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SURVEY OF C U R R E N T B U S I N
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
COMMERCE
SEPTEMBER
AVAILABLE ONLY WITH SUBSCRIPTION TO SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSlllFSS
SELECTED
BUSINESS
1MDICATOIS
ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION BY UTILITIES
STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION
(1935-39 = 100
(BILLIONS OF KILOWATT HOURS)
PRICES OF 3 8 5 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
COTTON CONSUMPTION
(1935-39-100)
(DAILY AVERAGE-THOUSANDS OF BALES)
45
MONTHLY DATA
180
V
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35
140
30
120
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1948
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WEEKLY
WEDNESDAY CLOSE
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1947
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1946
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1949
STATISTICS1
1948
19^9
ITM
Sept. 11
Sept. IS
Aag. 20
27
Sept- 3
Sept. 10
Sept. 17
Commodity p r i c e s , wholesale?
H i commodities 2 / . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . «1926gs100.
152.4
ite.h
l69«9
154.6
151-9
151.9
152*7
Farm products 2 / - . > . • • • • • • • • . • • . > • . • • • • • • • • • • * . • • • • - . d o . . •
160.1
192.4
161.6
165^6
189.6
199.8
162.5
189*6
food 2/*.......
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..do...
161.O
161.9
166. "*
161.3
161.6'
184.6
All other 2/... • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . • . . . . . « d o . . .
144.9
144.9
145.3
145.9
144.9
153-6
153 .if
311.9
2g commodities 3 / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 1939^100.
246*5
250.8
250*2
247.6
314.1*
252*5
18
Cotton, middling t 15/16 , 10 markets 4 / * • . . . . . . . d o l . per l b .
.310
.308
.304
-311
.301
.302
-313
2.20
Mheat9 I©- 2, Hard Winter (Kansas O i t y ) . . . . . . * . . d o l . per bu.
2.22
2.04
2.06
2.13
2.15
2ol6
Department s t o r e s a l e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1335™39s®100*
252
252
2S5
274
294
337
Insured uninpl©yaent e t o t a l . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u a .
2,374
2,310
1,227
102Q4
State program©. „ . . . . „„..,,.....,».....,...., . ,. . • » U J . . . e
4o.>.
2 s l4g
2,092
¥et@rang8 p r o g r e s s * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . • • • . . . . . . . . . « d © * . .
114
106
359
Finances
28. 2^9
28,164
Currency in circulation 4/.....................«mil0 of dol.
27,^94
27,^41
27*436
27,468
27,554
21,834
federal Beserve bank credit^ total*....................do...
21,921
18,694
17.780
18,225
18,081
17,804
17,817
Member "bask reserve "balances...........................do*..
18 9 73?
16,512
17,096
16,322
16,509
15.995
926
Iss®as reserves^ estimated..................»..... ....do.-...
1,000
1,647
1,3^
1,211
1.265
998
Federal Eeserve reporting member banks in leading cities?
22,415
a ) , 440
Bank debits, total...........................-mil. of dol.
18,512
18,791
16,927
9,107
lew York City..................................... ..'.do...
5.^36
7 ,970
7,277
7,797
7.137
8,195
47,446
Deposits, deroand9 a d j u s t e d . . . . . . . . . . . • • • . • . . . . . . . . • . . d o . . .
46 ,050
46,938
46,316
^,753
46,410
Loans and investment©® t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
63.291
63.71S
65,121
64,693
65,779
65,689
34,652
U. S. Government o b l i g a t i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
3%7i*4
37.114
36,485
"37.307
37.37S
Conmereial f i n d u s t r i a l and agr» loansg g r o s s . . . . . . . d o . . .
14,931
12,942
15.i«3
12,939
12,965
13.007
failures., i n d u s t r i a l and c o m m e r c i a l . . . . . . . • • • • . . . - . • ' • - • . .numberS3
176
185
193
174
84
1
14 g
Bond yields^ domestic corporate ( M o o d y © ) . . . . . s . . . . . . . p e r c e n t .
3-09
2.91
2,90
2.92
3-09
2.91
8
2.91
Stock price®, 4l6 stocks (Standard and Poor s) . . . .1935^39^100.
121.1
127*7
125.3
123.3
125.4
121*3
122*8
i n d u s t r i a l s , 3^5 stoeki* • • . . . . • • . . • . . • • . • • . . . . . . • ' • . . . ...do. ••
127.2
131.4
132.1
129*6
127.5
133.9
129.1
Productions
Bituminoug coal 4 / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u s . of short ton®.
2,0^4
2,236
1,318
1,342
1,165
1.258
E l e c t r i c power9 by u t i l i t i e s * • - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m i l . of k^rhr.
.5,166
5,426
5.544
5,579
5,52^
5*258
74,7^4
Motor vehicle® ( W a r d s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .number.
SS,53l
142,663
138,796
146,940
148,469
117,703
5.346
Petroleum 4/ . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * t h © u g » of b b l .
5,294
h 12
4,762
4,717
4,851
190.8
Steel 5/........................................1935-39-100.
194.0
172.
175-1
173.9
178.2
910
Freight carloadings, total...............o.po..thous- of car®•
7S9
747
624
794
413Miscellaneous. .••....,.....•...•....-•..-••.•--.......•. -do. e«
356
352
302
333
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Data
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calendar
weeks.
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series
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MONTHLY
BUSINESS
Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey
and the 1949 Statistical Supplement
STATISTICS
1948
July
19*9
A&gusi
Ma$-
June
July
COHSTHUCTIOM AND BEAL ESTATE
Contract awards, 37 States (J1. W. Bodge Corp.):
Total projects..
..
number*.
Total valuation. •
....••
«
thoua. of dol..
Building, total.
do....
Contract awards (Engineering Newe-Becord)*
36, a.6
962,685
744,803
33,801
854,091
646,300
33.*7*
880,344
?7.203
9*5,676
706,713
32,579
9*3.560
713,719
*563*792
601,709
896,128
619,442
355-5
477.1
356.7
478.4
3*9.3
*73-8
2*9-*
284,626
97,833
833
IS!6 ,793
—
302,716
108,903
193,8X3
292,936
100,334
192,602
284,2g9
90,678
193.611
2*K>,126
77,005
161,121
**7
4.4
,4
1.0
2-9
.1
5.0
5.1
,4
1.2
3.4
.1
3-5
5.2
s4.4
r4.j
P3-6
P 3.g
3.3
1-6
.1
r2»5
1-5
.1
p2.1
pi .4
p.l
mil. of dol.
do...
do...
91,804
35.832
55.972
87,149
33.031
54,118
89,077
36,97*
52,103
98,278
42,890
55,388
88,^60
36,467
51.893
...do...
do...
do...
do...
do...
do...
do...
do...
do...
2,300
2,096
2,948
2,505
4,928
677
3.55S
266
1.155
1,568
4io
742
2,1*3
114
800
2,751
1,9*5
28
1,5**
4io
656
2,822
125
950
*.767
28
3.819
137
704
*.579
1,570
1.159
,061
,9*6
25
,209
65
653
,*3*
322
987
215.921
84,640
449,291
189,987
113.25*
376,852
2/272,192
2/109,73*
2/368,929
2/275,069
2/105,502
2/319,521
2/^4,842
2/61,981
2/322,97*
48,097
Engineering construction, value \j
do... •
Construction cost indexes (Engineering Hews-Becord):
Bui 1 ding cost
. . 19 ! > 100..
Construction cost ( a l l t y p e s ) ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
do*...
*77-5
690,875
350.
*78-
DOMESTIC TBABB
Mail-order and s t o r e s a l e s , t o t a l * 2 c o m p a n i e e . . t h o u g . o f d o l . .
Montgomery Ward & C o . . . .
do....
S e a r s , Roebuck and Co
.do
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND W&GES
Labor t u r n - e v e r i n manufacturing establishment®!
Accession rate
.monthly rate per 100 employees.
Separat i on rate, t o t a l . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . .
. • •. •
do...
Discharges
=.....
...>...
do...
Lay-offs
do...
Qui t a
do...
Military and miscellaneous
.do...
mines
Bank debits, total (l4l centers)
Sew York City
Outside New York City.
Federal Government finance!
Beceipts, Treasury, total
Beceipts, net
Customs
.
Income taxes
Social Security taxes
Miscellaneous internal revenue
Expenditures, total..
Interest on debt
National defense and related activities
eg
CHEMICALS AHE ALLIED PBODUCTS
Oilseeds, oils, fats, and byproducts!
Animal fats, greases, and oils;
Animal fats:
Production
Consumption, factory
Stocks, end of month
.....
Greases:
thous. of lb..
do.. • •
.do....
Production
Consumption, factory
Stocks, end of month
Fish o i l s :
Production
•....Consumption, factory
Stocks, end of month
Vegetable oils, oilseeds, and byproducts!
Vegetable oils, total!
Production, crude
Consumption, crude, factory...
Stocks, end of month:
Crude
Befined
Copra:
Consumption, factory...:...
Stocks, end of month..
Coconut or copra oil:
Production:
Crude
Befined
Consumption, factory:
Crude
Befined
Stocks, end of months
Crude
Befined..
Cottonseed cake and meal:
Production
Stocks at mills, end of month
Cottonseed oil, crude:
Production
Stocks, end of month
do....
do....
do....
149!604
*3.323
*7.21l
142,626
2/*9,i70
2/3S.*25
#113.706
2/50,505
|/*1,590
2/124,927
2/*5.702
2/32.951
27129,265
do....
do
do-...
17,112
13.979
78,276
23.379
18,569
89,878
*.7l7
10,753
78,176
13,599
12,377
78,442
12,735
11,126
7*,628
do... •
do....
309.738
280,878
306,731
321,891
2/37*,287
2/3*3.76*
r2/378,596
rg/368,143
2/337.805
2/306,57*
do*...
do....
*73.821
200,830
447,410
149,087
2/735.300
2/376,035
r2/739,338
ri/318,506
2/732,*23
2/266,378
short tons..
do....
23.530
25,145
32.503
16,638
30,203
15.536
36,773
15,034
26,914
12,769
thous. of lb..
do....
29.9*5
21,890
41,408
28,744
3*.*33
2*.*73
*7,231
25,022
3*,368
23.139
do....
do....
40,259
16.255
54,944
23.916
*2.5*5
22,827
44,905
24,483
36,014
19,689
do....
do....
78,048
11.561
70,315
11,164
56,112
9.063
r71.3l8
8,477
82,365
8.728
short tons..
do....
83)406
80,566
7*.55*
117.678
104,700
85,660
88,354
66,340
65.9*9
thous. of lb. .1
do... •
32,362
22,834
52,130
25,601
87.873
118,896
65.569
76,240
*8,656
52,233
•
Digitizedr/forBevised.
FRASER 2/ Preliminary. 1/ Data for July 19*8 and June 1549 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks.
item in the September 1949 Survey.
2/ See note on corresponding
MONTHLY
BUSINESS
3
S T A T I S T I C S — Continued
1948
Earlier data are available in monthly issues of the Survey
and the 1949 Statistical Supplement
July
19**9
August
May
June
July
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS - Continued
Oilseeds, oils, fats, and byproducts - Continued
Vegetable oils, oilseeds, and byproducts - Continued
Cottonseed oil, refined:
Production
thous. of lb
Consumption, factory
do..
In oleomargarine.....
..do..,
Stocks, end of month
do..
Linseed oil:
Production.
Consumption, factory
Stocks, end. of month
Soybean o i l :
•
35."6SO
$6,1449
43,586
76,475
115,419
125,584
97,996
138,639
61,255
110,959
97.5*9
60,695
227,587
186,268
132,766
76,965
39,275
150,118
72.234
42,671
165.273
1/^97
i/23.73*
i7321,765
1/70,927
1/26,402
i/363.^31
1/69,9*9
1/35,262
17378,788
do..
.do..
.do..
do..
do..
122,791
84,615
80,426
77,615
70,635
105,282
108,965
111,700
54,843
63,756
154,183
118,045
123,969
88,631
102,045
150,583
124,209
r!20,798
r82,793
r93.929
155.1*8
110,190
97,3*5
90,881
92,807
do..,
do..
79.577
72,513
113,663
62,015
125,908
84,851
122,213
85,821
83,355
64,438
8,271
15,688
14,780
1,053
150,846
22,535
16,897
27,329
3,634
85.399
11,906
21,198
9,874
727
19,312
21,977
13,988
748
64,749
24,843
19,683
33.804
1.772
130,305
6,537
1,972
3»821
"'901
169,181
16,196
677
18,889
3,205
216,633
14,922
10,888
6,167
2,993
128,158
24,659
4,744
17,745
4.091
23*4,493
577
1,046
1,887
138
510
1.025
1,827
92
533
1,095
1.896
l4o
501
1,090
3.721
2,438
3,7*5
2,4o6
3,165
r2,072
do..
....do..
do..
Product! on:
Crude
Refined
Consumption, factory, refined
Stocks, end of month: Crude
Refined
Shortenings and compounds:
Production
Stocks, end of month
FOODSTUFFS
Grains:
Receipts:
Barley
thous. of bu
Com...
do..
Oats
do..
Bye
do..,
Wheat
do..
Stocks, commercial, end of month:
Barley
do..
Corn
do..
Oats
..-*
.....................do...
Bye
do..
Wheat
do..
Livestock:
Cattle and calves:
Slaughter (Federally inspected):
Calves
tiious. of animals
Cattle
do..
Receipts, principal markets
do..
Shipments, feeder, to 8 corn belt StateB
do-.
Hogs:
Slaughter (Federally inspected)
Receipt3, principal markets
Sheep and lambs:
Slaughter (Federally inspected)
Receipts, principal markets
Shipments, feeder, to 8 corn belt States
Stocks, cold storage, end of month:
Apples, fresh
Butter, creamery.....
Cheese, total
Fruits and vegetables, frozen:
Fruits
Vegetables
•
3ggSS
-
'•-
Shell....
Frosen......
Total meats
Beef and veal
Lamb and mutton....
Pork, total
Fresh and cured
Lard
10,057
11,582
l 5 662
2; 732
114,242
do..
do..
3.044
2,022
569
1,086
2,311
221
2,440
1,706
do..
do..
do..,
1.195
1,409
6l
1,264
1.932
229
. 761
1,243
163
1,164
138
976
1,202
144
thous. of bu
thous. of lb,
.do..
148
83,105
197,220
214
97,624
217,819
1,294
51,056
134,765
3*3
102,701
162,256
rl75
rl36,786
rl85,517
..do...
do..,
3UO,S94
214,096
371.565
266,910
237.856
186,821
255,787
219,515
r327,090
r237,847
thous. of cases
thous* of lb,
do..,
do..
do..
do..
.do.,.
do..,
5,525
257,3^7
860,250
76,408
8,557
682,517
508,21^
174,304
4,608
233.^31
667,920
75.692
9,847
*99,5*5
359,79$
139,751
1.943
141,361
778,621
94,035
7.007
591,931
466,108
125,823
2,290
166,582
716,281
81,148
6,761
523,480
*19,590
103,890
rl,936
rl68,394
r643,U56
r75,627
r6,6§l
r463,29S
r367.043
r96,255
393
'2,375
g91,186
43,843
33,993
88,234
5*.707
50,941
77.823
55.322
*9,570
7*.733
r56,671
r4l,209
r71,26l
35,014
439,168
243.933
926,33$
922,053
1,107,401
42,368
*9S,295
85,122
901,306
893,070
r628,036
156,084
608,479
604,698
1,492,168
2/
509,595
123,322
792,936
789.878
1.251.701
2/
^71,237
84,^50
747,453
7*3.698
955.516
36,679
180,421
64,995
35,018
37,604
176,824
73,272
41,201
11,629
78,944
5^572
27,643
23.560
69,865
59.597
32,639
24,147
70,796
44,360
23,216
•"--••
-
49,082
Miscellaneous meats and meat products:
Edible offal
.'
do..,
Canned meats and sausage and sausage room p r o d . . . . d o . .
Poultry
do...
Sugar, U. S., deliveries and supply (raw value):
Production
short tons.
Satries froa off-shore
....do..,
Hawaii and Puerto Rico
.do..,
Deliveries, total
do..,
For domestic consumption
do..
Stocks, raw and refined, end of month
do..,
577,to
rl
fi
MBTALS AND MANUFACTURES
Castings, malleable iron:
Orders, new, f o r s a l e
Orders, unfilled, for sale
Shipments, total
To outside trades
•
do...
do..,
....do..
.do...
Digitized r/
for Revised.
FRASER l/^ee^note on corresponding item in the September 1949 Survey.
x^49 total
2/ Corrected monthly figures are not available; January-July
4
MONTHLY
BUS i N * *$
Earlier data are a v a i l a b l e i n monthly i s s u e s of the Survey
and- t h e 1949 §>%Ab.\<itioi&X ^^%<d&i.^n
S T A T I S T I C S — Continues!
x^m
1949
July
July
»Tuiie
MST1LS MB MANOTACTUBBS - Continued
Heel ingots and s t e e l for eastings!
P r o d u c t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t i a o u s . of short t o n s .
Percent ©f c&paei fcy....... ••.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Steel products?
l e t shipments, t o t a l . • . . <
> • •«»-' • • • • « • - . . • • . . « . » • •. • . . . - d o . =.
Bars, hot r o l l e d carbon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - d o . . .
Pipe and t u b e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
P l a t e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -....do,.,
B a i l ® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -•........ -do...
Sheets................... *
*««*....................;..do,..
S t r i p — Cold r o l l e d , . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
Hot r o l l e d , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
S t r u c t u r a l shapes* h e a v y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
Tin p l a t e a n d t e r n e p l a t e . . . . . . . . . . « . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
Wire and w i r e p r o d u c t © . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
Copper?
Productions
Mine o r s m e l t e r . . . .
. jh^* . tor**.
Befinexy............
. *- « . . . . * o i o .
Deliveries, refineds d>i<^^*„
„ - .
.
« «do .
Stocks^ reflned„ end o' ^aai
.
. . . . . . . . .do...
7,07b
6 nqs .
5«779
70.9
^•t535
1/^32
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16?
1.323
;
.s6
129
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327
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3-89
107,011*
108 e 277
79,277
89.163
102,798
107,496
79,579
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'76
125
290
418
241
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.»»do.o
Paper...............
. .
...dooo
Paperboard..........,
. .. . - t..dc.
Building b o a r d . . . . . . . . . . .
...do..
s
aperbo&rds
Orders, n e w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^ . . . . . . . . , , « . . . . . d o . . .
O r d e r s , u n f i l l e d , end o f M o n t h , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . .
Production.............................................do.. *
EJires and tubegs
Pneumatic casingsi
P r o d u c t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , » . . . < . „ , . , . . , „ . . = , „ , , * * thousand®
Shipment s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^ . . . . d o . *
Original e q u i p m e n t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . .
S t o c k s , end of m o n t h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . .
Inner tubes!
Production..........................................do..
Shipments. . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . < , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o - .
S t o c k s , &nd of m o n t h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . .
rS6%258
j , r € f'%'/CQ
'937s^k2
312.132
126,735
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?w0i i 4 i •
*€9S^98l.' «
.351.081
718 8 76l
579,770
52,550
69<s3ooo
2»i:.3oo
696 'goo
618,100
268,500
583,800
j -jo 2
6,264
7,694
3,0Qg
586
706 ,'xoo
359,000
70^,600
§07*200
'}hhc 500
6,66?
7*880
2e3gO
10,207
9*57
291
353
6 9 93k
6,82U
2,3^0
13*301
5.789
6,818
8,760
61s
92S
527
6 a O0S
5.296
12,^10
6,430
6,409
12.466
627*462
r728,863
580,078
600 t 495
455,106
72«2
22.2
71.«
22-1
?52 0 1
r7^8
156*8
rlO.9
58.7
rl3»6
9.3
10.2
4*7
r^-3
A9.7
18.9
r48.6
P16.8
dS6& fCO 1
236,700 !
692,300 j
3,?^4
11,717
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
lot tons
Consuiaption...........................................bales
lay on s
Consumptions
f i l a m e n t y a m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m i l . of l b
Staple f i b e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . .
Stoek@s producers1, end of month:
21 lament yarn. ..................................... ..do..
Staple fiber...............................
.....do..
4.2
June
Consumption (scoured basil/:
Apparel class..........................
thous. of lb..
Carpet class
.do
Machinery activity (weekly average)!
Looms•
Woolen and worsteds
Pile and Jacquard.............thous. of active hours-.
Broad
.•......•.••....•.•••
.do
Harrow.
do...,
Carpet and rugs
Broad
do....
Harrow.
do...«
Spinning spindles?
Wool en
do
Worsted..
..do.....
Worsted combs.
..do....
DOI m a n u f a c t u r e s ?
Wool y a r n , p r o d u c t i o n , t o t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t h o u s . of l b . .
Knitting..
..do....
W e a v i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . ..
Carpet and o t h e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
......do....
Bevised.
l]
A
^>ril
41,619
16,971
4s,i2i
19,836
29,110
18,575
20,152
12,840
91
2,513
37
82
2,400
35
75
1,626
24
73
i9^3
26
79
1,669
167
141
166
129
171
82
158
75
143
74
98.572
124,760
248
95,1^
116,709
239
67,404
73,066
142
68,301
59*g03
110
,641
3*969
r63
115
65,587
7,513
41,667
16,^07
r7S,170
yS,840
r49,80O
rl9,530
59,435
6,485
34,360
lg,590
45,936
5,056
27,056
13,824
^9,356
4,996
^31,256
13,104
See n o t e on c o r r e s p o n d i n g d a t a i n t h e September 1949 S u r v e y .
Digitized &her
for FRASER
months,
March
5.230
6,300
11,364
r21,57
12,26
2/ Sat® f o r J u n e 1949, March and J u n e 1949 a r e f o r 5 w®ek§§!
@FedFRASER