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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