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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 10, 1941 SUMMARY OF BUSINESS TRENDS T>USINESS activity continued to advance during March under X-> the ever-growing stimulus provided by the defense program. Major available production series in the main registered either an advance or a continuation of high February output. Although previous high rates of operation in steel, automobiles, and lumber, limited the expansion usual at this season in these industries, offsets to this development were provided by strong advances in other lines, particularly textiles and bituminous coal. The large volume of automobile retail sales pushed weekly assemblies to a high of 131,410 units, during the month, thus establishing the peak for the present model year to date as well as the largest weekly output since early in 1937. Similarly, —steeHngot-production^mountedtoa weekly rate of 99.8 percent of capacity, the largest tonnage in the history of the industry as mill orders continued to pile up for delivery many months hence. Bituminous coal production scored the major contraseasonal advance of the period as output was strongly influenced by widespread consumer stocking in anticipation of mine shut-downs. Evidences of further tightness in the supply of many basic materials which appeared during March and early April were reflected in the most precipitous rise in the index of sensitive basic commodities since the speculative boomlet in the autumn of 1939. Higher prices for almost the entire list of import and domestic commodities raised the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 28 commodity index (August 1939=100) from 123.9 on March 3 to 136.2 on April 4. Further price action in secondary and scrap metal markets was taken by the Defense Commission, ceiling prices for secondary and scrap aluminum and zinc, as well as for scrap steel, being added to those already established for second-hand machine tools. A substantial rise in construction contracts during March is indicated by the F. W. Dodge Corporation reports now available through March 22. With nonresidential awards of $128 million reflecting the high rate of defense plant construction under both private and public auspices, the total value of awards for the 22-day period reached $314 million compared with $270 million during the entire month of February. Private construction accounted for more than 60 percent of the total value of contracts, thus continuing the strong support given construction from this source since the beginning of the year. In the security markets, prices moved moderately upward although trading volumes continued small. A rise of more than a point in the average for railroad shares led a small advance in the Dow-Jones average of 65 stocks, while the average of bond prices rose from 90.28 to 91.58 over the period. SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION (PERCENT OF CAPACITY) (THOUSANDS OF CARS> AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION BITUMINOUS COAL PRODUCTION COMMERCIAL LOANS (THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES) (DAILY AVERAGE-THOUSANDS OF TONS) t BILLIONS OF DOLLARS) CRUDE OIL RUNS-TO-STILLS MISCELLANEOUS CAR LOADINGS (MILLIONS OF BARRELS-DAILY AVERAGE) (THOUSANDS OF CARS) F H.A. HOME MORTGAGES ^NUMBER SELECTED FOR APPRAISAL ON HOMES TO BE BUILT) PRICES OF 3 5 0 INDUSTRIAL (INDEX. 19£6« 100) PRICE INDEX OF 2 8 BASIC COMMODITIES 160 FREIGHT- CARLOADINGS (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS) (AUG. 1959* 100) STOCKS THURSDAY FIGURES 140 J 120 100 80 . . t . . 1 ,, . , 1 . , 1 . . 1 . . 1938 303568-40 1939 1940 i . , . . i. . 1. . i. < 1941 1938 1939 1940 1941 WEEKLY BUSINESS INDICATORS[Weekly average, 1923-25=100] 1939 1940 1941 Apr. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Mar. Apr. Apr. 1 30 22 15 29 8 8 5 1939 1940 1941 Apr. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Mar. Apr. Apr. 30 29 8 22 15 1 Business activity:! New York Times§ Barrens' Business week _. Commodity prices, wholesale: Dept. of Labor, 1926=100: Combined index... Farm products Food... All other. ___. Fisher's index, 1926^100: Combined index Copper, electrolytict— Cotton, middling, spot Construction contracts!. Distribution: Carloadings Department store sales, 193539=100A Employment, Detroit, factory... Finance: Bond yieldst --. Stock prices* 124.1 122.3 122.1 121.7 98.1 98.9 92.6 95.6 133.33 131.5 131.1 129.3 100.5 103.0 78.2 95.2 144.2 144.7 144.9 144.3 104.3 105.8 93.3 98.8 82.0 73.2 76.4 85.4 81.6 72.3 75.6 85.1 80.9 70.9 74.3 84.9 80.6 70.5 73.4 84.8 77.6 67.0 69.7 82.7 77.9 68.1 69.8 82.8 75.9 63.8 68.4 80.6 88.7 88.3 87.8 85.9 83.7 84.1 85.5 85.5 85.5 85.5 85.5 79.7 79.7 42.3 41.9 41.2 40.8 40.1 40.8 40.4 62.3 73.0 116.7 76.5 66.6 70.5 80.7 79.8 79.7 32.4 77.1 83.1 80.' 79.6 77.9 63.3 66.0 56.2 63.1 117.0 111.0 105.0 97.0 112.0 88-0118.0 110.0 110.3 97.7 58.8 58.9 58.6 58.6 61.5 61.9 66.0 65.0 91.7 90.6 90.6 90.5 89.6 112.7 111.0 92.6 99.2 Finance—Continued. Banking: Debits, outside N. Y. C.X Federal Reserve reporting member banks: Loans, total _ Interest rates: Call loanst — Time loanst... Currency in circulationX Production: Automobiles Bituminous coalt Cotton consumption^ Electric powert Lumber Petroleum^.. Steel ingots© Receipts, primary markets: Cattle and calves Hogs ._ Cotton Wheat ...__ 132.9112.4 125.4 101.4 121.2 111.9 88.7 117.3 82.5 65.3 65.5 76.7 69.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 28.6 28.6 28.6 28.6 184.4 182.5 182.0 181.8 181.5 155.0 154.3 141.4 139.9 78.6 78.4 77.7 .2 24.2 24.2 24.2 28.6 28.6 28.6 28.6 147. 9 157.9 157* 5 167.1 160.1 129.3 131.5 110.7 109.4 115.5 111.6 109.1105.9 80.0 82.4 16.5 78.9 162.1|158.9 158.4 112.5 115.3 110.2 113.0 168.2 168.6 169.1 170.2 142.9 145.4 130.5 132.7 56.8 52.1 52.9 52.4 47.1 49.4 44.8 42.9 185.8 182.5 181.6 180.2 185.7 190.5 170.8 166.i.5 174.5 175.6 174.9 173.8 171.5 105.8 104.1 94.0 96.4 63.1 59.4 46.6 47.6 56.5 57.3 86.9 46.4 42.4 40.8 53.0 42.1 57.3 30.2 54.0 46.0 82.7 32.3 53.5 46.9 44.6 72.3 54.6 47.8 48.8 78.0 52. 56.2 29.6 35.8 25.0 40.2 37.9 • Data do not cover calendar weeks in all cases. 1 Seasonally adjusted. t Daily average. t Weekly average, 1928-30= 100. § Computed normal=i00. Index revised beginning Jan. 8,1938; revised data not given in the issue for Jan. 23/1941, and subsequent issues will be shown later. 0 Index for week ended Apr. 12 is 174.7. Beginning Jan. 11,1941, index is based on production of steel ingots and steel for castings. A A description of this index and data beginning January 1937 will be shown in a subsequent issue; it is not adjusted for seasonal variations. WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS # 1941 Apr. 5 COMMODITY PKICES, WHOLESALE Copper, electrolytic, New Yorkt doL per 1b. Cotton, middling, spot, New York.. do... Food index (BradstreeVs) do Iron and steel, composite dol. per ton Wheat, No. 2, Hard Winter (Kansas City).dol. per bu.. Banking: FINANCE Debits, New York City mil. of dol Debits, outside New York City (140 cities) do.. Federal Reserve banks: Reserve bank credit, total do U. S. Government securities .do Member bank reserve balances .do... Excess reserves, estimated do... Federal Reserve, reporting member banks: Deposits, demand, adjusted . do... Deposits, time. __ do~. Investments, total §. do,.. U. S. Government direct obligations do... Obligations fully guaranteed by TJ. S. Government mil. of dol.. Loans, total § —do , Commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans § mil. of dol.. Interest rates, call loanst ....percent.. Interest rates, timeloansj: do Exchange rates: Pound sterling % dollars.. Failures, commercial number., . Currency in circulationX-mil. of dol Security markets: Bond sales (N. Y. S. E.) thous. of dol. par value,. Bond yields (Moody'9) (I20bonds)t percent.. Stock sales (N. Y. S. E.) thous. of shares.. Stock prices (N. Y. Times) X dol. per share.. Stock prices (Standard and FOOT'S) (420)....1926=100. Industrials (350) do... Public utilities (40) do... Railroads (30) ....do... PRODUCTION, CONSTEUCTION, AND DISTBIBUTION Production: Automobilesi ,. number.. Bituminous coalt . ^ . . t h o u s . of short tons.. Electric power mil. of kw.-hr_. PetroleumJ _ ...thous. of bbl.. T. Steel ingots© pet. of capacity.. Construction contract awardst thous. of dol.. Distribution: Freight-carloadings, total _ cars... Coal and coke __ .do Forest products .do Grains and grain products do Livestock, do Merchandise, 1. c.).__ do Ore do Aliscellaneous do Receipts: Cattle and calves. _ thousands.. Hogs do Cotton into sight _ ...thous. of bales.. Wheat, at primary markets... thous. of bu.. 1940 Mar. 22 Mar. 15 0.118 .115 2.72 38.15 0.118 .114 2.69 38.29 .87 0.118 .112 2.65 38.29 .85 0.118 .111 2.61 38.29 .84 0.118 .109 2.59 38.26 .81 0.110 .111 2.28 37.07 1.03 0.110 .110 2.29 36.81 1.03 0.108 -087 2.27 36.40 0.110 .088 2.29 36.42 0.098 .086 2.41 38.62 .84 0.09S .086 2.44 38.71 .88 4,720 6,160 3,706 5,214 4,514 5,816 3,457 4,706 5,620 4,423 5,189 2,850 4,117 3,641 4,536 3,094 3,826 3.975 4,194 2,835 3,742 2,244 2,184 13,506 5.941 2,221 2,184 13,633 6,011 2,259 2,184 13,741 6,106 2,244 2,184 14,211 6,483 2,237 2,184 14,136 6,435 2,512 2,467 12,395 5,815 2.510 2,475 12,294 5,679 2,584 2,564 9,318 3,708 2,578 2,564 9,125 3,519 2,596 2,564 7,296 1,575 2,587 2,564 7,312 1,560 23,093 5,441 17,124 10,578 23,259 5,444 17,120 10,583 23,186 5,449 17,129 10,588 23,487 5,462 17,055 10,519 19,175 5,355 14,666 8,848 19,276 5,338 14,726 8,830 16,072 5,215 13,470 8,145 15,991 5,217 13,388 8,096 14,274 5,222 12,154 7,897 14,268 5,221 12,039 7,778 2,753 9,828 2,751 9,798 2,755 9,714 2,766 23,362 5,470 17,070 10,458 2,774 9,592 2,379 8,603 2,035 -8,164 2,026 8,191 1,168 8,677 5,465 1.00 1.25 -4.030 267 8,956. 5,420 1.00 1.25 • 4.032 302 8,864 5,414 1.00 1.25 * 4.032 255 5,374 1.00 1.25 "4.032 268 8,827 5.287 1.00 1.25 M.032 241 8,814 2,380 8,649 4,414 1.00 1.25 * 3.569 274 7,528 4,383 1.00 1.25 • 3.579 287 7,495 3,838 1.00 1.25 4.681 295 6,865 3,814 1.00 1.25 4.681 310 4,275 1.00 1.25 4.964 1,156 8,771 4,299 1.00 1.25 4.966 6,793 6,400 6,358 79,680 3.39 3,186 89.01 76.4 88.8 73.8 27.5 59,900 3.40 2,554 87.88 76.0 88.1 74.1 27.1 £2,600 3.38 2,554 87.97 76.5 89.0 74.4 26.6 45,480 3.38 2,514 87.92 76.5 88.7 75.4 26.5 37,680 3.39 1,913 87.06 75.0 86.8 74.1 26.2 49,310 3.55 7,270 109.46 93.5 110.0 88.6 29.6 35,540 3.57 4,838 107.77 91.7 107.8 87.0 29.0 32,820 3.81 6,842 89.95 81.8 95.8 79.6 25.0 39,010 3.75 7,140 96.32 87.6 102.9 83.3 27.8 33,720 4.59 4,424 77.63 68.4 80.8 63.8 20.9 47,780 4.62 7,373 73.76 63.7 75.9 57.7 19.0 116,255 124,165 1,967 2,802 3,747 99.8 123,805 1,900 2,809 3,681 99.4 11,727 131,410 1,858 2,818 3,662 98.8 18,742 125,915 1,804 2,835 101,655 1,363 2,381 3,745 61.7 103,370 1,403 2,422 3,841 60.7 10,003 87,019 281 2,174 3,444 54.7 85,980 1,343 2,210 3,358 56.1 12,379 57,284 952 1,990 3,392 32.6 50,550 792,125 182.612 40,025 36,954 10,395 161,119 16,502 344,518 768,508 181,573 38,886 36,913 10,817 158,661 14,226 327,432 758,693 176,337 39,444 32,562 10,189 159,286 13,265 327,610 741,922 173,055 38,375 31,113 9,914 158.910 12,602 317,953 602,697 107,518 31,570 30,108 10,069 149,726 263,337 628,921 136,469 31,930 34,540 9,589 147,305 10,175 258,913 534,952 51,965 26,871 30,210 10,531 157,748 8,657 248,970 600,691 107.200 27,110 32,080 10,774 157,419 9,108 257,000 522,049 95,630 22,485 28,777 11,090 150,656 6,177 207,234 523,489 77,497 23,814 31,571 10,948 154,314 5,178 220,167 200 3G2 149 3,370 188 309 226 3,248 171 298 215 2,572 168 273 149 2,406 304 116 5,754 173 310 127 6,201 167 192 65 3.197 178 232 70 3,017 187 218 108 2,245 193 237 106 2,495 147 3.690 97.5 Apr. 6 Mar. 30 Apr. 8 1938 Mar. 29 99.2 Mar. 8 1939 Apr. 1 Apr. 9 % Daily average. • Data do not cover calendar weeks In all cases. 1 Source: Ward's Automotive Reports. § Date lor 1938 not strictly comparable with data for later years; see note on corresponding data shown on p. 51 of the 1940 Supplement. a Free rate. ©Rate for week ended Apr. 12 is 99.3; data for 1941 are based on capacity Dec. 31,1940, of open-hearth, Bessemer, and electric Ingots and steel for castings. Apr. 2 892 1,979 3,367 35.7 11,120 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS Monthly statistics through December 1939, together with explanatory notes and references to the sources of the data, may be found in the 1940 Supplement to the Survey COMMODITY PRICES Page 11 Prices received by farmers (XI. S. Department of Agriculture): Combined index... 1909-14- 100.. Chickens and eggs .. do Cotton and cottonseed.. ... do Dairy products... do Fruits.— do Grains do Meat animals do Truck crops do Miscellaneous do 1941 1940 March March 103 90 82 118 83 84 129 97 83 85 114 73 92 102 US 101 82 85 110 81 96 104 128 100 84 83 106 88 92 108 117 101 95 81 81 104 104 83 102 112 100 '32,667 3,993 31,615 3,923 32,265 3,786 3,451 3,846 151 3,279 151 3,751 151 6,897 239 6,401 3,888 202 27,545 2,016 3,246 203 23,774 2,014 8,101 492 38,842 50,899 134 91 DOMESTIC TRADE Pages 27, 28,30 Postal business: Receipts, postal: 50 selected cities ..thous. of doL- 34,036 4,169 50 industrial cities.... do. Retail trade: Chain-store sales and stores operated: Variety chains: _ _ H . L. Green Co.* Inc.:t 3,546 Sales thous. of dol._ 149 Stores operated number.. S. H. Kress & Co.: 7,156 Sales __ thous. of dol__ 242 Stores operated _ number. McCrory Stores Corp.: ~ Sales _ thous. of dol.. 3,691 199 Stores operated... number ~ F. W. Wool worth Co.: Sales thous. of dol— 2,020 Stores operated numberOther chains: . W. T. Grant Co.: 8,439 Sales ..thous. of dol.. 492 Stores operated. number.. Mail-order and store sales: Montgomery Ward & Co thous. of dol.. 44,485 Sears, Roebuck & Co do. April June July 1941 DecemOctober November ber August January February 101 122 79 128 75 81 111 104 100 80 121 78 84 130 117 104 103 90 80 118 80 81 130 356 93 33,201 3,686 45,390 5,539 32,316 4,001 30,536 3,777 3,992 150 4,395 150 7,972 150 2,890 150 2,996 149 6,839 239 7,514 241 7,659 242 15,732 242 5,921 242 6,222 242 3,768 202 4,058 202 8,028 204 2,926 204 3,224 199 2,014 3,377 202 25,197 2,021 28,634 2,024 29.688 2,023 54,571 2,025 22,008 2,021 23,666 2,023 492 8,750 493 8,276 493 10,172 494 10,569 494 20,030 494 6,655 494 6,771 494 43,104 63,313 37,213 51,352 42,692 58,820 45,972 65,650 56,937 76,920 54,613 73,324 70,850 95,873 33,495 49,971 33,841 49,992 34,194 14,536 19,659 31,960 13,110 18,850 32,856 13,612 19,244 29,918 11,604 18,314 30,861 12,594 18,267 36,317 14,952 21,365 35,771 14,952 20,819 42,952 18,626 24,327 37,645 15,147 22,498 32,725 13,268 19,457 20,585 21,408 21,801 22,176 22,440 22,865 23,017 23,262 23,306 23,528 2,519 0 3 2,477 17,346 16,994 20,585 14,575 2,531 0 2 2,466 18,120 17,754 21,408 15,213 2,484 0 4 2,448 18,579 18,202 21,801 15,575 2,516 0 4 2,436 18,959 18,618 22,176 15,867 2,485 0 5 2,434 19,272 18,940 22,440 16,063 2,412 0 4 19,632 19,289 22,865 16,218 2,304 0 4 2,199 19,881 19,586 23,017 16,191 2,250 '2,274 0 0 2 3 2,184 2,184 20,036 20,285 19,760 ••19,913 23,262 23,306 16,127 16,396 2,265 0 3 2,184 20,366 20,031 23,528 16,351 13,237 6,385 13,781 6,857 13,498 6,514 13,541 6,525 13,727 6,655 14,208 6,960 14,215 6,849 14,026 6,615 13,930 6,380 14,203 6,534 5,057 88.4 5,199 88.8 5,248 89.2 5,370 89.3 5,450 5,577 90.1 5,743 90.6 5,931 90.8 5,884 91.0 6,022 91.0 —r298 .060 .301 .810 .052 .570 .400 .050 .234 .167 .238 3.274 .061 .301 .801 .052 .572 .400 .050 .234 .184 .238 3.602 - .298 .061 .301 .869 .052 .571 .400 .050 .234 .199 .238 3.805 .061 .301 .869 .052 .570 .400 .050 .234 .200 .238 3.979 .061 .302 .855 .052 .570 .399 .050 .234 .199 .238 4.034 .061 .302 .863 .052 .570 .400 .050 .234 .203 .238 4.033 "7298 .061 .302 .869 .052 .570 .400 .050 .234 .204 .238 4.1 .061 .302 .866 .052 .571 .400 .050 .234 .204 .238 4.035 - .298 .061 .301 .848 .052 .571 .400 .050 .234 .205 .238 4.034 ' ".293 .061 .301 .837 .052 .570 .400 .050 ' .234 .205 .238 4.030 42,810 42,971 43,774 43,909 44,075 44,140 44,277 M S , 039 45,877 46,090 37,671 555 37,605 38,337 584 38,419 589 38,462 577 38,502 ' 39,102 '568 566 39,895 557 40,002 554 4,585 26,251 4,775 28,101 4,853 25,225 4,934 23,630 5,063 22,627 5,102 29,371 5,209 27,923 5,370 29,783 5,426 33,257 5,534 31,630 105 89 78 110 96 90 77 109 79 76 110 107 107 97 104 76 111 73 77 114 114 95 112 78 116 79 80 112 99 100 120 79 121 71 83 112 98 90 27,626 3,565 28,974 3,568 30,325 3,572 35,233 4,194 3,784 151 6,310 239 3,334 151 3,657 151 3,536 149 6,514 239 6,691 239 3,507 203 3,611 203 3,334 203 3,626 202 26,067 2,015 26,020 2,015 24,507 2,013 7,620 492 8,787 492 8,911 492 45,856 56,372 45,905 65,978 FINANCE Pages 48, 49, 52, 53, 54, 58, 61, 62, 68, 69, 70, 74 Banking: 34,769 34,738 Bank debits, total (141 cities) mil. of dol- 40,988 15,519 15,201 New York City d o . « . 17,402 19,250 19,537 Outside New York City .do.... 23,586 Federal Reserve banks, condition, end of month: 19,677 20,042 Assets (resources), total mil. of dol.. 23,409 Reserve bank credit outstanding, total 2,529 2,243 2,518 mil. of dol-0 0 Bills bought _do_. 0 4 3 3 Bills discounted _do.._ 2,467 2,475 2,184 United States securities do.... 16,451 16,809 Reserves, total d o — 20,436 16,076 16,428 Gold certificates do.... 20,112 19,677 20,042 Liabilities, total do.._. 23,409 13,815 14,152 Deposits, total do—.. 16,272 Member bank reserve balances, total 12,423 12,919 mil. of dol.. 13,371 Excess reserves (estimated) do 6,149 5,776 5,828 Federal Reserve notes in circulation 4,941 4,931 mil. of dol.. 6,143 Reserve ratio _ ...percent.. 88.0 91.2 87.8 Monetary statistics: Foreign exchange rates: .-298 -Argentina ™—» ^.doL per paper peso.. .061 Brazil, official dol. per milreis.. .061 .061 .301 .302 .302 British India dol. per rupea.. .850 .842 .829 Canada dol. per Canadian dol.. .052 .052 .052 Chile dol. per peso.. .570 .570 .571 Colombia do .400 .401 .401 Germany ...dol. per reichsmark.. .050 .050 .050 Italy dol. per lira.. .234 .234 .234 Japan _dol. per yen.. .205 .167 .167 Mexico dol. per peso.. .238 .237 .238 Sweden _ dol. perkrona.. 4.032 3.526 3.759 United Kingdom dol. per £ - . Public finance (Federal): Debt, gross, end of mo mil. of dol_. 47,173 42,559 42,663 Public issues: 37,531 37,625 Interest bearing do .557 541 592 Noninterest bearing do Special issues to govt. agencies and trust 4,471 5,683 4,496 funds — mil. of dol.. 28,702 26,479 Receipts, customs thous. of dol.. 39,950 Capital flotations: Securities issued by type of security, total thous. of dol.. 406,603 242,239 344,874 71,388 117,587 181,711 New capital, total do Refunding, total.. _ d o . - 224,892 170,850 227,287 ' Revised. tRevised series. H. L. Green Co. data revised beginning February 1939. May 95 251,390 227,182 691,472 282,476 229,314 710,551 440,266 605,791 417,197 341,437 95,321 77,056 122,020 82,728 397,300 129,776 113,550 257,391 263,436 129,370 144,455 294,173 152,700 115,764 453,160 176,830 415,893 321,876 264,381 See footnote marked with a "f" on p. 24 of the December 1940 SURVEY. MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS Monthly statistics through December 1939, together with explanatory notes and references to the sources of the data, may be found in the 1940 Supplement to the Surrey FINANCE—Continued Capital flotations—Continued. Securities issued by type of corporate borrower, total thous. of dol. New capital, total do... Industrial... do... Public utilities do._. Refunding, total. do.__ Industrial do___ Public utilities do... Security markets: Stocks: Dividend declarations (N. Y. Times): Total thous. of dol_, Industrials and miscellaneous do Railroads. do..., Prices: Dow-Jones <fe Co., Inc. (65 stocks): dol. per share.. Industrials (30stocks)-__ do Public utilities (15 stocks) do..-. Rails (20 stocks) do.... New York Times (50 stocks) do.... Industrials (25 stocks) do.... Railroads (25stocks)___ do TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS Page 83 Class I steam railways: Freight-earloadings (A. A. R.)\] Total cars. thousands.. Coal _do._. Coke.. do Forest products ....do Grains and grain products do Livestock do Merchandise, 1. c. 1 do Ore do Miscellaneous do April May 1941 Se m N °bveerm' December January February March March 202,972 86,034 26,612 39,061 116,938 43,150 67,602 134,327 30,527 1,201 8,407 103,799 24,250 32,269 246,279 173,097 111,248 271,856 179,432 130,471 392,625 261,186 389,343 320,678 265,962 9,771 46,233 67,938 53,925 89,287 61,132 52,789 31,550 47,278 4,772 23,124 17,544 16,268 2,826 6,094 22,598 2,834 18,557 10,243 6,311 4,217 11,256 30,232 18,521 16,767 4,944 10,575 0 5,444 141,091 6,527 192,353 83,810 101,476 225,623 111,494 62,465 345,347 92,487 328,212 267,890 234,412 50,943 79,350 1,700 93,628 60,776 7,275 53,586 29,575 95,908 1,107 41,236 1,500 94,020 117,466 23,811 43,300 207,334 23,438 220,231 134,940 178,824 231,737 226,315 5,422 216,350 213,822 2,528 180,341 449,981 239,426 176,637 420,278 223,372 3,704 29,703 16,055 41.60 122.52 19.56 28.03 87.66 154.86 20.46 49.15 147.13 24.26 30.45 107.66 192. 71 22.61 49.92 148.91 25.09 31.00 109.17 195.13 23.22 43.48 130.76 21.45 26.52 95.20 170.95 19.46 119.46 20.15 24.66 89.17 159.61 18.72 41.64 122.23 22.42 26.43 90.46 161.49 19.43 42.50 125.32 22.22 26.83 92.21 164.48 19.94 44.40 131.46 22.18 28.43 96.27 171.50 21.05 44.72 132.39 22.07 28.83 97.29 173.26 21.34 45.04 133.90 21.22 29.36 95.86 170.32 21.40 43.39 130.45 19.91 27.61 93.68 167.16 20.21 43.82 130.17 20.17 29.01 93.24 165. 43 21.06 41.21 121.68 19.37 27.54 87.07 154.20 19.94 3,818 818 70 197 172 52 797 69 1,643 ••3,124 •-627 45 160 163 53 741 '52 '1,282 2,494 444 30 129 131 45 595 59 1,062 2,713 470 33 134 126 47 597 195 1,112 3,535 600 50 171 164 52 725 326 1,446 2,826 474 41 127 203 41 570 275 1,095 3,718 657 54 186 208 62 755 347 1,449 3,135 562 44 157 160 69 606 279 1,260 3,269 505 47 167 154 86 636 274 1,400 3,780 695 61 193 166 86 752 213 1,614 2,718 560 50 141 118 50 578 49 1,171 2,737 577 53 144 123 47 569 50 1,174 2,824 605 56 154 116 41 597 51 1,204 26,828 27,5*0 24,123 19,495 22,066 22,498 25,719 29,489 30,854 31,118 33,835 27,869 .120 26,641 .120 27,408 .120 24,676 .120 19,852 .120 22,021 .118 21,664 .115 26,542 .115 30,160 .115 30,002 .115 32,457 .118 34,030 .120 28,103 215 54 186 320 272 54 302 56 247 43 193 47 202 49 218 48 140 40 150 44 208 35 182 43 234 382 242 413 207 316 199 251 1S3 295 213 50 193 311 181 302 158 273 138 259 ••146 '294 159 279 30,370 22,610 10,080 12,531 7,759 36,206 26,552 10,972 15,580 9,654 41,722 29,744 11,051 18,693 11,978 36,271 25,828 9,776 16,052 10,443 34,05fi 24,278 9,895 14,383 9,779 34,991 24,973 10,619 14, 354 10,018 33,937 24,101 10,502 13,599 9,836 37,748 27,347 12,594 14,753 10,401 30,795 22,819 11,336 11,483 7,976 27,326 20,472 10,785 9,686 6,854 33,408 24,609 12,206 12,403 8,799 32,538 24,014 12,177 11,837 8,525 18,628 9,280 11,996 5,955 11,690 9,633 13,116 17,316 23,411 22,464 15,126 19,231 12,385 12,617 37,609 18,660 21,608 12,190 20,710 10,433 16,433 9,050 13,862 7,091 4,567 4,751 4,178 3,026 4,327 13,287 7,075 4,238 4.031 5,337 3,543 3,050 9,432 8,659 9,459 18,525 29,319 21,442 17,925 15,284 16,210 9,652 10,025 8,085 CHEMICAL AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Pages 95, 96 Vegetable oils and products: Oleomargnrine: Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals) thous. of lb... Price, wholesale, standard, uncolored (Chicago) ___.dol. perlb... Production ...thous. of lb_. Paint sales: Calcimines, plastic and cold-water paints: Calcimines thous. of dol.. Plastic paints do Cold-water paints: In dry form.. do In paste form do Paint, varnish, lacquer, and fillers: Total _ do.... Classified, total do.... Industrial *..do Trade do Unclassified ..do FOODSTUFFS Pages 105,107 Grains and grain products (principal markets): Corn: Receipts thous. of bu. Shipments _.do._. Oats: Receipts do—. Wheat: Shipments do._. 1940 1941 June July August g £ * October 194,824 365,553 209,482 221,404 685,574 331,721 218,317 375,872 182,232 347,331 207,354 213,843 635,110 305,652 204,574 360,210 12,592 18,222 13,743 15,662 7,561 50,463 2,128 14,339 1,912 12,780 FUELS AND BYPRODUCTS Pages 116,117,118 Coal: Anthracite: Production Bituminous: Production Coke, beehive: Production thous. of short tons,. _ 4,596 3,773 3,746 3,957 4,367 4,408 3,775 4,056 4,234 3,869 4,699 4,977 ' 4.432 do 48,250 35,244 32,790 34,896 32,400 35,S90 39,010 38,650 38,700 40,012 41,400 44,070 41,695 do 596 135 102 106 151 231 278 272 363 394 463 514 '496 16,092 39,971 5,195 9,244 32,339 2,635 7,855 32,149 2,964 7,905 30,562 3,677 9,225 31,869 5,300 7,325 38,736 6,567 12,470 38,040 11,410 39,450 9,438 11,820 40,631 6,623 12,505 40,046 4,362 44,678 9,179 12,760 44,719 9,442 12,195 44,107 7,489 25,828 21,685 21,740 18,997 17,307 22,766 30,189 28,828 39,877 36,374 23,113 28,425 28,111 172,254 184,797 195,330 225,248 224,363 44,454 48,297 60,330 72,248 63,433 214,836 54,106 METALS AND MANUFACTURES Page 136 Nonferrous metals: Tin: Deliveries long tons.. Visible supply, world, end of month..do.... United States (excluding afloat) do TEXTILE PRODUCTS Page 155 Silk: Deliveries (consumption) _ Stocks, end of month: Total, visible supply United States (warehouses) r bales.. do .do 211,174 49,904 87,087 45,887 85,798 42,698 92,485 43,285 90,122 115, 111 151,698 41,822 43,211 46,898 Revised. • Data for February are the latest available. t Data for March, June, August, and November, 1940, and March 1941 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks.
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