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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 Subscription price of the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS is $1 a year; single copies, 10 cents. Foreign subscriptions, $1.50; single copies, including postage, 20 cents. Subscription price of COMMERCE REPORTS is $3 a year; with the Survey, $4 a year. Remittances should be made only to the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C , by postal money order, express order, or New York draft. Currency may be sent at sender's risk. Postage stamps or foreign money will not be accepted. 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 12 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 13 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 17 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 72604°—21 2 18 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 19 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. 20 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 21 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 22 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 23 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. 24 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. COMPARISON OF WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FOOD PRICE INDEX NUMBERS. WITH INDEX OF ALL COMMODITIES AT WHOLESALE. (Z7. S. Department of Labor Index.) 1916 290 - — , - 280 1 - T I T~ - - : i - 270 1921 1920 1919 1918 A 1 V\ 1 / 260 / 250 _ ft4O i / - \ \ 1 1 1 i - 230 - ___ : 220 / / - / -#- i 210 . _ \ 1 <5< ^f y I Q 2 180 s / P** \ / / \ \ / .'j y J 130 '/ I / \ / V J \ 180 V \\ \ \ \ \ V - \ i — \ rV -r ^/ -| - t 19 S ERAG E - i r » / \ ^' / 00 •N 1 \ - r'/ go UJ CD \ 120 100 200 J t 150 / \ \ ; 7 A 7 7 140 1 -I1 1 -t 1 I I. * < - V t- v. r o? > */ \ •I - Y1Q 110 / 1 \ i X NUMBERS S 1 \ f - X ui Q Z 50 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. 52 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. LIVE-STOCK SHIPMENTS. • • • 1 I j | i CATTLE SHIPMENTS V////////A HOG SHIPMENTS AVERAQ 10 j I \ 1 \ | i i • I ; I I ! 1820 3 I \ MOV. Z \ DEC. | OCT. ; i | ! i • 8 S 1931 7 \ \ 53 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 61 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 63 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. 72 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 74 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 \ _ k 1 | | 1 • 1 1 ; „, 1 | ! 5 1 i j 1 IWO \ s n i i i i I AVfRAO \ - \ j \ i i i i i i i Ittl 3 \ 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 • kVKI i j \ i i \ ; j i ! i«ao MAY APR. FEB. ( 2 5 I f \ I 1 I I I MAR. j JAN. 1 1 1031 i i i 14 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 89 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