6 . 5
+ 0.4
Wholesale price, Para ;
0.0 + 10.0
0.0
Island, New York
i 1913 I - 78.0 1 - 29.0 - 9.1




3 January.

+ 10.5 + 11.1 + 18.1 - 36.4
19.2 + 23.8 + 58.3 - 32.6
- 6.4 + 28.1 + 46.5 - 26.0

+ 111.0
+ 61.0
+ 227.0

4 1920 i+ 62.0
4 1920 |+ 37.0
4 1920 |+ 94.0

+ 26.7 + 4.3 + 5.0 - 29.3
+ 23.6 + 11.8 + 20.4 - 25.1
+ 38.0 + 11.9 + 5.3 - 30.2

4 1920
U920
4 1920

- 35.0
- 45.0
- 30.0

- 7.0
- 8.9
- 19.5

s 1921

+273.0
- 46.0
20.0

- 15.2 + 1.7 + 1.1
- 3 . 6 + 12.1 - 16.9
7.6 - 5 . 9
- 10.7

3 1921
U921

6.3 + 1.3 - 14.5
8.5 - 1 . 3 - 25.7
18.6 + 17.5 + 4.5

CONSTRUCTION.

- 17.2

1919
1919

U920
4 1920
4 1920

BUILDING AND

(Pages 28 to 35.)

(Pages 18 and 19.)
Production:
Newsprint
All other
Shipments:
Newsprint
Allother
Stocks:
Newsprint
Allother
Production:
Mechanical pulp
Chemical pulp
Consumption and shipment:
Mechanicafpulp
Chemical pulp
Stocks:
Mechanical pulp
Chemical pulp
I

Production:
Pneumatic tires
Solid tires
Inner tubes
Domestic shipments:
Pneumatic tires
Solid tires
Inner tubes
Stocks:
Pneumatic tires
Solid tires
Inner tubes
Motor accessories:
Purchases
Accounts past due . .
Notes outstanding..

+ 10.0

PAPER.

(Pages 16 to 1Q.)

June, July, Aug., Sept.,
1921,
1921, 1921,
Per
1921,
1921,
per
per
per
per
per
cent
cent
cent
cent
cent
Base change cent
year.
from change change change change ^hange
from from
from
base
from
from
May, June, July, Aug.,
year. Sept.,
1921. 1921.
1921.
1921.
1920.

Business buildings:
Sq.ft. floor space
Value
Industrial buildings:
Sq. ft. floor space
Value
Residential buildings:
Sq. ft. floor space
Value
Educational buildings:
Sq. ft. floor space
Vah.e
Hospitals and institutions:
Sq. ft. floor space
Value
Public institutions:
Sq. ft. floor space
Value
Public works and public
utilities—value
Social and recreational
buildings:
Sq. ft. floor space . . .
Value
Religious and memorial
buildings:
Sq. ft. floor space
Value
Grand total:
Sq.ft
Value

1919
1919

- 22.0 + 34.5
+ 22.0 + 52.5

0.0 + 8.2 + 13.6 |+ 4.0
13.8 + 30.7 + 6.1 ';+ 17.3

1919
1919

- 79.0 - 67.7
- 74.0 - 72.6

0.0 - 25.0 - 1 4 . 3 + 16.7
10.4 - 25.6 — 21.9 |+ 4.0

1919
1919

+ 8 . 0 +163.4 - 3 . 2
+ 35.0 + 164.7

1919

23.3 + 29.0 |+ 21.3
- 19.8 + 34.1 |+ IS. 4
I
+ 121.0 + 130.2 - 20.1 + 16.9 + 2.2 j— 5.2
+ 22.1 - 2.1 ! - 5.3
+ 166.0 + 107.8

1919 1+440.0 +312.2
1919 j+264.0 +275.3
I
1919 1 + 191.0 + 37.3
1919 ' + 134.0 4.9

+ 134.3 + 4.9 - 44.4 + 125.9
+287.1 - 35.5 - 41.3 + 145.9
- 44.3 + 56.8 - 37.0
[ - 24.2 + 28.0

1919

!- 5.01 -

1919
1919

+ 57.0 + 170.7 + 18.3 '+ 68.0 + 82.6 | + 2.1

+ 75.9
- 4 . 5

18.3 i- 18.1

- 20.6

11.0 + 5.8 + 22.7
0.0 - 16.4 !+ 37.7

1919 1+175.0 +121.8 + 62.1 + 10.0 - 28. 9 + 34.8
1919 +149.0 + 77.9 + 56.9 + 32.3 j - 33.8 + 25.8
1919 - 10.0 + 60.7
1919 |+ 15.0 + 38.6 -

< November, 1920, to April, 1921.

0.0
6.2

i

11.7 + 11.8 + 18.4
6.6 + 4.0 + 11.7

SUMMARY—Continued.

Base
year.

Aug., Sept.,
Sept., June, July,
1921,
1921,
1921,
Per
1921,
1921,
per
per
cent
per
per
per
change cent
cent
cent
cent
cent
from change change change change change
base
from
from
from
from
from
year. Sept.,
May, June, July, Aug.,
1921.
1921.
1921.
1920.
1921.

BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION—
Continued.
Lumber—Yellow pine.
Production
Stocks
Douglas flr.
Actual production to
normal
Shipments to normal
Oak flooring.
Production
Shipments
Orders booked
Stocks on hand
Unfilled orders
Fire-clay brick.
Production
Shipments
Stocks on hand
Silica brick.
Production
Shipments
Stocks on hand
Face brick.
Production
Stocks in sheds and kilns.
Unfilled orders
Shipments

1917
1917

-

7.0 + 9.4
- 11.3

-

14.0

1917 ! - 3.0 - 10.2 ' j 1917 I — 2. 0 ! + 5. 4 ' ! I

0.0 +
3.4 -

5.4
0.0

8.0 3.3 -

1.1
3.4

14.3 + 20.5 + 3.2
14.4 + 36. 1 - 13.3

1.1
12.fi

I

I
|+ 7.9
!f 8.5
!+ 3.1
|+ ,3
!+ 20.5

1913
1913
1913
1013
1913

+ 123.0
+ 130.0
+173.0
+ 271.0
+ 32.0

21.8
+ 23.1
+ 38.9
- 0.5
- 2.9

5.1
7.3
9.2
5.6
1.5

1919
1919
1919

- 50.0 _ 59.7 + 7.8 - 20.0 + 20.5
0.0 + 22.7
- 47.0 + 64.4 - 4.3
- 4.0 + 10.3 - 3 . 1 - 2 . 0 + 2.1

5.7
1.9
3.0

1919
1919
1919

13.3
- 66.0 _ 64.2
0.0
- 71.0 - 77.7 - 51.4 + 33.3 + 20.8
4.4
16.0 + 19.6 + 2.7
0.0 - 2.5

1919
1919
1919
1919

+ 18.0
60.0
- 45.0
23.0

1913
1913
1913

+ 31.0
+ 52.0
- 38.0

1914

+ 57.0

1913

+ 83.0 — 29.9 -

+106. 5

+ 237. 3
+313.6

+ 2..S
+ 78.4

+
+
+

24.2
17.6
48.1
11.3

+
+
+

5.4
7.4
10.0
6.5
9.8

8.3 + 5.5 + 22.9
2.2 + 3.8 + 15.9
0.0 + 12.2
2.1
12.8 - 3.8 + 25.5

Cement.
Production
Shipments
Stocks

0.0 + 3.3 + 6.4
+ 11.7 - 2 . 8 + 20.1
- 10.8 - 6.1 - 2 0 . 4

- 1 . 5
- 9 . 0
-

16.2

-

2.7

Building costs.
Aberthaw Construction
Co
Engineering News Record

2.3

- 2 . 9

- 3 . 6

7.1 -

- 0 . 6

1.0 - 2 . 6

HIDES AND
LEATHER.
(Pages 22 to 27.)
Production:
Sole leather
Skivers
Oak and union harness
Finished sole and
belting
Finished upper
Finished patent
Finished glove
Finished fancy and
bookbinders'
Finished
harness
welting
Finished offal
Finished miscella- j
neons and uphol- I
stery

1919
1919

2,4 - 6.2 + 13.2 - 7.0
2.1 - 16.3 + 74.4 - 3 . 5
+

- 48.0
+ 12.0
+ 100.0
+ 97.0
- 20.0

+ 46.4
+ 31.3

«1920

+ 62.0

+ 39.7

-

- 28.0
6 1920 + 14.0

+ 4.7
+ 0.9

- 3 . 0
- 1 . 8

6 1920

6 1920

+ 10.0

- 6 . 5

8.5 + 2.0

4.6 + 7.7
1.1 + 11.1
15.9
5.6
7.0
2.3 -

3.8
+ 17.1

M920
M920
M920
6 1920

s See detailed table.




+ 20.0 + 9.6 38.0 + 50.0 +

23.9 + 20.9

+ 10.8
+ 5.6

+ 10.5 + 15.8

Base
year.

HIDES AND
LEATHER—Con.
Stocks at end of month:
Sole and belting
Upper
Patent
Gloves
Fancy and bookbinders'
Harness welting
Offal
Miscellaneous and
upholstery
Stocks in process of
tanning:
Sole and belting
Upper
Patent
Glove
Fancy and bookbinders'
Harness welting
Miscellaneous
Domestic exports of
leather:
Sole
Upper
Total boots and
shoes
Domestic imports of
hides and skins:
Total hides and
skins
Total calfskins
Total cattle hides
Total goatskins
Total sheepskins
Wholesale prices.
Hides:
Green, salted, packers' heavy native
steers
Calfskins: Country
No.l
Leather:
Sole, hemlock, middle No. 1
Chrome calf, " B "
grades
Boots and shoes:
Men's vici-calf, blucher
CHEMICALS,
(Page 44.)
Imports:
Potash
Nitrate of soda
Exports:
Sulphuric acid
Dyes and dyestuff...

Aug., Sept.,
Sept., June, July,
1921, 1921,
Per
1921, 1921,
1921,
cent
per
per
per
per
per
change cent
cent
cent
cent
cent
from change change change change change
base
from
from
from from
from
year. Sept.,
May, June, July, Aug.,
1920.
1921.
1921.
1921. 1921.

a 1920
«1920
«1920
6 1920

+
+
+

28.0
13.0
37.0
14.0

-

6

1920
M920
6 192*)

87.0
+ 28.0
+ 42.0

-

e 1920

10.0

0.0
0.0 - 0 . 9
16.9 1.6
8.0 - 9 . 5

3.7
0.9
0.0

+ 3.8

1.6
2.2 + 5.1
0.0 - 2 . 2 - 3 . 8
5.3
1.3 + 2.7 -

-

0.9 + 2.

1920
1920
1920
1920

+ 15.0
+ 170.0
+ 21.0

- 2.2
1.1 - 2
+ 2.8
4.5 - 0
+ 153.8 + 10.8 +
0.0
0.0 | +

6 1920
6 1920
6 1920

- 23.0
+ 23.0
+ 9.0

7.5 +
- 11.9 +
+ 7.8

6
6
6
6

1913
1913
1913

1909-13
1910-13
1910-13
1909-13
1909-13

-

11.0

67.0 - 44.1 + 70.6
57.0 - 28.3 + 94.4

.2
.9
5.5
7.4

1.4 + 5.5
8.1 + 2.5
0.0 - 0 . 9

• 20.7 + 43.5
40.0 - 26.5

0.0

+ 19.4

- 50.0 - 59.3 - 12.5 + 32.1 + 74.3 - 61.2

23.0
18.0
15.0
17.0
39.0

+ • 1.3
+215. 4
-29.2
+207. 4
- 22.8

+ 32.1
+ 22.8
+ 23.1
+ 145.7
-9.6

22.3
32.0
6.3
34.5
43.3

0.0

+
+
+
+

13.5
11.3
30.3 - 4.7
22.7 + 4.9
66.2 - 32.5
43.0
81.4

0.0

+

1.3

-

1.2

1913

- 23.0 - 5 0 . 0

16.9

1913

- 15.0 - 2 9 . 8

8.9

1913

+ 21.0 - 33.1

2.3

0.0

1913

+ 95.0 - 34.3

0.0

0.0

1913

+ 125.0 - 22.9

0.0

U909-13 - 3 4 . 0 5.7
U909-13 - 54.0 - 82.2

0.0

0.0

+ 71.4 - 33.3 + 156.3 + 61.0
+ 1.1 - 45.5 + 60.4 - 40.3
j

1909-13 90.0 - 61.5 + 7.7 - 35.7 1 + 100.0 44.4
- 8 5 . 5 + 52.6 - 26. i
37.5 —25.9
1909-13
1909-13+1464.0
37.7 - 13.7 - 17.5 + 96. ^
Total fertiliser,.- — U909-13 + 2.0 - 12.1

«September,

i Five-year average.

SUMMARY—Continued.

Per
cent

Base
year.

> ept,
1921,

June,

per

per

change
cent
from
change
base
from
year.
Sept.,

1920.

July,
1921,
per

1921,

cent

Aug.,
1921,

per

cent

Sept.,
1921,
per

cent

cent

change change change change
from
from
from
from
Mav,
June,
July, Aug.,
1921.
1921.
1921.
1921.

AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS.
(Pages 46 to 59.)
Wheat.
Production, winter (est.) 1909-13 + 23.0 + 1.7 Production, spring (ost.). 1909-13 - 20.0 - 10.1 Total production (est.).. 1909-13 1+ 8.0 - 0.9 1
1913 + 227.0 + 11.6 —
P^xports
1913
Visible supply
14 0 — 4 4
1919 + 95.0 + 43.4 +
Receipts, prin. mkts
Shipmeuts, prin. inlets... 1919 — 102.0 + 21.0 25. 0
"W heat (lour product ion.. 19,14
40. 4 -

Visible supply
Receipts, prin. mkts
Shipments, prin. mkts...
Other g r a m s .
Oats:
Production rest.)
Exports
Barley.*
Production (est.)
Export^
Rye*
Production (est.)

1913
1013
1919
1919

0.8 5.4
6.8 - 9 . 4 2.5 0.8

0.0

0.0

1.1 — 7.0
0. 0 — 1.8
15.4 + 14 2 + 118 7 — 41 8
21 2 + 68 3 4- 9 4 (')
0 0
11.0 +105. 2 + 10.7 - 10.0
7.1 4- 22.9 + 103.9 — 23. 2
0. 1 -- 2S.0 + 29.2 +

!- 17 0
i l Oj! 4
+ 34S. 0
( •)
4- 5S 0 + 1°2 5 +• 54 5 —
-144.0 + SO. 7 + 05.5 1.2 -20'). 0 + 214.4 +

o c _u

'", o

0 8
+ 35.3
30 °
31 3 i. io 5
49. s + 66.1 + 24. 5
ll.fi + 13.0 4 25.0

— 3. S 6.9 2.1 - 2 . 2
+ 203 2 + 53 2 + 118 8 + 16 5

1.5 - 8 . 0
0.0
0.0
1909-13 + 84.0 — 17.5
+ 39.9 + 19.3
61.9 +2-12. 7 + 15.9
1913
(-)
Totalgrain produc. (est.) 1909-13 + 10.0 — S. 3 + 1.7 - 6.0 + 1.8 - 0 . 9
Total grain exports
0.5 + 14.4 + 82.8 - 25.1
1913 -f 220.0 + 02.2 -

Car loadings of grain and
°T&in products
Other crops.
Rico, production
Potatoes, production »...
Hay. productions
Apples:
Vrocluot ion s
Cattle a n d beef.
Receipts, primary mkts..
Shipm'ts, primary mkts.
Shipments, stocker and
feeder
Slaughter
Exports. Ixvf products. .
Cold-stg. holdings of Ixvf.
Inspected slaughter proApparent consumption..
Hogs a n d p o r k .
Receipts, primary mkts.
Shipm-'ts. primary mkts.
Shipments, stocker and
fapdpr

1919

1909-13 + 3S.0 - 37.0
1909-13 - 3.0 - 10.4
1909-13 + 21.0 — 9.7
1909-13 1(U9

pork products

r

v\ 0

— 7.0 + 2.0 -

1919
1919

10 0

-

41 q
10.2
15.7

+
+

4.9 460 0
2.7 1.5 -

6.2 - 7 . 8

0.0 10.0 +
0.0 -

2.1 +

0.7

2.2 +
2.4

6.6
0.0

6.9 -

1.6 +

1.6

15.6 + 40.0 +
19.1 + 72.7 +

Sheep and mutton.
Receipts, primary mkts..
Shipm'ts, primary mkts.
Shipments, stocker and
feeder
...
Slaughter
Cold-storage holdings of
j lamb and mutton

S2

- IS 9

37 S
— 15.9
17.1 + 36.1
13.0 - 10.0

1913
1919

14 0 — 10 5
+ 36. 0 + 74.4
— 75.0 - 24.2

-

1913
1919

+ 18 0 +
- 9 . 0 +

+ 30
+ 14.3

1919
1919

- 2 9 . 0 + 10.9
- 21.0 +
1.3

6 3
3.4

4r) 0

1919

1° 1
— 33 0 + 17 5

1913

+ 112.0 + 69.6

1913
1919

—

6 0 + 17 5

+ 51 0

9 0

-

1921,

per

July,
1921,
per

Autr.,
1921,
per

Sept.,
1921,
per

Base
year.

change cent
cent
cent cent
cent
from change change change change change
from
from
from
base
from
from
Mav. June, July, Aug.,
year. Sept.,
1920.
1921.
1921. 1921.
1921.

1919

+ 16.0 - 9 . 4 - 3.5 - 4 . 9 + 41.0 + 5.5
+ 18.0 - 12.6 - 15.6 - 1.5 + 45.3 + 26.9

2.2
7.4

Cond. and evap. milk:
Production
Exports
Imports
Exports dairy products..
Receipts at 5 markets:

-

+ 7.9 + 10.3 -

24.0 - 2 . 7
19.8 +
1.3

1919

— 4.0 - 30.4 - 42.3 4 50.0 + 191.7 + 37.1
+ 14.0 - 1.7 + 8.3 - 8.7 + 33.7 — 10.2

1919

— 29.0 - 76.4 - 45.0 - 23.1 -

1919
1919

J- S 0 — 10.7
— 46.0 4 8.0
+ 154.0 + 192.0
+ 1958.1 + 70. S

1919

1919
1913

1919 + 10.0 + 20.9
Butter
1919 - 9.0 + 15.2
Cheese
1919 - 23.0 + 13.2
Eggs
Cold-storage holdings:
1916-20 + 60.0 - 20.4
Creamery butter
American cheese
1916-20 + 21.0 - 18.2
1916-20 + 70.0 + 18.1
Case eggs
Ayerage wholesale price
at 5 markets:
1919 - 28.0 - 25.0
Butter
1919 - 36.0 - 28.9
Cheese

12. r +

1.4

— '• u
•i-l:-S. 5 • 22. 0 i 79.2 4 25. 6
— Si'.. 7 \ 73.1 - 4.4 + 490.7
4-301.1 - 57.6 - - 55. 7 + 24.7

+ 38.2 - 25.4 + 0.7 - 19.1
+ 10.8 - 11.3 - 33.1 + 15.2
- 26.6 - 26.9 - 2.1 - 17.2
+ 189.5 + 33.6 + 11.6 - 2 . 5
+ 95.8 + 18.1 + 13.5 - 4 . 0
+ 9.7 + 1.0 - 5 . 3 - 12.8

+ 3.8 + 20.0 + 15.2 0.0 + 22.4 +

6.7

5.3
0.0

F a t s a n d oils.
Exports, vegetable oils . .
Imports, vegetable oils...
01 e o m a r garine—C onsumption
Cottonseed:
St ocks
Oil stocks
Oil production

1913
1913

- 72.0 + 40.0 - 25.0 - 47.1 - 22.2 + 33.3
+ 111.0 + 18.5 - 6.2 + 27.9 + 10.3 +201. 4

1913

+ 50.0 - 36.7 - 38.5 + 46.9 + 59. 6

1919
1919
1919

- 26.0 + 174.1 - 22.2 - 14.3 + 33.3 +208. 3
- 16.0 + 52.7 - 31.6 - 57.7 - 17.6 +200. 0
+ 53.0 + 135. 4 - 30.9 - 14.9 + 12.5 +2J0.0

Tobacco.
Production:
Crop (estimated). . . . 1909-13
Ivfirsrp eicars

Manfd. tobacco and
4- 1S9.3 + 11.1
snuff
+ 17. 0 — 1.1
Stocks:
+ 3.0
0.0
Chewing, smoking,
7.4 ;
— 25.0 -

2 9 + 16 8
12.5 + 18.2

1919

Dairy products.

Small cigarettes

1913
1913
1913

snuff and export... 1913
1913
Cigar tobacco
1913
;
Imported tobacco
; Exports:
1909-13
Unmanfd. leaf
0.0

0.0 - 32.4
- 5.3 + 6.7 +
- 1.0 - 7 . 5 + 10.1 - 9 . 2 + 11.2
+296.0 + 44.0 + 2.2 - 1.5 + 23.4
0.0 +

6.4 +

9.4 -

5.3

6.5 + 14.9

+ 52.0 + 21.6 + 24.8 + 2S.2 - 9.5
- 3.0 + 2.1 - 11.1 + 23.8 - 2.0
+ 35.0 + 14.4 + 13.6 + 25.6 - 8 . 2

+ 5.0 - 11.8 + 18.0 + 11.9 - 0 . 6 - 37.5

+ 1.3

47 7 + 34 8 + 77 4
+ 10 1 — 27.6 — 4.2 — 1.5
1.9 - 0 . 5
- 9 . 9 + 34.8 +
15 4

+ 10 3 — 14.1 — 14. 5
6 5
+ 20 0
3 8

Sugar.
Imports, raw
Melting, raw
Stocks, raw
Wholesale price 96 per

cent centrifugal New
York

1919
1919

- 20.0 - 27.9 - 42.8 - 26.3 + 107.1 - 44. £
— 19.0 - 3 . 8 - 11.5 + 3.3 + 33.7 - 35.2
+ 44.0 + 37.1 - 4.3 - 36.7 - 16.2 + 2.9

1913

+ 23.0 - 59.7 - 14.3 '+

5. S !+ 5.5 -

8.2

1913

+ 33.0 - 60.1 -

9.2 + 5.4 -

2.2.

1913

Retail price average 51
1919

-

39.0 - 2 3 . 8

& See detailed table.




J-

G.I + 39.4 +

-3.9

3S. 0 — 51.9 -

1919
1919

191Q

Slaughter
Exports, pork products..
Inspected slaughter production
Apparent consumption..
Cold-storage holdings,

+ 42.0 + 20.8 +

June,

0,8

5.6 - 13.7 1909-13 5.0 - 25. S 5.0 - 1 . 0
1913 — 78 0 — 31 3 — 47. C + 54 5 + 229 4 — 60 7
1909-13 - 10.0 - 14.3
1913 +°67 0 + 100 3

cent

Sept.,
1921,
per

AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS—Con.

Corn.
Production (e-U ~)

Per

+ 32.5

-

9.1 -*• 15.0 - 28.2

cities
8

7.2 -

These figures not shown in detailed table this month,

SUMMARY—Continued.

Base
year.

Sept., June, July, Aug., Sept.,
Per
1921,
1921,
1921,
1921, 1921,
cent
per
per
per
per
per
Base change cent
cent
cent
cent
cent
year. * from change change change change change
base
from
from
from
from from
year. Sept.,
May, June, July, Aug.,
1920.
1921.
1921.
1921.
1921.

Aug., Sept.,
Sept., June, July,
Per
1921,
1921,
1921,
1921,
1921,
cent
per
per
per
per
per
change cent
cent
cent
cent
cent
from change change change change change
base
from
from
from
from
from
year. Sept., Mav, June, July, Aug.,
1920.
1921.
1921.
1921.
1921.
FOR'N TRADE—Con.
United K i n g d o m Continued.
Exports of key commodities (quantities):
Cotton piece goods...
Woolen and worsted
tissues
Iron and steel
Coal (see detailed
table)

FOREIGN TRADE.

(Pages 60 to 75.)
United States.
Imports by Grand
Divisions.
Europe:
Total . .
France
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
North America:
Total
Canada
South America*
Total
Argentina
Asia and Oceania:
Total
Japan
Africa:
Total
Grand total

1913 — 12 0 — 30.2 1913 + 17 0 + 10 4 1913 — 56 0 — 30 2 +
1013 + 18 0 + 34.1 1^13
19 0 — 46.4 -

9.5
7.8
7.1
31.0
24.4

+
+
+
+
+

3.9
4.3
20.0
1.9
1.5

+ 3.8 + 7.3
- 4.1 + 24.5
- 11.1 - 8.3
+ 13.8 - 11.9
+ 7.6 + 14.1

Grand lota'

1913
1913

+ 43.0 - 56.0 - 21.5 - 13.1 +
+ 104.0 - 55.3 - 11.3 + 1.5 +

1913
1913

0.0 + 21.0 - 28.5
+ 3 0 - 72 8 - 15.6
+ 32.0 — 87.7 - 16.2 + 13.6 + 43.8 - 57.7

1913
1913

+ 94.0 — 49.1 + 9.1 - 1.5 + 13.5 - 14.5
+ 175 0 — 14 9 - 10.9 + 23.6 + 2.3 - 11.9

1913

— 38 0 — 71.0 + 37.4 - 32.9 - 33.0 - 12.7

1913

+ 20 0 — 50 6 -

1913
1913
1913
1913
1913

+
+
+
+
+

9.5 -

6.8 - 8.3
0.5 + 2.0

3.2 + 8.3 -

7.7

43.0
68.0
27.0
50.0
22.0

- 43.0
- 54.3
+ 86.8
— 66.5
- 57.8

+ 0.7 + 1.4 +
+ 28.6 + 3.0 +
+ 50.0 + 13.3 +
+ 0.9 - 39.8 +
- 19.6 + 9.2 +

16.7
21.6
14.3
1.9
22.4

1913
1913

+ 74.0 — 48 2 + 2.8 — 5.4 + 17.8 — 15.1 1
+ 67.0 - 36.0 - 2 . 7 + 6.2 + 31.6 - 18.1

1913
1913

0.0
+ 14.0 - 74.4 - 3 . 4 - 11.2 - 10.2
+ 13.0 - 76.2 - 4.2 + 1.9 - 24.1 - 5 . 8

1913
1913

+ 1.54.0 - 28.2 + 12.4 - 24.7 + 20.7 + 6.3
+275.0 + 97.4 + 39.0 - 20.7 + 30.0 + 10.9

1913

+ 10.0 — 65.3 - 13.5 -

7.8 + 13.0 - 36.8

1013

+ 57.0 - 46.2 +

4.9 + 16.1 - 12.8

2.5 -

Reexports
Articles wholly or mainly manfd. (values):

Reexports




Imports (values):
Total, allcommod . . .
Foodstuffs .
Raw material
Manufactured articles .
.....
i Exports (values):
•
Total allcommod
Foodstuffs
'
Raw material
Manufactured articles
Exports of key commodI ities (quantities):
Chemical products

- 14.9
+ 35.5
- 6.6
-29.6
- 30.3 i

1920
1913

— 58.0 54 8 — 2.9 + 9.1 + 2.8 + 13.5
— 68.0 — 48 4 — 32.0 - 11.8 + 20.0 + 77.8

1913

— 44.0 + 133 3

1913
1913
1913

+ 217.0 - 15.2 + 10.3 - 15.0 + 18.2 + 28.3
+358 0 + 13 9 + 17 0 — 11 4 + 28.2 + 24.5
+ 192.0 — 7 0 + 25 6 — 19.0 + 21.6 + 40.4

1913

+ 139,0 — 54.5 — 20 ^ - 8 . 4

1913
1913
1913

+210 0
17 3 + 59 — 10.5 + 5.1 + 8.0
+ 110.0 - 3 6 . 2 - 2.3 - 17.0 - 8 . 5 + 30.4
0.0
+ 237 0 — 0 3 + 30 3 - 18.6 + 1.2

1913

+261.0 - 20.1 -

1913
1913
1913
1913

— 35 0 — 12.2
+ 85 0
10 0
15 9
+ 22 0 + 56 4

1913
1913

— 13.0
24 0

32 7

1913
1913

+291 0
+ 110 0

14 8
31 6

1913
1913
1913
1913

+ 16 0 + 43 2
51 0 + 11 4
20 6
— 46 0
31 6
33 0

1913
1913

- 5.0 - 2 3 . 4 - 17.4
- 43.0 - 45.2 - 3 . 4

1913
1913

f>n A
66 4 1 -I O O
- 68.0 - 59.5 +128.6
- 82.0 - 5.3 - 73.1
30 0
91 3
93 0

+292.3 + 9.8

aDDarel
Perfumes and soaps..
Italy.
Total trade (values):
TmDorts
Exports of key commodities (quantities):
Silks
Wines
Pnt+nn ploth

-

3.3 -

0.9 + 4.9 + 16.9 +

0.0

Spain.
Total trade (values):

United Kingdom.
Total for. trade (values):
Imports
Exports
Reexports
Food, drink, tob. (values):
Imports
Exports
Reexports
Raw matrls. and artels.
mainly manfd.(values):

- 28.0 - 30.1 + 5.1 + 17.1 + 18.8 + 26.3

France.

Exports by Grand
Divisions.
Europe:
Total
France
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom...
North America:
Total
Canada
South America:
Total
Argentina
Asia and Oceania:
Total
Japan
Africa:
Total

1920

1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1013

+ 36.0 - 42.9 + 2.2 - 8 . 7 + 9.5 - 1.4
+ 26.0 - 53.0 - 11.2 + 13.8 + 18.2 + 7.7
- 6 . 0 - 35.6 - 1.3 + 32.1 + 5.8 - 13.8
+ 100.0 - 28.1 + 3.9 - 19.1 + 20.1 - 4 . 3
+ 22.0 - 23.3 + 16.9 + 10.0 + 16.2 + 6.1
+ 104.0 - 2 4 . 7 + 14.3 + 36.9 - 10.4 - 1.0

1913
1913
1913

3 5 + 48
13 0
+ 9 9 + 10 3
26 4
24 0 + 152 6 + 152 1 - 0 8
+ 20 0
- 28.0 - 2 9 . 4 - 23.4 + 55.1 + 15.8 - 18.2

1913
1913
1913

9 2 + 28 + 09 - 1.8
55 8 !
23 5
13 3 + 9 2 + 84 + 10.3
_l_ 28 0
0.0 + 16.7 - 20.0
- J6- 0 ,- 52.3 + 20.0

+ 11 0

Exports of key commodities (quantities):
•CTT'_ O

Olivp oil

IQIO

Belgium.
Total trade (values):
Imports
Exports
Exports of key commodities (quantities):
Glass
Cement
Iron and steel
Flax

1

1913
1913

+ 84.0 - 32.8 + 10.0 - 0.9 - 15.6
+ 99.0 - 27.1 - 1.6 - 16.1 - 4.8

1913
1913
1913
1913

— 83 0 - 6 1 . 4
+ 47.0 + 61.5
+ 42.0 + 3.6
+ 31.0 +885.7

+335.7 - 68.9
- 11.5 - 25.9
+ 73.4 - 48.2
+ 21.1 + 47.8

- 10.5
-133.3
- 18.3
+102.9

3.0

0.2

SUMMARY—Continued.

Base
year.

FOR'N TRADE-Con.
Denmark.
Total trade (values):
Imports
Exports
Exports of key commodities (quantities):
Dairy products
!
Meat and meat pro I- j
nets
i
Eggs
|
Live stock
i
Sweden.
Exports of key commodties (values):
Wood pulp
Metals....
Machinery
The Americas.

July,
Sept.,
June,
AUJT.,
1921,
1921,
1921,
1921,
per
per
per
per
cent
cent
cent
cent
change change change change
from
from
from
from
Aug.,
May,
July,
June,
1921.
1921.
1921.
1921.

Sept.,
Per
1921,
cent
per
change
cent
from
change
base
from
year.
FeDt.,
1920.

FOR'N EXCHANGE
RATES—Continued.
1913
1913

+ 145.0
| + 189.0

1.2 +

-

8.1

+ 40.
+ 37.

Wheat
BRAZIL.

T o t a l imports

Sweden
Switzerland

I'll.1?

+ 1X3.0 ' +

2.5

:

1913

+ 173.0 + 95.0 + 26.1 - 16.7 :
I
i+559.0 - 18.3 >•+ 27.6 + 11.3 '

1913

+ 25.0

+ 21.4

-

24.5

-

Argentina

1913
1913
1913

+<vn.o + 9.7 - 3.1 +114.5 + 44.
i+ 57.0 - 54.1 ' + 31.9 + 22.0 - 29.
!— 36.0 -

82.2 > ! - 62.2 ' - 20.0 -

51.

I
,+ 10.0 - 4 7 . 7 - 15.6 +
'+ 98.0 - 45.3 - 1.6 -

!

+807.7 .+334.1 -

7.9 ! ; -

8.7

3.

5.3

10.

42.4 +329.

4.2 + 35.5 + 13.

-

37.9 ;! + 200.0 + 56.7 -

37.

-

17.5 ' ! - 25.8 ! - 38.9 +

6.

1913

+

94.0 ! _

6.3 i - 17.4 1+ 27.6

1913

!+ 98.0 !+ 32.9 ||+ 18.0 !+ 31.1

1913

j-

1913

:

+

(Pages 76 and 77.)
Europe:
England
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany




1915
1915
1915

1913

Foreign

1913

Total

1913

23.0 | - 45.4

l.o

American

1913

Foreign

1913

Total

'

Vessels under

i

Maize
Meat and meat products
Gold
,
Diamonds
FOR'N EXCHANGE
RATES.

4.8

19.0 ' +

8.0

;-

4.5

6.0 ;

11.0 '•+

6.0

-

5.5

3.4

3.0 : -

5.8

-

1.0 I

0.0+

1.0

46.0 I - 21.7

-

7.4

6.0

+

6.4

+

1.1 +

2.3

0.0
;+ 4.3

0.0
+

2.4

-

0.0
8.0

10.0

0.0

— 1.1 —

45.0 '— 36.0

-

8.2 | -

49.0

-

9.2

5.3

5.6

-

1.9 ;+

5.8

— 23.9

-

10.2 -

1.9 | -

1.9

+ 151.0 I - 10.0 ' ! - 18.0 - 7.5 + 20.8 |+ 20.1
+ 25.0 - 25.6 - 15.9 !+ 23.6 - 1 6 . 0 + 13.6
+ 114.0 ! - 13.7 - 12.3 1+ 1.8 + 18.4 + 3.9

+ 128.0 + 15.0 + 22.0 -

6.9

7.6 j - 2.2 + 10.9
3.4 !+ 6.6 + 4.1
3.3 '+ 3.2 + 8.6

14.0
19.0
17.0

15.8
12.2

Cleared:

ARGENTINA.

I

5.7

• 28. 0 ! - 18. 2 I— 2. 7 — 5.6 j+ 1.5
- 62.0 • - 32.1 - 11.3 - 11.1 + 12."

Par

exchange

TRANSPORTATION,
WATER.
(Pages 78 to 79.)
P a n a m a Canal traffic.
Cargo carried by commercial vessels:
American
British
Totaltraffic
Tonnage of vessels in
U. S. foreign trade.
Entered:
American

V RUGTJAY.

Hides a n d skins

+ 2.6
+ 2.5
+ 2.3

1.3 . ! -

General index of foreign

j

(See detailed table.)
Egypt.
Exports
of
cotton
(quantities):
Total
;
To United States... J
Union of S o u t h Africa.
Total trade (values):
;
Imports
Exports
j
Expt. of key commodities:'
Wool
j

Par
Par
Par
Par

Canada

3.5 j - 2"

Brazil

1913

Total imports
Total exports

-

2.5

21.0 +

Americas:

Chile

1913

I

Par
Par

apan

+ 31.8 j - 22.9 1+ 45.1

India

1913

T o t a l exports

Par
Par
Par

Netherlands

Asia:

+372.0
1913 j + 434.0
i 1913 |+ 18.0
| 1913 i - 53.0

Cheese

I

Europe—Continued.

CANADA.

Total trade:
Imports
Exports
Exports of key commodities (quantities):
Canned salmon
'
Paper printing
\

Base
year.

July, Aug., Sept.,
19?1, 1921,
1921,
per
per
per
per
cent
cent
cent
cent
change
change
change change
from
from
from
from
June, July, Aug.,
Mav,
1921. 1921.
1921.
1921.
June,
1921,

Sept.,
Per
1921,
cent
per
change
cent
from
change
ba^e
from
year.
Sept.,
1920.

1913

+ 147.0 - 9 . 9 + 46.3 - 15.2 + 2.5 + 19.9
- 10.0 - 17.4 + 6.7 + 8.3 - 33.7 + 30.4
+ 34.0 - 13.5
22.3 - 4 . 6 - 1 . 6 + 3.9

construc-

tion

68.0 86.0 -

1920
1919

New vessels c o m p l e t e d . .

- 10.0 - 2.2
+ 48.9 - 8 . 3

70.1
78.5

13.6 - 15.8
18.2

-46.2

Sault Ste. Marie Canal
traffic:
1913

; - 42.0 j + 107.1 J|

1913

J - 19.0 -

T o t a l cargo

36.7 j;

I

1913

-

35.0

49.0

+ 30.6 +

1.2

TRANSPORTATION,
RAIL.
(Pages 80 to 82.)

1913

+ 20.0

— 52.0 j1

1913

! - 25.0

-

1913
1913

Car surplus:

36.4 |!

1
+ 2.0 + 175.7 j
- 77.0
(•'•)

+

1913

j-

1913

'-

1919

-

-

5.8 , - 36.5

1919

+ 30.0

-

1.4 j —

0.5

25.7 19.2 -

24.9

Total

1919

-

-

5.3 : - 13.7

23.5 -

30.0

(•')

9.0

13.0 - 9 6 . 4
25.0 - 2 9 . 2
98.0 - 95.7

1919

- 85.0 +
5.0 -

Freight

1913

+ 100.0

Passenger

1913

+

Box

1919

Coal

1919

Total

1919

Car loadings, total

-

87.0

-

97.0

94.0
0.0
99.5 +400.0 - 60.0
95.5 +200.0 + 433.3
1.1
11.0
0.0 -

-23.0

+

6.9 i;—

4.9 -

62.0 !+

8.6 i -

2.3 !— 4. 8 i

5.0

-

78.0 j

0.0 ! -

3. 7 -

11.5 ! -

0.0

-

63.0 I

0.0

-

2.3 -

4.8 i -

5.1

; - 96.0

!

- 42.9

0.0

48 |

90.0 -

17.7 i

!

3.8 j

- 14.3 j - 16.7

2.7

0.0 , - 20.0
6

2. 2 - 2 . 2
6.

12.4

+ 9.2

0.5

0.0

9.4

j

enue
Railroad
-

+233.3
+ 50.0
81.3 +400.0
7.4 + 4.0
85:0

Railroad revenue:

Railroad operating rev-

Par
Par
Par
Par
Par

39.3

Car shortage:

1913
1913

Box
Coal

1913

+ 98.0 -

1913

+ 110.0 -

9.2 I

4. 0

operating ex-

pense

44.0

0. 5 - 4 . 8

5.0

38.7 - 2 3 4 . 9

30.2

Railroad net operating
j

1913

+ 51.0 -

43.0

Railroad net ton-miles...'

1919

- 8 . 0

-

28.7

Receipts per t o n mile

1913

+ 77.0 +

32.1

incomes

See detailed table.

+
2.3 -

0.0

1.2
0.6

7.0

2.9

SUMMARY—Continued.
Sept.,
June, July, Aug., Sept.,
1921,
1921,
Per
1921,
1921,
per
per'
per
per
cent
per
Base change
cent
cent
cent
cent
cent
year.
from change change change change change
from
from
from
base
from
from
May, June, July, Aug.,
year. Sept.,
1921.
1921.
1921.
1920.
1921.
LABOR AND
PRICES.
(Pages 83 to 85, 91, 94 to
96.)
Earnings and employment:
Number on pay roll
of 1,428 firms
New York State Industrial Commission:
Employees in New
York State
Total pay roll in
New York State...
COST OF LIVING.
Bureau of Labor statistics:
Food
Clothing
Housing
Fuel and light
Furniture and house
furnishings
Miscellaneous
Total
National Industrial Conference Board:
Food
Shelter
Clothing
Fuel and light
Sundries
All items weighted..
Farm price:
Crop
live stock
Federal Reserve Board:
Goods p r o d u c e d ,
price
Goodsimported, price
Goodsexported, price
Raw materials, price.
Producers' g o o d s ,
price
Consumers' goods,
price
All commodities,
price
Wholesale price, all commodities
Retail price of foods
Immigration
Emigration
Dun's price index
Bradstreet's price index.
Prices:
United Kingdom....
France
Italy
Germany
Canada
Postal savings

Chain stores




Base
year.

1920.

DISTRIBUTION
MOVEMENT—
Continued.
Postal receipts
Magazine advertising...
Department store trade.
1921

1914

-

5.0

+ 1.1 +

4.0 - 22.0 -

1.0

0.0 +

2.1

1.1

3.2

a. o + 0.5 + 2.1

1914

+ 94.0 — 31.7

1913

+ 53.1
-f- 92.1
+ 60.0
+ 80.7

+
+

1913

+ 24.7
+ 107.8
+ 77.3

- 2.5 - 13.2 - 49.7
+ 3.4 + 0.3 - 0 . 5
- 7 . 4 - 10.0 - 1 . 7

1914
1914
1914
1914
1914
1914

+ 53.0 - 24.6
+ 69.0 + 6.3
60.0 - 35.5
2.2
79.0
+ 80.0 - 5 . 3
+ 640 - 16.8

2.1
1.2
1.2
0.6
0.0
0.6

0.0
0.0
3.0
0.0
1.1
0.6

4.7
0.0
1.3
0.0
0.0
1.9

-

1913
1913

+ 11.0 - 45.0 + 1.0 - 42.0 -

2.8 +
4.6 +

2.8
4.8

0.0
3.7

+ 1.8
-10.6

1913
1913
1913
1913
1913

- 18.7
- 13.9
+ 5.2
-0.8

+ 5.8
- 13.7
+ 0.6
-0.5

1.3
0.0
f 1.9
0.0
- 1.6
-0.6

0.7
0.0
1.0 + 1.9
0.8 + 17.1
0.7 + 3.8

1913

+ 45.0 - 37.2
+ 6.0 - 35.4
+ 44.0 - 31.8
+ 38.0 - 40.8

1913

+ 33.0 - 40.9 - 3 . 4

-

2.9 - 2 . 2

1913

+ 52.0

+

5.6 + 3.3 - 3 . 2

1913
1913
1913

2.8
2.9
2.4
4.3

18.7
10.1
12.0
13.4

- 36.7 +
-

37.2
24.6
50.0
21.9
31.6
34.2

1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913

+ 52.0
+ 53.0
-60.0
- 22.0
+ 34.0
+ 21.0

1913

+ 83.0 - 31.2
+242.0 - 35.0
+480.0 - 11.5
+ 1893.0 + 26.0
+ 72.0 - 28.6
+280.0 - 6 . 2

1913
1913
1914
1913
1913

2.1
1.0
0.0
0.8

2.1 +

1.4 +

0.0

1.4

0.0

-2.0
- 0.7
-29.0
+ 35.6
- 3,6
+ 0.9

0.0
+ 2.8
-20.4
7.5
+ 2.3
+ 3.4

2.7
4.7
5.1
1.4
0.7
0.0

0.0
1.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.8

-6
+
-2
-

-0.6
+ 1.5
+ 2.2
+ 17.5
-1.7
+ 0.3

0.6
0.3
4.2
3.1
1.1
0.3

2.2
3.3
+ 7.0
+ 12.2
- 1.1
-0.8

1.6
1.2
.9
0.6
.2
2.0

DISTRIBUTION
MOVEMENT.
Mail-order houses

Sept.,

1913
1913

+ 94.0 - 13.4 - 0 . 6
+138.0 + 3.0 - 2.6
i

January,

16.5 - 19.7 + 18.3
0.9 + 7.6 - 1.7

Per
1921,
cent
per
change cent
from change
base
from
year. Sept.,

PUBLIC FINANCE.
(Page 90.)
U.S. Int.-bearing debt..
Lib. and Vic. loans and
W. S. securities
Customs receipts
Money held outside U.S.
Treasury and Federal
Reserve System:
Total
Per capita

1919
1913

Aug., I Sept.,
June, July,
1921, i 1921,
1921,
1921,
per
per
per
per
cent
cent
cent
cent
change change change change
from
from
from
from
May, June, July, Aug.,
1921.
1921. 1921.
1921.

+ 11.0 + 1.8 + 0.9
+ 20.0 - 40.6 - 22.5

11.2 + 10.5 + 5.7
• 10.0 + 15.6 + 15.4
(r0

1919

1.1

0.0

1.0
o.o
19.4 + 32.0

0.0

+

1919
1913

-

1919

5.0 - 15.2
- C O - 15.3

0.0 - 2 . 9
0.0 - 3 . 0

- 21.0
- 11.0

9.2
20.5

2.4
1.1

- 28.0
-6.0
+ 31.0
- 11.0

- 48.6 - 24.8 + 33.7 +
-8.2

- 1.0
-7.0

• 12.4
• 12.3 -

1919

BANKING AND
FINANCE.
(Pages 86 to 89,92 and 93)
Debits to individual
accts:
New York City
1919
Outside N. Y. City.. 1919
Federa 1 Reserve:
Bills discounted
1919
Notes in circulation.. 1919
1919
Total reserves
1919
Total deposits
Fed. Res. member banks
Total loans, rediscounts, and investments
1919
Net demand deposits 1919
Bank clearings:
1913
New York City
Outside N. Y. City.. 1913
Business failures:
1913
Liabilities
1913
Number
1913
Div. and int. payments.
1913
New capital issues
1913
New incorporations.
New York closing prices
25 industrial stocks.. 1913
1913
25 railroad stocks
Stocks sales (New York
1913
Stock Exchange)
Bond sales:
1919
Miscellaneous
1919
Liberty Victory
1919
Total
Bond prices:
Highest grade rails... 1915
Second grade r a i l s . . . 1915
1915
Public utility
1915
Industrial
Combined price index 1915
Interest rates:
New York call loans. 1913
Coml. double-name
paper, 60-90 d a y s . 1913
Gold:
1913
Imports
1913
Exports.....

5.0
1.0

+ 63.0
+ 146.0
+ 63.0
+ 10.0
+141.0
+ 50.0
+ 184.0

3.1
ao.o -

0.0
3.1

-

1.0

-

1.1

8.0 - 6 . 3
0.0
4.5

5.2 - 7.6 - 9 . 4
2.9 - 4.0 - 2 . 1
2.6 |+ 2.5 + 3.3
- 1.1
!

0.0 1.0

3.0 0.0 -

5.3
4.7
-6.5
- 1 . 1

+ 3.1
+ 2.3

1.0 + 2.1
1.1 - 1.1

6.5 - 8 . 9 — 5 . 1 - 1 1 . '
0.0 + 21.;
3.5 - 3.3

30.5
11.2

+ 25.4 - 39.4
+ 115.7 - 2 . 0
+ 50.6 + 22.4
41.5 + 0.8
- 48.6 + 12.3

+ 23.7
+ 9.1
+ 16.8
-5.3
- 58.2

+

0.5 - 13.8

+ 8.3 - 6.0
- 30.4 + 50.6
- 18.5 - 48.5
+ 105.5 - 15.7

+ 29.0 - 28.7 - 12.8 - 3 . 8 - 3 . 2
+ 3.2
- 35.0 - 8 . 5
+ 85.0

16.3 +

6.6
0.0

6.5 - 48.9 + 18.7 + 16.4

+ 68.0 + 7.7 - 18.9 + 19.4 - 8 . 4 + 19.1
- 13.0 + 20.8 + 70.4 - 34.8 - 10.0 + 61.1
+ 6.0 + 16.5 + 29.5 - 18.8 - 9.8 + 43.2
-

17.0
2.5
17.0
5.1
25.0 + 10.3
23.0 - 6 . 1
+ 2.6
- 21.0

-

2.5
2.5
2.8
3.8
2.6

+
+
+
+

3.8
2.6
2.9
9.1 +
2.7 +

1.2
2.5
1.4
8.6
1.3
0.0

28.3 -

8.4 -

8.7

26.1 -

2.5 -

5.1 - 7 . 2

+
+
+
+

1.2
2.5
2.7
1.3

+

1.3

-9.5

+ 62.0

-1.0
2.0
153.0+ 70.0 - 24.7 + 46.6 + 34.1 - 22.8
85.7 - 28.6 +390.0 - 81.6 +255.6
-68.0

* See detailed table.




10

WHOLESALE PRICE COMPARISONS.
INDEX NUMBERS
200

100

300
1
FARM PRODUCTS

WHEAT
CORN
POTATOES

^^^^js^'

v ^ ^ u

(L

700

•

.

i

WOOL

J

1

CATTLE, BEEF
HOGS
LAMBS

660

1

I

COTTON
COTTON SEED

400

I
^y>y>y\^^

I

FOODS
FLOUR, SPRING
FLOUR. WINTER
SUGAR. RAW
CLOTH IN G
COTTON YARN

v^^ySSSSSL-^yS^\sSv^J

1

j

COTTON PRINT CLOTH
COTTON SHEETING

1 ,,
»""WSS>^^

1

WORSTED YARN
WOMEN'S DRESS GOODS
SUITINGS

i

SILK. RAW

I*

HIDES. PACKERS*
HIDES. CALFSKINS

HI

1
1

ssss^>y>ss<J

L_

LEATHER. SOLE
LEATHER. CHROME

^

BOOTS AND SHOES

1

FUELS
COAL. BITUMINOUS

T

COAL, ANTHRACITE
COKE
PETROLEUM

^^^^y^—
<1

1

METALS
PIG IRON. FOUNDRY
1

PIG IRON. BESSEMER
STEEL BILLETS
COPPER
LEAD
TIN

1

1

1

^S^^S^i

1
1

^^^^^^
'

ZINC

1
1

BUILDIN G MATER IALS
LUMBER. PINE, SOUTHERN
1

LUMBER, DOUGLAS FIR
BRICK. COMMON, NEW YORK

1
1

BRICK. COMMON, CHICAGO

1

1

CEMENT
RUBBER. CRUDE

J

1

RUBBER CRUDE
.1

^

100

t^l

200

IPEAK PRICE

300
400
INDEX NUMBERS

500

600

PRICE IN SEPTEMBER. 1921

700

11

WHOLESALE PRICE COMPARISONS.
MAXIMUM PRICE COMPARED TO PRICE IN AUGUST, 192L
1913 average=100.
NOTE.—Prices to the producer on farm products arc from U. P. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates. All other prices
are from U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. As far as possible all quotations represent prices to the producer or at the mill. See
diagram on opposite page.

I
Date and m a x i m u m relative
price.

August,

September,

relative
price.

relative
price.

1921,

COMMODITIES.

1921,

(1913 average=100.)
Farm products -Average price to producer:
Wheat
C orn
Potato's
Cotton
Cottonsood
Wool
C a t t l e - Beef
ITogs
Lambs

:
\
'
!
;

|
!

!

Foods:
Flour, standard patents (Minneapolis)
Flour, winter straights (Kansas City)
Sugar, 90° centrifugal (New York)
Clothing:
Cotton yarns: Cardod, white, northern, mule spun, 22-1 cones (Boston)
Cotton goods, print cloth 27 inches, G4 x 60—7.GO yards to pound (Boston)
'
Cotton goods, sheeting, brown, 4/4 Ware Shoals L. L. (New York)
Worsted yarns: 2/32's crossbred stock, white, in skein (Philadelphia)
Women's dress goods: Storm serge, all-wool double warp 50 inches (New York)
Suitings: Wool-dyed blue, 55-50 inches, 16-ounce, Middlesex (Boston)
Silk, raw Japanese, Kansai No. 1 (New York)
Hides, green salted, packer's, heavy native steers (Chicago)
Hides, calfskins, No. 1, country 8 to 15 pounds (Chicago)
Leather, sole, hemlock, middle, No. 1 (Boston)
Leather, chrome calf, dull or bright, " B " grades (Boston)
;
Boots and shoes, men's vici calf, blucher—Campella (Massachusetts)
Fuels:
{
Coal, bituminous, Pittsburgh. Mine run— Kanawha (Cincinnat i)
j
Coal, anthracite, chestnut (New York tidewater)
j
Coke, Connellsville (range of prompt and future) furnace—at ovens
'
Petroleum, crude, Kansas-Oklahoma—at wells
i
Metals:
Pig iron, foundry No. 2, northern (Pittsburgh)
'
!
Pig iron, bessemer (Pittsburgh)
Steel billets, bessemer (Pit t sinirgh)
Copper, ingots, electrolytic, early delivery (New York)
.Lead, pig, desilverized, for early delivery (New York)
Tin, pig, for early delivery (New York)
!
Zinc, pig (spelter), western, early delivery (New York)
Building materials:
I
:
Lumber, Pine, Sou. yellow flooring 1 x 4 grade " I V and better (11 a1 tiesburg)
Lumber, Douglas fir No. 1, common, smooth one side, 1 x 8 x 10(State of Washington). \
Brick, common red, domestic building (New York)
Brick, common building, salmon, run of kiln (Chicago)
'
!
Cement, Portland, net without bags to trade, f. o. b. plant (Buflington, Ind.)
Rubber, crude:
i
Rubber, Para, island fine (New York)

June,
July,
June,
July,
May,
July,
May,
July,
Apr.,

1920
1920

326
300

1920
1920
1920
191S
1919
1919
1920

May,
May,
May,

700
312
321
344
183
256
239

128
91
282
105
101
92
91
116
115

93
S4
100
103

1920
1917
1920

328
363
598

177
1G8
134

1S2
174
123

May,
Apr.,
May,
Jan.,
Oct.,
July,
Jan.,
Aug.,
Aug.,
Mar.,
Nov.,
Mar,

1920
1920
1920
1920
1918
1920
1920
1919
1919
1917
1919
1920

348
478
427
289
292
291
466
283
490
211
473
308

122
137
118
148
157
183
148
86
120
195
225

160
168
152
148
157
183
164
76
85
121
195
225

Sept,
Mar,
Aug.,
Mar,

1920
1921
1920
1920

323
200
637
375

186
198
115
107

201
131
107

July,
July,
July,
Mar,
June,
May,
June,

1917
1917
1917
1917
1917
1918
1915

346
335
388
230
261
224
386

137
128
115
75
100
59
80

143
128

Feb.,
Jan,
Feb.,
Oct.,
Sept,

1920
1920
1920
1920
1920

455
407
381
251
201

141
114
225
172
175

155
114
232
171
164

Jan.,

191

\

N O T E . — S e e p p . 19, 26, and 37 for detailed prices on certain of these commodities.
Of t h e 41 commodities listed, 21 a d v a n c e d in price b e t w e e n August a n d S e p t e m b e r , while 9 declined a n d 11 remained s t a t i o n a r y .




13.3
83

105
60
SI

22

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TEXTILES.
Table 1.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.;
COTRAW
TON
SILKS.2 CLOTH.3

WOOL.

YEAR AND MONTH.

Com- GovernCon- mercial ment Imports
quar- (unmanu- Imports. Exports. Exports.5 Im- 6
quarsumpports.
terly factured).
terly
tion. 4
stocks. stocks.
! Relative Relative
; to 1913. to 1919.

1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly

average.
average.
average.,
average.

1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average.
average.
average.
average.

COTTON.

Relative Relative Relative Relative
to 1919. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913.
100

16S

90
109
120

9 100
9 93
117
139

9 100
9 105
96
81

134
146
142
124

277
299
294
171

127
142
162
116

172
122
154
184

332
206
261
428

170
130
87
78

106
167
75
114

100

100

IN MILLS. IN WARE-;

Produc- Visible
tion.
supply.**

HOUSES. I

Relative Relative Relative
to 1913.
to 1913. to 1913.

100
171
272
296

100
110
119

O n hand.
Consumed.'

9 100
9 101
166
158

100

55
47
75
71

193
214
237
217

113
91
94

93
69
97
106

102

Relative
to 1913.

1OO
97

RAiati™ Relative Relative
to
i<m r° 1909-13 to 1913.
t 0 iy13
' I average.
1OO
100
177
182

1OO
124

153
153
206
174

87
92

1OO
100
146
114

104

99

126

127

114
92
144
246

132

141

133

112

128
88
109
75

514
610
658
342

243
214
163
127

50
33
29
20

78
97
143
114

69
54
46
34

147
179
158
120

31
80
94
108

68
111
127

83

70

69

84

61

94

167
339
775
516

25
82
77
170

101
81
89
99

83
68
52
44

118
138
134
92

76
82
91
85

95
100
100

321
312
297
286

157
153
146
145

117
47
74
125
115

156
136
171
179
161

107
131
134
152
168

66
68
73
68
72

52
48
17
28
31

91
96
85
97
101

95
90
83
75

269
245
212
198
245

147
145
134
121
129

108

108

117

131

123

145

107

139

S8

100 !

91
92
114
128

1920.
January...
February..
March
April

179
156
166
165

May....
June....
July....
August.

142
115
92
93

September..
October
November..
December..

88
95
69
60

]

88

86

83

46

40

38

34

|

119

138

118

135

112

127

115

116

109

101

100

84

95

213
201
184
169

154
158
149
141

147
131
117
112

96

130
115
101
87

159
237
288
319

93
93
100

84
115
139
158

1921.
January..
February.
March
April

74
93
118
132

May
June
July
August
September .

141
145




145
loo

34

99

27

See footnotes on opposite page.

76

65
63
54

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TEXTILES.
Table 2.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]

RAW COTTON
SILKS.7 CLOTH.3

WOOL.

ConComsump- mercial
tion
quar(in grease terly
equiva- stocks.
lent).*

YEAR AND MONTH.

U.S.
Govern- Imports
(unmanment
ufacquartured).
terly
stocks.

COTTON.

On hand.
Imports.

Imports.

Exports. Exports.

Consumed.7
IN MILLS.

IN WAREHOUSES.

Bales.

Bales.

(000 omitted.)

(000 omitted.)

Bales.
; Pounds. ! Pounds.

Pounds. ;! Pounds.
12,651
21,680
34,393
37,432

1913 monthly a v . . . 4 0 , 5 2 2
1914 monthly a v . . .

44,692

1915 monthly a v . . .

48,199

1916 monthly a v . . .

68,091
I

1917 monthly a v . . . '

54,190

j

1918 monthly a v . . .

59,269

:

1919 monthly av...
1920 monthly a v . . .

57,554 4 4 6 , 2 1 4
50,446 !

Pounds.

63,719
45,348
56,920
68,311

401,570

I 23,103

342,696

j IS,781

546,432

j 29,226

71,447
79,377
87,716
80,276

\ 72,344

j 41,950

4,857

I

26,103

3,696

j

33,032

2,485

!

54,086

2,228

j 67,387
! 66,725

May

i 57,419

June

j 46,439

9 727,048 20,309
9
763,775 9 20,558
696,583
33,798
585,810 ! 32,064

3,619
4,060
4,627
3,305

! 63,404
j 393,287

77,907
i

Bales.

Bales,

35,083
| 37,811
169,690 i 37,158
21,635

February
March

Bales.

Yards

2 , 8 5 0 \s 3 7 , 0 6 2
2,566
9 34,572
43,195
3,094
51,687
3,406

1920.
January

April

482,194
490,394
500,767
606,544

1,341,889
1,305,576
1,326,773
1,704,731

1,890,108 ! 2,690,700
1,500,619 ! 2,689,271
1,454,170 | 3,632,971
1,762,006 3,056,971

929,671 ; 104,485
640,320 | 123,880
794,460 | 133,727
546,125
69,357

591,921
515,699
575,789
566,914

1,952,326

364,904
241,449
211,841
146,668

15,767
19,635
28,988
23,106

541,377
555,155
525,489
483,193

1,698,833

907,288

513,261 |

49,999

1,869,368
1,853,996
1,811,527

July
August

37,43S

49,445

2,582

37,558

14,448

2,691

September.
October
November.
December..

35,484

11,737

1,969
1,532
1,320
972

54,465
66,272
58,588
44,377

228,068
583,725
683,323
788,578

20,004
13,825
22,513
25,890

457,647
399,837
332,057
294,851

37,487
30,087
33,024
36,772

605,381
493,426
375,180
319,933

24,024
28,055
27,282
18,731

366,270
395,563
437,933
408,882

1,273,067

65,336

709
2,328
2,202
4,857

14,745

4,435
3,871

9,397

4,868

15,867
14,592

5,115

477,389
495,590
527,323
495,130
522,839

10,542

5,952

39,767
48,395
49,668
56,381
62,290

439,884
461,656
410,120
467,103
484,647

371,329

67,689

65,331

13,388

2,506

21,080

3,221

38,337

8,706

27,920

12,251

24,316

1921.
January
February
March
April

30,072
36,555
| 47,692
! 53,440

May
June
July
August
September

57,164
! 58,706
| 53,346
j 58,660
62,811

426,498

56,876

13,392

21,169
42,886

475,123

443,326

56,912

46,559

98,103

4,598

1,760,351
| 1,766,241
| 3,116,900
; 3,197,001

638,184
640,444
518,653
563,517

90,046
79,402
60,258
47,113

381,955 i

Produc- Visible
s u p -8
tion.
ply.

9,849
3,452

5,631
6,362

1,554,274
1,358,147
1,130,694

943,851
1,124,259
1,258,837

j Bales

13,033 3,068
16,135 ; 3,070
11,192 |i 4,479
11,450
3,490
11,302
12,041
11,421
12,987

3,758,329
3,530,654
3,240,197
2,978,158

2,798
2,816
3,492
3,915

4,722
4,840
4,573
4,315

2,586,868
2,301,016
2,055,015
1,968,218

11,450
12,519

3,110

2,792,152
4,167,992
5,070,750
5,623,538

12,783
12,123
12,123
12,987

2,579

4,002
3,539
2,602

3,519
4,273
4,846

4,822

1,316,015

5,645,368
5,497,019
5,235,360
5,028,631

1,279,314
1,204,572
1,115,847
1.002,981
1,016,032

4,739,851
4,306,236
3,724,512
3,480,783
4,309,893

4,512

1,335,435
1,337,790

4,707
4,476
4,434

4,454
8,433

4,108

8,203

3,724

7,037

3,944

i The data shown in this table were obtained for the several commodities from the following sources: Wool (consumption and quarterly stocks) and Cotton production from the U. S. Department of Agricultur^ Bureau of Markets and Crop Estiwates; Wool (imports), Raw silks, Cotton cloth, and Cotton (exports and imports), from
the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; Cotton (consumed and on hand), from the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of
the Census; and Cotton (visible supply), from the Commercial and Financial Chronicle.
3
Silk stocks and consumption shown on pp. 14 and 15.
3
Includes duck and other cloth, bleached, unbleached, and colored.
4
Figures for 1918,1919,1920, and 1921 compiled from monthly reports on consumption by mills; preceding years compiled from production and net imports.
> Running bales; linters are included.
e 500-pound bales.
7
Figures listed for years 1913 through 1920 represent monthly averages of cotton consumed and on hand during crop years (beginning Aug. 1 of the preceding year and
ending July 31 of the year to which the figure is credited). Figures are in running bales.
s These figures represent world visible supply of American cotton; note that the information is from a non-Government source.
9
These figures are for fiscal years; those following are for calendar years.




14
TEXTILE MANUFACTURES.
Table 3.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
RAW

TOTAL KNIT UNDERWEAR.^

g
Storage

at end
of
month..

Per tent of normal production of reporting mills.

Shipments.

Cancellations.

Unfilled
orders,
end of
month.

Con-

sumption.

Orders
received.

Goods
billed.

Goods
In
shipped. storage.

Average
per cent of
capacity
operated,
relative to
Relative i Relative Relative to Relative to1 Relative to Relative to Nov.-Apr.
to Fob., ! to F(
Nov.-Apr.-Nov.-Apr. Nov.-Apr. Nov.-Apr.
1920.
1920.
average. average. average.

YEAR AND MONTH.

New
orders
received.

FINISHED COTTON GOODS.

Actual

A v. Nov.l920-Apr. 1921.'

100

100

100

100

71
69

56
67

121

60
97
152
151

89
108
146
134

159

138

175

142
i:;i

100

i

T
1920.
January
February
March
April

81.7
82.2

May....
June
July
August.

100
81
68

100
91
84

65

74

5.9

87.1
80.4

4.6
7.4

157.8
98.8

82.3
80.4
73.5
67.4

September.
October
November.
December..

4.5
25.4
14.3
10.3

68.4
39.6
19.7
10.8

8.9
9.0
.6
2.1

29.0
24.5
14.2
10.6

74.3
50.4
23.3
11.1

79

55

77

37

74

36

44

31

50

1921.
January
February
March
April

44.7
33.3
61.5
59.3

15.7
27.3
47.3
34.6

.4
.3
.9
.7

56.3
53.0
58.7
93.0

17.4
28.0
50.2
49.6

49
43
25
31

74

111

55

117

85

135

96

142

May
June
July
August
September.

52.5
61.6
47.7
79.2
152.1

48.6
58.1
52.2
68.2
73.7

1.0
.9
1.3
.8
1.0

91.5
97. G
110.6
89.0
191.8

55.4
65.5
51. 2
71.1
84.4

32

90
113
107
109
104

133
148
127
150
164

70

49

80

36

79

57

24
28

2\)
35

149
168
178

151
172

123

64

91
84
87

73
113
149
147

90
99
98

151
164
138

10G

158
1G7

114

1
See footnote 1 on opposite page.
» Note that figures for knit underwear are percentages of normal production instead of relative numbers.
3 The figures for storage and coasumption of raw silk are relative numbers. Data on storage and consumption of raw silk for February, 1920, used as base for index
numbers; earlier figures are not available on comparable basis. Imports of raw silks shown on p. 13.

ACTIVE WOOLEN MACHINERY HOURS.1
LOOMS.
YEAR AND MONTH.

Wide.

Narrow.

Carpet
and rug.

SETS OF
CARDS. COMBS.

Per cent of active hours to total reported
November..
December..
January..
Fenruary.
March
April
May
June
July
August
September..
October




1920.
1921.

1

40.3

61.6
49.0

33.3
30.0
54.7
61.7
73.4

37.1
49.0
73.8
88. 7
91.6

80. 1
82.5
79.2
76.7
74.2

9.H.6
95.9
87.4
91.2
97.6

Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.

15

TEXTILE MANUFACTURES.
Table 4.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
TOTAL KNIT UNDERWEAR. 2

FINISHED COTTON GOODS.

! RAW SILK.3

i l*i On

Order a n d s»i pr» ent u p o - .

Orders Coods
received,, billed.

1

YEAR AND MONTH.

Number of
mills.

r

prc df cti oa

\

i t1

'

Dozen, j Dozen, j Dozen. Doz-.n. Dozen. ;

]i(lu

!

iVomhl

tlOJ1

I'

Dozen. : Dozen. | Bales, j Bales. > (000 omitted).

A v. Xov. 1920- A pr. I < )21.
1920.
January
February
March
April
j
i
|
I

September
October
November
December

529,423 j

36,291

461,322

33

540,172 i
j

32,323

438,856

33
29
27
38

503,579 '

22,804

344, 496

312,477

79,438

123,882 |

46

May
June
July
August

I

Cases.

i(>5,O2G 3 0 , 0 7 1
61 8Si,497 720,329 :| 52,785 27,511
315 |!j 14,457 25,336
65 ! 950, S83 781,315

•

1921.
January
February.
March
April

September

C'ases.

0

i|

j

;
|
j

Goods I n si orshipped asje. |

'<T7, 188 32,4<>>

i
<
j

May
June—
July
August .

o .

401,589

57,552

414,595

42,875

24,416
40.479

835,558 j
539,710 !

44, 815 145,997 |
28,017 76,437 '
79,250 I 2,234 50,938 •
44,696 I 8.592 43,965

41 562,843 251,694 | 88,269
721,068 240,024 I 197,181
43 ) 603,933 371,657 i 285,537
39 634,233 375,948 219,270

2,337 ; 316,981 j
1,874 j 382,202 j
5,389

354,693 j

4,375

590,078 i
543,071 ji

!

40 | 593,418 311,327 288,625 j 6,155
42 640,021 398,509 375,376 | 5.807
49 004,003 3)0,853 I 340,532 j 8,470

j

46

571.182

452,641 I 389,294 j

4,662

508,543 !

44

507,501

863,080 ! 418.258

5,617

1,088,686 I

031,376 I
734,229 •'

i
I
j
|
|

824,556
696, 728
793,406
808,124

678,287 i
500, 434 i
583,190 :
585,071 :

42,407 22,325
45,830 14,869
52,205 ; 10,830
51,130 17,241

816,327 006,257 I 51,128
780, 206 393,422 j 49,807 i
823,750 191,831 | 48,357 !
891,797 98;671 j 44,536

852,007
8S0,3G7
839,307
809,970

I
|
'
j

16, G24
11,152
10,735
2*, 971
9, 428 ; 32,882

148,023 i 31,859 j
248,431 |j 27,928 j
421,140 || 16,386 j
401,938 j 20,038 i

911,749 ! 505,347
854,990 I 559,591
900,157 ]i 400,040
580,367 I 412,207
078,030 572,833 |

20,541
15,521
17,800
18.899
23, 030

40,734
39,505

22,176 j; 72,542 | 34,316
16,525 i'70,202 | 55,437
25,585 i 88,343
28,900 j 92,921 | 80,311

25

18,103

43, 7K)

21,813

44, 200 !

29,020

34,080 !

33

34,943

32,788

47,457

30 ; 324 S

51
07

43,550

31,357

00
08

20

27, 209 I; 80, 754

44, 889

32 ; 042

33,846 i|

45,990

35, 871

4^; 650

35,431

49,177

38,413

71

55,949

41,177

75

91,034
99,929
32,325 !| 82,734
85,321
32,790 \\ 101.741
95,915
31,229 :' 107,330 | 101,825
90,829

62

.
1

The figures for total knit underwear are secured from the Kvi/-Gooas Manufacturers of America; and those relating to raw silk from the Silk Association of America.
Data for finished cotton goods are supplied by the National Association of Finishers of Cotton Fabrics and are compiled from statistics furnished by 34 out of 5.x members
of the association. The association estimates that the figures given cover approximately the following percentages of the entire industry: White goods, 72 per cent; dyed
goods, 62 per cent; printed e;oods, 30 per cent.
2 The preliminary report from the Bureau of the Census shows that, in 1919, the total production of knit underwear in the United States amounted to 26,517,000 dozens,
compared with 28,032,000 dozens in 1914. In terms of monthly averages, the 1919 output was at the rate of 2,209,000 which, by comparison, indicates that the normal production of the mills reporting above comprises about 40 per cent of the industry.
3
Imports of raw silk shown on p. 13. Consumption figures represent withdrawals from warehouses.




16
ACTIVE TEXTILE MACHINERY.
Table 5.—PERCENTAGE NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year In bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
WOOLEN WORSTED
SPINDLES. SPINDLES.
YEAR AND MONTH.

Per cent of
active to
total.

1913 monthly average.
1914 monthly average..
1915 monthly average..
1916monthly a v age..
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average..
average..
average..
average..

WIDE
LOOMS.

NARROW
LOOMS.

CARPET
LOOMS.

COTTON
SPINDLES.

Per cent of [ Per cent of
active to | active to
total.
total.

Per cent of
active to
total.

Per cent of
active to
total.

Relative3 to
1913.

377

374

374

373

3 08

100

78

77

73

77

67

102

85

74

70

70

71

102

89

90

93

85

74

109

91

80

61

111

81

77

76

54

111

73

68

114

92

78

72

105

1920.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

91

90

82

70

115

93

92

82

71

115

90

88

85

80

72

115

91

93

87

83

72

114

85

82

72

113

77

86

73

78

71

114

61

67

58

68

115

54

62

51

70

114

55

62

48

65

64

113

57

74

51

65

65

111

57

65

53

62

48

57

49

55

60

41

49

43

51

54

104

41

57

46

51

50

107

53

67

57

58

40

106

68

78

64

66

43

108

105

1921.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October




1

2
3

76

87

71

46

108

79

90

75

47

108

80

90

81

75

49

107

79

87

80

74

50

109

78

92

78

60

112

78

91

76

72
74

See footnotes on opposite page.

Figures are relative to 1913.
Note that these figures are percentages and not relative numbers.

69

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ACTIVE TEXTILE MACHINERY.
Table 6.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; percentage numbers on opposite page.]

WOOLEN
SPINDLES.
Y E A R AND MONTH.

Total
Number
number - | active
(000 i (000
omitted). | omitted).

WORSTED
SPINDLES.

WIDE LOOMS. | NARROW LOOMS. CARPET

Total ! Number
n u m b e r 2 j active '•
Total
(000
(000 ' number.' 2
omitted), omitted).

Number
active.

Total
number. 3

Number
active.

Total
number.2

LOOMS, i

COTTON
SPINDLES.

i Number3
Number
active
active. [\1 (000
I omitted).

1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly

average..
average..
average.
average.

906
986
1,093
1,090

700
733
925
973

1,592
1,476
1,611
1,697

1,179
1,142
1,197
1,528

39,254
30,658
3S,3S2
39,343

29,471
27,239
26,971
33,765

11,984
10,817
10,713
15,908

8,722
8,361
7,517
12,263

2,683
2,467
3,336
3,175

1,821
1,653
2,373
2,545

30,246
30,920
30,720
31,807

1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average.
average..
average..
average.

1,203
1,633
2,153
2,250

1,166
1,480
1,749
1,609

1,720
1,872
2,290
2,331

1,457
1,504
1,760
1,809

42,491 !
46,161 |
60,189
61,465

36,676
40,659
46,718
41,589

13,334
13,404
18,374
18,139

11,817
11,532
13,893
13,179

3,668
4,534
7,930
8,559

2,705
2,764
4,285
5,808

32,984
33,624
33,429
34,458

January...
February.
March
April

2,229
2,228
2,233
2,238

2,025
2,071
2,004
2,025

2,326
2,349
2,350
2,354

2,087
2,164
2,075
2,189

61,316
61,442
61,341
61,152

52,416
53,949
52,214
53,124

18,071
18,124
18,053
18,068

14,735
14,931
14,484
15,016

8,644
8,726
8,617
8,510

6,032
6,226
6,231
6,109

34,740
34,656
34,698
34,359

May
June
July....
August..

2,246
2,237
2,257
2,258

1,989
1,720
1,308
1,231

2,359
2,315
2,317
2,324

2,194
1,987
1,565
1,449

61,560
61,333
61,194
61,408

52,172
44,905
35,173
30,996

18,163
18,001
18,088
17,837

14,865
13,961
12,253
12,4%

8,621
8,594
8,610
8,146

6,167
6,090
5,847
5,546

34,070
34,457
34,667
34,472

September..
October....
November.
December..

2,262
2,259
2,268
2,284

1,252
1,283
1,298
1,104

2,333
2,328
2,293
2,328

1,446
1,722
1,494
1,333

61,440
61,568
62,021
61,803

29,606
31,412
32,921
30,177

18,537
18,443
18,244
18,035

12,091
11,998
11,362
9,957

8,535
8,586
8,558
8,556

5,487
5,609
5,266
5,121

34,041
33,670
31,654
29,879

January...
February.
March
April

2,282
2,298
2,304
2,287

927
945
1,217
1,549

2,341
2,330
2,365
2,361

1,152
1,328
1,585
1,847

61,831
62,687
62,089
62,174

26,570
28,887
35,358
39,749

18,110
18,147
17,898
18,032

9,191
9,309
10,440
11,821

8,574
8,617
8,562

4,714
4,312
3,406
3,663

31,509
32,459
32,105
32,536

May
June
July
August
September .
October

2,284
2,296
2,300
2,309
2,306
2,307

1,740
1,824
1,829
1,802
1.788
1,791

2,356
2,367
2.363
2,367
2,375
2,383

2,052
2,129
2,132
2,052
2,148
2,177

62,114
62,194
62,756
62,063
62,060
62,448

45,861
49,415
51,008
49,413
48,431
47,655

17,932
18,189
18,413
18,119
18,219
17,929

12,794
13,600
13,776
13,330
13,039
13,306

8,535
8,568
8,577
8,618
8,625
8,6G5

3,963
4,027
4,230
4,273
5.198
6,010

32,631
32,665
32,446
33,059
33^98

1920.

1921.

1

Data secured from reports of the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
The "total" number of looms and spindles reported in the earlier years does not represent the totals for the country but only such as furnished reports. Assuming that these were a fair sample of all machines, they furnish a basis to calculate the proportion of active machinery each year. The 1913 figures were collected by the
National Association of Wool Manufacturers.
3
The monthly averages are for cotton crop years (beginning Aug. 1 and ending July 31). Figures opposite any one year represent the monthly average number
of active cotton spindles for the period beginning Aug. 1 of preceding year.
2

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PAPER AND RUBBER.
Table 7.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page. ]

WOOD PULP.
NEWSPRINT PAPER.

ALL OTHER PAPER.

INDIA RUBBER.

Chemical.

Mechanical.
YEAR AND
MONTH.

ConConsump- Stocks
sump- Stocks
end Produc- tion
Produc- Ship- Stocks. Produc- Ship- Stocks. Produc- tion
end
and at of
and at of
tion.
tion. ments.
tion.
tion. ments.
ship- month.
ship- month.
ments.
ments.

Imports.

Wholesale
price,
Para
Island,
New York.

Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative
to 1919. to 1919. to 1919. t o 1919. t o 1919. to 1919.
to 1919. to 1919. to 1919. to 1919. to 1919. to 1919.

Relative

Relative
to 1913.

t o 1913.

1913mo.
1914mo.
1915mo.
1916mo.

av..
av..
av..
av..

100
123
191
233

1917 mo.
1918 mo.
1919 mo.
1920 mo.

av..
av..
av..
av..

i

100
76
69
83
80
68
60
41

100
110

1OO
109

1OO
97

1OO
121

1OO
119

1OO
74

1OO
109

1OO
110

100
78

1OO
117

1OO
116

100
63

350
281
462
489

1920.
January
February
March
April

113
100
112
112

112
90
112
117

71
117
115
91

130
112
128
126

128
106
131
121

70
80
73
81

92
85
116
135

110
96
113
119

76
70
71
82

119
102
116
116

122
102
116
118

70
70
68
63

688
739
854
659

May
June
July
August

113
114
113
112

111
112
115
110

95
100
92
103

129
131
132
131

132
133
130
130

73
67
69
68

143
115
102
92

121
117
114
112

99
98
89
74

119
123
117
121

121
125
120
120

58
55
48
53

457
451
471
456

50
48
44
38

September...
October
November...
December...

100
109
107
109

105
110
109
105

103
94
85
103

130
124
98
80

131
120
93
75

65
70
80
88

87
104
115
121

104
103
104
104

60
61
70
84

117
138
116
97

118
118
114
94

53
64
72
80

289
212
341
250

31
27
24
22

1921.
January
February
March
April

108
90
94
101

101
84
91
106

135
164
175
147

74
76
83
76

67
71
77
75

101
109
119
120

117
98
118
132

102
90
97
103

95
101
118
141

83
78
74
68

77
74
75
70

100
113
113
106

279
227
295
270

21
21
22
22

69
76
82
89
86

72
80
83'
88
83

130
111
107
113
126

76
79
69
85
94

75
75
70
86
97

121
122
118
115
108

81
66
62
61
55

74
75
79
85
79

147
140
127
108
89

73
68
64
75
78

72
68
67
77
82

112
111
102
99
91

247
359
286
343
358

22
20
20
20
22

May
June
July
August
September ..




iSee footnote on opposite page.

|
1

j
'

57
54
51
51

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PAPER AND RUBBER.
Table 8.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page. ]

WOOD PULP.
NEWSPRINT PAPER.

INDIA RUBBER.

ALL OTHER PAPER.
Mechanical.

YEAR AND
MONTH.

Produc- ShipProduc- Shiption. ments. Stocks.
tion. ments. Stocks.
Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

Chemical.

ConStocks
sump- Stocks
at end Produc- tion
end
and at of
of
tion.
ship- month.
ship- month.
ments.
ments.

Imports.

Wholesale
price,
Para
Island,
New York.

Pounds.

Av. price
per pound.

Con-

tion.
Tons.

] Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

1913 mo. av..

9,656,720

$0,807

1914 mo. av..

11,922,097
18,456,827
22,507,517

.616

.648

185,536

53,725
33,720

33,803,190
27,163,276
44,661,702
47,212,178

1915 mo. av..
1916 mo. av..
1917 mo. av.
1918 mo. av.

23,929 401,320 403,946 |215,O7O |12O,817 120,660 154,251 161,247 160,375

1919 mo. av.. | l l 4 , 5 4 . 3

14,880

1920 mo. a v . . J 125,997

125,215

23,324

520.630
450,265
27,564 | 513,496
21,673 '< 506,133

485,221

481,830

158,586

131,525 i 132,308 I 120,079 \ 188,156

518,617
429,122
528,420
488,753

150,961
172,104
157,180
174,560

110,835
102,141
139,667
163,086

.557

.549
.483
.333

1920.
January
February
March....
April
.

127,847
128,269

128,098
103,214
128,238
134,160

May.
June
July
August

129,230
130,380
129,853
128,818

128,080
129,213
131,821
126,129

September...
October.
November...
December...

121,005
124,818
122,993
124,857

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September.

129,663
114,235

16,934 |

27,955 !

|
|
j
;

133,106 117,033
115,794 107,552
135,953 j 109,288
143,202 | 126,693

191,706
164,050
187,476
187,108

i
i
i
!

195,866
164,241
186,754
189,753

37,484
37,800
36,576
33,822

66,427,415
71,354,904
82,477,607
63,629,269

|
|
!
!

.463.432
.412
.411

I

22,823
23,990
22,022
24,711

516,183
526,942
528,665
525,340

534,507
538,869
525,539
526,869

156,236
144,309
147,435
145,906

172,341 | 146,061
138,949 140,582
123,330 137,230
111,205 i 135,146

152,973
151,340
137,440
113,499

191,474
198,166
189,004
194,760

194,393
199,698
192,493
192,132

30,903
29,371
25,8S2
28,510

44,099,902
43,538,723
45,454,437
44,047,264

.404

121,123
126,815
125,323
120,360

24,593
22,596
20,266
24,763

522,013
497,146
395,151
320,682

527,172
486,509
373,958
303,626

140,747
151,384
172,577
189,633

104,975
125,518
139,535
146,718

125,651
124,191
125,156
125,621

92,823
94,150
108,529
129,626

188,938 | 188,933
222,874 188,562
186,506 182,379
155,809 151,225

28,515
34,312
38,439
43,023

27,883,748
20,516,090
32,955,016
24,161,761

.253

123,830
103,040
107,532
115,408

116,176
96,281
104,919
122,091

32,417
39,176
41,789
35,106

296,638
304,926
333,245
306,604

269,747
287,398
311,749
303,493

216,524
234,052
255,548
258,659

140,999
117,884
142,850
159,442

123,661
108,857
116,820
124,161

146,964
155,997
182,027
217,308

134,354 123,524
125,913 i 119,157
119,482 | 119,602
109,364 | 112,869

53,853
60,609
60,489
56,984

26,911,753

.173

21,933,165

.168

78,868
86,770
94,247
102,277
98,898

82,776
91,339
95,357
100,668
95,785

31,198
26,629
25,519
27,128
30,241

305,127
316,887
276,182
340,242
379,028

303,895
304,620
284,315
347,386
393,343

259,891
262,158
254,025
246,881
232,566

97,963
80,337
75,405
73,666
66,965

89,182
90, 357
95,386
103,153
95,894

226,089
216,069
196,088
166,501
137,672

118,138 ' 114,995
109,0r>2 109,689
102,768 107,573
121,510 122,753
126,514 131,174

60,127
59,490
54,685
53,442

.385
.353
.303

.217
.192
.180

1921.

48,782

28,508,995

.180

26,087,408

.178

23,890,838
34,624,748
27,647,874
33,103,804
34,546,411

.179
.164
.164
.165
.174

1
Data for newsprint paper, all other paper, and wood pulp are furnished by the Federal Trade Commission; figures for india-rubber imports are from the U. S.
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; and wholesale average prices of india rubber are computed by the U. 8. Department of Labor,
Bureau oj Labor Statistics.




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AUTOMOBILE TIRES AND ACCESSORIES.
Table 9.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.

INNER TUBES.

PNEUMATIC TIRES.

YEAR AND MONTH.

\

stocks

Shipments, | Produo
- domes-! tion.
tie.

RAW MATERIAL CONSUMED BY
TIRE MANUFACTURERS.

SOLID TIRES.

ShipShipj ments, Producments,
rude
Stocks. domesFabrics. r C
domestion.
ubber.
tic.
tic.

MOTOR ACCESSORY
SALES AND CREDIT
CONDITIONS.*

Total
sales.

Accounts
past
due.

Total
notes
outstanding.

Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative ; Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative
to
to
I to
to
|
to
to
to
to
! to
to
to
:
to
to
to
Nov.-Apr.; Nov.-Apr. Nov.-Apr ;Nov.-Apr.JNov.-Apr. Nov.-Apr. Nov.-Apr. Nov-Apr. Nov.-Apr. Nov.-Apr, Nov.-Apr. tNov.-Apr. Nov.-Apr. |Nov.-Apr.!
average, average. average, ;j average. average. average. average. average. I average. average. average, average. average. | average, j
Nov.-Apr..

100

100

100

100

100

1OO

67
55

114

64
105

74
51

112
106

67
108

102
99
92
90
87
70
57
67
70

76
83
120
145
171
236
264

1OO

100

1OO

92
70

102
103

93
111

54
49

91
100
123
124
151
122
151
239
161

103

79

104

81

97

120

1OO

1920.
Nov
Dec

107

72
47

1921.
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July.August
September.

77

103

76

74

90

100

85

91

128

134

127

141

176

229

86

165

220

253

80

209

235

281

75

218

301

180

332

76

229

442

211

65

1G2

327

278
194

:

:

92

115

90

110

82

136

75

152

74

183
137

78
89
134
196
236
241
287
334
227

73
86
133
189
232
233
261
337

100
166
321
427
428
363
369
373

1OO

1OO

83

139

69

116

66

123

56

103

58

92

65

85

54

214

See footnotes on opposite page.

CRUDE RUBBER SITUATION—FIRST HALF 1921.
The Rubber Association of America has compiled comprehensive statistics on the movement of crude rubber during the first half
of 1921. The statistics represent the reports from 239 rubber manufacturers, 56 rubber importers and dealers, and 8 firms who do
reclaiming only. In addition the questionnaires developed a total of 94 firms recently listed as rubber manufacturers who are either out
of business or are jobbers only. This makes a total of nearly 500 firms covered by the inquiry.
The following tables summarize the more important figures on the rubber situation during the past six months. The import figures
are from the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; all other figures are from the Rubber Association:
SUMMARY.

Pounds.

Imports of crude rubber, first half of 1921
Reclaimed rubber produced
Crude rubber consumed:
By manufacturers of tires and tire sundries
By manufacturers of other rubber products

161, 956, 907
33, 527, 306

Total crude rubber consumed
Stocks of crude rubber on July 31, 1921
Afloat for United States ports on July 31, 1921

131, 979. 361
163, 008, 320
53, 548, 480

103, 889, 941
28, 079, 941

Total supply July 31, 1921
216, 556, 800
The details of rubber consumption for the six months, together with the value of the shipments of manufactured products are as follows:
Number of
pounds of
crude rubber
used.

TIRES AXD TIRE SUNDRIES.

Automobile and motor truck pneumatic, casings.
Automobile and motor truck pneumatic tubes..
Motorcycle tires (casings and tubes)
|
Bicycle tires (single tubes, casings, and tubes)..
All other pneumatic casings and tubes not
elsewhere specified
Solid tires for motor vehicles
|
All other solid tires
j
Tire sundries and repair materials
|
Total, tires and tire sundries




!

Sales value of
shipments of
manfd. rubber
products.

75,863,102
18,025,002
154,548
480,964

$186,898,873
24,776,850
585,876
1,512,9S5

1,014,140
6,395,213
120,8X4
1,845,488

2,022,778
9,919,532
459,475
5,306, 236

103,8S9,941

231,482,605

OTHER RUBBER PRODUCTS.

Mechanical rubber goods
Boots and shoes
Insulated wire and insulating compounds
Druggist sundries, and medical a n d surgical
rubber goods
Waterproof cloth, clothing, and rubber sheeting
Hard rubber goods
Miscellaneous, not included in above i t e m s . . . .
Total, other rubber products
Grand total, all products

Number of
pounds of
crude rubber
used.

Sales value of
shipments of
manfd. rubber
products.

11,020,417
10,254,260
771,178

$34,475,894
41,386,097
4,453,754

1,285,438
1,439,175
852,593
2,456,359

5,245,416
5,524,199
2,008,626
6,741,283

28,079,420

99,835,269

131,979,361

331,317,874

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AUTOMOBILE TIRES AND ACCESSORIES.
Table 10.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade source s.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]

PNEUMATIC TIRES.

YEAR
AND
MONTH.

INNER TUBES.

Shipm e n t s , Production.
domestic.

Production.

Stocks.

Number.

Number.

915,651
506,111

5,170,928 1,262,159
5,508,380 1,327,153

Jan

703,430

5,319,605

Feb

819,892

Mar

1,163,314

Apr

1,651,418

Number.

Number.

RAW MATERIAL
CONSUMED BY
TIRE MANUFACTURERS.

SOLID TIRES.

MOTOR ACCESSORY
SALES AND CREDIT
CONDITIONS.*

Stocks.

Shipments,
domestic.

Production.

Stocks.

Shipments,
domestic.

Fabrics.

Crude
rubber.

Total
sales.

Number.

Number.

Number.

Number.

Number.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Value
(dollars).

23,299
16,297

294,043
303,473

36,628
40, 828

3,333,559
1,649,772

9,089,757
4,259,746

Total
Accounts
notes
past due. outstanding.
Value
(dollars).

Value
(dollars).

1920.
Nov.-Apr
Av
Dec

1,002,886
508,446

5,480,354 1,366,997
5,786,929 1,481,285

965,417

740, 824

5,586,163 1,042,617

21,220

303,753

29,116

2,598,143

6,625,435

6,264,587

8,099,727

4,359,871

5,193,018 1,073,756

916,627

5,415,464 1,129,881

23,355

304,374

29,599

2,955,058

7,823,657

10,408,962

6,717,165

6,063,118

4,597,103 1,614,651

1,346, 483

5,044,861 1,643,690

28,710

283,800

43,926

4,474,965

12,075,298

20,120,386

5,603,992

5,069,877

4,527, 445 1,785,951

1,762,122

4,916,772 1,983,571

28,859

269,985

42,080

6,524,668

17,191,149

26,746,580

5,352,271

5,371,086
4,470,363

1921.

May

2,100,917

4,451,668 2,085, 882 2,210,040

4, 751, 880 2,342, 567

35,156

264,633

40,122

7,863,738

21,050,554

26,782,301

4,515,157

June

2,313,265

4,154,456 2,643,850

2,359,928

3, 835,098 3,232,673

28,395

240,336

49,867

8,044,486

21,207,555

22,713,817

4,731,442

4,006,827

July

2,570,524

3,892,037 2.. 757,581 3,020,981

3,122,815 3.603,248

35 123

220,003

55,678

9,565.128

23,719,637

23,096,214

5,242,0!6

3,690,154

Aug

3,043,187

3,934,583 2.894,442

4,430,152

3,649,319 3,804,060

55,694

216.367

66,866

11,131,256

30,634,353

23,397,640

4,348,790

3,494,510

Sept

1,929,268

3,340,798 2,047,929

3,274,822

3,S27,S30 2,645,758

37,441

161, S32

50,276

7,5S0,858

19,476,415

1
Data on tires, tubes, and raw material consumed furnished by the Rubber Association of America. Motor accessory sales and credit condition are from the reports of
the Motor and Accessory Manufacturers' Association.
2
The data furnished by the Motor and Accessory Manufacturers Association are based on the purchase of parts, units, equipments, etc., by automobile passenger
and truck makers from 300 parts and accessory manufacturers, including some tire manufacturers.

AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION.
At the request of the U. S. Department of Commerce the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce has arranged to collect monthly
information on the production of passenger cars and trucks from its members. The Bureau of the Census has undertaken to secure
figures from certain independent manufacturers who are not members of the Chamber. The following figures give the totals of all reports
and represent a practically complete statement of automobile production for the last three months of this year:




PRODUCTION OFMONTH.

Tn

July, 1921

163, 998

10 761

August 1921
September, 1921

166, 393

1? 076

143, 797

13, 645

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LEATHER PRODUCTS.
Table 11.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type.]

SOLE
LEATHER
PRODUCED.

SKIVERS
PRODUCED.

R elati ve
to 1919.

Relative
to 1919.

YEAR AND MONTH.

SOLE
OAK AND |
! LEATHER
UNION
PRODUCED.
HARNESS.

Relative
to 1919.

!

Sides.

i

A.—INDEX NUMBERS

SKIVERS
PRODUCED.

OAK AND
UNION
HARNESS.

Dozens.

Stuffed
sides.

B.—NUMERICAL DATA.

1913 monthly average..
1914 monthly average..
1915 monthly average..
1916 monthly average..
1917 monthly average..
1918 monthly average..

SS

107

214

1,653,073

16,039

203,596

1919 monthly average .

100

100

100

1,876,285

15,032

95,244

1920 monthly average..

S2

8S

102

1,535,290

13,274

96,974

January..

91

99

100

1,704,269

14,837

95,457

February.

82

74

107

1,532,115

11,140

101,989

March

94

82

116

1,764,387

12,347

110,606

April

So

SO

116

1,589,756

12,014

110,830

May....

108

111

1,706,003

16,229

105,568

June....

103

106

1,7S6,466

f5,535

100,718

84

105

1,513,844

12,563

99,748

S8

102

1,322,594

13,275

97,580

September..

92

100

1,375,763

13,788

95,204

October....

97

101

1,459,073

14,626

96,243

November..

S7

77

1,315,631

13,034

73,265

December..

66

70

1,353,581

9,896

66,4S2

1920.

July....

SI
70

August.

1921.
January..

63

44

1,190,950

14,234

42,236

February.

63

93

60

1,177,888

13,987

56,971

March

72

112

74

1,351,140

16,867

70,194

1,422,727

13,484

69,922

1,561,220

14,499

57,480
57,196
44,971

April

90




96

S3

May
June
July
August
September.

60

SI

98

60

1,521,521

14,753

76

82

47

1,431,373

12,321

143

51

13$
From reports by the Tanners'

1,607,302

21.430

4S,2S6

1,507,185

20,083

49,507

Council.

LEATHER PRODUCTION.
• • •

1 i

•,

1919 AVERAGE

hj
3 i

\-\-

1 1
1

> !>
1930

\

«

l
2

DEC.

I i

i-

\

JAN.

-

SOLE-LEATHER PRODUCT ON

^'^"

I

8•

$
1921

i

\ s

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LEATHER PRODUCTS.
Table 12.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base years in bold-faced type; numerical data are shown in the table below.]
SOLE AND BELTING LEATHER, j:

YEAR AND MONTH.

Stocks ProducStocks in
proc- tion of
end of | ess
finished
of
month. tanning.
leather.
Relative
to Sept.,
1920.

1920.
September
October
November
December

Relative
to Sept.,
1920.

Consumption.

UPPER LEATHER.
Stocks ProducStocks ! in
proc- tion of
end of
s s ot
of j finished
month t aeess
fished
month.
leather.
imillg.

Relative ! Relative } Relative
to Sept., !! to Sept., ii to Sept.,
1920.
1920. i 1920.

100

100

102

97

109

92

100
105
92

116

90

January
February
March
April

123
122

May
June
July
August

PATENT LEATHER.

Relative
to Sept.,
1920.

Relative
to Sept.,
1920.

Stocks ! ProducProduc
in proc
tion of
ess of
finished
tanning leather.

Consumption.

Relative j Relative | Relative | Relative I Relative
to Sept., I to Sept., | to Sept., to Sept., I to Sept.,
1920. i 1920. i 1920.
1920. j 1920.

100

100

105

92

100
191

117

95

177

100

100
81
69
69

117

90

92

88
91

94
88

74
95

117

90

221

117

93

303

125

92

106

125

133

101

172

127

93

100

116

115

105

199

135

92

105

118

115

108

194

1921.

130

90

109

116

114

111

173

130

91

104

122

114

116

136

128

89

112

113

115

Table 13.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers are given in the table above.]

SOLE AND BELTING LEATHER.

UPPER LEATHER.
Production of
finished
leather.

PATENT LEATHER.

Stocks
end of
month.

Stocks
in process of
tanning.

Production of
finished
leather.

ConStocks
sumpend of
tion. I month.

Stocks
in process of
tanning.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Square ft. Square ft. Square ft. Square ft. Square ft. Square ft. Square ft

YEAR AND MONTH.

Square ft.

Consumption.

Stocks
Stocks in
procend of
ess of
month. tanning.

Produc- Contion of
finished sumption.
leather.

000 omitted from each column.)
1920.
September
October
November
December
1921.
January...
February.
March
April

#
51,662
j 151,662

121,255

23,995

14,618

365,052

150,579

35,132

22,249

20,205

5,399

1,741

710

154,159

117,122

25,080

11,895

385,114

139,255

47, 022

34,233

18,328

8,516

2,035

1,357

164,597

111,213

21,999

10,021

426,726

142, 943

43,788

33,317

22,006

4,920

1,296

1,254

175.874

109,653

23,901

10,026

426,733

135,767

43,436

26,084

20,301

5,753

938

656

186,531

106,705

22,444

10,831

425,942

135,515

36,302

26,539

20,684

6,074

954

1,569

184,707

110,787

21,205

13,830

427,508

140, 005

33,570

42,097

22,677

7,259

1,655

2,149

189,033

111,082

25,502

18,315

485,069

152,586

48,955

47,525

16,856

5,492

1,165

1,221

191, 898

112,321

24,000

17,029

419,308

158,224

50,420

48,960

15,113

4,915

1,296

1,415

May

204,137

111,662

25,242

17,312

420,712

162,498

53,532

50,055

15,541

4,922

1,917

1,379

June
July
| August

197,206

109,378

26,122

16,901

416,553

166,462

62,448

52,205

15,678

12,489

2,801

1,228

17,779 :

417,145

174,941

03,217

55,019

967

411,505

173,848

70,418

197,616

110,070

25,028

193,670

108,439

26,985

12,980

13,828

2,956

12,713

14,592

3,431

* The data on leather products, given in Tables 12 to 15, are based on the monthly census of hides, skins, and leather, as compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. The figures embrace returns from between 4,500 and 5,000 establishments, including packers, tanners, dealers, importers, and manufacturers
of shoes, gloves, and other leather goods. As given in the census reports, the returns on leather are shown in numbers of skins, sides, backs, butts, pounds, etc. For
the present summary, these figures have been converted either to pounds or square feet on the basis of average weights and sizes.




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LEATHER PRODUCTS.
Table 14.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.J
GLOVE LEATHER.

FANCY AND BOOKBINDERS.

Stocks end I Stocks to f Production Consumpfinished
tion.
<>< month.! S S £ £ £ ofleather.

YEAR AND MONTH.

Relative to
Sept., 1920.

Relative to Relative to
Sept., 1920. Sept., 1920.

Relative to
Sept., 1920.

Relative to
Sept., 1920.

Stocks in i Production
! of finished !
! leather.

tion.

Relative to Relative to
Sept., 1920. Sept., 1920.

Relative to
Sept., 1920.

1920.
September
October
November
December

100
123
145
143

100
126
137
117

January
February
March
April

139
128
133
137

113
109
116
115

May
June
July
August

132
137
126
114

112
112
112
121

100
94
83

100
192
99
124

100
161
173
180

1OO
42
54
55

100
105
110
147

1OO
93
81
54

81
64
107
102

172
181
153
161

54
65
61
69

105
145
120

41
67
69
93

156
152
111

179
175
184
187

67
72
73

1921.
58
75
64
67
88
86
80

HARNESS, CASE, WELTING, E T C

YEAR AND MONTH.

126
252

126
176
134
162

MISCELLANEOUS, SPLITS, AND
UPHOLSTERY.

OFFAL.

Stocks
end of
month.

Stocks in
process of
tanning.

Product i o n of
finished
leather.

Consumption
of leather.

Stocks
end of
month.

Production of
finished
leather.

Consumption
of leather.

Stocks
end of
month.

Stocks in
process of
tanning.

Product i o n of
finished
leather.

Consumption
of leather.

Relative
to Sept.,
1920.

Relative
to Sept.,
1920.

Relative
to Sept.,
1920.

Relative
to Sept.,
1920.

Relative
to Sept.,
1920.

Relative
to Sept.,
1920.

Relative
to Sept.,
1920.

Relative
to Sept.,
1920.

Relative
to Sept.,
1920.

Relative
to Sept.,
1920.

Relative
to Sept.,
1920.

1OO

100

100
102
93

100
117

79

85

83

100
113
121
118

100
91

143

100
109
116
125

100

128
127
121

100
91
78
63

100

117

125

124

129

125

120

117
118

127

124

103

180

106

136

117

97

213

116

1920.
September
October
November
December

129

100
81
66
74 i

105

105

92
104

82

1921.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August

136

126

136

111

133

120

128

123

* See footnote on p. 23.




55
55
71
67

60
84
124
121

129
134
142
145

64
67
65
72

110
120
122

148
152
150
142

90
76

61

60

60

75

109

78

98

110

80

95

109

221

117

102

92

99

110

207

108

110

86

100

108

203

107

110

95

92

110

109

110

114

> Includes harness, case, bag and strap, skirting, collar, latigo, and welting leather.

25
LEATHER PRODUCTS.
Table 15.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.
FANCY AND BOOKBINDERS.

GLOVE LEATHER.

Stocks in j Production Consump- j Stocks end Stocks in Production C o n s u m p Stocks end process
of i of finished
of of finished
of month. tanning.
tion.
i of month. process
tion.
leather.
tanning.
leather.

YEAR AND MONTH.

Square feet.

Square feet.

Square feet. j Square feet.

Square feet.

Square feet.

Square feet.

Square feet.

(000 omitted from each column.)
1920.
September
October
November
December

38,806
47,728
56,216
55,579

15,969
20,096
21,940
IS, 608

:
!
j
!
i

8,809
8,315
7,335
7,715

4,313
8,281
4,256
5,364

6,037
5,078
6,647
5,611

3,498
2,773
4,616
4. 391

5,911
7,716
6,613
7,022

6,748
6,544
4,772

!

7,475
12,025
12,924
13,462

9,558
4,048
5,130
5,258

1,282
1,348
1,414
1,881

'

12,866
13,519
11,449
12,072

5,103
6,258
5,855
6,559

1,147
1,351
1,863
1,540

13,407
13,053
13.718
13,046

6,362
6,914
7.020
7.334

1,620
2,252
1.720
2,072

•

1,221
1,141

1

989
654

1921.
January
February
March
April

•
;
]
j

53,969
49,585
51,467
53,016

I

18,112
17,370
18,550
IS, 385

May
June
July
August

;
i
I

51,071
53,104
48,S26
44,046

!
j
|
j

17,942
17,960
17..S27
19,325

HARNESS, CASE, WELTING, ETC.*

YEAR AND MONTH.

Stocks
end of
month.

Stocks
in process of
tanning,

Produc-

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds. | Pounds. I Pounds.

I Pounds.

499

:

815
847

1,131
1,542
3,079
935

MISCELLANEOUS, SPLITS,
AND UPHOLSTERY.

OFFAL.

ProducCon| Stocks
tion of sumption
end of
finished of
leather,
month.
leather.

I

Con-

Stocks
end of

month.

leather.
Pounds.

Stocks
in process of
tanning.

ProducContion of
sumption
finished of
leather.
leather.

'Square feet..Square feet. Square feet. Square feet.

(000 omitted from each column.)
1920.
September
October
November
December

14,320
16,774
18,450
20,543

11,308
\4,526
14,404
13,672

3,937
3,590
3,070
2,498

January
February
March
April

17,925
18,424
18,254
19,536

14,054
14,083
13,987
13,237

2,160
2,157
2,797
2,635

May
June
JuJy
August

19,515
19,453
18,980
18,334

14,240
12,536
13,527
13,921

2,528
2,640
2,543
2,82S

1,247
1,009
824
928

58,729
63,924
68,246 :
73,328

7,335
7,467
6,792
7,677

3,954
3,8S2
4,168
3,294

78,940
89,252
95,277
92,912

75,506 \
78,590 !
83,549
84,987

6,624
'5,584
7,539
7,080

3,481
4,728
7,539
8,406

92,679
93,523
83,941
91,355

55,045
56,745
62,786
63,807

13,140
12,924
16,592
17,063

6,778
8,527
11,155
10,765

87,091
89,005
87.916
S3,373

8,016
8,091
7,924
8,363

8,751
8,178
8,041

92,717
85 284
84,379
87,018

58,751
63,487
63,523
63,066

19,621
18 438
20,346
23,493

11,229
11,392
10.389

57,862 i 21,379
53,185
19,505
59,925
16,830
49,895
17,513

11,347
13,248
9,692
7,749

1921.

1

See footnote on p. 23.




753

1,051
1,546
1,510
,372
,501
,516

»Includes harness, case, bag and strap, skirting, collar, latigo, lace, and welting leather.

26
HIDES AND LEATHER,
Table 16.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
OF LEATHERS

DOMESTIC IMPORTS
OF HIDES AND SKINS.i

WHOLESALE PRICES.2

Hides.

Sole,

YEAR AND MONTH.

Total
boots
and
shoes.

i Upper.3

' Relative Relative Relative
! to 1913. i to 1913. to 1913.

1909 to 1913, inc., mo. av
1913 monthly average

100

191-4 monthly average

100

100

Total
Total
hides
calfand
skins. ! s k i n s '

Relative
to 19091913, inc..
average.
* 100
97
10S
126
141

* 100
91
55
81
106

Green, I
salted,
CalfSole,
Chrome ! Men's
packers'
skins, hemlock, 4call',
i vici-calf,
<
heavy
country middle
B"
blucher
native j No. 1
No. 1
grades ' (Boston).
steers j (Chicago). (Boston). (Boston).
(Chicago).

Relative i
to 1909- i Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative
1913, inc., to 1913.
to 1913. to 1913. ! to 1913.
to 1913.
average. |
<1OO

100

107

104

132

110

106

160

142

179

13S

167

132

178

215

190

215

83

164

197

172

222

134

214

363

1S7

360

120

90
63
136
82

130

170

195

189

366

153
1S1
244
288

57
43
50
54

I 202
j 154
! 145
161

147
107
118
14S

196
103
157
158

218
219
198
197

395
351
286
278

199
202
202
202

473
473
473
464

298
305
308
308

104
108
107
82

51
64
41
48

105
114
118
66

123
83

120
153
179
194

192
185
160
155

239
162
162
122

202
202
202
195

436
399
325
325

308
292
292
292

123
162
13S
163

47
50

26
42
17
20

120
114
53
84

16
34
17

79
105
80
39

154
139
126
103

121
98
90
75

181
174
167
145

297
278
232
213

292
255
249
249

132
139
134
146

51
50
47
52

24
33
42
51

25
24
16
33

39
49
43
74

91
74
63
55

81
71

142
135
131
131

195
195
195
195

233
233
233
225

64
56
74
129
50

78
103
SO
89

79
97

46
113
74
123
83

115
104
59
107
61

65
76
76
76
77

90
82
SI
86
85

131
128
124
121
121

195
195
195
195
195

225
225
225
225
225

259

101

168

1916 monthly average

:

2S9

120

193

140
S6
392

70

147

44

131

192

211

82

167

123
70
145
99

144
87
85

133
119
122
97

146
206
196
190

160
117
125
137

May....
June
July....
August.

79
44
51
79

116
59
68
5S

223
215
114
124

September.
October
November.
December..

59
45
20
41

60
63
42

January...
February.
March
April

111
34
20
32

40
2S
25
35

May
June
July
August
September.

17
29
23
33
33

1919 monthly average.
1920 monthly average.

Relative Relative
to 1910- to 19091913, inc., 1913, inc.,
average. 1 average.

Total
sheepskins.

100

1915 monthly average

1917 monthly average.

Total
goatskins.

Boots
and
shoes.

100
111
114

166
]

191S monthly average.

I Relative
I to 19101913, inc.,
average.

Total
cattle
hides.

Leather.

94
S2
60
77

97
134
17S
176

36
11
79
43

161
96

107

100

104

107

118

100
102
105
119

1920.
January...
February.
March
April

1921.




18

1

35 !
49 |
36 |
43 !

91 j
112
105 :
81
85

See footnotes on opposite page.

27
HIDES AND LEATHER.
Table 17.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources,
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]

DOMESTIC EXPORTS
OF LEATHERS

DOMESTIC IMPORTS OF
HIDES AND SKINS.i

WHOLESALE PRICES.*

Hides.

YEAR AND MONTH.

Upper. 3

Sole.

Square
feet.

Pounds.

Total
boots
and
shoes.

Total
hides
and

skins.

Total
calfskins.

Total
cattle
hides.

Pairs.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds. Pounds. Pounds.

Total
goat
skins.

Total
sheep:
skins.

(000 omitted.)
1909 to 1913, incl., mo. a v .
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly a v e r a g e . . . .
1915 monthly average.
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average.
average.
average.
average.

2,605
4,319
6,751
7,540

8,845
6,834
8,967
10;623

843
827
1,412
1,623

3,657
6,175
3,908
2,229
10,222 I 17,023
7,288

1,237
1,100
1,780
1,403

1,869

I

< 8 , 1 9 9 *5,289
5,684
7, 473
6, 321
5,495
6,257
6, 607
8,461
8, 686

Green,
salted,
Sole
Chrome
Men's
packers' Calfskins,
calf,"B' vici-calf,
country hemlock,
heavy
middle
grades
blucher
No.
1
native
No. 1 (Boston) (Boston)
!hicago) (Boston).
steers
'Chicago).
Average
price
per
pound.

42,854 ^6,815
41,490
6,372
46,350
5,576
53,856
4,076
60,526
5,221

19, 1 6 0
18 ,629

52,589
30,158
62,070
42,499

2,465
758
5,380
2,928

30,890
18,421
33,940
22,922

7,409
5,197
11,138
6,684

4,372
7,086

.327
.301
.393
.312

25 ,671
34 ,053
33 ,683

Boots
and
Shoes.

Leather.

Average
price
per
pound.

SO. 1 8 4 $ 0 . 1 8 9
.196
.210
.242
.215
.262
.338

Average
price
per
sq. ft.

Average
price
per
pair.

SO. 2 8 2 SO. 270
.302
.280
.309
.285
.388
.450

S3.11
3.17
3.25
3.71

Average
price
per
pound.

.406
.371
.685
.368

.535
.484
.528
.534

.579
.598
.970
.985

4.75
5.63
7.60
8.95

745

.560
.570
.570
.570

1.275
1.275
1.275
1.250

9.28
9.50
9.60
9.60

.570
.570
.570
.550

1.175
1.075
.875
.875

9.60
9.10
9.10
9.10

1920.
January...
February.
March
April

1,951
3,743
2,264
2,217

11,770
10,538
10,813
8,539

1,233
1,734
1,650
1,603

68,607
50,100
53,430
58,714

3,876
2,957
3,420
3,672

38,694
29,524
27,812
30,809

12,092
8,800
9,661
12,107

10,354
5,452
8,288
8,372

.400
.403
.364
.361

May
June
July
August.

2,061
1,150
1,334
2,063

10,230
5,233
5,991
5,133

1,879
1,809
958
1,046

44,769
46,132
45,892
35,128

3,498
4,386
2,822
3,293

20,103
21,909
22,514
12,665

10,091
6,765
7,751
5,301

6,369
8,106
9,473
10,285

.354
.341
.294
.285

September.
October
November.
December..

1,542
1,168
529
1,079

5,331
5,552
3,696
4,823

1,037
1,361
1,161
1,370

32,679
32,901
20,065
21,575

1,791
2,877
1,171
1,377

23,062
21,792
10,160
16,021

2,200
1,274
2,810
1,355

4,181
5,536
4,257
2,080

.284
.255
.233
.190

.184
.169
.141

.510
.490
.470
.410

.800
.750
.625
.575

9.10
7.94
7.75
7.75

2,903
873
527
822

3,508
2,501
2,209
3,108

1,114
1,169
1,125
1,231

21,961
21,519
20,185
22,464

1,645
2,265
2,881
3,503

14,699
13,947
12,935
11,679

2,027
1,989
1,305
2,714

2,073
2,606
2,276
3,909

.168
.136
.115
.101

.153
.134
.125
.136

.400
.380
.370
.370

.525
.525
.525
.525

7.25
7.25
7.25
7.00

455
765
598
849
858

1,574
3,137
4,310
3,142
3,822

538
471
624
1,088
417

33,505
44,050
34,378
38,090
32,806

5,383
6,589
4,501
5,882
5,427

17,343
21,496
20,066
15,475
16,327

3,762
9,241
6,063
10,078
6,772

6,108
5,522
3,110
5,674
3,222

.119
.140
.139
.140
.141

.169
.156
.153
.162

.370
.360
.350
.340
.340

.525
.525
.525
.525
.525

7.00

663
540
525
450
305
306
229
229

1921.
January...
February.
March
April
May
June
July
August
September.
1

160

7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00

Data from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
Data from U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
3
Includes calf and kip, goat and kid, grain and finished splits, wax and rough splits.
* Represent five-year (1909-1913) monthly average imports for total hides and skins, total goat skins and total sheepskins. Calfskins and cattle hides based on four-year
average, 1910-1913.
2




28
BUILDING STATISTICS—CONTRACTS AWARDED.
Table 18.—INDEX NUMBEKS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
INDUSTRIAL
BUILDINGS.

BUSINESS
BUILDINGS.

RESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS.

EDUCATIONAL
BUILDINGS.

HOSPITALS AND
INSTITUTIONS.

NumNumNumNumNumber of Square Value. ber of Square Value. ber of Square Value. ber of Square Value. ber of Square Value.
proj- feet.
proj- feet.
proj- feei.
proj- feet.
proj- feet.
ects.
ects.
ects.
ects.
ects.

YEAR AND MONTH.

Rela- Relative to tive to
1919.

1919.

Rela- Rela- Rela- Rela- Rela- Rela- Rela- Rela- Rela- Rela- Relative to tive to tive to tive to tive to tive to tive to tive to tive to tive to tive to
1919.
1919.
1919.
1919.
1919.
1919.
1919.
1919.
1919.
1919.
1919.

Relative t o
1919.

1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average .
1915 monthly average..
1916 monthly average
1917 monthly average..
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average

M2
2 63

21
36

2 94
2 90

49
57

2 71
2 118

48
94

2 62
2 43

100
80

100
83

100
115

100
60

100
57

42
36
100
67

208
154
225
129

49
40
66
93

58
47
79
104

87
83
53
55

111
106
85
74

80
67
58
60

85
54
43
54

65
42
41
31

95
63
78
50

60
55
51
44

39
31
47
45

18
14
18
27

36
21
25
30

43
38
35
39

28
28
21
18
21

48
43
32
25
26

100
81

1OO
74

1OO
79

January..
February
March
April

74
71
105
114

79
89
110
117

101
124
151
162

94
85
105
104

148
112
178
105

May
June
July
August.

102
94
83
85

86
103
79
54

119
141
107
86

97
83
73
78

73
75
63
47

58
52
39
25

80
70
60
42

67
70
64
45

46
50
80
81

35
35
48
55

61
50
67
86

82
87
73
87
89

61
61
66
75
78

87
75
98
104
122

1

i

!

Relative to
1919.

IOO
102

100
114

100
144

100
100

100
142

100
121

66
54
88
128

48
52
95
111

121
76
155
159

105
82
180
190

55
43
86
96

76

224

57
72
91
129

92
63
58
59

141
165
171
163

142
160
131
148

171
198
199
190

102
124
139
118

223
127
144
129

144
92
251
149

41
55
36
27

51
61
45
33

105
71
48
51

96
93
55
38

128
143
70
73

116
122
110
86

131
201
113
82

97
189
79
105

39
52
96
114

33
41
71
89

43
51
86
106

44
49
96
137

66
85
155
174

69
87
191
227

63
33
71
110

212
25
159
179

146
35
83
137

117
119
92
118
132

93
90
69
89
108

117
106

173
214
223
216
193

244
195
228
233
221

246
235
287
281
266

112
161
149
143
173

175
410
430
239
540

101
391
252
148
364 !

1920.

September
October
November
December

m

1921.
January.
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
SeDtember




...

. .

See footnotes on opposite page.

85
114
135

29
BUILDING STATISTICS—CONTRACTS
Table 19.—NUMERICAL

AWARDED.

DATA.

From commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite, page.]
BUSINESS
BUILDINGS.

;l

INDUSTRIAL
BUILDINGS.

S

YEAR AND MONTH.
ber of!
p r o j . 1
ects
* > (000 omitted.)

]

EDUCATIONAL
BUILDINGS.

RESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS.

Number of
projects.

ber of|
proj- | —
eits
* ;
(000 omitted.)

HOSPITALS AND
INSTITUTIONS.

? « H Value. l!N«m-: S ^r Value, i Num(000 omitted.)

I ber of
-Jl p r o j I ects.

(000 omitted.)

squai
Square
feet. Value.
ber of !
projects.
(000 omitted.)

1913 monthly average . . . ! 1914 monthly average . . . j-S.050

$8,912
15.212 i

0.042

1915 monthly average . . . i 1916 monthly average . . . ! .
1917 monthly average . . . i
|
1

|

2

j

191^ monthly average
!
!
"
1919 monthly average . . . ! 1,092 | 9,240 | 833,806 ';

I 1920 monthly average . . . !

8 9 5 ! 6,870'

26,638

'• -15.075
636 12,772
511

1-19.000
n s . 167

?;U,832 I
40,275 !

20,068 .;

-12.5S3

29,548 •

40,202

2

42,744

10,652

49,0S0

l

8,667

25.381 1

3,999 20,137

70,767 i

2,414

11,460

47,177 •

166

1,915

170 : 2,190

S9,960
14,358

1920.
January...

805

7,325

34,117

599

IS,879

8S,991 '

1,942 11,599

47,055

80

2,320

(Ybruary..

776

S,234

42,035

540

14,352

65,680 j

1,61S 9,511

38,307

86

1,447 •

March

1,147

10,182

50,902

665

22,796

96,093 ! 2,640

15,945

62,575

158

2,976

17,939

April

1,245

10,816

54,722

663

13,473

55,121 j

3,711 20,872

90,933

184

3,039

18,946

40,201

617

11,111

47,511

9,499

47,529

529

10,639

45,275 |

July....

1,117
1,022
907

7,908
7,. 325

36,128

465

6,768

36,45S j 2,334

August.

924

5,005

28,9S5

493

6,972

31,733 | 2,3S4

2,410 8,222

May....
June

3,218

10.440 i
8,214

49 I
49

368 jS3,266
523 I

3,962

27

281

1,868

21

281

2,341

42

653

2,973

47

824

4,222

17,104

65,362

234

2,719

17,047

50

821

4,712

2,691 10,891

44,330

274

3,061

19,674

61

466

3,011

8.607

40,811

284

2,507

19,808

68

531

8,200

10,803

41,627

270

2,832

18,972

58

476

4,850

September...

799

5,371 j

26,944

427

8,273

40,440 I

36,015

175

1,834

12,762

57

484

3,166

October

817

4,823 |

23,S04 '

443

5,392

26,932 ; 2,206

11,173

43,433

118

1,779

14,258

60

742

6,186

November...

683

3,611 !

20,21S

407

5,264

33,330 I 2,035

7,264

32,158

79

1,045

6,950

54

417

2,573

December...

510

2,336 !

14,06S

289

3,911

21,399 I

1,777 5,534

23,516

S5

719

7,2S8

42

302

3,441

1921.
January..

506

3,262

20,528

250

2,359

15,437

1,573

6,724

30,732

73

1,257

6,905

31

782

4,779

February.

549

3,277

17,020

197

1,786

9,037

2,085

8,319

36,294

81

1,625

8,647

16

94

1,146

March

870

4,424

22,776

10,640

3,833

14,382

60,701

160

2,969

19,031

35

587

2,6

880

5,0S4

29,176

296
288

2,341

April

3,497

12,919

4,556

17,94S

75,006

22S

3,32S

22,640

54

660

4,482

May

S96

5,632

24,494

275

3,543

20,404

4,683

18,S04

82,982

287

4,66S

24,462

55

645

3,2S8

June

952

5,645

24,494

244

3,581

IS.502

4,75S

IS,227

75,175

355

23,441

79

1,507

12,762

2,641

July

795

6,070

33,240

221

August

954

6.940 j

35.277

251

September...

971

7,174 '

41.259

269

1

2,706

13,604

3,0S4

13,961

60,452

371

3,731
4,369

28,602

73

1,582

8,223

10.S32

4,729

17,949

80,329

358

4,457

27,959

70

879

4,840

11,2S3

5.2S6

21,709

95,303

321

4,238

26.459

85

1,987

11,878

Data furnished by the 7'. W. Dodge Co. Prior to March, 1921, these figures covered 25 northeastern states; since then 27 states are included.
2 Estimates made by the F. ir. Dodge Co.




30
BUILDING STATISTICS—CONTRACTS AWARDEDO
Table 20.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
PUBLIC
WORKS AND
PUBLIC
! UTILITIES.

PUBLIC
BUILDINGS.

Y E A R AND M O N T H .

SOCIAL AND
RECREATIONAL
BUILDINGS.

!
! RELIGIOUS AND
1
MEMORIAL
j
BUILDINGS.

:

GRAND TOTAL. 2 |
1
I

Number of Square
proj- i feet, V a l u e .
ects.

Number of
proj- V a l u e .
ects.

NumNumNumber of
ber of Square Value. ber of Square
Value. proj- Square
Value.
feet.
projfeet.
projfeet.
ects.
ects.
ects.

Relative to
1919.

Relative to
1919.

Relative to
1919.

Relative to
1919.

Relative to
1919.

Relative to
1919.

Relative to
1919.

Rela- j RelaRela- i Relative t o tive t o tive t o tive t o
1919. 1 1919. 1919.
1919.

Relative to
1919.

Relative t o
1919.

i

1913 inontklv average

33
2S
36
53

1914 m o n t h l y average.
1915 m o n t h l y average.
1916 m o n t h l y average.
1917 m o n t h l y
1918 m o n t h l y
1919 m o n t h l y
1920 m o n t h l y

average.
average.
average.
average.

Relative to
1919.

63
1

i
..

100

100

96

137

100
198

100
I

100

82

113

100
98

I 100

i 100

' 100

!

:

;

81

109

87

1 100
!

95

100

100

110

70

47
20
90
118

57
51
78
98

100
72

65
100

1920.
76
108
73
79

70
363
86
118

45
51
79
96

79
84
140
153

59
100
122

93
66
114
112

81
61
124
161

43
26
54
82

54
16
86
87

62
436
207

132
723
146
163

100
102

134
186
111
145

132
.130
131
110

85
94
79
117

137
120
123
134

103
113
131
135

104
108
145
112

146
161
143
138

246
128
80
127

95
86
56
54

104
115
52

102
77
75
73

58
52
62
45

92
116
98
62

100
113
90
53

124
131
74
98

140
161

68
91

212
183
50
72

January...
February.
March
April

57
49
68
100

66
188
117
234

96
222
203
249

36
40
85
124

62
58
82
44
81 j 112
156
115*

39
77
108
215

61
77
136
280

62
53
74
142

83
83
97
186

May
June
July
August
September

109
130
134
113
96

158 .
88
138

165
125 ;•
100
133

149
173
135

155
127
112

148
150
130

115
136
121

145
Io2

107 i

137
122

12S
157

143 !|
146
146 !
i
122
168

148
170
191
ITS
165

66
62
6S
85

January...
February.
March
April
May....
June
July
August..

130
123
143 I
9S

September.
October
November.
December..

111
103

53

;

91
75
118
110

105
93
141
142

90 |
81 j
75 !
75

60
61

115
121
95
94

65
56
47

56
55
41
30

83
83
60
47

72
72
80
196

41
49
87
105

33
36
58
74

52
47
76
103

161
261
287
204

144
226

249

77
77
68
7G
90

113
106
99
103

275

110
115
94
112
119

1921.




s:
291

234

So

See footnotes on opposite page.

299
198

31
BUILDING STATISTICS—CONTRACTS AWARDED.
Table 21.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
PUBLIC WORKS
AND PUBLIC
UTILITIES.

PUBLIC
BUILDINGS.
YEAR AND MONTH.

Num-:
ber
of
proj-!
ects.

Square Value.
feet.
(000 omitted.)

Number
of
projects.

SOCIAL AND
RECREATIONAL
BUILDINGS.

RELIGIOUS AND
MEMORIAL
BUILDINGS.

GRAND TOTALS

Square j Value.
! Square
feet, j
Numfeet, Value. N u m ber
!
ber
of
of
| proj- |
proj(000
!
ects.
(000
omitted.)
';
ects.
j
(000
omitted.)
ects.
omittod.)
Value.

Num-

I ber j
of

Square
feet.

Value.

(000 omitted.)

1913 monthly average.

171,475
60,020

1914 monthly average.

78,341

1915 monthly average.
1916 monthly average.

.

1917 monthly average

. 134..0S6
.; 140.770
4 6 , 3 3 3 214,990
33,383 ! 211,102

1918 monthly average

654

841,834
47,195

1,265
1,030

$6,964
7,594

91

444

79

422

$3,127
3,446

1,177
832
1,436
1,417

5,609
4,223
8,623
11,198

39
24
49
75

241

1,484

3,906

71

615

3,504

146

1,075

144

1,191

94
103
119
123

111

1919 monthly average

47

1920 monthly average

45

172
236

31

130

782

295

33,018

76

29

186

4,060

336

35,124

66

32

126

967

517

58,412

111

40

136

1,323

626

63,873

135

107

56,086

751

670

77,895

58

356

67

148

1,476
8,087
1,637
1,819

654

61

46
: 42
32
43

365

£1,119
2,218

534

109

6,862
4,821

113,082

1920.
January...
February.
March
April
May....
June
July....
August.
September
October
November
December

315

724

46,367

145

1,004

674

60,459

122

1,484

9,561
8,327
8,572
9,363

2,751
1,433

620

43,392

113

565

47,900

86

734
661
785
564

6,394
8,108
6,839
4,310

91
103
82
48

495
979
1,368
2,723

4,274
5,328
9,461
19,533

56

1,451
1,710
1,529
1,624
1,990

9,975
10,202
10,13fi
8,502
11,693

87

895

369

21,848

83

124

1,418

356

21,972

81

27

113

23

324

381

2,813

5,367

385

3,695

6,742

41,952
34,914
54,495
50,962
41,306
36,979
27,745
28,220

246,935
260, 111
204,498
202,652

25,832
25,469
18,802
13,926

j 178,179
I 177,758
i 128,966
! 100,145

15,359
16,772
26,703
34,471

111,608
100,677
164,092
220,886

35,731
35,738
31,717
35,246
41,702

242,094
227,711
212,491
220,721
246,186

461

j 4,579

481

I 5,040

647

i 4,478

500

4,309

6,193
5,584
5,131
5,129

549

4,389

4,758

584

5,041

4,449

329

2,774

3,839

436

2,137

3,249

367

2,261

2,834

368

2,253

3,361

226,116
200,757
302,133
304,974

1921.
January...
February.
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
1
8

32

202

47

404

1,079
2,482
2,271
2,781

237

24,186

264

18,547

91

558

33,958

124

812

48,043

173

51

273

1,846

977

64,999

164

61

152

1,402

1,130

52,967

166

(33

238

1,793

895

46,902

151

53

150

1.490

949

44,797

152

45

501

2,620

861

35,414

135

48

|

67

I

430

2,487

5,981

129

|

827

6,138

7,176

135

715

4,497

7,530

155

1,161

7,075

7,919

174

1,276

9,356

6,440

162

907

6,204

7.684

1,222

7,778

8,144

Data furnished by the F. W. Dodge Co. Prior to March, 1921, these figures covered 25 northeastern states; since then 27 states are included.
Grand total includes military and naval buildings and miscellaneous, in addition to the groups listed in this and the preceding table (p. 29).




32
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL—LUMBER.
Table 22.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
YELLOW PINE.i

YEAR AND MONTH.

1913
1914
1915
191G

monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly

1917 m o n t h l y
1918 m o n t h l y
1919 m o n t h l y
1920 m o n t h l y

Computed
production.

Computed
stocks.

Per cent
of actual
production to
normal
production.

Per cent
of shipments to
normal
production.

Production.

ShipmentSi

Stocks
; on hand
Orders j first ot
booked. i each
month.

Relative
to 1917.

Relative
to HUT.

Relative
to 1917.

Relative
to 1917.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

100
112
138
173

100
114
148
191

100
122
156
187

100
183
232
250

100
80
98
210

average...
average...
average...
average...
average
average
average
average

1920.
January
February
March
April

|
'
;
i

100
87
90
85

i
!
j
j
i

86
85
96
97

i
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

i
i
!
I
!
!
I
!
j

j
|

100
81
68
87

70
70
71
77

!
94
87
86
87

82
90
94
97

85
78
72
62

97
98
97
96

I
1921.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September...




j
!

OAK FLOORING.*

DOUGLAS FIR.2

69
79
71
87
92
87
87
94
9:5

!
j

;

95
94
94
91
89
89
92
89
80

;
jj
|j

Unfilled
orders
on hand
first of
each
month.

! Relative
! to 1913.

100
107
107
109

100
112
110
104

167
73
151
161

174
92
184
130

147
78
193
104

277
294
160
258

288
109
207
178

115
120
125
127

131
116
129
105

182
178
214
220

195
170
233
154

278
144
170
112

94
100
116
140

311
350
341
223

122
122
85
108

119
105
85
102

229
207
146
131

173
102
93
109

78
53
81
82

180
230
312
348

253
177
120
99

108
107
107
71

93
97
85
77

108
112
110
94

78
92
76

77
44

361
383
409
425

74
73
55
59

47
57
73
80

56
64

64
83
127
153

70
99
174
199

85
88
209
229

444
443
444
413

50
56
51
84

92
91
78
94
97

111
97
83
113

189
204
193
235
223

211
229
212
261
280

194
200
180
250
273

397
418
391
393
371

127
153
138
134
132

See foot notes on opposite; page.

33

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL—LUMBER.
Table 23.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.
[Base year in bold-faced type: index numbers on opposite page.]
YELLOW PIXE.i
Computed
Actual
prodnc— stocks of
ber of mills re- tion as of
mills
mills
identical reporting.
report- porting.
mills.
I ing.

Y E A R AND
MONTH.

M feet.

M feet.

M feet.

OAK FLOORING.3

DOUGLAS FIR.?

Computed
stocks as of
identical
mills.

\etual
prodncXnm- * t i o n o f
ber of n l iii s r e mills | porting,
report-'
ing.

M feet.

joPer
cent
f
actual
prodnction to
normal
prodnction of
identical
mills.

Mfeet.

Unfilled
Percent
Stocks orders
oZ shipnients j Produc- Shipments. booked. leach
: first of
to nortion.
x\£
mal pro- |
month, meach
onth.
duction
of identical \\
mills.
Mfeet.
Mfeet.
Mfeet. i Mfeet. Mfeet.

i

1913 mo. av.

7,464 |
9,205 i
11,563

6,877
8,894
11,470

6,104
7,419
9,525
11,429

9,000
16,500
20,900
22,500

7,250
5,800
7,100
15,250

8,956
4,781
11,782
6,343 j

24,900
26,500
14,433
23,237

20,900
7,900
15,038
12,902

6,675 ! 6,009

1914 mo. av
1915 mo. av
1916 mo. av.. 1

!

;
;

'
'

204

422,895
371.139
384, 238
377,544

423,509
368,325
380,524
358,015

1,345,625
1,093,162
925, 841
1,212,449

1,371,652
1,116,259
937,748
1,187,587

127
126
120
124

1920.
January
February..
March
April

202
203
205
205

381?, 481
383, 239
436, 944
438,056

365,663
360,532
408,358
408,745

952,664
967,990
991,939
1,079,896

957,715
962,871
977,768
1,058,943

May
June
July
August

205
204
207
204

430,271
385,293
3S5,842
383,540

396,836
369,197
365,857
367,260

1,169,963
1,254,770
1,319,956
1,355,979

September.
October
November.
December..

204
206
203
199

376,566
344,427
315,343
264,504

359,951
329,455
303,606
260,911

193
1S9
195
194

289,824
330.6S0
387, 959
370,321

191
190
187
185
1S1

389,74.5
365,970
366,057
388,510
375, S37

1917mo. av..
1918mo. av..
1919mo. av..

181
194
202

1920mo! av..:

280,544
307,734
300,691
320,622

7S.0
83.S
83.7
85.3

72.2
80.7
79.4
75.0

11,120
4,S58
10,101
10,745

10,446
5,537
11,070
7,800

128
124
123
126

327, 568
332, 511
359, 651

99.1

94.6
83.6
93.3
75.6

12,129
11,907
14,303
14,654

11,721
10,233

342, 948

89.9
93.9
97.2

16,961
8,818
13,994 I 10,394
9,225 j 6,834

8,492
8,979
10,462
12,560

22,560
25,345
24,696
16,200

1,126,863
1,236,065
1,285,806
1,323,805

124
127
127
123

424,687
343,801
242,612
366,433

94.9
95.4
66.1
83.9

85.6
75.5
61.5
74.0

15,296
13,799
9,774
8,756

10,405
6,123
5,569
6,567

4,744
3,253
4,922
4,996

16,234
20,683
28,035
31,286

18,336
12,830
8,736
7,195

1,355,856
1,374,180
1,384,558
1,341,635

1,323,805
1,342,995
1,332,138
1,320,649

127
120
123
119

299,277
355,614
263,452
188,905

84.1
83.3
76.1
55.7

67.1
70.3
61.3
55. 4

7,200
7,499
7,368
6,251

4,979
4,711
5,509
4,562

4,019
3,785
4,695
2,694

32,534
34,476
36,850
38,257

5,331
5,311
3,997
4,287

291,843
334,054
384,300
366,631

l,309,4S0
1,295,120
1,316,1S6
1,264,823

1,302,849
1,284,291
1,287,447
1,248,058

116
114
118
114

153,157
159,646
192,188
204,698

36.5
47.7
56.6
62.1

40.7
45.9
62.1
70.5

4,269
5,508
8,464
10,222

4,182
5,966
10,474
11,981

5,217
5,355
12,742
14,002

39,949 !
39,998 j
37,213 !

3,620
4,095
3,666
6,111

387,736
367,357
370,310
396,062
391.948

1,229,982
1,220,355
1,240,985
1,224,645
1,150,149

1,223,441
1,225,461
1,256,643
1,225,839
1,183,042

113
114
107
103
103

294,762
232,407
191,257
290,877
231,559

71.6
70.6
61.0
73.5

80.1
70.2
59.7
81.3
70.7

12,609
13,636
12,895
15.. 717

12,702
13,767
12,737
15,670

11,869
12,186
10,996
15,256

35,764 I 9,240
37,588 I 11,095
35,201 ! 9,969
35,352 ! 9,722

i
i
I
!

!
I
j
i

I

I 1921.
j January
I February. .
March
April
May
June
July
August
September. .|

39,843 I

* The computed figures for production and stocks furnished by the Souther}} Pine Association are based on the output and stocks of 192 identical mills. The method of
computing is first to find the per cent which the actual production of the mills reporting is to the normal production of these same mills. This per cent is then applied to
the normal production of the 192 mills. Assuming that the mills reporting are a good sample of the industry the resulting figure in each month is equivalent to the actual
production of the 192 identical mills and hence shows the trend of the industry. The same procedure is followed in t he case of stocks. The normal monthly production o^
t he 192 mills is given as 4^4,035,392 feet and t he normal stocks of the same mills as 1,262,450,326 feet. By normal production the Souther a Pine A ssociation means the average
output for the first 4 months of 1916 and normal stocks refer to the average stocks during the 16 months ending with April, 1916.
2
These figures, furnished by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, include (1) the actual production of the mills reporting, (2) the actual shipment by these mills,
and (3) the normal production of the identical mills reporting. The percentage figure for production which has been calculated is identical in meaning with the percentage
tigurecomputed by the Southern Pine Association but in the present instance this has not been applied to any constant production figure. The index numbers for Douglas
iir production given on the opposite page are identical in meaning with those for yellow pine. Since no normal figures of shipments were given, these have been calculated
! o the basis of normal production of the same mills.
;i
The Oak Flooring Manufacturer's Association states that these figures represent reports from 25 mills, and constitute about 90 per cent of the total oak flooring industry.

72604°—21




3

34

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL—CLAY AND CEMENT,
Table 24.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
FIRE-CLAY BRICK.*

SILICA BRICKS

Per cent of mill capacity. Per cent of mill capacity.
YEAR AND MONTH.

Actual Ship- Stocks Actual Ship- Stocks
produc- ments.
produc- ments.
on
on
tion.
tion.
hand.
hand.

FACE BRICK.*
Stocks
Pro- i i n
Unducsheds
filled
tion.
and
orders.
! kilns.

PORTLAND CEMENT.*

Ship-

Pro-

Ju£

tion.

CONBUILD- S T R U C TION
Stocks i ING
! COSTS.? C O S T
Shipat
INDEX.s
ments. end of
period.

Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative! j Relative RelativeRelative j ^ y ? ! ! Relative Relative Relative1! Relative
to 1919. to 1919. to 1919. to 1919. to 1919. to 1919. || to 1919. ; to 1919.
I to 1913. to 1913. i to 1914.
1913 monthly a v . . .
1914 monthly a v . . .
1915 monthly a v . . .
1916 monthly a v . . .

100
96
99

100
97
98
107

1917monthly a v . . .
1918monthly a v . . .
1919monthly a v . . .
1920 monthly a v . . .

101
77
87
109

I 102
| 80
| 96
! 109

100

100

100

100

100

100
100

100
140

100
134

6 100

100
114
102

100

Relative
to 1913.

100
93
98
137
189
203
208
239

93
47
80

1920.
128
105
131
119

102
108
134
118

104
95
96
103

131
107
133
118

90
111
111
104

131
123
132
141

121
109
112
113

107
138
127
137

187
191
201
199

122
108

117
123
124
128
; 128

127
132
128
135

97
95
96
95

120
113
101
97

115
105
93
119

143
127
120
112

115
118
102
95

139
142
131
136

203
172
134
106

122
138
118
115

124
128
127
128

149
152
135
119

87
80
78
85

95
118
123
106

130
122
122
107

97
94
93
90

91
90
75
59

140
162
154
163

79
60
43
33

104
96
47
31

107

91
73
65
52

82

84

59

83
89
54

86
91
93

74
69
26

40
35
28

98
108
120
118

39
34
41
63

173
173
155
137

33
33
36
41

27
36
75
78

53
57
88
113

34
45
84
107

92
102
107
112

241
220
197
186

231
231
224
213

May....
June
July....
August.

51
55
44
53

46
44
44
54

96
99
97
99

1
30
1
30

37
18
24
29

111
114
119
119

84
91
96
118

136
133
138
160

48
49
49
55

94
106
102
128

121
121
125
133

128
143
139
167

111
99
93
74

176
172
167
161

211
210
204
193

September.
October

50

53

96

34

29

116 i

152

62

160
157

188
183

January..
February.
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

190

274
265

251
248
261

1921.
January..
February.
March
April




See footnotes on opposite page.

35
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL—CLAY AND CEMENT.
Table 25.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources,1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
FIRE-CLAY BRICK.2
Mill
capacity reporting.

SILICA BRICK.3
Mill

Per cent of mill
capacity.

capacity reporting.

PORTLAND CEMENT.*

FACE BRICK.*

Stocks
Stocks
Produc- in sheds Unfilled Ship- Produc- Ship- at end
tion.
and
orders. ments.
tion. ments.
of
kilns.
period.

Per cent of mill
capacity.

YEAR AND
MONTH.

Num- Actual
NumActual
ber of
ber of
proproShipStocks
Ship- Stocks
bricks
bricks
duc- ments. on hand.
ducments. on hand.
(000
(000
tion.
tion.
omitted).
omitted).

Number of
mills. Number.

Number. Number. Number. Barrels. Barrels. Barrels.

(000 omitted.)

1913 mo. av .
1914 mo. av
1915 mo av .
1916 mo. a v . . . .
1917 mo. av
1918 mo. av
1919 mo. av
1920 mo. av

**
77,063 ! 62.7

60.6

178.6

28,758

49.5

49.7

133.3

45,184

89,119

86,279

45 120

124 471

115,696

6 32,412

7,675

7,391

7,353

7,203

12,773

7,160

7,241

11,463

7,627

7,879

8,361

11,220

7,735

7,559

10,354

5,923

5,910

10,454

6,691

7,124

5,257

8,335

8,026

8,941

1920
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

77,072

80.3

61.9

185.0

27,645

64.8

44.7

175.0

116

54,813

95,056

161,703

73,470

65.8

65.6

169.8

27,553

53.0

55.1

163.9

127

49,330

122,950

165,144

75,063

82.2

81.1

171.9

27,165

65.9

55.1

176.5

110

50,577

113,038

173,151

39,629

74,014

74.7

71.3

184.7

26,510

58.2

51.7

188.6

99

50,871

122,323

171,982

35,167
39,397

72,572

73.3

77.1

173.5

25,761

59.3

57.2

190.0

104

51,771

123,813

175,129

72,289

77.4

80.0

168.9

25,761

56.0

52.0

169.1

103

53,343

126,145

148,618

44,586

72,570

77.9

77.4

172.0

27,048

50.0

46.2

159.4

97

46,025

116,887

115,672

38,171

75,024

80.2

82.1

168.9

27,050

48.1

59.3

149.1

100

43,080

120,912

91,451

37,206

73,555

77.7

90.3

156.1

27,048

47.1

64.4

129.0

99

41,221

124,957

68,075

33,575

74,610

80.2

92.4

142.2

27,050

58.4

60.7

124.7

105

40,673

144,518

51,769

31,127

71,879

79.4

81.9

138.6

27,050

60.7

60.4

123.8

96

33,695

137,479

36,873

15,092

73,422

80.0

72.1 I

151.1

26,565

52.7

53.1

120.6

96

26,437

145,576

28,783

10,170

i

1921.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September

78,921

67.1

55.1

146.5

27,018

41.7

29.4

131.2

106

17,833

154,092

28,392

8,704

4,098

2,539

72,218

52.2

44.5

152.8

27,018

36.6

19.9

144.3

99

15,314

154,156

28,425

11,628

4,379

3,331

11,400

79,154

56.1

39.5

162.6

27,018

34.2

17.3

159.6

101

18,611

137,994

30,668

6,763

6,221

12,000

80,991

33.6

31.5

166.2

27,018

12.7

14.1

157.1

96

28,603

122,041

35,187

24,463
25,282

8,651

7,919

12,600

10,300

80,397

31.9

27.9

171.0

26,630

6.8

18.5

147.3

92

41,298

30,474

9,281

9,488

12,450

34.3

26.7 !

176.8

26,911

14.8

8.9

151.6

88

37,734
41.303

121,185

80,312

118,192

42,476

34,266

9,296

10,577

11,150

82,455

27.5
33.4
31.2

26.7 !

173.6

26,152

7.1

12.0

158.7

94

43,188

122,671

42,261

33,189

9,658

10,301

10,414

32.5

176.7

26,152

14.7

14.3

159.0

97 i

53,410

142,178

47,050

41,609

10,244

12,340

8,280

31.9

170.9

27,199

17.0

14.2

154.8

10,027

11,329

6,953

82,039
79,012

1 Except data on cement reported by the U. S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, and placed here for convenience. The sources of the other data in this
table are: Fire clay and silica brick from the Refractories Manufacturers Association and face brick from the American Face Brick Association,
2
The Refractories Manufacturers Association estimates that the capacity reporting represents between 68 and 70 per cent of the total fire-clay brick producing
capacity of the United States.
3
The association estimates that the capacity reporting represents from 78 to 80 per cent of the total silica brick producing capacity of the United States.
< The figures on face brick include data from all firms reporting to the American Face Brick Association each month. The variation in the number of firms reporting
renders the index comparison of doubtful value. It is expected that reports on a smaller number of identical firms for a series of months will be available for the next issue
of the Survey.
& Figures prior to 1921 are taken from the yearly reports of the TJ. S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. The compilation of monthly reports begins with January of this year.
6
Ten months' average.
7 This index number, furnished through the courtesy of the Aberthaio Construction Co., is designed to show the relative changes in the cost of constructing a standard
concrete factory building. The company believes that the year 1914 gives a normal base and that July, 1920, represents the peak of building costs.
s The Construction cost index, computed by the Engineering News Record, is based upon the costs of steel (structural shapes, Pittsburgh base), cement (f. o. b. Chicago,
exclusive of bags), lumber (southern pine, New York base), and the rates paid common labor in the steel industry. The prices are weighted on the basis of the total
production of steel, cement, and lumber, and the total supply of common labor.




36

METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS.
Table 26.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources,1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
WHOLESALE PRICES.

EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
IRON
ORE
MOVEMENTS

YEAR AND
MONTH.

IRON AND
STEEL.s

TIN.

ZINC.

PIG IRON.

STEEL
BIL- COPPER. LEAD.
LETS.

I

Ingots,
Imports- Foundry,
No.2 Nor- Bessemerj Bessemer electroore,
Exports— Imports—
At Sault 1
bars,
lytic
(Pittsbiocks, : thern
(PittsSte.Marie E x p o r t s . Imports. pigs, in- blocks,
pigs, and (Pittsgots, etc.
Canals.
(New
burgh).
burgh).
etc.
dust.
York).
burgh).

Pig,
desilverized

Relative
price.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

1913 mo. av
1914 mo. av
1915 mo. av
1916 mo. av

COPPER.

1920.
January .
February
March
April .
May
June
July
August
September
October .
November .
December . .
1931.
January .
February
March
April
May
June

Julj
August
September




Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

1

Relative
price.

Relative
price.

Relative
price.

ZINC.

Pig
(New
York).

Spelter,
Western I
(New
York). >

Relative
price.

Relative
price.

Relative
price.

1OO

(New
York).

1OO

1OO

100

1OO

1OO

1OO

1OO

1OO

1OO

65

56

90

107

87

70

85

88

78

90

128

89

76

97

273

87
92

78

94

87
93

87

110

104

84

247

132

220

98

78

147

687

132

139

170

175

155

96

241

128

235

102

113

135

336

259

255

271

187

207

132

159

126

194

53

83

124

114

215

214

183

157

169

190

142

98

160

101

52

78

79

182

157

146

127

i 180

138

73

110

103

260

218

122
114

131

118

189
281

184

112

139

146

172

71

92

80

256

236

186

142

166

122

82

147

136

200

134

158

125

125

125

148

250
253

214

196

268
267

123
121

198

135

233

118

210

138

153

3

173

112

91

108

193

277

255

233

122

204

139

148

125

; 183

110

118

95

111

285

257

233

121

195

124

139

163

172

153

82

117

212

290

262

233

121

193

109

136

183

123

67

184

54

290

275

242

121

196

•109

141

165

189

220

65

117

58

312

287

237

121

204

105

142

164

179

120

35

100

103

320

295

228

119

186

99

134

162

198

150

33

71

43

303

287

213

107

166

91

104
3

190

192

55

100

76

261

241

193

93

143

82

129
116

218

57

59

62

26

236

216

169

87

109

76

103

I 239
172

64
14

78

27

26

211

79

107

82

106

73

101
92

101

17

55

; 187
173

169
164

113

55
32

198
184

82

87

164

92

64

89

19

59

26

149
145

78

71

79

97

68

90

62

47

46

21

92

124

47

34

71

43

83
82

33

40

67

37

33
41

59

54

0
1

5:J

'.5

r,l

0

100

100

1917 mo. av
1918 mo. av
1919 mo av
1920 mo. av

Relative
to 1913.

TIN.

173

\

2
51

63

1

;

100

197
175
(4)
8

!

167

157

i 158

153
144

144

82

113

72

144

82

103

65

85

125

80

100

62

82

137

133
128

115

75

100

59

80

143

128

113

76

105

60

81

149
138

:'eo footnotes on opposite page.

IRON AND STEEL—EXPORTS AND PRODUCTION.

liililllllllii iIllflfi
i M

i IMI! ! J

37
METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS.
Table 27.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources,1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
IRON
ORE
MOVEMENT.

YEAR AND MONTH.

IRON AND

TIN.

STEELS

Exports

At Sault
Ste. Marie
Canals.

Exports. j Imports. ingots,

Short tons.

Gross tons. Gross tons. Pounds.

etc.

WHOLESALE. PRICES.

ZINC.

PIG IRON.

Imports Imports
ore, ;
bars,
blocks, I
blocks, pig
and
etc.
dust. I
Pounds. I Pounds.
>

Pig,
desilverized
(New
York.)

Average
price per

ZINC.

(New
YorlO.

:
western
: (New

! Spelter,

; YGFkL

Average Aycrru »»
i\
price p e r price p e r j.-'io?
pound.
pound.
po-

long ton.

(000 omitted.)

TIN.

1913 mo. av

5,345,484

228,801

26,556

70,461

9,560

3,631

$16.00

$17.13

$25.79

J SO.157

1.044

[

1914 mo. av

3,490,418

129,123

24,027

75,245

8,351

2,552

13.90

14.89

20.08

|

.134

.039

;

.353 '

053

1915 mo. av

5,023,734

293,207

23,533

53,567

9,273

9,905

14.87

15.78

22.44

I

.173

046

|

.376 !

.144

1916 mo. av

7,050,234

503,971

25,906

55,260

14,085

24,961

21.07

23.89

43.95

''

.275

.063

l

.433 I

/140

1917 mo. av

6,819,343

536,980

26,974

79,818

12,908

12,189

41.39

43.61

69. 86

,294

1918 mo. av

6,727,922

444,835

14,052

58,726

11,876

4,143

34.46

36.6rt

,'.'.'27

1919 mo. av

5,213,644

366,663

26,837

36,653

7,475

2,855

30.31

31.13

1920 mo. av

6,308,944

412,030

36,626

51,771

10,503

3, 753

44.90

44. 46

40.54
56.25

.191
.180

.091
.074
.058
.081

.594
.852
.655
.503

.093
.083
.074
.081

45,796
32,279

49, 684
57, 595

8, 773
24, 038 ;

2, 906
4, 946

40.90

40.40

48.00

.193

.087

.636

.097

42.90

42.90

55.25

.191

.088

.603

.092

33,266

87, 972
64, 395

11, 980 i
10, 345

5, 358
7^ 011

42. SO

43.40

60.00

.186

.092

.621

162,630

333,514
308,846
449,171
395,583

44. 40

43.65

60.00

.192

.090

.623

1920.
January
February...
March
April
May....
June
July....
August.

29,681

29,125
40,549
32,742
58,335

82,792
57,986
46,869
45,859

9,102
11,232
17,584
11,196

4,046

45.65

7,683

46. 40

1,975

•i6. 40

2,098

31,825
39,797
50,995
15,120

24,455
23,302
38,619
41,728

9 597
6,741
9,551

137,564

408,605
451,972
434,290
499,780

3,754
1,571
2,753
937

17, 104
3, 672

5,270

4, 505
4 935

54,855
62,4S0
38,720
41,495

2,584
3,028

95,328

546,402
394,638
230,253
162,793

2,484

2,747,361
6,640,152
4.356.760
4,384,949
3.610.454

142,553
107,152
86.939
75,646
94.83S

12,570
9,044
10,633
9,706
13,178

32,259
50,172
47,324
41,249
60.170

2,022

6

4,133
3,566

None |

9,243,769
8, 809,461

September.......
October
November
December

8,747,732
8,684,487
5,563,925

• §0.058

|
!

.086
[

419,064
392,780
419,230
431,519

6,705,884
8,725,046

SO. 449

5, i,94

60.00

.191

.086

.556

|

60.00

.190

.085

.490

!

62.50

.190

.086

49.91

44.03
44.80
47.15
49.11

61.00

.190

.090

51.21

50.46

58.75

.187

.082

48.46

49.21

55.00

.168

41.76

41.26

49.70

.146

37.71

36.96

43.50

947 ;

33.84

33.96

3,879 ;

29.96

31.46

7,144 !

27.66

6,357 !

.081

.491 !
.472

.083

j

.444

|

.073

.406

|

.063

.368

.068

.137

.048

.339

.060

43.50

.129

.050

.355

.059

42.25

.129

.047

.326

.054

28.16

38.40

.122

.041

.288

.052

26.71

26.96

37.50

.125

.043

.304

.052

|

25.36

26.16

23.84

24.71

22.09

22.84

37.00
37.00
32.25
29.60
29.00

.054

275 |

.079
.075

1921.
January
February
March
April

May
June
July
August
September

5.201
5,796

26 i
None

21.86
22.96

}

21.96
21.96

.128

.050

.322

.128

.045

.290

.049

.125

.044

.278

.048

.117

.044

.266

.047

.120

.046

.268

.048

i T h e d a t a shown in this table were secured from t h e following U . S. Government sources: Iron ore m o v e m e n t from War Department, Engineer Corps; E x p o r t s a n d
imports from Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; and Wholesale prices from Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
3

No allowance made for seasonal variation in computing these index numbers.
Based on pig iron and rolled products, as used by the Iron Trade Review.
* Index number less than l.

3




METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS.
Table 28.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]

I
YEAR AND MONTH.

IRON
AND
STEEL
PRICES.*

COMPOSITE
PIG
IRON
PRICE.*

COMPOSITE
STEEL
PRICED

Relative
to 1913

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

100
87
94

100
88
92

100
88
95

154

132

1G3

STEEL
U. S.
UNP I G FRON INGOT
COPPER
U.S.
U.S.
P R O D U C - P R O D U C - FILLED P R O D U C - STOCKS PRODUCTION
OF STOCKS
ORDERS.
TION.
TION.
OF TIN.
OF ZINC.
TION.2
ZINC.
Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.
100
71
86
119

100

100

92

102

113

141

171

193

100
49
35
43

137

193

132

2G6

259

259
220

1913
1914
1915
1916

monthly average.
monthly average.
monthly average.
monthly average .

100
75
97

100

100

75

70

103

88

127

137

165

1917
1918
1919
1920

monthly average .
monthly average.
monthly average.
monthly average.

124

144

181

125

142

146

100

111

101

118

135

170

116
118
79
83

January . .
February.
March
April

118
116
132
107

140
135
155
124

157
161
167
175

May....
June
July....
August.

116
119
120
123

13G
140
132
141

September.
October....
November.
December.

122
129
115
106

January..
February.
March
April

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

17

149

101

215

222

55

132

92

191

194

193

183

138

249

284

211

90
87
89
86

202
203
154
145

150
152
167
157

99
91
76
80

226
249
249
256.

258
277
279
283

195
208
220
219

185
186
188
183

85
86
81

290
194
104
177

157
142
139
132

72
66
71
73

261
259
261
262

288
291
296
307

216
213
215
221

141
142
124
110

176
167
153
138

78
78
79
71

202
173
161
155

127
122
115

106
126
158
175

262
261
242
203

318
305
271
235

221
213
203
191

94
76
62
47

104
82
74
57

128
117
106
99

67
64
67
35

138
192
188
132

90
62
54
57

187
192
202
200

197
185
172
167

212
194
177
167

189
180
171
170

May....
June —
July ....
August.

48
42
34
37

60
47
38
54

93
87
82
77

19
18
16
17

139
138
136
95

67
54
51

211
221
227
213

165
159
145
137

159
150
140
132

170
165
153
144

September.
October ...

38

50

200

134
142

136

138

1920.

1931.




See footnotes on opposite page.

39
METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS.
Table 29.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From trade and commercial sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]

YEAR AND MONTH.

PIG IRON
PRODUCTION.

U. S- j
PRODUC-!
ITION
OF |
TIN.

STEEL i
INGOT
UNFILLED
PRODUCORDERS.
T,ON2

Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

Pounds.

2,560,342
1,920,813
2,471,881
3,253,280

2,523,344
1,901,649
2,607,01S
3,450,160

5,906,862
4,115,337
5,189,209
9,719,014

135,203,486
95,844,766
115,667,461
160,654,212

3,182,165
3,208,837
2,548,573
3,032,843

3,634,933
3,587,585
2,S07,900
3,406,783

10,715,712
8,634,912
5,995,020
10,022,532

157,176,726
159,044,466
107,436,575
112,130,348

2,535
312
1,015
3,371

January..
February .
March
April

3,015,181
2,978,879
3,375,907
2,739,797

3,525,060
3,402,760
3,918,110
3,133,370

9,285,441
9,502,081
9,892,075
10,359,747

121,903,744
117,450,000
120,309,316
116,078,871

May . . .
June...
July . . .
August.

2,965,682
3,043,540
3,067,043
3,147,402

3,424,180
3,540,010
3,328,760
3,563,450

10,947,466
10,978,817
11,118,468
10,805,038

September .
October
November .
December..

3,129,323
3,292,597
2,934,908
2,703,855

3,562,410
3,581,920
3,133,810
2,779,530

January..
February .
March
April

2,416,292
1,937,257
1,595,522
1,193,041

May
June ...
July....
August..

1913 monthly average .
1914 monthly average .
1915 monthly average 1918 monthly average 1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average average .
average .
average .

Tons.

Tons.

«i

Tons.

COMcoMpf GTE I P O S I T E

IRON
AND
STEEL
* PRICES.3

P(

IPA\T

STEEL

PRICED

P« 1( -^«

Per ton.

Per ton.

j Per ton.

40,659
20,095
14,253
17,598

26.32

55,798
43,160
38,250
39,981

53,721
41,241
37,485
40,443

70.10

39.99

56.67

34.3 S

3.79

50.37

29.91

3.32

05.60

43. SO

3.63

3,723
3,743
2,848
2,676

43,441
43,921
48,256
45,399

40,311
37,093
31,019
32,510

59.40
65. (id
65.47
67.49

39.84
42.72
43.05
43.62

3.35
3.58
3.78
3.77

114,964,207
116,107,856
109,729,510
116,460,654

5,356
3,586
1,926
3,266

45,415
41,009
40,194
38,226

29,335
26,854
29,039
29,578

68.66
68.29
68.69
68.87

44.44
44.80
45.60
47.41

3.71
3.67
3.70
3.80

10,374,804
9,836,852
9,021,481
8,148,122

104,919/262
105,231,571
106,700,17S
95,709,009

3,731
3,191
2,966
2,856

36,819
35,335
33,318
28,439

42,900
51,230
64,390
71,058

68.86
68.61
63.75
53.45

48.98
47.07
41.80
36.31

3.80
3.67
3.50
3.28

2,616,610
2,077,760
1,865,700
1,441,750

7,573,164
6,933,867
6,2S4,765
5,845,224

90,586,597
86,632,941
91,046,345
46,946,523

2,546
3,546
3,476
2,441

25,916
17,769
15,741
16,550

75,953
78,020
82,252
81,443

51.98
48.81
45.37
43.84

32.62
29.95
27.35
25. 80

3.25
3.10
2.94
2.93

1,221,214
1,064,833
864,555
954,193

1,503,380
1,191,690
954,120
1,351,600

5,482,487
5,117,868
4,830,324
4,531,926

25,310,511
24.623,693
22,033,739
22,984,592

2,571
2,546
2,521
1,761

18,026
19,443
15,495
14,621

85,812
89,889
92,408
86,549

43.32
41.87
38.14
35.99

24.47
23.08
21.57
20.29

2.93
2.83
2.63
2.48

9S5, 529

1.395,178

4,560,072

1,756

14,367

81,135

35.34
37. 25

20.99

2.37

1,847 j 28,890
1,700 j
29,420
2,079
40,793
3,153
55,621

$15.42

22.92

j

13.52

24.76
40.50

I

14.15
20.31

I

SI.72
1.52
1.03
2..SO
4.-16

1920.

1921.

September .
October

1 Figures for Pig iron production furnished by the Iron Age; Steel ingot production, A mcrican Iron and Steel Intsitutc; Unfilled orders, U. S. Steel Corporation; Copper
production, Engineering and Mining Journal; Stocks of tin, New York Metal Exchange; Production and stocks of zinc, American Zinc InHituU; Iron and steel prices, Iron
Trade Review; Composite pig iron and steel, American Mttal Market.
2 Yearly figures represent the monthly averages of total production of all companies as compiled annually by the American Iron and Steel Institute. The institute
reports monthly production figures for 30 companies which, in 1920, produced 84.2per cent of the total output of the country. In order to make the monthlyfigurescomparable, they have been calculated to a 100 per cent production on the basis of the above percentage.
3
The 14 products included in this table are: Pig iron, billets, slabs, sheet bars, wire rods, steel bars, plates, structural shapes, black galvanized and blue annealed
heets, tin plate, wire nails, and black pipe.
* The composite pig iron price compiled by the American Metal Market is the average price of 10 tons of iron distributed as follows: One ton each of Bessemer Valley;
o.2 foundry valley: No. 2 X foundry, Philadelphia and at Buffalo; No. 2 foundry Cleveland and at Chicago; two tons each of basic valley; and No. 2 Soul hern foundry,
Cincinnati.
5
The composite steel price represents the average price 10 pounds of steel products as follows: 2\ pounds bars, 1^ pounds plates, H pound? shapes, \\ pounds pipe, 1|
I mnds wire nails, 1 pound galvanized sheets, and. £ pound tin plate.




40

FABRICATED IRON AND STEEL.
Table 30.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type: numerical data on opposite page.]

SHEET AND TIN
PLATE.

i I1!-!' com
YEAR AND MONTH.

!:>rodnciion
;'
to
I c-.tuacitv

!Vr cent
si ocks on
h a n d to > —
eanaeitv |

BAR
IRON.

BOLTS, NITS, AND RIVETS.

New orders
received.

Unfilled orders
on hand.

STEEL B A R R E L S
AND D R U M S .

Shipments.

FABRICATED
TURAL
STEEL.

J

capacity
in use.'
I

Relative to Relat ivr to 'uolat ive to' Rolai i v o t o Rolat ive to' Rolativo to Relative t o ' R e l a t i v e t o R e l a t i v e
1920.
192:).
|
i:)2).
,
1:;2().
|
1920.
;
1920.
I 1920.
i
1920.
j
1919.

to

! I l e l a t i v c t o R c l a t i v 0 t o Rvhv ivo 1
v>l:l
:
^"f^'
'
J S ^ ' '

1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average

100
100
139
13S

1917 monthly average
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average

120
112

189

107

100
1OO

100

100

100

10S

139

1920.

January
February
March
April

120
113
119
99

88
101
97
125

May
June
July
August..

94
97
82

98

104

94

September.
October....
November.
December..

111
113
99
47

90
99
108

45

89

32

January...
February.
March
April

20

95

28

24

25
38

94
98

28

17

May
June
July
August
September.




lt>4

155

102

88

102

149

144

109

95

102

191

145

150

118

103

116

117

168

137

150

130

132

78

87

137

99

88

102

127

124

100

90

123

107

111

87

129

130

106

85

101

101

116

103

91

101

91

101

119
98

109

113

81

104

113

109

97

87

79

89

108

96

51

53

96

108

55

33

91

114

53

5:;
54

63

53

39

39

nr,

120

44

33

42

158

160

62
57

80

12

19
12
10

150

71
58

1OO
lot

120

30

8

41

32

11!

120

31

4

43

31

114

117

37

5

31

45

35

53

32

19

See footnotes on opposite page.

36
29

100
.I

59

75
67
60

41
FABRICATED IRON AND STEEL.
Table 31.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
FABRISHEET AND TIN
PLATE.

BOLTS, NUTS, AND RIVETS.

New orders
received.

YEAK AND MONTH.
; Percent ; Percent
• production stocks on
I
to
! hand to
; capacity ! capacity
i reporting.. report ing.

R lo lltts
B

., N u t s a n d
-"
rivets.3

Unfilled orders
on hand.
«_,<._ ,
Bolts
'-

Nuts and
rivets.3

monthly average.
monthly average.
monthly average.
monthly average.

1917
1918
1919
1920

monthly average.
monthly average.
monthly average.
monthly average.

STEEL BARRELS
AND DRUMS.

Shipments. 6

Shipments. \ Per ofcent !,

XURAL
STEEL.

Shipments.
R on ll tt .s
B

o Nuts a n d
"
rivets.' \

Per cent of
Per cent of Per cent of Per cent of: Per cent of Per cent of:
average.4 average.4 j average.4 i average.1 I average.4 ; average.4 |;
1913
1914
1915
1916

BAR
IRON.

Sales. -•

production •[
capacity II;
in use. !
Gross
tons.

' Number:
All kinds.

Gross
tons.
89,500
89, SOS
124,583
123,500

2.74

47.23

January...
February.
March
April

87.4
82.5
86.8
72.3

41.4
47.8
45.9
59.1

205.5
186.8
181.5
170.8

May....June
July
August..

68.5
70.3
59.9
75.8

46.9
50.3
46.3
44.4

September.
October
November.
December..

80.7
82.4
72.0
34.3

January...
February.
March
April
May
June
July
August
September.

107,083
100,134
96,200
96,783

20,761
10,972
15,207

550.7

3G2.2

128.8

156.3
145.5
151.0
151.0

559.0
599.8
649.5
717.0

290.8
360.0
372.5
477.0

113.0
122.0
150.0
100.8

103.3
103.0
118.0
87.5

134,551
171,123
150,392
122,248

109.8
138.5
125.8
113.8

102.8
87.5
96.0
106.8

697.8
710.3
636.8
553.8

448.0
469.3
430.5
354.5

125.5
136.5
133.0
140.5

90.8
86.3
91.8
113. 8

110,526
90,386
90,547
72,222

45.3
46.7
50.8
41.9

119.3
70.8
44.8
33.8

80.3
55.0
45.3
32.3

574.3
437.8
292.5
179.8

408.5
321.8
295.5
119.0

141.0
139.5
123.5
117.5

96.8
109.3
115.0

77,727
45,556
49,156
46,988

14.8
18.3
27.9
34.5

45.1
44.5
46.1
44.4

32.8
42.5
45.8
51.8

28.0
28.5
25.3
30.5

134.8
93.3
64.8
41.0

68.0
44.8
37.3
33.3

68.3
69.0
68.0
57.3

63.5
53.0
39.0
33.5

7,800
6,408
4,277
4,611

78,587
81,763
91,248
124,251

12.8
15.3
15.4
20.5

32,058
25,634
52,376
55, 864

41.8
33.8

44.3
47.6

37.3
38.8
46.8
56.8
71.8

24.8
21.3
27.0
34.8
32.3

42.5
19.8
25.5
27.8
34.0

28.8
21.0
25.5
25.8
17.8

52.3
56.0
40.0
67.8
62.8

32.8
31.5
26.8
36.0
33.3

4,157
5.755
4,100
4. SSS

89,610
89.548

16.1
15.0

50,823
66,903
60,219
59,302

125.1

100.8

1920.

1921.

5, 207

1
Sheet and tin plate reported by the National Association oj Sheet and Tin Plate Manufacturers; Bolts, nut*, and rivets by the Bolt, Xut, and Rivet Institute; Bar iron
by the Eastern Bar Iron Institute; Steel barrels and drums by the Steel Barrel Manufacturers' Association; and Fabricated structural steel by the Bridge Builders and Structural Society.
2
Includes carriage bolts, large and small: machine bolts, large and small; lag screws; stove bolts; wire bolts: semifinished nuts and miscellaneous, reported by number
of pieces.
3
Includes hot and cold pressed nuts: rivets, large and small; track bolts and miscellaneous, reported by weight.
4
These percentages compare the monthly totals reported with the actual reports ©f the same companies for the years 1918 and 1919.
1
The Bridge Builders and Structural Society state that reports in the earlier years were not as complete as during the last six or seven years. The total tonnages are
probably 10 to 15 per cent less than they should be. The August, 1921, production is stated as equivalent to 33 per cent of the entire capacity of the country.
« Reprasents reports from identical manufacturers for each period.




42

FUEL AND POWER.
Table 32.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
AXBITUBEEi 311THRAHIVE
| NOUS
CITE
COKE.'
COAL.' COAL.i

YEAR AND MONTH.

average
average
average
average

1917 monthly average
1918 m o n t h l y average
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average

'

Relative
to 1913.

100
SS
93
105

100
99
97
96

115

109
108
96

121
96
116

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

s t o c k s

to 1913. | to 1913. j to 1913.

100

1OO

88
111
150

109
115
123

us

99
91
59
02

176
204
198
242

100

Con- 3 Imports. sumption.

to 1913.

69
82
106

1OO

100

Domes-

P

tion.

Stocks
end of
month. 4

Relati
to 191

Relative
to 1919.

con7 £ r exports. tic
sump-

to 1919.

Relative
to 1919.

100

13S

97
102
115

100
104
122

137
145
154
181

122
99
105
109

169
212
297
611

144
158
160
200

163
158
173
172

108
107
106
105

429
350
441
434

189
178
187
176

102
98
111
108

476
577
462
742

199
198
206
223

139

76
91
100
124

73
82
100

99
105
154
142

83
87
89
104

109
119
133
136

116
126
128
135

224
212
265
190

132
149
152
168

122

138
141
137
141

128
213
130
212

157
134
128
103

61
64
75
98

1920.
January...
February..
March....
April

i22
101
117
95

99
S6
103
82

May
June
July....
August.

100
110
114
121

104
107
108
105

01
01
01
64

176
178
185
1S9

105
108
108
110

September—
October
November
December....

128
127
12S
132

61
106

63
63

1S3
191
187
1SS

109
112
114
117

952
8S4

216
217
207
206

71
62
72

107
87
68

1921.
January...
February..
March
April

101
77
76
71

May
June
July
August
September.

83
So




101
97
101

31
21
12

185
171
19S
193

119
126
134
138

889
767
S29
677

222
178
207
195

140
118
127
129

176
171
143
185

103
79
121
116

121
144
151
158

101
108
92
94
93

11
8
6
9
in

203
195
195
198
176

! 147
j
153
; 159
150
163

616
688
542
226

190
197
190
195

136
130

| 130
j 124
! 89
1
156
114

124
155
160
176

169
159
145
120

132
134

See footnotes on opposite page.

ELECTRIC
POWER
PRODUCTION,
PUBLIC
UTILITY
PLAXTS.

GASOLINES

CRUDE PETROLEU3I.1

Produc- Produc- I Produc- Production,
tion.
tion.
tion.

] Relative
! to 1913.

: 1913 monthly
. 1914 monthly
! 1915 m o n t h l y
i 1916 m o n t h l y

BYPRODUCT
COKE.'

191

127
131

:

Relative
to 1919.

43

FUEL AND POWER.
Table 33,—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
BITUAN- I BEEMITHRA- HIVE
NOUS
COKE.i
l

COAL.1

1

Produc-j
Y E A R AND MONTH,

j

tion>

p

™"

due-

BYPRODUCT
COKE.'

J™" Production.
d
ue-<
tion.

li
j|
]
;

CRUDE PETROLEUM. 1

Consumptw».i
tion.

Im
Produc~
Stocks. 33 !I ports.
tion.

Net tons. Net tons. Net tons. Net tons. | Barrels.

Barrels.

GASOLINE.*

A
Produc-

*"""'
vion.

Barrels.' Barrels. \\ Gallons.

Domestic Stocks
conExports.
end of 4
s u m p - month.
CO
tion.
Gallons.) Gallons.

ELECTRIC
POWER
PRODUCI TION,
PUBLIC
I !I UTILITY
PLANTS.

C1)

Gallons. j ; K . W . hours.

(000 omitted from each column.)
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916monthly

average... 39,869
average... I 35,225
average... \ 36,885
average...[
41,877

1917
1918
1919
1920

average...
average...
average...
average...

monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly

1920.
January
February
March
April

7,627
7,568
7,416
7,298

48,389

7,959
8,171
8,261
8,025

September.
October . . .
November.
December..

51,093
50,744
51,012
52,560

4,638
8,069
7,453
8,321

1921.
January
February
March
April

40,270
30,851
30,328
28,374

7,410

May....
June
July....
August.
September

33,255
33,852
30,394
34,538
3 5,105




144,556

1,870
2,166
2,095
2,565

27,943
29,661
31,477
36,950

128,201

33,774
32,723
35,831
35,583

112,874
111,981
111,144
110,732

36,503
36,946
38,203
39,055

110,653
113,029
113,815
115,699

7,066
8,563
6,853
11,012 ,

1,518

37,532
39,592
38,699
38,961

115,688
117,454
119,994
123,291

1,082
865
575
329

38,271
35,348
40,965
40,039

390
232
181
248

42,043
1,410 i 40, 405
1,285 ' 40,328
1,402 ; 40,964
36,469
1,423

1,991
1,744
2,021
1,615

39, 753
43,710
45,523

'

145,914

25,064

7,588
6,525
7,857
6,225

May
June
July....
August.

7,701 j

7,406 |
7,703 I
7,479 j

7,786
7,050
7,196
7;124

41,232
38,894
40,671
38,455

23,425

48,689

37,939

6,372

123,709

7,425

46,792

31,478
34,423
34,873
43,668

104,962

22,147

2,764
2,540
1,587
1,748

40,127

2,514
3,144
4,401
9,066

20,704

8,301
7,341

21,808
21,774
22,772
26,549

1,059
935
1,172
1,589

45,983
48,282
38,172
46,361

8,235

1,484
1,437
1,512
1,714

2,799
1,945
2,292
2,955

j.
1.
j.
!.
|
1,709 |.
1,721 j .
1,704 !.
1,789 !.
I
1,771
1,755
1,642

34,676
46,926
30,667
52,979

218,420
260,265
286,320
354,848

336,719
322,589
367,138
355,597

30,352
32,181
47,077
43,432

43,374
43,108
44,945
48,732

381,079
415,159
423,420
444,141

11,996
11,506
14,136
13,118

47,186
47,411
45,045
44,967

125,226
132,463
140,719
145,016

13,193
11,384
12,303
10,044

153,814
161,048
167,352
168,023
171,227

9,147 i
10,205 I

103,886
110,026
114,696

5,187
6,543
6,443

8,047 |

343,946
386,202
472,411 3,243,403
464,485

3,666,998

238,205
248,395
256,021
297,001

515,934
562,996
626,393
643,553

3,855,847

68,556
65,059
81,279
58,300

378,913
427,243
434,869
479,741

577,672 ; 3,582,710
504,056
3,568,563
413,279
3,626,682
323,240 ! 3,716,876

453,881
465,788
452,642
464,393

39,202
65,335
39,957
65,025 I

450,889
384,802
366,831
295,262

288,195 !| 3,631,746
301,284
3,751,320
354,836
3,705,507
462,382
3,720,537

48,375
38,726
45,243
42,527

460,432
388,188
419,795
426,215

54,065
52,497
45,392
56,624

294,751
225,195
346,165
333,291

571,984
680,540
713,043
747,223

3,541,493

41,527
42,797

448,568
430,344
419,642
431,577

39,859
38,128
27,383
47,831
35,055

354,263
445,025
457,758
503,513

800,496
750,644
684,237
567,646

3,263,766

41,533
3,352 | 42,595
9,138 ! 41,090

j

237,546
297,526
329,821
406,889

!I
|j
|
ii

1
Data from U. S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey.
2 Data from U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines.

B Figures for earlier years adjusted to represent approximate net stocks to conform with data for current months.
* Yearly figures for "stocks at end of m o n t h " are averages of monthly figures.
5
" Exports of gasoline," as used by the Bureau of Mines, includes the items " gasoline " and " all other
naphtha, etc.," as reported by the U. S. Department of Commerce, less exports to the Philippine Islands.

3,480,331
3,745,682
3,577,613

3,178,624
3,394,975
3,240,013

3,244,093
3,269,709
3,409,909
3,377,494

44
CHEMICALS.
Table 34.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Data from Government sources,1
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
IMPORTS INTO
UNITED STATES.

Potash.2
YEAR AND MONTH.

Nitrate
. of soda.

E X P O R T S F R O M 1UNITED
STATES.
Sulphuric acid.

Dyes a n d
dyestuff.

I

Total
fertilizer.*

R e l a t i v e t o 5-year average 1909-1913.

A.—INDEX

IMPORTS INTO
UNITED STATES.

EXPORTS FROM UNITED
STATES.

Potash.2

Nitrate of
soda.

Sulphuric
acid.

Dyes and
dyestuff.

Gross tons.

Gross tons.

Pounds.

Value.

NUMBERS.

\
Total
I
| fertilizers
Gross tons. !

B.—NUMERICAL DATA.

1909-1913 monthly av21,124

43,177

6,013,692

$28,937

18,247

45,143

1,098,014

44, 749

85,639

30

6,304

64,349

6,484,336

209,255

30,647

2,291

32

772

101,535

5,538,625

662,832

32,747

88

4,639

28

831

128,601

5,295,244

1,342,280

28,627

111

4,843

18

762

153,766

6,691,220

1,401,492

18,713

30

4,920

53

3,357

33,955

1,774,626

1,423,703

54,509

255

40

9,339

114

14,880

110,160

2,415,778

2,702,388

117,994

111

132

29

5,008

115

23,489

57,207

1,768,749

1,449,153

118,507

89

293

34

8,507

101

18,745

126,437

2,025,311

2,461,797

104,433

March

113

352

41

12,564

121

23,768

152,003

2,469,734

3,635,518

124 691

April

135

237

114

10,188

99

28,430

102,411

6,829,448

2,948,064

101,918

44

365

44

11,673

141

9,192

157 709

2,655,432

3,377 885

146 017

64

333

41

13,309

109

13,581

143 896

2,453,556

3,851 180

112 832

26

20

31

10,430

145

5,438

85,684

1,844,985

3,018,188

150,275

August.

50

320

28

7,295

145

10,509

138,080

1,698,168

2,111,095

150,111

September

70

259

26

10,780

116

14,861

111,779

1,589,383

3,119,295

119,614

October

79

197

27

8,123

99

16,647

84,844

1,639,590

2,350,448

102,697

November

32

205

33

7,985

74

6,843

88,519

2,012,627

2,310,751

76,986

December

34

168

33

6,975

102

7,189

72,403

2,004,085

2,018,453

105 716

January

20

1,903,970

1,335,531

106,153

548,420

76,292

2,480

4,231
7,300
8,496

2,285,806

40

103
74
62

29,532

March

32
38
11

80,305

35

186
68
107

4,615

February

46,201

673,314

717,693

64,408

April

19

69

22

1,286

64

4,001

29,810

1,345,096

372,033

65,829

Mav
June

14

87

13

1,370

53

3,007

37,778

787,647

396,524

54,518

24

S8

14

2,091

73

5,153

37,847

817,159

605,096

75, 391

16

48

9

1,535

63

3,378

20,791

553,587

444,283

65.399

41
(i'.i

77

IS
10

2,110
1,564

52
102

8,757
14,023

33,045

1,083, 892

610,666

53.676

19,646

620,961

452, 574

105, 358

100

1OO

1OO

1OO

1OO

1914 monthly average...

erage

86

105

18

155

83

1915 monthly average...

30

149

108

723

1916 monthly average...

4

235

92

1917 monthly average...

4

298

1918 monthly average...

4

356

1919 monthly average...

16

79

1920 monthly average...

70

]

103,391

1920.
January
February

. ..

May

June..
July

. ..
.

.

.

.

.

1921.

Julv
Vugust
September




46
1

1,895

1

Compiled b y the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
* Includes potash imported as chemicals and also the muriate and sulphate used in fertilizers.
s Largely phosphate rock.

45

COMPARISON OF PRODUCTION AT PRESENT WITH 1920 AND PREWAR.
INDEX
60

100

150

i

WOOL

NUMBERS
200
250

400

350

300

••*—

COTTON
YELLOW PINE

Y/W/////y////Zdfa/////////////A \

DOUGLAS FIR
PIG IRON

y////////////<A

STEEL INGOTS

/

COPPER

y////A

ZINC

y

|

i

/Z Ztfffi//ffyyyyyyA

| MAXIMUM MM 1920

Y//////////A SEPTEMBER 921

i

/

I

/ZY///Z////?7///y.

i

BITUMINOUS

\

1

ANTHRACITE

y///////////////^

B E E H I V E COKE

m

ui

i

o

B Y P R O D U C T COKE
CRUDE

1

P E T R O L E U M y///////////////jv//OY/V/////^^

M A N F D . TOBACCO

V/////////////////^^^
V/////////////////////^^

CIGARS

VsV//////////////^^^

OLEOMARGARINE

CIGARETTES
W H E A T FLOUR

m

•

i

1

\

y//////////////////////^^^

CEMENT

1

1
I

RELATIVE PRODUCTION.

RELATIVE PRODUCTION.
1913=100.

Wool (consumption)..
Cotton (consumption)
bellow pine lumber 1.
Douglas fir lumber K..
Cement
Pig iron
Steel ingots
Copper
Zinc
Bituminous coal
i Relative to 1917.




Maximum in
1920.

A u g u s t , 1921.

166
123

145
97
94

97
127
*109
132
155
90
167
132

1

y//////////////////y

V///v///////////////^

94
133
37
54
16
51
87
2

1913=100.

September,
1921.

101
93
97
131
38
55
17
50

1920 monthly average.

Maximum in
1920.

Anthracite coal
Beehive coke
By-product coke
Crude petroleum
Oleomargarine 3
Manufactured tobacco.
Cigars(large)
Cigarettes (small)
Wheat flour

J

109
74
*242

A u g u s t , 1921.

September,
1921.

94

97
10
132

9
132

198
308
114

198

119
349
116

99
396

94
100

124

As represented by tax-paid withdrawals.

150

46

CEREAL EXPORTS AND PRODUCTION.
Table 35.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
EXPORTS OF GRAIN,
including flour and meal as grains

YEAR AND MONTH.

Barfed Corn
and
and
barley corn
flour. meal.

Oats
and
oatmeal.

Rye

and
rye
flour.

CROP 1PRODUCTIONS

Wheat
Total
and
wheat grains.
flour.

Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative
to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913.

Wheat.
Corn.

Relative Relative
to 5-year to 5-year
average. average.

Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative
to 5-year to 5-year to 5-year to 5-year to 5-year to 5-year to 5-year
average. average. average. average. average. average. average.

1OO
102
193
153

1OO
67
191
168

1OO

15.5
153
109

1OO
84
144
64

100
119

792
879
2,183
3,195

118
146
187
215

149
171
173
169

9-4
128
165
131

91
145
84
85

93
134
136
115

72

722

103

92

52

1,380
3,006
3,284

89

83

142

136

115

108

6,651
4,130
5,105
3,657

217

190

100
38
151
128

1OO
21
99
109

1917 monthly average..
191S monthly average..
1919 monthly average..
1920 monthly average..

102
130
231
102

112
93
31
42

Jan uar v
Februarv..
March

87

55

65

46

99

48

110

•Vpril

61

32

48

Mav
June .
July
August

43

23

56

38

27

22

69
163

31
31

16

September
October
November
December...

141
172
111
172

28
48
51
86

32

1921.
January
February
March
\pril

205
91
107
43

136
203
324
250

32

31
94
144
315

206
281
361
331

21
11

367

448

1OO
7
298
291
310
358
184
45

Total Rice.
bread
grains.

Rye.

TOTAL.

1OO
123
736
854

1913 monthly average.
1914 monthly average..
1915 monthly average..
1916 monthly average..

Oats. Barley.

WINTER. SPRING.

149
93

100
99
111
95

100
101

113
92
106
119

1OO
123
155
140

1OO
104
123
99

100

137
111

1OO
107
126
100

141
136
109
135

116
141
89
111

180
261
255
199

117
112
111
123

145
161
179
224

99
121
171

1920.

May

June
July
A UfiTUSt

September
October...




183

147

114

113

114

116

102

229

291
273

218
205

117
121

119
107

118
116

103
111

117
124

106
108

235
223

8 jog
109
115

218
217

1,715
1,900
3,141
3,645

293
361
260
253

201
247
196
207

121
121
121
131

97
89
89
85

112
109
109
115

116
119
118
119

127
128
128
135

107
105
105
111

223
223
223
199

118
120
120
123

218
219
219
224

3,546
2,482
1,142
1,376

228
194
174
208

204
180
125
186

56

1,329
1,585
604
2,070

266
225
257
562

209
208
238
435

22

2,400

327

326

24

25
38
34

19
14
16

17

j|
!
131
130
123

103
96
87

121
118
110

115
112

124
117
101

105
101
94

203
200
184

8 118
116
109

140
140

123
123

86
80

110
108

118
117

96
95

92
90

184
184

111
110

137
138

See footnotes on opposite page.
ANNUAL CROP PRODUCTION.
CORN

1

n COTTON

9 1000-1019

1~
1-

\

-

-

-

-

I
|
1

» OCTOBER FORECAST

47

CEREAL EXPORTS AND PRODUCTION.
Table 36.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources,1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]

EXPORTS OF GRAIN,
including flour and meal as grains.

YEAR AND
MONTH.

Barley Corn
Oats
Rye
Wheat
and
and
and
and
and
barley corn I oat- rye
wheat
flour.3 meal. 4 i meal.' flour, e flour.7
i

PRODUCTION. 2

CROP

Wheat.
Total
grains.

Oats.

Corn.
WlXTKF..

Sl'KIXC.

Rye.

Barley.

OTAL.

Total
bread
grains.

Rice.

Bushels (000 omitted from each column).

1913 mo. av.

1,4(51

1911 mo. av.

554

4,223

191") mo. av.

2,211

1916 mo. av.

1,874 ! 4,603

155

3,018

S74

i 11,007

2 0 , 7 0 4 4 4 1 , 6 0 2 2 4 5 , 0 5 9 ;<>80,<>97

223

189 ! 12,133

13,973

! 4,185 8,993

1,138 • 23,034

39,560

1917 mo. av.

1,488

[

1918 mo. av.

1,897

:

1919 mo. av.

3,369

1920 mo. av.

1, 488

8,791

1,320

!

684,990. 206,027!
673,947

S*H,017

351.S54 11,025,SOI

18.230 i 34,817 , 480,553;

2,7OS,334 1,131,175 1181,886 34,916 4,743,008 I 23,926
2,f>72.SI)4 : 1,141,060 ! 194,953' 42,779
4,942,613 j 23,649
2,994.793 ' 1,549,030; 228,851
54,050
5,852,525
28,947

155.765' 636,31S

2.566,927

:

1.251,837 '

182,309

48,862 |

4,686,253

40,861

1,224 ; 14,070

30,903

412,901

223,754

636,655

3,065,233

1,592,740

211,759

62,933 S

5,569,320

34,739

10,815 j 1.359 • 17.413

35,406

565,099

356,339

921,438

2,502, 665

1,538.124 i 256,225

91,041 !

5, 309,493

38, 606

29,503 | 204,762

934,265

2 , S<^S>, 5 0 9

1.2U,754 \ 161,345

88,909 !

5,274.782

42,790

7N7,128

3,232,367

1,526,055

202,024

69,318 f

5,816,892

53,710

1,315,476

185,108

4,751 9,370
3,922

1.325 5.551
1. 769

;

3,375 ; 22,259

1,355 4, 938 ! 25, 635

35,878
35. 185

7,76:;

I

209,365

1920.
January....

1,264

February...

954

March
April

1.444

887

2.321 | 2,166 ;

1, 116

12,271

19,139

1,925 | 1.577

2,133

10,581

17,171

2,013 | 3,322 :

4,647 ]

16,881

28,306

1,335 i 1,462 , 5.076
971 | 1,684

13,722 | 22,482

10,280 . 25,885 | 39,454

May

635

June

557

1,144

656

21,754 j 30,493

503,996 I 276,547

789,543 ;

80,006

* 5,140,033

July

1,013

1,294

495 ! 7,891

34,655

45,347

518,245 j 291,355

809,600 I; 2,778,903 j 1.322,065

193,090 j 81,997

5,185,655

August

2,377 j 1,293

719 | 5,652

32,550

42,591

532,641 ! 261,506

794,147

3,003,322|

195,916 i 77,893

5,473,342

52,000

September.

2,066

1,185

968

2,650

34,894

41,763

532,641

237,374

770,015

3,131,349 ! 1,441,839

194,858 I

77,893

5,615,954

52,152

October...

2,515

2,046

769

2,937

43,033

51,300

532,641

218,007

750,648

3,216.192 ! 1,444,362

November.

1,623

2,167

1,141

4,855

30,989

40,775

532,641

218,007

750,648

3,199,120 | 1,444,411

5,680,481
191,386 ! 77.893
191,386 j 77,893 j 5,663,464

52,298

December.

2,520

3,626

1,016

5,634

30,179

42,975

577,763

209,365

787,128

3,232,367 | 1,526,055

202,024

January...

2,991 j 5,753

963

5,480

27,105

42,293

February..

1,324

8,561

567

3,836 ! 23,075

37,364

March

1,567

13,681

408

1,765 ! 20,763

25,872

631

10 ; 558

487

2,127 j 24,791

38,595

6,3.83

1,402,064

l

69,318 | 5,816,892

52,055

52,298
53,710

1921.

April

June

458 i 8,694
1,372
11,858

619 i 2A)ol
340 I 2,456

31,624
26,781

43,158 i 578,342

251,289 ! 829,631

1,404,922

190, 661

2,108

504 ;

30,579

49,361 I 573,930

235,482 | 809,412

3,123,139

1,328,937

184, 288

71, 011
69, 956

8 5,619,225

July

5,515,000

33,603

August

4,602 ! 13,976

3,105 66,963

90,323 j 543,879

212,946 I 756,825

3,032,170

1,137,202

170, 511

64, 332

5,161,008

33,480

67, 642

543,879

209, 979

3,185,876

1,090,282

166, 906

64, 332

5,261,254

32,661

543,879

196,776

3,163,063

1,078,519

163, 399

64, 332

5,209,968

33,020

May

September..

, 35/

October. . . .

15,234 ;

18,937

1,677 •
678

936

3.720

38,1)50

43,450

753,858
740,655

1
Data for Exports of grain are obtained from U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; figures for Crop production furnished b y
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Jfarkets and Crop Estimates.
3
Yearly figures represent the final estimates of total production as reported by the Bureau of J1\farkets and Crop Estimates. The monthly figures for 1920-21 give the
current monthly estimates for each crop as reported by the same bureau.
3
6
Barley flour converted at 5.5 bushels to the barrel.
Rye flour converted at 6 bushels to the barrel.
4
7
Corn meal converted at 4 bushels to the barrel.
Wheat flour converted at 4.5 bushels to the barrel.
•> Oatmeal converted at 5.21 bushels to 100 pounds.
» Juno figures for Total grains include Corn as estimated on July 1.




48

MOVEMENT OF CEREALS.
Table 37.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS, AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.*
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
WHEAT
FLOIR.2 WHEAT.] CORN. '
| ProducI tion.

YEAR AND
MONTH.

WHEAT.

CORN.

WHEAT.

Visible
Visible | ReShip- \ Re- ! S h i p supply.* supply.* ceipts.4 ments. 4 ceipts.4 ments. 4

Relative I Relative
to 1914.
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

!

Relative i Relative i Relative
to 1919. to 1919. i to 1919.

Produc- i Visible3 ! Visible 3
Re- | Ship- ! ReShiption.
supply. I supply. ceipts.4 i ments. 4 ] ceipts.4 ments. 4

Relative .! Barrels
(000
to 1919. <;i omitted).

Bushels (000 omitted from each column).

A.- INDEX NUMBERS.
1913 mo. av.
1914 mo. a v . . .
1915 mo. a v . . .
1916mo. a v . . .

1OO

51,378

105
183
125

GO

85

51
73
144
127

103
41
71

69
103
1OO
87

71
82
1OO
117

116
86
84
68

185
166
153
139

54
73
84
85

68

76
70
53
50

May
June
July
August

76
63
76
84

106
76
48
56

44
52
84
45

58
59
88
126

September . . .
October
November . . .
December

89
92
92
81

90
147
177
183

71
129
72
63

1921.
January
February
March
April

83
65
84
87

144
130

190
294
420
303

1917 mo. av
1918 mo. a v . . .
1919mo. a v . . .
1920 mo. a v . . .
1920.
January
February
March
April

j
j

95

89
94

May
June
July
August

78
75
96
124

September.
October

125

10,794
9,748
10,285

141

47,725
31,220
55,640

8,404 !.
8,857
15,352
18,861
10,476

21,158
17,447
24,774
14,995
17,985

10,233
13,525
8,845
9,653

15,074
13,844
10,633
10,031

21,441
25,124
21,207
10,561

12,033
12,777
10,965
5,608

18,313
18,717
27,621
39,602

17,559
18,572
32,168
56,383

11,223
24,621
25,596
9,176

6,102
10,001
11,717
10,973

26,330

5,346

21,619

14,198

37,735

8,655

j 32,517

i 16,335

73,833

3,444

131,493

19,919

65,353

5,999

! 27,307 j 23,252

116
165
100
120

i 116
j 153
100
109

9,615
10,094
9,157

4,531
6,118
7,091
7,170

21,515
13,579
13,790
15,223

143

136

12,572

95,047

168

144

9,252

85,406

141

124

9,036

78,630

70

63

7,375

71,190

88

75

69

8,244

54,621

93

164

113

6,800

38,959

161
283

171

132

8,152

24,577

61

124

9,059

28,896

3,710
4,387
7,079
3,749

136
142
118
100

167
129
122
108

135

97

123

117

67

92

9,650
9,981
9,889
8,745

46,225
75,720
90,759
94,206

5,973
10,854
6,043
5,280

42,717
44,584
37,218
31,574

33,317
25,718
24,215
21,511

20,235
18,461
10,113
18,097

8,538
10,328
8,169
8,631

92
67

96
75
78
91

262

196

175

152

227

239

77

154

8,924 ;
7,066
9,100
9,368 |

74,036
66,928
35,654
42,317

15,977
24,745
35,277
25,495

28,978
21,209
22,558
23,344

19,190
14,996
15,599
18,162

39,348
26,196
33,973
11,541

17,375
13,431
21,102
13,637

142

241

235

244

20,875
21,027
35,493
44,117

17,708
27,363
17,519
11,993

27,000
30,172
61,994
68,643

22,517
21,001
25,741
52,464

21,319
35,240
17,658
29,381

21,282
21,576
19,127
21,565

87,197 j 13,262

61,406 | 40,300 i 36,561

26,961

43
44
48

86

211
326
208
143

197
218

113
105
129
263

86

158

195

202

52
41

B.—NUMERICAL D A T A .

100

93
61
108

1OO
90

CORN.

121

118

216

196

244

8,406
8,087
10, 720
13,409

244

305

13,519

1
Wheat flour production reported by U. S. Grain Corporation, prior to July, 1920; later months from Russell's Commercial News: Visible supply of wheat and corn
from Bradstrcet's; Receipts and shipments of wheat and corn from the Price Current-Grain Reporter.
2 Data from 1914 to 1916 are averages for calendar years; remaining averages are for c rop years ending June 30 of the year indicated.
3 Aggregate stocks in United States and Canada cast of the Rocky Mountains.
4
Receipts and shipments at principal primary markets.







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WITH INDEX OF ALL COMMODITIES AT WHOLESALE.
(Z7. S. Department of Labor Index.)
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290

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,

-

280

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MEAT PRODUCTS.
Table 38.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]

Y E A R AND MONTH.

Pork
products. 3

Beef
products. <

prod-5
ucts.

Pork
products.*

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1919.

Relative
to 1919.

1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly

average.
average.
average.
average.

100
94
138
147

1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average.
average.
average.
average.

PRODUCTIONINSPECTED
SLAUGHTER.

COLD STORAGE
HOLDINGS.*

EXPORTS.

Beef

Lamb
and
mutton.?

Beef.

Relative j Relative
to 1919. j to 1913.

100
89
313
236

47

67

40

132
229
268
156

239
473
235
143

78
108
100
70

70

53

Pork.

Beef.

Pork.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1919.

Relative
to 1919.

82

153

104

' 115
129

100

100

96
106
116

108
116

117
120
111

97

183

137
154
131
121

122

143

182

112

109

94

100

100

APPARENT
CONSUMPTION.

100
93

100
146

1920.
January..
February.
March....
April
May....
June
July....
August.

224

124

72

151

120

96

226

131

108

111

69

128

124

108

118

107

219

97

121

42

120

90

94

123

31
68
51
27

122
111
111
111

120

99

156

131

89

154

131
301
582
674

128
127
132
108

810
928
705
458

164

183

84

121

167

204

65

122

115

138

51

129

83

69

42

123

125
150
157
228

78
101
104
111

37

107

33

80

37

57

42

30

197
184
174
144

182
107
93
107

54

38

55

50

56

67

53

73

117
97
132
136

51

108

46

83

40

110

August.

172
155
209
213

36

100

298
189
104
80

September..

212

136

27

85

70

25

61

71

September.
October
November.
December..

106

167
179

50

97

152

80

167

70

100

174

84

94

175

113

93

169

137

73

124

113
88

154

82

151

138

64

111

109
101

110

83

133

108

79

156

101

116
128
110
94

77
88
77
91

140

1921.
January..
February.

j March....
I April
May
June
July....

October ....




104
101
118

See footnotes on opposite page.
MEAT EXPORTS.
| EXPORTS, PORK PRODUCTS
3 EXPORTS, MES? PRODUCTS

168
157
151

51

MEAT PRODUCTS.
Table 39.—NUMERICAL DATA,
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]

EXPORTS.
YEAR AN© M O N T H .

COLD-STORAGE HOLDINGS.2

PRODUCTIONINSPECTED
SLAUGHTER.

APPARENT
CONSUMPTION.

Pork
products. 3

Beef
products. 4

Beef
products.'

Pork
products. 6

Lamb and
mutton.7

Beef.

Pork.

Beef.

Pork.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

343,402
328,805
364,210
396,865

482,846
464,139
521,302
558,919

365,063

429,322

469,328
527,898
451,389
415,434

428,233
566,370
580,989
538,282

427,141
465,686
447,129
416,173

321,411
360,829
279,897
408,015

491,917
382,993
438.177
412,312

877,518
528,252
601,077
433,316

474,725
394,136
480,773
419,028

526,819
140,331
329,334
345,053

(000 omitted from each column.)

82,058
76,826
113,205
120,932

13,625

108,209
187,554
219,803
128,004

32,502
64,444
32,053
19,545

January..
February.
March....
April

136,906
147,138
185,439
87,642

May....
June
July....
August.
September.
October
November.
December..

1913 monthly average.
1914 monthly average.
1915 monthly average.
1916 monthly average.

12,163
42,609
32,105

112,462

609,290

3,383

186,647
258,167

4,477
5,580

168,108

638,684
856,059
912,053
888,375

30,576
20,520
17,807
29,852

660,252
874,412
1,015,325
1,101,632

10,290

288,752
260,146
231,937

134,208
137,366
94,225
67,701

24,937
27,841
18,858
9,348

200,788
157,271
121,652
101,086

1,102,525
1,111,644
1,175,770
1,124,558

2,579
5,735
4,310
2,299

417,307
382,245
380,453
381,930

578,870
633,370
469,560
387,451

440,920
396,977
386,180
391,946

435,730
431,937
426,581
466,523

102,472
123,191
129,168
187,127

10,589
13,802
14,204
15,177

89,721
78,055
89,015
100,006

977,785
725,699
520,127
270,757

11,021
25,324
48,997
56,702

440,290
434,715
453,689
369.178

335,887
406,316
544,410
663,404

447,732
419,278
416,334
326,052

485,653
489,438
472,009
346,776

January..
February.
March
April

161,694
151,336
143,168
118,192

24,767
14,547
12,627
14,624

130,775
131,500
135,014
127,638

343,630
460,502
613,421
667,291

68,113
78,082
59,304
38,519

387,870
302,992
375,696
347,567

744,128
664,634
531,630
521,521

366,319
286,108
J372,900
351,725

422,581
312,004
371,958
436,992

May....
June
July
August.

141,041
127,908
171,561
174,917

15,911
13,192
18.018
18,499

122,100
109,553
96,549
85,638

952,056
983,379
983,379
915,691

25,085
15,877
8,719
6,750

345,784
391,687
347,791
406,110

560,758
619,359
529,514
451,662

345,925
394,402
343,882
408,901

390,994
471,339
439,468
421,489

September.
October—

173,989

18,568

65,943
59,611

777,335
552,504

5,930
6,015

1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average.
average.
average average.

240,140

8,413
15,362

1920.
7,787
5,781
3,517

1921.

1

Exports reported by t h e U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; Cold storage holdings from t h e U. S. Department

ojAgriculture',

Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates; Production of beef and pork from animals slaughtered under Federal inspection reported by the XI. S. Department of Agriculture,
Bureau of Animal Industry. Recent figures published in the Market Reporter. Apparent consumption has been computed from the inspected slaughter less exports
and the change in storage holdings.
2 Cold-storage holdings are distinctly seasonal. No allowance for this has been made in calculating index numbers,
3
Includes bacon, ham, shoulders, lard, neutral lard, and canned, fresh, and pickled pork.
* Includes fresh, canned, pickled, and cured beef, and oleo oil and tallow.
6 Includes beef, frozen, cured, and in process of cure .
«Includespork, frozen, dry salt, and pickled, both cured and in process of cure.
7
Frozen lamb and mutton.




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LIVE-STOCK MOVEMENT.
Table 40.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources,1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
CATTLE.

Shipments.

Shipments.
YEAR AND MONTH.

Total
receipts. STOCKER
TOTAL.

AND
FEEDER.

Total
slaughter.

93
102
100
91

AND
I TOTAL.
FEEDER.

Relative Relative Relative Relative
to 1919. to 1919. to 1919. to 1919.

100
76

84
95
1OO
92

97
109
100
91

85
101
100

85
67
65

97
76
106
84

87
93

Shipments.
Total
slaughter.

Total
receipts. STOCKERI

Relative Relative Relative Relative
to 1919. to 1919. to 1919. to 1919.
1917 monthly average. 1918 monthly average..
1919 monthly average.
1920 monthly average. -

SHEEP.

HOGS.

95

86
108
100
81

142
93
107
82

Total
receipts. STOCKER
AND
FEEDER.

TOTAL.

Total
slaughter/

Relative Relative Relative Relative
to 1919. to 1919. to 1919. to 1919.

100
107

85
101
100
90

71
83
100
83

61
75
100
74

67
84
100

72
81
100
87

119
113
142
101

142
111
120
96

142
84
101
75

70
62
58
64

52
24
23
46

58
49
43
61

87
77
75
67

76
68

90
58
36
47

117
110
92

113
95
69
62

66
72
90
115

40
39
56

68
67
85
123

67
80
95
104

103
93
106

64
76
104
112

63
80
72
50

78
89
117
127

57
70
97
106

128
134
109

138
183
148
45

135
165
124
59

116
93
96
85

87
64

125
107
90

58
68
108
76

139
116
106
95

119
103
84
83

67
77
74

15
11
15
18

57
49
57
58

104
88
100
94

52
44
23
31
55

87
96
77
78
79

89
98
71
68
67

85
82
78
110
116

15
24
70
96

77
65
64
93
118

104
95
127
114

86

1920.
January...
February.
March
April

92
72
89
76

79
55
55

May
June
July
August..

87
92
82

67
62
50
64

111
108
118

111
132
126
63

121
131
130
73

46
38
54
54

52
67
68

September.
October....
November.
December..

87
94
82
91

82

1921.
January...
February.
March
April

58
76
73

May
June
July
August
September.

75
77
65
91
93




78

67
68
55
95
102

45
81
90

81
73
71
71

74
87

See footnote on opposite page.

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LIVE-STOCK MOVEMENT.
Table 41.—NTJMEBICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
CATTLE.

HOGS.

Shipments.
Total
receipts.

YEAR AND MONTH.

STOCKER
AND
FEEDER.

TOTAL.

SHEEP.
Shipments.

Shipments.
Total
slaughter.

Total
receipts.

STOCKER
AND
FEEDER.

TOTAL.

Total
slaughter.

Total
receipts.

STOCKER
AND
FEEDER.

TOTAL.

352
432
578
430

808
1,011
1,210
1,043

Total
slaughter.

Number (000 omitted from each column).
1917 monthly average
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average

j
!

1,904 j
2,104 |
2,054 j
!
1,866 I

1,109

1,034

3,159
3,766
3,737
3,549

64
81
75
61

1,185
1,194

2,536

1,273

2,272

1,618
1,869
2,265
1,876

336

747
850
894
818

761
602
582
605

1,105
871
1,209
961

5,311
3,467
4,000
3,065

90
85
107
76

3,593

1,596

303

240
241
244

,321
,427
,146

2,139

1,411

140

295
272
218
283

783
799
734
880

992
1,069
940
1,043

4,263
3,709
2,850
2,525

6S
43
27
36

1,087

2,391
2,834
3,872
4,195

440

1,241

1,141

1,027

2,157
2,572

756
855
1,054
915

1920.
January...
February.
March
April

1,881
1,486
1,822
1,561

May
June
July
August

1,784
1,887
1,678
1,970

September.
October
November.
December..

1

135

520

1,460

269

734

,397
,308
,101
958

2,859

1,488

234

818

2,421

1,640

227

806

1,754

2,034

324

1,029

1,564

2,607

568

1,486

47
60
54
37

935
1,068
1,400
1,520

1,452

2,896

796

1,632

1,771

3,027

1,059

1,994

2,465

2,471

857

1,499

2,680

1,566

259

710

62

591

650

1,644 !
1,188
1,565 i
1,492 |

205
166
237
238

609
465
600
610

995
726
94S
892

4,685
4,005
3,382
3,224

43
51
81
57

1,661
1,383
1,261
1,131

3,023

1,791

2,604

1,516

2,119

1,750

88

693

2,096

1,677

107

704

1,541 !

214
197
122
355
394

596
608
492
846
910

923
1,005
844
996
982

3,322
3,573
2,725
2,655
2,G54

39
33
17
23
41

1,038
1,143
918
930
947

2,270
2,474
1,804
1,722
1,698

1,916
1,850
1,775
% 500
618

153

926

89

7S2
771
1,123
1,428

2,427
1,392

May
June
July
August
September.

1,308

1,902

1,172
1,057
1,207
785

2,217

January...
FebruaryMarch
April

2,556

5S0
553
279

2,294

1921.

589

922
812
792
709
706
845
1,002
1,099
1,218
979
1,010
891

I

1,580 I
1,343 \
1.867 |
1,901

I

139
404
555

1,101
930
1,053
988
1,014
1,093
1,006
1,335
1,200

These figures represent the movement at between 60 and 70 markets; data procured from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates.




54
SUGAR AND VEGETABLE OILS.
Table 42.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
f Base year in bold-faced type, numerical data on opposite page.]

YEAR AND MONTH.

Imports. Meltings.

Relative
to 1913.
1913 monthly average..
1914 monthly average..
1915 monthly average..
1916 monthly average..
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average..
average..
average..
average.

1920.
January...
February.
March
April

Relative
to 1919.

VEGETABLE
OILS.

COTTONSEED.

RAW SUGAR.

OLEO
MARGARINE.

Stocks.2

Wholesale
price.

Retail
price.

Stocks.*

Oil proOil
stocks. 3 i duction.

Exports.4

Total
Imports.

Consumption.*

Relative
to 1919.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1919.

Relative
to 1919.

Relative
to 1919.

Relative

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

100

100

1OO

100

108

61

U24

133

120

109

796

100
99
99

165

146

58

7 141

169
176
205
3.53

109

100
115
112
117
105
109

79

85

149

100

170

104

100
110

179
183
215
372

t o 1913.

105

41

7 172

161

100

36

7 305

227

100

Ill
118
100

1OO

61

7 316

245

58

127

100

58

7

334

253

129

135

75

44

371

324

93

321

287

63

235

292

206

106

94

325

342

69

302

186

74

313

287

236

138

146

339

340

42

240

148

80

338

308

187

135

116

504

367

20

184

77

75

433

286

80

462

9

133

41

49

236

272

May
June
July....
August.

165
251
265
219

127
142
147
126

September.
October
November..
December..

111
69
110
90

January...
February.
March.;...

121

562

485

7

75

17

45

238

188

154

502

482

6

38

7

16

258

203

183

382

416

7

23

11

196

237

78
55
69
51

105

305

333

27

55

65

20

178

251

88

238

253

92

177

291

30

137

238

90

193

235

114

277

349

85

83

271

104

151

191

116

261

270

150

95

201

65

40

110

153

176

95

278

263

245

151

80

120

151

162

81

281

247

139

161

213

133

181

173

176

59

277

229

127

52

180

April

219

107

258

155

176

37

193

122

74

213

175

May....

104

1921.

I

191
171

166

104

276

140

153

27

117

68

68

June

95

92

264

120

142

21

80

47

51

65
61

July....

70

95

167

127

129

18

34

40

27

78

94

August..

145

127

140

134

136

24

28

45

21

70

150

144

123

133

84

153

28

211

September.




See footnotes on opposite page.

64

55
SUGAR AND VEGETABLE OILS.
Table 43.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index number on opposite page.]

RAW SUGAR.

OLEOMARGARINE.

VEGETABLE OILS.

COTTONSEED.
[

Wholesale

Imports.

YEAR AND MONTH.

Meltings.*

Stocks.*

Stocks.

3

New York.

Pounds
(000 omitted).

Gross tons. : Gross tons.

Per pound.

Oil
stocks. 3

Oil production.

Pounds.

; Pounds.

Exports.4

Sports,

Consumption.e

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Tons.
(000 omitted from each column.)

1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average.
t 1916 monthly average . .
1917 monthly average
1918 monthly average
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average

393,488

11,861

$0.035
.038

29,042

7 21,387

451,219

i

17,758

7 26,441

11,798

440,315

.047

i

31,641

7 20,636

11,787

460,804

.058

16,977

7 30,133

12,404

063

661 192

430,570

257,174

81,311

.064

489,442

66 753
71,007

584,974

325,233

95,428

.075

512,448

59,967

669,055

338,430

105,357

.130

296,219

76,190

411 717

!

|

71 158
65,423

i

65,399

!

65,536

11,788

7 36 850

19 044

10,437

7 65,295

26,877

17,599

7 67,495

16,863

7 71,390

!

29,081
30,014

1920.
January . . .
Februarv
March
April ..
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December - -

531,098

243 445

42 164

.130

477 478

192 755

187,877

18,286

50,286

34,643

809,334

345 494

89 874

.119

354,120

181 330

121,560

21,482

66,867

34,000

928,998

448,767

138 968

.179

215,872

143,678

735 505

437 669

110 326

177

104 334

110 324

97,069
.50 337

649 588

413 726

76 663

.209

47,077

79 517

986,548

460 982

115 781

.197

44,928

1 042 437

477 928

147 137

.176

36,044
30 084

22 619

4 400

863,208

409 450

174 625

.134

36,760

13 757

5 010

437 218

253 146

99 937

.107

138,418

33 221

42,832

271,264

178 454

84 290

.083

471,979

105,851

190,262

432 932

225 356

85 527

068

581 806

166 231

228 073

354 19-)

166 746

98 996

.053

593 507

156 801

176 323

!

23,235

72,200

36,548

21 717

92 621

33 947

26,789

14 256

50,550

32,295

11,077

13,100
4 633

50,859

22,310

55 270

24 046

3 171

41,959

28 141

5,773

38,010

29,819

8,671

29,196

28,249

24 632

17 808

32 099

43 446

20,269

23 869

'

i

1

1921.
January .
Februarv
March
April
..

254 505

130 610

105 275

.054

484,832

166 710

171,887

71 291

21,251

22 688

595 612

261 686

114 476

.053

416,520

168 254

161,809

40,305

34,479

20,297

837 96°
86'> 578

433 186
347 499

172,679
245 904

061
054

299 976
191 526

166 078

149 526

36 811

11 162

21 361

115 831

79 573

21 489

45 605

20 814

May

654 899

049

251 827

.047

139 471
109 309

12 317

371 878 •

339 850
298 372

263 539

June
July
August
September

277,271
571 046 i

309,800

159 416

.044

94, 543

414 545

133 421

047

316,071

262,817

137,390

.043

!

1

70 199

44 297

19 613

13 967

47 851
20,113

30 411
26,228

17 747
7,922

13 012

7 614
11 120

124 377

16 693

29 630

6 054

16,774
15 065

381,342

50,576

99,803

8,239

45,177

!

17 803

i
1

With the exception of sugar stocks and meltings reported by £he Statistical Sugar Trade Journal. The sources of the other data are: Imports of raw sugar, imports
and exports of vegetable oils, U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; Cottonseed and cottonseed oil data are from the U. S. Department
of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Wholesale and retail sugar prices are from the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: and Oleomargarine consumption
from the U. S. Treasury Department, Bureau of Internal Revenue.
2
Figures include reports from seven ports: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Savannah, New Orleans, Galveston, and San Francisco. Meltings are calculated from
weekly reports, the odd days being prorated. Stocks represent the amount of raw sugar in the hands of refiners on the dates nearest the end of the month as reported for
each port.
s
At the end of month.
4
Includes cottonseed, corn, and linseed oils.
5
The following oils are included: Chinese nut, cocoa butter, coconut, cottonseed, olive (inedible), olive (edible), palm, palm kernel, peanut, rapeseed, soya bean. Where
certain of these are reported in gallons, they have been converted into pounds, allowing 7:1 pounds per gallon.
6
Colored and uncolored, as represented by tax-paid withdrawals.
7
These figures are for fiscal years.




56
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Table 44.—INDEX NUMBEKS.
Based on data from Government sources,1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]

BUTTER.

YEAR AND MONTH.

CONDENSED AND
EVAPORATED MILKS
(case goods).

EGGS.

CHEESE.

EXPORTS.

Total Average Receipts
Total
Average
Total
Receipts
cold- wholesale
cold- wholesale Receipts
coldProduc- Exports. Imports.
at 5 2 storage
at 5 2 storage
at 5 2 storage
price 5 2 markets.
price 5 2 markets.
tion.
markets. holdings. markets.
holdings.
holdings. markets.
Relative
to 1919.

Relative
to 1916-20.

1916-20 average
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average..

1OO

1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

Relative
to 1919.

100
86

Relative
to 1916-20.

Relative
to 1919.

Relative
to 1919.

1OO

i!
||

Relative
to 1916-20.

Relative
to 1919.

Relative
to 1919.

96

120

89

104

121
93
111
91

77
100
76

50
65
100
48

42
9
1
3

85
81
90
92

63
61
71
72

1OO

1OO

104

105

99

85

103

Relative

Relative
to 1913.

to 1919.

2
3
9
26

85

118

UCtS.3

1OO

70

92

average
average..
average..
average

Relative
to 1919.

Dairy
prod-

1OO
90

100
86

42
62
112

1

1OO
98
520
1,058
1,408

66
100
144

2,755
3,970
1,959

1920.

January
February
March
April

60
58
75
57

May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

95

102

68

143

68

104

55

117

40

110

85

92

22

108

53

63

100
94
94
94

157

187

2,543

123

2,561

91

3,084

104

2,860

88

13

101

99

46

91

152

58

111

64

51

2,699

141

23

92

123

36

90

148

139

121

62

305

2,499

153
114

93

89

124

80

106

99

139

103
81

39
36

1,522

95

183
186

333

180

94
85

191

1,396

91
73

205

96

79

162
148

50

71
35

30
28

1,164

78

173
144

87

96

90
87

68

201

113

1,117

58

181

105

131

84

33

104

20

24

71

960

57

141

89

84
72

107

80

30

49

21

27

70

1,098

67
61
78

104

85

70

92

55

83

69

67

48

78

166

42
31
40

26

87

47
38

24
34
58

85

77
74

11
1
1

12

74

94
81
80
85

210

52

85

120

36

49

133

112

133

48

49

177
130

186

108

31

118

94

60

95

204

(5)

24

79

111

64

93

206

(*)

43

45
43

91

126

64

77

195
170

54

254

76

1921.
Januarv
February
March
April

i

!

May

131

June
July
August

181

14
38

135

110

136

147

53
55
66
76

September

110

164

72

Optnhpr




160

121

See footnotes on opposite page.

98

1,690

116

1,253

103

1,597

28

84

1,215

13

195
26

623
2,499
1,060
1,650
2,058

DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Table 4 5 . - NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.

BUTTER.

Pounds (000 omitted).

1916-20 average
1913 monthly average...
Ivi4 monthly average...
1915 monthly average...
1916 monthly average...
average
average
average
average

Per
pound.

Pounds (000 omitted).

56,364

: 45,871
39,269

Total
coldstorage
holdings.

!

53,939
;
50,305 |
v . .
66.410 8 0 . 5 9 3 '••[ 1 6 , 2 8 1
59,341 | .586
13,814

Production.

Per

Exports. ! Imports.

EXPORTS.

Dairy
prod-

ucts.!

Pounds (000 omitted).

pound. .Cases 4 (000 omitted).::

37,178

51,825

CONDENSED AND
EVAPORATED MILKS
(case goods).

EGGS.

Average
Average
| Total
Total
whole- Receipts
Receipts
coldcoldsale
at 5 2 storage
at
5
storage
2
markets. holdings. 5price,
mar- markets. holdings.
kets.2
kets.2 I

YEAR AND MONTH.

1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

CHEESE.

3,689

1,893
1,861
9,844
20,019

1,377
1,904
6,307
18.307

25,850

3,118

44,679
38,552
38,664 ISO.31
38,147 I .28

1,188
1,027

4,472 'I
3,413 |j 110.639
4,089 : 143,956
3,355
109,415

35,705
45,928

909

71,072
34,252

1,376
1,980

26,654
52,145
75,132
37,066

1920.
January
February
March
April

27,693
26,486
34,489
26,293

53,737
38.359
22,56S
12,555

.603
.615
.654
.640

10,996
8,949
13,862
8,620

53.168
43,631
34,039
23,431

.311
.293
.292
.293

497
738
1,335
1,870

1,542
342
29
122

122,925
116,565
128,940
132,023

44,923
42,999
50,180
51,504

|
I
1
!

2,575
1,689
1,251
1,436

48,132
48.461
5S,370
54,125

May
June
July
August

40,475
64,828
70,080
52,342

7,554
12,872
52,526
101,455

.60
.546
.53
.563

16.079
20,022
20,147
16,071

16,963
13,502
29,654
51,512

.281
.278
.29
.264

1,807
1,759
1,259
906

2,135
5,143
6,747
6,872

159,309
174,675
148,857
116,777

45,777
44,401
27,669
25,603

|
j
j
\

703 I:
4,196 j:
4,585 I'
2,629 11

51,072
28,796
26,414

September
October
November
December

41,966
33,611
26,643
26,326

115,558
113,385
101,778
79,750

.567
.57
.62
.52S

12,831
12,767
13,727
11,703

60.372
55,007
48,566
39,921

.261
.249

811
589
391
360

6,372
5, 295
3,838
1,824

102,638
50,710
28, 591
29,970

21,342 !
20,147 ;
17,207 I
19,268

1,191 |
1.560 1
979
962

22,033
21,139
18,159
20,776

30,939
27,996
35.593
38,841

58,682
41.486
27;103
14,732

.502
.493
. 455
.441

11,387
11,274
12.675
14,145

34,115
25,000
17. 177
14.294

.293
. 251
. 250
. 263

648
1,16S
1,977
2,498

40S
43
43
1,926

34, S03
48,330
82,924
121.917

30,192
21,830
28,194
20,221

163
1,600
1,413
1,153

31,987
23,708
30.221
22,992

May
Juno
July
August...

60,208
82, 882
61,786
62,337

7,712
21,682
61,991
82,838

.316
.324
.392
.448

19, .567
21.619
19.180
12,863

13,466
17.814
34, 948
41,284

. 1.52
. 153
. 1S.5
.20

2,101
1,539
1,129
1,100

4,909
6, 844
7, 534
7,605

161,316
155, 189

9,186
21,700
17,338
30,360

2,684
354
623
594

11,795
47,297
20,070
31,223

September..
October

50,546

92.396
90,123

14,841

46, 706
44,842

919

7, 207
6,275

38,061

3,501

38,963

47.297

1921.
January
February
March
April

|
j
;
|

1 Import and export statistics from f. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau nf Foreign and Domestic Commerce; all other data from U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Burtau of Markets and Crop Estimates.
2
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco.
3
Includes butter, cheese, and condensed and evaporated milk.
« < )w case of eggs equals 30 dozen, or about 45 pounds net.
'" Production compiled by months but issued quarterly; figures not available at time of going to press.







SEASONAL MOVEMENT OF COLD-STORAGE HOLDINGS.

200

JAN,

FEB.

MAR.

APR.

IAY

JUNE

JULY

CASE EGGS.

AUQ-

NOV.

DEC.

MAY

JUNE

JUCY

AUG.

k 8EPT.

OCT.

CREAMERY BUTTER.

The movement of many of the commodities reported in this bulletin is distinctly seasonal. This is particularly
true of cold-storage holdings and makes it difficult to obtain a true interpretation of their trends from index numbers
alone. The above diagrams have been prepared to assist in comparing recent months with the average seasonal
variation. The heavy solid line in each diagram represents the 5-year average, 1916 to 1920, for each month.
The broken line represents the index numbers on the same base, for the months of 1920, and the light solid line
does the same for 1921.
It will be noted that the movement of case eggs in 1921 showed a smaller amount than usual in storage during
the first months of the year, but since March stocks have been larger than is normal for the corresponding months.
With regard to stocks of creamery butter the early months of 1921 showed only slight variations from normal,
but since July, movement into storage has not been as heavy as in previous years with the result that on the first
of September, the time of maximum stocks, the index number was only 164 compared with a normal for this time
of the year of 214. On October 1, 192L the index was 160, compared with a normal for that date of 203.

NOV.

DEC.

59

TOBACCO.
Table 46.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Based on data from Government sources.1

Y E A R AND
MONTH.

PRODUCTION.

Chewing,
UnTotal, ManusmokfacmanToing, Cigar includtured Large Small
cigaufacbacco
ing
imsnuff, types. ported tobac- cigars.* rettes.* (crop).5 tured
and
and
types. co
leaf.
export
snuff.3
types.
!

Rela- Rela- Rela- Rela- Rela- Rela- Rela- Relative to tive to tive to tive to tive to tive to tive to tive to
1913.

1913.

1913.

1913.

1913.

1913.

STOCKS HELD BY
MANUFACTURERS
AND DEALERS.'

Chewing,
smoking,
snuff,
and
export
types.

Manu-

1917 mo. av
1918 mo. av
1919 mo. av
1920 mo. av
1920.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September. . . .
October
November
December

1OO

1OO

1OO

93

101

99

95

108

109

100

87

115

85

99

105

93

163

110

75

99

109

100

227

77

87

112

93

300

126

80

112

96

93

341

124

88

114

90

105

287

119

77

107

100

105

349

95

94

273

114

119

337

102

105

291

104

107

305

101

112

315

93

108

236

94

107

275

125

105

95

90

129

118

103

Unnianufactured
leaf.

Pounds. Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds

Number.

Number.

Pounds.

Pounds

(000 omitted from each column.)

100

1OO

98

89

Tobacco
(crop).6

B.—NUMERICAL DATA.

120

146

Small
cigarettes.*

snuff.

1909-13. 1909-13.

100
1OO

PRODUCTION.

facTotal,
Cigar including tured Large
types. imported tobac- cigars.4
types. co and3

A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
5 yr.av.( 1909-13)
1913 mo. av
100
1914 mo. av
103
1915 mo. av
113
1916 mo. av
105

EXPORTS.

STOCKS HELD
BY MANUFACTURERS AND
DEALERS.*

EXPORTS.

[Base-year in bold-faced type.]

1

95

108

274

81

112

296

54

106

272

48

80

217

73

73

301

81

79

318

96

89

345

84

87

293

85

89

93

98

319
326
321

1

104
107
116

92
114
126

125
144
146
151

67
107
203
124

149
127
145
135

151
155

106
89
134
130

156
148
148
151

119
125
85
145

810,469
835,462
915,451
853,156

369,802

1,234,013

344,971

1,244,524

361,114

1,343,396

313,142

1,225,555

889,484 277,846
970,465 283,495
1,018,253 296,095
1,001,387 323,643

1,217,963

1,408,311

962,807

283,304

1,318,131

1,179,823

328,725

1,590,625

996,176

31,417

36,990 630,959
36,745 597,849
36,863 549,932
38,847 586,844

1,296,308
1,404,636 1,034,679
1,497,029 1,062,237
2,107,525 1,153,278

28,827
35,877
39,784

40,248 629,991
41,423 587,796
35,339 589,363
33,324 661,418

2,944,272 1,249,276
3,888,075 1,439,071
4,426,649 1,454,725
3,718,526 1,508,064

21,186
33,656
63,826
38,973

37,035 633,634
35,034 593,832
42,127 753,240
37,811 663,578

4,528,761
3,536,118
4,373,779
3,774,900

46,750
39,764
45,411
42,386

38,450 676,228
37,197 708,112
34,239 678,752
34,842 672,020

3,953,345
4,088,835
3,053,337 1,500,800
3,569,397 1,544,489

33,303
28,041
42,067
40,958

35,250
30,075
20,150
17,683

678,640

3,557,482 1,553,812
3,840,335 1,478,788
3,529,200 1,476,444
2,816,818 1,508,064

37,261
39,394
26,628
45,408

27,153
30,007
35,478
31,056

462,798

3,901,560
4,119,377
4,470,292
3,801,672

46,852
41,735
45,445
43,320

4,136,085
4,219,727
4,161,218
5,130,577

889,266

40,220
47,328
53,156
52,815

948,324

33,009

1,073,084
1,381,713

1,013,719

350,693

1,452,962

849,199

331,849

1,271,525

704,799
668,060
506,126

1921.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August

131

168

152

September
October

80

99

97

117

147

135

87

89

100

99

!

396

149
133
145
138

94
89
95
100

128
151
169
168

297,472

1,061,696

367,854

1,363,499

359,095

1,235,156

1,446,914

1,818,781

1,672,017

31,351
34,539
32,018
36,873

105

496,724
561,344
584,103
558,479
618,495
564,598
622,039

932,157

991,564
!

1)

1 Stocks held by manufacturers and dealers reported by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; Production of manufactured tobacco and snuff, cigars
and cigarettes by the U.S. Treasury Department, Bureau of Internal Revenue; Crop production by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates;
Exports of leaf tobacco by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
2
Reported quarterly. Yearlyfiguresare quarterly averages.
3
Represents the total of plug, twist, fine-cut, smoking tobacco, and snuff.
4
The Internal Revenue reports the number of large cigars, i. e., those weighing over three pounds per thousand, and the number of small cigars weighing less than
the above amount. Likewise they report the number of large and small cigarettes, the former weighing more than three pounds per thousand. Large cigars and small
cigarettes represent more than 90 per cent of the total number manufactured in each case and are the only ones given in this table.
• Yearly figures on crop production represent the final estimates as reported by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates. The
monthly figures for 1920 and 1921 are the current monthly estimates of total production.




60

FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Exports by Grand Divisions.
(Exports of merchandise only, but includes reexports.)

Table 47.—INDEX

NUMBERS.

Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
NORTH
AMERICA.

EUROPE.

Y E A R AND MONTH.

France.

Total.

Germany.

Italy.

United
Kingdom.

Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative
to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly

average
average
average
average

100
89

100
111

100

100

100

45

124

102

172

325

3

343

254

559

1

386

1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average
average
average
average

271
257

611
605

346

580

26

439

Total.

SOUTH
AMERICA.

Canada.

Relative Relative
to 1913. to 1913.

Total.

Argentina.

Relative Relative
to 1913. to 1913.

ASIA AND
OCEANIA.

AFRICA
Grand
total.

Total.

Japan.

Relative Relative
to 1913. to 1913.

Total.

Relative
to 1913.

100

100

1OO

85

67

88

Relative
to 1913.

203

100
80
93

100
77
86

116

73

128

143

319

154

150

150

140

226

175

187

221

533

340

210

206

213

195

263

298

178

251

626

349

220

220

207

191

290

438

205

248

563

386

216

182

301

284

473

309

321

236

426

604
398
568
658

435
344
449
272

249
306
305

217
188
239
146

325
331
442
385

501
334
442
274

308
244
262
242

368
350
331
318

273
305
293
266

448
544
412
487

289
327
254
282

336
358
339
323

225
190
159
170
163
131
143
175
122

100

100
49
96

100
85

432

586

338

319

502

605

573

331

306
253
369
325

496
498
749
617

931
670
1,424
1,055

173
401
715
569

349
312
396
331

477
379
367
382

373
297
348
367

567
559

839
679
407
305

613
611
552

360
304
315
280

261
258
206
184

446
490
535
551

475
477
568
506

354
414

317
710
639

500

190
232
173
352

292
363
327
348

316
222
192
188

162
134
143
146

503
318
234
170

529
359
266
160

550
491
311
257

440
423
312
233

579
506
365
240

316
236
187
164

179
184
:
*74
205
174

150
146
155
204
167

148
143
127
114
114

168
161
158
120
113

234
263
198
239
254

236
328
260
338
375

193
167
154
174
110

159
163
155
180
157

1920.
January
February
March
April

366
307
372
291

May
June
July
August

307

443

71

237

287

67

273

460

96

234

299

251
339
286
311

368
617
460
296

January
February
March
April

260
193
159
140

279
159
153
106

167

65

448
430
258
208

May
June
July
August
September

141
142
144
168
143

77
99
102
124
168

70
105
119
136
127

344
347
209
213
150

September
October
November
December

523
511
553
449

50
63
71

111
120
199

1921.




135
104

See footnotes on opposite page.
UNITED STATES FOREIGN TRADE.
TOTAL IMPORTS
TOTAL EXPORTS

X

IM

I \ ti iM 1I i

I I! 3

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FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Exports by Grand Divisions.
(Exports of merchandise only, but includes reexports.)

Table 48.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
NORTH
AMERICA.

EUROPE.
Total.

I GerFrance. j many.

Value.

Value. ! Value.

Y E A R AND MONTH.

United
Kingdom.

Total.

Value. ; Value.

Value.

Italy.

SOUTH
AMERICA.

ASIA AND
OCEANIA.

AFRICA
Grand
Total.

Argentina.

Total.

Japan.

Total.

Value.

Value.

Value.

Value.

Value.

$50,098 $33,599 $12,210 $4,582 $17,319 $5,208

$2,411

$207,002

Canada. Total.
Value.

Value.

(000 omitted from each column.)
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly

average.
average.
average.
average.

1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average.
average.
average.
average.

S124,964 $12,827 $29,328 $6,556
8,161
13,191
111,608
14,175
22,477
981
41,733
214,451
25,294
188
71,735
317,773

$49,228

40,132
46,567
77,046

25,885
28,754
50,409

7,584
12,011
18,356

2,261
4,403
6,406

14,700
20,099
39,211

3,479
3,811
9,096

2,110
3,095
4,501

176,135
296,223
456,887

167,450
171,774
189,880
152,132

105,081
110,457
107,983
160,809

69,077
73,906
61,187
79,384

25,991
25,226
36,812
51,995

8,925
8,759
12,992
17,811

45,567
50,250
74,775
86,956

15,528
22,815
30,530
31,497

4,282
4,933
8,160
13,806

519,459
512,424
660,035
685,917

49,984 |
99,870
157,282 !•

338,538
321,558
432,306
372,351

78,399
77,600
74,447
56,279

7,730
25,952

34,920
41,015
36,890
30,981

457,507
384,052
465,354
364,094

67,074
65,520
70,882
57,622

14,675
18,599
20,940
23,471

39,620
26,084
37,210
43,143

214,088
169,122
221,119
133,714

134,898
124,817
153,294
152,653

72,856
63,316
80,341

39,633
40,441
53,992
47,027

14,008 , 85,848
11,612 ! 86,167
16,925
129,673
14,869 I 106,834

48,479
34,884
74,159
54,967

4,179
9,667
17,242
13,712

722,064
645,145
819,556
684,319

May
June
July
August

383,572
296,133
! 341,087
' 293,034

56,845
36,800
58,962
38,322

20,848
19,700
28,026
19,422

32,854
21,915
28,980
17,952

151,819
120,155
128,895
119,306

184,298
175,315
166,072
159,257

91,700
102,323
98,484
89,244

58,224
46,256
44,869
46,643

17,094
13,587
15,923
16,817

98,134
96,894
84,625

43,702
35,355
21,188
15,880

21,295
14, 779
14,729
13,314

745,523
629,377
651,382
579,053

September
October..
November
December

! 313,413 j 47.205
! 423,883 ! 7''9,093
59,010
j 357,498
38,012
388,587

19,797
32,449
35,061
58,439

29,375
35,694
26,997
31,945

142,485
160,974
125,061
138,851

168,532
179,239
169,618
161,709

87,675
86,644
69,340
61,700

54,447
59,828
65,286
67,295

21,782
21,858
26,045
23,207

61,268
71,663
68,893
86,670

9,904
12,067
9,023
18,353

7,632
605,291
17,116
751,729
15,411 jj 676,706
16,592 | 720,853

325,531
241,793
199,223
174,646

35,825
20,432
19,597
13,582

39,620
30,503
19,143

29,357 , 110,803
28,199 I 93,450
16,908 | 78,155
13,634
83,786

158,524
111,384
96,256
94,307

54,370
45,179
48,168
48,980

61,434
38,804
28,623
20,718

24,231
16,441
12,168
7,345

95,281
85,116
53,913
44,468

22,926
22,029
16,224
12,148

13,970
12,199
8,797
5,776

654,740
489,297
386,811
339,915

176,823
177,762
179,778
209,693
178,097

9,863
12,676
13,081
15,915
21,559

20,481
30,796
34,806
39.840
37,297

22,556
22,743
13,674
13,944
9,857

80,287
64,429
70,461
86,084
59,828

89,659
92,183
87,359
102,653
87,165

50,487
49,171
51,997
68,596
56,005

18,036
17,496
15,549
13,919
13,913

7,690
7,388
7,258
5,486
5,179

40,586
45,483
34,315
41,471
43,934

12,297
17,057
13,545
17,594
19,521

4,642
4,034
3,708
4,198
2,664

329,746
336,958
320,709
371,935
325,773

(2)
(2)

1920.
January
February
March..
April

1921.
January..
February.
March....
April

1

Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.




2Total for year 1917 is $3,275. No figures for 1918.

62
FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Imports by Grand Divisions.
(Includes imports of merchandise only.)

Table 49.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
NORTn
AMERICA.

EUROPE.

YEAR AND MONTH.

Total.

France.

Germany.

Italy.

United |i
King- ! Total.
dom. ,

Canada.

Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative I. Relative Relative
to 1913.
to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. j: to 1913.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly

average.
average.
average.
average.

1917 monthly average.
1918 monthly average.
1919 monthly average.
1920 monthly average.

100
91

100
75

100
81

63

56

24

100
100
93

3

109

73

100
106 n
95 j!
1 1 2 i|

100
100
113
115
1 3 1 125
169
167

SOUTH
AMERICA.

Total.

Relative Relative
to 1913. to 1913.

6

107

119

48

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

100
107

100
83

116

109

146

193

184

261

133

697
893
779
813

271

256

308

165

330

305

360

378

414

473

218

467

419

630

295

1,002
709
901
1,013

552
487
576
540

678
524
568
512

1,028

1,387

317
313
351
332

136

44

Relative Relative
to 1913. to 1913.

Total.

100

302
308
347
384

0

Japan.

100

291
318
348
430

0

Grand
total.
Total.

100
220
370
455

224
250
297
445

71
43

AFRICA

100
116
163
216

103
55
114
188

64
37

Argentina.

ASIA AND
OCEANIA.

100
100

1920.
January...
February.
March....
April

155
148
174
155

129
110
146
126

29
25
46
41

216
179
155
157

221
229
265
233

579
422
451
427

363
335
349
342

472
411
442
460

May....
June
July....
August.

128 j
165 j
165
159

91
140
131

32
56
68
81

138
119
153
117

193
219
205
192

460
662
597
517

411
407
361
502

384
491
440
383

1,084
791
868
785

448
501
530
601

371
491
482
490

414
307
604
474

289
370
360
344

September.
October....
November.
December..

126
122
114
94

106
101
101
103

63
52
49
37

95
115
102

151
148
118
85

325
311
313
274

378
287
243
218

1,074
703
380
444

381
369
358
266

323
257
189
145

214
35
152
175

243
224
215
178

January...
February.
March
April

83
76
107
96

86
100
123
100

30
32
48
43

72
45
115
117

77
84
120
115

243
284
276

289
278
264
265

186
160
198
185

249
395
251

189
194
172
232

108
142
130
287

223
159
256
208

140
144
169
170

May
June
July
August
September.

84
76
79
82
88

102
94
98
91
117

42
45
54
48
44

155
107
109
134
118

214
168
146
156
143

221
196
199
200
204

141
119
119
144
103

228
191
217
312
132

186
203
200
227
194

276
246
304
312
275

115
158
106
71
62

137
121
120
130
120




65
71
81

! 456
j 604
I 532 j
I 502

See footnote on opposite page.

I
|
|
I

1,397
1,376

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FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Imports by Grand Divisions.
(Includes imports of merchandise only.)

Table 50.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.3

NORTH
AMERICA.

EUROPE.

YEAR AND MONTH.

Total.
Value.

GerFrance. many.
Value.

Value.

SOUTH
AMERICA.

Italy.

United
Kingdom.

Total. ; Canada. Total.

Value.

Value.

Value.

Argentina.

; Value. jj Value. | Value.

ASIA AND
OCEANIA.

AFRICA
Grand
total.

Japan.

Total.

| Value.

Value.

Value.

$26,344
26,265
30,489
50,865

$8,245
8,808
9,026
15,174

$1,978
1,638
2,887
5,158

Total.

Value.

(000 omitted from each column.)
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly

average.
average.
average.
average.

$72,056
65,293
45,529
52,776

1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average.
average.
average.
average.

$11,578 $ 1 5 , 3 5 1 $ 4 , 6 1 0
8,685
6,493
9,074

12,449
3,746

45,929
26,510
62,544
102,337

8,220
4,959
10,318
13,807

13
26
884

1920.
January
February
March
April

112,030
106,744
125,463
111,347

May
June
July
August

485

4,601
4,297
5,020

$22,663 $32,485
36,783
23,949
21,525
42,455
25,457
54,870

$ 1 1 , 8 4 4 $16,522 $ 2 , 1 3 1
4,690
13,669
19,127
14,800
26,857
7,890
35,634
19,771
9,691

$149,383
149,106
148,216
199,303

7,417

3,040
2,028
4,922
6,274

23,340
12,385
25,766
42,702

72,665
81,218
96,481
144,535

34,473
37,641
41,225
50,969

49,902
50,911
57,294
63,448

14,855
19,032
16,597
17,318

71,455
86,837
99,696
123,139

21,139
25,162
34,154
34,573

6,089
7,126
9,349
12,465

246,039
252,601
325,364
440,090

14,981
12,678
16,939
14,628

4,386
3,882
7,094
6,369

9,942
8,252
7,139
7,242

50,183
51,991
60,045
52,890

188,122
136,970
146,499
138,822

43,051
39,646
41,321
40,509 |

77,939
67,907
73,010
76,014

21,344
15,104
19,190
21,581

145,479
128,390
151,790
142,131

55,928
43,225
46,871
42,182

20,334
27,623
27,217
27,428

473,904
467,634
523,978
495,741

91,962
118,561
118,865
114,752

10,488
16,164
16,960
15,154

4,850
8,540
10,436
12,490

6,380
5,504
7,035
5,388

43,796
49,575
46,524
43,415

149,507
215,009
193,624
167,903

48,704
48,181
42,720
59,504

63,404
81,167
72,721
63,301

23,104
16,853
18,502
16,734

117,943
132,069
139,722
158,211

30,627
40,510
39,744
40,389

6,070
11,939
9,384

431,005
552,875
537,170
513,551

September
October
November
December

91,048
87,802
82,039
67,433

12,325
11,749
11,717
11,896

9,705
8,022
7,558
5,666

4,035
4,365
5,320
4,688

34,225
33,617
26,824
19,335

105,545
101,174
101,793
89,148

53,974
71,541
62,975
59,507

62,500
47,369
40,106
35,939

22,883
14,971
8,098
9,454

100,346
97,218
94,228
70,135

26,664
21,224
15,573
11,939

4,227
700
3,015
3,457

363,667
334,264
321,181
266,113

1921.
January
February
March
April

59,583
55,005
76,798
69,146

10,012
11,578
14,200
11,591

4,630
4,952
7,368
6,676

3,335
2,061
5,299
5,405

17,438
19,060
27,090
26,162

64,195
78,798
92,112
89,725

34,247
32,874
31,215
31,340

30,748
26,509
32,685
30,535

5,730
5,316
8,413
5,345

49,886
51,065
45,329
61,046

8,931
11,711
10,678
23,637

4,403
3,148
5,064
4,119

208,814
214,525
251,989
254,571

May
June
July
August
September

60,810
54,784
56,753
59,138
63,433

11,827
10,851
11,316
10,924
13,563

6,456
6,975
8,217
7,308
6,817

7,131
4,946
5,016
5,728
5,436

19,378
14,842
14,984
15,983
18,302

69,588
54,524
47,352
50,583
46,349

26,130
23,238
23,628
23,695
24,189

23,367
19,645
19,700
23,799
17,092

4,854
4,062
4,631
6,646
2,818

48,871
53,598
52,737
50,849
51,176

22,760
20,253
25,106
25,647
22,700

2,275
3,129
2,095
1,399
1,233

204,911
185,680
178,637
194,768
179,283




» Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.

64

FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Table 51.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
TOTAL FOREIGN
TRADE
(values).

YEAR AND MONTH.

RAW MATERIALS
AND ARTICLES
MAINLY
MANUFACTURED
(values).

FOOD, DRINK,
AND TOBACCO
(values).

Ex- ReexReex- j Im- | Ex- Reex- I m ports. ports. ports. | ports, ports. ports. I ports ports. p o r t s .
Im-

Ex-

ARTICLES
WHOLLY OR
MAINLY
MANUFACTURED
(values).

EXPORTS OF KEY
COMMODITIES 2
(quantities).

ImEx- Reexports. ports. ports.

WoolCoten
!
ton
and Iron
and I Coal.
piece wor- steel.
!
goods, sted
tissues.

Rela- RelaRela- Rela- Rela- [ Rela- Rela- Rela- Rela- Rela- Rela- Rela- Rela- Rela- tive to tiveto Rela- ; Rela1920 tive to tive to
tive to tive to tive to tive to tive to tive to ' tive to tive to tive to tive to tive to tive to 1920
aver1913.
1913. | 1913.
1913. ' 1913. I 1913.
1913.
1913.
1913.
1913.
1913.
1913.
aver- 1913. I 1913.

1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly

average.
average.
average.
average.

100
91
115
123

100
82
73
96

100

100

87
90
89

103
131
144

1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average.
average.
average.
average.

138
171
212
252

100
95
152
254

64
28
150
203

January...
February.
March
April

291
266
276
261

242
196
237
243

May
June
July
August..

260
266
255
239

September.
October
November.
December..

77
91

100
109
140
132

i| 100
84
102
120

157
196
244
266

50
37
102
156

47
25
269
289

137
163
229
252

279
248
296
223

303
239
256
237

175
147
158
146

386
261

273
266
314
263

222
220
195
146

269
279
288
255

148
159
166
129

254

238
234
225
223

268
257
273
221

146
177
144
139

278
286
254
246

January...
February.
March
April

183
151
146
140

212
156
153
137

109
88
97
93

May
,
June
,
July
August
September..

135
138
126
138
136

98
87
99
117
126

79
78
103
109
94

100

100
84
75
92

100
100
78;
80
65 !
59
67 |
52

100

100

100

100

84
85
77

83
94
98

82
71
96

82
75
93

208 I

22
142
192

113
145
138
235

103
99
154
272

64
43
105
181

100

1OO

333
339
326
305

286
239
249
209

303
285
352
239

195
205
236
236

242
195
243
259

171
160
205
176

112
84
107
115

274
255

258
247
221
218

227
197
215
180

224
206
173
104

252
277
257
248

294
289
347
291

199
203
203
181

159
172
174
141

271
347
319
301

190
189
198
207

163
165
161
I 211

102
132
93
92

251
225
223 !
214

298
279
302
230

203
197
210
219

142
113
107
137

163
117
215
191

158
109
76
70

132
101
100
50

92

72

145
155
126

233
170
166
152

207
215
174
209
200

77
90
99
115
122

T47
168
230
206
204

71
78
S6
83
87

25
19
48
121
120

64
49
76
88
72

120
109
112
113
111

87

174 j

i
47 |
46 !
70

48
43
48
34

110
82
110
115

62
55
70
66

55
43
39
33

120
110
107
99

119
113
126
103

95
69
89
67

35
32
34
30

176
181
159
154

103
82
93
67

93
79
88
62

62
67
56
46

24
23
22
38

117
83

67
66
63
50

63
48
41
46

57
41
36
39

28
28
32
10

75
90
90
105
84

39
41
48
57
72

34
33
36
37
42

25
17
15
18
32

0
0
13
51
56

33 j

1920.

244

i

247

310

i

1921.




See footnotes on opposite page.

107
116
128

65

FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Table 52.—NUMERICAL DATA.
Data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]

TOTAL FOREIGN
TRADE
(values).

Y E A B AND MONTH.

!
i

RAW MATERIALS
AND ARTICLES
MAINLY
MANUFACTURED
(values).

ARTICLES WHOLLY
OR MAINLY
MANUFACTURED
(values).

Ex- Reexports. | ports.

ImEx- Reexports. ! ports. ports.

Imports.

Exports.

£ Ster- £ Ster- £ Sterling.
ling.
ling.

£ Ster- £ Ster-! £ Sterling,
ling, j ling.

£ Sterling.

£ Ster- £ Sterling.
ling.

FOOD, DRINK, AND
TOBACCO
(values).

Im- I Ex- | Reex- ! Imports. ; ports. | ports. j ports.

£ Ster- £ Ster- j £ Sterling. \ ling. | ling.

Reexports.

EXPORTS OF KEY
COMMODITIES 2
(quantities).

Cotton Woolen
and Iron
and Coal.
piece
goods. worsted
tissues. steel.
Square
yards.

Square
yards. Tons. Tons.

(000 omitted from each column.)
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly

average. 64,061 43,770 9,131 24,184 ,2,716 1,329 23,485 5,825 5,336 16,134 34,281 2 , 4 5 5 3 565,415 3 14,718
19,711 4,893 4,488
13,374
average. 58,053 35,893 7,956
24,995 2,412 I 1,453
28,219 2,007 3 478,763 3 13,417
23,881 4,363 4,549
15,121 24,411 1,835 3 395,417 312,460
average. 73,491 32,072 8,255
31,740 2,090 j 1,867
28,066 5,362 4,095
15,766 32,783 2,271 3 438,318 3 15,432
average. 79,042 42,190 8,131
34,931 2,458 ! 1,756

1917
1918
1919
1920

43,923
average. 88,680
average. 109,678 ! 41,785
average. 135,513 i 66,553
average. 161,379 ! 111,289

monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly

620
336
3,575
3,842

32,067
38,207
53,834
59,292

5,597
3,615 j
5,083 j 1,194 I
10,107
7,571 J
12,138 : 10,249 |

18,214
35,301
23,343 • 33,880
22,219
52,663
37,902 93,394

1,566 3 415,004 3 13,874
1,048 3 308,321 3 8,208
2,575 3 298, 782 313,706
4,437 370,138 22,178

! 5,134
j 3,473
; 3,242
I 3,287

78,137
79,612
76,540
71,587

16,654
13,825
14,482
12,194

16,143
15,201
18,767
12,771

31,528
33,042
38,156
38,050

83,086
66,733
83,387
88,689

4,187
3,929
5,022
4,327

414,875
312,185
397,418
424,216

24, 413
18, 232

258
227

24, 355

291

25, 478

272

3,359
2,601
2,406
1,996

11,975
11,010
9,221
5,529

40,580 100,727
44,681 99,081
41,423 118,954
40,016 99,645

4,897
4,992
4,989
4,453

443,688
406,334
395,849
367,144

26,476
24,987
28,027
22,736

392
286
370
279

2,140
1,931
2,097
1,847

73,387
57,683
61,808
57,387

4,763
3,987
4,280
3,959

May
June
July....
August..

166,334
170,491
163,342
153,255

119,319 j 20,260
116,352 20,124
137,452 j 17,848
114,903 I 13,368

64,993
67,566
69,571
61,785

4,020 i
4,313 !
4,515 i
3,503 :

September.
October
November.
December..

152,692
149,889
144,260
142,785

117,456
112,295
119,365
96,631

, 13,351
I 16,134
I 13,115
' 12,699

67,269
69,168
61,499
59,378

3,601
4,311 I
4,605
4,678 !
4,243
4,723 I
3,842 ! 3,995

1921.
January
February
,
March
,
Apnl

117,051
96,974
93,742
89,996

92,756
68,222
66,809
59,868

9,955
8,004
8,888
8,524

49,158
47,750
50,888
52,908

43,088 7,232
38,150 7,080
43,172 9,362
51,346 9,998
55,248- 8,595

50,094
51,915
42,090
50,584
48,410

3,376
4,120
3,638
3,385

I

i
3,852 i 2,160
3,075 1,552
2,897 2,851
3,729 I 2,543
2,101 1,958
2,439 2,229
2,702 3,062
3,124
2,744
3,300 ! 2,710

60,509 13,211
57,919 11,447
51,899 12,551
51,268 10,467

-21




5

195
137
190
290

2,916
2,646
2,937
2,078

5,418
7,061
4,975
4,917

40,573
36,267
35,955
34,553

102,216
95, 701
103,694
78,819

4,317
4,444
3,896
3,787

382,591
305,339
343,575
248,443

20,653
17,574
19,513
13,697

255 I 1,476
277 | 1,417
232 1,361
192 2,302

37,005
25,504
17,739
16,547

7,668
4,904
5,881 ! 4,386
5,832
4,074
2,936 ; 3,844

30,467
23,394
24,980
20,374

79,746
58,177
56,969
52,019

2,865
2,041
1,962
2,134

249,613
244,949
232,043
186,849

13,877
10,693
9,121
10,209

236
168
150
163

16,711
18,389
20,232
19,589
20,465

1,437
1,125
2,775
7,058
6,997

3,418
2,616
4,082
4,683
3,822

19,282
17,600
18,005
18,194
17,905

38,662
33,658
36,705
39,936
44,009

1,850
2,219
2,216
2,567
2,057

145, 769
152,782
177,530
212,403
265,386

7,566
7,235
8,045
8,232
9,408

44,557
44,299
46,560
48,613

9,515
9,632
9,399
12,277

NOTE.—See p. 77 for exchange rate on pound sterling.
Compiled from British official reports by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
' Figures include exports and reexports.
»Figures for years 1913-1919, inclusive, are for linear yards.
72604°

279

1,361
1,001
2,775
4,241

105,880 • 25,464
85,964 22,604
103,699 I 27,031
106,251 ! 20,407

1

270

6,117
4,920
3,628
3,196

37,893
47,491
58,938
64,291

186,498
170,514
176,648
167,154

86,308
88,180
80,757
88,581
I 87,119

324

5,806
2,579
13,729
18,534

1920.
January
February
March
April

May....
June
July....
August.
September

414

1,700
1,729
1,968
607

102
14
69
8
64
816
76 3,103
133 3,407

66

FOREIGN TRADE OF FRANCE.
Table 53.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]

IMPORTS
(values).
Total
all
commodities.

YEAE AND MONTH.

EXPORTS OF KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).

EXPORTS
(values).
Manu- ! Total
facall
tured
comartimodicles.
ties.

Food- Raw
stuffs. material.

Manu- Chemfacical
tured prodartiucts.
cles.

Raw
material.

Foodstuffs.

LinPerIron
Silk Cotton gerie
and fabrics.
and fumes
fabrics.
and
steel.
wearing soaps.
apparel.

Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative (Relative Relative R e l a t i v e Relative Relative
to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913.
to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. I to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913.
1913 monthly average

100

100

1914 m o n t h l y average

76

100

\ 100

j 100

! 100

|

71

j

65

,'•

1915 m o n t h l y average

132

188

94

j

1S5

1916 m o n t h l y average

245

278

197

'

352

j

524

]

90

70

100
71
65
117

87

59

113

!

69

50

63

78

10

4

64

19

173

142

154

204

36

36

97

63

318

264

297

3S2

83

135

123

85

22
86
128
100

34
152
156
153

145
148
146

172
310
(«)
302

184 201
312 j 352
315 375
300 ! 381
I
320 313
319 365
(«) («)
333 541

74
64
72
96

139
211
178
121

375
329
407 j 376
329 | 2S7
290
313

338 452
255 ! 530
307 ; 377
278 [ 308

135
87

328

270

330

331

247

362

;,

386

82

57

48

1917 m o n t h l y average

?27

384

240

1918 m o n t h l y average

226

311

204

1919 m o n t h l y average

425

589

I

29S

478

j

331

585

443
539
716
568

282
359
355
381

436
369
(<)
478

335
316
(*)
284

478
176 |
618 | 305 j
724 l| 305 ;
746 |; 311 J
i!
!
609 j 268 j
526 !i 316 j
(«) ! (<)
655 j 419

1920 m o n t h l y average

414

398
j

624
!i

100

100

71

ioo j ioo

1OO
52

1OO

67

82

1OO
74

73

I

20

15

95

36

«

|

,

20

16

95

44

35

j

73

15

14

67

31

1OO

!

j

42
23
41
127

356 ;
449
532 j
493 |
411
369
! («)
' 399

:

September
October
November
December

374
402
370 j 441
381 j 363
; 420 ! 504
1921.

|

!

314
525 I
302 '; 495 j
337 j 530 I
376 j 526 j
!

I

149 j
252 j
195 i
215 I

i

March

248

j

301

191

363

294

233

287

j

344

April

254

|

258

215

363

237

252

355

j

391

May

223

'

314

j

327

65

June

246

|

283

February

!

230

July

209

August

'

247

September

j

317

:
;

I
|

229

'< 267

387

255

I

195

307

|

379

277

168

j

330

|:

288

217

324

211

j

262

i'

305

212

I

409

324

287

171

!

240

!

273

176

I

333

308

368

208

j

232

\

287

161

\

337

360

292

j

239

;

310

210

j

337

361

458

.

32
96
74

53
97
82
113

29
129
70
95

107
165
121
166

144
83
101

157
115
153

113
131
I 122
j 106

101
81
186
105

141
88
79
65

186
25
37
71

140
189
207
212

101
69
84
107

113
106
103

185

90

i

101
230
217
123

I 96

115
8S
104
89

90
84
80
85

172
82

!
64
217
65
89

January




i 44
j 34
!
59
103

I

1920.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August

91

See footnotes on opposite page.

67

FOREIGN TRADE OF FRANCE.
Table 54.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
IMPORTS
(values).
Total,
all com- Foodmodi- stuffs.
ties.

YEAR AND MONTH.

Raw
material.

EXPORTS OF KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).

EXPORTS
(values).
Manufactured
articles.

Total,
Raw
all com- Food- matemodi- stuffs.
rial.
ties.

Manufactured
articles.

Chem*
ical
products.

Iron
and
steel.

Millions of francs (i. e., 000,000 omitted).2
412
292
388
813

138
90
256
486

582
470
892
724

990
839
1,229
1,365

724
550
862

2,495
! 3,151
!
3,731
3,461

671
816
1,084
861

1,164
1,481
1,465
1,570

853
1,000
1,031

2,884
2,589
(«)
2,800

660
559

1,383
1,303

841
727

724

(4)
1,171

2,628
2,595
2,672
2,948

609
668
550
763

l,\
i 1,614
J 1,743
; 1,779
1,566
1,724
1,469
1,731
2.226

1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly

average
average
overage
average

'
!
;

702
151
534
151
928 ! 285
1.720 ' 421

1917 monthly
1918 m o n t h l y
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average
average
average
average

!
!
j
i

2,296
1, 586
2,983
2,905

573
406
328 \
518 |

70
54
54
49

Silk
fabrics.

LingePerCotton rie and fumes
wearfabrics. ing
and
apsoap.
parel.

Metric tons.3
132
108
64
90

301
215
195
352

92,719
61,826
18,379
18,865

84,027
43,865
12,894
13,770

514
421
487
488

4,613
3,401
1,667
2,016

653
475
154
230

4,286
3,887
3,311
3,131

14,346
9,530
33,490
76,609

11,824
3,767
30,547
113,280

343
327
501
630

1,413
868
2,914
3,908

277
152
270
830

1,891
1,470
2,514
4,402

19,975
79,956
118,686
92,837

28,951
127,620
130,941
128,499

511
743 !
762
752

1,475
4,420
3,427
4,096

345
631
533
739

1,233
5,526
2,983
4,089

117,087
176,880
149,503
102,081

548
850
620
855

3,582
6,623
3,815
4,674

566
1,024
748

4,849
5,615
5,248
4,550

501
394
996
1,824

42
35
99
184

91
340
83
234
204 I 616
392
1,150

1,010
1,748
1,748
1,783

104
176
136
150

243
412
416
396

605
1,062
1,130
1,150

120
217

423
422

944
1,101

905

1,539
1,809
(4)
2,400

(4)
211

440

1,632

68,784
59,258
66,524
88,662

1,294
1,243
1,390
1,549

725
684
732
727

2,152
2,333
1,884
1,661

230
263
201
219

446 1,363
337 1,598
406 1,137
367 929

125,573
80,218
90,272
28,548

85,155
68,393
156,218
88,032

725
453
407
336

8,600 | 660
1,170 j 1,499
1,717 j 1,418
3,297
802

4,109
3,737
7,355
3,525

347
386
456
390

1,101
803
786

534
425
501
502

1,883
1,899
1,686
1,932

189
173
163
176

436
479
379
468

1,142
1,163
1,036
1,180

59,189
200,809
60,122
82,966

117, 736
158,905
173, 887
177, 823

517
355
434
549

4,586
5,196
4,867
4,756

754
577
682
579

3,851
3,596
3,447
3,655

419
491
434
556
692

691
871
704
856
1,204

456
362
331
320
330

1,647
1,750
1,563
1,642
1,775

152
148
123
113
147

415
541
440
445
445

987
977
926
1,084
1,087

59,949

155,343

5,613

569

3,246

1920.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August

;

!
!

September
October
November
December

!
I
\

!
!
j
I

1921.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September..

1 Compiled from official reports b y t h e U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
2
See p . 77 for exchange rates on French francs.
One metric ton is equal to 10 quintals, or 1,000 kilograms, and is equivalent to 2,204.6 pounds avoirdupois.
* Monthly foreign trade figures are published only in cumulative form, and as t h e value rates used were changed in July, 1920, it is impossible to give separate figures
for t h a t m o n t h .
3




68
FOREIGN TRADE OF ITALY AND SPAIN.
Table 55.—INDEX NUMBERS.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
SPAIN.

ITALY.
TOTAL, TRADE
(values).

TOTAL TRADE
(values).

EXPORTS OP KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).

EXPORTS OF KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).

Y E A B AND MONTH.

Imports. Exports.
Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Silks.

Wines.

Lemons.

Cotton

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

100
122
51
27

100
101
67

100
74
107
60
40
27
86
104

100
80
92
98
101

1OO
82
117
128
122

48
83
110

cloth.

Imports. Exports.

Wine.

Relative I Relative
to 1913.
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

1OO
52
34
93
156

100
148
223
293
269

1OO
84
80
67
43

100
68
51
34
58

94
123

51
126
93

128
370
179

31
61
45

49
53
52

75
96
118
92

70
74
121
106

115
128
123
145

308
348
171

82
83
70
70

30
39
65
73

110
124
111
139

92
104
93
85

108
113
81
42

120
79
312
185

37
19
1

59
80
44
83

141

1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly

average..
average..
average..
average..

100
80
129
229

100

119

100
89
115
108

1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average..
average..
average..
average..

382
437
454
433

128
129
234
301

106
61
100
97

70
175
33
41

49
30
45
50

1920.
January...
February..
March
April

328
373
468
446

230
285
316
314

95
139
132
81

40
32
42
44

35
56
59
68

May....
June
July....
August.

459
680
340
409

307
348
241
246

102
53
53

46
42
28
32

73
88
64
19

September..
October
November..
December..

393
368
406
521

264
327
338
395

75
117
80
142

23
67
41
54

23
25
45
50

105

85

56

198
108
119

(*)
148

80

52

1921.
January..,
February..
March
April

382
432
492
440

233
262
263
272

64
63
111
116

58
62
70
49

60
41
51
54

55
98
65
67

128
127
106
110

72
71
71
67

61
68
78
36

115
95

59
57

32

May..
June.




95

66
149

391

See footnotes o n opposite page.

Olive oil. Oranges. Iron ore.

53
52
128

52
47

8
14
17
18

131
170
167
137

50
33
21
19

14
32

67
18

10
7

69
FOREIGN TRADE OF ITALY AND SPAIN.
Table 56.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
ITALY.
EXPORTS OF KE1
COMMODITIES
(quantities).

TOTAL TRADE
(values).
YEAR AND MONTH.

Imports.

SPAIN.

Wines.

(000 omitted.)

1913 monthly average...
1914 monthly average...
1915 monthly average...
1916 monthly average...
1917 monthly
191S monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average...
average...
average...
average...

Lire. 2

EXPORTS OF KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).

Imports. Exports.

Exports.
Silks.

Lire.*

TOTAL TRADE
(values).

Quintals.3

Hectoliters.3

Lemons. Cotton
cloth.

Wine.
(000 omitted.)

Quintals.3 Quintals.3

Peseta.2

Peseta.2

Hectoliters. 3

Oranges.

Iron
ore.

Quintals.s Quintals.3

Metric
tons.s

Olive
oil.

305,554

215,994

2,361

122,214

254,172

23,191

109,007

89,945

300,194

25,305

475,471

742,266

245,861

2,111

148, 732

256, 889

17,249

87,532

73,412

155,099

37,342

398,239

508,926

393,409

185, 861
211,392

2,716

61,835

170, 827

24, 871

100,777

105,307

103,493

56,326

379,802

375,768

699,240

257,485

2,557

33,159

224, 837

13,936

106,789

115,282

279,318

74,043

318,942

249,011

1,165,883

275,746

2,497

85,317

125,813

9,261

110,514

110,116

468,237

68,020

205,328

428,135

1,336,615

278, 728

1,435

213, 290

76,029

6,156

51,991

84,102

153,567

32,333

147,192

362,105

1,385,801

505, 565

2,360

40,034

115, 593

19,959

90,637

110,264

378,588

93,560

290,893

391,708

1,322. 544

650,335

2,297

49,827

128,232

24,037

120,322

85,406

280,429

45,267

214,942

385,055

January
February

1 001 501

497 165

2 245

49,332

89 857

15,782

81,699

62,704

345 511

47,910

391,694

222 167

1,140.532

616,019

3,293

38, 820

142, 859

22,051

105,167

66,243

384,721

77,942

395,520

286,143

March

1,431,443

683 401

3,109

51,108

150,219

16,073

128,947

108,728

368,705

88,057

332,573

480,882

-Vpril

1 362 923

678 682

1 904

53 330

172 092

22 689

100 505

95 656

436 471

43,394

330 960

537 636
437 611

1920.

Mav

1,401,144

662 234

2,315

55,634

185, 592

15,376

119,876

82,486

323,177

30,435

176,276

June

2 076 303

752 154

2 413

51 139

222 836

34 596

135 444

93 730

338 085

20 122

89 662

594 182

Tulv

1 040 353

251 490

1 247

33 811

161 596

19 88-1

120 860

83 481

242 314

78 873

5 418

329 434

1 249 376

531 940

1,247

38,819

47 619

21,148

151 413

76 197

125 089

46 737

334

613 933

1,201,625

570,174

1,762

28,015

58,632

22,333

114,983

76,075

168 003

35,613

310

395 002

1 125 834

707 364

2,773

82,426

64,058

45,923
222 693

4 184 734

4 476 708

161 339

72 218

•Vugll^t

- - -

September
October
November
December

1 240 114

730 828

1 898

50,050

115,412

25,101

1 590 987

852 341

3 355

65,445

128 016

27 493

4

* 71 339

248 498

387 806

156 365

1 790

607 976

345 866

1921.
January
February
March
\pril
May
June
1

1 167 998

503 186

1 518

71 349

153 654

12 725

140 010

64 714

182 003

2 046

623 465

1 320 908

566 630

1 492

75 200

104 018

22 840

138 897

63 513

204 822

3 521

807 139

370 746
243 i n

1,502, 29S

567,299

2,619

85,124

128,542

15,143

116,060

63,573

233,988

4,249

792,713

159,141

1 343 446

587,045

2,736

59,973

136,181

15,539

120 121

60 570

109 365

4 675

649 423

143 262

1 195 406

453 452

125 644

59 857

96 289

3 547

317 151

74 642

103,966

51,450

114,896

7,974

84,993

53,890

Compiled from official reports by the V. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
2 See page 77 for exchange rates on Italian lire. The par value of the Spanish peseta is 19.3 cents, but at present exchange rates it is worth from 12 to 13 cents.
3 One quintal contains 100 kilograms and is equivalent to 220.6 pounds. One metric ton equals 10 quintals or 2,206.4 pounds. One hectoliter equals 26.4 gallons.
4
Figures for October, 1920, are not available. The figures given in these items are the totals for two months, October and November.




70
FOREIGN TRADE OF BELGIUM, DENMARK AND SWEDEN.
Table 57.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
BELGIUM. 2
TOTAL
TRADE
(values).
YEAR AND MONTH.

Imports.

Exports.

DENMARK.

EXPORTS OF KEY
COMMODITIES
(quantities).

Glass.

Cement.

Iron
and
steel.

(values).
Imports.

Exports.

Relative Relative Relative R e l a t i v e Relative Relative R e l a t i v e Relative
to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913.

1913 monthly av
1914 monthly av
1915 monthly av
1916 monthly av

100

1917 monthly av
1918 monthly av
1919 monthly av
1920 monthly av

1OO

1OO

100

1OO

EXPORTS OF KEY
COMMODITIES
(values).

TOTAL
TRADE

Flax.

100

SWEDEN •

Dairy
products.

Meat
and
meat
products.

Eggs.

EXPORTS OF KEY
COMMODITIES
(values).

Live
stock.

Wood
pulp.

Metals.

Machinery.

Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative
to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913. to 1913.
100
96
115
200

100
91
173

163

199

100
234
153
299

217

261

131

193

300

304

283

31

206

210

282

134

1OO

1OO
122

100
101

100
111

1OO

92
132

154

135

152

151

161

185

140

141

132

152

105

117

111

60

110

104

62

7

20

11

2

30S

116

109

19

300

39

222

234

32

67

53

13

404

247

241

130

554

164

210
227
272
939

100
101

179

20

322

263

1920.
Januftrv
February
March
\pril . .

195

145

23

38

27

5

249

92

296

71

678

208

225

215

192

53

65

30

6

97

49

371

96

508

214

126

253

222

28

86

29

9

285

38

1,927

106

672

243

144

219

249

26

82

38

6

15

37

173

404

779

295

269

May
June
J u ly
Ausust

241

262

39

88

37

8

241

190

305

201

641

471

434

274

273

44

91

56

7

265

194

625

58

2,423

460

2 88

204

219

19

98

54

10

255

166

678

50

1 279

403

259

212

246

25

90

65

12

276

140

807

103

854

342

359

September
October
November
December

200

253

14

96

79

19

297

128

769

409

920

323

254

213

247

18

101

57

16

251

112

813

205

1,046

300

281

211

235

30

94

24

33

351

164

674

67

805

290

241

220

249

61

85

137

23

234

257

510

65

660

316

275

1

1921.
January
March
\pril
May
June
July
August
September




5

6

218

184

5

5

209

199

6

5

19

17

563

6 147

5

71

&58

5

34

5 69

258

232

298

195

431

101

200

217

302

247

184

153

173

333

218

191

198

169

212

228

214

176

532

257

130

74

174

172

232

239

224

465

200

163

119

120
436

163

194

192

161

340

229

256

138

161

264

253

203

434

173

248

182

165

174

211

169

483

167

532

222

132

245

289

195
283

273

659

125

771

157

64

See footnotes on opposite page.

71
FOREIGN TRADE OF BELGIUM, DENMARK, AND SWEDEN.
Table 58.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]

DENMARK.

BELGIUMTOTAL
TRADE

(values).

!
;

EXPORTS OF KEY
COMMODITIES
(quantities).

YEAR AND MONTH.

Imports. Exports.

Glass.

Cement.

Thousands of francs 3
(i. e., 000 omitted).
1913 monthly av... 420,258
1914 monthly av . .
1915 monthly a v . . .
1916 monthly av...
1917 monthly
1918monthly
1919 monthly
1920monthly

av
av...
av...
av...

309,651

Iron
and
steel.

TOTAL
TRADE

(values).

Flax. Imports. Exports.

Metric tons. 4

73,904

75,195

144,063

SWEDE>

EXPORTS OF KEY
COMMODITIES

(values).

Meat
and
meat
products.

Dairy
products.

Live
Eggs. stock.

59,815
85,783
104,134

65,018
81,582
98,110

435,258

190,735

5,128

14,682

15,532

129

199,471

80,791
59,207
61,666

930, 956

725,673

23,740

62,447

75,904

783

261,841

131,245

85,327
75,850

aWood Metals. cM
hinpulp.
ery.

Thousands of crowns
(i. e., 000 omitted).

Thousands of crowns ( L. e., 000 omitted). 3

6,126 64,785 5 3 , 1 1 3

EXPORTS OF KEY
COMMODITIES
(values).

18,592 15,387 2 , 7 4 6 5,727
18,787 17,120 3,020 13,377
25,188 23,438 4,157 8,736
26,071 21,744 5,473 17,144

1,1899 6,554 5 , 2 6 6
11,470 5,954 5,300
13,681 11,346 8,568
23,790 14,236 13,725

19,603
11,118
20,262
44,787

20,222

5,294
5,652
8,247
15,214

17,177
12,018
2,249
9,400

46,313
17,978
52,939
2,822

14,090 8,115
7,519 10,192
5,794 52,939
5,687 4,760

4,091
5,485
6,043
23,132

80,729
60,389
79,912
92 688

44,718
49,269
47,423
51,383

29,229 8,366
29,841 17,169
25,510 18,632
21,539 22,175

11,484
3,329
2,867
5,879

76,279
288 350
152 228
101,672

30,838 22,842
30 120 15 177
26 412 13 614
22,422 18,900

19,644 21,130 23,430
17,205 22,346 11,740
25,270 18,517 3,844
39,517 14,001 3 748

109,501
124,439
95,734
78 527

21,192
19,684
19,036
20 696

2,980
19,948

24,988 19,902 14, 882
26,986 18,470 7,064
32,335 11,725 1,041
111,704 21,113 13,838

1920.
January
February^.
March
April
May
June
July
Yugust

820,166

448,206

17,588

27,715

38,230

297

905,320

593,071

39,559

48,121

42,728

394

1,062,263

686,093

20,844

63,571

42,141

546

920 149

769 581

19 242

60 435

54 912

370

1,011,945

810,312

29,393

65,205

53,340

485

1 149 647

844 945

32 980

67 167

80 001

401

858 477

676 880

14 492

72 502

77,946

620

892 257

760 216

18 649

66 828

93,946

721

September
October
November

841,904

782,381

10,436

70,969

113,118

1,162

897 104

765 921

13 188

74 289

81 717

952

886* 013

727 881

22 794

69 702

35 147

2,011

December

926 424

769 655

45 716

62 864

197 626

1 432

i

55,153
46,685
65,259
j 43,466

13,652
14,049
15,907
19 350

11,863
6,621
7,574
14 163

13,352
14,815
12,669
14 464

1921.
167,232

February
March
April
May
June
July. . .
August
September

159,875
6

914 850

* 648 054

^46 762

6 14 467

5 102,997 5 2, 074

. .
« 774,359

s 614, 950

& 12, 9 4 3 6 108,288

I
i
1

5 84,053 M,225

123,210
97,875

137,599

121,068

111,360

123,090

105,665

102,973

104,000
112,791

140,000
112,140

158,520

153,317

55,352
28,538
39,832
44,407

30,055
26,643
27,079
34,494

35,767
47,022
36,259
52,606

24,821 9,350
31,302 11,912
26,079 13,256
42,074 18,109

11,845 5,803
9,154 12,460
14,604 14,716
12,779 11,449
13,119
9,908
9,539
7,169

23,780 14,235 15,929
22,756 12,965 8,913
15,485 4,874 9,148
19,341 7,830 6,335
30,513 9,066 22,978
29,497 11,909 8,679
63,288 14,577 6,928
91,718 10,288 3,368

1

Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, from official reports.
2 No data available on Belgian trade for the years 1914 to 1918.
8 See p. 77 for exchange rates on these countries. The Danish crown is now worth from 16 to 18 cents compared to a par value of 26.8 cents.
4
1 metric ton equals 1,000 kilograms and is equivalent to 2,204.6 pounds avoirdupois.
9
Figures not available for separate months of 1921. These represent monthly averages for the fiirst and second quarters respectively.




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FOREIGN TRADE OF THE AMERICAS.
Table 59.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
CANADA.
Total trade
(value).
EXPORTS.

Relative
Relative
to 1913. i to 1913.
1913 m o n t h l y average 3 .

100

1914 m o n t h l y average 3 .

92

1915 m o n t h l y average 3.
1916 m o n t h l y average 3.
1917 m o n t h l y average 3 .

100
121
125
206

URUGUAY.

SALMON.

PAPER,
PRINTING.

CHEESE.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

100
290
164
233

100

199
248
316

Total
imports.

Total
exports.

Total
imports.

Total
Total
exports, j imports.

Total
exports.

Relative i Relative
to 1913.
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

WHEAT.

100

100

100

100

100

56

76

74

85

65

78

58

106

69

107

62

112

124

157

80

116

70

108

74

110

1S9

83

121

74

135

77

106

113

150

98

116

169

101

154

98

42

132

222

215

132

199

81

78

208

178

96

118

U72

•194

313
421
336
341
321

229
20S
226
292
146

368
412
451
486
55

86

129

January..
February.
March
April

185
156
255
176

387
288
313
178

283
253
264
71

471
518
583
368

61
90
21
10

126
78
58
22

106
141
121
136

205
178
234
193

84
85
105

167
170
139
187

May
June
July....
August.

203
241
228
222

256
345
340
362.

99
106
96
52

548
591
498
580

64
73
195
190

27
59
71
57

194
169
207
263

180
179
149
163

141
104
96
91

122
81
89
83

September..
October
November..
December..

206
189
176
154

307
417
473
480

248
147
375
252

495
527
518
532

112
99
115
73

47
198
312
415

266
326
269
292

171
182
167
141

99
85
83
92

92
83
95
108

1921.
January..
February.
March
April

129
129
166
117

261
211
221
140

101
134
69
58

469
432
619
388

67
26
8
2

137
110
89
59

208
199
161

151
140
162
157

91
72
89
92

18JL
213
117
74

122
103
112
116

193
190
180

44
191
110
472

361
346
469
534

40
120
188
118

97
72
44
47

184
152
194

128
152
198

77

101

1920 m o n t h l y average 3.
1921 m o n t h l y average 3.

1920.

May
June
July
August
September.




100

100
126
72

126
144
137
159
185

1919 m o n t h l y a v e r a g e 3 .

Relative
to 1913.

100
93
S8

127

1918 m o n t h l y average 3.

ARGENTINA.*

Exports of k e y c o m m o d i t i e s
(quantities).

Y E A R AND M O N T H .
I IMPORTS.

BRAZIL.

See footnotes on opposite page.

73

FOREIGN TRADE OF THE AMERICAS.
Table 60.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
CANADA.
Total trade
(value).

ARGENTINA.2

Exports of key commodities
(quantities).

Total
Y E A R AND MONTH.

URUGUAY.

BRAZIL.

IMPORTS.

EXPORTS.

CANNED
SALMON.

Dollars.

Dollars.

Pounds.

imports.

PAPER,
PRINTrNG.

CHEESE.

WHEAT.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Bushels.

Total
exports.

Total
Total
Total
Total
imports. exports. imports. exports.

Thousands of
milreis.*

Thousands of
Uruguayan pesos.*

Thousands of
gold pesos.*

(000 omitted from each column.)
averages z..
averages 3 ..
averages 3 ..
averages 3 ..
averages 3 ..

55,934
51,600
37,996
42,350
70,538

31,422
37,953
39,2S7
64,858
98,268

1,757
5,092
2,888
4,095
4,026

24,465
48,763
60,767
77,201
90,052

12,942
12,076
11,442
16,081
16,492

1918 monthly averages 3 ..
1919 monthly averages 3 ..
1920 monthly averages 3 ..
1921 monthly averages 3 ..

80,294
76,643
88,711
103,347

132,181
105,730
107,222
100,869

3,648
3,976
5,127
2,563

100,849
110, 405
118,938
125,938

14,573
12,684
10,533
11,135

1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
i 1916 monthly
1 1917 monthlv

8,378
10,540
5,993
13,145
15,804

83,958
46,821
48,583
67,563
69,811

81,814

12,533
3,484
6,498
10,776 '

82,450
111,188
174,219

94,758

62,581
S6,858
94,741
99,348

4,196
3,102
2,914
2,940
3,101

5,708
4,852
6,107
6,155
7,709

41,352
26,877
25,457
30,511
31,693

43,263
33,594
48,515
47,750
45,848

3,190
3,508
4,103

9,635
12,274
6,729

41,717
54,648
4 71,166

66,789
85,914
4 83,919

3,528
3,558
4,390
3,444

9,553
9,718
7,915
10,656

5,933
4.370
4,033
3,823

6,959
4,645
5,077
4,723

4,166
3,576
3,463
3,879

5,223
4,654
5,447
6,178

10,319
12,171
6,694
4,208
5,789

i
181,560
146,034

1
1920.
January
February
March
April

103,579
87,497
142,497
98,291

121,518
90,357
98,219
55.870

4,976
4,446
4,638
1,256

115,251
126,665
142,615
89,934

7,920
11,621
2,697
1,238

Mav
June
July
August

113,321
134,692
127,269
124,318

80,418
108,495
106,911
113,767

1,741
1,858
1,688
922

134.149
144,592
121,944
141,903

8,291
9,424
25,187
24,622

2; 296
4,944
5,929
4,767 i

162,963
141,733
173,815
220,408

September
October
November
December

115,122
105,770
98,661
85,882

96,404
131,147
148,748
150,950

4,350
2,581
6,5S9
4,436

121,223
128,809
126,762
130,043

14,511
12,847
14,944
9,467

3,926 !
16,547
26,134
34,734

223,746
273,497
225,993
244,832

115,449

January
Februarv
March
April

72,252
71,971
92,601
65,311

81,934
66,315
69,468
44,076

1,773
2,351
1,214
1,012

114,683
105,671
151,547
94,927

8,715
3,348
1,028

11,446
9,181 :
7,486
4,983

242,113

123,925

174,,306

114,343

167,327

132,171

135,465

128,319

3,802
3,028
3,714
3,881

Mav
June
July
August
September

68,302
57,644
62,406
65,147

60,734
59,692
56,440
62,363

775

88,356
84, 760
114,636
130,643

5,178
15,561
24,370
15,258

154,180

104,520

3,211

3,363
1,931
8,301

127,709

123,290

162,758

161,689

10,554
6,552
4,852
1,825

89,338
118,087
101,671
114,550

167, 706
145,353
191,704
157,615
146,97S
146,467
121,673
133,679
140,221
149,051
136,515 !

i
1
1
i

1921.

.

. ..

216

8,112
6,003
3, 649
3,972

1 Compiled from reports of the respective governments by the U. S. Deparment of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
* No actual figures available for 1921. Official estimate for first 6 months gives a monthly average import of 71,000,000 pesos, and exports of 84,000,000 pesos.
3 These figures, in the case of Canada, represent the monthly averages for the Canadian fiscal year which ends March 31. Hence the 1921 average.
< Figures by months not available for 1920. Official estimate by Argentine Minister of Finance.




* EXCHANGE RATES.

Country.

Canada
Brazil...
Uruguay
Argentina

Unit.

Dollar.
Milreis
Peso
Peso

i
Prewar Approximate
par
present
value.
value.
SI. 00
0.32
1.03
0.96

$0.89
0.13
0.70
0.70

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FOREIGN TRADE OF EGYPT AND SOUTH AFRICA.
Table 61.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources,1
[Base year in bold-faced type: numerical data on opposite page.]
EGYPT.

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.

EXPORTS
OF COTTON

TOTAL TRADE

EXPORTS OF KEY COMMODITIES

(values).

(quantities).

(quantities).
Y E A R AND M O N T H .
Total.

To
United
States.

Imports. ! Exports.
Relative to
1913.

Relative to • Relative to
1913.
1913.

Wool.

; Hides and
!

skins.s

Relative to ;' Relative to • Relative to
1913.
1913.
1913.

Maize.

Meat
> and meat
products.

Relative to I Relative to
1913.
1913.

Gold.

Diamonds.

Relative to
1913.

Relative to
1913.

1OO

100
52
11
42

1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly

average
average
average
average

.
.
.
.

100
85

100
138
250
182

100

100

100

100

85
79
96

60
25
36

76
96
77

So
97
93

958
1,302
1,522

100
118
408
1,015

1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average.
average .
average .
average .

58

92
83
225
1S8

90
120
124
248

43
50
150
125

66
65
104
68

70
114
78

2,043
2,221
1,073
327

2,635
1,054
2,577
751

93

44
47
50
37

197
129
57
26

861
697
320
55

i 155
; 212
197
217

208
141
150
146

249
105
106
67

207
140
136
75

414
405
12
3

121
242
250
703

79
86
86
102

44
16
54
79

May
June...
July....
August.

28
22
IS
14

128
57
31
20

250
298
298
275

118
88
102
76

37
37
14
13

70
39
18
32

2
4
39
26

3,136

106
91
111

47
26
31
27

September
October
November
December

15
43
65

3
37
74
78

50
63
57
55

157
488

1,548

79
103

23
27
49
83

102
95
79
96

27
37
10
45

71

32
U

96

100

1920.
January..
February.
March
April

!
;

276
261
280
253

540
202
506

1,606

433
301

769

1,032

1,013

1921.
January...
February.
March
April

57
43
81
28

May..

58

82
46
202
9

214
157
159
138

72
82
78
87,

120

75

44

24

6,874

16
78
84
107

102

23

4.669

113

164
74

June..
July..




See footnotes on opposite page.

1,812
3,863

77
70
74

75

75

FOREIGN TRADE OF EGYPT AND SOUTH AFRICA.
Table 62.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]

EGYPT.

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.

EXPORTS
OF COTTON
(quantities).

YEAR AND MONTH.

TOTAL TRADE
(values).

Total.

£ sterling.
Kantars.

2

;

£ sterling.

EXPORTS OF KEY COMMODITIES
(quantities).
Wool.

Hides and
skins.s

Maize.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Meat
|
and meat j
products. I

Gold,

Diamond*

j Pounds

Kantars.2
(000 omitted from each column.)

1913 monthly average...'

581,057

1914 monthly average... I
1915 monthly average...!
1916 monthly average....j

492,482
574,928
451,411

56,127
77,376
140,526
102,406

3,566
3,033
2,819
3,432

5,555
3,352
1,405
1,996

14,748
11,165
14,167
11,366

5,228
4,421
5,071
4,865

18,319
24,897
29,100

151
17S
616
1,532

1917 monthly average...
1918 monthly average...
1919 monthly average...
1920 * monthly average..

339,475
418,307
559,075
333,456

51,751
46,785
126,155
105,724

3,197
4,296
4,427
8,827

2,387
2,764
8,318
6,969

9,805
9,636
15,411
9,959

4,319
3,649
5,945
4,101

39, 059
42,458
20,522
6, 253

3,979
1, 592
3, 891
1,134

1,143,810
752,053
332.529
152,576

483,196
390,931
123,351
30,635

5,529
7,566
7,009
7,735

11,571
7, 820
8,331
8,133

36,792
15,540
15,587
9, 876

10,839
7, 343
7, 086
3,9;u

7, 908
7, 750
231
50

182
366
377

May....
June
July....
August.

160,192
126,410
106,176
80,061

71,675
32,150
17,575
11,326

8,904
10,623
10,610
9,804

6,562
4, 880
5, 074
4, 240

5, 494
5,410
2,074
1,917

3,641
2,020
922

40
82

4,73»">
Si 5
30.">
764

September..
October
November..
December..

84,383
247,418
379,459
435,390

1,526
20,798
41,351
43,555

9,858
9,290
9,985
9,014

5,158
5,308
4,404
5,719

3,349
4, 033
7, 262
12,172

2, 639
3, 295
2,960
2, 885

1921.
January
February
March
April

333,881
249,795
470,508
160,109

45,909
25,730
113,235
5,118

7,638
5,588
5,677
4,919

3,987
4,547
4,346
4,839

10,468
24, 204
10,949
6, 491

336,096

45,240

4,286

4,184

15,001

1920.
January
February
March
April

May..
June..
July..
1

j

737
501
2, 993
9, 330
30,715
14,698

2, 337
654
454

1,651
2,314
1, ;>.*.>
1,274

19,373
34, 636
73, 863
131,425

24
118
127
162

1,218

89, 272

1,558

H'47
457
11*1

214
229
170

662
719

203
2 1S

.121
930
719

141
124

853
794
661
800

126
170
47
208

(144
587

31
41
9
12

T

Compiled from official reports by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign arid Domestic ("ommerce.
3
One Egyptian kantar is equal to 99.05 pounds.
3
Includes ox, cow, sheep, goat, and seal.
4
The monthly averages figures for 1920 are obtained from the yearly totals. In some cases they do not check exactly with the preliminary figures reported each
month.




76
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
Table 58.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on the opposite page.]
ASIA.

EUROPE.
Y E A B AND MONTH.

England. France. Italy.

THE AMERICAS.

Ger- Nether- Swe- SwitzBel2
gium. many. lands. den. erland. Japan. India.

Can- Argenada.
tina. Brazil. Chile.

Index
numbers. 3

Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative Relative
to par. to par. to par. to par. to par. to par. to par. to par. to par. to par. to par. to par. to par. to par. to par.
Par value
1914 average.
1915 average.
1916 average.
1917
1918
1919
1920

average..
average 5 .
average 5 .
average..

100
106

100
103

100
101

100

100

100

100
101

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

72

94

87

97

88

80

99

102

100

90

71

109

103

103

92

69

119

107

91

71

59

13

75

36

26

7

97

100

95

103

76

101

73

104
103

83

82

94

115
94

1920.

January
February
March
April

75

44

37

44

7

94

69

36

29

37 ,

5

93

77

37

28

39

5

92

81

32

23

35

7

92

May
June
July....
August.

79

36

27

37

9

91

81

41

31

43

11

90

79

42

30

45

11

87

74

37

25

40

82

September.
October....
November.
December..

72

35

22

37

78

75

71

34

20

36

77

74

i

1921.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September.




77

93

100

90

92

102

85

106

78

85

98

98

87

102

81

109

70

76

88

95

98

89

102

82

110

72

82

93

92

102

83

109

73

81

92

103

90

101

82

101

72

94

103

84

88

100

77

97

74

91

103

79

88

96

70

98

74

103

75

89

90

64

93

66

103

69

90

88

56

103

63

91

84

54

82

102

61

80

51

72

58

101

55

82

47

73

55

84

71

?1

19

33

75

71

I

72

31

18

32

77

73

|

80

|

80

77

33

18

35

37

19

39

36

20

38

85

I

M

24

39

88

I

89

!

90

81

|
85

83

82

43

27

43

78

42

26

42

83

84

75

40

23

40

79

79

75

40

22

39

77

38

22

37

81

61

59

82

47

73

54

57

83

48

74

55

97

53

81

47

76

54

97

54

88

79

67

54
96

43
90

50

72

47

57

42

61

65

36

53

59

32

53

53

87

97

50

90

69

36

52

52

89

97

54

90

72

38

55

51

See footnotes on opposite page.

77
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
Table 59.—NUMERICAL DATA.
Data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on the opposite page.]
EUROPE.

Y E A B AND MONTH.

England.

France.

Italy.

Belgium.

Ger- NetherSwitzer- Japan.
many. lands. Sweden. land.

Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per
pound
florin.
mark.
lire.
franc.
franc.
krone.
sterling. franc.
Par value
1914 average
1915 average
1916 average

$4.87
5.14
4.78
4.76

1917 average
1918 average
1919 average 5
1920 average 6

4.76
4.76
4.43
3.66

1920.
January
Fpbruarv
March
April

$0,193

$0,193

$0,238

$0,193

THE AMERICAS

ASIA.

$0,402

$0,268

$0,193

India.*

Rate per Rate per
yen.
rupee.

$0,499

$0,487

Canada. Argentina.

Brazil.

Chile.

per Rate per Rate per
Rate per Rate
gold
paper
dollar.
milreis.
peso.
peso.
$1,000

$0,965

$0,324

.199

.195

.194

.491

.182

.169

.187

.495

.941

.234

.170

.155

.191

.507

.964

.236

$0,195*

.174

.137

.211

.513

.997

.249

.178

.134

.229

.533

.999

.253

.137

.114

.128

030

.391

.255

190

512

403

.956

990

267

226

.070

.050

.074

.018

.344

.205

.169

.504

.389

.893

.907

.225

.184

3.68
3.38
3.73
3.93

.085

.071

.085

.017

.378

.207

.179

.500

.440

.915

.982

.275

.207

.070

.055

.072

.011

.373

.186

165

. 490

4-76

.865

.985

.262

.213

.072

.053

.075

.013

.368

.203

.170

.475

.478

.894

.987

.265

.214

.062

.045

.067

.017

.371

.219

.179

.486

.468

.916

.983

.268

.213

May
June
July
August

3.85
3.95
3.86
3.62

.069

.052

.072

.022

.366

.212

.177

.515

.433

.900

.971

.268

.197

.080

.059

.083

.026

.361

.218

.182

.514

.410

.882

.961

.251

.190

.081

.058
.049

.086

.025

.350

.219

.176

.516

.384

.881

.923

.228

.191

.077

.021

.329

.206

.167

.516

.364 '

.886

.871

.207

.181

September
October
N ovember
December

3.51
3.47
3.44
3.49

1921.
January
Febmarv
March
April .

3.74
3.88
3.91
3.93

May
June
July
August
September

3.98
3.78
3.63
3.65
3.72

.072
067

043

.072

.017

.313

.202

.163

.514

.336

.904

846

.183

. 168

.065

.039

.015

.159

.513

.306

.909

.814

.175

.156

.036

.013

.309
.302

.197

.060

.069
.064

.191

.508

.297

.893

. 769

.166

.140

.059

.035

.062

.014

.310

.196

.155
.154

.503

.269

.863

.787

.153

.142

.064

.035

.068

.016

.329

.214

.157

.487

.286

.876

.794

.151

.072

.036

.075

.016

.342

.223

.164

.487

277

.881

804

156

.143
.144

.070

.038

.074

.016

.344

.228

.171

.486

.260

.878

782

.151

.148

.072

.046

.074

.016

.348

.236

.174

.485

.263

.891

.739

.140

.130

.084

.053

.084

.016

.356

.235

.179

.485

.265

.897

.718

.137

.119

.081

.050

.080

.014

.333

.226

.170

.480

.245

.888

.699

.116

.109

.078

.045

.076

.013

.318

.210

.165

.480

.231

.882

.658

.104

.104

.078

.043
.042

.075
.072

.012
.010

.310
.317

.211
.218

.168

.484
.482

.242
.264

.898

.666
.696

.118

.102

.124

.107

.073

.172

.899

i

i Daily averages of noon rates for cable transfers reported to the Treasury daily by the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Average figures for the years 1914 to
1918, inclusive, where given, are averages of commercial quotations and are not obtained from the Federal Reserve Board.
a Parity established October, 1920. Prior to that, par value of the rupee was 32.44 cents.
a The foreign exchange index number recently computed by the Federal Reserve Board is based upon the average rates of exchange for 18 countries. The index represents the weighted geometric average of cable transfer rates on these countries. The weights used are based on the total volume of imports and exports of merchandise,
gold, and silver from and to each country for the preceding month. The countries used in computing the index are Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany,
Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, India, and Japan.
« Average value of the paper peso in 1913.
& Based on daily quotations.




78
TRANSPORTATION—WATER.
Table 65.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year numbers in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
PANAMA CANAL TRAFFIC.2

TONNAGE OF VESSELS IN U. S. FOREIGN TRADE,

Cargo carried by commercial
vessels.

Entered.

1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly

average
average
average...
average...

19x7 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average...
average...
average...
average...

VESNEW
SELS
VESUNDER
SELS
CONCOMSTRUCT I O N S PLETED*

Cleared.

YEAR AND MONTH.

j

AMERICAN.

BRITISH.

TOTAL
TRAFFIC.

AMERICAN.

FOREIGN.

Relative
to 1915.

Relative
to 1915.

Relative
t o 1915.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

AMERICAN.

FOREIGN.

TOTAL.

J Relative
: tO 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
t o 1913.

100

TOTAL.

j

Relative
to 1920.

Relative
t o 1919.

SAULT
STE.
MARIE
CANAL
TRAFFICS

Total
cargo.
Relative
to 1913.

1OO

1OO

1OO

1OO

1OO

9

1OO

88

93

91

80

93

90

8

69

100
39

1OO

1OO

113

85

92

107

87

93

5

89

71

63

129

86

97

123

90

99

8

115

67
96

154

144

141

74

92

133

76

92

21

113

119

154

131

65

82

125

68

84

62

107

126

85

141

155

63

86

167

68

95

1OO

86

20S

129

192

228

82

120

227

87

126

1OO

67

88

January
February
March
Vpril

244

116

220

127

47

68

216

101

192

142

51

72

244

125

114

179

56

89

!

264

129

213

179

57

89

Mav
June
Julv
Vugust

312

153

239

223

74

218

147

205

256

102

238

142

218

264

108

150

294

173

255

293

111

159

i
;

!

1920.

September
October
November
December

.. .

i

1

155

60

87

59

72

135

50

74

69

75

163

63

91

82

79

'•

200

61

100

108

72

114

\

218

75

115

120

53

85

142

;

256

97

141

118

72

107

264

112

154

113

61

116

289

121

166

116

73

125

279

168

248

265

105

147

237

179

243

273

101

146

217

188

242

275

85

135

259

183

!

264

257

83

129

250
239

230
146

274
I

234

213
195

67
61

209

221

266

202

69

203

169

223

212

73

228

126

195

210

88

120

162

187

106

171

226

91

124

237

173

174
206

221

97

128

201

104

245

101

139

206

214

228

85

122

247

5

274

109

155

107

74

118

280

116

162

107

65

130

!

264

89

138

104

61

95

;

223

91

128

97

50

15

106

175

76

104

92

97

161

66

93

85

60
32

104

168

74

42

203

74

100
112

78

107

64

34

10

90

112

56

137

50

31
47

62

96

45

24

82

69

131
129

44

22

75

90

134

38
32

26

65

1921.
Tanuarv
Fobruarv
March
\pril
Mav
June
i Julv
\-U5USt

209

131
110

September

251

125

!

:

opfnhtpr




1
See footnotes on opposite page.

14

81

79
TRANSPORTATION—WATER.
Table 66.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
PANAMA CANAL TRAFFIC. 2 jl TONNAGE OF V E S S E L S IN U. S . FOREIGN TRADE.
Cargo carried by c o m m e r c i a l
vessels.
YEAR AND MONTH.

AMERICAN.i

BRITISH,

Tons.

Tons.

Entered.

!

A

*™~

Tons.
|

Cleared.

jFoBEiGN.;! TOTAL. ;

Tons.

;j Tons.

A

*™~

SAULT
STE.

MARBE
VESSELS
NEW
CANAL
UNDER
VESTRAFFIC5
CONSELS
STRUCCOMTIONS
PLETED.'
Total

JFOREIGN. | TOTAL.

Tons, i Tons.

cargo.

Tons.
-j; Gross tons.

Tons.

Gross tons.

Tons (000
omitted).

(000 omitted.)
1913
1914
1915
1916

monthly average..
monthly average..
monthly average.. 182,325 1 183,376
monthly average..
70,738
130,888

1917 monthly average..
1918monthly average..
1919 monthly average..
1920 monthly average.. t
1920.
January
February
March..
April...

122,977
174, 856
229,907
378,928

j
I 445,074
j 392,995
444,178
481,697

407,371
257,843

1,174
1,033
1,333
1,512

3,264
3,028
2,768
2,803

4,440
4,061
4,101
4,315

1,250
1,000
1,340
1,537

3,233
* 3,017
2,826
2,895

4,483
4,017
4,166
4,433

31,881
26,354
18,760
27,118

9,965

2,416
2,121
2,064
2,667

4,074
3,659
3,892
5,344

1,666
1,563
2,083
2, 836

2,467
2,184
2.189
2. Sjr.

4,133
3,748
4,271
5,052

l:
75,112
|f
..! 218,549
!.
. 351,158
j: l,155,t>sll ' 235,945

11,227
10,710
8,529

1,523
1,668
1,837
1,870

3,016
3,342
3,940
3,970

1,933
1,702
2,040
2,504

1,950
1,028
2,041
1,961

3,883
3,331
4,081
4,465

282,813

11

588,214

217,973

|i

627,669

156,412

!

|

576,385

|

781,208

1,658
1,538
1,828
2,677

894,628
780,488
466,043
867,521

1,494
1,674
2,104
2,100

235,856

211,856
185,093
229,582
235,709

679,171
791,911
947,193
1,252,096

6,921
8,911
11,486

2,53,579
261,959
278,214
251,442

537

568,508
396,877
I 434,619
535,754

280,306
269,390
260,703
316,497

974,919
834,421
886,814
1,040,740

2,620
3,005
3,108
3,444

2,430
3,320
3,539
3,611

5,050
6,325
6, W7
7,055

2,730
3,199
3,303
3,616

2,436
3,142
3,616
3,930

5,166
6,341
6,919
7,546

1,391,341
1,360,643
1,306,956
1,335,721

185,053
251,539
214,840
257,765

8,421
10,648
11,577
12,425

September.
October....
November.
December..

508,660
431,987
396,372
472,526

307,941
328,812
343,902
334,890

1,009,557
991,066
98-1,910
1,076,539

3,114
3,209
3,235
3,024

3,427
3,281
2,771
2,724

6,541
6,491
6,006
5,748

3,422
3,500
3,302
2,786

3,514
3,757
2,868
2,949

6,935
7,257
6,171
5,735

1,236,547
1,236,277
1,206,486
1,123,946

259,611
226,603
213,957
176,781

11,748
13,000
9,420
1,505

1921.
January
February
March
April

456,430
435,024
381,256

421,485
268, 430
404,396
310,252

1,117,053
952,904
1,084,563
907,613

2,506
2,293
2,373
2,490

2,199
1,999
2,246
2,368

4,705
4,292
4,619
4,859

2,191
2,017
2,098
2,536

2,455
2,149
2,396
2,474

4,646
4,167
4,494
5,010

1,067,293 | 208,967
977,903 | 111,609
901,229
145,852
120,508
734,904

May
June
July
August..

415,794
341,235
316,221
380,367

230,217
194,407
239,850
202,004

792,735
694,720
708,982
839,273

2,463
2,654
2,593
2,885

2,881
2,962
3,164
3,287

5,324
5,616
5,757
6,172

2,114
3,059
2,513
2,582

2,910
3,094
3,362
2,223

September.
October....

458,269

228, 372

871,187

2,676

2,759

5,435

3,092

2,903

May
June
July
August

957

5,024
6,153
5,875
5,805

645,224
581,631
519,564
513,863

109,393
164,335
84,918
78,415

6,155
8,079
8,139
7,498

5,995

439,735
365,686

89,709
50,265

6,482

1 Panama Canal traffic reported by The Panama Canal; tonnage entered and cleared in foreign trade, U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce; vessels under construction and vessels comDleted, U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation; Sault Ste. Marie Canal traffic, U. S. War Department,
Engineer Corps.
2
Yearly figures refer to fiscal years ending June 30.
3
Tonnage under construction refers to the gross tons of shipping, building or under contract to build for private owners. Does not include Government ships or ships
building or contracted for by U. S. Shipping Board.
* Includes ocean-going, lake and river vessels built and officially numbered by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation. Includes vessels of the U. S.
Shipping Board and private American owners but not vessels built for foreign owners.
6 Figures for 1913 to 1920 represent monthly averages for eight months during which the canals are open.




80
TRANSPORTATION—RAIL.
Table 67.—INDEX

NUMBERS.

Based on data from commercial and trade sources,1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page. ]
FREIGHT-CAR
SURPLUS.*

YEAR AND MONTH.

Box
cars.

Coal
cars*

FREIGHT-CAR
SHORTAGE. 4

Total
cars.a

Box
cars*

Relative Relative Relative
to 1919. to 1919. to 1919.
1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average..
average..
average.
average..

Total3
cars.

100
13

347
153
100
227

100
616

467
217
100
339

4

292

530

3

200

3

3'6

100
3

Live
stock.

Coal.

Relative Relative Relative
to 1919. to 1919. to 1919.

Forest
products.

Ore.

Merchandise,
L.C.L., Total.*
and
miscellaneous.

Relative Relative Relative
to 1919. to 1919. to 1919.

1OO
110

100
106

100
118

377

110

113

102

26

459

282

90

102

106

32

94

97

275

468

362

89

106

113

40

101

101

4

208

589

317

79

91

108

43

87

100

100
103

Relative
to 1919.

100
91

100
106

||

1920.
January..
February.
March
April
May....
June...
July....
August.

(*)

September.
October
November..
December..

Grain
and
grain
products.

Relative Relative | Relative
to 1919. to 1919. j to 1919.

12

36
100
19

Coal
cars.

AVERAGE CAR LOADINGS PER WEEK.

3
42
182

102

1

301

754

438

74

93

95

113

124

97

(5)
1

333

907

509

82

83

102

111

186

98

106

314

1,073

520

87

81

109

103

190

126

109

(6)

418

1,070

609

102

83

118

119

197

113

120

101

1

217

570

332

112

94

111

110

213

111

118

2

96

656

229

98

102

127

109

201

115

124

2

26

15

264

81

90

107

121

99

117

101

109

23

108

4

51

16

89

122

85

46

91

.98

1921.
January..
February..
March
April

218
211
208
217

May
June
July
August
September.

189
178
113
84
51




120

171

1

2

3

3

103

96

79

24

79

85

229

218

2

2

3

94

86

84

94

24

84

85

337

262

i
i

79

75

90

18

93

87

255

(6)
1

95

303

(B)
3

82

74

84

15

95

87

218

1

1

81

89

87

63

96

95

215

208
197

83

88

88

78

97

95

170

|

20

3
16

104

214

5
2

145

73

82

73

81

95

94

173

130

•

3

2

3

154

84

88

79

85

103

101

130

91

13

3

142

91

92

82

76

108

105

(5)
(5)

1
1

15

See footnotes on opposite page.

CAR LOADINGS—GRAIN AND COAJU

SI
9

I
- i

j 1|

|
\

I S I S

1
| !

i

l»l» AVERAGE

\ ~f - r

I.

CAR LOADING*. GRAIN AND GRAIN PRODUCT*
OAR LOADING*, COAL

i

j

-

r!
i

1

a

-

'; —
\

i

i-

M i 5i i i i t i t l ! i i I

81

TRANSPORTATION—RAIL.
Table 68.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
FREIGHT-CAR
SURPLUS, s

Box
cars.

YEAR AND MONTH.

Coal
cars.

FREIGHT-CAR
SHORTAGE.*

Total3
cars.

Box
cars.

Coal
cars,

AVERAGE CAR LOADINGS PER WEEK.

Grain
j Total :; and
Live
i cars. 3 l-\ prod- ! stock.
ucts. j

Number. Numl">er. Number. Number. Number. Number.

1917 monthly average
191S monthly average
1919 monthly average
1920 monthly average

6,437
! 29,251
! 82,135
•' 15,9S5

23,592
68,680
75,605 189,396
1.9S1
24.194

65,901
28.964
18,991
43,148

4,200
25,S6S

112.934
52,360
24,174
S2.056

Cars.

•. Cars.

Merchandise
! L. C. L., '

Forest I

jand miscellaneous.

Cars,

i Cars.

Cars.

Cars.

Cars.

38,973 32,955 176,695 56,828 j 37,434 472,495 801,616,
34,829 : 30,105 193,787 ! 60,476 j 44,142 \ 485,104 850,923 |

1920.
January
February
March
April

;
;
'

350
362 [
777 j
3,597 j

347
165
145
1,723

7,203
4,S3S
5,580
7?586

543 I
,953 I
,319 I
,50S |

22,254
19,282
19,651
24,736

91.201 ;
68,204 j.
S7,600 j
76,683 I

31,681
38,095
45,059
44,927

105,807 '
123.035 !
125,810 :;
147,309 '

36,231
29,615
29,4SS
25,967

198,792
179,801
187,502
160,115

57,980
60;390
64,336
61,300

|
|
|
;

815,793
775,170
812.105
709,332

29,021 ! 30.610
32,067 ! 27.262
34,060 | 26,622
39,663 j 27,468

168,271
ISO,705
193,236
209,069

64,112 I 46,526 i 457,445 \
62,815 | 69,811 j 464,1S4 j
70,9S6 | 594,237 |
58,259
73,822 631,565 I
67,396

805,946
851,377
870,237
963,455

30,879
33,697
35,169
28,247

195,651
223,792
213,237
215,271

62,679
79,586
61,6S2 j 75,219
56,489 i 43,953
17,123
48,276

40,235
36,758
37.203
33,455

31,638
28,377
26,166
26,993 I

174,968
44,739
149,092 , 53,406
131,951
51,070 !
131,314
47,578 j

38,214
40,582 |
56,585
59.973
n~>. 272

26,652 I 157,122
27,486 ! 155,001
23,979 145,420
27,643 155.376
162,882
29.907

3S,371
35,083
31,503
26,791

9,843
11,832
14,794
16,203

! 463,138
| 445,586
i 478,528
; 411,056

i

May....
June...
July....
August.

266 |
42 '

16 !

September
October
November
December

;

247 i
92 I
331 !
236
1,521 !

,242 I

1,853
788
1,584
1,022

,155 :
,613 |
,428 :

54
2,107
34.756
149,487,

17,067

1.916
3,S56
49,695
204,408 '•

179,219
173,520
171,119
17S, 037

90,685
172,850
255,055
229.443

324,1S6
413,450 ;
495,904 ;
492,352 '

107 i

23,930
,19$
27,549
,295
1,795 , 11,091
2,159
731

80,141 I! 43,707
55,412 !| 38,064
19,673 ji 34.97S
3, SOS
34,645

j
522,640 i 949,597
545,670 ! 995,095
478,272 877,176
428,922 785,798

1921.
January
February
March
April

I
j
j
!

May
June
July
August
September

i
>
I
'

155,040
146,29S
93,013
69.238
42,095

!

165,102 ; 394,040
162,537 ! 373,791 j
161,723 : 321,7S1 j
180.596 246,740 j
98.04S : 172,420

306
46S j

26 j
$7 '

108
71
8
10S

810 '
650 !
123 j
276 I

8,866
8,873
6,677
5,730

372,517
397,519
438,447
448,422

49,463 ; 23,684
49,880 | 29,069
41,55S : 30,389
31,769
45,010
28,554
46,443

455,605
456,036
448,886
487,854
512,322

683,651
683,088
698,627
698,156

I
263 !
187 j
3,710 i
641 ;
2.478 !

50
310 '
83
67
142

339 |
663 '
3,905 '
739 !
3,621

758,438
762,827
750.717
812,265
840,318

1
Data from the -4 mcrican Railway Association.
* At end of month, exclusive of Canadian roads. The Association reports the number of freight cars which are idle (surplus) and also the number of requests for cars
which can not be filled (shortage^. The diiference between these two figures represents the net freight car situation for the country as a whole. The car shortages can not
ordinarily be filled from the idle cars because of the uneven geographical distribution of the latter.
3
Includes other classes than groups listed.
* Total includes coke shipments in addition to commodity groups listed.
5
Index number less t han 1.

72604°— 21




6

82
RAILWAY REVENUES AND EXPENSES.1
Table 69.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from Government sources.2
[ Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]

FREIGHT
REVENUE.
Y E A R AND MONTH.

NET RAILAverage
PAS SEN- TOTAL OP- TOTAL OP- WAY OPER- N u m b e r of
GER
t o n s carried receipts per
ERATING ERATING
ATING
1 mile.
ton-mile.
REVENUE, i REVENUE. EXPENSES. INCOMES.3
Relative
to 1913.

Relative

to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

1913 monthly average..
1914 monthly average..
1915 monthly average..
1916 monthly average..

100

1OO

94

94

95

101

93

101

100
96
95

121

102

118

1917 monthly average..
1918 monthly average..
1919 monthly average..
1920 monthly average..

133

120

163

150

100

Relative
to 1919.

Relative
to 1913.

100

Relative
to 1913.
100

89

100

117

< 76

100

109

146

<94

99

132

131

136

106

100

161

184

96

110

118

72
9

1OO

135

168

171

169

203

204

187

203

267

113

1920.
January..
February.
March
April

176

160

196

229

100

105

135

169

143

166

229

6 28

99

137

183

161

180

231

25

115

137

152

162

158

220

MO

86

136

178

172

179

241

59

115

133

192

187

194

264

5 25

116

135

201

214

207

283

5 20

122

134

209

231

218

375

5 265

129

132

247

225

242

281

126

124

160

272

198

252

290

144

129

171

247

186

232

281

91

113

177

218

200

216

277

17

105

168

January...
February..
March
April

184

183

184

244

52

90

169

161

154

159

212

M2

75

174

181

169

180

220

51

81

186

172

158

170

207

49

77

186

May....
June
July
August.

177

163

174

209

182

173

181

210

178

189

181

200

174
178
174

200

190

198

210

62
86
116
151

85

May....
June
July....
August.
September..
October
November..
December..
1921.




85
86
92

See footnotes on opposite page.
RAILWAY REVENUE AND EXPENSES.
• TOTAL OPCRATINO REVENUE
22} TOTAL OPCRATINO EXPCNM6

\

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1
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•

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83
RAILWAY REVENUES AND EXPENSES.1
Table 70.—NTJMEBICAL DATA.
From Government sources.2
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]

FREIGHT
REVENUE.
YEAR AND MONTH.

NET
TOTAL
TOTAL
PASSENGER OPERATING
RAILWAY
OPERATING OPERATING
REVENUE.
REVENUE.
EXPENSES.
INCOMES.3

Number of
tons carried
1 mile.

(000 omitted from each column.)

Average
receipts per
ton-mile.
Cents.

1913 m o n t h l y average...

$176,916

$5 7,548

$255,139

$181,732

$59,900

1914 m o n t h l y average...

165,943

54,230

241,608

173,916

53,451

1915 m o n t h l y average...

178,864

53,798

256,630

171,926

70,002

* 25,232,208

.722

1916 m o n t h l y average...

214,784

58,980

302,104

198,031

87,265

^31,126,359

.707

1917 monthly average...

236,177
288,183
296,4,10
360,423

68,935

238,184

81,232

34,942,744

.715

334,767

57,759

36,409,975

.849

98,334

337,539
410,549
432,005

368,287

. 43,024

33,033,629

.973

107,401

518,784

485,516

5,189

37,411,868

1.052

January
February
March
April

311,566
299,213
324,599
268,813

91,874
82,571
92,632
92,964

500,839
424,591
460,187
402,282

416,418
416,458
420,450
400,419

59,640
s 16,852
14,773
5 23,744

34,764,807
32,695,352
37,991,269
28,530,657

.969
.985
.986
.981

May
June
July
August

314,148
340,336
356,091
369,580

98,901
107,383
123,218
132,904

457,559
494,714
529,150
555,522

437,830
480.500
514,254
682,315

5^430
15,240
612,053
5158,583

37,902,007
38,157,869
40,392,859
42,706,838

.954
.970
.967
.946

September
October
November
December

437,658
480,839
437,00S
386,057

129,439
114,044
106,830
115,061

616,201
642,135
592,131
550,582

511,483
526,579
510.501
503,207

75,310

40,999,843
42,562,687
37,458,630
34,722,365

1.151
1.226
1.263
1.209

January
February
March
April

324,825
283,968
320,694
304,730

105,296
88,493
97,312
90,698

470,148
405,785
459,263
433,357

443,701
385,480
400,429
375,699

29,249

29,824,391
24,913,294
26,825,588
25,578,883

1.210
1.254
1.335
1.334

May
June
July
August

313,057
322,073
314,611
353,307

93,517
99,784
108,865
109,175

444,875
461,562
462,849
505,508

380,041
380,927
362,841
382,279

37,081
51,641
69,299
90,241

28,218,768
28,140,661
28,412,404
30,381,958

1.251
1.278
1.254

1918 m o n t h l y average...
1919 m o n t h l y average...
1920 m o n t h l y average...

86,056

0.719
.723

1920.

6

86,455
54,344
10,226

1921.
5 958
6 7,378
30,695

1 Reports represent roads having annual operating revenues in excess of $1,000,000.
2 The information in this table is furnished by the Interstate Commerce Commission, except data on ton-miles and ton-mile receipts, from the Bureau of Railway
Economics, which are placed here for convenience.
3 Net railway operating income includes net operating revenue (equal to the difference between total operating revenue and total operating expenses) from which
there have been deducted railway tax accruals, uncollectible railway revenues, equipment and joint facility rents.
« These figures are from Interstate Commerce Commission reports.
5 Deficit.




84
DEPARTMENT STORE TRADE.
Table 71.—PERCENTAGE NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
COMPARISON OF NET SALES WITH CORRESPONDING MONTHS OF PRECEDING YEAR.
Percentage increase or decrease.
(A minus sign [—] denotes decrease.)
YEAR AND MONTH.
FEDERAL R E S E R V E DISTRICT.

District District i District | District
1
j
2
I
3
1919 m o n t h l y a v e r a g e . .

42

1920 m o n t h l y a v e r a g e . .

18

District

District

District

District

District

District
10

8

District
11

District
12

55
27

20

12

37

22

10

1930.
January
February
March
April

35

22

-0.3

48

52

IS

18

29

14

52

31

38

65

38

46

23

27

65

25

38

19

16

12

18

4

23

33

20

14

May
June
July.
August

21

35

51
34
24
23

31
32
30
26

31

September
October
November
December

15

15
16
9
6

25
21
26
15

28
20

24

11

16

1
11

12

-0.4

-2

2

-5

11

31

50

11

21

24

GO

13

16

12

41

21

28

33

21

12
9

13

29

12

25

10

13

15

18

5

3

10

12
11
11
5

-0.3
-3
3
1

-5

1O

-12

-9

4

-5

28

14

26

21

10

26

22

12
16

-2
9

11

13
o

-4

1931.
January
February
March
April

1

7

-5

2
- 2

May
June
July
August

n A

3

4

4

6

9

2

-0.4

3

-6

-3

-16

-1

-0.4

1

i

-20

-3

- 3

j -5.

-18

-9

3

-17

-13

2

| -15

-17

-4

-9
1

-11

Q

-5

-7

1

-11

-5

-10

|

-8

3

-7

|

-7

-14

-4

-17

-18

-12

-12

j -12

-21

-12

-21

-15

-22

-5

-5

-21

-10

-21

-19

-11

~
-8

-14

-11

-17

-8

-11

-22

-13

-23

PER CENT OF AVERAGE S T O C K S AT END OF EACH M O N T H C O M P A R E D W I T H S A M E
OF PRECEDING YEAR.

1919 m o n t h l y average

•

25

1920 m o n t h l y average

j
I

28

MONTH

17
32

34

37

20

36

1930.
January
February
March
April

30
38
43
45

May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1931.
January
February

38

43

16 i

49

57

52

69

24 J

56

52

54

26 ;

64

44
41
32
26

49

30

57

43

27

40

21
12
8
—1

10

.

38
48

41
30

65

39

58

40

43

56

67

50

50

19

41

53

53

57

47

77

31

40

53

28

48

45

52

70

13

44

29

31

40

30

40

64

24

18

39

60

25

19

21

34

21

37

56

35

23

29

53

21

17

16

35

15

30

59

31

16

25

42

16

5

10

23

5

16

40

17

7

12

32

20

4

12

-0.2

28

16

A

9

9

-5

-4

;

!

40

0.3

|
—11

-12

-5

-22

-8

-16

-10

-11

-18

-12

-13

-25

-14

-13

-12

-23

-15
-18

-13

—2

-16

-8

-0.4

0.4

March

-16

-22

-19

-17

-26

|

-13

-14

-12

-15

-21

-18

-22

April

-19

-22

-19

-18

-26

!

-12

-21

-13

-19

-22

-18

-14

May

-18

-17

-15

-18

-26

-12

-19

-11

-24

-20

-21

-14

June

—17

-12

-12

-19

-24

-17

-21

-10

-27

-17

-23

-21

July

-16

-21

-14

-20

-24

-22

-20

-9

-22

-15

-28

-IS

August

-18

-20

-17

-19

-22

-20

-22

-11

-21

-15

-26

-16




1

Compiled by the National Retail Dry Goods Association.

85

DEPARTMENT STORE TRADE.
Table 72.—PERCENTAGE NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
STOCKS AT END OF MONTH COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS MONTH.

Percentage increase or decrease.
(A minus sign [—J denotes decrease.)
YEAR AND MONTH
FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT.

District
1

District
2

District

0.3

0.2

0.6

District
4

District

District
6

District

District

District
9

District
10

District
11

0.9

-1.1

0.7

District
12

0.8

1920 monthly average

5

0.8

-14.

9.4

-0.3

15

1920.
10

15

45

11

56

-3

M'irch
April

10

4

J1
July
\ngust
September
October
November
December

.

....

26

12

12

14

5

-0.4

5

7

-0.1

3

—3

c

-7

-1

—6

-6

-3

-1

—5

-1

3

-1

2
-9

28
32

10
0.0

8

27

5

3

22

-1

2

1

-6

-6

0.0

3

-9

3

6

8

-5

23
23

9

8

22
14

4

6

9

2

5

15

6

3

10

22

10

8
1

9

10

13
-1

5

12
2
-4
-19

7
1
-4
-19

5
-2
-5
-24

-3
-9
-29

1

-3
-1

-9
1

-1
10

-8
5

9

9

6

6

9

5

-3

2

1

3

1

5

0.1

-5

-6

—8

-19

-21

-17

-20

-26

-13

-8

-12

-15

-16

16

5

6

3

9

—6

9

6

8

s

4

1

4

5

1
6

-31

-24

i

-2

10
1
-3
-14

1921.
January
February
March
\pril

3

0.2

-2

Mav

June

.

July .
Aucust




-4

-6

-3

—4

1

-2
__ 5
-0.7

7
1

Q

—o
-3
-6
7

6
4
-0.4

-2
-4
_2
7

-3
-0.4
5

-1

0.2
-2

-4

-4

-3

-4

-1

-6

-5

-1

-4

-1

-9
_7

Q

8

Compiled by the National Eetait Dry Goods Association.

9

7

13

2
17

-4
2

-1
-8

-7
7

i

86

BANKING AND FINANCE.
Table 73.—INDEX

NUMBERS.

Based on data from Government sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.]
DEBITS TO
INDIVIDUAL
ACCOUNTS.*

YEAR AND MONTH.

In New
York
City.

Outside
New York
City.

Relative

Relative
to 1919.

t o 1919.

CONDITION OF FEDERAL RESERVE
BANKS.

Notes in
circulation.

Total
reserves.

Total
deposits.

Total
loans,
discounts,
and
investments.

Net
demand
deposits.

Imports.

Exports.

Relative

Relative

Relative
to 1919.

Relative
to 1919.

Relative
to 1919.

Relative
to 1919.

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

t o 1919.

t o 1919.

3

18

7

27
58

100

100

99

100
118

23
73
100

132

120

97

116

123

112

109

95

101

127

115

95

110

120

127

116

105

116

131

117

12

100

GOLD.*

Bills discounted.

1913 monthly average.,
1914 monthly average..
1915 monthly average..
1916 monthly average..
1917 monthly average..
1918 monthly average..
1919 monthly average..
1920 monthly average..

CONDITION OF
REPORTING MEMBER BANKS.

60
90
100

91

100
90
709
1,077 .

100
243
34

867
97

405

170

45

100
111

100

120

401

107

673

351

104

110

108

226

624

108

110

108

84

563

94

103

111

108

320

615

95

103

112

108

914

583

1920
January...
February..
March
April
May....
June....
July....
August..

123

130

119

96

102

112

109

296

99

96

115

126

119

96

99

112

107

504

70

94

119

129

119

97

97

111

108

373

286

85

108

138

122

97

112

106

290

327

87

112

140

125

98

97

113

106

737

224

99

116

145

128

99

95

112

106

2,199

339

100

112

141

127

100

90

110

103

1,072

260

108

109

140

128

103

111

103

841

223

January...
February.
March
April

98

106

127

118

106

107

101

719

36

74

84

124

117

108

93

106

99

833

14

85

95

118

112

111

95

106

96

1,646

80

90

107

108

114

103

96

1,538

May
June
July
August
September .

85

97

104

117

101

96

1,097

87

92

101

120

87

101

95

826

10

85

97

123

88

98

95

1,211

49

95

127

87

97

94

1,624

9

94

131

99

93

1,253

31

September..
October
November..
December..
1921.




80

85

75

85
89

72

See footnotes on opposite page.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS.
• • • BILLS DISCOUNTED
V.V"W/>A TOTAL RESERVES

•

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87
BANKING AND FINANCE.
Table 74.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From Government sources,1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page.]
DEBITS TO
INDIVIDUAL
ACCOUNTS.*

Y E A R AND M O N T H .

In New
York
City.

CONDITION OF FEDERAL RESERVE
BANKS.

Notes in
circulation.

Outside
New York I Bills discounted.
City.

Total
reserves.

(000,000 omitted.)

1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly

average..
average..
average..
average..

1918 monthly average..
1919 monthly average.
1920 monthly average..

Total
loans,
discounts,
and
investments.

Net
demand
deposits.

GOLD.*

Imports.

Exports.

$5,309
4,782

$7,650
18,551
2,619
12,999

(000 omitted.)

$29,000

1917 monthly average..

Total
deposits.

CONDITION OF
REPORTING MEMBER BANKS.3

189,295
185,357

$384,094

37,663

23,867 !

585,953

57,166

I

606,444

1,260,538
1,991,285
2,189,642
2,125,562

224,122

1,158,064 ! 1,910,539
1,935,640
2.618,010
2,556,871
3,153,547

46,038
5,170
6,378
35,729

30,990
3,422
30,682
26,841

11.481,050
11,463,252
11.495.549
11,463,745

12,018
4,473
16,985
48,522

47,758
43,048
47,050
44,622

16.930,418

11,561.381
11,347,041
11,401,052
11,252.428

15,68S
26,765
19,818
15,378

1,882,080
1,845,722
1,750,610
1,798,779

17,140,246
17,017,416
16,732,012
16,750,488

11,160,537
11,172,001
10,892,122
10,941,847

39,110
116,762
56,8S9
44,660

17,129
25,931
19,870
17,058

2,319,974
2,3567999
2,421,977
2,504,763

1,808,015

16,263,325
16,099,019
15,982,988
15,603,388

10,642,599
10,494,629
10,185,727
10,138,258

38,145
43,986
87,372
80,662

2,725

1,809,208
1,840,887
1,725,899

2,558,232
2,625,458
2,685,296
2,787,920
2,878,685

1,705,956
1,685,788
1,695,274
1,690,754
1,717,405

15,346,042
15,332,667
14,890,476
14,761,889
14,957,256

10,153,356
10,046,398
10,002,061
9,967,547
9,865,599

58,226
43,844
64,268
86,239
66,500

1,063
774
3,734
672
2,400

$1,154,286
1,738,008

1,937,131

$9,260,175
815,142,765 10,576,316
It). 862,429 ! 11,301,642

$20,343

$17,536

20,087

20,670

January..
February.
March
April

23,636
18,053
22,285
21,319

21,548
17,653
21,079
20,279

2,174,357
2,453,511
2,449,230
2,535,071

2,850,944
3,019,984
3,048,039
3,074,555

2,073,933
2,083,215
2,057,155
2,070,765

2,019,104
2,100,900
1,994,996
1,996,230

16,621,57X
16,671,312
16,819,270
16,930.335

May....
June
July....
August.

19,859
19,528
19,063
17,371

21,516
20,251
20,847
18,963

2,519,431
2,431,794
2,491,630
2,667,127

3,107,021
3,116,718
3,120,138
3,203,637

2,092,496
2,108,605
2,128,640
2,127,827

1,980,386
1,916,086
1,871,619
1,905,192

16,946,112

September..
October
November..
December..

17,599
20,136
20,308
21,888

19,596
20,367
19,569
19,136

2,704,464
2,801,297
2,735,400
2,719,134

3,279,996
3,351,303
3,325,538
3,344,686

2,151,594
2,168,038
2,195,310
2,249,163

January..
February.
March
April

20,033
15,130
17,353
16,349

18,604
14,785
16,719
15,767

2,456,475
2,396,254
2,286,648
2,063,739

3,090,748
3,051,706
2,930,729
2,830,118

May
June
July
August
September .

17,297
17,628
16,340
15,186
16,102

15,348
15,619
14,984
14,833
15,564

1,870,256
1,771,562
1,650,496
1,491,935
1,402,903

2,734,804
2,634,475
2,537,617
2,481,466
2,457,196

1,921,809

1920.

16,932,448
16,857.516

7,562
5,320
21,873
24,986

1921.
1,036
710
384

1
Figures for Debits to individual accounts, Condition of Federal Reserve Banks, and Condition of reporting member banks are published weekly b y the
Federal Reserve Board; the data given here are for the last week in each month.
a
Debits of banks in about 150 of the larger clearing-house centers.
3
Includes reports from more than S00 banks in the leading cities in the United States.
4
Data furnished b y the U, S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.




88

BANKING AND FINANCE.
Table 75.— INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
[Base year in bold-faced type; numerical data on opposite page.)

BANK
CLEARINGS.
YEAR AND MONTH.

I n New
York
City.

BUSINESS
FAILURES.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

SALES.
Liberty,
Victory
bonds.

Outside
New York
City.

Relative \ Relative j Relativ
to 1919. I to 1919. ! to 1919
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly

average
average.
average
average

1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average
average
average
average

January
February
March
April

1,324
673
798
786

2S4
314
416
404

May
June
July
August

823
768
732
546

236
133
! 179

September
October
November
December

552
6S5
520
500

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September




97
99
111

95
90
87
98

126
105
71
57

119
101
75
67

| 221
197
i 320
344

156
177
158
199

72
85
87
171

91
106
103
178

722
380
554
573

231
147
230
221

157
100
122
129

77
63
57
57

95
71
72
74

349
392
164
337
284

246
262
134
159
185

159
'129
154
141
16S

54
92
60
54
87

78
101
82
74
106

|

See footnotes on opposite pag
BUSINESS FAILURES.

s I i i I

114

i s t i ! t l I I i f

19S

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BANKING AND FINANCE.
Table 76.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources,l
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite pa

BANK
CLEARINGS.

I n New
York
City
(000.000
omitted).

YEAR AND MONTH.

Outside
New
York
City

DIVIDEND
NEW
AND
NEW
!
INCORINCAPITAL
PORAT E R E S T I S S U E S . | TIONS. 2
Liabili- <
PAYties
j MENTS.
(000
I
omitted). !
Value (000 omitted).

Number.

(000. (XX) •'

, omitted).

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
SALES.

BUSINESS
FAILURES.

;

Stocks
(shares).
!
(000
.! omitted).

Miscellaneous
bonds.

Liberty,
Victory
bonds.

Total
bonds.

Value (000 omitted).

7,8S6

6,120

1,336

822,723

§172,301

6,924

$41,499

$41,499

1914 monthly average

6,918

5,916

1,523

29,826

148,94S

,

119,710

120,306

3,992

56,959

56,959

1915 monthly average

9,184

6,3S1

1,846

25,191

155,426

;

119,613

79,623

13,29S

8,366

1,416

16,351

177,919

:

182,208

14,448
19,404

79,623

1916 monthly average

164,915
276,925

94,199

94,199

1913 monthly average

;

I

$148,103

§137,145

1917 monthly average

\

14,784

10,583

1,155

15,203

199,095

127,498

373,198 i

15,378

61,866

540,842

85,690

1918 monthly average

•

14, S7S

12,562

834

13,585

252,061

112,068

183,275 I

11,948

47,544

117,059

164,603

1919 monthly average

!

19,650

14,913

538

9,441

265,764

251,764

1,056,519

26,073

71,322

236,814

308,136

1920 monthly average

j

20,261

16,946

740

24,593

284,573

25$,886

1,249,920 '

18,728

88,563

235,406

323,969

January

23,210

18,053

569

7,240

398,012

338,415

2,280,461

19,654

78,406

273,679

352,085

February

18,144

14,783

492

9,763

164,731

202,528

1,158,861

21,730

71,142

227,194

298,336

March

22,333

18,530

566

12,699

267,990

275,771

1,375,797

28,795

86,804

219,405

306,209

April

21,800

17,296

504

13,224

356,921

471,726

1,354,262

27,976

70,550

271,362

341,912

547

10,826

23S,291

245,053

1,417,614

16,371

67,459

298,757

366,216

674

32,991

285,050

266,3S4

1,323,221

9,197

63,915

248,207

312,122

1920.

,

;

May

19,742

16,824

June

20,509

17,467

July
August

:

:

j,

19,832

17,178

681

21,906

340,855

240,893

1,260,419

12,395

62,016

168,460

230,476

17,887

16,059

673

28,373

175,619

168,136

941,288

13,698

70,079

135,445

205,524

677

29,554

237,252

145,023

950,953

15,317

111,564

170,189

281,753

923

3S,915

374,059

338,793

1,179, S01

13,614

126,344

201.231

327,575

September

18,602

October

20,661

(

16,969

u

17,737

19,434

j

16,159

';

1,050

30,758

249,216

176,700

895,563

22,157

112,862

205,402

318,264

j

20,981

!

16,293

j

1,525

58,872

326,979

237,208

860,803

23,829

141,612

405,539

547,151

January

i

18,573

14,634

1,895

52,137

361,070

257,423

1,243,460

15,976

112,065

181,421

293,486

February

j

14,529

11,790

!|

1,641

60,852

165,220

298,708

654,376

10,147

71,300

149,014

220,314

13,914

j

222,990

November
December
1921.

March

16,682

April

15,536

I
May
June
July

!

i

12,973

1,336

67,409

277,846

138,701

954,700

15,90S

87,072

135,918

1,487

38,56S

351,981

390,668

987,895

15,273

92,283

135,429

227,712

57,066

238,061

177,638

601,044

17,032

113,177

128,023

241,200
309,873

!

I
15,847 I

12,381

1,356

34,639

292,168

179,114

675,978

18,174

92,132

217,741

16,849

12,821

1,320

42,774

340,166

170,474

281,758

9,295

109,535

143,182

252,717

15,355 |

12,364

j

1,444

42,904

127,718
207,123

227,964

37,021

10.992
12,S07

100,246

1,562

138,929
205,792

580,141

I

230,500
356,779

August

14,556

12,392

September

12,854

15,079

489,846

119.819

326.942

1.466

1
The data shown in this table were secured from the following sources: Bank clearings from Bradstreefs; Business failures from Dun's Reticle; Dividend and
interest payments, New capital issues, and New incorporations from the New York Journal of Commerce: Stock sales from The Annalist; and Bond sales from Dow,
Jones cC- Co.
2
Represents the value of the authorized capital of new enterprises incorporated in the principal eastern states.




90
PUBLIC FINANCE.
Table 77.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Data from Government sources.
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
LIBERTY
AND
TOTAL VICTORY
U.S.
LOANS
CUSTOMS
INTERAND
REESTWAR
BEARING SAVING CEIPTS.2
DEBT.*
SECURITIES. 1
YEAR AND MONTH.
Relative
to 1919.

"Relative
to 1919.

Relative
to 1913.

A.—INDEX
1913.
1914.
1915.
1916.

Total
relative
to 1919.

Per capita
relative
to 1919.

4
4

LIBERTY
AND
VICTORY
LOANS
AND
WAR
SAVING
SECURITIES. 1

CUSTOMS
RECEIPTS.2

Millions of
dollars.

Millions of
dollars.

Thousands of
dollars.

B.—NUMERICAL
$966
968
970

66
67

4

TOTAL
U. S.
INTERESTBEARING
DEBT.i

NUMBERS.

100
92

4

11
4S
100
95

MONEY HELD
OUTSIDE
U. S. TREASURY
AND
FEDERAL
RESERVE
SYSTEM.*

!
!
j

FEDERAL
RESERVE3
SYSTEM.

Millions of
dollars.

Per capita.

DATA.

826,573
24,360
17,482

972

17,766

99

58
101

S2
92
10O
110

101
100
97
9S

102
101
101
101

10S
101
129
105

108
104
107
107

108
104
107
107

25,424
25,161
24,455
24,707

21,068
20,976
20,904
20,S29

28,629
26,779
34,378
27,91S

5,312
5,110
5,278
5,273

49. SI
47.88
49.41
49.33

May....
June
July....
August.

98
95
95
95

99
99
98
9S

110
129
116
110

10S
109
110
110

108
109
109
109

24,736
24,061
23,985
24,091

20,488
20,409
20,389
20,377

29,129
34,302
30,694
29,328

5,291
5, 353
5,381
5,385

49.45
50.00
50.19
50.22

September.
October
November..
December..

95
94
95
94

9S
98
98
98

90
96
82
70

112
113
114
114

111
112
114
113

23, 853
23, 825
23,939
23,745

20,329
20,312
20,088
20,269

24,036
25,600
21,185
18,555

5,480
5,553
5,617
5,584

51.06
51.70
52.26
52.13

January...
February..
March
April

94
94
94
94

98
97
97
97

80
110
152

112
107
106
103

112
106
105
102

23,756
23,820
23,741
23,760

20,228
20,165
20,102
20,056

25,925
21,153
29,204
40,417

5,501
5,233
5,206
5,051

51.29
48. 73
48. 41
46.91

May
June
July
August
September..

94
94
93
94
94

96
96
95
95
95

102
102
99
96
95

101
101
98
95
94

23,710
23,739
23,536
23,676
23,681

19,995
19,844
19,776
19,611
19,717

25,485
24,723
19,796
26,449

5,020
5,012
4,856
4,737
4,672

46.57
46.43
45.02
43.77
43.11

1917.
191S.
1919.
1920.

71
45

100

84
93

MONEY HELD
OUTSIDE
U. S. TREASURY
AND

too

2,713
ll,9S0
25,234

20,726

109

24, Ml

20,409

IS,
15,
15,
26,

$1,406
9,313

830
228
286
961

$4,018
4,500

$38.59
42.53

4,915

46.00

5,38')

50.29

1020.

January..
February.
March
April

1921.

96
93

i Figures for the years 1913 to 1920 are as of June 30.
' Monthly averages for fiscal years ending June 30,1913 to 1920.
8
From the Federal Reserve Board; figures for years 1917 to 1920 are as of December 31. All other data in this table furnished by l\S. Treasury Department.




91
EARNINGS AND EMPLOYMENT.
Table 78.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
Based on data from Government sources.'}
[Base year in bold-faced type.U
NEW YORK
STATE
FACTORIES.

Y E A R AND MONTH.

U.S.
FACTORIES.

Number
Total ; Number
on pay
emroll.*
ployees.2 pay roll.

Relative
to 1914.

Relative
to 1914.

Relative
to Jan.,
1921.

IMMIGRATION.*

EMIGRATION.5

U. S.
POSTAL
SAVINGS.
Balance
to credit
of depositors.

NEW YORK
STATE
FACTORIES.

Employees.2

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1913.

Number.

Dollars.

50,994

579

30,562

52,817
32,015
20,067

360
422
406
411

604
614
573
594

9,892
12,481
13,490
16,711

30,240
17,654
19,752
51,798

12,198
16,106
18,019
35,672

143,193
167,653
161,373
163,434

403
403
401

620
614
631
623

16,438
16,243
17,586
17,303

45,407
43,252
54,665
68,761

42,181
20,655
30,489
28,609

160,384
160,387
159,240
158,230

396
397
402

613
611
608
595

17,441
17,576
17,307
17,091

74,066
81,499
83,957
85,431

27,794
35,682
39,505
48,728

158,136
157,276
157,618
159,675

64
79
67
82

405
410
408
411

588
577
545
506

16,884
16,681
15,655
14,330

94,852
103,269
89,224
93,233

32,506
40,047
34,386
41,935

161,150
162,810
162,352
163,434

63
57
62
60

58
58
51
64

412
411
406
398

467
476
480
471

12,894
12,734
12,955
12,335

1,628,134
1,612,811
1,587,786
1,580,749

75,384
67,483
74,147
70,780

29,447
29,562
26,236
32,700

163,656
163,356
161,249
158,097

69
49
39
41
MO

59
80
74
75
6 78

391
383
384
383
380

461
453
444
443
461

11,929
11,641
11,219
11,280
11,550

1,573,538
1,527,124
1,510,210
1,526,479
1,544,529

82,648
57,803
46,367
48,707
6 48,000

30,029
40,950
37,791
38,352
6 40,000

155,395
152,390
152,500
152,400
151,150

107
141

1919 monthly av..
1920 monthly av..

126
128
120
124

166
210
227
281

25
15
17
44

24
32
35
70

1920.
January
February
March
April

130
128
132
130

277
273
296
291

38
36
46
58

83
41
60
56

May..,.
June
July....
August.

128
128
127
124

294
296
291
288

62
69
71
72

55
70
77
96

September.
October
November..
December..

123
121
114
106

284
281
263
241

80
87
75
78

1921.
January
February
March
April

100
100
99

217
214
218
208

100
99
98
97

May
June
July
August
September..

96
95
93
93
96

201
196
189
190
194

97
94
93
94
95

1917 monthly a v .
1918 monthly a v . .

(000
omitted.)

116,923

478

103
121

Number.

118,936

149
187
282

100

Number of
employees.

$5,942
6,377
8,366

1OO

100

Number.

Balance
to credit
of depositors.

B.—NUMERICAL DATA.
100
104
63
39

av..
av..
av..
av..

EMIGRATIONS

(000 omitted.)
Relative
to 1913.

100
98
30
26

monthly
monthly
monthly
monthly

IMMIGRATIONS
Total
Number on
pay roll.2
pay roll.3

A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
1913
1914
1915
1916

U. S.
POSTAL
SAVINGS.

U. S.
FACTORIES.

494

36,187

$39,750
j

59,145
74,349
112,159

1
Data on New York state factories furnished by the New York State Industrial Commission; Number on pay roll, U. S. factories, from U. S. Department of Labor,
Employment Service; Immigration and emigration statistics from U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Immigration; Postal Savings from U. S. Post Office Department.
2
Figures represent reports from 1,648 firms in New York state employing more than one-third of the factory workers in the state.
3
Data not available prior to January, 1921; this month used as base for index numbers. Information is from 1,428 factories.
4
Includes total admitted, both immigrants and nonimmigrants.
5
Includes total departed, both emigrants and nonemigrants.
6
Preliminary estimates only.




INTEREST RATES AND SECURITY PRICES.
Table 79.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on data from commercial and trade sources.1
.[Base year in boldfaced type; numerical data on opposite page.]

INTEREST RATES.

I

NEW YORK CLOSING
S T O C K
P R I C E S .

BOND P R I C E S .

I
YEAR AND MONTH.

Commercial
Second
doubleNew York
Highest
call loans. name pa per grade rails. grade rails.
60-90 days.

Public
utility
bonds.

Industrial
bonds.

Combined
index.

Relative to j Relative to
1913.
i
1915.

Relative to
1915.

Relative to
1915.

Relative to
1915.

Relative to
1913.
1913 monthly average
1914 monthly average
1915 monthly average
1916 monthly average

Relative to
1915.

i n d u s t r i a l s .

Relative
1913.

to

25
railroads.

Relative to
1913.

100

1OO

1 0 0

1OO

108

78

100

94

60

60

80

59

:

1OO
103

1OO

97
89

96

103

100
105

100
108

1OO

130

89

105

167

95

101
98
100
85

98

147

83

91

139

74

90

182

75

78

184

08

107

82

;

166

101

;

205

94

87

88

246

127

79

77

98
87
84
70

283

103

83

82

76

96

84

207

68

313

111

81

78

73

91

80

'

184

66

253

116

81

79

74

90

81

i

202

70

231

117

77

76

71

88

77

!

212

68

May

220

124

74

73

69

83

75

190

65

J u n e

22s

134

75

74

68

82

75

192

64

July

264

135

77

74

68

82

75

191

65

A u g u s t .

226

138

79

75

66

81

75

177

66

S e p t e m b e r

226

138

81

6S

82

77

181

October

241

13S

84

79
83

74

85

81

177

71
74

253

137

82

80

72

83

79

155

70

217

136

79

77

68

79

75

144

64

1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average
average
average.
average

.

88

1020.
January
! February
M arch
April

.

N o v e m b e r
Dftcpmbfir. -

. .

. .

1921.
January
February
March
April. .

210

135

83

81

70

83

79

148

66

228

134

82

79

71

84

78

148

'65

216

132

81
81

71
72

80
80

144

131

78
78

77

203

77

145

63
62

May
June ..
Julv
August
September

214

120

80

80

77

149

117

78

79
77

72

196

70

77

75

130

65
62




179

111

cl

79

72

70

77

125

64

179

103

82

73

76

78

121

65

162

102

83

81
83

75

77

79

129

65

See footnotes on opposite page.

INTEREST RATES.
• • • NEW YORK CALL LOAN 5
^/////////(COMMERCUL 00-90 DAY PAPER

1920

r

1

1
1

1
•EPT.

i t I i \

j

AVE

OCT.

'I

JUNE

j

JULY

i

111
AUQ.

\

1

1

1
|

1 1 1 ! 1 I SI S

93
INTEREST RATES AND SECURITY PRICES.
Table 80.—NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources,1
[Base year in bold-faced type; index numbers on opposite page

INTEREST RATES.
Y E A R AND MONTH.

1913 monthly average .

Commercial
Second
double- H Highest
New York
call loans. name paper grade rails. grade rails.
80-90 days.
3.18

NEW YORK CLOSING
STOCK PRICES.

BOND PRICES.

Public
utility
bonds.

Industrial
bonds.

Combined
index.

5.78

1914 monthly average..

3.45

4.52

1915 monthly average..

1.91

3.44

25

industrials.

58.15
75.55

73.82

70.51

1916 monthly average..

2.53

3.42

89.79
92.45

78.00

77.59

75.89

1917 monthly average..

3.40

4.73

87.43

72.42

72.36

71.35

1918 monthly average..

5.27

5.86

80.02

66.12

63.89

69. 36

1919 monthly average..

6.51

5.42

77.89

66.33

61.77

70.76

1920 monthly average..

7.82

7.34

71.33

58.54

51.99

9.00
9.94

5.98
6.41

74.63

I

61.78

72.31

I

59.13

March

8.06

6.69

72.46

April

7.35

6.78

69.17

76.76
80.49

25
railroads.
82.92

58.23

77.89

75.66

73.39

97.31

78.87

75.58

85.33

69.02

69.84

81.01

61.39

69.07

106.08

62.10

60.12

59.70

107.21

56.07

55.80

67.50

64.18

120.51

56.27

54.06

64.44

61.77

106.96

55.03

60.06

54.50

63.70

62.03

117.74

58.32

57.05

52.38

61.71

59.45

123.35

56.14

55.26
55.89

50.65
50.56

58.81

57.29

110.77

54.29

58.17

57.45

111.83

53.02

1920.
January...
February..

i

May....

7.00

7.16

66.82

|

June

7.25

7.72

67.72

July....

8.40

7.83

68.97

55.74

50.01

57.85

57.37

110.81

53.97

August.

7.19

8.00

70.89

56.71

48.70

57.27

57.36

102.82

54.97

September..

7.19

7.97

72.77

59.66

50.18

58.03

59.12

105.06

58.50

October

7.65

8.00

75.03

62.75

54.30

59.66

62.07

102.94

61.48

November..

8.06

7.94

73.86

60.68

52.83

58.61

60.64

89.88

57.89

December..

6.90

7.88

71.35

57.82

49.88

55.73

57.72

83.83

53.02

7.81

74.92

60.89

51.41

58.81

60.41

86.01

54.54

February.

7.25

7.75

73.81

59.91

52.09

58.98

60.25

86.24

53.87

March

6.88

7.63

73.14

59.13

52.19

56.13

59.21

83.94

52.14

April

6.45

7.58

72.52

59.13

52.85

56.42

59.39

84.43

51.37

1921.
January..

May

6.81

6.94

72.25

59.84

52.88

56.16

59.46

86.38

53.83

June

6.22

6.75

70.31

58.17

51.67

54.06

57. 75

75.83

51.19

July

5.70

6.40

72.56

60.06

53.04

53.66

58.89

72.97

53.14

August

5.69

5.94

73.66

61.08

53.87

53.69

59.59

70.12

53.22

September

5.15

5.90

74. 72

62.75

55.10

54.41

60.74

75.19

54.14

i The data shown in this table were secured from the following sources: Interest rates from the Commercial and Financial Chronicle; Bond prices from Dow, Jones &
Co.; and New York closing stock prices from The Annalist,




94
PRICES.
Table 81.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on Government data.
[Base year in bold-faced type.]
DEPARTMENT
OF LABOR.

FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD.1

Y E A R AND MONTH.

1913 monthly average .
1914 monthly average..
1915 monthly average..
1916 monthly average .
1917 monthly
191S monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average..
average..
average..
average..

Goods
produced.

Goods
imported.

Goods
exported.

Raw
material.

Producers'
goods.

74 quotations.

18 quotations.

40 quotations.

39 quotations.

29 quotations.

100

100

100

1OO

100

All
Concomsumers'
goods. modities.
22 quotations.

100

WHOLESALE.

RETAIL.

DEPT. OF
AGRICULTURE,
FARM PEICES. 2

All

90 quotations.

Food.

Crops.

Live
stock.

1OO
100
101
124

1OO
102
101
114

100
108
111
123

1OO
103
95
111

146
167
186
203

206
226
236
244

164
192
198
168

commodities.

100

237

174
191

214
227

208
235

198
237

207
230

233

176
196
212
243

January..
February..
March
April

244
244
250
265

212
216
218
242

254
250
256
264

245
243
246
263

236
247
263
274

242
240
241
257

241
243
248
263

248
249
253
263

201
200
200
211

241
252
255
271

173
177
178
181

May....
June
July....
August.

266
261
253
238

246
226
208
182

262
256
248
229

263
258
249
237

274
265
251
235

261
256
250
229

264
258
250
234

272
269
262
250

215
219
219
207

294
309
304
268

177
175
176
172

September.
October
November..
December..

164
142
127
112

211
181
163
146

233
211
192
176

225
209
190
171

218
203
187
171

226
208
190
173

242

213
195
178

203
198
193
178

239
202
163
135

174
166
147
121

166
156
152
145

114
113
114
109

142
135
125
121

164
152
146
136

166
158
153
148

159
152
151
147

163
154
150
143

177
167
162
154

172
158
156
152

129
123
120
113

120
117
123
112

145
141
144
145
145

105
102
103
104
106

125
122
122
123
144

139
133
134
133
138

145
140
136
133
133

144
144
152
157
152

142
139
141
143
143

151
148
148
152
152

145
144
148
155
153

104
109
106
109
109
111

109
104
109
113
101

206

1920.

225
207

1921.

January..
February..
March
April
June
July
August
September.
October....

ii
1

These index numbers were prepared for purposes of international price comparison. The Federal Reserve Board has not calculated the index numbers for the
years 1914 to 1918.
* Farm prices of crops represent the relative average prices to farmers of the 10 leading crops as of the first of each month. The live-stock farm price index is computed as of the 15th of the month.




95
PRICES.
Table 82.—INDEX NUMBERS.
Based on commercial and trade sources.
[Base year in bold-faced type.]

DUN'S
REVIEW.'

BRADSTREET'S.i

LONDON
ECONOMIST.

BULLETIN
DE LA
STATISTIQUE
GENERALE.

PROF.
BACHI.

FRANKFURTER
ZEITUNG.

CANADIAN
DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR.

Germany.

Canada.

YEAR AND MONTH.
ALL COMMODITIES.

Relative to
1913.
1913 monthly
1914 monthly
1915 monthly
1916 monthly

average.
average.
average.
average.

1917 monthly average.
1918 monthly average.
1919 monthly average.
1920monthly average.

Relative to
1913.

FOREIGN PRICES.

United
Kingdom.

France.

Italy.

100
101

1OO

100
99

1OO

1OO

97

101

95

105

107

123

137

133

110

123

128

160

187

202

135

1OO
1OO

101

199

170

204

262

299

177

190

203

225

339

409

200

191

203

235

357

364

207

204

283

510

624

217
1,522

246

248

1920.
January...
February.
March
April

205

221

487

504

1,020

210

227

303

522

556

1,337

254

209

226

310

555

619

1,490

258
201

213

225

306

664

2,582

May
June
July
August..

218

225

304

550

660

1,690

263

217

216

291

493

632

1,473

258

215

210

292

496

604

1,473

256

209

204

288

501

625

1,528

244

September.
October....
November.
December..

205

195

284

526

655

1,560

241

196

184

266

502

659

1,582

234

188

170

245

461

670

1,647

•225

175

148

220

435

655

1,658

214

164

137

209

407

642

1,083

154

134

192

377

613

1,473

199

150

129

189

360

604

1,419

194

144

123

183

347

584

1,410

187
183

1921.
January...
February.
March
April
May
June
July
August
September..
October

138

117

182

329

547

1,428

137

115

179

325

509

1,387

179

132

116

178

330

520

1,467

176

135

120

179

331

542

1,723

174

134

120

183

342

580

1,777

134

121

1,993

1
Dun's and Bradstreet's index numbers are calculated as of the first of each month but really refer to prices in the preceding month, The
index numbers have been calculated to a 1913 base from the actual figures published in these journals.




96

COST OF LIVING.
Table 83.—INDEX NUMBERS (based on data from Government sources).1
[Base year in bold-faced type. ]

FOOD.

YEAR AND MONTH.

!

1913, average
1914, December
1915, December
1916, December

'

1917, December
1918, December
1919, av. 2 mos. (June, Dec.)
1920, av. 2 mos. (June, Dec.)

!

CLOTHING.

HOUSING.

F T FT A \ n
FURNITURE
MISCELLAAND H O U S E
NEOUS.
LIGHT.
| FURNISHINGS.

TOTAL.

102.3

100,0
101.0
101.0
108.4

100.0
104.0
110.6
127.8

100.0
103.0
107.4
113.3

100.0
103.0
105.1
118.3

149.1
205. 3
241.6
223.0

100.1
109.2
119.8
143.0

124.1
147.9
151.2
183.4

150.6
213.6
244.3
289.6

140.5
165.8
181.7
204.8

142.4
174.4
188.3
208.5

219.0
178.0

287.5
258.5

134.9
151.1

171.9
1.94.9

292.7
285.4

201.4
208.2

216.5
200.4

144.7
153.1

222.6
192.1

159.0
160.0

181.8
180.7

247.7

208.8
207.8

180.4
177.3

100.0
105.0
105.0
126.0

100.0
101.0
104.7
120.0

100.0

157.0
1S7.0
195. 5
19S. 5

100.0
101.5

1920.
June
December
1921.
May
September




1

124.7

Reports compiled by the U. S. D< partmenf of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: latest report issued September, 1921.

Table 84.—INDEX NUMBERS (based on data from non-Government sources).2
YEAR AND MONTH.

1914, July.
1915, July..
1916, July..
1917, July..

«ftmr
*OOD.

VWFITFR
SHtLl^K.

1OO

1OO

1OO

1OO

100

103

1OO
102

1OO

100

100

101

111

1.02
105

120

104

104

109

143

126

117

131

14G

1918 average for two months . .
1919 average for three months.
1920 monthly average

CLOTH- 'FUEL AND
SUN,XG
LIGHT. ! DRIES.

ALL ITEMS
WEIGHTED.

173

US

185

138

152

159

186

129

205

144

164

172

205

154

261

168

1S5

198

197
202

143
145

200

149

270
277
277

200

150

288

149
149
149
151

177
178
183
183

190
194
195
197

211

151

287

166

183

202

210

151

276

161

185

203

219

158

266

166

185

205

219

150

258

169

185

203

1920.
January...
February.
March
April
May....
June . . .
July..-.
August.
September.
October
November..
December..

207

159

255

178

188

199

203

159

248

183

190

197

193

166

228

200

192

193

193

166

205

200

192

190

178

166

187

200

192

181

172

166

174

198

190

176

150

171

174

187

185

169

150

171

169

179

185

168

152

171

168

178

185

166

145

171

162

178

185

162

148

169

164

179

185

163

148

169

159

179

183

162

155

169

157

179

183

165

153

109

160

179

180

164

1921.
January..
February.
March
April
May
June
July
August
September...
October

2 Compiled by the National Industrial Conference Board.
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics retail food figures for 15th of preceding month.

3

97

DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT.
Table 85.—(A) INDEX NUMBERS AND (B) NUMERICAL DATA.
From commercial and trade sources,1
[Base-year in bold-faced type.]
MAILORDER
HOUSES.2

YEAR AND MONTH.

Relative
to 1913.

MAGAZINE'
MAILPOSTAL
CHAIN
AD VER- 11
ORDER
STORES.s RECEIPTS. TISING.^
I HOUSES. 2

Relative
to 1913.

Relative
to 1919.

CHAIN
STORE S.3

POSTAL
RECEIPTS.

MAGAZINE
ADVERTISING.*

Sales.

Value.

Number of
lines.

Relative
to 1913.
(000 omitted.)

B.—NUMERICAL DATA.

A.—INDEX NUMBERS.
10,924
11,422
12,961
16,604

7,971

1,224

8,545

1,161

74

IOO
95
94
116

11,277

13,, 543

161
182
200
232

80
93
IOO
113

122
110
154
188

19,943
21,486
29,772
29,779

12,806
14,521
15,950

14,611

1,490

17,066

1,344

18,380

1,890

18,464

20,691

2,299

371
359
352
283

176
171
233
230

107
100
125
122

142
191
209
220

40,511
39,222
38,498
30.936

14,059

19,659
IS,345
23,009
22,441

May....
June...
July....
August.

238
230
236
220

234
230
233
232

108
108
101
100

222
208
158
157

26,026
25,147
25, 752
24,023

September.
October
November..
December..

224
264
276
218

231
272

109
120
115
136

179
202
193
173

24,489
28,801
30,161
23,783

January..
February.
March....
April

195
178
252
209

179
208
253
234

109
104
124
113

120
129
128
137

21, 320
19, 465

May
June
July
August...

165
164
137
164

233
227
225
242

106
107
95
105

140
129
100
90

IOO
107
120
141

197
273
273

January..
February..
March
April

1913
1914
1915
1916

monthly
monthly
monthlv
monthly

1917 monthly
1918 monthly
1919 monthly
1920 monthly

average.
average
average
average

..I
.1

ioo
105
119
152

average
average
average
average

183

j
.1

1,147

9, 582

1,415

1920.
13,59618,536
18,338

1,739
2,342
2,555
2,696
2,715

18,488

19,786
19,790
18,486
18,446

18,444

20,034

2,186

21,645

22,082

2,473

21,189

2,368

25 ; 020

2,114

14,228

20,013

16,549

19,149

IS,657
18,343
18,5S1

2,545
1,932
1,918

1921.

238

September.
October. ...

104
120

27, 502

20.155

22,723

22, 840

18,616

20,733

1,462
1,580
1,565
1,680

IS,060
17, 905

18.572

19,509

1,713

18.072

19,752

1,574

15, 005

17,956

17,508

1,230

17. 961

19.274

19.283

1,105
1,274
1,467

1 Except postal receipts in 51 selected cities reported by the U. S. Post Office Department. Mail-order and chain-store sales are reported directly by the companies or
compiled from the Commercial and Financial Chronicle; magazine advertising as reported by Printers' Ink.
2 Includes Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Montgomery, Ward & Co.
a Includes F. W. Woolworth & Co., S. S. Kresge Co., McCrory, and S. H. Kress & Co.
< These figures represent the number of lines of advertising carried by the leading magazines.

72604°—21




7

INDEX.
Argentina:
Foreign exchange
Foreign trade of
Automobile:
Accessory sales
Production
Tires and tubes

Page.
77
72

Bank clearings
Banking and finance
Barley:
Exports
Production, crop estimates
Beef:
Apparent consumption
Cold storage
Exports
Production
Belgium:
Exports of key commodities
Foreign exchange of
Foreign trade of
Bolts, nuts, rivets
Bond:
Prices
Sales
Boots and shoes:
Exports
Prices
Brazil:
Foreign exchange
Foreign trade of
Brick:
Fire-clay
Face
Silica
Building contracts awarded
costs
Business failures
Butter:
Cold storage
Receipts
Wholesale price

88
86-88

Canada:
Exports of key commodities. . . .
Foreign exchange
Foreign trade of
Price index
Capital, new issues
Car loadings
Carpet, looms active
Cattle—Receipts, shipments, and
slaughter
Cement:
Exports from Belgium
Production,
shipments,
and
stocks




20
21
20

46
46
50
50
50
50
70
77
70
40
92
88
26
26
77
72
34
34
34
28-30
34
88
56
56
56

72
77
72
95
88
80
16
52
70
34

Cereals:
Poge.
Exports and products
46-48
Grains, car loadings
80
Total production
46
Total exports
46
Chain stores
97
Cheese:
Cold storage
56
Exports from Canada
72
Receipts
56
Wholesale prices
56
Chemicals
44
Exports from France
66
Chile, foreign exchange
77
Coal:
Car loadings
80
Car shortage
80
Car surplus
•.
80
Exports from England
64
Production
42
Coke, production
42
Cold storage holdings:
Dairy products
56
Eggs
56
Meats
50
Condensed and evaporated milk
56
Construction material
32-34
Copper:
Exports
36
Prices
36
Production
38
Corn:
Exports
46
Production, crop estimates
46
Receipts
48
Shipments
48
Visible supply
48
Cost of living
96
Cotton:
Consumption
12
Exports, total from Egypt
74
Exports from Egypt to United
States
74
Exports of cloth from Italy
68
Exports (unmanufactured) from
United States
12
Imports (unmanufactured) to
United States
12
Production (estimated crop)
12
Spindles active
16
Stocks
12
Visible supply
12
Cotton fabrics:
Consumed by tire manufacturers.
20
Exports, cloth
12
Exports from England
64
Exports from France
66
Finished goods
14
(98)

Cotton seed
Custom receipts

54
90

Dairy products:
Exports from United States
56
Exports from Denmark
70
Debits to individual accounts
86
Debt, United States interest-bearing.
90
Denmark:
Exports of key commodities. . . .
70
Foreign trade of
70
Department-store trade
84, 85
Diamonds, exports from South Africa.
74
Distribution movement
97
Dividend and interest p a y m e n t s . . . .
88
Dyes and dyestuff, exports
44
Earnings and employment
Eggs:
Cold storage
Receipts
Exports from Denmark
Electric-power production
Emigration
England:
Exports of key commodities. . . .
Foreign exchange of
Foreign trade of
Panama Canal traffic
Price index
Egypt:
Exports of cotton
Foreign trade of
Federal Reserve banks, condition of.
Federal Reserve Board, price indexes.
Fertilizer, exports
Flax, exports from Belgium
Forest products, car loadings
Foreign exchange
Foreign trade:
Argentina
Belgium.
Brazil
Canada
Denmark
Egypt
France
Italy
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States, exports
United States, imports
Union of South Africa
>
Uruguay

91
56
56
70
42
91
64
77
64
78
95
74
74
86
94
44
70
80
77
72
70
72
72
70
74
66
68
68
70
64
60
62
74
72

99
INDEX—continued.
France:
Exports of key commodities....
Foreign exchange of
Foreign trade of
Price index
Freight-car shortage
surplus
Gasoline
Glass, exports from Belgium
Germany:
Foreign exchange of
Price index
Gold:
Exports from United States
Exports from South Africa
Imports to United States
Hides and skins:
Exports from South Africa
Imports to United States
Prices
Hogs—Receipts,
shipments,
slaughter

Page.
66
77
66
95
80
80
42
70
77
95
86
74
86

74
26
26
and
52

Incorporations, new
India, foreign exchange
Immigration
Interest, rates
Interest and security prices
Iron:
Bar
Ore, exports from Spain
movement
Iron arid steel:
Exports from United States
Exports from Belgium
Exports from England
Exports from France
Imports to United States
Prices
Italy:
Exports of key commodities....
Foreign exchange of
Foreign trade of
Price indexes

88
77
91
92
92

68
77
68
95

Japan, foreign exchange

77

40
68
36
36
70
64
66
36
38

Lamb and mutton, cold storage
50
Lead, prices
36
Leather:
Consumption
23, 24
Exports
. ...
,26
Prices
'26
Production
22, 23, 24
Stocks
23,24
Lemons, exports from Italy
68
Liberty and Victory loans, outstanding
90
Lingerie and wearing apparel, exports from France
66
Live stock:
Car loadings
80
Exports from Denmark
70
Lumber:
Douglas fir
32
Oak
flooring
32
Yellow pine
32




Page. Price index—Continued.
Machinery, exports from S w e d e n . . . .
70
Food, retail
Magazine advertising
97
Live stock
Mail order houses
97
Sugar, retail
Maize, exports from South Africa
74 Public finance
Meat and meat products:
Exports from Denmark
70 Railway revenues and expenses
Exports from South Africa
74 Rice production, crop Cest.)
Metals
36, 38, 40 Rubber, crude:
Exports from Sweden
70
Consumed b y tire manufacturers
Money in circulation
90
Imports (crude")
Reclaimed
Netherlands, foreign exchange
77
Stocks
Nitrate of soda, imports
44
Tires and tubes
Price, wholesale
...
Oats, exports
46
Rye exports
Oleomargarine
54
production, crops (est.)
Olive oil, exports from Spain
68
Oranges, exports from Spain
68
Salmon, exports from Canada
Ore, car loadings
80
Sault Ste. Marie Canals:
Iron ore movement
Panama Canal
78
Traffic
Paper:
Savings, postal
All other
18
Sheep—receipts,
shipments, and
Newsprint
18
slaughter
Printing, exports from C a n a d a . . .
72
Sheet and tin plate
Perfumes and soaps, exports from
Silk:
France
66
Consumption
Petroleum:
Exports of, from Italy
Crude
42
Imports to United States
Gasoline
42
Stocks
Pig iron:
Silk fabrics, exports from F r a n c e . . . . .
Composite price
38
Spain:
Ore movement
37
Exports, key commodities . . . . . .
Prices
36
Foreign trade of
Production
38
Steel:
Pork:
Barrels
Apparent consumption
50
Composite price
Cold storage
50
Price, billets
Exports
50
Ingots, production
Production
50
Structural
Postal receipts
97
Unfilled orders
Postal savings
91
Stock
Exchange sales, New York
Potash, imports
44
prices, New York . . .
Prices:
Sugar:
Boots and shoes
26
Imports, raw
Butter, wholesale
56
Meltings
and stocks
Cheese, wholesale
56
Retail price index
Composite pig iron
38
Wholesale price
Composite steel
38
Copper
^...
36 Sulphuric acid, exports
Hides
26 Sweden:
Exports of key c o m m o d i t i e s . . . . .
Iron and steel
38
Foreign exchange
Lead
36
Foreign trade of
Leather
26
Pig iron
36 Switzerland, foreign exchange
Rubber, crude
Steel billets
Sugar, wholesale
Tin
Zinc
Price i n d e x :
Bradstreet 's
Building costs
All commodities (Dept. of Labor).
Dun's
Farm crops
Federal Reserve Board

18
36
42
36
36
95
34
94
95
94
94

page.
95
94
54
90
82
40
20
18
20
20
2(>
18
40
40
72
30
78
91
50
40
14
08
12
14
60
08
08
40
08
3(>
:>8
40
:$8
88
92
54
54
54
54
44
70
77
70
77

Textiles, active machinery uSYr also
Cotton, wool, and silks).
14, '
Tin:
Imports
•}
Prices
4
Stocks
Tobacco:
Exports
Manufactured
Production, crop ( e s t . ) . . . . . . . . . .
Stocks

100
INDEX—continued.
Transportation:
Rail
Water
Underwear, knit
Union of South Africa:
Exports of key commodities
Foreign trade of
United States:
Exports by grand divisions
Foreign trade of
Imports by grand divisions
United Kingdom, price index
Uruguay, foreign trade of
Vegetable oils




Page. Vessels:
Cleared
80
Construction of
78
Entered
14
Wheat:
Exports
74
Exports from Canada
74
Production, crop (est.)
Flour production
60
Receipts
60, 62
Shipments
62
Visible supply
95
72 Wines:
Exports from Italy
54
Exports from Spain

o

Page.
78
78
78

46
72
46
48
48
48
48
68
68

Wood pulp-.
Page.
Chemical
18
Exports from Sweden
70
Mechanical
18
Wool:
Consumption
12
Exports from South Africa.
74
Exports of tissues from England.
64
Imports to United States (unmanufactured)
12
Looms, active
14,16
Spindles, active
14,16
Stocks
12
Zinc:
Imports
36
Prices
36
Stocks
38