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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 D E P A R T M E N T OF C O M M E R C E
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
AVAILABLE

OULY WITH

SUBSCRIPTION

TO SURVEY

Of CURRENT

SELECTED

COMMERCE
JULY

BUSINESS

BUSINESS

14, 1950

INDICATORS

STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION

ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY UTILITIES

(1935-39-100)

(BILLIONS OF KILOWATT-HOURS)

I

1948^

\

J^^LLJ I I )

^^\f

«*XI'^

\-±A-LA~LJJ-AJL±1J~LJAJJL±JAJ-±JL1^

VALUE OF MANUFACTURERS8 SALES AHB INVENTORIES

SALES OF RETAIL STORES
(BILLIONS OF DOLLARS-SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)

(BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SEASONALLY

25
20

ADJUSTED)

50

MONTHLY DATA

®

40

SALES
(LEFT SCALE) ^ * - ( ~ ' * v t t J » '

15

30
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ -

INVENTORIES
(RIGHT SCALE)

20

^ u i ^ x ^
1947

WEEKLY

B U S I-NESS

M

1 I n I I _l_Ui_l JJLLJLJ Li_
1948
1949

I M

I

1 1 1 !

1 1 1 I 1

1

10

1950

STATISTICS1

19^9

1950

IIHi
July 2
Commodity prices, wholesale?
All
commodities....................................1926.100..
farm product«........... •...-. •......... -.. -......... »d©•...
Food... • e........ .0.. ......... •... •................. i o . s . •
All ©th®r* ...•'••..........•.......••..•.•••........ .^do... 28 commodities 2/...........................August 1939^100,.
Cotton, middling, 15/l6M, 10 markets J/.........dol. par lb..
lheat9 Ho. 2,- hard winter (Kansas City).........dol. per "bu..
Department ttor© salts............................. .1935-39»100..
1 B.®ur@& mxmxploym&nt, total..............................thou©. «
Stat© program®............;...*• •................. •... „d©... •
Veterans * programs.....................................do....
finance?
Currency in circulation £/..................... .ail, of M . e
Federal Eeserve "bank credit, total......................do... •
Member bask reserve feaLanceg,.....^....,.....,.....,.^©,,^,
Excess reserves, estimated...........................do....
federal Reserve reporting member banks in leading cities*
Bank debits, total....
.....................mil. of del..
Mew Tork City.........
..........................do....

Deposits, demand, adjusted.. . . . . . . . . ' • . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . d o . . . •
Loan® and investments, t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . i . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . . .
U. S. Government - o b l i g a t i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . .
Commercial, industrials and agr® loans (gro®®).....do..°*
f a i l u r e s , i n d u s t r i a l and c o m m e r c i a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . n u m b e r . .
Bond yield®, domestic corporate (Moody1©). ]J..•..
*»* .«»p@re@ni0.
Stock prices* 4 l 6 stock® (Standard and Poor »s) . . . .1935-39^100..
I n d u s t r i a l s , 365 s t o c k s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . .
Productions
Bituminous coal %/ . . . . . . . . . . . — . . . . . ..-'.thous. of short tons*.
SI e c t r i c power, by u t i l i t i e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m i l . of k r h i " 0 9
Motor vehicles (Ward1 s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .number ac
Petroleum, crude J j / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u ® • of b b l . .
Steel 4/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . »193^39^100 B .
Freight sarloading®, t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u s . of e » i . 0
Miscellaneous..........................................do....
1/. Data do not always cover calendar weeks.



2/ Thursday p r i c e s

153 »5
1660 2

160.5
145»4
228,2
r325
1*91
23s
•2,663
1,994

5^3
27^73
19,875
18,013

679
22,3gl
10,210
46,093
62,609

3M7«
13,177
177

3*oo
112.5
117.8
217

5Mo

137,802

Mao

165.0

em

July 9

June 10

Jus© 17

JBB® 84

July 1

156.7
164*5
161.0
148.3
262*9
.338
2*1K
302
1,610
1,543
28

157.1
166,2
162.5
I4g»3
264.4
.337
2.13
250

157-1
165.0
162*?
148.7
267.g
»338
2.17
262

159*0
171.3
165.2
149.0
272.0
*342
2»20

2,110
6ll

157.1*
166 »4
163.2
148*2
269,4
°338
2»2Q
302
I,63§
1,569
29

27,623
19,779
17,980
1,462

.27,064
18,143
16,067
750

26,998
18,270
16,309
927

269ci40
18,26i
l6 9 l69
674

279077
18,567
15,988
515

27,301
18,950
16,254
768

21,148
9,900
45,844
62,555
3^,735
13,005
153
2.99
115.1+
121.0
9g3
4,982
111,793
4,66s
126.4
595

22e7gg
9,396
£7.519
66,960
36,183
13,394
164
2.87
149.2
159*3

22,750
9,185
47,9*12
67,299
36,505
13,459
178
2.87
149.0
158.9

25,296
9,721
48,040
67,905
36,935
13*532
147
2.87
149 .4
159.5

*,034
10,196
47,944
67,980
36,665
13,595
156
2.89
143.2
152.9

1,768
1,740
1,770
5*921
6,012
6,102
191^17
195,643
196,348
5,269
5,276
5,228
216.1
215*9
216.3
S10
806
796
382
375
382
4/ Week ending Juiy 15, 205.0.

1.693
6,115
187,893
5,357
216.1
783
370

153.1
165. if
160.3

im«$

229*0
.325
1.99
201

2,824

32g
2/ Daily averages.

July 8

9,239

13S
2*91
140. .9
150 .4

132,809
" "197^7

2

MONTHLY

BUSINESS

Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey
and the 1949 Statistical Supplement

STATISTICS

1949
May

1950
June

March

April

May

GENERAL BUSINESS INDICATORS
7 a m income and marketings:
Cash receipts from farming, Including Government payments,
total
.... .mil- of dol.
farm marketings and CCO loans, total
..do...
Crops
do...
Livestock and products, total
do...
Dairy products
do...
Meat animals
do...
Poultry and eggs
.
do...
Indexes of cash receipts from marketings and CCC loans,
unadjusted:
All commodities.
193!r39»100.
Crops
do...
Livestock and product s
do.. •
Indexes of volume of farm marketings, unadjusted:
All commodities
do...
Crops.
do...
Livestock and products
.,,,..,.
.,,,.., .do-..
Manufacturers1 sales and inventories - value (adjusted):
Sales, total
mil. of dol.
Durable-go ode industries, total
.
.do...
Iron, steel, and products
.....do...
Nonferrous metals and products
do...
Electrical machinery and equipment
'.
do...
Machinery, except electrical.....
do...
Automobiles and equipment
do...
Transportation equipment, except automobiles
do...
Lumber and timber basic products
do...
Furniture and finished lumber products
do...
Stone, clay, and glass products.....».
do...
Other durable-goods industries
do...
Nondurable-goods industries, total
do...
Food and kindred products
do...
Beverages
do...
Tobacco manufactures
do...
T e x t i l e - m i l l products
do...
Apparel and r e l a t e d product s
do...
Leather and p r o d u c t s
do...
Paper and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s
do...
P r i n t i n g and p u b l i s h i n g
do...
Chemicals and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s
do...
Petroleum and c o a l products
do...
Rubber products
do...
Other nondurable-goods i n d u s t r i e s
.do...
I n v e n t o r i e s , book v a l u e , end of month, t o t a l
do...
Durable-goods i n d u s t r i e s , t o t a l
do...
Iron, s t e e l , and p r o d u c t s
do...
Nonferrous m e t a l s and p r o d u c t s
do...
E l e c t r i c a l machinery and equipment
do...
Machinery, except e l e c t r i c a l
.do...
Automobiles and equipment
do...
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n equipment, except automobiles
do...
Lumber and timber b a s i c p r o d u c t s
do...
Furniture and f i n i s h e d lumber products
do...
Stone, c l a y , and g l a s s p r o d u c t s
do...
_
Other durable-goods i n d u s t r i e s
do...
Nondurable-goods i n d u s t r i e s , t o t a l
....do...
Pood and kindred p r o d u c t s
do...
Beverages
do.!.
Tobacco manufactures
do...
T e x t i l e - m i l l products
do...
Apparel and r e l a t e d p r o d u c t s
do...
Leather and p r o d u c t s
do...
Paper and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s
do...!
P r i n t i n g and p u b l i s h i n g
do...,
Chemicals and a l l i e d p r o d u c t s
do...,
Petroleum and coal products* * , ;
do....
Bubber p r o d u c t s
do
Other nondurable-goods i n d u s t r i e s
do...,
Manufacturers' new o r d e r s , n e t - v a l u e ( u a a d j . ) , t o t a l , . d o . . . .
Durable-goods i n d u s t r i e s , t o t a l
• .'..
do...,
Iron, s t e e l , and p r o d u c t s
do...,
Nonferroua m e t a l s and t h e i r p r o d u c t s
do,..,
E l e c t r i c a l machinery and equipment
do
Machinery, except e l e c t r i c a l
,
do....
Transportation equipment, except a u t o s
do....
Other durable-goods i n d u s t r i e s
do...«
Nondurable-goods i n d u s t r i e s
do....
COMMODITY PRICES
P r i c e s r e c e i v e d by farmers, a l l farm p r o d u c t s . . . 1910- i 4 » 1 0 0 .
Crops.
do.
Pood g r a i n
do
Feed grain and hay
..!.....!.!do

Digitizedr/forRevised.
FRASER


rl,946
rl.917
r6l5
rl,302
'370
r63S
r2?l

2.053
2.036
757
1,279

1.594
1.544
*36
1,108
313
579
202

1,800
1.759
425
1.33*

239

1.674
1,642
478
1,164
315
639
200

r2S9
r215
rlkk

306
265
338

247
167
307

232
153
293

265
149
352

rl24
rS7
r!51

132
110
148

112
72
142

104
59
139

116
60
159

17.741
.. 7,486
1,76s
452
74l
1,229
l.3«9
484
381
328
367
350
10,253
3.027
671
284
936
807
279
^51
573
1,1*4
1.523
248
310
33.565
15.994
3.629
1,120
1.9*1
.533
,008
909
725
787
557
7S5
17,572
2,993
1,108
l,6i4
2,404
1,404
617
894
611
2.316
2.539
650
1+20
15,734
5.993
1.328
358
584
986
4?5
2,24l
9*742

17,990
7,745
1,811
512
730
1,195

19,144
8,127
1.989
572
885
1,272
1.456

rl8,459
'7.956
r2,015
r542
r833
'1.219
rl,486
rj84
r&50
'352
r36o
r315
n o , 502
'3.023
'577
r254
rl,027
r620
r264
r574
r648
rl,221
rl,662
r303
r330
'31,219
rl4,0ll
'3.171
r996
rl,6o6
'3.116
rl,840
r648
r6l9
rS07
506
r702
rl7,208
'3.194
rl,l62
rl,687
'2.339
rl,496
r644
r778
617
2,128
r2,204
598
363
rl8,594
'8,531
r2,028
'587
r835
'1,328
'545
r3,208
ri0,063

20,384
9.013
2,254
633
919
1,382
1,716
393
510

253
235
229
174

X

'g

417
339
369
366
10,244
3,006
701
279
984
685

592
1.143
266
*,00
33.250
15.727
3.564
1.136
1,888
3,484
1.977
915
652
786
563
762
17.524
3.026
1.095
1.633
2,^1
1,412
624
872
609
2.278
2,544
644
427
.544
16,300
.504
418
702
1,017
217
2,686
9,756
249
225
213
168

Wo
366
344
11,017
3,010
604
286
1.091
724
290
636
722
1.3H
1.632
306
406
31.103
13,878
3.109
977
1.593
3.117
1,806
677
615
794
495
695
17.225
3.220
1,159
1,673
2,338
x

«

2,112
2,246
595
361
20,228
9,075
2,382
638
1,006
1,396
3.3*1
11.153
237
224
174

241
225
227
181

%
208

357
11.370
3,282
654
285
1.187
623

3*
643

666
1.381
1.647
386
31.501
14,165
3.236
999
1,0*1
3.127
1.850
612
652
829
505
715
17.336
3.184
1,122
1.701
2,452
1.476
686
761
609
2,146
2,216
369
19,995
8,780
2,328
649
90S
1,486
147
3.263
11,215
2*7
223
230
190

MONTHLY

BUSINESS

l&rXi©r -data are Available in monthly issues of the Survey
and th« 1949 S t a t i s t i c a l Supplement

3

ST A Ti S Tl C 5™ Continued
19*9

May

1950
March

JUM

April

May

CJCSfifODXfT PBX0288 * Continued
Prices received by farmers, a l l farm products - Continued
Crops ~ Continued
Tobacco
.1910-14*10©.
Cotton
do., .,
fruit
do...
Truck crops
do...
Oil-bearing crops
do...
Livestock and products
do....
Meat animals
do...,
Dairy products
do...,
Poultry and eggs
do...,
Prices paid by farmers!
All commodities
do...
Commodities used in living
..do....
Commodities used in production
do...,
All commodities, interest, taxes, and wage rates
do...,
Parity ratio (prices rec'd to prices paid by farmers).. . d o . . . ,
Be t a i l prices, U. S. Department of Commerces
AH commodities, index
1935-39*100..
CONSTRUCTION ANDfiSALSSTATB
New construction, total
mil. of dol..
Private, total
do....
Residential (nonfarm)
do....
Nonresidential building, exc. farm and pub. u t l l . . . . d o . . . ,
Commercial
do....
Industrial
do....
farm construction
do....
Public u t i l i t y
do....
Public, total
do....
.Residential
do...,
Nonresidential building
do....
Military and naval
do....
Highway
do
Conservation and development
do
Other types
do....

403
252
245
271
319
235
215

404
253
235
155
232
271
323
233
212

389
236
193
168
230
258
308
243
165

3f9
242
206
205
239
256
312
235
l6l

269
3*2
230
154

244
245
242
253
100

242
24 5
239
252
99

239
239
239
250
95

240
2?9
241.
251
96

244
242
246
25*
97

188.3

188.3

I83.8

184.1

I85.7

rl,S70
rl.315
r64l
r262
rS6
r81
rl21
r285
r555
r25
rl67
9
r205
r71
r78

r2,039
rl,428
r712
r272
r94
76
rl31
r305
r6ll
*33
rl72
rll
r236
r80
r79

rl,750
rl,313
r74l
r249

rl.959
*1,*53
r852
r249
r76
70
rS3
r253
r506
r28
rl78
*9
rl45
r74
r72

r2,220
rl.635
r980
r275
r92
rlOO
r267
r585
r28
rlS7
*9
r200
r85
r76

210,677
*5.386
l65,29l
9,55*
2,001
33,758
119,978

193.287
41,476
151,811
9,265
2,039
31.045
109,462

.213,488
41,139
172.350
9,240
2,355
35.691
125,064

43,32b
172.427
11.290
2,316
35.645
123.176

230,211
45.576
174.6J6
12,441
2,469
36.56O
123,166

10.759
3.328
7,431
1^.139
5.375
8,764

10,684
3.3*6
7.338
14,182
5.357
8,825

11.125
3.73*
7.391
14,282
5.259
9.023

rll,080
*3.679
r7,40i
14,138
5,258
8,880

11,J328
3.883
7,444
1*.273
5.331
8,942

288
291

268
285

274

285
292

r286
r290

1.^9
61,983
58,694
8,974
*9.720
3.289

1,468
63.398

1,346
61,675
57.551
6,675
50,877
*,123

1.330
62,183
58,668
7,195
51.473
3,515

1.320
62,788
59.731
8,062
51.669
3.057

*3.568
18,070
17,592
23,020
43,568
17.796
15,657
507
22,911
56.6

*3,895
18,301
17,796
23,035
*3.895
18,083
15.87s
676
22,880
56.2

*3.525
17,935
17.389
22,998
*3.525
17,655
15.814
r526
22,836
56,8

255,724
221,408
32.098
2,218
24

255,718
221,714
31,802
2,202
22

256,350
222,315
31,868
2.167
20

•8
*79
r235
r437
r28
r!70
rS
rlOO
r62
r69

DOMESTIC TRADE

&6
195
178

Newspaper a d v e r t i s i n g :

Linage, total (52 c i t i e s )
thous. of l i n e s .
Classified
do...
Display, total
do...
Automotive
do...
financial
do...
.General
do...
Retail
do...
All r e t a i l stores:
Estimated sales (adjusted), total
mil. of dol.
Durable-goods stores
do
Nondurable-goods stores
do....
Estimated inventories (adjusted), total
do....
Durable-goods stores
do.. .*
Nondurable-goods stores
do....
Department store sales, United States t o t a l s :
Unadjusted index
1935-39*100..
Adjusted index
do....
SHPLOTMEHT
Labor f o r c e (Bureau of t h e Census):
Armed f o r c e s

Civilian labor force
Employment
Agricultural
Nonagricultural
Unemployment

thousands.

do...
do...
do...
do...
do...

*9,696
•&!
49,924
3,778

flNANCB
federal Reserve banks, condition, end of months
Assets, total
Reserve bank credit outstanding, total
United States securities
Gold certificate reserves
Liabilities, total

mil. 0 f dol.
.....do...
do...
do...
do...

Deposits, total
do...
Member bank reserve balances
do...
Excess reserves (estimated)
do...
federal Reserve notes i n circulation
do...
Reserve rati o
percent.
federal Government financeI
Debt, gross, end of month
mil. of dol.
Interest bearing! Public 1 ssues
do...
f e c i a l Issues
do...
Noninterest bearing
do...
Obligations guaranteed by U, s e . amount out standing... do!!."!
tj Revised. y_/ Preliminary.



*5.*83
20,092
19,704
23,116
*5.*83
19,582
18,024
794
23.3*6
53-8
251,889
217,975
31,914
2,000
23

252,770
217.986
32.776
2,009
27

4

MONTHLY

BUSINESS

Earlier data are available in monthly issues ©f the Survey
and the I9U9 Statistical Supplement

ST A T IS T I C S — C o n t i n u e d
19^9

1950
June

Mar eh

April

JIHAKCX - Continued
Sold* monetary stock, United Stet8i».oee.»oe.o8«,iiL of d o L
Currency in circulation*................................do...
Security markets, prices!
Bonds?
Standard and - Poor's Corporation!
Composite,-. A1+ issuer (17 bonds).... .dol. per $100 "bond.
Domestic municipal (15 bonds) • ................... ...do..«
U. So Treasury "bonds (taxable)......................do...
Stocks!
Dow-Jones & Go, C65 s t o c k s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o l * p e r s h a r e .
I n d u s t r i a l (30 s t o c k s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
P u b l i c u t i l i t y (15 s t o c k s ) ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . d o . . <
Bailroad (20 s t o c k s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
S t a n d a r d and Poor 1 ® C o r p o r a t i o n !
Combined, •index ( 4 l 6 s t o c k s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e e 1935-39^100.
I n d u s t r i a l (365 s t o c k s ) . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . • *d©...
Public u t i l i t y (31 s t o c k s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
E a i l r o a d (20 s t o c k s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
LUMBER AND

24,342
27,507

^,466
27,^3

24,246
2.7,04.2

24,247
27,048

24,231
r27,090

120.2
129*0
101.62

120.2
127*5
101*72

122.7

X3I.5
103,24

122*5
131.2
102sg7

122.1
131.5
102*73

74.52
206.30
43»i6
55.48

75*86
212.67
42*86
55*72

77*68
2X3*36
43.61
56.36

138.8
14605
109.6
108o 5

141.8
150*0
lll.o
109.5

146.9
156.1
112.8
109.7

62^79
17^.03
35 »73
ki»
o90
117,7
123.5
35*3

95-8

112.0
117.0

93»o
gg.4

MMUFAGmm

Lumber ( N a t i o n a l Lumber M a n u f a c t u r e r s A s s o c i a t i o n ) !
• P r o d u c t i o n , t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - m i l . of b d . f t ,
Hardwood®...........................................do...
Softwood®.............................................do...
Shipments, t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . » t o » . .
Hardwoods...........................................do..,
Softwood®............................................do...
S t o c k s , g r o s s * end ©f month* t o t a l . . . . . . . ^ . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
Hardwoods..............................................do*.<
Softwoods. . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . < . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .

2,936

3®

2,4ll
7.23^
28157
5,077

3,027
514
2,513
2,963
444
2.519
7.298
•2,227
5,071

2,422
3.3^3
739
2,604
6,277
1,960.
4,317

3,227
688
2.539
3.220
683
?2,537
6.350
1,966
H,3^

4,403

3.^3

4 @ 862

3.355

17 9 1S9
2,810

53.104
40,033
30,00s
392
7.144
565
6,900
,522
745
8,, 7 ^ 0
10,025
28,054
26,893
4 S 848
553
11,167
2,755
500
7,070
1,161

2,477
2*863

3*576
752
2,824
3.683
776
2,907
6,117 '
l,94l
4,176

PBTB0LEUM, GOAL* AND PE0DUCTS
A n t h r a c i t e , p r o d u c t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u s . of s h o r t t o a e Bituminous c o a l s
P r o d u c t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . • . . . . . . . < . • . . . • . • . . . . . . . . . »d©..«
I n d u s t r i a l consumption and r e t a i l d e l i v e r i e s ^ t o t a l . . . d o . . .
I n d u s t r i a l consumption^, t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
Beehive coke © y e n ® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
Byproduct coke o v e n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . „ d o . e .
Cement m i l l s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . <
SIectrie-power u t i l i t i e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . «
Hailways ( c l a s s I ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . •«
S t e e l and r o l l i n g m i l l s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . «
Other i n d u s t r i a l . . . . . . . ' . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-.do • •.
Be t a i l d e l i v e r i e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^.. . d o . . <
S t o c k s , l a d , a n d r e t a i l d e a l e r ® , end of month,, t o t a l . . d o . . .
Industrial, t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
% p r o d u c t coke o v e n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
Cement m i l l s . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . „ . . . . . . - . . . d o . . .
SIectrie-power u t i l i t i e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . ,
Bailways ( c l a s s I ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
S t e e l and r o l l i n g m i l l s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . ,
Other i n d u s t r i a l . . . . . . . - • . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . • . • • . . . • . d o . . .
Betail dealers, t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .

47,795
3M64
29,71S

S25
8,305
670
6,142
5.^92
621
7.263
5,o46
72,755
70,273
15,870
1^33
25,444
9.701
1,360
16,465
2,482

r4,258
45,158
34,032
29.652
705

622
738
380
44,795

42,840
9.572
771
16,774
3,113
84l
11,769
1.955

PAPEB AS© PBINIXNfl
A l l p a p e r and p a p e r b o a r d s i l l s (Bureau of t h e Census) l
P a p e r and p a p e r b o a r d p r o d u c t ! o n , t o t a l . . t h o u s . o f s h o r t ton®.
Paper..
...do...
Paperboard..........................................do..,
Building b o a r d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . d o • . ,
Paperboards
O r d e r s , n e w . . . . . . . . . • . . . • • • . . • . . • • • • . • . • . . . . • . . • s h o r t tons«
O r d e r s , u n f i l l e d , end of m o n t h * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
Produc t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .

r1,544
r807
r682

rl,900

r54

699
56

2.032
1,029
901
101

r94

2,04l
1,019
917
105

686 8 700
238,700
692 9 300

692,000
243,300
696,800

952,600
371.800
90g,6oo

847,100
343,700
858,300

964,000
395.9QO
934,600

6.93^

7.392
7.53^
3.233
13.135

7,314
6.79U2,830
12,355

7,583
7.526
2,975
12,341

8,521
3.H9
12,367

6,005

6.3^3

6,223

5,237
12,410

12,
2,306

11,926
11,303

1.556
801

959
rS48

HJBBER AND BUBBEB PBDDUCTg
T i r e s and tubes?
Pneumatic casings?
P r o d u c t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . thousands.
S h i p m e n t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •. • . . . . . . * - . . . . . . . . . „ & o . . .
Original equipment ................................. .do...
Stocks, end of month.............................. .-.do...
Inner tubes?
Production. ......................................... .do...
Shipments.'..........................................do0..
Stocks, end of month................................do.•.

6,822
2,379
13.301

6.;
S.^5

8,629

7,089

11,432

6,285
6,094
11,710

6,688
12,110

14,072
14,126
248636

12,231
11,480
25,3^6

12,530
11,125
26,792

5.733

mCT'ILE PBODUCTS
Hosiery?
Production...........................thous• of dosen pairs.
Shipment s............•..............;..........•......do...
S t o c k s , end of m o n t h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
TJ FRASER
Bevised.
Digitized for


11,052
10,934
'23*93^

25,800