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SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 6, 1941 SUMMARY OF BUSINESS TRENDS /CONTINUED pressure of defense requirements sharply *-* modified the usual seasonal decline in factory employment during January, raising the adjusted index to a record 118.0 from 116.6 in December. The rise was attributable to further expansion in the durable goods industries as employment in nondurables declined fractionally, on an adjusted basis, over the period. Nonagricultural employment in January, apart from the military establishment, totaled 36,343 thousand workers compared with 37,299 thousand in December, the usual seasonal reduction in retail trade employment being mainly responsible for the decline. Employment was still the highest for any January on record, being almost 2 million above January 1940 and more than a million larger than that of January 1929. The large volume of employment is fully reflected in the January index of income payments which advanced, on a seasonally adjusted basis from 95.6 in December to 96.3 in January—the highest point since February 1930. The dollar volume of payments was somewhat smaller than in December because of the usual drop in dividend disbursements and the seasonal reduction in trade employment. The adjusted index of salaries and wages advanced from 96.6 to 97.3 in the month, while adjusted cash income from farm marketings remained the same as in December. January export trade generally continued previously established trends, a further decline in agricultural exports being slightly more than offset by an increase in shipments of industrial products. Total exports of United States merchandise were valued at $318 million for the month, compared with $315 million in December. The fall in agricultural shipments, already at record lows, was almost entirely accounted for by smaller shipments of raw cotton, which amounted to only $3.1 million compared with $6.4 million in December and the unusually large figure of $60 million a year ago. Nonagricultural exports rose to $295.8 million from $289.5 million in December, with shipments of war materials continuing in high volume. Exports of total nonferrous metals rose moderately, and aircraft shipments increased to a new record of $40.9 million, as contrasted with $32.1 million in December. On the other hand, exports of iron and steel mill products and of firearms and ammunition were both smaller than in December. Shipments of metal-working machinery reversed a steady advance of recent months by declining to $25.4 million from $29.6 million in December. Imports for consumption declined in January to $224 million, $14 million under the December total. A wide range of commodities participated in the decline. SELECTED BUSINESS INDICATORS ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION (PERCENT OF CAPACITY) 120 100 80 2.6 60 2.4 40 2.2 '™° - A(//" 2.0 20 FREIGHT CAR LOADINGS (BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS) 3.0 ^1941 2.8 ii i i (THOUSANDS OF CARS) V-— y \ 1 1 \ T AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION BITUMINOUS COAL PRODUCTION COMMERCIAL LOANS (THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES J (DAILY AVERAGE-THOUSANDS OF TONS) (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS) ^ ^•1941 -1940 ^1939 1 PRICE INDEX OF 23 BASIC COMMODITIES 160 . • t , EXPORTS OF U. S. MERCHANDISE (AUG. 1939- 100) CMILLIONS OF DOLLARS ) 500 THURSDAY FICUFCS 140 120 100 80 ^Kr—* .. . . . i . . . , , ., i,, i., i.. .. i.. i,, INCOME PAYMENTS i,, , , 1 1 1 1 , 1 I 1 1JD FACTORY EMPLOYMENT ft PAYROLLS (1923-25-100) (SEASONALLY ADJUSTED 1929* 100) 105 100 130 120 MONTHLY DATA > 95 100 ^ — ^ 85 Mini 1938 295921-41 EMPLOYMENT^ (ADJUSTED) \ ^ 110 90 80 75 MONTHLY DATA I,,,,, n It i 1 i Q ij 1939 1940 '/ 90 1941 80 70 A *W -J - - PAYROLLS > (UNADJUSTED) 1938 ,, r,,l , , ! , , 1939 ,,l,,l,,!,,. , . . . , J . ..!.., 1940 194! WEEKLY BUSINESS INDICATORS' [Weekly average, 1923-25=100] 1940 1941 1939 Business activity:! New York Times §. Barton's Business Week Commodity prices, wholesale: Dept. of Labor, 1926=100: Combined index Farm products. Food Allother Fisher's index, 1926=100: Combined index Copper, electrolytict Cotton, middling, spotConstruction contracts}: Distribution: Carloadings. _. Employment, Detroit, factory... Finance: Bond yields t.. Stock pricesj.. 121. 5 121.1 121.1 122.5 101.4 101.7 13.9 93.2 130.0 130.2 130.0 128.1 106.2 108.3 95.8 96.9 144.0 143.8 144.3 144.0 110.3 111. 4 100.4 100.8 80.4 70.2 73.2 84, 80.5 80.5 80.6 78.4 78.6 76.7 76.8 70.5 70.7 71.7 68.8 69.4 67.2 67.7 73.7 70.5 71.0 71.5 71.4 73.3 80.4 84.5 84.6 86.0 85.9 85.4 85.4 85.7 84.4 84.8 80.: 80.0 85.5 85.5 S5.5 85.5 85.5 81.9 80.4 79.7 79.7 40.1 40.1 39.7 40.1 40.1 41.5 41.9 33.5 32.7 73.0 74.5 45.5 70.9 71.9 71.2 75.7 74.5 75.0 66.6 62.5 58.4 122.4 123.0 110.7 59.1 59.3 58.8 58.6 58.2 62.6 62.4 65.5 66.0 90.1 88.3 89.5 92.0 93.8 HO. 4 111.1 106.9 104.1 1939 1940 1941 Mar. Feb. Feb. Feb Feb. Mar. Feb. Mar. Feb. Mar. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. Feb. Mar. Feb. 25 24 15 Finance— C ontinued. Banking: Debits, outside N. Y. C.t.-.. Federal Reserve reporting member banks: Loans, total Interest rates: CallloanstTime loansi , Currency in circulation! Production: Automobiles Bituminous coal! Cotton consumption! __ Electric powertLumber _ Petroleum ! Steel ingots® Receipts, primary markets: Cattle and calves Hogs Cotton Wheat 119.8 120.2 84.2 111. 9 103.0 103.1 97.5 97.0 85.4 76.0 75.4 75.0 74.7 74.5 68.2 68.3 65.5 65.5 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 28.6 28.6 28.6 28.6 28.6 28.6 28.6 28.6 28.6 180.3 179.2 178.6 177.8 176.5 153.6 153.3 139.0 138.2 161.0 162.5 162.2 162.4 158.2 128.3 130.6 100.1 96.2 98.8 86.1 . . . . 90.6 . . . . 84.0 ... . 87.0 101.1 101. 53.9 125.8 125.8 108.4 113.4 145.6 148.8 153.9 169.9 148.8 147.4 134.7 133.6 169.3 168.7 169.5 169.9 55.7 52.1 51.9 56.2 42.7 46.1 38.1 41.6 180.0 180.4 179.4 178.0 188.3 185.1 164.4 165.1 169.4 166.4 170.8 170.5 170.8 113.0 115.1 95.8 92.2 59.6 57.4 49.0 56.7 54.9 50.8 49.6 44.9 49.1 51.7 51.4 33.1 75.8 51.9 72.3 83.8 77.3 93.8 32.7 30.8 25.6 24.0 26.5 28.6 29.7 65.1 36.8 35.4 •Data do not cover calendar weeks in all cases. ^Seasonally adjusted. tDally average. tWeekly average, 1928-30=100. §Computed nonnal^lOO. Index revised beginning Jan. 8,1938; revised data not given in the issue for Jan. 23,1941, and subsequent issues will be shown later. ©Index for week ended Mar. 8 is 171.5. Beginning Jan. 11, 1941, index is based on production of steel ingots and castings. WEEKLY BUSINESS STATISTICS* 1941 Mar.l COMMODITY PRICES, WHOLESALE Copper, electrolytic, New York? dol. per lb.. Cotton, middling, spot. New York do... Food index (Bradstreet's).. do.... Iron and steel, composite dol. per ton.. Wheat, No. 2, Hard Winter (Kansas City).dol. per bu.. FINANCE Banking: 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 U. S. Government mil. of dol.. Loans, total§. do Commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans§ mil. of dol.. Interest rates, callloanst percent.. Interest rates, time loanst do Exchange rates: Pound sterling!._ dollars.. Failures, commercial number.. Currency in circulation!mil. of dol.. Security markets: Bond sales (N. Y. S. E.) thous. of dol. par value-. Bond yields (Moody's) (120bonds)t .percent.. Stock sales (iV. Y. S. E.).. ...thous. of shares.. Stock prices (N. Y. Times)X dol. per share.. Stock prices (Standard Statistics) (420) 1926=100.. Industrials (350) .do.... Public utilities (40). do.... Railroads (30) do.... PRODUCTION, CONSTRUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION Production: Automobiles! .number. Bituminous coalj thous. of short tons.. Electric power ._ mil. of kw.-hr.^ Petroleumt_ thous. ofbbl.. Steel ingots© pet. of capacity.. Construction contract awards! 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. 1 _ .do Ore ...do Miscellaneous do Receipts; Cattle and calves. thousands.. Hogs _ do Cotton into sight. thous. of bales.. Wheat, at primary markets thous. of bu.. Feb. 22 Feb. 15 1940 Feb. 8 Feb. 1 Mar. 2 1939 Feb. 24 Mar. 4 1938 Feb. 25 Mar. 5 0.118 .109 2.55 38.23 .80 0.118 .109 2.55 38.23 .76 0.118 .108 2.55 38.23 .76 0.118 .109 2.54 38.20 .79 0.118 .109 2.54 38.22 .81 0.113 .113 2.30 36.83 1.00 0.111 .114 2.34 36.83 1.03 0.110 .091 2.33 36.38 .69 0.110 .089 2.32 36.38 .71 0.098 .091 2.47 38.84 0.098 .092 2.48 38.84 3,444 4,631 3,604 5,574 2,365 3,908 3,850 5,190 3,211 4,778 2,673 3,084 4,523 3,548 4,501 2,638 3,523 4,389 2,155 3,209 2,223 2,184 14,175 6,542 2,235 2,184 14,021 6,440 2,260 2,184 13,871 6,331 2,217 2,184 13,842 6,306 2,228 2,184 14,347 6,799 2,537 2,477 12,318 5,687 2,523 2,477 12,241 5,629 2,586 2,564 8,942 3,382 2,592 2,564 8,841 3,298 2,563 2,564 7,215 1,391 2,591 2,564 7,240 1,412 23,431 5,454 16,955 10,334 23,157 5,466 16,958 10,420 22,981 5,452 16,871 10,382 22,798 5,452 16,847 10,378 5,425 16,368 9,950 19,414 5,290 14, 740 8,851 19,256 5,277 14,680 8,830 15,965 5,202 13,408 8,143 16,094 5,189 13,426 8,184 14,381 5,260 12,298 8,137 14,576 5,249 12,271 8,147 2,766 9,495 2,760 9,423 2,765 9,377 2,746 9,337 2,744 2,421 8,528 2,425 8,531 2,019 8,186 1,993 8,180 1,159 8,933 1,150 8,896 5,227 1.25 -4,031 305 8,755 5,220 1.00 1.25 -4.028 294 8,701 5,173 1.00 1.25 "4.028 271 8T 075 5,124 1.00 1.25 • 4.031 284 5,076 1.00 1.25 •4.033 300 8,572 4,324 1.00 1.25 3.940 270 7,459 4,316 1.00 1.25 3.954 225 7,446 3,773 1.00 1.25 4.688 254 6,752 3,766 1.00 1.25 4.689 267 6,711 4,357 1.00 1.25 5.017 4,378 1.00 1.25 5.018 6,350 6,321 35,510 3.41 1,947 87.52 73.3 84.9 72.5 25.4 26,350 3.42 1,892 85.73 73.3 84.9 72.5 25.4 28.210 3.39 2,689 33,270 3.38 2,276 89.33 77.6 90.0 75.9 27.2 43,160 3.36 2,975 91.05 78.5 91.1 77.0 27.3 28,190 3.61 3,015 107.25 91.1 106.8 87.6 28.8 26,360 3.60 3,253 107.94 92.2 108.3 87.9 28.9 43,850 3.78 4,641 103.83 92.6 108.9 86.5 30.4 26,500 3.81 3,365 101.05 89.6 105.6 84.1 27.9 27,260 . 4.18 2,679 92.27 82.7 98.2 71.7 29.4 29,480 4.19 3,978 93.74 84.7 100.7 73.4 30.2 126,550 127,740 1,722 2,820 127,510 1,731 2,810 3,638 *97.1 11,544 127,675 1,680 2,824 3,618 6 96.9 124,400 1,683 2,830 3,590 *>97.1 11,719 100,855 1,466 2,479 3,798 65.9 11,963 102,670 1,543 2,455 3,732 67.1 7,312 78,705 1,430 2,244 3,315 55.8 11,376 75,660 1,481 2,226 3,329 53.7 11,144 49,745 1,091 2,036 3,340 29.3 52,677 1,139 2,031 3,323 30.4 4,854 678,493 164,901 27,233 9,662 139,280 12,025 288,701 721,176 J67,147 39,328 29,297 10,720 153,049 13,478 308,157 710,196 163, 767 38,512 28,730 10,290 153,324 12,818 302,755 714,323 165,976 39,511 30,507 10,411 151,283 12,448 304,187 634,410 139,935 32,269 35,323 11,131 149,550 10,078 256,124 595,383 145,656 30,146 31,223 10,768 133,908 9,810 233,872 594,424 132,441 24,428 32,341 552,892 112,593 26,932 153,403 8,979 233,196 9,636 556,742 134,858 25,493 28,879 9,935 133,973 7,883 215,721 10,697 151,498 6,805 211,328 511,939 106,754 25,819 30,215 11,450 134,938 6,818 195,945 188 330 135 1,908 182 322 188 2,107 155 291 218 2,274 179 319 201 2,361 173 336 244 5,181 165 340 209 2,929 163 215 85 2,820 172 234 SO 2,196 210 220 110 2,615 199 297 194 1.664 1.00 197 2,040 76.7 88.9 75.6 26.6 # ©Rate for week ended Mar. 8 is 97.5. tDaily average. Data do not cover calendar weeks in all cases. ^Source: Ward's Automotive Reports §Data for 1938 not strictly comparable with data for later years; see note on corresponding data shown on p. 51 of the 1940 Supplement. ? Free rate. L b Based on estimated capacity Dec, 31,1940, including open-hearth, bessemer, and electric furnace ingots, and steel for castings produced by any process. Feb. 26 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS Monthly statistics through December 1939, to- 1941 gether with explanatory notes and references to the sources of the data, may be found in the Febru1840 Supplement to the Survey ary COMMODITY PRICES Page 11 Prices received by farmers (U. 8. 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 Track crops _do Miscellaneous do 1940 1941 February March 101 98 85 118 76 91 101 159 107 97 83 85 114 73 92 102 118 101 85 110 81 96 104 128 100 106 88 92 108 117 101 95 81 81 104 104 83 102 112 100 .298 .061 .302 .867 .052 .573 -.401 .050 .234 .167 .238 3.963 .061 .302 .829 .052 .571 ......401 .050 .234 .167 .238 3.759 .298 .061 .302 .842 .052 .570 .401 .050 .234 .167 .237 3.526 .298 .060 .301 .810 .052 .570 — .400 .050 .234 .167 .238 3.274 216,350 213,822 2,528 180,341 323,201 15,165 49.44 147.29 24.87 30.83 107. S3 192. 67 22.98 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 39.99 119.40 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 ' 2,489 '575 43 121 123 43 571 '40 '973 3,123 624 45 163 53 741 51 1,284 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 11,996 5,955 11,690 9,633 13,116 17,316 23,411 14,339 22,464 15,126 19,231 12,385 —4,751 -4,178 3,026 . 1,912 4,327 13,287 7,075 4,238 4,031 5,337 3,543 8,659 9,459 18,525 12,780 29,319 21,442 17,925 15,284 16,210 9,652 10,025 6,600 33,148 2,078 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 3S,040 6,583 11,410 39,450 9,438 11,820 40,631 12,505 40,046 4,362 '9,358 44,678 9,179 January January February April May June 103 90 80 118 80 81 130 156 93 FINANCE Pages 58, 74 Monetary statistics: Foreign exchange rates: Argentina dol. per paper peso.. Brazil, official dol. per milreis.. .061 British India dol. per rupee.. .301 Canada dol. per Canadian dol.. .837 Chile _ dol. per peso.. .052 .570 Colombia.. do .400 Germany .c._^._dol. per reichsmark.. .050 Italy __dol. per lira.. .234 Japan _ _ _dol. per yen.. .205 Mexico _dol. per peso. .238 Sweden dol. per krona.. 4.030 United Kingdom _a dol. per £ . Security markets: Stocks: Dividend declarations (N. Y. Times): Total .thous. of dol., 375,872 Industrials and miscellaneous d o _ 360,210 Railroads . do__. 15,662 Prices: Dow-Jones <fe Co., Inc. (65 stocks): dol. per share., 41.21 Industrials (30 stocks) . do... 121.68 Public utilities (15 stocks)... . . d o . . . . 19.37 Rails (20 stocks) ..do.... 27.54 New York Times (50 stocks) do.._. 87.07 Industrials (25 stocks) . .do. _. 154.20 Railroads (25 stocks) do.... 19.94 April 176,637 3,704 May July June August DecemSeptem- October November ber ber January 98 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 90 101 122 79 128 75 81 111 93 102 104 100 80 121 78 84 128 117 104 .298 .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 .298 .061 .301 .869 .052 .570 .400 .050 .234 .200 .238 3.979 .298 .061 .302 .855 .052 .570 .399 .050 .234 .199 .238 4.034 .061 .302 .863 .052 .570 .400 .050 .234 .203 .238 4.033 .298 .061 .302 .869 .052 .570 .400 .050 .234 .204 .238 4.036 .061 .302 .866 .052 .571 .400 .050 .234 .204 .238 4.035 .298 .061 .301 .848 .052 .571 .400 .050 .234 .205 .238 4.034 449,981 239,426 420,278 223,372 29,703 16,055 194,824 182,232 12,592 365,553 209,482 221,404 685,574 347,331 207,354 213,843 635,110 7,561 50,463 2,128 18,222 331,721 305,652 26,069 218,317 204,574 13,743 95 105 78 110 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 21.06 279 1,260 505 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 2,737 577 53 144 123 47 569 50 1,174 28,892 12,617 37,609 18,660 21,608 12,190 20,710 10,433 16,433 9,050 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS Page 83 Class I steam railways: Freight-carloadings (A. A. i?.):1 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 FOODSTUFFS Pages 105,107 Grains and grain products (principal markets): Corn: Receipts __thous. of bu_. Shipments ,.do Oats: Receipts-. _.___^_.;..__._-__ do.-.. Wheat: Shipments _ do METALS AND MANUFACTURES Page 136 Nonferrous metals: Tin: Deliveries. ._ long tons.. Visible supply, world, end of month. ..do United States (excluding afloat) do 2,824 605 56 154 116 41 597 51 1.204 13,862 7,091 3,050 8,085 12,195 44,107 7,489 13,126 7,777 -4,926 7,403 160 12,760 44,719 9,442 194D 1941 March BUSINESS INDEXES Manufacturers' orders, shipments, and inventories:* 121.3 New orders, total Jan. 1939=100.. 100.5 110.2 184 105.5 104.4 141.0 Durable goods .do 103.2 118.2 112.3 265 106.2 108.6 Nondurable goods do 98.7 105.0 101.0 132 103.2 122.9 Shipments, total do 118.9 119.7 118.2 121.2 148 136.3 Durable goods do 129.2 128.7 132.9 131.1 176 108.9 110.8 Nondurable goods do 110.4 107.9 112.4 123 109.3 109.1 Inventories, total Dec. 31,1938=100.. 110.0 108.9 109.8 121.4 112.2 112.1 Durable goods do. 112.8 111.5 112.6 129.5 106.2 105.8 Nondurable goods do. 107.0 106.2 106.8 112.8 ' Revised. IData for March, June, August, and November 1940 are for 5 weeks; other months. 4 weeks. *New series.: For data on manufacturers' orders, shipments, and inventories, see footnotes marked with p 132.9 156.9 117.6 125.9 139.6 113.8 108.6 111.8 105.2 July 127.2 158.5 107.1 117.2 128.6 108.6 109.2 111.9 106.4 DecemOctober NovemAugust September ber ber 129.5 162.8 108.1 123.5 128.9 118.6 110.9 115.4 106.0 164 211 133 145 158 134 112.2 118.4 105.5 172 235 131 146 167 128 114.4 121.2 107.1 ••237 129 148 172 127 116.5 124.1 108.5 an "*" on pp. 20 and 21 of the November 1940 SUKVEY. '172 '252 '120 152 '184 '123 '119.3 '127.9 '110.1 MONTHLY BUSINESS STATISTICS—Continued Monthly statistics through December 1939, to- 1941 gether with explanatory notes and references to the sources of the data, may be found in FebruJanuary January ary the 1940 Supplement to the Survey 1940 March April May June July Novem- DecemOctober August September ber ber EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES Pago 39 Labor turn-over in mfg. establishments: Accession rate.-.mo. rate per 100 employees.. 3.74 5.54 Separation rate: 3.43 Total do 3.41 .14 .18 Discharge. .do 2.55 1.81 Lay-off. do 1.62 Quit and miscellaneous do .74 FOREIGN TRADE P a g e s 7 7 78f 8 0 8 1 Exports: ' ' 97 Total: Value, unadjusted 1923-25=100.. 86 84 Value, adjusted _ _.do Imports: Total: Value, unadjusted _do 71 Value, adjusted do 70 Value: Exports, including reexports. ...thous. of dol._ 325,355 General imports, total _.do 228,636 241,897 Imports for consumption, total .do 223, 595 234,634 CHEMICAL AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Pages 95, 96 Vegetable oils and products: Oleomargarine: Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals) 29,409 thous. oflb._ 33,835 Price, wholesale, standard, uncolored (Chicago) dol. per lb__ .120 .118 Production thous. of lb_. 34,030 29,354 Paint sales: Calcimines, plastic and cold-water paints: Calcimines thous. of doL. 208 205 Plastic paints _do 34 35 Cold-water paints: In dry form do 140 144 In paste form do 252 288 Paint, varnish, lacquer, and fillers: Total ___ do 27,655 Classified, total do 24,609 20,456 Industrial do 9,991 12,206 Trade _do 12,403 10,465 Unclassified ___ do 7,210 8,799 ELECTRIC POWER AND GAS P a g e 97 Electric power: Production, total. mil. of kw.-hr_. 13,608 12,252 By source: Fuel.. _.do 9,065 0,075 Water power. _ __do 3,186 4,534 By type of producer: Privately and municipally owned public utilities mil. of kw.-hr.. 12,311 11,262 Other producers _do 1,298 LEATHER AND PRODUCTS Page 124 Leather manufactures: Boots, shoes, and slippers, production: Total ~_ thous. of pairs.. Athletic ...do—. All fabric (satin, canvas, etc.) do Part fabric and part leather do High and low cut, total ^ _do Boys' and youths' do— Infants' do— Misses' and children's do— Men's do Women's do Slippers and moccasins for housewear thous. of pairs,. All other footwear do 2.98 2.94 3.05 3.36 4.76 4.77 6.63 6.21 5.52 4.65 4.11 3.56 .16 2.67 .73 3.46 .15 2.53 .78 3.66 .13 2.69 .84 3.78 .13 2.78 .87 3.36 .14 2.32 .90 3.35 .14 2.25 .96 3.00 .16 1.63 1.21 3.22 .16 1.48 1.58 3.23 .19 1.53 1.51 3.06 .18 1.60 1.28 3.16 .16 1.86 1.14 91 100 92 91 85 91 92 104 83 95 *92 100 62 63 67 60 65 64 72 78 68 71 346,779 199,775 352, 272 216,732 206,719 324, 008 212,240 202,974 28,474 26,828 27,580 24,123 19,495 22,066 22,498 25,719 29,489 30,854 .120 29,477 .120 26,641 .120 27,408 .120 24,676 .120 19,852 .120 22,021 .118 21,664 .115 20,542 .115 30,160 .115 .115 30,002 ' 32,457 186 43 215 54 272 54 302 56 247 43 193 47 202 213 50 218 48 140 40 150 44 133 264 186 320 234 382 242 413 207 316 199 251 193 311 181 302 158 273 25,536 18,806 8,920 9,887 6,729 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 34,056 24,278 14,383 9,779 183 295 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 7,976 138 259 27,326 20,472 10,785 9,686 6,854 11,104 11,514 11,193 11,609 11,485 12,091 12,450 11,977 13,063 12,771 13,456 7,914 3,190 7,583 3,931 6,645 4,548 7,006 4,603 7,270 4,215 7,931 4,159 8,124 3,853 9,404 3,659 8,737 4,034 '9,058 10,258 846 10,557 957 10,277 916 10,616 992 10,402 1,083 10,937 1,154 11,239 1,211 10,678 1,299 11,706 1,357 11,431 1,340 12,115 1,341 34,551 311 824 1,048 29,538 1,067 1,821 3,614 8,337 14,700 31,056 349 915 692 25,556 1,017 1,703 2,825 7,588 12,424 29,479 343 965 424 23,801 1,161 1,575 2,601 7,419 11,045 27,905 371 691 303 22,668 1,230 1,600 2,950 6,925 9,963 323 302 370 28,113 1,391 1,710 3,357 8,018 13,63S 39,315 359 302 519 32,837 1,624 1,790 10,240 14,451 30,298 1,169 1,838 3,903 8,985 14,403 35,651 285 529 1,299 31,324 1,178 1,894 3,816 9,094 15,343 9,622 16,132 34,992 389 319 474 23,208 1,366 1,791 3,342 8,679 13,030 36,746 508 311 834 28,566 1,533 2,132 3,468 10,112 11,321 30,403 > 31,425 517 '479 332 297 842 ••1,043 22,409 ' 25,233 1,312 1,281 1,873 1,823 2,881 ••3,282 8,618 ••8,680 7,806 > 10,085 1,695 490 1,253 355 1,870 345 2,288 , 542 2,880 663 3,127 819 3,184 687 4,005 476 4,946 353 5,413 189 6,283 244 6,134 203 '4,093 4,954 4,270 1,805 2,360 105 9,348 4,888 4,112 1,974 2,037 101 10,124 5,007 4,346 2,050 2,203 93 10,747 5,106 5,010 2,095 2,827 87 10,881 5,415 5,720 1,999 3,626 96 10,576 5,148 6,927 1,925 4,905 96 8,881 4,676 4,284 858 3,316 110 9,299 4,704 4,245 705 3,425 115 9,732 4,495 4,572 1,465 3,001 106 5,482 5,561 2,322 3,081 158 4,838 5,137 2,438 2,569 130 9,118 4,999 4,972 2,626 2,227 118 9,179 '4,260 '3,805 76 '7,490 4,211 3,810 71 7,897 4,400 4,114 60 8,183 4,618 4,543 57 8,258 4,739 4,739 78 8,243 4,359 4,327 3,615 96 7,802 4,115 3,991 6,841 4,028 3,797 89 7,094 7,950 4,557 4,878 124 7,647 4,111 4,692 106 7,055 4,665 4,646 87 7,014 28,189 9,703 21,302 8,658 17,709 7,340 17,471 8,544 17,065 6,524 19,373 5,798 28,431 6,061 24,799 7,571 28,609 7,941 39,240 11,387 33,821 '34,012 '9,352 1,853 69 200 1,587 80 195 1,129 58 186 52 183 1,209 58 152 1,407 70 149 1,558 67 125 63 166 1,744 60 177 1,884 78 206 2,148 72 198 '2,256 '62 '202 73,328 71,344 137 70,764 67,472 127 55,888 51,750 100 54,658 51,173 87 60,724 61,167 94 68,147 66,718 137 72,506 72,934 143 80,359 85,527 146 83,665 88,005 158 36,632 385 451 1,498 32,113 1,432 2,129 3,860 RUBBER PRODUCTS Page 149 pneumatic casings: Production _ .thousands.. 5,472 4,847 Shipments, total .do 2,293 Original equipment... .do 2,426 Replacement equipment do 128 Exports do 9,797 Stocks, end of month do Inner tubes: 5,168 Production . ...do. 4,527 Shipments, total.. do. 96 Exports do. 7,733 Stocks, end of month do TEXTILE PRODUCTS Page m Wool* Consumption (scoured basis): Apparel class thous. of lb._ 40,115 10,965 Carpet class doMachinery activity (weekly average): Looms: Woolen and worsted: 2,197 Broad thous. of active hours.. 71 Narrow do Carpet and rug do 201 Spinning spindles: Woolen d o — 90,418 Worsted d o . — 104,279 192 Worsted combs _ do 33,885 274 414 1,291 in 78 79 64 325,306 350,458 317,015 349,928 295,245 211,382 211,390 232,258 220,217 194,928 203,702 205,397 217,828 214,106 196,312 ' Revised. 5 Data for January, April, July, and October 1940, and January 1941 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 85 343,485 327,685 323,257 207,141 223,430 253,099 213,133 217,175 238,275 31,118 88,027 90,421 '94,789 104,332 103,556 107,978 '188 182 179 U . i . 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