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SURVEY OF C U R R E N T B U S I N E S S WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE B U R E A U O F F O R E I G N AMD D O M E S T I C COMMERCE AVAILABLE ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS SELECTED' APRIL 29, 1949 BUSINESS INDICATORS ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY UTILITIES STEEL INGC)T PRODUCTION (BILLIONS OF KiLOWATT HOURS) (1935-- 3 9 * 100) 225 WEEKLY DATA WEEKLY DAU 1949 "2*1*,—m^0***^ 200! ^5? „ <**•"" 175 150 r~ TV^ \I B ^\f v \ v !£5 too L O J U J L ~ J J J _ J ^ J ^ CONSUMERS9 PRICES HOURLY EARNINGS AND HOURS IN MANUFACTURING (1935-39 « 100) DOLLARS HOURS 1.60 ~~ 52 MONTHLY OAT A 48 1.40 AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS (LEFT •SCALE) . j^^gr®* 44 1.20 1.00 AVERAGE HOURS PER WEEK (RIGHT SCALE) m WEEKLY I I I I I. I I I I ! I i I I I I I i I I I t I BUSINESS i i i i I I i i i i i STATISTICS1 19*8 19*9 ITEM April 17 Commodity p r i c e s , w h o l e s a l e ? A l l commodities 2 / . . . . .........................1926.100.. 162.7 Far® p r o d u c t ® 2 / . . . . . ...... do..... I87-9 food 2 / . .do.... 175.7 All other 2 / . . . . . . do.... 148.5 2S commodities ]J . . . . August 1 9 3 9 » 1 0 0 . . 322-7 C o t t o n , m i d d l i n g , 1 5 / 1 6 " , 10 m a r k e t s * / . . dol.per l b . . .375 t f h a a t , / N o . 2 , Hard Winter (JC&asas C i t y ) . . . . . . . . . d o l . p e r tea.. 2.49 Department s t o r e s a l s a . 1935""39*100.. 294 I n s u r e d unemployment, t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u ® . , 1,715 State programs.........................................do.»,, 1.120 Veterans' program®.. *do.... 522 Finances Currency i n c i r c u l a t i o n 4 / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a i l . o f d o l *«. 21,130 F e d e r a l B e s e r v e b&ak c r e d i t , t o t a l do.,.. 17,050 Member back r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s . . . . . . . . . . . . do.... 89* Excess r e s e r v e s , e s t i m a t e d . . . . . . . do.... F e d e r a l R e s e r v e r e p o r t i n g member b a n k s i n l e a d i n g c i t i e s : Bank d e b i t s , t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . n i l . of d o l . . lew fork C i t y . . . » do.... 7,905 D e p o s i t s , demand, a d j u s t e d do.... 46,210 Loans and i n v e s t m e n t s , t o t a l — . . d o . . . . 5/62,355 U« 3 . Government o b l i g a t i o n s ..do.... 35.260 Commercial, I n d u s t r i a l a n d a g r i c u l t u r a l l o a n s . . . . . . d o . . . . 5 / 1 4 , 4 2 6 F a i l u r e s , I n d u s t r i a l and commercial ..... nsraber.. 101. Bond y i e l d s , d o m e s t i c c o r p o r a t e ( M o o d y ' s ) . . . . . percent.. 3.05 S t o c k p r i c e s , 4 l 6 stock® ( S t a n d a r d and P o o r 8 ® ) . . 1 9 3 5 - 3 9 * 1 0 0 . . 123.4 I n d u s t r i a l s , 365 s t o c k s . do.... 129.6 Productions Bituminous c o a l 4 / . . . . . t h o u a . Of s h o r t t o n s . . 1,306 E l e c t r i c power„ b y u t i l i t i e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . s a i l , of k w - h r . . 5,^87 Motor v e h i c l e © ( W a r d s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . ..number.. 99.567 Petroleum 4 / . t h o u s . of b b l . . 5.391 Steel 6/ .' 193^-39-100.. i*4.o F r e i g h t eaylo&dings, t o t a l * . • . . . t h o u s . of c a r s . . 785 Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . do.... 377 ,.l I 111 I I l-l I I - April 2* March 261 A p r i l 2 164.8 190.7 181.4 149.2 321.5 .381 2.46 296 1,659 1,100 158.2 .170.8 163.2 150.8 259.4 .326 2.23 277 2,742 1,940 667 £0,966 16,845 701 22,512 19.360 730 21,643 8,670 46,718 63,45* 35.643 14,205 100 3.05 125.8 132.1 20,986 8,202 *5.*73 5/61.7*9 32,680 5/14,962 166 3.00 118.1 123.9 44,909 5/61,171 31.750 5/14,904 216 3.00 120.4 126.4 1.952 5.027 101,661 5.*15 161.5 852 377 403 5,404 116,168 5,130 208.8 59B 347 113,784 5.072 206.1 726 349 [ April 9 [ A p r i l l 6 [ A p r i l 23 158.1 170.8 162.9 150.7 254.2 .327 2.25 301 2,693 1.S99 647 158.0 171.5 164.7 149.7 248.9 .328 2.27 320 157.6 171.1 164.2 149.4 245.4 •331 2.27 313 ^*S77427 22,378 19.019 431 27,522 22,143 19.311 72* 27.513 22,056 19.327 778 20,692 21,895 18,9*6 8,3*0 9,*25 44,820 7.598 .55.237 5/6l,041 32.397 5/3.4,627 230 3.00 118.9 124.7 5/61,100 32.767 5/1*.5*3 184 3.00 119.1 124.8 1,908 1.932 5.378 1,880 5.360 126,165 4,916 204.0 75« 3*1 5.3*3 126,521 4.912 204.9 766 3*6 156.9 171.1 163 . * 1*8.* 2**.l 27,*15 22,050 19.398 88* 8e273 3.00 118.6 12* . 3 129,068 ""263.2 1/ 2fet* do n o t a l w a y s c o v e r c a l e n d a r w e e k s . Zj B e v i s e d s e r i e s . See n o t e i n December 3 , 19*8 i s s u e . %/ Thursday p r i c e s . 4 / D a i l y a v e r age®* 5 / B e g i n n i n g J u l y 19*8 i n d i v i d u a l l o a n item® a r e r e p o r t e d g r o s s , c u r r e n t l y and f o r a y e a r a g o , i n s t e a d o f n e t a s f o r m e r l y ; t o t a l l o a n s ®x® i n c l u d e d o n a n e t b a s i s f o r a l l y e a r s . 6 / Week e n d i n g A p r i l 3 0 , 2 0 1 . 3 . MONTHLY BUSINESS burlier data are available In monthly issues of the Surrey and the 19*17 Supplement STATISTICS 1948 February March I9U9 December January February March COMMQDIOT PRICES Consumers' price index, a l l items . ..1935~39»1C0. Apparel • ....do... food. .do... Fuel, e l e c t r i c i t y , and refrigeration ...do. (ras and e l e c t r i c i t y . . . . «do. Other fuels. do. Houeefurniahings.. • • •• do. .do. Kent Miscellaneous ». .do. Wholesale prices (U. S. Department of Labor)t Combined index 1926*100. Beoncialc classes? Manuf Pictured products do... Baw material© ............do... Semimanufactured a r t i c l e s • do... faro products ••... do... Grain*. ... ..do... Livestoeic and poultry .do... Commodities other than farm products.., do... -- fOOde.. ..,-»..». ..,...;.,.,., .:.:,•,>,. dO... Cereal products. .do... Dairy products .do... fruits and vegetables, .do... Meats, poultry and fish. do... Commodities other than farm products and foods do..., Building materials..,do... Brick and tile ....do..., Cement , , .do... Lumber.. do... Faint and paint material©.. .....do..., Chtsalcala and a l l i e d products . . . . . . . . . * . . . ..do... Chemical*.«... .. .do... Drugs and pharmaceutical m a t e r i a l s . . do... F e r t i l i z e r materials. . do... Oils and f a t s . „. do... fuel and lighting materials* do... Electricity. do... Gas.... .do... Petroleum products do... Hides and leainer products, do... Hides and s k i n s . . .........do... Leather* <. ..do... Shoes. ..do... Housefurnishings 1/ . , do... furnishings — .do... furniture 1/ - . . . . , do... Metals and-metal product©*. ...do... Iron and steel do... Metals, nonferroug ..do... Plumbing and heating equipment do... Textile products. , do... Clothing, do... Cotton goods Hosiery and underwear Bayon Silk ...do... do... do... do... Woolen and worsted goods l/. ., do... Miscellaneous. , .do... Automobile t i r e s and tube© 1/ do... Paper and pulp ..,. .do... Wholesale prices of selected commodities* Butter, 92-score (Hew York) dol. per l b . Coal, bituminous, mine run, composite..del. per short ton. Coffee, Santos, Ho. k (Hew Tork). • • dol* per l b . Cotton, middling, 15/16", average, 10 markets ..do.,. Cotton cloth, p r i n t , 64 x 60 d o l . per yd. Eggs, U. S. standards ( C h i c a g o ) . . . . dol. per doz. Graiis and grain products? Corn, weighted average, 5 markets d o l . per bu. Wheat, weighted average, 6 markets * do... Wheat flour, stand.patents (Minn.). .dol.per 100 lb.sack. Hides, packers', heavy, native steers d o l . per l b . Livestock and meats? Beef steers (Chicago) dol. per 100 l b . Hogs, a l l grades, (Ccicago).. do... Beef, good (500-600 lb*.) (Chicago) 1/ dol. per l b . Pork, fresh, loins, 8-10 l b . (Hew York) do... Lumber? Douglas flr,dim.,»o.l,com-,2"x 4"x 1 6 ' . . d o l . p e r M b d . f t . Southern pine, boards,No.2, com..!"* 6" or 8wx 1 2 ' . d o . . . Ponderosa pine, Ho. 3, common, 1" x S" do... Me tale and manufactures? Pig iron, composite 1/........ dol. per long ton •• Steel, composite, f i n i s h e d ! / - . dol. per l b . r/ Sevised, 167.5 195-1 204.7 130.0 93-2 175-4 193.0 116.0 146.4 166.9 196.3 202.3 130.3 93-8 175.5 194.9 116.3 146.2 171.4 200.4 205.0 137.8 95.3 191. 198. 119. 154, 170.9 196.5 204.8 138.2 95-5 191.8 196.5 119.7 154.1 I69.O 195.1 199.7 138.8 96.1 192.6 195.6 119.9 154.1 160.9 161.4 162.3 160.6 158.1 15^.5 174.9 155.2 l*5«3 £20.0 210.0 155-3 172.4 160.2 184.8 lhh.5 206.2 lh7.6 192-7 151.1 127.2 303.8 159.6 1|4.6 126,5 15^.3 115.1 201.5 130.8 66.6 85.8 121.7 192.8 207.2 199.6 194.7 141.8 144.4 139 .4 I55.3 146.3 146.6 138.7 148.9 144.7 ai< .9 105.0 40.7 46.4 155*8 174.7 152.9 186.0 218.0 209.4 155-7 173.8 158.6 179.8 145.7 217-1 147.7 193.1 151.6 127.4 303.8 156.7 I36.I 126.8 154.4 114.9 211.4 130.9 65.7 88.7 121.8 185.4 186.2 185.9 193.8 142.0 144, 7 139 ,4 155.9 147-7 146.8 138.7 149.8 144.6 218.3 105.4 40.7 46.4 157.5 172.1 160.8 177.3 171.1 204.6 158.8 I7O.2 149.8171.2 139.8 220.8 153.0 202.1 16O.5 133.5 305.5 I6I.5 130.6 122.4 X51.4 120.1 179.4 137.0 67.7 91.1 122.0 185 197 186 188 148 153 143.1 173.8 165.4 172-5 156.2 169.3 160.4 172.5 167.7 194.7 r!57.8 165,8 148.0 I63.6 145-3 154.0 I65.8 159.6 I68.3 157.2 187.2 120.1 63.4 167.4 120.8 63.4 167.3 O.836 7.710 .264 .3276 .239 .43h 0.802 2.152 2.684 6.294 •257 2.229 2.609 6.162 .222 26.43 22.25 .432 .471 64.350 154.1 167.2 157.0 171.3 162.6 195.0 155.3 162,9 146.5 154.8 151.7 214.8 150.8 200.0 162=4 134.3 294.7 I62.3 121.1 118.4 142.4 119.6 129.3 134.4 115.9 ISO. 4 181.8 178.9 187.8 148.1 154.0 142.1 174.4 168.4 168.4 155.3 143.7 1*47.0 180.1 101.2 41.8 50.1 161.8 115.7 64.6 167.2 .482 166.3 rl26.3 rl22.2 rl50.l4 120.8 146.1 137.1 67.7 rSS.l 121.3 184.8 198.7 185.4 187.8 rl48.8 rl53-6 142.8 175-6 I69.I 172-5 156.9 146.1 147.7 I86.9 102.5 4l,8 50.1 161.6 117.3 65.5 I68.3 O.63O rl/S.8l6 .270 .3259 .155 .432 161,5 146.7 159.8 152.3 205.1 151.8 r20l.5 rl62.4 ri3M r296.9 165.6 rl22.8 rll9-6 148.9 120.8 I3I.7 135.9 91.9 118.7 182-3 185.9 183.9 187.8 rl48.3 154.2 142.4 175.5 I69.I 172.5 I56.I 145.2 147.3 184.8 IOI.3 41.8 50.1 162.1 115.3 64.7 168.O O.633 rl/8.832 .268 •3255 .152 .409 0.616 1/8.801 .265 • 3264 .146 .419 1.329 2.30g 5.712 .267 1.303 2.286 5.445 .267 1.160 2.246 5.469 .229 5.400 .209 26.71 21.40 .452 .523 26.78 21.01 ' .443 .415 24.35 19.46 .406 .429 22.25 19.44 .368 .457 24.14 20.16 •392 •502 64.45 64.350 77-461 66.16 70.785 r69.872 69.59 66.330 67.292 68.00 67.815 65.400 68.05 68.310 64.167 67.48 •03$ .0376 .0415 .0420 47.67 .0420 U7.67 .0420 77-728 1/ See note on the corresponding item in the April 1949 Survey. rt55-7 169.5 193.9 201.6 138.9 96.1 192.5 193.8 120.1 154.4 158.4 7.684 .264 .3418 .208 .432 8:? 148.8 189.2 103.7 41.8 46.4 159.6 ^118.5 66.2 169.5 0.645 1/8.756 .272 .3217 .158 a4.a 152.9 r202.3 162.5 r134.1 *299-5 1.224 2.278 MONTHLY BUSINESS Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the I9U7 Supplement 3 ST A T IS T IC S—Continued 19*9 I9I+8 February March December January February COMMODITY PRICES - Continued Wholesale prices of selected commodities - Continued Metals and manufactures - Continued Steel scrap,heavy melting (Pittsburgh).dol.per long ton. Copper, electrolytic (New York) dol. per lb. Lead, refined, pig, desilverized (Mew York) do... Zinc, prime, Western (St. Louis) do... Petroleum, crude (Kansas-Oklahoma), at wells.dol. per bbl. Gasoline, tank wagon (New York) dol. per gal. Sugar, refined, granulated (New York) Wool, raw, territory, fine, scoured dol. per lb. .do... 140.438 .2120 .1500 .1200 2.510 .188 .077 1.255 40.250 .2120 .1500 .1200 2.510 .188 .076 1-255 4o.2 40.5 39-9 51.75 5^.77 48.56 >U287 1.352 1.409 1.348 1.417 1.548 1.482 1.338 1.080 1.127 1.255 i.a7 1.139 1.098 102 181 968 40.4 40.9 39.9 52.07 55.25 48.66 1.289 1-352 1.412 1.350 1.421 1.539 1.472 1.344 1.071 1.126 1.260 1.220 1.140 1.092 1.106 1.187 .968 1.249 1.6a 1.315 1.593 1.408 42.750 .2320 •a5o .1750 2.510 .188 .076 1/1.790 42.050 .2320 .2150 .1750 2.510 .191 .078 1/1.800 39.500 .2320 .2150 .1750 2.510 .191 .078 l/l.SOO 39.4 40.1 38.7 54.41 58-51 50.08 1.381 1.459 39.4 r40.0 r38.8 54.25 58-32 r50.01 1.377 1.458 rl.528 1.450 rl.5a rl.702 1.578 r 1.449 rl.107 rl.182 1.356 r1.289 rl.185 rl.113 rl.l43 rl.265 rl.022 r.1.334 rl.737 rl.417 rl.747 rl.503 EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES Hours and earnings (U. S. Department of Labor): Average weekly hours per worker, all manufacturing..hours. Durable goods industries do... Nondurable goods industries. • • • do... Average weekly earnings, all manufacturing .dollars. Durable goods industries... do... Nondurable goods industries do... - Average hourly .earnings,. all.jo&nufacturing •«. *do... Durable goods industries do... Iron and steel and their products do... Electrical machinery do... Machinery, except electrical do... Automobiles • do... Transportation equipment, except automobiles do... Nonferrous metals and products do... Lumber and timber basic products do... furniture and finished lumber products do... Stone, clay, and glass products do... Nondurable goods industries do... Textile-mill products and other fiber mfrs do... Apparel and other finished textile products do... Leather and leather products do... food and kindred products do... Tobacco manufactures do... Paper and allied products do... Printing, publishing, and allied industries do... Chemicals and allied products do... Products of petroleum and coal do... Bobber products do... i.4a HNANCE federal Government finance: Receipts, Treasury, total mil. of dol. Receipts, net do... Customs do... Income taxes do... Social security taxes do... Miscellaneous internal revenue do..'. Expenditures, total do. •. Interest on debt do... National defense and related activities .do... Bonds: Average price of all listed bonds (N.Y.S.3.) 2/ ..dollars. Domestic do... foreign do... Value, issues listed on New York Stock Exchange: face value, all issues £/ mil. of dol. Domestic do... foreign do... Market value, all issues 2j do... Domestic do... foreign do... Stock*: Shares listed on New York Stock Exchange: Market value do... Number of shares listed million*. 4,614 4,158 34 3.159 423 40.0 40.7 39.3 r55«01 r59-23 50.52 US 1.528 !? rl.136 rl.186 1-352 1.287 1.189 1.101 1.146 1.264 1.018 1.330 1.722 1.403 rl.743 rl.499 rl!446 1.520 1.7U 1.578 rl.445 rl.119 rl.182 1.356 1.294 1.189 1.124 1.143 1.269 rl.020 rl.336 rl.724 rl.4l3 rl.754 rl.501 6,365 5.874 4i 4,062 4,014, 3.675 3.579 3.935 3.381 *!S 73? 3,042 134 702 3,603 1,112 1.017 2.762 2,690 U38 638 2,968 319 1.043 2,646 141 930 2,224 142 846 3.086 608 84 5 99-84 IOO.35 67.61 100.18 100.69 68.41 100.47 IOO.96 69.82 IOO.45 IOO.93 70.26 136.531 134,170 2,111 136,313 134,645 1.427 99.97 100.54 65.20 134,201 131,835 2,116 134,167 132,544 1.379 131,068 128,771 2,048 I3I.JO6 129,660 1,401 131.276 128,994 2.032 131.897 130,230 1,419 131.272 128.993 2,030 131.863 130,188 1,426 63,158 1.928 67,757 1.933 67,048 2,018 67,478 2.030 65.325; 2,045 thous. of lb. do... 258,924 369,460 222,845 369.989 366,883 402,332 3A61.417 J/464,820 J/103.420 ; .do... do... 46,815 122,608 ^5.153 129.645 53.144 104,308 52.050 111,489 50,216! 107,54«i do... do... c *V 69,069 766 61,0a 5.649 134.465 2,064 108,537 74l| 109.130J CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Oils, fats, and byproducts: Animal fats: Production Stocks, end of month Greases: Production Stocks, end of month fish oils: Production Stocks, end of month...: i/485,516J vj Revised. 1/ See note on the corresponding item in the April 1949 Survey. 2/ _, Includes bonds of International „ __„*. ^ ^ ^ ^ Jan* w w Bank. 3„/ Beginning uary 1949, data include 45 plants producing inedible tallow, which did not report previously; operations at these slants in January (thousands of pounds): Production, 3,290; stocks, 3,804. 4 MONTHLY .BUSINESS l a r l l e r data are available in monthly issues of the Survey and the 134 7 Supplement CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS - $ T A T I S T I C S —Continued 1948 19.U9 February December January February Continued 011®, f a t s and b y p r o d u c t s - C o n t i n u e d fegetable oils? Production, crude Stocks, end of month? 441,361 597,990 264,321 407,817 59L745 304,781 528,500. 692,300 279.215 1/505,886 1/768,502 1/390,320 1]449,010 1/798,648 1/424,400 119,504 l6l,724 125.823 181,635 182,062 168,081 156,949 202,869 141,105 220,937 51,663 141,504 46,264 135.7Ui 62,645 226,403 61,694 239.763 58,5^2 222,302 139,900 9.9.320 104,783 71,561 139,370 108,829 114,745 84,848 160,081 110,908 101,100 56,576 162,648 124,100 rl34 8 229 109,463 151.137 125,950 138,714 121,275 r80,h23' r75.O67 m»835 r74,313 74,308 69.918 81,652 80,336 76,045 75.305 6*255 5.u7(> 9,66? 7,030 6,740 9.635 6,807 6,567 8,213 6,040 5.589 8,410 5.687 5,444 3,57S 23,472 466,141 is907i 3.197 Z9*252 470,099 20,222 3*185 2,208 24,897 440,267 16,492 27.967 438,286 18,214 2,570 25.024 410,170 17.138 ^S33 2,330 r3.233 818 2,2^8 r3*5§l r2,894 40,290 2,892 44,852 37.3 *6 41,502 rl,05^ 2,239 3.232 2,665 r35»50S r31,673 r9-43 2,073 3,013 1*2,564 r36,921 r34,327 do.... .do... do... ......do... 9, oss 1,223 is,371 5.277 3.387 2,464 298 1S2 9.951 1,284 20,372 6S044 3.851 2,801 365 184 8,901 1,310 r!3.875 r4,520 3,067 r3*313 279 243 rS,677 rl,181 rl6,485 r4,S29 r3.l55 r2,177 r236 rlSl Iron ore (Lake Superior district): Shipments from upper lake ports.. thous, of long tons. Consumption by furnaces. ..........do... Stocks, end of month, total................ ...............do... ....do... M furnaces • ...............do... On Lake Sri© docks 0 6,441 22,628 19.412 3.216 0 6,634 16,022 13.761 2*262 501 7,351 39,460 3^.557 ^.903 0 7,590 31,904 27,882 4,022 24,981 21,811 3.170 6,940 .93*0 7,608 95-5 7*771 r97*5 8,183 100.2 7.U81 101.4 3.635 4,703 4,263 3,390 3,247 r22,S6l r21,485 r10,443 440 9,818 rl37.$ 3f23,0?9 r21,7U r11,690 492 .rll.007 rl33-7 22,043 20,776 9,102 22,186 20,927 8,940 383 8,544 104.1 376 8,425 112.0 21,950 20,758 8,425 355 7,966 112.3 60.9 20.7 68.1. 22.7 75-0 21.2 69.8 17.8 8.8 9.4 4.8 11,1 4.6 15.2 6.2 ..thous. of l b s . Crude.... .do... Sefined.....................do... Cottonseed o i l , refineds Production .....do.«. Stocks, end of m o n t h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Unseed oil? Production... ;.....<................. .....do... Stocks, end of a o n f c h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Soybean oils Productions C r u d e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Hefined...............................do... Stocks, end of months..Crude.......................do... Befined.....................do... Oleomargarines Production.•..•..•...................................do... Consumption (tasrpald w i t h d r a w a l s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . FOODSTUFFS Fermented malt liquors: Production .thou®, of bbl. fa»-pald withdrawal© . . . « . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .do... Stocks, end of aonth do... tobacco, manufactured products, consumption (withdrawals)s Cigarettes, small, t a x - f r e e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m i l l i o n s . Cigarettes, small, t a v p a l d . . . . . . . . . . . . ..........do... Cigars, ta*-pald. thousands. Manufactured tobacco and snuff, t a x - p a i d . . . . . t h o u s . of l b . XJsSA'ffilR AND PRODUCTS leather production! Calf and kip thous. of skins. Cattle h i d e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u s . of hides. float and kid thous. of skins. Sheep and lamb. .do... Shoes and slippers, production, t o t a l . . . . . . . t h o u s . of p a i r s . Shoes, sandal« e and play shoes, @xe. a t h l e t i c , t o t a l , . d o . . . By kinds* Xen's do... Youths' and boys 8 .do... Women's. • ..... do.,. a i s s e s ' and c h i l d r e n ' s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . Infants' and babies • Slippers for housevear Athletic Other footwear I 8,397 890 2,124 2,982 2.537 37,070 34,162 S,l4l 1,077 17,13*+ 4,629 3,181 2,497 226 185 MSC4L3 AND MANUFACTURES Steel Ingots and steel for castings! Production... .thous. of short t o n s . . Percent of c a p a c i t y . . . . . .............................. rumps, steam, power, centrifugal and rotarys Orders, new... thous. of d o l . . TEX2ILE PSODUCTS Cotton! Manufactures, spindle a c t i v i t y (cotton system•spindles) 1 a c t i v e spindles, l a s t working day, t o t a l . . ...thous.. Consuming 100 percent cot ton , do Spindle hours operated, a l l f i b e r s , t o t a l . . . . m i l . of h r . . Average per spindle in p l a c e . . hours.. Consuming 100 percent cotton mil. offer.. Operations as percent of capacity. Sayon: Consumptions Filament y a r n . . ..mil. of l b . , Staple fiber .........do.... Stocks, producers', end of month: Filament yarn .....do.... Staple fiber ..' ......do 0 6,992 r6 3 . rl4, r20,3 r9.7 tj Bsvistd. £ / Preliminary. 1/ Beginning January 1949, data on original reports show further d e t a i l s ©n certain refined vegetable o i l s which are believed to have been included formerly In the crude o i l figure®. January 1949 figures for the items excluded beginning in t h i s month a r e a s follows (thousands of pounds)? Sesame, ©tocks, 142; r«p®@aed, stock®, 2,7631 linseed o i l - p r o d u c t i o n , 8 9 900| stocks U«5 «56o* other vegetable oile«-production, 955; stocks, l,6o4. • • • • - » . - » » 4-9
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