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MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT TO COMMERCE REPORTS
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON
SURVEY OF
CURRENT BUSINESS
OCTOBER, 1924
No. 38
COMPILED BY
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
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INTRODUCTION
The SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS is designed to period has been chosen. In a few cases other base
present each month a picture of the business situation periods are used for special reasons. In all cases the
by setting forth the principal facts regarding the vari- base period is clearly indicated.
The relative numbers are computed by allowing the
ous lines of trade and industry. At quarterly intervals
detailed tables are published giving, for each item, monthly average for the base year or period to equal
monthly figures for the past two years and yearly com- 100. It the movement for a current month is greater
parisons, where available, back to 1913. In the inter- than the base, the relative number will be greater than
vening months the more important comparisons only 100, and vice versa. The difference between 100 and
are given in the table entitled u Trend of business the relative number will give at once the per cent
increase or decrease compared with the base period.
movements" (p. 33).
In the quarterly numbers (see issue for August, Thus a relative number of 115 means an increase of 15
1924, No. 36) blank lines covering the next three per cent over the base period, while a relative number
months have been left at the bottom of each detailed of 80 means a decrease of 20 per cent from the base.
Relative numbers may also be used to calculate the
table which will enable those who care to do so to
approximate percentage increase or decrease in a moveenter new figures as soon as they appear.
ment from one period to the next. Thus, if a relative
ADVANCE SHEETS
number at one month is 120 and for a later month it
is 144 there has been an increase of 20 per cent.
Realizing that current statistics are highly perishable and that to be of use they must reach the business
INDEX NUMBERS
man at the earliest possible moment, the department
has arranged to distribute advance leaflets almost
When two or more series of relative numbers are
every week, whenever sufficient material is available, combined by a system of weightings the resulting
to those subscribers who request them. The leaflets series is denominated an index number. The index
are usually mailed on Thursdays, and give such infor- number, by combining many relative numbers, is
mation as has been received during the preceding designed to show the trend oi an entire group of inweek. The information contained in these leaflets is dustries or for the country as a whole, instead of for
also reprinted in " Commerce Reports," issued weekly the single commodity or industry which the relative
by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. number covers. Comparisons with the base year or
The complete bulletin is distributed as quickly as it with other periods are made in the same manner as in
can be completed and printed.
the case of relative numbers.
BASIC DATA
BUSINESS INDICATORS
Thefiguresreported in the accompanying tables are
very largely those already in existence. The chief
function of the department is to bring together these
data which, if available at all, are scattered in hundreds of different publications. A portion of these
data are collected by Government departments, other
figures are compiled by technical journals, and still
others are reported by trade associations.
The diagrams on page 2 have been prepared to
facilitate comparisons between a few oi the more
important business movements. The lines are plotted
on what are known as ratio charts (logarithmic scale).
These charts show the percentage increase and allow
direct comparisons between the slope of one curve and
that of any other curve regardless of its location on
the diagram; that is, a 10 per cent increase in an
item is given the same vertical movement whether its
RELATIVE NUMBERS
curve is near the bottom or near the top of the chart.
To facilitate comparison between different items and
The difference between this and the ordinary form
render the trend of a movement more apparent, rela- of a chart can be made clear by an example. If a
tive numbers (often called " index numbers," a term certain item, having a relative number of 400 in one
referring more particularly to a special kind of number month, increases 10 per cent in the following month,
described below) have been calculated. The relative its relative number will be 440, and on an ordinary
numbers enable the reader to see at a glance the chart would be plotted 40 equidistant scale points
general upward or downward tendency of a move- higher than the preceding month. Another movement which can not so easily be grasped from the ment with a relative number of, say, 50, also increases
actual figures.
10 per cent, making its relative number 55, On the
In computing these relative numbers the last pre- ordinary (arithmetic) scale this item would rise only 5
war year, 1913, or in some instances a five-year aver- equidistant points, whereas the previous item rose 40
age, 1909-1913, has been used as a base equal to 100 points, yet each showed the same percentage increase.
wherever possible. In many instances comparable The ratio charts avoid this difficulty and give to each
figures for the prewar years are not available, and in of the two movements exactly the same vertical rise
such cases the year 1919 has usually been taken as and hence the slopes of the two lines are directly
the base. For some industries 1919 can not be comparable. The ratio charts compare percentage
regarded as a proper base, due to extraordinary con- changes, while the arithmetic charts compare absolute
ditions in the industry, and some more representative changes.
This issue presents practically complete data for the month of August and also, on page 26, items covering September
received up to October 14. As most data covering a particular month's business are not available until from 15 to 30 days
after the close of the month, a complete picture of that month's operations, including relative numbers, cumulative totals,
text, and charts, can not be presented in printed form under 45 days after its close, but the advance leaflets described above
give considerable information as early as 15 days after its close and present almost every week the latest data available*
Summary for September based upon early items is given on page 2.
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BUREAU OF STANDARDS
OCTOBER
1924
CONTENTS
Page
Preliminary summary for September
Business indicators (diagrams and table)
Comparison of wholesale prices (diagram and table)
Business failures in manufacturing and trading establishments (diagram)
Course of business in August
Relative production, stocks and unfilled orders (diagram)
Wholesale prices of raw materials, producers' goods, and
consumers7 goods (diagram)
..
Employment by maj or industrial groups (diagram)
Debits to individual accounts (table).__
September data
„
._
_
Indexes of business (production, prices, sales, etc.—
table)
.
-.:„..!
.„_-.
Trend of business movements:
Textiles.-.
------Metals...
_--Nonferrous metals and fuels
Automobiles
1
2
4
6
7
8
y
21
24
26
28
33
35
36
37
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38
38
39
39
41
42
42
45
45
46
46
47
49
51
52
53
55
PRELIMINAEY SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER
Increased industrial activity in September was
indicated by reports from the iron and steel, cotton
and silk weaving, and the building industries. Production of pig iron increased 9 per cent over the
August output, while the mill consumption of cotton,
in September, was 25 per cent larger than in the
preceding month but more than 10 per cent below a
year ago. Unfilled steel orders on the books of the
United States Steel Corporation on September 30
called for a tonnage of 184,000 tons greater than that
at the end of the previous month, while new orders
for freight cars and unfilled orders for railroad
locomotives were larger in September than in August.
New contracts awarded for building construction
in 27 northeastern States indicated a slight decline
from the awards of the previous month in point of
aggregate dollar values with a considerable increase
over August in new floor space, however. The
decline in the value of awards was almost solely due
to a S3,000,000 drop in residential lettings, all other
classes of construction except educational buildings
recording larger award3 in both value and floor space.
The production of Portland cement declined in
September from the output of the preceding month
but was well above that of a year ago, while the
12643—24f
Trend of business movements—Continued.
Rubber and hides and leather
Paper and printing
_
Buttons
_
Building construction
Chemicals
_
Naval stores and fats and oils
Foodstuffs
Tobacco...
Transportation
Public utilities and employment
Distribution movement
Banking and finance
Foreign exchange and trade..
Trade and industry of foreign countries,
Detailed tables:
Architectural terra-cotta bookings
World production of principal crops
Sources of data
---
1
September shipments of cement were on about the
August level. Cement stocks were reduced by more
than the usual seasonal movement, being, however,
on September 30 slightly more than 50 per cent larger
than the inventories of a year ago.
Sales by mail-order houses increased over the
previous month while 10 cent chains recorded smaller
business than in August. Both mail-order houses
and 10-cent chains recorded larger sales volume in
September than a year ago. Car loadings increased
in a seasonal movement over August but were about
1 per cent below those of a year ago. Postal receipts
in 50 selected cities increased over both the previous
month and a year ago. Wholesale prices declined in
September.
Stock prices, both industrial and railroad, averaged
lower in September than in August, while interest
rates on call money averaged higher and bond prices
averaged lower. With bills discounted for member
banks continuing their decline, investments of Federal
reserve banks again increased over the previous
month's holdings. The reserve ratio at the end of
September stood at 80.4 against 82.3 at the end of
August and 76.4 a year ago. Business failures, both
in number and defaulted liabilities, were smaller than
in August.
BUSINESS INDICATORS: 1920-1924
^13 monthly averages=100.
See explanation on inside front cover.
Except for "net freight ton-miles" latest month plotted is August, 1924)
UNFILLED STEEL ORDERS
PIG-IRON. PRODUCTION
COPPER PRODUCTION
400
300
200
100
80
60
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N/N
1
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40
20
in
BITUMINOUS\ COAL PRODUCTION
NET FREIGHT TON-MILES
COTTON CONSUMPTION
i •
A n n
200
100
8U
Mi
60
V
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\
TV
40
20
in
EXPORTS
X 400
BANK CLEARINGS-OUTIIDE NEWYOW cm
DEFAULTED LIABILITIES
CVALUCS)
§300
2 200
i
100
80
60
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|
k1
40
20
10
SALES, MAIL-ORDER HOUSES <VALUE*>
PRICE OF 25 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
WHOLESALE PRICES
1
1920 1821 1922 1923 1924
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924
BUSINESS INDICATORS
The following table gives comparative relative numbers for a selected list of important business movements. It is believed
that this table will prove useful, because it separates out from the large mass of material a comparatively small number of items
which are often regarded as indicative of business in general.
The table has been divided into two parts, the first containing those items for which relative numbers can be calculated, using
1913 as a base. The second part contains items for which comparable data back to 1913 are not available. This latter group of
relative numbers is calculated by letting the 1919 monthly average equal 100. Care should therefore bo exercised in comparing the
absolute value of the two sets of data. In either group, however, the upward or downward trend of the relative numbers, compared
to previous months, does reflect the present tendency in each item and will give a basis for business judgment.
Where available at the time of going to press, October 14, September Indicators havo been Included, thus bringing
this table up to date. It should be noted that the charts on page 2 show August data as the latest plotted.
1923
MONTHLY AVERAGE
1924
COMMODITY
1920
1921
1922
1933
June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.
Feb. Mar. Apr.
May j Juno
July
AUK. Sept,
1913 monthly average-100
Production:
Pig iron
Steel ingots
Copper
Cement (shipments) Anthracite coal..,.
Bituminous coal
Electric energy (gross
revenue sales)
Crude petroleum
.
Cotton(consumption)
BeeL
Pork
Unfilled orders:
U. S. Steel Corp
Stocks:
Crude petroleum
Cotton (total)
Pr!ces:i
Wholesale index
Retail food........
Ketail coal, bitum....
Farm products
Business finances:
Defaulted liabilities..
Price 25 ind. stocks...
Price 25 K. R. stocks.
Banking:
Clearings, N.Y. City.
Clearings, outside
Com'l paper int. rate.
Distribution:
Imports (value)
Exports (value)
Sales, mail-order
Transportation:
Freight, net ton-miles
123
142
129
193
114
123
113
124
125
139
102
108
114
113
127
87
105
100
118
144
131
70
104
127
120
151
129
80
100
115
135
160
128
122
106
100
120
132
130
173
69
74
102
104
129
197
102
78
79
81
125
203
101
70
70
74
127
225
102
81
74
101
130
228
03
87
398
312
104
134
116
420
323
116
156
149
452
313
114
139
183
466
99
123
205
488
273
124
137
205
472
268
109
114
448
288
104
115
17
7
IO
C
429
287
103
121
145
417
298
69
135
151
399
236
75
110
1M
331
295
75
132
153
2»8
77
135
115
92
85
79
7
4
7
5
81
83
81
7
1
65
54
50
291
66
298
64
304
95
312
149
329
169
322
167
321
149
323
132
327
113
331
92
331
74
339
69
343
45
349
44
153
144
185
133
151
147
185
130
150
146
183
128
154
149
184
130
153
150
186
132
162
151
185
133
151
150
183
135
151
149
180
134
152
147
180
134
150
144
175
128
148
141
168
128
147 I 145
141 I 142
103 j 163
127 ] 128
147
143
163
130
150 |
144 |
163
137 ;
197
185
126
182
72
73
157
176
70
150
177
68
126
177
69
343
175
69
217
181
70
226
187
70
225
193
73
158
192
73
428
1S9
74
214
183
75
100 !
183 !
75 I
101
195
82
242 i
150;
205
301 |
86 '>
237
280
88
211
268
89
187
254
92
191
254
93
225
296
93
229
277
92
247
301
90
202
292
88
230
256
87
219
280
258
278
80
226
264
90
263 j 253
275 ! 206
77 i 71
2f>S
282
(54
258 i
203 i
59 l
245 ;
277 |
57 i
140
181
188
177
154
204
212
168
259
214
155
221
192
146
109
184
150
198
170
184
231
206
193
335
195
194
306
193
206
318
193
191
271
223
177
270
215
164
279
217
163
300
183
203;
161 ; 143
243 I 239
185
134
196
170 |
100 I
211
191 j
200 I
279 i
105
115
139
139
141
148
144
154
140
122
126
132
133
117
121
117
121
93
120
135
99
108
98
119
54
64
39
107
99
87
87
114
81
131
58
85
130
144
121
153
104
114
144
149
123
180
114
114
144
140
124
186
109
113
122
135
133
146
122
129
185
203
116 , 38
.
116
123
2S3
178
105
119
113
312
189
97
113
117
349
224
109
126
130
407
292
117
130
160
381
301
116
126
157
375
315
99
123
147
379
318
106
138
134
170
90
96
102
108
100
127
155
152
193
234
153
287
125
283
83
226
203
207
205
147
153
197
116
149
142
183
124
154
146
190
134
108
184
67
229
136
64
228
169
75
257
275
134
205
212
113
230
231
294
331
264
137
24
S
S
3
Si
149 I
187 I
78 i
80
112
227
K
149 |
147 |
129 !
1919 monthly average* 1
W
Production:
Lumber >__
Bldg. contracts
Stocks:
Beef.
Pork
Business finances:
Bond prices (40 issues)
Banking:
Debits outside N. Y.
City._
Federal ReserveBills discounted....
Total reserves
Ratio
85
114
102
126
106
137
99
127
90
32
91
100
72
24
112
86
87
107
104
104
103
104
114
91
97
107
111
104
99
132
97
87
91
122
122
23
144
154
39
146
152
40
146
153
39
146
156
42
146
154
103
45
145
152
108
102
.113
107
125
103
129
147
131
136
131
121
124 I
103 i
112
88
132 !
90 I
43
93
41
103
39
110
33
109
38
Ul !
25 !
67
45
82
in I
21
104
21
91
102
103
103
105
104
105
105
106
108 i
110
110
100
113
19
110
132
111
27
59
133 i 131
85
33
106
116
111
100
109
108
106 !
104 i
106
101
101
46
146
152
41
146
152
44
143
146
27
149
162
27
147
161
25
147
161
23
147
163
22
147
165
18 j
149 j
163 1
15
149
165
Hi
140 '
164 i
13
144
160
137
116
I Wholesale and retail prices from Department of Labor averaged for thei month; ' W ™
* Based on the total computed production reported by 5 asM^ttans. ^eludes «gttara ^pSSS^flth*a
soft woods. The total production of these assocaitions in 1919 was equal to lltl9O,ooo,ixw Doara ioec» WHUIMMW
board feet reported by the census.
:
;
h a r d anU
totallumber production for the country of 31,552,000,000
COMPARISON OF AUGUST WHOLESALE PRICES WITH PEAK AND PRE-WAR
(Relative prices 1913»100)
INDEX NUMBERS
200
300
400
500
€00
I F A R M PRODUCTS, AVERAGE PRICE TO PRODUCER
WHEAT
CORN
POTATOES
COTTON
COTTON SEED
CATTLE, BEEF
HOGS
LAMBS
FARM PRODUCTS. MARKET PRICE
WHEAT. SPRING
WHEAT. WINTER
CORN. NO.2
OATS
BARLEY
RYE NOJ2
TOBACCO. BURLEY
COTTON
WOOL 1 * GREASE (BOSTON)
CATTLE
STEERS
HOGS. HEAVY
SHEEP. EWES
SHEEP. LAMBS
FLOUR, SPRING
FLOUR. WINTER
SUGAR. RAW
SUGAR. GRANULATED
COTTONSEED OIL
6EEF. CARCASS
BEEF. STEER ROUNDS'
HAMS. SMOKED (CHICAGO)
COTTON YARN
COTTON. PRINT CLOTH
COTTON. SHEETING
WORSTED YARN
WOMEN'S DRESS GOODS
SUITINGS
SILK. RAW
HIDES. PACKER'S
HIDES. CALFSKINS
LEATHER. CHRQME (BOSTON)
LEATHER. SOLE OAK
BOOTS AND SHOES (BOSTON)
BOOTS AND SHOES (ST. LOUIS) J
COAL, BITUMINOUS
COAL. ANTHRACITE
COKE
PETROLEUM
PIG IRON. FOUNDRY
PIG IRON. BASIC
STEEL BILLETS
BESSEMER
COPPER
] PEAK PRICE
LEAD
I PRICE IN AUGUST
TIN
ZINC
LUMBER. PINE. SOUTHERN
LUMBER. DOUGLAS FIR
BRICK. COMMON (NEW YORK) |
CEMENT
STEEL
BEAMS
RUBBER. CRUDE
SUL
URIC ACID
700
WHOLESALE PRICE COMPARISONS—MAXIMUM PRICE COMPARED TO PRICE IN RECENT MONTHS
7£»
U b l e Up to
Date and maxim u m relative price
COMMODITIES
May,
MM
June,
1924
1924
^
August, I S c p t e m - Per cent
int
I 1921
Increase
(+) «<•
decrease
(-)ln
September from
August
Relative price
(1913 avcraffc-108)
I
FARM PRODUCTS-AVERAGE PRICE TO PRODUCERS
Wheat—
Corn
Potatoes.
Cotton...
June,
July,
June,
July,
1020
1920
1920
1920
326
300
•700
312
122
127
153
234
124
131
169
232
134
159
183
228
Cottonseed..
Cattle, beef..
Hogs
Lambs
May,
May,
July,
Apr.,
1920
1919
1919
1920
321
183
256
239
186
101
89
187
183
9S
87
184
FARM PRODUCTS-MARKET PRICE
Wheat, No. 1, northern, spring (Chicago)
Wheat, No. 2, red, winter (Chicago)
Corn, contract grades, No. 2, cash (Chicago)..
Oats, contract grades, cash (Chicago)
Barley, fair to good, malting (Chicago)
May,
May,
Sept.
June,
Mar.,
1920
1920
1917
1020
1918
354
302
331
29G
325
129
10S
126
130
122
Rye, No. 2, cash (Chicago)
Tobacco, burley, good leaf, dark red (Louisville)
,.,
Cotton, middling upland (New York)
Wool, U. blood combing, Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces (Boston).
Mar.,
Mar.,
Apr.
Apr.,
1918
1919
1920
191S
451
352
331
30S
Cattle, steers, good to choice, corn fed (Chicago)
Hogs, heavy (Chicago)
Sheep, ewes (Chicago)
Sheep, lambs (Chicago)
Mar.,
July,
Apr.,
Feb.,
1919
1919
1918
1920
...
May,
May,
May,
May,
Cottonseed oil, prime summer yellow (New York).
Beef, fresh carcass good native steers (Chicago)
Beef, fresh steer rounds No. 2 (Chicago)
Pork, smoked hams (Chicago)
144
178
136
165
-2.0
+2.3
-26.9'
17!)
W
88
172
147
174
186
232
176
90
114
106
146
94
113
1C7
-17.0
-2.1
-0.9
+0.0
138
1)4
134
133
124
153
127
1C9
150
133
149
133
187
140
136
148
136
186
132
139
-0.7
+2.3
-0.5
-5.7
+2.2
106
212
247
196
115
192
235
176
135
186
218
176
144
186
229
192
ICO
186
191
212
+ 11.1
218
266
319
203
121
89
141
182
113
87
103
189
112
93
103
176
112
115
127
170
10C
118
115
1C9
-5.4
+2.6
-9.4
-0.6
1920
1917
1920
1920
328
363
598
526
145
142
161
170
150
145
145
152
163
152
145
153
164
102
154
155
162
158
170
107
July,
Sept.
July,
July,
1919
1920
1920
1919
374
201
211
231
135
131
129
117
144
129
134
118
107
127
130
123
192
127
129
134
150
127
122
-1.2
-Z5
+10.4
+7.7
-21.0
0.0
-5.4
0.0
CLOTHING
Cotton yarns, carded, white, northern, mule spun, 22-1 cones (Boston)-..
Cotton, print cloth, 27 inches, 64 x 60-7.60 yards to pound (Boston)
Cotton, sheeting, brown 4/4 Ware Shoals L. L. (New York)
Worsted yarns, 2/32's crossbred stock, white, in skein (Boston)
Women's dress goods, storm serge, all-wool, dbl. warp. 50 in. (N. Y.)
May,
Apr.,
May,
Jan.,
Oct.,
1920
1920
1920
1920
1918
348
478
427
2S9
292
192
192
177
212
184
191
198
177
206
184
190
197
175
200
184
189
202
189
206
184
175
10O
179
212
Suitings, wool, dyed blue, 55-56 inches, 16-ounce Middlesex (New York).
Silk, raw Japanese, Kansas No. 1 (New York)
Hides, green salted, packer's heavy native steers (Chicago)
Hides, calfskins, No. 1, country, 8 to 15 pounds (Chicago)
July,
Jan.,
Aug.,
Aug.,
1920
1920
1919
1919
291
466
2S3
490
233
137
68
91
233
14S
71
95
233
167
85
103
233
149
fc7
105
Leather, chrome calf, dull or bright " B " grades (Boston)
Leather, sole, oak, scoured backs, heavy (Boston)
Boots and shoes, men's black calf, blucher (Massachusetts)
Boots and shoes, men's dress welt tan calf (St. Louis)
-
Nov.,
Aug.,
Mar.,
Aug.
1919
1919
192ff
1919
473 !
.
230 i
308 !
239
132
65
88
171
103
201
160
95
201
153
160
95
201
153
171
98
201
153
171
99
201
153
+2! 9
0.0
0.0
-10.8
+2.4
+1.9
0.0
+1.0
0.0
0.0
Sept,,
Nov.,
Aug.,
Mar.,
1922
1923
1920
1920
336
216
637
375
154
208
140
186
15*
210
132
166
154
212
121
166
154
214
123
147
154
216
128
141
0.0
+0.9
+4.1
-4.1
July,
Sept.
July,
Mar.,
1917
1920
1917
1917
346
330
388
230
141
139
149
81
134
134
147
79
130
129
147
131
129
146
85
135
129
141
83
+3.1
0.0
-3.4
-2.4
June, 1917
May, 1918
June, 1915
224
386
166
93
106
161
95
106
162
103
107
182
115
114
1S4
110
112
+1.1
-4.3
-l.S
Feb., 1920
Jan., 1920
Feb., 1920
455
407
381
181
190
305
172
179
305
167
179
244
172
174
206
173 ;
174
213 !
+0.C
0.0
+3.4
Sept., 1920
June, 1917
Jan., 1913
Feb., 1916
195
331
124
250
173
157
21
70
173
151
20
70
173
146
21
70
173
142
26
70
173
136
28
70
0.0
-4.2
•-..
0.0
~lfl.fi
+ 10.4
FOOD
Flour, standard patents (Minneapolis)
Flour, winter straights (Kansas City).-Sugar, 96° centrifugal (New York)
Sugar, granulated, In barrels (New York)...
-
FUEL
Coal, butuminous, mine run lump, Kanawha (Cincinnati)
Coal, anthracite, chestnut (New York tidewater)
Coke, Connellsville (range of prompt and future) furnace—at ovens
Petroleum, crude, Kansas-Oklahoma—at wells
METALS
Pig Iron, foundry No. 2, northern (Pittsburgh)
Pig Iron, basic, bailey furnace
Steel billets, Bessemer (Pittsburgh)
Copper ingots, electrolytic, early delivery (New York).
BUILDING M A T E R I A L S AND
MISCELLANEOUS
Lumber, pine, southern, yellow flooring, 1 x 4, " B " and better (Hattiesburg
v district)
r
Lumber, Douglas fir, No. 1, common, s 1 s, 1 x 8 x 10 (Washington)
Brick, common red, domestic building (New York)
Cement, Portland, net without bags to trade, f. o. b., plant (Chicago dist.)
Steel beams, mill (Pittsburgh)
Rubber, Para Island, fine (New York)
Sulphuric acid, 66° (New York)
-,
-5.9
—r T
+7.7
0.0
BUSINESS FAILURES BY PRINCIPAL CLASSES OF ESTABLISHMENTS
(Data plotted are 12-month moving monthly averages. August, 1024, latest month)
2.00C
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I
1
1
1
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I
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AND C&OTHING
UMB R AND LUMBER PRODUCTS
SOLID LINES DENOTE
TRADING ESTABLISHMENTS
BROKEN LINES DENOTE
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS
BUSINESS SUMMARY
(Index and relative numbers based on the 1919 monthly average as 10O—except unfilled orders which are based on the 1920 avernge-<mab]o comparisons to b<» m.-uio of the
relative condition of the several phases of business. The use of index antl relative numbers is more fully explained on tho inside front cover, and (Mails of this summary are given in the table entitled "Indexes of Business," beginning on p . 28. While actual data on electric power, building construction, factory umploymenl, and
the transportation situation may be found in the "Trend of business movements" beginning on p. 33.)
Ym CENT INCH BASK ( + ) OR
DECUEASK (—)
1923
June
July
August
PRODUCTION:
Manufacturing (64 commodities)
Raw materials, totaL
Minerals
.___
Animal products
Crops
Forest
Electric power
Building construction (awards)
126
95
145
119
54
133
139
. - _ 99
April
May
June I July
! August
Awrt fo ! » , » £ •
rm
July
114
98
148
128
54
124
140
90
121
121
155
110
113
136
144
85
us
112
95
124
124
60
130
148
124
100
87
106
118
54
126
146
136
90
122
317
56
118
141
103
100 |
98 1
125 I
117 ;
73 |
111 |
142
88 i
10!)
122
126
108
129
124
147
90
+ l>. 0
+ 24. 4
+ 0.7
-7. 7
+ 70. 7
+ 11,7
+3. 5
10.
id
-IS.
-!.
0
S
7
H
]. j I. 2
-8. S
+ 2. 1
i-5. s
STOCKS OF COMMODITIES (45 commodities):
Unadjusted index
Corrected for seasonal variation
l
UNFILLED ORDERS (relative to 1920)
SALES (based on value):
Mail-order houses (4 houses)
Ten-cent chains (5 chains)
Wholesale trade
Department stores (359 stores) _
103
115
102
114
104
125
135
137
129
143
126
133
123
131
121
134
- 1 . II
-_
_.
77
68
60
54
47
43
44
46
+ 4. 5
-23. 3
—
86
154
83
127
74
143
79
89
73
153
88
100
114
178
78
132
90
174
76
127
89
162
75
119
69
163
78
91
74
172
83
93
+
+
+
+
7.2
5.5
6,4
2. 2
H. 4
t-12. 4
-5.7
-7.0
71
73
77
+ 2.S
0.0
0.0
-1.3
95
+1.1
f 1. 1
79
0.0
-15. 1
100
110
117
+ 3.1
-18.0
-6.8
PRICES (recomputed to 1919 base):
Wholesale, all commodities
~
Retail food
-
--
74
.7
7
73
79
73
78
72
76
71
70
70
76
COST OF LIVING (1919 base)
--
93
94
94
94
94
94
94
93
93
88
84
81
115
143
28
117
113
40
122
118
25
97
100
199
103
105
205
97
128
216
FACTORY EMPLOYMENT (1919 base) 2 -_-_
TRANSPORTATION:
Net freight ton-mile operation _
Car loadings (monthly total)
~—
Net available car surplus (end of mo.) —
77
94
79
97
101
195
+ 2. 2
+ 8.9
-40, 0
-53.2
1
Comparable data back to 1919 were published in April, 1924, SURVEY, p. 28.
. ; Based on new series, including repoits from several thousand firms. See page 180 of the August, 1924, SURVEY; also pp. 120-132, April, 1924, Monthly tabm Rt$\t\s
published by the U. S. Department of Labor.
COURSE OF BUSINESS IN AUGUST
GENERAL SUMMARY
Manufacturing activity during August was in
general on a higher level than in the preceding month.
Production increases over the previous month in
individual commodities were noted in pig iron, steel
ingots, rubber tires, automobiles, petroleum, bituBainous coal, copper, lead, gold, silver/lumber, cement,
wheat flour, boots and shoes, sole leather, and in the
***ill consumption of cotton and wool* Declines from
the output of the previous month were registered in
anthracite coal, zinc, meats, and locomotives.
New awards for building construction were larger
than in either July or a year ago. Sales of mail-order
houses and 10-cent chains in August exceeded those
of the previous month and August a year ago. The
dollar volume of business as measured by bank debits
to individual accounts increased over the preceding
month and a year ago. Interest rates again averaged
lower for both call money and commercial paper
while the Federal reserve ratio at the end of August
was slightly below the July end-of-month condition.
Factory employment showed relatively no change
from the previous month while retail food prices and
the cost of living continued to advance. Defaulted
liabilities of failing firms were larger in August than
in either the preceding month or a year ago. Car
loadings although below a year ago were larger than
in July while wholesale prices at 50 per cent above
pre-war averaged 2 per cent higher than in July.
Imports of merchandise into the United States declined from July and a year ago while exports from
the United States were larger than in either of these
comparative periods.
8
RELATIVE PRODUCTION, STOCKS, AND UNFILLED ORDERS IN BASIC INDUSTRIES
(Monthly averages 1920=100. Unfilled orders are principally those for iron, steel, and building materials.)
160
150
1924
SUMMARY OF INDEXES OF BUSINESS
PRODUCTION
Production of manufactures, as measured by the index
of 64 commodities based.on the 1919 monthly average
production as 100, stood at 108 for August compared
with 100 for July and 121 a year ago. All industrial
groups registered increased output over the previous
month except foodstuffs and tobacco, while the August
production of foodstuffs, chemicals, stone, clay, and
glass products, and nonferrous metals was larger than
the output of these manufacturing groups a year ago.
The weighted index of mineral production at 126
for August compares with 125 for July and 155 a year
ago. Declines in the output of minerals from, the
production of August, 1923, were recorded in petroleum, coal, both anthracite and bituminous, iron ore,
zinc, and gold, while the August output of domestic
mines registered increases over the previous month
in petroleum, bituminous coal, copper, lead, and silver.
The movement of crops to market, as indicated by
the weighted index based on 1919 average monthly
marketings as 100, stood at 129 as against 73 for July
and 113 a year ago, all groups except cotton and miscellaneous crops coming*to market in larger volume
in August than a year ago.
The index of animal marketings stood at 108 for
August as against 117 for July and 110 a year ago,
declines from a year ago being noted in the marketings
of all animal products except wool, sheep, poultry,
fish and milk.
The production of forest products as indicated by
the combined index based on 1919 as 100 stood at .124
for August compared with 111 for July and 136 a year
ago, all products of the forest sharing in the general
decline from a year ago.
COMMODITY STOCKS
Commodity inventories of manufacturers on August
31, as measured by the index of 45 basic commodities
based on average monthly stocks in 1919 as 100, stood
at 134 after adjustment for normal seasonal conditions as against 131 for July 31 and 125 a year ago,
the increase in the general index being due to advances
in all commodity groups except manufactured foodstuffs.
SALES
Manufacturers' sales tended to increase in August.
The unfilled order index for eight basic commodities,
principally iron, steel, and building materials, based
on 1920 as 100 stood at 46 for August 31 as against 44
on July 31 and 60 a year ago.
The index of wholesale trade, based upon the 19 iy
monthly average as 100, stood at 83 for August as
against 78 in July and 88 a year ago, declines from a
year ago being noted in all lines except meats.
Sales of mail-order houses, as measured by the in e *
of four houses based on 1919 as 100, were computed a
74 for August as against 69 for July and 73 a year ago.
The index of sales of five 10-cent chain systems stoo
at 172 as against 163 in July and 153 a year ago.
PRICES
Prices received by producers of farm products, as
measured by the new monthly index of the Department
of Agriculture based on the average prices during the
period 1909 to 1914 as 100, stood at 137 for August as
against 130 for July and 128 a year ago. All groups
of farm products except fruits and vegetables partook
of this general increase over the previous month, with
the principal increases occuring in the prices paid to
producers for their grain, meat animals, and cotton.
The wholesale price index of the Department of
Labor, based on 1913 average prices as 100, stood at
150 for August as against 147 for July and 150 a year
ago, all groups sharing in this general advance, except
fuel and lighting which declined, and metals, building
materials, and house furnishings which remained
stationary. As regrouped by the Federal Reserve
Board this index shows agricultural products at 195
against 176 in July and 152 a year ago, animal products
at 123 against 114 and 125, forest products at 175
against 175 and 203, and mineral products at 166
against 167 and 177. The group price index for raw
products at 154 compares with 152 for July and 153
a year ago, while the price index for producers' goods
at 130 compare with 130 and 137, and consumers'
goods at 156 compare with 153 and 154. On this
page is given a chart showing the comparison since
1913 between prices for raw materials, ^producers'
goods, and consumers' goods. Dun's and Bradstreet's index numbers of wholesale prices showed
relatively the same increase over July.
The Federal Reserve Board's indexes of wholesale
prices for international comparison showed an advance
for the United States from 150 to 158; a decline in the
British index from 174 to 173; an increase in tho
French index from 440 to 442; an increase in Canadian
prices from 147 to 149; and an advance in tho Japanese
index from 191 to 196. Wholesale prices in Sweden
and India also advanced in August over tho previous
month.
Retail prices of food, as measured by tho index of the
Department of Labor based on 1913 average prices as
100, stood at 144 for A\igust as against 143 for July and
146 a year ago. The cost of living index advanced
from 162 to 163 and compares with 162 for August a
year ago. Other groups remaining stationary, advances in food and clothing costs alono accounted
for the increase in the general index.
WHOLESALE PRICES FOR RAW PRODUCTS, PRODUCERS' GOODS, AND CONSUMERS' GOODS
(1913 average prices taken as 100. August is latest month plotted)
260
12643—24t
2
10
REVIEW BY PRINCIPAL BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE
TEXTILES
Receipt? of wool at Boston in August were slightly
lower than in the previous month, but were 77 per cent
above a }rear ago, the decline from the previous month
reflecting smaller receipts of domestic wools. Both
domestic and foreign wools wore received in larger
volume than a year ago, the percentages of increase
over August, 1923, receipts being 85 and 36, respectively. , Imports of unmanfactured wool increased
over the Juty figures, but were 16 per cent below the
imports of August, 1923. During the iirst eight
months of 1924 a total of 190,793,000 pounds of wool
were imported into the United States, representing
a decrease from the same period of 1923 equivalent
to 4G per cent.
Consumption of wool by textile mills increased
over the previous month while machinery activity in
woolen mills likewise registered an increase over July.
Average prices of raw wool and worsted yarns increased in August, while prices of dress goods and
suitings remained unchanged.
W O O L CONSUMPTION AND IMPORTS
(Consumption computed to 100 per cent of industry)
period of 1923. Although August imports of raw
cotton were 21 per cent larger than in August, 1923,
the total inward movement during the first eight
months of 1924 indicated a decline from the same
period of a year ago amounting to 27 per cent. Exports of unmanufactured cotton increased in a seasonal movement over July, the August shipments
abroad representing an increase of 14 per cent over
the same month of 1923. The total outward movement of raw cotton during the calendar year thus far,
amounting to 2.727.841 bales, represents an increase
of 24 per cent over the same period of 1923.
Consumption of cotton by textile mills increased
3 per cent in August over the preceding month, but
was 27 per cent below the same month of 1923.
During the first eight months of 1924 a total of
3.516,510 bales of cotton were consumed, representing
a decline of 22 per cent from the consumption during
the same period of 1923. Total stocks of raw cotton
held at mills and warehouses aggregated 1,364,000
bales on August 31 as against 1,983,000 at the end of
August last year. The world visible supply of
American cotton at the end of August was 10 per cent
below a year ago.
EXPORTS AND CONSUMPTION OF COTTON
Receipts of cotton into sight in August increased
in a seasonal movement, but were 27 per cent below
a year ago. For the calendar year through August
a total of 3,866,000 bales of cotton were brought into
sight, an increase of 10 per cent over the corresponding
More spindles were active in August than in July
and the activity per spindle was likewise greater,
| while compared with a year ago large decreases were
i registered. Spindle activity in terms of percentage
, represented 62.8 per cent of mill capacity in August
as against 60.6 in July and 85.7 a year ago.
Orders, billings, and shipments* of cotton goods in
finishing plants increased in August over the previous
:
month but compared with a year ago declines in all
| three of these items were recorded. Stocks of finished
i goods held by finishers declined from both the in| ventories on July 31 and a year ago. Operating
! activity of cotton finishers indicated operations
amounting to 47 per cent of capacity as against 4o
per cent in July and 52 per cent a year ago. Average
I prices for raw cotton in the New York market were
11
lower than those in July while wholesale prices for
print cloth and sheeting averaged higher in August
than in the previous month. Average prices for cotton
yarns declined in August.
Imports of silk increased 9 per cent in August over
the preceding month, while the total inward movement of raw silk during the eight months ending
August 31, amounting to 34,131,000 pounds, registered a decline of 17 per cent from the imports during
the same period of 1923. Deliveries of silk to consuming establishments in August were 5 and 12 per
cent smaller, respectively, than in the previous month
or August a year ago. Silk stocks on August 31 were
18 per cent larger than the inventories of a year ago,
while the wholesale price of Japanese silk in the New
York market, although 13 per cent higher than in
July, averaged 17 per cent below a year ago.
Imports of burlap in August increased over both
the previous month and a year ago, while the total
inward movement during the first eight months of
1924, amounting to 404,825,000 pounds, was 1 per
cent below the imports in the same period of last
year. Unmanufactured fibers were imported in
smaller volume in August than in July, but were 22
per cent larger than a year ago. For the eight months
ending August, 1924, the total imports of fiber
amounted to 205,713 tons, a decline of 6 per cent
from the same period of a year ago.
IRON AND STEEL
Shipments of iron ore from the mines declined in
August both from the previous month and a year
ago. Receipts of iron ore at lake ports also declined
from these two comparative periods, while consumption of iron ore in August, although only one half as
large as a year ago, registered an increase of 9 per
cent over the preceding month.
The output of pig iron increased 6 per cent in
August, but was 45 per cent below the production of
a year ago. For the first eight months of 1924 the
figures indicate pig iron production amounting to 21,091,000 tons as against 27,969,000 tons during the
same period of 1923. Seven furnaces were blown in
during August, making the total in blast 151 as against
240 a year ago and increasing the August capacity to
63,000 tons per day from the July capacity of 55,350
tons. The output of merchant pig iron declined in
August, while sales, shipments, and unfilled orders increased. Wholesale prices of pig iron averaged higher
in August, but were more than 20 per cent below a
year ago.
Steel-ingot production increased 36 per cent over
July, the August output, amounting to 2,542,000 tons,
being 31 per cent below a year ago. For the eight
months ending August 31 the output of steel ingots
totaled 24,060,000 tons, a decline of 21 per cent from
the production in the same period of 1923. Unfilled
orders for steel on the books of the U. S. Steel Corporation on August 31 recorded an increase of 3 per
cent over the figures on forward business as of July 31.
New bookings for steel castings declined in August
froni both the previous month and August a year ago.
Production, shipments, sales, and unfilled orders for
steel sheets by independent steel mills increased in
August over the previous month, the August production being equivalent to 05.2 per cent of plant capacity, as against 48.7 per cent in July. Wholesale
prices of steel averaged lower in August.
Shipments of locomotives from principal manu-.
facturers totaled 139 in August as against 140 in July
and 272 a year ago. During the first 8 months of 1924
a total of 990 locomotives were shipped to domestic
and foreign railroads as against 1,916 in the same
period of 1923. On August 31 orders for 361 locomotives were as yet unfilled as against 483 on July 31 and
1,497 a year ago. Freight-car orders in August increased over both the previous month and a year ago.
Sales of mechanical stokers, in point of horse power,
increased in August but were 42 per cent smaller than
a year ago.
LOCOMOTIVE SHIPMENTS AND UNFILLED ORDERS
(August, 1921 latest plotted)
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Shipments of steel furniture increased 6 per cent
over the July totals but were 12 per cent smaller than
a year ago. During the eight months ending August
steel office furniture valued at SI 1,594,000 was shipped
by manufacturers, representing an increase of 2 per
cent over the same period of 1923.
12
Bookings of fabricated structural steel, at 59 per
cent of capacity, compared with 69 per cent in July
and 57 per cent a year ago. Shipments of structural
steel equaled 73 per cent of capacity as against 81 in
July. Comparisons for earlier periods as reported to
the Department of Commerce by 189 identical firms
(and 7 additional firms now out of business), with a
present capacity of 245,540 tons per month, are shown
below, based on a total capacity of 250,000 tons per
month in 1922 and 260,000 tons in 1923 and 1924:
FABRICATED STRUCTURAL STEEL
MINING AND INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVES
QUARTER ENDING
JUNE, 30,1924
QUABTER ENDING
MAR. 3 1 , 1 9 2 4
TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE
Number
shipped
Mining locomotives:
Trolley type
Storage-battery type
Value
Number
shipped
Value
Total
$554,950
128,615
648,846
140
683,565
9
12
-
112
28
134
-„.....
Industrial locomotives:
Trolley or third*rail type
Storage-battery type
$486,493
162,353
150,112
69,714
19
26
147,139
143,892
21
Total
98
36
219,826
45
291,031
BOOKINGS
SHIPMENTS OF ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES, TOTAL FOR 1923
Actual
tonnage
1922
Per
cent Computed
tonnage
of capacity
April..
May
Juno
July
August
September.
October
November.
December..
205,573
191,218
175,498
164t3S9
163,791
153,353
138,791
118,493
145,230
179,337
192,270
229,733
193/639
140,558
125,531
125,105
143,402
129,999
121,298
132,606
195,607
187,200
200,200
239,200
202,800
145,600
130,000
130,000
148,200
135,200
127,400
140,400
208,000
175,639
179,866
174,465
159,254
145,430
161,525
1167,504
187,200
189,800
184,600
169,000
153,400
171,600
179,400
153,400
January...
February..
March
April
May
June
July
August
1924
205,400
182,000
174,200
163,800
156,000
169,000
184,600
184,600
200,200
210,600
STEEL BARRELS (IN NUMBER OP BARRELS)
January.February.
March
April
May.
June
July
August...
45,588
49,109
57,350
57,072
.53,571
46,555
56,490
46,398
307,189
370,966
394,478
416,628
418,381
385,155
385,354
Shipped
303,668
362, 725
394,756
420,129
425,397
382,550
407,258
388,141
On hand Unfilled
orders,
end of
end of
month
month
49,109
57,350
57,072
53,571
46,555
49,160
47,629
43,611
615,485
608,660
601,663
614,102
582,022
421,870
519,034
1690,430
l
Of the total unfilled orders on hand at the end of August, 194,131 barrels were for
delivery within 30 days, and 496,349 barrels for delivery at later periods.
The following data on shipments of mining and
industrial locomotives were reported to the Department of Commerce by nine firms comprising practically
the entire industry:
L.
-
1,273
5,920,866
60,912
239,362
61
300,304
NONFERRdUS METALS
The following table shows statistics of steel barrels
reported to the Department of Commerce by 29 manufacturers operating 34 plants, in number of barrels:
On band Manufacfirst of
tured
month
...
$4,628,981
1*291^885
10
51
Total
1 Reported by 182 firms with a capacity of 243,880 tons.
* Reported by 154 firms with a capacity of 234,170 tons.
MONTH
Value
1,024
249
[ndustrial locomotives:
Trolley or third-rail type
Storage-battery type
Total™-.
* 137,400
Number
shipped
TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE
Mining locomotives:
Trolley t y p e . . . . .
Storage-battery type
212,500
197,500
182,500
170,000
170,000
160,000
145,000
122,600
150,000
1923
January.. __
February...
March
April
May
June
July
August
September.
October
November.
December-.
Per
cent Computed
of ca- tonnage
pacity
The output of copper by domestic mines amounted
to 133,140,000 pounds in August, an increase of 3 per
cent over the July production and 1 per cent over the
output a year ago. Copper exports totaled 81,781,000
pounds, representing an increase of 5 per cent over the
previous month and 19 per cent over a year ago. The
wholesale prices of electrolytic copper in the New York
market averaged 7 per cent higher in August.
New orders and shipments of brass faucets declined
in August from both the previous month and a year
ago, while sales of tubular plumbing goods in August
increased over these two comparative periods.
The production of'zinc declined in August from the
output of the previous month, while the number of retorts in operation at the end of the month was larger
than on July 31. Stocks of zinc held on August 31
were 3 per cent lower than the inventories at the end
of the preceding month, but were 92 per cent larger
than those held on August 31, 1923. Wholesale prices
of zinc averaged higher in August.
Tin stocks in the United States declined, the inventories on August 31 indicating, however, an increase
over a year ago equivalent to 20 per cent. Deliveries
of tin to consuming establishments increased 22 per
cent in August but were 13 per cent below those of a
year ago. Imports of tin in August were 31 and 41 per
cent, respectively, below the inward movement of tM
previous month and a year ago. The wholesale price
of tin in August averaged 12 per cent and 32 per cent,
respectively, higher than a year ago.
13
RELATIVE PRODUCTION AND STOCKS OF ZINC
month and a year ago, while the wholesale and retail
prices showed no change from thoso prevailing in July.
The output of anthracite coal in August was 9 per
cent and 20 per cent lower, respectively, than tho
production in tho previous month and in August a
year ago. Anthracito exports also declined from
these comparative periods. Wholosalo prices of chestnut coal in the New York market avcragod 1 per cent
higher than August.
Below is given a table showing, for specified dates,
estimated stocks of bituminous coal in the United
States and stocks of anthracito coal held by 504 retail
dealers as compiled by tho Department of Commerco
in cooperation with the United States Geological
Survey.
STOCKS OF COAL ON FIRST OP MONTH
ESTIMATED BITUMINOUS
IK UNITED STATES
RETAIL ANTHRACITE
( 5 0 1 DEALERS)
YEAR AND MONTH
Short tons
The output of lead in August was larger than in
either the previous month or a year ago, while the
average price of lead was likewise higher than in either
of these two periods.
Data for August reported by 11 manufacturers of
collapsible tubes to the Department of Commerce
follow (including one company not reporting orders):
COLLAPSIBLE
TUBES
June
July
August
Number of gross
Production
Tin.
Lead._
Composition
163,746
137,395
24,410
1,941
155,266
137,272
14,742
3,252
148,678
126,512
20,101
2,065
Shipments
Tin
Lead
Composition*- .
152,910
132,823
18,188
1,899
157,124
134,191
19,912
3,021
147,412
124,750
20,554
2,108
158,201
142,584
11,758
3,859
124,428
114,513
8,390
1,516
98,136
90,400
6,388
1,339
36
11
25
0
698
238
460
0
1,774
75
0
169
349,160
294,503
33,728
20,929
317,862
274,194
24,244
19,424
291,955
253,921
21,078
16,956
...
Orders booked
Tin
Lead
Composition
Cancellations
Tin.
Lead
;.;• _ : _ " " : : „ _ : " . : " • ; :
"
mm
CompositionUnfilled orders, end of month
Tin
Lead.
.
Composition.......
FUELS
Bituminous coal was produced in larger volume in
August than in July, but the August output was 29
per cent below that of a year ago. Exports of bituminous declined in August from both the previous
1919:
January
April
1920:
March
June
1921:
January
April
August
November..
1922:
January
March
April
September..
October
November..
1923:
January.
February!..
March
June
July
August
September..
October
1924:
January
June..
September-
Days*
supply *
s'900,000
40,400,000
Sbornons
080,923 !
24,000,000
20,000,000
36
31
575,43* J
45,800,000
39,500,000
41,000,000
48,600,000
758,831 i
48,000,000
52,500,000
*63,000,000
22,000,000
26,000,000
32,000,000
1,431,217 |
17
21
23
I'A 127
136,000,000
* 38,000,000
136,000,000
l 42,000,000
* 46,000,000
* 62,000,000
ȣ6,000,000
>00,000,000
20
24
22
30
37
44
M6
>45
419,775
812,109
691,073
25
21
22
»62,000,000
»51,000,000
» 47,000,000 i
'46
»49
*45
1,076,763
1,169,510
3,390,032
37
49
55
24
47
44
1
At current rate of consumption,
* At least 63,000.000 tons. No canvass made of consumers for this date.
• Subject to revision.
Beehive coke production was smaller in August than
in July and a year ago, while the output of by-product
coke was larger than in July. Coke was exported in
smaller volume in August than in either the previous
month or a year ago, while the wholesale price of coke
at Connellsville averaged slightly higher in August
than in July.
The output of crude petroleum increased in August
over the previous month but was 10 per cent below
the production of a year ago. During the eight
months ending August the production of crude aggregated 474,783,000 barrels, an increase of 122,000
barrels over the output during the same period of
1923. Stocks of petroleum continued to accumulate,
being, on August 31,17 per cent larger than the inventory of a year ago. Consumption of crude in August
was less than in either the previous month or a year
ago, while [for the eight-month period ending August
31 the consumption, amounting to 490,788,000 barrels,
represented an increase of 6 per cent over the same
period of last year. Fewer oil wells were completed
than in July or a year ago, while thus far this year 14
per cent fewer were opened for production than during
the^eight-month period ending August 31, 1923. The
wholesale price of petroleum averaged lower'in August.
AUTOMOBILES
The total output of automobiles, both passenger
and truck, recorded an increase of 6 per cent over the
July production, but the August figures were 19 per
cent below a year ago. Passenger-car production in
August totaled 251,631 cars as against 237,668 in July
and 314,431 a year ago, while the output of trucks
amounted to 27,484 as against 25,235 in July and
30,872 a year ago. Thus far this year the total output
of passenger cars and trucks amounted to 2,540,187
vehicles as against 2,704,541 produced during the
eight months ending August 31, 1923.
CUMULATIVE PASSENGER AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION AT THE
END OF SPECIFIED PERIODS
Exports of automobiles in August were larger than
in both the previous month and August a year ago.
The August truck exports indicated smaller volume
than in July or a year ago, the increase in total automobile exports over these two comparative periods
being due to larger shipments abroad of passenger cars.
RUBBER
Imports of crude rubber were 12 per cent larger
than in July and 14 per cent larger than in August a
year ago. During the first eight months of 1924
crude rubber imports totaled 455,839,000 pounds,representing a decline of 13 per cent from the shipments
into the United States during the same period of 1923.
Production and shipments of pneumatic tires, inner
tubes, and solid tires increased in August over both
the previous month and a year ago, while stocks of
these three classes of rubber tires on August 31 were
considerably below the inventories of a year ago.
Consumption of crude rubber by tire manufacturers
also increased in August over the previous month and
a year ago.
PRODUCTION, SHIPMENTS, AND STOCKS OF PNEUMATIC TIRES
40
/
35
f
f
A
30
f
CO
a
CO
o
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o
1923
20
ft
CO
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a
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/
i.6
/
/
f
f
•
t, i 6
192
HIDES AND LEATHER
V
X
/
A
f
10
/
/
•
S
f
4
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0
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9
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o
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6
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Imports of hides and skins in August were, smaller
than in the previous month and a year ago. As compared with a year ago, the imports of calfskins and
cattle hides were larger, while goatskin and sheepskin
imports were smaller. The total inward movement of
hides and skins during the eight-month period ending
August 31, amounting to 230,280,000 pounds, represented a decline of 46 per cent from the imports during
the same period' of 1923. Prices of cattte hides and
calfskins averaged higher in August than in July o r a
year ago.
15
The production of sole leather, harness leather, and
skivers increased in August, the output of these species
of leather, however, being considerably below a year
ago* Exports of both sole and upper leather increased
in August over the previous month and a year ago,
while the wholesale prices of leather averaged higher
in August than in July.
Sales of leather belting in August, although 2 per
cent larger than in July, were 30 per cent below a year
ago. The output and exports of boots and shoes in
August registered increases over their respective July
totals, while wholesale prices of shoes showed no
change.
The following table shows the number of leather
gloves and mittens cut in August, with comparisons
for August, 1923, as reported to the Department of
Commerce by 206 identical establishments.
LEATHER GLOVES AND MITTENS C U T (IN* DOZEN PAIHS)
AUGUST, 1924
AUGUST,
1923
Women's
Women's
Men's
Men's
And boys' and chil- and boys' and children's
dren's
Dress and street gloves, etc-,
Imported
Domestic
Work gloves, mittens, etc
51,258
24,017
27,241
123,914
10,928
8,690
2.23S
135
66,503
31,365
35,138
136,211
16,787
14,635
2,152
619
PAPER AND PRINTING
Imports of wood pulp, both mechanical and chemical, were larger in August than in July, while for chemical pulp the August imports were also larger than a year
ago. During the first eight months of 1924, 909,802
tons of wood pulp, both species, were imported into
the United States as against 904,682 tons during
'the same p'eriod of 1923.
Production and shipments of newsprint paper in
August increased over the July figures but were below
a year ago. During the year 1924 through August the
output of newsprint totaled 980,767 tons, a decline of
4 per cent from the total output during the same
period of 1923. Imports of newsprint declined in
August from both the previous month and a year ago,
while for the eight months ending August 31 the
inward movement, amounting to 896,989 tons, represented an increase of 4 per cent over the same period
of last year. Stocks of newsprint at mills on August
31 were 10 per cent larger than a year ago. Shipments
of sales books in August were larger than in July,
but smaller than a year ago.
Production of paper-board shipping boxes was
larger in August than in July or a year ago. Sales of
abrasive paper and cloth, although larger than in
J u ty, were smaller than a year ago.
The following figures reported to the Department of
Commerce by manufacturers of box board indicate
the activity in this industry since November, 1923:
BOXDOARD
YEAR AND
MONTH
Operation
Unfilled
Produc* Orders orders
retion ceived (end ;
of mo.)
Inch
hours
1923
STOCKS i)¥ WASTE
(END OP MONTH)
Con*
sumption of
waste
paper
On
hand
In
transit
Tons
November
December
6,235,129 142,001 14a 680 60,302 129,601 128,399 0,4 20, IM
399 0,428
Gt 1S8,1S2 140,553 144,410 77,263 128,970 149,070 11,090 19,982
1924
January...
February
March
April
May
June
July
7,183,900
0,773,994
7,699,404
7,629,777
7,497,308
6,002,222
6,028,4SS
160,817
I5G,00f
176,293
167,5S0
101,820
141,641
141,364
180,370 02,058
158,775 88,214
152,861 85,989
146,018 60, «H
147,901 05,811
151,161 81,399
165,87'
1100,837
Ul, 145
148,329
105,986
155,790
153,848
139,883
137,688
114,137
107,720
124,774
127,392
129,950
145,512
150,040
13,224
12,953
13, MT
11,533
11,032!
13,074
10,039!
30,541
21, S7;
2.1, rm
20, r,4
33,522
34,370
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Building costs in August showed no change from the
previous month, but were about 5 per cent below a
year ago. Contracts awarded for now building
construction were larger than those of the previous
month and August a year ago. The contemplated
expenditure of. contracts awarded during the first
eight months of 1924, amounting to 82,612,212,000
for 27 States represents an increase of 11 per cent
over the awards of the same period of 1923. Of this
amount $1,234,775,000 represents residential building,
an increase of 19 per cent over 1923; 8349,427,000
business building, an increase of 14 per cent;
$187,977,000 educational building, an increase of
20 per cent; and $225,797,000 other public and
sernipublic building, an increase of 28 per cent.
The following monthly statistics covering the awards
for construction in 36 States represent seven-eighths
of the total awards in the United States:
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED IN 36 STATES
1924
l
1023
CHARACTEB OF CONSTRUCTION
July
Grand total:
1
Value
-.-.thousands of dollars..1
Floor space
thousands of sq. ft..
Number of projects
I
347,184
50,522
10,821
August
354,443
50.767
11,093
293,629
47,010
9,846
1^243
41,151
8,361
1,221
37,457
8,4S4
1,192
19,664
3,017
275
30.3S0
3,967
301
19,359
3,798
335
128,072
25,474
7,005
148,232
27.99S
7,422
120,831
27,423
6,279
39,511
6,150
527
31,771
4,401
411
4,411
412
33, S75
6,059
572
47,003
4,968
552
2G,458
3,795
467
71,717
1,194
65,296
1,1S3
02,664
1,161
;.
,,
Business:
'
Value
thousands of dollars..i
Floor space
thousands of sq.ft..:
Number of projects
«
.
<
Industrial:
Value
thousands of dollars...
Floor space
thousands of sq. ft.J
Number of projects
Residential:
Value
._-,thousands of dollars..
Floor space
...thousands of sq. ft..
Number of projects
Educational:
Value
thousands of dollars..
Floor space
thousands of sq. ft..'
Number of projects
;
Other public and seniipublic: J
Value
thousands of dollars..!
Floor space
thousands of sq. ft..
Number of projects....
I
Public works and utilities:
!
Value.
thousands of dollars..
Number of projects*
August
' i-
49,346
i As compiled from data furnished by tho F . W. Dodge Corporation
'Includes hospitals and institutions, public buildings, social and recreational
i
buildings, and religious and memorial buildings.
16
VOLUME OF BUILDING CONTRACTS AWARDED IN 27 NORTHEASTERN STATES
BUILDING MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
Lumber production made a seasonal increase over
July but was smaller than a year ago for all pecies
reported except North Carolina pine and walnut.
Shipments were generally larger than in August, 1923,
exceptions being noted for Douglas fir, redwood, and
northern pine. New orders for lumber increased over
July for redwood and California white pine, while
southern pine orders declined; compared with a year
ago increased orders were shown for southern pine and
California white pine and decreased orders for redwood. Reported stocks of lumber were larger than
at the end of July except for southern pine, while
stocks of all reporting species of lumber declined from
a year ago, but stocks of walnut logs held by lumber
manufacturers declined.
Exports of lumber declined slightly both from July,
1924, and from August, 1923. Prices of softwood
lumber, as indicated by the composite index number
advanced over the early part of July, while hardwood
prices declined. The price of southern pine for
August advanced over July, while the Douglas fir
price declined.
Shipments, new orders, and unfilled orders of piano
benches and stools increased over July but declined
from August, 1923.
Shipments, new orders, and unfilled orders for oak
and maple flooring were greater than in July but
stocks declined. Production of oak flooring increased
but maple flooring declined. Compared with a year
ago, increases occurred in all items for oak flooring
and in new orders and stocks of maple flooring, while
declines took place in production, shipments, and unfilled orders of maple flooring.
Slight increases over July occurred in production,
shipments, new orders, and stocks of clay fire brick,
while unfilled orders declined. Compared with a year
ago, all items declined except stocks. Silica-brick production increased over July, but declined from a year
ago, while shipments increased over both periods and
stocks declined from both periods. Face brick statistics reported by 32 identical plants on production,
stocks, shipments, and unfilled orders all increased
over July; compared with a year ago production and
shipments increased and stocks and unfilled orders
declined. Paving brick statistics declined from July,
except shipments, while stocks alone increased over a
year ago. Production of paving brick ran at 74 per
cent of capacity as against 81 per cent in July and
88 a year ago. Prices of common brick declined.
CUMULATIVE VOLUME OF BUILDING CONTRACTS AWARDED IN
27 STATES AT THE END OF SPECIFIED PERIODS
sill
17
NEW BOOKINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL TERRA COTTA AND NEW CONTRACTS AWARDED FOR BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION IN 27 NORTHEASTERN STATES.
(1919 monthly averages-100. August, 1021, latest plotted.)
1
-ARCHITECTURAL T IRRA COTTA BOOKIN
300
I
(NET TONNAGE),
k
250
8
A
m
2 200
X
g 150
100
L 1..
y
VT
I
V
l\
r\
J
-BUILDING
50
co NSTRUCTION
7
OONTJ tACTS AWARDED
(FLOOR SPACE)
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
NEW ORDERS FOR ENAMELED BATHS AND NEW CONTRACTS AWARDED FOR RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION IN 27 NORTHEASTERN STATES.
(1919 monthly averages-100.)
240
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONTRACTS
(FLOOR SPACE)
Production and shipments of Portland cement increased over both the previous month and a year ago.
Stocks declined from July in a seasonal movement
but were greater than a year ago. No change occurred
in current prices from July. Concrete paving contracts let in August increased over both July and over
a year ago, though contracts for county roads were
smaller.
Production of roofing felt and total stocks increased
both over July and a year ago, but dry felt stocks declined from both periods.
New orders, shipments, and stocks of all classes of
enameled sanitary ware increased over July, except
for stocks of baths and lavatories and new orders for
baths. Unfilled orders declined for both baths and
small ware. Compared with a year ago, stocks increased for all classes, unfilled orders declined, while
shipments and new orders increased for baths and
miscellaneous ware and declined for lavatories and
sinks.
Tlie'following figures reported by 34 floor-and-walltilo manufacturers, making about 73 per cent of the
total volume of floor and wall tile produced in the
year 1922, indicate, since January, the^operations in
%
that industry:
FLOOR AND WALL T I L E (ALL CLASSES)
Production
January..
February.
March...
April
May
June
July
August...
Square feet
4,850,197
5,177,246
5,138,1G9
4,698,634
4,066,207
4,127,174
4,301,117
4,386,925
Shipments
Square feet
3,759,218
3,062,808
4,122,279
4,297,191
3,744,280
4,009,270
3,853,910
4,120,155
Value
$1,222,214
1,129,865
1,21S,OS1
1,3-13,271
1,259,429
1,350,798
1,297,709
1,370,752
Stocks (end
of month)
^Square feet
6,613,305
7,162,924
7,73S, 11C
7,960,352
7,954,323
7,905,715
7,661,972
8,393,355
CHEMICALS AND OILS
Exports of sulphuric acid and the value of dye
exports increased over July while fertilizer exports
declined. Compared with a year ago declines occurred
in exports of sulphuric acid and fertilizer but the value
of dye exports increased. Imports of potash declined
both from July and from a year ago while imports of
nitrate of soda increased over both periods. Prices
of crude drugs and of drugs and pharmaceuticals
declined from July while essential oils showed an
increase. The price of sulphuric acid remained unchanged. The index of chemical prices increased over
July.
Receipts of both turpentine and rosin at southern
ports declined from July and from a year ago. Stocks
of turpentine and rosin at the end of August increased
over July and also over a year ago.
Exports of vegetable oils declined from July and
also from a year ago. - Imports of vegetable oils were
greater than in July but less than in August, 1923.
The domestic movement of cottonseed and cottonseed
oil made a seasonal increase, stocks of cottonseed being
less than a year ago and production and stocks of
cottonseed oil. greater. The price of cottonseed oil
advanced over the July average. Receipts, shipments,
and stocks of flaxseed at Minneapolis and Duluth and
shipments of linseed oil and oil cake from Minneapolis
declined from a year ago.
CEREALS
Compared with August, 1923, the wheat movement
was considerably larger, increases being shown in
receipts, shipments, visible supply in both the United
States and Canada, and exports. The production and
apparent consumption of wheat flour declined from a
year ago, however. The price of red winter wheat
advanced over the July average while northern spring
wheat declined. Flour prices were higher than in
July.
.
Wheat flour figures reported by over 1,000 mills to
the Department of Commerce follow:
•••
.
. WHEAT.FLOUR
YEAR AND.MONTH:
July
August
September.
October
November.
December..
January..,
February.
March
April
May
June
,
July
August...
1923
192ft
PRODUCTION
Wheat
ground
(thous. or
bushels)
Flour
. produced
. (thous. of
bushels)
35, S7I
44,179
44,909
50,810
43,606
37,799
7,805
9,612
9,7fiO
10,983
9,403
8,137
41,S33
39,180
38,809
35,680
36,638
36,293
39,272
44,745
8,970
8,433
8,355
7,682
7,896
7,797
8,456
0,696
Grain offal
produced
(thous. of
pounds)
633,324
772,774
706,32J
903,311
783,669
. 678,576
740,040
705,402
698,911
643,5SS
660,271
651,532
7S7,153
Per cent
of
capacity
operated
48.0
54.7
6Z1
62.0
58.8
49.3
51.9
53.0
48.9
45.0
46.6
47.8
50.4
58.5
The corn movement,; as represented by receipts,
shipments, and exports, was smaller than a year ago,
but the visible supply was almost three times as large.
The price of corn was higher than in July and also
higher than a year ago.
Receipts and exports of oats declined from a year
ago, while the visible supply was larger. The price of
oats declined from July, but was higher than a year
ago.
Declines occurred from August, 1923, in the receipts
and exports of barley. The price of barley increased
over July and also over a year ago.
Eeceipts of rye were larger than a year ago and
exports were smaller. Prices increased both over July
and over a year ago.
Total grain exports in August were slightly less than
a yearago. Visible supplies of wheat, corn, and flaxseed in Argentina were considerably larger than a year
ago.
.. Total movement of paddy rice to mills was larger
than a year ago, due to the greater shipments from
California warehouses. Stocks of paddy at La*|
fornia warehouses declined from a year ago, as
the entire movement of rice in the Southern a •
Imports of rice were larger than a year ago but por
were less.
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Car-lot shipments of potatoes, onions, and citrus
fruits were larger than in August, 1923, but shipments
of apples and receipts of hay at terminal markets
declined.
MEATS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS
The movement and slaughter of cattle and calves
was less than in August, 1923. Exports of beef products also declined from a year ago while cold-storage
holdings increased. Prices of cattle and beef showed
a declining tendency from July and also from a year
ago, except carcass beef.
The movement and slaughter of hogs was also less
than a year ago, and exports and storage holdings of
pork products also showed declines. Lard exports
were smaller than # a year ago, but storage holdings
were larger; Prices of hogs and pork products
increased over July and were also, except for smoked
hams, larger than a year ago.
The movement and local ^liiughter of sheep and
lambs increased over August, 1923. Cold-storage
holdings of lamb and mutton also were larger than a
year ago. Prices of lambs declined both from July
and from a year ago, while prices of ewes were the same
as the July average but higher than August, 1923.
RELATIVE R E C E I P T S OF B U T T E R , C H E E S E , AND E G G S AT
PRIMARY
MARKETS
(1919 monthly averages=100. August, 1924, is latest month plotted)
300
BUTTER
200
100
80
60
200
100
80
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1921
SUGAR, COFFEE, AND TEA
Statistics of imports, meltings, and stocks of raw
sugar showed increases in August over a year ago, and
exports of refined sugar were much larger than in
August, 1923. Receipts of domestic cano sugar at
New Orleans were less than a year ago. Prices of
sugar declined from a year ago in all positions, but
increased over the July average, except for retail
prices, which were less than in July. Tho Cuban
situation shows reported increases of over 100 per
cent in receipts and exports over a year ago, while
stocks were slightly larger.
Imports and visible supply of coffee in the United
States and receipts in Brazil were larger than a year
ago, while the world visible supply and clearances from
Brazil were less. Tea imports increased over July,
but were less than a year ago.
TOBACCO
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Poultry receipts increased over a year ago, while
storage holdings declined. Thefishcatch was smaller
than a year ago, but storage holdings were 25 per cent
larger.
The production of milk in the Minneapolis district
and receipts of milk at Boston each increased about 7
per cent over a year ago. Exports of condensed milk
were 41 per cent above the August, 1923, exports.
Butter receipts and storage holdings increased over a
year ago, while prices declined from July as well a8
from a year ago.
Cheese receipts declined from a year ago, but storage
holdings were larger. Prices advanced slightly over
July, but wore considerably less than a year ago.
Receipts and storage holdings of eggs declined in a
seasonal movement and were less than a year ago.
1922
1923
1924
Tax-paid withdrawals of large cigars declined in
August from the previous month and a year ago, while
withdrawals, indicating consumption of cigars during
the'first eight months of the year were 6 per cent
smaller than during the same period of 1923. Small
cigarettes withdrawn from warehouses, although less
numerous ,than in July, were 8 per cent greater than a
year ago. During the eight-month period ending
August 31 indicated cigarette consumption totaled
47,449,000,000 cigarettes, an increase of 11 per cent
over the same period of last year. Manufactured
tobacco and snuff was produced in larger volume in
August than in July, but less than a year ago.
Exports of unmanufactured' leaf tobacco in August
were larger than in either the previous month or a year
ago, while for the calendar year thus far a total of
391,070,000 pounds of leaf were exported, representing
an increase of 29 per cent over the same period of 1923.
Cigarette exports in August, although larger than in
July, were smaller than a year ago.
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Sales of tobacco at loose-leaf warehouses were 10 per
cent smaller in August than a year ago, while the crop
estimate of September 1, indicating a production of
1,195,000,000 pounds of tobacco, was 23 per cent
smaller than the estimate of a year ago.
month and a year ago, while vessels clearing from
American ports increased over these comparative
periods. For both entrances and clearances the tonnage of American vessels in foreign trade, however,
was larger in August than a year ago. The declines in
the total movements being solely due to decreased
tonnage of foreign bottoms. For the eight months
ending August tonnage of American vessels cleared
and entered were above 10 per cent larger than during
the same period of 1923, while a similar comparison for
foreign bottoms indicated a decline from 1923 amounting to more than 3 per cent.
Traffic on the Sault Ste. Marie Canals declined from
both July and a year ago, while the total movement for
the 1924 season thus far was 16 per cent below a year
ago. River traffic on the Ohio between Pittsburgh
and Wheeling, although larger than in July, was
considerably below a year ago.
RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION
The net available surplus of freight cars during the
last week of August, although almost twice as large as
a year ago, averaged considerably below the surplusage
during the last week of July 1. Freight cars in bad
order continued to increase, numbering 210,109 cars
on September 1 and representing 9.2 per cent to the
total cars in use as against 8.9 per cent on August 1 and
7.7 per cent a year ago.
Car loadings in August totaled 3,823,000 cars as
against 3,527,000 in July and 4,112,000 a year ago.
While the total loadings in August were less than a
year ago, grain and grain products and miscellaneous
merchandise required more freight cars to move them
than were necessary in August, 1923. Thus far this
year 30,536,000 cars were loaded with all classes of
commodities as against aggregate loadings amounting
to 32,059,000 cars during the eight months ending
August 31, 1923.
The following table shows the current condition of
railroad freight car equipment on Class I railroads:
EMPLOYMENT
Factory employment in August showed no change
in the aggregate number employed in July, the number
on the pay rolls in August being however 15 per cent
below a year ago. Food, textile, leather and stone,
clay, and glass factories registered increased employment over the previous month, while the greatest
decline from a year ago at 23 per cent was recorded
in the iron and steel industry, and the smallest decline
at 1 per cent was registered in tobacco products.
Reports from State and city agencies indicate
larger employment in New York State and Detroit
and smaller employment in Wisconsin. Pay roll data
for New York State factories indicate larger wage
payments in August than in either the previous
month or a year ago, while for Wisconsin factories
wage disbursements, although larger than in July,
were considerably below a year ago.
EQUIPMENT, FREIGHT CARS
INSTALLED DURING
MONTH
OWNED (END 0 7 MONTH)
TEAR AND MONTH
Number
December
January
February
Marcti
April
May
June
July
August
1923
1924
Aggregate
capacity
(pounds)
Number
2,307,997
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201,055,000,000
2,310,032
2,310,570
2,311,405
2,312,074
2,312,237
2,314,793
2,322,968
2,329,582
201,288,000,000
201,535,000,000
202,331,000,000
202,447,783,106
202,000,400,427 .
203,139,187,427
204, 777,305,883 |
205,600,083,991
Aggregate
capacity
(pounds)
1,762,000,000
15,5S9
11,386
1,415,000,000
1,109,000,000
9,562
892,000,000
8,718
731,056,198
0,199
879,032,000
10,900 1,076, 236,000
16,583 2,302,001,000
15,452 1,570,576,083
:
KETIKED DURING MONTH
TEAR AND MONTH
Number
December
1 Unfilled
1
orders end
;
of month
Aggregate capac(number)
ity (pounds)
Building in
railroad
;
shops
• '
(number)
!
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14,411
1,098,000,000 ,
24,379
1,515
12,329
10,466
8,726
8,026
9,059
8,347
8,413
8,834
1,033,000,000
822,000,000
705,000,000
612,577,557
720,421,670
642,189,000
633,855,544
666,347,975
21,696
40,030
62,340
59,550
57,266
57,735
51,156
40,601
2,417
2,715
2,697
2,739
2,467
2,269
4,602
3,618
1934
January...
FebruaryMarch
April
May
June
Ju y . . I .
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August.
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WATER TRANSPORTATION
Entrances of vessels in foreign trade, measured in
tonnage, declined in August from both the previous
1
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DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT
Sales at retail by mail-order houses increased 8
per cent, and 7 per cent, respective^, over July and
a year ago. Two large houses recorded sales amounting to §226,522,000 during the first eight months of
1924 as against 8215,999,000 in the same period of
last year.
Chain ten-cent stores also registered larger sales in
August than in either the previous month or a year
agp,."*rhile for the year thus far the business of four
leading systems aggregated $214,101,000, an increase
of 12 per cent over a year ago.
Advertising in September magazines was large
than in either the previous month or a ye* r a S ^
while newspaper advertising, although larger than
July, was smaller than a year ago. Postal r ecei P l *
50 selected cities were smaller in August than in J J
or a year ago.
21
EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES BY MAJOR INDUSTRIAL GROUPS
(Drawn from data compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor and representing weighted indexes based upon the number of wage carnors in tho respective Industrie
in 1910. Detailed data may be found in tho August issuo (No. 3G), page 176)
(Average monthly employment 1923-100)
GENERAL INDEX OF EMPLOYMENT
1
1914'
1915
1916
FOOD AND KINDRED
PRODUCTS
130
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I
1917
1918 I
1919 >
TEXTILES AND THEIR
PRODUCTS
1920 I
1921 <
munuin
LUMBER AND ITS
REMANUFACTURES
IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR
PRODUCTS
±
120
110 - G
P 1 OT
100
90
<
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7
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90
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PAPER AND PRINTING
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CHEMICALS AND /VLLIEC
PRODUCTS
GFIOU »T )T/
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80
120
MANUFACTURES
CHEWING AND SMOKING
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STAMPED AND ENAMELED WARE
OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL
130
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PRODUCTS
GROUP
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1924
1922 I 1923
VEHICLES FOR LAND
TRANSPORTATION
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES
AUTOMOBILES-
MO
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90
GROUP TOTAL
80
70
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1923 I 1924 I
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BANKING AND FINANCE
NUMBER OF BUSINESS FAILURES AND AMOUNT OF DEFAULTED
LIABILITIES
Check transactions as indicated by both bank
debits and bank clearings were smaller in August
than in July, but were well above a year ago for New
York City as well as the country outside.
Bills discounted held at the end of August by
Federal reserve banks were smaller than the holdings
at the end of July and a year ago: Total investments
of reserve banks continued to increase, while notes in
circulation were smaller in August than in July or
a year ago. Keserves, deposits, and the reserve ratio
also declined in August. In the member banks, loans,
discounts, investments, and demand deposits continued to increase. Interest rates both call and commercial averaged lower in August.
i ( i s l i
Savings deposits continued to increase the balance
to the credit of depositors on August 31, being 7 per
New sales of life insurance and life insurance precent larger than a year ago.
miums collected declined seasonally in August, while
Prices of stocks, both railroad and industrial, averaged higher than in July and a year ago, while bond the admitted assets of life insurance companies conprices in general likewise recorded increases over the tinued to mount.
Defaulted liabilities of failing business firms were
previous month and August, 1923. Fewer shares of
stock were transferred on the New York Stock Ex- larger in August than in July a year ago, while the
change than in July, but the August transactions number of defaults, although larger than in August,
were considerably above a year ago.
1923, were smaller than in July.
COMPARISON OF WHOLESALE PRICES AND STOCK PRICES
(Twelve-month moving monthly averages)
VHOLESALE PRICE INDEX
\
23
AND DISCOUNTS AND TOTAL INVESTMENTS OF FEDERAL
RESERVE MEMBER BANKS
14
DEIJITS TO I N D I V I D U A L ACCOUNTS GIIOUPED D T FKDKHAL R E SERVE JDlSTRlCTS AND ADJUSTED FOR SEASONAL VARIATIONS
(1010 monthly averages-100.
13
roTy
1 I)ANi
AN D D SCOUNT J
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1921
1922
1923
1924
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1921
1922
1924
1923
BILLS DISCOUNTED AND TOTAL INVESTMENTS
RESERVE BANKS
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DEBITS TO INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS AT PRINCIPAL CLEARING-HOUSE CENTERS
GROUPED BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS
[Relative numbers based on 1919 as 100]
1934
1933
1923
DISTBICT
August
BOSTON DISTRICT:
Total, 11 centersBoston
Hartford
Providence...
New Haven.
N E W Y O R K DISTRICT:
Total, 7 centers
Albany
Buffalo
Rochester
New Y o r k . . . . .
PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT:
Total, 10 centers
Philadelphia
Scranton
Trenton
CLEVELAND DISTRICT:
Total, 13 centers
Akron
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Toledo
Columbus
Dayton
91.0
104.1 '
I
111. 6 j
110.5 I
119. G !
92.3 I
125.0 !
99.5
100.6
106.5
88.9
112.5
103.1
125.2 "
lOt. 9
120.0
102.8
I
107.6
105.0
128.3
130.3
102.3
126.4 :
106.5 '
120.0
101. 9
83.3
98.8
107.6
110.8
82.5
110.4
107. fl
141.5
151.2
102.8
100.5
118.9
127.9
100.9
73.3
114.6
87.4
107.3
80.7
141.4
106.9
122.0
101.7
81.1
117.0
91.4
101.0
101.7
147.4
114.7
132.0
102.1
82.2
121.9
93.9
99.5
101.7
137.1
127.6
1310
93.9
96.5
71.4 !
10G.O J
56.8
90.4
90.1
66.6
105.2
59.5
91.2
85.4
83.3
112.9
54.1
91.5
100.0
178.0
87.8
11G.0
74.2
5-1.1
103.4
10S.1
193.2 i
104.6
114.6
77.4
81.1
00.0
98.8
169.5 i
82.6 !
95.8
73.1
81.7
105.3
102.3
121.4
105.1
100.4
114.5
85.3
120. C
UNITED STATES, 141 clearing-house centers
104.5
100.5
123.3
106.6
103.8
112.1
89.3
125.4
99.2
94.0
119.7
103.7
109.5
86.8 !
92.0
111.1
103.3
112.5
118.6
115.2
92.3
115.3
ATLANTA DISTRICT:
Total, 15 centersAtlanta
Birmingham..
New Orleans.
Jacksonville.Nashville
Augusta
CHICAGO DISTRICT:
Total, 21 centers....
Chicago
Detroit
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
DesMoines
Grand Rapids.,
Sioux City«_-__
ST. LOUIS DISTRICT:
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D A L L A S DISTRICT:
Total, 11 centers..
Dallas
,
Houston
Fort Worth..
S A N FRANCISCO DISTRICT:
Total, 18 centers
Los Angeles
Portland, Oreg
San Francisco
Seattle
Oakland, Calif.....
DISTRICT TOTALS CORRECTED F O R SEASONAL
VARIATION:
United States, total
Boston district
N e w York district
Philadelphia district
Cleveland district
_
Richmond district
Atlanta district
_
Chicago district
St. Louis district
Minneapolis district
Kansas City district
Dallas district
San Francisco d i s t r i c t . . _
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117.4
158.9
120.1
94.4
90.9
77.8
96.3
97. S
94.9
98.8
72.7
88.1
113.7
89.8
71.6
69.4
103.0
83.0
89.1
113.7
91.0
•. 75.4
67.0
113.3
79.8
SC.8
114.4
85.0
75.8
69.4
101.5
83.0
108.6
103.8
1113
105.8
122.3
212.4
85.1
103.4
80.9
207.9
_
97.9
91.0
98.1
81.6
147.2
86.4
90.1
81.9
08.5
Total, 9 centers
Duluth
Minneapolis.:-..
St. Paul
Helena
Billings
103.9
103.8
101.8
SO. 8
158.9
90.4
87.8
91.0
92.0
81.8
CO. 7
MINNEAPOLIS DISTRICT:
Total, 14 centers
Denver
Kansas City, M o
Omaha
St. Joseph, M o
Oklahoma C i t y
Tulsa
! September September
99.5
101.9
100.0
74.3
152.8
Total, 5 centers.^
Louisville...
St. Louis
Memphis
Little Rock..
K A N S A S C I T Y DISTRICT:
RICHMOND DISTRICT:
Total, 7 centers...
Baltimore
Norfolk
Hichmond....
Charleston...
August
September
| September
122.3
207.0
92.8
105.0
88.8
187.3
121.5
212.8
S3.4
100.0
82.5
185.7
112.2
127.7
114.8
113.5
106.0
90. 9
101.4
108.0
109.1
94.5
£6.3
90.1
126.0
109.0
122.8
110.5
114.2
104.4
94.7
107.3
105.8
109.4
106.2
88.0
104.9
121.1
95.8
109.5
9<J.O
106.3
104.8
95.5
93.4
100.4
103.1
87.1
85.7
100.3
120.3
us. 6
110.9
81.5
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PUBLIC FINANCE
The domestic production of silver increased in
August over both the preceding month and a year
The gross debt of the Federal Government declined
in; August, showing a reduction of more than 4 per, ago, while both imports and exports of silver, although
cent since August 31, 1923. Customs receipts in- smaller in August than in July, were well above their
creased over both July and a year ago. Both ordinary respective movements a year ago.' The price of silver
receipts and expenditures chargeable against ordinary in the New York market averaged higher in August
than in July and a year ago, while at London silver
receipts declined from July and a year ago.
prices, although higher than quotations of a year ago,
were lower than those prevailing in July.
GOLD AND SILVER
Domestic receipts of gold at the mint were 2 per
cent larger in August than in July, but 8 per cent
below a year ago. The output of gold by the Rand
mines, although larger than a year ago, was smaller
than in July. Gold imports declined 4 per cent and
45 per cent, respectively, from the inward movement
in the previous month and a year ago, while exports
of gold in August were larger than the shipments
abroad in either of these comparative periods.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND TRADE
Exchange on all principal countries averaged higher
in August except Sweden and Brazil, which remained
stationary, and Japan, which declined. The general
index of foreign exchange relative to par as 100 stoo
at 61 for August as against* 59 for July and 62 a year
ago.
Imports into the United States amounting w
>
S254,630,000 were 8 per cent smaller than in either
25
the previous month or August, 1923. Exports from
the United States including reexports amounting to
$330,896,000 were 20 per cent and 6 per cent larger,
respectively, than the shipments abroad during the
previous month and August, 1923.
CENSUS OF MANUFACTURES KI:TUKNR:
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INDI'STR 1' CL ASSIFICATION ["
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CIVIL-SERVICE EMPLOYEES
CIVIL-SERVICE APPLICATIONS, EXAMINATIONS,
AND SEFAUATIONS 1
N U M B E R OF
APPLICATION'S
RECEIVED
!
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PE-ItSOXS
EXAMINED
,
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APPOINTMENTS,
NUMBER OF
PERSONS
APPOINTED
YEAR AND
MONTH
: NUMtlER OF
PERSONS
j SEI'AIIATED
1
Depart-
Field Depart- Field Depart- Field iDcpart- Field
mental service mental service . mental service ! mental service
service
, service
service
service
1
...
1923
June
Julv
August
September...
October
November...
December
3,930
4,175
3,87o
2,0SO
2,415
2,953
2,410
0,89S
3,515
13,ft18 ! 2,320
15, 218 ! 1,817
J8,f>38
1, 793
10,203
3,033
15, M l
2,478
12,837
1,397
11,051
12t6G0
11,770
16,824
16,893
15, MJ4
9,710
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599
018
702
552
500
3GG
mi
January
February
March
April
May
June
8,129
6,805
2,21)3
1,535
2.706
0, 747
15,304
•JO, 639
21,250
42,910
22,114
17,807
3,120
7,53G
2,0G3
2, CSS
1,8\)'3
8,531
13,534
14, 749
22,851
14,435 •
42,743 '•
11,825
212
390
399
422
371
591
5,629
6,787
5,791
7,514
6,(712
8,059
6,021
7,045
5,745
7,271
8,636
9,131
0,863
870
523
54")
937
823
604
475
240
479
451
544
520
667
0,990
8,373
0,15»
7,743
0,338
6.9G0
6,747
5,687
4,134
6,293
5,009
fi, 234
6,277
1
By departmental service is meant service in Washington, D. 0., exclusive of tho
jurisdiction of the fourth civil-service district with offices in Washington. By
field service is meant, all service outside of tho District of Columbia and includes
the service in Washington under tho jurisdiction of the fourth civil-service district.
CENSUS
OF
MANUFACTURES:
REPORTS
1923—PRELIMINARY
The Bureau of the Census has announced preliminary figures on 52 additional manufacturing industries collected pursuant to the census of manufactures
for the year 1923. The following table summarizes
the more important data made available since those
published in the September issue, and as further similar reports are released they will bo correspondingly
summarized for the readers of the SURVEY. More
details can be obtained with respect to each of the
industries above outlined from the bureau's complete
preliminary statement for each industry in connection
with the census of manufactures for 1923.
Wool scouriiiB
Orpins
Wool fi-lt hnts
Aircraft
Artists* material
Plated wnrc
I
JS.1W.W1
U. 501', 501.
S. 613.217
\ 12,94.1,263
] 8.63^743
!
53,610,181
Cl'llt •
Musical instruments
!
other than pianos umi , r
organs
' l. >,41.\740 12,3.13,77ft"
Wooden cipar boxes
j 14,790,265: 14,310.0.71,
Leather cloves und mil- !
'•
tens
37.111,76:' 21.S.r>:>.32I
Electroplating
12,213,133 S.WO.MI
!
Lead pencils
24,667.501 21, 3S2,050
Fountain and stylographic pens
20,152,5-17! 12,71)1,514;
Piano and organ mate!
I
rials
37,683,672 18,697,430,
Gold, silver, and platl- j
i
num reducing and re- I
:
fining, not from the ore-! CO, GS1,897= 45, 974,226.
Cash registers and calI
i
dilating machines
95,105,570 £3,652,913
Combs and hairpins, I
'
!
except those made !
from metal or rubber.! 8,770,153. 4,580,3Gb
lioots and shoes, other ,
than rubber
,950,470,365807,475,8%
Aluminum inanuftictur- I
i
ing
106,930,367; 45,822,161.
Iron and steel doors !
•
:
and sliuttcra
• 15,367,111 12,460,701
Umbrellas, parasols, :
i
and canes
! 2S,OSO,002 20,007,702
Pipes (tobacco), cigar |
i
and cigarette- holders.. 0,701,81C 7,123,810
Matches
23,940,061, 30,273,87.1
;
Foundry supplies
10,247,801 4, %\ 07S
Silvcrsmithing and Fil- ;
i
verworc-.—
I 27,161,723 24,410,S(X<
;
Malt
16,431,0,7/ 21.(J0l,0i'J
Artificial limbs
' 2,C35,1C2. 2,4.11,276
Trunks, suitcases, and :
bugs
.
02,818,579; 4C.M3/J77.
Printing" ink
, 29,412,122 20,Sffl,-177.
Paper goods
il20,43i,S0,V 81.12J V 401
Gas and electric fixtures.I CO, 640, 530 42, bS'.», MM
Cutlery and edge tools..! 72,477,013. 49,341,204
Chewing gum
I 40,870,914' 38,bC 1.925
Dressed furs
j 25,221,985 1 9 , 1 5 . , ^
:
Sand and emery paper i
,„„„.'
and cloth
13,753,079. 0,402,02.
Billiard a n d pool tables, 1
i
bowling alleys, and ac-j
• „
'
cessorics . . .
! f.,23G,394 7,307,020
20. 1 '
.1. y
74. 1
Wl \)
24.1
58.0
i
2S. 5
1
71. 11
;;
Jj
!
25.0
13
!
40.3
52.3
14.'.•
47.1
4.V 0
70.9
019
75.2
1H.S1 87.0 !
9.5 68.2;
Sf,.S
SS.3
3'J.l)
20.fi"
Sl.fi
74.5
87.8
Wj.S
W. J 0.7
2
23.2 TO.BJ
90.2
CS,4
57.6:,
102.1 .
61.5
14.1 1
.
SSL 2.
63.0
51. C" ,
77.3
72.7;
50. 7
7fi.4|
f
JI.4 !
WM"
4.0
21.0
M r,
3fi.
13.0.
S6.2; 67.2
93.7
62.3:
133.4
85. i: 69.4
f/J.O
9.C
87.3; 7.7 6
17.8
91.5
70.7
3a 3 82.31 77.1
23.3
19.2
8.0,
S7.0 74.2
i
!
36.11 90.3 : fA8
3.8 S7. .1 ::>. 4
70.5 81.8 fc0.3
30.2
20. ft
100.4
11.3 .
21.8 .
7.5 .
6.2
20.9
0.G
SS.1« 62.1
N).f.' 79.8
W. 1 W. 1
35.0
40.0
43.2
41.4
40.9
5.2
31.7
.
,
,
.
,
42.8
17.8
27.9
no. 7
16.2
80.7:
9J.7;
919,
n. i!
915
7R.7
W.r,
W.3
82.3
K-..2
2. ft W. 8"
CO. 0
,
17.3 73.8
U2.S
:
15.4
oiasi.....::"::
.30* K H ^ I I 213*471, K » 44.7
Photo-engraving, n o t '
j
lnSl brf<*.
1931
injcrrcasi1
ff..8I'J.OO.r.
10,1fii. KM"
4. i»f.4, 32 J
fi.fill.i'KS1
fl.«.».v.).7r.O
33,911,136
20.2 .
20.0 .
107. C
1.4
11.201.4W.
^S5
9G.2
64.5
72.9 03.4; 7a9
5.3 70.9 S7.7
33.9 fcS.h: C3.0
21.7
93.0. 9.'.. 1
b'J. 0: 77. G
91.9;
127.7..
-0.3.
TC.933.020' O . H J I . 4 B 5
20.5.,
1S.G
! 0.920.S.2.
7.0:,
12,4'
Lai)7(Vary"wo7k7.-V".7.V-!""8; »3ll4W)! 4,345,214
Hadio apparatus
: 43,4G0,67Cj
Motor vehicles (gasoline j
I
7_.r™17r_;3,lfi3f327374|l(071,r>SC,97G
!
^" " in" i O '
Soda-water apparatus... 18,156,283; 15,407,131
Enameling and japan5,447,968; 2,520,149
ning
Jewelry and Instrument
10,5<W,47S! 7,O3.">,778
cases
Hair work
] 11,263,053' 10,951,S14
19,660,S62| 14.lSS.22i;
Artificial flowers
Window shades and fix
47,350,1271 29,G17 f 76l|
turcs
1 A minus sign ( - ) denotes decrease.
12G43—24t-
PEIl rtNT
MINIM I'M
n:it CTNT
I M i l l : ASK I
VALUE OF MODl'CTS
19:3
The following monthly figures reported b}T the
United States Civil Service Commission givo a comparative summary of tho operations of the civilservice system:
1023
80.3: IS4.5;
17.8
!
110.2.
85.7
92.2 80.2
,
! 81.0.
61.4, 78. S. 'IY.7
C8.0'
21.0.
83.8
7U.4:
40.0
73.1
113. S S8.1 S3.G
3i5
32. S- 77.6. 73.1
8.3 90.1 89.2
20.9 77.5 07. S
59.7,
63.6
49.3"
92.7 70.9
26
SEPTEMBER DATA
The following table gives such September data as have been received to and including October 14,1924. Text matter covering September data
is given on p. 2
!
1921
I!
1931
J Septein-!;
ITEM
ITEM
! | ptem- ;i
August
ber
i
TEXTILES
[
Cotton:
i
4,13G
Imports, unmanufacturedbales..'
Exports, unmanufactured (including
!
lintcrs)
bales..! 277,641
Consumption by textile mills
bales..| 357,455
Stocks, end of month—
j
Total, mills and warehouscs.thous. of bales.. 1, 363,582
Mills
thous. of bales..| 552, CC9
Warehouses
_
thous. of bales..! 810,913
World visible, American
thous. of boles—' 823,309
SilkConsumption
_
'.
bales-.i 29,518
Stocks
bales..| 30,075
IRON AND STEEL
!
Pig iron, production
thous. of long tons..1.
Furnaces in blast:
!
Furnace
number..
Capacity
long tons per day...!
Steel ingots, production
thous. of long ions.. 1
:
Unfilled orders, XJ. S. Steel Corp.,
end of month..
thous. of long tons..
Wholesale price, composite
finished steel
dolls, per 100 lbs..;
Wholesale price:
Composite pig iron
dolls, per ton..
Iron and steel.
dolls, per ton..
Composite steel
dolls, per 100 lbs..Locomotives:
Shipments—
Total
number..
Domestic
number.,
Foreign
numberUnfilled orders—
:
Total
number.-!
Domestic
number..!
Foreign
number..j
Freight cars, orders, domestic
number..,
361
300
55
5,9S0
6,608
9,654
!
70,875
81,704
91,440 .
19,634 !
22,871 i
13,930 I
11,421
81,849
78,210
45,786
12,629
10,910
-
-i
;;
!;
6,611 ;.
7, t "l "
;
.
j
7,226
3,199
24,272
3,827
6,906 i
4,056
22,530
2,364
4,655
43,453
3,018
38,968
37,077
30,025
128,056
26,564
45,314
18,474
20,556
52.826 ;
10,749 |
58,1S2
11,937
25,837
11,015
76,537 I
5,624
11,403
5S,291
6,6-U
48,000
72,930
2,516
16,514
7,400
16,000
3,600
5,920
13,600
3,000
4,400
3, COO
1,400
345
131
309
9-19
731
633
CIS
448,493
226,408
42L>,650
154,805
208,305
192,375
lCV-MW
315,2S3 i
432,123 i
177,353
333,992
273,420
02,810
209,473
2S5.549
157
142
210
158
133
203
23.5
22.3
20.0
26.6
20. S
20.7
3,823
23fi
120
627
273
207
2,301
5,167
339
179
925
338
237
3,149
5,240
thous. of dolls..
tbous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls.,
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
23,809
13,470
10,333
28,789
16,927
6,S02
3.000
2,000
31,448
17,905
13,543
28,403
16,526
6,851
3,123
1,903
2fi,052
10,103
9,949
25,103
14,775
f),32i
2,431
1,603
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
254,630
330,896
285,000
427,000
253,643
331,434
to producers
dolls, per bushdolls, per bush.
dolls, per bush.
cents per lb.
dolls, per ton.
cents per l b .
cents per lb.
cents per l b .
1.168
1.071
1.113
27.S
38.44
5.67
8.54
10.15
114.2
109.7
.810
22.2
31.74
5.53
8.50
10.18
,8S7
.860
1.190
24.04a ss
5.70
7.81
10.2S
1.356
1.315
1.350
1.343
1.156
1.0IS
dolls, per bush.
1.170
.528
1.163
.497
.SSI
.413
dolls, per bush.
dolls, per bush.
.853
.919
.566
1.016
.654
9.481
9.613
5.909
13.281
9.015
9.855
5.405
13.175
10.656
8.63$
5.4S1
All Europe
weighted index number..
Car loadings (monthly totals):
Total
thous. of cars..
Grain and grain products
thous. of cars..
Livestock
thous. of cars..
Coal and coke
thous. of cars..
Forest products
thous. of cars..
Ore
thous. of cars..
Merchandise and miscellaneous...thous. of cars..
208
|
Farm products^Market
price
54,068
46,403
56,369
51,460
57,379
|
47,492 1 Wheat, No. 1, northern, spring
14,675
16,515
13,270
12,567
14,472 ; Wheat, No. 2, red, winter (Chicago).dolls, per bush.
13,300 | Corn, contract grades, No. 2, cash
41.03
30.74
42.44
29.84
Oats, contract grades, cash (Chicago)dolls, per bush.
44.46
31.31 j- Barley, fair to good, malting
!
15,128
I6.S55
10,060
11,519
16,827
8,358
(Chicago)
•
I
19S
982
367
371
3,065
WHOLESALE PRICES
Farm products—Average price
Wheat
Corn
Potatoes
20,553
Cotton
253,525 , Cottonseed
: Cattle, beef
• Hogs
220 • Lambs
34,726
297,950
m
DISTRIBUTION
Mail-order houses, total sales
Sears, Itoebuck & Co
Montgomery Ward <c Co
f
Ten-cent stores, total sales
F. W. Woolworth Co
S. S. Kresge Co
S. H. Kress Co
McCrory Stores Corp
U. S. foreign trade:
Imports
Exports
38,954
35,919
102,331
13,461
i
thous. of bbls..|
thous. of bbls._|
thous. of bbls.. :
!,
.
;
CEMENT
82.075
21,428
55,710
153
131
206
TIlANSrORTATION*
76 ' Index of ocean rales, Atlantic ports io:
United Kingdom
weighted index number..
897 "
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
Northern pine:
Lumber—
;
Production
M ft. b. m.J
Shipments
M ft. b. m I
Lath—
!
Production
thousands..j
Shipments. _
thousands •
Composite lumber prices (1st of following month): j
Hardwoods
dolls, per M ft. b. in. J
Softwoods
dolls, per M ft. b. m.J
02,0S7
19,310
27,561
1,178 !
386
333
53
27,630
KONFEIIROUS METALS
'•
:
Contracts awarded, floor space (27 States):
>
Business buildings
thous. of s q . f t . .
6,854
Industrial buildings
thous. of s q . ft..=
2,703
Residential buildings
thous. of sq. ft..: .24,548
Educational buildings
thous. of sq. ft.. 1
3,453
Other public and scmipublic
!
buildings
thous. of sq. f t . J
4,143
Grand total
t h o u s . of s q . f t . .
41,853
Contracts awarded, value (27 States):
'
Business buildings
thous. of d o l l s . . '
33,669
Industrial buildings
thous. of d o l l s . J
23,865
Residential buildings
thous. of dolls • 133,033
Educational buildings
thous. of d o l l s . J
27,859
Other public and s e m i p u b l i c
'.
buildings
thous. of dolls.. 1
32,981
Grand total
thous. of d o l l s . J 299,507
Construction relative to 1913, Engineering
JVeicj I
Record:
\
Cost (1st of following month)
index number..'
211
Septcm*
her,
1923
rOOD9TUFF3
Grain movement:
lieceipts—
V/hp
Wheat
thous. of bush,.
689,435 '
. 737,010
Corn
thous. of bush..
\ 435,216 485,065 :!
Oats
thous. of bush..
Shipments—
!
2.5S7.493 '2,919,644 !
Wheat
thous. of bush..
! 514,537 j 772,632 h
Corn
thous. of bush..
i2,072,950 2,117,012 ;j
Visible supply—
il,6S8,110 11,597,005 |!
• Wheat
thous. of bush..
Corn
thous. of bush..
20,920 :
36,366
Oats
thous. of bush..
27,367 j Argentine grain:
42,260
Visible supplyWheat
thous. of bush..
Corn
thous. of bush..
thous. of bush..
1,887
2,053 I
3,126!' Rice- Flaisced
Receipts at mills
_•.
thous. of bbls..
150
173 •
255 !•
Shipments from mills
thous. of pockets..
63,070'
72,235 i 102,000
Stocks, domestic
thous. of pockets..
2,542
2,815'
3,357
Sugar, raw:
Meltings
_
long tons..
3,290
5,036 :
3,474 ;
Stocks at refineries
long tons..
Sugar, Cuban movement:
2.52
2.40 j
2.78 \
Receipts, Cuban ports
long tons.,
Exports
long tons..
20.22
20.41
25.98 :'
Stocks, end of month
long tons..
39.05 i
44. 64
39.33
2.72 i
3.03 :
2.7G
CHEMICALS AND DRUGS
Wholesale prices: *
139
104
335
Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
index number..
121
79
313
Essential oils
index number..
18
22;
25
Crude drugs
index number..
Zinc:
Retorts In operation, end of month
number..j 72,195
Production
thous. of lbs... 83,550
Stocks end of mouth
thous. of lbs..: 101, Sit
Keceiptsat St. Louis
thous. of l!>s..i 15, SS3
Shipments from St. Louis
thous. of lbs..! 18,030
Lead:
.Receipts at St. Louis
thous. of lbs ! 13,099
Shipments from St. Louis
thous. of lbs..
10,958 i
Production
Shipments
Stocks
I™'
•
; August
i|
September
(Chicago)
;
(Chicago)
i| Rye, No. 2, cash (Chicago)
i Cattle, steers, good to choice, corn
! fed (Chicago)
13,109 : Hogs, heavy (Chicago)
13, cm •. Sheep, ewes (Chicago)
5,533 ! Sheep, lambs (Chicago)
dolls, per bush.
dolls, per 100 lbs.
dolls, per 100 lbs.
dolls, per 100 lbs.
dolls, per 100 lbs.
13.153
27
SEPTEMBER DATA—Continued
1931
1924
SeptemI
t>er,
Septcra- I 1923
August I
ber
I August
!
WHOLESALE PRICES—continued
WHOLESALE PRICES—continued
Food
J Scntem! bcr.
Septcnv I 1023
l>cr
Building materials and inltcellaTtmu*—Continued
I
Flour, standard patents
(Minneapolis)
dolls, per bbl_.
Flour, winter straights (Kansas City).dolls, per bbl_.
Sugar, 96' centrifugal (New York)
dolls, per lb__
Sugar, granulated, in barrels
(New York)
dolls, per l b . .
Cottonseed oil, prime summer yellow
(New York)
dolls, per l b Beef, fresh carcass good native .steers
(Chicago)
dolls, per lb__
Beef, fresh steer rounds No. 2 (Chicago).dolls, per l b . J
7.53S
0. 225
.054
.000
.071
.139
.103
. 1G5 !
.169
. 1G5
.100
.409 i
.432
.070
.000
.116
.110
1.600
I' Brick, common red, domestic building
i
6.238 !! (New York)
dolls, per thous..!
5.280 !. Cement, Portland, f. o. b . plant
.070 ;! (Chicago district)
dolls, per bbL.
ij Steel beams, mill (Pittsburgh)
dolls, per cwt..I
.0S2 ";! Rubber, Para Island—
fine
I
h (New York)
dolls, per l b . .
.117 j- Sulphuric acid, GG° (New York)., .dolls, per 100 lbs..|
7.410
0. 009
.000
1.C50
.175
.173
!
•!
Clothing
Cotton yarns, carded, white, northern, mulo spun
22-1 cones (Boston)
dolls, per lb—.
Cotton, print cloth, 27 inches, 64x60-7.00 yards
to pound (Hoston)
dolls, per yd—
Cotton, sheeting, brown, 4/4 Ware Shoals, L. L. I1
(New York)
dolls, per yd.Worsted yarns, 2/32's crossbred stock, white, in
I
skein (Boston)
dolls, per lb-. 1
Women's dress goods, storm serge, all-woo), dbl.
|
warp, 50 inch (New York)
dolls, per yd—I
Suitings, wool, dyed blue, 55-56 inches, I0-oimco
Middlesex (Now York)
dolls, per yd.,
Silk, raw, Japanese, Kansal No. 1
(New York)
dolls, per lb._.
Hides, green salted, pucker's, heavy native steers |
(Chicago)
dolls, per l b .
nicies, calfskins, No. 1, country, 8 to 15 pounds
(Chicago)
dolls. perlb_
Leather, chrome calf, dull or bright " B " grades
j
(Boston)
dolls, per sq. ft..-!
Leather, sole, oak, scoured backs, heavy
i
(Boston)
dolls, per lb-Boots and shoes, men's black calf, blucher
(Massachusetts)
dolls, per pair...I
Boots and shoes, men's dress-welt tan calf
I
(St. Louis)
dolls, per pair._|
Fuels
.472
1.035
1.035:
3.600 i
6.076
5.439
.156
.161
.194
.400 j
.400 j
.410
.445 j
a 25
6.25;
4.85
4.85 I
!
6.28
4.85
3.39 i
3.89
!
11.13
11.47
11.38
3.00 j
1.375 j
3.13
4.50
1.313
1.345
Pig Iron, foundry No- 2, northern
.(Pittsburgh)
dolls, per long ton..,
Pig iron, basic, valley furnaco ...dolls, per long ton—
Steel billets, Bessemer
(Pittsburgh)
dolls, per long t o n Copper ingots, electrolytic, early delivery
(Now York)
dolls, per Ib_,
Lead, pig, desilvered for early delivery
Tin, pit', for^arTy de"livcr"y (New York)", dolls', per lb.'lj
Zinc, slab, western, early delivery
(New York)
dolls, per lb.J,
I
Building materials and miscellaneous
j
Lumber, pine, southern, yellow
flooring,
\
1x4, u B " aud better (Hattlosburg
|
district)
dolls, per M ft. b . m . . j
Lumber, Douglas Or, No. 1, common
>
(Washington)...—
dolls, per M ft. b. m_.
20.89
19.00
21.50
19.00
26.52
24.88
37.75
36.40 j
41.88
i
•
m
\
.050 |
.518 .
.081
.492
.066 i
.066
!
16.00
16.00
17.50
314,821
1.1.071
60S !
200 !
1,730 !
3,150 i
21M i
|
204
S02
1.741
3,202
'2.150
3
12,434
5.1WI
12.419
12,077 I
5,331 |
12,030
ZOO
2.13
mills, of dolls.
mills, of dolls.
mills, of doll?.
percent..
#
;G3
W..1M
2y,024 I
1G. 301 j
8.SG9' j'
1,^20 j
414 !
1,024 i
62 I
7G.4
11.S77
4.545
io.syi
4.8S
34,29ft! 2S. fi93
19.4/VS ! 13,571
10,120 j 11.402
4,702 1 3GC1,300 !
300 j
63,'
324
so:i
39
75.40
SG. 47
73.00 i
f/J.94 !
73. 42 !
71.22
S2.70
CO. SO
75.93
M. 09
73.52
71.57
74.14
22,427
IS, 150 I
71.71
14, C10
119.18
71.00
ne.73 j
70.2s I
102.74
57.14
.CS5 ;
34.213 ,
7.042 !
8,632|
.094
34.832
G.91G
10,345
.042
31. COS
8.51S
8,123
lft, 150 !
2,397 ••
6,555
4.5S0
27,804
.803
or,. yr>
dolls, per share..•
l»rlco lit N o w York
Price at London
Tmnnru
dolls, per fine 02..;
pence per standard o i - j
thous. of dollars..
Exports;.::::::::::"."-::".
° Imi>orts
43.70
i 21.83*
! 2L\rj.f.
; 44. MO
i 5;w, 77S
10.201 I
15,904 j
mills, of dolls.
mills, of dolls.
mills, of dolls.
mills, of dolls.
mills, of dolls.
PIT cent.
GOLD AND SH.VtP.
G 1(
39.92
.2 to
.75
I
25 railroads
Bll?
39.56
.227 1
20.312
15,247
Bond price indexes:
'
Combine!index. 40 bonds p. ct. of par. i% bond.. 1
10 highest grade rails
p. ct. of par. 4 T bond.. 1
<c
10 second grade rails
p. ct. of pur. A% bond..;
10 public utility bonds...p. ct. of par. 4% bond..!
10 industrial bonds
p. ct. of par. 47C bond.. 1
Stocfc sales...
Stock saes
thous. of shares.-•
Stock prices:
25 i d t
industrials
dolls, per share..:
.071
.118
.063
.211
.70
mills, of dolls.
mills, of dolls.
Liabilities:
Total commercial
thous of dolls..
Manufacturing establishments., .thous. of dolls..
Trade establishments
thous. of dolls..
Agents and brokers
thous. ol dolls..
Firms:
Total commercial
numlier..,
Manufacturinp establishments
number-.
Trado establishments
number..
Agents and brokers
number.
.134
.133
l. 7:,
2.60
BANKING AND FINANCE
STOCKS A N D BONDS
Metals
1.75 i
2.05 !
j
Bank clearings:
.111
New York City
Outside N e w York C i t y
1.700
Federal reserve banks:
Total investments
1.035
Bills discounted
N o t e s in circulation
3.090
Total reserves
Total deposits
9.800
Kcfcrre ratio
Member banks:
.141
Total loans and discounts
Total investments
. 152 j
Net demand deposits
Interest rates:
.410
New York call loans
.490
BUSINESS FAILURES
i
3.39
;
20.00
14.00
1.75
2.15
20,083
U. S. Interest-bearing debt
mills, of dolls.. 20.081
21.215
21.25-1
Gross debt
mills, of dolls..
49.759
Customs receipts
thous. of dolls..! 4\<VJ1
!
4S7.3W
IR::G3
Ordinary receipts
thous. of dolls.
Total expenditures chargeable Against
ordinary receipts
thous. of dolls..] 190,892 • 408,707
. 0 7 1 j,
3. COO
j
Coal, bituminous, mine run lump, Kanawha
•
(Cincinnati)
dolls, per short ton.-]
Coal, anthracite, chestnut (New York
tidewater)
dolls, per long t o n Coke, Conncllsville (range of prompt and future)
furnace—at ovens
dolls, par short t o n . .
Pctrolcurn, crude, Kansas-Oklahoma—
at wells
dolls, per b b l . .
i:
rUBLIC TIKAKCfc
13. 50
*<«». of dollars..;
thous. of dollars.-1
28
INDEXES OF BUSINESS
The index numbers presented in this table are designed to show the trend in production, prices, trade,
etc., in various groups of industry and commerce. They consist in general of weighted combinations of scries
of individual relative numbers; oi'ten the individual relative numbers making up the series are also given. The
function of index and relative numbers is explained on the inside front cover. A condensed form of this
table is given on page 7.
Miuimum
• sit1.co
i J a n . l,
j 1920
j
!
,
!
:
1923
Mini- j
inum "
since \\
J a n . l, !: July
AtlgUSt :: May
1920 ;j
Per cent increase (+) or
decrease (—)
1934
i
Juno
July
; August
August
from
July
August, 1924,
from
August, 1923
I
PRODUCTION
(Relative to 1019)
j
HAW MATERIALS
j
Grand total
! 157
98
121 I
90
122
+ 24.5
+ 0.8
126
196
90
97
152
124
! 161
I 102
i 94
I 116
+ 0.8
-IS. 7
-6.2
-28.6
-19.8
-36.1
+ 0.8
+ 20.1
-7.3
-6.9
+ 3.6
98 i
MINERALS
Total
Petroleum
Bituminous coalAnthracite coal__
Iron ore
Copper
Lead
Zinc
Gold-..
Silver
154 i S3
209
105
137
41
121
0
241
0
124
17
104
74
133
38
131
57
145
80
14S
207
lKi
113
232
113
139
114
94
115 !
155 •
209 :
126 '
121 i
241
123 ,
134 i
;
110 !
101 .
1
112 I
:
124
196
81
106
152
122
157
120
80
124
122
188
7S j
105
181
119
163
115
66
111
125
194
83
106
172
121
158
114
92
95
124
64
88
116
59
220
90
100
138
117
145
82
115
68
154
90
103
141
117
201
88
110
74
122
100 ! !
130
143
+ 1.0
+ 8.4
-8.5
-11.0
+ 2.5
+ 19
.
-10.5
+ 2.2
+ 22. 1
AXIMAL PKODUCTS (marketings)
Total
Wool.
Cattle and calves
Hogs
Sheep
Eggs *
Poultry *
._
Fish
Milk (New York)
CROPS (marketings)
Grand total, crops
Gu A INS:
Total*
Corn *
Wheat *
_
Oats *
Barley *
Rye*
Rice *
12»
227
143
167
153
245
— 382
135
190
!
SO i 128 i 110 i
i
19 . 146 ! 99 I
;
I
58 j 93
108 I
i
64
112 i 99 |
i
54
73
80 i
j
30
113 j 101 l
|
21
84 ! 91 !
i
45
121 ! 120
91
190 I 132
195
49
227
389
295
211
93
353
367
54
61
32
49
19
24
1
68
121
107
84
26
37
17
254
277
314
497
282
316
501
5S
45
96
106
15
122
80 .
34 !
37 !
54 |
113
lft
146
207
146
(jb
96
72
FHUITS:
Total *
Apples *
Peaches *
Citrus fruit *
Grapes *
Pears*
Watermelons *
Cantaloupes *
Strawberries *
COTTON PRODUCTS:
Total*
Cotton*
Cottonseed *
MISCELLANEOUS CROPS:
Total*
Hay*
Tobacco*
Flaxsced*
Cane sugar*
_
'
\
•
i
j 405
i 655
! 542
I 235
il, 019
! 799
! 975
! 630
!
1, 925
o ij
2
35
22
4
50
4
0
35
0
0
0
0
0
103
102
140 j
i
99 l
l
125 i
72 '
67
131
141
46
55
408 j 358
86
56
20
205
396
603
575
328
307
288
44
0
73
129
63
108
49
71
29
62
2
67
116
52
73
51
42
2
104
122
111
55
19
124
1
227
129
295
143
49
119
+ 118.3
+ 5.6
+ 165.8
+ 166.0
+ 25.7
-4.1
+ 27.5
-11.6
+ 42.5
-2.1
-24.6
+ 24.0
-10.8
124
117
2
241
158
185
121
150
136
0
486
56
114
24
141
153
23
200
118
42
46
107
100
87
146
138
64
75
-28.6
-30.7
+ 37.8
-27.0
+ 16.9
+ 52.4
+ 64.2
+ 3.9
+ &fl
-37.1
+ 47. £
+ 10.4
-11.1
+ 11.9
124
13
71
145
0j
29
214
630
8S1
153
34
542
76
43
306
975
441
90
1C3
43
513
71
271
523
391
244
0
155
32
1
200
0
0
2
69
,475
!
i
i
+ 15.6
-11.8
+43. 3
- 6 . 6 i + 26. 8
+530. 2 j +32.2
-13.3
+ 70.9
+ 19.2
-59.1
-15.3
-44.7
+6.5
19
21
2
24
28
4
50
51
45
35
39
17
19
21
6
21
24
3
3S
38
38
+ 80.9
225
270
+ 58.3
+26.6
-2.4
-25.5
-15.6
170
148
258
560
810
21
46
0
28
0
23
56
0
62
13
53
60
46
176
17
27
58
6
67
4
26
63
2
51
4
21
51
1
51
8
43
54
41
39
12
+ 104.8 :
+ 5.9 ]
-23.5
+ 50.0
-18.9
-10.0
-10.9
-77.8
-29.4
! 232
;
I
+ 76.6 1 +14.2
56
VEGETABLES:
Total *
Potatoes (white) *
Sweet potatoes
Tomatoes *_Onions *
Cabbage*
Celery*-.
-1.8
-7. 7
108
+ 84. 8
-9.0
183
-13.0
94 i + 0 . 8
86 I -21.9 ! -13.1
+ 11.1
89 I +20.2
-11.9
-27. 1
89
+ 1.2
-8.0
92
+ 5.0
-3.1
126
+ 6.8
-0.1
141
* Fluctuations between maximum and minimum largely duo to seasonal variations.
29
INDEXES OF BUSINESS—Continued
I Maxi-
Mini- i
j mum mum I I . . .
since
since !
"
Jan. 1, Jan. 1.
1020
1020
July
1923
Ij Per cent inci
1031
(
(+) or
()
—
)
1
Aupist
from
July
August j May j June ;, July . Aupist
i
August. 1 2 1
0-
from
August, 1923
PRODUCTION—Continued
FOREST PRODUCTS
j
Total
Lumber.-.
Pulp wood
_
Gum (rosin and turpentine*)
Distilled wood
1»5
61
135 ! 59
1-10
51
_ J 2G7 !| 20
I 151 24
122
90
247
111
136
135
96
2G7
10S
130 !
127 j
117 !
210 !
Ill
10S
S2
201
63
100
os ;
118
115
107
227
78
ioo ;
+ 11.7
+ 13.9
+ 9. 8
-7. 2
-14.3
124
123
90
215
54
-8.8
-8.9
-6. 2
-8.2
-50.0
MANUFACTURING
Grand total
_„.
139
G8 !
114 121 ! 112
108
+8.0 -10.7
FOODSTUFFS:
Total
M cats
Wheat flour
Sugar
Ice cream
Butter
Cheese
Condensed milk
Glucose and starch
Oleomargarine
Hice
Total...'
Cotton (consumption)
Wool (consumption)
_,
__
116
121
112 ' 107
64 •
88 : *84
108 ;
i
114 :
40
97 j 133
41
184 I 252 j
234 i
04 | 205 167 j 183 i 213 j
:
j
41 i 151 125 i 132 -. MS '
'
20 I 133 106 j. 145 j 100:
104 :
3S (: 75
100 !
=
93
29 j 43
54 ! 58 ! 50 !
0 , 50 : O')
7
21 S 57
~~ i
130 j
127
138
54 !
GO j
119
107
94
80
281
117
106 ;
96
94
102 j
I-
100 j
j
82
84
79 .
!
126 | 119
112 ! DO •
91 ' 105 I
155: 13S i
280 ! 2 36 :
205 ] 205 '
110 : 1 1 2 ••
150 ' 125 :
10S " 119 i
51 ! » 70 j
22 .
21
!
71
78 .
70
:
73
70
71
67 j 73 ! 87 ;
-5.6
-14.3
+ 15. 4
-11.0
-12. 1
0.0
-20. 0
-16.7
+ 10.2
+ 37. 3
-4. 5
+1. 7
-9.4
-2, 8
+ 42. 3
+ 5. 1
+ 22. S
-10.4
+ 17.9
+ 10.0
+ 29. 6
-68. 7
+ 9.9
+ 1.3
+ 19.2
-23. 5
-27. 0
-17. 1
42 • 101
•
105 I
147
152
149
150
32
34
33
132
135
132
122
-_
150
135
232
126 139
150 |! 146 130
57 I 136
59 : 122 185 • 127 115 i 108 123
201 ! 207 212
223 \- 229 i
51 j 203
+ 10.3
+ 13.9
+ 2.4
-7.3
-8.9
-4.9
-
115
95
130
C 3 '!•
57 | 88
|
78 ' 92
so
+ 12.7
+ 1.6
+ 17.9
-21.6
-32.6
-15.6
121
69
+ 2.0
-12. 1
157
141
1S3
188
2G9
US
40
96
3
21
+ 2.9
+ 1.3
+ 3.5
+ 150.0
-6. 9
-7.7
-39.5
+ 14.0
+ 25.0
-9.0
-44.2
i
IRON AND STEKL:
Total
Pig iron
Steel ingots.
Locomotives
—
_
LUMBER:
Total
Lumber
Flooring
--
LEATHER:
Total
Sole leather
Boots and shoes
PAPKII AND PRINTING:
Total
CHEMICALS, ETC.:
Total
.
Coke
_-_
Petroleum products
Cottonseed oil*.
Turpentine and rosin*
Wood distillation
-
-
STOXE, CLAY, AND GLASS:
~'—
—
—
METALS, EXCEPTING IRON AND STEEL:
Total
Copper smelting and refining
Zinc smelting and refining
Enamel ware
Lead
TOBACCO:
Total
—
Manufactured tobacco and snuff
Cigars
Cigarettes
MISCELLANEOUS:
Total
Shipbuilding
Automobiles
Rubber tires
Prepared rooflng
ELECTRICAL P O W E H — —
-BUILDING CONSTRUCTION* (total) *-
-~
141
124
226 i
105
12G
130
314
1G7
125
119
128
149
145
79
239 j
221 !
163
154
147
127
144
126
9 j 107
:
5
74
: 92
| 103 • SO :
!
• 94 ' 73 j
:
"
! 50 ! 65 !
"
.
90 102
92
109
91 •
I 131
' 160
"
,
8
Si
ii 245
86
21
139
129
157
12
2G7
SO
67 ' 87 ' + 29.9
+ 5.7
74 •
70
91
+ 35. 8
67
02
-1.6
63
71
61
78
SO •
01
110 116 i: 117
57
81
62
92
105 ' 100 102
i
141
137
81 ; 77 : 78
182 : 173 i 173 : 179
15
6
28 i 15 j
243
215 ! 2 ( > 4 • 261
4S
52 •
82 i ~05 !
154 i
141 i
130 | 131 ! 141
69 j 135 134 139
j
92
92 I 79 i 75 ' SO
53 l 97
i
61 ! 188 194 i 206 ! 202 | 209 : 2 2 6 •
[
1G5j
174 \ 158 ! 158
1G4
148
71
102
98
99 I
107 • 1 0 4 ;
95
23
109 :
!
112
109 ; 125
114
113
38
241 ! 255 ! 223 ! 225 . 241 ,
207
86
134 ' 151 ! 163 | 158 ! 161 i
79 ! 139
j
116
114j 1151 119
115
70
111
99
97 .
95 i
102 i 99
50
95
97
96 I 101
105 . 94
75
100
143
132 •
;
144 146 ! 149
132
04
i
37
1
29
20
58
100
3
199
99
110
98
30
140
90
' Fluctuations between maximum and minimum largely due to seasonal variations.
12G43—24f
:
120
137
120
17S
281
219
109
100
145
122 |
233 :
TEXTILES:
Total
L
Brick
Cement*
!
111
7
104
18S
132
141 i 142 i 147
144
148
SS ! 90
85 I 124 103 I
109 i
7 !
210 114 ;
124 '
115 ; 95 ! 100
8i
190 I
1G5
120
5
149 ' 100 ;
145 ' 152 ;
»
112 j 125
7 •
:
+ 7.6
+6 7
.
+ S. 1
+4.4
+4.1
-2.7
+ 7.1
+ 1.9
-3.4
+ 2.1
-4.0
-4.0
+ 11.0
+ 40.0
+ 2.5
+ 23. 7
+ 5.6
+ 3. 5
+ 2.3
-34. 1
-45. 2
-31. 1
-49.2
+14
.
+ 5.2
-13.0
+ 16.5
+0.6
-4.7
0.0
0.0
+ 20.1
0.0
-2.9
-7.6
+ S.3
+ 1.8
0.0
-21.9
+ 04.9
+ 6.5
+2.1
+ 5.9
30
INDEXES OF BUSINESS—Continued
Per cent increase (+) or
decrease (-)
STOCKS
(Corrected for seasonal variation)
Total
Raw foodstuffs_~
Raw materials for manufacture.
Manufactured foodstuffs
Manufactured commodities.
+ 7.2
+ 5.2 ! + 21.1
+ 5.3 I -9.9
-1.2
-5.6
+20.6
+ 1.9
148
233
189
115
169
(Unadjusted Indci)
123
121
82
100
163
Total
-•-_
Raw foodstuffs
Raw materials for manufacture.
Manufactured foodstuffs
Manufactured commodities
UNFILLED ORDERS
(Iron, Steel, and Bulging Materials)
Total (8 commodities; 1920=100)
WHOLESALE TRADE
(Distributed by Federal Reserve Districts)
Grand total, all classes
100
92
88
106
109
+ 1.1
-5.7
+ 12.0
-4.0
+ 3.2
10G
100
109
104
114.
total 6 districts
New York
Richmond.
Chicago...
San Francisco.
SIIOKS,
-11.3
-17.0
-14.7
-8.7
-14.9
+31. 8
+ 17.4
total 10 districts
New York
Richmond
Chicago
San Francisco
HARDWARE,
-21.6
-14.3
-14.1
-31.
-21.6
+81.1
+ 25.0
+27.8
total 10 districts.
New York
Richmond
Chicago
San Francisco.
GROCERIES,
total 7 districts
New York
Jiichniond
Chicago
San Francisco
DRUGS,
total 9 districts
New York.
Richmond
Chicago
San Francisco
DRY GOODS,
MEATS,
-2.7
+2.8
-2.0
-16.2
+ 9.9
111
109
101
105
142
123
135
119
131
136
331
214
205
185
192
220
178
153
103 !
!
179
145
135
179
95
+ 30.3
+ 16.7
+ 50.0
+ 15.2
+ 30.9
114
107
108
118
133
total 2 districts
RETAIL TRADE
(iDdex numbers based on 1919 monthly average sales)
MAIL-ORDER HOUSES (4 houses)
CHAIN STORES:
Ten-cent (5 chains)
Music (4 chains),..
Grocery (28 chains)
Drug (10 chains)
Cigar (3 chains).
Candy (4 chains)
Shoe (6 chains)
I
!
I
DEPARTMENT STORES:
172
91
199
153
138
184
108
+ 5.5
+ 26.4
-4.9
+ 7.0
+ 7.8
0.0
-4.4
Sales (359 stores).
Stocks (314 stores)
able; w h f l H ? " t o ^ r a M ^ ^ ^
™ ? s*ot«I from the series beginning January, 1921 prior monthly date
th
° ^"^ sinco January> " * * * fluctuati0DS ™
and minimi*, for United State?andVs°ri?tSS^&'TSSS^B^^tto^S^^S^SlJSS?'
+ 12.4
111. 7
+ 11.2
+ 5.5
+2.2
+2.8
+ 13.7
31
INDEXES OF BUSINESS—Continued
MaxiMinimum
mum
since
since
Jan. 1, Jan. 1,
1920
1
1
1U20
July
Per rent Increase (+) or
dccrciiso (—)
mi
1933
May
August
June
July
August
from
July
August
August, 1924,
from
August, 1023
PRICE INDEX NUMBERS
FARM PKICES
(Relative to 1909-1914)
All groups
Grain.
~ "
Fruits and vegetables..
Meat animals
Dairy and poultry
Cotton and cottonseed.
Unclassified
I
!
| 235
283
373
186
215
304
ISO
110
8S
114
91
111
76 i
80 |
+ 5. 4
+ 8.5
+ 7.0
+ 20. 4
-8. 6
+ 0.9
-IS. 8
130
112
165
105
133
199
99
128
109
151
104
138
190
101
127
114
132
107
111
222
94
128
116
146
105
111
219
95
103
111
215
101
112
219
+ 1.9
103 ,
-1-2. 0
151
135
141
193
183
145
190
128
187
150 i U 7
139 1 136
112 I 137
193 ! 187
177
178
134
145
180
1S6
147
141
130
188
173
130
169
127
171
112
150
145
144
190
170
130
169
130
171
115
-1-2.0
-1-2. 8
+ 3. 6
+ 1. 1
-1.8
0.0
0.0
130
mo
142
137 ;
Ml '
13S :
116 :
-2.7
-M2.0
+ 11. 5
+ 15.3
+ 2.0
WHOLESALE PRICES
Department of Labor Indexes
(Relative to 1913)
All commodities
Farm products
Food, etc
Cloths and clothing
Fuel and lighting
Metals and metal products.
Building material
Chemicals
House-furnishing goods
Miscellaneous
0.0
121
183 j
120 1
173
112
145
134
130
1S8
175
132
173
127
172
111
135
122
103
152
168
153
154
120
209
179
153
152
125
203
177
152
168
115
195
171
147
165
109
182
168
152
176
114
175
167
1.4
195
123
166
+ 7. 9
0.0
-0. 6
138
118
140
151
141
154
150 !
137 i
147
133
150
145
130
151
147
130
153
150 |
+ 2.0
0.0
0.0
-5. 1
+ 2.0
+ 1.3
154
129
179
156
132
180
158
-0.6
177
+ 1.3
+ 5.3
-1.7
+ 2.2
+ 0.0
248
243
248
346
281
203
300
213
275
208
138
114
131
171
178
109
155
121
173
114 .
Total raw products
Agricultural productsAnimal products
Forest products
Mineral products
249
311
218
375
272
All commodities
Producers' goods. _
Consumers' goods.
247
244
249
127
! 127
+ 4.3
+ 1.4
-1.6
—1.5
-10. 3
-9. 1
•1-2.4
+ 2.4
0.0
-6.6
4-2. 7
+ 4.2
+ 10.8
+ 0. 7
+ 2S. 3
Federal Reserve Board Regrouping of Department of
Labor Indexes
(Relative to 1913)
154 I
175 I
130
156
Federal Reserve Hoard Indexes
(Relative to 1913)
All commodities
Goods imported.
Goods exported..
-1.0
-13.8
-6. 2
j
267
246
272
142
102
125
159
141
170
159
166
156
133
183
218
227
134
115
154
139
155
140
152
133
153
133
155
137
139 :
+ 1.5
-0.7
219
139
147
146
141
142
143
144
+ 1.4
-1.4
205
219
185
288
200
192
155
139
143
153
149
171
162
147
175
170
176
173
162
146
175
171
176
161
141
185
176
165
174
162
142
185
174
165
162
143
1S6
171
166
173
163 i + 0 *
>
144 : +1.4
0. 0
180
+ 0. 0
-1.4
+ 2.0
0.0
0.0
— ". 7
>
0.0
136 i
139
Commercial Indexes
(Relative to 1913)
Dun's (1st of following months)
Bradst-rcct's (1st of following months)
RETAIL PRICES
FOOD (Dept. of Labor—relative to 1913)
COST OF LIVING
National Industrial Conference Hoard Indexes
(Relative to July, 1914)
All items weighted
Food
Shelter
Clothing
Fuel and light
Sundries
173 i
174
17(>
160
173
+ f\3
+ 2.I»
32
INDEXES OF BUSINESS—Continued
Maximum
since
Jan. 1,
1020
Minimum
sinco
Jan.l,
1920
1933
.
•'
:.
!,
|! July | August
Per cent increase (+) or
decrcaso ( - )
1924
May
Juno
August
from
July
August
August, 1021,
from
August, 1023
PRICE INDEX NUMBERS—Contd. |
EMPLOYMENT
(Index numbers relative to 1923)
Number employed, by industries:
Total, all classes
Food products
1
TextilesIron'and steel—
Lumber
Leather
Paper and printing
Chemicals
Stones, clay, and glass
Metals, except iron and steel
Tobacco products
Vehicles
Miscellaneous
100 I 100
100 I 102
98 !
102 !
103 i
96 :
100
98
103
ioi :
98 I
101
100
-
97
102
102
99
100
99
102
93
94
102
96
91
92
87
89
97
88 i
100 :
88
94
84
85
95
83
99
92 •
85
102 !
99
94 ; 87
92 ! 92
90 ; 85
88 i 85
+1-1
+ 2.5
-1.3
0.0
+4.8
0.0
0. 0
+ 2.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
-2.4
-15.0
-6.9
-16.5
-22.5
-8.8
-12.1
-2.0
-15.2
-5.9
-12.9
-1.1
-17.6
-16.7
+ 1.2
-0.6
-0.6
481 ! 477 i - 0 . 8
+ 0.5
442 !
440
+ 6.5
+ 11.0
+ 5.5
+ 15.5
+ 13.0
85
94
79
80
93
83
98
84
94
81
93
84
82
85
95
SI
79
93
87
98
84
96
81
0.0
93 :
•
84 :
so
j
FOREIGN WHOLESALE PRICES
(Relative to 1913)
United Kingdom:
British Board of Trade
London Economist
U. S. Federal Reserve Board
France:
General Statistical Bureau
U. S. Federal Reserve Board
Italy (Bachi)
Sweden
_
Canada:
•
Canadian Department of Labor
U. S. Federal Reserve Board
India (Calcutta)
Japan:
Bank of Japan
U. S. Federal Reserve Board
333
310
340
157
155
168
155
155
164
164
168
177
! 588
| 537
670
' 366
j
i 263
'. 279
| 218
;
* 321
313
407
300
283
396
504 I 566
152 : 157
j
413
391
567
163
459
428
571
151
162
143
170
164
150
171
163
M3
176
183
192
171 ;j. 183
()
179
I 236
j i 326
146 ; 180
160 : 175
175
173
154
155
1G3
166
151
170
163
173
174
165 "
i
172 •
173 i
507
148
152
+ 2.7
163
145
176
164 ; 165
147 j 149
179 I 189
+ 0.6
+ 1.4
+ 5.6
-6.7
+ 0.6
-0.7
+ 10.5
205
200
199
1S9
195 i 200
191 ; 196
+ 2.6
+ 2.6
+9.5
165
178
163
173
163:.
171 U
163
168
174
I
!
j
•
465
442
566
149
(Relative to July, 1914)
Australia
Switzerland
1
Sinco January, 1921.
• August, 1923, average not compiled because of earthquake.
'January, 1920; no other figures for 1930 available-.
33
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS
The following tableicontains a summary of the monthly figures, designed to show the trend in important industrial am! commercial movements, Ihe numerical data for the latest months arc given anil in addition relative numbers for 1 lie last four month?
and for two corresponding months of a year ago. In many lines the figures do not lend themselves readily to statistical uniformity,
due to lateness of their publication or publication at other than monthly intervals; therefore the following explanations of the
various headings arc offered to make clear such distinctions and in general to facilitate the uso of the table:
July, 1924.—This column gives the July figures corresponding to those for August shown in the m-xt column—in other words,
cover the previous month.
August, 1924.—In this column are given the figures covering the month of August or. as in the case of stocks, etc.. the situation on August 31 or September 1.
Cumulative total from January 1 through latest month.—These columns set forth, for those items that proper! v am bo cumulated,
the cumulative totals for the eight months ending August. 1923 and 19124, respectively, c\<ropt when; tho August, 1024,
figures arc lacking, in which case the cumulative totals for the first seven months of lOli.'J and 1024 are Riven.
Percentage increase (+) or decrease ( - ) cumulative, 192/* from 1923.—This column shows the per cent by which the cumulated
total for the eight months ending August, 1924, is greater (-f) or less (—) than the total for the corresponding period ended
August, 1923.
Base year or period.—For purposes of comparison with a previous more or less normal period, all items, NO far as possible, are
related to such a year by relative numbers. The period taken for each item, called the base, is the monthly avera^j of
the year or period stated in this column. Wherever possible, the year lOKi is taken as a b.T«i\ air! if no pre-war figures
arc available, 1919 is usually taken to avoid using a war year as a basis. In some cases it will be noted that figure: were
not available prior to 1920 or even 1921, and that sometimes a month, or an average of a few months, has to hi; u<v<\
rather than a year's average. Also, for some industries, 1919 would not be a proper b:ise on account of extraordinary
conditions in the industry and therefore some more representative year has been chosen.
Relative numbers.—In order to visualize the trend of each movement, relative numbers (HOC explanation on inside front cover)
are given for the hist four months and for two corresponding months of a year ago. These relative numbers an: computed
by allowing the monthly average for the base period, usually 1913 or 1919, to equal 100. If tin; movement f*rf a current
month is greater than the base the relative number will be greater than 100. If the converse is true the relative number
will be less than 100. The difference between 100 and any relative number gives at once the per cent increase or decrease
compared with the base period. Relative numbers may also be used to compute the approximate per cent increase or
decrease from one month to the next.
Percentage increase (+) or decrease ( - ) August from July, and August, 192/h from August, 1923.—The last two columns show
the per cent increase or decrease of the figure for the last month compared with the preceding month and the corresponding
month last year.
NOTE.—Data on the following items for the !
period January, 1922, to Junes 11)2-1, may be j
found in tho August quarterly issue of the I
SURVEY (NO. 3(i). Detailed tabulations of i
new items appear at tho cud of this issue. |
See Contents, p. 1
or «iccrr.wc (—)
August,
1923
1923
i
(-)
cumulative
f
j AH!
trSn !' from
AnJuly
irZ«
1923
I'EKIOD
—
l J24
fr oni
1923
1934
i
on :
—
-
, July
August
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FIIOM JANUARY 1
TFII'.OUCH
LATEST
MONTH
DASE
YEAR
July
Corresponding
month,
July or
1934
or docrense
|
<
•
|
1
j
Wool
HKLATIVi: NUMHKHS
<+>
In many cases September fifjure* are now '•
available and may be found in the
July
special table on page 26
TEXTILES
Tor ct.
NUMERICAL DATA
j
Receipts at Boston:
!
Domestic
thous. of lbs..1
Foreign
thous. of lbs..'.
_ Total
thous. of lbs. J
Imports, unmanufactured
tuous. of lbs..1
Consumption by textile mills,
;
grease equivalent
thous. of Ibs._i
Machinery activity hourly:
j
1
Looms, wide
per ct. of hours active-.
Looni3, narrow
per ct. of hours active-.!
Looms,
carpet find rug.-.per ct. of hours active.-!
Sets of cards
per ct. of hours active.-!
Combs
per ct. of hours active.'. |
Spinning spindlesWoolen
per ct. of hours active.-!
Worsted
per ct. of hours active..;
Machinery activity (percentage of total):
Woolen
I
spindles
per ct. of active to total.-i
Worsted
I
spindles
per ct. of active to total...
Wide looms
per ct. of active to total..!
Narrow looms—.per ct. of activo to total..
_, . Carpet looms
per ct. of activo to total..
I'nces:
Haw, Ohio,
J blood, unwashed
dolls, per lb..
Raw, territory fine,
scoured
dolls, per Ib._
W'orsted yarn
dolls, per lb..
Wool, dress goods
dolls, per yd..
Men's suitings
dolls, per yd..
i
i
i
35,801
1,577
37,441
(5,001
32, GCO
4,070
37,330
8,031
17.0SO
3,445
21,125
10,2S9
100,050
2;,(i,891
2;(i891
303,541
355,100
;
.
I
j
145.397
7<J, CSG
225,083
190,793
+3G.3
1913 ' 147
1913 I ISO
.
1913 . 100
;
131 : 84
G5 H5
113 ; 101
160
SI
192
42
2or>
-G9.0
-3A1
-40.3
1Z0
4S
OS
' -0.3
+414 :
+S1.7
7
+ 7C.7
-lfi.1
33,77S
40,004
48,233
447,415|
337,700
-21.5
105
109 : 83
70
77
91
+is.c:
-If,. 9
90
111
100 • 97
90
80
w
h:,
85
05
101
107
G
O
111 .
10'J
10(J
+ 1.0 ; - 1 9 . 4
+ 14. S :
9J
-1.0 1 -12.S
58.4
50.2
5S.4
54.3
1013
7C.3
03.8
1921
1921
117
115
141
132
109
150 . 105
130
95
212
4-K*r, r> • 1-35.
30
'MO
79
0.0 • -2XA
+7.0. -Vo.Q
J
51.6
7C.8
53.4
56.8
73.0 i
OS. 2
79.9
93.2
84.4
1021
1921
1921
71.5
44.1
72.1
51.1
89.0
81.5
1921
1021
121
100
115
C'J
110
W
no
at
M
73 !
1913
112
109
103
101
90
53 !
CO
74
G3
1913
1913
1913
1913
323 . 115
HI • 1 0 1
114 ' 111
120 125
!
KS
93
107
90
74 1
81
I(X) 100 :
: 100 1
91
1913
201
1%
170
17G "( l'J2
+0.1
1013
1913
1913
1913
i 210 '•'' 233 22.1 • nn^ • Z\0
232 i 220 • : 2 1 2
1S1 ist 1S1 1S1
ISi
2o3 233 , '^33 ! 233
239 | 2 3 0
+4. 0
+r>.2
.44
1.30
1.550
1.035
3. GOO
.48
1.30
1.000
1.035
3. COO
.50
1.37
1.750
1.035
3. COO
jI
200
113
7S
i
:
. S«; . 3b
—4!"!
78 • +.V4 . —32.2
SI
-3.f. ; - 2 2 . 1
101
+ 1.0 ! - U . 0
HX)
0.0 | - 2 0 . 0
o.u
0.0
Cotton
3,866.:
3,520 i
533
305 !!
254 I
Receipts into sight
thous. of bales..
303,770 ; 227,0-13 ,,
3,420
6,597 j
imports, unmanufactured
bar
!
•fc-xports, unmanufactured
214,415 2,202,390 ! 2,727,811
(including linters)
balcs.. 211,533 j 277,041
!
Consumption by textile mills
bales.. 310,671 ] 357,455 I 492,1S3 4,495,900 | 3,516,510
1
Twelve months' average, July to Juno, inclusive, ending tho year indicated
+9.8
1913
21 . 45
31
17
31
73
IS
21 i 33 • +:»r». 5
07 : 32 i 2U
-37.3
-2G.5
11913
+23.9
-21.3
U913 :i 21 ' 31
45 s 32 '
1913 .: 9 9 . 1 0 0 " b(J . 7 5 .
-21. S
+ 2S.3; - I S . 9
20 ! 3S
+31.3
75 i 77 . + 3 . 1
-4.0
-0.7
!
1
-S.«i
0.8
-2.4
-20.0
+20.9
+13. C
-27.4
34
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Data on the following items for the
period January, 1922, to June, 1924, may be
found in the August quarterly issue of the
SURVEY (NO. 36). Detailed tabulations of
September new items appear at the end of
this issue. Sec Contents, p. 1
In
many cases September
figures are
now available and may be found in
the special table on page 26
II P e r ct.
j; increase
N U M E R I C A L DATA
Corresponding
month,
July or
August,
1923
1921
July
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1923
1921
" ortle. crease
1
(-)
=j c u m u I lativo
; 1924
from
1 1923
Per cent
Increase (+)
or decrease ( - )
RELATIVE NUMBERS
i-
RASE
YEAll
Oli
PERIOD
I
19?3
1921
AilRust,
August; 1924,
from from
July
August,
\<
TEXTILES—Continued
Cotton—Continued
Stocks, end of month: •
Total, mills and w'houses.thous. of bales..
Mills
thous. of bales..
Warehouses
thous. of bales..
World, visible,
American
thous. of bales.
Cotton finishing:
Orders received, grey y a r d a g e White goods
thous. of yds.,
Dyed goods
thous. of yds..
Printed goods
thous. of yds.
Total
thous. of yds.
Billings, finished goods (as produced)—
White goods
thous. of yds.
Dyed goods
thous. of yds.
Printed goods
thous. of yds.
Total
thous. of yds.
Shipments, finished goods—
White goods
cas___
Dyed goods
cases.
Printed goods
cases.
Total
cases.,
Stocks, finished g o o d s White goods
cas
Dyed goods
cases.
Printed goods
cases.
Total
cases.
Operating activity...per cent of capacity.
Machinery activity of spindles:
Active spindles
thousands.
Total activity
millions of hours.
Activity per spindle
hours.
Per cent of capacity
per cent.
Manufactured goods:
Cotton cloth exports
thous. of sq. yds.
Fabric consumption
by tire manufacturers
thous. of lbs.
Elastic webbing sales
thous. of yds.,
Fine cotton poods:
Production
pieces.
Sales
pieces.
Prices:
Haw cotton to producer
dolls, per lbRaw cotton, New York
dolls, per lb_
Cotton yarn
dolls, p e r l b .
Print cloth
dolls, per y d .
Sheeting
dolls, per y d .
Clothing:
Men's and boys' garments c u t Men's suits, wool
number
Men's suits, other
number.
Men's separate trousers,
wool
number.
Men's separate trousers,
other
number.,
Men's overcoats
...number.
Boys' suits and separate
pants
number..
Boys'overcoats and reefers..number..
\\ ork clothing:
Cut
dozens..
Sales...
.
dozens..
Cancellations
dozens..
Stocks, end of month
dozens..
1,394
720
C74
933
1,304
553
811
823
1,983
811
1,172
1913
1913
1913
GO
SO .
54
74 j 59
85 • 70
65 . 51
914
1913
28
50
i
260,512 I
:
45
53
39
-2.2
-23.2
+20.3
-31.2
-31.8
-30.8
30 ' 27
40
44
41
47
-11.8
-10.0
20,445
22,501
5,930
59,514
31,560
23,763
5,i)S5
71, 630
31,909
230,808 . -11.4
31,486
302,934 ' 242, 670 -19.9
6,814 | 91,050
59,057 ; -35.1
78,022 j 727,578
582,107 ; -20.0
* 1921 i. 70
M921
:• 90
*1921
" 3(>
»1921
+19.3
+27.5
+0.9
+20.4
-8.C
-12.2
-S.2
23,652
22,201
6,145
5S, 322
27,980
23,557
6,044
63,895
28,720
31,386
7,517
76,322
268,323
300,706
104,204
76S,239
237,433 ; -11.5
231,007 j -22.0
01,903 ! -40.6
600,975 -21.0
21921
M921
a 1921
J1921
+18.3
+5.8
-1.6
+9.0
-2.6
-24.9
-19.6
-16.3
14,254
0,407
1,011
33,514
14,195
6,511
1,042
35,951
13,239 !
127,413
7,098 ! 77,790
1,282 I 16,443
38,002 I 392,580
123,311j -fO.7
61,727 -20.6
11,713 -28.8
332,683 -15.3
* 1921
M921
»1921
»1921
10,207
0,797
2,282
42,378
45
10,747
6,441
2,161
10,872: j.,
7,090
2,916
41,850
47
49,399
52
23,710
5,158
130
60.6
28,9-16
5,400
113
02.8
33F 705
7,509
202
S5.7
279,731
68,432
1,833
247,653
51,397
1,300
-11.5
-24.9
-25.8
1913
1922
1922
37,390
49,367
38,556
309,515
291,345
-5.9
U913
9,789
9,424
12,471
0.SC2
8,178
11,964
86,924
116,140
293,015
46-1,194
318,513
207,784
.273
.317
.47
.068
.108
.278
.293
.469
.070
.116
.241
.255
.432
.064
.111
504.582
13,281
000, 761
16,681
661,028
24,555
+0.4
+25.6
-9.1
-32,1
455,028
459,044
671,997
+0.9
-31.7
275.023
300,370
202,635
392,809
393,499
-4.5
+30.8
-33.3
-1.5
457,891
82,055
592,330
104,289
587,021 ;
71,7J4 j
+29.4
+27.1
+0.9
+45.4
108,287
117,537
1,214
240,088
118,419
125,182
2,347
223,033
135,524 !
141,597
3,506
201, 595
4,572
30.052
23,213
5.390
4,989
20,518
30,075
6.076
!
i
I
!
J68
I 74
i 113
' 61
83
75
80
47
79
"f
i
- 0 . 4 i +7.2
+1.0
-S.3
+3.1
-13.7
+ 7 . 3 | -"-0
85 I 93
90 ;i 96
44 j! 47
80
87
; 147
i 210
.. 80
" 120
;:
80
112 ' 110 ". 100
92 . <JS • 76
91 : 97 " 75
+5.3
147 i 140 ! 147
207 ; 174 105
oil
re
.T) ! 72
117 i 116
90 ! 94 ; 95
69,
67
a 1921 .' 140 '
M921
" 200 !
a 1921 j 104
M921
139
1921
78 •
•
I
89 | 90
;
S2
149
182
OS
130
SO
;
104 |; 121
-27.7
+5.5
1921
1919
430,072 ! 3,450,185 I 2,736,589 -21.4
444,491 j 2,709,213 i 1,943,609 - 2 8 . 3
1919
1919
. 09 I 112 i! 50
| 50 I 100 ! 29
-5.2
-5.3
-1.2
+4.3
!
.
L
!,
.
I.,
I.,
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
196 201 j 234 232
|
202 199 ! 217 235
175
177 _ _ ! 192 191
.
192 198
192 ! 187 .
177 170
100 I 181 '•
+2S.0
+27.4
+4.6
+52,5
-17.6
+8.7
1\ I 76
43 ! 101
-14.1
-28.7
-29.2
-26.7
+32.0
100 i 101
-9.2
-25.9
-15.3
-10.0
+0.8
+4.7
+5.1
+3.6
69 !
.u102 i 122 j 178
75 I SI I; 71
91,677
S3,9S3
-1.3
-25.9
-39.8
-42.3
+!•?
! 223
218
| 190
j 197
; 175
+15.4
+14.9
—7.0 +S-0
-0.4
+9.4
+2.9 ' + 4 . 5
+7.4
I!
IS!
-12.6
-13.4
-33.1
+10.6
Kaw SilkImports
thous. of l b s . .
Deliveries (consumption)
bales
Stocks, end of month
bales'
Price, Japanese, New York
dolls, per l b . .
Burlap and Fiber
Imports:
gurlap
thous. of lbs-.
liber (unmanufactured)
long tons..
34,728
27,781
42,421
22,380
4,858
33,547
25,459
7.350
41,147
257,072
40,499; 408,505
18,424 | 218,458
34,131 I -17.1 1913
227,163 j; -11.6 M920
1920
1913
224 ! 170
160 1SS
45 . 50
197 | 202
404.825
205,713
130
70
-0.9
-5.8
1909-13
1909-13
151
127
130
48
137
!
I
:
|
160
174
45
14S
i
|
119
G4
+22.2 +4.7
Il9.4 +21.5
123 I 102
82 - 97
Pyroxylin Coated Textiles
_
*ofIbslinear y d s . .
1,659
thous
^ d
linear y d s . .
liliear yds__
479,972
745 274
'
278,314
^835
550,257
748,292
484,308
218,334
373,812
914,842
626.040
514,074
+3.6
2,220
+34.3 !
:i
i
»Relative to eleven months' avorage, February to December, inclusive.
-25.3
85
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Dftta on the following items for the J
period January, 1922, to June, 1924, may bo •
found in the August quarterly issue of the !
SUBVEV (No. 30). Detailed tabulations of !
September new items tippcar at the end of '
this issue. See Contents, p . l
In many cases September
figures are
now available and may be found in
the special table on page 26
Per ct.
Increase
N U M E R I C A L DATA
(+)
1934
July
August
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LAT£ST
MONTII
Corresponding
month,
July or
August,
1023
1923
or decrease
on
(-)
cumu- I'EJUOD i
lative
1024 :
from
1923
19*4
IVr conl
R E L A T I V E NUMI)E11S
Incri'.iiso ( + )
onlccruase ( —)
i1
RASE !'
YEAU I
mi
AilK»ttti
VJ2it
• Auemt
from
July
I?
from
AuKunl,
1923
METALS
I r o n Ore a n d Pig Iroii
Iron ore:
j
Stocks—
.
Total
thous. of tons..!
At furnaces
thous. of tons.. 1
On Lake Erie docks._.thous. of tons..:
Consumption
thous. of tons.. 1
Shipments from m i n e s Through Saulto
\
Ste. Marie
thous. of short tons..)
Through upper
i
lake ports
thous. of long tons..!
Receipts—
Luke Erie ports and
furnaces
thous. of long tons..
Other ports
thous. of long tons <
Pig Iron production
thous. of long tons..|
Furnaces in blast:
Furnaces
number., j
Capacity
long tons per day.-;
Merchant pig iron;
!
Production
thous. of long tons..
Sales
thous. ofloug tons..:
1
Shipments
thous. of long tons..
Unfilled orders
thous. of long tons..:
Stock, merchant
furnaces
thous. of long tons.. :
Stock, steel plants
thous. of long tons.. 1
Ohio gray-iron foundries:
Meltings
long tons.."
Meltings
_
percent of normal..;
Stocks
long tons..;
Ucccipta
*
longtons.-i
W holesalo prices:
'
Foundry No. 2,
'
Northern
dolls, per long ton.. 1
Basic Valley furnace...dolls, per long ton.. I
Composite pig iron....dolls, per long t o n . J
Malleable castings:
'
Productions
tons..!
Shipments
tons.. 1
Orders booked
tons..I
Operating activity.—-per ct. of capacity..!
C r u d e Steel
tons..!
j
tons..!
tons.. 1
tons..'
j
tons..!
tons...
tons..!
long tons..
Finished Iron and Steel
43,701
7,501
6,639
10,485 I
3J,8S3
7,280
6,690
10,296 J
36,893
28,835 j: - 1 9 . 6
28,731 ! - 2 2 . 1
i
5,431
1,053
1,785
4,074
1,517
I,fi87
7,682
2,584
3,419
26,801
8,4S3
27,900
20,22S ! - 2 4 . .1
!
7,431 - 1 2 . 4
2l,0S7 ! - 2 1 . 6
141
55,350
150
C3.070
270 !
106,590 |
* 1010
• 1019
1913
I
207
274
207 j
791 !
257
370
308
874
1,053
210 !
1,002
100
15,403
54.20
25,054
11,920
i
1S,G58
02.50
25,414
11,081
KM ! 117
lift . 131
7G
+13.0
+i:i. 2
+1:1.2
-4 K. 7
+ s.r,
+».:*
+ 12.2
GO I G
O
t
-50. H
J:
:
500 I
303 i
4,150
3,153
3,673
410 |
410
r
3f0a » i - 2 7 . 6
2,441 j "-22.C
2,921 : - 2 0 . 5
806 j .
705
170
:
:
20.80
19.00
20.22
28,191
33,360
27,936
2S.3
32,275
33,071
31,206
32.4
I:
.
-
18.048
171,114
79.56 !
23,033 !'
14,899
138,683
167,356 j; - 2 . 2
1 2 2 , 2 3 4 l| - 1 1 . 8
1, S69
2,542
« 38,191
« 10,244
« 21,947
3G.363
14,532
21,831
20.52 '
.
24. 75 L
26,10 ,
66,849
63,971
39,573
60.3
1913
! 120
1013
jl 127 i 130 I 80
|
3,290
3,187 |
110,055*1 117,243
138,845 I 136,025
39,730
25,372
1013
1013
1913
9S
P!
01 ' 83
-11.5
30,5M
52,805 j 720.958
324,679
I9T103
390,279
33,702
1913
1913
119 : 119 ! 07 ' M
147 : IM 113 122
7U
144 ' 135 102
I
GS ' CI
111 i 100
.! 130 127
W , 7ti
!
1914 ' 144 132 |
.
1(J14 . GO • 02 i|
1014
IIS 123 i
1014 ' 67 • C'J
|
82
C<J
1914
11/21
1022
1022
1022
1022
.
70 •
;
. 51
i GO i
10.1 ' K\ .
60 ll'J
l» hi •
40 • 5S ,
93 133
00 ! 100
-8.4 -.1.1.3
-22.3 -41 :
i
+ 5.7 I -4.1.3
' SI , 77
: 118
M
76
+4-2 ! -44.4
+ 13.V i -40.8
-3.7
+ ?.fi.(l
+ 15.4
+ 10.5
70 OS
112
S;i
SO
01 07
1,051,113
1,315,413
602,108
2-1,060 I -21.3
473,250': - 3 4 . 4
232,985 j: - 2 S . 2
240,265 | - 3 9 . 4
1,037,286;- - 1 . 3
1,267,878 I1 - 3 . 6
308,832 i: - 4 3 . tt
- 4 . 8 I +42.1
- 0 . 5 ! +11.K
153 12fl
121 10.S
314 112
17b .
C 207 14S : IWi • If JO •
i-1 JG5 151 ! 145 ! Vi'J
j. 127 i 103 | HI 110
!. 1S3 i 161 ! 1G2 177
-17.4 1 -14.7
-1.12 -31. h
-18.8
+ 0.6 ! - 2 1 . 2
0.0 I - Z t . 2
+ 0 . 5 1 -1TJ..1
+ 14.5 i -51.7
+ 0.tt ! -47.4
+ 11.fti -21.0
+115 ; - i i . i
i
i! .
1013 !, 140 ; I4C
1013
1013
1913
101 . SI ! 74
7
101
+36.0 i - 3 1 . 2
!
-4.8 I - 3 1 . 1
ii JOS 105 •! 113 , 07 : 76 72
73 i GO -! U S 110 GS I Gl • -10.5 i - 2 3 . 9
:
v 138 126 ! 10S M • b2 b2 -0.5 - 3 5 . 2
+3.2 ' - 3 9 . 2
55 '
100 ! 0 2 ' fil
1913
•HI 5 i
4S 51
50 i 51
1913 i 62 :
S3 ! SI -Z0I - 1 f t 0
03
1922 . 102 97
:
150
+B&6J-10.1
17S 201
1913 !j 196 IG6
I
:
70,094
42,635
134,600
32,252
38.00
39.70
2.81
2.56
2.20
37.75
39.33
2.76
2,52
2,20
42.50
44.87
3.03
2,78
2,50
140
number—i
130
number..'
10
number..;
!
4S3
number..!
41G
number..!
67
number..';
SSG
number..!
'
dollars- 1 215,433
dollars..! 277,342
dollars. J 4io, m
• Revised.
139
272
259
13
' -121
1,043,106 | - 1 5 . 5
1,437,417 1 - 1 2 . 3
-20.0
!
i!
234,112 1,920,182
80.1
234,480 .1,944. M0
116,659 1,639,394
316,972
! -4S.fl
! +22.1
: -2I.W
I +h.4
132
101
13'J 13'.i
1H 111
i
'
!
1913 ' 170 100 141 134 130 131
1013 ! 171 I 168 139 134 121) . 12!*
1013 I" 175 i 109 140 . 137 ; lot) 131
j
70,70S
39,621
-30.
03 I 89 ! 82 ;• - R . I
I
j
j
•
3,096 j
5,415
127,287
163,010
41,202
131 | W
I
i;
20.76
19.00
20.11
••
Iron and Steel Products
71
H7
121 j
GO
70
78 "
I ; 13.1 ; 05 ' C'J
I
190,436
05.2
177,40S
207,9S6
236,614
Total
short tons..!
_
Unsold
-.
short tons..!
*\ holesale prices:
:
Stoel billets, Bcssemer.dolls. per long t o n . . ;
Iron and steel
dolls, per long ton..!
Composite steel
dolls, per 100 lbs..j
Composite finished steel-dolls, per 100 l b s . .
Structural steel beams...dolls, per 100 lbs.. 1
! oo
! IOI
31,335 | - 2 8 . 4
144,291
48.7
151,255
135,093
203,440
Stocks—
32,831 i.
20,924 !
.
5,907 .
6,353 j
;
Sheets, blue, black, and galvanized:
!
Production (actual)
short tons..i
Production
per ct. of capacity..I
Shipments
short tons..:
Sales
short tons..:
Unfilled orders
short tons..:
Locomotives:
ShipmentsTotal
Domestic
,
Foreign
Unfilled orders—
Total
Domestic
,., .
Foreign
freight cars: Orders, domestic
foundry equipment:
Sales
ynpments
Unlilled orders
„
35,703
20,248
6,455
2,036
'
Steel ingots, production.. Jbous. of long
Steel castings:
'
Total bookings
short
Railroad specialties
short
Miscellaneous bookings
short
Unfilled orders, U. S. Steel Corp.,
end of month
thous. of long
Exports (comparable)
long
Exports (total)
long
sports
25,8-12
5,751
2,415
1920 I 101 : 137 I 103
1020 • 90 | HO ! 82
192U
1J2 . 13G 1 114
1020 j GG ! 83
1020
M
!
1013
1913
1913
1913
1913
67 I 84 | 111 ' +32.0 I - I S . 7
Mi • C7
:
1*0
+34.3
1-18.2
W2 ! SS • 103 +17.4 - 2 1 . 3
77 . 07 ! I4S +£2.9 . +7S.3
30 ; ?J 3i 1 -I-1G.3 - 2 * 4
!
126 '
1920
1920 i 574
I
- 1 . 0 i -47.0
+7.0 ; +32.2
115
810; TOO ' 763
!
:
i 165 1G5 i 149 147 147 14G
l.M 149
157
172
i I7G
IM iGo Ift3 . 100
r
,' 167
159 ; 157! I M l. >2
151 j 146 • 1 4 2
! 1GC
-0.7 I
-1.2 !
-1.8 I
-l.c!
0.0
;
:
-11.2
-12.3
-S-9
-9.4
-12.0
-0.7
-4S.9
-53.3
'
!
121
IS
1,016
1,802
lit
900'; - 4 8 . 3
908 :j - 4 9 . 6
82 =1 -28.1
1,497
3G1
306
55
5,980
91
2,780
244,403
2S4,607
378,016
3C7t663
391,592
601,219
1,406
84,815 "~ 80,715 I - 4 . 8
3,523,546
3,295,793
2,647,117 i| - 2 5 . 0
2.674,463 ij - 1 & 9
1913 I 78 89 i 36 47 i 46
1020 i 102 23o ! S3 122 i U S
15 j 20 12 1 11
1020 I 31
45 I
no ,; - 6 . 0
20 ; +S0.0
;
27
49
40 ! 30
1W0 ! 131 113
31
1020 I 185 157 1 GO 52 1 47
""*" j 20 'j\ ' 13 ir>. JO ; 13
1920 '
57
14 20 i 5 . 4 j
1913
I
; -2o.3
-7o.9
-7S.2
• -20.4
-39. G
;. - 1 7 . 9
.. +574.9 i+115.1
+13.4
1022 ! 129 133 ' 104 107 1 78 • 89
1922 172 lf.2 i 131 112 I 10S : H I i I '+2.6
1922 1, 165 1C3 .1 145 ' 139 i 111 ! 102 ", 1 -8.0
* Twelve months 1 overage, June to May, inclusive.
-33.5
-27.3
-37.1
36
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
N O T E . — D a t a on t h o following items for t h e
period J a n u a r y , 11)22, t o J u n e , 192 i, m a y bo
found in t h e August quarterly issue of t h e
SUUVEY (NTo. 30). Detailed tabulations of
September n e w items appear a t t h e e n d of
this issue. Sec C o n t e n t s , p . 1
In
many cases September
figures are
now available and may be found in
the special table on page 26
jjPerct.
; increase
NUMERICAL DATA
•' or de-
1921
July
CUMULATIVE TOTAL •: crease
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST |l ? cumuMONTH
i'hitive
Corresponding
month,
July or
August,
1923
August
I
1933
1924
i;
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
Per cent
increase (+)
or decrease ( - )
RELATIVE NUMBERS
from
July
1933
August,
1924,
from
August,
1923
+43.2
+17.8
+2.6
+43.5
13 '; - 0 . 6
+1G.3
1921
I 1921
from
1923
I:
METALS—Continued
j
Iron and Steel Products—Continued
Vessel construction:
Completed during month—
i
Total
gross tons._i
Steel seagoing
pross tons..!
Building or under contract, end of mo.— \
Merchant vessels.thous. of gross tons..'
Structural steel, fabricated:
Sales (prorated)
short tons..!
Sales
per ct. of capacity.. 1
Shipments (prorated)
short tons.. 1
Shipments
per ct. of capacity..
Steel furniture, shipments
thous. of dolls..
23,217
8, C G ;
O
25, 875
12,316
18,070
10,481
141
104
165
204,490
T9,9S2
1C6.S90 j -18.4
103,457 : +29.4
1916
19J6
• 22 i 55 . 58 i 50 '. 39
:
58 | 39
: 3 ; 32 l 49
•
!
II
:
13
1916
11 !
14 13 i 13
I
179,400
210, COO
148,200 ' 1,383,200 j 1,383,400 jj + 0 . 4
153,400
189,800
73
1,185
59
i, i'io
1,345
11,400 ;
135
71, CJ3
1,15-1 i
5SS.026 ;
1,253
1,853
5,413
13,353 :
12,268 j
0,0.-3
9,318
2,873
44
2G, 293 '
419 '
27,735 '
383 j
•172 :
-133 •
11,594 ;
l
1913
1913
1
; 130 155 161 • ISO ! 183
; ioo : m 118 132 , 133
-14.5
+3.5
•• - 1 4 . 5 +3.5
- -9.9
i -0.9
:
:
+6.2
+ 1 . 7 1919 I 137 118 1GG j 140 123 130
-11.0
44
67
40 i -18.3
78 , +9.6
-30.4
—42,3
1919
1910
1010
01
S3 ! 70 - 78
137 : 141 | 101 102
|
40
100 ; 01 i 45
i
!
-2.7
73 - 1 1 . 3
39 + 2 . 7
-21.1
-49.1
-57.0
1913
1913
1913
121
03
112
Machinery
Stokers:
Sales
number..
Sales
horsepower. _
Steam, power, and centrifugal pumps:
Now orders
r .t.ho:is. of dolls..
Shipments
thous. of dolls...
UnfilUd orders..
thous. of dolls._
Patents issued:
Total, nil classes
_
number..
ARricullurul implements
number..
Internal-combustion engines
number. _
01 i
41,391 i
J15
37,759
1,015 j
1,0(15 i
2,209
915 : =
2,330 :
4.137 j
02 !
3,270 !
49 :
02
-34.7
754
3G0,2S7 : -3S.8
-32.2
-2-1.0
-7.4
-3.3
1910
1919
! 55 • 53
27
; 100 i 136 i 65
102
- 2 1 . 0 +13.8
- 2 1 . 0 +11.4
-27.1 -10.1
118 I 146
121
Jifl !
112
100
:
93
19S
NONFERROUS METALS
Copper a n d Brass
Production
thous. of l b s . .
Exports
thous. of lbs._;
Wholesale price, electrolytic.dolls, per lb..
IlnuM faucets:
Orders received
number of pieces __
Orders shipped
number of pieces..
Tubular plumbing sales:
Quantity
number of pieces..
Value
dollars..
I
133,140
SI, 781
.133
307,400
315, GOG
213, MO , 272,971
27."), 309 , 420,032
4.018, SIS i 2,857,49') . - 2 8 . 9
4, (Ho, 233 3,100,253 - 3 3 . 3
1923
1923
12;,, 014
118, Soo
233,033
190,433
1,052,80,*) 1,041.063 : +17.5
1,700,215 . ], 075, 648 j - l . S
1923
1923
: 44 ' 5S ! 47 53 ! 58
!
4S ! 60 '. 49 . 4S j 57
.
1013
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
!
!
j 78 ! 71 jj 77 | 71 68
:
j
:
71' j
!
; 149 H I
. 149 H I 165 • 150 149
•"
""*
05
10-1 I 122 130
52
54
SO
7f> • f>3
100
06
7i
f
8 3 i 00
91
307
110 | 114 100 : 106
I
!
Zinc
131,731
08,873
. 130
903,511
f-07,1S9
125,805
121,525
1,0 IS, 923 \ + 8 . 0
700,399 • -[-39.3
1913
1913
1913
7,"), 325
S3,250
52.942
22,183
21,549
.067
077,005718, 408 i
G19,062
724,324
-8.7
+0.8
187,106 i
157,6C2 ;
lfi0,MS 1 - 1 4 . 2
153,149.! + 0 . 3
SI I S2
I
Tin
!
bug tons.. :
long tons.j
long tons...1
thous. of lbs..:
dolls, per lb-.;
Lead
Production
index numberReceipts, St. Louis
thous. of lbs.
Shipments, St. Louis
thous. of lbs..
Wholesale price, pip, desilverized.dolls, perlb..
5,059 !
20,101 :
3,<>30 I
10,820
.402 !
3,454 '.
21,302.;
4,flO5
7,506
.518:.
2,887
18,754
5,510
12,709
.393
43,479 !
103,321 !
44,175
103,015
-8.9
-4.9
1913
1913
1913
1013
1913
:
106
162
;
:
. 145
132 133 i.
88 i
SO
!
211 j 211
159 j 162
143 118
118 I 90
98 95
j
1921
8,516
5,836
.071 I
13,099 |
;
10,958':
.0S0 j1
10,792 i
7,858 i
.067 !.
91,067 !
51,156 ;
07,820 ! + 7 . 4 1913
i
69, 6S7 i +36. 2 1913
;
1913
FUELS
Coal a n d Coke
Bituminous:
Production
thous. of short t o n s . .
Exports
thous. of long t o n s . .
PricesMine average,
spot
dolls, per short t o n . .
Wholesale, Kanawhn, f. o. b .
Cincinnati
dolls, per short t o d . .
Retail, Chicago..dolls, per short t o n . .
Anthracite:
Production
thous. of short t o n s . .
Stocks, distrib.points.thous. of long t o n s . .
Exports
thous. of long t o n s . .
Prices—
Wholesale, chestnut,
K e y York
dolls, per long t o n . .
Retail, chestnut,
New York
dolls, per short t o n . .
• Revised.
50 ! 59 64
7>
f
SI ! 00
43 i 57
i
Retorts in operation, end of month..number..: 71,827
72,105
Production
thous. of lbs..
85,826 ! S3, M0
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lbs.. 105,-UO i 101,841 •
Receipts. St. Louis
thous. of lbs..
10010 j 15,883
Shipments, St. Louis
thous. oMbs..: 18,029 ! 18,030
Price, slab, prime western
dolls, per lb..;
.062 i
.OCfl
Stocks, end of month:
United States
World visible supply
Deliveries (consumption)
Imports
_
Wholesale price, pig tin
130
• 121 . 120 : 129 , 125 j 127
:
W)
93 i 140 I 132 i 111 116
85
! 02
88 i SI
79 ; 79
120,574
78,0-10
.121
32,284
1,631
31,707
1,393
2,117
1.98
1.90
-10.8
-25.3
149 143
: 129 197
90
01
145 153
I
175
219
16S
233
111
166
161
-17.1
15-1
163
5
154 1 4
163 1 3
0
0.0
0.0
-12.9
-10. S
116 ! 102 101
35
86 100
153 ' 95 121
3
102 0
120 • 1 4 1
101 8
9
166 165
3.39
7.85 !
3.89
8. SO
1913
1913
177
183
177
183
103
7.0S6 !
!
11.28
11.33
10.63
13.78
+1-8 +20.3
169 172
+21.4
157 239 j +53.8 +39.5
67 125 +87.3 +19.4
182 +12.7
162
+0.5
105
14.00
3,270
1913
109
: 34
192L
j 15S
1909-13
1013
1913
+19.6
+13.6
-12. S
-40.9
+31.8
+5.7
+22.3
-30.7
+12.1
102
13
9
60,787 - 1 1 . 1
-31.7
-28.8
-31.2
1913
68,357
-4.2
+0.4
+92.4
-23.4
-16.3
-1.5
+7.7
-14.6
2.40
8,868
939
442
+0.5
-2.7
125 i - 3 . 4
57 1 +5.6
-3.2
64
+6.5
113
68
115
87
127
113
207
3,779 ;
257 !
+1.1
+13.7
-4.3
51 |l - 2 0 . 8 -10. S
53 j! - 2 0 . 3 -35.2
132'j+125.5 +125.0
92 +00.2 +529
262 179
103 172
107 131
113 79
103 115 ,
81
78 | 76
i 112 j 133 149
1913
1009-13
3.39
7.85
7,782
3,193290
13.70
367,200 ! 294,056
13, £66 I
10,134
:
+2.8
i +4.8
i +7.3
. 200 200 ,203 |210
I 193 201 • 195 i 196
161
- 8 . 9 -20.1
+18.2 +302.4
- 1 1 . 4 -41.0
1
212 2 4
+0.0
+7.1
0
197 1 3
+0.6
-1.6
37
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
N O T E . — D a t a on t h e following i t e m s for the i
period January, 1922, t o J u n e , 1924, m a y be '
found in t h e A u g u s t quarterly issue of the j
S U U V E Y ( N o . 36). D e t a i l e d tabulations of l
September n e w i t e m s appear at t h e end of I
this issue. See C o n t e n t s , p . 1
•
In many cases September figures' are i
now available and may be found in i
the special table on page 26
j
;
July
August
Corresponding
month,
July or
August, I
1923
UKLAT1VK Xi:MHK!tS
I Iiicre.i5i-
CUMULATIVE
TOTAL
FllOM JANUARY 1
TI! HOUGH
LATEST
MONTH
1923
ordecreaso
cumuIntivc
1924
from
1923
HK3
I
FUELS-Continued
Coal and Coke—Continued
Coke:
Production, beehive.thous. of short tons..
Production,
by product
thous. of short tons..
Exports
thous. of long tons..
Price, furnace,
Connellsville
dolls, per short ton,.
I Porct.
NUMERICAL DATA
4G0
434
2,352
•19
2,425
42
2.00
1,493
13,134
. 7,003
-4G.7
-0.9
-70.0
-12.1
-40.7
+3.1
-2.V 1
-S7.0
3.00
3,239 !
99 !
25,372
835
22,290
445
-14.3
1913
Petroleum
Crude petroleum:
Production
thous.ofbbls.. « 61,033
Stocks, end of m o n t h thous. ofbbls-. «3C0,485
Total (comparable)
number.,
-177
Days' supply
Tank farms and pipe
.thous. of bbls. 356,210
linos
.thous. of bbls.
3D, 970
Refineries
.thous. of bbls.
6,502
Imports
Consumption.thous. of bbls. • 0 1 , 1 5 5
Total
.thous. of bbls.
52,877
Hun to stills
10,886
Shipments from Mexico.. .thous. of bbls.
20,632
Stocks-Mexican field.... .thous. of bbls.
.dolls, per bbl.
1,550
Price, Kansas-Oklahoma..
...
number.
1, 593
Oil wells completed
Gasoline:
.thous. of gals., 741,075
Production
.thous. of gals..
S6,216
Exports
.thous. of gills.. 789,007
Domestic consumption
.thous. of gals.. 1,470,923
Stocks, end of month
.195
Price, motor, New York.. ..dolls, per gal..
Kerosene oil:
191,201
.thous. of gals,
Production
Domestic consumption.— .thous. of gals., 10,5,548
301,157
.thous. of gals,
Stocks
.215
Price, 150° water white... .dolls, per gal.
Gas and fuel oil:
.thous. of gals, ,102,786
Production
.thous. of gals, , 014,200
Domestic consumption
.thous. of gals. ,005,951
Stocks
.050
..dolls, per gal.
Price, Pa., 30-10 at refin..
Lubricating oil:
87,490
..thous. of gals.
Production
65,318
Domestic consumption......thous. of gals.
..thous. of gals.
245,626
•Stocks
Price, Pa., 600°fll.f " D "
.298
..dolls, per gal,_
at refineries
61,684
365, C O
O
181
307,100
34,271
7,580
60,871
54,058
1,375
1,339
755,780
10S,685
819,408
1,311,021
.188
201,107
133,473
301,136
.215
1,167,211
1,010,514
1,658,671
.052
0.0
•
i
;
;
208 ; 280 | » 5 j M S |
yji ; 203
120 j 121
+1.4
+
334 i 339 I 343 j 3IS j +1.4 17.0
144 ; 147 J 153 i 160 +2.3 2 . 3
j + +25.7
+1.5
271 I 271 26* | 272 .+ 1.7
-U.b
i'J6 4i'J j 43S 3U5
+17.8
+ 1R.0
-22.7
-0.0
+3.4
-.V8
+0.3
-11.3
-12.8
-S.2
1013
54,667.
55,119
+0.8
1919
1013
225 229
0
463,778
379,909 •
84,398
490,7SS
423,795
83,104
+5.8
+ 11.5
-1.5
1913
1913
1913
285 ; 20*1 2S0 275 2S0 ; 270
1S2 ; 174 170 I 181
109 • I Off
561 • 003 , 577 j 621 604 !
10,355
-13.5
[013
109
648,955 ' 4,096,425 j 5,885,114
70,058 ' 558,636 ! 780,546
092,154 ' 4,351,451 I 4,939,3G9
,053,850 :
.200;
-1-
+17.8
+39.7
+13.5
1910
1019
1019
1019
1913
193
203
235
217
126
197
260
242
223
119
230
307
235
349
119
156,219 ! 1,508,108 : 1,599,200
131.8S8;
993,490. 088,099
213,018
"
!
.205
+G.0
-1.0
1019
1019
1019
1919
90 95
106 114
4-12.9
+12.2
1919
1019
1919
1919
100
157
180
96
+ 5.5
-0.9
1919
1919
1919
01,608
50,015
112,119 '
* 19,556 !
1,450 ;
1,465 j
11,970,
,010,658 7.840,533
832, yOJ 7,10S, 423
,402,182 I
.019 i
92,761
66,368
242,753
.284
, 8,852,135
! 8,014,413
"
•
728,326:
504,776.
87,202
00,270
220,419
768,138
500,223
.213
AUTOMOBILES
Production:
Total
number.. • 262,903 -279,115
Passenger cars
number.. • 237,668 * 251,631
Trucks
number.. • 2 5 , 2 3 5 • 27,484
Shipments:
By railroads
carloads.. • 27,166 • 30,200
Driveways
iiumber of machines. _ • 20,190 • 23,240
•7,538
By boat
number of machines.. '•7,297
Exports:
.
••
Assembled—
13,914
11,703
Total
<
.
number of cars..
12,220
9,946
Passenger cars
1
number of cars..
1,694
1,757
Trucks
number of cars..
9,731
5,316
Foreign assembly
number of cars.*
4,596
5,581
Accessories and parts
thous. of dolls..
Ratio of total exports to
5.0
4.5
production
percent..
From Canada3,147
4,319
Total
number of machines..
2,575
3,519
Passenger cars..number of machines.*
572
800
Trucks
number of machines._
240,355
Accessories and parts...
dollars.. 591,234
nternal revenue taxes collected on:
Passenger automobiles and
6,156
7,606
motor cycles
thous. of dolls.
Automobile trucks and
702
902
wagons
thous. of dolls.
Automobile accessories
2,419
2,966
and parts
_thous. of dolls.
RUBBER
Crude:
48,770
43,623
Imports...
thous. of lbs..
40,335
32,625
Consumption by tire mfrs.. .thous. of lbs..
.211
.170
„ Wholesale price, Para, N. Y.dolls. per lb_.
Pneumatic tires:
3,235
2,552
Production
thousands..
4; 477
5,138
Stocks, end of month
thousands..
3.6SS
3,484
Shipments, domestic
thousands..
> Revised.
474,783
312,472
144
301,673
40,636
5,SC2
474,661 !
318 321
1913
1919
66,422
1919
02 j
[
:
j
j
!
i
I
I
10ft
90 100
104 :
103
S
I
10s 108
100
01
100
10S
159
115
1S3
94
1S2
ISO
200
112
174
177
200
00
133 ! 124
149 ! 146
139 1 136
US
W
!
i
I
j
62 !
59
137
151
147
87
223 225 229
+2f.. 0
359 2S1 361
+ 3.8
210 270
33S I311 278
33S 311 278 -10.U
110 I H G ! 112 -3.G
102
01
101
103
+1.07 . 1
01
W
9S
174
lfK
2(fc
10S
84
+9.0
+ 1.2
I
j
:
,
105
115 :
101 ,
108 :
;
|
i
!
j
184 + 5.8
-0.4
170
213 , +3.3
100 +4.0
+ 15.5
+21.3
+ 13.4
+f>. 1
+G.0
+10
.
-1.2
+ 10.1
. 137 121 j 131
12:1 137 " 130
154 152 , 160
8S :
.
+ 10.5
+41.8
+ 18.4
+ 21.4
-(,.0
+
+ 1 . 0 24.8
0.0 +4.0
82 j 75 .• - 4 .
-4.2
+33.3
I
•38,371
•45,980
•10,055
319,553
411,591 j
55,028 |
320,195
275,770
30,590
I 120,486
101,500 1
85,169 :
16,331 j
76,213
39,026 !
10,057
8,411
1,646 ;
< 428 j
102,455
18,031
80,543
52,782
-6.1
-6.0
-6.0
1919
1919
1919
I
199 ! 210 190 I 149
215 j 228 202 ' 165
116 ; 117 127 , 100
+0.2
-33.0
-33.5
1920
1920
1920
157 ! 183
120 i 117
216 214
+18.7
+20.3
+10.4
+5.7
+35.2
1919
1919
1919
1923
1916
216
211
239
102
142
1919
• 345,303 l 2,704,541 i 2,54O,1S7
•314,431 ! 2,442,800' 2,295,814
• 30,872
261,741
244,373
107 j 69
I 290
I
5,135
701
'
44,702
38,634
37,843 !
30,024
6,854 1
8,610
2,410,819 j 3,614,703
69,594 I
7,463 ! .
71,310
7,605
-13.6
-20.7
! +25.6
+49.0
+2.5
+1.9
1919
1919
1919
1919
j
I
i
j
j
146
150
127
99
125
144 |j +11.2 -21.3
72 • + 7 . 8 -3S.6
1C0 1! + 3 . 3 -25.0
|! + 1 8 . 9
! +22.9
;i - 3 . 6
! +S3.1
ij - 1 7 . 6
+.1H.4
+45.3
+2.9
+ 18.5
+3.8
131 I 119 107
110 I + 1 1 . 2
+72.5
22C
215
2S7
203
1 1C5 ! - 2 7 . 1
! 168 ' - 2 6 . 8
! 205 ;; - 2 S . 5
I S3 ! - 5 9 . 3
!
.;
-45.0
-39.3
-61.4
-lfi.1
202
218
130
110
130
179
181
160
134
1&5
+19.9
1920
87 j 73
71 J 56 I - 2 2 . 2
+0.1
71 j 61
70 • 57 " - I S . 4
i
-23.4
26,688 I
20,676
-2Z5
1920
42,741
24,597
.238
525,543 !
274,001 !
455,839
285,11*
-13.3
1913
1921
1913
462
119
30
2,356
6,058
2,807
24,716 j
24,690
-0.1
llOi
23,923
1921
1921
1921
I1 M i
+G.4
! 133 '
'
•July, 1923,
"22,"479 '
-19.2
-20.0
-II.0
10G i 121 109 j 88 j - 1 0 . 1
1920
3,lG0
+4.1
+0,2
+5.9
.1
2.9
5,725
4,245
1,480
286,456
170
182
104 .:
• i
519 i 452 ! 505 ! +11.S
M4
198 1 174 i 1S2 1 225 :| ! +23.8
20 I 21 j 26 ",+24.1
.
!
i 167 I 145 , 140 i 178 • +26.8
' 150 I 14G i 122 ! 106 I -12.9
•• + 5 .
141 ' 140 1 1S3 ' 19-4
+14.1
+64.2
-11.3
+37.3
-20.1
+31.4
38
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
In many cases September
figures are
now available and may be found in
the special table on page 26 •
RUBBER-Continued
Inner tubes:
Production
Stocks, end of month
Shipments, domestic
Solid tires:
Production
_i..
Stocks, end of month
Shipments, domestic
Per ct.
increase
N U M E R I C A L DATA
NOTE.—Data on the following items for the
period January, 1922, to June, 1921, may be j
found in the August quarterly issue of the |
SURVEY ( N O . 36). Detailed tabulations of '
September new items appear at the end of
this issue. See Contents, p. 1
RELATIVE NUMBEItS
; {
1921
July
August
Corresponding
month,
July or
August,
1923
V
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THltOUGH LATEST
MONTH
1923
or decumulative
1924
from
1923
1934
BASE
YEAH
OR
PERIOD
August,
August1 1924,
from from
July
August,
1923
1924
+3.5
+9.1
1021
1921
1921
166
155 I 171
192
179 145
155 ! 168 232
379
-31.1
4Sl"
354'
-26.9
1921
1921
1021
422,739
35,56S
239,720
66,013
59,450
230,280
27,030
113,091
36,873
40,950
-45.5
-24.0
-52.8
-44.2
-31.1
1909-13
1000-13
1909-13
1909-13
1909-13
343,524
271,960
48,873
22,691
.156
.194
.147
.147
1,151
• 28,027
73,787
20,793
53,579
1,164
32,588
80,873
21,006
56,972
1,718
39,038
134,291
30,802
77,746
150,273
368,457
144,681
346,867
175,441
335,494
1921
1021
89
92
88,050
125,049
87,632
125,322
108,506
157,975
1921
1921
101
98
2,242
6,148
2,076
6,260
1,146
5,177
1913
1913
61
73
.425
. 430
.410
.460
.515
.400
1913
1913
120
163
115
1G3
320
5-10
327
552
466
881
3,85S
7,184
1919
1919
65
64
- 21,389
457
25,262
512
30,028
526
2-13,232
5,023
1919
1913
222 ! +30.0 ! +40.2
126 J. - 1 3 . 2 ! -17.2
242 !i +4.4 j +29.0
142
82
107
5,016
5,758
5,552
3,578
6,051
4,304
31,237
32,320
29,356
32,031
31
165
40
550
146
45
48
263
46
28,503
4,353
15,759
3,715
3,403
27,764
3,887
15,066
3,224
4,870
28,868
3,472
12,763
5,782
5,512
245,155
197,071
32,453
15,631
244,916
197,628
29,958
17,360
. 131
.180
thousands.^
thousands..
thousands-
3,857
6,634
5,318
thousands __
thousands..
thousands..
I! Per cent
| increase (+)
i! or decrease (-)
+22.6
-11.5
+12.5
-20.8
-44.5
-2.2
-2.6
-10.7
-4.4
-13.2
+43.1
-3.8
+12.0
+18.0
-44.2
-11.6
1921
1921
1021
1921
-0.1
+0.3
-7.7
+11.1
-28.7
-27.3
-38.7
-23.5
1913
1913
+19.1
+7.8
+0.1
+32.0
61
- . 02
138 ' 168 136
93
107 i 113
120 ! 81
!
114
134 ! 114
126
+1.1
+16.3
+17.7
+1.0
+6.3
-32.2
-1G.5
-35.3
-31. S
-26.7
91 ! 81
89
91
-3.7
-5.9
-17.5
-10.0
78
81
-0.5
+0.2
-19.2
-20.7
44
87
59 10-1
-7.4
+1.8
+81.2
+20.9
+3.5
+7.0
-14.6
+15.0
CC
65
+2.2
+2.2
-29.8
-37.3
92
74
109
62
+18.1
+12.0
-15.9
-2.7
0.0
-3.8
HIDES AND LEATHER
nides
Imports i
Total hides and skins
thous. of l b s . .
Calfskins
thous. of l b s . .
Cattle hides
thous. of lbs.
Goatskins
thous. of lbs,
Sheepskins
thous. of lbs.
Stocks, end of month:
Total hides and skins
thous. of lbs.
Cattle hides
thous. of lbs.
Calf and kip skins
thous. of lbs.
Sheep and lamb skins
thous. of lbs.
Prices:
Green salted, packers' heavy native
steers
dolls, per lb_
Calfskins, country No. 1
dolls, per l b .
Leather
Production:
Sole leather..thous. of bks., bends, sides.
Skivers
doz.
Oak and union harness
stuffed sides.
Finished sole and belting
thous. of lbs.
Finished upper
thous. of sq. ft.
Stocks, end of month:
Sole and belting
thous. of lbs.
Upper
thous. of sq. ft.
Stocks, in process of tanning:
Sole and belting
thous. of lbs
Upper :
-thous. of sq. ft
ft.
U
t
h
f
Sole
__thous. oflbs.
Upper
thous. of sq. ft-,
Prices:
Sole, oak, scoured backs,
heavy Boston
dolls, p e r l b .
Chrome calf, " B " grades.dolls, per sq. ft.
Leather Products
Belting sales:
Quantity
thous. oflbs..
Value
thous. of dolls..
Boots and shoes:
Production
thous. of pairs..
Exports
,
thous. of pairs..
Wholesale p r i c e s Men's black calf,
•
"
blncher
dolls, per pair..
Men's dress welt, tan'
calf, St. Louis
dolls, per pair..
Women's black kid, Goodyear
welt, fit. Louis
dolls, per pair.
i
a
6.25
4.85
!
13,147
302,90r>
l,090,M7
231,352
643,725
11,806
50,851
9.501
252,054
859,373
171, 232
515,121
-27.7
-16.8
-21.2
-26.0
-20.0
14,741 :l +24.9
56,110 :i +10.3
2,932 j - 2 4 . 0
j
5,010 j -30.3
204,552
4,217
-15.9
-16.0
1919
1919
1919
1921
1921
98
06 |
1
6.25
6.50
1913
209
4.85
1913
153
95
160
95 j 93
160 i 171
209
4.85
103
171
153
3.85
4.25
18,042
114,531
21,204
120,816
25,155
100,355
181,567
723,115
141,997
767,805
-21. S
tons..
tons..
tons
tons..
tons..
113,952
117,916
120, SS2
112,173
997
116,477
115,997
120,408
110,228
1,475
132,604
129,173
125,191
115,909
999
1,018,826
1,011,171
1,295,462
860,247
10,849
980,767
974,310
1,067,481
896,989
11,755
-3.7
-3.6
-17.6
tons..
tons..
23,427
178,324
28,207
188,885
25,674
201,574
.0.0
142
1913
142
142
1909-13
1909-13
106
323
163
393
1919
1919
1919
1913
1913
110
108
85
£63
27
116
112
88
633
28
1919
1919
89
112
107
130
140 j HO
104 US
1913
1913
1919
1920
48
47
99
77
GO
40
124
84
61
57
139
84
0.0
0.0
-9.4
P A P E R AND PRINTING
Mechanical
Chemical
Wood-pulp I m p o r t s
_
...short tons..
short tons..
Newsprint Paper
Production
..short
Shipments.
short
Consumption*
.
short
Imports
short
Exports
short
Stocks, end or month:
At mills.
„..short
At publishers *
short
+6.2
+4.3
+8.4
Printing
Book publication:
American manufacture
no. of titles..
491
610
477
4,706
4,453
-5.4
- T Imported
, _ n o . of titles..
83
94
165
740
1,139
+53.9
boo
Sales books, shipments
thous. of books..
12,238
9,877
11,036
90,146
87,952 ' - 2 . 4
Printing tlvity—weight indexed number..
•Revised.
* Data prior to June, 1923, include reports of 600 publishers, while current months include about 450.
+17.5
+5.5
1-15.7
+20.4.
+2.2
-1.C
-0.1
-1.7
+47.9
-12.2
-10.2
-3.8
-4.9
+47.6
-0.S
+5.9
til
+27.9 .+24.2
+75.5 •+*8
+11.7
39
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Data on the following items for the
period January, 1922, to June, 1024, may be
found in the August quarterly issue of the
SUBVEY (No. 36). Detailed tabulations of
September new items appear at the end of
this Issue. See Contents, p. 1
In many cases September figures are
now available and may be found in
the special table on page 26
Per ct.
increase
N U M E R I C A L DATA
August
Corresponding
month,
July or
August,
1923
285,059
199,760
85,299
192*
July
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FKOM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATKST
MONTH
1923
Per cent
i Increase (+)
'ordccrwiso(—)
RELATIVE KUMHEUS
or do- :| RASE !
crease
I, TEAU .1
(
1
1
OH -j
cumu- FERIOD >
lative
1924
from
1923
•"
1923
1924
; " ^
'' AllRU!>t; 1024,'
i from ! from
•;; J u l y i AU-
i ,
1923
s !'
PAPER AND PBINTING-Continued
Papcrboard Shipping Boxes
Production:
Total
Corrugated
Solid
fiber
Operating activity:
Total
per
Corrugated
._.per
Solid
fiber
per
Price index numbers:
Finished boardCorrugated
Solid
fiber
Raw materials85 test liners
Chip
Straw
thous. of sq. ft.
thous. of sq. ft_.
thous. of sq. ft.
269,108
205,723
63,385
287.037
219,141
68,796
cent of normal.
cent of normal..
cent of normal.
64
64
68
65
74
2,382,712 2,392,008
1,703,926 1.778.4C3
678,788
614,454
-fa 4 |
+4.4 {
- 99. 5 !
|
I
1922 1 128 ! 120 j 131
1J>22 I H7 I U3 I 151
1J22
1922 i 110 ! 107
0 !
1922
94
'I
!
.
127 ! +7.0 ' + 1 0
» 7 ! +0.5 ; +9.7
80 'I +8.5
81
82 !
78|
-16.0
-20.7
+ 17.5 ! -5.1
! +0-3
-4 1.0
index number.
index number-
1922
1922
index numberindex numberindex number.
1022
1022
1022
OS ;l - 2 . 0 j -6.7
-30.2
87 j + 1 . 2 :
109 ! 105
108 i 109
SO I + 2 . 3 I -21.0
R5 ; +i. 0 -29.8
0.0
105 ••
0.0
Other Paper Products
Rope paper sacks, shipments..index number.
Abrasive paper and cloth:
Domestic sales
reams..
Foreign sales
reams..
U922
63,553
7,777
70,491
10,916
80,087
12,594
16.7
14,083
22.0 |
13,914
38.7
13,S31
748,757
87,920
630,004
S1.G12
-15.8
-7.2
105 1 +13.8 +412
123
IOIO ' no
I
no
1010
! 128
1022
1022
j 0 0 84 j 70
I 108 110 ; 113
I +10.0 i - 1 2 0
•| +40.4 | - 113.3
3
BUTTONS
Frcsh-watcr pearl buttons:
Production
per cent of capacity..
Stocks, end of month
thous. of gross..
48 +3.1.3 -42.9
111 "! -1.2 ! +0.6
OPTICAL GOODS
Spectacle frames and mountings:
Sales (shipments)
index number..
Unfilled orders (value)
index number..
+55.6 -30.4
+20.0 j -03.9
no ; oo
1910
1910
83|| 32
BUILDING CONSTRX7CTION
Building Costs (Index Numbers)
Building materials:
Frame house, 6-room, 1st of fol'g.mo
Brick house, O-room, 1st of fol'g mo
....
Building costs (Engineering News Record),
1st of following month
Concrete factory costs (Aberthaw), 1st of following month
Plumbing fixtures, 6 articles
+3.1 . -2.0
+2.0 J -3.3
1913
1013
203 ; 203
'
210 | 205
|
105 ; 202
199 | 203
213 i 211 • - 0 . 9 : - 5 . 0
1913
222 ! 217 214
i
1014
1913
200 ! 109
i
190 j 180
i
+0.1
-3S.0
+10.4
+11.4
1010
1019
1919
1919
68 I 100
20 i 29
!
120 i 171
j
31,540 +20.4
418,480 ! +5.0
1019
1010
151 : - 1 2 . 1
0.0
196
375
ao
-4.9
-7.9
Construction a n d Losses
Contracts awarded (27 States):
Business buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
7,430
2,416
Industrial buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
20,891
Residential buildings
thous. of sq. ft,.
4,846
Educational buildings
thous. of sq. ft..
Other public and semipublic
4,711
buildinscs*.
thous. of sq. ft..
Grand total
thous. of sq. ft..
41,179
Contracts awarded, value (27 States):
41,866
Business buildings
thous. of dolls..
Industrial buildings
-thous. of dolls.. • 14,475
Residential buildings
thous. of dolls.. 108,507
34, C67
Educational buildings.....thous. of dolls..
Other public and semipublic
31,493
buildings *
thous. of dolls..
__,
Grand total
thous. of dolls.. 289,834
Fire losses:
23,969
United States and Canada..thous. of dolls..
387
Great Britain
_thous. of £ sterling..
_
Lumber
Southern pine:
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m_. 439,967
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b . m_. 468,575
Orders (computed)
M ft. b. m , . ; 515,336
. Stocks,endofmo.(computed)..M ft. b. m__j. , 124,717
Exports (incl. timber)
M ft. b. m..i 89,707
,
Price, " B " and
^ • better
dolls, per M f t . b. m_.
3S.51
gs
Douglas fir:
P
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m__ 371,034
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. m._ 448,514
43,510
Exports, lumber
M ft. b. m__
34,237
Exports, timber
M ft. b. m__
16.50
Prico,No.lcommon..dolls.per M ft. b. in..
California redwood:
34,303
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m . .
25,099
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. in..
24,622
., Orders received (computed). _M ft. b. m..
California white pine:
Production
M ft. b. m._ 136,499
79,035
Shipments
M ft. b. m . .
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m . J 608,260
63,927
27,204
1257,341
34,725
6,854
2,703
24,54S .
. 3,453 "
6,245
3,367
24.106
3,285
63,£40
44,017
233,104
31,108
4,143 j
41,853
2,782
39,786
26,194
27,169
33,669 ,
23,865 I 17,717
114,317
133,033
21,036
27,859
307,771
246,3S0
1,039,158
189,956
349,427
187,977
1,234.775
223,796
+13.5
-23.7
+18.8
+20.4
1910
1010
1019
1919
100 ij -19.6 | +23.0
M u +W.0 i +34.7
183 i +22.6 | +16.4
2*0 -10.6 ' +3Z 4
32,931
299,607
225,797
176,109
2,363,554 2,612,212
+23.2
+10.5
1910
1010
+4.7 j +62L2
22S
139 . +3.3 ! +1S.3
-13.7
-28.5
1919
1020
+0.9
-3.2
+2.9
1017
1917
1917
1017
1919
107
100
83
78
162
1013
202
104 I 111
113 , 114
t
106 ' 112
103 ; 110
115 10S
09
&0
82 ! 84 82
142 | 132 176 140
133 |
181 ] 171 167 172
1917
1917
1919
1922
1013
132
144
10S
312
212
154
154
189
310
201
1918
1918
1918
124
143
21,670
253,106
274,017
24,474
- 937. • 7,986
31,349
299
236,414
ft, 707
21 ;! +11.9 l - 1 0 . 7
122 | + 1 7 . 5 ! + 1 . 8
150 ., - 2 S . 7
+5.1
90
109 ! 124
!
133 , 120
!
:
140
45
+4S.9
+1.GJ +5.2
+30.8 \ +28.1
-22.7 i -68.1
j
478,015
468,236
456,377
493,505
434,933
482,274
,103,006 1,069,295
67,850
71,293
3,631,363
3,776,145
3,558,751
3,604,320
3,655,002
3,060,938
594,"217
. 578,109 j, - 2 . 7
3,880,154 !• - 2 . 3
4.000,823
-3.6
39.56
44.85
490,544
49 i, 560
42,526
36,201
10.00
537,185
490,897
47,450
45,817
18.50
3,970,785
4,213,664
330,216
193,917
56,199
43,116
40,645
65,222
56,912
50,570
423,456
420,015
410,324
396,185:: 6,4
303,335 ;: -27.8
300,433 | - 2 a 8
.
147,177
89,377
643,786
172,319
78,452
585,353
791,742
492,333
765,762 | - 3 . 3 1913
.
539,049 !: + 9 . 5 1018
1918
436,002: +32.3
417,093 +115.1
SI
105 Ij
I'
142 135 106 140
: 158 ; 156139 153
:
i 212 i 144 173 1GH
i
i IS2 i241 238 252
i
241
i 190 179 170 174
i
174 ii 166 124
,
92 150
199 146 103
88 151
170 i 130 j
8G 102
26S 32s| 2-19 I 254 200 ' 2S0
! 213 246 1 1S9 201 248 2S0
! 192 221 182 ! 203 229 '243
'overly shown separately In the Survey of Current Bustness.
+6.4 •
+5.3 ;
-6.4 i
-1.9 ;
-20.5 .
-2.0
+8.1
+ia&
+
+3.2
+5.1
+2.7 \ -11.8
+32.0 i
+10.3 !
-2.3 •
+5.7 i
-3.0;
-8.7
-0.5
-10.4
-21. C
-13.;
+03. S
+71.8
+89.1
-13.:
+7.8
+13.1
+5.S
-14.
+13. •
+1.0
—2-1. J
-7.!
40
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Data on the following items for the ,
period January, 1922, to June, 1924, may be :
found in the August quarterly issue of the : _.
SURVEY (No. 36). Detailed tabulations of
September new items appear at the end of
1
this issue. See Contents, p. 1
In many cases September
figures are
now available and may be found in
the special table on page 26
NUMERICAL DATA
\. Per ct.
lincrease
RELATIVE NUMBERS
<+)
Corresponding
month,
July or
August,
1023
1934
July
! August
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1933
or decrease '
(-)
cumu-.
lative !
1924
from
1923
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
1923
i*
fee
1924
Per cent
increaso (-i-)
or decrease (-)
August,
August 192-1,
from
from
July
August,
1923
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION—Con.
Lumber—Continued
I
Western pine:
+12.5 -16.4
-3.2
ISO
1917
196,623 1,188,901 1,150,371
105 148
Production (computed
M ft. b. m.. 140,110 i 164,408
+16.3 +11.5
119 ! 119 113
1917
131,025 1,059,410 1,061,389
146,082
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. m.. 125,501
.+0.2
+7.4 +14.4
114
1920
115 120
Stocks, end of mo. (computed)-M ft. b. m__ 1,008,266 1,147,820 1,003,508
North Carolina pine:
+37.5 +1.7
+0.1
385,702
153
1919
382,270
52,500
147 126
38,843
53,417
Production (computed)
M ft. b. m_.
393,0-13
+0.6
390,816
137
44,170
1919
163 132
45,332 : 51,555
Shipments (computed)
M ft. b. m..
+13.7 +10.7
Northern pine:
Lumber+3.4 -35.5
387,612 -16.0
83,802
461,545
174 208
1920
147 146 130
52,267 i 5*4,068
Production
M ft. b. m_.
-5.4
+1.4
-6.7
378,812
353,489
91
49,0-11
1920
81
SO
45,758 j 40,403
81
Shipments
M ft. b, m_.
98
Lath—
+10.1 -26.9
96,081 -20.5
120,788
20,070
201 210 ! 147 153 139
1920
13,32S j 14,675
Production
M ft. b. m_.
1
+11.2 +9.4
108,185
+2.0
15,091
222 237
100,015
1920
Shipments
M ft. b. m..
14,849-! 10,515
181 252 231
•Northern hemlock:
- 8 . 7 -25.2
30,731
67
222,705
171,425 -23.0
SO
73
31
25,177 ' : 22,982
1913
01
Production
M ft. b. m_.
+2.2 -33.7
64
210,344
74
26,961
155,183 -26.2
17,505 i 17,884
72
57
Shipments
M ft. b. m_.
1913
48
Northern hardwood:
-12.6 -23.9
31,402
97
323,428
27,392 i 23,952
336,117
-3.8
119 111 j 133 124
Production
M ft. b. m_.
1913
40,674
20,625
295,113
22,475 !
225,598 -23.6
131 160 ! 97 100
Shipments
M ft. b. m..
1913
+18.5 - 3 1 5
Walnut lumber:
-2.0 +66.4
3,660
2,200 •
3,730
19,926
20,403 +32.8
154 122 ; 202 187 207
Pr9duction
M ft. b. m..
1922
+13.8 +30.8
2,742
2,097 !
2,409
19,595
23,413 +19.5
Shipments
M ft. b. m..
98 109
1922
120 137 125
13,813
8,553
12,885
Stocks, end of month
M ft, b. m_,
S3
92 100 126 [ 135 +7.2 +61.5
1922
84
Walnut logs:
- 8 . 0 -11.0
Purchases
M ft. log measure..
2,001
2,316
2,250
19,594
19,654
"
150 159 ,[ 229 167 155 141
1922
+0.3
Made into lumber and
!
+0.9 +33.5
venucr
M ft. log measure., I 2,521
2,544
1,905
16,803
.20,229 +20.4
1S8 144 , 217 191 j 190 192
1922
Stocks, end of month__M ft. log measure !
2,419
3,332
2,910 ,
141 100 ! 182 177 ! 139 110 -16.9 -27-4
1922
All lumber:
il
!
-8.8
Production, 10 species
M f£. b. m_. 12,237,722 2,541,803 =.2,785,918 ,20,116,387 19,597,001
102 110 +13.0
-2.6
115 ! 127 120
1913
-4.0
-3.4
Exports, planks, joists, etc
M ft. b. m.. | 150,814 ; 151,425 ! 157,710 I 1,175,539! 1,234,840
+9.3 1909-13 89
88 ! 85
Retail yards, MinneapolisSales
M ft. b. m_, • 17,160'• 17,364 I 17,532
+1.2 -1.0
114,198
95,585 -16.3
107 104
1920
- 1 . 0 -12.4
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m_, 115,793 ; 114,621
130,819
64 !
1920
Composite lumber prices:»
-8.9
-2,4
Hardwoods
dolls, per M ft. b. m_
42.04
41.03
45.02
104
1921
110
Softwoods
dolls, per M ft. b. m.
29.12
30.74
31.39
62
05
1920
+5.0 - 2 . 1
Wooden Furniture
Household furniture and case goods:
Shipments
dolls, average per firm.,
+22.1 -10.2
29.813 ' 36,413
40,563
297,133
260,931
-12.2
101
1920
+2.7 -13.7
Unfilled orders
dolls, average per firm..
55,797
41
46, SSI ! 48,10-1
1920
Piano benches and stools:
New orders.-.
dollars..
97,898
54,560 j 64,952 f
843,032
34 41 +19.0 -33.7
613,884
-27.2
62 I 41
1919
-73.2
Unfilled orders
dollars..
18,404 ! .20,0S0jj 97,167
1919
47 ' 8
!
9
13 +41.2
ShipmentsValue
dollars.
50,960 i 57,112 '| 90,253
34 39 +12.1 -36.7
806,347
619,402 -23.2
1919
27.4
+18.4
Quantity
pieces.
S,194j
124,308
93,540
GO
71
9,698 |! 13,351
1922
24.8
Flooring
I
Oak flooring:
+3.3 +8.5
Production
M ft. b. m.,
34,057 !
32,429
246,732
205,090
+7.7 I 1913
566 493 510 527
457 486
+7.5 +31.4
Shipments
M ft. b. m..
30,108
36.814 ; 35,180 I
228,910
272,796 + 1 9 . 2 .
635 561 552
374 501
1913
1
39,574 i! 27,444
+13.4 +78.0
Orders booked
M ft. b. ra_
43,080 ,
270,321
211,660
+30.5;
505 505 706
294 450
1913
48,847 :| 40,634
-7.6 +11.1
Stocks, end of month
__M ft. b. m._
48,842
552 558 543
452 451
1913
+20.1 +83.7
Unfilled orders, end of month.M ft. b. m__
41,852 ! 45,136 I! 27,355
508 493 577
441 377
1913
50,262 i!
Maple flooring:
-1.7 -40.0
Production
M ft. b. m . .
7,604
7,471 |
12,447
94,022
76
70,863
75
-25.0
105 124
1919
+10.9 -28.6
Shipments
M ft. b. m._
7,5-10
11,718
V, UUV
.
6-1
101,398
6-1.030 -36.9
63
99
55
89
1919
+28.9
Orders booked
J
- _ . M ft. b. m._
9,453 I
7,163
7,311
52
95,614
45
63,580
-33.5
51
40
34
1919
-6.3
Stocks, end of month
M ft. b. m . .
23,919
25,557
19,552
163 164 165
122 127
1919
+11.2 -46.0
10,090
Unfilled orders, end of month.M ft. b. m . .
9,074
18,631
24
25
57 - 49
1919
Brick
Clay fire bneK (computed;:
+5.5 -23.4
Production-,
thousands..
62,217
45,199
47,701
505,469
89
440,894 -11.6
118 123
116
1919
+7.9 -19.2
Shipments
thousands..
44, 510
59,474
48,027
490,402
83
419,107 - 1 4 . 5
107
114 117
1919
+0.3
Stocks, end of month
thousands.. 227,954
223,624 I 169,318
164
160
120 122
1919
+3.4
44,090
New orders
thousands..
50,630
4P,525
4P525
87
495,683 j "421^257 -15.0
93
85
1919
93
- S i 5 -11.7
70, 534
Unfilled orders, end of month-thousands. _ 80,334
62,205
86
81
7B
1919
91
Silica brick (computed):
-0.5
0.5
+6.8 +18.8
Production..
thousands.. 1 11.555
12,393
12,336
82
113,433
8S
118,273
102
103
-0.1
1919
88
Shipments
thousands..
12, 201 ; 121,735
12,720
14,567
91
+14.5 -3.9
124,820
83
98
+2.5
104
1919
41,574 j
39,953
Stocks, end of month
thousands..
101
42,184
100
106
1919
-5.3
Face brick (32 identical plants):
+7.9 +3.1
Production
^
thousands..
20,786
25,605
27,616
164
185,057 i 191,211
179
163 171
1919
+3.0
8
+6.9 Is. 5
Stocks at yards
.....thousands..! 51,503
60,19755,081
209
199 177 213
1919
+20.0 -18.7
40,252
Unfilled orders, end of month.thousands. J
31,334
37,588
114
169
188 103
1919
+27.4 +7.5
. Shipments
thousands..; 20,527
24,33-1
26,150
147
183,579
181,093
170 174 213
- 1 . 4 ! 9 1920
rrices, common brick:
!
-15.6 -33.8
Wholesale.rcd.New York.dolls.per t h o u s J
16.00 I
20.39
244
13.50
305
320 311
1913
Paving brick:
!
Production—
|
-15.5 -20.8
* Actual
thousands..
31,452
-3.6 -15.9
7 , , Relation to capacity
per cent-.
-i*
74
81
+3.5 -11.1
Shipments
thousands
32,400
31,300
-11.7 +30.9
36,446
stocks, end of month
thousands
97,407
110,286
-23.4 -16.1
74,399
Orders received
thousands"
21; 454
28,747
-80.7
-79.2 -24.8
25,586
^collations
-...thousands::
*ow
594
2,855
-16.7
3,076
Unfilled orders, end of month.thousands.. \ 92.237
76,867
102,183
J Prices are averages of quotations reported as of the first week of tho following month indicated" '
•
f ^mnarable
h ic
r
fflSf Ei <^l^Sn°iL ^
\I a£ lcnDy am td>se ra n ( i d o e s n o t i n c l u d e formed brick InfcUnsas reported prior to September, 1923; current data therefore are not cowi
re
t
S i ™ M in ™7«Si»
'
X ^
s , however, are strictly comparable, having been computed on a chain relative basis,
ative to 10months* average, March to December, Inclusive.
• •:
.
j
J
i|
£!
1S
41
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Data on tbo following items for the
period January, 1022, to June, 1921, may be
found in tho August quarterly issue of tho
SURVEY (NO. 36). Detailed tabulations of
September now items appear at tho end of
this issue. Sec Contents, p. 1
In many cases September figures are
now available and may be found in
the special table on page 26
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION-Con.
Architectural Terra Cotta
Bookings:
Quantity
net tons.
Value
dollars.
Portland Cement
Production
thous. of bbls_.
Shipments
b ._.....thous. of bbls..
Stocks, end of month ___.
thous. of bbls..
Price, Portland:
Chicago district
dolls, per bbl..
Lenten Valley
dolls, per bbl..
Concrete paving contracts:
Total
thous. of sq. yds..
Roads...
thous. of sq. yds.Hoofing
Preparing roofing:
Shipments
thous. of roof squares..
Hoofing felt:
Production, dry felt
tons..
Stocks, end of monthTotal
tons-.
Dry felt
tons.ReceiptsRags
tons..
Paper
tons..
Miscellaneous
tons..
Sanitary Ware
Baths, enamel:
Orders shipped
numberStocks, end of month
number..
Orders received
:..numberLavatories, enamel:
Orders shipped
number.
Stocks, end of month
numberOrders received
numberSinks, enamel:
Orders shipped
numberStocks, end of month
numberOrders received
numberMiscellaneous, enamel:
Orders shipped
numberStocks, end of month
numberOrders received
numberUnfilled orders, end of month:
Baths
number.
Small ware
number.
CHEMICALS
j
IVr will
(+)
(—)
RELATIVE NUMDEKS
!•=
1
. CorreII1sponding
month,
July or
August,
j August i 1923
1924
July
or do*
crease
lUMULATIVE TOTAL
FKOM JANUARY 1
TUHOUGH LATEST : (-)
, cunuiMONTH
f
-- .
I"
j;
1'
13,745
475,672
BASE j |
]j
YCAH ||
~
I,
M24
1923
lutlve
lt'24
from
1923
ii s
r£
! Aiifrit*t
from from
'; J l ' AnJuly
RUM,
S : £
3
i
1W3
3
8,685 I
10,630
965,689 , 1 , 2 9 3 , 4 0 0
05,0-H il +S.f>
95,905 'I +5.2
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.90
10,02f»
6,214
10,236
6,010
8,780
5,606
54,575
35,370
68,539
44,526
+25.0
+25.9
2,596
2,747
2,582
19,791
20,375
17,597
18,171
16,723
128,335
134,677
+3,0
+4.9
16,237
2,813
16,795
2,740
14,020
2,812
18,478
4,417
839
19,637
4,372
952
97,376
67,848
93,163
93,068
164,702
73,590
14,608
6,036
1,374
123,14S
48,170
9,983
134,904
43,852
10,607
+9.6
-9.0
+6.3
103,232
63,213
90,955
90,721
30,110
76,221
711,462
800,250
+12.5
799,671
821,285
104,308
149,974
97,466
123,402
47,599
102,730
831,530
945,249
110,070
155,4S3
89,930
115,767
164,632
102,855
07,622
105,321
45,332
70,832
114,550
169,394
395,697
154,659
339,022
806,356
886,061
1,027,719
+16.0
1,043,183
953,571
447,915
116,916
52,718
103,543
1,011,300
+2.7
+13.7
-14.3
603,381
-8.G
+34.7
541,592
+3.2
49,489
54,486
17(1 183 107 L +7.K . + 1 6 . 7
203 225 228 • + 1 . S + 1 2 - 0
-14.0 4 74.2
133 ! HO
214 I.
173 ! 173 173 !
197 ! 107 107 j
1010 1
1910 :|
107 !
163
201 : 225 231 '
1919
124 ! 120
'
;
+ S.8 '
•+6.4
1923
j 106
i
+3.3;
+ 6.7
08
lift j: 134
j
! -2.6 j
1923 „
1923 j
1923 I
95 i 108
103 | 95
!
122 ! 90
'
+0.3 ;" +34.4
+ 1.0 -27.6
; +13.5 j -30.7
100,291
106,334
81,915
61,854
-18.3
-41.8
5,317,238
514,279 4,617,956
»2,C69,895
4,355,922
4,054,CS0
18.1
12.2
•78,244
>796,413
604,553
473,195
-21.1
20,496
56.637
155,353
662,443
118,913
721,195
-23.5
1,620
416
95,320
6,176
4,370
765,702
7,381
4,109
722,390
+8.9
+19.5
-6.1
—5.7
H3 i m
0.0 '
0.0
+ 2.6 + 17.2
-3.3
+7,2
175
+ 3.4 j +1P.8
+&0i +13.8
-0.8:+109.0
-2.4 I +10.3
+12.1 I -15.5
-8.» :+215.1
+31.9 ! -6.1
2S1
161
133
298}!
150 '
130 !;
1919
1919
1919
270 I! 242 214
101
34 !i
106
140 ''
203
IS
(00
22S j
107 •
132 !
1010 I 191 214 '•• 232 205
42 ! 93 103
1910 ! 39
95
loio ; oi 118 ,f 91
202
212;
1019 I 187 2 1 9 ",j 275 244
G 2 ••'• 1 1 9 133
1910
60
1910 | 110 130 ij 116 126
|
23S
32
108
143 is +&•& .+131.6
Ml j +30.S . +S.8
446
354
415
30G
379 " - S . 7 ' - 3 7 . 8
"
2G2 !, - 1 4 . 3 - 5 9 . 1
ii 007 610 i 52o
641 !' 449
+
+212.3
+13.5 - a 7
^.7 j +H.1
102
120 124 i; n o
1922
60 j : 50
1922 j 96
1922 I 27 4 1 : ; 05
!
1922
1922
1922
! 115 11.0 '•'• 110
70 i, 100
81
97 104 |l 05
122
84
1022
1922
117 j; 10G
85 \. 02
07 ' 45 I 2fi 49 , 45 i: - 7 . 6
1909-13 I 01
l^l ! 17rt
1909-13;: 135 131 ! 170 fiT 117 i 143 .; +22.6
-53.7
i +9.1
, 104 ! 130 |!- +32.0
1009-13"' 130 264 i 307
1909-13 2SS9 ;H3S 1292 :1522 2007 2414 :i +15.2
95 f S5 ,i -11.0
«2 - 122 69
1909-13 | 116
-47.4
i;
II
156 I 153 151 i 151
1914 | 143 142
l
1913 ! 1C9 16S 153 i 154 159 ! 163 |i
;
70 . 70
'
;
1913 j 75 75 • 70 t 70
j
li
*33,247
»32CS5
•31,806
*19,378
2C5,9S9
203,193
254,137
-14.4
-10.1
-12.0
-16
234 I 262 j. 202 245
64 1 71 : 153 1M
07 | 109 . 107 104
:
207
1914 ! 219 j 206 : 230 | 219 i 206
'
i
<
133 1 3 4 ;
1014 !! 141 i 136 ; 137 ; 136
.
227,622
236,541
223,685
0.0
-7.9
1919
1919
1919
"1921
248,844
828,658
*13, ISO
613,145
>9767
•Si;
1923
1923
12,967
14,971
6,080
1013
1013
1913
1913 ;j
1913 !
l
SS, 313
91,215
15,128
16,8.55
10,693
14,029 j
16,614 j
12,319 j
Acetate of lime:
7,030 I
Production
thous. of lbs.
0,342 i
Shipments or use
thous. of Ibs.
23,224
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lbs.
Methanol:
Production
gallons. 404,132
Shipments or use
gallons. 425,051
Stocks, end of month
gallons. 1,848,932
"Wood at chemical plants:
Consumption (carbonized)
cordsStocks, end of month
cords., 556,781
Imports:
Potash
long tons.
Nitrate of soda
long tonsExports:
Sulphuric acid
thous. of lbs..
———*Dyes and dycstiiffs
thous. of dolls.
_ Total fertilizer
long tons.
Price index numbers:
Crude drugs
index number.
Essential oils
Index number.
Drugs and
f J
Pharmaceuticals
—.index numberChemicals
weighted index numberPrice, sulphuric acid 66* N.Y.index numberExplosives
Total explosives:
31,097
Production
thous. of lbs.
36,199
Shipments
thous. of lbs.
30,765
Sales
thous. of lbs.
16,399
Stocks
thous. of lbs.
»July, 1923.
I; Per ct.
.increase
N U M E R I C A L DATA
1922 j 108 123 .. 9S 1 10C 101 .
i
1922 | 105 127 ; , 100 1 106 no .
|
1922
• 110 I 127 ;i XVJ j IDS
lit
109 1U3 100 "-.
101 1.
1922 li 119 I 111 i: 109 I 9C
» Averago of 8 months, May to December, inclusive,
+68.0
-8.0
-0.5 -1.0
-1.5
+as +7.7
+ 1.3
+2.5 - 3 . 0
0.0 -6.7
42
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
N O T E . — D a t a on t h e following items for t h e
period J a n u a r y , 1922, t o J u n e , 1924, m a y be
found in t h e August quarterly issue,of t h e
SURVEY ( N O . 3G). Detailed tabulations of
September new items appear a t t h e end of
this issue. See Contents, p . 1
, Per ct
:in crease I
NUMERICAL DATA
!
_
Corre- i
spending:
month, !
In many cases September figures are
now available and may be found in
the special table on page 26 >
July or
August,
1923 '
CUMULATIVE
rR0M
RELATIVE NUMBERS
. '
' .
(+)
TOTAL
JANUARY 1
THROUGH
UONTH
1993
or decrease .
LATEST
1931
!|
BASE !|
YEAH :j
OR :l
1924
from
1923
1
"
Explosives—Continued
Black blasting powder:
Production
thous. of lbs..
Shipments
thous. of lbs..
Sales
thous. of lbs..
Stocks
thous. of lbs..
Permissible and other high explosives:
Production
thous. of lbs..
Shipments
thous. of lbs..
Sales
thous. of lbs..
Stocks.
thous. of lbs..
8,231
14,014
8,874
10,475
1
.I.
22,866
22,185
21,891
5,924
93, COS
92,325
91,861
66,706
74, 720
69,953
-28.8 I
-19.1 I
-23.8 \
'
1922 -i 96
1922 ' 99
1922 10-1
1922 | 111
75
60 72
69 78 123
71 82 81
110 101 100
172,317
170,867
162,276
M0t 613
611,270
*ll3G0
160,917
101,815
153,730
-6.6 1
-5.3 I
-5.3 I
1922 i 115
1922 109
1922 | 114
1922 :| 133
119 116 116
118 122 113 !
133 126 122 i
107
ni,533 ]
>22,G33
»21 f 415
620,446
»7,845
101
I
NAVAL STORKS
Turpentine (3 principal ports):
Net receipts
Stocks, end of month
Rosin (3 principal ports):
Net receipts
Stocks, end of month
August,
j! August 1924.
• from from
—":i July
August,
1923
1931
CIIEMICALS-Continued
'I I D O S M ( + )
i| or decrease (-)
barrels..
barrels..
45,440
3-1,200
40,005
43, 567
43,672 i
20,672 I
195,334
197,601
+ 1 . 2 1 1919
1919
barrelsbarrels..
129,907
270,218
124,876
274,025
•138,320 I
263,457 !
716,060
„„.
677,911
-5.3 1
thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..
2,365
34,856
2,085
47,838
2,427 j
49,903
37,222
487,387
25,960
615,583
-30.3 i
+26.3 !
1913
1913.
220
10
351
thous. of lbs..
thous. of lbs..
15,519
15,095
123,163
122,441
139,114
137,434
+13.0 i
+12.3 !
1913
1913
110
98
147
147
Cottonseed stocks, end o£ month
tons..
Cottonseed oil:
Stocks, end of month
thous. of lbs..
Production
thous. of lbs..
Price, New York....
dolls, per lb_.
21,534
92,649
123,003
1919
4,503
6,637
121
. 8,347
17,922
139
7,588
15,182
1<M
1919
1919
1913
thous. of bushs..
thous. of bushs..
267
110
26G
31
1,096
235
3,847
1,434
2,201
920
-42.7
-35.4
1913
1913
31 |
20
thous. of bushs...
thous. of bushs..i
I
thous. of bushs.J
thous. of bushs..
57
109
32
114
100
191
559
1,319
851
1,206
+52.2
-8.6
1913
1913
65
14 !
thous. of lbs._.
I
|
thous. of l b s . .
6,2S6
4,188
10,058
68,659
69,280
+0.9
1913
40
66
41
43
10,466
9,388
15.G13
113,133
102,353
-9.5
1913
43
52
23
34
587,000
247,404
836,404
7,817
587,000
266,456
855,456
21,100
572,340
213,401
785,741
19,029
105, Gfrl
86,393
-18.2
1900-13
1909-13
1900-13
1913
108
167
61
86
43,779
31,306
35,074
16,302
76,537
19,789
92,987
52,826
63,922
5,133
65,315
2G,387
236,961
137,504
223,637
145,341
-5.6
55
42
107
107
1G
207
132
191
49
84
61
133
52
C9
10,105
8,717
7,400
11,644
10,598
7,500
12,019
11,162
7,700
78,903
70,319
82,231
72,333
1.397
1.253
1.356
1.315
1
229 j 260 298 I 20C -10.8 ! - 7 . 0
70 105 110 I 140 +27.4 j+110.8
2(50
CS
1919 I 227
1919 II 109
232 | 223
135 ! 137
201
I 117
-3.9 J -9.7
+ 1 . 6 j +4.2
FATS AND OILS
Total vegetable oils:
Exports
.'
Imports
Oleomargarine:
Production
Consumption
!
I
. '
"13,277
>18,081
I - 1 1 . 8 —14.1
j +37.2
-4.3
Cottonseed
Flaxsecd
Receipts:
Minneapolis
Duluth
Shipments:
Minneapolis
Duluth
Stocks, end of month:
Minneapolis
Duluth
Linseed oil:
Shipments from
Minneapolis
Linseed-oil cake:
Shipments from
Minneapolis
3
90
31
85
18 +330.2
-24.7
+85.2
+170.0
+14.9
+10.0
+18.0
+33.7
-0.4
-73.9
-75.7
-S6.8
-43.9
+4.6
-40.3
+133.3
-27.8
-77.4
-23.5
28
-33.4
-58.4
31
-10.3 | - :
5
8
141
28
30 ! 11
31 4
1913
1913
35
FOODSTUFFS
Wheat
Production, monthly estimate: !I
. Winter
thous. of bushs.
Spring
thous. of bushs.
Total
thous. of bushs..
Exports, including flour
thous. of bushs..
Visible supply:
United States
thous. of bushs..
Canada
„
thous. of bushs.,
Receipts, principal markets..thous. of bushs.,
Shipments, prin. markets
thous. of bushs..
Wheat flour:
Production
thous. ofbbls..
Consumption
thous. of bbls..
Stocks, all positions
thous. of bbls..
Prices:
No. 1, northern, Chicago,.dolls, per bush..
No. 2, red winter,Chicngo.dolls. per bush..
• Flour, standard patents,
Minneapolis
dolls, per bbl_.
Flour, winter, straights,
Kansas City
Corn
t
^
124
137
82
100
111
96
95
72
+15.2
+21.6
+1.4
-3.1
-5.1
-2.6
1.072
1.017.
1913
1913
117
103
129
103
138
114
+4.9
-2.9
+26.5
+29.3
1913
133
150
+0.6
+23.6
+27.0
145
+6.8
7.490
7.538
6.100
5.831
6.225
4.900
2,512,888 2,458,809 3,046,387
654
782
942
5,987
5,624
1,966
18,225
19,340
21,822
11,205
10,749
13.0G9
5,855
6,433
5,390
1.055
1.170
> July, 1923.
M
°f
the
flKt
of t h e 8 e c o n d f o U o w i n
S
m
+5.9
-5.6
-16.5 +19.7
-36.8 I+2S5.5
1+165.1 +42.4
- 2 2 t 0 +100.2
1914
1919
1019
.876 I-
127
1913
dolls, per bbl..
Production, monthly est.». mills, of bushs
^jporits^ including meal
thous. of b u s h s "
Receipts, principal markets..thous. of bushs"
Shipments, prin. markets._..thous. of b u s h s "
Onndings (starch, glucose)...thous. of b u s h s "
Prices, contract grades,
UUMIS-No. 2, Chicago
dolls, per b u s h . .
f
+5.7
+4.2
+2.9
1913
1913
1919
1919
i
39,430
17,132
-56.6
176,924
121,437
42,915
193,033
128,139
51,098
+9.1
+5.5
+19.1
1909-13
1913
1913
1919
1919
1913
1913
21
110
116
1G4
134
137
140
126 134
+19. G - 1 7 . 0
-6.1
+6.1
-4.1
+10.2 - 1 7 . 8
+19.4
+10.9 +33.6
£i
187
and October 1.
° n t h indicated; i. e.f the July and August columns show estimates as of September l
43
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Data on the following items for the
period January, 1022, to June, 1024, may be
found in tho August quarterly issue of the
SURVEY (NO. 30). Detailed tabulations of
September new items appear at the end of
this issue. See Contents, p. 1
In many cases September figures are
now available and may be found in
the special table on page 26
July
l
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FItOM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
month, i MONTH
Corresponding
1921
August
July or i
August, !
1923
I 1924
KKLATlVK NVMIIK11S
<+)
or docrease
I (")
cuinu' lative
•
m3
iVr m i l
Per ct.
NUMERICAL DATA
BASE |>
YEAR li
OK
|
Ittl
PKIUOD !:.
AUkTu?l
IJ
11)24
, Allpl-st,
W'H,
!
1924
, from : from
I July
Au-
: from
1923
;
" Ji*23
.
POODSTUFFS-Continued
Other Grains
Oats:
Production, monthly
cst.u
mills, of bushs.. lr 480,412 1.500,400 1,209,823 i
Receipts, principal
markets
thous. of bushs_.| 10,510
27,561
28,179
Visible supply
thous. of bushs..
11,403
3,0SG
10,111
Exports, including mcal.'.lhous. of bushs..
217
233
815
Tnces, contract grades,
Chicago
dolls, per bush..
.563
.528
.3S7
Barley:
Production, monthly
cst."
thous. of bushs.. 104,445 200,058
ios, iS5;_
Receipts, principal
markets
thous. of bushs..
1,498
3,791
5,036 !
Exports
'.
thous. of bushs..
1,054
1,306
2,571
Price, fair to good, maltinR,
Chicago
dolls, per bush..
.820
.853
.C23
Rye:
Production, monthly
est.11
thous. of bushs— 65,800
05,800
C3,023
Receipts, principal
markets
thous. of bushs..
4,736
4,054
3,839
Exports, including flour-.thous. of bushs..
1,407
1,332
1,705 !
Price, No. 2, Chicago
dolls, per bush..
.010
.SGI
.071 !.
1909-13
145,995 j
131,337 'j - 1 0 . 0
2,390
-65. 2
1913
1913
23,559
5, W)8
L70
101 i 100
20,234
12,295
-32.2
-53.9
no •
i
12 , +153.1 ! - 2 * . 7
% ,. -fan ; —-ia.7
24 I
31 1
122 ! 121
130 '• +2.9 1 +3(..9
!' . - - . . •
- 4 . 4 I +23.4
+12.4 ] -If.. 2
144 ' +("'.7
+37.0
lb»
113 ! 297 •' 192 12!)
•2103 .1139 12-JO \2m
102 100 100
llfl
1913
1913
1913
-A 2 j
140 i
i w ji ;
1009-13
29,853
20,679 |
j 130 I 133
I 110 i i"
1013
1913
1013
7,660 i
•+1.3
-22.0
j
1M:+162.2|
-2.2
05 , +aiiU. 5 | +12. S
7 .! -G.9 | - 7 3 . 4
00 j
39 :
6
97 :
58 i
27
112 I 103
1009-13 J!
23,2T)7 I
133 :
j 115 i|
SS
33
29
1913
'•'
3«i i
i
Total Grains
Total production, estimate "..mills, of bushs.. 15,095,940
Total grain exports, incl. flour.thous. of bushs. _ 11,090
Car loadings of grain and grain products.-cars- 174,337
Argentine Grain
Visible supply, end of month:
Wheat
thous. of bushs..
Corn
thous. of bushs..
Flaxseed
thous. of bushs.-
5,090,432 15,401,107
1
24,998 1
26,022
23G, 120
206,491
186,353
1,398,115
124,219
1,491,90S
'-33.3
+0.7
113 i
!
j 107
S3 120 ..+12R.4
02 125 :1 Wi . 76 I 103 110 ,l +35.4
125 I
101 I 122 i 05 ' 111
1009-13
1913
1010
i!
7,400
16,000
3,000
3,700
4,800
l,CO0
32,377
145,474
142,83G
131,509
5,638
135,259
43,056
32,292
781,670
33,2.56
571,354
436,305
10,000
345,305
134,850
420,463
437,504
3,132,016
130,024
1,079
410,388
101,931
4,003,894 4,023,091
1,777,021 j 855, SS5
165,241
16,814
23,234
39S.053
39,001
23,8S3
548,030
20,155
102,000
413,217
2,592,813
thous. of bbls__
carloads..
178,640
2,312
174,870
2,927
196,770
3,749
31,389
33,797 |
carloads..
carloads—
carloadstons..
22,038
2,057
4,100
61,672
15,959
2,405
3,856
65,275
15,324
2,108
3,024
72,006
140,324
12,810
G8,677
577,793
150,215 !
16,806
72.943 i
023,701 :
thous. of bushs..
88,500
95,100
89,100
1,934
826
306
1,092
2,214
1,056
450
1,168
14,128
5,605
2,161
8,434
13,853
5,272 ,
1,777 ii
8,573
444,732
454,813
3,306,085
3,2CS,561
112,241
3,314,223
3,277,062:1
102,551 •
+11.1 +
i +21.2 1+23.13
+20.0 i+125.0
143 I1 2.17 272
137 11 240 , 309
220 'I 357 . 330
1013
1913
1014
0,660
13,200
3,000
-3.9
+14.4
Bice
Production, monthly est.».~thous. of bushs..
Total movement to mills
sacks or bbls.Paddy at California warehouses:
Shipments
sacks.Stocks, end of month
sacks..
Southern paddy, receipts at mills
bbls..
Shipments:
Total from mills-..—.pockets (100'Ibs.)..
New Orleans
pockets (100 lbs.).Stocks, end of month:
Mills and dealers
pockets (100 lbs.)..
I mports
pockets (100lbs.)-Exports
pockets (100 lbs.) _.
135 i
137
1009-13
I +3fl.8
i
i
2,479,818 j -20.8
-12.5
-51.8
310.184 :: -24.9
938,216 | -63. S
!
1919
1019
1010
07 : 50 :
;
40 , 23 :
!
1919
1919
1919
0 8 • 53
;
15 ' 21
32 j 21
'+2aV5 +223.5
-92. 4 ! -97. 0
' -21.1
-3.2
-05.4
-f&l
-08.1
49 ''+141.4 1 -27.2
IS 1+132.5 j +94.0
8 . +2.8 ! -70.6
li
I
Other Crops,
Apples:
Production, monthly
cst."
Car lot shipments
Car lot shipments:
Potatoes
Onions
Citrus fruits
Hay, receipts
_
Hay production, monthly
est."
i
:
+7.7
+11.3
+31.6
+6.2
+7.9
1009-13
1919
1010
1919
1919 !
1919
1909-13
46
5G
103
65
102
125
66
00
,
:
j 32 I
i! 117 i
i; 1.18 •
200 !
\ 58 :
99;:
13
43 jj +2C0
10G i| - 3 a 4
133 71 i! +fi. 0
+5.8
M
130
50
145
03
-21.9
+4.1
+io
+
+27. fi
-0.3
m i
131 .
Cattle and Calves
Cattle movement, primary markets:
1,798
Receipts
thousands641
Shipments, total
thousands.. .
109
Shipments, stocker and feeder.thousands..
1,141
_ Local slaughter
thousands..
Beef products:
Inspected slaughter products_thous, of lbs.. 435,299
Apparent consumption
thous. of lbs._ 4312g
Exports
thous. of lbs..
Cattle, corn-fed
dolls, per 100lbs..
Beef, fresh native steers..—dolls, per lb_.
9.503
. 165
-170
481. j g
46
9.481
.165
69
'°"
10.875
.158
.184
i
-1.9
-5.9
-17.8
+1.0
+0.2
+0.3
-8.6
ss
1019
1019
1019
1019
108
118 :i
109 ;• S3
102 '; 03
1013
1010
1913
13S
104
133
1919
1013
1013
1913
100
135
102
10 j 2S
j
S3
72
3S
100 I
!
132 •
102 !
103 i
i
21 I
12S i! 121
122 . 131
:
141 ; 129 133 j 130
:
+7.6 ^ - 1 2 . 0
+28.9 - 2 1 . 8
+81.1 - 3 0 . 2
! -4.3 -G.5
135 :
102 ;
100 '
+2,2
+0.1
+2,0
!
-1.5
21
112
-0.9
127 s]
0.0
120 > -0.6
'
-2.2
-1.3
-20.9
+G.2
-12.8
+4.4
-8.2
» t a ^ Z i ! l T m Z t o T ^ ' ^ > n i following month Indicated f. o. ,U» Wy and August column, show estimate* as of September 1 and October 1 ,
respectively.
44
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
In many cases September
figures are
now available and may be found in
the special table on page 26
j
Per ct.
increase
N U M E R I C A L DATA
NOTE.—Data on the following items for the
period January, 1022, to June, 1921, may bo
found in the August quarterly issue of the
SURVEY ( N O . 36). Detailed tabulations of
September new items appear at tho end of
this issue. Sec Contents, p . 1
;
(+>
1931
July
August
Corresponding
month,
July or
August,
1923
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
1923
j 1924
or decrease
(-)
cumulative
1924
from
1923
Per cent
increase (+)
or decrease (-)
RELATIVE NUMBERS
BASE
TEAR
OR
>EIUOD
I Au-
'
August
from |
July
1923
!l
*
5 I <
: ^ J
gust,
1924,
from
August,
1923
FOODSTUFFS-Continued
Hogs a n d Pork
Hog movement, primary markets:
Iteceipts, primary market
thousands..
Shipments, primary markets__thousands..
Shipments, stocker and feeder.thousands..
Local slaughter
thousands..
Pork products, total:
Inspected slaughter product.thous. of lbs._
Apparent consumption—!., .thous. of l b s . .
Exports
thous. of lbs_.
Cold-storage holdings
(end of month)
—.thous. o f l b s . .
Lard (included in pork products):
Production
thous. of lbs_.
Exports
. . . t h o u s . of l b s , .
Cold-storage holdings
(end of month)
thous. of l b s . .
Prices:
Hogs, heavy, Chicago dolls, per 100 l b s . .
Hams, smoked, Chicago
dolls, per l b . .
Lard, prime contract, N . Y..dolls. per l b . .
36,749
13,452
329
23,237
+3.0
+8.1
-34.3
+0.2
548,939
535,999
135,104
641,311 6,069,945
615,149 4,482,307
162,965 1,310,979
6,016,025
4,671,474
1,235,788
-0.9
+4.2
-5.7
834,953
870,122
3,196
1,213
25
2,017
731,931
641,670
148,208
960,501
177,565
86,706
150,243
121,584
75,937
124,552
3,714
1,448
62
2,283
+5.4
-1.6
116
135
61
108
-21.9 ! -13.9
-17.9 !I -1G.2
+8.7 -59.7
-22.6 : -11.7
1913
1919
1913
151
153
140
-25.0
-16.5
-8.8
1919
35,670
12,449
501
23,195
4,091
1,477
23
2,605
95 || 111
-13.1
-4.0
-31.5
-12.4
-14! 4
-9.3
112
1919
1919 j 125
1919 I 45
1919 I; 105
!
=
I
|
99 :
121.
83"
90 ••
i
-14.4
—12.9
-17.1
1919
1919
161 •
115,360
1919
126
-17.1
+7.5
1913
1913
1913
96
134
105
+17.4
+8.8
+13.5
+20.3
-a 4
142,084
83,758
1,325,779
702,543
1,376,969
691,467
132
139
8.188
.201
.126
9.613
.222
.143
7.994
.223
.116
1,672
712
226
950
2,005
1,022
444
978
1,800
898
341
903
12,586
5,761
12,395
5,746
1,384
6,644
-1.5
-0.3
-1.0
-2.4
1919
1919
1919
1919
79
74
59
86
+19.9
+13.5
+96.5
+2.9
+11.4
+13.S
+3G.2
+8.3
37,539
37,908
38,768
38,608
35,145
36,154
295,729
300,246
295,761
296,087
0.0
-1.4
1913
1919
77
85 jj +3.3
+1.8
+10.4
+6.8
2,254
2,259
1,785
+0.2
+26.6
+23.3
Sheep a n d L a m b s
Sheep movement, primary markets:
Receipts, primary markets
thousands..
Shipments, primary markets..thousands..
Shipments, stocker and feeder.thousands,.
Local slaughter
thousands.
Lamb and mutton:
Inspected slaughter produc.thous. of l b s .
Apparent consumption
thous. of lbs.
Cold-storage holdings
(end of month)
thous. of l b s .
Prices:
Sheep, ewes, Chicago...dolls, per 100lbs..
Sheep, lambs, Chicago..dolls, per 100 lbs.
4.844
13.750
5.969
13,281
5.750
12.813
10,780
18,205
18,068
1919
92
33
1913
1913
thous. of l b s . .
161,672
171,414
+6.0
127
170
123
164 |
Poultry
Receipts at five markets
Cold-storage holdings
(end of month)
22
+23.2
-3.4
ft!
90
92
-8.0
+0.8
53 ! 61
52
+1.0
-as
91
1919
thous. of l b s . .
33,542
33,862
34,131
Total catch, prin. fishing ports...thous. of l b s . .
Cold-storage holdings. 15th of mo.thous. oflbs..
Canned salmon, shipments
cases..
22,592
36,036
20,018
49,113
660,591
20,834 |
39,101 '
653,480
124,318
134,341
+8.1
1919
1919
1922
16,810
2,6*6
19,009
15,653
2,479
17,742
124,445
20,102
145,631
130,169
20,009
183,367
+4.6
-0.5
+25.9
1919
1913
1919
127
238
261
120
166
218
133
176
363
141
179
317
-8.7
-1.4
-16.2
+7.6
+6,7
+7.1
241,710
227,826
11,261
110,330
137,359
+24.5
1920
1919
89
15
105
16
132
16
129
19
-13.8
+17.0
+6.1
+41.3
58,814
478,144
+5.9
1919
165
128
201
207
-26.6
+1S.5
506,139
1916-20
1919
180
67
182
74
132
68
236
67
+17.1
-2.8
155
137
131
157
-21.7
-10.3
1919
1919
Fish
Dairy Products
Fluid milk:
ReceiptsBoston (includ. cream)..thous. of qts_.
18,448
Greater New York
thous. of cans..
2,684
Production, Minneapolis....thous. of l b s . .
22,676
Condensed and evaporated milk:
Stocks
thous. of lbs__i 2SO,2C1
Exports (case goods)
thous. oflbs
13,601
Butter:
;
Receipts, 5 markets
thous. of lbs • 94,977
Cold-storage holdings, creamery
j
(end of m o n t h ) . . .
tlious. o f l b s . . ' 133,402
Wholesale price, 5 markets..dolls, per lb
.306
Cheese:
Receipts, 5 markets
thous. oflbs
25,544
Cold-storage holdings, American
(end of month)
thous. o f l b s . .
65, 716
Wholesales price, 5 markets..dolls, per l b . .
.196
Eggs:
Receipts, 5 markets
thous. o f l b s . .
1,445
Cold-storage holdings (case) .thous. o f l b s . .
9,264
Raw:
15,908
69,681
156,232
.385
19,996
76,431
.197
102, 731
.441
22,291
149,451
146,081
-2.3
63,960
.244
1,060
8,756
1,205
9,883
503,482
269,500
448,493
202,336
316,729
321,238
22,054
226,403
39,007
209, 798
2,624
120
1916-20
1919
13,738
149
75
113
303
171
58
80
- 1 1 4 I -3.9
+36.3 +25-6
121
63
175
63
+16.3
+19.5
-19.3
153
251
122
267
-26.6
-12,0
-11.4
>05
12,333
-10.2
1919
1916-20
2, 551,184 2,835,704
3,037,746 3,395,488
+11.2
+11.8
1913
1919
211 : 186
133 | 144
153
138
-12.0
1919
1909-13
354 : 386
1018 ! 756
237
1324
Sugar
* Imports
long tons- 377,399
Meltings, 8 ports
long t o n s . .
Stocks at refineries
(end of month)
long t o n s Refined, exports
long t o n s . Cane, domestic:
Receipts at New Orleans
long t o n s . .
Prices:
Wholesale, 96° centrifugal,
N. Y
...dolls, per l b , .
Wholesale refined, N . Y_.?._doUs. per l b Retail, average 51 cities...index n u m b e r . .
Cuban movement;
Receipts at Cuban ports
long tons.Exports
long t o n s . .
Stocks, end of month
long tons—
672
1,010
1,368
.051
.066
.05-1
.066
164,990
315,283
432,123
64,878
148,237
429,588
163,970
.061
.076
168,812
366,293
570,802
186,265
40,721
26,717
-34.4
3,626,413
3,211,757
+10.9
+12.0
-29.5
+77.3
+50.3
-26.2
+5.9
0.0
-2.6
-11.5
-13-2
-14.9
1013
1913
1913
1913
3,269,979
2,867,864
+33.2
-28.6 ^ 4 1 6
-10.9
161 | 145
170 152
167 151
1919
1919
1919
43
114
116 ,
144 i 122
-2.3
-13.9
-24.3
45
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Data on the following items for the
period January, 1922, to June, 1<J24, may be
found In tho August quarterly Issue of the
SURVEY (NO. 36). Detailed tabulations of
September new items appear at the end of
this issue. See Contents, p. 1
In many cases September
figures
now available and may be found
the special table on page 26
1921
are
in
FOODSTUFFS-Continucd
Coffee
Imports
thous. oflbs.
Visible supply:
World
thous. of bags.
United States
thous. of bags..
Receipts total, Brazil
thous. of bags..
Clearances:
Total, Brazil, for world
thous. of bags..
Total, Brazil, for U. 3
thous. of bags.
Tea
Imports
thous. of lbs..
TOBACCO
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals):
Large, cigars
millions..
Small cigarettes
millions.,
Manufactured tobacco
m
and snuff
thous. oflbs..
Exports:
Unmanufactured leaf
thous. oflbs..
Cigarettes
millions..
Sales of loose-leaf warehouses
thous. of lbs..
Production (crop estimate, 1st of
following month)
" mills, oflbs.
Price, wholesale. Burley good leaf,
dark red, Louisville
dolls, per 100 lbs..
July
: August
I
130, C27 ; 113, 52G
4,351 i
'873 |
841,595
068,073 ! +15.1
540 I
5,777
716
1,269
:
6,064 ;
097 i
400
1,455
566
1,5-13
803
7,959
4,141
7,929
8,638
9,509
53,933
53,094
595
6,583
574
6,316
616
5,858
36,172
4,5-16
42,817
4,304
47,449
282,225
270,130
-1.1
34,154
027
37,453
302,351
8,054
158,313
391,070
7,350
194,431
+29.3
-8.7
+22.8
34,407
34,959
33,813
745
591
34,505
782
33,434
1,202
1,195
24.50 I
River and Canal Cargo Traffic
Panama Canal:
2,097
Total cargo traffic
thous. of long tons-.
1,196
In American vessels, .thous. of long tons..
53S
In British vessels
thous. of long tons..
fcault Ste. Marie CanaL.thous. of short tons.. 11,139
Cape Cod Canal
tons..
fcuez Canal
thous. of metric tons.. 2,122
Ohio River, Pittsburgh, Pa., to
Wheeling, W. Va
short tons.. 439,861
Ocean Transportation
24.50
8,701 | -H5.0
8,005 ! +8.1
4,251 ' +2.7
-1.6
:
-5.3
+10.8
1,551
! AuIKS
—
H
Ifil
Hfi
1M | 160
78 ' 1.10
SO 201
51
77
90
493 ; 49S
508 • 4b7
:
03 ! V5
-3.5
-0.7
-G.h
-4.1 +7.S
-3.4
+1.G
+1.0
108 ! 111
+2.0
3So • 400 : +.1.0
-15.0
-10.3
+405.7
-23.0
212 130 102 ISO ISO - 0 . G
.
121 ! 120
-12.5
G
j 212 ' 212
-.1.7
-?J. 5
105 .- + 8 . 0 ;
88 : 80 : 01 j 01
•03-08
i 450 | 452
1913 ' 01 I OS i
91 : 01
!
!
1000-13 140 j 109
140 ! 17S
1913 , G77 ! 4S0
1919 I
' 40 G03 ' GM
I
1013
!
RUM,
-10.3
+34.0
+21.3
0.1 " 10.1 ' 101 " 147 " + 4 5 . 0
U\> 1G1 : 1UCI " 144
1909-13"! 117 I 110
UL't,'
from
An-
- I C O " +55.a
i 47 49 39 42 37 j 44 +10.1
43 . 3 J 30 41 ; 4S | 63 +10.7
'
life 133 112 110 57 1G1 +1W.0
1913
1913
1913
1913
• August
from
: July :
;
•
<?
9G
1900-13 | 92
1013
1913
1913
1924
1009-13 • 14S i 15G
28.00
2,169
1,058
1,072
445
11,051
1,507
3S1
14,353
16,149
10,2-18
3,383
53,137
2,117
1,793
15,069
609,940
942,870
4,20S,61G
6,633
2,820 !
3,813 i
6,276
2,629
3,647
6,574
2,453
4,121
43,533
17,448
26, OSS
6,638
2,724
3,913
6,713
2,877
6,695
2,559
4,136
43,90-1
17,686
20,216
138,734
146,840
322,530
69,244
07,080
194,306
94 i
13 !
150 ;
3,837
212 '
19 :
243 !:
17,535
+S.6
10,182 • -0.G
4,271 , +26.2
44,750 ; -15.8
16,053 j +11.1
3,633,770 ; -13.7
44.35S: +1.9
19,255 |, +10.4
25,105 ': -3.8
+2.4
44,957
19,533 +10.5
-3.0
25,421
1915
1015
1915
1913
2
" 41
i
0.0
203
3,527
174
118
578
239
221
2,197
3,823 :
230 ,
120
627 ,'
273 .
207 "
2,361 •!
4,112
206
132
813
305
324
2,331
30,536 : - 4 . 8 |
+6.7
1,492
1,062 : - 0 . 6
5,600 -17.6
2,432 ' - 2 . 1
-25. 7
1,118
+0.1
18,833
Ib2 .
-o.c
-10.4
-17.3
-U.S
+ir,. s
-23.0
- 0 . 2 I +17.7
1CS • 147 . 20-1 . + 3 S . 7 j - 3 5 . 3
-5.4 j
-4.5
+7.2
-ft 8
-11.5
1913 I 134 ! 120 • 9 0 , 113 • 117 • 112 • -4.4
j
135 , 148 1.10. +1.1
1913 j' 155 | 149;'• 144 ] 135 , 148! 1.10.; +1.1 +0.3
155 | 149
209 205 AM I 199 *lv j 230
205
218 230 T 5
+
1913
iyi3
MO
W
209 I Md ;• 259 | I199 218 jj*** ... +5.G G +12.4
1013 ! 134 128 . 100 : 110 j 121 . 119
-1
!
1920 i 20 20 ' 2S I 25 23 i 24 + 4 . 3 + 20.0
20 ! 23 ! 22 . 22 . 0.0 + 10.0
:
1920 ! 20 20
1913
1913
32,059
1,395
1,063
6,795
2,481
1,505
18,809
. 4SI
•, frtvS
, 213
' 111
1913 i 154 •• 14S 143 j 142 ; 149 141
1913 jj 210 • 20g : 2S3 ! 224 : 210 , 224
1910
1919
1919
175,327
7.7
' 515
fi.iG
• 2M
| 112
1922 ii 215 . 310
2,518 I
8.9
407
035
2J1
111
182 . 150 : 182
1910
1910
1910
4,891
9,441
.178
732
314
99
! 574 i 532
i 853 S27
! 219 j 20S
1
144 ; 144
1919 • 171 ! 154
50,935
3,922
66,559 |
210,109 i
9.2 !
202,864
BASE
YE All
Oil
r£!LlOD
Per rent
• i lncre:iso (+)
!:orclecro.'iso(—J
!
:
i
I
i
Railroad Operations
n
Kevenue:
Freight
thous. of dolls.. 339,005 358,424 i.
Passenger
thous. of dolls.. 97,372 104,519 i|
Total operating
thous. of dolls.. 481,588 503,394-'
Operating expenses
thous. of dolls.. 369,909 373| 599
"Estimatesmado as of "the 1st of the second following month
respectively.
11
Relative number less than 1.
Corre- CUMULATIVE TOTAL CTC3£«
FKOM JANUAIIY 1
(_)
sponding
THROUGH LATEST ! cumu curiU
month,
MONTH
lative
July or
1921
August,
from
1923
1933
1021
1923
72,066
RELATIVE NUMUKKS
::
5,183
9CG
1,539
TRANSPORTATION
Entrance, vessels In foreign trade:
Total
thous. of net tonsAmerican
thous. of net tons..
Foreign
thous. of net tons..
Clearances, vessels in foreign trade:
Total
thous. of net tons..
American
thous. of net tons..
Foreign
thous. of net tons..
Freight rates, Atlantic ports to:
United Kingdom.weighted index number..
All Europe
weighted index numberFreight Cars
Surplus (daily av. last week of month):
Box
numberCoal
number..
„ Total
number..
shortage (daily av. last week of month):
Box
numberCoal
number..
_ Total
numberCars in bad order:
Total
cars..
Ratio to total in use
per cent..
Car loadings (monthly totals):
Total
._
thous. of cars..
Grain and grain products..thous. of carsLivestock
thous. of cars..
Coal and coke
thous. of cars..
Forest products
thous. of cars..
Ore
thous. of cars..
Merchandise and misc
thous. of cars..
! Per ct.
Increase
or de-
N U M E R I C A L DATA
1019
1919
1919
1919
1919
1910
1919
62 ; 162 ! 187 j 109 j 84 , - 5 0 . 1 +35.0
5 223 ! 215 194 ! 128 (l - 3 3 . 7
35 ; 179 ! 18S ! 170 i 103 •: - 3 9 . 7 + 191.9
.
1 +
lI
) ! ) : +4G.2
1 : +65.3
IIS
122
100
113
123
204 I 200
111 ! 110
:
!
:
105
95
89
77
120
123
114
-91.8
-D9.fi
-97.4
133 I 1SS i +3.6
131 135 :! +3.4
14 j 13 , (») :
114 ; 116 ! , ,
40 | 39 j (») !
39
i
124 ! 115 I124 i 129
122 ! 125
122 113 ,
+19.8
+19.5
1 i
12S ! 101 : 110 :! + S . 4
111 , 103
140 ;, + 3 5 . 6
; 103 |
i 07 !
13S :
• 181 I
• 136 i
+1.7
76
+S.5
77 :
97 110 .' +14.2
136 ' 12S ; - G . 3
109 117 j + 7 . 5
-7.0
+14.G
-9.1
22 ^
-10. 5
-3G.1
+1.3
I
'
214 227 195 183 • 192 203 Ii + 5 . 4 - 1 0 . 9
1013
-8.4
-7.5
187 166 149 ; 167 ; 1G0 182 •• +7.3
1913
-3.8
-9.9
210 221 ;: 187 1S3 ; 189 i 199 :! +5.6
1913
-8.0
223 ' 235 210 ' 200 " 204 20G 1 +1.0 - 1 2 . 6
•
1913
-8.2
indicated; i. c , the July and August columns show estimates as of September 1 and October 1,
402,100
112,966
504,528
427,453
3,053,158 2,706,824
730,904 •
759,675
4,198,835 3,860,913 i
3,287,800 3,016,734
46
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Data on the following items for the !
period January, 1022, to June, 1924, may be !
found in the August quarterly issue of the I
SURVEY (NO. 36). Detailed tabulations of
September new items appear at the end of |
this issue. See Contents, p. 1
In many cases September
figures are
now available and may be found in •
the special table on page 26
j
TRANSPORTATION—Continued
July
August
. Percent
Percent
i increase ()
(+)
|j or decrease ( 'I.
RELATIVE NUMBERS
BASE ';
TEAR |
on
1923
i
August,
i "August! 1924,
from from
July
Ail-
1931
PERIOD ;j
. £ ! sj
1
i
;i s i <
I
Railroad Operations—Continued
1
Per ct.
I i increase
••; c + )
ji or deCUMULATIVE TOTAL
Corrp- | FKOM JANUARY 1 crease
(-)
sponding | THROUGH LATEST cumumouth,
MONTE
! lative
July or
-I 1924
August,
j: from
1923
1934
1933
im
N U M E R I C A L DATA
j
Net operating income:
Total
thous. of dolls..: 74,088
Freight carried
mills, ton-miles..
33,157
Pullman company operations:
Revenue
thous. of doll*-.
6,345 .
Expenses
thous. of dolls._,
5,421 ,
Passengers carried
thousands..;
3,097 •
Locomotives in bad order, per cent to total uit>:
Total end of mo
= 11,105 "
Per ct. in total use
_
j
17.2
95,415
36,422
7,182 "
4,99S
3,491
10,964 i
17.0 |
98,934 ! 629,857
40,344 ! 304,341
7,130 !
5,010 i
3,456 !
-11.1
-9.9
560,221
274,238
1013
1913
142
141
165
148
49,112 i! +1.6
40,748 1! +4.6
1
22,918 j +0.6
10,517 |
16.5
1913 i| 190
1913 . 218
1913 • 1 5 2
i
207
215
167
1919 !l 74
1919
75
48, 319
38,074
22,777
101 I 109 121 | 159 i! +2S.8
121 j 133 . + 9 . 9
«
69
I
208' +13.2
184 I
197 I 231 i 213 ! -7.8
150 j 149 I 168 '
+12.7
-3.6
-9.7
+0.7
-0.8
+1.0
71 ! 70 : -1.3 +•1.3
|
72 ! 71 j -1.2 +3.0
Passenger Travel
National parks:
Visitors
Automobiles entered
Arrivals from abroad:
Aliens
United States citizens
Departures abroad:
• Athens
United States citizens
Passports issued
L
number., i 416,121
number..! 0-1,654
i
number.. 1 22,773
number..
20,927
!
number..! 24,240
number... 43,822
number.., 12,536
PUBLIC UTILITIES
'
!
Telephone companies:
;
Operating revenues
thous. of dolls..!
Operating income
thous. of dolls.. 1
Telegraph companies:
.
Commercial telegraph tolls, thous. of dolls..I
Operating revenues
thous. of dolls.
Operating income
thous. of dolls.
Central electric stations:
Production, electric p o w e r Total
mills, of kw. hours.
By water power..mills, of kw. hours.
By fuels
mills, of kw. hours.
Consumption of fuelsCoal
thous. of short tons.
Oil....
thous. of barrels.
Gas
millions of cu. ft.
Gross revenue, sales
thous. of dolls.
EMPLOYMENT
350,568
57,217
384,560 1,133,741
45,242 ! 130,431
1,184,059 !
168,271 j
13.3
29.0
1920
1020
37,217
44,791
101,974
33, 510
521,364
181,291
354,130 I: - 3 8 . 1
103,843 i
6.9
1913
1913
23,371
37,657
8,571
18,756
27, 744
120,056
194,481
100,141
144,147 ij
99* 7011
225,729 '
115,344
•
305 604 552 ' -8.5
;
447 S94 I 791 !-11.5
31 i +63.6
! 47
182 1+114.0
! 87
46 !|
3.6
41 42
125 ,i -14.1
85 ! Ill
439 i! -31.6
1348 11136
613
817
142
101
41
83 I 86
84 | 13G SO
1913
1913
1913
20.1
15. 7
15.2
304,151
72,378
32,877!'
68,099 |;
+8.1
-5.9
1913
1013
9,212
11,435
1,537
8,910
11,1G0
1,380
42,999
8,328
9,313
11,428
1,634
717,722
88,424
12,574
70,761 f
87,927j!
11.421 !|
-1.3
-0.6
-9.2
1919
1919
1919
4,754
1,520
3,214
4,670
1,570
3,100
36,662
13,492
23,140
38,460 jj +4.9
13,590 i; +0.7
24,850 !j +7.4
1919
1919
1919
140
130
142
14S
160
140 !
2,949
1,499
5,399
3,209
1,352
3,378
97,500
25,270
9,327
20,639
718,050
1919
1919
1919
1913
101
127
178
375
06
131
169
417
121 : ++3.4 -1.1
"
.
113 i + 2 5 +0.1
| +2.5
-2.9
97 ; +15.0
117
117 :
110 I 109 111
92 S9 81
ij
4,611
l f 602 i
3,008;
2,788
1,431
5,072
99,000
!
;
I
i
24,356
11.422
28,846
7SS mo
ii - 5 . 6
! +25.1
i- +39.8
j! + 9 . 9
!
142 i 147 : +3.1 +1.S
132 [ 125 j -5.1 -5.1
148 159 j +6.8 +6.8
j
+5.8
95 ! 101 +5.8
1 92
I 146 155 j 163 +4.8 +10.9
I 240 284 j 303 i| + 6 . 4 +59.8
!
i
399 381 !
I
1914
1920
1915
1922
1922
115
124
128
112
105
114
119
127
110
10-1
105 |
116
116
105 .
33 I
102
111
111
101
36
„
- ! +0.2 -13.3
i
111 j 112 i + 1 . 0 -5.7
|
115 ! .
116,
1914
1915
256
263
249
280
1914
1915
1922
1922
221
109
209
226
217
109
221
222
233 i 224
266 i 243
i
221 218
112 111
230 219
216 214
+0.7
214 ' 217 j + 1 . 3 -10.7
i
237 I '
- 250 ' +5.5
+1.0
217 I 2 2 0 +1.0
109 I
'
205 1 218 j
96
!
1 1 !
i
l
dollars.
dollars.
dollars.
dollars.
dollars.,
•1914
1914
1914
1914
1914
213
214
214
215
223
hours..
hours..
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT
1914
1914
91
96
+24.6
+35.7
+3.5
362 | 363 !
225 I
Earnings and Hours of Labor
!
Mail-order houses:
Total sales
thous. of doils..
Sears, Roebuck & Co
thous. of dolls. _
Montgomery Ward & Co.thous. of dolls..;
Ten-cent stores:
i
Total sales
'.
thous. of dolls.-•
F. W. Woolworth & Co.-Jboiis. of dolls..!
Number of stores operated
•
S. S. Kresge Co
thous. of dolls...
!
Number of stores operated
McCrory Stores Corp
thous. of dolls..!
Number of stores operated
•
S. H. Kress &. Co
thous. of dolls.."
Number of stores operated
'
+33.7
I
47,656 i
Number employed, State and city reports:
New York State
thousands.. 1
Detroit
thousands..'
Wisconsin
index number..•_
Illinois
index number. J_
Massachusetts.„
index number.,
Total pay roll:
Now York State
thous. of dolls..:
Wisconsin
index number.. 1 .
Average weekly earnings:
New York State
dolls..
Illinois
index number..-.
Wisconsin
index number..'•.
Massachusetts
index number.
Average weekly earnings:
Grand total (both sexes)
Total male
Skilled male
Unskilled male
Total women
Avcrago weekly hours:
Nominal (both sexes)
Actual (both sexes)
-1.0
+26.5
200
204
202
205
203
201
210
212
214
201 '--
91 I 91
90 j 8 3
239
175
394
1913
1913
1913
27,319 :
15,950 !
1,328 ,'
6,371 • :
;
245 1,899 !
171 !
3,009 :
i5s;
^
.!
6,802 ;|
!
245
2,000 : |
171 ';
3,000 .
158 ";
25,555 ;
14,964 ,
1,232 j .
0,338
221 I.
1,725 I
166 _.
2,527 i
"
14S •"_.
: 199
i 183
i 226
243
205
335
1913
1913
j 300
254
- , 341
309 ! 281
6-18 , 5S6
1913 I. 520
i
I!i...
L
[..
i
1913"~|i~3G6"
430 | 417
1913~"li"2S4"
336" I "375*
90 i
86!
:
!
•
;
+7.9
211
169 : +0.4
312 +19.4
+6.8
3!
+22.6
+7.3
+i9.~4
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Data on the following items for the
period January, 1022, to June, 1921, may be
found in the August quarterly issue of the
SURVEY (NO. 36). Detailed tabulations of j "
September now items appear at the end of!
this issue. See Contents, p. 1
i
In many cases September figures are \
now avaiabe and may be ffound in
ay
now special table on pagobe
the available and
26
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT—Contd.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL 'I Cr&lSCFttOM JANTAUY 1 i! ( - )
TI111OUGH LATEST il CUmu-
j
,! i,orre.'spondmg
1924
j
July
.
,! August,
1923
19.3
August j
j!
:
11 A si:
YEAR
OK
TKl'MD
1923
IOIM
Quantity
number..'
Value
thous. of d o l l s . .
Domestic, issued (50 cities) —
Quantity
number..
Value
thous. of d o l l s . .
Foreign issued
thous. of d o l l s . .
Internal-revenue taxes collected:
Firearms a n d shells
thous. of d o l l s . .
Jewelry, watches, and
•
clocks
thous. of d o l l s . .
Theater admissions
thous. of dolLs..
Bonds and stocks issued and
conveyances
thous. of dolls..;
thous. of dolls..I
3 F 07S
221
2,023
1,055
|
•'
:i
ii
3,17S
209 ..
2,042
1,136 \
23,0)3
23,919 I
-0.3
1920
15, M2
S.froG
15,259 '; +0.8
S,000 I - 2 . 2
I5J3
4,748
501
5,741
2,495
1,800
251
1,439
84
5,276
5-14
6,201
2,529
1,903
254
1,501
84
il
h
"
i
!.
:j
!
!!
4,259 •
429 ..
C, 204
2,490
1.G70 i
240 '..
1,457;
73
32,017
22,728
2,597
1,795 il
22,545 I;
2,505 :i
1,780 I
80,395 •
9,00S ;
70,800 '
2,724
2S,01S
3,225
2,591 !
27,210 .
2,931 !
2,440 !
20,744 "
.
3,539 :
321
1.5SS
C, 22G
471;
347 j
893 |
e 3,198 !
1,510 !
5,501 |
112 j
4 4.7
\2C7
VS2 ! 132 131
140 ! 144 • 144
!
"
:
1913
aw
+10.2
+3.7
1919
231 | 24V . 2 t o
» a j JBS • 2S3
1<J13
438 1 448 '• 42»
4ft» j 413 I <r,2
+G.3
-1.0
1913
1919
221, G01 ,
+4.0
+7.3
123 : 115 1S1
; 100 ! 90 i 1M
I
115 i 123 ' 141
82,829 |
651,360 ;
+1.8
+S.3
1919
1019
23,409 i
235,002
24,344 !
+11.9
+7.2
+7.6
1010
1919
1010
+1.4 . -7.1
+11.1 ( +il.O
i +s.o - i . o
i
10,773 •
11, 170
» 17, S70
749,000
bOO
200,3SS '.
20,127 \
9,004 ,
09,552 !
1 1 3 ; 1 2 l ! 110 , ](/J 112
-0.3
14,
192, 035 ;
9,712
72,910
"
from
y
°
110
12, 228 .
750,
2,48-1 "
1920
1913
;
J1
1707 '.1000 2702
47,591
" 16, SIS
22,624
: Rust,
Aucuii
from
SIT
1924 ;| ftS
2,010
221
1,900
1,0-10
70,074 •;
d()
IVti
3
1,408
76,408
Tor cent
Increase (i-)
RELATIVE NI-MHKHS
!
Restaurant chains:
!
Total sales, 2 chains
thous. or dolls..
Stores operated
number.. •
Child's Co
thous. od dolls...
Waldorf system
thous. of dolls..:
Chain stores:
|
J. C. Penney Co
thous. of dolls..i
Number of stores.
United Cigar Stores C o . . -thous. of dolls..
Number of stores
__
A. Schultfi (Inc.)
thous. of dolls..
Number of stores
•
Owl Drug Co
thous. of dolls. J
Number of stores
_.!
Magazine advertising (for
following month)
thous. of lines.."
Newspaper advertising
thous. of lines., j
Postal receipts, 50 selected
cities
thous. of dolls..
Postal receipts, 50 industrial
!
cities
thous. of dolls. J
Money orders:
'
Domestic paid (50 cities)—
\
Capital stock transfers
: Per ct.
ii increase
NUMERICAL DATA
i
81,332 !
C01,700
20,925 I
219,122 I
22,647 ;
2,770 j
15,742
49,015 !
1922
101
:
100
114
137
119
1010
+0.8
+3.2
1010
1910
1019
1019
107
00
+0.1
+1.2
1913
1U13
1913
. 19-1 ; 108 = 39
ioy
83
129 ! 120
95 I 103
-18.2
20.300
5,927 . -G.S
+O.H
-i 0. 4
-I.f.
100
118
115
-0.8
-0.3
-....
+3.3
-0.7
-4.0
+0.f.
-l.h
-4.0
+ 0.2
+ 1.7
-a.il
1
-17.2
w i|
!
" 7 -I + 40. 7 +35. 7
12:> . 117 ij
112 ; 100 |!
153
131
103
no
-3S. 4
+27.:,
123 :'
ii
110 11
no
1,705
+3.0
115 1 147
01 ' Ul
114:
103
125
104 '
;
108 '
. 134 i 120
150
123 ! 123
140
111 j 119
15,503 :-'
fi0,C07
!
; +13.
133 j 75 !i - 4 3 . S
Mt -j - 4 S . 6
! •
2,405
629
1.8W !
814 <
3,425 !
434 i
32,230 ;
6,357 !
Ofl
48
G7 i
107 ! 84
00
53 ! G2 i
52 !! - 2 2 . 4
&oi: + i h j . 4 :
-4.V5
BANKING AND FINANCE
Life Insurance
{Association of Life Insurance Presidents)"
Policies, new (45 companies):
Ordinarythous. of policies.,
Industrial.
thous. of policies,.
Group
number of contracts..
Total insurance—thous. of policies and contracts..
Policies and certificates:
Total. .number (policies and certificates)..
Group insurance.. .number (certificates)..
Amount of new insurance (45 companies):
Ordinary
thous. of dolls..
Industrial...;
thous. of dolls..
Group
thous. of dolls..
_ Total insurance
thous. of dolls..
Premium collections (45 companies):
Ordinary
thous. of dolls..
Industrial
thous. of dolls..
Group
thous. of dolls..
Total
thous. of dolls..
Admitted life Insurance assets (41 companies):
Grand total
mills, of dolls..
Mortgage l o a n s Total
mills, of dolls..
Farm
mills, of dolls..
All other
mills, of dolls..!
n
»onds and stocks (hook values):
i
Total
..mills, of dolls._j
Government
...mills, of dolls..'
Railroad
mills, of dolls..!
Public utilities
mills, of dolls..
AH others
iniUs. of dolls..
Policy loans and premium
notes
mills, or dolls..!
Other admitted assets
mills, of dolls..j
(Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau)
1SS
596
114
174
010
71
1S4
567 =
75:
1,564
5,333 j
1,190
1.5GG
5,456
S19
784
7S4 j
751 !
0,931 '
7,023;. +1.0
-31.5
1913
243 • 230 ' 279 j 23S | 235 21S ! - 7 - 4
1C0 149 200 I 177 ! Vu j JfX) ,! + 2 . 3
;9&0
19&0 !l500 2220 19s0 2280 1420 ,j - 3 7 . 7
-5.4
+7.f>
-5.3
170 'l- 0.0
+4.4
175 ! 163 213 \ IBS 170
...J! -0.4
800, SS7
17,878
! -17.1
;
!j 4S5.44S : 4,101,191 j 4.403.943 j
•: 127,090 i 1,143.052 1,243,431 '
, 1 .
224,0702li9S0 .
233,602
,
; 634,517 i 5.485.WH 5,877,046!.
536,897
135,015
31,343
703,255
4*4,066
141,525
14,
22,949
649,439
144,580
30,758
2,879
178,217
136,175 j
32,530
2,339 ;
171,044
90.209
29,006
1,925
127,140
• 793,311
i 221,003
:
15,795
i 1,033,710
! 1,021,215
I 2ol,112
•.
19,407
i 1,291,823
N
.
\.
"
•
+7.4
+&.&
-5.9
+7.1
+28.7
+11.8
+23.2
+25.0
-0.1
'
1913 . 355 338 41S , 400 374 33S ! -0.7
+ 11.4
273 '
298
1913 :' 256 245
+44
ISO.' =1322 | - M . K i +4.4
!
1243 il2C0 2010 1240
1913
3i7
:
;
1913 • 330 i 322 . 410 ! 3S0 . 32J i -7.7 ' -r2.4
I
250 i 247 1 349
1913
1<JI3 : 2CS SCO 300
: 5301 5347 6704
1913
1913 • 25S i 255 344
: 344 371 1 3,V)
304 2.SA 30B
0336 Tfifi"
i 340 358 : 311
-5.S
+5.8
-IS. 8
-4.0
; 100 101 i 108 109 •• n o110 |
i
114 - n o 117 : 119 !
101 102
in ' in 112 113 i
; 102
ns 1120 122 : 124 "
! 101 103
8,133
8,181 j
7,470 '
1923
3,102
1,410
1,745
3,195
1,425
1,770
2.700
1.201
1,469
1923
1923
i
3,424
1,103 !
1,855 I
370 \
97
3,440
1,093
I,bu9 ;•
370 i
97 '
3,330
1,201
1,765
2S5
79
1023
1923
1923
1023
1023
100
100
101
101
103
1,00-1
543
1,007
540
936
414
1923
1023
100 j 101
,
!
;
!
:
100..
K) i
101 j
101!
102:
+41.5
+12.1
+21. f.
+34.5
102 i 103 i 1CKI j
90 ! •JO
M2 I 91
105 105 100 ' 107
131 ! 131
120: i2s I
121 : 125 I 125 120
+O.7 ' +0.5
+ 1 . 0 +15. S
+ 0 . 6 + 10.4
+ 1 . 4 +20.5
+3.3
+0.5
- o . r* - S . 6
+ 0.8 +5. *•
+1.0 +31. U
0.0 +22. S
ior»
+0.3
I
113
107 :
110 US
+7,0
- 0 . 0 " +21. G
10S
117
i
Bales of ordinary life insurance (Si companies): I
.
..
!
United States total
thous. of dolls..! - 591.340
508,389 J! 53*043 4.401.402 | 4,669,064 !
Eastern manuf. district. . . t h o u s . of dolls..: 232.179
1S9,574 •: 199,1a? 1, tm, 260 i 1,89S, 220
001,739 I 1,015,76-1 ;•
JJ p csternmanuf.district...thous. of dolls. J 125,200
112,012:; 121. ,4o
724,923 i 701,737 :;
western agric. district
thous. of <loUs_.| 97,048
82,021 !: S$.4(-o
577,955! 579,186 j|
Southern district
thous. of d o l l s . ' 73,215
68,203;. 6ft, 431
441,505 1 471,131
> ar Western district
thous. of dolls..
03,014
5G, 570 j, 00,24J |
+6.1
+12.0
+5.G
-2.8
+0.2
+6.7
l'J21
1021
1921
1921
1921
1921
1.7) , 121 I3'J
126 , 127
i 135 i:-0
! 1 2 4 ! 129
120 ! 130
132 135
123
U0 ! 120
, 115 ! 109
12S
. 122 ' 120
j 142 i 142 j 100 iii i 149
120
123
121
' 101
119
133
]
••
I
;
•
i
-14.0
-IS.4
-10.fi
-10.0
-C'J
-10.2
-S. 0
-7.3
-0.3
-G. 1
[j Cumulatives are for the nine months' period ending September 30.
irn
*" J " K ' i n i °
, nt t h G r ., t P nf 1 cent for each 10-ccnt admission cliarpeor fraction thereof. The revenue act of 1921 exempted
1, e S c t i i o ' a s of July 3, l'JJl, exempted all admissions offiOcents or under.
48
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Data on the following items for the !
period January, 1922, to June, 1024, may bo !
found in the August quarterly issue of the :.
SURVEY ( N O . 36). Detailed tabulations of I
September new items appear at tho end of
this issue. See Contents, p. 1
In
many cases September
figures are
now available and may be found in
the special table on page 26
!
Per ct.
mcreus<
N U M E R I C A L DATA
+?
or de-
1921
July
j August
Correspondhij
month,
July or
August,
1923
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
crease
FROM JANUARY 1 \
(-)
THROUGH LATEST
cumuMONTH
lative
1933
RELATIVE NUMBERS
{
BASE
YEAR
Oli
PERIOD
BANKING AND FINANCE-Continued ;
Banking
j
Debits to individual accounts:
169,817
16,189
160,380
+5.9
20,916
New York City
mills, df dolls..: 21, 469
150,200
148,339 j - 1 . 3
17,776
17,303
Outside New York City..mills, of dolls..j 18,662
Bank clearings'
!
20,342
143,051
14, 773
New York City
mills, of dolls..I 21,127
160,934 j +12.0
124,972
15,247
14, 59<J
Outside New York City...mills, of dolls.. 16,240
126,147
+0.9
Federal reserve banks:
\
294 !
203
816
Hills discounted
mills, of dolls..
1,702 •
1,741
2,22f>
Notes in circulation
mills, of dolls..
531 I
593
267
Total investments
mills, of dolls..
3,200 :
3,202
Total reserves
mills, of dolls..
3,201
2,165;
2,150
Total deposits
mills, of dolls..
1,908
83.0 !
82.3
Reserve ratio
per cent..
77.5
Federal reserve member banks:
j
Total loans and discounts..mills. of dolls.. 12,265 ! 12,134
11,703
5,091
Total investments
mills, of dolls..
4,537
4,987 "
Net demand deposits
mills, of dolls.. 12,233 ; 12,419
10, SSO
Interest rates:
2.10 j
2.00
New York call loans
per cent..
4.95
3.53 !
3.25
Commercial paper, 60-90 days__per cent..
5.10
Savings deposits, by Federal reserve districts .
(balanco to credit of depositors):
Total, &4S banks
thous. of dolls..'7,070,720 •7,037,421 6,025,963
Boston, 64 banks
thous. of dolls.. 11,256,927 -1,261,001 !l, 194,152
New York, 30 banks.-thous. of dolls. 1,974,072 '1,077,476 1,854,412
Philadelphia, 78 banks.thous. of dolls., 489,816 490,950 461,922
Cleveland, 18 banks.-.thous, of dolls. 479,171 ' 480,963 432,286
Richmond, 91 banks..thous. of dolls. 317,903 322,551
283, 652
Atlanta, 96 banks
thous. of dolls. 228,026 229,159 215,358
Chicago, 209 banks thous. of dolls. 902,003 001,674
858,657
St. Louis, 32 banks thous. of dolls.
138,176
138,570
130,158
Minneapolis, 15 banks.thous. of dolls,
90, C56
90,772
88,820
Kansas City, 50 banks.thous. of dolls.
108,921
109,229
103,892
Dallas, 85 banks
thous. of dolls,
06,824
66,811
60,716
San Francisco, 72 banks thous. of dolls. 1,016,725 j 1,018,256 936,938
IT. S. Postal Savings
thous. of dolls.
132,915 ! 133,929
132,502
New York State Savings
banks
thous. of dolls, [3,267,064 =3,538,712
Public Finance
Government debt:
Interest-bearing
mills, of dolls.
20,991 i 20,031
21,902
Total gross debt
mills, of dolls.
21,254 : 21,245
22,201
Short-term debt
mills, of dolls.
8,OS1
8,071
5,396
:
Customs receipts
thous. of dolls.
43,945
45,621
42,500
398, 730
365,444
-8.3
Total ordinary receipts
thous. of dolls. 195,704 | 185,763 235,505 2,577,333 2,421,004
-5.9
Expenditures chargeable to
ordinary receipts
thous. of dolls., 207,995 ! 190,892 234,493 2,319,798 2,036,252 - 1 2 . 2
Money in circulation:
Total
mills, of dolls.
4,665 . 4,774
4,778
Per capita
dollars.
41.36 !
42.28
42.85
Business Failures
Liabilities:
Total commercial
thous. of dolls.
36,813 i €5,154
34,335
329,436
396,427 | +20.3
Manufacturing establishments
thous. of dolls.
20,022 ; 29,924
15,988
160,121
225,677 ! +40.9
Trade establishments
thous. of dolls.,
12,421 I 16,361
13,125
135,782
134,020 ! -1.3
Agents and brokers
thous. of dolls.
4,370 I
5,222
33,533
36,729 ' +9.5
Firms:
Total commercial
number1,015 '
1,620
1,319
12,274
13,920 I +13.4
Manufacturing establishments..number.
416 I
414
335
3,156
3,601 j +14.1
Trade establishments
number1,124 !
1,024
883
8,706
9,537 • + 9 . 5
Agents and brokers.number.,
82 !
75 I
46
412
652 ! +58.3
I
Dividends and Interest Payments
1921
l;"
1924
from
1923
1931
1933
Per cent
increase (+)
" or decrease (-)
1919
1919
90
10-1
1913
1913
1
211 ! 187 263 ; 253 '' I 2o8 ; - 3 . 7 I+37.7
268
263 I 254 275 ! 266 ! 2S2 j 265 ' - 6 . 1 j +4.5
1919
1919
1019
1919
1919
1919
22!
3D I 42
72 j
84 I 85
71 I
46 I 45
146 14G 147
99 103
08
"
150 ! 154 I 165
70
SO !
149 1
109
165 I 165
1921
1921
1919
93 I no I: 100
135 135 138
105 ! 103 108
1913
1913
110
77
1920
1920
1920
1920
1020
1920
1920
1920
1020
1920
1920
1920
1920
1913
105 j 108 i 106 I
106 ! 101; 106
331 I 333
1913
I
' 1919
*
' 1919
*
1919
11913
1 1013
11913
1919
1919
18 I
-10.5
-1.2
+11.7
-1.8
-0.7
-0.6
: -07. S
; -20. S
4-122.1
!
0.0
j +12.7
I +0.5
102
143 I
112
+1.4
+2.1
+1.5
+6.2
+12.2
+14.1
8!
-4.7
-7.8
-59.3
-35.5
I
87
87
68
163
129
121
127
125
136
137
130
120
154
125
136
147
143
335
+7.0
+0.2
+5.6
+0.3
+6.6
+0.1
+6.3
+0.2
+0.4 +11.3
+1.5 +11.7
+6.*
+0.5
+5.0
-0.1
+6.5
+0.3
+22
+0.1
+5.1
+0.3
0.0 +10.0
+S.7
+0.2
+1.1
+0.8
130
121
129
125
135 1
140 ''
139
122
153
127
138
149
145
334
ISO
122
115
121
119
125
128
130
114
143
124
130 ! 123
135 136
134 134
- 2 . 6 ! +25.2
-4.7 . +2.7
189
+8.3
I
i 87
i 87
! 67
! 160
0.0 |
0.0
0. !
-5.3
+49.2
+7.3
-21.1
1.1
-16.0
+2.3
+2.2
-0.1
-1.3
-0.1
+3.8
341 I 390
401 I 3S8
-5.1
3G
2
98
93
92
-4.2
-4.3
4.3
i
(For the following month)**
Grand total
thous. of dolls..
Dividend paymenst:
Total
thous. of dolls..
Indus, and misc. corp
thous. of dolls..
Steam railroads
thous. of dolls..
Street railways
thous. of dolls..
New Capital Issues
Total corporation {Commercial and
i
!
193,370 j 313,840
79,870! 60,815
43,900
40,250
31,175
16,150
4,79f>
4,515
1913
157 i 150
149
242 +49.8
+60. fi
1913
1913
1913
185 i 154
112 I 137
205 ; 182
101
155
92
+49.5
+31.7
+103.0
+S7.2
+24.7
+C9.S
120
124
113
156
-5.9
-0.5
-8.9
+9.3
+15.2
+7.5
+15.3
+78.3
212 ;' +58.2
+20.9
I
1913
1913
1913
1913
i
259,636
57,936
38,601
15,325
4,010
i
2,654,987
2,840,376 Ij
+7.0
1913
737,266
402,016
220,930
57,380
770,371 ii
417,220 .:
228,995 !
57,601 j!
+4.5
+3.8
+3.7
+0.4
1913
1913
1913
1913
ij
127 I 175
111
in
121
87
! 83
•• 100
I 62
i 82
r
206
268 134
87 j! -23.0
-8.3
2
i! -48.2
! J5.8 I
8
+5.0
+4.3
+5.4
101
+10.1
Financial Chronicle):
ij
Purpose of i s s u e . - 0 . 1 1 + 74 'S
New capital
thous. of dolls_. 195,118
194,987 I 111,657 1,782,186 2,099,907 !| + 1 7 . 8
]
49
1920
Refunding
thous. of dolls..
ij+115.0 '+334.2
02,862 j 21,388
l
43,181
427,421
100
350,378 j - 1 8 . 0
1920
Kind of i s s u e -14.0 1+135.6
1
Stocks
thous. of dolls..
39,876
34,292 jl 14, 557 484,668 588,009! +21.4
1920
-32.8 +65.5
Bonds and notes
thous. of dolls,. 239,302
160,695 | 97,100
!
704,550 1,800,090
r
1920
+5.6
Bond issues classified—
Railroads473 -22,6
New capital
thous. of dolls..! 50,829
39,340
25,895
270
278,683
451,700 , + 6 2 . 1
311
1919
|2625 1+406.6
Refunding
thous. of dolls..| 15,200
77,000
None.
.466
26,073
0
186,239 1+614.3
1919
Public utilities—
557 -26.3
New capital
thous. of dolls.
54,371 !
73,730
24,879
410,402
853,442 i+103.0 I
255 2S41 979
1919
10 -97.4
T ^ ^tonding
thous. of dolls..
18,177
470
16,304
175,832
33 L05S
345
120,773 - 3 1 . 3 "
1919
Industrials—
106 +15.0
9,703
11,231 |
2,485
421,816
223,772 - 4 7 . 0 || 1919 |i 411 I 23 II 481 I 132 I 92 745 -34.0
New capital
thous. of dolls..
10,807
7,029 j Nono.
79,043
51,611 - 3 4 . 7 i|. 1919 I; 85 I 0 || 450 I 21 |1146
Refunding 1
thous. of dolls..
Twelve months' average, J u l y to June, inclusive, ending the year indicated.
July
Ji
3'
" R e l a t i v e to July, 1919*
11
Totals given iu cumulative columns are for the nine m o n t h s ' period ending September 30.
49
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Data on the following Items for the
period January, 1922, to June, 1024, may bo
found in the August quarterly issue of the
SURVET (No. 36). Detailed tabulations of
September new items appear at tho end of
this issue. Sec Contents, p. 1
In many cases September figures arc
now available and may be found in
the special table on page 26
L Per ct.
.j increase
N U M E R I C A L DATA
CUMULATIVE
1921
July
J
FROM
TnIl0UG
SfiSJll
month, |
August
TOTAL
H LATEST
MONTH
August, I
1923 i
or decrease
JANUARY 1
i m
1924
cumulative
1024
from
1923
!:
I .
;!
DASE
YEAR
OR
Percent
" «IJSSS!tti"f—)
RELATIVE NUMBERS
,
!
j
!
mi
1924
'August 1 1024,
from i from
-.•' July ' Au-
< IS i5 ! 5
BANKING AND FINANCE—Continuod
New Capital Issues—Continued
I
Total corporations (Journal of
t h o u s . of d o l t s .
Comynerce)
States and municipalities:
Permanent loans
Temporary loans
New incorporations
275,834
272,220
137,423 | 2,503,358 2,018,369 •'• - 1 5 . 3
1013
; 173 100
132 ,211 ' 201
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
104,804
68,353
572,106
US, 019
71,055
3fJS, 950
62,323
41,003
335,462
1,051,202 ji + 4 0 . 9
545,755 i. + M . 2
4,823,COO I. - 2 4 . 6
1013
1013
1013
' IDS 1S3
' 1 M 102
, 421 105
353 j 841 30S ' 340
+13.4 ' 4 0 0 . 8
201 j 130 " 170 179 ' —5.3 f +7A.5
302 • 204 332 232 i - 3 0 . 3 . +18.«
745,976
349,320
0,398,427
!
j
16,745 !
11,928 j
4,817
15,254
10,3%
4,858
422 !
1,671 !
61,230 |
305
2,019
59,495
None. I
23 i
1,270 !
None.
None.
1,270
23,424 I
14,273 j
9,151 j
3,804 i
90,415 j
11,104
57,480
848,147
7,718 | - 3 0 . 9
10,121 ; - 7 2 . 0
508, OSS : - 4 0 . 1
K>22
1922
1922
None. I
2,741 ,
4,603
7,325
14,500
75,882
149 !j - 9 S . 0
1,127 !l - 9 2 . 2
12,575 ii - 8 3 . 4
1922
1W2
1922
31G I
I
3,498 I
25,246 I
2,957
27,417
:
.i
|
0 j 0, 0
,
2 " -27. 7 ' - 3 . 3
23 + 'J2.0 • - 4 7 . 0
30
- 2 . 8 : -34-2
•
0.0
o. o
0.0
0 .
101 i 197 ! 1G | 0
65 , 18 ; 18 ! IS . 18
1
101
2S,221 !
.
232,454 j.
thous. of dolls..
thous. of dolls..
2,018 I
21,279 ;
2,537
2i,4oG
22,792
138,4bS .
FOREIGN EXCHANGE BATES
dolls, per £ sterling..
dolls, per f r a n c
dolls, per liredolls, per franc.
dolls, per guilder,.
dolls, per krone..
dolls, per franc.
Japan
dolls, per yen..
. In.dia
:
dolls, per rupee..
Americas:
9ana(^a
dolls, per Canadian doll..
Argentene
dolls, per gold peso..
Brazil
dolls, per milreis.
^"ile
^ h i l e d l dolls, per paper peso..
l
n
general index foreign exch
index number..
3 i 2 . 0
, 39 i 47 25 IS 10
!
50 = 51 : 38 37 ! 37
0.0
u. o
-72.4
i
, -15. S .
! - 2 .tf•
-13.1 "
•fU.8 '
I
113.53 |
G8.39
S3.44
119.18
71.06
24,226=
22,427
~>9. £>5
273,131 1 214,041
68,014 I 62,231
341,145 | 306,272
102.95 L
50.24 i.
SO. 20 !.
13,120 I
1913
1913
1921
158,996 |1
161,295':
+1.4
1,352,187 j 1,807,937 !j + 3
+33.7
41,776
530,026 j 035,870 ,
156,380 I 1.SS9.213 2,443,807 1 +29! 4
87.22 I
73.58 !
70.93 I
73.48
75.81
102,97
86.09
73.52
71.57
74.14
75.93
102.10
83.66
67.81
60.35
72.02
71.86
98.75
102.41
96.91
L14 !
103.81
9G.63
4.12
J.
1913
J
5,293 !
6,460 !
j
7,032
.628
30.952
1921
1921
1921
1913
4.50
.055
.014
.050
.3S3
.266
.188
.414;
.313 1
,413
.323
.4S9
.741 I
.099!
.101 I
.767
1013
1913
1013
1013
42.013 i - 7 . 1
48,6S9 | +6.9
70,400 : +S2.7
5,233 ; +0.3
+6.9
271,012
1913
1913
1013
1013
1913
.379 I
.266 -
. 182 I
.100
.305
.977 i
.745
.093
.122
190 i 194 i 213 ! 350 324
;
+70.9
04 : 00 | 07 , 00 - 1 . 0 : •1-3.2
0.0 + 10.2
03 i 06 | 07 07
+1.0 | +7.S
91 ' 04 . 00 07
+2.0
103 101 : lot : io:> +1.0
0 . 0 • +5.3
05 ! 07 ; 00 •
W
103 , 110 i 110 ; 110 0.0 i +3.8
-. 100 | 106 :
;
!
+3.7
I! 109 ! 10S 10S 110 ' 111 i 112 +0.9
!' 110 110 111 ; 113 ! 114 ' 113 - 0 . 9 - +'i.7
90 i 03 i 03 ' 03 o . o , - : > . i
'I 90
"
!
:
i
j
63 ! 44 ! 61 i 02 +2.3." - 7 . 8
';
• 103 ! 105 ; 110 ; 100 113 , 110 - 2 . 4 ' +5.2
!
:
- 3 . 6 I -44. S
ii £ 2 0 !010 = 774 i 474; 355 342
l!
7 : 29 . 8 I 4
4 i 31 +633.0 +S.0
,
:
'
• 0 7 | 05 . 105 | 01 ' si 09 • +22.2 ' +3.7
:
+S.0
" 337 216 ' ISO ! 103 23S • 2 3 0 - 1 . 2
,
!
:'-. 119 .! 1S5 j 105 176 : 105 - 6 . 1 +22.8
134 ,
:
!
+ 1 . 0 " +9.1
! 112. 112 115
i 105 105 j. 110
-0
, 112 j 112 . 123 , 12G , 125 124. 0 +10.5
;
\
94 04 i! 00
31
30 : : 30
22 ! 22 ! : 23
!
25 24 ,! 25
OS 95 ! 93
00 ©0 !| 00
;
01 I 94 ; 92
Par.
Par.
OS
63
07
81
32
65
63
Par.
Par.
Par.
Par.
Par.
-7.4
•
103 l: 253 i 403 ! 3S3 ! 342 .: -10.7 +109.3
•
9.0
I i 43 i 29 ' 20 , - 8 . S
IB
: -10.2 +05.0
51 . 88 ; 127 ! Ill
,
Par.
Par.
Par.
Par.
Par.
Par.
Par. ;
4.56
.057
.043
.046
.393
.266
.181
.051 I
.043 I
.046 }
173
20
CO
i
651,307 j +6.3
612,9-19
+4.4
6,010,226 6,303,OJ3
203,226
203226 ii: +36.6
192,717
6,579 j - 7 3 . 7
25,014
45,2S0
45,561
38,525
5,222
253,556
j 1S3
I
1910
1019
1019
i
09,880
769,371
32,856
2,201
'!
!
I: 170 177 ' 163 187 • 105 I 205 . + 3 . 0 '. +15.8
! 70 I 08 :i 75 j 78 I 82 80 . + 3 . 0 " +20.4
j 08 | 102 „ W 100 | 105 • 100 • +1.G + 4 . 2
"
03
1915 •! 92
88
1915 !j 90
W
1915 . 89
'
1915 ' 102 = 102
03 !
1915
1915 ; 93 ! 9J ;
100.17
93.53
4.35
92,132
90,089 \
Domestic receipts at mint fine o u n c e s . .
Rand output
thous. of ounces.. 829,437 ! 809,571
18,834 : 18,150
Imports
thous. of dolls..
2,397
327,
Exports
thous. of dolls..
fc
Silver:
4,492 !
5,491
Production
thous. of fine o z . .
7,012
7l 128 '
Imports
thous. of dolls..
8,632
9,190 j
Exports
thous. of dolls..
.685
.072 I
Price at N e w York
dolls, perfineoz_34.213
34.509
Price at London...pence per standard o z . .
9
I
;
1010 • 103 147 \\ 120 114 ! 10.1 00 . -8.0 i -34.0
1919 I 120 i 123 • 11C 111 j 103 ' 00 . -12. S , -L'7.2
J
'
1910 - 2C2 I 212 '133 123 i 111 112 - +0.0 , -40.0
Gold a n d Silver
Europe:
England
franco
ItalyBelgium-.
Netherlands
Sweden
^ Switzerland
i
167,014 ; - 4 3 . 6
119,855 | - 1 0 . 7
47,159 : | - 7 0 . 9
thous. of dolls.
thous. of dolls.
Stock prices, closing:
25 industrials, average...dolls, per share.
25 railroads, average
dolls, per share..
103 stocks, average
dolls, per share..
stocks:
N. Y. Stock Exchange...thous. of shaios..
Bond sales:
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls..
Liberty-Victory
thous. of dolls..
„ Total
thous. of dolls..
Bond prices:
Highest-grade rails.p. ct. of par, 4% bond..
Second-grade mils-.p. ct.of par, 4% bond..
Public utility
p. ct. of par, 4% bond..
Industrial
p. ct. of par, 4% bond..
Comb, price index, jp. ct. of par, 4% bond..
5 Liberty bonds
p. ct.of par-.
10 foreign governments and
city
p. ct. of par..
Comb, price index, 66 bonds.p. ct. of p a r Municipal bond yield
per cent..
,.
':
•
j
Stocks and Bonds
n
:
296,225
134,254
161,971
Federal Intermediate Credit Hanks
Direct loans:
Closed
Balance end of month
Rediscounts:
Closed
Balance end of month
-I.3j+Wi.l
i
Agricultural Loans
By land banks:
Total closed
thous. of dolls.
Federal farm loan banks, .thous. of dolls.
Joint-stock land banks
thous. of dolls..
By War Finance Corporation:
With banks and livestock loan
companiesAdvancements
thous. or dolls..
Repayments
thous. of dolls..
Balance
With cooperative market associationsAdvancements
thous. of dolls.
Repayments
thous. of dolls.
Balance
thous. of dolls.
10S .;
£9 :
27 !
23 !
24 :
93
09;
02
90
26
22
24 !
!
02
23
23
26
07
00
07
83
'• OS >: 8182 : 83
O
j 63 ; 03 63 ; 64 J C
;
! OS : 93 93 : 99 i 100
!
77 l 78
I 77 i 77 77
I 30 ; 34 33
i
31 I 31
! G3 I 56 i 51 : 52
! 62 ; 02 ; 00 59 ! 61
;
+3.0;
+7.8
+2.3
+S.7 :
+2.4
0.0
-1.3
-3.5
-0.2
-15. 5
+5.9
+0.0
+2.3
+3.0
+1.0
-1S.0
-1.6
+3.3
+3.2
0.0
-1.0
+3.4
+2,3
+S.7
-1.3
0.0
+3.0
50
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
NOTE.—Data on tho following Items for the
period January, 1022, to Juno, 1924, may be
found In the August quarterly issue of the
SURVEY ( N O . 36). Detailed tabulations of !
September new items appear at the end of j
- this issue. See Contents, p. l
In many cases September
figures are
now available and may be found in
the special table oh page 26
Per ct.
increase
N U M E R I C A L DATA
July
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
MONTH
'! Correjl sponding
month,
July or
1924
I August
1023
i
1924
RELATIVE NUMBERS
or decrease .
BASE
YEAR
OR
PERIOD
(-) :
cumulative .
August,
'August 1924,
j, from
from
Au-
1934
1924
from :
1923
jj increiisT(+)
! or decrease (-)
I ^l
is !i
U. S. FOREIGN TRADE
|
Imports
jj
Grand total
thous. of dolls. J 276,819 ! 254,630 \
By grand divisions:
|
Europe—
I
79,923 !
Total
thous. of dolls..' $2,040
11,060 I
France
thous. of dolls..' 10,720
11,SS6 I
Germany
thous. of dolls..] 12,502
5,049 1 4,108 j
!
Italy
thous. of dolls..i
|
United Kingdom
thous. of dolls..j 23,050 ! 25,877 '
North America—
I
!
Total
thous. of dolls..! 81,137 ! 70,051 l
30,279
Canada
thous. ol dolls..! 32,115
South America—
!
34,433
Total
thous. of dolls.. 1 41,368
4,277
Argentina
thous. of dolls.. j
6,401
Asia and Oceania—
I
67,374
Total
thous. of dolls..; 60,325
29,613
Japan
thous. of dolls..: 26,755
2,947
Africa, total
thous. of dolls..!
2,818
By class of commodities:
I
Crude materials for use In
j
manufacturing
thous. of dolls..' 89,171
83,030
Foodstuffs in crude condition
I
31,4S0
and food animals
thous. of dolls.. 1 39,145
Foodstuffs, partly or wholly
I
manufactured
thous. of dolls..! 40.3S9
30,400
Manufactures for further use
I
45,270
in manufacturing
thous. of dolls..
47,211
Manufactures ready for
C2,10S
consumption
thous. of dolls.
60,128
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls.
736
1,781
2,650,492
275,433
2,382,868
-10.1
1913
.
i! 192
181
203
i
185 I 170 !
183
-8.0 i
-7.6
!
i 111 j -2.6
-5.4
+3.2
j 96
+0.3
! 77 i- - 4 . 0
-13.7
:
89 . - 1 8 . 6 I -27.2
! 114 i +12.3 i +4.7
84,505
11,030
13,777
5,646
24,721
779,461
97,213
104,700
57,716
288,458
082,261
92, 735
87,770
43,163
222,232
-12.5
-4.6
-16.2
-25.2
-23.0
1913
1913
1913
1913
1913
115 117 117
85
97
95
8G
90 ! 64
124 122 i107
I 124
115
09,396
35,794
700,705
270, C51
705,691
262,490
-0.2
-3.0
1913
1913
!
239 214 ' 286 i 246
I 304 j 302 232 I 279
29,157
6,017
330,537
98,069
307,261
54,299
-7.0
-44.6
1913
1913
194 : 170 235
501 ; 282 352
SS,43S
31,948
3,914
765,021
234,518
68,706
C37,819
207,166
49,836
-ICC
-11.7
-27.5
1913
1913
1913
341 330 317 I 203
365 387 330 ! 201
207 I 199 162 ' 214
94,589 j 1,018,310
801,019
-21.3
1913
212 ; 187 20G
176
!
21,058
275,151
+21.4
1913
129:114
204
186
j' - 1 9 . G ! +10.5
j- - 2 4 . 7 j - 7 . 9
114
93
81
110
102
111
81
69
105
103
109 jj
250 i 216 :• - 1 3 . 7 i +0.9
256
- 5 . 7 | -15.4
208 \-. - 1 6 . 8 j +18.1
201 !l - 3 4 . 1 • -23.9
232
334
250 i' - 2 . 8 j -23.8
359 i +10.7 ; -7.3
144 !" - 3 . 4 j -27.S
!
220,699
33,010
3S4,970
388,116
-fO.8
1913
228 ! 200 306
253
58,130
503,017
424,599
-16.4
1913
193 j 205 172
171
66,983
1,668
504,698
7,798
482,038
11,045
-4.3
+41.6
1913
1913
182 ' 196 179 ; 170
29 I 135 3 5 •• 34
310,066
2,558,711
2,697,350
+5.4
1913
14G ' 150 1G2 • 148 134
!,
- 6 . 2 . -11.6
+ 4 . 3 | -18.8
:•• - 3 . 2 ' - 1 0 . 2
;+142.0 ; +6.8
Exports
Grand total, including
reexports
thous. of dollsBy grand divisions:
j
Europe—
!
Total
thous. of dolls..:
1
Frunce
thous. of dolls..
Germany
thous. of dolls.,
Italy
thous. of dolls., i
United Kingdom
thous. of dolls..
North America—
1
Total
thous. of dolls.. 1
Canada
'_
thous. of dolls..
South America—
I
Total
thous. of dolls., i
Argentina
thous. of dolls..!
Asia and Oceania—
i
Total
thous. or dolls..!
Japan
thous. of dolls..I
Africa, total
thous. of dolls.. 1
T otal, domestic exports only..thous. of dolls..
By classes of commodities:
•
Crude materials for use in
.
manufacturing
thous. of dolls..I
Foodstuffs in crude condition
and food animals
thous. of dolls..
Foodstuffs partly or wholly
•
manufactured
thous. of dolls., i
Manufactures for further use
J
in manufacturing
thous. of dolls..'
Manufactures ready for
consumption
thous. of dolls..!
Miscellaneous
thous. of dolls..;
276,734 i 330,896
|
i
120,071 j 150,349
13,179 ! 20,600
12,836 | 19,281
8,142 I 13,225
56,608 ! 65,725
=
83,337 ! 94,513
45,213 i 50,348
'
23,352
30,536
8,778
12,399
39,024
8,423
4,956
270,697
55,972 '
12,073 j
j
37,367 j
|
46,340
118,126
310
43,375
0,630
6,123
325,065
62,013
I
1913
1013
1913
1913
1013
374,250
375,217
+10.5
+4.4
+23.0
+11.7
+8.3
-40.0
-10.4
153,258
80,191
201,262
73,890
+9.8
-7.9
1913
1913
45,911 ! 387,800
13,139 I 141,916
4,822
41,543
304,7;>S !2,506,881
436,033
147,610
46,297
2,G35,431
+12.4
+4.0
+11.4
+5.1
1913
1913
1913
1913
671,205
+16.1
1913
130,763
18,537
23,260
8,929
53,001
1,212,552
155,200
191,99-1
94,534
478,594
1,339,514
162,099
237,392
105,616
518,270
99,050
60,579
733,559
448,891
2-1,420
11,783
65,448 !
577,580
1913
1913
I 114
: 166
i 61
|184
; 105
101
103
44
124
115
t: + 2 4 . 0
+56.3
+50.2
• +62.4
! +16.1
1 +14.3
I +11.1
I -17.1
1 +43.1
+24.0
170 i 169
143 ' 142
166
135
! +13.4
+11.4
-4.6
-16.9
203 I
212
193 ! 196
191
192
j! +30.8
+41.3
+25.0
+5.2
313 282
350 i 252 307 184
231 i 200 234 j221
145 i 149 160 146
j225
! 102
I206
i 133
I
j
I
•
-5.5
-26.7
130
102 109
129 145 172
97
85 j 79
140 | 136 171
127
91 103
190
I 175
198
ISO
193 j 200
210 j 257
291 I 205
31,596
23,897 !
179,225
125,967
-29.7
1913
138 ! 169
42,635 j
377,187
357,406
-5.2
1913
139 j 158 139 I 126 j
47,176
:
138,369
477
372,873
120,770 j 995,907
1S6 !
3,809
402,985
+8.1
1,073,991 i
3,787 '
+7.8
-0.6
1913
;
250
185
2M
159
+11.1
+14.3
+23.5
+20.1
149
1913
1913
198
28
139
75 | 106 j
+C7
-3.9
95 j 102 120 | 9 7 :
41,534
45,813
160 !•" + 1 0 . 6 i +0.4
i
22-4 "+149.3
165
+32.2
:
+19.2
+4.5
1
+1.8
+3.0
161 j 153 !
143
226 ; 210 :
37 I 48 I
+9.1
212 1 .+17.1 +9
71 li + 4 9 . 5 +156.5
51
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS-Continued
NOTE.—Data on the following items for the
period January, 1922, to June, 1921, may be
found in the August quarterly issue of the
SURVEY (NO. 36). Detailed tabulations of
September new items appear at the end of
this issue. See Contents, p . 1
In many cases September
figures
now available and may be found
the special table on page 26
NUMERICAL
.
!
Per ct.
increase
DATA
E E L A T I V E NUMBEKS
|*ir<Jwri':is«( —)
{
I
C 0r
™
l-spon dmg
ore
in
July
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FROM JANUARY 1
THROUGH LATEST
jj August, I
August 1, 1923 ! • 1933
mi
V
or decrease
cumU
(
lative
1021
| from
1923
i-:
lVr m i l
!" imrc.i*. (+)
BASE
YEAR
Oil
FEIUOD
Ail-
\m
mi
; AuRtist
!
1
i
from
July
IW4,
from
An-
TRADE AND I N D U S T R Y O F FOREIGN
COUNTRIES
United
Kingdom
Imports (value):
Total
thous. of £ sterling..
Food, drink, tobacco.thous. of £ sterling..
Raw material
thous. of £ sterling..
Manufactured
articles.
thous. of £ sterling..
Exports (value):
Total
thous. of £ sterling..
Food, drink, tobacco.thous. of £ sterling..
Raw material
thous. of £ sterling..
Manufactured
articles
thous. of £ sterling..
Reeiport (values):
Total
_._
thous. of £ sterling..
Food, drink, tobiicco.thous. of £ sterling..
Haw material
thous. of £ sterling..
Manufactured
articles
thous. of £ sterling..
Exports of key commodities (quantities):
Cotton piece goods
thous. of sq. y d s . .
Woolen and worsted
tissues
thous. of sq. y d s . .
Iron and steel
thous. of long t o n s . .
Coal
thous. of long t o n s . .
n
Production:
fig iron
thous. of long tons-.
Steel ingots
thous. of long t o n s . .
9Oul
thous. of metric tons..
o
blocks, zinc
short tons..
employment:
Trade-unions
108,115
47,534
31,693
102,196
46,942
28,579
88,743
44,070
22,338
704,319
334,012 '
193,420 .
28,190
26,156
21,774
163,623 |
71,283
4,640
8,286
CC,2S8
4,370
7,824
60,103
3,428
10,223
57,172
53,135
10,175
2,299
4,890
8,970
1,925
4,306
2,90S
+ 14. &
+7.1
+27.2
808,755
357,772
252,364
1913
1013
1913
120
194,423 j +15.3
1913
52G.032
34,332
71,934
1913
1913
1913
45,446
379,831 :
411,623
1913
77,790!
13,671 ,
47,949 ;
93,271
18,779
52,030
2,735
1,559
17,129,
21,410
+25.0
1913
384,428
374,281
330,485
2,757,000 . 2,9S4,9C8
+6.3
1920
60
26,4S9
341
5,488
22,644
301
5,075
19,122
324
6,580
+0.2
-0.4
-2L.
1920
1913
1913
93
612
693
21,891
393
528
20,702
495
600
583
21,756
1,128
T1.
I
[ +33. 2
-18.9
+8.4
j! +19.9
i +37.4
ij +S.5
Production: Zinc
short t o n s . .
Totaltr.de:
Imports—..
thous. of dolls..
Exports
thous. of dolls..
" p o r t s of key commodities (quantities):
Canned salmon
thous. of p o u n d s . .
Cheese
thous. of p o u n d s . .
~ Wheat
thous. of b u s h s . .
Production:
"Vthous. of long tons—!
O4
Steel ingots
thous. of long tons..
gank clearings
mills, of dolls..
•nond issues:
Govt. and provincial
thous. of dolls..
Municipal
thous. of dolls. .
Corporation
thous. of dolls..
Employment:
Total (1st of following
month)
index number.
Newsprint paper:
Production
short t o n s . .
Shipments
short t o n s . .
Shocks
_
short t o n s . .
orts (total printing)
short t o n s . .
I contracts awarded...thous. of dolls..
b
July, 1923.
m
95
by
137
+:\).i
-7.0
+ 10.3
+ 27. ft
li
141,596 i
2,853 i
53,191 I
5,059 !
5,679 i
187,356 !
9,243 •
154,564 !
2,070 1
41,694
4,991
5,670
185,408
6,368
ioi
I -~L0
92.6
7 . 1 j + 10.0
JC2 • 1-44 ' 107
1
143 no in
03 -i 171 12^) i 173
03 , 137 109
( W
1013
1913
1913
I
-
-II.0 I
-i-wi b
M
- 7.9
+75.4
j
M
69 i 107
66 ; 74
!
7S
63
63
- 1 1 - 8 I +40. 4
-10.3 •
102 ' 121
—2.0
;
70
102 10S
: 94 . V0
91;
95
0i
'
. 170 168 , 1S9
181
1913
+18.4
-7.1
-22.0
-3.8
-23.8
-5.4
+20.0
119
82
+ 13.3
-H.f>
-11.7
-7.5
94 104
87
79
80 • 90
1913
19131913
i«I92O
p. ct. employed-.
Belgium
-7.2
133
6,129
1,232
3,337
+2:!il
135 ; 175 102
101 142 : IC3 1M
164 " 140 ' 171 101
IG7 134 ! 142 l.M
1 5 l'Jfl
1
1S6 176
-0.8 j
m
1 c 135
2
602,281 ;
25,774
88,720 :
+ 16.2
i
1 9 1 • 138 109 1C0
210 :i 167 i 1U7
160 ; 110 ; 135
139
no
-1.8
-0.4
-4.8
-50.1
95
!
l
14,330
14,635
12,230
104,493!
117,407
+12.4
1920
+2.1; +19.
I 169
l
i
72,631
88,221
61,970
74,822
78,826
81,330
2.079
19,929
16,135
4,947
18,616
8,18-1
1,378 j
20,660 I
11,419 |
46
52
1,401
23
23
1,202
93 |
105 j
1,258 I
42,036
6,598
6,321
20,000
4,306
2,575
None. !
1,091 j
900 !
1913
1913
18,216 I
47,£G0|
86,371 |
31,841 +74.8
48,843 I +2.1
133,245- +53.4
1913
1913
1913
78
78 , 147 102 ! 118 2S2 J+13H.0
- 00 0
.
144
103 j 100 ! 14 25 ! IM 14
.
1
151 • 130 ; 492287 ; 1U3 I 9S j - 4 3 . 3
610!
656|
10,011 j
496 I -18.7
562 -14.3
+1.2
10,123
1913
1913
1913
I
27 I -50.0
PS ' 111 ! 101 fiS i 55
:
&5 121 ; 124 79 i GO 2fi i - V i . 8
165 : 162 1 178 156 ; 181 j IM I -14.4
+69.0
-14.2
+6.9
1913
1913
1913
548,852
038,502
SI, 240 j 103,511
62,132
72,449 !
80,211 ! 85,755
;I7 1920
113,470
109,831
18,920
105,133
23,818
113,763
112,148
20,450
9-4,486
26,604
113,584
112,818
15,631
104,5GS :
27,488
119 ! 130 I 111 ; -14.7 . -21.4
2S1 • 2S1 23H - l i . 2 - S . 0
-11.2
+7.4
618,299 I
594,491 !
902,391
895,902
+7.6
+&2
748;292TS84 ( 77
223| 649 j 179,204
+18.2
-19.9
S33,425 I
827,711
J» Nine months, average, April to December, inclusive.
1019
1919
1919
1919
1913
141 1 129
1
259 - 335
I
0.0
, 107 "951 I 452 ' -.'.2.4
77 ' CS '• 4.1 j - 3 1 . 7 + 2P4.7
49 i 102 I 42 j - . 1 9 . 3 + 1WL1
0! 0
30 . 11
70 : 15
loo : IOO
150
152
118
I6S
169
100
121
ISO
-9.0
-28.3
-75.3
—78. J
-4.5
!
95
00
175
173
1C5
195
103
1C0 '
if,-;
122!
173
82 :
!
05 ! &3 ! - 2.1
i
j
..
|
i
i
-7.0
J
iru :: ]ft0
i«2. m
ISO I 170
190 ! 171
74 I S3
" Relative to Janunry, 1020.
+0. 3
+2.1
+ai
-10.1
+11.9
+0. 2
-o.G
+30.8
-0.6
-3.0
52
AKCHITECTURAL TERRA COTTA BOOKINGS*
1920
1923
1923
MONTH
NET TONNAGE
January
February. _
March
April
255
732
1,802
3,693
I
:
;
i
May
June
July
August
3,481
6,217
5,912
6,991 :
8,261 !
7,502
12,074 I
6,044
SeptemberOctober
November.
December..
Total.
G3,024
14,987
4,280
3,880
4,815
8,017
7,709
5,58f>
14,144
13,134
16,004
10,126
15,386
14,320
10,240
. 13, 227
12,022
13,011
4,385
4,743
4,716
3,208
4,253
7,280
6,780
5,907
9,990
15,891
11,399
13,552
9,432
10,775
8,057
10,630
10,171
10,807
13,745
8,685
3,511
2,570
4,801
2,326
7,751
6,532
6,281
5,384
10,501
6,837
10,639
6,907
8,601
9,112
10,233
12,990
67,513
71,160
126,288
135,669
6,090
8,953
7,184
.
J
!
'
Relative numbers (1919=100)
116
171
137
285
January,..
FebruaryMarch
April.-..-.
82
74
92
153
147
106
269
"250
305
193
293
273
309
252
229
248
194
206
262
165
May
Juno
July
August..
66
118
113
133
84
90
90
62
81
139
129
113
190
303
217
258
ISO
205
153
202
SeptemberOctober
NovemberDecember- .
157
143
230
115
67
49
92
44
148
124
120
103
200
130
203
132
164
174
195
247
113
200
215 ;.
Average,.
100
107 ;
VALUE'
January...
FebruaryMarch
April
$933,010
1,184,566
1,157,792
2,396,019
$713,500
541,697
680,555
1,012,708
$816,914
607,689
1,445,897
1,305,964
$1,798,484
1,218,923
1,789,508
1,822,518
$1,561,518
1,467,539
1,316,553
1, 570,117
May
June
July
August
|
I
I
I
$26,866
75,655
175,659
372,218
389,341
706,329
705,962
898,251
731,403
804,249
761,670
574,048
574,136
836,187
883,487
728,446
1,08-4,021
1,706,648
1,306,402
1,558,750
1,271,496
1,343,231
1,023,843
1,293,460
1, 229,551
1,127,928
1,475,072
965,059
1,074,720
1,034,230
1,543,871
819,477
597,399
434,288
785,069
383,328
878,690
694,870 !
695,359 i
623,176 i
1,188,725
818,442
1, 263,429
850,035
1,057,148
1,028,891
1,143,019
1,384,922
September..
October
November..
December...
j
Total.
7,822,579 ; 10,742,841
"
8,912,811 ! 13,952,916 I 10,175,443
Relative numbers (1919=100)
I January...
February.
I March
! April
4
12
27
57
143
182
178
368
109
S3
104
155
125
93
222
200
276
187
275
280
210
225
202
241
May—..
June
July
August..
60 !
108
103 |
138 j
112
123
117
88
SS
136
130
112
166
262
200
239
195
206
157
193
187
173
226
148
I Septcmber.
! October
November..
December..
165 I
159 ;
237 [
126 :
92
67
120
59
135
107
107
96
182
120
194
130
162
153
175
212
100
137
114
178
207
1
Average..
»Compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census from the reports of 26 identical manufacturers who produced about 95 per cent
architectural terra cotta made in 1922.
1
Values eiclude freight, cartage, duty, and setting charges.
53
WORLD PRODUCTION OF CANE SUGAR AND FLAXSEED*
FLAXSEKD
A
JE»-| India i States Canada!
™ j
YEAU
Aug.
Jan.* ! Apr.
AUK.
Thousands of bushels
Thousands of short tons
j
1909-1913 average
1914
1915
1016
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1022
!
j
1923 latest estimates
1924 latest estimates
9,971
11,293
12,770
13,442
14,503
13,321
13,799
13,656
14 t 563
14,711
1,514
1,054
1,797
2,009
1,900
1,478
1,473
1,579
1,000
1,093
311
247
139
311
24G
284
122
176
32S
205
15,505 "
:
!.
!
'
:
!
j
1,976
*3S
344
4S6
413
403
440
406
530
551
»667
567 I
646
593
645
577
600
550
522
592
•537
363
346
484
503
454
406
485
490
40S
"379
476
166
J
!
i
i
|
640
445
i Louisiana and Tesas.
* Exports.
I 2 ( 614
:
i
i
j
I
;
2,757
2,0.r)O
3,053
3,703
2,617
3,361
2,826
2 f 025
13,409
110,092
91, f»50
103,2S7
82,151
41,063
61,821
61,602
87,964
83,288
04.000
4,539 ,
3,658
!
j
1
31.0S9
36,028
45,010
39.280
4,032
19,588
30,775
42,038
50,470
4.7,678
19,870
15,448
l.\8S0
19,010
21,040
20,000
0,400
16,700
10,800
17,443
1 19,605
! 1.1,749
14,030
. 14,206
9,161
; 13,369
; 7,256
. 10,774
; 8,0'JO
:
10,375
12,040
7,175
10,628
8,200
f», 035
6,055
M73
7,0*3
4.112
6,003
58,534
127,000
2,295
2,067
3,437
3,442
3,057
4,597
4,209
4,403
4,517
•4,083
21,320 • 17,400
28,400
1R.4S0
7,140
10,841
in January of the year Indicated; January, 1024, estimate Is 63,225,000 bushels.
WORLD PRODUCTION OF BEET SUGAR*
\ World ; United
• total i ' States
Gcr- ! Czecho-l » „ „ , _ I p A i , n ( 1 \ Netherm a n y Slovakia R u s s I a j Poland j I a n d s
Bel-
Sweden j
I Italy
g | u m
YEAR
1009-1913 average
1914
1915
1916
1917
1018
1919
1020
1921
1922.
1923 latest estimates
1
8,432
\
6,468
»Includes Ukraine; data from private sources.
* Refined sugar In terms of raw on the bails of 95 per cent of the raw.
Crops In all countries hero given are harvested beginning in September.
* From private sources.
WORLD PRODUCTION OF RICE*
Country
total*
1
I
India
Japan
! Egypt
i
N e w crop available
|:
Apr.
j
Apr.
Aug.
Sept.
! Sept.
Nov.
Dec.
Dec.
Millions of pounds (cleaned)
Normal consumption (1900-1913).-
j
1000-10X3..
1914
,
1915
1916
1917
1018
1019
67,891
375
110,780
116,000
126,000
131,000
134,000
109,000
128,000
118,000
129,000
131,000
1920
1921
1922..
1023 latest estimates.
1924 latest estimates.
,
72,050
61,109
73,315
78,521
80,633
54,526
71,743
61,063
74,446
75,524
553
61
551
230
437
602
244
283
472
*55
118,000 !j
~;!
63,388
25i
»270
481
657
804
646
741
763
14,002 I
518 |
1,135
70S
965
1,072
1,166
716
712
662
1,446
614
1,045
1,150
641 |
632 |
924
900
700
T
i
297
337
320
320
322
283
412
304
356
373
14,009
17,009
17,569
IS, 360
17,143
17,134
10,106
19,849
17,336
19,067
7,340
7,S26
7,064
7,912
8,323
8,433
0,179
7,716
6,0-13
6,324
1,124
1,404
1,100
1.2S0
1,745
2,213
2,0S9
2,247
2,505
2, GSl
330
17,425
0,718
2,703
2,684
»Exclusive of China: Chinese crop estimated at 52,78Sf000,0OO pounds In 1020 and 70,218,667,000 in 1917
J Irrigated rice in Java and Madura.
* Summer crop only g i e n .
p ly given.
^ P H e d by tU. S. b Department of Apiculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and corrected monthly In accordance with latest available information
U S D s
D
iculture, Bureau
Agricultural Economics, and corrected monthly In accordance with latest available information
t
y
e p a r t m e n t or b y
t &
^ -^
^ s
t
Bureau o/Fei
and Domettic Commerce. Countries are placed in the order
U of C
f Commerce, B
/ Foreign and Dmettic Commerce Countries are placed in the ord iin which crops are harvosted.
hih
h t d
54
WORLD PRODUCTION OF COTTON*
Country
World total j
Peru
United
States
Mexico
!
i
India
Xew crop available
j
!
Brazil
!
; •
June
August
August
Egypt
I
November \ September
September •
Thousands of bales (478 pounds net)
1909-1913 average..
1914
1915
1916
1917
100
129
113
127
125
13,033
16,135
11,192
11,500
11,302
193
108
95
103
135
3,584
4,354
3,128
3,759
322
337
282
281
345
1,453
1,337
989
1,048
1,304
1918..
1919..
1920..
1921..
1922..
18,580
19,925
20,940
15,391
18,900
142
155
164
157
203
12,041
11,421
13,410
7,954
9,762
203
199
188
147
U78
3,328
4,853
3,013
3,748
V4,217
339
384
451
505
553
999
1,155
1,251
902
1,170
1923, latest estimates.
1924, latest estimates.
!
!
i
j
•
20,660
24,630
18,470
18,970
18,370
19,125
10,128
12,787
138
4,247
719
1,213
i
1
From private sources.
* 1922 acreage 12,496,000 compared w i t h 11,976,000 in 1921.
WORLD PRODUCTION OF WHEAT*
Country
New crop available
AmuUna
Australia
India
January
World total
January
March
Spain
July
Italy
France
Germany
Rumania
Canada
August
August
August
August
August
September
Millions of bushels
Normal consumption
(1909-1913)
64
37
301
581
236
361
221
34
116
183
136
318
283
223
205
135
152
146
142
87
49
89
78
3 82
197
161
394
263
234
226
*182
4 237
'323
<213
386
»80
*83
«108
172
*18
<66
189
193
263
301
400
276
106
93
102
1909-1913 average
1914
1915
1916
1917
3,577
3,586
4,190
12,609
12,288
157
105
169
169
SO
85
103
25
179
152
351
312
377
323
382
690
S91
1,026
636
637
130
116
139
152
143
'
I
i •
;
i/u
171
177
140
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
i 2, S04
'2,743
12,868
13,069
13,096
224
150
217
156
191
115
76
46
146
129
370
280
378
250
367
921
968
833
815
868
136
129
;
j
183
170
i id
••"
141
145
125
194
1G2
196
247
109
120
369
364
786
837
157
136
225
176
_
1923, latest estimates
1924, latest estimates
«79
*92
i Russia excluded. N o accurate statistics are available.
* New boundaries.
Excludes Alsace-Lorraine.
* Former kingdom, Bessarabia and Bukowma.
Excludes Dobruja.
• D a t a compiled b y U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, a n d corrected m o n t h l y in accordance w i t h latest available information
by t h a t d e p a r t m e n t or b y U. 3. Department o Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Countries are placed in t h e order in which crops « * »
Corrected to September 20, 1924.
1
1
474
292
00
SOURCES OF DATA
CURRENTPUnUCATON
l
I.—REPORTS FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS-FEDERAL, STATE. AND FOREIGN
\ROENTINE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, Cereal exports from Argentina
AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH'S Bu-I Price index for Australia
• Estadistlea Agro-I'ccuarla
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Monthly.
Second week of month.
IIEAU or CENSUS AND STATISTICS.
UANK OF JAPAN
Prjce index for Japan
Federal Reserve Bulletin
CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF L A B O R . . , Price index for Canada.*
Labour Gazette Trade Journal
BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE
Index for United Kingdom
• British Board of (Canadian)
Employment in Canadian trade-unions
Labour Gazette (Canadian)
Operations of Canadian employment service..- Labour Garotte (Canadian)
CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF TRADE Foreign trado of Canada
'•• Foreign trado of Canada
AND COMMERCE.
Canadian railroad operations
: Operating Rovenucs, etc. of Hallways*...
Canadian iron and steel production
• Pressreleases*
FEDERAL FARM LOAN BOARD
Agricultural loans by land banks
Not published
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA. Wholesale trade
• Business Conditions
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON. Savings deposits in First Fed. Res. Dist
j Monthly Review
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO.! Savings deposits in Seventh Fed. Res. Dist...: Business Conditions
Agricultural pumps
' Business Conditions
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVE- Savings deposits in Fourth Fed. Res. Dist
Business Review
LAND.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANKOF DALLAS..I
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS
CITY.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF N E W
YORK.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN
FRANCISCO.
; Business Conditions
Monthly.
Foreign exchange rates and index
i Fed. Res. Bull, and daily statement*
Savings deposits In Second Fed. Res. Dist__.j! Monthly Review
Savings deposits in Third Fed. Res. Dist
Business and Financial Conditions
Wholesale trado
• Business and Financial Conditions
Savings deposits In Fifth Fed. Res. Dist
j Business and Agricultural Conditions.....
Wholesale trado
! Busuiess and Agricultural Conditions
i
Savings deposits in Twelfth Fed. Res. Dist... ! Business Conditions
Wholesale trade
I Business Conditions
Dnily nnd monthly.
Month y.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Month y.
Month y.
JJonth y.
Mon j y.
gSil E?y(«caBd j«k o month).
r
^S^^^^^Z^^^
Debits to!ndivfdualaccounts
I Fed. Res. Bull, and weekly press releases' j hundiiy papers and monthly
Condition of Federal reserve banks
i Fed. Res. Bull, and weekly press re cases . > r . ' X ^ 1 ^ " ^ ^
^ d mo thW
and monthly.
Condition of reporting member banks
' Fed. Res Bull, and weekly press releases* * rl.
Money held outside U. S. Treasury and Fed- : Federal Reserve Bulletin
Mouthij.
eralreserve system to July 1,1922.
.
: w n n t ».iWholesale price index numbers
Federal Reserve Bu et n
Wont y.
Department store trade; In cooperation with , Federal Reservo Bulletin
Moniuiy.
National Retail Dry Goods Association.
!
Index numbers of department store, mail- I Federal Reserve Bulletin.,
d
b
f d t t
t
order, and chain-store trade.
'
•,
Barley and rye receipts
• Federal Reserve Bulletin
Monthly.
Sales of loose leaf tobacco
' Federal Reserve Bulcltin
Monthly.
Index of ocean freight rates
> Federal Reserve Bulletin
Monthly.
Index numbers of production
Federal Reserve Bulletin
*
Monthly.
:
Wholesale trade
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Monthly.
!
Price index for Franco
Bulletin do la Satisque Generate
LABOR AND
INDIAN DEPARTMENT'OF STATISTICS
!
INTERSTATE COMMERCK COMMISSION.-;
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES.
MASSACHUSETTS
DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
i
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF i
LABOR.
;
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS.
PANAMA CANAL
j
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF LA- I
BOR AND INDUSTRY.
I
y. S. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
!
^ . S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE: '
BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS.
& DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE:
BURBAU OF THE CENSUS
Monthly.
Monthly.
, Bus|ncss Conditions• Business Conditions.
Retail sales of lumber by rural yards
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
SffiSflM
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
FRENCH MINISTRY or
Wholesale trade..
Wholesale trado
Second woek of monih.
Monthly.
Semimonthly.
Semimonthly.
Monthly.
Monthly.
Employment in Illinois
Price index for India
Railways revenues and expenses
Telephone operating revenue and incomo
Telegraph operations and income
Express operations and income
Massachusetts employment
I
!
i
i
\
!
i
Preliminary " ^ ^ o
Operations of large telepho
Not pub ished
Not publtahed--— ;
Monthly statement
""
Monthly.
Mthl
[
• Not published
Labor Marker Bullet in and press releases*.; Monthly.
New York Stato factory employment and ;
earnings.
>
New York State canal traffic
J Annual report
Last weekly issue of month.
Panama Canal traffic
Semimonthly.
ly report*....
i
Unemployment in Pennsylvania
j Not published..
Government employment
1
Monthly supplement.
Crops and Markets
Monthly supplement.
Crops and Markets
Beef, pork, and lamb production
Monthly supplement.
Crops and Markets
Prices of farm products to producers
.
| Crops and Markets and press releases*.... Releases about 1st of month (cotton)
Wool stocks in dealers' hands
: nnd 10th (other crops).
Crop production
Monthly supplement.
Cold-storage holdings and flsh frozen
ji Crops and Markets
Monthly supplement.
Movement of cattle, hogs, and sheep.
' Crops and Markets
Quarterly.
Receipts of butter, cheese, eggs, and poultry...;
Milk receipts at Boston
I Yearly.
Production.
.
Preliminary report on ^innings*
- — . ; Semimonthly during soison.
Cotton ginned™—.•-—-—E S S nary report on cotton comsuned-.., lMh of month.
Cotton consumed and on hand
: J ^ ^ a c h i n e r y and cotton spindles*
20th of month.
week of month.
Active textile machinery -----i7«»B».VcV«i.;"i S S ? . , ? S f h i S ^ S n s . and leather'
First week o m
3
Pyroxylin coated textiles
g
3»
SSffi
Wth of month.
g
hft
I!Sf^ raJ r
! ^l^r.^::::::::::::::::::::::::; |SS;;;;;;;;::::J^X?nlr
• Work clothing
SSSlSaso-""'—""-»»'
j 30th of month.
| Floor and wall tile
gS{Seaw*I"»»
I 20th of month.
i Enameled sanitary ware
•r
o h t f l l n e d d i r e c t frOm the compilers prior to publication in the respective
T hIs
I * i Is not necessarily the sourco of thefigurespublished in the SURVEY, JJ many O " g » g ! ^ e n t statistics between publication dates of the SURVEY.
Journals. This column and the right-hand column had been added to assist readers in ooiamiuu ^
Multigraphcd or mimeographed sheets.
56
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued
CURRENT FUBIJCAT1ON
SOURCE
DATE OF PUBLICATION'
I.—REPORTS FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS}—FEDERAL, STATE, AND FOREIGN—Continued
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE:
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS (Con.)---
Produc. indexes of raw materials and inanfrs..
Fats and oils, production, consumption, and
stocks.
Fabricated struc. steel sales from Apr., 1922
Automobile production from July, 1921
Wood chemical operations
Steel casting sales
Steel furniture shipments
Locomotive shipments and unfilled orders
;
Earnings of public utilities
!
Plumbing goods price index
_
Architectural terra cotta
!
Fish catch at principal fishing ports
:
BUREAU OF FISHERIES
j
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DO- All imports and exports
Fuel loEided for consumption by vessels at
MESTIC COMMERCE.
principal clearing ports.
Tonnage of vessels, entered and cleared in
United States foreign trade.
i
Data on trade, employment and coal and iron I
production of foreign countries.
Wholesale price of wool
Warehouse stocks of rice
Vessels under construction completed, and lost.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION
Building material price indexes
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
Wheat flour production, prior to July, 1920—
U. S. GRAIN CORPORATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR:
Refined petroleum products, production, etc..
BUREAU OF MINES
Explosives, production, shipments, etc
Portland cement, production, etc
GEOLOGICAL SUKVET..
Coal and coke production
_
'
Crude petroleum, production, etc
Electric power production
j
Consumption of fuel by public utility plants..
Figures on nonferrous metal production
Patents granted
_
U. S. PATENT OFFICE
DIVISION OF NATIONAL PARKS..
Visitors to National Parks
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR:
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
Number on pay roll—United States factories..
Employment agency operations
Survey of Current Business
Statistics of fats and oils •
Monthly.
i Quarterly (one month after end cf
quarter).
Press release •
15th of month.
Pressrelease *
20th of month.
Press release * ~_
30th of month.
Press release *
i 20th of month.
Press release *
20th of month.
Pressrelease *
i lOthof month.
Survey of Current Business
|
! Monthly.
Press release
10th of month.
Pressrelease *
• 15th of month.
Monthly statement
i
Monthly Sum. Foreign Commerce (Pt. I) 1 . Last week of month.
Not published
Monthly Sum. Foreign Commerce (Pt. II) Middle of next month.
Various foreign sources
...
Yearly.
Wholesale Prices
Mon. Sum. Foreign Commerce (Pt. I I ) . . . Monthly.
First weekly Issue of month (MODCommerce Reports
days).
Not published
No longer published
i
Hennery statistics *
Second week of month.
Explosive statistics •
_
Monthly.
Report on Portland cement output *
_j 20th of month.
Weekly report on production of coal *
! Second or third weekly issue of mo
Preliminary statistics on petroleum •
25th of month.
Production of electric power *
j End of month.
Production of electric power *
'• End of month.
Annually.
Mineral Resources
Not published,
Monthly.
Not published
First week of month.
Industrial Survey *
Report of Activities of State and Munici- Every 4 or 5 weeks.
pal Employment Agencies.
Not published
j
Wholesale Prices of Commodities
Monthly Labor Review
" Monthly.
Monthly.
Monthly Labor Review
Monthly.
Monthly Labor Review
Postal Savings News Bulletin
' 12th of month.
7th of month.
Statement of Postal Receipts *
Not published
_
= 10th of month.
Daily Statement of the U. 3. Treasury
! Last day of month.
Circulation of money
I Monthly.
Not published
!
Not published
\ First week of month.
Statement of tax-paid products *
j
Immigration and emigration statistics
Wholesale prices of commodities, including
farm products, food, clothing, metals, etc. *
"
Wholesale price index
Retail price index of foods
Retail coal prices
U. S. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT—...! United States Postal savings
• Postal receipts
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
!
.i Passports issued
_
.. Government debt, receipts and disbursements.
U. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT
! Money in circulation from July 1,1922
BUREAU OF THE MINT
.; Domestic receipts of gold at mint
1
BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE. Oleomargarine production
. Consumption of manufactured tobacco, snufT,
: cigars, cigarettes, and oleomargarine.
Internal Revenue taxes on specified articles
Classified collections of Internal Revenue.j
U. S. WAR DEPARTMENT:
ENGINEER CORPS
i Iron ore movement
Monthly statistical report
!
Srtult Ste. Mario Canal traffic
Monthly statistical report
Ohio Kivcr cargo traffic
MISSISSIPPI-WARRIOR SERVICE . . . Barge traffic on Mississippi River
Not published
I
WAR FINANCE CORPORATION
Agricultural loans
Not published in form used
'
WISCONSIN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION. Wisconsin factory earnings and employment.. Bulletin on Wisconsin labor market *
BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS..
25th of month.
Monthly during season.
Monthly during season.
Monthly.
I5th of month.
II.—REPORTS FROM TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS
(Excluding individual firms reporting data to be combined with other firms or trade associations)
ABERTHAW CONSTRUCTION CO
ABRASIVE PAPER AND CLOTH MANUFACTURERS' EXCHANGE.
ASSOCIATED CORN PRODUCTS MANUFACTURERS.
AMERICAN BUREAU OF METAL STATISTICS.
Building costs
Sale of abrasive paper and cloth _
Corn ground into starch, glucose, etc.
Construction trade papers
Not published
ASSOCIATION.
AMERICAN IRON* AND STEEL INSTITUTE.
AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE
AMERICAN PIG IRON ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN RAILWAY ASSOCIATION
(Car Service Division).
AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH Co.
AMERICAN WALNUT MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION.
AMERICAN WASHING MACHINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION.
AMERICAN WRITING PAPER COMPANY.
AMERICAN ZINC INSTITUTEANTHRACITE BUREAU OF INFORMATION.
ASSOCIATED KNIT UNDERWEAR MANUFACTURERS* ASSOCIATION.
ASSOCIATION OF LIFE INSURANCE
I
Not published
Copper, silver, and lead production..
Zinc production in Belgium...
Zinc stocks in United Kingdom
,
AMERICAN FACE BRICK ASSOCIATION.. Face brick production, stocks, etc
AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS* Stocks of newsprint paper
Walnut lumber and logs
Not published
Not published
Not published
Trends in the Face Brick Industry
Monthly report
Press release to trade papers *
Bulletin
Not published
Car Surplusages and Shortages *.._
Information Bulletin *
'.
Financial papers
Not published
\
!
•
• Monthly.
j Monthly.
! 7th of month.
!
• „
j Weekly.
Weekly.
9mnnth
: Third week of month.
Quarterly.
Washing machine sales
Not published
j
Steel Ingot production
Gasoline and kerosene consumption
Merchant pig iron production, etc
Freight car surplus and shortage
Car loadings and bad-order cars
Stockholders in the company
...
Purchases and sales of paper
_.. Not published
Produc. and stocks zinc, retorts operating
Press release to trade papers *
Anthracite shipments and stocks
Statement of. anthracite shipments •
Knit underwear production
Monthly report *
New life insurance business.
Not published
Premium collections.. _
Not published
Distribution of assets
Not published
AUTOMODILE MANUFACTURERS' ASSO- Automobile accessory sales „
No longer published.,
CIATION.
BOSTON, CAPE COD AND NEW YORK Cape Cod Canal traffic
Not published
• Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets
•
..
| 13th of montn.
| loth of montu.
\ Monthly.
•!
Monthly.
i Imports and exports of gold and silver in Part II.
57
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued
CURRENT PUBLICATION
DATE OF PUBLICATION
II.—REPORTS FROM TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE OltGANIZATIONS-Contlnuod
(Excluding individual firms reporting data to be combined with other firms or trado associations)
BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
. Receipts of wool at Boston
I Trade papers
BRIDGE BUILDERS AND STRUCTURAL ' Fabricated structural steel sales before April, j No longer published.,
SOCIETY.
i
Summary of operating statistics..
Not published
! Summary or operating statistics...,
! Not published
\ Not published
j Not published
; Not published
Not published
BUREAU OF RAILWAY ECONOMICS
i Number of tons carried l mile
j Avcrago receipts per ton-mile
! Passengers carried 1 milo
j Railway employment
! Locomotives in bad order
Per cent of earnings on valuation
CALIFORNIA REDWOOD ASSOCIATION..! Redwood lumber production, etc
CALIFORNIA WHITE AND SUGAR PINE | Sugnr pino lumber production, etc
ASSOCIATION.
; Dally.
"Ii
1922.
| Monthly.
• Monthly.
j
: Daily.
; Monthly.
|
CHICAGO HOARD OF TRADE
CUILDS Co
„
CLEVELAND TRUST C O
i Wheat, corn and oats, receipts, etc
Trado papers...
Restaurant sales
- Monthly report
Automobile production, monthly, January, Not published currently
i 1920. to June, 1021.
Le Canal de Suez
COMPAGNIE UNIVERSELLE DU CANAL j Suez Canal traffic
MARITIME DE SUEZ.
j
CONTAINER CLUB
Not published
Production of paper box board through April,
: 1923.
Credit
Not published
Statement on Building Statistics..
Weekly press release
,
Not published
MANUFACTURERS (British).
IlAFFARDS, G. M., & CO
HYDRAULIC SOCIETY
ILLUMINATING GLASSWARE G U I L D . _._•
IOWA-NEBRASKA CANKERS' ASSOCN..
JACKSONVILLE CHAMBER OF C O M MERCE.
JONES BROS. T E A C O .
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE A S S O C N . . .
LEATHER BELTING EXCHANGE
LIFE INSURANCE SALES RESEARCH
BUREAU.
MAPLE FLOORING M A N F R S . ASSOCN..
MCLEAN BUILDING REPORTS, L T D . . . .
MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE OF ST. LOUIS.
MicniGAN HARDWOOD MANUFACTURE
^ ERS' ASSOCIATION.
MINNEAPOLIS CHAMBER OF C O M MERCE.
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF CASE GOODS
ASSOCIATION.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRASS
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUTTON
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAIR
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CORRU-
GATED AND FlDER BOX MANFRS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF FARM
EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FINISHERS
OF COTTON FABRICS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF H A T M A N *
UFACTUKERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PIANO
BEN-cn AND STOOL MANUFACTURERS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STEEL
FURNITURE
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET AND
T I N PLATE MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF W O O L
MANUFACTURERS.
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
NATIONAL BOTTLE M A N F R S . ASSOCN..
NATIONAL CONTAINER ASSOCIATION...
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CREDIT ASSOCIATION.
NAT. INDUS. CONFERENCE B O A R D —
NATIONAL MACHINE TOOL BUILDERS'
ASSOCIATION.
NATIONAL PAYING BRICK MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
NATIONAL RETAIL D R Y GOODS ASSO..
NATIONAL WOOD CHEMICAL A S S O . . . ,
JNEW ORLEANS BOARD OF T R A D E . . . .
ORLEANS COTTON EXCHANGE...
s PRINT SERVICE BUREAU
N E W YORK C O F F E E AND SUGAR E X .
£ t w YORK M E T A L EXCHANGE
YORK T R U S T COMPANY
ORTH CAROLINA P I N E ASSOCIATION
NORTHERN HEMLOCK AND H A R D WOOD MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION. •
NORTHERN PlNE MANFRS. ASSOCN...
Roofing felt production, stocks, etc
Fine cotton goods production and sales...
Shipments of firo extinguishers
Foundry equipment production
Weekly.
Trade papers...
CREDIT CLEARING HOUSE
i Credit conditions,
DAIRYMEN'S LEAGUE COOPERATIVE Milk deliveries to milk plants
ASSOCIATION, INC.
Building statistics—Contracts awarded
F. w . DODGE CORP
EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION OF DETROIT. Detroit factory employment
ENAMELED
SANITARY
MANUFAC- Enameled sanitary ware
TURERS' ASSOCIATION.
FEDERATION OF IRON AND STEEL British iron and steel production
FELT MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION..
FINE COTTON GOODS EXCHANQE
FIRE EXTINGUISHER EXCHANGE
FOUNDRY
EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
HARDWOOD M A N F R S . INSTITUTE
6th, 15th, and 2.1th of month.
Second week of month.
Monthly. '
Not published.
Trade papers...
%
J Not pu
jbushed.
;
Monthly.
Stocks and unfilled orders hardwood lumber..j Monthly reportFall River Mill dividends
j Bradstreets
Hydraulic machinery shipments, etc
• Not published..,
Illuminating glassware production, orders, etc. Not published..
Weekly report •
,
Unsold stock of sweet corn
Naval Stores Review
,
Turpentine and rosin receiptsFinancial papers
,
Monthly report •
Sales.
Consump., stocks, and shipments, iron ore
Monthly report (not published).
Sales of leather belting
Monthly release
Lifo insurance sales
Quarterly.
Weekly.
Weekly.
Monthly.
ISth of month.
Not published
Maple flooring production, etc.
Canadian building contracts
Canadian Building Review.
Receipts and shipments of lead and zinc
i Receipts and shipments at St. Louis
Mississippi River traffic
j Not published
ardwood and softwood lumber, production Not published
Hard1
and shi]
shipments.
| Monthly statements
Linseed
Unfilled orders and shipments of furnituro..., Not published in form used
Brass faucets, orders and shipments
Button stocks, activity, etc
Monthly.
3d of month.
, Not published
, Weekly report
Chair shipments and unfilled orders
Production of paper box board through April,
1923.
Agricultural pumps
, Weekly.
Not published in form used
Not published
Business conditions (Chicago Federal
Reserve).
Not published
Monthly.
Finished cotton goods, billings, orders, shipments, and stocks.
Hat production, etc., and stocks of fur
\ Not published
Production, shipments, and unfilled orders of j Not published.
piano benches and stools.
\
Steel furniture shipments
I Not published.
Not published
Sheet-metal production and stocks
No longer published
1913 figures for active textile machinery
Production and shipments of passenger cars
and trucks.
Glass bottle production Index
Production of paper box board since April,
1023.
Credit conditions
Cost of living
Machine-tool orders, etc
Paving-brick production, etc
,
* Multigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
Second week of month.
Not published
Not published
Monthly press release
Not published
Monthly report
Department store trade (sec Fed. Res. Bd.)._. Federal Reserve Bulletin
Production of wood alcohol and acetate of lime. Not published^
Canadian^new-sprint production, etc
\
United States newsprint data since June, 1923.1
Coffee receipts, stocks, etc
Stocks of tin
Indexes of stock and bond prices
..
North Carolina pine, production, etc
Hemlock and hardwood lumber production,
etc.
Northern pine lumber and lath..
*
Traffic bulletin* (production figures not
published).
Not published
Monthly b u l l e t i n Monthly bulletin..Monthly statement.
Trade papers
Tho index.....
Not published
Not published
Not published-
I 21st of month.
Monthly.
First week of month.
First week of month.
First week of month.
First week ol month.
Monthly.
5S
SOURCES OF DATA—Continued
CURRENT PUULICATION
I
DATA
DATE OP PUBLICATION
II.—REPORTS FROM TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS-Continued.
(Excluding individual firms reporting data to be combined with other firms or trade associations) * "
OAK FLOORING MANFRS. ASSOCN
\
OHIO FOUNDRYMAN'S ASSOCIATION—;
OPTICAL MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCN _._:
PACIFIC CANNED FISH BROKERS' AS- j
SOCIATION.
i
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO
PENSACOLA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE..
PHILADELPHIA MILK EXCHANGE
PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION
i
PREPARED ROOFING MANFRS. ASSOCNV
PULLMAN COMPANY
RAILWAY AOE
REFRACTORIE3 MANUFACTURERS* ASSOCIATION.
RICE MILLERS 1 ASSOCIATION
ROPE PAPER SACK MANFRS. ASSOCN.
RUBBER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA....
RUBBER GROWERS' ASSOCIATION
SALES BOOK MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
SAVANNAH BOARD OF TRADE
SAVINGS BANK ASSOCIATION OF STATE
OF NEW YORK.
SILK ASSOCIATION OF AMERICASOUTHERN FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
SOUTHERN PINE ASSOCIATION
STEEL BARREL MANKRS. ASSOCN
STEEL FOUNDERS' SOCIETY
STOKER MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCN.__
STRUCTURAL STEEL SOCIETY
TANNERS' COUNCIL
TUBULAR PLUMBING GOODS ASSOCN..
TWIN CITY MILK PRODUCERS'ASSOCN.
U . S . S T E E L CORPORATION
0<ik flooring, production, etc
Ohio foundry iron production
Spectacle frames and mountings, sales, etc
Shipments of canned salmon
Not published
Monthly report* (not published).
j Not published
,
Not published
--- _-j
i Monthly.
Stockholders in the company
,
Turpentino and rosin receipts
Milk receipts at Philadelphia
Cement paving contracts
Shipments of prepared roofing
Pullman passenger traffic
Railway equipment orders
Fire-clay brick production, etc
Silica brick production, etc
Rico rccoipts, stocks, etc
Shipments of ropo paper sacks
Automobile tires, tubes, and raw material
Rubber stocks in England
Shipment of sales books
Financial papers
Quarterly.
Naval Stores Review
Weekly.
Not published---.1
Conurcto Highway Magazine
J--- Monthly.
Not published
•
:
Not published
".
Railway Ago
*.:
: Monthly.
Not published
Not published
___..„.__.—.
Monthly report
—-i
Not published---._:„.| Monthly reports (not published)
!
Bulletin of Rubber Growers Association..\ Monthly
Not published
_
|
Turpentino and rosin receipts
Savings banks deposits in New York State
Naval Stores Review
Not published
Raw silk consumption, etc
Furniture shipments and unfilled orders
Monthly press releaso to trade papers* — 5th of month.
Not published in form used
:
Yollow pine production and stocks
Steel barrel shipments, orders, etc
Sales of steel castings
Salc3 of stokers through December, 1922
Sales of fabricated structural steel
Leather production through May, 1922
Tubular plumbing sales
Milk production, Minnesota
Unfilled orders
Earnings
_
Stockholders
Wages of common labor
Printing activity
UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA
Rostaurant sales
WALDORF SYSTEM, INC
WEST COAST LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCN.. Douglas fir lumber production, otc
WEBBING MANUFACTURERS' E X C H . . . Sales of elastic webbing
WESTERN PINE MANUFACTURERS' Western pine lumber production, etc
I Weekly.
-
Not published In form used
..-.Monthly reports* (not published)
| Not published..~
:
No longer published
j Not published
1 Not published
i Semiwcckly reports
i Not published
Press release*
, Pressrelease*.
| Financial papers
j Special reports*_.:
:,
j Typothetao Bulletin--.
j Monthly press release*.
i Not published
„
; Not published
! Not published
.
10th of month.
Monthly.
Quarterly.
Occasionally.
Monthly. .
ASSOCIATION.
DATE OF PUBLICATION*
SOURCE
III.—REPORTS FROM TECHNICAL PERIODICALS
AMERICAN METAL MARKET.
T H E ANNALIST
T H E BOND B U Y E E .
BRADSTKEET'S
BULLETIN DE LA STATISTIQUE GENERALE
CHEMICAL AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING..
COAL AGE
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CHRONICLE
Dow,
JONES & Co. (WALL STREET JOURNAL).
DUN'S REVIEW
ELECTRICAL WORLD
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL-PRESS.....
ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD
FINANCIAL POST
FRANKFURTER ZEITUNO
HAY TRADE JOURNAL
,
IRON AGE
IRON TRADE REVIEW LONDON ECONOMIST
LUMBER
MANUFACTURERS' RECORD
MILK REPORTER
MODERN MILLER
NAVAL STORES REVIEW
„
NEUE ZURICFJER ZEITUNO
NEW YORK JOURNAL OF COMMERCE..
NEW YORK EVENING POSTIS7 CRT!! WESTERN M l L L E R
OIL, PAINT, AND DBUG REPORTER
OIL TRADE JOURNAL
PRINTERS' INK
PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY
I"
RUSSELL'S COMMERCIAL N E W S . — " "
STATISTICAL SUGAR TRADE JOURNA'L"
fiVENSK IlANDELSTIDMNG
• Miiltigraphed or mimeographed sheets.
First or second week of month (dally).
First weekly issue of month (Mondays)
Weekly (Mondays).
_j Composite pig iron and steel prices
_l New York stock sales
!
New York closing stock prices
| Foreign exchange rates, 1914 to 1918.1 State and municipal bond issues
,
i Municipal bond yields
,
_j Visible supply of wheat and corn
,
, Bank clearings, United States and Canada.
! Wholesale price index
: Business failures, Canada
"
J Price index for France
. Chemical price index
. Mine prce of bituminous coal
coal..
e price
Cotton (visiblo supply) and Interest rates
Mail order and chain store sales
t
ii
i New corporate securities
.! New York bond sales and prices
! Mexican petroleum shipments
_i Business failures and wholesale price index.
-i Sales of electrical energy, central stations
-! Rand gold production and silver prices
_! Construction cost and volume index
-j Canadian bond Issues
„
.1 Price index for Germany
.[ Hay receipts
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly Issue of month (Saturdays).
Weekly (Saturdays).
.
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Second weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Monthly.
Weekly (Wednesdays).
Weekly (Thursdays).
S ^ & f f i f t & l y issue of month (Saturdays).
Last issue of month.
First week of month (daily).
20th of month (daily). •
tfwia..o
First weekly issue of month (Saturday .
First weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
Second weekly issue of month (Saturdays).
First weekly issue of month.
Weekly (Thursdays).
Monthly.
IIIIIIIII
-i Pig-iron production and furnaces in blast
! Composito finished steel price
. ' I r o n and steel prices
j Railway freight car orders
J Price index for United Kingdom
.! Price Indices of lumber
IIIIIII!
^t^Wt
^ ^ K K m t h (Thursday).
10th of month.
/ r , Mo _-.\
First weekly issue of month (Fridays).
Monthly.
'. Weekly.
Weekly.
Weekly (Saturdays).
.1 Southern construction and southern bond issues"
.1 Milk receipts at Greater New York
.I Argentine visible supply of wheat and corn
.j Turpentine and rosin, receipts and stocks
J Price index for Switzerland
IIIIII!
.: Dividend and interest payments
II
; New capital issues and new corporationsIII
!
I Fire losses
J Nowspaper advertising
IIIIIII
.i Flaxsecd, receipts, etc
_
•
; Wheat flour production for 1917
.! Prico indices of drugs, oils, etc
•' Argentine visible supply of flaxseed
.i Mexican petroleum shipments
_i Magazine advertising
. Book production
. _
J Wheat flour production, from July, 1920
J Sugar stocks, receipts, meltings, and Cuban statistics...
. Price index for Sweden
O
th (Thursday,).
Weekly (Thursdays).
First week of month (daily).
First week of month (daily);
10th of month (daily).
Not published.
Weekly (Wednesdays).
Weekly (Mondays).
Weekly (Mondays).
10th of month (monthly).
Second week of month.
Third week of month.
Weekly compilation (dally).
Weekly (Fridays).
PUBLICATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Recent publications of the Department of Commerce having the most direct interest to readers of the SURVEY OP CURRENT
BUSINESS are listed below. A complete list may be obtained by addressing the Division of Publications, Department of Commerce,
at Washington. Copies of the publications may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing
Office, Washington, at the prices stated. If no price is mentioned, the publication is distributed free.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Property Accounting.—Department Circular No. 204 (third
edition), June 4, 1024.
Laws and Regulations for Protection of Fisheries of Alaska.—
Department Circular No. 251 (tenth edition), June 21, 1024.
Simplified Practice Recommendations: Bed Blankets, Cotton,
Wool, and Cotton and Wool Mixed. Recommendation No. 11.
Price 50.
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
(For circulars giving plan of publication and distribution of census publications
address the Director of the Census.)
Biennial Census of Manufactures, 1921.—1,637 pages,
price $1.75. This report presents the statistics of the first
biennial census of manufactures for the United States which
covered industrial operations during the calendar year 1921.
Financial Statistics of Cities Having a Population of Over
30,000, 1922.—-307 pages, price 750. This is the annual report
of the Bureau of the Census showing the financial transactions
of 201 cities for the fiscal year 1922, the assessed valuation of
taxable property in tlioso cities ami the taxes levied thereon
during that year, and their indebtedness and specified assets
at the close of that year.
Telephones, 1922.—56 pages, price 100. This report is one
of the series giving the results of the census of electrical industries taken quinquennially by the Census Bureau.
Farm Population of Selected Counties.—238 pages, price 2f>0.
This report gives data relating to the farm population of the
following eight selected counties in typical agricultural sections
of the United States: Otsego County, N. Y.; Dane County,
Wis.; New Madrid and Scott Counties, Mo.; Cass County,
N. Dak.; Wake County, N. C ; Ellis County, Tex.; and King
County, Wash.
Consumption of Vegetable Tanning Materials.—4 pages,
price 50. This report, which is compiled in cooperation with
the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, shows the crude
vegetable materials and vegetable extracts consumed in tanning
for"1023 and 1919.
State Comnendiums, 1920.—Indiana, 183 pages, price 350;
Maryland, 101 pages, price 200; New York, 208 pages, price
050; and Oklahoma, 131 pages, price 250. Each compendium
contains detailed statistics of population, agriculture, manufactures, and mining for the State named. A summary for the
United States is also given, with a map showing the centers of
population, agricultural products, and manufactures.
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce of the United
States, May, 1924.—Parts I and II. Owing to the advanced
cost of printing it has been necessary to advance the subscription price of the Monthly Summary from $1 to $1.25
a year. The single-copy price of Part I will be 100, and of
Part II, 50.
Commerce Reports.—A weekly survey of foreign trade,
cable summitries of world conditions, and articles on situation
in various commodities in foreign countries. Quarto, 72 pages.
Price 10£ per copy; $3 a year ($5 for foreign).
Index to Commerce Reports, Nos. 14-26, April, May, June,
1924. Price 5(\
Domestic Market Possibilities for Electrical Merchandising
Lines, Analysis of Pereentftgo Distribution by States, by 11. A.
Lundquist arid 1J. E. Way.—Trade Promotion Series"No. 9.
Price o^.
Glossary of Automotive Terms and Instructions to Exporters
for Guidance in Properly Listing and Classifying Automotive
Apparatus and Supplies in Shippers' Export Declarations,
prepared in the Automotive Division.—Trade Promotion
Series No. 3. Price 50.
Noninloxicating Beverages in Latin America, prepared in the
Foodstuffs Division.—Trade Information Bulletin No. 2G0.
Welsh Coal Trade in 1923, by Kdgar C. Soulc, American
Consul, Cardiff, Wales.—Trade Information Bulletin No. 201.
Labor, Wages, and Unemployment in France, by Ell wood A.
Welden, European Division.—Trade Information Bulletin
No. 202.
The Petroleum Industry of Russia, by William A. Otis,
Mineral Division.—Trade Information Bulletin No. 203.
Haiti: An Economic Survey, prepared in the Latin-American
Division.—Trade Information Bulletin No. 204.
Austrian Iron and Steel Industry and Trade, by E. M.
Zwickel, Assistant American Trade Commissioner, Vienna.—
Trade Information Bulletin No. 205.
Budgetary Control in Retail Store Management, prepared in
Domestic Commerce Division.—Trade Information Bulletin
No. 200.
Postwar Conditions in the German Toy Industry, by
Arthur J. Grey, American Trade Commissioner, Berlin.—Trade
Information Bulletin No. 207.
Turkey's Foreign Debt, by James 11. Mood, European Division.—Trade Information Bulletin No. 208.
Retail Store Location, prepared in Domestic Commerce
Division.—Trade Information Bulletin No. 209.
Nitrogen Survey: Part IV.—The Nitrogen Situation in
European Countries, by Harry A. Curtis, Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, and Frank A. Ernst, Fixed Nitrogen
Research Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture.—Trade Information Bulletin No. 270.
BUREAU OF FISHERIES
Variation in the Maximum Depth at which Fish Can Live
during Summer in a Moderately Deep Lake with a T her modine, by Frank Smith.—Document No. 970. Price 50.
Iodine Content of Sea Foods, by Donald K. Trcssler and
Arthur W. Wells. Document No. 907. Price 50.
Propagation and Distribution of Food Fishes, Fiscal Year
1923, by Glen C. Leach. Document No. 904. Price 150.
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
Formulas, Tables, and Curves for Computing the Mutual
Inductance of Two Coaxial Circles, by Harvey L. Curtis and
C. Matilda Sparks.—Scientific Paper No. 492. Price 150.
Tests of Some Girder Hooks, by Herbert L. Whittemore and
Ambrose II. Stang.—Technologic Paper No. 200. Price 100.
Influence of Sulphur, Oxygen, Copper, and Manganese on
the Red-Shortness of Iron, by J. R. Cain.—Technologic Paper
No. 201. Price 100.
Saturation Relations in Mixtures of Sucrose, Dextrose, and
Lcvulose, by Richard I1'. Jackson and Clara Gillis Silsbee.—
Technologic Paper No. 259. Price 100.
Recommended Specifications for Quicklime and Hydrated
Lime for Use in the Absorption of Carbon Dioxide. Circular
No. 189. Price 50.
United States Government Specifications:
Writing Ink. Circular No. 183. Price 50.
Stamp-pad Ink. Circular No. 185. Price 50.
Asphalt for Unsurfaced Built-up Roofing. Circular No. 168.
Price 50.
Computing and Recording Machines. Circular No. 188.
Record and Copying Ink. Circular No. 182. Price 50.
Typewriter Ribbons. Circular No. 180. Price 50.
Battleship Linoleum. Circular No. 191. Price 50.
The above specifications have boon oflfcially adopted by the Federal Specifications
Board as a .standard in purchasing materials for uso by Government departments
and other Government establishments.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION
American Documented Seagoing Merchant Vessels of 500
Gross Tons and Over, September 2, 1924.—Serial No. 82. Price
100 a copy; annual subscription price 750.
Radio Service Bulletin, September 2, 1924.—No. 89. Price
50 a oopy; annual subscription price 250.
Coxnnierical and Government Radio Stations of the United
States. Edition June 30, 192J. Price 150.
NOTE.—All orders for radio piibliinitions listed by the Bureau of Navigation and
inquiries concerning tiiese publications should be addressed to the Superintendent
of -Documents, Government Printing Odicc, Washington, D. G. Do not make
remittances to the Bureau of Navigation or to radio inspectors.
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
Precise Triangulation, Traverse, and Leveling in North
Carolina, by Walter D. SutclifTe and Henry G. Avers. Special
Publication No. 101. Price 250.
A Gravimetric Test of the "Roots of Mountains" Theory,
by William Howie. Serial No. 291.
Aerial Survey of the Mississippi River Delta, by G. C. Mattison. Serial No. 271. Price 100.
LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE
Buoy List, 1924.—Sixth District, Cape Lookout to Hillsboro
Inlet (corrected to September 1). Price 200.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
HERBERT HOOVER, Secretary of Commerce
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
BUREAU OF FISHERIES
WILLIAM M. STEUART, Director
HENRY O'MALLEY, Commissioner
Chief functions
The taking of the decennial census covering population, agriculture, manufactures, mines and quarries, and forest products.
Decennial report of national wealth, public debt, and taxation, including principal financial statistics of Federal, State,
county, city, and township governments.
Annual financial statistics of State and municipal governments, including sources of revenue, objects of payments, debt,
tax levies.
Decennial statistics relating to inmates of institutions, including paupers, insane, prisoners, and juvenile deliquents.
A quinquennial census of agriculture, a biennial census of
manufactures, a quinquennial census of electrical public utilities,
including electric railways, light and power stations, telephones,
telegraphs, etc.
Annual statistics of births, deaths, marriages, and divorces.
Quarterly statistics of leaf tobacco stocks and of production,
stocks, and consumption of fats and oils.
Monthly or semimonthly statistics of cotton ginning; cotton
stocks and consumption; the production, stocks, and consumption of hides and leather; the production of shoes; and statistics of active textile machinery and of production in an increasing number of other industries.
JThe compilation and publication, in the "Survey of Current
Business," of monthly commercial and industrial statistics.
Chief functions
The propagation of useful food fishes, including lobsters,
oysters, and other shellfish, and their distribution to suitable
waters.
Investigations of fish culture, fish diseases, and for the conservation of fishery resources and the development of commercial fisheries.
The study of the methods of the fisheries andfisheryindustries
and the utilization of fishery products.
The collection of statistics of fisheries.
The administration of the Alaska salmon fisheries, the fur-seal
herd on the Pribilof Islands, and the law for the protection of
sponges off the coast «f Florida.
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE
JULIUS KLEIN, Director
Chief functions
The compilation of timely information concerning world
market conditions and openings for American products in foreign countries secured through, commercial attache's and trade
commissioners of the Department of Commerce and the foreign
service of the Department of State. The distribution of such
information to American business through weekly " Commerce
reports," special bulletins, confidential circulars, the news and
trade press, correspondence, and personal contact.
The maintenance of commodity, technical, and geographical
divisions to afford special service to American export industries.
The compilation and distribution of names of possible buyers
and agents for American products in all parts of the world and
publication of weekly lists of specific sales opportunities abroad.
The maintenance of district and cooperative offices in 33 cities
In the United States to expedite delivery of market information
to business men and to keep the department adivsed as to
the urgent requirements of American trades and industries.
The publication of official statistics on imports and exports.
The study of the processes of domestic trade and commerce,
with a view to their improvement and the dissemination of
information obtained for the benefit of the public, as well as of
those directly concerned.
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
BUREAU OF LIGHTHOUSES
GEORGE R. PUTNAM, Commissioner
Chief functions
The establishment and maintenance of lighthouses, lightships, buoys, and other aids to navigation on the sea and the
lake coast and on the rivers of the United States, including
Alaska, Hawaiian Islands, and Porto Rico.
The publication of Light Lists, Buoy Lists, and Notices to
Mariners, including information regarding all aids to navigation
maintained by the Lighthouse Service.
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
E. LESTER JONES, Director
Chief functions
The survey of the coasts of the United States and the publication of charts needed for the navigation of the adjacent
waters, including Alaska, the Philippine Islands, Hawaii, Porto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Canal Zone.
A comprehensive geodetic system, extending into the interior,
connects and coordinates the surveys of the coasts, and is designed to furnish accurately determined points and elevations
in-a.ll parts of the country. These are available as a basis for
Federal, State, and municipal surveys, and engineering projects
of every kind. The magnetic declination has been determined
at a large number of stations throughout the country, and the
results are available for the use of surveyors and engineers.
The technical operations include base measures, triangulation, traverse, precise leveling, the determination of latitude and
azimuth, the determination of difference of longitude by telegraph or radio, magnetic observations and researches, the
preparation of magnetic maps, the determination of the force
of gravity, topography, hydrography, deep-sea soundings, water
temperatures, tidal and current observations.
The results are published in the form of charts on various
scales, annual reports, coast pilots, tide tables (published annually in advance), current tables, digests of geodetic publications,
and special publications.
GEOUGE K. BURGESS, Director
Chief functions
Custody of standards of measurement, quality, performance,
or practice adopted or recognized by the Government. Development and construction of such standards when necessary.
Testing and calibration of apparatus and comparison of standards used by scientific or other institutions with those in the
custody of the bureau.
Determination of physical constants and properties of
materials.
The testing of materials and establishment of standards and
processes in cooperation with commercial firms or organizations.
Industrial researches covering structural, engineering, and
miscellaneous materials, radio, radium, mechanical appliances,
sugar technology, leather, paper, rubber, and textiles; clay
products, glass,"and refractories, metals and metallurgy, and
similar groups of subjects.
The collection and dissemination of information showing approved methods in building, planning, and construction, including building materials and codes and such other matters as may
encourage, improve, and cheapen construction and housing.
Studies on simplified commercial practices and establishment
of such practices through cooperative business organizations.
The bureau publishes six series of scientific and technical
publications, reporting the results of its researches and giving
technical data fundamental to industry.
The Director has supervision of the preparation of technical
specifications through the Federal Specifications Board.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION
D. B. CARSON, Commissioner
Chief functions
General superintendence of commercial marine and merchant
seamen.
Supervision of registering, enrolling, licensing, numbering,
etc., of vessels under the United States flag, and the annual
publication of a list of such vessels.
The enforcement of the navigation and steamboat inspection
laws and the laws governing radio communication, as well as
duties connected with fees, lines, tonnage taxes, refunds, etc.,
originating under such laws.
STEAMBOAT INSPECTION SERVICE
GEORGE UHLER, Supervising Inspector General
Chief functions
The inspection of vessels, the examination and licensing of
the officers of vessels, and the administration of laws relating
to such vessels and their officers. The certification of able seamen who form the crews of merchant vessels.
The inspection of vessels, including the types of boilers; the
testing of all materials subject to tensile strain in marine boilers;
the inspection of hulls and of life-saving equipment.
The investigation of violations of the steamboat-inspection
laws.
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