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November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
The Business SituationIN THE past month the record of business was
still one of continued expansion. Informationrecently available indicates an acceleration in the tempoof the upswing during September and October. Indus-trial production passed the previous record high of lastDecember with an unusually sharp advance in neworders pushing backlogs to a point which assuresfurther manufacturing expansion through the wintermonths, after allowing for the usual seasonal changes.
The rise in income payments has been quickenedby the substantial increase in employment, and thisenhanced buying power is being reflected in a largevolume of consumer purchasing. Activity in the con-struction industry is at a peak for the decade, indicativeof the firm basis of the current upswing. Electric-power output has reached a new record, and freighttraffic, though under a year ago, is moving in good vol-ume. All these signs of advancing economic activitypoint to the fact that the stimulating effect of the de-fense program is penetrating to all areas of economic life.
Year's Peak in New Orders.
The increased pace of the business upswing is signal- }ized by the substantial gain in new orders received bymanufacturers in recent months. A sharply advancedflowr of new business in September raised the Depart-ment of Commerce new-orders index by 26 percent overthe August figure. Primarily reflecting a general moveto lengthen commitments, although also swelled by theincreasing tide of government orders, the Septembervolume of new business equaled the peak of the buyingwave of last fall made in September 1939.
Every major industry participated in the increasedflow of new business in September. The durable-goodscomponent again set the pace with a 30-percent gain,the index rising from 163 to 212. In the recovery fromMarch through September this index has approximatelydoubled. Substantial gains were reported by firms inthe iron and steel industry, by producers of advancedsteel manufactures, copper producers, railroad-equip-ment builders, and by most branches of the machineryfield. New orders for iron and steel and their productswere far above those for any other month since October1939. In the electrical-machinery trade, incomingbusiness was at a new high for the war period—almostdouble the figure of a year ago—while in other machin-ery, the year-to-year comparison showed a gain ofabout 40 percent.
The general recognition that some firms were heavilybooked with defense business and that a near-termdelivery problem might arise also brought a substantialincrease in new orders for nondurable goods. Incomingbusiness in the nondurable-goods industries had ad-
vanced only moderately during the year to date, theindex rising from 105 in April to 108 in August. A gainof over 20 percent in September, however, carried theindex above 130. The largest gains in nondurables inthe month were reported in paper, chemical, and, aboveall, textile industries.
The advance in manufacturing operations against theheavy backlogs which have been accumulated in recentmonths led to an abrupt rise of shipments in Septem-ber, the index of total shipments rising from 124 to 144.The magnitude of this increase is partly attributable tothe seasonal pick-up in the automobile industry; but,even excluding automobiles, deliveries in the monthwere 12 percent higher than in August. The gain wasabout equally distributed between the durable andnondurable goods industries. Shipments of durable-goods in September exceeded the peak volumes of thefall of 1939 for the first time this year, and the non-durable-goods industries equaled the high point reachedlast September.
Despite this substantial rise in shipments, the flowof new orders in September was sufficient to bring afurther and marked increase in unfilled-order backlogs.Continuous increases in the backlogs of durable-goodsindustries from May through August had raised unfilledorders by one-third. At the end of August, unfilledorders were more than four-fifths above the pre-warvolume. A further gain of almost 20 percent wasreported for September. This increase was somewhatinflated by a record volume of copper buying; nonethe-less, the iron and steel, machinery, and railroad-equip-ment industries all reported increases in unfilled ordersof about 15 percent.
Inventories Increase Moderately.
An increase in new orders of September's magnitudemust obviously derive from a widespread attempt tocover future requirements for a longer period, as isindicated in a recent report of the National Associationof Purchasing Agents. The data as of the end ofSeptember, however, do not show any significantincrease in inventories. Manufacturers' stocks roseby little more than 1 percent in the month, and thebulk of that increase may be accounted for by a sea-sonal expansion in the automobile industry. A moder-ate rise in the durable-goods industries was in largopart offset by a decrease in the nondurable field,While larger inventories were shown for all durable-goods industries except nonferrous metals, the increasein no case appeared to be greater than that requiredby current expansion of manufacturing operations.
Moreover, available data do not reveal appreciableinventory accumulation at the higher stages of the
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distributive process. The Department of Commercereport on wholesalers' inventories shows only a frac-tional change from August to September, with theSeptember volume only 2 percent higher than that ofApril. In the retail field, the adjusted index of depart-ment-store stocks rose but 1 point in September, andin that month stood above the April figure by the sameamount.
Thus, while orders have been placed in sufficientvolume to yield an inventory increase, such a move-ment is not as yet under way. Moreover, because ofnear-capacity operations in many industries, it is notapparent that output can be increased over currentlevels to an extent sufficient to produce a sizable risein inventories. There is still considerable unusedcapacity, particularly in consumers' goods, but thegreatest pressure of demand for longer coverage aheadis not being felt in those branches of industry. There-fore, such inventory accumulation as may eventuate,provided it is not induced by or does not itself inducea rise in prices, should give little cause for concern, inview of the enlarged demand which will be forthcomingwhen the defense program is in full swing.
Further Production Rise,
Heavy orders and mounting backlogs have stimu-lated a renewed advance of industrial production duringthe post 2 months . After a sharp spring ri<o v\hiehlifted the Reserve Board's index from 111 in April to121 in June, aggregate output hold steady throughAugust wlih allowance for seasonal factors. But Sep-tember witnessed a marked increase as (he index roselo J25, and with a further rise already evident forOctober it appears tha t industrial production movedinio new high ground, surpassing the previous high ofI2t> for December J93D. hi September, the durable-goods com]) ment had alrendy exceeded 'me Decemberpeak.
Stool-ingot production pressed forward lo the hi:rho-tweekly tonnage OIL record, as oulp'it was M-hoduled al1,lGi)/>52 ton** for the week ended November 2. For(lie month as a whole, r rodm rAH\ iiKTeuM-d \t, [)V> per-cent of capacity, from 02 :x month v-jriier and 87 ii(
Vugusl, bettering the industry's ;>ivviou-' jnonthlv peak:uad'4 in \ovomL<T VJIV.K Orders c<»i:t UHI'M; M> r\:iahead of product i«>-i.
In i'isf-:>iise, to the, >ioeds of iho sfee! i n d ^ t r v , ore°arioudl!y.is and lake fraU'e \\»M*O I'lainhunou Jiirj'U'1 liirmonth at about iho, Sopt-'-mbor lov( !, For:* addilionalbla-t iv>-u:\i'i< in 1 lio Great La;;:-, a n a v-<-iv bL)\\j. in,:>(>ostir.ir rho total of active furn.-JvVi deprndhr.; onLak'1 Superior iron to 109 as of October 1, a g a l ^ i 137a year previously. Copper and zi :o shipineiif^ inOctober continued high, though umK-r September vol-umes. Brass and bronze manufacturing in September,st imulated by growing exports, expanded rapidly andcontinued in uood volume in the following month.
Automobile assemblies were accelerated to more than22,000 units daily in October in the industry's quickestchange-over to a new model. Weekly production atthe end of the month passed 117,000, up from 96,000at the end of September. With the return of theautomobile industry to full-scale operations, the outputof durable manufactures in October was, by a substan-tial margin, at the best rate in the period of 22 yearscovered by the Federal Reserve index.
Under the stimuli of the defense program and Britishdemand, activity in the machinery manufacturingindustries was quickened in September. A furthergain was indicated for October, though capacitylimitations in important branches of the industry andnormal seasonal increases will tend to damp any more-than-seasonal development in the immediate future.In September, lumber footage was increased 7 percent,and the expansion was carried forward in October.Production of stone, clay, and glass products, as wellas structural steel and other building metals, alsoincreased in the last 2 months.
The October gains were not limited to the durable-goods industries. The improvement in textiles in themonth was no less marked. The textile situation is dis-cussed in more detail below. Manufactured foodstuffsreversed the downward trend of September. Paper andpaperboard production turned upward in October butremain substantially below volumes of last October.During the fall months the shoe industry showedevidence of recovery from its spring and summerslum]).
Only two major industries ran counter to the generaltrend- bituminous coal, off conspicuously, and crudepetroleum, moderately lower in the month. Bitumi-nous-coal production did not dip to the usual degreethis summer. In anticipation of the adoption of mini-mum price schedules, originally set for September 3and finally adopted October 1, coal inventories wereaccumulated. The downward movement in crude-petroleum production was less pronounced; output inthis industry has moved erratically during the pastyear.
Electric-power consumption in October affords anover-all indicator of the persistent upward movementduring the period. New all-time power records wereestablished in the final weeks of the month as outputpassed the 2.7 million kilowatt-hour mark.
One- apparent exception to the general business per-formance of the month was a level of carloadingslower than those of a year ago. Carloadings for theweek ended October 26 were 838,000, which comparedwith 856,000 for the peak week in October 1939. Thisdifference was almost entirely the result of a declinein coal shipments stemming from the lower coal pro-duction reported above. Other carloadings were higherthan those of a year ago. The miscellaneous classifica-tion, which gives the best indication of the rail move-
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merit of manufactured products, has consistentlyexceeded the 1939 volume. The volume of miscellane-ous freight has been advancing steadily over the pastseveral months in conjunction with the rise of generalbusiness activity.
Construction Activity Maintained.
Construction activity in September and October con-tinued al the high rate of the previous - m o n t h sContracts reported for the Hrst half of October woresomewhat loss than in the same period the pivviousmonth, but the announcement of laru'e defense awards,coupled with an increased volume of private contract.-in the middle of the month, was expected to briim thetotal up. While September contracts of S.'Ms.000,0(10in ->7 States represented a decrease of more thanSO"*,000,000 from the record August volume, the tola!was still Itu'ge eiumgh io make September one <>f thes«-\en largest contract mouths of the pa>t decade.
The decrease from August io S'-piemha* wa- in lur<j;emeasure accounted for by ?• decline of *~>\ .000.0(J0 in])ub]ic construction awank a eomponent which nun.vary rather widely from iJi,>T11h to month b<ie;iu-v thecontracts awarded uihicr ihe national defense programare let at irregular intervals and are often for largototal amounts. The stimulating effect of the nationaldefense program was clearly evident in the awards forcommercial and factory building :vnd for residentialconstruction, boih of which ahoui equaled their iveordAugust totals. \Yh«-n it U recalled tlial residentialawards of *1 r jMMUXM) in August were the highc-tsince July 1929, it is ap])aront thai this type of con-struction has reached a point where its magnitude is afactor of considerable strength to the general economicsituation.Income and Employment.
Kising ))roduction and eniploynient carried incomepayments to the highest mark of the decade duringSeptember, and it is apparent that the rising trendcontinued through October. September income1 pav-nienfs totaled So, -140,000,000. ns oompaivd with$r>,7S7,OOO,OOO in August and $0,02.">,000,000 in Sep-tember of last year. This is the largest percentagechange4 over t\\c corresponding month a year ago yvt;recorded this year. Tho advance was shared bv allincome groups. Income from salaries and wairos.which constitutes approximately two-thirds of totalincome, reached -SI,01 1,000,000, an increase of 1 percentin tho month, on a seasonally adjusted 'oasis, and 7percent greater than that of September 1030.
The rise in income payments since April resultedin an aggregate of $5:1.902,000,000 for the first 9 monthsof the, year, 5.7 percent more than for the same periodlast year. Virtually every industry contributed to therise. Salaries and wages in commodity-producingindustries advanced 11 percent from April to September
after seasonal adjustments, while pay rolls in the dis-tributive and service industries increased 4 percentover the same interval. Government pay rolls re-mained unchanged over the same months, a moderaterise in nonrelief employment being offset by a drop inwork-relief wages.
Farm income again turned upward in September after| declining in the late summer months. The index of. cash income from farm marketings rose )> points inI September to roach a level of 74 (1924-20 = 100), only• slightly in excess of that in the corresponding month ai year ago. Some of the monthly gain was attributed to; unsea-onal shifts in the, volume of marketing duo to• lateness in the harvesting of certain crops. flowo\er,; it is noteworthy that farm prices continued their mod-
orate increase in September and October after their
; irregular decline from the beginning of the year to Au-: gu.-t. Si'ice crop production i- estimated to ho mod-• eraiejy higher than in 10'>0 and exporN have born -ori-.
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i'Uiiv .?.—-iT<fk-\i-s of the Valuo *>? Construction Contracts Awarded in 37Mutt's, UljuKtcri for Seasonal Variation. I'Mft—lfl (ISoard of Cimornors ofI'm !-"ci!or:;l Reserve S\stom>.
<»u>ly cor;wilod, iho price i;d\ance was largely a reflec-tion of increased d(»me^tic dc^manrl steinniin^1 from risingha-ine-s activity, thouirli the loan and purchase pro-ura.sis of the (rovornnient did much to i\\u'uiarizo thot!ow of cc»mmodili<is into markets. The drop in exportshas MTinu-ly ad'ectod tlw marketing of only a few-major crop*--, cotton and tofiacco 1 >oin**; iho mostimportant.
The Bureau of Agricultural l^ocuiomics now expectsfarm income to }>o #0,000,000,000 in 1040, as against£S,."> 10,000.000 in IWW, This was surpassed only oncesince 1020- in 10o7, wln^n income was $0,111,000,000.
Nowhere )\i\< the sharp increase in hu^ino-s activity\)rcn more t vidc^nt than in the increased industrialemployment of the past several months. More than('•00,000 persons were added to nonau'i'icultural pay rollsin September, following an increase of 400,000 inAu<j"u*t. Since February almost- 2,000,000 personshave been added to total employment in nonairriculturalindustri(»s. The adjusted index of factory employmentadvanced from 00.2 in April to 10,'J.f) in August and to104.8 in September1.
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Pay rolls also rose in September with a gain exceedingthe usual seasonal increase fivefold, September payrolls in nondurable-goods industries topped those of lastyear by almost 5 percent, in spite of a very small declinein the number employed. Durable-goods industries, ofcourse, registered much larger advances. The highoperating level of many industries has lengthened theaverage work week and increased the payment of over-time wages, both of which have expanded pay rolls.
Some indication of the direct effect of increasedmilitary expenditures here and abroad on employmentin our primary defense industries is shown by thefolio win £ table:
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Aircraft . . . . . . . . . . 108,400Shipbuilding . . . . . . . _ . . . . . 103,000 !Machine tools j 69,600 IEngines . . . | 58,000 ;Aluminum manufactures j 30, 000 ]Explosives j 8,700 i
+84,400 |+40,700 |+22,400 i+25,100 i+6,300 !+3,300 |
+351.7+65. 3+47. 5+76.3+26. 6+01. 1
It is estimated that employment in all our primarydefense industries increased 203,000 in the 12 months
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ended in September. At the same time, employmentin industries which are engaged primarily in supplyingcivilian needs but also furnish, semifinished products fordefense industries, such as steel and chemicals, rose268,000. The rate of expansion in these primary andsecondary defense industries has been greater than thatin industries devoted solely to the satisfaction of civilianneeds. Nevertheless, the magnitude of the indirecteffect of defense spending is partly demonstrated by theincreased employment of 507,000 in manufacturingindustries which produce largely for civilians.
Active Consumer Purchasing.
Consumer buying continues at the high volumewhich might be expected to result from near-record
employment, though probably a little under the Augustlevel. Dollar sales of department stores since Augusthave averaged higher, on a seasonally adjusted basis,than at any time since the first half of 1931. In termsof physical volume, trade at this time presents an evenmore favorable comparison with earlier peaks. Thepronounced upward impetus which lifted the depart-ment-store index to 99 in August and September,moderated somewhat in October, But the state ofdepartment-store trade in the past 3 months is indi-cated by the more-than-seasonal gain of nearly 7percent from June and July of this year, and the im-provement over August-October 1939 of about 8percent.
In common with other retail divisions, rural sales ofgeneral-merchandise and variety-store sales expanded inSeptember, but measured against the usual seasonalpatterns for these series, both indexes lost ground.The rural index receded from 146.0 in August to 127.8in September, since the actual increase of about 13percent failed to equal seasonal expectations. Thevariety-store index for September, seasonally adjusted,was 108.1-—down one point from August to reflect aless-than-seasonal gain of more than 8 percent in actualsales.
Retail sales of new passenger automobiles werenecessarily low in August and September as the auto-mobile industry shifted assembly lines to the newmodels; but October brought a sharp recovery. Anestimated 225,000 cars and trucks were sold in the first20 days of October, against 194,000 in the entire monthof September. New passenger-automobile sales in 9months through September were 528,000 units aheadof 1939, and the new models have met with activebuying which promises to lift total sales for the yearwell above the 2,724,000 of 1939 and close to the3,496,000 of 1936.Moderate Price Rise.
October witnessed a continuation of the gradualupward movement in commodity prices which has beenunder way since the middle of August. From 105,5 inthe middle of August, the index of 28 basic commoditieshad risen to 113.6 by the end of October, 37 percent ofthe gain taking place during the latter month. Thisincrease carried the index more than a third of the waytoward last fall's peak of 127.2. Both import anddomestic commodities participated in the October rise.Most metal prices have risen since August. Steel scrap,copper, and zinc all moved upward in September, buthave shown little change in October. Lead and tin,on the contrary, increased during the latter month, therise in tin still being small.
The price advance among sensitive commodities hascontinued to make only a small impression on the morecomprehensive indexes, either directly or through theireffect upon finished goods. The Bureau of LaborStatistics wholesale price index of 863 commodities
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duplicated its half-point increase in September andclosed the month at 78.6 (1926 = 100). Thoughindexes of finished industrial prices, cost of living, andretail prices all have shown moderate increases, theydemonstrate that there has not been an importantgeneral price movement during the current upswing.Exports Lower in September.
Exports of United States merchandise in Septemberdecreased to $288,000,000, a decline of $54,000,000 inthe month.. Trade with the United Kingdom alonewas off $23,000,000, of which more than half is attribut-able to smaller aircraft shipments. Inasmuch as spe-cial factors may explain shifts of considerable magni-tude from month to month, not too much significancecan be attached to such short-period changes. A largepart of the September decline was concentrated in thosecommodities which have increased sharply during thewar period.
While a number of influences are at work tendingto retard exports of certain commodities and exportsfor cor tain countries—embargoes, our own defenseneeds, and the difficulties in the way of rapidly in-creasing production—the basic factors point to ex-pansion rather than contraction in our foreign tradeso long as the requirements of British Empire coun-tries for war materials are immense. Hence it isapparent that a significant part of the September de-cline results from lack of supply or irregularities indeliveries, rather than lack of demand.
Xo less striking than the aggregate decline in exportswas the fall in general imports from $220,000,000 inAugust to $195,000,000 in September, continuing amovement initiated the previous month. Receiptsfrom Europe fell to less than $16,000,000, the lowestpoint since the beginning of the war. Imports fromthe United Kingdom, Japan, China, Turkey, and theLatin American countries were all lower. It is ofinterest that the major items imported in larger volumein September were five strategic and critical materials.Rubber imports reached the highest figure of record,at 176,000,000 pounds valued at over $30,000,000,rellecting increases both in governmental and privatestocks. Imports of tin were the highest on record,exceeding 32.000,000 pounds, part of which flowed intothe governmental stock pile. Copper, nickel andalloys, and wool were the other major commodities toshow an increase in the month. On the other hand,imports of the 24 other strategic and critical materialswere off in September.Financial Developments.
Stocks fluctuated within a narrower range duringOctober than in September, although they were moreheavily traded. Following the decline in the forepartof October, quotations worked gradually higher anddisplayed notable strength in the final sessions of themonth. The Dow-Jones averages of industrial, rail-
road, and utility stocks, however, closed the monthstill somewhat below rally peaks recorded during Sep-tember and early October, although the combinedDow-Jones average, fractionally above that in earlyOctober, was the highest since May.
Developments in financial markets during recentmonths have continued to involve larger additions tothe supply of bank credit than increases in the demandfor such credit, although the difference between thegrowth of supply and demand is smaller than it wasduring the first half of the year. Gold imports stillhave been the major source of added bank credit, thenet inflow for the year to October 23 reaching the recordhigh of $3,600,000,000. However, since May, gold im-ports have been partially offset by increases in Treasury(and foreign bank) deposits with the Federal Reservebanks, an increase in the volume of money in circula-tion, and a decline in the volume of Government securi-ties held by these banks. As a result, additions of$2,124,000,000 to the monetary gold stock from foreignsources during this period brought about an increase ofonly $933,000,000 in member-bank reserve balanceswith the Federal Reserve banks. Further expansion ofloans and investments resulted in only $580,000,000 ofthis being added to excess reserves. Member-bankreserve balances are now at the record level of $14,-148,000,000, of which $6,940,000,000 constitutes excessreserves.
During the first 9 months of the war, sales of foreigngold to the Treasury appear to have been relatedchiefly to current demands for dollar exchange, andconsequently foreign official balances in this countryevidenced no marked change. Additions to the mone-tary gold stock of $2,464,000,000 of foreign gold inthis period found their counterpart in increases of$2,319,000,000 in member-bank balances, and of$75,000,000 in foreign balances, with the FederalReserve banks. In recent months, however, substan-tial amounts of the proceeds from sales of gold haveremained in foreign-deposit accounts with the FederalReserve banks and have served to increase the totalvolume of such deposits to the record level of over abillion dollars in October, as compared with about$450/300,000 at the beginning of June. To the extentthat funds have accumulated in accounts with theFederal Reserve banks they represent the proceeds ofgold sales to the Treasury which have not been paid outinto the market and thus have not served to increase thevolume of member-bank reserves. Much of the remain-ing gold import has gone under earmark, $613,000,000having been added since the beginning of the year tobring the total on November 1 to $1,776,000,000.
Since June the Federal Reserve banks have de-creased their holdings of obligations of the FederalGovernment by approximately $ 133,000,000, eitherthrough sales or by allowing their holdings of Govern-ment bonds, notes, and bills to mature without making
8 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
replacements. Other factors operating to retard thegrowth of excess reserves have been the increase ofTreasury deposits with the Federal Reserve banks, andthe rising volume of currency in circulation. Thedemand for the latter has been stimulated by increasingbusiness activity and the concurrent rise in pay rollsand retail trade, as well as by net exports of currency.Between October 1939 and October 1940, currency incirculation increased about $900,000,000, standing atthe new high level of $8,226,000,000 in the latter month.
The inflow of gold has been reflected in the weeklygrowth of demand deposits reported by the memberbanks, and, in the absence of a sizable expansion ofloans, the growing volume of idle bank funds has beenpartially utilized by the reporting member bank's toexpand their investment portfolios.
The business demand for bank credit showed onlyminor and irregular fluctuations during the first 8months this year. The industrial decline from De-cember to April and subsequent expansion throughAugust appeared to exert comparatively little influenceupon the- volume of outstanding bonk loans. Since thebeginning of September, however, the demand forbusiness loans has been more active, as indicated by anincrease of $283,000,000 in the commercial, industrial,and agricultural loans of weekly reporting FederalReserve member banks during the S weeks endedOctober 23. The total was 84,740,000,000 on this date.compared with $4,202,000,000 a year before and$4,416,000,000 in the highest week last December,when industrial production reached its 1939 peak.
in October improved business sentiment, high pricesfor outstanding bonds, and the low level of now financ-ing of preceding months contributed to increase the sizeand frequency with which new bond issues were offeredto the public. Although the financing was con lined,primarily to refunding outstanding issues of public-utility companies, a large portion of the financing wasto meet the requirements of States and municipalitiesfor new funds.
Textile Survey.Wool.-—Recovering from a let-up earlier in the year,
mill consumption of apparel wool has increased mark-edly in recent months. In the first 0 months of 1940,consumption amounted to only .121,109,000 pounds,scoured basis, compared with. 133.083,000 in the corre-sponding period of 1939. In July of this year, however,the Reserve Board's adjusted index of apparel-woolconsumption reached 113 (1935-39-----100), having ad-vanced from 88 in June. Although the index droppedto 108 in August, it jumped again in September to anew high for the year of 137. The decline in Augustprobably resulted from the fact that the timing ofrecent government orders has not conformed to theusual seasonal pattern of the industry.
Between July 1 and September 14, Army awardstotaling 19,854,000 yards of cloth and 2,146,250 blankets
were made. On October 9, bids on 2,200,000 blan-kets were opened, while on October 10 proposalscovering 17/750,000 yards of cloth were issued. Whencontract awards covering these requirements havebeen made, Army purchases of wool fabrics since July1 will total 37,600,000 yards of cloth and 4,346,000blankets. The importance of Army buying in suchvolume is evidenced by the fact that for a group offirms covering half (or more) of the total productionof the industry, Government orders awarded betweenmid-June and mid-September amounted to 49 percentof the new business in men's-wear fabrics. Unfilledorders for men's wear at the end of September amountedto 312,000,000 yards (about 17 weeks' production at therate averaged during September), of which 1.2,800,000yards, or 40 percent, consisted of Government business.At the end of September 1939, Government businessrepresented only 2 percent of men's-wear orders onhand. It is noteworthy, moreover, that the abovecomparisons for 1940 do not allow for the large volumeof Government business involved in October proposalsand awards. It is certain that Government clothorders now on. hand will influence the level of activitywell into the first half of next vear.
1936 1937 1939 1940Figure 4.—Index of Apparel Wool Consumption, Adjusted for Seasonal
Variation, 1936-40 (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ).
Wool imports and prices are beginning to reflect theoutlook for domestic consumption during the next fewmonths and the related factor of supplies. As of Sep-tember 1, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics esti-mated total wool supplies in the United States (includ-ing 1940 wool then unshorn) at 450,000,000 pounds,grease basis, a larger amount than that on hand a yearearlier, but not likely to be adequate to meet the de-mands of continued high domestic consumption,Imports of raw wool for consumption rose from10,099,204 pounds in August to 21,830,654 pounds inSeptember, and further increases are likely to occur;following the heavy buying wave in late 1939, woolimports for consumption reached 45,082,000 pounds inJanuary of this year, and mill consumption alreadyexceeds the peaks of a year ago.
Raw-wool prices have strengthened steadily sinceearly September. Wool tops at New York advancedfrom $1.03 per pound, spot, in the first week of Septem-ber to $1.29 on October 25. Territory fine at Boston
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 9
advanced from 8/ cents in early September to $1.0S on()ctol)er 2o, and this price held for the rest of themonth. The. projected storage1 in this country of250,000,000 pounds of British Empire wool is expectedto have little effect on the domestic trend of raw-woolprices, since this wool would have about the same in-fluence in the market whether it were stored here or inAustralia and Xew Zealand. It should, however, dis-pel any fear of shortage arising from shipping difficulties.
('alti)ii. --Despite indications early in Julv that thecotton-textile industry might experience some curtail-nienf in operations, at least until the defense programirot into full swing, it actually advanced in that month,while mill consumption of (>")4,.")()3 bales in August and0."»<.».2")'J bales in September broke all records for each ofthose months. Daily average consumption of 31,1X3bales in September exceeded that of August by f> per-cent, but as this did not equal the normal seasonal in-crease, the Reserve Board's adjusted index of cottonconsumption fell 4 points to 120 (1935-3l)~~-100) inSeptember. The September figure nonetheless repre-sents a considerable rise from 107 in April. Averagemonthly consumption for the first 9 months of 1940 was640,821 bales, higher than that of the correspondingperiod for any other year except 1937, Consumptionfor the year as a whole will probably set a new record,for mills now have comfortable backlogs and operationsare being advanced; whereas in. 1937, the record year todate, output declined in the latter half of the year, withconsumption averaging only 479,831 bales a month inthe final quarter. Consumption in the final quarter ofthis year need average* only 550,202 for the vear's con-sumption to equal that of 1937; average consumption inthe final quarter is likely to < XC(»(MI materially the figureindicated. The Bureau of Agricultural Economicspoints out that cotton consumption by domestic millsin the crop year 1940 41 may well exceed the total ofnearly 8,000,000 bales recorded in the crop year I93(j 37.
So fur as recent cotton prices are concerned, the highlevel of domestic mill activity has been offset by therecord low level of cotton exports and the revision up-ward of the estimate of the 1940 crop. The 10-market average spot price dropped steadily from 10.73cents a pound on June 29 lo 9.07 cents on October 1 1.and only slight lirming tendencies were in evidence inthe la Her half of the month. ( loth prices, on the otherhand, continue to strengthen; 3812-inch, (J4 by (>0 printcloth, 5.35 yards to the pound, sold at 4;\| cents a yardthroughout most of July and August, but was sellingat 5 l
4 cents in late October after averaging less than 5!in September. Most constructions have been influencedby the price-strengthening tendencies.
Sill- and rayon. Domestic consumption of raw silkhas increased somewhat since* June; net deliveries tomills (reexports deducted), which amounted to the verylow figure of 15,822 picul bales in June, totaled 24.5(>8
270893—40 2
in September. "Even after correction for a seasonalupturn, there has been an increase in the level of silkoperations, as indicated by the continuous rise in theReserve Board's adjusted index from 50 (1935 39—100)in June to 00 in September. However, these gains still
| leave mill takings comparatively low; gross deliveries ofI 213.503 bales in 9 months of 1940 were 20 percent underI deliveries in the corresponding period of 1939. itself a| year of reduced silk consumption For many years,| declining use of silk for nonhosicry purposes ha< beenI partially offset by increased production of silk hosiery.| For example, net silk deliveries of 357,842 bales (re-j exports deducted) in 1939 were X percent lower than| those of 193X, while hosiery production was 12 percent! larger. Hosiery production through August of 1940,I however, wa< 7 percent lower than that of the January-I August period in 1939. Moreover the amount of raw! silk used in hosiery production declined 17 percent he-
200 (1935-39=^ 100)
1936 1937 1938 1939 1940; Figure 5.—Indexes of Silk and Rayon Deliveries, Adjusted for Seasonal; Variation, 19/56-40 (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System).
tween these two periods. The irreater decline, of silk inhosiery is undoubtedly due in part to the advance of
'• new synthetic fibers suitable for hosiery production,I notabh nylon. But it also is attributable to the in-• creased use of nonsilk uppers in hosiery that followed( the drastic rise in raw-silk prices last year.I The price of raw silk advanced sharply from late• September to mid-October, holding for several days atI peaks not >r^]i since May of this year, in response to; ^ome fears in the t rade concern ing the a v a i l a b i l i t y o f
future, supplies. Prices declined a pi in after October 15,however. Japanese raws. 13-1") denier, sold at $2.00to S2.05 a pound on October 1 5 and at £2.5s lo -S2.i)3
: at the end of the month.: .Deliveries of rayon filament yarn rose from 32,70(1.000, pounds in July to 35,400,000 pounds in August, much', less than the usual seasonal advance for that month.! There was a eontrascasonal decline to 30,800,000 pounds; in September. August and September operations were! affected by souther.! floods, which closed a number of: rayon-producing plants temporarily. As September; production was affected by an industrial dispute in the; largest of the plants producing acetate rayon yarn,| settled by the end of the month, output in October has• undoubtedly turned upward.
10 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November
Index of Chain Drug Store Sales*
THE index of aggregate sales of chain drug storespresented in the accompanying table and chart
is based on data supplied by a large and representa-tive sample of firms operating in this field.1 The indexis one of the retail-trade series which the Bureau plansto include in a comprehensive monthly index of totalretail trade now in preparation.
The series covering chain drug store sales is presentedwith and without seasonal adjustment for each monthsince July 1934, the first month for which these dataare available.
The most striking characteristic of the series (seeFig. 6, page 11) is its relative stability as comparedwith most other lines of retail business. It is also in-teresting to note that the low and high points in theadjusted index are at the beginning and near the endof the chart. The range is from 91.0 in July 1934 to107.6 in August of this year.
The upward trend in this index is, of course, primarilyindicative of the recovery of business from the depres-sion low of 1932. It is also, however, a reflection ofgrowth of the drug store in the retail field.
It is well known that drug stores, notably chain or-ganizations, have steadily expanded the range andvariety of commodities handled and that the relativesale of many of these lias mounted in recent years. Inparticular, there has been a considerable expansion inliquor sales during the period covered by the index inthose States where such sales are legally permitted.The results now available from the 1940 Census ofRetail Business confirm this trend. The retail drugtrade is shown as having made striking advances inboth number of stores and volume of sales.
The wide range of items carried by drug stores ap-parently have offsetting seasonal characteristics sincethe range of seasonal variation is relatively small.Except for December, when the Christmas seasonbrings about a considerable increase in sales, the sea-sonal variation ranges from $}i percent below the aver-age in February to V/2 percent above in October. Forexample, the sale of cold remedies and similar productsare at their peak when other items such as ice creamand cold fountain drinks are at their seasonal low. Itis also to be noted that the cyclical variation in thistrade is unusually small; from the peak in 1937 to thetrough in 1938 the adjusted index declined only 10percent as compared with an estimated decline of 16percent in total retail trade.Source of Data Used in Index.
Monthly releases indicating percentage changes insales of a sample group of chain drug stores have beenpublished by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
•Prepared by J. Harold Stehman, Statistical Research Section, Division ofBusiness Review.
Commerce since July 1935.2 This series is one of agroup designed to indicate changes in consumer expend-itures and also to provide store operators with astandard of comparison for their own operating figures.The sample data showing monthly percent changes in.sales now cover a sufficient period of time to warrantthe construction of an index series and adjustment ofthe data for seasonal variation.
AY hen this series was begun two alternative methodsof sampling were available. The first was to secure anidentical group of reporting firms. The second was tosecure a larger and more representative sample foreach month's release —but one which would not beidentical from month to month. The latter methodwas decided upon and the subsequent results havebeen presented in the form of monthly reports showingthe percentage relationship of a given month with theprevious month and with the same month of theprevious year.
Under this method of sampling the number ofreporting companies and the number of stores operatedhave differed in each monthly comparative statementnot only because certain companies fail to report insome months, but also because of more or less con-tinuous sample improvement by extending the numberof firms. Hence, the dollar values were not comparablefrom month to month except as reduced to a commonbase such as average sales per company or averagesales per store. This procedure was found to beunsatisfactory for this series of data. Hence, relativecomparisons were derived for this index by linking thepercentage change data which are available from thechanging sample of reporting firms.
Method of Computing Index.
First, some recent month is arbitrarily set as ion toprovide a base point for establishing the relationships.The corresponding month of the preceding year is thenexpressed as a relative of the base using the year-agochange shown in the report for the base month. Each,successive, month preceding the selected base month isexpressed as a chain relative of the base month usingthe month-ago percentage shown in each publishedreport. The chain drug store sales data were so relatedby using May 1940 as the base month. The relativefor the thirteenth month in the chain coincided exactlv
1 At the end of 1935, short ly after collection of these da ta was initiate*reporting companies were approximate ly two thirds of the to la! chain «:
| busim s> as show n by the J!i:ir> Retail Census. ]J> the end of 19W tin- ]v<por:! had been ex])anded to an est imated coverage of about ?•>."> percent .
2 F rom the- heninmpi: iliese releases h a \ e presented figures by major d« [(fountain, tobacco, and. "all .it her"1 and by geographic regions since J amsince Ma> 19^7 the percentage di>tribut ;on oj sales by de])ar tments has bein each m o n t h ' s release. I'he data in these releases are on an average dbasis and are not to be confused with changes shown by the indexwhich has been computed from aggregate sales figures for the calendar mont l
i, idk
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November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 11
with the year-ago relative of the base month. Gen-erally such coincidence is not obtained b}^ this process.3
From this point each earlier month in turn is com-puted from the year-ago percentage change shown inthe report a year later, and also from the month-agopercentage change shown in the release a month later.Where the two relatives so obtained do not coincidesome adjustment must be made. This adjustmentmay be a simple average of the two relatives or ii n\u\be a figure weighted in accordance with specific knowl-edge concerning the sample, tho observable link withthe next MHTeodinsr month, the relationship with the |stum* month a yea?' later, and Mmiiar consideration-.
B\ t in* process just described the re la t ives were j
extended back t h r o u g h • JuI\ UK51, MIHI also broug i i t up
to date to ob ta in a soiies for whi<-h [he f ho -en ^tart i i i i .1 I
m o n t h w«s the base. The MMMO- \\ «M t l i cp C O I I M T I C I ! i
lo a HK>'~> 10oO ba~c b\ d i v i d i n g th rough 1>\ ihe a \« r - ,
a^e of the r e i a t n e ^ for iho^e \ c i i i v . \
T h e ra t io lo m o v i n g average m<4ihod of .idji iMh-s:
for seasonal f luc tua t ions was UMM! m th is chain d r u .
store sales MTICS. T h e data foi r . - r lam mon ths «_i»\'
i I hi t w o I u i o i ^ m \ ) 1 M d i n I hi \ n d 1 \ a i K ii i non t !i a i im M d ! In -1 i* i \
o i t h o n - p e i ' m ^ <:ioup 1." I h o n - p o i I " ^ J O M ^ I^ u n - i ibl< " d a i k ^ i i I I M k - M ' I U
IT w i u l d i t i :n t o ^( i i ' % t i n r i d ' - m 1. i^v. I - M I I I p t i o n i h I < a h n u n i l ' - I . > ^ i>
n i n o M j i i a t ' \ " I1 . |> \ (n . la M » in io U i i t h ' i n H i 1 i ^ i ' m i i U I I I I I I ' H M M 1 >I ! n
^iiH< the c h a i n d i , i _ O'»nip i i ( > ( i n K p A (. n i l h n . i r Ji Mm t i t 1 ' - • i - M , -t
in .io<] t ( ( (Mint i l \ ( 11 >M i i I 'M ' i l l -) (1 i f I u n a n . ! i i - I M un 1 lo %
C u t , ' ! ,( I! i " i l H > l H ( l l i - ; " h \ M« 111 i l l i - 1 I* < l ' i i > - I, . I V d n ' Is ! i I1 ' •."
H ' - I H U i d c Ui. i 1 n l K i l l l , i ' ^
n | i , H i ' i d ! i J " \ I , M J ) I I M \ . i t 1 i M d • ' i > i ' i t " 1 M i 11 ' I i i i ' l 11 U < i '
I . I T I 1 U\ ! H i I ] , M ( M - l x . \\ ' I I . I d t l u 1 ! > 1 > 1 , . 1 . 1 1 ' I . I " I ( . 1 1 1 , , 1 , . I • «1M 1 11 A < ' l . l i ' C K i ! » \ ' J i ' ( i i ' ' i l l i i t I t ' h i \ \ ' l i H i H 1 I A ( ' » \ ! ' J o\ ' ' . ' ' M i l
v n < ( t ' " d M > O M 1 ) i ( o i ; > c i " » i i o , . i i i M i ' h ' l i I M i m i i ! v * t u i i l \ I h o . I w M f , . } \ \ l u
i ) t t ( ( t i o n N t x , i , ^ I I , i d ( p i . h i i ' \ J U , - , , ' L ' i l i l o d ^ n i . ( t i u i l l \ i t t i c i 1 1 : .• <
i n o t i C . l l ^ , l > h ( i n J M K ' N J * > v ( . w i n t ( i i i ' i , m i ' w , i i ( i ' I h r c n ^ t i M l ' - ) n < ' i n i ' d
l ' \ l l u s n u i h o d i h - t »i L M i " i l l l - o i n M ' N u l ' I ^ • i i n ' U " i d i i i f I - M I i i i t ' ( M I
1935-39- 100150
140
130
fairly definite evidence thai their importance in relationto the year's business was changing. This was espe-cially true of August and December which appeared tobe respectively decreasing and increasing in importance.Hence, slight adjustments were made to account forthis shifting importance of seasonal levels. The factorsused for 1939, the latest complete calendar yearcovered, are as follows: January, 95.8; February, 93.5;March, 99.5; April. 96.7; May, 97.2; June, 94.5; July,96.3; August, 90.0; September, 96.0; October, 101.5;November, 9<S.9; December, 135.1.
Table 1.—Index of Chain Drug Store Sales, 1934-40
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12 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
NEW OR REVISED SERIESTable 43.—PAPER l
November, 1940
[Short tons]
Year and month
Totalpaper,
inclu cl-ing
news-printand
paper-board,
produc-tion
Paper, excluding newsprint and paperboard
Total Fine paper
Neworders
Produc-tion
Ship-ments
Neworders
1934January -Fe bruaryMarchAprilMayJune..July..AugustSeptember ....OctoberNovemberDecember
Total
Monthly average.
619,584,669,683639,625,558,639,605,684.627.596,
Unfilledorders,end ofmonth
Produc- Ship-tion ments
Stocks,end ofmonlh
Neworders
-- .17,480,554
. . . ! 624, 1.30
274,252,313,284,297,293,257,286,289,327,307,298,
303,286,323,302,3 IK.3H.274,307,"2*7.336.323,310,
•Iffl
17s8uS
292, M)274, 929320,311293,421 i8(K S2931 \ 530273,321303,3142^9.6U1329,707:il5, Is5300. I l l
3,482,578 J3, fiSS. 116 3,619,6V;
290,215 ! 307,371 i 301. old
January-Februa ry . . .MarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptember..OctoberNovember.December. .
1935687,1655, 4718,698, '701.672.603,.
,164,465
186,490769
, 165,582
724, 976702.820,739,077,
Total
Monthly average
1936JanuaryFebruaryMarchA pril.MayJune . .JulyAugust . .September.October .NovemberDecember
358,326,357,328,341,300,319,352,351,394,356,334,
8, 459,814 4,122,113 4, 253. 3».7 i
704,985 I 343,509 j 351.117
341.333,309,362.3.'>5,33S.330.358.311.395.300.357.
,55o..soi329.773 |3<ii,9S2 '350,21i :341. 90s ,326, 0S9 i331,709 I354.915339. 299391, 114 ;308,209310.357
27, 19225. 3 si,30, S5125.201
23. 2MI23,s;5 421.31s27, 7t»02t>. 226
311, 102
25.955
35. 09631.353 '31,255
]; i -3i520.94027.02(130. till)29.97031.05032,21132,027
8.920 ,8.639 .
ld.075 '8.3037. ()"(»h. 19s0. -i 70*. 7116. 4370.213
2s, 75331.17s27, 36020, 17927. <>59
23]SOU
2 9 l'A~)27,01127, 207
32, 137 ,26.s73 !30,037 '27, lOO25. 437
^V ")l'i '23] 25:! '27.069 !2S.40220. Osi :21, 15lj
•IS, 93250, 92051.09549, N305(1, 8s(j51.12110,43149, 32049,76548, 54sIS, MJO51.S01
95,421Si, 053
100,84091,427S7 «7992,771 !
*.">, 20790,5749C-, 813
U s . 49o105,75s100. V.JS
329.332 323. 131
7.434 27,-511 2ti,953
1. 1")3. 737
49, 2 s9 <»«;, 115
OOs2s l
32. 61 131.50335. s ^
270 32,457121 I 30, 12400'2»>0666215850
j 3 2 . 9 9 52 0 , 7 3 135. 15s33.96131,123
3 I, 30930.50135, 106 131,031 133.521 '30.3ss29.53s31.81129. 9 IS3i ,91633.403M). 190
52] 702 ;52.8sO !5 4.010 !56 5'055.71656.93350.90350. 50456.s6700.206
7, 979
'», 124
397 2i-> 3s5, 325
199 }.<. 102 ::2 110
125.S251OS.5S7117,972103,050113.S.02
1 101.476' 117,065
129,071• 12s.315
in,xM! 12.". 70ti
111.099
,!, 131,551
119.290
726,703,740,769,752,751,745,785,802,883,809,857,
208 !953185961438 !
909 i155239 '001405215463
Total
Monthly average .
1937JanuaryFebruaryMarch
368,420| 356,743
426.451392.101371.486361,451370,360383,833416,353456,318454,281500,310
4,858,107
•575.360.37s,397.3s7,3S3,.572301.401,412.407,44S.
4.747,
00259742s55S1924077015102704SO1A'.\612
2 "6
1 381,I ?,'){,: 37s ,' Hs'7,: :<7S]1 :;72
376,
us r, 402.! 437,; 401 .; 163.
4, 713,
()')S37707002r>79072s92S9 s 2151• •lO6 2 1213
Is2
V.I,3 s ,42,3s ,
33 .
95S5700471765s591? 1
33.039. " 5 1.-55,46.42
! is
407
25!34s231217472
615
]O. 5')012. S!310.021I'.. 100j i, 27212.27110, MiS9,0s49. 99"
13. MM)It'.. 10S21.470
39.30,40.3 s .
37]35.30]30423913,
105
0371379336( 1 i7317 4 55S!)4910717s 1 !695441
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10.36.3s .3 s .30.35.3 . ' .31..55.41.3S.13.
4:5.
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' i f ' . .
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i i ->400111515s l l ,7S1720527100771 '325972
121.551114.S99125,30s13.1.30113 4.972132,970132.603135,379]50.963163,^26
179] 3o2
i.r,92. lin
77,295 404,S42
900,873,989,985.940,910,858,866,821,783.660,614,
April . . .MayJuneJulyAugust.SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Total
Monthly average
1933JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptember .OctoberNovember1 )ecember
571 ;308 i060 !901 j320 (069811874474779150060
465,447.532.461.412,403,362,366.351,338,280285,
384 ,477 !
594497 !175 !446 !099 '309 ,796 I110280000
4 5 5 ,4 2 7 .4 74 7 0 .1 0 1 .1 5 0 .4 3 3 .4 2 1 .3 9 5 ,3 7 0 .3 0 7 .2 s 9 .
5 1 18 0 : , ,0 ~ s
6 7 23 1 0( > s 7
cr..)8 0 S9 0 S
3 9 2 , 7 0 ^
4 * ' , 4 , 9 2 51 2 5 M i ,4 7 7 . 0 . - 1• l » H . : , x s1 5 0 , 1 1 . 54 4 0 . 9 9 94 J 7 , S f ) l3 9 2 . 2 0 23 7 8 . 2 1 53 6 0 . t o o2 9 9 . s : > 7291. M0
5 2 , ()\U4 1 , 5 ! \59. 4v.»12.510:,.'. l s l33.M130,31s28. 12029.97 127,50 425.209
i:<, 7('O
21.602
ton7 '32, 3s9 '28.360 :
20. 2S(» I20.97s1 j15. 19110.687 ,
S. 467 '7 7219.' 996
17, io544.73149, 57241'.. s.1")13. 77739.39 1
35. 515X 3 . s m27,532
4s.45.12.3s, II37.635,(131 431. r
2s i2797l»30s7
'.4.119 ,63.017 '0 4.54303.70160. 12307,279t>9. 50973.50173. Hii76, 3l»271. on-
Wrapping paper
Infilledorders,end ofmonth
112399 iN40 !662 !367 I313 I39 4- |012 I10.-) !9557410S0
Produc-!tion !
106, 47494,911
105, 00995. 74694, 293
102. 64888.958
100,89596,410
116, 08C111.041100,727
Ship-ments
-; I
100,91,
104,89,91.
102,87,
101.95,
112,111,96,
370 '424 !584545034 I548 !800 I774 I884 I080 ;130 I770 I
Stocks,end ofmonth
60. 24767,38771,14775. 25975, 64875. 77677,79875, 16175. 98075, 72977,19578,757
17b.139100.923140, r.RS142.093132.619130. 700127.'_M.'.121.S37s3.2!4S7.391
.. 110,205,786 \i, 706.167 4,0'iO, 318 _ 1. Nih, 7% , 430, 5v)! i !
-! 850,482 l 3 9 2 , 1 8 1 ' 413, v/2 405, 5».«i
4 7 2 , 7 " 2 ' 1.- .I .918
T.9,210 1.5:, 320
73 02071,92370,48071, 22572,41973. 27271. 2M72. 7 IS71.13273. 12971, 94S74.378
107.10s100.990I2o.ssS125. 14912"> 630137.26s155. 423156. s\7145.543152, O.IS14 l.bU'i139.378
Total.
Monthly average
18,909,275 (4,317,128 I4.332.71S .4,329.3Si 405,026
i i :
j 7 4 7 , 4 4 0 3 5 9 , 7 6 1 j 3 6 1 , 0 6 0 } 3 6 0 , 7 8 2 1 3 3 , 7 5 2
.. 4 1 0 , 9 3 7
1 0 , 7 6 2 : 3 4 . 2 4 5
. . 1 , 0 2 4 . 8 3 4
7 2 , 2 4 9 1 3 5 . 4 0 3
....; 1 , 2 1 3 , 1 9 8 ! 1 , 1 8 4 , 9 4 3
:>6. 1 1 6 : 1 0 1 , 1 0 0 j 9 8 , 7 4 5 j
9 6 91 4 35 0 44 4 52 4 4s 7 29 0 48 5 43 9 87 2 31 2 08 1 8
n !
115, 524111,820121,479117,857113,409114,347115, 506125, 403120.058140, 026130.227119,915
!
113,658110.978121.342112,482113, 224112,383115, 136125.197117,997139,018130,528115,553
. - 11,445.631 1,427,496 j
51,929 ! 120,469 j 118,958 i
129,
19041071037Ssoi353393251761
075
0 4 4
1 2 9 . 8 6 51 1 9 . ' 8 0 61 2 6 , 2 2 91 2 8 . 2 0 01 3 1 , 1 7 01 3 4 , 3 4 01 2 9 . 0 4 01 3 6 . 7 4 41 4 2 . 6 0 11 5 5 , 3 2 71 4 0 . 5 2 31 5 0 . 7 5 5
1 3 1 ,1 1 6 ,1 2 1 ,1 2 4 .1 3 4 ,1 3 3 .1 3 3 .1 3 1 ,144.158,136.153.
481 j893657 j292 ]553 '828 I203 ;814 !892 ,574 '207768
73.840
80, 45277, 38077,72983,00881, 00582, 24080,34180.88783, 46382, 95182.23884,948
81. 387
82. 41285. 59488.98093.24089, 64687. 68583,55885. 77984,99781,60285, 66084.038
jl. 624, 600 ;1. 621,162 |.
09,003 I 135,383 1 135,097 I
I 1 40».4s3>. 95.)
109.87.74.58, S70 i
207 !
7.870
156, 105 !145.222 !164.820 i162.886 ;
161,644 !162.050 I102, 332154, 682144,605133.29796.01487.143
158,558146, 403165, 449166. 863157, 584157, 643158,364146,041140. 034129,63593,91188,366
il, 730, 800 i 1,708,851
10,921 ! 144,233 j 142,404
3350S331s
110151
194791449
104,523108.557126,521123.204124,318 !126.806 !149,154 i160.245 i145.563 :154,890 i146.911 I143,322 I
104,868109,274127,713124, 553121,910126,944151,915160 055146. 270154, 046145.023142, 731
81, 70379, 37876, 58774, 63876,93979,35783,17889, 97492.59095, 97898,47295. 748
85,379
97, 18495, 48794.49394, 17196, 70397,3596. 9694, 4294,1995. 0097,2097,80
. 1, 614, 014 11,615, 302 !
1,018 ! 134,501 I 134,609 ; 95,905
1 For footnote see next page.
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 13
Year and month
lanuai\I cbruai\MarchApril .MHVJunoJuh\U£.UStSeptembeiOctober\o \embuDuembir
19)9
Monthly
fanu n y1 (bruir>MardiAprJ .MayTuneJuK
1940
I TotalI paper,j includ-1 ing| news-
printand
paper-j board,I produc-
tion
7*^ 1147 ( , 2 O s S<)22, 5s 1Mt,2S7so7 19 5s2s, "277() 1,7039 >.l 3s2')'>! 02S
1 0 7 3 , 9 0 11 O H ) , o s 7
M 7 1 , i ^ 2
1 ( , s l 7 , ( » 5 7
9 7 1 , 1 0 sv r 0 " 1 )S ( ) 7 , b S O( ) > 7 , 0 6 2
1 O v ) , 7 0 s< > s o , , 3 S 19 1 7 , s 4 19 7 7 , K O o
Table 43.—PAPER—Continued[Short tons]
Paper, excluding newsprint and paperboard
Total Fine paper Wrapping paper
Neworders
, 5 s 9 o 2 3. 5 S J . 3 1 71 1 9 , < > s 3
, 3 7 1 , 7 ( > 2' s j , i ) 2 7
> 7 s 0 7 7{ I t ) , 7 1 1
4 1 ' * 1 7 7( . 3 5 s i ) » )
\>U, 5124 1 o 1 0 _
» ( . s o , 1 7 1
1 2 5 , S 7 3
1 7 i 4 1 7' 3 9 s 2 H >• i v j , 0 7 s
Pro-duc-tion
5 S 2 , 1 1 71 2 0 , S M »
, 5 9 0 9 1 04 0 1 1 4 9
' ' ) ( ) l o t .
m . 9 3 2
l o l ^ 5 4 0
o < ) > s l < )
t i t ) , 3 2 2
4 1 9 , " 1 74 1 3 , ( . 5 11 0 " ) . S 2 1
4 5 3 1 S 94 7 l ) , 2 1 7
1 1 1 , V KU " > , 7 1 " 1
1 5 s , o t » 9
Ship-ments
. 3 0 3 2 ( S, 5 7 7 , 5 9 711 \ 201rwl, 4s )isS 2s737o ()9i).5oh 3704( % IMI450 5o{)494 Ss jls7 10740 { 2 l l
; 107 is*)
417, 2('O
1 3 < > U S, 3 ( » 5 , , 3 1 2, 5 9 , , 5 ^ 3
1 2 1 , 5 0 01 M S 0 11 7 2 . " 3 1
4 1 7 . 1 -,14 2 0 , l u O
Neworders
57, l " 0'31 O l ^15, 27751 7 ( 051 51S
S3 1153< OH3r»,7ly7() S07
37 1 « '
3 ^ 2 1 "' 3 1 < ) 7 7
3 s j l Oi s , 2 W1 2 [ t 2 11<> s 5 13 d i s l »
3 1 t » * 7
I ;n filledI orders,I end of
month
1 1 , I s1 \ ' L ' s1 2 2 s i )
10 17')1 1 , 1 0 31 0 V 1 J
It 2<i211 02011 o(>720 M l'JO 221.5(i, 5 521 <svIs MT
Pro-duc-tion
10 0< 7w , III i)
(i 0 7 35 >, 9 s 952, 2' 1Ji s i|<2
Ship-ments
! Stocks,I end ofi month
Neworders
Unfilledj orders,
end of ;I month i
i" 11
ol) 7 It 112 2<><l
10 Od"15 W )12 S() tI , 11s
. 1 51711 ('72^ 05 5i7 2 5ti.1 01 3>2 030.7 (iS>,11 4 ) 1"0 0 , 117 " 5 (
12 7 '7
K JOS37 S07i'» 09111, 11"17 10111 77015 UO'JH, 12 3
Hi101o;o j
1 1 07 5 ' )
0 1 1 1 0
1 1 1 5 4 41 1 2 , 1 4 21 4 S , 1 7 91 5 2 , 1 0 0M ' J . 0 0 71 3 7 , 4 1 21 3 0 0 4 71 1 0 , V » 72 1 2 s 7 91 7 s 7 1 31 1 1 H O1 . 1 0 , 0 0 4
52, 88159, 36251,12947, 74153,51353, 98853, 25259.0253 40, 355142,261108, 70493, 528
Pro-duc-tion
143,979140, 263155. 570143, 634148, 857134. 997134, 402151. 608160, 380174, 809176.037165, 575
Ship-ments
Stocks,end ofmonth
141,09;139,099156,217137. 296144,193136,331135, 433153,028109,511180, 657183,087168, 365
.9 !
1 8V2.990 | ! 1 , 830, 111 jl, 844, 310 |..
1.10 01 o ! 76,312 i 152,509 153,693 j
07 701
oi, oss ;» . l 7 00 1 9 i 3( . 5 7 9 7( . 1 0 0 1 i( ) 0 7 5 0 {0 2 2 9 1
1 1 7 1 0 71 5 1 , ' J O I1 1 0 , 0 5 1
1 0 7 ' M 21 0 5 , 0 K »I V 0 0 11 1 1 , 0 1 9
7 7 , s l O
0 2 , 5 S 01 1 1 . 0 2 01 2 0 , 0 V }1 1 5 , 9 9 71 0 2 . 1 H
S I U i l
j17,3,923140, (,()() 111s, soi159,00111% 472101 0771 OS, 0 38 ,loo. 121
1M, 709112, 975HI, 014ir.,0-1J8S, 08S10-i, 111107, 1?»101 «VJ
98, 557101,46798, 299
103, 033108, 088105, 98697, 93490, 29695, 97991,26180. 60378, 219
96, 310
so, olo90. 90 391,9 5592 3098 5.50^T) 92980,9oi81,77'
K C M S - M I " o n e - D i n i n p m i p i l M I n t b o \.rnr i ' < I'i,>" m> I P ' n V
^ l i k h i s c o m p u t e d b \ t h e J)( purtu (nt (>> Ciinm^nf, P>i na i i ' <u< uin <>o<i pon( o n ' i ) i k d b > t l i o a s s o c i a t i o n , t i K IK w s p r i n t p i o d u c t u LI d n t I l u r i u s h i ' d n \ *]n \ (
D a t a fo'r t o t a l p i p e r , v M l i i d i T i t i in n pr .Tii m d p i n * , >> i m l , n p n n t t i n t ub u l l e t i n e n t i t l e d " M o n t i 1\ ^ t i t i^Uc d ^ u n m u n " D it i foi ( i t o p ^,j ) a p t i ^ ) . ( r n n i p B c o n s i s t s Mi t h ^ n u p !pei-> aii< w n ,\m\i w h i c h UK l u d p i x iI ) r o d u c t s o t t h e s u l p h i t e , k i iff. c l l s v^iiii t ' r d Lrea^c p i o u i u i i^ ioi s ol t i n I S ^ . K I U I O H( i n a d d i t i o n t o i h o p f d i i c t - M m u d ' i b o \ ( t i i t " u t - > i i ( " i l t i p \ p " m i b<> I M N U hpn iL r p a p e r c l a s s i t i c a t i n r n n > n in a h * o i a p ir i b \ u i t h ( d i - i i 1 - d a 1 i ( i u p | ) ' Kp i p o r a r n l b o a r d s D a t i o n k i l i t b o a ' M h u e b i e " e \ c h i d e d i r o n i ( . i i o ' h> f) a i d »'-b m r d i n t h e p a p e r b o a r d p r o d u c t i o n c o m p i l e 1 b \ t i n B U M H I o f t i n ( U N I ^ ( .r e \ i ^ i o n ^ i n t h e ( l a ^ s i f i ( ' « i t i o n ^ , d a t i h a \ c \ i ' n n M S U I t-> t l m ' n it< d i o u i - a n d ffoi v\e< k s t a i l i n g i n t w o i n o i a h -
C o m p a r i s o n s w it li d a t a f i o a i ( t n - u - ot M m u ! 10* MI* > a i d < I I I S ' - O I I ' I K M P ia b o u t 80 p e r c e n t O M ! . i ( < i s i ^ t< • i i - n i t i n M n J 9 3 1 i(» i < I f in i ) i , K i , Hp e r c e n t t n l«Ms . a i d 7(» p» n » i n i ' ) J | t \ \ t i p p i » i i ' [i i j» i e< \ • i ^ , a i I ' I >i u i - b n82 p ' tee n i
m m'n, i u L; h t i n o u ( p f m n o i f I .• «•( i n s o n t o t i l p i p e r , r » I I K J U I J T n r w ^ p u n t i n d i* i p f r r x u r M
^ht i o i n i n t m b< u i d n m f o f l u d i t i o n + ( 1 .1 p ' i p e r o \ v l i d i n c r o \ \ s p r i n t a n d p i p o r b c a n 1
/ " p i ' i i i N I \ M B U M . U . a r i 1 p ip« » } n i . d p r o d a c h o n ( o m p h d \>y * h o B u r e a u o f t\u Cou^u*-
•! I ' d i m i p ^ \ L i r t p o i t * i >. \ t i n \ m < r u i n f ' a p e r a n 1 P u l p A s s o c i a t i o n , n i f ? i n o n t l i h
i i o t - U < M T , H p i a , u n . r I u d c i M P f u j . p a p e r s C i u r r it* d t t o o k a n d g n u n u w o o d
u i ^ m ^ n t ' n m d < o \ . r < l i \ l ^ u p s ( i i o u p ( " , <\<uw n a ! n \ e <i^ w r a p p i n g p a p o i , i n c l u d e s
, i h i ^ ^ m I , M I V - I ? I I n w s i n i i o t i l ( w » i p l ' i ' i u p i i > e r ^ r u f m i i i o r l \ s ( i m n w l h f l i m c l u d i d
n h a t M» \» - h o \ a i r i • i n i i p I ) 1 ' i i s n i \ o n w a ^ I M 1 ( n d i '1 t f i n a k c t i n 1 d W K u » t i m ' s w r i p -
n u l u d t - b n - t o l ^ t i r d . v i d ( r1- b ( a d , c a i b o a r 1, i d n h i d . I( a t h e r b o » r d , a i d ^ i » c u l t \
> ' n T i » h i h t i l< t d ' o u p 1 - \ I t o i l n u n i t ( t h e d u p l ' C d i o n ' i r i M i i L ' f r o m t h e m i h i s i o n of k i Wt
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\ t N < < k n u u 1 u ' \ t >' a s " i L I K < ,>i ( f d a t o b ' a m i f i o r i \ w i k l \ j . p o i t s } \ p n t a t n u d a t i
i ' i ' i f M i n i i c i t ' t l a r h c s< r u s f o r t o t *1 p ip< i , n i ' l u 1 i ' p i r w s p r i n t a n d p i])( r b o i r d . r ] / r ( -e n t s
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Year
1 9 1 >1 9 1 1 . .I ' M "
1 0 1 0
1 0 1 s1 9 1 91 0 2 0
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1 9 . M[ ' • 2 "
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100 '9S 1
1 0 I
110 1J 151772292s 321o 12O\)2212 2 2 \2 1 7 '217217217217
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Kid97<ts
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9 '1(H>
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f a i u i r \1 t o i ' i a \
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ISO
NewYork
21721721721S21S21S21s2202202212212 2 1
219
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St.Louis
2f2(2(2(2(2<202(,
20212121
2i»
; R e v i s e d ^ ^ r i t ' S . C o m p i l e d b y t h e Jmrricn) Appru'^nl ( .impfim;. C h e r e \ is* d ! i i d ^ \ ( \ ^ i n c l u d e p r o v i s i o n s for o v e r h e a d a n d p r o f i t a l l o w a n c e s t o F u p p l e n i t - n t t h e b a s i cele t . i i le-d b i l l o l ( j u a n t i t i e s o i m a t i u ' i a l s a n d l a b o r r e q u i r e d for t \ p i c a ! l r a m « \ b r n - k - v . o o d l i a m o , h r i ^ ' k - s t e e l i r a a i e , a n d r e i n f o r c e d c o n c r e t e b u i l d i n g s , p r i c e d i n a e - e o r d a n c e 1 w i t hn o r m a l p r i c e ' s a n d \\ar_e r a t e s i n -50 M ' p r e s e n t a t K 0 citi<\> t h r o u a h o u f t h e I ' n i h d > t a t ( > s . \ \ o r k m e n ' s c o m j ) e n s a t i u n a n d l i a b i l i t y i n s u r a n c e , u n c m p l o \ i n e n t i n ^ u i . a i c e a n d o l d -a u e p e n s i o n f a c t o r s a n i n c l u d e d i n t h e l a b o r p o r t i o n ol t h e re-\ i s e d s e t - u p . T h e m a t e r i a l a n d l a b o r e o s r ^ o n - n c o m j i u t i d m o n t h l y i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h n o r m a l a s e r a _e p r i c e s a n dw;iLM>s for t h e \ a i i o u s k i i . e l s a n d e r a d » s o l m a t e r i a l s a n d c l a s s e s of b u i i e l i n e t r a d e s a s M T I I U M J o r a d j u s t * d t o r n - r m a l f r o m p ^ r s o n - d i n v e s t i g a t i o n of a p p r a i ^ e r ^ a n d l a i o r m n t i o na^ t o - i c t u a l ceiSts f r o m c l i e n t s a n d < a h e r s . '1 h e - e c o m p u t a t i o n s a u t o m a t i c a l l y i \ ^ u l t i n w e i g h t e d : i \ c : : i m .- Jor t in - i u d i \ i d u a l b u i l d i n u ^ . \ r a t l i n e t i c a \ e ' r a : v s ar<- c o m [>u t e d l o rt h e i i u l i v i « l u a l b u i l d i n g s a n d c i t i e s t o o b t a i n i h i c i i . \ a n d n a t i o n a l (.50 e . \ t i< i - ) ' aver<!-* ' .
T h e i n d e x e s cov« r t h e m a t e r i a l , 1 d ) o r . a n i l c o r i t i M c t c i ' s o \ e r h e a d a n d p r o f a o r u e i n m i n t o t i n . s i r u c t u n i l p o r t i o n of t l i e )» i i i l i l i i i2S , })iit d o n o t i n c l u d e - t h e f \ t u r < ^ s u c h a sp l u m b u m , h e a t i n g , l i i i l i t i n i r , a n d e l e \ a t o i \ s .
T h e i n d e x i s b a i l e d o n 19K3 p r i c e l e v e l s a s 100, a m i i v f l e ' - i s c h a n g e - 1 1 1 . - a b c e q u e n t a \ e r . u e p i ice l e n e i s , b u t d o e s n o t r e f l e c t t h e e x t r e m e c o s t s r < ^ u l t i i i L f i o m o \ ' r - t i m e w a r e sa n d b o n u s e s d u r i n g " b o o m p e r u x b " or ^ i c r i f i c t* p ru- i s a n d o i n i ^ s i o u s of o \ c r h v M d c o s t s r a i d p r o f i t s d u r i n g " d " p r c ^ s i . H i p e r i o d s . " T h c n - f o i c . t h e i n d e x e s d o n o t r e p r e s e n t t h eh i i i h : a i d l o w e x t r e m e ^ of i n d i \ i d u a l a c t u a l ( o - t s . Vs t h e - e u i d e x t i - j u r e s a r e }>ased o n 191.1 a s 100 t o r each , i n d i v i d u a l l o c a t i o n , t h e y t h u s i n d i c a t e t h e t r e n d i n e a c h c i t y a n d n o tthe 1 t r e n d b e t w e e n t h e v r a i o u s l o c a t i o n s , 'j h e e o m p a i \ ^ l r e > - c s t l i e fac t t h a i th< <;e a \ e r i m - m e r e l y n - p r e s i:t a t n 1 d , l h ' 4 a c t u a l ee js ts \ a n \\ i d e l j b e t w e e n d i i S V r e n t ' b u i l d i n f - sa n d d i t V e r e n t r e u i o n s . a n d are . t h e r e i o n M i o t a p p l i c a b l e t o s p e c i f i c b u i l d i n g s
T h e o r i u a i a l r e p o i t - i n c l u d e i n d e x e s for vK-h <<l 22 r> p i c i l CI<M -, 1 ..j v b u - h .-m | , i v - > i i ! f l l i e n * . T h e r e v i ^ f . i M I ' 1 * •»•(«• h a v e b e e n c o m p u t e < i m i a n a n m n l b a s i s o n h fi.r y e a r sp r i o r 10 VJ 59.
- T h e m d e v eio\f ' r- ' 21 c i t i e - - n r i o r t o 1921 .
14 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS
Table 45.—STEEL PRODUCTS—PRODUCTION FOR SALE[Short tons]
November 1940
Year
! ot al .
M irch . .June>v.'ptemb(Deeembo
T o t a l . .
Monthh
M i rch . .June•^pjembc
1 <>? U .
Mont IU
March..fun >.-M'Dtembfn-cembe
Total
Monthly
March..June>e[)temb'I Jecembe
Tot u
Monthly
March.JuneSoptembDec^mbf
Tot il
Monthly
March .June<i p temb
Deoembf
Total
\Ionthl\
and quarter
1934
r
av'err.'e . .
_
r . . .
av- r .«_e.. .
U>:?o
ttveriu-
r_. . . .
liM-a-v
was
T. . . .r . .
average
1939
iT_- - - - -
r . _ . . .
a^eraso
Total
17. 170,
1. 430,
4 7117, 366,3, 529,3, 85S
19,511,
J ,G2 ' i ,
1,916,5 v*12,5,86!,7.0 57,
21,76 5,
2,00},
7,00").9,061,9,011.9.81s,
\i (r>6
2. ')Lo
1 1 . r>011,211
6JK1,
38 3! 1
-5, U"
4,492t "175. 3126, 976
21,316
1.779
1! 7, 1MS7 ISO8.3 47
12, 091
31 91"
2 912
701
892
fiM)4 57lt»262'5
701
225
512>il126077
037
586
310969218179
510
515
0( • -s2s,",•s")7
7-w
J"^
I'M
s!2990315016
700
9'»250 5.5il
696
171
951
Merchantbars
1
1,
2
1
3
11
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I
1
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93 5,919
161, 162
469, 167718.779313, 10 j391. "2
921, :>)
160, 117
610,117597. •«) !677 2 ,27i{.1!)-.
671. 976
222,911
751, 79494s, 629914. S21091, 219
719 6^0
312, W.)
1 71* ",o'»M) j , 210927, :57911'5.80 1
~p S ( >
311, IV)
310,977'>')-), UOS
1 >7 5s 1621,698
7 -i) *,(\-
146,316
.".72.412061,71s76". 71 ">
, J S7. i 10
?°D 631
268, 386
iPipe and !
tube I
1
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1,72!, 01S ,
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l.J >, ' 2 9 '5 0 J 10S
517.971 ,
2.or.79, !
16 >. 04<<
581.571 ;'•OS 561921, "90 |908,230 1
3, 317. s76 ,
27s 990 !
1 IW.77/1 0'M.i 22
979 "'Js |7 2 ' ) , ,">"•"
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200 U21
1.66, ISO001. 11 >
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< 00 i.
261.js7.302,273,
1. UV\
L) 7,
'5 5'),3 l 1 .. • i s •>.
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I. '76,
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179.623.716,7.N,
2 178
2H,
XO79 7 9 ,
175
'•>, .57 5
2 s j ,
v 17,
5 Jo ,
127 ,
502
1 i . ' i
J -51
." I''..560
2 79 5
232
5 53
2717 759719 «)
072
12 5
111)i j ] ,
1171 ~>0
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118 i
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817
Rail
111,
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2os,517,211,
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Iss.21s.1 h.193
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6 t'!
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7 s j
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59s
150
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611
56 : 1
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105) 2 )
9 )2
s0')
710
'5 }s"
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N 1 ,
127
1 507 '5
f ) O f
097
21s
Tot.
I1,
1.
11.1.1.
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1,1,1,2
-
'22,21,
s
1.1,
t
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517
2'> •,
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'07,
512
5i»t3' 7jj 7
s J *
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(>•)]
M'791 5
51^
717
* >7MM
Kit:r2s
5 '.6
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9!,",
111
^19•i 5°0 5"' M 1
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7 H S
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50 \
[ s i1102 i s
•>• 1 9
.".'2
2r)[0s~Ml'736
9K>
662
l't'J>25
713
791
6!0
i, 72"2]. '9'22
sV>
711
1 JO
11s1J5506
7 s >
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or,I ' l l
f.' -
722
Percentof ea-pacity
11.1
" 0 <N
:2 o27. 13s J
17 0
75 7r;. J6!. 1si \i
70 1
71 17/ 577. i)o 't 2
7s "
sy wsi or • i'»• s
7 5 7
2 " 915 1
| r,rf oi
42 9
Ml. 1
65 6
68 6
Stri
Coldrolled
!si, 279
10,107
1 51,91s151,26661,785 iWO. 651 !
13 s, 605
A'\ 150 -
!• !, 127112.1 ',2127. lx71M, 169
600 715
"0. 0t)0
1M6. 11!1M. 02s ,i ss . 561260, 104 .
791 (07
M,. 501
268 0372 51, 9'«7I1*'1, s7s'21 ,006
sp> —0
6S, 061
69, 1 70 '72.976 1
107,59s !i . ' . ) ^
' - , i ' <• |
3".. 733 '
! VIS 15122.s56170 is1.)
2 1 , . . i ) 9
676 i ( i7
16, 366
P
1
1
0
1
HotoSled
•>\ \
101.
102.507101,219,
321,
110.
511,J.'.s'5o5
862
11".
.71,579,' 1'2,OS 9,
08.1
'>'].561.i7i
3.°s
01<:t
j 7316920s371
927
77
2 53-M1275
i , l
166
97
161
211
535759Is7719
164
317
1297so373601
JsO
i s 2
° l l011512
MS2
197
791
"76336792ssO
511
703
J." 16 56918071
008
251
l s l11786 5
0U9
513
209
shapes, 1heavy !
979
81,
2*0,419,30 5
1 277.
hit1.,
2s8.or>7,1014JI
1. Iso
121.
S776-1-71'16 M)
2 101
20 >
7sS9f'770s,s()
2 7ss
311316110in
I. 153
1 2'J
i n151628
2 in212
493
f - 2 1
228272570028
0'9 '
121
221 '91s52ssO7
::, i
121
797stO61979 i
2ot
4.51
v 150^72 H)588
•vOs '
mi
7 50
l s l501
w ,66 s i
172
9 ' *( i
20s1
'M9 56
515
013
Tii
1,
1.
9
9
1
2
I plate
903 315
158, 610
430, 892494, 805385, 291381,142
692,130
141,011
438. 316549,976499. 025425, 200
856.908
154.742
462,417640, 974653, 427602,699
361 OS6
196,832
655, 2^2754,647770,287583, 561
758 295
229, 858
398, 745429, 233371,141419,198
618,317
134,860
472,526622 617057, 694
808,613
561 451
213, 454
Wire
andwireprod-ucts
170
3s8,007.306,3 1 ' ,
1.717
1*3,
512168." I .«."2
2.341.
I'j"
6 51
7337 }Is-62
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1 s60
422178111'.62s,
2. 064.
172,
697.674769.
1,012,
• 3 153
262
1?7
870
S701198141 13
105
121
"9356 5V.I9'iO
500
121
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'?fi»
&:<..
221
sO~0 " 5
012
c r -
101
s 9 1s71\'\037
8^6
074
310603978
»9s
" i s
812
1 R e \ w i u t - r io>. C 1 onipi l (>( l b y UiO .^ncrUnn Iron mcl s'"< Ii,*t-tt'li i r o u i r e p o r t s of ] ) ro< lucMion fnr s A^ b \ c - u m p in.< s r o n i p r i s i n " m o r e t h a n 9 " p e r c e n t of t h e c a p a c i t y,in»l ] ) r O ' l u c t i o n o l t h e i n d u s t r y i n 1 9 5 ^ a n d 19V), m o n * t h a n 51 • Pv r c ^ n i i n 1953 an< l 1957 , nn<\ m o r e t h i n 97 ix r c t o i m 1031 56. T h e i n < l u - t r \ i n c l u d e ^ o n l y t h o s e p r o c e s s o r s\\ h o a r e a l ^ o p r i m a r y p r o d u c e r s of s t e e l . D it a li>vr" > h o \ \ n r* i> rcsc i i r p r o d u c t i o n of t h ^ m o r e i m p o r f a n t s t e e i p ' o d u c t s l o r ^ai>^ o u t s i d e t h e n i d u ^ r r ^ . S a l e s t o m e m b e r s of t h ei h d u s t r \ for f u r l h e r c o n v e r s i o n , s h o w n s e i n r i l i U i n r e ] ) o r t < 01 i h e I n ^ t i t u i c . a i o e \ c l u l e d . T h e f k i u e s s h o u l d i n . ! }>o n u c r n t c t e d t o r e p r f i ^ t n i t h e r e l a t i v e i m p o r t a n c e of t h ev a r i o u s [u ^ b u t r a t h e r p r o d u c t i o n a t t h e ^ t ' u ' o a t w l i i c h t .he^ U n e v.u m b c r ^ for f u n 'K^r p r o c v - ^ i u ^ b \ n o n m < - " i b " r s o r a^ l i n i s f i e d e o o d s . P r o d u c t s i n t h e e a r l i e r p r o c e s s i n g>tai 'ex- a r e p r o d u c e d foi s a l e i n s m - i l U - r q u a n t i t i e s t h a n t h e m r . i v n« i r l y f - n ^ l i u d n u - d i i c i N becr tUM' \hv\ , - re u ^ i a l h f u r t h e r p i o c e ^ ^ e d 111 t h e i ; r o d u c i n < : p l a n t o r i n o t h e r p l a n t sw n l i i n t h e i n d u - > t r \ . T h o i t e m s \ \ l i i c h a r c n o t ^ ' I f 1 \ p l i M i t o i y a r e a s f o l l o w s . P i p e s m d t u b ' - i n c l u d e b u t t - w d d , l i p - \ \ e l d , cl( c t r i c - w e l d . s< a n f e s s a n d c o n d u i t ; p i p e . , a n dm e d i a l . i c a l t i i b i i n i . s h e e t s i n c l u d e h o t - r o l l e d , V > i - f o ] l e d - a T U ] e a l e d , f - a l v ; T ] i / e d , c o l < i - p . l l ' d . a n d i l l o l l n r s t u r t ^ : w i r e a n d w i i e p r o d u c t s c o m p r i s e w i r e r o d s , d r a w n w i r e , n a i l sa n d s l - i p l e s . b i r b e d a n d f e n c e w m \ b d<- I ie-,, a l l o t l i e r w M C p r o d u c t s . ;<nd \om^ p o s t ^ ' ' p r i o r t o t h e f o u r i h ( i i n r ' e r ol 19 56; T o l a ] ^ioo\ p r o d u c t ^ m c h i d e , i n a d d i t i o n t o t h ei t e m s h l u i w n , d a t a o n u i i i o t s , b l o o m s b i l l e t ^ , s l \ b s , <-h"( f b a r s , s t c 1 f i i h n / , - K e l p . , s p l i c o b a r - ; a n d t i " ]»i i f e s , r r ) i < ( n 1 e i e i n f " i c i ' i ' a n d e o l d - f i n i ^ ' e d b i r s . a l l o y b a r s ( h o t - r o l l e da n d c o l d f i n i s l i e d ) , l i o o p s a n d b ' l l i n t ; b uaU, \Aack p l i l e . ^ ' u - e l - , :x \ l<^, n . - c l c s p i k e s , a ; d u l l . c ; p r o d u r ^ 1) j i w o e io]>or lc<l ' i u a r t e r l \ p n o r t o \ n n l 1910 ( e x c e p t for 1 9 3 3 ) ,w h e n m o n r h l v r " r ) o r i s w - r e i n i t i a t e u . r r n e r s n o u d r o t - i ' ° i n c l u d e w^U i e \ i - i o : i s t i n t c n o it b i u l m c i t e d t<) t he - e p i r a t i ' i u a r { ' i i > b( c iu-< t h e n u m b e r o l r e p o r t i n g c o m -5 - i n i e s i - n o t i d t ' i d l e a l i n a l l Cjiiai t e i s a n d - o r ' e c o ' i u i ' i n i e ^ n n ' . c e , n b ; : - t m( n i < i n t h e r \ t a l l y f m u i > « w l H M ir* n o t i \ >:1 i b i ^ M I •• q u a r t e r i s b I - J - \h it h l y a v e r a g e s a r e b a s e d; " t h ( 4 a i i i i u i ! t o t 1 I s . ri h i s s^r:<'s c o n f o j m s t o t l <• 5-eii(i-- 11i.it a p p ' a s m > h e 1910 M i p n U n n n f , e\r-, i , t • h u M i " -i w \ h i\o h i m c h in zed f i o i n 1 l o n e •(, a s i ^ o r t t o n n a g e b a s i s .I ' o r d a t a f o r 1910 , .M-C ] ) . 19 of t h i ^ i s s u e .
Table 46.—WHOLESALE PRICE OF FUEL OIL, PENNSYLVANIA !
[Dollars per gallon]
Month
JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJune . .TulvVugustSeptember ._ . .OctoberMovemberDecember
Monthly average. _
191S
$0.106. 119.101.096. 096. 093. 090.086. 087.089.094. 084
.095
! » .
$0.073.053.051.051.015. 045.041.012. 044.050. 056.097
.054
mo
$0,110.110.115.130.132.133.133.133
129.117. 099.083
.no
urn
$0. 080. 053.0!5.01s
.ou
. 036
. 033
.037
.03*
.019
. 060
.019
$0,011.010.039.016.048.018.019. 058. (ol). 060. 057.051
. 05u
V
s(J. 0*>2;.f0.. 065.()!»3.057.051.051. 050.019. 053.057,. 055;. 051
.055
* * ;
05o0590,19055
on05005105 J
053051Oblj
055
1!»'».". '
•j-0. 00." ". 06S.061.055. 053.001
059. 055.013. 051. 057OM
.059
i
M> o:U $0. 061 '$0
.061 .050 .,06 4 .051:. 060 . Ol'V. 066. 063. 062.065,. 063. 066. 065
.064;
.017!.017 ,. 0 1 6
. 0 1 7
.015
. 0 1 1
.051
!
016 .-019019'050,050'050018017045015016
048
v . , , •
0. Ols.018.050. 052. 053.018
015.013.041.017. 050.017
.048
urn !
!M) 016.017.011.010.010. 036.031.034.040. 03S. 036..031
.039
ur.il '• v.
•*{). 031 *0. 032 .. 030 .. 02s .. 027. 024 .. 021 .. OL'O
. 02.S .
. 027 .
. 020 .
. 021 .
.027; .|
VI ,
025'02702903103303303 403103 5033033031
032
*0 031 -s. 033.033'. 033. 033. 033.031. 035.030,. 0391.041!.0J0 !
i
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i m if
).0is>0. 035 .. 03 < .. 039 .. O i O
.OH1
.010
. 038
. 037
.038
. 030
. 030
.038
m :
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ononon010040
onOil
040
80.012 $0,044.014' .043.017, .042.018 .041.Ols .041.010. 0 i 3.013.013.044. 045. 045
.045
. 043
. 043
. 0 44
. 045
.040
.048
. 049
.044
1938 | 1939 |
|$0,049 $0,040$
.048! .043
.044: .043!
.039: .043|
.035! .0431
.034!
.036!
.038:
.039!
.0401
.039'
.038j
.040;
.043^
.043'
.043:
.0421
.041 ! .
. 041 ! .
.039 ; .j
.042; .j
m
~) 039. 039.039.039.039. 03903904 f
, 040
1 Compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and represents fuel oil, at Pennsylvania, 36-40 gravity, tank cars, f. 0. b. refinery. This seriesreplaces the series formerly published for fuel oil, Oklahoma.
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 15
Table 47.—SECURITIES EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933[Thousands of dollars]
^ ear a n d
I?'
I . i i . t . m!• ebr;i n",M l id . .\pnl .M .v .lur..
^ l p t l " I t ! "
< ) ( ' ! t i l r
\ V. ember
1 ' i t ; .
1 !,- j r .1 i-lilU if \M " ' ! i
\pnl\ l , i v .
l i l l l r
J l ivWirusf
-M n T e P i f - C l
' • • • ( . l u r -
\ ' H . i M . ' - r
H. cv.'.J.. '
l O ' . n
1 <I •« I \ »
I < hi u i r \
Vpnl\ ! | \lur .M.I.\ U _ i l - > t
-•> D ; I " i i t H .
«r t i , b i r
\ M n 1 . i
i • r .:
* 1< v ' i
i if] . t! ,
1 b i n f\M -c hVnui
J I ' M
h i h\ii_r'j-.»
- , pli P I N T
\o\unhi rI > - L " N , 1
I • ) • > i
Mont) i\ •)
!
; j
Total |m o n t h amount 1
effective
- . bl.471. . , 206. 993 ,
77. 3f>997. S'.H97, 0!s
327, 979225. 6211H. 401MO, 5s71 I 1 . S 7 X •
5".5. .51 )2
i-,6,3-7
. . 2,510,977 !
vwi£?o 211.748
l l j 00121 02087, 2X2
30S 519SX. 062
276, 096231. 969301. X 29 ,35,91630, xl 7
L66. 17f
I, 815,0 16
\ e r aM' . . , 151,251
Vear and month
1 'i iS
\er<ue
Sub-stitutesecur-ities
(votingtrust
certif-icatesand
certif-icatesof de-posit)
1.595291
7,9' 90
3. ;v.Hio
0Is A2't
0')
11521.702
53,561
1.46]
2h72,311
62450
31.0000S6
1. K)x3. °,\ {
775] s ]
0X. 1 0 - j
Is, 719
l . i ' . ' 2
Regis-tered
forac-
countof
others
],4so10,6222,3155, 51 o1, \\79. 5s {
310\ 2715 '.' »21,6737. 33 t
]0, 3.A
60,9 50
5.O7S
1. 5XS97!
4. x.l \11 5213, 777
]] 51 'j1, 999
11.S70i, IN3 57X
x l l
'J.f..U
02. (.53
5 2 21
Total
7^, 399] 96. 076
67, 05 j92, 3x 192, 4 Is
317,992.'21,31 •39l,x()5J 2 i, 59')110.20")29", 9! 1131,26(5
2,42.",. ls3
202 207
13s, 1 [720, 70581.803
296. 9 H53 2s5
26J,s61231. X622x9. 315
3.5, 7 )327,(il9
U 1 nut1 >t ,M0
1,703. 6 13
I t i, 970
1
j
|
j Not| pro-| posed
1 sale
15,2 5755,6113,21!1.091
3x 197101.0S929, biU
101. 1252 9 , 0 i ' i
52,12677 1-73.917
511. r-s
42. s7i
2, 20^1,31"
U 51661.27722 017
X. 9 )(i
11, Xlx8, << 17
1 3 , 5 ' o1. '.Hi)
5, 2xs
205 i^Z
tin.
T o t a l i Secured !; bonds \
, 2 ,
-
7S. S(\xX*,. (M06X, 52297.31'JS5, 5 57
2xV..2lX22! 322 '\\7 2-H
12. I <705, 063
10. 700
112. 518
<:. 712
12, V)721. 3f>660, 61 1
>7\3ri,~~>, 5 s **
271,720<>'2*> 6 9 4>{M) 2 9 1
26. Sss2s, 16113,991 ,53. 307
I, fo(\, 195
110.511
1 i. 5995(>. ixs
1 9253,715 ,
Is, 21.".3 1, 072' ' I . lsl
im 6(<! ,5. 72"*
2'.7. 0<)i!') "Ci517, U3 '
736..S91
61, 108
9005, 1.59
28, <xXfj117,701 1
9, H "1 t \ - 7239, •),"!
10. 3s()
13, IHiu s p
125. 6s 1
706,017
58, 837
H i mistered
Issuing 'ind !disti Hinting
evpense
1
i Com- ;1 pensa-ii l ion to jI under-!| writ-i ers, ijageutsjj etc. ;
2, 6950 ^l'{4.5S13. :>M2 J61K D s
( 1 . f > 0 i
6 , t, ).~\
5, !' l (1
s, 2'<3(j. 2s 71.3-7
61 7>>">
5, 1 i()
1.013I, 1902 7521. 6752, 12 s6. 6785 0i)66.0 512, 0531.2-71.0693. i l l
1.5.-15
;
Otherex- !
pensos i
j
3'H)<s21ii 1 £5X7500
1. 1621,1M1
7d22. ' 1! 01, I s ' )
675
1 1 , 5 1 2 1.
9-62
'h .J206621
1. 1902 57
I. Gi l9 !2
1.2151252; i ;
6 " M
1 V)')
:> 201 :.
767 |
or account of issuers, exclusive of substitute securities
60J325 sX7r>i
2nsJsx27X
S 9
3 f7I'll1^1
. ' K
p>;
1 JI
J !5X
22\)2^
211Jx_270
)•>|.>
!o7i n
* 17
120
- uj
07S 39,sOO ' 2,s^9 1 7,
.311121 1(),3 53 !2If«20 113.
.71s 17'2X') 5'i.
. 775 1 s.012 11,2*7 29.
, 6(>7 191,
221 | i i .
2(> 1 3 .9f i.l 7 .
Xsl 19.502 1 72,Vii 3.o l s '{1,131 21,20 5 1'*,.63 S .i.05", * li.HO IO H X.
! ' H 20 '.
»,21 If-.
ss an ioun t of securit ies 1<%HS>
T>pe of S«M
curedbonds
30.52510, 15012, 22X61,301
7, 500227. X00
86 22797. 210">[ 7 in
110, 9 l0\i'K >>•) 1
if>.!.6i
8.j ( . , '0»
69. I l l
70.91 50
22. (.15x-;, 562
f)
71 279112. 121102. "21
J. (>oo5( i! 1
J 7 , 7(Mi
1 0 , 'H)0
^W7.O12
11, 118
s Pre-ferred
' stock
_
7102. 02S.i. 8112 1X1
23, 397•'5 2252, 9t>25 -1.V)i 5221 ( .-,
21, HIJs..V.«.
'•2. ^7s
7.710
.^ - , i V
2. 70"1,711
27. 00022,26012, 075J() 106J1, 62X
I, J 562 J 0 0
3. 3918,710
^ 3 , 3 1 7
11. 2T6
1{."orn- 1111011stock j
!
17,2x6 '61.70137, 35'i22, 2"713, 17012 0-919, -Li26 1772 f, .< 1911. \2.>,51, "2».22.OS!
.52n. 29X
27. 191 '
x, 7.".79, C15
J 2 , '56717 1 >x2J, 1732i). 307 •16. 1 )'.\ '19.01112, J 7211..51731 413
<\ 076
22S, ] 17
19, 037
P r o p o s e d for sa!e
Net cash proceeds tc
Purchase of—
ew Secur-11 ev Hies
! for
Secur-itiesfor
invest- aiiili-111 en t ation
330 rj Hi 0J17 6!.x:u vs'j«j667 41, 09S 067s 18,932 20119 1, 1O0 0 '60 5 6. 1)7 119 '7 57 3'). s27 011 1 2fi . I D J 10 '
370 26.671 501 'sM9 2 1 , 0 ' n 0791 3*. 377 79s-116 27...20 0
22^ ''.<",, 007 - 3s0
I so 27,917 i(<^
V72 20, ~ !•» 0^91 2. 1163X2 1 ( '77 TOO"36 3 . 6 2 9 0*x-l 11,27,^ It*015 1 1 . 7 1 6 VJlX46 1 9 . 0 1 s S9X006 2. 195 i>i57i 11 . 'Wl M s1(I2 2 , 6 '2 i'^22 57.51] ,-J79ISO .) 1JM
I2'» i2W.-.',7 2. S*
••77 10. 770 20 7
O*he
asset
000
1.472232
533
2 V 700
is,")
. ' . 211
Isi
<)153
2\(>•;
521}
no!,5s6
2.110
190
2 . 2 ^
J W I !
^.ecuritie" reserved for con
1
cei-m;-cates of
participa-tion., inel.warrants
Extrac-tive in-dustries
and rights
_
j s. r.xx 5695 } , 2 S 1 I . I l l
j 5. l ' ,0 M.-7.591 1 1.-0
22.911 1.074\'.»'»J '59
5] , -,!'; 0l\ ! SI 11723.03s 1,31']
s. 17'. • <7710. 31! ! .5!sI.1. 1 LI S, 2si
2tM, 297 25.^,2
20,775 2,151
22 S'>6 5233. S7.I 01.0' K '2X01 7t/> 3123,40'! 2 i !
10 ')<•(', 12 2 (»0
10 7,'i1 7020 2 717
80(» 1.5X21.000 1.52"'
1 2 , (1'. 1 (1
0 6 l t (
71,672 26.3X2
5, 973 2, ' 99
I
• b e u s e d foi
i m en t
s notesj
626
611955
1175
270S S
64
.SiJS
t>7
36,117.
sLX7122217
•1
L13
126
97s
M
\ ,»i\si
7UoSJ566S38937477l 058121X0191s')l5o7
034
336
101JOi
r)A i
t j s6 ( 1(PWon 1M77x9'2^97020x
( >!5
576
Repay-ment
ofotherdebt
1562. 124
;>5x675
9, 17021.3S5
7, s6011. 1 565.012
"6. M«J3 ' i
2, 03t".
101 0X7
V>7i
2. 161J,3"!l
217!, 629
5615,017
IN', 6971.X07
009!. 2237. 3Xt6, 161
11,166
3, 76, {
on or snbsti
! Manu-j factur-
ins: in-dustries
>31
1,
117.^_r,n57.0].
11,
5«M.
',],
IO.6.
,56,J 16,
3,9'5,8s.3 1,
3,X,
y23.
465.
2(;951460.15 57961Ms'»9 5l<966X1226«M0'.'
r,-,o
722
26282103315077'J097 ,912 i111 !1X5.Six929117 '
CA\
S01
—
' . ! !Re t i r emen!
ofpre-
ferrecstock
£jini-zation
ex-
i j
0 • 0 !0 4 i0 0
iiw • 0 :0 1 ;0 8 !
21,053 1 i13, M 9 (2)
0 1117 0 1
lx. !fo 2 i10. 191 (2) ;
6s . 100 17 i
;>, (>7i 1
35 5s l 0 i0 2 i
191 15 !J ,031 2 I
0 0lOo 9
1..162 0 |2. 117 1 1
0 0 •
13 ' 4 :3, 21 t 15 :3,391 ' (2) |
50,5 53 47
1,211 , 4
of registrant
i Trans- , ElectricFinan- ; porta- lii?ht,cial and tion and i power,invest- < com- | heat,men! muni- ' J?as, and
s i
ili2(31
s68-[
157lIL
. ' • •
52i
lr)
-r)
{
1(
1721213
19')
10
170
11
C:iHoii 1 water
, 6xi*, ."00, 050, 751. 315, 52X, 213. \)~i<) '
. 169
, 52s, 6 19
207
, " < ' l
, 3(»o, 660, 71x. 271021911
. 102,894
111. 927, 776221
170
, 206
_ |
0 j 39, 7050 i 67,308
2.115 i 04.990 ! 64. 5J4
0 ; 21, 14530.555 84,91929,978 j 3,255
0 1 243,9710 1 00
4, 239275, 173103,219
0 82,2S0
71,877 | 985,488
5,990 | 82,124
0 108.5121.S27 5, 090
0 27,5065,305 ! 117.712
250 ! 31, 6053, 921
28, 834124. 971
82, 9144, 548 217,149
380 ! 01,750 j 11,1947,823 i 54,9551,401 ; 119,176
56, 037 900, 785
4,670 i 75,065
Miscel-
lane-ousand
unac-counted
for
3793121898027143
43262214
23, 08028
21,631
2, 053
106
2629
3648. 787
1329, 426
192f)
8
38, 69G
3, 225
Other
! ~
636878
7, 9371,104
060, 550
5,1423,864
9541 1,500
63, 4752, 414
148. 455
12, 371
450969
1, 0372. 2912. 696
15, 5003,141
33, 4441,9972, 250
5112, 891
67,177
5, 598
Co npili ' l 1>: the S(cmitia and hubavae Commknon. These <Hta diuYr fiori the ^r ios publisl e<l in the 1910 Supplement b \ the inclusion of securities registered in con-m ctum with exch'i'me plans of companies, whether or not in reoi uani/alion, <>r in connect ion with the issu-mre of uenific Ucs of d(»posit and \ oiinti trust certificates. The latterut designated su))stitu!o s(cunlies \ t present Ihesc data ha \o been compiled b<-"inmn^ only in 195S; earlier data will be shown is the.\ become available. Data for19'0 are on p 34 of this issue. For a more detailed description oj the jn-rie^, ^ee footnote 1 to pp . 66 and 67 or th<> l('10 Supplement.
1 I nss than $'00.[[.(•hid< s ^12,57'),000 in f u-e amouiiL ms falment certificates which are. not included in the break-down.
1G SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Table 48.—OPERATING DATA OF TELEGRAPH AND CABLE CARRIERS[Thousands of dollars]
Operating revenues
Total
9. »i50s. Oso
10.021Id. 1M.
Id! '3010. 0:,3Id. :M"<
o. 370
11. I 57
122. 17s II J.
0, 1010. 2!0
Year and month
1934Total....
Monthly average.
1935January _FebruaryMarch / .AprilMavJ uneJuly .AugustSeptemberOctober..XovemberI H-cember
Total
Monthly>verage_
1930I .in uar \1 cbi u i' \MarchApril - . .May . .June . . . .July-AugustP<P enbei(>< h berXo\ emberl)e CM ber
Tolal .
Monthly a \ cage
1937January i 11,300 ; 10,332February i 10,545 9,659 IMarch ! 12,303 11,311April -.) 11,425 10,444May . . _--.j 11.371 j 10,524Juno ! 11.648 | 10,759July _ i 11, 123 i 10, 159August ! 11.186 i 10,281
Telegraph| carriers
| | Western •
! I revenues:I Total I from 'I | cable '.
Cablecar-riers
Op or- Oper-ating ating |
e\- in- |! penses conic I
10, IV) 9. '22-(|, M i s, os,]
10. 0 4(> 10.052JO, S19 ' 10,00110. s in 10.029n . ^ 9 I IO,:^ ,l i !20 Id " S 'in OM i, I2h
i i '<•.(> i . 7 i i l
] d ( » ') s iS i
\2 072 | 1 l . ^ r j
1 ;J,666 ,122,116 ,i
11,055 10,176
SeptemberOctoberXovember1 )eccmbcr
11,24211,01810, 17611,730
Total il3o7orT! ' !
Monthly average ! 11,256 J 10.324 ;
10,10,()t
io!
305082297740
893~
107
10, 72U 102,73s
S01 ' (S, 561
s. 402>, 051s, 491,\ 171s. 700,s. 51 iss. 62i'«
1,061
70!Mids! i
s . :{»•.(!
s. <;os
.'tilISO
666
i 5us
578547633608
560533 i562 ;599 :546 I580 !
s 47sS , ' ( ( > • •
s l ' is', J
1,071
002
s!7
100, 0( 0
'». J",s
9. 52")• U I 70 s2"
10, O'Kl
10J),20, 75'i
0, 1 "»iin, 210
9 .711
72s"01
[ <)<-1"
I 27 iI. "21I l<<4
" 7 iI, >\2I !(.".I M 0I n l 7I 7 2
"74 II ,
3 20 i
on
I ,02I. 102I. |HlI 72"I "si] 22sI i"_I MOI 2t»sl , 7 l l
l i i M">
I 127sol ,
I, -061,020
( \i |St,h !".If I
70')12s1 si
2 M 1
JI.O
11"
127J 0,s
1 (12
Operating revenues
I Telegraph Ii carriers j
s l l71(t
s l l
1, 171
1,0072s"
127
Year and month
193S
I iiiu a\I 11 m.iijM mil
Total
Tota
| Western!! Union Cahlerevenues car-
! fromI cablei opera-! tions
Oper-ating
1 e.\-! penses
riers
M i\JllIK .Jul\XlU'^t
-< I t . n IxO tc It. r
\I up.1 h i \ average.
1939J 'i m i \I < 1 in n \Al n d i . . .\ i u i l .M !\
9, 7019, 14910, 62510,09410, 13910, 3999.85610,31410, 73910, 3519, 94411,529
8, 840 j8, 384 !9,770 i9,3459,3469, 5909,0479,523 ;9,8509,4909, 114
10. 553
506117
862765S")71970]MM
M.lsUI(i7t)
Oper-atingin-
come
Netin-
come
9, 2768, 6_29, 2389,215{> 3 V, '9, 1M> ,0 lJ,09 212 I9, 111 i9, 171 ,0 2H9 9s7
* 255* Us
712
n10C5 VJ
* 1.078
4197
« SOS
4 615247
; 122, 842 112, 858
.: 10,237 ! 9,405
9 0^1 110 81S; , 1, 1S2
8 2 9 23 . . A 1 *
l iu .Juh
l o t . ]
Monihlv ivorage
1940I m i h t \ .1 « r>i u ii yM , ! ( h *\ P P !M i\Jun.Tnh
9.689 ;9, 196 ]10, 622 iH)] 156 j10,860 !10,891 i9.900 !10, 690 !
12.495 ;
11,08710,31311,925 !
8,829 ,8,436 i9,717 ;
9.38310. 065 '10, 1139. 1899, 887
11,0799,995 ;9,324 ;
10, 822 !
502514 '.501451 ;542900684 I610 :
658 i
860761906773795779712802
1,4171, 092
9891, 103
9, 0908. 5989, 2569, 0809, 5329. 4069, 2919. 3869, 6759, 3089, 210
10, 008
d 397004376-34 ,844
d /?? '621 :
2,0721,004
424 ;
1,212
127,825 1116, 837 i 6,940 ! 10,988 1.11,840 I 7,869
10, 652 !
10. 14".in , 02010, stls,l(i,66111 .-sr,11. I ih
916 9,320
9, 1510,00 40, 0329, 6s 7
10, 505i0, 10S9 fnif>
iO9 i500501504 !H I ! '•
, " . i > ' 1 ;
513 ;
001920030 '973
1. 0220! sst>7
9. 40sst so29. 'u, 19. 3210, sit')9, f'219 s7,j
3 i2 :413 :026 |6 1 ' !
3, ".i") !7",,; j2n1 i
3 gh
12314"39746*
656
2481.311
230
33 i
* .?, 201
- D e f i c i t .1 R e v i s e d s e r i e s . C o m p i l e d b y t h e Federal Counnun'catiohs Commission f rom t h e r e p o r t < of t h r e e tel^v
$•"0,000 or m o r e . T h e s e c o m p a n i e s account , for p r a c ' i c a ' h ill of t h e t eh^ j i - iph a n d c a b ' e b u s i n e s s a c c o r d ,t e l e g r a p h c a r r i e r s , f o r m e r l y c o m b i n e d w i t h t h e d a t a f<>; t e l ec . n>1% n 1 cabk- c a r r i e r - , h w e b e e n e x c l u d t d fioTiof r a d i o t e l e g r a p h c a r r i e r s a r e n o t a v a i l a b l e b e c a u s e of cha r _( - r t i e j ' c o u n t i n i z .^\ ^U m . I ) a t a i n c l u d e a co ra n d - c a b l e o p e r a t i o n s . N o c h a n g e s h a v e b e e n m a d e in i b e -^cru- o-i o p e r a t i n g r t \ c n n e , - oi n d e g i a p h c a my r a p h c a r r i e r s b e g i n n i n g 1913 a r e a v a i l a b l e o n p . 87 of t ' e I'1!') > i J P p l e m e n T .
jnd fJ e L \bl»» r uric-, ^ n intr innu d "peritinj; r( \ ciue-. (tJ Me ( eiMb of 1 lpctnc 1 I ldustue^, 1 '37 Dat i foi rnho->eTu^ht e ihow i , incomparable d ita on expense •. cind incomeU I \ P 1 \ »m 11 amount of levenue from transmis^K r-^elepl oot'i i I c bl»> u n i « s nnu l d A ~* on opudting ie \e 'nu- or H 1*
Table 49.—SHIPMENTS OF GLASS CONTAINERS :
Month
1934 1935 193G 1937 ' 1938
Total, all types
1939 1940 1934 , 1935 193G 1937 1919 * 1940
Narrow neck food
11'iuai \11 bin ir\M lie1!VpnlM uJuneJuhVllC'lst^eptt ml orOctobeiVo\ ( Plbi 1J)rc< mbci
Total __ . .
AT >nthh a \enge . .
i 2 " 0 070 2 674 0 2 ) 2, OK), "07 W 2M } e n ) Sl_ -> I n si ,2 >7i 012, 2 "i7( 9 0 , j UJII M7J i 71 72(> - v )J 21' •> ->1(J 222
1 007, 421 2 'iti '42 i 4 > sw s " s ^ > , (, } (42 ^ «n7 i s2 ssj 470 2 92' ^77 > (>0 S'i), f s0 }«0 of ' 0 0 (70 ()0l1 lr>! 2^s | i 102 tut I 001 707 l s i > 072 > t\2 702 4 17 » " i o} 120 210i i 220 7)7 4 004 <- > "• I •> 1 ~ 4 , > 7 * s f 7 ' M l I 0 2 1 t ^ s
2 902 7s i 3 42f' "'H 4 i s N) 4 *>", 7u~ 7->2 101 4 h n 172, i O'o 7)1 i 720 "00 4 i .0 11 1 4 07i 212 4 1S2 00"' 4 ~7i 2*7
3 2~>2 l s s i, 672 010 4 346 217 1 40. oi 4 9 7 ' 1 » 4 ^7 2so3 102 096 3 >P7, (<»".) 4 -510 017, 3 Oil S7^' J, ( " M2 4 477 "4^
I 2 T ) 24() 2 9 , 7 317i 3,610 ss(>| 3 2U 40f , t s l 14 i s s s 2MI 2 42S 270 2 " i 0 1271 3 070 01h 2 0s >n { I T f •»( ()7(» > * T1
M s J 3 707 i " 412 770 4 i s ) Oil "0 041 s"2 4> ? ' s 110 40 1"4 2")f>
I 2 ( t02 s ] h i 117 7 n > 7^2 L I 4 170 404 ' 000 s i , 4 000 l s s
1 22 i -1 )4 ]) 2 If)1 7fn l l s
4 ^i2 1001 '»"> OiO
l " i / i sI i 7 i ^17> 4i0_11 OS207 11 Sin 0 40 i
701 0(/()|. 2 7 ISO,104 0 1'101 s t •
si() 61"
121 00Sj - ) 2i)l> 2 007141 67s1< " 4)921 < 910
; M 4 U622 94428i 0i4I P , 427,s" s7l |
3 0s4 010
2 7 001
1 1 " 0 *2HO S >)17 i ' i ,loo 00212 1<()2 / ) ^7
( 1 2 0 1'S36 4113s() 311i11". J H142 07
147 000142, Lx104 3i42(A
i7i 11719 i sS00 20273 70011# 00'.
so l i l
01 -i 572,647
290
1"J 437I4w 42*10( 401
20 4 940217, 4 »121 ">, 2307 1 " " 6 1 :
ros 9s j|222 0]s124 227
i,17l 7"7
264 31]
147, S(K,148, oli174, v,,s,3s7 1' "'
27. 942327 4Hi70s 2')0j
2)5 "lOj144 f2-)l ,104 242
1 See footnote on next page.
November 1940 SURVEY OF CUEEENT BUSINESS 17
Table 49.—SHIPMENTS OF GLASS CONTAINERS—Continued *[Gross]
Wide mouth food
785, 380740, 854876, 499846, 646917, 267
796, 196790, 645872, 397883, 098954, 952|931, 628952, 678010, 448 I
549, 712347, 642j316, 736!252, 473231, 748213, 903244, 622202, 732338,511459,111486, 381499, 026;
327, 694!342, 714!389, 796408,532464, 725394, 990382, 47343, 439539,844674, 644734,108)658,364
455,8431463, 206J598, 795564,211)522, 840534, 004485, 505454,122656,828|904, 1161948. 3951787, 742!
JanuaryFebruary .MarchApril....MayJuneJuly .AugustSeptemberOctoberNovember.December _.
Total . . . . . . . . . .
Monthly average.
521, 8021550, 0451683, 100j632, 669698, 742704, 922678, 974
614,631595, 799657, 691625, 428709, 458688, 287749, 931739, 6151592,198732,098531,335436,190
685, 4501668, 652j762, 518734, 597736, 791779, 842813,831!771, 382|703, 774|778,663i634, 162!602, 611 j
936, 303787, 995644, 703682, 267547,358448,616
672,273 9,917,808 4,142,597 5,661,389 7,446,640 935,521 7,375,607 7,866,615
039,388 754,3691 777,630 722,689! 826,484! I 345,216 471,782 620,553 661,293 614,634) 655,551
I ! i I! I
Medicinal and toilet preparations containers
JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJuly.AugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
45,949134, 532!31,164!35, 93734, 49229, 90926, 94349, 599|42,11356, 103!46, 765137,931
39, 58739, 77736, 69432, 83940, 72632, 54137, 02637, 09036, 63839,721135, 396!25, 867|'
40,83938, 092)32,166139, 899!45,14929. 85742, 74343, 72257, 20549, 36540, 35227, 890
37,84744, 86937,05137, 48341,30130, 60328, 40333,891;
1, 478, 040!1, 338,120|1, 445, 9271,280,4291, 204, 7071, 300, 7541,134, 759!1,198, 2501, 269, 0221
1,361,3901,069,170
843, 932
1,066,818945, 313!
1, 085, 4771988, 488!
1, 030, 236;975,409935, 489!
1, 200, 766:1, 2 2 , !
1, 430, 834!1, 209, 398i
971,041)
, 335,992,191,698, 200, 772, 118,921,211,852,100,649,147, 298,446,461, 458, 718, 600, 946,351,024
995, 363
65, 071 !
59, 858!73. 649i60, 187]96, 79164, 37964,64189,912!77, 640!86,601''54, 93351, 477;
36, 94436, 67634, 94441,01545,09640, 61839,410]46, 775!41,197|48,128!34, 101!23,319;
33, 42428, 29934,04626, 25341, 58232, 32534, 92648, 444136, 02750, 09144, 56730, 701
991,391996, 100
1,196,1, 038, 392i
936,401!877, 979|804, 0751
1,011,1491 1l,005,8671,216,2751,031,758
918, 305
132,529!047, 326!090, 308;968, 478!942, 3891907, 058,!
922,543037.599! 1105,830|310, 182; 1079,018! 1876,872) 1
304, 270 14,990, 578; 13,067,141' 15, 225, 694
Month ly average 1,007,044 1,035,011; 1,192,023 1,249,215 1,088,928: 1,208,8
Pressure and nonpressure ware General purpose ware
161,114;196, 443!270,921275,872258,404212,945157,397!180, 154!172. 1().'{199. 582140, 609139, 880,
JanuaryFebruary-March.; .__...April . . .May .June _.July . .AugustSeptemberOctoberNovember..December
Total
Monthly average........
62, 19167, 191
108, 293179, 837;197,676!216, 140165, 846111,05459,01953,05051,09455.145|
66,02179, 570
100, 224230, 127326, 496300, 776311,895195, 2871102, 214
76, 82184, 777
110,575
170, 964175,000274, 77382, 940!487, 4791564, 319408, 078270, 759141,95185, 29373,92397, 737
121,919!146,381277, 551405, 470536, 969590, 839395, 579204, 351150, 463107, 74391, 702)118,550
189, 225205, 633,255, 412!227, 0571246, 220|259, 492181,770224, 098205, 510!240, 285185,950204, 055
253, 128)233, 615255, 922!282,176!258, 614242, 980198, 995212,3371199, 68O!207, 282!151, 726!107,125!
204, 073249,192265, 433277, 446288, 594249, 325209, 806312,899286, 776330,381281,165214, 040
0 0 , 6 j04, 104!
104,024!140, 220188, 090229, 955159, 489i90, 277j56, 204|46, 078!54,02759, 5901
124,659!172, 036!294, 235|397, 982!474,144!458, 966;312,705J195, 747!91,584!70, 602!67,112)85, 593
153,103, 3581241,925!233, 918j206, 733 j187,403!155, 277)188, 260;185, 696!192,671!142,743!120,916!
2,172, 7081 2,625,307 2, 603, 580!
i ' I1,252,795; 1.327,142| 2,110,783 3,133,219 2, 745, 365| 3,147, 517
181,059 218,770 216,965-
I !
115,590!132, 584!237, 972288,018349, 297300. 750243,9111211,052!
76, 095 j46, 802:72, 724;64, 587 i
73,311184, 099
157,114267, 422359, 096403, 708203, 808)180, 8471120,540'100, 129i103,818)129, 1061
116, 565!148, 800146, 666129,887165, 929177,020i168, 343'149,465!140, 958!127,507!129,273;155,704!
178,858;182,050:102, 853!159,708-218, 275!
214,880)246, 830'214, 070!205, 109!177,488!168,841!177,577:
143,580124. 302101,505173, 21KISO. 70:-!107. :.9'J100, 52020.". 114ISs, 01',lV, 21")10L>. (120170.274
100,75;)151,303173,088170.511i203. 207
SeptemberOctoberNovember . .De<embei
Total . . . . .
Monthly average
1. 318, 11* 1, 3T>, 100 2, 673, 553 4, 313, 407 2,136, 042; 2, 339, 064
109.843 111,267: 222,790 359,451 178, 004; 194, 022!.
1,702,117 1,941,829 2,307, 247) 2,419, 631 2, 000, 522 2, 242, 6W01.
! ! I ! !140,843 161,819i 102,271! 201,030! 172,210: 186,891L
Domestic fruit jars and jelly glasses
Month
January . _February, ._._.March. . 'April . .May . .JuneJulyAugust ,.,._.„
1934
12,5119, 08831,30359, 030127, 452
1935
29. 904!10. 000!10, 712)40,491!
107, 307|160,034 183,615!150,020 282,030!107,150! 102,620'
193G
6, 5355, 8257,44751.395189, 739182,38599, 65772, 529
1937
4,26313,17924, 24930, 938102, 602171,474192, 420330, 081
1938
3, 8545, 307
12, 20233,90397, 002145, 521214, 743128,104
1939 Month
2,8032, 0049,941
40, 898107,300109,459i _ . , . _ .137,714 140,210!143,914! 105,853 IN
3,339 September.l,811j October0,123) N 0 v e m b e r . . . . . . . .
17,580 December59, 459
101, 708 Total .
Monthly average..
1934
05,12914, 1994,6187, 548'
758, 703
03, 225
1935 193G 1937 1939
240,313 59,805 177,330 61,536! 107,86117,7851 8,078! 16,016! 5,61*2! 11,918
2.4851 4,398] 1,252! 1,200) 2,0182,565; 3,943) 2,8661 l,54Sj 2,357
1940
1,132,439) 692, 396)1,072, 730! 710,808! 739,147
I I94,370) 57,700; 89,395! 59,230: 01,590
5 New or revised series. Compiled by the Glass Container Association. This table presents a detailed classification of the glass container shipment? which were shownin the Survey in total only prior to September 1940. The total shipments include revised data for 1939 and earlier years; annual data on total shipments for 1928-32are shown in the 1940 Supplement.
Data for milk bottles, pressed ware, and fruit jars made by the west coast group of manufacturers are included in the totals but are not shown in the individual classifi-cations. Other classifications include data for the west coast manufacturers. Detailed lists of the items included in the various classifications are available from this officeon request.
270893—40—3
18 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Table 50.—FEDERAL RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES[Thousands of dollars"
Months
JanuaryFebruaryMarch _ _"_AprilMayJuneJuly .AugustSeptember IOctoberNovember .December .
Fiscal year, total
Fiscal year, monthly average
48, 64256,176
506, 02040, 28243, 389
356,15042, 22138, 032
329, 04237, 65234, 142
319,143
304,287 8,765,338 |
608,691 I 730,445
Expenditures
Transfers to trust accounts
1937 1938 1939
1110139
324500, 38083. 25520, 00014, 00014, 00014, 00020, 000
15, 00015, 00015, 0008, 603
0800
97, 1079, 500
11,50011, 50016,50016, 500
003, 401
50, 283
219,658
18,305
1,5000
IS, 0000944
124, 10318,1007,15010, 00010, 00010, 000
182, 204
15,184
* Compiled by the U, S. Treasury Department. Data are on a current cash basis (unrevised Daily Statement of the XJ. S. Treasury). Net receipts beginning July 1, 1940.represent total receipts less net appropriations to the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund (social security-employment taxes less reimbursements to the generalfund of the Treasury for administrative expenses), which under the 1939 amendments to the Social Security Act are appropriated directly to the Federal old-age and survivorsinsurance trust fund. To make data for the period prior to July 1,1940, approximately comparable with the classification effective on that date, transfers to the old-age reserveaccount (for the fiscal year 1940 transfers to the account less administrative expenses), formerly shown under expenditures, have been deducted from total receipts (to obtain thenew series "net receipts"), total expenditures, and transfers to trust accounts. There were no transfers to this account prior to January 1937. The series on income tax receiptshas been revised to include unjust enrichment taxes, first collected in September 1936. This series as shown here and in the 1940 Supplement includes excess profits taxes.The descriptive note in the Supplement erroneously states that such taxes were excluded. For data for 1940, see p. 33.
Table 51.—INDEX OF RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD1
[Average 2 935-39 = 100]
Year and month Index
1913—Annual average..1914—Annual average.1915—Annual average..1916—Annual average..1917—Annual average..1918—Annual average..
1919—Annual averageJuneDecember
1920—Annual average.June _.December. . . .
Year
79818090
116134
152148160
168185140
989S94
1
0
=;()4
1922192-51924102-i19261927192S1929193019U19*2l(Hi10? 119-55
1921—Annual average ._ _ . . ! 128 0May 1. ____| 121 2September . j 129 2December . 126 1
1<H7FHS
191(1
i Janu-jFebru-| ary \ ary
120 9121 S12S 21 11 1\U 7]>l 11 5(1 0132 4
in o92 279 2S9 i
9" s94 S
11912-S12613913212s1291111OSso
KM97
April ! May i June July! i !
11912112d1 ^HO12912S129107
i d ) il»7
0 1 i
1211 1912")111.noI j>o127ISOKihS97h91
101
122 1120 5127 7140 31 M 91 Y2 0129 7129 9 '104 6so 779 192 4
101 39s 1
Wh 197 591 097 0
121 0123 7 |121 5 !HI 9r>7 »137 5129 7131 I ,128 1102 18") 7s2 29$ ()
100 "i101 7106 09s i(H ()9S 3
127.2121.7136.8133.8130.7129.2134.9123. 4102. 286.589.993. 399.4
102. 6106. 398. 594.397.4
Au- Sep-tem-ber
125.4 |121.2136.7132. 0129.0130. 5136.9122.4102.584. 991.294.299.4
104.0106. 997.593. 596.2
118. 1126.6123.1134.4134. 5131.0133.5136. 7124.5102.184.491.197.8
100.5104. 8107. 998.198.497.2
Oc-tober
No-vem-ber
I
126.8124.4136.8135.9133.0132. 5136. 3123. 8101. 284.090.796.2
100.0103. 0106. 597. 197.6
127.3125.3142.6137.4132.7132.0135.2120. 599.083.189.895. 4
101. 3101. 9104. 196.296.7
De-cem-ber
122.4126.0125.9140.6136.8132. 5130. 6133. 8116.596.582.088.194. 5
102.1101. 6102.797.294, 9
An-nualaver-age
120.3124.0122. 8132.9137.4132.3130. 8132. 5126. 0103. 986.584.193.7
100. 4101.3105.397.895.2
i Compiled by the Bureau of Labor Sf'T'W/r-?, I ^ Department ol L tbor 1 he indexes In gmniriL J urn ir\ 1035 have been computed on a revised basis, and related to anaverage of the years 1935-39 as a base. [iMoxo prior to I m m r \ 19>" weio comerred fiom The o i u n il indexes ior earlier pricing periods. The revised indexes from 1935 arecomputed from prices of 54 foods in 51 citi ^ Pioli mi1 irv results of the Bure m ^ --til lie*- of i imih expenditures showed tha t certain of the 84 foods included in the previousIndex could be eliminated as their price ii1o\ ement •< were lepre^ent ed b \ the piu e mo\ <. \v< m of lei ited commodities. New weights for the 54 items were prepared fromresults of the 1934-36 s tudy of expenditure^ of w !<re eirnei1-.' aM lowei il inea \vorkrV f unilie^ b* J.I mpmg the amounts spent for foods considered to move similarly inprice. Thus , the prices are weighted, nor onl\ b \ c\\x nditures icr * he s»ei liic fooiK but h\ expenditure for the entire subgroup of similar foods. The weights differ fromcity to city. Average costs for the 51 cine combined weie computed fiom the Mini of the food t o ^ lor e uli citv weighted according to 1930 population of areas classified asmetropolitan and of cities over 50,000 popul ition not witnin ins menopoht in r e i . VIIMUII a\ ei )<:e m b i^ed on monthly data for all years. Revised monthly indexeshave not been computed for years prior to 192? except a^ ^how n ibo\ e H M J^O for December oi tho \ e irs 191-1 to 1918. For a more complete description of the original indexesfor years prior to 1935, see footnote 4 to p u o 12 oi t'ie VH0 ^upplemeLf.
Table 52.—ELECTRIC RANGES—BILLED SALES[Number of units]
Month
JanuaryFebruaryMarch _ _.AprilM a yTune . . .July\u°nstSeptember
NovemberDecember
Total
Month ly average -
1931
3. 92'.i«>. 501
11.73113.80111 541H), IS27,3164 5907, 8907 9(V>3', 4952,994
91,181
7, 598
193?
1.6120, 657f>, 102f>. 0064 7335, 8374. 3163 7253. 5502 on
1, 930
49, 953
4, 163
1933
4392, 4012, 6213, 4005, 0025, 4604, 6554 4224, 8906. 4656. 5025, 511
ol, 828
4,319
im
3.011
I))! 37814,47710 39413, 62011.63711,33311,9328, 8347. 5007. 520
122,817
10, 235
1935
6, 00611,01317,77023, 00227. 19920 07716, 55515, 39614,44717, 73515, 83114, 932
200, 623
16, 719
1936
11,69616, 06231, 17632, 50234 22532, 74123, 98120 60425,14224, 37619, 89625, 612
298, 013
24, 834
1937
26.16624, 53747, 54344, 08739 76143, 64532. 30420, 00027, 18022, 31913, 58112, 649
359, 772
29, 981
1038
18. 50022, 62829, 63626 42124 44322, 50521,15619, 26417, 76617, 75614,01113, 576
247, 662
20, 639
1939
28, 07427, 05830,17526,14132 00027, 25619, 24924, 61026. 23523, 61119, 00813, 429
296, 846
24, 737
1940
36, 39532. 99839, 64343, 30842 9S333, 40329, 62629, 12832,167
1 New series. Data are compiled by the National Electrical Manufacturers* Association from reports furnished voluntarily by its members. This series replaces the datafor dollar sales of electric ranges formerly shown. Data cover sales of household electric ranges of over iy± kilowatt capacity in the continental United States, Hawaii, andAlaska. The number of firms reporting has increased gradually from 7 in 1931 to 11 in 1934 and 1935 and to 18 and 19 from Ju ly 1939 to date. No estimates of the coverageof the industry are available prior to 1935; in tha t year the association estimates tha t their coverage was about 60 percent. For the years 1936 to 1939,inclusive, the associationbelieves their coverage to have been between 90 and 94 percent.
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 19
Monthly Business StatisticsThe data here are a continuation of the statistical series published in the 1940 Supplement to the SURVEY OP
CURRENT BUSINESS. That volume contains monthly data for the years 1936 to 1939, inclusive, and monthly aver-ages for earlier years back to 1913 insofar as available; it also provides a description of each series and referencesto sources of monthly figures prior to 1936. The 1940 Supplement may be secured from the Superintendent ofDocuments, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C , for 40 cents per copy.
A few series have been added or revised since the 1940 Supplement went to press. These are indicated byan asterisk (*) for the new series and by a dagger (f) for the revised series. A brief footnote accompanying eachof these series provides a reference to the source where historical data and the descriptive note may be found.
The terms "unadjusted" and "adjusted" used to designate index numbers refer to the adjustment for seasonalvariations. Data subsequent to September will be found in the Weekly Supplement to the SURVEY.
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939
Sep-tember October Novem-
berDecem-
ber
1940
Janu-ary
Febru-ary March April May June July August
BUSINESS INDEXES
INCOME PAYMENTS!Index, adjusted;
Total income payments ...-.1929=100..Salaries and wages doTotal nonagricultural income do
Total mil. of dol_.Salaries and wages:
Total do. . . .Commodity-producing industries..doDistributive industries... do. . . .Service industries . doGovernment „ doWork-relief wages do
Direct and other relief doSocial-security benefits and other labor in-
come ". mil. of dol..Dividends and interest doEntrepreneurial income and net rents and
royalties . mil. of dol..Total nonagricultural income do
AGRICULTURAL INCOMECash income from farm marketings:
Crops and livestock, combined index:Unadjusted . . . 1924-29=100..Adjusted do
Crops doLivestock and products do
Dairy products doMeat animals,. doPoultry and eggs do
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION!(Federal Reserve)
Unadjusted:Combined index 1935-39=100-.
Manufactures doDurable manufactures do
Iron and steel. doLumber and products*... do
Furniture* . do.....Lumber* do
Machinery* do..__Nonferrous metals* ..doStone, clay, and glass products*..do
Cement . doCommon and face brick* doGlass containers* doPolished plate glass do
Transportation equipment* .doA ircraf t* doAutomobiles doLocomotives* doRailroad cars* _doShipbuilding* do
Nondurable manufactures. doAlcoholic beverages* .. .doChemicals* doLeather and products do
Shoes*. doManufactured food products* . . .do
Dairy products* ___doMeat packing do
Paper and products*. doPaper and pulp* do
Petroleum and coal products* doCoke*. do . . . .Petroleum refining do
Printing and publishing* doRubber products* . do
9
v 6,446
P 4, 011p 1, 541r> 941*>807v 550v 112
v 148*>897
p 1,302v 5,804
P93.5
v 64. 5v 83. 0
P85.0
p 128p 130v 142161
v 132
134v 142v 153v 143150
126118117
89P 1 3 9p 135p 220
v 118108
102109130
112
86.185.086.96,025
3,7381,39889882750411187
140
1, 2615,386
93.073.564.582.084.084.567.0
11611611112511711511910612913013615711211074175629875 |132 i
119 '98108111116135113110125121114116114111124
88.086.988.56,259
3,9111,472
541124
133775
1, 3525,541
107.076.568.583.589.087.066.5
126125131159121125119117147137139145124 !142103194949299140
12010911610610711785113136132122133121122128
88.587.789.3
5,865
3,8791,449
91585053712888
134486
1,2785,239
90.088.990.4
6,904
3,9081,420
94586254713489
1371,517
1, 2536,321
90.388. 290.2
6,093
3,7671,349
90284753513495
148840
1,2435,533
'0.076.566.086.591.087.073.5
12612613616112012511612315712612613711412711821811195112138
79.079.074.084.091.582.070.5
124126139159111123105127156115105119 |107 |149 I152239 |150 !102 I132 !146 |
1181031139997
10975
131133131121141118119129
11586
1149591
10773
148128128118140115120118
9.079.072.585.095.084.565.5
1171171281449810993123151906970104129136251130 |102 !133 j144 j
109 i80 I11199 !97 !100 j71146120 I122 !116 i138 |112 j106 |122 |
89.787.589.65,604
3,7421,33988284553614095
151447
1,1695,108
60.584.081.086.594.082.080.0
11311412112110111396123140836050109106138251130103151145
108841111061079983124116118115125113109117
88.487.089.35,987
3,7841,35290084553914894
155820
1,1345,519
60.076.072.579.089.575.070.0
I
112112121113107113104126135101887111711114220313499158162
88.286.288.75,965
3,7841,35690084554014392
152799
1,1385,479
62.581.577.085.589.588.070.5
1111121191061091081091261291141151031169613926713098141162
10594
11399
10410095
116114114114120113111116
1051051148889
101112111119120115118114
' 114114
88.687.389.85,689
3,8381,391908854548137
168472
1,1245,211
66.080.0 |73.5 '85.584.590.570.5
11611612512311410811712612812914013111991130286118102137172
1091071138585108148117127128115122113119117
88.7'87.990.7
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of the August 1940 Survey. For revised data on income payments beginning 1929, see table 42, pp. 17 and 18 of the October 1940 Survey.•New series. See note marked with a "f".
20 SUEVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939
Sep-tember October Novem-
berDecem-
ber
1940
Janu-ary
Febru-ary March April May June July August
BUSINESS INDEXES—Continued
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIONf-Con.(Federal Reserve)
Unadjusted—Continued.Manufactures—Continued.
Nondurable manufactures—Con.Textiles and products 1935-39=100..
Cotton consumption* doRayon deliveries* doSilk deliveries* doWool textile production*. _ do
Tobacco products doMinerals. _._ do
Fuels* . doAnthracite doBituminous coal. do. . . .Crude petroleum... _ do. . . .
Metals* ..doCopper* _ doLead . ..doZ i n c . __.-. do. . . .
Adjusted:Combined index . ..do
Manufactures doDurable manufactures do
Iron and steel doLumber and products* .do
Furniture*, . doLumber*.. .do
Machinery* doNonferrous metals* doStone, clay, and glass products*..do
Cement do. . . .Common and face brick* doGlass containers* doPolished plate glass . do
Transportation equipment* doAircraft*. .doAutomobiles .doLocomotives* .doRailroad cars*. doShipbuilding* do
Nondurable manufactures doAlcoholic beverages* doChemicals* doLeather and products do
Shoes* . doManufactured food products*. do-_.
Dairy products* do_._Meat packing do- . .
Paper and products* -do-_.Paper and pulp* do....
Petroleum and coal products* do . . .Coke* .do . . .Petroleum refining do
Printing and publishing*. .do . . .Rubber products* . . .do . . .Textiles and products do._.
Cotton consumption* do . . .Rayon deliveries* do . . .Silk deliveries* do. - -Wool textile production* do . . .
Tobacco products do . . .Minerals. do . . .
Fuels* do . . .Anthracite do__.Bituminous coal.. do_._Crude petroleum do.__
Metals*.-.. . do . . .Copper* . . do . . .Lead do . . .Zinc do....
MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS, SHIP-MENTS, AND INVENTORIES*
New orders, total Jan. 1939=100."„ Durable goods . do . . .
Electrical machinery do . . .Iron and steel and their products do . . .Other machinery do . . .Other durable goods do . . .
Nondurable goods . . . d o . . .Shipments, total do . . .
Durable goods do . . .Automobiles and equipment do . . .Electrical machinery do . . .Iron and steel and their products do . . .Transportation equipment (except auto-
mobiles) . Jan. 1939=100.Other machinery do . . .Other durable goods do . . .
Nondurable goods . do . . .Chemicals and allied products..__..__do....Food and kindred products doPaper and allied products-- doPetroleum refining doRubber products . . doTextile-mill products doOther nondurable goods do_...
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in tables 4 and 5, p. 13 of the September 1940 Survey, except as follows: Other nondurable goods shipments (revised to exclude textile-mill products), 1939—Feb. 119.5;.Mar., 133.5; Apr., 114.3; May, 105.5; June, 100.0; July, 108.7; Aug., 141.9; Textile-mill products shipments, 1939—June, 95.6; July, 92.8; Aug., 103.9; earlier data not available.
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 21
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Septem-ber
1939 1940
Sep-tember October Novem-
berDecem-
berJanu-
aryFebru-
ary March April May June July August
BUSINESS INDEXES—ContinuedM A N U F A C T U R E R S ' ORDERS, S H I P -M E N T S , A N D INVENTORIES*—Con.
Inventories, to ta l . .Dec . 31, 1938=100.Durable goods do . _ .
Automobiles and equipment d o . . .Electrical machinery _ _ _ _ do . _ _Iron and steel and their products do-_.Transportation equipment (except auto-
mobiles) Dec. 31, 1938=100..Other machinery do-b-o the r durable goods.— .do ._ .
Mondurable goods,. _do.__Chemicals and allied products . d o . . .Food and kindred products d o . . -Paper and allied products..___ _do.._Petroleum refining d o . . .Rubber products dO-_.Textik'-mill products _. d o . . .Other nondurable goods do...-
104.6 |107.2 !116.6 |95.4 !
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106.695.5
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104.997.1
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COMMODITY PRICESCOST OF LIVING
(National Industrial Conference Board)
Combined index.. . . _ _ . . . 1923=100.Clothing _ _ do___Food ___do.__Fuel and light . _.doHousing „ d o . . .Sundries . d o . . .PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS§
(17. 8. Department of Agriculture)
Combined index 1909-14=100..Chickens and eggs doCotton and cottonseed . . . do~~Dairy products.... , ..__.___ doFruits . „ doGrains „ _____doMeat animals . _ doTruck crops do.. .-Miscellaneous..... .do
RETAIL PRICES
U. S. Department of Labor indexes:Coal:
Anthracite. 1923-25=100..Bituminous . . . . d o . . . .
Foodf 1935-39=100..Fairchild's index:
Combined index Dec. 31,1930=100..Apparel:
Infants' . doMen's _- . doWomen's . .do
Home furnishings. .doPiece goods d o . . . .
WHOLESALE PRICES
U. S. Department of Labor indexes:Combined index (813 quotations®).1926= 100..
Economic classes:Finished products . doRaw materials doSemimanufactures d o . . . .
Farm products . . . d oGrai ns d o . . _.Livestock and poultry do
Commodities other than farm products*1926=100..
Foods doDairy products doFruits and vegetables doMeats do
Commodities other than farm products andfoods . . . . 1926=100..
Building materials doBrick and tile doCementJ doLumber do
Chemicals and allied products! doC hemicalsf doDrugs and pharmaceuticalsf doFertilizer materials! do
Fuel and lighting materials doElectricity doGas . doPetroleum products do
Hides and leather products doHides and skins. doLeather . . d o . . . .Shoes do
House-furnishing goods doFurnishings . doFurniture do
86.473.180.785.387.097.9
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48.998.384. 088.9
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92.891.591.398.077.685.279.768.673.975.484.454.0
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104.0104.397.8
107.288.494.282.3
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' Revised. v Preliminary. ® Number of quotations increased to 863 in recent months.§ Data for October 15, 1940: Total 99; chickens and eggs 112; cotton and cottonseed 78; dairy products 116; fruits 79; grains 80; meat animals 112; truck crops 99; mis-
cellaneous 100.tFor monthly data beginning 1933, corresponding to the annual figures shown on p. 13 of the 1940 Supplement, see table 23, p. 18, of the April 1940 Survey.tRevised series. For revised indexes of retail food prices beginning 1913, see table 51, p . 18 of this issue. Data for chemicals and allied products (title changed from chemi-and drugs) and the subgrou i d b i i 1926 t b l 32 18 f th A t 1940 St ndexes of retail food prices beginning 1913, see table 51,
cals and drugs) and the subgroups revised beginning 1926; sec table 32, p . 18, of the Augu*New series. Indexes of prices of commodities other than farm products beginning 191
inventories beginning J a u a r y 1939 i l b l i t b l 3 13 f th S t b 1940 Stile-mill p ) , , ; b. ,100.1; Aug., 97.4; earlier data not available.
ist 1940 SURVFY.ig 1913 appear in table 30, p . 18 of the September 1940 Survey. Indexes of manufacturers '
3S beginning January 1939 are available in table 3, p . 13 of the September 1940 Survey, except as follows: Other nondurable goods inventories (revised to exclude tex-roducts), 1939—Jan., 103.6; Feb., 101.4; Mar. 100.3; Apr., 98.9; May 97.4; June, 99.3; July, 90.6; Aug., 90.2: Textile-mill products inventories, 1939—June, 101.1; July
22 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to- 1940gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the Sep-1940 Supplement to the Survey torn her
1939
Sep-tember
Nqvem- Decem-ber ber
1940
Janu-ary
Febru-ary March April M a y June July j August
WHOLESALE PRICES—Continued
U. S. Department of Labor indexes—Con.Commodities other than farm products and
foods—Continued.Metals and metal products.—.1926= 100..
Iron and steel __..___doMetals, nonferrous doPlumbing and heating equipment
1926=100..Textile products do
Clothing . . . . . . d oCotton goods doHosiery and underwear . . . doRayon* __... .doSilk* do . . . .Woolen and worsted goods do
Miscellaneous doAutomobile tires and tubes __doPaper and pulp do
Wholesale prices, actual. (See under respectivecommodities.)
PURCHASING POWER OF THEDOLLAR
Wholesale prices.. ..1923-25=100..Retail food prices . . . doPrices received by farmers.. doCost of l iving. . . . . do
COMMODITY PRICES—Continued
95. 494.980.7
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127.2130.0153.1119.2
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95.396.379.2
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126.8129.7148.6119.0
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128.0128.0145.6118.5
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81.074.085.171.862.229.549.984.576.955.689.0
128. 5129.7151.5118.9
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80.972.984.770.261.729.545. 483.877.758.089.5
128.1127.9149.9118.3
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80.672.985.069.461.329.547.083.477.758.090.7
128. 51 126. 9
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94.794.381.2
80.572.685.368.461.629.546.183.777.358.291.7
129.9« 125. 2
154.8117.6
95. 194.(3SO. S
80. 512. 4So. 368.861. r>29.543.3S3. 9
93. 5
129. 6» 126. 3
94.994.879.1
80. 572,385.668. 661.5
58.893.5
130.1127.9
154' 8 j 153! 1118.2
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
CONTRACT AWARDS, PERMITS, ANDDWELLING UNITS PROVIDED
Value of contracts awarded (F . R. indexes):Total, unadjusted 1923-25=100..
Residential, unadjusted . doTotal, adjusted do
Residential, adjusted doF. W. Dodge Corporation (37 States):
Total projects number..Total valuation thous. of doL.
Public ownership -doPrivate ownership do
Nonresidential buildings:Projects number.Floor area thous. of sq. ft..Valuation thous. of doL
Residential buildings, all types:Projects. number..Floor area . . thous. of sq. ft..Valuation. thous. of dol.
Public works:Projects number. .Valuation thous. of dol..
Utilities:Projects. _ . . .number . .Valuation thous. of doL.
Families provided for and indicated expendi-tures for building construction (based onbldg. permits), U. S. Dept. of Labor indexes:
Number of families provided for...1929=100..Indicated expenditures for:
Total building construction. doNew residential buildings doNew nonresidential buildings doAdditions, alterations,and repairs-_.do
Estimated number of new dwelling units pro-vided in all urban areas (U. S. Dept of Labor):
Total number..1-family dwellings. do2-family dwellings doMultifamily dwellings do
Engineering construction:Contract awards (E. N. R.)§.. . thous. of dol..
H I G H W A Y CONSTRUCTION
Concrete pavement contract awards:Total thous. sq. yd . .
Roads . . d o . . . .Streets and alleys do
Status of highway and grade crossing projectsadministered by the Public Roads Admin-istration, Federal Works Agency:
Highways:Approved for construction:
Mileage no. of miles. .Federal funds thous. of doL.
Under construction:Mileage . no. of miles..Federal funds thous. of del..Estimated cost d o L . .
P92
*>85
31,671347, 651143,996203, 655
5,13523, 431101, 295
24, 75841, 630152, 372
1,33959,898
43934,086
86.2
62.060.329.360.5
368,252
4,7443,1701, 574
3,57837, 242
9,390131, 614264, 589
73687368
22, 984323,227144, 216179,011
3,65016,49082,466
17, 5S9•"32,977129,680
1,38971, 418
35639, 663
57.9i
45.4 I37'. 0 I58.4 1
26, 85218,8081,6166,428
209, 337
4, 4653, 0581,407
72667668
22, 402261,79691, 604170,192
3,749r 15, 49472, 684
17,136'29,371118, 303
1, 22350, 359
29420, 450
58.5
44.243.630.758.4
27,15921,3621,5914,206
245, 062
74598361
22, 323299,847143, 647156,200
3,24215, 42077, 769
17, 75631, 008116,588
97581, 584
35023, 906
68.0
43.347.127.247.4
30, 89021, 6231,2478,020
302, 215
2, 6551,0671, 588
2,723 ! 2,82430,821 I 30,750
8,386 ! 7,473119,472 ! 110,543237,214 ! 222,062
3,7182,4911,228
3,10035,315
6,746101,855205,183
60
61 i44 !75 I53 '
18,831 13,517354,098 196,191225,095 92, 532129,003 103,659
2,71111,67557, 757
14, 89922, 58588, 681
891180, 683
33026,977
66.3
39.445.122.939.7
29, 69620, 0522,1117,533
190,327
4,9513, 2601,691
3,52840,132
5,984 i91,429 !184,441
2,4539,10952, 532
10,13219,08277, 400
73047,861
20218, 398
41.7
29.929.420.541.2
18,55211,4061,0946,052
191,977
2, 5971,730867
3,880 |45,616 !
5, 83790, 220180, 686
54506366
15, 595200,57481, 666118,908
2,85212, 35670. 565
11, S0719,10774, 858
76242,929
17412, 222
54.6
36.137.123.148.1
r 24,182r 15, 995
1,7216,466
63606267
23, 920272,17894, 971177,207
3,64514,44473,735
19, 05331, 078121, 708
1,00858,905
21417,830
68.2
43.647.126.452.4
30, 47222, 7292, 2155,528
270,928 | 179,836
3,122 2,4862, 297 1,827825 659
4,26446,677
5, 96692, 8G4185, 954
4, 78247, 619
6,34798, 452196,974
73 173 |6462
26,101300, 504103, 450197,054
3,81516, 61088, 821
20, 59433,459135, 420
1,51262, 881
18013, 382
82.7
52.157.429.564.4
37, 32827, 420r 2. 574' 7, 334
211,816
4, 0583,170
756464
29, 201328, 914111,578217,336
4,34616,97190,164
22,93936,312145,912
1,73381, 261
18311, 577
79.6
52.858. 530.462.1
767469
26,679324, 726147,316177,410
4,07818,02891,995
20, 58433,537135,274
1,78974,433
22823, 024
63.0
46.645.230.969.1
r 36, 271•• 27. 421' 2, 967r 5, 883
282, 296
7,537 |5.496 i2,041 !
28, 706' 23. 417' 1,9913,298
252, 763
6,2884, 5751, 713
937885
28,466 ;398,673 i204,568 !194,105 |
4,130 i23,413 !138,954 i
22,387 I36,227 I140,430 |
1,6*6 !85,681 ;
263 ;33,608 !
79.5
56! 439 565. 8
3. 4061, 821
4,633 i 4,645 | 4,73146,922 50,515 | 50,7247,306 8,388 I 8,915
106,063 115,864 ! 121,248211,630 I 230,819 | 242,425
••94r 81'90' 8 2
31,512414,941195, 293219, 648
5,19923, 654
119,189
24, 27738, 987
152,988
1,685119,358
35123, 406
80.4
r 55. 555. 5
'40 .860.4
352,852 ; 397,253
6, 4164. 0492, 368
4,43,
9.126,253,
034925
612761523
1 3,41,
i 9,! 128,, 257,
902210
439737567
' Revised. v Preliminary.° Obtained by applying to the index for the preceding month the percentage change in the purchasing power of the retail food dollar computed on a 1935-39 base.§Data for November 1939 and February, May, and August 1940 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks.*New series. For indexes of rayon and silk prices beginning 1926, see table 29, p. 18, of the May 1940 Survevey.
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 23
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL. ESTATE—Continued
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION—Con. j
Status of highway and grade crossing pro], ad- !ministered by the Pub. Eds. Adm.—Con. ;
Grade crossings: jApproved for construction: i
Federal funds thous. of dol ] 9,Estimated cost ___.__do | 30,
Under construction: jFederal funds do___. i 35,Estimated cost do j 47,
CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES I
Aberthaw (industrial building)... 1914=100 __American Appraisal Co.:f
Average, 30 cities.... __ .1913 = 100..Atlanta . doNew York . . _. doSan Francisco ______ -do. . . .St. Louis .__..._ . . . - -__.- .do. . . .
Associated General Contractors (all types)1913=100.. |
E. II. Boeckh and Associates, Inc.:§ ]Apartments, hotels, and office buildings: j
Brick and concrete: IAtlanta U. S. av.f 1926-29=100..|New York . . . . . . .__ do. . . . !San Francisco. . . . . .do . . . . jSt. Louis - do._._|
Commercial and factory buildings: iBrick and concrete: i
Atlanta ._ .do . . . . !New York. _____________ doSan Francisco..-- . . . . . . . . .doSt. Louis do__-_
Brick and steel:Atlanta . doNew York . . . ..doSan Francisco .__.__do____St. Louis . . . . __do
Residences:Brick:
Atlanta . . . ___. doNew York.__________ .._>__ doSan Francisco... _.„__.____do____St. Louis. __.___—.._ do.___
Frame:Atlanta-- . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . doNew York . . . _, _do.___San Francisco.....-__ _.._ do.___St. Louis . do
Engineering News Record (all types) §1913=100..
Federal Home Loan Bank Board:Standard 6-room frame house:
Combined index _._. 1936=100..Materials.... _._do..._Labor . . . . . . . . . . d o
194
206
19023 2
97.3132. 8115,3119.4
REAL ESTATE
Federal Housing Administration, home mort-gage insurance:
Gross mortgages accepted for insurancethous. of dol.
Premium-paying mortgages (cumulative)thous. of dol. _
Estimated new mortgage loans by all savingsand loan associations:
Total loans thous. of dol..Classified according to purpose:
Mortgage loans on homes:Construction doHome purchase. doRefinancing _____do____Repairs and reconditioning.. do
Loans for all other purposes do._._Classified according to type of association:
Federal .thous. of dol__State members _._._. doNonmembers . do
Loans outstanding of agencies under the FederalHome Loan Bank Board:
Federal Savings and Loan Associations, esti-mated total mortgages outstanding
thous. of dol_.Federal Home Loan Banks, outstanding ad-
vances to member institutionsthous. of dol..
Home Owners' Loan Corporation, balance ofloans outstanding thous. of doL.
Foreclosures:Nonfarm real estate 1926=100-.Metropolitan communities.. do
Fire losses ...thous. of dol._
98.7135.8118.4120.6
97.8131.9114. 6119. 7
92.3127.2107.0113.3
90,6125.9102. 2111.0
245. 0
107.0105.0111.0
I 84,689
2,479,964
111,775
39, 41740, 94715,4836,2839, 645
46, 48045, 98819, 307
! 1,487,974
!
| 176,047
j 1,987,011| 111j 106! 21,198
9,88810,581
37,91939, 756
191
201188220184207
188
94.8130.8117.8118.6
97.2133.7122.0119.7
93.2130.5117.5118.5
86.0123.9105.4110.3
82.8122.899.8
107.2
236.9
105.7102.9111.2
62, 008
1,776,784
89.732
10,28310, 909
35,43537,190
10.18011,000
11,42811,986
20319022]186210
35,112 | 30,52836,577 | 32,258
191
12,4171I\ 075
12, 61713,193
30,410 i 31,16732 077 i 32, 775
12,1S312,908
31,78733,272
203190221186210
188
94.9130.9117.9118.7
95.3131.4118.2119.0
203191221185210
188
96.0131.1118.0118.9
97.2133.7122.5119.8
93.3130.6118.0118.7
86.8124.3106.1110.9
83.7123.3100. 5107.9
97.5134.0122.8120.0
93.8131.0118.4118.9
88.1125.5107.0111.1
85.3124.8101.6108.1
203 |192 !221 |184 |211
188
96.0131.1 |118.0118.9
203191221184211
187
96.0131.0118.0118.8
98.2133.7122.7119.9
96.8130.4118.1118. 7
98.2133.7122.7119.9
96.9130.4118.1118.7
98.1133.7122. 7119.9
96.8130.3118.1118.6
88.3125.1105. 8110. 4
85.5124.5100. 2107.2
88.4125.1105.8110.5
85.7124. 5100.2107. 4
238.
106.103.111.
2
161
238.
106.104110
2
548
238.3
106.6104.5110.6
238.3
106.4104.4110.2
74,216
1,837,923
93,297
27,854 |31, 36716,0215,5448,946
37,09036,98915,653
29, 25533, 38315, 8355,7849,040
37,85437, 84717,596
65,013
1,905,071
53,200
1,969,862
86,076 83,112
88.1124.4105.8109.8
85.3123.6100.2106.5
238.3
106.5104.5110.3
48,831 i 44,980
2,034,920 2,086,518
187
96.5131.3118.0119.0
98.1134.0122.7120.0
96.8130.6118.1118.8
88.5124.8105.8110.9
85.7123.9100. 2107.9
238.3
106.4r 104. 5110.3
63, 602
2,132,701
66,944 i 71,522 90,368
26, 60730, 43415, 4454,7208,870
26, 92327, 77915.0014, 3359,074
34,785 | 34,05334,671 ! 33,20916,620 ! 15,850
19,48822,03913, 9993,4557,963
28,00825, 73713,199
20,15225, 38914,5903,4377,954
29, 78628,94112, 795
26,71132,16816, 7694, 65710,063
38,24136, 48415, 643
9,810 10,10,420 11,
34,52535,819
202189221183210
203190221183210
1,206,887 |lf231f685 1,252,559)1,271,161 11,280,200
163, 687
2,054,865
147136
22, 837
168, 654
2,049,421
131120
168,822 I 181,313 I 156,788
2,043,288 '2,038,186 J2,031,341
136 !129 !
126 |1 2 1 I
114108
1,296,464 11,317,975
24,301 I 27,248 I 27,959 I 36,261
144,515
2,026,614
10399
34,410
137, 642
2,021,951
112104
29, 789
187
96.6131.9117.1118.9
98.2134.6121.9119.9
97.0131.3115.2118.7
89.4125.9105.8110.4
124.4100.2107.2
238.9
106.2104.3110.0
76, 874
2,180,413
108, 001
33, 76437, 82120, 8596,0979,460
46, 57743,01518,409
1,348,072
133,811
2,020,572
113108
26, 657
202191220184208
187
96.7131.9117.2118.9
98.3134.6121.9120.4
97.1131.3115.3119.1
89.5125.9106.2110.8
87.0124.4100.5107.8
241.6
106.2104.4109.9
79, 930
2,233,991
10,11911,094
37,01338, 239
193 i
202 !191 I220 i184
••208
188
96.5 |132.1 j114.5 !118.8 j
i98.2 j
135.5117.8120.3
96.9131.1113.1118.9
125.4104.3110.1
86.1123.698.6106.9
242.2
106.2104.4109.7
9,652 i10.596 I
9. 49010,198
37,682 38,32339,010 39,674
202192220184209
188
96.6132.3114.9118.8
98. 2135.5118.2120. 3
96. 8131. 2114.0118.9
88.5124. 4104.4110. 1
85.7122.398.8106.9
202192220184209
189
132. 6115.1119.0
98.4135. 7118.3120.4
97.1131.7114.3119, 2
89.6126. 1105. 8111.2
87. 2124.5100. &108.3
242.2 S 244.1
106.0 |104.3 I109.5 j
106.2104.4
' 109. 7
84, 357
2,288,348
114, 542
36, 95642, 04918, 0346,89610, 607
49, 28745,80319,452
106,984
35, 52338,40217,1475, 691
10, 221
47,43542, 21417,335
88,074 | 89,379
2,348,663 j 2,411,632
114,301 117,022
39,907 i40,65817,649 16,115 !9,972
48,67645.414 i20,211
42, 48840,56717,7626, 07910,726
50, 30540, 80720. 530
1,376,700 11,405,100 [1,432,100 11,401,807
137, 509 157,397 ! 102,222 I 108,402
2,017,395 J2,012,760 ;2,004,737 11,990,443
1261 1 9 I
116108
23,447 I 19,500
111108
108105
20.323 | 20,722
'Revised..Beginning with the September issue of the Survey indexes computed as of the first of the month are shown as of the end of the preceding month.
News Record Index is similarly shown in the 1940 Supplement as of the end of the preceding month.tRevised series. Revised indexes beginning 1913 are available in table 44, p. 13 of this issue.
The Engineering
24 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939
Sep-tember October Novem-
berDecem-
ber
1940
Janu-ary
Febru-ary March July August
DOMESTIC TRADE
ADVERTISING
Printers' Ink Indexes (with adjustment for sea-sonal variations):
Combined index _ 1928-32=100..Farm papers doMagazines ..do."."Newspapers do . . . .Outdoor doRadio . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . do_I_.
Radio advertising:Cost of facilities, total -.thous. of dol..
Automobiles and accessories do !Clothing. __. . . . . . . . . . . . . d oElectric household equipment . . . .doFinancial _ ..._ doFoods, food beverages, confections do. . . .House furnishings, etc doSoap, cleansers, etc . doOffice furnishings and supplies........do....Smoking materials. doToilet goods, medical supplies.. . . . . . .do.. . .All other _ . . . .do
Magazine advertising:Cost, total . . . d o . . . .
Automobiles and accessories.. _.__ doClothing . . . . do . . . .Electric household equipment. doFinancial ..doFoods, food beverages, confections doHouse furnishings, etc... _ doSoap, cleansers, etc ..doOffice furnishings and supplies.. .doSmoking materials . . . . .doToilet goods, medical supplies doAll other do
Linage, total . . . . . . . . thous. of lines..Newspaper advertising:
Linage, total (52cities)... . . do . . . .Classified ____do._--Display, total. . . . . . .do
Automotive _. doFinancial doGeneral.-. doRetail... . . . do
86.458.380.979.487.7
396.8
7,273506550
872,018
91874
01,1692,088
385
13,6351,6111, 060
281378
2,140
GOODS IN WAREHOUSES
8pace occupied in public-merchandise ware-houses . percent of total..
NEW INCORPORATIONS
Business incorporations (4 States) number . .
POSTAL BUSINESS
Air mail: Pound-mile performance-..millions..Money orders:
Domestic, issued (50 cities):Number . . . thousands . .Value thous. of dol . .
Domestic, paid (50 cities):Number thousands. .Value thous. of dol . .
Foreign, issued—value doReceipts, postal:
50 selected cities.. . . . .do ._ ._50 industrial cities do
429305790
2,1473,6682,410
106, 70122, 32884, 3735,0351,322
14,54663, 469
1, 537
3,90139, 041
12, 46999,068
30, 3253,572
RETAIL TRADE
Automobiles, value of new passenger-car sales: jUnadjusted 1929-31 = 190.. |Adjusted . do j
Chain-store sales, indexes:Chain-Store Age, combined index (20 chains)
av. same month 1929-31 = 100.-AppareFchains do
OroceryFchain-store sales:Unadjusted 1929-31 = 100..Adjusted do
Drug chain-store sales:*Unadjusted ..........1935-39 = 100..Adjusted... . do
Variety-store sales, combined sales, 7 chains:fUnadjusted 1935-39=100..
* Adjusted.. do . . . .Chain-store sales and stores operated:
Variety chains:H. L. GreenJCo., Inert
Sales ... .thous. of dol..Stores operated . number....
3. S. KresgelCo.:Sales thous. of doL.Stores operated number..
3. H. Kress &,Co.:Sales thous. of doL.Stores operated ...number..
McCrory,tStores Corp.:Sales...... _..- ..thous. of dol-.Stores operated-..--..- _..number._
p 67. 4» 118.0
121.0137.0
110.1112.4
p 98. 7p 102. 8
» 103.8» 108. 2
3,536149
10, 870681
6, 839239
3,377202
82.666.172.877.483.5
333.7
558750
1021,860
488120
9691.538126
11,8141,322989213352
1,744628411327593
2,0293, 2072,182
101,93720. 88481, 0533, 0671,278
15, 01561, 663
82.865.878.177.775.8
298.4
8,014648720
1072,608
629230
1,1702,150
273
14.9252,3121,136392414
2,2061,086403204665
2,4223, 6852,378
119,61222, 39397, 2206,4361,76719. 82469, 192
84.069.382.079.960.6312.6
8,03664134098
2,72945
9250
1.1532,163247
13, 8212,159
755337400
2,103874382203704
2,4743,4292,255
113,457 I20,19493, 2644, 5371,376
18, 47068, 880
89.470.980.484.388.3318.5
8,127636410
79.457.874.873.478.9
325.6
8,299683300
922,769
499150
1,1342,225265
12, 2621,300555406318
1,771 j681 !269 ;303 j647 I
2,219 I3.7941,711
Ina 10320. 24697, 8573. 4821,63714.18378, 555
852,740
509420
1,2192.328
221
8.2741,31827188376
1,271255217119620
1,4222.3171,973
88, 03319, 07568, 9583. 8542. 27812,43359, 393
82.760.780.077.177.2
306.2
7,80063432059
2,66387
9020
1,1192,084220
12.3141,616596239365
2,129475478166598
2,3963.2562,343
93. 24019, 29573,9454,2241,49415, 74052, 487
69.4 ! 70.4 I 72.3 73.9 72.3 j 71.7
1,471
1,421
3,90737,262 I
1,787 1,850 1,901 I 2,361 1,966; 1,998
85.359.081.879.983.6289.4
8,20867045062
2,73789
9310
1,1902,210274
16, 2612.4831,095585458
2,477730497263824
2,7234,1242,779
114, 25522,94591, 3095,6201.79917,64566, 246
73.0
1,509 | 1,473 1,771
4, 28839, 723
12, 624 14,15297,376 I 109,0161,895 j 1,833
30, 0463,413
31, 9603,788
56.583.5
114.5127.0
107. 2109.4
97.3
96.593.7
113.3125.0
106.9106.4
98.2101.4
97.5101.5
3,703151
11,513
6,596240
3, 354200
104.4 j106.2 '
3,766151
11, 938682
7,286240
3,431200
4,15038, 553
14, 385108, 4491,773
32, 4463,658
107.9102.8 I
117.0132.0
109.0109.0
101.2102.3
109.9106.9
4,001151
12, 356
7,295240
3,622201
4,554 i41,190
1,535
4,70241, 876
1,500 I
4, 24639, 065
15,285 i 13,608 | 12,945111,851 | 100.455 i 95,124
3, 926 1, 604 1, 467
42,9385,117
110.8108.5
120.0142.0
112.1108.8
136.1101.5
209.4104.7
7,821151
24, 406
15, 232240
7,655200
30, 3803,791
95.6125.8
113.5120.0
105.4108.7
96.1100.3
76.1104.0
2,785 j151 '
9,042675
5,300240
2,767201
29, 7373, 665
100.7130.8
114.0119.0
112.1111.5
98.7
83.5105.3
2,774151 !
|9,543 |
675 I
5,603 |239
4,66442, 937
14, 373106,197
1,775
32, 6573,993
133.9112.5
115.0128.0
112.0110.9
84.766.483.078.187.2
290.8
7,728722330
74?,389
80912
01,1902,126
201
17, 3102,9861,022
747481
2,2851,130
468192663
2, 5794, 7572,725
111,989 j23,083 i88,906 !7,007 I1,838
17, 82462, 237
72.1
69.1 |85.1 |83.2 I86.2
325.2 II
7,92872856092
2,383909630
1,2832.109224
• 16, 4542,744923842441
' 2, 2131,134514235702
' 2, 3274,3782,430
84.662.585.876.982.0
358.4
7,086680540
81 I2,039 j
85846
01,1571,926218
15, 6482,415804657504
2,391826546150863
' 2,4224,0692,014
119,883 I 103,29023,93695, 9487,8121,47719, 42767, 231
72.2
2,250 ; 2.087
503 4,309548 ; 40,028
624 I 13,928793 ! 103,120450 1,430
23,21680,0745,6391,485
17,06955,880
71.7
84.1 i58.5 i88.4;74.686.4 !416.5 |
7,137 i498 !35 io i94 :
2,095 !87 !
977 |0 !
1,1932,002 i
158 I• 10,797 !1,439 !231 j261 !343 !
r 2,138 ;304 !413 !80762
' 1, 9692,8571,706
84, 44021,19463, 2463, 628 |1,827 !
13,043 144,748 i
71.0 :
87.463.079,980. 489. 4
416. 3
6,842489330
901,889
79907
01,2241,897235
10,0051,215493149283
2,004' 235' 38218860S
1, 7092, 6501,888
92,04121, 96470,0773,6191,19612,04653,216
72. 3
1,619 | 1,710 ; 1,027
145.1112.5
115.0122.0
113.2109.9
102.2 96.6 |102.7 99.9 !
201
99.3105.4
3, 846151
12, 206675
6,897239
3,888202
92.1103.2
3,279151
10, 498675
6,401 |239 !
3,246 I203 '
32, 2653, 786
131.1104.1
117.0123.0
114.0112.3
102.1
101.7105.2
3,751 !151 |
11,815 I675 i
6,838239
3,507203
4,151 !38,218 |
13,138 i97,435
1,362
28,6683,451
4, 22640,144
13,106100,955
1,519
27, 6263, 565
4,13439,47213,106
102. 3901,494
28, 9743, 568
143.5 118.3 I122.7 119.5 !
119.0 !120.0 !
112.8 !111.1
98.5104.8
99.5 i104.4 j
3,784 !151 |
11,643 I676 j
6,310 !239 !
3,611 !203 I
119.0132. 0
109.9 :112.0
99.4103.8
97.6106. 5
3,331151
r 70. 9• 120.0
' 122.8134.0
• no.o' 114.6
102.2107.6
95.8109.2
3, 657151
10,458 I 11,7
6,514 I239 i
3,334 !
203 ;
678
6, 691239
3, 626202
r Revised. *> Preliminary. . .tRevised series. Revised indexes of variety-store sales beginning 1929 appear in table 30, p. 10, of the August 1940 Survey. H. L. Green Co. data revised beginning
May 1939; for an explanation'of the revision and revised data beginning May 1939, see p. 24 of the September 1940 SURVEY.*New series. For data beginning July 1934, see table 1, p. 11 of this issue.
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 25
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940 1939 1940
Sep-tember October jJ Novem-
berDecem-
berJanu-ary
Febru-ary- March
DOMESTIC TRADE—Continued
RETAIL TRADE—Continued
Chain store sales and stores operated --Con.Variety chains—Con.
G. C. Murphy Co.:Sales thous. of dolStores operated number..
F. W. Wool worth Co.:Sale* thous. of dolStores operated number
Other chains:W. T. Grant Co.:
Sales thous. of dol. _Stores operated ._ ._ . numlx r
J. C. Penney Co.:Sales - _ thoii*. of dolStores operated . . _ nuniUr
Department stores.Collection^, ratio (o accounts receh able
Instalment accounts . . perc'iitOpen accounts _ du
Sales, total U. S., unadjusfd 192", 25 = 100Vtl'intaj .- --- -- _l"l.VW-l»nBoston _. . . 1923-25=1 )()Chicnco . . doClewl.md . . doDallas . . _ . doKansas Ci ty . i«^". -- n oMinneapolis . 102M-3! - iu')New York _ . 1923-25 -•()<)PhiWdelphii . doRichmond . . . .St. Louis _ . i,,San Francisco . . . do .
Sales, total L\ S., adjusted doAtlantat . . . - . . - 1935 .W-l"()ChioM'»o l'->'\\ *>,"> — 11'0Cleveland doDallas . doMinneapol is l'<29 3i - |f>0New York . . . i\.23 -j.") -m1)P h i h d e l p h i a . . -ioSt. Louis . . . .inSan Francisco _ _ do
Instalment sales, New Enuhnd dent ^(unspeivnt of total sal s
Stocks, total T. S., eTid ol month-Unadjusted _. 1923 25=100Adjusted . . . . . . . do
Mail-order and store sales:Total sales, 2 companies thous. of do!
Montgomery W -ird & Co doSears, Roebuck & Co. _ . do
Rural sales of general MerchandiseTotal U. S., unadjusted 1929-31---100
East . . . . . _ . do .South . _ . . doMiddle West do .Far We^ . do
Total U. S , adjusted doEast JoSouth . _ ._ . _ _ doMiddle West doFar West . . . . . do
3, 923202
25. 1972, 021
8, 270493
24.7911,578
105132
7S] 0410712791
10010779
12610(3
m99122107102115
951037999
100
1 1 . 2
7270
11.1. 62245. 97205, 050
135. 11M. 7103 . ?<117.7103. 5127. 8139. 014,8.1114.9139. 7
3, 789«• 200
r 25 8092,015
8, 235495
2(5, 1431, 552
17.244. 0
9711883
10296
11590
1169774
118939891
1099892
104104
93749295
11.1
7168
107.49344, 74362. 751
132. 6126. 4165. 6116.3162. 3125. 4128. 615o! 0113.5138. 7
4 090'202
26 5302, 018
8, 733495
28,7221,553
17.747.0
99122859898
11694
11610480
13296
10390
1108991
1039791698599
12.4
7769
122,19154. 94567, 246
160. 3155.4215.4143. 9166. 5123. 4120. 7145. 4113.3138. 7
4, 219202
26, 9482, 019
9,356494
28, 2151, 554
17.748.7
1091258899
1071178897
11595
13110210595
11490
10010494977.887
100
10.4
8271
108, 09547, 76460, 330
159. 7167.0208. 2142.8164. 7122.7129.5151.6108.9335.8
8, 163'202
52, 3332, 020
18. 868'491
43,2161, 554
18.044.5
16820614016417119515416017213921715617996
11998
10011310595
94104
6.6
6468
148, 44766. 02082, 427
211.7229. 2236, 4190.1242.8132.4137. 7157! 4121.9148.8
3 083'202
20. 5122,017
5, 931492
18, 2921, 554
17.048.2
7183697570866781745284698092
1089493
11310294
8798
11.1
6168
70,53229, 98440, 548
102. 399.2
120.796. 6
108.4134.5130. 6152.6126.3147. 5
3, 134'202
22 1172, 015
6, 109492
16, 0321, 557
17.244.6
71100
53747391707069538373S389
1159293
1079786708599
11.9
6871
71,36630, 53040, 836
107. 0106.0136.996.8
114.8132. 3129. 6150.1121.8155. 1
4, 069'202
27, 5452! 016
8,101492
21, 4691, 560
17.945.4
86123699286
11087938269
110919589
1209493
11290897192
102
10.1
7170
89, 74138, 84250, 899
119.9120.0151.6110. 9120. 2136. 6133. 6167.9125.1146.0
3, 585'203
23, 7742 014
7, 620492
21. 1811, 562
17.846.5
86104
7191909985
1008365
105909089
1119288
10310190699296
9.5
7169
102, 22845, 85656, 372
115.3115.2134. 4105. 1127. 0125. 4120. 8152. 5112.5142.2
4 300'203
26, 0672 015
8,787492
23. 5991, 562
17.346.8
89114749394
10586
1008574
120889587
1159287
10510088748899
9.6
706S
111.88345. 90565, 978
122.8126. 3135.8114.0138.4133.8137.3160.1120.4153.9
4 398'202
26,0202, 015
8,911492
24, 7371,568
16.545.9
87987592939076978973
112828891
1159495
1029792758997
7.5
6467
106,41743, 10463, 313
125. 5133.1132.6116.4146. 7137. 7145. 0164. 9123. 3153. 9
3 966' 202
24,5072,013
7, 698492
20.8821, 568
16.445.4
r»481516567766673675083668391
1189292
10810394739510
10.0
6168
88, 56537. 21351,352
96. 495. 7
102. 688. 1
121.9132. 1134.4151. 1119.4148.6
4, 37(' 202
26, 8282,014
8, 750493
24,4921, 575
16.944. 1
77107
r 6286849486
1017660
* 104789899
123r ]()7
10112211510180
104104
15.1
6609
101,51242, (59258, 820
119.4120. 4121.2110. 2150.5146. 0151. 1168. 1133. 6163. 4
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES
EMPLOYMENT
Factory, unadjusted (U. S. Department ofLabor) 1923-25= 100. _ 107.2
Durable goods do . . . 104.8Iron and steel and their products, not in-
cluding machinery 1923-25=100.. 113. 6Blast furnaces, steel works, and roiling
mills 1923-25 = 100. _ 123. 2Hardware do 101.4Structural and ornamental metal work
1923-25=100.. 83.7Tin cans and other tinware do 100.0
Lumber and allied products . . . do 73.3Furniture do 91,5Lumber, sawmills do 66. 2
Machinery, excl. transp. equip do .._ 123. 0Agricultural implements (including trac-
tors) 1923-25=100.. 133.5Electrical machinery, apparatus, and
supplies . 1923-25= 100.. 111. 5Engines, turbines, water wheels, and
windmills 1923-25= 100.. 181.7Foundry and machine-shop products j
1923-25=100._ I 103.3Machine tools* do I 246.0Radios and phonographs do j 159.8
Metals, nonferrous, and" products. _.. do ! 119. 9Brass, bronze, and copper products..do ' 146. 2
100.289.8
97.2
101. 194.2
73.8107. 070.090.763. 4
100. 3
116.1
92.2
99.2
103.696.1
106. 8
115. 199.7
76.3105. 772.494.665. 5
106. 6
117.8
97.3
105.2
85. 8156.2 I150. 1 I100.3 !115.2 ;
91.2 I170.6 i176.5 I110.4 !131.1 '
103. 898.2
111.1
121.8106.4
76.0100. 673.096.865. 5
111.0
124. 6
100.4
109.8
95.4183.9179.7113.5137.4
104. 1100.0111.4
123.3105.6
75.495.471.194.863.3
113.1
130.9
102. 6
119.8
97.2192.2 !162.3 i112.9 !137.7 i
101.497.4
108.3
120.9103.5
73.493.667.390.359.5
112.4
135. 2
125. 3
97.2 |196.8 !136.4 I109.8 ;135.7 I
101.496.6
106.7
117.4101.3
71.692.766.789.059. 1
113.1
141.1
101.6
133.0
97.6 I204.8126.3107.2128.3
100.896.4
103.5
111.598.8
70.393.766.888.759.5
113. 1
143.6
101.7
134. 5
97.2 !211.0 !121.7 !107.1128.7
99.696.0
101.7
108.498.1
70.094. 866.986.460.3
113. 6
141.4
101. 5
140.2
97.2 I216.3 !
128.3 !105.6 :125.8 I
99.096.5
101.9
109.195.9
71.195. 668.087.361.9
113.9
139.6
101.9
148.9
96. 5221. 1136. 5105. 3125. 5
99.497.0
114. 381.6
73.5102. 868.388.161.9
115.1
137. 3
103.3
158.1
96.9229. 1141.0106. 6127.1
99. 595. 6
119.082. 9
76. 0105.968. 287.761.5
116.1
130. 6
103.8
167. 5
98. 0235. 2143. 4106.9129.7
122.1r 96. 4
r 79. 9r 108. I
r 71.391. 1
r 64. 9r 119. 2
131.2
r 106. 6
' 175.2
100. 5r 237. 5r 157. 1
113.8' 238. 4
' Revised.tRevised series. Department store sales in Atlanta district revised beginning 1919; data not shown above will appear in a subsequent issue•New series. For data beginning 1923, see table 39, j>: In of the. October 1910 SURVEY.
270S03 - '|0 - -j
26 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to- 1 1940gether with explanatory notes and references Ito the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
Sep-tember
1939 1940
Sep-tember October ! Xovem- i
! ber IDecem- I
berJanu-
aryFebru-
ary March j April May June July
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES—Continued
EMPLOYMENT—Continued
Factory, unadj. (U. S. Dept. of Labor)—Con.Durable goods—Continued.
Stone, clay, and glass prod. ..1923-25=100.Brick, tile, and terra cotta do.._Glass do. _ _
Transportation equipment do. _.Aircraft* do_ _.Automobiles do . . .Shipbuilding* do__.
Nondurable goods doChemical, petroleum, and coal products
1923-25=100..Chemicals-. doPaints and varnishes doPetroleum refining doRayon and allied products do
Food and kindred products doBaking doSlaughtering and meat packing do
Leather and its manufactures doBoots and shoes ___do
Paper and printing doPaper and pulp do
Rubber products . . . .doRubber tires and inner tubes do
Textiles and their productst doFabricsf doWearing apparel do
Tobacco manufactures doFactory, adjusted (Federal Reserve) do
Durable goods doIron and steel and their products, not
including machinery 1923-25=100,-Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling
mills 1923-25=100..Hardware doStructural and ornamental metal work
1923-25=100..Tin cans and other tinware . do
Lumber and allied products doFurniture doLurnber, sawmills do
Machinery, excl. transp. equip doAgricultural implements (including trac-
tors) 1923-25=100..Electrical machinery, apparatus, and
supplies 1923-25= 100Engines, turbines, water wheels, and
windmills 1923-25= 100..Foundry and machine-shop products
1923-25=100..Machine tools* do_.Radios and phonographs do...
Metals, nonferrous, and products.. _-_doBrass, bronze, and copper products.do
Stone, clay, and glass products doBrick, tile, and terracotta do.. .Glass do...
Transportation equipment do_..Aircraft* do...Automobiles do ...Shipbuilding* do...
Nondurable goods 1923-25 = 100Chemical, petroleum, and coal products
1923-25=100-.Chern icals doPaints and varnishes doPetroleum refining doRayon and allied products do
Food and kindred products doBaking doSlaughtering and meat packing do
Leather and its manufactures do__Boots and shoes do...
Paper and printing do...Paper and pulp do_-
Rubber products..* do-_Rubber tires and inner tubes do_.
Textiles and their products! .do.. .Fabricst .. do....Wearing apparel do...
Tobacco manufactures do.. .Factory, unadjusted, by States and cities:
State:Delaware - 1923-25 = 100Illinois 1925-27 = 100Iowa 1923-25= 100..Maryland 1929-31 = 100Massachusetts 1925-27 = 100New Jersey 1923-25 = 100New York - 1925-27 = 100 IOhio 1926=100.-1Pennsylvania . . 1923-25 = 100 |Wisconsin 1925-27 = 100_ -1
City or industrial area: !Baltimore 1929-31 = 100. _|Chicago . 1925-27=100.. ICleveland 1923-25 = 100. J
64. 6109. 1122. 2
110.3180.3100. 5
122.6143.4126. 2122. 6311.9147.7146. 8107.000. 580. 3115.3116. 5
72. 4102.492. 6120. 465. 8104.8104. 0
112.0
123102
9ft70. 5
9064
122.4
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111
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103245138
18. 6146
82. 861109
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127.1145109
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1 15.6117
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101.703. 3116.2
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100. f91.2
100. 4
108. 9
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1, 466. 598. 7129.0110.2
118.0123. 6122. 1123.1300. 2150. 7148.0101.397.896.5113.2108. 886. 070.0104.393. 3124. 866.497.588.9
96.4
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67.48761
99.8
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79.059100
1,512102128
105. 7
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96.895
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100. 187. 591.1
r 83. 990.9
98.774.90.0
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1,556.4 I' 107.8 !
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310.2137. 7148.0102. 7
96. 294.1
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108.098. 6124. 766. 7101.294.6
105.9
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91170145
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115.0114
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101. 078.593.3
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1940 Survey. Aircraft indexes beginning J a n u a r y 1038 are in process of revision on the basis of more complete reports from the indus t ry ; revised data will appear in the nextissue.
s. D a t a for textiles and products and fabrics revised beginning 1933; revisions not shown in the M a y 1940 Survey will appear in a subsequent issue.For indexes beginning 1923 for machine tools and shipbui ld ing, and beginning 1931 through 1937 for "aircraft, see tables 39 and 4r), p p . 15 and 16 of the October
November 1010 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 27
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sopieiii-bi>r
Sep-tember
i«>;jj)
October
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EMPLOYMENT ( onhnihd
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TIONS AND WAGES—Continued
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51. 394. 966.563.847.1
90. 369.376.1
97.895. 691.8
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96.0100. 0
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91.268. 577.8
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92. 9V)H. 478. 0
105.9102. 8
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r Ki v M il 1 I*i ]'i 'u r .i\ iDi un <ion ill iTin«M fiom " ivm" as separations such as deaths, permanent disabilities, retirements on pensions, etc., are included.^ H I U M I P U miu d i t . u< JU\I k'\ i u * v ol ll'o nu inUr u c tn ing benefits, based on an average of the weeks of unemployment compensated during weeks ended within
the mo'iUi.TR< \ ism! s i
1940 Mil \ oj. ^iib1940 lSMio
*New senes. c"ee note maiked with an " * " on p. 20.
*. Toll phopf MI i till ?i .'Mi eiiMi!o\ rnent in Uxo* revised beginning 1932, other indicated employment series beginning 1929; see table 19, p . 17, of the Aprilqu( nt 1 e\ 1 1011-) in lLiut s.es for street rail A ay* and busses beginning 1932, superseding those shown in the April Survey ,appear in table 27, p . 17, of the May
28 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
Sep-tember October
1939
: Xovem- ;i ber I
1940
Decem- |ber
Janu-ary
Febru-ary March April Mav June, July I August
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND W AGES- Continued
PAY ROLLS—Continued ,
Factory, unadj. (U. S. Dept. of Labor)—Con. •Durable goods—Continued. \
Metals, nonferrous, and prod. 1923-25=100.-|Brass, bronze, and copper products, do j
Stone, clay, and glass products do !
Brick, tile, and terra cotta doGlass - do
Transportation equipment -doAiicraf t* doAutomobiles doShipbuilding* do
Nondurable goods doChemical, petroleum, and coal products
1923-25 = 100,.Chemicals doPaints and varnishes do
128.0177.678.953. G
110.7136. 5
Petroleum refining doRayon and allied products do
Food and kindred products doBaking - do . . . .Slaughtering and meat packing do
Leather and its manufactures do jBoots and shoes do
Paper and printing doPaper and pulp do
Rubber products doRubber tires and inner tubes do
Textiles and their productsf doF a b r i cs t doWearing apparel do
Tobacco manufactures doFactory, unadjusted, by States and cities:
State:Delaware .,1923-25=100.Illinois . . . 1925-27 = 100..Maryland 1929-31 = 100--Massachusetts 1925-27 = 100...New Jersey 1923-25=100..New York 1925-27 = 100..Pennsylvania 1923-25=100..Wisconsin 1925-27=100..
City or industrial area:Baltimore 1929-31 = 100-.Chicago 1925-27-100..Milwaukee do . . .>;ew York - - do_ -Philadelphia 1923-25 = 100. -P i ttsburgh doWilmington do
Nonmanufacturing, unadjusted (U. S. Depart-ment of Labor):
Mining:An thracite 1929 = 100..Bituminous coal doMetalliferous doCrude petroleum producing doQuarrying and nonmetallic do
Public utilities:Electric light and powerf doStreet railways and bussesf do ._.Telephone and telegraphf do
Services:Dyeing and cleaning do.. -Laundries doYear-round hotels do
Trade:Retail, totalf do
General merchandising! doWholesale do
104. 0
WAGES
39.383. 009. 657.446.0
105. 771.3
100.8
85. 689.881.3
85.090. 680.9
18.99
Factory average weekly earnings:National Industrial Conference Board (25
industries) dollars..U. S. Dept. of Labor, (90 industries) do
Durable goods doIron and steel and their products, not in-
cluding machinery dollars.Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling
mills dollars-Hardware do. . . ,Structural and ornamental metal work j
dollars __Tin cans and other tinware do I
Lumber and allied products do |Furniture do 1Lumber, sawmills do j
Machinery, excl. transp. equip do i . . . .Agricultural implements (including |
tractors) doll ars,. jElectrical machinery, apparatus, and j
supplies dollars. _ jEngines, turbines, water wheels, and I
windmills dollars.. |Foundry and machine-shop products j
dollars..!Radios and phonographs do ]
96.5 ;122.871.7 :50.4 i
105.0 ;99.5
1,361.6102.9134.8 i100.5 !
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12o! 976. 5
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126. 267. 4
103.490. 185. 692.781. 7
97.663.458. 845.6
102.071. 297. 2
77.383.982.2
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vey will appear in a subsequentp. 17 of the April 1940 Survey.
November 1940 SriiVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 29
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1840 Supplement to the Survey teniber
\o \ en1.-ber
Decem- ' Janu- I Febru-b_r ary
1940
March j April | May July August
EMPLOYMENT CONDITION AND WAGES—Continued
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30 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to- j 1940gether with explanatory notes and references j—™to the sources of the data, may be found in the Sep-1940 Supplement to the Survey tembcr
1989
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i b e r iPecem- |
ber |Janu- | Febru-ary i ary
1940
March i April j May j June j July | August
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND WAGES—Continued
WAGES-Continued
Miscellaneous wage data—Continued.Road-building wages, common labor:
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projects mil, of doL
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258
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' 47
FINANCE
BANKINGAcceptances and com'l paper outstanding:
Bankers' acceptances, total mil. of dol . .Held by Federal Reserve banks doHeld by accepting banks, total do
Own'bills doBills bought do
Held by others doCommercial paper outstanding do
Agricultural loans outstanding of agencies su-pervised by the Farm Credit Adm.:
Total, excl. joint stock land bks.t-.mil. of doL_Farm mortgage loans, total do
Federal land banks doLand Bank Commissioner do
Loans to cooperatives, total doBanks for cooperatives incl. central
bank mil. of doL.Agri. Mktg. Act revolving fund do
Short term credit, totalf doFederal intermediate credit banks, loans
to and discounts for:Regional agricultural credit corps.,
prod, credit ass'ns, and banks for co-operativcsd1 mil- of dol . .
Other financing institutions doProduction credit associations doRegional agr. credit corporations doEmergency crop loansf doDrought relief loans do
Joint stock land banks, in liquidation...doBank debits, total (141 cities) do
New York City doOutside New York City do
Federal Reserve banks, condition, end of mo.:Assets, total mil. of dol.__
Reserve bank credit outstanding, totalmil. of dol._
Bills bought doBills discounted doUnited States securities do
Reserves, total doGold certificates do
Liabilities, total doDeposits, total do
Member bank reserve balances, totalmil. of dol_-
Excess reserves (estimated) doFederal Reserve notes in circulation..do
Reserve ratio percent..Federal Reserve reporting member banks,
condition, Wednesday nearest end of month:Deposits:
Demand, adjusted mil. of dol . .Demand, except interbank:
Individuals, partnerships, and corpora-tions in i 1. o f d ol. _
Slates and political subdivisions doUnited States Government do
20, 7411,463
508
216(6)
1771156239
209
3,1102,6261,923
6522
396
18038
1749
54
33, 66415, 13818, 526
18, 602
2, 8791f>
2, 80415, 01314, 67918,60212, 953
11.6555, 3524,720
85. 0
18, 333
17, 9881,334
528
)1791116742
205
3, 0862,6161,916
699 j93
17034
1638
1195373
32.71113, 68319. 029
18, 779
2, 8010ti
2,73615, 17814, 83818, 77912.988
11,9735, 5534,773
85. 5
18, 556
18, 2731, 460
525
0 !172 !103 j69 |
214 j
3,0682'. 6051,910
69595
21367
16533
1175370
31.67613. (Ml18, 636
18, 710
2, 6500S
2 5 V15| 29514/17618, 74012,865
11,6285. 1601, 86286. 3
2330 !
17510570
210
3.0582, 5961,905
69199
21361
33 i154 I
s116
53or.
10,01917, 63322, 3X6
19,027
2, 5930
2.48415.52115,20919. 02712,941
11, 6535, 2094, 959
!
229 j0 i
170 i1 1 1 i68 i50 j
219 1
1
3,0462, 588 !1,900 1
687 |95 !
73 j20 ''
363 !
3,2,3,
2330
1881236545220
04758089768494
7220373
3 1 •154 I
165
I.1,')
| " 263
230 I0 !
184 j121 I
63 !46 I
233 i
3. 0532, 5081, 890
67891
69 i20 !
394 i
124 ,
6?
2230
178118 I
61 !45 I
239
1,886074
6719
412
2140 !
171 I113 i
58 !43
234
3.0582,5531, 8*3
67183
6418
492
191
19"
12U
63 . o j . 01 ,,v ,-,;31.717 2(>, Isj I 34, 7: s ! 34.709 i 3i. 19"I t 7W I 12.13s! H. li'il ' 15. 51'jj 14. 5?r,19,978 | 17,311 | 19,537 i^ 250 "~ ' " '
19,22] j 19, 1U7I
2,503 j 2.5470 1 ' 0
2.477 ! 2,477\ \ 975 ' 1C>! 1S115,561 ' 15, S1319,223 I
% 250 10, 6"9
19. 677 20, 042 20. 5^5
2, ,"_".) 2,51s '
"t I 32. 17")
16, 15110^076 ! 16,42s I !•)' 991 I
.1 1?:^:, 6 , I
19.497 19.677 j 2i), 042 20, 5S513,630 13,81"; j 11,152 14,575
12, 1505, ."594, 832S7. 5
12, 3285 6(t2i! S72 |81.1)
4,93187. 8
18,972 18,566 1 19,199 | 19.414 j 19,175
18.503 I 18,474 j 18,843 i 18,929 I 18,7431,484 1,227 • 1.332 [ 1,432 | 1,351' I 1 1 I !
12 9196, 1494 911hs 0
19, 696
19,2531, 594560
13,2376, 3S55, 0578,5. 4
20, 287
19, 6961. 578' 560
2060
1661125440
224
3, 0602,5491,88066981
6218
429
196402008
13052
31,96013, 1101S, 850
21,408
2, 53102
2. 16618. n2017, 75421, 40815,213
13,7816, 8575. 19988.8
20, 510
20, 1671, 434515
188(J
1521034936
232
3, 0562, 5401, S7560582
6515
434
19942
204S
1295254
31. 84513,61219,233
21, 801
2,484(>4
2, 44S18,57918, 20221,80115, 575
13.4986, 5145, 24889.2
20, 4991. 497
505
. 50
. 0X
.34
.47
. 3s
534033
14s1034434
'215
3, 0502. 5341.87!
0t>3S3
6715
433
20342
203
128
29, 9!8
IS. 314
22, 176
42, 436
18. 95918, 61822, 17615, 867
13,541' 6, 525
5. 370SO. 3
20,984 J 20,901
20,4151,440
509r Revised . v Preliminary. d" To avoid duplication these loans are excluded from the totals.a Less than $500,000. b Less than $500,000, held for foreign correspondents.§Beginning with January 1940 these series include cost of hospitalization and burial; the inclusion of these data lias only a minor effect on the comparability of
the series.^Combined figures for projects operated by W. P. A. and other Federal agencies: data not reported separately since February 1940.tRevised series. A constant, $1,052,450, has been added to all data on emergency crop loans to include 1918-1919 farmers' seed leans, and totals adjusted accordingly.""New series. Data beginning 1933 will be published in a subsequent issue. Other special types of public assistance, included in the total but not shown separately,
are aid to dependent children and aid to the blind.
November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to- \
to the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
BANKING—Continued
Fed. Res. reporting member banks, condition,Wednesday nearest end of month—Con.
PopoMts -Confnued.1 lino, (\ctpi mUrnank, total in1! of do]
Individuals, p^rtnei^hip^, a1 d e<,rj oi i-tions mi' o 1 i!
S t i t i s md political subd. \ - t r* <'uInt<rb ink, domestic d >
I i m st nu nts total . doL S d o \ t d i u c t obluniion>, tot 1 ». >
Hills (l)"Bonds . do\ 0 t ( S 1O
Obl'^tmns fuJl\ guitcntud In [ ^f ro\( r nmen t <i .1 * r t 'oi
Othoi securities noLoins, tot )1 do
Commercial, industrial, and 14« n uhur.llo ms mil i i did
()\x n i7i irkot pa pi r «(orl obrok"t-<ii id (U >h rs m M t u rnu - d»Otlu r lo ms lor purch A n dr i i i < wu ^ * u
Ilt l(s I. '1 O( d(>l\U lit st i to lo"n° ('To i l ' s to h . i 'kb <'Otln r lo ins <; t
Inst lmopt lo m' to r OTISM^M rs -1U i n d u s l n )1 banki] >" jmpinw
Lo ms in ido <(*K i p i v r n e n t s do\7ii >unJ outst indiM!-, P'ld of ' i <;?i h It)
Monev and interest riteBank rate" to nistomcio
In NGW Vork Citv percentIn 7 other northern and eastern cities
percentIn 11 southern and western cities do
Bond yields (Moody's):Aaa _. . . doBaa do
Discount rate (N. Y. F. R. Bank) do..._Federal land bank loans . do _Federal intermediate credit bank loans.doOpen market rates, N. Y. C :
Prevailing rate:Acceptances, prime, bankers, 90 days
percent-.Com'l paper, prime, 4-6 months.,.doTime loans, 90 days (N. Y. S. E.)-do
Average rate:Call loans, renewal (N. Y. S. E.)...doU. S. Treasury bills, 91 days do
Average yield, U. S. Treasury notes, 3-5years percent
Savings deposits:Savings banks in New York State:
Amount due depositors.- mil. of dolU. S. Postal Savings:
Balance to credit of depositors doBalance on deposit in banks do
COMMERCIAL FAILURES!
Grand total . numberCommercial service, total. ._ doConstruction, total doManufacturing total do
Chemicals and drugs ... _ _ do .Foods doForest products . do . _Fuels doIron and steel . . . . __ . . .do .Leather and leather products doMachinery doPaper, printing, and publishing doStone, clay, glass, and products.. do _.Textiles . . . . . . ._ doTransportation equipment doMiscellaneous do
Retail trade, total . . doWholesale trade, total do
Liabilities, grand total thous. of dol._Commercial service, total . doConstruction, total . . . _doManufacturing, total do
Chemicals and drugs doFoods doForest products. . doFuels.. _ . . . _ doIron and steel doLeather and leather products do . . .Machinery . . . . _ . ._ do _Paper, printing, and publishing do .Stone, clay, glass, and products doTextiles . . . doTransportation equipment... . . . do.. .Miscellaneous do
Retail trade total doWholesale trade, total do
SURVEY OF
HMO
, 1
3, >70
">, I s 7170
x :ur. v.iU JsO
()JSf. " lo2 1 2
1 , s_:\ t - *
s 7s >
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4t>'»1 J J>
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iy 11
l ) 503 43
2 824. 001.004.001. 50
' ; (i
1 ' t
1.00
. or.
. 4s
5. r>")7
1, 29542
970• 4 1 J5S
1K7X
3021
f>7
s7
20:i
407
21571ios
11. 30754 I803
4, 770195311Stili
1,29.".
4972
i Hi391)102097200397
3 521], M0
Sep-tember
CURRENT BUSINESS
1 9 3 9
October II
Novem-1ber !
Decem-ber
Janu-ary
FIN AN CE—Continued
5, 2H
5 0182 )7
7 (i')711 0»J
S H74 ) 9
" s^j2 1 ,7
? 2\2; ii#o
S vu4, 229
5 \ i
"101. Wi
1 ".47
57 i2-() 1
2 04
2.783 31
3.255.001.004.001.50
Me
1H
1.00.14
1 07
5, 557
1, 26755
1,0434851
1879
4420
447
1116
737
424
652105
10, 545522945
3, 466138fill442816
2846
21699
105435
95435
4, 4431,169
5. 2'U
5, 0631M
7, 9511 \, 207S.bSl
t)!>75, N"W2, 159
2, 2323, 2918. 521
4,310317603
5121,184
361, 559
40.739. 9
251. 1
3. 154.881.004.001. 50
Ms1 %-Hm1
1 1.00.05
5, 552
1 1,27154
', 1,234! 43! 55i 235! 141 461 18I 3! 10
! 12; 28! 9
44i 4! 35
772i 129! 17,464! 790i 1,129! 6,959i 1351 1.500i 1,411: 111
274327
; 1,455484172579
i 134; 3771 5,378: 3,208
5, 214
5.0131X1
7.X5»11 i, 50,;S. 713
7115. M 22, lhO
2, 4083, 3828, 656
4, 381312660
4991,189
361. 579
39. 338. 3
252. 1
3.004. 851.004.001.50
Me
m1.00
05
.64
5, 547
1,27554
1,1844950
263J ]641649
139
291053
441
697125
13,201587765
4, 606132
1,28616872
32196
220185227565129
1,2055,1562,087
5. 2S8
5, 072199
8. 19011.4138, 703
0, 3531.755
2,4123,2988,674
4, 353315700
5041, 188
501, 564
47.042. 5
256. 6
1 96
2.593 32
2.944. 921. 004.001. 50
Me
VA
1.00.04
.51
5, 599
1,27953
1,1535759
2399
37166
164
1424
763
340
690108
13,243760
1,0945,129
781,481
16730416226
859310279969168326
4,9401,320-
5, 269
5. 047205
8, 02914,6758,877
6486, 4821, 747
2,4143, 3848, 499
4.295321614
4851,183
541,547
40.940.1
257.4
2.884.861.004. 001.50
Me
m1.00.01
.47
5,616
1,29050
1,2374469
2238
5217
11118
145
564
36789112
15,279614
1,5094,942
762,142
2085
105204
40335
75595157
1,0005,6172,597
Febru-ary
5,302
5, 085201
8, 08514, 7408, 851
6476, 4691, 735
2, 4213, 4688, 528
4, 324332609
4781,185
521, 548
39.938.4
258. 9
2.864.831.004.001.50
MeIK
1.00.02
.46
5, 632
1,29748
1,0424866
204
561746
1311196
381
26622102
13,472575
1,6554,939
2901,167
427249
30247548856112453214346
4,4401,863
March
5, 373
5,165188
8.42414, 6668,848
5096, 5181,821
2, 3803, 4388, 649
4,414337625
4761, 185
511,561
46.441.7
263. 6
2 03
2.673 35
2.844.801.004.001.50
n-nVA
1.00.02
.42
5, 676
1,30145
1,1975563
216124928
41188
197
366
28740123
11,681752668
4,33634291165910747724254
26793
620190374
4,5851,340
1940
April M a y
5, 323
5, 121183
8, 46014,881
5,333
5, 120191
8, 43115, 049
8, 960 9, 081593
6, 4961,871
6276,5281, 926
2, 427 2, 3993, 4948,661
4,409326626
3, 5698, 475
4,367322478
474 ! 4811, 187 i 1, 189
52 461,587 ! 1,592
47. 8 48. 243. 1 42. 6
268. 3 273. 9
!
2.824.74
2.934.94
1.00 ! 1.00<• 4. 00 4. 00
1.50 1.50
Me Me
1U VA
1.00 1 1.00.02 1 .06
.45 ! .65
5,660 ; 5,644
1,303 1, 29944 i 43
1,2917278
1,2384670
261 2636 16
7022101467
31
5131
510131427
12 552 52
4 327 1 36
766 739114 I 120
! 16, 247 13,068911 i 570
! 1,547 1,201; 6,925 i 4.588i 33 122i 1,718 8321 535 739
426 i 1941 307 432
175 ,: 19492 ; 214
i 1,318 ! 278639 i 76
! 587 820251844
87600
, 5,198 5.063i 1.666 1 1,646
June
5, 352
5,146183
8, 57715, 1249, 202
7576,3822, 063
2, 4053, 5178,462
4, 438301380
4711,199
401,633
47.042. 6
278. 3
2 00
2 493 38
2.965.111.004.001.50
Me
m1.00. 10
.76
5, 670
1,29343
1,1144861
2268
4826
698
1320
457
5
666113
13,7341,100
9845, 039
901,088
50843415824631222693
1,018572294
1,383
Ju ly
5, 341
5,144175
8, 23915,461
9, 457791
6. 5072, 099
2.4183, 5808, 517
4, 441291419
4741,210
401, 042
45. 341.2
279. 4
2. 884. 801. 001.001. 50
Mn1 > ~'s
J] I
1.00. 05
5,631
1, 29743
1, 1755005
2161640
915
414123
547,
197281 1 ( >
16,213594M7
7, 117253h S h
';s72 5'M
2t,6h j
'MX
1M
1, r,;,1M)
5, M>71. 75S
31
August
5, 380
5,174182
8, 50515,6229, 301
705' 6, 573
2, 095
r 2, 5843, 6058, 500
4, 480294390
4031,219
481,072
42. 642. 0
280. 0
2.854. 761.004.001.50
' 1 5
l] ' i
1.00. 0 4
. 5 8
5, 629
1, 29741
1,1284949
209103424
589
1423
447
427
719102
12, 997562
1, 2724, 459
37843774272133197325284101
1,10640
2874, 9831,721
r Revised.tKevised series. Commercial failures compiled on a new basis beginning 1939; for an explanation of the change in the compilations and revised data for all months of
1939, see p. 31 of the March 1940 Survey.*New series. For data beginning 1929, see table 35, p. 18, of the September 1940 SI*RVKY.
32 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1939 1940N o v e m - Decem- |
ber ber |Janu-
aryFebru-
ary- March i April j May June July I August
FINANCE—Continued
LIFE INSURANCE
(Association of Life Insurance Presidents)
Assets, admitted, totalX mil. of dol.. j -Mortgage loans, total do I
Farm. do {Other . do |
Real estate holdings do |Policy loans and premium notes- .do : . -Bonds and stocks held (book value), total !
mil. of doL.j -.-Government (domestic and foreign): j
Total "_ l__do !
U. S. Government do ! -Public u t i l i ty . . . . - do ;.....Railroad do 'Other do : . . . .
Cash do..._;_..._Other admitted assets do !_...
Insurance written: ®Policies and certificates, total number
thousands..Group . do 1Industrial . do jOrdinary . do.
Value, total thous. of doL. I 550, 412Group do i 40. 720Industrial . do | 127,974Ordinary do j 3sl, 748
Premium collections, total® -- do j 248,824Annuities do j 25. 938Group do | 12. 303Industrial .do fio. 409Ordinary do 150,174
(Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau)
Insurance written, ordinary, total-thous. of dol..New England--. ._ . . . . doMiddle Atlantic . doEast North Central doWest North Central doSouth Atlantic doEast South Central _ .-doWest South Central doMountain doPacific do
Lapse rates . 1925-26 = 100..
MONETARY STATISTICS i
Foreign exchange rates: \Argentina dol. per paper peso..jBelgium ... dol. per helga... iBrazil, official dol. per milreis .!British India dol. per rupee.. JCanada dol. per Canadian dol.JChile dol. per peso_ _!Colombia do !France dol. per franc.jGermany dol. per reichsmark.JItaly dol. per lira_. jJapan . dol. per yen_.iMexico dol. per peso..INetherlands dol. per guilder.. |Sweden dol, per krona__|United Kingdom . . . . . . dol. per £ I
Gold: " iMonetary stock, U. S mil. of dol.. jMovement, foreign: i
Net release from earmark^ thous. of dol.. jExports do |Imports do j
Production, estimated world total, outsideU. S. S. R thous. of dol..
Reported monthly, total do |Africa do jCanada d o . . . . IUnited States do
Receipts at mint, domestic (unrefined)fine ounces-,]
Currency in circulation, total mil. of doL.jSilver: |
Exports thous. of dol -. jImports do !Price at New York dol. per fine oz._!Production, world thous. of fine oz.. '
Canada § do jMexico do ;
United States . . . . do jStocks, refinery, end of month: '.
United States . do
. 298
.om
. 302
. 855
. 052
. 39V*
.050
. 234
. 199
. 2384. 034
21,244
36, (52813
334,113
341, 1028,151
1394, 650
.348
23, 0084,472
6623,8101, 7512, 557
23,7114, 486
6623, 8241,7532,547
13,553 13,687
6,1104, 3773, 2592, 6971,487
837438
64224
417200
509,89759, 401115,935334,501234,41818, 24811,32059. 970144,880
442,59733, 493118,74395, 35145,61143, 59519,74136. 56712,75636, 740
0). 170.061. 299.913. 052.571
6.0974, 3593, 4012, 6971, 492
800438
79051
484255
637, 67575, 929
135, 769425, 977238, 49220,87910,78157, 055
149,777
543,99143,136152.548122,88854, 33952, 59819,41340,08814. 74344, 238
.023
. 399
.051
. 235
.190
.532
.2383. 995
16, 932
2, 83615
326, 089
106,99090, 05743, 39614.784 |19, 728
362, 8667,293
1,2924,639. 370
23,6342. 6796, 85/
023.401. 050.235.202.531.238
4.011
17,091
79,51615
69, 740
107, 24490,99944, 10515,15821, 785
421, 7967,342
1,7737, 268.357
24, 4262,9137,931
23,8154, 499
6623. 8371, 7542, 534
13,714
6,1814.4413, 3822, 6841, 467
823491
72441
455228
587, 49844, 027
128, 121415,350247, 39723,41210, 85452, 800
160, 331
951938742522246003133588043736
23,917 • 2 4 . 0 1 2 ' 2 4 , 1 3 0 ! 24,240 24.339 24.4204,528 4. "33 4,513 . 4 .5^2 4,555 j 4,573
660 05s f;,-',) 0i;! : OtH j 6623,868 : 3. >7" 3. s s j i 3. M)l ' 3, s0 4 ! 3,9111,720 1,722 , 1.720 ', 1,711 • 1, 71S 1,7162,520 2,507 [ 2,4'ji) [ 2, 4M ' 2.472 2,457
13,906 I 13.928 ' 13.9V5 I 14.035 14,218 I 14,325
6,3534.6113.428 !2.642 i1,483 ;
763 !480 i
72859
443
646, 550105, 030124, 662416. 85S355, 98350, 0*213, 270
100, 662185, 9H9
212378888840043672223996317
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S9!)402
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5,461 ; 3,589
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17, 358
90, 87310
167, 991
103,67587, 52544, 20814, 87517,512
274, 8437,483
487 '4, 183.348
22, 1931, 8986, 5395,113
4,638 i 3,533
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. 166
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7,598 !
3, 795.3*0
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4,507 !3, 104
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6 "3204 7213 5452.708 |1,571
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41, 727146, 013123, 27054. 200nS, 09424, 71144, 59514/95644, 830
91
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Is. S00 10.052
30s. .',30 307, 7sO
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4, 5
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lst»1. 107.318
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1 , <JOG
Preliminary.r Revised.1 Quotations not available August 26-October 16.2 Average for May 1-9.3 No quotation.< Average for June 1-15.J37 companies having 82 percent of total assets of all United States legal reserve companies.<§)40 companies having 82 percent of total life insurance outstanding in all United States legal reserve companies.1Or increase in earmarked gold (—).§Data reported by the Canadian government have been substituted beginning 1940 for data previously reported directly by producers to the American Bureau of Metal
Statistics, as the latter data have been temporarily discontinued. Annual totals from the two sources have been in fairly close agreement but the monthly movement in thepast has been quite different.
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 33
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939 1940
tember O c t o b e rNovem-
berDecem-
berJanu-
aryFebru-
ary March April May June July August
FINANCE—Continued
CORPORATION PROFITS(Quarterly) I
Federal Reserve Bank of New York:Industrial corporations, total (168 cos.)t
mil. of dol._ -_-__--..Autos, parts, and accessories (28 cos.)-do i__Chemicals (13 cos.).- ..___. doFood and beverages (19 cos.).. do__.Machinery and machine manufacturing
(17 cos.)-.---.-- - mil. of doL.Metals and mining (12 cos.) do.-..Petroleum (13 cos.)._--_._.__._..-.-.doSteel (11 cos.) _.____.do....Miscellaneous (55 cos.)t . do
Public utilities, except steam railways andtelephone companies (net income) (52 cos.)
mil. of doL.Federal Communications Commission:
Telephones (net op. income) (91 cos.)..do....Interstate Commerce Commission:
Railways, class I (net income) do. . . .Standard Statistics Co., Inc. (earnings):
Combined index, unadjusted* 1926=100..Industrials (119 cos.) .doRailroads (class ! ) • _ . . . .___ do.Utilities (13 cos.) . . _ . d o . . . . j . . . . . . . . .
PUBLIC FINANCE (FEDERAL) !
Debt, gross, end of mo mil. of dol.J 44,073Public issues: !
Interest bearing.. . . . do i 38,417Noninterest bearing . do I 593
Special issues to government agencies and |trust funds . . .mil. of dol..! 5, 063
Obligations fully guaranteed by U. S. Gov't: |Total amount outstandingcf mil. of dol.. 5, 809
By agencies:cfFederal Farm Mortgage Corp do | 1.269Home Owners' Loan Corporation.,.do j 2,623Reconstruction Finance Corp._..-_do._ .-j 1,097
Expenditures, total, including recovery andrelieft __„_________.thous. of dol.. | 760.286
General (including recovery and relief).do.__.i 757, 536Revolving funds, net do_.__ —8,954Transfers to trust accounts!--.. . - . d o . . . . 10,000Debt retirements . . . . . .do I 1, 704
Receipts, total . . . do 711,124Receipts, net* __-,. . .do. . 710,584
Customs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d o . . . . I 22,627Internal revenue, total ..do i 672,540
Income taxes! . . _ . . . . . . . . . do j 431,669Social security taxes, do._.J 29, 437
Taxes from: * jAdmissions to theaters, etc . . . . do j 5, 852Capital stock transfers, e tc . . . . do-_._ 596
••Governmental corporations and credit agencies:Assets, except interagency, total .mil . of doL.
Loans and preferred stock, total doLoans to financial institutions (incl. pre-
ferred stock) _ . . .mil . of dol..Loans to railroads. . . . . . . . . . .doHome and housing mortgage loans..doFar in mortgage and other agricultural
loans . . .mil. of dol..All other _._.__. d o . , . .
U. S. obligations, direct and fully guaran-teed _ _ _..mil. of dol..
Business property . . d o . . . .Property held for sale._._._ d o . . . .All other assets . d o . . . .
Liabilities, other than interagency, total.do....Bonds, notes, and debentures:
Guaranteed by the U. S ____ d o . . . .Other d o . . . .
Other liabilities including reserves..__do....Privately owned interests _. . . . ._do. . ._Proprietary interests of the U. S. Govern-
ment . . mil. of dol..Reconstruction Finance Corporation, loans out- I
standing, end of month: SGrand total§.. thous. of dol.. 1,621,602
Section 5 as amended, total do 715,778Banks and trust companies, including
receivers thous. of dol.. j 83, 898Building and loan associations. _.__do ! 4, 597Insurance companies . . . do ! 2,176Mortgage loan companies do | 151.456Railroads, including receivers do ! 470.039All other under Section 5__ do 3,612
Emergency Relief and Construction Act,as amended:
Self-liquidating projects (including financ- iing repairs) thous. of dol..
Financing of exports of agricultural sur- jpluses . . . . . thous. of dol.J
Financing of agricultural commodities !and livestock thous. of dol. _'Revised. P Preliminary.
t l b t t h
21, 262
47
520
* Deficit.
142.014.432.5
7.03.3
11.922.128.6
46.8
57.7
63.534.2
116.7
296.291.7
23.2
10.76.2 |
16.357.7
17.1 i.
9.04.5
. . . . 44.7
54.4
61.8
126.1
15.9 | .35.1 I.35.0 .
114.5118.874.2
135. 9
62.5
<*12.8
92.6102.5<*7.7147.2
40,861 I 41,040 | 41,310 | 41,961 | 42,128
36,282 I 36,421 j 36,517 ! 37,234 j 37,364516 | 510 499 496 509
4,063 i 4,109
5,455
1,2792,830
820
750, 302728, 837
5,2647,1509,051
718, 790075, 790
35, 595667,156329, 042
26, 740
1,8521,210
11,9678,923
4, 295
5,448 5,707
1, 279 1, 2692,823 ! 2,817
820 i 1,096
721, 458701, 8938, 785 j10, 000 I
779 |321,511 i278,51132,418 I271,58337, 65235, 556
1,7282,806
12, 1058, 956
1, 272 1, 273492 489
2,347 i 2,363
3,7441,068
879535695934
7,768
5,3561,3571,054
393
3,806
3,7381, 093
879542689
1,0397,845
5,4491,3571,039395
3,866
'1,636,906 1,640,936677,916 679,064
101,1873,4872,652
127, 647438, 8354,109
102,1263,4332,615
130,167436, 6504,073
648, 006632, 5735, 066
10, 000367
406, 967363, 96729, 049
354, 92934, 142129, 706
2,1181,275
12,0638,936
1, 247497
2,358
3,7211,112
874543678
1,0338,064
5,7081, 3521, 004397
3,602
4,231
5, 703
1, 2692.8131,096
841, 329822, 858
- 5 4 310,0009,013
569,136521,13627,814
517,924 ,319,143
29, 225
1, 9751, 012
12, 062
42,375 ; 42,559j
37,493 j 37,531
526 I 557
4,256 4,356 | 4,471
5,699 I 5,673 ] 5,6631, 2692,8091,096
712, 994713, 225
3,979-5 ,000
790314, 549314, 549
35, 788257, 969
45, 33845, 263
1, 4871,087
42,6
37,625541
4, 496
5,656
1,269 ! 1,269 j 1,2692,783 2,770 j 2,7631,096 j 1,096 ! 1,096
668,376 !654, 170 I3,81210,000 i
394 |443,830 |443,83025,651
394,688 I62,663 I177,756 j
1,853 j1,043 j
, 12, 068,951 \ 8,920
12,064 | 12,078 i
1,260 !500 i
2,365 |
3,726 !i, ioo !
I888549661
1,0138,048
5,7041,348
995397
1,232504
2,376
3,7091,100 I
900553652
1, 0388,059
5, 7001.3401, 019398
3,617 3,607
1,615,596 1,609,856 ! 1,596,231689,603 ! 697,205 | 703,038100,773 j 100,007 I 96,477
3,375 ! 3,342 3,5062,571 I 2,506 I 2,478
134,432 138,595 ! 142,464444, 314 448, 792 j 454,1944,138 3,963 3,919
41,586 42,679
19,871 | 19,371
752 I 751
42,664
63
751
1,196509
2,365
3,7001,118
895552644
1,100 |8,053 i
5,675 I1,321 I1,057 I400 !
871, 554815, 9635,633
049, 958
934, 208799,39128, 702
886, 370665, 48730,481 !
2,391 !784 j
12,116 i8,914
1,180 !517 I
2,377 I
3,699 |1,140 |
792, 288756, 9755,988
20, 0009,325
304, 203304, 20326, 479
261,77247, 62139,194
2,001948
42,810
37,671555
4,585
5,535
1,2692,6411,096
648, 814642, 330
9753,5002,010
399, 598399,598
26, 251356, 50840,197
137, 299
1,7911,593
12,176 12,0858,930 ! 8,922
1,198521
2,347
1,170515
2, 355
32.921.0
9.03.9
12.138.136.7
52.1
61.9
1.6
'88 .0' 9 5 . 1
' . 0 |••141.0 I
895555629
1,1238, 052
5,6641,3231,065
401
!
3,1,
1,8,
705160
891558610187053
!3,7001,183
893559608
1,1037,912
5,6571,32'"1,069
403
" I
4,025 ! 3,663 | 3,719
5,5351,3371,039
404
3,770
1,620,764 1,625,200 j 1,620,643 11,614,836706, 458
94, 8723,6472,457
142, 876458, 841
3,765
715,979
93,1283,4802,433
145, 436467, 887
3,615
I
718, 030
90, 6133,6372,389
146, 243471,747
3,401
38,258 | 38,232 j 38,230
105 | 47 | 47
751 I 751 i 747
37,870 I 38,540
47 j 47
747 ! 675
712, 328
4,1382,354
146, 846466, 093
3,889
42, 971
37, 605591
4, 775
5, 528
1,2692, 6341,096
933, 880883,092
3,4250
47, 363784, 218648,32328,101
694,932463, 786
31, 749
1,6461,833
12,0218,470
1,212524
2,323
3,2241,187
879562
1,0671,0437,977
5,5291,3431,105
405
3,639
1,635,255720,085
87, 7614,3472,331
145, 951475, 856
3,839
r 43,774
r 38, 337
4,
5,
1,
h
830,699,5,
313^12,
r 367,331,25,
326,4939
1
128
1
584
853
526
269631096
599794072520212064221225141655098
650821
092513
9A9
5522, 312
3,2331, 185
871567 I
1,067 i1,075 :7,842 I
5,526 I1,351 !
964 I406 I
3.844 !
43, 905
38, 3835S9
4, 934
-5,811
1, 2692, 6261, 096
708, 382693, 620
-13,00925,195
2, 576566, 388447,196
23, 630522, 813
37, 645139,131
4, 407600
12,4108, 023
1, 189553
2, 336
3, 3491, 107
846569
1, 0611,3128, 400
5,8111, 3541, 234
407
3, 603
1,651,829749.921
86, 3034, 2702. 313
146. 637506, 623
3, 775
1,651,615753, 087
85. 2264, 6252, 188
149.737507. 627
3, 684
40,010 19,915 ;
47 | 47 j
625 ! 525 i
19,784 | 20,509
47 I 47
521 ! 520
• Number of companies varies slightly.d d b t f t i th F d l
'Kevisea. v .Preliminary. <* Deficit. • Number of companies varies slightly. §See note marked with a " § " on p. 34 of this issue.cflncluded in the total but not shown separately are guaranteed debentures of certain other Federal agencies. 11ncludes repayments unallocated, pending advices, at
end of month.tRevised series. Data on total expenditures and transfers to trust accounts revised beginning 1.937 and on income taxes beginning September 1936; see table 50, p. 18 of
this issue.*New series. See table 50, p. 18 of this issue.JA merger during the second quarter of 1940 reduced the number of corporations in the miscellaneous group to 54 and the total to 167.
34 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
FINANCE—Continued
PUBLIC FINANCE (FEDEBAL)—Con. !
R. F. C., loans outstanding, end of month—Con.'Direct loans to business enterprises (includ-
ing participations) thous. of dol.J 133,521Total Bank Conservation Act, as amended !
thous. of dol.-i 564,516Drainage, levee, irrigation, etc do j 83,360Other loans and authorizations! do j 102, 599
CAPITAL FLOTATIONS
Security Registrations! j
(Securities and Exchange Commission)
Total securities effective under the SecuritiesAct of 1933 ..thous. of dol..
Substitute securities * doRegistered for account of others doRegistered for account of issuers, exclusive of
substitute securities thous. of dol..Not proposed for sale doProposed for sale:
Issuing and distributing expense:Compensation to underwriters, agents,
etc ._ thous. of dol..Other ..do
Net proceeds to be used for:Total do
New money.. . . . . . . do |Purchase of: !
Securities for investment.....do jSecurities for affiliation... do jOther assets . do !
Repayment of bonds and notes.do jRepayment of other debt. . . do \Retirement of preferred stock.. do . . . . IOrganization expense do |Miscellaneous do !
Gross amount of securities less securities re- jserved for conversion or substitution, total j
thous. of dol..1Type of security: j
Secured bonds . _ ...do |Unsecured bonds do |Preferred stock . doCommon stock . .. . .doCertificates of participation, etc ..do
Type of registrant:Extractive industries ._._ doManufacturing industries doFinancial and investment doTransportation and communications, doElectric light, power, heat, gas and water
thous. of dol..Other--... do
130,58115. 4055,821
109, 32414, 162
3, 248657
91, 25745, 432
4, 3631520
37, 3422, 6941,123(a)132
115,167
39, 54122, 59816, 01619, 37517, 500
12, 75038,15S6,815
0
50, 3867, 058
Securities Issued j
(Commercial and Financial Chronicle) \
Securities issued, by type of security, total (new !capital and refunding) _______ thous, of dol. . j 225,439
New capital, total do | 110,687Domestic, total d o . . . . 110,687
Corporate, total. ____ do ! 68,006Bonds and notes: j
Long term ________do___ 63,728Short term do 0
Preferred stocks . do 2,720Common stocks do 1, 558
Farm loan and other Government agenciesthous. of doL. j 0
Municipal, State, etc do i 42,680Foreign, total „_... . . .do j 0
Corporate..- ._____.__ -_.-do__._i 0Government . _._____do~__l! 0United States possessions do____l 0
Refunding, total.___________ do.. . .! 114,752Domestic, total ._.do....j 111,552
Corporate, total. do.___'i 62,465Bonds and notes: I
Long term.-- . . . . . _ .do 60,449Short term do ; 836
Preferred stocks do ! 1,180Common stocks . do 0
Farm loan and other Government !agencies.... . . . thous. of dol..! 26,000
Municipal, State, e tc . . do l 23,087Foreign, total do | 3,200
Corporate ____do i 0Government .do i 0United States possessions do • 3, 200
125,753 126,802 j 130,026
566,534 !83.502 I120,992 :
564,556 '83,482124, 171
35,956 ! 30,817775 i 181
1,448 j 3,578
541,42383, 750127, 316
114,9240
855
33, 7338,917
2, 053125
22, 6383, 574
11,914 |148 !
1, 5864,7896090019
26,888
10, 3801,6001, 936
12,172800
1,5823,485
19,444380
27, 05913, 550
1,247203
12,0596, 492
2,6320
2351,4281,223
434
28, 461
13,444500
2,20011,3171,000
1,5238, 8182,9271,750
0 11,194)97 j 2,250
180,018
41,66941, 66916,019
14,3200
5001,199
9,95015, 700
0000
138, 348138, 34879,195
25, 89553, 300
00
50,8508,303
000
742, 711
338,340338, 34020,297
13,8160
3,2073,274
275, 86642,177
0000
130,625 I 130,377 | 131,919 j 130,704
539,936 '83,998118,978
535, 37683,814101,596
114,069 | 154,8301,916 ! 5,288
166,571 i 146,4828, 100 I 1, 3003,640 \ 1,300
143,88241, 507
4,069653
107, 4304,922
37,5413790
53, 9707,3843,214
15
113,994
46, 81517, 7003,391
33, 44312, 645
09,929
40, 7767,823
54,955511
218,420
88,92088.92021, 640
15,4180
8165,406
067,280
0000
554, 24083, 874105, 249
550, 09183, 966105, 796
130,466 ! 130,566
552,134 ! 548, 66983,723 | 83,74097.028 I 98,851
130,732 I 129,955 12'.). 420
249,933 ! 70,996 I 245,723 j 102,7611,225 6,516 1 8,753 j 3,0221,088 5,752 ! 25,382 ! 2,469
247,620 ! 58,72716,307 j 11,798
404,370 | 129,500402,870 129, 500157, 474 90, 835
157,431 j 88,2770 043 2,5580 | 0
235,093 j10,303 I1,500 I
0 i0 I
1.500 !
25, 85012, 816
0000
3,414 | 4,0271,190 j 702
97, 64517,133
5,5471,454
224,31217,125
2
734
370250
00255809
555
10,
180,5,
83200
555420
10, 249(132
144,9388,480
0200190
126, 2086, 4613,391
8 !
153,367 i 143,542 : 241,143
153, 52246, 50617, 20923, 369
536
2,375122,32012, 28218, 504
85,413250
2,091457
44,381 !11,291 |
10,232 |0 I
1,3848,454 j
640 I12,248
0132
211,58778,522 !
4,6321, 042
127, 39143, 361
3, 94300
53, 5327,81818,316
28393
97, 2700
125, 68110, 9008,7108,076
0
6,16023,517
2241,401
119,176
47, 28931, 27040, 67924, 303
0
32326, 2934, 9992,184
107, 300
,0,474 | 225,510
13, 4770
19, 36619, 4098,223
1,95721, 56716, 7689,210
82410,150
44,21753, 86684,50938, 4244,493
10,81961, 83914,374
705
84,01853, 755
335,061 i 286,809
98,42198,42130, 528
21, 3730
3,5455,611
94,25194,25135,405
19,4830
2,28413,638
450,801 ! 240,633 \ 344, S
067,893
0000
236, 640236, 640195,817
058, 846
192192137
0000
559559460
189,307 ! 101,8980 | 0
4,900 • 35,5621,610 i 0
18,600 ;22,223 I
o !0 i0 j0 !
28,80026, 299
0000
103,959103, 95945,404
32,746 |10,0001,5901,069 i
80057,755
0000
346,842346,842
| 210,842
! 196,370: o
14,472\ 0
1 21,695i 114,305
000
i 0
71,213 I 117,60970,463 | 117,60930,527 j 53,925
15, 9570
3,70010, 870
5,60034,336
75000
750
169, 419169,419103,799
87,0493,000
31,025100
15,2537,547 |
5,500 |58,184
0 I000
227, 287227, 287192, 353
154,1910
13,750 ! 37,5466170 ;
16, 94248, 678
0000
17,350 !17,584 I
0 !000
574, 55883, 596105, 797
82, 5775,694418
76, 46420, 225
570, 77b r>Cl, .".('.1?> •!, 299 ' Si, 22397, 524 lul, 242
200,313 i 123,242457 ! 422
4,140 I 32,246
195,715429
3,126511
93, 6328,252
2, 556o io j
76,621 J6,105
99 !00
99, 739
3,20075, 0005,03914,1192,381
4,86486,1122,7453,768 '
02,250
250,144
1,959 i358 !
4,5231,182
53,923 i 189,5814,293 ! 22,984
9,0302790
38,1558
2,139018
76,882
58,1440
2, 2546,7999,685
755,7269,8354,337
54, 7002,210
226, 457
2,016 I0
200 !161,423 I
997 |1,909 j
i j52 j
90, 57416, 717
3,41G374
18,039537
6019,181
6005
196
j199,591 | 116,780
105,148 I 6,65072.000 24.87811,040 | 16,4659,209 ! 57,9172,194 | 10,870
3,974 i81,396 I
2,186 I0 |
111,676 j
359 i
2855, 20519,407
500
13,31928, 323
122, 111 81, 861122,111 81,86189,287 ! 9,339
79, 68000
9,607
3,00029, 824
0000
128, 033128, 03382,660
6,875910
651,489
2, 25070, 272
0000
144, 596144,59610?, 276
690,209 I 281,469
396,071 | 129,104396,071 | 128,604
44,989 ! 67,938
42,543 ; 52,6120 j 0
1,096 '• 13,4271,350 i 1,899
289,458 I61,624 !
0 !0 io !o ;
o00, 666
50000
500
82, 660000
25,15020, 223
0000
96, 9475,000 !
o !329 |
28,87013,450
0000
294,138 ! 152.365294,138 I 152,365225,623 ; 111,494
223, 116 j 107,0470 ! 0
4, 4212,250 :
4S,400 :20,115 '•
0 :
(i ;0 ;0
27, 52513, 346
(j
000
aLess than $500.tRevised series. Data on security registrations, formerly excluding reorganization and exchange issues, revised to include all registrations under the Securities Act of 1933.
For data beginning 1938, see table 47, p. 15, of this issue.*New series. Comprises voting trust certificates and certificates of deposit. For data beginning 193S, see table 47, p. 15, of this issue..Data revised to exclude a loan to the Rural Electrification Administration advanced in varying amounts during 1936-39, now classified under allocations.
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 35
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
August
FINANCE—Continued
CAPITAL FLOTATIONS-Continued
Securities Issued—Continued
(Commercial and Financial Chronicle)
Securities issued bv type of corporate borrower,total thous. of doL.
New capital, total . .do.-. .Industrial doInvestment trusts, trading, and holding ,
companies, etc thous. of dol._Land, build ings, etc doPublic utilities . doRailroads doShipping and miscellaneous do
Refunding, total doIndustrial doInvestment trusts, trading, and holding
companies, etc thous. of dol..Land., buildings, etc doPublic utilities .....doRailroads doShipping and miscellaneous do
Domestic issues for productive uses (Moody's):*Total mil. of dol..
Corporate do.Municipal, State, etc do.
62, 405
0490
I, 300', 900!, 500
(Bond Buyer)
State and municipal issues:Permanent (long term) thous. of dol..Temporary (short term) do
COMMODITY MARKETS
Volume of trading in grain futures:Wheat ..-.mil.ofbu..Corn do
SECURITY MARKETS
Brokers' Balances (N. Y. S. E. memberscarrying margin accounts)
Customers' debit balances (net)_.mil. of dol._Cash on hand and in banks doMoney borrowed . doCustomers' free credit balances do
BondsPrices:
Average price of all listed bonds (N. Y. S. E.)dollars. _
Domestic _ .doForeign do
Standard Statistics Co., Inc.:Composite (60 bonds)..-dol. per $100 bond._
Industrials (20bonds).. doPublic utilities (20 bonds) d o .Rails (20 bonds) __do.___
Domestic municipals (15 bonds) doU. S. Treasury bonds do
Sales (Securities and Exchange Commission):Total on all registered exchanges:
Market value. _-thous. of dol..Face value do.___
On New York Stock Exchange:Marketvalue.. doFace value do
Exclusive of stopped sales (N. Y. S. E.),face value, total thous. of doL.
U. S. Government doOther than U. S. Govt., total...do
Domestic doForeign... do
Value, issues listed on N. Y. S. E.:Face value, all issues mil. of dol._
Domestic issues doForeign issues ___do
Market value, all issues. ..doDomestic issues ..doForeign i s s u e s . . . . . do
Yields:Bond Buyer:
Domestic municipals (20 cities) percent..Moody's:
Domestic corporate.. ...doBy ratings:
Aaa doAa . . .do. ." .A . . . . . . . . . . . .do.....Baa . do
By groups:Industrials.. ...doPublic utilities-. _ . doRails . _do._~~
Standard Statistics Co., Inc.:Domestic municipals (15 bonds) do
U. S. Treasury bonds... do
1030340
G9,90S100,152
30002
6352183702f)S
92.0890. 5643.07
82.787.8
100. 659.7
122.3100.8
94, 701148,956
78, 398129, 205
125,9051,597
124, 368109,915
14, 453
53,91349, 400
4,51449,64347, 699
1,944
2.39
3.50
2 823.013.524. 06
3.103.194.23
2.442.18
95, 21416, 0191,099
0130125
13, 0651, 600
79, 195600
0230
23, 965700
53, 700
2013
30, 55464, 931
716187
217520305
88.5092. 4147.29
80.985.098.659.0
107.1101.9
417, 429498.100
384, 237459,821
480, 789227.101253, 688227, 99725,691
52,46647,9174,549
46.43144, 279
2,151
177,77120, 297
6, 057
0111
1, 5059, 2003, 424
157, 4743, 443
6, 250729
147, 05200
4412
55, 06522, 018
504104
200577289
90.7994. 5950.55
82.986.4100.561.6110. 7102.6
162,275229, 653
131,901194, 212
170,08914, 203
155, 886134,81621,070
52, 45247,9224, 531
47, 62145, 3312,290
3.95
3.253.494.055.00
3.573.704.58
3.292.65
3.30 | 2.93
3.83
3.153.353.944.88
112,475 I 226,34521, 640 30, 5287, 658 14, 088
0750
2, 1859, 5251,523
90, 83512,000
01,995
76, 84000
59 |14 ;45 !
88, 854207, 413
417102
914195623272
91.2495.0551.23
83.087.0101.860.2117.510*4.6
135, 515193, 891
105,994159, 374
151, 6855,628
146,057123, 23022,827
52,43547,8694, 566
47, 83945,5002,339
2.72
3.70
3.003.163.784.85
032
5, 5105, 9984, 900
195, 81715, 215
0386
119,20060, 0001,016
562038
103, 87164, 025
1,054170
906207637266
92.3396.0252.23
3.43 3.25 I3.57 I 3.41 !4.51 j 4.44 !
3.082.60
2.692.46 I
2.59
3.69
2.943.143.744.92
3.213.384.47
2. 562.35
172,865 | 256,24635,405 i 45,40413,913 I 5,249
0 I0
18, 184 [
3,277 j137,460 !
0 I00
101,36820. 49415, 598
371225
1, 000450
7,015960
30, 730210, 842115,000
0575
89, 8970
5,370
28919
61, 598160, 277
73194
82.186.8101.658.0119.9106.1
125, 631206,047
98, 662173, 971
176,1004,322
171,778146,19225, 586
54,06749,5124, 554
49,92047, 5412,379
82.487.3101.858.2120.2106.8
134,462208, 518
101,179166,112
144, 9173,760
141,157120, 90320,254
53.98849, 4404, 548
49, 67947,3142,366
2.63
3.63
2.883.083.694.86
3.143.354.39
2.542.30
174,916118,588
64950
886198602262
893195616253
92.02 I 91.9795.70 95.6852.00 51.58
82.287.3
101.657.8
119.1106.6
103, 351153, 589
81, 807127,344
120,3842, 365
118,01999,17618,843
53, 93749, 4004,537
49,60547, 2652,340
2.70
3.60
2.863.053.684.83
3.123.334.37
2.602.32
134, 32730, 5271,201
00
8,4077,75013.169103,79924, 250
0780
32, 26935, 00011, 500
452619
246, 27953, 92522, 598
3500
16, 7678, 1146,096
192, 35350, 943
01, 000
41, 23682, 25216, 923
672245
87,341 66,668134,808 122,245
886
615247
92.8696. 5552.77
82.187.3101.857.2119.7107.5
102, 858163, 222
81, 857135, 832
135, 2393, 285
131, 954110,84921,105
53,85349,3134,540
50,00647.6112,356
2.62
3.3.4.
092937
3.053.244.33
901112
910192626252
92.4896. 5148.86
82.587.5101.758.2119.8107.6
135, 784210, 816
108,459176, 998
165,1164,323
160,793139, 54721, 246
53, 64649, 1084, 538
49, 61247,3952,217
2.59 i
3.
23.34.
58
84046580
3.54
2.822.993.594.74
171, 94789, 2876,094
02S00
19, 40063, 51382. 66078, 200
02, 9601, 500
00
522527
51, 095224, 706
921134
702239459251
87.8792.47
79.485.399^353.5115.3105.6
149,103219, 740
115, 226179, 936
176,1058,250
167,855144, 92422,931
53, 41448, 8794, 535
46,93745,1971,740
3.00
3.65
2.933.083.654.94
3.203.304.46
111,616 ! 270.6129, 339 44, 9892,826 3,
00
3. 7852, 000728
102, 2762,500 !
00
11,01215,20515,000
225, 62393,028
0 I 0427 I 829
94,020 117,4005,000 0329 13,700
367 i29 !
54, 94675, 692
432
70 I
653223376267
90.1494.9339.09
78.584.798.752.0114.6105. 4
90, 317134, 597
74,484114,651
102, 6633,677
98, 98681,05817,928
52, 87948, 3474, 532
47, 66645, 8941,771
2.67
3. 72
2.963.103.705.11
3. 253. 334. 57
2.252.56 2.81 | 2.852.25 ! 2.38 ! 2.39
r 75, 984234,340
405
642213376201
90.9095. 6240.64
81.280. 3
100. 257.1
120.4100. 5
81,388121,857
05, 530102, 228
98,1202, 131
95, 98982, 08013,309
53,43148, 9034, 52848,00240, 7021,840
3. 013. 574.80
2. 542.28
179,43207, 93823,124
090
30, 23214,292
200111,49400, 776
0
23,81125, 3001,530
1005347
75,14777, 354
45181
631215368256
91.3395. 7243. 28
81.586. 8
100. 257. 5121.2105.8
67,05799,101
53,57182, 424
79, 7052, 337
77, 368GO, 5GG10, 802
53,91449,399
4,51549, 23947, 2<sr>
1,954
2. 853. 03
3. 123. 234.30
2.492. 25
'Revised.*New series. For data on domestic issues for productive uses beginning 1921,see table 34, p. 17, of the September 1940 Survey
36 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939
Sep-tember October Novem-
berDecem-
ber
1940
Janu-ary
Febru-ary March April May June July August
FINANCE—Continued
SECURITY MARKETS—Continued
Stocks
Cash dividend payments and rates (Moody's):Total annual payments at current rates (600
companies) mil. of dol..Number of shares, adjusted. millions. -Dividend rate per share (weighted average)
(600 cos.)- . .dollars..Banks (21 cos.) . . ._ ..doIndustrials (492 cos.) ..._ doInsurance (21 cos.) . . do..._Public utilities (30 cos.)------ doRails (36 cos.)- do
Dividend declarations (N. Y. Times):Total thoua.of dol—
Industrials and miscellaneous _ -doRailroads. do
Prices:Average price of all listed shares (N. Y. S. E.)
Deo. 31,1924 = 100..Dow-Jones & Co., Inc. (65stocks)
dol. per share —Industrials (30 stocks)... doPublic utilities (15 stocks) doRails (20 stocks) d o . . . .
New York Times (60 stocks) doIndustrials (25 stocks) . doRailroads (25 stocks) do
Standard Statistics Co., Inc.:Combined index (420stocks)--..1926 = 100
Industrials (350 stocks) ...doCapital goods (107 stocks) doConsumer's goods (194 stocks), .-do
Public utilities (40 stocks). doRails (30stocks)... d o . . . .
Other issues:Banks, N. Y. C. (19 stocks) doFire and marine insurance (18 stocks)
1926=100-Sales (Securities and*Exchange!Commission):
Total on all registered exchanges:Market value thous. of dol —Shares sold....._ .thousands..
On New York Stock Exchange:Market value __thous. of dol..Shares sold . thousands. .
Exclusive of odd lot and stopped sales\N. Y. Times) . . . . . . -thousands- _
Shares listed, N. Y. S. E.:Market value, all listed shares mil. of dol..Number of shares listed . millions. _
Yields:Common stocks (200), Moody's percent-.
Banks (15 stocks) . doIndustrials (125 stocks) doInsurance (10 stocks) do___,Public utilities (25 stocks) d o . . . .Rails (25 stocks) do. ._
Preferred stocks, Standard Statistics Co., Inc.:Industrials, high-grade (20 stocks) percent._
Stockholders ( C o m m o n Stock)
American Tel. & Tel. Co., total number,.> Foreign doPennsylvania Railroad Co., total . . .do
Foreign . doU. S. Steel Corporation, total- . — . do
Foreign doShares held by brokers percent of total..
1,711.42936.43
1.833.011.792.541.961.36
209, 482207, 3542, 128
56.7
44.40131.4622.1828. 4396.27171. 5021. 05
93.7116. 589.681.027.0
51.0
87.4
472, 74120,728
406, 92516,206
11,941
41,4921,453
5.54.75.54.45.85.5
5. 04
631, 3436,451206, 9072,742
164, 5532, 70627. 48
1, 423. 82935.03
1.523.011.422.391.95.90
193, 698191, 3642,334
65.9
50.47150. 7224.3631.97110.38195. 8624.91
92.4109.4138. 198.384.329.7
58.7
87.6
2,205,47692,464
1,969,58275,192
57, 081
47, 4401,431
3.93.93.64.15.4
5.14
639,0197,003
211,0142,807
168,1763,28626.00
1, 442. 45935. 03
1.543.011.452.391.95.90
199, 969192, 9157,053
65.8
51.80152.1525.6434.27110.33194. 8225.84
95.3112.7141.9101.686.032.9
59.9
90.7
1,184,65943, 440
1,044,94835, 029
23, 734
47, 3741,431
4.04.03.74.05.33.0
5.09
1, 573. 05935.03
1.683.011.612.391.951.25
659, 512608, 14951, 362
63.2
51.01149. 9825.6833.38108. 59192. 2824.90
94.2110.9137.2102.087.331.6
58.7
91.9
844,16235, 426
723, 49127, 516
19, 220
45, 5051,432
4.54.24.43.95.34.6
1, 589. 37936.43
1.703.011.632.531.951.25
330, 592311, 99618, 596
64.4
50. 01148. 5425.0031.63109.01194. 2123.82
91.8107.9133.8100.686.729.6
58. 3
94.0
767,15831,446
648, 94223,175
17, 769
46, 4681,435
4.54.24.34.15.34.5
4.95
636, 8846,787
209, 3462,752
164,8223,19128.03
1, 597. 25936. 43
1.713.011.632.641.951.26
231,651215, 58816,064
63.0
49.72147. 6025.4431.09107. 40191. 7823.03
92.7108.8132.7102.588.429.6
59.3
95.3
774, 47031,710
652, 91524,141
15, 991
45, 6371,441
4.64.14.44.35.34.8
4.90
1,618. 60936.43
1.733.011.672.641.951.26
338, 366323, 20115,165
49.44147. 2924.8730.83107. 83192. 6722.98
91.5107.3130.1102.287.628.7
59.3
96.4
583, 61926, 093
487, 92919, 367
13,465
46,0581,441
4.64.04.54.35.34.7
4.90
1, 631. 30936.43
1.743.011.682.641.951.26
216,350213.8222,528
64.3
49.15147.1324.2630.45107.66192. 7122.61
91.5107.5130.9102.787.128.9
59.2
94.5
632, 09228, 718
527, 77720, 568
16, 269
46, 6951,444
4.64.14.54.35.24.7
4.94
635, 2866,674
208, 7052,712
163, 9723,02028.31
1, 643. 66936.43
1.763.011.702.641.961.27
180,341176, 6373,704
64.3
49.92148. 9125.0931.00109.17195.1323.22
92.9109.2132.8104.487.829.1
58.9
94.3
1,134,33951,103
964, 60837,599
26, 696
46, 7691,446
4.64.14.54.35.34.8
4.92
1, 680. 36936. 43
1.793.011.752.441.961.27
449, 981420, 27829, 703
50.2
43.48130.7621.4526.5295,20170. 9519.46
83.097.3118.192.780.625.4
52.0
83.8
1,438,19969, 493
1,242,99954, 517
38, 969
36, 5471,447
6.15.26.14.96.36.3
5.07
1, 690. 37936. 43
1.813.011.772.441.961.29
239, 426223, 37216,055
53.1
39.99119.4620.1524.6689.17159. 6118.72
73.384.8104.180.075.122.7
'48.8
78.7
560, 46325, 451
487,11620,107
15, 573
' 38, 7751,450
5.74.85.94.55.75.7
5.26
632, 3986,544
207,6792,746
165,1932,74527.57
1, 694, 82936. 43
1.813.011.772.541.961.29
194,824182,23212, 592
54.6
41. 64122 2322. 4226. 4390.46161.4919.43
76.187.2105. 984.280.124.4
51. 4
84.0
1,713,08936. 43
1.833.011.792.541.961.36
365,553347,33118, 222
55.6
42.50125. 3222. 2226! 8392,21164.4819.94
77.589.1109.585.880.324.9
50.4
84.3
320, 860 320,91315,191 j 14,214
264,352 ! 270,47110,828 i 10,420
7,307 7,616
39, 992 40, 7061,454 | 1,454
5.64. 74.55 7
5.64.75.64.85.75.6
5.10
FOREIGN TRADE
INDEXESExports:
Total: Value, unadjusted 1923-25=100..Value, adjusted .do
U. S. merchandise, unadjusted:Quantity _.do----Value - . doUnit value do. ._.
Imports:Total: Value, unadjusted . .do
Value, adjusted.... doImports for consumption, unadjusted:
Quantity . 1923-25 = 100-.Value.-. .- - doUnit value do
Exports of agricultural products, quantity:Total:
Unadjusted 1910-14 = 100-.Adjusted . .do
Total, excluding cotton:Unadjusted _. . .doAdjusted _. do
«• Revised.
7874
1157768
6063
1066158
2322
3734
7672
1177665
5659
112'6256
8881
7166
8772
1318766
6765
1166556
11182
8372
7767
1167767
7373
1196757
7356
5752
9791
1409669
7677
1277358
9575
6358
9795
'137'97'71
7574
1247359
118105
7170
91100
1309170
6262
995960
96104
7177
9392
132'92
70
6760
1066561
6768
6666
8590
1238569
6661
1056461
5261
5155
8691
1248569
6564
1066460
3947
4345
92104
1369268
6569
1096459
3444
4853
8395
1268467
7278
1156859
3447
5257
92100
1359268
1146759
2632
4748
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 37
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939 1940
Sep-tember October Novem-
berDecem-
berJanu-ary
Febru-ary March April May June July August
FOREIGN TRADE—Continued
VALUE
Exports, total, incl. reexports thous. of dol..By grand divisions and countries:
Africa -doAsia and Oceania . .do
Japan . . . „ . . . doEurope.- . . do
France. . doGermany. . . doItaly doUnited Kingdom _ do
North America, northern. . . . doCanada ._ do
North America, southern.„. . . - . . .doMexico . do
South America _________doArgentina.. . . . . d oBrazil _. . .doChile . . do . . - .
U. S. merchandise, by economic classes:Total thous. of dol..
Crude materials _ .doCotton, unmanufactured doFoodstuffs, total . .do
Crude foodstuffs doMfd. f oodstuffs and beverages d o . . .Fruits and preparations .doMeats and fats __. . . . doWheat and flour . . . do
Semimanufactures .doFinished manufactures do
Autos and parts doGasoline - __do_._.Machinery. do
General imports, by grand divisions and coun-tries:
Total thous. of dol..Africa. ._ _ do . . . .Asia and Oceania .-do
Japan doEurope .do
France doGermany, doItaly . doUnited Kingdom do
North America, northern doCanada do
North America, southern doMexico . do
South America . . . . d oArgentina . doBrazil doChile. d o . . . .
Imports for consumption, by economic classes:Total thous. of dol..
Crude materials ,_. . . . . d oCrude foodstuffs. _ doMfd. foodstuffs and beverages... doSemimanufactures ___doFinished manufactures . do
295, 245
14,09448,40417, 778
113, 523720
90103, 36164, 62663,25225,6737,697
28,9236, 2676,7532,976
288, 27022, 7245,138
15, 3314,974
10, 3571,8131,7292,153
78, 575171, 639
15, 7354,422
52,658
194, 92812, 58186,22011,12415, 762
267231116
9,26340, 56939,19714, 7223,876
25, 0753,6487,1225,164
196, 31280,11318,09819, 02646, 51032, 565
288, 573
8,95950, 63219, 347
121,30112,132
6074,834
60, 33953,16552,15629,1165,781
25, 4014,9425,9972,020
284,04166,84735,66128, 7867,477
21, 3099,0144,4344,270
58, 993129,41512,4579,728
40,143
181,4613,341
60,51119, 52041,516
3, 8511,8152,401
10, 96734, 23333,12519, 6553,460
22, 2063, 8038,3511,813
199,48367, 60619,46538, 41238, 27535,725
332,079
10, 38562, 78023, 367127,69012, 555
396,30152,92462, 84761,71533,1028,579
32, 9606,9898,6092,667
323,16878,44947, 25437, 76010,21327, 54713, 7774,8763,604
64, 537142,42218, 9009,256
42, 316
215, 2815,22964,19720, 43853, 8532,9941, 5575,12314, 60540, 42639,82722, 0294,379
29, 5485,05511,3903,728
207,14070, 50024,89827, 72245, 41638, 604
292, 582
8,99758,57725, 243104, 39913,239
36,02931,48552,11351, 26229, 5108, 700
38, 9869,88710,6083,625
286, 89158, 31830, 56322, 6565,38617, 2705,7384,0573,07863,200142, 71619,8707,52438,637
235, 4029,03377,69518,98560, 3446,3132, 6564,96513, 57736,10934,83315,1665,352
37, 0536,68912, 3956,629
214,45475, 38627,88121, 77748, 61440, 795
I
367, 819
11, 34278,12027, 556157, 34036, 645
18,62350,39544,47743,87832,3119,926
44, 22710, 79110,4833,908
357,45064, 26443, 74124, 3427,78416, 5584,0995,1331,978
75, 661193,18324,8269,63848,100
246, 9039,95591,00518,91557,3335,3033,3833,89515, 71933,21532,01217, 1115,912
38, 2858,36310, 2157,879
232, 73886, 77025, 66529,78655, 61934,898
368, 584
11,27676, 06128, 247172,64038. 508(«)8,30067,14342, 28241,64727,7588,04638,56610,1579,2163,259
359,09882,19359,88427, 7057,257
20, 4484,3167,1542,259
75, 362173,83823, 7366,41244,173
241, 8978,030
100,10722,19652,0247,3131, 5912,56314,19130,16428,87720, 0025,958
31, 5709,6637,8712,480
234, 63495, 71424, 79323, 31653, 73237,079
346, 779
10, 78961, 52015,193165, 74139, 277
A
9,59858, 53443,67143,13128,0657,52236,9939,14710,1163,418
338,63961,11344,28331,2228,752
22, 4705,5546,8893,340
71,355174, 95023,8355,534
45, 235
199, 77510,48165, 7897,998
38, 0394,780924
2,6138,945
26, 96326, 27923, 2706,733
35, 23410, 8198, 0674,593
352, 272
11, 72759,29917, 800160,05042,034
4410,08351, 89049, 70048, 85529,1678,394
42, 32810, 82110, 3684,354
344,55946, 75226, 58325, 8818,02617, 8554,0873,2405,752
73, 508198, 41829, 3265,387
59, 726
216,73211,32276,0419,33541,1605,170392
3,96814, 97326, 40126,08926,9576,402
34, 85010, 4668,1224,134
189,824 |70,420 !23,838 !23,138 i42,860 I29,567 !
206, 71977,88025, 63622, 81246, 59633,794
324, 008
13,94453, 22015, 271140,24045, 990
359,24053, 33955,13654, 37325, 2496,62436, 2198,32610, 3603,066
316, 52040, 88621.0S622,0586,31415, 7443,9272,7623,381
65,810187, 76619, 4935,36462,864
212, 2407,95877,8838,760
40, 8834,220357
4,95312, 74830,47529, 77825,9936,65229, 0485,0847,0797, 012
202,97478,12525,05224, 53942, 44732,810
325, 306
12, 54557,89813, 721124, 52739, 350
70< U
13, 23449, 82262, 73861, 87727, 2657,472
40, 33210, 77010, 3843,694
318,05140, 27713, 52614, 9654,00510, 9601,6082,0561,993
74, 490188, 31921, 3376,11058, 422
211,3828,052
70, 0579,28338, 2155,351231
4,21012,11536, 91736,18025, 7976,889
32, 3445,0679,2826,143
350,458
12,32553, 75515,421144,81347, 237
Q1,60377,86867,67966,79626,9246,53644,96114,75910, 6414,244
344,44433,5898,29517,7586,48011,2782,2091,7641,536
76,310216,78717,6616,33254,496
211,3909,20972,7208,97235,8763,222251
4,05315,42637,80237,16428,49110,33027, 2924,7437,5793,590
203,70270T866 I26,095 I27,215 !43,337 I36,189
205,39770,51123,642 I31,27545,146 j34,823 ''
317, 015
12, 24359,14615, 364
122, 837206
C)16
108,36864, 48663,49424,1637,11034,13910, 6507,2053,110
312, 33731, 9877,861
20, 4077,70612, 7011, 5383,1512,593
75, 545184, 39813, 9643, 966
48, 292
232, 25814, 84986, 64513, 36232, 3031,751201802
20, 29939, 85237, 97624,5856, 986
34, 0245,1759,0048,583
217,82885,23124, 92422, 56745, 41439, 091
349, 928
12, 61559, 73425,188143, 754
89
125, 30971, 80070, 70727,8887,19834,13710,1707,5223,543
341, 92424,1613,64019,1705,819
13,3512,3861,7102,237
96, 863201, 73015, 6454,36556, 813
220, 21711,90190, 79513, 27726, 566
655183158
13, 28041,02939, 46719, 5716,330
30, 3555,1708,3966, 372
214,10688, 49521,51520, 58850, 34233,166
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
TRANSPORTATION
Express Operations
Operating revenue thous. of dolOperating income ...do-.
Local Transit LinesFares, average, cash ratef cents.-Passengers carried! thousands..Operating revenues thous. of dol._
Class I Steam Railways
Freight-carloadings (Federal Reserve):Combined index, unadjusted...1923-25 = 100._
Coal doCoke doForest products .. .doGrains and grain products... .doLivestock doMerchandise, 1. c. 1 do_.._Ore . . . .doMiscellaneous do
Combined index, adjusted doCoal —_do-_._Coke-.- ...___._do.-_.Forest products doGrains and grain products... doLivestock _____ _ doMerchandise, 1. c. 1 ___.doOre _--.- doMiscellaneous do____
86839456895464
1859477809951794261
10684
9,696 I 9,56062 j 74
7.8585740,88754, 561
85897849995765
14992778582458845638582
9,52576
7.8585 j 7.8585810,731 784,590
59,309 ! 57,174
11,00774
7.8336825,90360,649
9,16780
9,28176
95 !52 I87 !
i
83 |87 |
100 i50 i83 i
7.8336 | 7.8336811,787 ! 767,68858,950 ! 56,545
!73 |79 I
1014475 I
7295
10641
62651609780879550874462108
506410591828010051884163191
3960298178719251874062116
3868257478839047733962114
9,58684
7.8253823,167
59, 974
26 !71 17368 !654475 I40 I61 j
107 !83 I
688088436933
677073446931
7043753960 I
105 !77 i
9,58875
7. 8253798,945
57,872
67636244703460427670757343793759
10274
9,83761
7.8253813, 615
59,139
71677047663460
13480727873457438609677
9,528 !
71
j
7. 8253755,312
55, 935
75698548733160170857581914574386010082
9,41577
7.8253724, 709
53, 574
708946
1103160
182827583
1054680356196
7. 8253726, 760
8851893801
178837(585
.084974386196
• Less than $500.fRevised series. Data on fares revised beginning August 1936; see p. 45 of the July 1940 Survey.
been marked with a "t") on p. 37 of the April 1940 SURVEY.Passengers carried revised beginning 1938; see note "q" (not© ghould have
38 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939
Sep-tember October Novem-
berDecem-
ber
1940
Janu-ary
Febru-ary March April May June July i August
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS—Continued
TRANSPORTATION-ContinuedClass 1 Steam Railways— Continued
Freight-carloadings (A. A. R.):1Total cars thousands. _
Coal doCoke-- doForest products doGrains and grain products. doLivestock doMerchandise, 1. c. 1 doOre . doMiscellaneous. _ do
Freight-car surplus, total ___doBox cars... doCoal cars do
Financial operations:Operating revenues, total __thous. of doL.
Freight doPassenger do
Operating expenses . _ do.__.Taxes, joint facility and equip. rents*._doNet railway operating income doNet income doOperating results:
Freight carried 1 mile mil. of tons..Revenue per ton-mile cents..Passengers carried 1 mile ...millions..
Financial operations, adjusted:*Operating revenues, total mil. of dol._
Freight. - doPassenger do
Railway expenses doNet railway operating income ..doNet income do
Waterway TrafficCanals:
Cape Cod thous. of short tons._New York State doPanama, total thous. of long tons..
In U. S. vessels doSt. Lawrence.. thous. of short tons..Sault St. Marie. _ ......__doWelland.... . — .do. . . .
Rivers:Allegheny doMississippi (Government barges only).doMonongahela doOhio (Pittsburgh district) do
Clearances, vessels in foreign trade:Total U. S. ports . thous. of net tons..
Foreign doUnited States do
TravelOperations on scheduled airlines:
Miles flown thous. of miles..Express carried ....__ pounds..Passengers carried. number..Passenger-miles flown. thous. of miles..
Hotels:Average sale per occupied room dollars...Rooms occupied percent of total..Restaurant sales index._____ 1929=100..
Foreign travel: I &U. S. citizens, arrivals. __number__i..__ .U. S. citizens, departures... do IEmigrants . . . . doImmigrants doPassports issued do I 1,913
National Parks:
3,1355624415716069
606
1, 260
3324
382, 603'316,12536, 094
260,17948, 23174,193
0)648
2, 3041,101
99213,0021,616
423192
2, 5851, 396
3,356796
497,149149, 214
Visitors . doAutomobiles do
Pullman Co.:Revenue passenger-miles thousands_ _Passenger revenues. thous. of dol._|
COMMUNICATIONS ITelephone carriers:
Operating revenues thous. of doL.jStation revenues. _ . . . do ITolls, message._. _____do
Operating expenses doNet operating income doPhones in service, end of month..thousands..
Telegraph and cable carriers:!Operating revenues, totalf thous. of dol._
Telegraph carriers, total doWestern Union Telegraph Co., revenues
from cable operations....thous. of doL.Cable carriers ,_._..do....
Operating expenses f . . . .doOperating income |- --- .. .doNet income f do
Radiotelegraph carriers, operating revenuesthous. of doL.
'3 ,102
'37••138rl78-76
'623r 99 "i
' 1, 237703316
381.118314,400
37,146251,167'43,421r 86, 530
41, 078
36,115.941
2,097
360.9296.9
35.5290. 5
70.526.2
434615
2,4461, 0341, 216
11,4931,564
279150
2,0771, 355
6,3064,5371,769
7,442981, 462192, 54475, 800
3.356489
40, 29526, 6562,3015, 5IS1,843
•437, 415129, 548
736,3254, 679
103,84365, 69629, 36167, 21022, 38618, 263
12, 49511,079
9001,4179, 6752,0721,311
3,3756764615216584
2531,358
683415
419,717355,10433, 367
271, 53846, 563101,61656, 521
40, 066.9511,866
377.6313.834.8
306.671.027.1
513717
2,3861,0371, 215
12, 3531,748
320181
2,4571,443
5,9744,2851, 689
7,626948, 501194,21677, 468
3.396793
19,70010,0331,9965, 4921,759
247,14974, 366
696,1864, 467
105, 52068, 45328,31869,15722, 24018, 357
11,0879,995
6841,0929,3081, 094230
1,622 | 1,263
3,0406014714214867
616182
1,2361084735
368, 027310, 43429, 289256, 17041,51170, 34633, 004
35,131.9531,591
369.1307.432.6
303.665.523.8
485709
2,4731, 0311,073
10, 4381, 535
303192
2,4941,427
6,0714,1961,875
7,408844.413171,55767, 031
3.446196
10. 129 j7,984 !
3,262671591551716371655
1,3711605869
345, 247276, 27237,816
249, 01335, 28160, 95336, 622
31, 460.9612,020
359. 8296.634.7
295. 464.421.3
6610
2,4611,047
33953404
214128
2, 6581,443
4, 5363,2151,321
2,5556435011511750
55438
9891265936
345, 498283,10736, 079
257, 34142,59145, 5672,927
32, 502.9521,932
357.6294.134.8
301.356.315.3
5660
2,3381,066
000
831,281
315
4,3563,0341,322
7,733 ! 7,2711,038,278 j 817,633175,263 150,10271,530 I 61,355
3.295490
11,5657,0991, 7147. 6731, 663
63, 48619, 740
562,047 675,284
1, 6075,8611,
83,27,
641
966081
3,704 4,367
103, 403 j 105, 12568,394 69,026
27,18870,56820, 11918, 537
3.216692
13, 36715, 7851,5303,8762,527
68. 77419, 470
795, 0955,254
26, 26570, 05219,40618, 447
10, 313 11, 9259, 324 10, 822
610989
9,210424
d 432
1,152
6581,103
10,0081, 212331
2,4875714312112343
57139
9741786975
313,475257, 63031,945
240, 51940, 33832, 618
d 10, 761
29, 655.9471,709
339.2278.333.9
290.348.98.4
4340
2,1241,022
000
12579
1,615836
4, 2503,0141,237
6,673697, 385139,81658,937
3.256691
21,04914, 1251, 2487, 0251,870 j
77,12221,189
671, 7694,558
3,1236244516016353
74151
1,2841887085
327, 009266, 72133, 262
248, 59441,68136, 734<* 4, 955
31,116.9441,803
328.7265.935.6
289. 938.8
6310
2,2791,073
000
207158
2,2881,135
4, 5973,1981,399
7,930894, 581195,062
3.186589
22, 82225,1131,4596, 3732,070
117,43032, 967
735,3164, 871
106.14470, 02327, 32270, 32920,97318, 710
10, 4459,451
599 |994
9,408 i332 j
<*460 |
1, 258 j 1, 109
102, 99968, 67425,51267, 86820, 36518,802 j
10,020 j9,094 I
566926
8,892443
1,028
106, 09469, 71627, 57369, 67521,17218, 896
10, 8689,932
591936
9,554626123
1,072
2,494444301291314559559
1,0621636766
321, 439265, 24629, 956
245, 81841, 79933, 822<* 9, 261
29, 903.9641,691
328.3269.932.4
289.039.3
5720
2,0811,042268
1,278449
302164
1,9841,208
4,7593,0781,680
8,332871,317224,85288,062
3.4066104
16,06716,4101,1926,9232,109
124, 86438, 580
635, 8024,170
107,15570, 46927, 85969, 84222, 13518, 992
10, 6619,687
594973
9,321641145
1,116
2,7134703313412647597195
1, 1121546956
343, 362284, 63429, 742
252, 80343, 48347, 0773,843
33, 086.9271,699
341.8281.432.5
290.451.39.5
0)665
2,3191,3581,057
12, 2502,051
475246
2,6031,560
5,8453,7512,094
9,267941,810258, 451100,044
3.1066108
12,90511,9481,3106,1862,604
259, 36877,869
570,8364, 749
I108,60371,00728, 69371,95021, 39119, 089
11,58610, 565
6611,0229,8161,035
397
1,239
3, 5356005017116452
725326
1,4461265443
344,813280, 66035, 936
252, 46244, 93247,4197,050
32, 908.930
2,060
359.8297.234.8
299.560.218.4
0)647
1,789898
1,05513,4551,913
469204
2,6871,552
6,3354,2302,105
9,549981, 884286, 272110,840
3.276295
16, 6038,688993
4,1252,926
539, 769166, 667
685, 4274,277
106, 06369, 74127,42468, 99518,40419,108
11,11610,198
569918
9, 621759466
1,177
2,826474 ]41 !127 !203 !41 j570 |275 j
1,095 !133 |57 I
47!366, 078300, 65837, 732261,99946,974
r 57,10416, 042
33,713.963
2,244
356.3293.8 i33.8302.7 ;53.6 I
3,7186575418620862755347
1. 4491045130
381, 427310,64540, 974
207, 50547, 90766,01521. 725
36, 398
364. 8298. 436.7
307.6
0)779
2,2851, 0751.123
13,8421,832
399198
2,6811,474.71 I
0)625
2,4181, 2021. 008
13,7131,820
501-•212
2, 6791,412
P 6 , 3 4 0 ! J>6,331r> 4, 241 i v 4, 307v 2, 099 l v 2, 024
10,121 I 10,2231,056,999 1,201,999296,539 • 320.990112, 377 121, 602
3.196088
3.3964100
17,254 I 15.09212, 354 10. 9001, 189 { 1. 1104,298 4.8122,848 j 2,435
927,757 933,7.83257,109 ' 258,128
702,1864,263 !
106,593 :68,97228,63671, 85019,20419,137
10,7739,906
543807
9, 873204
d293
1,149
718,1404, 402
107. 35003, 74929, 72270, SS520, 50019, 211
10, 90910,1SS
4347S1
9, 783443
1, 033
f Revised. d Deficit. v Preliminar?/. l Data temporarily discontinued by reporting source.KData for August and December 1939, March, June, and August, 1940 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks.*New series. Adjusted data on financial operations of railways beginning 1921 appear in table 33, p. 16, of the September 1940 issue. The new series on taxes and joint
facility and equipment rents is shown to provide figures for obtaining total railway expenses as given in the adjusted figures of financial operations; earlier data may be obtainedby deducting operating expenses and net railway operating income from operating revenues.
fRevised to exclude data for radiotelegraph carriers; for revised data beginning 1934, see table 48, p. 16 of this issue.
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 39
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939 1940
Sep-tember October i Novem-
berDecem-
berJanu-
aryFebru-
ary March April May June July August
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS
CHEMICALS
Alcohol, denatured:Consumption . . . ..thous. of wine gal.Production. __ . „ do. . .Stocks, end of month... _. . . . . do . . .
Alcohol, ethyl:Production-. . thous. of proof gal.Stocks, warehoused, end of month.. . . . .do.. .Withdrawn for denaturing.. .do. . .Withdrawn, tax paid—.... do. . .
Methanol:Exports, refined .__.._.gallons -Price, refined,wholesale (N. Y.).dol. per gal-Production:
Crude (wood distilled).-.----thous. of gaLSynthet ic . . . do._.
Explosives, shipments thous. of lb.Sulphur production (quarterly):
Louisiana . . Jong tons.Texas - do. . .
Sulphuric acid (fertilizer manufacturers):Consumed in production of fertilizer
short tons.Price, wholesale, 66°, at works
dol. per short ton.Production.. . short tons.Purchases:
From fertilizer manufacturers . . .do._.From others . . do. . .
Shipments:To fertilizer manufacturers __.do._.To others. ._. . .do.. .
Stocks, end of month ___do...
14,15713,6942,445
21, 55918, 48024, 2182, 045
198,332.34
37,180
137, 445
FERTILIZERS
Consumption, Southern Statesthous. of short t ons .
Exports, total . - ..long tons..Nitrogenous . . . . . doPhosphate materials.. _____ _do._._Prepared fertilizers . . do . . . .
Imports, total ._ _. _. doNitrogenous, total ____.do . . .
Nitrate of soda . ._.__doPhosphates . . . doPotash . .. do
Price, wholesale, nitrate of soda, 95 percent(N. Y.) . . . . . . dol. per ewt._
Potash deliveries . short tons..Superphosphate (bulk):
Production . do . . . .Shipments to consumers .. .doStocks, end of month..__.____._ ....do
NAVAL STORESRosin, gum:
Price, wholesale "H" (Savannah), bulkfdol. per 100 1b...
Receipts, net, 3 ports bbl. (500 lb.)._Stocks, 3 ports, end of month do.
Turpentine, gum, spirits of:Price, wholesale (Savannah) dol. per gaL.Receipts, net, 3 ports .. .bbl. (50 gal.)Stocks, 3 ports, end of month.. do.
16. 50
142144, 348
29, 729100, 713
53671,03861,45637, 610
3647,787
1. 45048,018
OILS, FATS, AND BYPRODUCTS
Animal Fats arid Byproducts and FishOils (Quarterly) i
Animal fats: !Consumption, factory thous. of lb-.jProd net ion . . . . do. _.. IStocks, end of quarter do I
Greases: jConsumption, factory ..do jProduction , do.___'Stocks, end of quarter do
Shortenings and compounds:Production . do . . . .Stocks, end of quarter - . . . . .do
Fish oils:Consumption, factory .._____do ____Production do . . . .Stocks, end of quarter . do
1.6140,190
522, 181
.379, 762
51,053
235,774508, 543557, 921
82, 409104.520121,217
296,17948,144
43,958
Vegetable Oils and ProductsVegetable oils, total:
Consumption, crude, factory (quarterly)mil. of Ib..
Exports thous. of 1b_.Im ports, total do
Paint oils . doAll other vegetable oils do
Production (quarterly). mil. of lb__Stocks, end of quarter:
Crude ...do....Refined ._._„__. do
42. 816174,462
6229, 680
57, 9772, 745
55, 232540
737452
12,84812,625
1,776
18,10425,91322, 3152,187
28, 337.36
4052, 640
35, 933
106,795372, 655
15,4531.5,1811,496
20,96517,97426,0332,248
263, 588.36
4634,15840,612
134,287 ; 175,338
16.50 ! 16.50153,897 | 205,024
30,040 | 31,77433,590 | 40,049
37,574 I 42,83544,089 j 57,41074,113 i 75,377
"154 !123,792 |27,157 j76,904 i
697 i88,276 !71,447 !10,445 \
392 j15,877 I
190112, 69918, 97478, 4181,921
110,04691,43142, 2042,54914, 571
1.450 1.45054, 762 72, 622
305,538 ! 406,809109.223 ! 67.1431,012,067 1,122,492
2.36 I 2.3460,289 ! 54,574679,127 j 630, 926
.26 I .2716,369 I 14,605101,111 93,317
13,06813, 0601,479
21, 78714,16822,9442,282
123,995.36
4804,612
35, 477
176, 860
16. 50208,461
37, 56232, 784
44,97958, 31874,027
10879, 2707,53855,009
486109, 670101, 33566, 4072,7994,214
1.45070,952
417, 41019, 225
1,228,028
2.3043, 736
643, 443
.2610,94598,986
11,43411,1581,173
22,08014,61419, 5241,729
368,248
4344.184
30, 580
126,650530,047
I
249, 278480, 251318,616
54, 12393, 62452, 833
405, 33136, 539
67, 98181,556221, 392
7107,908
51, 62011, 27740, 343
583
660521
24, 74564, 59312, 40252,191
172,332
16.50219, 838
32, 88536, 889
47, 62359, 87083,814
18770, 90518, 62943,474
489126,952106, 51059, 518
70518,161
1.45062, 635
405,19924,368
1,233,297
2.2551, 032
642, 234
.2710, 20294, 677
256, 378629, 499417, 673
10,14710, 3981,417
20, 65615,27918, 3861,504
369, 290.36
4573, 453
34, 690
182,160
16.50235,023
26, 69926, 826
39, 63658, 33592, 040
37956, 60227,16427, 099
278146,012103,28156, 627
69341,793
1.45054,944
8, 5058,4601,386
20. 38118,77314,6971,640
228, 357.36
4473, 78231,035
158, 592
16.50212, 719
19, 72423, 685
40,30055, 65093,132
67553,39828,90219, 717
800140, 54473, 79226, 506
40665, 486
1. 45010,106
430, 820 358, 75830,335 52,741
1,256,690 11,250,521
2.3111,630
605, 046
.301,487
76, 664
9,5241,392
20, 98320,67716, 7302,012
326,149.36
5073, 46330,189
121, 820546, 558
2.356,764
570, 403
.33611
66, 532
149,303
16.50196, 290
19, 38323, 416
34, 68555, 00293, 231
1,53660, 33214, 84743,311
722178, 782135,83986,039
47640,094
1.4505,412
351,009158, 7171,115,331
2.387,710
544, 281
.371,202
58, 369
61,061107, 30460, 375
330, 8165Q, 621
80, 026129,743 j245,150 |
16, 02281, 6746,94374, 731
1,01917, 43680, 97516, 73364,242 |1,069 |
784 !654 |
10, 49980, 71120, 52760,183
12, 09166, 5797,58058, 999
9,7939,9941,591
20, 21820,95717,6112,035
35, 725.34
4423,486
32, 204
140,272
16.50192,846
11,99127,618
32, 53358,06194,820
1,12565, 79820,05343,167
748144,702118,51589, 679
60019, 553
1.4503, 511
338, 482221, 376834,900
2.1326, 679522,133
.356, 58451, 215
10,03710,0371,586
20,95321,92117, 7521,782
21,932.34
4373,41)9
34, 475
143, 742
16.50191, 643
15, 69227, 330
37, 37159, 09089, 282
329108, 20720, 48580,484
544146, 79797, 02079, 2991,228
30,197
1.4504,711
339, 736133, 372906, 650
9,6259,7061,662
21,42321, 79917, 4903,380
53, 341.34
4263,426
32, 877
149,995525,157
137, 321
16.50176, 846
18,01336, 029
34, 53457, 34490, 971
12290, 06115, 37966, 619
37299, 00283, 70762, 5983,38610, 349
1.45023, 363
327,16961,120945, 712
229,509688, 427560, 537
85, 454112,203110,851
273,11957,250
63,129 !34, 015203,521
91415, 05767,0119,10757,904
910
861 i754 |
9,17866, 0511,388
64, 663
1. 96 | 1. 7637,792 ! 43,411516, 741 529, 416
.34 .329,429 11,30250, 704 53, 345
231, 581610, 030633, 821
89, 978109, 979122, 330
71,14911, 94459, 205
9,49710, 4432,605
22, 45722, 39319, 6212,020
74,295.34
3903,85233,340
134, 050
16. 50180,553
24,13332, 517
44, 06355, 43394, 628
72122, 83721,02186, 672
630117, 250109,61882, 342
97,441
1.45035,817
323,56727, 584
1,010,04 7
1.4246. 132519, 556
.3312,34054, 488
11,19511,5102,919
24, 09423, 64520, 9181, 424
228, 961.34
4083, 788
35, 036
153,215
16.50194,664
30, 78231,476
45, 68060, 92391, 732
61178, 47430, 321128, 907
88189, 89175, 54252, 7033,1368,829
1. 45034,534
361,38745, 389
1,091,183
1.6948, 389524, 212
.3411,49655, 809
287, 998
47, 4025,843
166, 507
7568,64878, 21415, 79162, 424
558
713684
10, 24596, 62919, 53377, 096
11,69574, 85410,83964, 015
' Revised.f Revised series.
of the SURVEY.Data prior to July 1940 on prices of gum rosin converted from price per barrel of 280 pounds gross (conversion factor 2.324) published in previous issues
40 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939
Sep-tember October Novem-
berDecem-
ber
1940
Janu-ary
Febru-ary March April May June July August
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS—Continued
OILS, FATS, AND BYPRODUCTS-Con.
Vegetable Oils and Products—Con.
Copra:Consumption, factory (quarterly).short tons.Imports ....doStocks, end of quarter -_ . . - . . -do . . -
Coconut or copra oil:Consumption, factory:
Crude (quarterly) , . .thous. of lb_.Refined (quarterly) _ . . . d o . . . .
In oleomargarine . . _. _doImports ._...__ . .doProduction (quarterly):
Crude . doRefined _._ _ . . . . _ . . . . do
Stocks, end of quarter:Crude- _. -doRefined.. . . . . do
Cottonseed:Consumption (crush). _.thous. of short tons..Receipts at mills . . do . . . .Stocks at mills, end of month do
Cottonseed cake and meal:E xports. . short tons..Production do . . . .Stocks at mills, end of month. . _. do
Cottonseed oil, crude:Production thous. of lb__Stocks, end of month __.__ do
Cottonseed oil, refined:Consumption, factory (quarterly) d o . . . .
In oleomargarine d o . . . .Price, wholesale, summer, yellow, prime
(N. Y . ) . . . . . . . dol. per l b -Production . . . . thous. of lb._Stocks, end of month . . . . . . . . . . d o . . —
Flaxseed:Imports ____.._.thous. of bu . .Minneapolis:
Receipts doShipments d o . . . .Stocks . . . . . do
Duluth:Receipts _ doShipments __. .do. . . .Stocks . do--_.
Oil mills (quarterly):Consumption . doStocks, end of quarter.. d o . . . .
Price, wholesale, No 1 (Mpls.) dol. per bu_.Production (crop est.) . . . . thous. of bu._
Linseed cake and meal:Exports .... ,__do.__.Shipments from Minneapolis . . . . . do
Linseed oil:Consumption, factory (quarterly) doPrice, wholesale (N. Y.) .._dol. per 3b-.Production (quarterly) . . . . thous. of lb__Shipments from Minneapolis... . . . .doStocks at factory, end of quarter. _ do
Oleomargarine:Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals)._.doPrice, wholesale, standard, uncolored (Chi-
cago) - . dol. per lb-.Production ..thous. of lb . .
Vegetable shortenings:Price, wholesale, tierces (Chi.)...dol. per lb._
PAINT SALES
Calcimines, plastic and cold-water paints:Calcimines . . . . thous. of dol..Plastic paints doCold-water paints:
In dry form,. . . . .doIn paste form . . . . . . . . d o . . . .
Paint, varnish, lacquer, and fillers:Total .- . .do
Classified, total . . . . . . d o . . . .Industrial ..__._..__ . . .doTrade _.do
Unclassified... ._ _. .do. ._.
CELLULOSE PLASTIC PRODUCTS
Nitro-cellulose, sheets, rods, and tubes:Consumption thous. of lb__Production . . . d o . . . .Shipmentso" _. do . . . .
Cellulose-acetate sheets, rods, and tubes:Consumption ,thous. of lb_.Production -doShipmen tscf _ _ _ do
Moulding composition:Production . ____doShipments! __ do
57,57911,98029,293
148, 24556, 248
21, 684
73,03875,920
209, 67413,772
353599333
40155, 320
95, 884
110, 59280, 274
312,007
.05646,171
348, 042
24
5, 813347
7,073
2,2931,6911, 935
6, 9437,038
1.48i 30, 629
15929, 440
101,652.084
135,38916, 600
115,135
. 115
.090
21350
193311
33, 93724. 10110,50213,599
9, 836
2801,093
8826755
1,7091, 501
49, 2397,533
13, 808
141, 94952, 360
3,11310, 988
61,94969, 627
197, 49111,443
' 5 2 0' 1, 132
»" 811
1,318230,404123,222
161,163109,931
356, 2949,034
.071' 94,120•411,093
452
2,709648
5,456
2,0321,1701,521
6,8146,3841.75
40, 60023, 280
.099134, 32614, 700112, 629
27, 918
.12428,105
.104
171289
36, 96025, 51510, 42015, 09511,445
3281,1641,156
7706677
1,3121,153
17, 222
2,16717, 774
-•715' 1,187' 1, 283
2, 335321,458198,853
221,898'157,201
8,689
.068164,685"432, 530
875
679367
5,154
1,3601,109
14, 52919, 720
.102
15,666
23, 676
.12323, 785
.104
23340
179270
34, 54024, 99510, 97614, 0209, 544
3111,3151,232
14713684
1,4101,333
31, 790
2,15434, 744
••642r 651
' 1, 293
1,403•288,224•206,503
•200,675'184, 433
9,701
.065164,396'490,350
682
318428
4,059
541566
1.84
30, 91421, 480
.098
27, 719
.12827, 886
21334
153206
29, 39621, 77210, 23411,5387,624
3461,3611,244
10725793
1,1991,119
55, 24028, 65835,084
150, 52858, 4241,972
26, 686
69, 47873, 725
178, 38311,881
' 505-•378
r 1,165
343226,764219,412
159,229•181,801
318,4558,779
.069155, 781553, 702
623
269104
3,616
1451,178
51
8,7364,8662.07
8 20, 330
52. 76521, 320
88, 287.102
166,1508,820
142, 457
48,863
2,05134, 899
' 5 2 5' 1 5 8' 7 9 8
216236, 596217,083
167,475'202, 274
22, 449
1,84126, 240
10, 077
.069141,503
r588, 641
1,058
153130
2,720
2.18
18, 45321, 440
25, 737
.12025, 587
.099
20332
159277
25, 93419, 3339,4099,9246,602
2711,0891,199
14987
1,030
1,1831,135
.107
~i6,"380'
29, 409
.12029, 354
.100
' 4 2 4' 146' 5 2 1
141196,194
•200,275
138,692'201, 407
10, 200
.069•125,824'628, 632
1,763
139119
2,151
21231
2.14
50,06814, 200
.102
"16"800"
28, 474
.12029, 477
.100
78, 83435, 63345, 756
149, 76155, 9862,464
34, 266
98, 51970,920
196, 94013, 407
' 293' 8 9
' 3 1 7
112135,993175,093
' 98, 075186, 292
278, 0349,021
.067'114,712"645,875
1,972
12788
1,751
21
32
7,8923,356
2.08
35, 68814, 960
85, 526.106
150,197
20534
140252
27, 66520, 4569,991
10, 4657,210
2711,2391,081
9857751
1,1771.024
18642
133264
25, 53618, 8068,9209,8876,729
1861,016
918
7637655
972878
12, 960172,800
26,828
.12026,641
21554
186320
30, 37022, 61010,08012, 5317,759
2121,090
925
12550589
1,1041,022
18, 932
3,08434, 977
' 173' 2 8
' 172
116' 83, 402151,995
' 61, 574"142, 833
8,188
.068' 97, 318•640, 916
1,199
176132
1,237
560
2.11
66, 23715, 280
.108
" 13," 020"
27, 606
2,52718,150
' 101' 2 6' 9 7
52' 47, 227129,173
' 36, 438' 98,843
70, 21717, 45446, 933
146,15658, 492
1,57526, 729
87, 78169, 451
8,468
.064'79 ,498'600, 480
1,434
209172701
170180
202, 23915,083
' 57'23'63
31' 26,165'110,909
' 19, 396' 66,134
316,1967,392
.060'51 ,091'553, 395
521
161123519
530
130
1.97
6,6373,148
1.78
21, 53813,760
.105
~I4~666~
27,580
.12027, 408
272 i
234382
36,20626, 55210, 97215, 5809,654
174852848
18558490
!951 I904 I
24,123l
.120 '24, 676
.098
30256
242413
41, 72229, 74411,05118, 69311, 978
171800926
10702
893837
1,92610, 440
98,977.099
128,38314,450
132,881
19, 495
.12019, 852
.095
24743
207316
36, 27125, 8289,776
16, 05210, 443
212770850
634562
871682
19,137
1,26136, 659
' 19, 566' 79, 501
'14,123" 37, 352
8,526
.060' 45, 862•493, 658
661
4238
248
63183
10
1.58
5618, 560
.092
" 14," 350
22, 066
.12022, 021
.095
19347
199251
34, 05624,2789,895
14, 3839,779
168899955
8505408
897
20, 578-
1,18026, 286
77'125
86
14036, 30357, 539
23,15824, 267
8,275
.05634, 262
412, 564
628
7, 3071,1802,816
1,566244
1,333
1,02122, 7tX)
.087
14," 550
22, 498
.11821,664
.093
20249
183295
34.99124, 97310, 61914,35410,018
168890970
773784
1,4231, 342
' Revised. l October 1 estimate. 2 December 1 estimate,concludes consumption in reporting company plants.§Excludes consumption in reporting company plants.
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 41
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939 1940
Sep-tember October Novem-
! berDecem-
berJanu-
aryFebru-
ary March ! April • May June j July j Angus
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS— Continued
ROOFING
Asphalt prepared roofing, shipments:Total thous., of squares - - j.
Grit roll . . . . . do \.Shingles (all types) do J.Smooth roll do j.
3,8671,1251,2891, 453
4,6111,2911,5201,800
2,486 i632 !810 I
1,044 i
1,546408447691
1,137 :314 !285 '538
2, 105488625992* \
2,068 :490 I670 !908 I
2,286 I
921 •776
2, 924761
1, 184980
2,707 j734
1,076 I897
2,982 j827 I
1,166 |.989 L
ELECTRIC POWER AND GAS
11,997
8,1253,872
10,6781,319
ELECTRIC POWER
Production, total . mil. of kw.-hr.__!By source: !
Fuel . . . . _. _ .do |Water power do j
By type of producer: \Privately and municipally owned electric ;
utilities mil. of kw.-hr_.jOther producers do._ _. i
Sales to ultimate customers, totalf (Edison >Electric Institute) mil. of kw.-hr__j.
Residential or domestic do LRural (distinct rural rates) do ! _Commercial and industrial: |
Small light and power do LLarge light and power do__--j_
Street and highway lighting do j_Other public authorities-. do . - . - j .Railways and railroads do j .Interdepartmental do ,_
Revenues from sales to ultimate customers! ;(Edison Electric Institute) thous. of dol..1.
GASfManufactured gas:
Customers, total thousandsDomestic .. doHouse heating _... do .Industrial and commercial do
Sales to consumers, total mil. of cu. itDomestic . do __House heating doIndustrial and commercial do_.
Revenue from sales to consumers, totalthous. of dol
D o mes t i c doHouse heating ___.do _Industrial and commercial do
Natural gas:Customers, total . thousands
Domestic _._ do . .Industrial and commercial do
Sales to consumers, total. _____ .mil. of cu. ftDomestic doIndl., coml., and elec, generation do
Revenues from sales to consumers, totalthous of del
Domestic doInd'l., com'l., and elec. generation do
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Fermented malt liquors:Production thous. of bbL.Tax-paid withdrawals doStocks _.. do. . -
Distilled spirits:Production ..thous. of tax gal .Tax-pawl withdrawals.... do _Imports . . . . tli'Uis. of proof £iL.Stocks _ .- . thoud. of tax ji.-il 519.017
Whisky:Production . .do . . . (1.762Tax- pni-1 withdrawals _. do . . . . 6, o5 \Imports . . . thous. of proof gal..: 6iilStocks . . . . thous. of tax gal.. 176. '*M)
Rectified spiriro and wines, production, totalthous. of proof cal... l. 1M»
Whisky do . . . .',.:A)1Tndie:it<-'d consumption for beverage purposes:
All spirits ..thous. of proof en!Whisky .... . . . . . . do -
-till wines:Production thous. of wine gaLTax-paid withdrawals do_..I mports . do....Stocks . . . . . . do . ._
Sparkling wines:Production . doTax-paid withdrawals do . . . :
Im ports , do : 32Stocks „___ do •
11,120 11,861 | 11,661 ; 12,077 j 12,252 11,104 j 11,514 ; 11,193 11,609 11,485 j 12,091 J ' 1 2 , 4 5 0
8,002 ; 8,7233,118 | 3,138
8,456 j3,205 I
8, 8913,187
9, 0653, 186
7,9143, 190
10,213 10,895 i 10,661 ; 11,074907 966 | 1,000 : 1,003
11,262 10,258990 : 846
10, 0672,186
98
9.495 !2,037 !
83 !
7,5833,931
10, 557957
9,3271,921
93
6, 6454, 548
10,277916 ;
9,2701,856 i
124 ;
1,921 , 1,8334,767 : 4,541 :
' 208 I 183235 23258468
52066
1,770 I4,537 !
174 i226538
68
1, 7584.611
' 155221482
63
7.0064, 603
10,616 :992 !
9,369 !
1,787:153
1,742 i4,799 i
143 !215 !468 i6 2 ;
7,2704,215
10, 4021,083
9,4741,798208
1, 7994,82713021543958
7,931 i4, 159 j
|
10,9371,154 |
9,6101.769 |261 i
1,8204,908 |
136 j212 |444 !61 i
r 8, 482' 3, 968
11,239r 1,211
10,09!:1,828288
1,9155, 180
14922445158
213,096 203,265 : 197,365 \ 194,415 193,288 ! 195,746 | 195,556 ! 201,936
10,075 ;
9,383 !222463
26, 47016, 435
8749,037
28, 45821, 720
8375,818
7, 2436,738
50393,71215, 64976, 688
26, 66412, 35914,105
10,084 ,9,377 I
245 !452 i
29.466 !17,1522,389 !
9,764 ;
30,638 !
22.467 !1,849 !6,215
7,309 '6,777 \
530 I103,626 I19,623 i82, 593
30,855 i14,86715,784
10,0729,358
257449
32, 52515, 341
6, 95110, 050
32, 05621, 4983,8636,574
7, 4366,861
573118, 25030, 99785, 655
38, 77121, 07217,457
10. 110 •9,384
266450
35,02815,7138,821
10, 269
33, 59821,625
5, 1366, 703
7,4796, 892
584129, 92341,51987, 106
45, 62626, 74818.659
10,0409,328
247456
38,521 i17,693 ;10,44410,156
35,96822,491 !
6,565 i6, 772 ;
7,435 i6,861 i
572 !149, 14857,40290, 392
56, 87936,003 '20,638
10.0719, 351
45437,30717, 44610,0719,568
35, 23621,6756. 7186, 708
7,4426,873
567158, 46663, 51993,189
59, 67738, 43720, 938
10. 0529, 334
246460
35,87317,1678,5229,971
33, 72821,1825, 7956,615
7,4806, 902
575136, 88649, 72185, 604
50, 13631.23918, 609
10.025 .9,296 ;
256 :
461 !31,182 :16,091 :
7,255 '10,046 j
32,159 I20,906 i4,518 !6, 598 i
7,4596,886
571121,80540,06981,049
43,311 i26,299 !16,890 s
10,119 !9,383 i
263 i460
32,075 j
15,9095,584 :10,414 :
31,650 ;21,9433, 1026,493
7,4776,920 i
555 ;
108,434 :30,698 '76,522 ;
36,72221,29315,226 '
10,1349,412 )
252 1458
29,009 !
16,995 j2,205 !9,669 j
30,250 i22,422 !1,621 I6,122 |
7,4436,912 i
529 i95,843 I21,403 ;73,187 i
30,51716,372 i13,957
10, 154 :9,442 |
242 i459 1
26,792 i16, 107 !1,246 i9,268 j
28,387 ;
21.425 :' 985 i5,893 •
7, 422 ]
6,896 .524 !
93,287 I17,775 174,355 j
28, W0 I14,09.3 •13,897 j
10. 1759, 461244458
25,31014, 780
9, 463
27, 07520, 265
8025,911
7, 4626,941520
95, 55916, 14177, 741
27,91013, us14,582
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO
4. 0014, 300
r». 70i». 176
70
•j. o'iii
136
4, 92 ]$, 112
l .*J .51 1, 1
1 {
-•11 9 i-•10 30 >
44 JOu6, i'«
4 J 1
4, 2J74, IV.
11 Off1 1H
5 IO, 60')
7, 07 I8, VO
100 I"6
4, >_'
1 > 7012 007
10">, Vi (b o i l
3,68'
1-!, 1S1 (> )
10, i
It, Jf)614, )Ub
370
7 7011 2**8
K 5, 01*5
1 n)23 2i'i
7\ 9.6
6, r 17
512,3<<i
10 021
). "CO82
i( () 00*
2 679
8 JTN
7, .'4 .
12 J139, h<) 112 721 15-J, Hn 127
5059
597
5680
576
101130511
312534
512
3,4783 23S8 0(JI*
l i MG
( 2 $' 11 0")
0 7))6,« 1 )
170, ^ 'o
3 4i)22 S '(
2 0» 1
J81424
506
4, 3SJ3 hOO8, 391
13,1818, KM)
10 306, H.O
61"173 278
3 isO2 b'/l
30, 55)5 (.71
1,SS"6 2 *>
1720
532
", 1091,177'), 10
(7177 8'
10 2.i»8 i"<,
4518
556
;o8
39u!9
r Revised.tRovised series. Data on manufactured gas revised beginning January 1938 and natural gas beginning January 1937; see tables 24 and 25
Survey. Electric power sales and revenues from sales will bo revised beginning 1937. At present, revised data comparable with the 1940 figonly ibr January to August 1939.
", "945 S" {l»,0i8
10 6 T10.N711 sJt
4,2V
M 7fO12 t.11
li , i_t {
U\ 2'4
34101660
. 16 and 17; shown ab
7 M (> 757 i A 4 ^ t
,02 Oi2\ <»< "2! ,i>
" . 1 0 J J .
, 116
1b 2'.;
6(39 6K(;
, of t he M a y 1940iove are available
42 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939
temberOctober
| Novem-! Decem-ber ber
1940
Janu-ary
Febru-ary March April May June \ July j August
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO—Continued
D A I R Y P R O D U C T SButter: j
Consumption, apparent thous. of lb__! 15u, 335Price, wholesale, 92-score (N. Y.). .dol. per lb . . j . 29Production, creamery (factory).thous. of l b . J 141,205Receipts, 5 markets do ! ^'). 7 5 \Stocks, cold storage, creamery, end of month |
thous. of l b . . , 127,971Cheese: i
Consumption, apparent do ; 6"), 700Imports d o. _ . . j 1,531Price, wholesale, No . 1 Amer. (N. Y.) j
dol. per l b . , 1 .17Production, total (factory) thous. of lb._ '•1.80M
American whole m i l k - . do ; 5o, ^75Receipts, 5 markets do ' 11. 7N>Stocks, cold storage, end of month do ' 14s. 010
American whole milk do ! 127,051Condensed and evaporated milk: j
Exports : jCondensed (sweetened) do ! 3, ioi?Evaporated (unsweetened).. . . _ do i Ih.017
Prices, wholesale (N. Y.) : !Condensed (sweetened) .-..dol. per case.- ' 5 ooEvaporated (unsweetened) do : M in
Production, case goods: ]Condensed (sweetened) thous. of l b . . \ <\ •'» 10E vaporated (unsweetened) do j 195, 011
Stocks, manufacturers ' , case goods, end of ;month:
Condensed (sweetened) thous. of l b . _ • 9, 5^0Evaporated (unsweetened) . - . do ; :> J, 515
Fluid milk: " jConsumption in oleomargarine do '• . .Price, dealers', s tandard grade.dol. per 100lb. . j 2. ) sProduction (Minneapolis and St. Paul) '•
thous. of l b - . - - - - - -Receipts: ;
Boston thous. of q t . . ! 20. :)HGreater New York do \
Powdered milk: jExports thous. of l b - . 79<'~;Production do ' 21, 7'>0Stocks, nifrs., end of mo do i 1 to, «•.?,«
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES I
Apples: !Production (crop estimate) thous of bu.Shipments, carlot no. of carloadsStocks, cold storage, end of month
thous. of buCitrus fruits, carlot shipments-.no. of carloadsOnions, carlot shipments d o . . .Potatoes, white*
Price, wholesale (N. Y.) dol. per 100 lbProduction (crop estimate) rhous. of buShipments, carlot no. of carloads.
41154,
8,
iI
* ;]89,12,
109854307
675.091.492
GRAINS AND GRAIN PRODUCTSExports, principal grains, incl. flour and meal
thous. of bu- .Barley:
Exports, including malt doPrices, wholesale (Minneapolis):
No. 2, malting ... dol. per buNo. 3, straight do
Production (crop estimate) thous. of buReceipts, principal markets doStocks, commercial, end of mo do
Corn:Export?, including meal doGrindings . - doPrices, wholesale:
No, 3, vellow (Chicago) + dol. per buNo. 3, white (Chicago) doWeighted average, 5 markets , all grades
dol. per buProduction (crop estimate) thous. of buReceipts, principal markets doShipments, principal markets doStocks, commercial, end of m o . do
Oats:Exports , includincr oatmeal d o . . . .Price, wholesale, No. 3, white (Chicago)
doi. per bu__Production (crop es t imate) . . . . ..thous. of bu . .Receipts, principal markets doStocks, commercial, end of mo .do
Rice:Exports pockets (100 lb.)Imports " .. . .doPrice, wholesale, head, clean (New Orleans)
* ' dol. per lbProduction (crop estimate) thous. of bu.
5, 789
74
. 5042
w*,o:iS, 106
11,071
2, -172'»! 074
s 80_'12,01711. IS1
1.21S '27:7, ('759, 1 11
217. I OS1 \ 106
150,310 I 147,955.28 | .29
150,337 ! 152,706.30 j .30
152,150.32
126,04053, 743
136,005 i.30 '
125, 26551, 276
132,260 I 121,595 112,285
63.909 | 61,752 I3,698 ! 4,073
.17 | .1858, 575 I 54,400
.1841, 20030,44013,26194, 29575,181
.1653,00039,585 i 47,620 ,11,527 ! 11,73774,937 ! no ™a
.1586, 80067, 78012, 50787, 55573, 056
82, 70067,485 |15, 270
114. 3G2 i 138,04996, 143 ! 115,992 !
1, 194 ! 4. 589 |4, 550 ; 15, 068 !
4,368 3,479 j 2,354 j 2,228164,723 143,988 i 125,529 j 135,536
3, 504 3, 1693, 619 j 225,077
6, 157 i 6,730 i291,203 ; 260,722 I
5,074 i 5,244 !2.25 ; 2. 23 I
49227,87017,946
81537,507 |33,572 I
30,307 !11.910 i3,320 I
1. 981 ! 2. 095 I 2. 131 |
~792 | ~18,~793~|~~2l;~S79
22,ll!
823432963
208,
796782449
4, 948
8,372
709
.58
.50
13. 54619, 422
1, 8558, 094
.54
11
820
281
i909
.55
.50
744398
5, 5808 588
.48
.56
22,655 I11,534 !14,947 !
133
.36
12,52310.104
381.76537,528
. 010
.50
31, 60913,13527, 541
162
.35
6. 26114, 552
3015138, 568
.038
.51
26, 72315, 89338, 202
117
.39
52,619,137 i21,923 !
9, 46945, 851
81
5, 63213,199
89, 92658. 305
.41! 937,215
4, 75612,054
107,17932, 127
.0383 52,305
12,6118.125
42, 307
.42
. 58
" 13." 126 |
4o', 575
154
.43
"ll,"
39!
996955704
228
11.9.34,
690633142
57
13,17.24,
116316016
83
.43 l .43 I .41
23,41114.3*925,419
I1 0 5 j
.35
4,327 i2.979 |
247, 142 !19,072 I
.039 !
4,9267, 867
316, 77423, 636
4, 7517, 539
292, 27840, 905
4.178 i6.204 !
287. 51727, 572
.039 i .039 | .038 j
3,0264,619
289, 562 j59,860 |
,03S !
1,9123, 130 2,769 !
294,632 i 240,43,357 I 22,
.039 !
135 !711
.039
13, 2S78,395
190,20952, 240
. 040
' Revised.1 Production in commercial areas: not comparable with earlier estimates of total crop or commercial crop.2 Revised estimate.3 December 1 estimate.4 October 1 estimate.8 No quotat ion.JFor monthly data beginning 1913, corresponding to monthly averages shown on p . 105 of the 1940 Supplement, see table 20, p . 18, of the April 1940 Survey
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT IH'SJNKSS
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939 1940
temberj October i Novem- i Decem- !
ber berJanu-
aryFebru-
ary March j April : May June July August
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO—Continued
GRAINS AND GRAIN PRODUCTS—Con.;
Rice—Continued. !Southern States (La., Tex., Ark., and Tenn.): \
Receipts, rough, at mills Ithous. of bbl. (162 lb.) . . | 970
Shipments from mills, milled rice ithous. of poekeis (100 lb.) 1, nl'j
Mocks, domestic, rough and cleaned (hiirrms oi craned rice), end of month
thous. of potkf U ClOO lb.) 1. IK\Calitornia:
Receipts, donu fetic, roii^h.. basis (1001b.) 4;>8,s47^hipment from mills, milled rice . do > 370, W>^(-'Cks. roucrh and cleaned (in terms of
(leaned rice), end of mo . baa^ (100 lb.) 100, 797
<0\'l '»r*s. including flour thous. of bu 239Vr.tv. whuledaK Nro 2 (Mpl-O dol. per bu . UProdu' lion ufrop "stimsitoi ._ . thous. of b'l i 3 37,452RecfipL^, pnneip il markeis . - do ! 1, r>20Mock?, c iinuiorcial, end of mo . .. do \ 520
Wheat:hw.iMv'.r«.nro ... . doFA puns
Wlst only
flour
v<, i, i ) i r k N o r t h e r n S{ r i n g• M i n n e a p o l i s ) do ) , pe r b u
N . 'J, IvO'l W i n t e r (^ t . L o u i s ) . . . d o\ • J, II m l W i n t e r ( K . C > . . d o*\ »!„!!'( d a \ . , i5 m a r k e t s , al l g r a d e s do
I ' r ' d ' M i n r , K i " p I ^ I . } , t o t a l - t in . i i " . of b uJ p n n L \v»u \t . . doW i n t i r uhe.iT _ d J
Si '-f ini ' n t 5 , j , ; uj<.ip[)l mark« 1 - d<>S*' cks , «Mr,l \>f m- i r . tu :
' \ T a d a v< ".nw.dian v. h e i i i do1 -il 11 • 1 Slj,1«\>, t ' - ta l . '!')
o i u i i i ^ r c u l - . do .< "'.:iMt.-y i i i ' l l - UP i tlcNuti-r^ - . . ' lo .M"ro t i int I IMJN . . . . . . «:>> .
1>P(i ofwln-.it
j1,11011-*. of bbl
- do .. . Jhous. ofbu
M-uid .nl patent'? I'M pis.) - dol. per bbl"VVMIIIT, siraicht (K» us is C i l \ ; 1 d o .
Production:{ lour, actual (Census) thous. of bbl _
Op-, r r ions, peiceiu of capacity .r;<,'ir < Russell-Pearsall) . . _ . thotis. of bbl iOlYil v<'"n^is) - -thous. of 11'
^; x ks. tola! eii'l of month iRi^seIl-Pcarsali>thous. of bbl
fi. M o : insll, (Census) . . . d"
4.31.1 S«
10, 20 j
1,805 ; 2,360 ; 1,375 I 679 ; 866
1. 146 1, 122 l,0>.* ' S57 1,129
982
1,108
967
1,041
919
1,706 3,02(.t 3,410 3,282 3,079 , 3,017 i 2,994 2,890
844
1,135
2, 632
366
954
2, 084
283 ;
748 I
351,770 167,793 89,892 97,273 | 154,940 : 293,569 j 328,769 387,539 i 231,879
. 53
3, 1609,«o7
206.612 '
123,60;;
5H.057
2,05310,577
65, 521
574. 503
0.51
1,2959, 951
68,417 140,976
^45.331 458,505
88 '.70
, : , , , i91,480 | 97,009 j 141,744 167,697 | 196,394
37,830 j 445,605 | 455,143 | 455,525 | 358,843
.67^ 30, 21 *
2,07')10, 510
79.67
272.67
90 |.70
1.76810,212
\675. M0
. ^6
. 90
4,62'» 4,1731,"I01 1,152
.88
.80
. ','2
.86
!, 1 5 2. 650•V»7 ' 608
i.o.: 1.051.04 1.05.!'& 1.01
1. 00 1. 02-7H.O71
1,455 ! 1,47810,120 | 10,138
| 176,936
3,816 ! 6,7281,430 j 3,704
1.44810. 0 V*
112.59
1,3249, 912 0, 100
15 3, ,sM)
319,168148, 390
367,7
160, 879
473, 481
(0
687 I9,037 ! 9! 142
3, 8371, 833
1. 041.06
1.01
1.04 , 1.081.06 • 1.111.02 ; 1.061,01 i 1.06
2,239227
1.011.04.95.97
1,835632
3.686 i 2,9761,876 : 934
. 69
.73
21,495 16,856- 56 >, 4.11
14, 9.)6 13, 0s6 8, 834 7, 403 8,659 ! 9,459 ! 18,525 I 12,780 \ 29,319 1 21,442
271 Ml 335,367 310,2"6 310,815 301, Tit7\)\^\\) . fill (»Ul101.'JS7 151,015 111,986 132^12 ll'».OvUJ55, Sfi-J .__ . J 12\^!') .137,332 _ 111 2Uh>, 0."s . . . . 23>\ 9 5
292 090 : 288,391 ! 280,625 258,939 257,131 i 255,175 ! 272,3601 437,968 i 297,542 ! • .„
110, 7».l 105,401 i 105,595 ! 97,670 I 87,327 ! 160.150 i 180,05280,817 ! I . . . I 33,730 i ! . . . . ' . . . .94,266 • I. ___j 90,964 j !
157, 484 ! ! i 85.521 1 J . _
11,279f»G9
51,101
5. 76
11.19175. y
12. 118S'JO. 697
.:. 500i, 018
13,025
5. 584. 20
9, 42861 5
10,779
7,944579
37, 770
8 298oh. 3
8, 929
6 ii", 14i>2
30, S4S
u 17...01
8.11955.0
h, ."23
9, '^ 1Ml
6.02 !
4.80 ;
8,649 I56.3 :
8, 2 5 i50^
36, 1U)
5.66 I4.73
8,025 I56.4
8,338 ! 8,227
9,243 ! 8,411
64337,812 ;
5.70 !4.79 ,
8,320 l
54.1 :
8,581
42737, 632
4.86 I
8.269 i53.7 j
8, 454
5,778 I428 :
38,694 j
5.32 j4.55 !
8,514 !55. 2 !
9,603 !
5,756 ! 9,443 j 8,902256
35,079 !
4.64
4.19
7,68251.77,872
385 I 43538,921 I 40,474
4.483.84
8, 50455.19. 528
r 12.^1 655, 154 031 415 682,637 j 630,066 \ 657,156 : 656,277 | 673,073 | 614,992 | 681,823
710 f 175 6,000 I 5,700 5,3003,998
5,100 ,350 5. 5004, 193
5,200 !
4.17
3.71
8,88155. 69, 587
705,137
5, 450
( I
Rj
I
d
LIVESTOCK
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j - ' o c k r w (1 IK d d
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lu \ 1. r,
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p O \ ' ( i l
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b u ni t )iv pci c \ tp u (A 1 i m b s
e c e ' p ! - r n n lp J »n n k i t s \ls
\ n\\ ' ' i. h u r- l pi K t i ts , lot il
b l o r k r n u l l u d i r. ( » - ni , , i is<i>i a in ^ o 1
i * s d! i i , , l s
- k ( \ i » o d{ e s t h i n 500 IJ I I ' - IHIS .!.>< < < m b e r 1 ( s t i n i t c .«> t »bei 1 (st i i i . i t -»
I- Of
1 p l
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ol pc i
ot l u
' i^ Ot
n Mills.i
do._.Jdo _|U(V_.
100 l b - . j00 |
M.nals.i
do . . . ;
lu '
l i ,Mb._ |
c 1104s... i
mimais
do....!do....;
lo.) lb. Jdo....!
2, 175
1, 0331, 083
503
11. 5011.4711.53
2, 302
1.69260136
0. 59
9.9
i., 523
9541, 530
010
3. 838. 54
2,117 :
1,019 I1,074 !
546 :
10.23 !
10.0811.09
1,995
1,458 i534 !39 !
7.54
12.0 \
2,625 !
1,064 ,1,564 I
613 •
3.599.07
2,438
1,1241,270
743
9.8710. 0710. 78
2, 458
1, 82561737
6.97
13.7
2, 007
1,0751, 520
093
3. 859. 00
1,912
963973549
9.039. 809.75
2, 847
' ('•>:>
40
5. 95
12.5
1, 907
944984429
4. 398.84
1,404 :
833 i572273
9.5910.00 i9.00 ;
3,331 !
2,482 ;849 .46
5.15
10.0 \
1,514 j
848 ;
671 !141 !
4.33 ;8.38 :
1, 565
997 !548 ;200 ;
9.40 !
10.44 i11.50
3, 772
1* 00747
5.25
9.7
1,728 i
1,071 i653 ;119 !
4.008.00
1. 247
810I.}}
9 t>"10 :>.i10 17
2, J22
J. ' • ; !
43
4. 93
9.1
1,424
863 :55984
5.098.00 ;
1.359
l ib ..215 '
9. 'W :l i . IH
2 , 7 1 0 \
1,'»-)1 ;
71'J4'J '
1.91
8.7 •
1,440 j
824 !
62089 j
5.539. 04
1,554
974 •508244
9.46 I11.229. 93
2, 595
1,808 !
71343 :
5.46 !
8.4
1,876
1,046 i828 1156 ;
5.10 \9.07 ;
1,576 ;
936 1631263
9. 8310. 8911.31 |
2,674
2,005 i660 :
48 \
5.00 i
8.4
2,002
1,077 i917 -109 ;
4.109.03 '
1,462 1
858 i594 !216 !
9.69 !10. 33 I9.59 i
2,650 !
L927 i718 !33 !
5.04 i
7.6
1,687 j
915 !779132 '
3.84 :10.16 i
1,737
991 1
307 !
10.44 !11.02 '9.85
2, 259 \
J, 598049
33
5.99
9.2
1,894
972921 :214
3.45 !
9.14
1, 785
939833401
11. 0011.3310.41
2,177
1,497077
37
(j, 23
9. 2
2, 068
8701, 188
383
3.508. 75
44 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939 1940
Sep-tember October Novem-
ber |Decem-
berJanu-
aryFebru-
ary March ; April ! May i June
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO—Continued
July i August
MEATSTotal meats:
Consumption, apparent mil. of lb_. 1,108Exports do 16Production (inspected slaughter) do ; 1,051Stocks, cold storage, end of month do j 061
Miscellaneous meats do j 58Beef and veal: j
Consumption, apparent thous. of lb_.| 457,303Exports _ do j 1, 280Price, wholesale, beef, fresh, native steers I
(Chicago) dol. per lb__! . 102Production (inspected slaughter).thous. of lb__! 453, 073Stocks, beef, cold storage, end of mo do ! 30,359
Lamb and mutton: iConsumption, apparent do | 57,060Production (inspected slaughter) do > 57,921Stocks, cold storage, end of month do j 3,412
Pork (including lard): jConsumption, apparent do I 053, 443Exports, total do____! 13,854
Lard . do. . . . ! 9,050Prices, wholesale: j
Hams, smoked (Chicago) dol. per ]b.J . 183Lard, in tierces: j
Prime, contract (N. Y.).__..._. do . . . . ! .055Refined (Chicago) do ! .071
Production (inspected slaughter), total |thous. of lb. .! 510,4V)
Lardf do . . . . 81.310Stocks, cold storage, end of month do 5f>3.3:«
Fresh and cured . . do • 3-JS, 739Lard . do j 23i..;.9!
POULTRY AND EGGS ;
Poultry: ;Receipts, 5 markets thous. of lb. . ! 34,087Stocks, cold storage, end of month do \ 90,440
Eggs: ;Receipts, 5 markets thous. of cases.- 799Stocks, cold storage, end of month: i
Shell thous. of cases,.' 0,039Frozen.... . thous. of lb. . j 130,021
TROPICAL PRODUCTS j
Cocoa: IImports . long tons..! 24,935Price, spot, Accra (N. Y.) dol. per ib . J .0451
Coffee: |Clearances from Brazil, totaL.thous. of bags., j 804
To United States do i 708Imports into United States do j 994Price, wholesale, Rio No. 7 (N. Y.) j
dol. per Ib.J . 051Receipts at ports, Brazil thous. of bags-_j 549Visible supply, total, excluding interior of :
Brazil . thous. of bags.-j-.United States do . . . . | LOW
Sugar: \Raw sugar:
Cuban stocks, end of monththous. of Spanish tons..! 1,508
United States: ;Meltings, 8 ports long tons__! 308. 340Price, wholesale, 96° centrifugal (N. Y.) \
dol. per lb_^ | . 027Receipts: From Hawaii and Puerto Rico I
long tons. -; 1 '2"\ 250Imports, total? do.- .J 143,034
From Cuba? . do : 90,980From Philippine Islands? do ! 52,041
Stocks at refineries, end of month, .do 112, 105Refined sugar (United States):
Exports.... do ; 7, 420Price, retail, gran. (N. Y.) dol. per lb. . > . 050Price, wholesale, gran. (N. Y.) do ; .043Receipts: :
From Hawaii and Puerto Rico long tons.. ; 1, 109Imports, totalt . do i 35,298
From Cubat do 29,711From Philippine Islands? do 5.57!
Tea, imports thous. of lb.. 7. 783
MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PRODUCTS
Candy, sales by manufacturers.-thous. of dol. . 28,409Fish:
Landings, fresh fish, prin. ports..thous. of l b . . 44,021Salmon, canned, shipments . . cases...„Stocks, cold storage, total, 15th of month.
thous. of lb_. 85,5(i8Gelatin, edible:
Monthly report for 7 companies:Production do L 100Shipments do 1,399Stocks do 5, 701
Quarterly report for 11 companies:Production do 4.700Stocks d o - . . . S, G00
1,13240
1,00547859
503,3572,042
.100495, 807
36, 917
62,51763, 030
2,965
560,582 !
33,84824,693 |
.206 j
.083 I
.104 !
506,340 Ir 85, 337 |379,020 I300,226 I78,794
1,16931
1,162452
! 58
494,208; 1,540
i .152! 499,306| 49,242
i 61,608! 62,147j 3,499
I 613,248! 25,700! 19,091
.071
.083
600,505r 99,520341,393272, 65568,738
1,15737
1,285 ,56269
1,15642
1,410
1,27364
1,482977104
457,231 j 438,167 ' 481,4101,269 | 1,531 ! 1,325
.150 ! .166472,202 | 445,23467,672 76,974
.102475, 57878, 573
1,05461
1,2141,093107
424,1741,707
.150415, 20774,708
1,13230
1,1651,100
101
1,16728
1,1331,031
87
425,409 ! 467,4861,325 j 1,491
.159 ! .166419,498 453,50872, 560 62, 020
58,391 56,791 ; 67,388 ' 56,124 j 54,871 i 57,30559, 088
| 4,187
I 641,838! 33,008| 25,706
.185
. 067
.078
J7, 5554,803
660,95736, 30818,917
.176
.070
.077
67,132; 4,412
i 723,992! 56,576| 27,9S8
.066 I
.073 !
56. 2814, 48S
573, 24652,81525,133
.173
.067
.072
I
753,588 ! 906,801128,419 i' 172,131421,227 ! 631,564332,272 | 469,45988,955 I 162,105
939,102 ! 742,054178,395 k140, 979
' 907,293650, 653256, 640
790,776588, 601202,175
!
30,101 i 37,22463,164 ! 79, 228
788
5,430121,471
13, 707. 0610
81,135127, 649
77,806 32,937167,643 I 166,962
3,104
619
519282
1,87,
608
580802
27, 215.0537
28,366.0517
803
53272, 279
17.032. 0588
1,632 ! 2,088 I 1,596 ! 990917 j 1,317 : 862 ! 485
1,095 ! 1,469 I 1,500 ! 1,511
.052 j1,523 i
7,918643
.0532,058
;, 334846
.0541,712
8, 163930
.052 i1,265 i
8, 0591,213
954
22, 951. 0561
1,156573
1, 225
.055949
7,662994
1,294 [ 1,082 j 804 624 520
376,814 ! 337, 292 ; 247, 328 ; 244,004 ' 270, 474
22, 671144, 759
1,017
8138,070
30,917. 0538
1,384608
1, 228
.0561,319
7, 044944
1, 183
54,6774,257
651,336 !25,356 I20,654 |
.168 |
.063 |
.070 |
690,346 i•130,199 I'921,510652,733 I268,777 |
56. 6573, 580
642, 69623, 80618,849
.168
.060
.072
622,544 •'113,315 :
878,008611,956266, 052
22,054 19,889115,442 j 86,226
1,20021
1,2001,010
77
484,1431,366
.170467,179
53,193
56, 64756, 5673,463
659,45918,66414,889
. 060
.070
• 675,942<r 121, 956; 876,5121 592,575! 283,937
26, 04276, 904
1, 144 !19 i
1, 177 i1,034 i
79 j
1, 15235
1, 122 i974 i
441, 163 ; 479, 4931,323 j 1,070
r 1,22817
1,06s' 790
07
480,7231,403
.105 i .170 .183429,851 I 471,490 j 409,808
45, 972 i 42, 004 j •" 35, 603
r 52, 427 • 54, 88052.245 i 55,0193,254 ! 3,342
I650,297 i 617,90015,820 ! 31,47212, 097 i 28, 239
' 57, 57957,457r 0, 192
0*9,59414. 15S10. 181
.060 |
. 065
094. 535•121,511905. 290598,522306,774 |
•064 j. (>;9 J
I,000
595.749 I 541,180' 103,983 I ' 90, 525851.890 '689,854548,088 '417, 5(14303,208 \r 272. 290
28. 212 I 20, 892 32. 987
1,734 j 2,238 i 2,369
5,980123, 793
82,336 | 82,415
1,682 ' 1,274
854 J 3,34144,199 j 79,454
7,513 | 784150,360 ! 154,947
14,805 11,.0556 i .0
1,162 j
1,443 |
.056 I963
7,251 i1,053 i
!,226
5391,274
.055 ;
777 I
6,740 I
2, 501
20,119.0553
1,342 i944 i
1,339 Ij
.053 j760 !
6,029 :1,018 ;
22,288 I.0495 I
703 !571 i
1,226 j
.053 !972 !
41,185
•82,178
943
7, 241
.0120
733000
1,393 | 1,148
.053 ! .051
997
2,260 : 2,021
289,291 j 333,186 i 339,755 351,029 330 779
.037 j .034 | .030
163,801 ! 137.264 | 122,525306,030 ! 171,326 I 05, 147240,421 ! 105,376 j 29,51159, 795 ! 48, 886 I 29,104
280, 086 ! 305,164 I 365, 491
8,997 | 18,995.064 i .060.056 ! .052
10, 72663, 97959,1204.7107, 307
3, 55016, 04512, 0963,2887,653
13, 409.056 :.048 |
1,284 :18,588 i13,948 :4,153 I9,953 ;
.030 |
91,012 i232,646 !
204,824 ;13,397 i
378,089
17,627 i.054 :
.046 I
.029 !
29 892
m i 020121,883
34, 055413, 074
14,213.052. 045
.029 .028
117,576 I 129,878208,979 ! 211,027121,004 i 157,045
'1 , 107 ! 49,971
.028
156,155207, 784143, 329
60, 535
02s
129,000, 417
027
04 S'l2/2,017148 Stt
445,039 , 501,547 , 500,912 517,92s
8,499 : 15,41803, 229 ' 13, 90862, 175 , 13,072
915 89311,954 11,927
13,631. 051.044
25, 79024, 45222, 275
2, 1768. 863
15, 132 19, 001.051 i .051.044 : .044
3 \« 392O"0 0 '014 .OH
992
1,770 : 1,050
3 M) \J*> ' 31^ > 7
1U0 *H2 ] l-'i '
M. l t d 9" - "25^7 i J7 ' ~it t j t
2 " i l , \» T ;
28, 71035, 07331, 2783,7948.056
26, 24553, 87845, 6898,1788, 630
29, 115 ',45,794 i38,516
7,261 j4,921 ,
13.7 V,37 fob'\ ">. 273
24,242 ' 23,442 24,966; 20,297 18,012 19,338 18,210 16,212 15,953 12 20s
39,208 ; 38,411 . 35,848 : 32,049 20,1600) i 575,702 • 237,735 ' 190,787 346,185
79,383 83,290 84,571 92,431 78,503 62.622 45,592 34,835 33,756 ! 4" 17 3
28,380 25,298 i 20,344 26,603 ; T. '8°,399,199 : 198,816 : 603,249 86,061 ; 20*. ^27
h5.
978387080
1,],4,
400509970
1,1,558194335
1,1,811531
010
1,1,o,
970559033
4, 114 6,3507,974 8,844
1,924 1,949 2,029 1,688 1,5*71,571 1,618 1,737 1,711 1.0226,385 6,716 7,009 6,9S5 0,9."0
7,515 . . . . . . . . . 0.97110.2S7 10,302
r Revised.5 No t available.t Revised series; revisions not shown above will appear in a subsequent issue.% M o n t h l y figures beginning 1913. corresponding to the month ly averages shown on p . 113 of the 1940 Supplement , will appear in a subsequent issue.
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 45
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939 1940
OctoberNovem-
berDecem-
berJanu-
aryFebru-
ary March \ April j May June
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO—Continued
Leaf:TOBACCO
7,6446, 2391, 269
Exports thous. of l b . .Imports , including scrap doProduction (crop estimate) m i l . o f l b . .Stocks, dealers and manufacturers, total, end
of quarter mil. of l b . .Domestic:
0igar leaf doFire-cured and dark air-cured doFlue-cured and light air-cured doMiscellaneous domestic do
Foreign grown:Cigar leaf do_._.C igarette to bn ceo do
Manufactured products:Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals):
Small cigaret tes millions...Large cigars thousands . .Manufactured tobacco and snuff ]
thous. of ib . . I 28,729Exports, cigarettes thousands . .Prices, wholesale (list price, destination):
Cigarettes, composite price._dol. per 1,000..Cigars, composite price do
Production, manufactured tobacco:Total . .. _ - thous. of l b . .
Fine cut chewing do____Plug . doScrap chewing do jSmoking. ..... doTwist do I
14,890475, 725
285,106
5. 7604G. 056
45, 5766,491
2, 556
336192
1,9183
1493
28, 532 30, 4576, 724 8, 425
14,790 15,384 14,461486,865 i 551,230 505,098
31,2609, 478
1 1, 849
3,130
36,687 | 18,408 I 32,550 15,9126,174 5,285 5,159
310184
2,5013
\6117
3,329
402268
2, 5193
5, 79032,6166,770
18119
30,361 !714,576 I
5.513 !46.056
26, 326348
4,4713, 521
17, 503482
30,239 !433,967 I
5. 51346. 056
25, 749373
4,3703,827
19, 660518
28,436466,966
5.51346.056
25,614366
3,8513,415
17,467515
[ 12,803 14.568 13,163331,204 j 388,085 375,824
j 24,057 I 26,742 | 26,857607,719 I 616,661 j 576,914
13.021 14,820397,490 I 425, 140
i
5.51346. 056
22, 152323
3, 7633,196
14,421449
5.51346. 056
22, 970330
3,4843,591
15,165' 399
5. 51346. 056
24.049300
4,0353, 397
15, 836481
27, 550537, 206
5. 51346. 056
24,045335
3.8063, 363
16,(^7454
28,481509,420
5. 51346. 056
25,554362
4,2783, 507
16.949
20,9656,425
15, 5337,780
August
14. 3607, 329
3,019
378215
2,290
19112
16,275469,313
29, 924803,312
5. 51346. 056
' 26, 889512
4,3313, 539
18,004503
17,565 I 15,913435,029 I 460,523
27,660604,312 i
29, 333406, 076
5.513 | 5.76046.056 46.056
24.167367
4,1153,18716,082
416
26.
4,o
8874325219854C.0489
15,840487,641
28, 849639, 101
5. 76046.056
25, 933456
4, 2253, 80716,949
497
FUELS AND BYPRODUCTS
COALAnthracite:
Exports. thous. of long tons..Prices, composite, chestnut:
Retail dol. per short ton._Wholesale do
Production thous. of short tons.-Stocks, end of month:
In producers' storage yards doIn selected retail dealers' yards
number of days' supply..Bituminous:
Exports thous. of long tons..Industrial consumption, total
thous. of short tons-.Beehive coke ovens . do..__ |Byproduct coke ovens do(/oment mills doCoal-gas retorts doElectric power utilities . doRailways (class I) doSteel and rolling mills . doOther industrial ..do
Other consumption:Vessels (bunker) thous. of long tons...Coal mine fuel ...-thous. of short tons_.
Prices:Retail, composite, 38 cities
dol. per short ton..Wholesale:
Mine run, composite doPrepared sizes, composite - do
Productiont thous. of short tons..Stoeks, industrial and retail dealers, end of
month, total thous. of short tons ...Industrial, total do
B y product co ke o vens do |Cc merit mills . do !Coal-gas retorts do !Electric power utilities do \Railways (class I) do jSteel and rolling mills do... .IOther industrial do |
Retail dealers, total do ;
COKE
Exports thous. of long tons . . !Price, beehive, Connellsville (furnace) j
dol. per short t o n . . |Production: j
Beehive - thous. of short tons . . ]B y p ro d u c t do [Petroleum coke do I.
Stocks, end of month: \Byproduct plants, to ta l . . . .do \
At furnace plants do jAt merchant plants do !
Petroleum coke do____!_
4. 2774. 3.r)4
38,413
51,17742. 177
8, SGI578288
11,4105, 660
69014,6909, 000
79
4. 475
2724, 627
2, 058776
1,281
400 jj
10.64 I.
261 126
r 4,840 j
1, 172 |
47 j
1,525 |
24,980 I117 I
5,517 j503 j130 j
4,025 i6,492 i
766 i7,430 j
140 :
261 ;
8.45 j _
9.0314,919 :
9. 1603,936 |
1,219 I 1,365 !
57
1,746
29,519 j399
6,400 I531 !138 !
4,5017,450
9809, 120
158315
58 '
1,715 |
,04 |
10.83 .9. 156 ]3,862 !
614
149
9.501 I5,622 I
647
512 !
9. 5763, 546
372
121
11.309. 5843,773
128
121
9.3883,746
91
9. 2783,957
137 |
363
11.049.3334,367
506
9.
4,
329 ;
462 j408 1
953 1
9.r3,
1,
222
r)r)8775
104
30,243 I 31,031 j 33,183540
6, 457493140
4,4067,322 I1,055 !9,830 |
178 !293
4896,668 I
425146 |
4,683 |7,4611. 029
30? 130
111
372 i6.654 I
308 I155 I
4,902 I8,436 j1, 106 I
11,250
129308
510
28, 780242
5,676246141
4,2177, 328900
10, 030
110268
602
28, 538211
5,830337143
4.0297,288870
9,830
305241
24
1,231
26, 072360
5,632418205
3,5616,721725
8,650
37
2,081
25, 741166
6.000513131
3,6966,534751
7,950
93226
128243
40
1,948
24, 988240
6,184542124
3.8396, 199
6907,170
ioo !231 :
1,849 i 1,806
25, 877307
6, 603519123
4, 079fi, 391
7157,080
102 !258 :
? 27, 079442
6. 703'534' 130
4,341r 6,612
r 7917, 520
112281
9.37
44SH
271362465
4445
332436950
36, 94330. 2436,220
399250
7,9234, 338
57310, 5406, 700
95
750
r 3, 891111 |
2,812 I868 I
1,945 !668 i
41,919 |34.270 !7,250 !
442278
8.3705,050
64012, 2407, 750
71
5.125
2564, 527
165
2,600806
1. 794652 :
4.333 !4.428 i
42,835 I
45,542 !37,402 I8, 115 i
472 i271 !
8,858 :5,341 |
665 I13,680 !8, 140 i
52
5. 250
3464, 567
159
2, 607836
1,771647 .
4.322 4.320 I 4.3184.404 I 4.425 I 4.457
37, 283 ; 44, 940 l: 39, 105
4.435.
296395210
4 2754.29732 962
44,571 !37, 121 S7,993 !
444 !264 |
9, 119 I5, 529 i
692 !13,080 |7,450 !
37
5.000
3144,718
155
2, 561896
1,665 :666 i
40, 222 I33.592 |6,496 !
' 425 i239 j
9,069 j4,992 j
651 I11,720 i6.630 \
4.813
2384,707
116
2. 008842
1, 166628
39, 077
5,' 875444218
9. 1285,272
65010, 9906, 500
39
4. 550
1554,017
131
1,706784922628
35, 10830. 208
5. 305408200
9,2574, 660
5789, 8004,900
46
4. 475
1354,125
130
1,638800838624
35, 72130,521
5, 150463243
9,5144,526
56510. 0605,200
42
4.475
1023,984
139
2,016931
1, 085663
4.2654.230
35, 468
39, 20332, 4035,956
486248
9, 7984,602
53310, 780
6, 800
52
4.475
1064,244
152
2, 056955
1,101681
4.264 ; 4.2-il4.231 ' t.'J'iT.
32,340 i of,, 080
4 2.V.4..'.! I
39. 240
77
4.475
4,375 |149 |
1,803 !877 |926 I697 :
4() 4 ,
), 559 |>, 210 I
oo:» ;;. 900','.'00 ,
j
4. 475
2314,619
121
1,915846
1,069678
29 i003(\<MMI
2784,682
123
2,027807
1,219647
f Revised. J October 1 estimatetData for 1938 revised see p . 45 of the August 1940 Survey.
s Revised estimate.
46 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939 1940
Sep-tember October Novem- j Decem-
ber i berJanu-ary
Febru-ary March April May June July August
FUELS AND BYPRODUCTS—Continued
PETROLEUM AND PRODUCTS
Crude petroleum:Consumption (runs to stills)—thous. of bbl._Imports doPrice (Kansas-Okla.) at wells dol. per bbl..Production thous. of bbl..Refinery operations pet. of capacity..Stocks, end of month:
California:Heavy crude and fuel thous. of bbL.Light crude do
East of California, total doRefineries doTank farms and pipe lines... do
Wells completed number..Refined petroleum products:
Gas and fuel oils:Consumption: ^ j
Electric power plants thous. of bbl.. . | .Railways (class I)..__ do jVessels"(bunker) do j
Price, fuel oil (Pennsylvania)*.- dol. per gal... jProduction: !
Residual fuel oil thous. of bbL.LGas oil and distillate fuels, total do j
Stocks, end of month: jResidual fuel oil, east of California >
thous. of bbl...;Gas oil and distillate fuels, total do j
Motor fuel: jDemand, domestic thous. of bbl.. IExports! do |Prices, gasoline: i
Wholesale, tank wagon (N. Y.) >dol. per gal.. |
Wholesale, refining (Okla.)-- do iRetail, service stations, 50 cities do \
Production, total thous. of bbl._jBenzol. . _. do jStraight run gasoline do ;Cracked gasoline do •Natural gasoline do j
Natural gasoline blended doRetail distribution mil. of gal..!Stocks, gasoline, end of month: :
Finished gasoline, total thous. of bbl .At refineries do I
Natural gasoline. _. do :
Kerosene: ' ;Consumption, domestic do ;Exports do !Price, wholesale, water white, 47°, refinery I
(Pennsyl vania) dol. per gal_. jProduction thous. of bbl ;Stocks, refinery, end of month do !
Lubricants:Consumption, domestic do iPrice, wholesale, cylinder, refinery (Penn- '•
sylvania) ...dol. per pal. .|Production thous. of bbl. -\Stocks, refinery, end of month do
Asphalt: jImports short tons..Production do ;Stocks, refinery, end of month do :
Wax: ;Production thous. of 1b..;Stocks, refinery, end of month do ;
HIDES AND SKINS
Imports, total hides and skins thous. of lb_.Calf and kip skins. doCattle hides doGoatskins. doSheep and lamb skins do
Livestock (federally inspected slaughter):Calves thous. of animals..Cattle . doHogs doSheep and lambs do
Prices, wholesale (Chicago):Hides,packers', heavy, native steers, dol. per lb..Calfskins, packers', 8 to 15 1b do
LEATHERExports:
Sole leather thous. of lb.Upper leather thous. of sq. ft_.
Production:Calf and kip thous, of skins.Cattle hides thous. of hides.Goat and kid thous. of skins-Sheep and lamb . do.-.
4,059. 900
2S 293,0:10
173
. 0! 0
105, 5053, 235.960
108,168
37, 372189,34135, 781153,5601,652
110,9803,093.960
114,19886
82,71835, 533187,57936,922150,6571,786
104,9162,848.960
111,88783
81,11235,129191,16439, 427151,737
105,8352, 651.960
114,81081
80, 22335,478
195, 83640,033155,803
106, 5301,948.960
113,14081
79, 38035, 567
196, 40739,162
157, 245
1,4.3,
26,12'
649205061042
302975
I4,2
27.15*
71165025-i041
594017
1,820 i 1,892 I 1,578
1, 9504, 5023.497
. 039
101, 7662.244i960
108,66881
79,04736,110
200, 70440, 212
160, 4921.655
110,0792,866
120J
78,35,
207,40
166,1
96007581
440943407871536677
106,979 !3,368 I
.960 I116,045 I
82 !
78,86636, 000
214,32142,119
172, 2021,853
111,8174, 266
. 960118,283
83
108,237 I 107, •«...3,658 ' 3.771 '
.960 1 %n111,690 ' 11 J,-J4t '
8 4 MI
26, 249 I 26, 10930,018 ! 30.951
49,347 !4, 056
49. 6S73,291
1,4,3,
26,13,
24
30i172
6062400S3041
088757
018179
275441
1,4,3,
755
328400039
26,94414,
20,26,
43,
433
881374
694987
78, 3 ">935. 7S2
218,49245, 183 !
173,300 |
1, 4464,100 j3,082.039
28,082 i 24.6S016,548 | 10,262
.114
. 053
.13451,890' 225 |
21,833 j25,700 j4.132 !3, 237 j2,037 |
65,498 j41,423 !5,891 |
4,638 !500 i
124053130974259 I011023481358981
110510140
.0505,8069,952
2,207
080
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>, m
). 067
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. 1062,8546, 704
4, 150550, 400475, 000
40, 32089, 584
, 575, 039
742800000
0S0147
.125 !
.052 !
.134 !5,691 !
!, 415 ji, 621 !,388 |,,286 |.,896 |
,619 I> 80S I1,579 |
>, 023 !503 i
.050 !i, 642 j
127050134351
22,01725,589
4, 4704,0181, 850
77, 30151,020
4,421
0.013031
.0485,8227, 576
1, S25
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18, 70421,057
40, 3702, 001
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19,13019,015
143
20
261281350039
87016, 346
9794,1642,930.039
25, 37215, 260
21 s! 008 ,-2IV7M,47, 5'25 r t7, 0"171,473 I ;7l'.M-2,021 ' > KI.I
1,0191S
4.130 \.\M\3,212 I 2.912
.039 i . 0 ^
26, 5 IS I 25, W14. 51) J4. r .
19,16018,541
18,475 ! 19. l i t .20,310 I 23, 112
37, 557 44, 6071,848 I 2,021
.124
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51,230237
21,77424, 730
4, 4892,980 |1,812 |
20 400
4, ,7')
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\ 2J7
0",,)5, 'i 1"
47, 6831,730
. 123 i
.040 !
.130 |50,025 !
228 !23,082 I22,901 !
4.414 j2.7831,936 !
52.9(0
V.i? i52, K i
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4, "s"3. 07 ~)2 , 1 •".
. 117
. 127
' 2034222 10
,4U\
96,407 !70,274 |
5,393 j
6, 273 !403 i
.050 :6, 570 \4,114 |
90,015 | 93. P i69,407 j 05 871
0, 112 ! 0,5W
5,02! ! 5, 2')7
.050 i6,2574,351 I
0,011
1,883 | 2,138
3,0,
3.391,497,
48,81,
799 :
455 !400 !
000
440 !309 S
. 184, 478, 142
3 , 1 "
8.303,550,
(122 i700 '300 ,
140G48 i
4,2(7,5^3.
4s.71
t.io200(K1O
41057."
. 1703, 3358, 084
800
324, 200090, 000
47, 32090, 373
.101 I . 1 MI3,280 l 3,31'8,065 | 8. 17M
400,000 ; 487.!)'")708,000 I 759,0)0
42,560 I 44,21096,910 | 103.2V)
30.110.'
LEATHER AND PRODUCTS
1, 25316, 1703. 00.15,45s
s 123, ION1,409
. 123
. 100
181,971
I
24, 5781,585
10,6114.0134, 807
427880
2,8851,635
,146 !
.211 !
54 |4,839 I
1,0781,8143, 0753, 768
21,3181, 5038, 8735, 0254, 517
482893
3, 5451, 585
. 105
.240
220•, 757
31,3001,980 i
13,002 !4,5708, 586
450837
4,4371,469
.140
.214
4464,623
33. 197 i1,461 I
16,828 !5,821 i5, 114 i
381773
5,2361,389
.144
2744, 109
30.3S3 !1,348 I
14,178 !6,094 ;5, 153 j
410 !827 I
5,350 !
1,598
.140
.223
2593, 685
1, 102 i1,928 !3,7073,939 !
1, 0571,9573, 3013, 429
13o
955 !858 i167 1950 i
1, 0941, 9703,6622,973
32,4211,055
16,2219,0174,071
378 !715 !
4,277 '1,313
.129
.214
7733. 214
9541.8923.2462,996
23, 8551,0059,6696,8363,997
22, 767623
9,0685, 9064,933
440 480721 ! 774
3,981 I 3,6101,260 i 1,355
. 120
.216.127.212
643 ! 3544,456 | 3,842
868 I1,700 I3.226 !3,04c !
1, 5663,4113,189
23,7161,1187,7505,7297,293
501790
3, 8901, 420
. 123
.214
4562,902
9911, 5903,2473,328
28, 5211, 085
16, 4015, 5763,919
437738
3,8861,378
.105
.187
922,701
936.1,4523,0742, 852
22H. .Ml47, (>"o
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200
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r Revised .*New series. D a t a beginning J a n u a r y 1918 appea r in tab le 36, p . 14 of th is issue.fExpor t s of motor fuel revised to inc lude n a t u r a l gasoline and benzol; revised da ta not shown in the Sep tember 1940 Survey will appear in a subsequen t is:
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 47
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939 1940
Sep-temfcr O c t o b e r Novem-! Decem- j Janu- | Febru-
ber ber ary aryMarch April j May j June j July
LEATHER AND PRODUCTS—Continued
August
LEATHER—Continued
Prices, wholesale:Sole, oak, scoured backs (Boston)
dol. perlb__|Chrome, calf, B grade, black, composite j
dol. per sq. ft--!Stocks of cattle hides and leather, end (if month: I
Total thous. of equiv. hides._ I..In process and finished do \.Raw do ;..
All
Hid moccasin.-' for hon^ew earIhous. of pairs .
fuotwear . . .do . .
0. 300
. 440
LEATHER MANUFACTURES
Gloves and mittens:Production (cut), total dozen pairs _
Dress and ^emidress .. - . . .do .Work . . . . . . . do . .
Boots shoes, and slippers:Exports,-_ -_ .. . . . thous, of pj.irs]'rices, wholesale, factory:
Meii'h Mack calf blucher . ..del. per pairMen's black calf oxford, corded tip . do _Woman's colored, elk blucher.. . . do..
Production, boots, shoes, and slipper;-•'loial - . - -_ thous. of pairs .
Athletic . - . . . . . do . -All fabric (satin, canvas, etc.). . do .Pur' fabric and part leal her do .l!ij:!i and io\v cut, leather, total .
Po\s ' and youths' . . .Infants' _ . . . _ . . . . .Misses' and children's .Aim's . do s.')( 4
12,7\<A
0. 348
.419
0.374
.403
0.368
.453
0.355
.452 ;
0. 358
.456
0. 348
.455
0.345
.457
0.345
.466
0.344
.469
0. 340
. 455
12,653 \ 12,556 i 12,727 \ 12,997 j 13,029 j 12,8878,867 ! 8,846 i 9,042 ! 9,276 I 9,357 \ 9,203
12, 5788,911
3,786 j 3,710 ! 3,685 •• 3,721 ! 3.672 3,684 ; 3,667
12,529 i 12,5088,730 | 8,8123,799 i 3,696
201,356130J0971.247
5. 754. 043. 00
36, S<)7
27U
2\> 993
3, OX!K, 592
209,026133. 362
75, 664
169
4.153.10
37.273442336678
29, 2501, 4772.1703, 7839, 568
12,252
6,283283
202. 00812."), 3'!')7'\ 64S
426
6. 004. 203. I?
32. i29
'213
2 4,f>'*61, J72l. 923
111, 4s981. 184i"A, i.Co
6. in)
3* 15
2S '.?'>'.23
L'J.'i'.tl
125,954 154,325 : 155,402 i 146,345 ! 109,671 ; 179,97270.321 88,956 '• 88,333 ; 81,355 ! 100,717 j 108,67455,633 65,369 07,069 ' 64,990 : 68,954 i 71,298
196
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1,29931,32 4
1. 178
•A, SI69.09 4
15.31:-.
] ,>' / ' ),145
220
6.004.253. 30
34,55131!824
1.01S29, 538
1,0671,8'213,61 i :8, 337
14,700
2,288542
177
6. 004.253.30
31.056349915692
25,5561,0171, 7032,8257,588
12, 424
2, 880663
142
6.004. 253. 30
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0. 305
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r 12,737 i r 12,027 i 12,509r 8, 891 ! r 8, 749 ! 8, 623
3, 846 i r 3, 878 i 3. 946
202
4. 2"i3. 3U
- 37>! t" 302
I.H-211 1, 7!«i
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LUMBER AND M AXTL ACTTUFS
LUMBER—ALL TYPES
1 \ | ) o i f i o t i l ^ i x nKl l p r o d ' i f f
S u v e d t i i n J i iB > m ' s , p i iik , sf m t l n u s ( (r
I m p o r i s , t j il s i \ ni 11 p i o lu t->N a t i o n il f i i i i i b r v>fi^ \ w i
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iloIoilo
i I
do
Maple, beech, and birch:Orders, now M bd. ft.. iOrders, unfilled, end of month do jProduction do iShipments do !Stocks, end of month . do i
Oak: |Orders, new do jOrders, unfilled, end of month do iProduction do jShipments ... do jStocks, end of month__ do ;
12 2 IM) i )d7 M\
2 \"\
4 1 )
7 I >»
SOFTWOODS
Douglas Fir: ]Exports, total sawmill products.. M bd. ft j 26, 888
Sawed timber do j 9, 385Boards, planks, scantlings, etc do j 17, 503
Prices, wholesale: jN o . ] , common boards. _-_dol. per M b d . ft.. I 23.030Flooring, 1 x 4, " B " and better, V. G. !
dol. per M bd. ft.! 42.140Southern Pine:
Exports, total sawmill products M bd. ft-J 22. 224Sawed timber do I 2, 368Boards, planks, scantlings, etc do 1 19,850
Orders, new .' mil. bd. ft._ | 888Orders, unfilled, end of month do I 603Price, wholesale, flooring..dol. per M. bd. ft..I 40.010Production . . . .mi l . bd. ft-.j 722Shipments do ! 855Stocks, end of month do i 1,681
Western Pine:Orders, new do ! 629Orders, unfilled, end of month do i 532Price, wholesale, Ponderosa pine, 1x8, No. 2, i
common (f. o. b. mills). . .dol. per M bd. ft.;Production mil. bd. ft__Shipments doStocks, end of month dor Revised.1 Discontinued by compiling agency.
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11,900 ;14,400 I8,600 i8, 700 ;
16,000 j
58,230 i64,77339.835 !44,816 '65,647 i
8,650 ;14, 150 !9,000 !8,800 i
16,600 |
38.72959,699 i44,750 |43, 73966,397 !
6,200 j13,000 i8,150 j7,050 !
18,050
21,89047,191 !42,497 !35,626 |7.1,603 !
4,800 \11,575 i7,000 I6,000 1
19, 125 |
25,692 i42.285 136,046 j30,599 |77,066 '
5,800 111,125 !7,150 I6,050 I
20, 125
44,622 156,980 !35,252 i29,850 i81.295 j
6,200 i11,250 16,600 !
6, ioo ;20,700 :
42.33866,205 !33. 43533,312 :
81,012
6,350 i10,6256,350 !7,025 !
20,035
39.658 I68,068 |35,260 137,69678,471
6,3509,900 i6,850 i6,950 !
19,700 ;
34,438 ;
61,242 141,190 i41,264 !79,397 !
6.5509,3606,420 i7,270
19,060
45,935 :61,461 '43,865 l45,716 i75. 139 !
/,s.0,7
18,
33,52,38,43,70,
( i ( » i
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4504 DO400
357512015127027
v . :'.."i>
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17.350 '
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ni, 72.)10. MIDR. 177.9. 350
in, (iOO
f.5, s:i»',72, 557lh, 14^
7.2, i')^^
57. s7!f
34,280 |8,972 i
25,288 .
19.845 j
39.445 !
28,6645,287 I
23,377 |894 ;536 !
40.560 !625 !736 ;
1,907 ;
600 '415
26.81501 i489
1,977 i
23,416 I1,982 !
21,434 \
20.874 |
41.552
24,221 :
3,659 '20,562 i
061 j431 I
42.998 1670 i766 i
1,811 :
470 1377 ;
28.61 !492 !514 1
1,954 !
23,298 |4, 114 i
19, 184 !
21.070 I
42.140 !
23,332 !2,258 !
21,074 |545 !343 S
42.393 1647 !633 ;
1,825 |
302 1254 |
29.64430 j431 !
1,953 i
38, 97112,61926, 352
21. 070
42.140
19, 0634, 017
15, 046480306
41. 875611517
1,919
329262
28.99291321
1, 923
! 34,959i 14,556! 20,403
: 20.482
! 40.964
! 15,1441 3,489| 11,655
513! 3341 41.500
515485
1,949
325279
28.77215309
1,829
i 25,7041 8,424| 17,280
20. 090
39. 690
i 14,747! 4,518', 10,229! 503I 357! 41.798
545480
2,014
300282
28.86212297
1,744
31,103 •11,849 j19,254 |
20.090
39.200
12,838 :2,697 :
10,141 1572 !331 j
41.873 j621 |598 i
2, 037 j
354285 j
29.30 '279 I351 i
1,672 ;
33,243 i13,603 !19,640 !
19.698 i
38.220 1
18,348 :
5,83812,510 i
662 '348 I
41.662636 :645
2, 028 i
400 .'287
29.09 !389397
1,664
45,28821,375 :23,913 :
19.600 :
37.485
25,928 ;4,866 !
21,062 !672324
41.783659 ;696 i
1,991 ;
457304
29.02522441
1,745
29,078 :10,180 ;18, 89S
19.600 :
36.260
28,209 !4,341
23,868 i609350
40. 865588583 '
1,996 :
421 I300
28. 49541 !425 :
1,861 !
38,014 i10,771 I27.243
19.600
36. 200 :
27. *\s[).'. 5i*7
•Jl.ti'.rj7s\41n
11. ->30• •,]()
ti'.it1 , ' » 1 2
4!>r>326
28.01570469
i.yf.-j
37, 6279, 59f
28, 030
20. 825
37. 977
15, i>9(948
15,041931570
43. 047703801
1,814
653442
28.17618537
2. 043
48 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939
Sep- | O p j . n h p r Novem- Decem-tember U c t o b e r ber ber
Janu-ary
1940
Febru-ary March April May June July | August
LUMBER AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
SOFTWOODS-Continued
West Coast Woods:Orders, new mil. bd. ft..Orders, unfilled, end of month doProduction . do . . . .Shipments . do. _..Stocks, end of month do
Redwood, California:Orders, new M bd. ft..Orders, unfilled, end of month. doProduction doShipments . . .do... .Stocks, end of month __do____
655647607072865
!, 836>, 545,533
). 024>,622
FURNITURE |
All districts: jPlant operations percent of normal. _ j 71.0
Grand Rapids district: IOrders: '
Canceled percent of new orders..j 4.0New no. of days' production..i 28Unfilled, end of month. . . do j 43
Plant operations percent of normal..! 69.0Shipments no. of days' production., j 21
Prices, wholesale: !Beds, wooden 1926 = 100..! 77. 9Dining-room chairs, set of 6 do i 102. 3Kitchen cabinets ...do j 88.1Living-room davenports do j 87. 2
Steel furniture (see Iron and Steel Section). '
674570577632838
39, 72741,02730,29526, 772299,358
03.0
3.0 i23 i31 I
56.0 !19 :
78.1 :
102. 388.187.2
514521600609839
30. 78239, 09233,35832, 603
296, 462
66.0
5.02635
63.0
102. 388.187.2
513444579519908
22,00531,44531,20428,019298,397
463 i452 !516 i487 \930 |
17,749 I28,67827,883 I20,802 I297,976 I
7.023 I35 j
65.0 j20 |
77.9 !102.3 |88.187.2
25.26^27,23,
296,
67.0 ! 65.0
8.013 I26 I
67.0 i16
77.9102. 388.187.2
656507535521953
331517239793026
i
60.0
5.0 :
23 i33 :
63.0 ;16 I
77.9 |102.3 '88.187.2
522513529538961
546 i520 i601 j594 i976
21262921301
,544,416,105,957,176
63.0
29, 70432. 47228, 72727, 237
299, 227
63.0
8.0 !16 ;
30 !65.0 :
1 6 •
77.9102.388.187. 2
6.01525
58.016
77.9102.388.187.2
556517612606981
31, 45031,37131, 20731, 562
298, 317
62.0
10.01523
61.014
102.388.187.2 !
667425 !
' 596662926
29, 26326, 55531,31033,391294,231
62.0
7.01422
62.014
77.9102.388.187.2
531383610
Sll510549
63.0
4.0 !14 !25 |
62.0 !12 |
77.9 |102.3 I88.187.2
638920
29, 50027, 46829. 29328, 016292. 640
593900
27, 58625. 9012K 47729, 365289,079
60.0
3.0 !23 i32
57.015 i
77.9 i102.3 :88.1 j87.2 !
726623655664892
35, 96332,30!31,
283.
173156200907
3.02438
64.018
77.9102. 388.187. 2
METALS AND MANUFACTURES
IRON AND STEEL |
Foreign trade: jExports (domestic), total . longtons.. | l
Scrap doImports, total do
Scrap doPrice, wholesale, iron and steel, composite
dol. per long ton..Ore
Iron ore:Lake Superior district:
Consumption by furnacesthous. of long tons-.
Shipments from upper lake ports doStocks, end of month, total do
At furnaces do_ _ _ _On Lake Erie docks... do
Imports, total doManganese ore, imports (manganese content)
thous. of long tons.
Pig Iron and Iron Manufactures
Castings, malleable:Orders, new . short tons..Production do
Percent of capacityShipments short tons..
Pig iron:Furnaces in blast, end of month:
Capacityt short tons per day__Number .
Prices, wholesale:Basic (valley furnace) dol. per long ton..Composite "doFoundry, No. 2, northern (Pitts.) do
Production! thous. of short tons..Boilers and radiators, cast-iron:
Boilers, round:Production thous. of 1b_.Shipments doStocks, end of month do
Boilers, square:Production . d o . . . .Shipments doStocks, end of month . do
Radiators:Convection type:
Sales, inch heating elements, cabinets,and grilles .thous. sq. ft. heating surface.
Ordinary type:Product ion doShipments doStocks, end of month . ___do
Boilers, range, galvanized:Orders, new, net number of boilers..Orders, unfilled, end of month doProduction do. . _ _Shipments doStocks, end of month do. .
,221,052255, 608
2, 50856
5, 6729, 935
37, 09032, 432
4. 658164
49
53,07949. 804
61.445, 943
140, 620103
22. 50
24. 891,177
2, 3713, 851
12,513
26, 34040, 34293, 029
6.4159, 436
26,087
73,82132,11968,52269,01737, 963
575,613330,680
29, 8743,216
36. 67
4, 1857, 865
35, 85331, 2034,650
179
43
64,732 I41,427 !
50.5 i39,215
118,188169
21.5022. 3523.893,224
2,1814. 634
16, 010
20, 69635,593
105, 757
915
I
5, 2999,20928,133
133,38461, 49486,06988,58426, 960
591,856336,77519,1892, 305
37.62
605272,15,
555656216837
37. 50
600, 437206, 402
14,1,
3"
709267
.18
583,521 j187,457 |
8, 274442 !
|
37.09 j
671. 301234,7166,740
273
36.97
63.835 i 51,77854, 263 ! 59, 143
66.3 ! 69.649,807 j 54,038
!
135,033188
22.5023.1524.894,063
138,975191
22.5023.1524.894,167
2,688 i 2,2335, 445 2, 88213,261 11,905
20,925 17,27339, 869 23, 75186,890 I 80,391
792
6, 75410.38724, 543
98, 69251, 226110.988108, 96028,988
660
5,6477,824
21,424
80,26548, 99984,181 !82,492 !30,677 I
45,9'53,663 !
65.253,753
136, 702191
22.5023.1524.894,221
40,438 |53,372 !
64.2 !52,08S
123,990 !177
22.5023.1524. 894.032
1,418 | 1,4561,740 i 2,117
12,002 J 11,487
14,816 I 16,52516,227 I 15,44377,878 i 79,128
701 i!
4,474 i5,166 |
21,653 |
72,380 !44,21381,252 !77,166 !34,763
566
4,7354,173
21, 767
69, 40736,08679,56577, 53436,794
34,90142,163
51.743, 935
106.040157
22.5023.1524.893,311
1,6481,20711,935
20,61611,214
5,2719,20139,00533, 9445,121203
57
5.4785, 440
40, 73235, 5165,216304
°7
5, 5380
35, 44030, 8054, 635163
54
5,2890
30,18925, 9014,288209
39
4,2420
25, 96722, 0873,880237
43
663,980206,9285,096
29
612,906 i 783,964221,152 312,4836,674 7,759
482 | 33
36.83 I 36.69 i 37.33
36
35,730 i 35,29039,881 | 40,529
48.7 ! 50.142,975 ! 41,975
63
35, 56337,511
45.240,919
104,675152 !
j22.50 I23.15 i24.89 !3,270 i
1,602 |1,079
12,454 |
18, 7909,253
106,395 I 119,905157
22.5023.1524.893,137
2,2921,177
13, 565
17,90010,933
172
22.5023.1524.893,514
2,7541,334
14,923
20,92212,024
88,593 ! 98,121 105,043 114,032
936.047 11,034,938318,369 I 327,129
5,505 3,5<!21 I ' 152
37.6 37.63
4,0880
21, 86218,4123, 450167
3,
18,15,2,
935465106155951257
4,5667,245
19, 60316, 7172,886175
5,9
23.20,3
213487516428088162
36, 50334, 700
42.733, 323
22. 5023.1524.893.819
22.50 !23. 15 l
21.89 :
4,054 I
390 !
5,530 j3,135 j
24,222 I
55,026 |24,532 !66,03966,58036,253 i
505
5, 7013,19526,829
55. 33919,16159,31960,71034,862
431 !
5,6703,62628,896
51,06218,50751,01251,71634,158
091 !!
6,579 !4,539 I30,971
72, 72523,04868,81668,18434,790
768 j
5,697 i4,670 |
31,913 I
75,427 I31,158 !70,452 I67,317 i37. 925 :
[,402,075355. 991
2, 10516
37.70
5,524 i10.383 !28,244 j21,608 i3,636 i
249 i
5,10,32.28,4.
701480935708227194
45,025 I 52, 99438,872 I 48,926
46.7 I 58.834,226 : 43,216
131,360 | 131.760 | 137.500182 I 187 ' 190
22. 5023. 1524. 894. 238
1,697 j 1.449 ! 1,8481,613 j 1.G9S ; 2,732
15,009 I 13,477 ; 13.873
18,698 17,352 ! 26,18514,776 22,916 | 31.100
117.975 112,369 i 107,207
30,108 ,
85.139 !38,194 !77,879 I78.103 !37,701 !
7,1478, 193
29,168
64,83127,31576, 46775,71038, 458
r Revised,tRevised series.
1940 issue.
* Temporarily discontinued by reporting source.Data on pig iron have been converted from a long to a short tonnage basis; data for production 1 'inning 1913 are shown in table 38, p. 14 of the October
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 49
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939
Sep-tember October Novem-
berDecem-
ber
1940
Janu-ary
Febru-ary March j April
1M a y June July August
METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
IRON AND STEEL—ContinuedSteel, Crude and Semimanufactured
Castings, steel:Orders, new, total short tons. .
Percent of capacityRailway specialties .... .short tons.-
Production, total doPercent of capacityRailway specialties . . short tons
Ingots, steel:Productionf thous. of short tons
Percent of capacity.Bar->. «5f(i»I, col 1 finished, c ">r on, shipments
hI'r u ^ v\h(il(^i!e*
( oni[ o^ite, i)MNKujd sto< 1^ » n l billets, r( rolling {V t
t il -K I . I ir i1 ( Ii it t>-(1 Coijior ti
p«hoit
d* 1 per lb
p t r lor j h tMo ' n ih
j ' r : i n s i n
p \ i t"v -}<< ' st < 1 prod-. tho i i s of -1 ir t > i
cU Manufactured Products> ar d "run ^i". unwind , <
i-Clt (f ( .'« v1 ( n{-
. • ui oi P .
l, h<J i of
, rdfrs
1 un /
OrMil "
f i i U
Or
0 ' If ( , *HW
Or UMS, UTif-lV ',
bnc<it* d *HHO 1 v
Vi oi .
Putj
i ' i n k =1 ' u i t i i i '
1 urn ]( 1 pi
n ~
«["( i n I fub(
< f « n n t I >flo
J ' b f .H i d
K ( ts f( I l lP< n e n t of < i l v
ibnw- . til ort tons
00do!o
sliort ton>
< old r 'UrdMot rcl'od
! in p l i t c"W ire i n d wire products
] I al vvoil-, shipnu i.ts
NOXi FKRO! S MKTVLS \NI>P R O D I € T S
Metals •Alurniniirn:
Imports, bauxite - long tons.-*Price, wholesale, scrap, castings (N. Y.) ;
dol. per lb .JBearins; metal (white-base antifriction): j
Consumption and shipments, total :
thous. of l b _Consumed in own plants . . .do i.Shipments . .do '
Copper:Exports, refined and manufactures
short tons..Imports, total . . . _ . do ..
For smelting, refining and export. doProduct of Cuba and Philippine Islands
short lon«< .All other _.do
Price, wholesale, electrolytic (N. Y.>dol. per lb...:
Production: :Mine or smelter (incl. custom intake) ]
short tons..1Refi nery do \
Deliveries, refined, total do IDomestic do.Export _ do_
5.89592
A li>i0210
40, 850
. 0855
Stocks, refined, end of month
79, 02182, 84390,20090, 485
4 — 22f.do I 185,313
96, 68782.6
42, 21343, 590
37.212, 449
4,76972
119,687102.3
58, 53072, 096
61.626, 391
6,08091
99, 89985.4
52,14685, 755
73.336, 615
0,14892
64,14354.8
28, 26279, 732
68.133, 146
5, 82291
43,12136.8
8, 30280, 146
68.534, 019
5, 65582
40,91335.0
10,47267,454
57.628, 506
4,40969
36, 61231.3
7,18258, 404
49.922, 847
4,26564
41, 35335.3
8,84952, 078
44. 517,017
3, 97560
55,495 ;
, 0 2 6 1 I
34. 00 j
.0210 I1G. 22
j
1,087 !
/721, 204
73. 81,207
31
1. 7"2
1.3'il
11,
67,599 ; 67,977
,0263 i .0263
33,133
.0712
3,133741
2,392 i
35 00017,015
221
1104
(2)(2)
(2)(2)
3 1 00.021019. 05
1. i S1 012
1, 577
_ i *
1 V2 1
37, 7"10 • i
IS , 347 . . .»770 . . . .i 912 L__1628 | . . .J 210 ' . . .
i 2,035 i . . .J 6 5 . 6 ! . . .
J 170* 276 ii 628 !i 658 !i 770 !
4,916 i
45,000
. 0712
2,635789
1,846
26. S0615, 36013,012
1,464885
(2)
(J)
(2)
34.00 i.0210 S17.66 !
61,591 j
.0265 !
34.00,0210 I10.60
j
1.414 |
2'i
0, 640
57, 232
.0265 |
34.00 !.0210 S10.38 |
j1,140 |
46,277 ;
.0265
34.00.021015.75
45, 405
. 0265
34.00 I.02J0
44,6211i
.0202 |
34.00 |.0210 I15.88 !
50. 34643.0
12, 96750, 034
42.815,137
4,84170
43,654
59, 66150.1
20, 70450, 651
42.514, 483
5, 53386
44, 474
67,5
20,57,
417,
52,
0357.37707o;>(» i
<m.")('."
b4
.0265 j
34.00 |
10 88 !
{3(5 i
2 4
- . :i
s2 r'1, !""
•1
i - ~
41 1
1 1
>0s
t' s
12
A9
i'", I
70152',
2 0'C
2 4_1
475
2. I I 1 'I I s "
34.00. 021018.19
1,210 I
1,0'iSt>.{ i
1,1 H247
1 701 j
1.2"22. l*-0
31.00( • ' 1 0 !
17. :c. I
01. H
00, 3.V.5'I. 7
21.1M1
34. U-
" . >: {
2 i ^
' 1 IS7» 1,1^4x i (14-
i 2 yr»
' 24 S» 151* 869 i» 809 !
i 1.013 !6,708 ! 0,762 j
12'. 2>* -'
2ro..::
•> — ,
I S s
2 9. S*> '•' 939i 846i 8701 f,27
» 2 321i 71. S
3 177 'i 309 |1 537 i1699 !i 793 !
8,446 :
J'*K Si
17'j
2.814
I'-Vi2 to165580' .
oi.i i
52 i77 !
174235 :•236 j
7,054 !
i«'. 10Sr.,5P0 !
2'.0 T1^
173
3. 2S7200 ;295 .281 '146716 !
65.9 !
45 :99 i
210 I248 i274 i
7,276 !
I f . j l ' f
j[u 7",
r>\ ."• ()
32'i ' "117HS- j i )
"1 2
1 i l
2HM0
54, 801
. 0950
2, 450794
1,661
41.04'.'I".9:i7i7,4*;i
1,3041.122
. 1228
(2)
(2)
33
3
58,826
.0950
2,034 |034 {
1,400 :
(>2, 5052-J. ."1") '27. 072
1. 30."47s
. 1228
408.775 :
379,841 i536,899 J457,315 I79,584 i
159,485 !
50,458 :
.0948 ;
2,322 i072 ;
1.650 ;
63,775 :31,558 ••29,869 j
1.688 I
.1195
89,59880,501
104,545 :91,428 i13,117 i
135,441 I
54, 651
.0925
1,749 :429 i
1,321
40, 74530,538 !28,698 ,
1,020 1814 i
. 1115
76,14582,761 |72,809 i63.215 i9,594 |
145,393 j
53, 024
.0913 i
1,955514 :
1,442 •
39, 27322,55422,485 :
60 i2 :
.1116 :
85,796 ;86,295 !71,893 !64.376 !
7,517 !159,795 i
33,449
.0803
1.6G4475 :
1,188 ;
25,49430,550 !28,134 ;
2,101 !314 !
.1109 ;
8 4 , 3 6 6 ••80,964 I71,639 !68,665 i2,974 !
169,120 ;
43,110
. 0S65
1.923363
1,561
35, 42228, 53227, 953
10569
. 1108
82,6S286, 02976, 48569, 467
7,018178, 664
44. 923
. 0800
' 5051,400
2101114, 3.-S3
1. lf»77, 509
.1113
79, 84586, 07705,15561,710
3, 439199, 586
45. 117
. 0902
2,238620
1,019
17'iinj)
4, is")
. lUoli
79,32790, 99574, 75871,220
3, 532215,823
o
1,
20.
. 3
79,80,97
198!
7v~
S3S
34 SS7("471
IA
] >
1)71
85194438350!730
2 Monthly data not available. 3 Total for August-December.r Revised. l Quarterly data; monthly reports initiated April 1940.4 Negative figure resulting from deductions of tonnage erroneously reported as exports in prior months.* Temporarily suspended by reporting source.§Monthly data beginning 1929, corresponding to the monthly averages on p. 132 of the 1940 Supplement, appear on p. 18 of the April 1940 Survey.• Data are for 6 manufacturers beginning January 1940.fRevised series. Steel ingot production and steel products, production for sale, have been converted from a long to a short tonnage basis; data beginning 1913 for steel ingot
ion are shown in table 26. p. 17, of the May 1940 Survey data beginning 1933 for steel products appear in table 45, p. 14, of this issue.producti'
50 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Febru- iary March April May June July August
METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
NONFERROUS METALS ANDPRODUCTS—Continued
Lead* Metals—ContinuedImports, total, except manufactures (lead con-
tent) short tons..Ore:
Receipts, lead content of domestic ore. .doShipments, Joplin district? do
Refined:Price, wholesale, pig, desilverized (N. Y.)
dol. per lb._Production from domestic ore., -short tons..Shipments (reported) doStocks, end of month do
Tin:Consumption of primary tin in manufac-
tures long tons..Deliveries . doImports, bars, blocks, etc . doPrice, wholesale, Straits (N.Y.)..dol. per lb . . |Visible supply, world, end of mo..long tons.. j
United States (excluding afloat) do iZinc:
Ore, Joplin district:? jShipments short tons..Stocks, end of month do
Price, wholesale, prime, western (St. L.)dol. per lb-_
Production, slab, at primary smeltersshort tons..
Retorts in operation, end of mo number..Shipments, total short tons..Stocks, refinery, end of mo do
Miscellaneous ProductsBrass and bronze (ingots and billets):
Deliveries short tons..Orders, unfilled, end of month .do
Plumbing fixtures, brass, shipmentsthous. of pieces..
Radiators, convection type, sales:Heating elements only, without cabinets or
grilles thous. of sq. ft. heating surface..Including heating elements, cabinets, and
grilles thous. of sq. ft. heating surface..Sheets, brass, wholesale price, mill .dol. per lb._Wire cloth (brass, bronze, and alloy):
Orders, new thous. of sq. ft..Orders, unfilled, end of month doShipments doStocks, end of month . doMACHINERY AND APPARATUS
10, 739
35, 9163, 688
. 049341,52853,45641,292
11,41014,604
. 503239,4509;438
34, 25010,452
. 0692
53,11953,16466. 82430,965
8,70631, 365
(3)
).187
4351, 039
423751
Air-conditioning (circulating, cooling, heating,and purifying) equipment, new orders:t
Air-conditioning systems and equipmentfor summer and year-round use
thous. of dol. .Blowers and fans... doUnit heaters do ,Warm-air furnaces, winter air-conditioning j
systems, and equipment thous. of doll, jElectric overhead cranes: i
Orders, new . do IOrders, unfilled, end of month do jShipments do '
Exports, machinery. (See Foreign trade.) jFoundry equipment:! \
New orders, total . 1937-39 = 100.. |New equipment ...... . . do | 162.0Repairs do { 158.6
Fuel equipment: IOil burners: J
Orders, new, net . . . . number . . ! 41,895Orders, unfilled, end of month . . do I 8,607Shipments . . . . . ... do 41,490Stocks, end of month ,__do I 19,817
Pulverizers, orders, new do jMechanical stokers, sales:
Classes 1, 2, and 3 . doClasses 4 and 5:
NumberHorsepower. _
7983; 271
161.2
Machine tool activity* percent of capacity..Pumps and water systems, domestic, shipments:
Pitcher, other hand, and windmill pumpsunits.
Power pumps, horizontal type . . . .doWater systems, incl. pumps do j
Pumps, measuring and dispensing, shipments: ;Gasoline: I
Hand-operated . . . .uni ts iPower do I
Oil, grease, and other: [Hand-operated do IPower ._ do I
4,391
35, 6123,415
4,
35,4,
063
936380
2,
37,6
762
057355
4
384
164
835234
4
373
496
649710
2,958
35.9373,110
.0545 I .055035,086 I 38,90359,889 66,06097,473 73,963
6,5705,0504,427. 6350
31,1683, 413
30, ?859,958
.0610
42, 22537, 72969,42495,615
7, 53922,499
2,109
105
986.183
1,2701,513
547593
1,3104,4442,472
7,6306,0405,247. 5525
38, 2063,536
36,7347,204
.0650
50,11743,10973,32772, 405
.055044.74864,36558,061
7,5407,8707,629. 5224
38, 0353,283
41, 6639,701
.0650
53, 52446,86764, 40761,522
8,993 i 8,49713,45917,878
1,992
80
891.190
1,1782,125
564638
1,820
94
870.191
3291,829616612
.055042, 54744,88158,777
6,94011,36612,518.5064
38, 2803,302
28,16313,548
.0598
57,94148,15953, 46865,995
5,52111,436
1,514
75
591.193
3431,593567616
1,403 I 1,086
10,970
4342,474375
138. 9
5692, 665378
4452,390719
1,594 I3,979 j3,687
10,312 j
414 !2.368 !435
153.3 I 124.,
.054747,14939, 87568,539
6,6809,7808,851.467235,5731,749
35, 6114,097
.0564
52, 39947, 28754, 86263,532
5,8518,214
1,668
450.191
3911,343637585
1,263
.050840, 56439,17672, 658
5, 6106,6006,499.459433,1482,078
4,787
37,9493,892
.051944,78346, 35374,692
5,5409,24410, 334.4709
32, 3392,635
7,404
37, 963 40,1963, 705 4, 474
]
28,0263,551
.0553
52, 77447,18851,05065, 256
5,79917,500
1,735
30
392.183
3631,216476627
29,3934,798
,0575
55, 47549,74449,90970, 822
6,13414,018
1,799
43
297.183
3501,073489621
1,411
4002,172596
149.0
2501, 743679
135. 7
36, 2795.967
35, 35216, 460
53
I33.657 i4,96634.658 !16,675
38
20,161 I 18,040
43986,71474.6
47. 439860
18, 452
9627, 624
12, 5542,703
37663, 26484.9
43, 908949
17, 444
7688,611
14, 7852,384
18,7583,639 I20,085 I18,165
45
12, 5662, 90513, 30016, 764
6
13,1033,05012, 96317,144
11
11, 2392,76711,52215.672
20
8,225 { 4,762 \ 3,996 j 3,651
26651, 73591.2
35,961792
16, 993
7418,751
16, 0861,914
20739,03893.3
29, 441976
13,389
6128,693
14, 4171,349
12825. 51593.3
40, 2921,39617, 469
776 |5,775 I
9,659 I3,244 |
14928, 59192.9
38, 540662
14, 718
1,0706, 304
10,578 i3,106 I
.0571 |31,192 !46,49663,610
5,9607,8557,886.468232,1492,964
31,4245,454
.0575
52,18949,80546,80376, 208
6,73514, 034
1,582
520.183
3821, 005445695
2,425
.050237, 91846, 91962,955
6,3607,9057,982.51480)3,677
41,1835,851
.0580
51,51848,98957, 22470, 502
7,05621,475
1,647
103
487.183
4,723
36. 9573,538
. 050034, 04149. 90455, 343
6,4209,22511,611. 5254
31,8695,300
33, 5309, 201
. 0624
48, 66046, 57753, 93565, 227
1, 5453,2612,013
4,265
2,675
5341,683594
183.2 !
4671,640515
5201, 769
391
129.1127.5133.9
12,2,12,16,
88388077075525
15, 88941416
37539465633
18,1544,700
17, 82919, 239
36
11130,177
93.4
37, 9771,214
16, 060
1,6857,613 !
12529,677 !93.4 !
33, 236829
20, 971
2,20111,578
18, 5792, 591
14, 4663,462
J N o t reported.
16142,33292.5
35, 245804
22, 099
2,33012, 577
20, 0812,676
.185 !
4,9102, 340
6, 791
7612, 196
334
164. 9174. 2138.3
19, 6725, 985
18. 38719, 367
4, 342 | 6, 490 | 8, 254 ! 9,'
21738, 408
92.3
41.419928
20, 415
1.57411,072
17, 9682,454
36,9884, 393
5411,041496716
6061,124516693
37,7592, 87S
.0500 .048535,343 36.85152,560 I 51.64347,360 I 43,321
6,3307,325 |9,185 (.5159 |
38, 7366, 56
44.3237; 098
. 0625
51,17547, 54557.60658,796
7.22
1,
181287
697
112
531
6, 89821,695
(-)
(3)
f3)
6. 6(3012,47012,926.5118
38, 0406,583
35.116S, 842
. 0639
49,93950,71564!06544,670
8,07617,823
469 i1,099 i
4S9 i709 !
5211,033536694
499 ;2,430 i
264 ;
194.4 i209.8 :147.* :
23,00S0, 974
22,01923.400
47
16,565
58.42688.3 ;
II
38,476 1.853 i.
19,113 L
2,
ItItIf
31'.
2 !
957744643
i5. 4
>0. 0
r, i 4
is117
.vo, ill
(2)
f Revised.HData for November 1939 and January, May, and July 1940 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks.2 Discontinued by reporting source. 3 Reports temporarily suspended.*New series. For data on machine tool activity beginning January 1939, see last paragraph of footnote 6 to p. 139 of the 1940 Supplement.fRevised series. Data on air-conditioning equipment compiled on a revised basis beginning January 1939. For description of series and earlier data, see p. 50
September 1940 Survey. Index of total foundry equipment new orders beginning January 1940 is based on average sales to metal-working industries during 1937-39;data are based on the old new orders index (1922-24 base) converted to the new base by dividing by 1.328; index for new equipment and repairs available only begMay 1940.
of theearlierginning
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 51
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939
Sep-tember October Novem-
berDecem-
ber
1940
Janu-ary
Febru-ary
i
March I April May June July August
METALS AND MANUFACTURES—Continued
MACHINERY AND APPARATUS—Con. |
Pumps, steam, power, centrifugal, and rotary: jOrders, new thous. of doL.] 2,878
Water-softening apparatus: JShipments, domestic ..units._| (!)
ELECTRICAL EQUIPxMENT
Battery shipments (automotive replacementonly): I
Unadjusted . 1934-36= 100.. |Adjusted . ____do j . . . . .
Electrical products:Industrial materials, sales billed.-.1936=100..Motors and generators, new orders d o . . . .Transmission and distribution equipment,
new orders.. 1936=100..Furnaces, electric, industrial sales:
Unit kilowatts. JValue thous. of dol.. j .
Electrical goods, new orders (quarterly) jthous. of dol._I
Ironers, household, shipments units..} 21,007Laminated products, shipments..thous, of dol.J 1,454Motors (1-200 hp.): j
Billings (shipments), A. C._ do iBillings (shipments), D. C . do j_New orders, A. C _. do jNew orders, D. C . do I
Power cable, paper insulated, shipments: |Unit . thous. of ft. . | 1,154Value . . . thous. of dol .J 1,163
Ranges, billed sales* number..j 32,167Refrigerators, household, sales . . .do !e112, 288Vacuum cleaners, shipments: |
Floor . . . . . . . _ _ do | 108,564Hand-type . do 30,359
Vulcanized fiber:Consumption of fiber paper. thous. of lb._ 2, 373*Shipments . . . . thous. of doL. 599T
" • • " 149,002]p
Washers, household, shipments units..
1,469 1,809
1,512 | 1,450
239154
98.5116.4
146. i
219 i129 !
123.0136. 5
151. 6
3,
I?11,
1,
279291
001372019
6
111
103438
161296
2, 361474
2,7251,102
676781
26, 23573, 149
93, 85126, 857
2, 284548
138, 992
2
31
535555151403
1,074824
23,61162,055
106, 53931, 362
2 722"' 660
142, 830
1,339 ! 1,049i
1, 481 1, 201
165118 I
132.0125.1
137.3
4,153368
9, 9901, 348
2,730677
3. 2761,047
752656
19, 00855,113
108, 33832, 728
2,594748
102, 990
9987
121.9 I161.7 |
123.6 |i
9,587480
254, 30211, 8541,306
3,103797
3, 4721,867
655731
13, 42992, 479
I
1,011
1,154
180227
124. 897.3
2,084167
10,3731,257
2,733582
2, 417813
1,147
1,159
101159
110.497.9
5, 634324
10,1831,173
2, 686775
2,679622
554 |721 I
36,395 32,234,662 280,
118,730 92,806 j 116,04936,471 I 27,362 j 28,324
2,492 j854 i
2,808660
1,457
1, 556
55 i90 I
113.7115.9 |
133.8 !
7,802 '557
2,356 I589
1,178
1,364
67123
112.8107.1
127.7
4, 697314
77,270 I 119,228 j 142,318
238,84612,0481, 306
2,693 [860
2,958803
564720
39,643298, 238
147,12031,009
2,368539
149, 730
11, 9841,320
2,857815
3, 013692
628813
43, 308339,693
139, 76830,441
2, 556537
135,179
1,809 | 1,963
1,623 I 1,237
73132
112.7117.2
126.0
4, 905407
10, 5901,308
3,126830
3,039946
728902
42, 983385, 688
143, 83630,060
2, 205554
118,987
91133
107.6160. 9
181.9
5,381476
268.1208, 5711,325
3,000866
3,1861,703
758836
33, 403328, 950
120, 20024, 037
1, 999458
112,134
2,437 2, 556
0) \ 0)
130135
113.8155.0
170.2
5,241421
11,4641,313
3,083914
3, 3451,437
757998
29,626248, 538
74, 56520,045
2,449556
116,422
180139
126. 5146.6
158. 5
5,137372
13,8481, 408
3, 280915
3, 5361,240
1,2531,463
29,128'206,418
87,82023,047
2,443681
147,878
PAPER AND PRINTING
WOOD PULP j
Consumption and shipments:*Total, all grades .short tons. . (2)
Chemical:Sulphate, total - do (2)
Unbleached d o . . . . (2)Sulphite, total._._ do CO
Bleached _.do (2)Soda . . . do . . . . I (2)
Groundwood do (2)Exports, total, all grades*... d o . . . . 32,256Imports, total, all grades* do 65,554
Chemical:Sulphate, total* . . do 11,253
Unbleached* .do 7,062Sulphite, total* „ do 40,188
Bleached* . do 21,247Unbleached* .do 18,941
Groundwood ._ . ...do i 13,187Production:
Total, all grades do (2)Chemical: j
Sulphate, total . .do ] (2)Unbleached do j 0)
Sulphite, total ..do I (2)Bleached . d o . . . . j (?)
Soda . . do j (2)Ground wood --do | (-0
Stocks, end of month: jTotal, aH grades do j (2)
Chemical: jSulphate, total...._ - do j (2)
Unbleached ....do ! (2)Sulphite, total . . . . . do I (2)
Bleached do j (2)Soda do (2)
Groundwood d o . . . . (2)Price, sulphite, unbleached dol. per 100 lb__ 3. 46
PAPER i
Total paper, incl. newsprint and paperboard:f jProduction short tons. _ I
Paper, excl. newsprint and paperboard:f jOrders, new short tons..!Production . do !Shipments do I.
615,325
262, 931220,796187, 490118,98639, 944124, 96016,873
160,688
47,03238,64589, 31840,04249, 27623, 388
683,934
296, 712252,840207, 194130,69647,053132, 97521,622216,142
57, 70747, 539135, 79556,39879, 39721, 527
576, 225 673, 634
256,731 I 294,912221.696 253,440171,090 ! 205,394108,486 ! 129,39639,944 I 46,453108,460 126,875
140, 200
24,S0014, 40080, 20048, 3004, 90030,3002.13
23, 00015,00078,40047,0004,300
24, 2002.28
680, 313
292,120251,192207,839130,24947,344133, 01020,985272,049
104,94592,659143, 79653, 49290, 30422,163
672, 813
290,920251,392207, 339130.74947, 244127, 310
677, 321
301,482260, 360198, 875124, 25348, 639128, 32518,537
235, 419
89,85978,493113,81446, 20467, 61030, 465
678, 521
297, 182258, 560198, 575124, 35348, 039134, 125
129,900 i 122,400 i 123,600
21,800 i15,200 !77,900 I47,500 '4, 20018, 5002.28
957,628 11,073,961 i 1,046,687
633,809 j 506,885434,932 { 488,904456,360 I 494,882
426, 342484,993487,467
17, 50013, 40077,60047, 6004, 200
24, 3002.51
971, 482
416,102464, 540463, 241
698, 400
311,000270,700202, 700126, 60046,900137,80015, 713
262,171
101, 36379, 358140, 27948, 88791, 39219,199
713,600
310,000267, 600213, 700134,00048. 300141,600
16, 50010, 30088, 50055, 0005,600
28, 1002.83
645, 400
279,100240,400200,300126, 30040.700125, 30027, 333158,827
47,19738, 75096,10933, 61062, 49914, 723
647, 500
280.400239, 800198,100124, 20041,900127,100
138,700 I 140,800
17,8009,700
86, 30052, 9006,800
29, 9002.85
395,874 j 369,670459,547 I 413,634439,603 I 393,352
664,400
285, 500245,800206, 300125, 40043,100129,60030,69473,915
21,03013, 40844,17222, 83621, 3367, 964
677, 700
284, 500245,100214, 000133, 50043,100136,100
154, 200
16, 9009,000
94,00001, 0006,900 !36,400 j2.85 !
974,568 I 895,059 ! 897,!
703,600
299, 400257,100224,600143, 40044,000135,60037, 417109, 986
30,85624,88965, 03534,06830, 96713, 403
708,600
299, 500257, 900212, 300133, 90043.900152, 900
17. 0009, 900
81.80051, 5006,700
53, 7002. 96
765,400 742,100 735,700 j 743,300
334, 400290, 600235, 200146,00053, 200142, 70057,92381, 345
11,8156,66950, 04526,82223, 22318, 446
774, 700
335, 700291, 300231,600
331,600281, 200226, 000141, 50050,500
134, 00040, 86493, 358
324,100 334,200277,500 I 285,300235,400 229,400145, 20047, 500128,80064, 70286,426
17,817 11,38513,058 5,546
54,88227, 66227, 220
53, 34930, 29423, 05521,138 19,218
738,700 ; 711,800
139,10044,500135,20060,37983,040
17,92012,03655,31831,37623,9429, 557
747, 200
327,100279.800227, 500
144,800 ! 142,70050,600 [ 51,000
156,700 I 133,100
322,500 1 344,700276,800 I 294,800221,600135,60048,200
119,500
237,100144,200
45, 000120,300
159,200 I 168,500 ! 165,200 I 141,300 j 145,200
18, 40010, 70078,200 I50,300 I4,200
67,800 I3.18 i
13, 9009.400
79, 70051,6004,700
66, 9003. 34
937,032 I 1,039,708 j ' 980, 385
12,400 I8,700
65,90042,000 !
5.400 I57,700
3.46 !
22,90018, 30073,60047,000
5,90042, 800
3. 46
•957,845 I 977,806
398,896 489,923 514,683 K471, 457 r398,246 j 389,678405.824 433,189 I 479,257 i'454, 898 | r445,705 438,569397,553 421,506 j 484,801 [•'472,531 i'447,437 426,560
«Estimated.r Revised.• Domestic pulp used in producing mills and shipments to market. l Discontinued by reporting source.2 All wood-pulp statistics (except soda pulp) for consumption, production, and stocks have been revised beginning January 1940. Revised data for January-August and
September statistics appear in the Weekly Supplement dated Nov. 14, 1940.*New series. Data beginning 1913 for the new series on wood pulp are shown in table 37, p. 13 of the October 1940 issue. For data beginning 1931 on unit sales of electric
ranges, see table 52, p. 18 of this issue.f Revised series. For revised data on "total paper" and "paper, excluding newsprint and paperboard" beginning 1934; see table 43, pp. 12 and 13 of this issue.
52 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939
Sep-tember October Novem-
berDecem-
ber
1940
Janu-ary
Febru-ary March April May June JulF August
PAPER AND PRINTING—Continued
PAPEE—Continued
Book paper: tfCoated paper:
Orders, new short tons,.Orders, unfilled, end of month doProduction do
Percent of standard capacityShipments short tons..Stocks, end of month...__„ . do
Uneoated paper:Orders, new . doOrders, unfilled, end of month doPrice, wholesale, " B " grade, Err lvh fin-
ish, white, f. o. b. mill.._dol. p«jr 100 lb_Production snort tons
Percent of standard capacity . . ._Shipments rbort loTisStocks, end of month . . _<i ..
Fine paper:fOrders, new... . d >Orders, unfilled, end of month-. ." .". do ~_Production . doShipments . _ doStocks, ead of month _
Wrapping papenfOrders, newOrders, unfilled, end of monthProductionShipments. .Stocks, end of month.
Newsprint:Canada:
1"\T.( r h . . . . . do
Si'ick'N at niill-, end )f month do
C(nMi'»ii)ti >ri bv publ i shers . . . d
d ,
do
. d o
" v . >l.
d o l \)( T '•hoi i U)\P r c c , i t » i N ' \ Y
c l miiKMih ff-oia 151
' AI\UV i! "!T'!. dUnnMMior: . . <:<
In t. u ««it to p n h i ^ n e r - d >
Oidcr^ , new _ . dOrder*-, unfil'.i <1, e n d of m o n t h ocProduction _ _ ,j (
W «ste {. uifr s-locl ss af milis s h i r t ' P -
PAPER PRODUCTS
Coated abrasive pnp^r and cloth:Shipments . n-fims
Paperboard shipnir.tr b o w .Shipments, total _ . . . mil. of srj. ft..
Corrupted _ doSolid iiher "~d«»"._"~
PRINTING
Book publication, total no. of editions._!New books.. doNew editions dol___'
Cont inuous form stationery, new ordersthous. of sets__]
Operations (productive activity) 1923 = 100...Sales books, new orders thous. of b o o k s . J
05171
102,317
"in, 940'
33, 887 i 24,10812,862 I 12,97119.401 ! 24,573
75.0 j 91.320. 440 ! 24, 51613,807 | 13,897
154,604 I 125.56479, 436 ! 84, 515 j 68, 694
15, 7548,853
24, 46490.9
22, 86416, 134
101,097
14, 5324, 154
20, 938SO. 9
20, 89816,151
102, 430
5 65111, 283
111, W) 122 001:«'. S i ; ."0.71.,-
11, 1034 ^,7." J1", iV
17, 7,710 ;>' 2is. 000 ,
1 U 2.1171. ^ ' )
5 70117,290
93 6117,07951.010
37, 1312\ A'A4S, s2447, r-Ji
J .",">, 156l\- \ 7011/V,, 037
61,368
5 S(,1K-.7,1!
91.91K-, 95051 783
22 Oil iM 8'G42. 757 I61, 110
i ; 0 "OtfH, "2s?
1' ' . *7oIt.** 36")7s. 2 ' '
14, 9983, 757
16, 22756.4
16, 13616, 665
91,40047.479
5 95109. 930
H •+
55,' 249
lo. l)ii \ 42')4*>, 3 ' S
07. 7o5
147. -1.777, s~<'
173, 92>1M, 7')1)
^0 0"<>
15, 1054, 084
14,92555. 5
15, 66715, 966
85, 54641, 760
5 9"10,,. 090
59. S70
3r», 97)"7, V'J701, ( ^S
1 U9M r
14, 5943, 975
14,10155.3
15, 47913, 949
98, 78341,804 !
5. 95H 1S6
9'j'oO"
:s,4sr, ,3% 150 !
39, 756 ,'V) Our, ,64, 7G0
14u. 0T)
19, 2316,62417, 56064.6
16, 69315,076
106,47148,031
5. 95101.422
s-2 8100,087
5s\ 375
4S, 20420,61112, 20041. i.v,65, 913
205, '23111,020
21 1957, o07
20, 92872 1 !
20,107lb, 110
12°, 37961, 758
/ 95 i1 5 >51
8S 5li>'# ' 2 5
02 972 t
3" «2120 22410 Utn I47. ")0403 797
197, ", 2
8 618 IUs 717
74 020 f9"1 J, 089
119, in
» J 7i W *14 ( _ 7
yw 2 i,4 4 .
l ' / > < v1 1 7
311 72/5 9 , " 1 1
49 S?i-.0, ->46 4^ )4 " 7"(' l / i i 1
If \ M 6i r 017J >\ ' , 7
22x ]«" 27'J I1*! 2"J, V'7 2 " . 2 "9 22j, "2 lv>7. (|< 20". 0"o 2^3.881 ^O1 2( 320 (2;-i J3u >0, r^~, 2ss. 7J.', '240, O'f. 251,01.: 2U, sj.j 25'. 27'. 2«>\ 947 32 > T,} w" ,il2*7. h ' ^ 2 '» Ji.O • J S - N . ' I :r, 1.020 2 1 1 , 2 " ' J i ' . o J J 2., ,'i-U ?07. m '31,141 5°.s 12(;0,5bi 1 si 0(U 103, 400 109 M.2 17t» 2i.l l(>0, 7'-2 212. 7 C 214,5.") 2i3 672 1H>, "f
" in * • 'HI :u uo n ,).» "o (') :l> I'n7 7 r - 0 s 7 - . " ' 1 *s v v ' ; 7 , s ! . , M )2b s ' , j "
7 ^ " , " . 7 ' ' , Ji 1 * \ 4 l i ) t \ - > , M > ( ' " ' » 7 ' J , ' 1 7 2
2H,]s"l 2'7 "» " « 11 f*°J21 ,401 2n» ^^ 2"4 <2i
50 0U ">( f 1! U (III
8.,, 277 j n J O ' s-i "f -^ " , 4 1 2 HS ' ^ 8 i 1
f •>.," " ' i , " 0 7 0 1 l i ' j t ^ 4 2 , 7 ' ' s ] ( u , i .<sj 7 2 7 42/621)
} f |~-> f • ) 4 0 , ,-{>" 2 ^ , 2 2 s - 2*-<' i - . 1 . Jr ' ') t 27'-> 4 f ' J 2 1 , 2 " , " ->ls 2 i j 2 i N _ »
2 ' 4 ~ S " 2 ' H . M ; , " i 2 ! J ' i j , , < 1 1 ' . 2 >t. I l l 1 , H1',1.* 1«»*"., S.-ji; 2 u l *. < I T (i i i
4 1 " J,^" "u It i s j sf . * J i. 1 t> l .n . v.«". ./- 'I, 97'i Iff). w22 ' 417. 500 47'» 244 41 i 7 "> -i27 N") >l ^ r ' »i 72 1 70 ^ t)9 1 7ii 0 77 1 "7 s
21 i " - 2 ' s i l» 2 ^ i- i," •)> 2',7. Hi 1 2 4 ' 212 251 ,671 2L'~. ."77 2^" 7«'«i Llf * -
95,362 I 91,707 95.478 : 84,253
.5.171 2, S202i > 177
110 99
H.2, 2°.O H I . 2f)l
2.'. L'^l 19,3s7
819133
•2. H I
569112
2,524 ! 2,01S ! 2,9992,380 I 2,467 2,821
144 [ 151 . 178
1.023 i805 !218 i
1,379 i1,126 '253
953807146
740 i055 !
91 i
04 'si 2
134,001 140 ,403 129 ,102 i 128 ,245 I 137 ,820 i 142 .780 i 10.5,4!*:;SO 84 80 : 80 j 78 i 8 0 '•• 7 "
15,590 IS, 301 15,910 i 17,399 17,387 18,537 : 17,999
niMAl AND PRODUCTS
CRUDE AND SCRAP RUBBER
Crude rubber:Consumption, total long tons,..
For tires and tubes (quarterly) doImports, total, including latext doPrice, smoked sheets (N. Y.) dol. per lb__Shipments, world long tons_.Stocks, world, end of month ' do__
Afloat, total doFor United States do
London and Liverpool d o - _British Malaya doUnited States dc_
Reclaimed rubber:Consumption . doProduction . doStocks, end of month do
Scrap rubber consumption __do
50,
"78,"
125,
200'13750
241,'
14,58910,42830, 287
51, 402102,646
57. 155
37. 609.213
88. 000386, 000134,00068,31039. 35976, 228136, 824
45, 622. 199
115,000401, 000173,000100, 50037, 36171,662119,404
15,583 I 17,42316,830 I 19.54921,384 ! 21,69438,321 !
55, 677 i 49, 636! 115,695
42,586 I 71,631.202 1 .200
86,000 j 88,000382,000 ! 379,000171,000 ! 152,000114,044 I 91,09536,671 ! 31,00069,139 70, 214105,205 ! 125,800
16,551 I 14,31719,417 18,00923,239 I 25,250
i 47,649
54,978 j 49,832
72, 496.196
108, 000434.000175,00090, 28520,00096, 478142, 387
i 43,088: .188! 112.000i 430,000! 193,000I 112.257I 16,000i 86.223i 134,352
: 50,192j 92,937! 59,257I .185! 112,000! 444,000I 211,000I 113,619i 18,000I 72,054142, 462
50, 103 I 51,619
16, 070 15, 370 15, 93119.297 ! 17,992 17,23427,418 I 28,002 ! 28,488
! I 43,037
70,700 j.192 !
93,000 !465,000 I188, 000102, 557
22.00092, 895
162, 494
51,431.212
123,000471,000210, 000109,364
21, 00078, 485
161,485
46,50688,66853,889
.222112,000501,000235, 000119,136
19, 50078,029
168, 245
- 0 , 4 7 4 :
21] \
i >0, 001 >•54s , (on2"0,00i i
f j
16,298 I 15,719 ! 15,84416,568 ! 17,552 16.63127,558 I 28,397 28,327
39,844I
l\ 3122s. I/A
1 7 0 > S
r dw
17 4 " 14 • -* 4
r Revised.fRevised series. For revised data for fine and wrapping papers beginningJFor monthly data beginning 1913 corresponding to the monthly averagescfln recent months the number of companies reporting has fluctuated to s
1934, see table 43, pp. 12 and 13, of this issue.on p. 148 of the 1940 Supplement, see table 28. p.18. of the May 1940 Survey.uch an extent that tonnage figures are not comparable from month to month.
in. urn.57'' ( ('0
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November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS 53
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939
Sep-tember October Novem-
berDecem-
berJanu-
aryFebru-
ary March
1940
April May June July j August
RUBBER AND PRODUCTS—Continued
TIRES AND TUBES
Pneumatic casings:Production . . . thousands. _ 4,417Shipments, total _ do 4, 512
Original equipment _ do I 1,465Replacement equipment do 2,941Exports . do | 106
Stocks, end of mon th . . _._..do j 9,886Inner tubes:
Production do I 4,107Shipments, total __.. do j 3,970
Exports do . . . . . | 84Stocks, end of month do j 7, 915
Raw material consumed:Crude rubber. (See Crude rubber.)Fabrics (quarterly) . . thous . of lb.
RUBBER AND CANVAS FOOTWEAR
Production, total thous. of pairs.. 4,046Shipments, total .... do 1 6, 200Stocks, total, end of month „ do | 14,232
5,076 i5,658 !1,219 I4,294 !
1468,080 |
5,392 !5, 161 |1,788 !3,226 !
146 I8,382 !
4,8654,278 !1,854 j2, 276
148 !8,918 !
4,4694,7272,6131,979135
8,665
4,4,
7,
457991
98206
5, 0084,948
1087,279
4,5083, 967
1277,710
3,4,
7,
784394
92036
4,954 !4,270 j1,805 |2,360 I
105 !9,348 |
4,287 i3,827
76 !7,634 i
67, 877
4.713 I 5,3326,452 | 5,91615,218 j 14,619
6, 0495, 47315, 195
4,8884,1121,9742, 037
10110, 124
5,0074,3462.0502,203
9310, 747
4.2113,810
717, 897
75,799 i J
5,376 ! 5,044 j 5,0624, 185 I 6, 389 4, 76116,388 15,018 15,319
4,4004, 114
608,183
60, 666
5.106 I5,010 i2,095 I
10,881
5,4155,7201,9993,626
9610, 576
4,618 I 4,739 i4,543 j 4,739
57 I 788, 258 8, 243
4,869 j 5,1284.532 | 3,90215,656 16,881
5,1486,9271,9254,905
968,881
4,3595,721
746, S41
>8,188
4, 7064,315
8583,347
1109, 299
4, 0273, 793
897. 094
5,075 i '4,5283,862 i 3,73718,095 ! 18,886
3, 3234, 507
17, 641
4, 6214,174
7053, 354
1159, 732
4,3143, 600
907, S02
4, f>835, 808
16, 386
STONE, CLAY. AND GLASS PRODUCTS
PORTLAND CEMENT |
Produci.iun thous. of bb l . J 13,123I'ercunt of capacity. _ j 62. 8
Shipments thous. of bbl._j 14, 760Stocks, imir.hed, end of m o n t h . . . . do 19,913Stocks, clinker, end of month do j 4,853
CLAY PRODUCTS j
Product ion . t hous . of pieces. J (l)Shipments--. do 0)Stocks, end of month. do ! 0)
Common brick: iPrice, wholesale, composite, f. o. b. plant '
dol. per thous.-i 12.121thiji'r.fins . . . thous. of brick..;Stocks, t'TM of month. -do [
Kiuv brick: iShiprr.cn*?: . . . .. do '.._.. . - . . .Slocks. ei:d nf month d o . , . . 1 .
Vio<,r iin<i w all i iU> shipments: 'Quanti ty thous. of sq. f t . . ;Ynluo - thous. of dol -.
Hollow l.-uil'ling tilo: !
shipments . . short t ons . . . ; . - . . -Sto1. '*s, crni of month . do ;
Vi!ri:h'd j>W'JVJ, brick: ;Sh inn i 'ms . . ._ thous. of brick..!...<!•«-• \-.r ••;-ui «f month _ . ._ . ._ . ._ . .do !
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11, 05352.2
10, 14720, 7794,824
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107 ,i29468, 357
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9,48842.9
6, 78523, 449
5, 165
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54 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939
mber u c t 0 D e rNovem-
berDecem-
ber
1940
Janu-ary
Febru-ary March April j May June July
TEXTILE PRODUCTS
August
CLOTHINGHosiery:
Production thous. of dozen pairs..Shipments d o —Stocks, end of month, do.. . .
COTTONConsumption!.... . bales..Exports (excluding Iinters)f- __ d o —Imports (excluding linters) . d o —Prices received by farmers dol. per lb..Price, wholesale, middling (New York)...doProduction:
Ginnings (running bales) • . . thous. of bales..Crop estimate, equivalent 500-lb. bales, .do
Stocks, domestic cotton in the United States,total thous. of bales..
On farms and in transit ....doWarehouses d o —Mills . do....
11,25712, 76223,830
039,25290, 555
(3). 092.097
3,9242 12, 741
COTTON MANUFACTURES
Cotton cloth:Exports thous. of sq. yd..Imports do. _. .Prices, wholesale:
Mill margins ..cents per lb . .Print cloth, 64 x 60 dol. per yd..Sheeting, unbleached, 4 x 4 do
Finished cotton cloth:Production:
Bleached, plain thous. of yd..Dyed, colors . doDyed, black ..... . . .doPrinted . ..do
Spindle activity:Active spindlest thousands..Active spindle hrs., totalt mil. of hrs..
Average per spindle in place hours..Operations pet. of capacity..
Cotton yarn, wholesale prices:22/1, cones (factory) dol. per lb_.40/s, southern, single, carded, Boston...do
RAYON AND SILKRayon:
Deliveries (consumption), yarn*...mil. of lb. .Imports thous. of lb. .Price, wholesale, 150 denier, first quality
(N. Y.) dol. perlb..1
Stocks, yarn, end of mo.J mil. of lb._Silk:
Deliveries (consumption) bales..Imports, raw thous. of lb._Price, wholesale, raw, Japanese, 13-15 (N.Y.)
dol. perlb..Stocks, end of month:
Total visible stocks .bales..United States (warehouses) do
WOOL
24,413G, 919
12. 20.050. 059
132,912108,029
5, 924104, 345
22,2787,867
32096.7
. 227
.325
30.8224
.538.4
28,8283,739
172,25444, 454
21,831
28, 6097, 941
Imports (unmanufactured) thous. of lb_.Consumption (scoured basis) :1
Apparel class doCarpet class do ,
Machinery activity (weekly average) :1 |Looms: j
Woolen and worsted: IBroad ....thous. of active hours..! 1, '44Narrow . do 60
Carpet and rug.. ..„ do ! 1"Spinning spindles: |
Woolen .. .do... . 83,065Worsted do . . . . 88,005
Worsted combs do 158Prices, wholesale:
Raw, territory, fine, scoured dol. per lb._ -92Raw, Ohio and Penn., fleeces do .40Suiting, unfinished worsted, 13 oz. (at
mill) dol. per yd.. 1.918Women's dress goods, French serge, 54" (at
mill) dol. per yd.. 1.114Worsted yarn, 2/32's, crossbred stock(Boston)
dol. perlb. . 1.288Receipts at Boston, total thous. of lb... 29,961
Domestic do. . . . 22,912Foreign . do 7,049
Stocks, scoured basis, end of quarter, totalthous. of lb. . I 127,423
Woolen wools, total do 41, 233Domestic do I 29,378Foreign do j 11,855
Worsted wools, total.. . do 86,190Domestic do | 57,201Foreign do ! 28,989
11, 977 j 13, 19412, 820 13, 15623,861 I 23,923
.24,183644, 3289,746,091.093
6,682
:'686, 451'»• 885,182
13. 678.087.093
10, 079
22, 2607,28614,151
823
30, 02311,189
14. 56.054.063
153, 025106, 6788,056
113, 380
r 22, 2317, 69530692.5
.260
.351
20, 7823,92415, 4411,417
40, 49411, 774
15.83. 055.009
173, 256120, 4608,322
124, 201
r 22, 667' 8, 578
34297.9
.277
.365
12, 98712, 45124, 482
718, 719583, 64410, 679.088.098
10,411 I 11,702 ! 11,33410,259 11,149 | 11,42224,658 25,212 25,124
650,123806, 7209,667.097.110
'731, 793j'1,035,416I 8,717| .101I .111
661,771746, 68036, 613.100.111
11, 110 I 11,276 | 11,412
19, 4632,27215, 4571,734
18,1121, 747
14, 5541, 811
16, 3691,46013, 1791,730
35, 56411,859
14.93.053.068 |
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37,899 j16,322 !
13.61 |.053.066 I
165,624 i 152,215109,4195,524
113, 100
123,1546,516
117, 393
r 22, 785'8,810
353'101.4
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.378 |
34.33,108
.5213.1
36, 8697, 262
2.993
89,16027, 760
34.84, 062
.539.4
41, 8586, 936
3.271
89, 13535, 935
33.35,677.537.7
32,2415,423
3. 394
92, 52741,927
' 22, 7808,040
322100.7
32.06, 750
.536.4 |
21, 1285,322
3.921
109, 11055, 610
29, 625
25,0068,847
1, 55184196
74, 17281,961
144
1.02.45
1.906
1.101
1.37524, 41019, 0465,363
118,51440,99732,201 I8,796 i77,517 '57,26020, 257
19, 832
33,98411,274
1,79296221
81, 686106, 185
168
1.09.49
2.178
1.163
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22,909
26, 4369,238
2,041103213
80, 428103,487
157
1.06
.47
2.178
1.163
1.456(3)5,601(3)
26,035 I 45,082
22, 3787, 665
28,1899,703
2,046 I78 !197 |
74, 38184,179
133
1.06
.46 |
2.178 I
1.163
1.450(3)
4,678()
1, 85369200
73, 32871, 344
137 |
1.02 I
.43 |
2.178 |
1.188 |
1.415
11, 09711,46524, 756
627,194433, 8429,504.100.109
111,481
33,311 !10,332 |
13.36 |.054 j.065 I
15, 0181,229
12, 1301,659
33, 3469,415
12. 25.051062
139, 289101,511
4,597111,666
' 22, 880' 9, 245
'370' 102. 8
.272
. 375
31.85,104 |
I.53 i7.0 !
29, 5064,972
3.683
87, 02559,225 !
129,174100, 7074,581
106,916
r 22, 801rg 267'331
. 255
. 350
29.82,607
.538.3
22, 4852,175
3.061
83, 30650, 306
37, 212
21,3028, 658
1, 58780195
70, 76467, 472
127
.93
.39i
2.116 |
1.188 |
1.338(3)3,247
109, 53344, 28631,10213.18465, 24729, 77635,471
i 11,816
13,9281,008
11, 3731,547
34, 8654,808
11.59.049.058
10, 67910, 13325, 302
623,098344, 60911, 096.100.109
10, 66010,10825,854
641,636226, 469r 14, 292
.098
.102
I127, 278103, 3285,060
110, 882
'22.553r 7, 920r 318'94.6
.248
.344
29.81,279
.5310.4
21, 6852,213
2. 951
87, 08745, 887
38, 529
17, 7097,340
1,12958186
55, 88851,750
100
.90
.36
1.931
1.188
1.300(3)5,342)
12, 943815
10, 7091,419
34, 9435,813
11.40.050.059
127, 61497,1994,776
103, 563
' 22, 289' 7, 995
321'92.0
.228
.338
31.11,962
.5311.7
21, 7402,494
2.681
85, 79842, 698
22, 065
17, 4718,544
1,08852
183
54, 65851,173
87
.89
.35
1. 931
1.158
1.30013, 5538,1045, 449
9,711 9,418 11,1748,835 9.244 12,390
26, 730 26, 558 25, 335
565, 416133, 53012, 374.095.107
12,189788
10, 0871,314
28,4706,608 !
i11.37 |.047.058
126,96889, 2044,889
98, 336
' 22, 213' 8, 035
32489.4
.222
.338
32.2571 !
.5312.5
18,9972,925
2.794
92, 48543, 285
18, 466
17,0656,524
1,20958152
60, 72461,167
94
.37
1.931
1.114
1. 29431, 75925, 2146,544
11,414773
9,5401,101
24, 6276, 329
10.68.046.057
109, 27878, 4684,612
80, 744
'21,955'6,960
'2S1'87 .9
.219
.321
31.4669
.5312.8
17, 3072, 356
2.724
90,12241, 822
622 723'136', 75118,254. 095.104
32 i
654,50364,74310,153. 092. 09S
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24,409"), 216
11.00. 047. 058
120,709 '92,116
6,49188,482
21,919r 7, r>48
'305r 80. 6
11
129,102,6,
100,
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.23048058
25008 5786752
078
3180.4
.53 I11.2 i ' 1 0 . 0
22, 7603,827
2.540
30,18G4. 701
115,111 I 151,69843,211 I 4<\S98
18,066 ! 17,502
19, 3735, 798
1,40770
149
68,14766, 718
137
.88
.39
1.931
1.114
1.25044,89641, 790
3,106
98,860 I41,815 ]28,181 !13,634 I ' . . . . !57,045 ! I i22,825 I ! !34,220 I . . . I I
28,4316, 0(51
125
72 Q3414/
1.114
41,472
1C
247
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70S571
1 2
22, ' \
•128,585' 47, 508' 3 5 , 1 8 3 i . . .' 1 2 , 3 2 5 !._.' 8 1 , 0 7 7 l.__' 5 9 , 4 3 0 |___' 2 1 , 6 4 1 I . . .
1 Total ginnings of 1939 crop.' Revised. •Total ginnings to end of month indicated.» October 1 estimate of 1940 crop. 3 Not available.qnntfl. for October 1Q3Q and January April, and July 1940 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks.^Monthly data^gimiiS? Jam?J?/l93ofcoiespondtog to monthly averages shown on p. 155 of the 1940 Supplement, appear on p. 18 of the April 1940 Survey.*New series For monthly data on ravon varn deliveries beginning 1923, see table 41, p. 16 of the October 1940 issue. . .t Dala^revised for^Z cotton year beg?nn1ng^ugust 1939. August 1939 data are as follows: Consumption, 030,667; exports, 214,541; active spindles, 22,010; active spinalc •
hours, 7,911.
November 1940 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS oo
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939
Sep-tember October Novem-1 Decem-
ber j ber
1940
Janu-ary
Febru-ary March April May June July August
TEXTILE PRODUCTS—Continued
MISCELLANEOUS PEODUCTS
Buttons, fresh-water pearl;Production pet. of capacity..Stocks, end of month thous. of gross..
Fur, sales by dealers thous. of doL.Pyroxylin-coated textiles (cotton fabrics):
Orders, unfilled, end of mo.-thous. linear yd..Pyroxylin spread thous. of lb_.Shipments, billed thous. linear yd..
3,528
40.45,6973,155
4,5626,2435,807
46.55,7842,660
3,5786,3716,482
44,05,9272,250
3,1325,4135,556
30.46,0141,334 i
35.76,4033,275
2,7975,0385,148
2,8865,1315,053
34.96,4314,447
2,3984,9304,844
38.86,498
' 4, 237
2,2274,7694,978
41.06,539
' 3, 813
2,1184,7725,003
40.56,541
' 4, 263
2,0404,1024,504
28.86,437
' 2, 403
2, 2443,9314,030
30.46, 304
' 3, 372
2, 8074, 4354,430
44.66, 4004,206
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
AIRPLANES
Production, domestic civil aircraft§... number.Exports do. . .
AUTOMOBILESExports:
Canada:Assembled, total . . . . . . number..
Passenger cars . doUnited States:
Assembled, total . . . . . . .doPassenger cars doTrucks do
Financing:Retail purchasers, total thous. of dol |
New cars do |Used cars do |Unclassified _._do___.|
Wholesale (mfrs. to dealers) do |Fire-extinguishing equipment, shipments:
Motor apparatus . number..Hand extinguishers do
Production:Automobiles:
Canada, total . doPassenger cars do
United States (factory sales), total doPassenger cars .-doTrucks do
Automobile rims thous. of rims__Registrations:
New passenger cars number. _New commercial cars do
Sales (General Motors Corporation):World sales:
By U. S. and Canadian plants doUnited States sales:
To dealers doTo consumers do
Accessories and parts, shipments:Combined index Jan. 1925=100.._
Original equipment to vehicle manufac-turers Jan. 1925=100. _
A ccessories to wholesalers doService parts to wholesalers doService equipment to wholesalers do
284
9,0051,090
5, 7532, 5913,162
15, 4753,410
269,108224, 470
44, 6381,356
148,00039, 224
124, 692
116, 03197, 527
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT
(Association of American Railroads)
i
Freight cars, end of mo.: jNumber owned thousands-.. \ 1, 642
Undergoing or awaiting classified repairs jthousands , . 131
Percent of total on line - 8.1Orders, unfilled cars..; 16,892
Equipment manufacturers do i 9,010Railroad shops do I 7, 882
Locomotives, steam, end of mo.: •Undergoing or awaiting classified repairs j
number . - j 6, 276Percent of total on line j 15. 7
Orders, unfilled number^_ I 130Equipment manufacturers do ! 118Railroad shops do j 12
(U. S. Bureau of the Census) ii
Locomotives, railroad: jOrders, unfilled, end of mo., total...number.. | 272
Domestic, total do j 251Steam . do 126Other do J 125
shipments, domestic, total do j 40Steam do ! 0Other . __do | 40
39162
1,913934
7,8344,4933,341
94,31646,58647,313
41765,310
7735,804
3,9223,494
188,757161, 62527,1321,585
141,63332,983
53, 072
47, 60656, 789
128
13394173106
43943
1,202586
18,1409,461
109,79359,52549,734
534130, 332
37,471
11,2977,791
313,392251,81961,5731,882
212,58637,923
34462
4,8742,386
19, 67610,678
113,94164,00049,463
478134,922
67 I33,737
271294
4,9011,947
22,68811,88510,803
119,63769, 70549,408
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165,30496, 272
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224,625
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56 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS November 1940
Monthly statistics through December 1939, to-gether with explanatory notes and referencesto the sources of the data, may be found in the1940 Supplement to the Survey
1940
Sep-tember
1939 1940
Sep- I October ! N o v e m " \tember I U c t o b e r | ber i ber
Janu-ary
Febru-ary March j Apri] I May June July August
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT—Continued
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT—Continued ](U. S. Bureau of the Census) j
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Shipments, total number...jFor mining use „ do ;
(American Railway Car Institute) \Shipments: ;
Freight cars, total. number..!Domestic do j
Passenger cars, total _ . . . do jDomestic. do !
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