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SURVEY OFCURRENT BUSINESS
P U B L I S H E D BY
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Subscription price of the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS is 31.50 a year; single copies (monthly), 10 cents, semiannual issue, 25 cents.Foreign subscriptions, 32.25, single copies (monthly issues), including postage, 14 cents; semiannual issues, 36 cents. Subscriptionprice of COMMERCE REPORTS is 34 a year; with .the SURVEY, 35.50 a year. Make remittances only to Superintendent of Documents,Washington, D. C., by postal money order, express order, or New York draft. Currency at sender's risk. Postage stamps or foreign
money not accepted
No. 106 WASHINGTON June, 1930
C O N T E N T SSUMMARIES
Preliminary summary for MayMonthly business indicators:
Ratio chartsYearly averages, 1923-1929;
1929-1930 (table)Business conditions in AprilIndexes of business
monthly averages,
DETAILED TABLES
Sales of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea CoRate of manufacturing operations:
By divisionsBy industries
Debits to individual accounts at clearing house centers:By Federal Reserve districtsDistrict totals—seasonal variation eliminated
Page1
34
15
18
1819
2022
INDEX BY SUBJECTS
Textiles..Metals and metal products.,FuelsAutomobiles and rubberHides and leatherPaper and printingBuilding construction and housing..Lumber productsStone, clay, and glass productsChemicals and oilsFoodstuffs and tobaccoTransportation and public utilities..Employment and wagesDistribution movement (trade, etc.).Banking, finance, and insuranceForeign exchange and trade
Textpage
91011111111121212
13145
141414
Tablepage
23-2425-2727,2928-30
3031,32
3233,3434,3535-3737-4040-4243,4444,4545-48
48
PRELIMINARY SUMMARY FOR MAY
Business in May, as seen from figures coveringcheck payments, for the first four weeks, was lowerthan the corresponding period of 1929. The dis-tribution of commodities through primary channels asreflected by data on car loadings was also lower thanin May a year ago.
Activity in steel plants, though showing slight changefrom April, was on a lower plane than in May, 1929.The production of bituminous coal, while showing aa slight gain over April, was lower than for the corre-sponding period last year. Factory employment inDetroit, reflecting the automobile industry, showed animprovement over the previous month, but was sub-stantially lower than a year ago. The output ofcrude petroleum was slightly larger than during thepreceding month but lower than a year ago. The valueof new building contracts awarded during May waslarger than during the previous month but was 6 percent less than during May, 1929.
The general index of wholesale prices was lower thanfor either the previous month or for May, 1929.
Prices for wheat declined continuously during themonth, except for a slight recovery during the lastweek and were lower than during the correspondingmonth of last year. Cotton prices were slightlyhigher than the previous month but materially belowthe same period a year ago. The prices for iron andsteel showed declines from both the month of Apriland May, 1929.
Bank loans and discounts showed little change fromthe previous month and were slightly larger than a yearago. Interest rates were lower than during either theprevious month or the corresponding period a yearago. Brokers loans at the end of May were less thanat the end of April or May, a year ago. Prices forstocks averaged lower than during April or May, 1929.
Bond prices were lower than the previous monthbut showed a gain over the same period of 1929.Business failures were somewhat fewer than in theprevious month but more numerous than a year ago.Liabilities of failing firms were smaller than the monthof April but higher than a year ago.
MONTHLY BUSINESS INDICATORS, 1923-1930I Ratio charts—see explanations on inside front cover. The curves on check payments, wholesale trade, 10-cent chains, and department stores have been adjusted for normal
seasonal variations, and manufacturing production for the varying number of working days in the month as well. 1923-1925 monthly average=100]
1923 « 1924 1925 i 1926 1927 I 1928 1923 I 1924 I 1925 I 1926 I 1927 I 1928 I 1929 i 1930
MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIONl i i t i i l n l M l n h i l i i h i l i i h i h i l
CHECK PAYMENTS (141 CENTERS)
SALES BY RESTAURANT CHAINS
AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTIONl n l u l u L i l i i l u i i l n l M l n l n l i i l i i l
FACTORY .EMPLOYMENT
SALES BY 2 MAIL-ORDER HOUSES
BY TEN CENT CHAINSCOTTON CONSUMPTIONn l n l n l n ! i i I , , I , , I n I , , I , i I n I , i I , i I , I I , , ,
NET TON-MILE OPERATION
INTEREST RATE, COMMERCIAL PAPER
PETROLEUM PRODUCTION
PRICE OF 25 RAILROAD STOCKS !
COPPER PRODUCT!
PRICE OF 25 INDUSTRIAL
BUILDING CONTRACTS (FLOOR SPACE^ n l M l l l l M l M l n l l . l l l l l l l l l l . l l l l l l l l l l i l l l l l l l l l
UNFILLED STEEL ORDERS
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i n1928 I 1929 19301923 5924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
MONTHLY BUSINESS INDICATORS
The principal business indicators are shown below, all calculated on a comparable basis, the average for the years 1923 to 1925,inclusive. Thus the table gives a bird's-eye view of the business situation in a concise form^ so that trends of the principal indicatorsmay be seen at a glance.
Certain indicators, in which there is a marked seasonal movement, are shown with the average seasonal variations eliminated,as noted below. In this manner a more understanding month-to-month comparison may be made.
ITEM
Industrial production:* Total manufacturing* Total minerals _. ..
Pigiron 'Steel ingotsAutomobilesDftment.Cotton (consumption)Wool (consumption)
Raw material output:Animal productsCrops . >Forest productsCrude petroleum . .Bituminous coal
Power and construction:Electric powerBuilding contracts (37 States)....
Unfilled orders:General indexU. 8. Steel Corporation ..
Stocks:General indexManfd. commodities (28)CottonCopper (refined)
Employment:Factories
Prices:Farm products, to producersWholesale, all commoditiesRetail foodCost of living (including food)....
Distribution (values}:* Bank debits, Hi cities?* Department stores, sales* Mail-order sales, 2 houses _* iO-cent chains, sales
Postal receipts ._ImportsExports
Transportation :Freight, net ton miles
Finance:Member bank loans and discountsInterest rate (commercial paper)..Federal reserve ratioPrice, corporation bondsPrice, railroad stocksPrice, industrial stocksFailures (liabilities)
MONTHLY AVERAGE
1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 £928 1929
1929
Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
1930
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
1923-1925 monthly average=100
101.0105.0111.7104,8101 792 1
105.9112.8
100.091.999.099 4
108.093 4
92.589.7
121.7125.8
94.693.8
102.5106.4
104 2
97.899.997.698 2
91 298.089.388.093.697.891 6
102 2
94 1116.299.096.486 086.1
106.0
94.096.086.788.790 899.889.794.6
104.0104.097.096.992.6
100 2
98.192.7
87.083 6
102.0103.291.4
113.9
96 2
97.197.497.699.4
96.799.097.299 098.593.1
100 8
96.9
98.590.0
104.199.996. 191.9
106.8
105.099.0
101.6106.4107 6108. 1104.492.6
96.0104.0104.0103:799.5
103.4
109.5117.6
91.390.6
103.6103.0106.273.1
99.7
106.6102.8104 9102.4
111 6103 0111.91J3 0107.910S.O107 8
101.9
107.493.596.9
103.6117.9122.087.2
108.0107.0109.0113.1x08 4110 0108 686.7
96.0109.098.0
104.6109 7110.2
122. 6111.0
84 682.1
114.6106.3145.564.8
101.4
98.899.3
107.6102.4
119 f106 0120.6126 0114.5114 8105 6
109.1
112.9100. 9|96.0
108.0133.4132.480.4
106.0107.0101.0104.685.7
115.3120 297 0
97.0113. 393.0
122.399.0
104.0
133.3106.8
74.071.1
120.8112.5153.186.4
98 8
94.994.7
103.6100 0
132.6107 0126.2138 0117.3108 0106.8
106. Oi
117.395.499.1
112.5162.7171.410? 2
111.0106. C105.fi120.2109. S118. C106.794.7
99.0117.088.2
122.495.8
114.9
146.0121.4
76.280.7
123.0117.4123.668.4
97.2
100.797.0
102.998.7
158.2108.0147.7150.0117.7105.5112.6
106.5
126. &112.889.1
113.0174.5214.8%. 2
j
! 119.0115.0
1 117.9130.6135.1
I 114.1j 114.61 103.1
99.2114.285.4
136:5
100.5127 1
161.799.6
80.887 1
136.8120.1126.878.4
100.4
100.095.8
104.698.4
184.5110.0188.6164.0121.1113.5115.2
109.9
135.9135.793.4
106.5194.3292.695.0
123.0115.0122.6142.8188.1110.6123.1103.8
99.757.490.2
130.584.7
143.9
157. 1128.0
93.192.7
129.9121.5109.950.8
101.8
100.096.1
101.397.0
180.6105.0169.1153.0121.1127.1112. 2
102.7
131. 3139. 294.9
107.6183. 7|285. 883.2
124.0116.0130.5152.5182.9129.9130.3102.9
108.951.198.6
137.592.2
141.6
161.2122.4
88.490.1
122.8120.488.462.2
101.6
98.695.1
102.497.0
180.5107.0194.8172.0121.0123.9101.4
112.6
129.3139.296.5
106.7184.4290 3
97 2
128 0112.0124.4141.2165.1135.2111.193.0
111.856.389.9
135.987.4
124.9
154.9109.7
83.489.2
120.2121.170.973.4
101.2
97.895.7
103.497.6
159.0112.0215.1174.0109.3109.4103.6
109.1
135. 1139. 2;
94.4!105.4!192.1297.8
74.0
125.0114. 0126.7139.9151.5139.3106.699.8
116.091.188.3
148.893.3
120.1
159.8113.7
82.185.6
121.8120.354.286.3
100.7
101.497.3
105.998.8
184.8106.0211.2162.0109.1109.6106.2
112.5
136.2139.296.4
104.9213.4330.8
7(i. 5
124.0115.0125.7142.5150.8149.5108.7111.1
100.0134.591.8
150.3100.7119.6
166.6100.5
76.076.6
127.2115.758.292.2
102.0
103.697.0
107.099.4
198.2112.0223.3174.0110.0114.3100.4
120.4
135.3142.297.7
104 1216 3344 5
79 «
122.0118.0117.1130.5125.8138.6106.3105.0
98.7177.180.3
142.2102.2120.4
160.790.2
76. &81.7
139.2113.8106.883.7
103.4
102.296.8
107.499.4
192.8123.0212.1168.0114.5108.8115. 3
118.5
139.1145.094.2
103.9217.7358.580.5
117.0118.0120.1130.5114.9134. 6124.9125.3
102.6246.389.2
143.5117.6125.2
173.698.9
76.885.6
154.8113.9177.578.1
102. 1
101.495.6
107.299.4
211.1109.01P4. 7159.0133.5121.1139.6
128, 1
151. 1145.089.9
105. 2203. 5316.373.9
105.0110.0106.5101.665. S
113.1106.098.5
95.2154.682.0
127.3104.9115.1
164.476.9
73.786.4
156.5115.6199.8111.7
98.2
98.693.7
106.799.3
l&O.O107.0186.0166. 0122.0104.8116.5
103.8
141. 3133.493.0
105. 0176. 2219.4122.8
96.0116.094.983.836.390.288.479.8
93.0139.269.6
130.9107.5113.4
169.866.3
77.792.5
158.0118.9206.4151.3
94.8
97.893.5
105.698.7
139.8115.0199.9165.0153. 396.1
112.4
96.6
140. 9(
116.090.2
107.1181.4229. 3159.1
102.0112.094.0
109.583.368.4
112.592.1
94.778.763.3
129.4114.3102.9
172.549.6
80.293.6
150.8121.5192.5179.7
92.9
97.192.8
103.897.4
136.7102.0154.7152.0120.996.3
108.3
98.3
133.1113.2101.4106.8180.6235.5144.3
106.0108.095.0
117.7105.065.796.580.9
83.862.666.5
121.290.889.8
151.957.6
79.493.8
147.3124.9177.4205.9
92.9
94.991.5
102.296.8
144.4106.0149.6162.0111.387.291.9
92.0
131.1110.2102.1107.0188.6251.9121.1
105.096.0
108.6124.1121.490.399.178. 5
97.655. 673.3
126.182.192.8
162.981.1
81.795.7
141.8125.2158.3226. 2
92.7
91.390.2
100. 395.6
153.4104.0140.7164.0121.893.097.4
94.6
135. 098.6
103.4109.3188.1262.2134.1
106. 0103.0106. 5119.8133. 9108.8103. 7
100. 353.081.4
125. 782.391.5
158.785. 3
78,391.2
136. 1127. fi141.1266. 2
92. 1
92. 090. 1
102.996.2 !
152. 1106. 0164.0161.0122. 395.4 !88.0
135.4 |!90.0
106.91C9. 2187, 6279, 2115,7 •
* Seasonal adjustments
BUSINESS CONDITIONS IN APRIL
PRODUCTION
Manufacturing output in April, according to theweighted index of the Federal Reserve Board usingadjustments for seasonal variations, was on a higherlevel than the previous month but showed a declinefrom a year ago. Gains in the production of iron andsteel, food products, leather and shoes, nonferrousmetals, rubber tires, and tobacco products more thanoffset declines in the production of textiles and cement,while the production of automobiles showed no change.As compared with April, 1929, all the groups exceptleather and shoes and petroleum refining showed a
pared with the months of March and April, 1929,declines in unfilled orders occurred in textiles, iron andsteel, transportation equipment, and lumber. Con-trasted with a year ago unfilled orders for transporta-tion equipment showed but slight changes, while otherlines registered declines.
WHOLESALE TRADE
Wholesale trade in April was slightly less thanduring April, 1919, declines occurring in the sales ofdry goods and hardware, while the sales of groceriesand drugs showed no change. For the period of Jan-
MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION BY MAJOR GROUPS[Relative numbers, monthly average 1923-1925 taken as 100, adjusted for seasonal variations]
1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
decline in output. Mineral production, after adjust-ments for seasonal variations, was higher than inMarch, but was lower than in the correspondingperiod, a year ago.
COMMODITY STOCKS
Stocks of commodities held at the end of April,while showing a decline from the month of March,were greater than those held at the end of April, 1929.Stocks of finished goods in the hands of manufacturersshowed gains over the preceding month and the sameperiod a year ago.
SALES
The general index of unfilled orders was lower than±he preceding month and April a year ago. As com-
uary 1 to April 30 sales of dry goods, hardware, anddrugs were smaller than in the corresponding perioda year ago, while those of groceries showed no change.Retail trade in June, as measured by department storesales after adjustments for seasonal variation, were ata higher level than in either the month of March orApril, 1929.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS
Imports of merchandise into the United Statesduring April were greater than in March but con-siderably less than during the same period in 1929.Exports, however, showed losses when comparedwith the month of March and the correspondingperiod in 1929.
PRICES
The general index of wholesale prices showed onlya slight change from the month of March and was 6per cent lower than April, 1929. Almost all groups in-cluded in the index showed declines from a year ago.In comparison with the month of March the followinggroups registered declines, hides and leather products,textile products, metals and metal products, buildingmaterials, and chemicals and drugs. On the otherhand, increases were noted in the prices of foods, fueland lighting materials, and miscellaneous items, whilethe prices of house-furnishing goods showed no change.
Classified by condition of manufacture, the indexshowed a decrease of 7 per cent in raw materials, 10
EMPLOYMENT
Factory employment in April, as measured by theIndex of Employment compiled by the Federal ReserveBoard, was 1 per cent less than the previous monthand was 10 per cent lower than in April, 1929. Ascompared with the previous month, increases inemployment in factories producing iron and steel,automobiles, cement, clay and glass, rubber prod-ucts, more than offset declines in those producingmachinery, textiles, foodstuffs, paper and its products,lumber, leather products, nonferrous metals, chem-icals, and tobacco products. Compared with Aprila year ago, all lines showed losses in employmentwith the exception of the paper and printing groups
FACTORY EMPLOYMENT, BY GROUPS[1926 monthly average—100. April, 1930, is latest month plotted]
100
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per cent in semimanufactured commodities, 6 percent in finished products, and 6 per cent in nonagri-cultural commodities.
Prices paid to farmers during April for their products,as shown in the general index, were higher than duringthe month of March and 11 per cent below what theywere in April, 1929. Compared with a year ago,gains in prices paid for fruits and vegetables weremore than offset by declines in each of the othergroups. As compared with the month of March,gains were noted in the prices of grains, fruits andvegetables, dairy and poultry products, cotton andcottonseed.
and petroleum refining, declines occurring in employ-ment in the production of machinery, automobiles,cement, clay and glass, nonferrous metals, andrubber products.
Factory pay rolls in April showed only a slightchange from March, but were 13 per cent less than ayear ago. Declines from the previous month in wagepayments were shown in factories producing machin-ery, textiles, paper and printing, lumber, leather, non-ferrous metals, petroleum and tobacco products, butthese were offset by increases recorded in factoriesproducing iron and steel, automobiles, cement, claxand glass, and rubber products.
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WHOLESALE PRICES FOR SPECIFIED COMMODITIES[Relative numbers, 1926 monthly average taken as 100. April, 1930, is latest month plotted. Data from which these charts are drawn are given on the opposite page)
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noiiferrous metals from the Engineering and Mining Journal-Press, except tin, which is from the American Metal Market. All other prices are from U. S. Department ofLabor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. So far as possible all quotations represent prices to producer or at mill.
COMMODITIES
FARM PRODUCTS— AVERAGE PRICE TO PRODUCER
WheatCornPotatoesCottonCottonseedCattle, beefHogsLambs - -
FARM PRODUCTS-MARKET PRICE
Wheat No. 1, northern spring (Minneapolis)Wheat, No. 2, red, winter (St. Louis)Wheat, No 2, hard, winter (Kansas City).Corn, No. 3, yellow (Chicago)Oats No 3 white (Chicago)Barley, No 2 (Minneapolis)Rye, No. 2 (Minneapolis)...Cotton, middling upland (New York)Wool, & blood combing, Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces (Boston)Cattle, steers, good to choice, corn fed (Chicago) ...Hogs, heavy (Chicago)Sheep, ewes (Chicago)Sheep, lambs (Chicago)
FOOD
Flour, standard patents (Minneapolis)Flour, winter straights (Kansas City) _Sugar, 96° centrifugal (New York)Sugar, granulated, in barrels (New York)____ .Cottonseed oil, prime yellow (New York)Beef, fresh, carcass, good native steers (Chicago)Beef fresh, carcass, steers (New York)Pork, smoked hams (Chicago).Butter, creamery, 92 score (New York) .. . . .Oleomargarine, standard, uncolored (Chicago)
TEXTILES
Cotton yarns, carded, white, northern, mule spun, 22-1 -cones (Boston).Cotton-print cloth 64 x 60-38^"-5.35 — yards to poundCotton sheeting, brown 4/4 Trion (New York)Worsted yarns, 2/32's cross-bred stock, white, in skein (Boston)Women's dress goods, French, 39 inches, at mills, serge..Suitings unfinished worsted — 13-ounce, millSuitings, serge, 11 -ounce, 56-58 inch _Silk Japan 13-15Hosiery women's pure silk, mill
LEATHER
Hides, green salted, packers' heavy native steers (Chicago)Hides calfskins, No. 1, country, 8 to 15 pounds (Chicago)Leather, chrome calf, dull or bright "B" grades (Boston)Leather sole oak, scoured backs, heavy (Boston)Boots and shoes, men's black calf, blucher (Massachusetts)Boots and shoes, men's dress welt tan calf oxford (St. Louis)
FUEL
Coal, bituminous, mine-run (composite price)Coal, bituminous, prepared sizes (composite price)Coal, anthracite, chestnut (composite price)Coke, Connellsville (range of prompt and future), furnace— at ovens-Petroleum, crude, Kansas-Oklahoma — at wells.
METALS
Pig iron foundry No 2, northern (Pittsburgh)Pig iron, basic, valley furnace . .Steel billets, Bessemer (Pittsburgh)Copper ingots, electrolytic, early delivery (New York)Brass, sheets, mill _ .._Lead, pig, desilverized, for early delivery (New York)Tin, straits (New York)Zinc slab western (St Louis)
BUILDING MATERIAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
Lumber, pine, southern, yellow flooring; mill _Brick, common red, domestic building (New York)__Cement, Portland, net without bags to trade, f. o. b. plant (Chicago
district)Steel beams, mill (Pittsburgh)Rubber smoked sheets (New York)Sulphuric acid, 66°, (New York)Newsprint, rolls, contract, mill _ __
Unit
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ACTUAL P3ICK(dollars)
March,1930
0.919.745
1.367.138
28.63.0877.0957. 0963
1.121.181.02.80.43.55.66.151.33
12. 8009.8255.1359.730
6.2315.260.036.049.084.240.215243
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1.7561.8434.5318.500
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3.9114.292
13. 0332.6001.110
20. 26018.50033.000
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.233
.0566
.3681
.0493
37. 20011.000
1.6171.800.153
15.5003.250
April,1930
0.934.783
1.461.147
29.74. 0865.0917.0902
1.111.171.01.82.43.56.68.163.31
12. 5639.9755.1258.938
6.0905.400.035.048.087.239.220.229.39.235
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.0761.250.900
1.7561.8434.1868.500
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3.9014.083
12. 8872.6001.163
20. 26018.50033.000
.1562
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36. 39011.250
1.6171.800.150
15. 5003.250
April,1929
0.998.875.553.185
38.94.0953.1020.1336
1.201.251.10.90.48.65.89.201.49
13. 87511. 4609.175
16. 450
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2.0081.9595.1459.500
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3.9124.113
12. 6542.8101.110
19. 76017.90034. 800
.1950
.244
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37. 35011. 500
1.6501.900.211
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RELATIVE PRICE
1926 average =100
Febru-ary, 1930
751117598
1061348090
797976
10910789859078
132847976
7678869071
1441308280
103
878685949490907278
10695
102112106100
9293956363
9810094
129122745971
8364
939233
10794
March, April,1930 1930
681077491
1051368183
717669
10710586728672
134807871
7473828971
1461267982
103
838284919088857373
10190
102112106100
9190956359
9810094
129122675667
8367
939232
10794
691127997
1091347878
707668
10910588749367
132817865
7275808874
1451297487
103
848182878788856873
10091
102107106100
9085946362
9810094
113115655566
8168
939231
10794
March,1929
7812731
12514514285
113
798778
12511710510912111313592
128118
7979858890
12912777
107103
10510296
11094
100908182
103105108126106100
9392957359
959497
154132897588
8370
959750
10794
April,1929
7412530
12314314886
116
768174
12011710297
11510714693
139120
7677848886
13613281
100103
10110096
10894
100908382
107108109112106100
9186926859
969799
141128857091
8370
959744
10794
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MEASURES OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY[Relative numbers, monthly average 1923-1925, taken as 100]
180NEW BUILDING CONTRACTS AND AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION
AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION(UNITED STATES)
MINERAL PRODUOTION AND RAILROAD TON-MILEAGE
50
200FACTORY EMPLOYMENT, MANUFACTURING. AND ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION
40
250CHECK PAYMENTS AND RETAIL TRADE
DEPARTMENT STORE TRADE
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9
REVIEW OF PRINCIPAL BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCETEXTILES
Imports of wool during April were smaller than dur-ing March and were more than 36 per cent less thanduring April, 1929. Wool consumption by manufac-turers was smaller than during either prior period.Prices for wool and yarns averaged lower than ineither the previous month or the same month of lastyear.
Exports of cotton during April declined seasonablyfrom the previous month and were 22 per cent smaller
of March and 26 per cent greater than in April a yearago. Cotton finishers reported smaller billings thanduring March or April a year ago. New orders andshipments likewise showed declines from both periods.Stocks of finished goods in the hands of finishers, on theother hand, showed increases over the previous monthand the corresponding month of last year.
Imports of raw silk during April were slightly smallerthan during the previous month or the correspondingperiod of 1929. Silk deliveries to consuming establish-
WOOL CONSUMPTION AND IMPORTS
[Relative numbers, monthly average 1923-1925 taken as 100. Curve covering imports of wool is plotted from 12 months' moving monthly average plotted on the end month]
180 | 1 —i 1 1 1 1 ' r
1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
than a year ago. Consumption of cotton by domesticmills showed an increase of 5 per cent over the month ofMarch, but was 15 per cent less than during April,1929. Stocks of cotton at mills and public warehousesat the end of April, while less than in March, weresubstantially greater than a year ago.
Cotton machinery showed a slight decline in activitywhen compared with March, and was 6 per cent lessactive than the month of April, 1929. The productionand shipments of cotton textiles were also smaller thanduring the previous month or the corresponding periodof last year. Stocks of cotton textiles at the end ofApril, on the other hand, were larger than in the month
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ments were likewise smaller than during either com-parative period. Stocks of silk at warehouses at theend of April were considerably greater than a year ago.The activity of broad and narrow silk looms was lessthan during March or April, 1929. On the other hand,the activity of silk spindles, while less than duringMarch, was greater than a year ago.
Rayon imports during April declined from Marchand were 46 per cent less than a year ago. Wholesaleprices at New York remained unchanged from March,but were below the level of April, 1929. Shipments ofpyroxylin-coated textiles registered a gain over March,but were considerably below April, a year ago.
10
METALS
The production of pig iron in April fell off slightlyfrom March and was 13 per cent smaller than in April,1929. Fewer furnaces were in blast than duringMarch or April last year.
The production of steel ingots declined during Aprilfrom the previous month and was 16 per cent lessthan the corresponding period a year ago. Unfilledorders of the United States Steel Corporation showedslight declines from March and April, 1929.
The output of steel sheets by independent millsshowed an increase of 19 per cent over the preceding
other hand, registered declines from both prior periods.New orders for both steel and malleable castings werelower in April or in March of the preceding year.
New orders for fabricated steel plate were smallei inApril than both comparative periods. Production ofsteel barrels, while less than in March, showed but aslight change when compared with a year ago. Neworders for steel boilers registered a gain of 4 per centover March, but were considerably less than a yearago. Shipments of woodworking machinery were offfrom March and April, 1929; new orders, while lessthan the preceding month, were 3 per cent more than
COPPER PRODUCTION, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS[Relative numbers, monthly average 1923-1925—100. April, 1930, is latest month plotted]
180
EXPORTS , REFINED
601923 1924 1925 1926 1927 I92S 1929 1930
month but registered a decline from a year ago. Theratio of production to capacity likewise showed similartrends. Stocks of sheets in the hands of manufacturersat the end of April were greater than the precedingmonth or a year ago. Unfilled orders while register-ing an increase over March declined from the sameperiod of last year. Wholesale prices for steel on thewhole showed but slight change from March, but werebelow the level of April, 1929.
The production of steel castings showed but a slightloss from March and were 9 per cent below the monthof April? 1929. Malleable castings output, on the
in April, last year. Shipments of electric trucksand tractors were less than during either priorperiod.
The mine production of copper in April showed buta slight decrease when compared with a month ago,but was materially below the corresponding period ayear ago. Exports of refined copper in April were 24per cent greater than in March, but were below thelevel of April, 1929. Deliveries of tin showed declinesfrom both March of this year and April of last year,April production of both lead and zinc was less thanthat of both prior periods.
11FUELS
The output of bituminous coal increased seasonallyover March and was 4 per cent less than in April,1929. Anthracite coal production, on the other hand,while registering an increase of 8 per cent over thepreceding month, also declined from the correspondingperiod a year ago. Average coal prices showedbut slight change when compared with the precedingmonth, but were less than in April, 1929. Theproduction of coke in April was less than during theprevious month or April a year ago. The price olcoke at Connellsville, while showing no change fromthe preceding month, was 7 per cent below the levelof a year ago.
HIDES AND LEATHER
Imports of hides and skins during April were greaterthan during the month of March and a year ago.Production of sole leather also was greater than foreither previous periods. Exports of sole and upperleather showed declines when compared with thepreceding month and with April, 1929. Wholesaleprices of hides and leather were generally smallerthan either comparative period. Production of shoes,reflecting the changes in style, was greater than inMarch and slightly less than April, 1929. Theexports of shoes declined seasonally from both periods.Shoe prices during April remained unchanged from themonth of March and April of last year.
PRODUCTION AND STOCKS OF GASOLINE[Relative numbers, monthly average 1923-1925 taken as 100. March, 1930, is latest month plotted]
240 [
160
60
AUTOMOBILES AND RUBBER
The production of automobiles, including passengercars, trucks, and taxicabs, showed an increase of 10per cent over the previous month, but was 29 per centbelow the level of April, 1929. The Canadian out-put registered similar trends in comparison with bothperiods, the percentage declined from last year's levelbeing greater than in the United States. The pro-duction of tires and tubes in April, following the trendof increased automobile production, showed a gainover the month of March, but declined from a yearago.
929
PAPER AND PRINTING
1930
Imports in most cases during April were less thanduring March, and in every instance below the levelof the corresponding period of last year. The domesticproduction of newsprint showed a decline from March,a year ago. The Canadian production, on the otherhand, showed increases over both periods. Stocks ofnewsprint at the end of April were slightly larger thanat the end of the previous month, but were smaller thana year ago. Stocks in Canada, however, exceeded thoseat either prior period. Publishers' stocks, while smallerthan at the end of the preceding month, were 19 percent greater than a year ago.
12
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
Building costs on the whole showed but slightchange from the preceding month, but were generallylower than a year ago. The value of new-buildingcontracts awarded in April, while greater than themonth of March, registered a decline as compared withApril, 1929. April contracts awarded in Canadaregistered large gains over both this March and Aprillast year. Fire losses in the United States wereslightly greater than during the preceding month andApril, 1929. Losses by fire in Canada, while less thanthe month of March, exceeded those of a year ago.
New orders for fabricated-structural steel werefewer than the preceding month or April a year ago.Shipments, on the other hand, showed increases overboth periods.
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS
The production of cement showed an increase of 21per cent over the output for March, but was slightlyless than a year ago. Shipments during April showedgains over both comparative periods. Stocks ofclinker held at the end of April, while greater thanthose held at the end of March, showed a decline fromthe same period a year ago. Shipments of common
THE AUTOMOBILE AND RUBBER INDUSTRIES[Relative numbers, monthly average 1923-1925 taken as 100. Where available, April, 1930, is latest month plotted]
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LUMBER AND BUILDING EQUIPMENT
The production of lumber was generally largerduring April, but was less than the correspondingperiod in 1929. Marked increases over March werenoted in the output of California redwood, Californiawhite and sugar pine, Northern pine and Walnutlumber. Shipments also were greater than duringthe month of March. Stocks held at the end ofMarch, reflecting increased production, showed amarked gain in the case of California white pine,being greater than those held at the end of Marchand the same month of last year.
The output of maple flooring was 6 per cent greaterthan during the previous month, but was slightly lessthan the production during April, 1929.
brick were substantially larger than the previousmonth, but materially lower than a year ago. Pricesfor brick at New York showed a slight gain overMarch, but were lower than a year ago. The outputof polished plate glass, in keeping with the gains ofother items of building equipment, registered anincrease over March, but was lower than a yearago.
Shipments of prepared roofing likewise recorded anincrease over the preceding month, but declined fromlast year.
Shipments and new orders for wooden furnitureduring April showed declines from the preceding monthand the corresponding period a year ago. Steelfurniture likewise showed similar declines. -
13
FOODSTUFFS AND TOBACCO
The visible supply of wheat both in the UnitedStates and Canada declined seasonally from the pre-ceding month and was much greater than a year ago.The shipments of wheat at principal markets duringApril showed an increase over the preceding monthand April, 1929. Exports of wheat from the UnitedStates were substantially larger than in March, butwere lower than a year ago. Wheat prices at variouscenters on the whole showed slight change from thepreceding month, but were lower than last year.
The visible supply of corn registered declines fromboth the preceding month and the same period a year
a decline from the preceding period. Wholesale pricesof 92 score butter at New York showed an increase of5 per cent over the price that ruled in March.
Receipts of all types of cheese at principal marketsduring April were 6 per cent greater than a year ago,while storage holdings showed a slight decline. Im-ports of sugar, while showing a gain over March, wereless than the previous year. For the first four monthsof the year imports of sugar from Hawaii and PortoRico registered a gain of 35 per cent over the sameperiod of 1929. Stocks of sugar held at refineriesshowed large gains over March, but fell off from thelevel of April, 1929.
MOVEMENT OF GRAIN PRICES[Weighted price per bushel. April, 1930, is latest month plotted]
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ago. Receipts and shipments of corn showed in-creases over the preceding month and April of lastyear. The receipts of barley at principal centers de-clined seasonally from the month of March.
Receipts and shipments of cattle during April atprimary markets, while greater than during March,declined from a year ago. Hog receipts and ship-ments declined seasonally. Storage holdings of porkproducts were 26 per cent lower than a year ago.Wholesale prices for pork averaged lower in April thanin the preceding month or April, 1929. Receipts ofpoultry at five principal markets registered gains overthe preceding month and April a year ago. Storageholdings showed a decline.
Butter production in April was 16 per cent greaterthan March, cold storage holdings, however, showed
Imports of coffee, while less than the precedingmonth, were 8 per cent greater than a year ago.Wholesale prices for coffee showed declines from thepreceding month and April, 1929. Tea importsduring April, while less than in March, were 7 per centgreater than April, last year. The wholesale priceof tea at New York declined 9 per cent from last-year.
The consumption of cigarettes during April, whileshowing a gain of 4 per cent over March, was slightlyless than the same period a year ago. The con-sumption of large cigars, however, showed a declinefrom a year ago. For the first four months of the yearcigarette consumption was 2 per cent greater and largecigar consumption 7 per cent less than in the same*period a }7ear ago.
14
TRANSPORTATION
Freight-car loadings in April showed a decline fromthe previous month and the corresponding period a yearago. For the first four months of the year total load-ings were 7 per cent less than what they were duringthe corresponding period a year ago. Clearances ofvessels engaged in foreign trade showed a marked gainfor the first four months of the year over the corre-sponding period a year ago. Traffic on inland'riverswas uniformly larger than in March and, except onthe Allegheny River, was smaller than a year ago.New orders for locomotives and freight cars werefewer than for each prior period.
DISTRIBUTION
Sales by mail-order houses showed a substantialgain over the preceding month and were greater thana year ago. For the first four months of this year thesales of the houses showed but slight difference froma year ago. The volume of business transacted byleading 10-cent chains was 10 per cent greater thanduring March and 11 per cent over April, 1929. Forthe year to date the increase in sales was 2 per cent overthe same period a year ago. Magazine advertising asmeasured in lineage showed a gain of 5 per cent overMarch, but registered a slight loss when compared withApril, 1929. Newspaper advertising also increased overthe preceding month, while the amount of advertisingby radio declined. Postal receipts in principal citiesshowed a gain over the month of April of last year.
BANKING AND FINANCE
Bank loans and discounts at the end of April, whileshowing but a slight change from the end of March,were 3 per cent over a year ago. The Federal reserveratio registered gains over both prior periods. Inter-est rates were generally lower than in the month ofMarch and the corresponding period a year ago.
Dividend and interest payments paid during Aprilshowed a marked gain of 22 per cent over the monthof March and 10 per cent over a year ago, while forthe first four months of the year a gain of 16 per centwas registered. Prices for industrial stocks showeda gain of 7 per cent over March, but were lowerthan a year ago. Bond prices were generally lowerthan in the preceding month but were higher than ayear ago.
New sales of ordinary life insurance showed aseasonal decline from March but were 6 per centgreater than a year ago.
GOLD, SILVER, AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Receipts of domestic gold at the mint during Aprilwere greater than during March or the correspondingmonth a year ago. The Rand production of gold felloff from the month of March and April, 1929. Goldimports of bullion and coin showed marked gains overboth prior periods.
Silver production in the United States registereddeclines from the preceding month and the correspond-ing period of 1929. Silver imports and exports, con-trary to the movement of gold, showed declines fromboth comparative periods. The price of silver at NewYork, although increasing over the month of March,was 24 per cent below the level of last year.
Rates for foreign exchange in April were generallythe same as in preceding month and in the correspond-ing period a year ago, the only exception being in therates with Belgium, the Netherlands, Japan, Canada,Argentina, and Chile, which showed slight increasesover March. As compared with a year ago, rateswith England, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden,Switzerland, Japan and Canada, showed increases,while rates with Argentina and Brazil declined. Ratesof exchange with France and Italy remained unchangedfrom the month of March and April, 1929.
15
INDEXES OF BUSINESSThe index numbers presented in this table are designed to show the trend in production, prices, trade,
etc., by commodities or groups. They consist in general of weighted combinations of series of individual relativenumbers; often the individual relative numbers are also given. The function of index and relative numbersis explained on the inside front cover. All of the index numbers, except where noted, are based on the averageof the years 1923 to 1925, while maxima and minima are given only since 1923, thus eliminating the abnormalperiod prior to 1923. Complete descriptions and figures for earlier years may be found in the following issuesof the Survey (later data being available in the latest semiannual issues): Production in the July, 1928, issue(No. 83), pages 18 to 22; stocks in the August, 1928, issue (No. 84), pages 20 to 22; new orders in the September,1928, issue (No. 85), page 19; unfilled orders in the January, 1928, issue (No. 77), pages 22 and 23; wholesaletrade in the January, 1928, issue (No. 77), page 21; mail-order and chain stores in the May, 1928, issue (No. 81),pages 20 and 21; department stores in the April, 1928, issue (No. 80), pages 20 and 21; employment, based on1923 as 100, in the August, 1928, issue (No. 84), page 108; farm prices in the August, 1928, issue (No. 84), page27; wholesale prices (Department of Labor) in the November, 1927, issue (No. 75), page 24, and the June, 1928,issue (No. 82), page 23; wholesale prices, commercial, in the August, 1928, issue (No. 84), page 26; cost of livingin the August, 1928, issue (No. 84), page 27, and the June, 1926, issue (No. 58), page 24.
Relative to 1923-1935 monthly average as 100
PRODUCTIONTOTAL INDUSTRIAL
Unadjusted, except for working daysAdjusted for seasonal variations
MANUFACTURING
Total (adjusted for working days only)Total (adjusted for seasonal variations)
Iron and steelTextiles __Food productsPaper and printingLumber . . _AutomobilesLeather and shoesCementNonferrous metals .Petroleum refiningRubber tiresTobacco manufactures
MINERALS
Total (adjusted for working days only)Total (adjusted for seasonal variations)
Bituminous coalAnthracite coalCrude petroleum.Iron-ore shipmentsCopperZinc. .. . ._Leadgilver
ANIMAL PRODUCTS (Marketings)Total . -. - -
Wool.Livestock » _ «Poultry and eggsDairy productsFish
CROPS (Marketings)Total
Grains * „_ _. «Vegetables * . . .Fruits * ._Cotton products *Miscellaneous crops *
Maxi-mumsince
Jan. 1,1923
125123
12712815512111012811016613499
137178169143
128120125133147143139127125123
124421131148160283
252218199266373344
Mini-mumsince
Jan. 1,1923
8183
798259779091784786
12687846693
8490771
880
82937585
791476676444
453860431118
1929
Febru-ary
120117
12011612611310112378
14898
115123160152129
116120110110137
1361069991
8014786788
138
8295966955
136
March
121118
12512013211696
12583
1599999
129160152126
1011079077
133
13511211293
884377
10698
156
7380
102676268
April
123122
12712313512010212486
15397
110137165161142
10311510095
132
141116122103
1004987
141103164
5759
104864633
1930
Febru-ary
109107
1101061189994
125
10395
110101168107133
10410891
102135
9599
10590
8438818587
155
638193554166
March
106104
1091051129890
121
10997
111104168105128
91968169
125
8896
10893
984281
117100187
5662
103534243
April
107106
1091061149797
124
10998
108105169122136
921039773
125
9091
1016483
144107207
535995563944
PER CENT INCREASE (+)OR DECREASE (— )
April, 1930,from March,
L930
+ 0.9+ 1.9
+ 0.0+ 1.0+ 1.8-1.0+ 7.8+ 2.5
0. 0+ L O
2. 7+ 1.0+ 0. 6
+ 16. 2+ 6. 2
+ 1.1+ 7.3
+ 19.8+ 5.8
0.0
+ 2. 3-5.2
+ 3.1+ 52.4+ 2.5
+ 23. 1+ 7.0
+ 10. 7
5.44. 87. 8
+ 6.7-7. 1+ 2.3
April, 1930,from April,
1929
-13.013.1
-14.2-13.8
15. 5-19. 2-4. 9
0.0
28. 8+ 1.0-5. 323. 4
+ 2.424. 2
-42
-10.7-10.4
3.0-23. 2
5. 3
-36. 221. 6
+ 1.0+ 30.6
4. 6+ 2. 1+ 3.9
+ 26. 2
• 7. 10. 08. 7
-33.3-15.2+ 33.3
* Fluctuations between maximum and minimum due largely to seasonal conditions: Minerals and Manufacturing are adjusted for seasonal variations except wherenoted
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INDEXES OF BUSINESS-Continued
Relative to 1933-1935 monthly average as 100
PRODUCTION— Continued
FOREST PRODUCTS
Total . -LumberPulpwoodGum (rosin and turpentine)*Distilled wood _ _ _-
NEW ORDERS
TotalTextiles -Iron and steel -LumberPaper and printingStone and clay products
STOCKSGrand total _ - - - -
Total manufactured goods - -Foodstuffs _Textiles _ _ _ _ _Iron and steelNonferrous metals - _Lumber - -Stone, clay, etc _Leather _ _ _ _RubberPaper.Chemicals and oils
Total raw materialsFoodstuffsTextilesMetals _ -_ -Chemicals and oils
UNFILLED ORDERSTotal
Textiles _ - -Iron and steelTransportation equipmentLumber
RETAIL TRADE
Mail-order houses (2 houses).CHAIN STORES:
Ten-centRestaurant _ _
DEPARTMENT STORES:SalesStocks
COST OF LIVINGNational Industrial Conference Board Indexes
(Relative to July, 1914)
All items weightedFood (Department of Labor)Shelter _ _ClothingFuel and light (combined)FuelLightSundries - - -
Maxi-munisince
Jan. 1,1923
112112151204148
138179143141118129
158
125136138158181125192123199156137
186230204136153
167154157204142
275
308116
189117
172167186177179208123176
Mini-mumsince
Jan. 1,1923
6259541865
727071508573
82
8879787874786466774684
6968435473
6752664956
68
6287
7183
158141158160156174118168
Febru-ary
7575932699
9899
13278
11393
138
12711112715011711218573
178136130
14517214383
114
8081877473
142
12297
8605
161154159170162184120170
1929
March
8685
10837
106
11511115897
12895
134
12410812315711410518172
186117132
14118112866
105
8682938182
163
156109
110102
160153159166162184120170
April
9287
127115106
10210714784
117101
130
12210912014711410218272
191104129
1361871086899
938492
104102
170
142107
104103
159152160168160180120170
Febru-ary
6763
1072786
7175
10344
10968
148
12511012015818111718775
14879
140
16419617394
111
795489
10772
143
126100
8393
159153158164162183121168
1930
March
7468
1274196
7176
11352
10971
140
12410412014718511418876
14992
141
15218615483
104
825093
10778
146
144110
95100
157150158163162183121167
April
7973
13610188
6775
10650
10880
135
12610413615218911118775
15694
148
14217513992
100
734787
10386
173
159108
112100
158151157162161182121167
PER CENT IOR DECE
April, 1930,from March,
1930
+ 6. 84_7 4
+ 12 6+ 146 1
8 3
— 5 6— 1 3— 6 2
3 8— 0 9
+ 12 7
— 3 6
4-1 fi
0 0+ 13 3+ 3 44-2 2— 2 6— 0 5— 1 34-4 7+ 2 2+ 5 0
— 6 65 9
— 9 7+ 10 8
3 8
— 11 0— 6 0
12 4— 3 7
+ 10 3
+ 18 5
+ 10 41* 8
+ 17 90 0
+ 0.6+ 0. 7-0. 6-0.6
0. 60. 50. 00. 0
NCREASE (+)EASE (— )
April, 1930,from April,
1929
14 114 1
+ 12 6— 12 2
17 0
— 34 6— 29 9— 27 9
40 5— 7 7 !
— 20 8
+ 3 8
+ 2 3— 4 6
+ 13 3+ 3 4 ;
+ 65 8+ 8 8 '•4-2 7 •+ 4 2 ;
18 3— 9 6
4-14 7
+ 4 4 :
— 6 4+ 28 7 :
+ 35 34-10
— 21 5— 44 0
5 4— 1 015 7
4-18
+ 12 04-0 Q
4-7 72 9
-0.6-0. 7-1. 9
3. 6+ 0. 6+ 1. 1+ 0. 8-1. 8
* Fluctuations between maximum and minimum due largely to seasonal conditions
17
INDEXES OF BUSINESS—Continued
Relative to monthly average indicated
EMPLOYMENT
(Relative to 1923-1925 monthly average as 100)
Number employed, by industries:Total, all classes
Iron and steelMachineryTextilesFood productsPaper and printing.Lumber and productsTransportation equipment —
Group _ _Automobiles
Leather and productsCement, clay and glassNonferrous metalsChemicals —
Group__Petroleum refining
Rubber productsTobacco products
Amount of pay roll by industries:Total all classes _ _
Iron and steelMachinery _Textiles _ _Food productsPaper and printing _Lumber and productsTransportation equipment —
Group__Automobiles
Leather and products. __Cement, clay, and glassNonferrous metalsChemicals —
GroupPetroleum refining _
Rubber products _ _ _Tobacco products
WHOLESALE PRICES
Department of Labor Indexes
(Relative to 1926 monthly average as 100)
All commoditiesFarm productsFood, etc _ _Hides and leather products. _ _Textile products _ .Fuel and lighting _ _Metals and metal productsBuilding materials _ChemicalsHouse-furnishing goodsMiscellaneous
Classified by condition of manufacture:Semimanufactured articlesFinished products .Raw materials _ _ _Nonagricultural commodities
Commercial Indexes
(Relative to 1923 monthly average as 100)
Dun'sBradstreet's _
Maxi-mumsince
Jan. 1,1923
106108122111109107104
110131112107113
119125117109
112114132111109118107
117152116108128
118129150111
105114107127114112113116104111127
128103109106
106112
Mini-mumsince
Jan. 1,1923
91888884939674
8179887583
90958484
85778377949273
8066806781
90908276
9194859886779790919778
88928989
8585
1929
Febru-ary
10098
1109899
10386
991309485
106
11110711292
10810712110410311387
1111479581
124
11111012382
9710598
1099681
10498969780
97969894
103101
March
10199
114101980387
1011319387
108
11610911392
11110912710910111588
1141489185
128
11411212484
9810798
1089681
10699969780
99979995
102100
April
1021001179996
10388
1021319191
108
11911211491
11111113010310011391
1171528889
127
11811712486
9710598
1089681
10698959779
97979795
10098
1930
Febru-ary
9394
1099397
10475
8490
9927585
1101218889
9798
11594
10211573
9093867092
1101259280
929896
1048879
10196929779
92939291
9687
March
9393
1099395
10475
8391927884
1131198790
9897
11597
10011575
9197857391
1121239081
919594
1038777
10195919778
91928990
9587
April
9293
1079094
10374
8494908183
1121168988
9798
11389
10011474
92101827788
1111229577
919695
10386789995919679
88929089
9485
PER CENT INCREASE (+)OR DECREASE (— )
April, 1930,from March,
1930
-1.10.01 8
-3. 2-1. 1-1.0-1. 3
+ 1.2+ 3.3-2.2+ 3.8-1.2
-0.92 5
+ 2.3-2. 2
-1.0+ 1.0-1.7-8. 2
0.0-0.9-1. 3
+ 1.1+ 4. 1-3. 5+ 5. 5
3 3
-0.90 8
+ 5. 6-4. 9
0.0+ 1.1+ 1. 1
0.01 1
+ 1.3-2.0
0. 00.0
-1. 0+ 1.3
-3.30.0
+ 1. 1-1. 1
-1. 1-2. 3
April, 1930,from April,
1929
-9.8-7.0-8. 5-9. 1-2. 1
0.0-15. 9
-17.6-28.2
1. 1-11.0-23. 1
-5.9+ 3. 6
-21.9-3.3
-12.6-11.7-13. 1-13.6
0.0+ 0.9
-18.7
-21.433 66 8
-13. 530 7
-5. 9+ 4.3
-23.4-10.5
-6.2-8.6-3. 1-4.6
-10. 4-3. 7
fi fi-3. 1-4. 2-1.0
0.0
-9.3-5.2-7. 2-6.3
fi n-13.3
116236—30
18
INDEXES OF BUSINESS—Continued
Relative to monthly average Indicated
PRICE INDEX NUMBERS
FARM PRICES
(Relative to 1909-19 4 average as 100)
All groupsGrains _Fruits and vegetablesMeat animalsDairy and poultryCotton and cottonseedUnclassified
Maxi-mumsince
Jan. 1,1923
152178253167166252108
1929Mini-mumsince
Jan. I,1923
12510810898
1228178
Febru-
136i 123
111i 150
1481 149
91
March
14012411216014415590
April
13812011016413815288
1930
Febru-
13111516815013612184
March
12610716915112311380
April
12711018714612412078
PER CENT INCREASE (+)OR DECREASE ( — )
April, 1930,from March,
1930
+ 0 8+ 2 8
+ 10 7— 3 3-f 0. 8+ 6 2
2 5
April, 1930,from April,
1929
— 8 0— 8 3
+ 70 011 0
— 10! i— 21 1-11.4
SALES OF THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO.1
YEAR AND MONTH
1928September . .OctoberNovemberDecember _
1929JanuaryFebruary _ _MarchApril _ _
SALES(Thousands of dollars)
Total
$69, 33693, 42973, 84474,911
91, 98385, 84677, 71277, 324
Num-ber ofweeks
4544
5444
Weeklyaverage
$17, 33418, 68618,46118, 728
18, 39721, 46219, 42819, 331
TONNAGE SALES
Total
309, 451419, 079338, 704345, 595
425, 590396, 225363, 786359, 129
Weeklyaverage
77, 36383, 81684, 67686, 399
85, 11899, 05690, 94789, 782
YEAR AND MONTH
1929SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
1930JanuaryFebruaryMarchApril
SALES(Thousands of dollars)
Total
$75, 246105, 99583, 71487, 260
104, 27186, 12283, 97686, 138
Num-ber ofweeks
4544
5444
Weeklyaverage
$18,81121, 19920, 92821,815
20. 85421, 53020, 99421, 534
TONNAGE SALES
Total
336, 309472, 644381, 106407, 339
492, 425400, 568395, 331404, 319
Weeklyaverage
84,07794, 52995, 276
101, 835
98, 485100, 14698,834
101, 080
1 Compiled by the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., and represent the sales of identical stores for the periods shown.
RATE OF MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS1
(Based on consumption of electrical energy for power purposes;
ACTIVITY BY GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS1
(1923-25 monthly average=100)
MONTH
JanuaryFebruaryMarch __ _AprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptember...OctoberNovember _ _ .December...
Mo. av
JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMay ...JuneJulyAugustSeptember...OctoberNovember...December ...
Mo. av
UNITED STATES
1923
101.7110.6105.3111.4110.8105.5102.599.6
107.2104.5103.396.1
104.9
1924
100.4109.399.997.981.774.070.876.990.089.793.494.6
89.9
1925
102.9112.3108.0111.2106.899.799.294.398.1
107.3112.8110.3
105.2
1926
118.4123.7118.5114.1111. 3106.6106.7110.9118.6119.0111.9101.7
1927
111.5120.7116.8116.9120. 7112.5110.6110,6118.4119.9115.2109.8
113.5 115.3
1928
118.4127.7118.2119.3119.0116.4120.2120.8134.5132.0133.3127.3
1929
132.5140.4135.7136.4136.9 '135.2129.0128.2135.8134.6122.9116.4
123. 9 132. 0
Middle Atlantic
112.8113.6106.0109.9113.1107.4100.992.7
103.7102.0105.099.0
105.5
104.5109.598.296.583.178.969.671.482.589.4
105.6103.7
91.0
108.4111.4104.7104.698.396.991.291.098.9
106.2115.4114.0
103.5
119.1118.3114.9108.4104.798.492.9
103.8111.0112.8109.3107.3
108.4
114.0112.5109.6105.9108.8101.996.097.4
111.6111.5110.4109.9
107.5
116.2126.6114.2112.0112.9113.4110.8118.3136.0133.4138.9126.8
121.6
126.7130.7130.4128.0130.4129.5120.5127.9138.0133.0124.3120.5
New England
1923
113.4114.9108.3123.2117.8116.5108.398.8
113.1103.8106.5106.6
111.0
1924
108.7103.194.395.7 -81.578.468.369.584.688.699.898.3
87.5
1925
109.3112.5104.1104.699.392.290.592.196.7
100.5108.5107.7
101.5
1926
105.9114.0111.8105.5105.898.692.9
100.7111.5117.8113.3116.0
107.8
1927
117.2120.4113.4114.0115.2112.0109.3105.4114.0114.0109.7103.9
112.4
1928
115.2125.2116.9113. 8109.1108.4102.4102.2115.3119.3126.0120.2
114.5
1929
127.6132.8130.8125.4123.3123.5113.4108.7118.2126.2118.1107.0
121.3
Southern
95.5104.397.9
103.8108.4100.7102.293.7
108.4103.5103.997.8
128.3 101.7
96.3104.396.293.786.278.775.776.698.1
100.0108.5104.7
93.1
102.9112.9110.0105.0100.695.794.992.4
104.1104.2113.2125.0
105.2
120.0119.3113.5114.3109.7106.8102.6105.7115.2122.5134.2126.1
115.8
132.8123.4117.2119.3123.0120.0112.7121.0136.8134.4137.8128.0
125.5
124.8134.8115.4115.2110.6114.6112.0112.8127.5129.7127.6121.2
120.5
120.5137.7125.4126.3128.1128.4114.7132.7126.3131.2122.8130.4
127.0
North Central
1923
97.598.3
104.2118.2118.6115.2111.8110.0107.2100.494.092.8
105.6
1924
98.0109.2106.2105.587.283.374.582.687.186.185.388.0
1925
100.2104.0106.2112.4107.0100.799.292.9
101.0106.3105.7103.2
91. 1 103. 3
1926
111.8122.6118.2118.9122.4111.0104.1117.2121.2123.4107.295.2
114.4
1927
105.5117.4117.4118.9124.7110.9115.5112.5116.4115.0111.4107.8
114.5
1928
117.0127.7122.3129.0127.2124.6131.8132.4149.7143.5145.7133.8
132.1
1929
138.8149.5141.9146.5148.9142.0141.3135.5140.6136.9122.2109.0
137.8
Western
92.592.087.495.7
103.6101.4108.7105.7109.097.593.8
100.0
99.0
104.6108.0101.393.594.797.097.5
108.596.594.597.798.8
99.3
110.6105.5102.596.4
102.398.498.584.5
103.1101.1102.0105.2
101.7
117.8116.5110.6117.5122.2121.2114.2119.8120.2116.7112.8108.0
116.5
118.7116.1100.1122.1126.8117.2125.4115.3124.6125.7117.0116.9
118.8
115.0116.7110.4117.8112.9118.5116.5127.5150.8148.7156.7124.0
126.3
131.9140.8138.2137.0144.7134.2129.4127.0143.1133.8142.6126.0
135.7
i See footnote on p. 19.
19
RATE OF MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS x—Continued(Based on consumption of electrical energy for power purposes)
ACTIVITY IN LEADING INDUSTRIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
(1923-1935 monthly average=100)
MONTH
JanuaryFebruary. ..MarchApril.MayJune . ._JulyAugustSeptember..OctoberNovember..December
Mo. av
JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugust -SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Mo av
JanuaryFebruaryMarch _AprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptember-OctoberNovember...December ...
Mo. av
JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptember--OctoberNovember--December. __
Mo. av
JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMay -JuneJulyAugustSeptember...OctoberNovember...December. ._
Mo. av
ALL INDUSTRY
1923
101.7110.6105.3111.4110.8105.5102.599.6
107.2104.5103.396.1
104.9
1921
100.4109.399.997.981.774.070.876.990.089.793.494.6
89.9
1925
102.9112.3108.0111.2106.899.799.294.398.1
107.3112.8110.3
105.2
1926
118.4123.7118.5114.1111.3106.6106.7110.9118.6119.0111.9101.7
113.5
1927
111.5120.7116.8116.9120.7112.5110.6110.6118.4119.9115.2109.8
115.3
1928
118. 4127.7118.2119.3119.0116.4120.2120.8134.5132.0133. 3127.3
123.9
1929
132.5140.4135.7136.4136.9135.2129.0128.2135.8134.6122.9116.4
132.0
Rolling mills and steel plants
109.9109.0108.2120.8123.2113.5106.2
2112. -9
120.5126.8125.6123.5122.5116.3113.0106.4109.6111.8108.9110.6
116.3
131.3133.8124.5125.4125.0121.2121.2125.4141.2144.7148.8142.2
132.1
153.5163.3160.3153.3172.2154.3144.4150.9152.3144.8123.2120.5
149. 4
Leather and its products
114.2121.4126.4126.4117.3101.6105.3110.9110.8109.992.687.2
110.8
95.9100.899.094.283.974.271.384.298.7
104.093.583.2
90.4
93.1106.7109.0111.297.988.591.999.299.3
109.095.286.1
98.8
90.8111.293.987.387.386.686.2
100.0102.9103.3105.8101.2
96.4
102.5105.699.7
101.396.397.896.397.0
105.9111.0104.598.2
101.3
112.2118.4107.098.898.1
100.299.094.7
106.9103.894.093.7
102.2
94.3102.193.482.095.298.782.0
102.2105.493.097.689.0
94.6
Rubber and its products
91.6105.4102.5133.8125.0123.5106.296.6
118.497.3
101.494.6
108.0
102.4108.698.399.171.060.558.364.685.879.185.699.6
84.5
110.2115.7107.8110.0104.396.799.993.7
102.7111.1123.2114.5
107.5
113.2125.9111.4115.4109.3107.097.398.5
114.0113.8112.8101.5
110. 0
111.2118.4115.0115.7120.4114.9109.0117.8114.4115.6117.096.7
113.8
120.4137.0126.2121.7128.5131.7135.3138.4151.2146.4143.8124.8
133.8
148.2154.7155.8155.7157.6158.1136.7120.2133.7135.1113.1108.4
139.8
Textiles
113.6127.2114.7118.1116.9105.995.097.6
112.6105.5114.598.4
110.0
102.1103.884.485.264.157.958.166.791.896.6
102.9104.4
84.8
102.3118.7107.7114.0101.994.092.794.397.3
103.8118.5116.8
105.2
119.7117.5114.1101.8100.596.388.794.1
113.7123.4127.5122.5
110.0
127.7136.0125.0128.3128.5118.8113.0113.0121.2125.4119.2112.3
122.4
116.7127.5114.9109.8105.7104.791.897.3
112.5121.0132.5126.3
113.4
129.4133.0126.6128.1129.9123.0113.4110.0115.5129.8115.5109.8
22.0 !
Chemicals and allied products
1923
95.589.886.488.789.484.885.978.894.9
106.498.198.3
91.4
1924
95.392.692.792.389.786.080.086.295.4
109.9120.0113.6
96.2
1925
110.3112.0109.7106.8109.2103.5104.7108.8109.2122.7128.5123.9
1926
122.2115.6113.3111.2120.8111.1115.7122.7113.8120.299.9
106.2
112.4 114.4
1927 1928
95. 1 124. 2105.3 i 129.1103.1 | 126.8108.0 i 131.7111.8 1 126.3101. 7 122. 6104. 9 128. 597.8 119.2
122. 6 132. 0115.8 129.4115.5 135.7109. 0 132. 8
107.6 128.2
1929
129.2138.7133.0131. 7129.2133.8127.0J25.0139.9145.0147.3148.0
135.7
Metal-working plants
115.4126.4115.6118.9118.3109.8113.0108.0110.9106.3102.994.3
111.7
102.7119.3109.5102.673.058.953.763.676.474.783.591.3
84.1
114.0122.5112.5111.5100.890.691.391.192.697.4
108.1118.6
104.2
j 131.5129.9121.8116.0109.3110.0107.4110.4118.5122.9114.8113.1
117.1
114.0114.3108.3106.3109.0105.6104.4103.0105.2109.7106.3101.2
107.3
117.4127.6117.4121.7122.7123.7126.3125.8144.2144.5140.5137.5
129.1
135.8153.7151.4148.3144.2143.4144.4134.6147.4145.0128.7127.2
142.0
Lumber and its products
80.383.383.198.597.798.9
100.596.0
105.3101.7105. 1100.8
95.9
102.3115.098.3
100.594.489.380.088.4
102.293.398.2
109.0
97.6
107.2116.9112.4112.2107.7102.0100.5101.6103.4102.1114.297.6
106.5
126.2132.8123.0122.2117.5108.4106.0116.4117.8118.8112.9103.7
117.1
118.8116.0105.7111.4136.8113.4112.9128.0141.3139.2135.8123.3
123.6
107.7113.3106.0115.4110.8109.2108.8111.6111.3109.3111.8107.3
110.2
107.4107.6104.2108.0111.1113.8103.2102.3111.4109.8111.892.8
107.0
Shipbuilding
88.298.693.6
111.2119.5115.0121.6125.6113.492.787.096.1
105.3
99.5109.6103.988.774.872.477.785.287.383.789.7
100.0
89.4
114.2118.1106.997.9
103.498.797.5
100.8110.9103.8105.3106.5
105.3
112.8119.4109.9127.7125 0128.4130.8110.8111.3117.0115. 4141.0
120.8
129.2 94. 2 ! 108 2120.4 98.8117. 7 75. 4129. 8 93. 3134. 5 1 84 0130.5116.7112.2106.6117.2100.894.6
117.5
85.367.267.372.373.8
102.291.8
83.8
95.599 7
116.1135 2106.9107.796.3
114.9134.4114.0120.4
112.4
Automobiles, including repair parts
71.1101.9104.1121.4118.6112.4101.398.1
106.3108.195.990.9
102.5
94.6118.6116.1114.089.969.171.778.288.782.969.758.9
87.7
69.595.8
116.6137.5135.6120.1119.976.098.7
136.5123.887.5
109.8
99.1122.4129.7136.8139.0121.5111.0132.2129.2108.282.852.1
113.7
78.1103.4118.2126.7131.5107.6102.3108.0109.5114.2100.7106.4
108.9
135.2148.7136.2148.7141.6136.0143.7143.2161.0141.2127. 1130.0
141. 1
149.4161.5154.5170.6161.8154.0139.5143.0138.1122.488.479.4
138. 6
Food and kindred products
1923
94.094.498.7
103.1106.7109.6103.6102.6104.6104.2102.998.5
101. 88
1924
99.5102.997.594.297.1
104.5108.6100.3102.497.193.591.0
99.1
1925
100.295.490.894.5
100.8108.0105.298.698-. 6
103.996.296.3
99.1
1926
101.798.987.398.2
102.898.9
112.4120.4112.8107.9104.095.2
103.4
1927
95.398.583.8
104.2115.8113.4121.2111.6127.4120.8117.9104.6
109.5
1928
102.4115.6108.4105.9103.9116.8129.2128.3142.0138.0130.0113.7
119.5
1929
128.0127.51J22. 2121.2122.6121.8129.9132.2141.2131. 7127.9121.1
127.3
Metals
115.4126.4115.6118.9118. 3109.8113.0108.0110.9106.3102.994.3
111.7
102.7119.3109.5102.673.058.953.763.676.474.783.591.3
114.0122.5112.5111.5100.890.691.391.192.697.4
108.1118.6
84. 1 104. 2
131.5129.9121.8116. 0109.3109. 9108.2109.3119.7123.0114.2109.6
116. 9
117.7120.5117.0114.9116.7110.9108.6104.6107.4110.8107.7105. 9
111.9
124.4130.7121.0123.2123.6122.7124.2125.5143.0144.6143.5139.2
130. -e
142.6157.3154.9149.9154.8147.9144.2140.7149.2145.1126.7124.9
144.9
Paper and pulp
104.192.9
103.0105.7115.1113.2104.199.897.592.4
100.197.6
102.2
110.099.191.2
104.1104.498.478.878.988.294.797.994.2
95.0
101.4100.4104.7110.9112.7102.993.093.991.8
107.7111.4103.8
102.8
122.7117.9108.4108.4100.0101.9109.6118.6128.2133.4118. 5118.2
115. 5
128.7130.2116.0124.2124.8119.8115.8117.3122.7127.7126.5122.0
123. 0
121.3124.2120.2120.5136. 4133.7127.3129. 1132.0133.3135.2127.4
128.4
126.2125. 2129.2136. 0129.9137.3122.3123.6127.0141.0133. 7132. 1
130. 3
Stone, clay and glass
101. 1117.797.698.892 292.897.592.1
103.494.4
100.896.4
98.8
95.4103.296.495.487.087.384.191.4
101.394.8
102.498.6
94.8
89.5102.599.1
100.4115.8109.0111.9101.7105.0106.4115.6121.0
106.4
114.2118.8105.2109.7117.9127.2122.0124. 5129.0130.7118.5122.5
120.0
98.4105.8 i110.2117.4130.2107.4111.3114.1118.2111.0109.798.8
111.0
105.2127.3121.1133.6129.3128.0129.8135.3152.0144.7149. 1136.6
132.7
137.4148.7138. 0145.0143.5170.3154.7157.7165.7159.2146.2146.2
151.1
Metal working industry 3
107.2116.8110.2116.6115.2103.6103. 7102.9106.4104. 599.895.0
107.6
100.5119.0109.9103.883.573.469.575.283.481.886.790.5
89.8
103.3106.7107.7109.4105.297.196.688.497.3
103.2107.9108.1
102.6
122.5126.8122.2120.7115.2111.8106.1113.2119.3119.0107.098.7
115.2
108. 0 120. 2 !112.7 134.8110.6 118.6112.0 1 125.4114. 5 i 124. 2106. 1 124. 1104. 1 127. 4104.0 125.3106. 5 i 142. 3110.8 129.3105. 6 136. 0103. 9 132. 7
108.2 128.4
135. 4153.7148.2160. 0143. 7141. 5139.4134.6143.4137.0118.0117.8
138.6
1 Data compiled by the Electrical World and represent the utilization of electrical energy by 3,SCO identical manufacturing concerns depending at all times upon electrical.energy for power. About one-third of these concerns generate all the energy they consume, and two-thirds purchase all or a portion of their energy from public utilities.The basic data, therefore, does not in any way show the expansion of the market for central power with new customers. These tables revise all previous da^a shown onthis subject.
2 7 months' average.3 Compiled by the American Machinist.
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RELATIVE DEBITS TO INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS AT CLEARING-HOUSE CENTERSGROUPED BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS
[Table continued on p. II]
YEAR AND MONTH
1919 av., mills, dolls
1919 monthly average..1920 monthly average..1921 monthly average. _1922 monthly average..1923 monthly average..1924 monthly average..1925 monthly average..1926 monthly average. _1927 monthly average..1928 monthly average..1929 monthly average. .
1938September - . - .OctoberNovember ~ .December
1929January - .FebruaryMarchApril - . .May .JuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
1930JanuaryFebruaryMarch _ . _ _.AprilMay - - -JuneJuly
YEAR AND MONTH
1919 av., mills, dolls
1919 monthly average..1920 monthly average. _1921 monthly average __1922 monthly average. _1923 monthly average. _1924 monthly average _ _1925 monthly average __1926 monthly average. _1927 monthly average. .1928 monthly average. _1929 monthly average..
1928SeptemberOctober .NovemberDecember
1929January _ _ _ _ _ _FebruaryMarchApril _ .MayJune _ _July _AugustSeptember .OctoberNovemberDecember .. . _
1930January . -._.FebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJuly
U.S.rOTAL
141CEN-TERS
37, 446=
100.0106.088.797.8
103.2109.5126.8135.3150.0179.5208.2
168.7194.7190.6220.1
221.3189.1223.2199.7204.5186.1207.4206.7207.42 5.3219.4178.4
161.5140.6175.6168.2
BOSTON DISTRICT
Tota,
centers
1,769
100.0109.2102.4105.5117.1120.9136.7141.6158.1161.3176.5
142.4172.2166.8178.5
181.3151.2171.4166.0167.4162.5182.1186.7174. 5217.5186.3171.4
172.4131.7147.8152. 5
Boston
1,245
100.0105.9106.7109.3120.2125.6143.9157.0168.9169.1184.3
148.8180.4176.5187.5
187.9159.5178.4168.8173.7166.5189.8200.7179.5231.9195.1180.2
181.4136.1150.3158.6
Hart-ford
92
100.0117.498.9
103.3119.6131.3141.7152.3202.5232.7279.4
210.9231.5217.4259. 8
295.7220.7267.4301.1254.4250.0300.0287.0341.3322.8273.9238.1
254.4203.3257.6248.9
" "ij
Provi-dence
144
100.0118.793.095.1
105.5104.4114.9113.4113.2115. 5137.4
110.4142.3124.3137.5
143.7117.3134.0131.9133.3137.5140.2128.4127.1166.6152.1136.8
131.9109.0118.7116.6
NewHaven
72
100.0118.198.6
104.2122.2125.8134.6139.6148.6162.4173.8
152.8176.4159.7172.2
195.8144.5172.2172.2166.7170.8180.6168.1173.6201.4179.2161.1
176.4141.7175.0163.9
NEW YORK DISTRICT
Total,
centers
20, 917
100.099.485.298.498.2
108.3128.7139.0160.1203.7245.4
189.4220.9220.0257.2
266.7225.4270.0234.4244.4211.9240.8239.9246.2308.9261.5195.3
170.5152.7199.4189.3
Albany
87
100.0111.5119.5119.5118.3134.8147.7154.0168.3179.0208.0
139.0156. 3157.4198.8
186.1157.4233.2241.3282.7212.6204.5196.5178.1209.1191.9202.2
176.9183.8263.1237.8
Buffalo
263
100.0114.892.899.6
114.8115.0133.3136.9140.6166.0199.0
102.7190.5180.2196.6
191.2149.8180.2181.4176.0188.2217.1226.2232.3256.3213.3176.4
160.4143.0161.2161.6
j
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Total,15
centers
928
100.0115.184.286.0
100.0105.3125.0128.1123.9123.1128.2
114.4134.0129.9145.5
143.6120.2134.3132.3126.3120.5126.7121.4117.5142.0123.8129.4
130.5108.8115.1113.5
Atlanta
123
100.0108.985.490.2
108.9113.1129.2132.7127.8137.7173.0
122.8145.5167.5204.9
186.2169.9195.9188.6187.0165.9180.5179.7143.9171.5152.0154.5
165.0129.3143.1132.5
Bir-ming-ham
59
100.0128.8103.4133.9183.1199.3226.7243.8253.5255. 4252.1
242.4294.9261.0279.7
281.4215.3252.6255.9252.6232.2244.1239.0244.1296.6254.3257.6
272.9196.6215.3208.5
NewOr-
leans
304
100.0115.482.289.597.4
106.4118.2113.7114.8112.6112.2
107.6120.7119.4134.2
129.6105. 6117.4112.2104.395.7
107.9101.6102.0131.2114.5125.0
118.1103.3102.0107.2
Jack-son-ville
48
100.0125.091.797.9
112.5126.5206.2232.6181.6156. 4157.8
133.3152.1143.7172.9
168.7158.3175.0183.3162.5152.1162.5141.6131.2158.3143.7156. 2
170.8166.6160.4162.5
1
Nash-ville
93
100.0120.4105.471.078.579.287.689.797.6
108.5118.8
100.0120.4120.4111.8
146.2119.3129.0119.3109.7145.1111.8112.9106.4118.3101.1106.4
105.491.4
104.3100.0
Au-gusta
37
100.0110.864.970.383.874.678.272.674.875.074.1
64.989.273.086.5
75.764.975.775.770.362.262.264.978.4
100.075.783.8
67.656.864.967.6
Roches-ter
120
100.0119.2103.3110.0124.2129.0144.3146.3152.2157. 8164.6
148.3165.0155.0180.0
175.0141.7165.8153.3149.2164.2176.7159.2182.5193.3158.3155.8
151.7122.5136.7140.8
NewYork
20, 354
100.098.884.898.297.6
107.9128.3138.8160.3204.8246.9
190.3222.0223.4259.0
268.8227.4272.3235.7245.0212.6241.8240.9247.3311.1263.4195.8
170.6152.9200.2189.8
PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT
Total,10
centers
1,625
100.0113.395.8
102.5114.3116.8129.5134.6140.0156.2171.5
146.6169.7163.6189.3
179.1156.1175.1178.4166.7177.1175.5154.2154.0186.2180.1175.5
160.6137. 4154.2139. 9
Phila-delphia
1,373
100.0112.493.8
101.7111.9114. a128.1133.1138.6155.8171.5
146.1169.4164.7191.2
178.9155.9177.7179.9167.1178.7175.3153.2152.5185.6181.8171.1
159.6153.8153.9137.4
Scran-ton
53
100.0124.5122.7109.4139. 6142.3138.9144.2145.5146.6144.8
134.0145.3137.8154.7
151.0137. 8143.4141.5141.5139.6139.6135.9135.9171.7152. 8147. 2
143.4120.8128.3130.2
Tren-ton
43
100.0125.6111.6118.6137.2146.5159.6168.5175.6187.4201.6
172.1195.4188.4230.3
200.0216.3181.4193.1183.8193.1227.9186.1190.7211.7204.7230.3
211.7216.3162.8169.8
CHICAGO DISTRICT
ts*centers
4,242
100.0116.092.096.8
108.8110.8124.9132.0137.9155. 3174.6
151.7165.8155.9184.6
173.7153.3180.3163.4166.5163.7178.4187.8179.9206.4179.7162.5
154.7129.4156.4152.9
Chi-cago
2,800
100.0113.091.796.2
105.0106.3120.4127.5136.8152.3174.8
144.1160.5153.1176.9
170.1154.9185.7158.9160.0158.7176.6192.8177.2214.6185.3162.8
151.6127.1155.5149.9
Detroit
525
100.0125.291.2
101.3125.7130.6158.3166.4162.8213. 2234.3
237.2236.8216.2301.4
255.3201.4220.2234.9252.4233.0242.3234.5260.8253.0215.1208.8
201.5166.1202.7204.8
Indian-apolis
136
100.0123.5100.0104.4115.4110.9115.4135.2136.2139.6153.4
127.9146.3143.4156.6
155.1140.4150.7143.4151.5156.6165.4159.6147.8164.0157.4148.5
148.5125.0139.0129.4
Mil-wau-kee
237
100.0124.097.5
101.7115.6110.5119.4127.3130.1131.5133.5
121.5138.4127.0131.2
128.3115.2130.8122.8117.3128.3142.6143.9140.1151.9147.7132.9
137.1112.6131.6131.3
DesMonies
83
100.0114.584.483.197.6
103.289.898.198.9
100.2102.5
95.2106.0100.0100.0
101.286.8
100.0101.2106,0103.6103.6104.8103.6118.1103.697.6
106.085.6
104.8107.2
GrandRapids
75
100.0128.0109.381.389.389.2
114.1115.5110.3118.0123.1
116.0126.6124.0130.6
133.3104.0126.6118.6128.0122.6126.6130.6132.0134.6113.3106.6
114.685.3
104.0106.6
SiouxCity
63
100.0109.563.5
101.6119.0123.4136.9129.1114.792.599.7
95.2101.674.690.5
98.488.9
101.6106.3104.796.8
106.3101.695.2
104.790.5
101.6
104.795.298.498.4
See footnote on p. 22.
21
RELATIVE DEBITS TO INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS AT CLEARING-HOUSE CENTERS—ContinuedGROUPED BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS—Continued
[Table continued on p. it]
YEAR AND MONTH
1919 average millions of dollars —
1919 monthly average1920 monthly average1921 monthly average1922 monthly average1923 monthly average1924 monthly average _1925 monthly average1926 monthly average1927 monthly average1928 monthly average - -1929 monthly average
1938September
NovemberDecember . -
1939JanuaryFebruary - -MarchAprilMay . .JuneJulyAugustSeptember - -OctoberNovemberDecember - .
1930JanuaryFebruary - -March -„--AprilMayJune... _July
YEAR AND MONTH
1919 av., mill, dolls
1919 monthly average..1920 monthly average..1921 monthly average..1922 monthly average. _1923 monthly average..1924 monthly average..1925 monthly average..1926 monthly average..1927 monthly average..1928 monthly average. _1929 monthly average.,
1938September _ .OctoberNovember. .December
1939JanuarvFebruaryMarchAprilMay. .JuneJulyAugust _SeptemberOctober ...NovemberDecember
1930January. ...FebruaryMarchAprilMay
CLEVELAND DISTRICT
Total,13
centers
1,963
100.016.489.694.6
110.9109.4122.0127.4136.6141.4152.9
135.3156.1140.5169.9
154.2139.6150.0158.5145.7148.1165.4152.3145.7170.4152.1153.1
144.0118.4135.9139.2
Akron
90
100.0115.663.363.380.081.4
100.0104.5112.9124.5133.7
125.5141.1116.7141.1
136.7125.5133.3140.0134.4136.7148.9127.8130.0140.0124.4126.7
125.5100.0112.2122.2
Cincin-nati
247
100.0113.0107.7117.4133. 6128.0142.7150.3167.2181.2184.8
159.1188.3169.7214.2
202.5176.5184.2201.2172.5179.0184.6165.2166.0206.5189.5189.5
183.4133.6146.6175.7
Cleve-land
653
100.0115.981.984.199.296.8
106.6115.9124.9130.0145.9
124.3150.0123.4162.1
138.9134.1140.4153.1135.8141.3151.1149.6145.6165.5140.9154.9
141.8110.4131.5138.9
Pitts-burgh
746
100.0118.594.997.2
112.7113.2126.4126.7137.1136.1150.9
129.6147.1142.3159.6
147.1139.9148.7154.0147.7143.6167.9148.7138.6170.2161.6143.0
131.6116.7135.5131.7
DALLAS DISTRICT
Total,11
centers
521
100.0117.494.297.9
101.3101.5112.4119.1124.5134.6147.1
141.8163.5145.5167.0
154.7131.8147.6142.2140.3129.3139.9138.7150.3179.4155.8154.9
142.2124.0140.9130.7
June 'July _
Dallas
161
100.0114.390.796.9
107.5112.7130.8131.5135.6148.5162.2
163.3188.8169.6185.1
178.3146.0168.3154.0145.3134.8139.1147.8165.8208.1175.8182.6
155. 3131.1173.9147.8
Hous-ton
138
100.0115.286.281.289.091.2
103.6126.0131.9140.1153.2
147.8176.8147.1173.9
149.3136.2152.9145.6157.2136.9152.9147.8160.9188.4161.6148.5
149.3130.4134.8132.6
FortWorth
92
100.0119.6109.8119.693.578.082.492.1
103.2115.8124.7
116.3127.2119.6153.3
132.6104.4117.4120.7115.2115.2142.4122. 8118.5142.4131.5133.7
110.998.9
105.4103.3
Y*ngs-town
60
100.0110.078.383.3
103.4101.6117.0118.0118.5124.1137.4
123.4136.7118.4151.7
138.4115.0135.0138.4120.0143.4151.7143.4135.0155.0125.0148.4
135.0100.0113.4130.0
Toledo
116
100.0117.2100.0123.8153.5155.7179.2189.5205.2241.0198.9
230.2271.6240.5277.6
244.0170.7199.1219.0185.4190.5219.8191.4175.0218.1179.3194.8
184.5148.3157.8162.1
Colum-bus
116
100.0111.2102.6112.1128.5116.0126.9138.3144.8148.3166.6
138.8151.7146.6186.2
174.1150.0158.6173.3159.5163.8175.0164.7156.0187.1160.4176.7
167.2139.7162.1172.4
Dayton
50
100.0104.0110.0112.0138.0136.0156.0176.5188.8194.5216.2
182.0202.0168.0228.0
242.0190.0232.0216.0198.0214.0248.0210.0214.0220.0198.0212.0
228.0176.0190.0190.0
ST. LOUIS DISTRICT
Sum-maryfor 5
centers
965
100.0105.489.094.5
110.4110.6124.2127.3127.4133.8138.5
122.9147.1134.3157.8
146.8125.6140.7134.6132.1141.2136.9126.5134.0163.7142.5137.9
132.7108.8123.1120. 1
Louis-ville
156
100.092.382.087.8
101.9106.7120.8128.7123.6131.3134.8
128.2134.6128.2148.7
150.6133.3136.5127.6136.5135.3138.5123.1128.8153.2136.5117.9
127.6109.6116.0114.1
St.Louis
617
100.0106.591.994.2
108.4108.2120.8122.7120.9129.0132.9
114.4136.5122.7150.4
137.5117.2133.2131.5128.2145. 7138.3125.3125.6147.5131.5133.9
129.0104.1119.3118.7
Mem-phis
136
100.0107.473.587.5
106.6101.1111.7111.5119.6117.0134.6
110.3155.1146. 3155.9
144.9120.6136.0121.3114.7108.1102.9110.3141.2202.2165.4147.8
130.1107.4119.9105.1
LittleRock
36
100.0125.0116.7127.8169.5186.1204.9226.4220.8230.4236.8
233.4300.0261.1277.8
236.1200.0238.9225.0216.7191.7211.1211.1258.4338.9263.9250. 0
225.0188.9222.2211.1
«*',«**
RICHMOND DISTRICT
Total,
centers
718
100.0111.895.589.698.696.3
106.7108.4107.1105.4108.9
93.6112.7102.8120.1
113.396.4
108.4110.3104.9105.0109.1113.9101.5120.5112.1110.9
108.791.1
106.4105.3
Balti-more
404
100.0115.6104.989.193.393.4
104.6107.4104.2102.0107.6
86.4104.095.8
112.6
106.293.3
104.4109.1101.2106.9111.6120.3103.0117.8110.1107.2
107.792.1
113.4105.9
MP^*
Norfolk
34
100.0102.371.478.588.182.285.894.289.085.481.8
72.694.083.3
107.1
94.073.885.780.982.180.183.380.173.889.388.190.4
80.970.277.475.0
Rich-mond
16
100.0108.798.3
100.9112.9109.1122.9121.5120.2123.6127.4
128.5146.6130.2144.8
133.6114.7125.0121.6115.5117.2123.3134.5120.7146.6141.4134.5
126.7105.2112.9109.5
Green-ville >
37
100.0102.767.667.678.469.473.076.275.064.261.3
51.470.364.967.6 ,
73.062.264.959.559.556.856.854.151.473.064.959.5
73.054.154.151.4
MINNEAPOLIS DISTRICT
Total,9
centers
659
100.0108.582.788.094.8
104.2114.3104.9110.0117.5128.2
131.8155.0127.3127.3
113.0100.0113.0112.0116.1120.0138.7150.2147.8154.0138.4135. 0
113.9100.7110.7110.7
1 !
Duluth
90
100.0120.084.482.285.5
117.7118.288.3
103.0101.3101.1
142.2181.1130.0101.1
74.466.775.577.891.197.8
122.2132.2127.8125.5116.7105.5
71.166.776.768.9
Minne-apolis
354
100.0109.684.285.091.5
103.8119.4110.3113.9124.6141.5
139.3159.3131.9134.2
122.3107.4120.9119.8126.8130.0154.8171.8169.8172.3151.7150.0
128.0111.9120.3123.7
St.Paul
162
100.098.275.397.5
106.8101.6104.7102.2106.7110.6116.3
109.9125.9113.6125.3
113.0103.1117.3111.1105.6111.7117.3120.4116.1130.3124.7124.7
111.199.4
112.3107.4
Helena
11
100.0100.0100.090.981.885.685.682.683.387.993.9
90.9127.3100.0109.0
90.972.781.8
100.081.881.8
100.0100.0100.0109.1109.1100.0
81.872.772.790.9
Billings
9
100.0111.188.977.888.978.784.388.092.6
110.2111.1
122.2166.7133.3111.1
100.077.8
100.0100.0111.1100.0111.1111.1122.2Id6.7122.2111.1
88.977.888.9
! 88.9
See footnote on p. 22.
22
RELATIVE DEBITS TO INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS AT CLEARING-HOUSE CENTERS—ContinuedGROUPED BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS—Continued
YEAR AND MONTH
1919 average, millions of dolls.
1919 monthly average1920 monthly average1921 monthly average1922 monthly average . -1923 monthly average1924 monthly average1925 monthly average1926 monthly average1927 monthly average -1928 monthly average1929 monthly average
1928SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
1929JanuaryFebruary _ _ _-MarchApril - . -- -MayJuneJulyAugustSeptember.OctoberNovember. ..December
1930JanuaryFebruary . _ . .MarchApril _ _ -_MayJuneJuly
KANSAS CITY DISTRICT
Total,14
centers
1,231
100.0109.882.084.290.685.795.5
100.4102.3108.9120.5
110.7122.7107.0120.9
117.1102.3117.9116.0112.7115.3140.4128.1116.7135.8124.5119.8
114.599.3
109.5106.8
Denver
146
100.0139.798.6
102.7111.6112.9121.5123.2120.4125.4138.9
129.4145.2128.1131. 5
136.3118.5148.6145.2135.6133.6137.7149.3130.1166.4139.7125.3
121.9107.5123.3124.7
KansasCity, ! OmahaMo. |
413
100.094.974.674.384.381.490.193.493.8
102.4115.0
105.1117.799.5
113.1
107.394.4
111.6104.8105.3110.4145.3127.1112.6129.5118.1113.1
103.990.3
101.799.7
_ _ _ _. :
264
100.095.567.473.177.769.776.975.476.082.187.4
89.488.675.877.7
84.175.889.486.083.083.796.698.187.598.185.281.1
84.977.385.679.9
St.Joseph,
Mo.
85
100.097.681.169.472.971.672.773.466.970.068.9
70.672.965.974.1
74.161.269.468.265.965.978.876.465.971.762.367.0
68.256.457.656.4
Okla-homaCity
68
100.0153.0129.4119.2114.7112.1127.4139.1154.6167.1192.3
163.3203.0167.7207.4
185.3175.0176.5185.3186.8183.9216.2182.4189.8216.2208.9201.5
208.9170.6191.2179.5
Tulsa
94
100.0 !131.988.3
105.3104.389.5
112.6136.0139.2147.0177.0
151.1168.1155.3207.5
184.1147.9159.6172.4161.7169.2202.2170.2173.4197.9190.5194.7
174.5143.6157.5158.5
SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT
Total,18
centers
1,909
100.0123.2104.4107.2126.3128.9142.9155.7172.3198.7203.7
192.7206.1190.6222.5
209.4187.4223. 3191.5197.7190.3196.7208.3197.3241.6209.8191.2
186.9161.9198.2183.0
\ \\
LosAngeles
314
100.0139.2143.0165.0223.6236.7251.1278.1297.2342.7388.1
325.8369.5357.4372.6
404.2371.4435.1383.8394.9365.0365.0393.3366.3433.2394.0351.0
352.9308.6346.5344.0
Port- Sanland, i Fran-Oreg. cisco
181 760
100.0108.882.376.286.289.492.0
101.094.2
101.4109.1
102.8114.9116.0111.1
101.197.2
110.598.3
111.6105.0108.8115.5114.9121.0121.6103.9
96.782.9
100.098.3
100.0124.6101.994.8
104.0107.1126.1138.2165.0201.6186.3
194.1192.7194.2221.1
189.1172.3210.6164.0174.0167.4175.9191.0184.2244.8191.2171.3
170.3150.4201.5171.2
Oak-Seattle land,
Caif.
206 63
100.096.167.073.383.087.798.0
103.2105.8119.7133.3
116.5134.9108.7130.1
133.0112.1140.3128.6125.7125.7138.3141.7133.0159.7140.3121.4
122.3105.8126.7123.3
100.0160.3128.5144.4192.0196.3227.3273.0356.7399.1376.5
369.8409.4349. 1533.2
407.9349.1417.4336.6372.9385.6385.6382.5325.3388.8358.7377.7
319.0269.8353.9301.5
DISTRICT TOTALS— SEASONAL VARIATIONS ELIMINATED
YEAR AND MONTH
1919 monthly average _ _ _1920 monthly average1921 monthly average1922 monthly average1923 monthly average1924 monthly average1925 monthly average1926 monthly average __ _ _1927 monthly average1928 monthly average1929 monthly average _ _
1928SeptemberOctober _ ._ _ _NovemberDecember..
1939January _.FebruaryMarch. _April _MayJune _ _ _JulyAugust _September..OctoberNovemberDecember
1930JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJuly
U.S.total
100.0106.088.797.8
103.3109.5126.7135.4150.0179.1208.8
177.6182.3186.9195.1
212.0219.9220.8204.4204.3180.0209.3224.4218.3239.0215.1158.2
154.7163.5173.7172.2
Boston
100.0109.5101.9105.4117.1121.1136.6146.0158.1161.3177.1
156.7158.0158.1157.7
170.7175.8171.9171.1168.2156.2180.1211.9192.0199.5176.6151.4
162.3153.1148.2157.2
NewYork
100.099.385.198.598.0
108.3128.6139.0160.2203.1246.5
204.5208.2
. 216.8226.4
252.8263.6265.5237.2239.6203.0244.5267.1265.9291.1255.4171.9
161.6178.6196.1191.6
Phila-delphia
100.0105.195.9
102.5114.4116.8129.4132.1140.0155.9171.7
151. 6159.9165.8167.5
175.2181.9174.6183.0168.2168.3
i 174. 5162.7159. 3175.5182.5155.3
157.1160.1153.7143.5
Cleve-land
100.0116.489.894.5
111.1109.5122.0127.4136.7141.3154.0
138.9152. 3144.1147.9
148.1160.8152.7159.8150.4142.3160.3160.0158.1166.2156. 0133.2
138.3136.4138.4140.3
1 • 1i1
Rich-mond
100. 0112.197.689.598.896.5
106.8108.5107.3105.6109.1
98.0103.798.7
104.3
109.3112.5112.2117.3108.7102.3108.4117.5106.3110.9107.696.4
104.8106.3100.1112.0
Atlanta
100.0115.184.485.999.9
105.3124.8128.4124.1123.2128.5
118.7120.8122.2126.6
132.4135.4133.2139.1130.7124.6133.6134.6121.9128.0llfi. 5112.6
120.3122.5114.2119.3
Chicago
100.0116.192.096.8
109.0110.8123.8132.1137.9155. 1174.8
153.5157.0158.4170.0
170.6175.6176.4168.3167.8160.0176.1192.6182.1195.5182.6149.6
152. 0148.2153.0157.5
St.Louis
100.0105.589.194.2
110.3110.5124.1127.3127.3133. 3138.6
129.4134.3131.8140.0
136.8139.1140.1140.1134.8139.9140.8138.7141.1149.5139.8122.7
123.7120.5122.6125.0
i
Minne-apolis
100.0108.582.987.995.0
103.1114.4105.3109.5117.3128.2
119.3130.9118.2114.7
112.3125.9120.5119.3121.3122.3145.7156.9133.8130.1128.5121.6
113.2126.8118.0117.9
KansasCity
100.0109.882.184.189.787.095.4
100.3102.1108.5120.4
109.3115.8107.4116.6
113.2116.5115.5121.1114.2115.5140.0125.5115.2128.1125.0115.5
110.7113.1107.2111.5
Dallas
100.0118.094.397.9
101.1101.2112.4119.4124.5134.5147.5
137.0138.9131.6141.0
144.4149.6151.1157.0150.9138.0156.1154.3145.2152.4140.9130.8
132.8140.7144.2144.3
SanFrancisco
100.0123.4105.4107.1126.4129.4142.9156.2172.4199.7204.2
190.8189.3190.6194.8 |
211.3223.6218.3200.5204.7191.8199.1214.5195.3221.9201.9167.4
188.6193.2193.7191.6
* Compiled from data collected by the Federal Reserve Board, this table supplements similar data published in Nos. 26,35, 56,62, 67, 75, and 87 of this publication,district total table represents the data of 141 identical centers.
» Greenville, S. C., substituted for Charleston, S. C., since May, 1928.
The
23
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTSThe following table contains a summary of the monthly figures, designed to show the trend in important
industrial and commercial movements. These data represent continuations of the figures presented in thelatest semiannual number (February, 1930), in which monthly figures for 1929 and 1930 may be found, togetherwith explanations as to the sources and exact extent of the figures quoted. The figures given below shouldalways be read in connection with those explanations. Data on stocks, unfilled orders, etc., are given as of theend of the month referred to. For explanations or relative numbers, including base periods, see introductionon inside front cover.
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
TEXTILES
Wool
Receipts at Boston:Total thous. of lbs._Domestic _. thous. of Ibs _Foreign ..thous. of lbs_.
Imports:In condition imported thous. of Ibs..Grease equivalent thous. of lbS-_
Consumption by textile mills,grease equivalent thous. of lbS-_
Stocks, grease equivalent, end of quarter:Total thous of IbsHeld by manufacturers thous. of Ibs _Held by dealers -thous o f lbs__
Machinery activity, hourly:Looms-
Wide per ct. of hours activeNarrow _ ._ per ct. of hours active .Carpet and rug.per ct. of hours active--
Sets of cards per ct. of hours activeCombs per ct. of hours active .Spinning spindles —
Woolen .__ . per ct. of hours active .Worsted per ct. of hours active
Prices:Raw, territory, fine, scoured -dolls, per lb_.Raw, Ohio and Pa. fleeces,
Y± blood, combing, grease.. dolls, perlb..Worsted, yarn dolls, per IbWomen's dress goods, French
serge, 39-in dolls, per ydSuiting, 13-oz dolls, per yd..
Cotton
Receipts into sight __ _ thous. of balesImports, unmanufactured bales .Exports, unmanufactured (excl. linters) -bales..Consumption by textile mills . bales .Stocks, domestic, end of month:
Totals, mills and w'houses. thous. of bales..Mills thous. of balesWarehouses _ ... .thous. of bales _
Stocks, world visible, end of month:Total . _ . thous. of bales .American thous of bales
Machinery activity of spindles:Active spindles thousandsTotal activity millions of hoursActivity per spindle hoursRatio to capacity per cent
Prices:To producer dolls, per IbIn New York, middling dolls, perlb..
' Cotton Yarn
Carded sales yarn:Production thous. of IbsStocks, end of month thous of IbsUnfilled orders, end of month thous. of Ibs
Prices:22/1 cones, Boston... ..dolls, perlb..40/1 s, southern spinning dolls per Ib
Cotton Goods
Cotton textiles:Production thous. of yds..New orders _ thous. of ydsShipments thous. of yds..Stocks, end of month.. thous. of yds_.Unfilled orders, end of mo___thous. of yds..
Fine cotton goods, production pieces..Cotton cloth:
Imports thous. of sq. yds..Exports thous. of sq. yds..
Fabric for tire manufacture:Consumption thous. of Ibs
7 Quarter ending
1929
Decem-ber
15, 2729,3445,928
20, 24624, 565
37, 802
2 317, 9782 147, 4342 170, 545
5453556372
ei57
.84
.411.40
.981.901
2,10536, 190
910, 321453,892
7,7591,8445,915
8,0985,960
29, 0706,770
19688.2
.160
.173
13, 3649,865
35, 776
.340
.494
243, 735302, 934214, 148461, 013431, 018367, 706
4,50834, 657
8,677
in month i
1930
January
15, 8286,5009,328
26, 46429, 423
43, 627
5350516379
6255
.81
.381.38
.981.838
84051, 474
728, 737577, 235
7,2371,8305,407
8, 0595,576
29, 1988,173
236100.3
.158
.173
17, 57110, 77335, 056
.323
.500
323, 287292, 034331, 481452, 819391, 571420, 190
4, 45539, 153
14, 559
ndicated.
Febru-ary
12, 1655,0127,154
18, 49820, 221
38, 330
5241516586
6159
.79
.361.35
.981.800
41723, 643
402, 074495, 204
6, 6701,8124,859
7,8545,150
28, 9277,091
20597.7
.148
.157
13, 08611, 77536, 165
.310
.486
266, 849243, 861274, 543445, 125360, 889356, 334
3,50532,045
13, 767
March
14, 9865,6289, 358
20, 04921, 463
37, 195
2 249, 5642 145, 4582 104, 106
4639496164
5850
.77
.331.30
.931.756
46628, 279
477, 678508, 576
5, 9521,7634,189
7,3394,612
28, 8987,3£0
21492.8
.138
.151
13, 70712, 48739, 072
.297
.477
261,403292, 249265, 675440, 853387,463402, 322
3,78136, 171
14,656
April
17,1638,5018,682
17, 81619, 384
36, 794
4541496160
5843
.76
.311.25
.901.756
45767, 397
349, 762532, 382
5,3041, 6673,636
6,6593,975
28, 8607,503
21996.3
.147
.163
15, 48513, 11634, 457
.302
.480
257, 243223, 225253, 360444, 736357, 328351, 580
5,07636, 821
1929
March
23, 1895,738
17,451
32, 74337, 682
47, 955
2 279, 2112 161, 1392 118, 072
6760698682
8368
1.05
.521.58
.982.008
74337, 124
555, 986631, 669
4,9071, 7303,177
6,7494,469
31, 1038,911
252109.4
.188
.212
23, 3738,328
43, 476
.377
.527
297, 994358, 333325, 633345, 311504, 876464, 539
5,36258, 474
21, 238
»C
April
15,3906,4428,948
28, 16530, 941
49, 205
7064708781
8470
1.04
.491.55
.982.008
55984, 621
447, 838631, 802
4,1311, 6062,525
6, 0533,680
30,9118,861
251110.3
.185
.201
18, 2698,446
40, 345
.362
.510
283, 878202, 520277, 098352, 091430, 298425, 925
5,33449, 233
23,620
umulative
PER CENT IN- ;CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March,1930
+14.5+51.0-7.4
-11.1-9.7
-1.1
-21.5-1.3
-39.0
-2.2+5.1
0.00.0
-6.2
0.0-14.0
-1.3
-6.1-3.8
-3.20.0
-1.9+138.3-26.8+-.7
-10.9-5.4
-13.2
-9.S-13.8
-0.1+2.1+2.3+3.8
+6.5+7 9
+13.0+5.0
-11.8
+1.7+0.6
-1.6-23.6-4.6+0 9-7.8
-12.6
+34.3+1.8
April,1930,from
April,1929
+11.5+32.0-3.2
-36.7-37.4
-25.2
-10. 6-9.7
-11.8
-35.7-35.9-30.0-29.9-25.9
-31.0-38.6
-26.9
-36.7-19.4
-8.2-12.5
-18.2-20.4-21.9-15.7
+28.4+3.8
+44. 0
+10.0+8.0
-6-. 6— 15 3-12.7-12.7
-20.5— 18 9
-15.2+55.3-14.6
-16.6-5.9
-9.4+10.2-8.6
+26 3-17.0-17.5
-4.8-25.2
through Mar .31
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THROUGH
APR. 30
1939
75,45418,54856, 906
130, 829144, 844
199, 184
3,066216, 309
2, 405, 8132, 526, 477
78, 671
1, 217, 5511, 218, 6401, 257, 203
1, 704, 136
21,615214, 385
3 61, 344
1930
60, 14325,64134, 502
82, 82790, 491
155, 946
2,180170, 793
1, 958, 2512, 113, 397
59, 849
1, 108, 781,051,361, 125, 05
1, 530, 426
16,817144, 190
3 42, 982
Per ct.in-
crease(t}or de-
crease(-)
cumu-lative1930from1929
-20.3+38.2-39.4
-36.7-37.5
-21.7
-28. ft-21.0-18.6-16.4
-23. 9
2 -8.99-13.79-10. 5
-10. 2
-20.5-32.7
-29.fr
24
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
TEXTILES— Continued
Cotton Goods— Continued
Elastic webbing, shipments. _ _ thous. of dolls..Prices:
Print cloth, 64 x 60 dolls, per yd..Sheeting, brown dolls, per yd..
Cotton Finishing
White, dyed and printed (outside mills) :Billings, finished goods thous. of yds..New orders, gray yardage.. -thous. of yds..Shipments, finished goods cases .Stocks, finished goods, end mo casesOperating activity per ct. of capacityUnfilled orders, end of month ..days,.
Printed only (mills and outside) :Production ._ -thous. of yds..Stocks, end of month thous. of yds..
SilkImports, raw thous. of lbs._Deliveries (consumption) _ . . . balesStocks, end of month:
At warehouses bales..At manufacturing plants bales
Silk machinery activity:Broad looms - per cent of normalNarrow looms. _. . per cent of normalSpinning spindles per cent of normal. .
Prices:Raw, Japanese, 13-15, N. Y.dolls. per lb_.Silk goods, composite dolls per yd
RayonImports thous. of lbs._Stocks, bonded, end of month. ..thous. of lbs._Price, 150 denier, A grade, N. Y.dolls. per lb_.
Clothing
Men's and boys' garments cut:Suits thous of garmentsSeparate trousers thous of garmentsOvercoats thous of garments
Overalls:Cut thous of dozen garmentsNet shipments. thous. of dozen garments ..Unfilled orders,
end of mo thous. of dozen garmentsHosiery:
Production thous of dozen pairsNet shipments thous of dozen pairsStocks, end of month thous of dozen pairsNew orders thous of dozen pairsUnfilled orders, end
of month thous of dozen pairsKnit underwear:
Production thous. of dozen garments. .Net shipments. thous. of dozen garments..Stocks, end of
month.. thous. of dozen garmentsNew orders thous. of dozen garments--Unfilled orders,
end of month.thous. of dozen garments..
Burlaps and FibersImports:
Burlaps thous. of lbs_.Fibers (unmanufactured)... long tons _
Pyroxylin-Coated Textiles
Pyroxylin spread thous. of Ibs._Shipments billed thous. of linear yardsUnfilled orders, end of
month thous of linear yards
FurSales by dealers _ . thous. of dollars
Buttons
Fresh-water pearl buttons:Production ratio to capacityStocks, end of month thous. of gross..
Imports:Buttons-
Product of Philippines.thous. of gross..All other . thous. of gross
Shells-Mother of pearl thous. of pounds. .All other... thous. of pounds
Taqua nuts thous. of pounds. .
1929
Decem-ber
1,149
.069
.084
61, 81654, 17236, 52138, 220
503.6
57, 54880, 825
9,16444, 159
90, 77227, 017
98.354.164.5
4.5801.18
1,1623,0821.15
2,0911,810
290
246226
112
3 0543,0637,6482,848
3,327
1,020991
1,345893
1,383
45, 73824, 950
2,4602,050
1,747
2,262
48.710, 694
6417
1,225124
1,667
1930
January
1,444
.068
.083
63, 45771, 72341, 79335, 428
574.3
60,09173, 239
7,34657, 683
76, 26429,100
105.659.667.0
4.6301.17
1,1593,0871.15
2,5222,293
307
319289
147
3,4742,7428,3082,662
3,035
1,109944
1,4361,199
1,632
73, 09830, 262
3,0982,786
2,373
2,968
42.39,700
64261
86632
1. 149
Febru-ary
1,421
.085
.079
64,27157, 83437, 01432, 967
624.2
60, 93972,642
6,64449, 852
68,64624, 591
109.756.269.3
4.4331.17
9543,0611.15
2,3362,179
335
321304
117
* 3, 1894 2, 711* 8, 8144 2, 598
* 2, 852
* 1, 1284981
* 1, 530^1,041
1,677
71, 05323, 640
3,0932,708
2,404
7,667
49.39,698
715
443516477
March
1,496
.062
.078
66, 24660, 52639, 45932, 528
594.2
72, 63477, 763
6,10350, 863
57, 77324, 728
111.157.769.2
4.5311.16
9283, 0931.15
2,2942,363
352
326297
116
2,9432,7278,6232,587
2,577
1,1921,044
1,5901,036
1,658
52, 85433, 312
i 3, 4743,111
2, 332
8,327
48.39,838
635
53169
1.186
April
1,347
.061
.076
65, 36456, 64134, 30840, 741
562.9
72, 72184, 808
6,04741, 584
53,70425, 280
101.357.268.8
4.1861.14
901
1.15
1,139997
1,728897
1,545
54, 86323, 126
4,0333,261
2,421
47.19,878
59
17104
1,607
1929
March
1,869
.077
.089
98, 49594, 87265, 11235, 478
776.3
92, 54479, 361
6,47649, 878
45, 21825, 892
100.266.366.3
4.9981.19
1,9012,8631.30
2,9322,669
475
377352
194
3,7533,7228,2153,789
4,269
1,2511,166
1,3681,330
2,501
52, 55026, 655
6,6295,638
4,302
21, 228
52.911, 034
464
526! 35
1, 921
April
1,766
.076
.089
96, 70790, 46957, 03034, 920
746.4
88, 63582, 106
6, 22053, 855
39, 12523, 108
101.168.866.9
5.1451.18
1,6832,736
1.30
2,3042,670
296
361315
189
3,6513,5078,0223,991
4,680
1,2741,112
1,5231,07
2,444
69,7830, 389
5,5544,82
4,06
12, 994
52.11,11
61
644
2,39
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March,1930
-10.0
-1.6-2.6
-1.3-6.4
-13.1+25.2-5.1
-31.0
+0.1+9.1
-0.9-18.2
-7.0+2.2
-8.8-0.9-0.6
-7.6-1.7
-2.9
0.0
-4.4-4.5
+8.7-13.4
-6.8
+3.8-30.6
+16.1+4.8
+3.8
-2.5+0.4
—6. 3+20. C
-67.8+50.7+35.5
April,1930,fromApril,
1929
-23.7
-19.7-14.6
-32.4-37.4-39.8+16.7-24.3-54. 7
-18.0+3 3
-2.8-22.8
+37.3+9.4
+0.2-16.9+2.8
-18.6-3.4
-46.5
-11.5
-10.6-10.3
+23.5-16.2
-36.8
-21.4-23.9
-27.4-32.4
-40.4
— 10 5-11.1
-10.6-57.1
-73.7+160. 0-32.8
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THROUGH
APR. 30
1929
6,619
358, 296360, 103229, 729
341, 745
28,893207, 310
6,558
3 8, 7433 7, 6443 1, 373
3 1, 0503939
3 10, 5703 10, 039
3 10, 062
4,6514,221
5,204
241, 18134, 677
23, 64519, 366
a 45, 573
212214
2,1959
9.77
1930
5, 708
259, 338246, 724152, 574
266, 385
26, 140199, 982
3,942
3 7, 1523 6, 835
3994
39663890
3 9, 6063 8, 180
3 7, 847
4,5683,966
4,173
251, 868'110,340
13, 69811,866
318,962
257277
2,011721
4,419
Per ct .in-
crease(+)
or de-crease(-)cumu-lative1930from1929
-13.8
-27.6-31.5-33.6
-22.1
-9.5-3.5
-39.9
-18.2-10.6-27.6
-8.0-5.2
-9.1-18.5
-22.0
-1.8-6.0
-19.8
+4.4-18.1
-42.1-38.7
-58.4
+21.2+29.4
-8.5+20.6-54.8
3 Cumulative through Mar. 31. 4 Revised.
25
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
IRON AND STEEL
Iron
Manganese ore, imports. -.thous. of long tons..Iron ore:
Imports tbous. of long tons..Consumption thous. of long tons-
Stocks, end of month:Total thous. of long tonsAt furnaces. . ... thous. of long tons. .On Lake Erie docks thous. of long tons
Pig-iron production:Total, United States__thous. of long tons..Merchant furnaces thous. of long tons..Canada thous. of long tons. _
Furnaces in blast, end of month:Furnaces number. _Capacity .- long tons per day. .
Ohio gray-iron foundries:Meltings-
Actual long tons..Normal _. long tons..Ratio to normal per cent of normal. _
Stocks, end of month. .per cent of normal- .Receipts per cent of normal
Malleable ce stings:Production _.. . ._. _ _ .short tons. _Operating activity per ct of capacityShipments short tons..New orders short tons
Wholesale prices:Foundry, No. 2,
northern dolls, per long tonBasic (valley furnace). .dolls, per long ton--Composite pig iron dolls, per long ton
Cast-iron Boilers and Radiators
Round boilers:Production thous. of lbs__Shipments thous. of lbs__New orders thous. of lbs_.Stocks, end of month. thous. of lbs_.
Square boilers:Production thous. of lbs_.Shipments thous of IbsNew orders... thous. of Ibs..Stocks, end of month thous. of lbs__
Radiators:Production.. thous. sq. ft. heating surface--Shipments-, thous. sq. ft. heating surface--New orders.. thous. sq. ft. heating surface--Stocks, end of
month thous. sq. ft. heating surface..Gas-flred boilers:
Shipments _ _ _ _ dollarsShipments thous B t uProduction thous. B. t. u._Stocks, end of month thous. B. t. u..
Crude Steel
Steel ingots, production:United States, total _ _ -thous. of long tons..Ratio to capacity per centCanada thous. of long tons
U. S. Steel Corporation:Unfilled orders,
end of month thous. of long tonsEarnings thous of dolls
Steel castings:Production-
Total short tons..Ratio to capacity per centRailroad specialties _ .short tons..Miscellaneous short cons..
New orders-Total short ton5?Ratio to capacity per centRailroad specialties short tons..Miscellaneous . shor., tons
Sheets, black, blue, galvanized, andfull finished:
Production-Total net tonsRatio to capacity per cent
Total net tonsUnsold net tons
Shipments net tons..New orders net tonsUnfilled orders, end of month net tons..
Wholesale prices:Steel billets, Bessemer-dolls, per long ton..Iron and steel comp dolls, per long ton..Structural steel beams— dolls, per 100 lbs_.ConiDosite finished steel-dolls. Der 100 lbs_.
1929
Decem-ber
15
2864,076
37, 64631, 5036,143
2,83772483
15788, 250
13, 78218, 726
73.511873
46, 02947.3
47, 68943, 475
20.2618.5019.10
8,97210, 4539,184
65, 855
17, 39820, 01017, 972
126, 800
6,8219,9058,681
46, 371
188, 063164, 63587, 949
702, 144
2, 8965982
4,41715, 952
106, 56973
34, 66771, 902
90, 28762
33, 98056, 307
181, 91660.0
173, 61972, 61117, 575
234, 599443, 127
34.6035.951.902.50
1930
January
38
2934,101
33, 52827, 6745, 854
2,82761387
17296, 370
15, 41918, 693
82.412988
61, 38161.6
57, 82058,009
20.2618.5019.08
10, 3567,3046,366
67, 836
20, 03313, 83613, 345
132, 837
9,2536,0476,276
49, 717
118, 418100, 030215, 939845, 210
3,78672
115
4,46915,404
109, 29676
48, 29261, 004
101, 72870
42, 50259, 226
291, 52977.6
191, 53273, 948
241, 677382, 122558, 412
34.0035.641.902.46
Febru-ary
22
2034,062
29, 47523, 9395,536
2,839555
71
179102, 250
16, 01217, 751
90.2145101
4 65, 942^ 67. 4
4 59, 9714 61, 606
20.2618.5018.99
10, 6595,5165,158
73, 404
21, 35510, 19110, 415
143, 638
9,2224,4334,845
54, 589
111, 40191, 644
188, 190917, 929
4,06886
107
4,48016, 108
107, 89775
44, 65263, 245
114, 72780
55, 31059, 417
275, 95283.9
201, 60975, 771
241, 441203, 315517, 215
33.0035.241.802.43
March
30
3014,628
24, 87719, 7855,092
3,246645
76
185106, 080
15, 77816, 633
94.812687
4 62, 7334 63. 9
4 64, 1084 59, 690
20.2618.5018.77
9,8584,9354,805
78, 787
21, 0088,854
10, 163155, 335
8,5183,9125,085
59,064
175, 912151, 380182, 837856, 070
4,28984
117
4,57118, 104
* 113, 73779
4 47, 8134 65, 924
4 122, 65885
» 54, 063- 68, 595
259, 65873.7
192, 31775, 847
275, 235299, 764524, 230
33.0035.011.802.43
April
26
3134,576
20, 28515, 9504, 335
3,182617
72
183104, 770
20, 10120, 188
99.012596
59, 83760.9
58, 85452, 369
20.2618.5018.75
9,9345,8534,988
76, 232
21, 9889,4338,923
173, 605
7,8984,2594,411
62, 747
323, 434259, 442169, 086715, 889
4,14381
103
4, 354
110, 99977
45, 77865, 221
93, 20865
35, 53057, 678
308, 98884.0
208, 37481, 671
291, 601300, 086526, 827
33.0034.481.802.39
1939
March
18
2445,465
20,00515, 7824,223
3,71475586
212120, 740
20, 66218, 985108.8
133107
83, 36587.7
81, 06386, 744
19.5117.5019.11
12, 2487,2086,151
86, 526
28, 42911, 47611, 844
170, 212
13, 1826,1166,062
66, 903
239, 879171, 048177, 375825, 707
5,05899
137
4,41122, 265
115, 16379
49, 56265, 601
130, 83690
60, 74370, 093
364, 202115.2
189, 05063, 397
363, 648464, 297791, 615
34.0036.371.902.55
April
31
2845,417
15, 93012, 2833,647
3,663837
79
215122, 980
23, 70320, 949113.1
122102
4 83, 7444 88.1
4 80, 9684 80, 777
19.7617.9019.25
10, 1848,6037,920
87, 971
20, 01412,26413, 616
177, 755
10, 6536,4438,238
71,284
262, 914202, 358350, 409916,004
4,93897
122
4,42822, 362
121, 94184
53, 45868, 483
144, 61699
75, 62568, 991
375, 256115.2
175, 30654, 142
377, 274398, 206835, 801
34.8036.811.902.56
PEE CENT IN-CREASE (+) OEDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March,1930
-13.3
+4.0-1.1
-18.5-19.4-14.9
-2.0-4.3-5.3
-1.1-1.2
+27.4+21.4+4.4-0.8
+10.4
-4.6-4.7-8.2
-12.3
0.00.0
-0.1
+0.8+18.6+3.8-3.2
+4.7+6.5
-12.2+11.8
-7.3+8.9
-13.3
+6.2
+83.9+71.4-7.5
-16.4
-3.4—3. 6
-12.0
-4.7
-2.4-2.5-4.3-1.1
-24.0-23. 5-34.3-15.9
+19.0+14.0
+8.3+7.7+5.9+0.1+0.5
0.0-1.5
0.0-1.6
April,1930,from
April,1929
-16.1
+10.2-15.5
+27.3+29.9+18.9
-13.1-26.3-8.9
-14.9-14.8
-15.2-3.6
-12.5+2.5-5.9
-28.5-30.9-27.3-35.2
+2.5+3.4-2.6
-2.5-32.0-37.0-13.3
+9.9-23.1-34.5-2.3
-25.9-33.9-46.5
-12.0
+23.0+28.2-51.7-21.8
-16.116 5
-15.6
-1.7
-9.0-8.3
-14.4-4.8
-35.5—34.3-53.0-16.4
-17.7-27.1
4-18.9+50.8-22.7-24.6-37.0
-5.2—6. 3-5.3-6.6
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THEOUGH
APE. 30
1939
85
94920, 896
14, 0263,090
347
87, 11281, 139
314, 109
310, 355322, 284
46, 16833,09229, 366
113, 01255, 89754, 437
52, 70129, 28230, 613
747, 859562, 757916, 629
18, 812
492
3 60, 105
428, 085
178, 991249, 094
515, 404
260, 080255, 324
1, 457, 330
1, 428, 9991, 690, 389
1930
116
. 1,11017, 367
12, 0942,430
306
67, 31073, 265
249, 893
240, 753231, 674
40, 80723, 60821,317
84, 38442, 31442, 846
34, 89118, 65120, 617
729, 165602, 496756, 052
16, 286
442
3 49, 616
441, 929
186, 535255, 394
432, 321
187, 405244, 916
1, 136, 127
1, 049, 9.541, 185, 287
Per ct.in-
crease(+)
or de-crease(-)
cumu-lative1930from1929
+36.5
+17.0-16.9
-13.8-21.4-11.8
-22.7-9.7
+20.4
-22.4-28.1
-11.6-28.7-27.4
-25.3-24.3-21.3
-33.8-36.3-32.7
-2.5+7.1
-17.5
-13.4
-10.2
-17.5
+3.2
+4.2+2.5
-16.1
-27.9-4.1
-22.0
-26.5-29.9
8 Cumulative through Mar. 31. 'Revised.
26
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
IRON AND STEEL— Continued
Fabricated Steel Products
Steel barrels:Production barrelsRatio to capacity _ per cent-.Shipments barrelsStocks, end of month barrelsUnfilled orders, end of month... .barrels--
Track work production short tonsIron, steel, and heavy hardware
sales . - rel. to Jan., 1921. .Lock washers, shipments thous. of dollsSceel plate, fabricated, new orders:
Total short tonsRatio to capacity -per cent,.Oil storage tanks short tons..
Steel bars, cold finished, shipments .short tons..Steel boilers, new orders:
Quantity numberArea thous. of sq. ft, _
Iron and steel:Exports long tons..Imports - longtons..
Maehinery
Water-softening apparatus, shipments ..units. _Water systems, shipments units__Pumps:
Domestic shipments-Pitcher, hand, etc .units..Power, horizontal type units
Steam, power, and centrifugal —New orders thous. of dollsShipments thous. of dolls .Unfilled orders, end mo. thous. of dolls. .
Foundry equipment:New orders _..rel. to 1922-24 _ _Shipments rel. to 1922-24..Unfilled orders, end mo rel. to 1922-24..
Stokers, mechanical, sales:Quantity . number. _Power horsepower
Machine tools:New orders _rel. to 1922-24..Shipments rel. to 1922-24..Unfilled orders, end of mo..rel. to 1922-24..
Electric hoists:New orders-
Quantity number _Value.. dollars..
Shipments dollars .Electric overhead cranes:
Shipments thous. of dollsNew orders thous. of dolls _Unfilled orders, end mo thous. of dolls..
Woodworking machinery:New orders ..thous. of dolls..Cancellations thous of dollsUnfilled orders, end of mo.thous. of dollsShipments thous. of dollsShipments number of machines. .
Elcetric industrial trucks and tractors:Shipments, domestic-
Total number of vehicles .Exports number of vehicles
Fire-extinguishment, shipments:Motor vehicles number .Hand types number
Oil burners:Shipments, total ._ .number of burners ._Stocks, end of mo number of burnersNew orders number of burners _Unfilled orders,
end of mo number of burners .Patents issued:
Total, all classes . number -Agricultural implements number. .Internal-combustion engines number _ _
NONFERROUS METALS
CopperProduction:
Mines _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ short tons .Smelter short tons .Refined (N. and S. America). .short tons..
World production, blister « _ _ short tons__Domestic shipments, refined short tonsExports short tonsStocks (N. and S. America), end of mo.:
Refined short tonsBlister . short tons
Wholesale price, electrolytic dolls, per lb._
1929
Decem-ber
624, 36554.7
618, 00366, 883
1, 340, 02810, 826
169175
23, 53530
3,66923, 705
1,029880
215, 24239, 022
8317,237
37, 8491,601
1,5801,7633,787
208,0201.9473,2
7944, 976
166243561
392227, 897198, 500
1,380734
4,429
1,01320
1,2081,074
754
12427
12734, 330
4,7805,9383,933
919
4,6344962
74, 77289, 789
138, 203165, 72858, 15028,807
171, 320268, 406
.1778
1930
January
4 650, 764M9.2
4 643, 12074, 527
1, 696, 28611, 830
160287
50, 07664
7,43235, 845
9421,082
225, 09034, 710
1,2408,307
44, 3891,449
1,4371,3303,842
160.1223.6395.6
5313, 198
182183565
369194, 832220, 678
977406
3,765
1,11112
1,347967759
12317
9143, 651
3,4695,4453,481
931
3,1634042
67, 83884, 451
132, 374154, 33169, 93224,808
203, 404270,209
.1778
Febru-ary
* 648, 7094 45. 7
4 643, 32479, 912
1, 592, 98212, 524
149295
28, 33236
7,86537, 745
4873-939
197, 42635, 830
1,1417,881
49, 1271,965
1,3621,4103,794
196.4169. 6424.7
7322, 648
170214541
387184, 502222, 107
773832
3,836
1,12064
1,488934536
1067
8247, 096
2,954* 6, 349
3,479
1,456
3,5923857
59, 1961 74, 094
121, 195139, 62961, 87924, 427
233, 123264, 249
. 1778
March
« 842, 1864 58.0
« 846, 45165, 647
1, 897, 91313, 096
177315
4 38, 051'48
* 6, 59336, 487
9721,262
238, 33349,284
1, 3918,930
4 42, 9364 2, 562
1,4651,4833,825
164.1194.5411.1
8527, 951
181227454
402200, 167232, 968
1,059851
3,525
95046
1,1011,290
833
10914
9444, 168
4 3, 3764 6, 5684 3, 182
4 1, 262
3,3495681
61, 21678, 514
127, 064148, 00573, 64420, 034
256, 020266, 561
I . 1778
April
769, 06157.4
766, 61768, 091
1, 691, 46113, 508
310
36, 64047
7,50938, 557
1,0171,070
208, 64045, 358
1,55410, 104
35, 9862,396
1,4671,5583, 722
122.8274.8244.1
10234, 790
179234407
432220, 132206, 013
825882
3,739
71631
7631,026
603
1015
9257, 983
3,9236,3863,718
1,057
4,6456073
60, 33876, 777
124, 531143, 79850, 01724, 796
301, 338268, 675
.1562
1929
March
742, 16561.0
743, 40759, 000
1, 470, 25814, 927
217353
57, 62872
21, 95162, 179
1,4661,558
270, 92539, 888
1,5109,322
48, 0811,988
1,8781,6083,912
209.4197.5414.4
11742, 432
334329687
595285, 465247, 348
7731,9194,300
1,85029
2,8391,5601,179
20110
10755, 303
4,1374,8984,510
1 1, 783
3,3574250
93, 698107, 253163, 561192, 792105, 86043, 745
52, 968242, 341
i .2126
April
771, 58464.8
775, 48155,103
1, 269, 04416, 815
226370
42, 06353
9,98460, 486
1,7061,769
277, 58043, 936
1,60411, 030
44, 9222,841
2,1751,7404,343
172.6220.3363.4
14148, 749
320311718
508246, 673232, 483
7481,1944,587
1,71830
5822,1301,420
18213
10858, 696
3,9035,8804,596
2,476
4,2676254
94, 902110, 313161, 285196, 82099, 05145,842
57, 494253, 509
.1950
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE ( — )
April,1930,from
March,1930
-8.7-1.0-9.4+3.7
-10.9+3.1
-1.6
-3.72 1
+13. 9+5.7
+4.6-15.2
-12.5-8.0
+11.7+13.1
-16.2-6.5
+0.1+5.1-2.7
-25.2+41.3-40.6
+20.0+24.5
-1.1+3 1
-10.4
-7.5+10.0-11.6
22 1+3.6+6.1
-24.6-32.6-30.7-20.5-27.6
-7.3-64.3
-2.1+31.3
+16.2-2.8
+16.8
-16.2
+38.7+7.1-9.9
-1.4-2.2-2.0-2.8
-32.1+23.8
+17.7+0.8
-12.1
April,1930,from
April, -1929
-0.3-11.4!-1.1
+23.6+33.3-19.7
-16.2
-12.9-11.3-24.8-36.3
-40.4-39.5
-24.8+3.2
-3.1-8.4
-19.9-15.7
-32.6-10.5-14.3
-28.9+24.7-32.8
-27.7-28.6
-44.1—24 8-43.3
-15.0-10.8-11.4
+ 10.3-26.1— 18.5
-58.3+3.3
-70.4-51.8-57.5
—44. 2-61.5
-14.8-1.2
+0.5+8.6
-19.1
— 57.3
+8.9-3.2
+35.2
-3.64-30.4-22.8-26.9-49.5-45.9
+424. 1+6.0
-19.9
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THROUGH
APR. 30
1929
2, 639, 639
2, 631, 001
54, 266
1,330
191, 180
59, 083225, 875
5,2895,775
1, 082, 512174, 730
5,70034, 737
191, 8619,179
7,1806,407
435165, 127
2,3861, 132, 142
894, 898
2,9595,669
7,410166
6,6004,600
64645
381206, 983
14, 190
15,815
14, 586192203
359, 660413, 951620, 703735, 485403, 817192, 006
1930
2, 910, 720
2, 899, 512
50, 958
1,207
153, 099
29, 399148, 634
3,8044,353
869, 489165, 182
5,32635, 222
172, 4388,372
5,7315,781
31398, 587
1,590799, 633881, 76fi
3,6342,971
3,897153
4,2172,731
43943
359192, 898
13, 722
13, 860
14, 749194253
248, 588313, 836505, 164585, 763255, 47294, 065
I
Perct.in-
crease(+)
or de-crease(-)
cumu-lative1930from1929
+10. S
+10.2
-6.1
-9.2
-19.9=
-50.2-34.2
-28.1-24. &
-19.7-5. 5
-6.6-+1.4
-10.1-8.8
-20.2-9.8
-28.0-40.4
-33.4-29.4-1.5
+22.8-47.6
-47.4-7.8
-36.1-40.6
-32.0-4.4
-5.8-6.8
-3.3
-12.4
+1.1+1.0
+24.6
-30.9-24.2-18.6-20.4-36.7-51.0
4 Revised.
27
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
NONFERROUS METALS-Continued
Tin
Deliveries (consumption) long tons__Stocks, end of month:
World visible supply -long tons..United States long tons
Imports . . . - long tons. _Wholesale price, Straits, N Y dolls, per lb
Zinc
Retorts in operations, end of month..number._Production .. short tonsStocks, end of month ._ short tons. _Ore, Joplin district:
Shipments short tons..Stocks, mines, end of month. ..short tons..
Price, slab, prime western ._ .dolls, per lb_.
LeadProduction short tonsOre shipments:
Joplin district short tonsUtah short tons..
Receipts in U S Ore short tonsStocks, U. S. and Mexico, end mo. short tons..Price, pig, desilverized, N. Y dolls, per lb._
Other Metal Products
Babbitt metal, consumption:Total apparent thous. of lbs._Direct by producers thous of IbsSale to consumers thous. of Ibs
Copper wire cloth:Production tbous. of sq. ft ._Shipments _ _ . -thous. of sq. ft _Stocks, end of month thous. of sq. ft._New orders thous. of sq. ft...Unfilled orders, end of mo.thous. of sq. ft..Make and hold orders, end
of month __ _ . thous. of sq. ft..Pails and tubs, galvanized:
Production dozensShipments - -dozens
Other galvanized ware:Production . dozensShipments _ . dozens ._
Enameled sheet-metal ware:Shipments dozen pieces ..
Electrical Equipment
Electrical porcelain, shipments:Standard dollarsSpecial dollarsGlazed nail knobs thous. of piecesUnglazed nail knobs thous. of piecesTubes thous of pieces
Laminated phenolic products,shipments _ dollars
Motors (direct current) :New orders -dollars _Billings (shipments) dollars
Power switching equipment, new orders:Indoor . -dollarsOutdoor dollars
Outlet boxes and covers, shipments pieces _.Vulcanized fiber:
Shipments, total thous of dollsConsumption thous of Ibs
Industrial reflectors, sales _ _ --unitsWelding sets, new orders:
Single operator _ units _Multiple operator _ .units
Nonmetallic conduits, shipments__thous. of ft..Electric furnaces, new orders kilowatts..Mica, manufactured:
Shipments thous. of dollsUnfilled orders, end of mo. -thous. of dolls..
Delinquent accounts, electrical trade:Amount .dollarsDelinquent firms number. .
AUTOMOBILESProduction:
United States-Total . _ _ number of cars. _Passenger cars number of carsTaxicabs number of carsTrucks number of cars..
Canada—Total number of cars..Passengei cars number of carsTrucks . number of cars. .
1929
Decem-ber
5,740
28, 1402,8205,253.3979
57, 37548, 59077, 262
39, 64147, 637.0567
55, 025
6,43476, 42153, 286
151, 586.0625
3,343949
2,394
437377
1,021336402
546
112,962107, 733
33, 11425, 441
391, 523
58, 354121, 308
1,7501,186
717
617, 565
999, 790907, 048
146, 189364, 769
1, 465, 610
5992,576
132, 476
247
4, 7272,991
149224
184, 6521,170
120, 00791, Oil1,483
27, 513
5,4954,4261,069
1930
January
5,815
29, 0323,0817,079.3891
58, 84951, 13387, 933
38, 03129, 313.0523
48, 308
2,84787, 56947, 862
149, 403.0625
4,4081,0033,405
486437
1,051435246
485
145, 588154, 731
33, 98229,165
332, 146
135, 413127, 830
4,4542,3091,627
819, 629
910, 301800, 654
159, 869464, 069
2, 448, 375
7232,770
130, 369
2561
6,1108,630
227219
240, 4281,486
275, 507236, 279
57238, 656
10,3888,8561.532
Febru-ary
4,940
33, 5813,6265,460.3867
57, 28944, 92490, 703
35, 09525, 531.0518
51, 362
3,47769, 48949,009
140, 845.0624
3,427901
2,526
423351
1,099423303
561
119, 739129, 853
35, 12131, 536
331, 915
87, 952116, 754
2,7011,8631,291
773, 205
878, 612755, 074
135, 513346, 035
1, 921, 846
6132,492
106, 021
280
4,3834,015
206230
233, 1761,465
347, 071296, 595
1,02249,454
15, 54813, 0212,527
March
8,675
32, 9723,5668,589.3681
50, 41247, 57394, 033
51,61121, 950.0493
« 06, 541
6,77066, 47357, 441
144, 414.0566
5,0521,0124,039
421395
1,108342243
564
135, 178135, 602
37, 96338, 160
341, 372
69, 511136, 901
3,1461,2321,093
959, 513
833, 183942, 556
155, 095465, 117
1, 949, 055
6142,405
108, 210
2515
8,5052,620
199196
223, 0481,526
401, 382335, 789
1,38964,204
20,73017, 1653. 5651
April
6,780
36, 5955,6878,209.3607
49, 15043, 08096, 453
27, 21428, 486.0484
52, 074
2,45064, 966
.0543
3,8681,0302,839
418395
1,130453220
555
131, 015120, 552
44, 05844, 276
318, 431
910, 651
2,217,558
107, 040
7,66012, 458
241178
203, 5721,493
442, 630374, 606
56567, 459
24, 25720,8723,385
1929
March
8,175
26, 6322,5507,435.4885
67, 51955, 47137, 962
72,20620,969.0646
59, 298
13, 329101, 76357, 197
158, 149.0745
6,4661,3465,120
473439
1,0851,172
789
743
211, 252211, 516
50, 05549, 549
449, 425
105, 716185, 908
3, 6832,5761,380
1,299,437
942, 665703, 848
162, 578521, 874
2, 688, 191
8283,006
134, 751
4437
6,3977,218
335308
207, 8961,351
585, 455511, 577
2,07971, 799
40, 62132, 8337,788
April
8,435
26, 3533,6038,838.4597
73, 31954, 65334, 588
54, 82126, 448.0666
62, 476
11,61575, 93557,449
156, 888.0719
6,0461,1894,857
509441
1,137247497
689
165, 155171, 722
55, 77855, 632
463, 577
109, 558148, 280
3,8212,4581,345
1, 409, 532
1, 258, 364922, 220
200, 564400, 397
3, 005, 179
8123,144
126, 948
3717
6,82914, 542
292332
199, 9491,279
621, 910535,878
1,68684, 346>
41, 90134, 3927,509
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March,1930
-21.8
+11.0+59.5-4.4-2.0
-2.5-9.4+2.6
-47.3+29.8-1.8
-7.9
-63.8-2.3
—4. 1
-23.4+1.8
-29.7
-0.70.0
+2.0+32.5-9.5
-1.6
-3.1-11.1
+16.1+16.0
-6.7
-5.1
+13.8
-1.1
-9.9+375. 5
+21.1-9.2
-8.7-2.2
+10.3+11.6-59.3+5.1
+17.0+21.6-5.0
April,1930,fromApril,1929
-19.6
+38.9+57.8-7.1
—21 5
-33.0-21.2
+178. 9
-50.4+7.7
-27.3
-16.6
-78.9-14.4
-24.5
-36.0-13.4-41.5
-17.9-10.4-0.6
+83.4—55.7
-19.4
-20.7-29.8
-21.0-20.4
-31.3
-^35.4
-26.2
-15.7
+12.2-14.3
-17. 51
-46. 4!
+1.8,+16. 7
-28.8-30.1-66.5-20.0
-42.1-39.3-54.9
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THROUGH
APR. 30
1929
32, 155
33, 096
207, 987
226, 652
228, 635
39, 970320, 392
3 162, 032
24, 3254,777
19, 549
1,8541,597
2,205
678, 532719, 796
206, 953185, 406
1, 731, 450
3 349, 3283 458, 232
3 11, 7973 7, 5853 4, 759
5, 329, 367
3 2, 691, 9343 2, 207, 996
3 445, 9543 1, 217, 60611, 136, 056
32,3543 9, 511
548, 036
3 1, 052322
25, 74944, 621
1,201
2, 074, 8201, 797, 063
7,937269, 820
135, 310109, 97325. 337
1930
26, 210
29, 337
186, 710
151, 951
208, 285
15, 544288, 497
3 154, 312
16, 7553,946
12, 809
1,7481,578
1,653
531, 520540, 738
151, 124143, 137
1, 323, 864
3 292, 8763 381, 485
3 10, 3013 5, 40434,011
.3, 462, 998
3 2, 622, 0963 2, 498, 284
3 450, 4773 1, 275, 2218, 536, 834
3 1, 9503 7, 667
451, 640
3787311
26, 65827, 723
873
1, 466, 5901, 243, 269
3,548219, 773
70, 92359, 91411. 009
Perct.in-
crease
or de-crease
cumu-lative1930from1929
-18.5
-11.4
-10.2
-33.0
-8.9
-61.1-10.0-4.8
-31.1-17.4-34.5
-5.7-1.2
-25.0
-21. 7-24.9
-27.0-22.8
-23.5
-16.2-16.7-12.7-28.8-15.7
-35.0
-2.6+13.1
+1.0+4.7
-23.3
17 2-19.4-17.6
-25.2-50.0+3. 5
-37.9
-27. $
-29.3;-30.8-55.$-18.5-
-47.6--45.5-56.5-
ZJumulatiTe through Mar. 31. vised
28
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
AUTOMOBILES— Continued
Exports (assembled):From United States-
Total number of cars..Passenger cars .number of carsTrucks number of cars,.
From Canada-Total number of carsPassenger cars number of carsTrucks number of cars
Sales (General Motors Co.):Total to dealers, incl. Canadian
and overseas number of cars _To consumers, U. S number of cars..To dealers U S number of cars
Accessories and parts, shipments:Original equipment rel to Jan 1925Replacement parts rel. to Jan., 1925__Accessories rel. to Jan., 1925..Service parts rel. to Jan., 1925..
Rim production _ _ thous. of rimsNew passenger-car registration:
Total Number of cars
FUELS
Coal and CokeBituminous:
Production-United States thous. of short tons..Canada thous of short tons
Exports thous. of long tonsConsumption — •
By vessels thous of long tonsBy electric-power
plants thous of short tonsBy railroads thous of short tons
By coke plants-United States thous. of short tons..Canada thous of shore tons
Stocks, end of month,held by consumers thous of short tons
Prices-Mine aver, (spot) -dolls, per short ton_.Wholesale, comp.dolls. per short ton..Retail composite dolls per short ton
Anthracite:Production thous of short tonsExports thous. of long tonsStocks, end of mo. in
yards of dealers no of daysPrices-
Wholesale comp dolls per long tonRetail, composite .dolls, per short ton_.
•Coke:Production, U. S.—
Beehive thous of short tonsBy-product thous. of short tons__
Production, Canada-_thous. of short tons__Exports thous of long tonsPrice, furnace,
Connellsville dolls per short ton
Petroleum
'Crude petroleum:Production . _ thous . of bblsStocks at end of month-
Total (comparable) thous. of bbls. .Tank farms and pipe
lines thous of bblsRefineries thous. of bbls..
California—Light thous of bblsHeavy thous of bbls
Imports thous of bblsConsumption (run to stills). thous. of bbls..Refmery operations ...per ct. of capacity __Price, Kansas- Oklahoma dolls, per bbl._Oil wells completed numberMexico-
Production thous. of bblsExport thous. of bbls..
Venezuela—Production ._ _ . thous. of bblsExports thous. of bbls._
•Qasoline:Production-
Raw (at refineries) thous. of bbls ..Natural gas (at plants)— thous. of bbls ..
Exports . _ _ . _ . . _ ' thous. of bbls .Consumption thous. of bbls__Stocks, end of month-
Raw (at refineries) thous. of bbls..Natural gas (at plants) thous. of bbls
-Retail distribution, 41 States.thous. of gals.
1939
Decem-ber
24, 74113, 83110, 910
4, 8663, 0151,851
40, 222i
341132190
119879J
138, 732
46, 8141,4881,084
268
4,0258,011
6,575317
40, 300
1.883.9809.05
7,658313
44
12. 99915.00
3454,181
222111
2.64
80, 339
381, 391
335, 08446, 307
41, 044108, 499
5,88780, 663
721.3001,060
3,9261,705
12, 18211,929
37, 4644,4575,890
26, 881
43, 132604
850. 147
1930
January
28, 16915,29312, 876
2,9531,3171,636
106, 50974, 16794, 458
13513779
1351,601
180, 094
49, 7781,630
953
283
4,0068,210
6,588312
37, 700
1.863.9829.11
7,038271
35
13. 03315.00
3094,196
225101
2.59
79, 453
379, 826
335, 31844, 508
41, 868107, 123
5,45080, 163
711.2291,OCO
3,7191,517
11, 51810, 781
36, 6544,4105,291
' 25,731
49, 676611
1 728. 102
Febru-ary
25, 48218, 7326,750
4,2372,4981,739
126, 19688, 742
110, 904
14113166
1511,653
211, 645
39, 5551,185
835
2634 3, 418
7,117
6,248281
1.793.9519.04
6,157262
13. 03315.00
2814,004
20475
2.60
74, 427
381, 306
335, 72845, 578
44, 241107, 739
4,32172, 414
711.181
969
3,2711, 648
10, 89910, 266
33, 9494,2484,809
26,509
53, 229672
March
31,09022, 1298,961
6,3085,0291,279
135, 930123, 781118,081
16713967
1752,062
298, 904
35, 7331,130
726
2784 3, 441
7,376
6,841309
33, 100
1.743.9119.32
4,551149
31
13. 03315.00
2914,394
22458
2.60
77, 384
380, 007
334, 08245, 925
44,710107, 414
4,82780, 253
711.1101,090
11,92010, 821
37, 7274,5765,735
31, 029
55,239673
April
35, 23823, 77711, 461
3,2722,304
968
150, 661142, 004132, 365
17515074
1802,340
35,860
858
292
3,233
6,645
1.763.9018.84
4,916123
12. 88714.99
3024,246
73
2.60
77, 175
379,875
332, 48747, 388
44, 166105, 636
5,78180, 434
731.1631,151
38, 1574,4295,662
34, 549
54, 435709
1939
March
76, 38251,50424, 878
15,52810, 1945,334
220, 391166, 942176, 510
27514885
2242,613
377, 802
39, 8701,370
878
283
3,5764 8, 183
7,486315
4 36, 900
1.784.0009.06
5,044151
34
13. 07715.07
5344,613
22887
2.99
82, 515
379, 659
333, 11046, 549
25, 167100, 255
6,79080, 708
781.1101,081
3,5262,169
10, 6949, 438
34,8294,3244,609
27, 495
48, 224995
809, 483
April
64, 43747, 73216, 705
6,5864,1642,422
227, 718173, 201176, 634
28717491
2272,730
37, 3801,393
851
361
3,4157,393
7,156306
1.693.9128.76
r, 441IPO
55
12. 65414.71
4684,457
22060
2.81
80, 110
380, 7064 332, 691
4 48, 015
27, 774101, 128
7,82880, 459
801.110
4 1, 163
3,5042,150
11, 3519,661
34, 6364,2644,518
32, 0194 47, 039
1,166894, 014
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March,1930
+13.3+7.4
+27.9
-48.1-54.2-24.3
+10.8+14.7+12.1
+4.8+7.9
+10.4+2.9
+13.5
+0.4
+18.2
+5.0
-6.0
-2.9
+1.1-0.3-5.2
+8.0-17.4
-1.1-0.1
+3.8-3.4
+25.9
0.0
-0.3
0.0
-0.5+3.2
-1.2-1.7
+20.0+0.2+2.8+4.8+5.6
+1.1-3.2-1.3
+11.3
—1 5+5.3
April,1930,fromApril,
1929
-45.3-50.2-31.4
-50.3-44.7-60.0
-33.8-18.0-25.1
-39.0-13.8-18.7-20.7-14.3
-4.1
+0.8
-19.1
-5.3
-7.1
+4.1!-0.3+0.9
-23.7-23.1
+1.8+1.9
-35.5-4.7
+21.7
7 5
-3.7
-0.2
-0.1-1.3
+59.0+4.5
-26. 10.0
-8.7+4.8-1.0
+10.2+3.9
+25.3+7.9
+15 7-39.2
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THROUGH
APR. 30
1929
233, 542159, 12074, 422
41, 93427, 69214, 242
750, 837524, 280589, 807
9,443
176, 606
3,645
1,195
14, 8503 25, 064
28, 256
.
25, 492883
1,92117, 520
327
320, 297
29,709312, 023
4,445
3 32, 5413 28, 452
135, 06416, 30717, 430
105, 217
1930
119, 97979, 93140, 048
16, 77011, 1485,622
519, 296428, 694455, 808
7,656
160, 966
3,372
1,116
14, 0983 22, 703
26, 322
22, 662805
1,18316, 840
307
308, 439
Perct.in-
crease(+)
or de-crease(-)cumu-lative1930from1929
-48.6-49.8-46.2
-60.0-59.7-60.5
-30.8-18.2-22.7
-18.9
-8.9
-7.5
-6.6
-5.1-9.4
-6.8
-11.1-8.8
-38 4-3.9
-6.1
-3.7
20, 379313, 264
I
-31.4+0.4
4,270 -3.9
H
» 34, 3373 31, 868
146, 48717, 66321, 497
117, 818
+5.5+12.0
+8.5+8.3
I +23.3+12.0
!3 Cumulative through Mar. 31. 4 Revised.
29
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
FUELS— Continued
Petrole u m — C ontinued
Gasoline — Continued.Prices-
Wholesale, New York dolls, per galRetail, wagon, 50 cities. dolls, per gaL.
Kerosene:Production thous. of bbls._Exports __ __thous. of bbls__Consumption thous. of bbls._Stocks at refineries, end mo.thous. of bbls._Price, 150° water white dolls, per gal
Gas and fuel oils:Production thous. of bbls..Consumption—
By vessels thous. of bbls..By electric pow. plants.thous. of bbls._By railroads thous. of bbls
Stocks at refineries, end mo.thous. of bbls_.Price, Okla. 24-26, refineries. dolls, per bbL.
Lubricating oil:Production thous. of bbls.Consumption thous. of bbls__Stocks at refineries, end mo.thous. of bbls..Price, cylinder oil dolls, per gal
Asphalt:Production. -thous. of short tons..Stocks, end of month. thous. of short tons..Imports -. .- thous. of short tons. _
Coke:Production . thous. of short tons _Stocks, end of
month _- thous. of short tonsWax:
Production . . thous. of IbsStocks, end of mo thous of Ibs
RUBBER
Crude Rubber
World shipments, plantation long tonsImports (including latex) long tonsConsumption by tire mfrs _. thous. of Ibs..World stocks, end of month:
World total long tonsUnited States long tonsEurope „_ . _ _ _ long tonsProducing countries long tonsAfloat . _ long tons
Consumption (quarterly):Total _ __long tonsFor tires long tons
Stocks, end of quarter:Total long tonsManufactures - long tonsDealers long tonsAfloat . long tons
Wholesale price, smoked sheets,New York dolls, per pound
Tires and Tubes
Pneumatic tires:Production. . _. thousandsStocks, end of month thousandsShipments-
Domestic thousandsExport thousands
Inner tubes:Production thousandsStocks, end of month thousands
Domestic . _ thousandsExport thousands
Solid and cushion:Production thousandsStocks, end of month thousands..Shipments-
Domestic thousandsExport _ _ thousands
Other Rubber Products
Reclaimed rubber (quarterly) :Production long tons..Stocks, end of quarter long tons
Scrap rubber (quarterly) :Stocks at reclaimers .. . long tonsConsumption by reclaimers long tons..
Rubber-proofed fabrics, production:Total thous. of yds_.Auto fabrics thous. of yds
All other thous. of ydsRaincoat fabrics.. thous. of yds..
1929
Decem-ber
0. 165.155
4,8481,6763,5139,039.067
36, 261
4,1001,1124,413
34, 425.920
2,7651,7168,269.362
18824010
171
745
49,104187, 990
74, 74843, 23226, 728
307, 670106, 13875, 43236, 26090, 840
2 78, 082261,584
2 103, 120261,5252 41, 595252,350
.160
2,4469,470
2,448142
2,78710, 245
2,620103
28122
192
239,6352 22, 220
2 75, 251252,502
2,2914888821
921
1930
January
0.165.154
4,4891,9382,9978,571.064
33, 213
4,2231,0954, 556
35, 873.950
2,8801,2888,956.351
191244
5
146
741
52, 360206, 249
77,29147, 90442, 108
334, 809120, 64982, 41736, 91594, 828
.150
3,5899,539
3,348178
3,68510,163
3,778107
25127
202
3,281966
1,0761,239
Febru-ary
0.158.145
4,3981,1983,2058,565.062
31, 185
4,0654706
4,06534, 280
.913
2,7271,5259,289.345
181261
3
140
756
50, 960213, 487
74, 90942, 99840, 379
358, 131131, 74887, 357
.158
3,6459,929
3,150206
3,70710, 429
3,344126
22128
192
3,441885
1,0811,475
March
0.143.143
4,7521, 7303,1188,455.064
32, 111
4,0774 633
* 4, 32832, 998
.805
i 3, 1202,1229,561.345
210288
7
161
786
61, 320232, 241
45, 25443, 911
2 93, 481277,280
2 137, 410282,223255,1872 53, 928
.153
* 3,891* 10, 010
4 3, 5874 186
4 3, 9534 10, 543
4 3, 6824 99
19* 123
222
2 42, 4372 19, 519
264,9682 51, 919
3,570727
1,2111,632
April
0.152
4,4351,5293,2408,068.063
32, 236
4,234588
33, 650.788
3,1932,1169,649.343
273293
1
151
817
54,040241, 853
45, 648
.150
4,49510, 599
3,655175
4,38310, 951
3,750101
17117
222
4,0291,3681,0711,590
1929
March
0.170.149
4,5151,8722,9767,855.077
37, 456
4,183743
4 4, 46730, 195
.675
2,9431,5818,853.293
228250
129
402
56, 372158, 404
71,64450, 61061, 335
262, 676100, 53733, 48432, 95595,700
118, 280102, 091
95, 11065, 61529, 49551, 336
.244
5,63912,264
4, 804227
5,60013, 313
4,889164
36143
382
53, 55217, 727
59, 13571,001
3,952878
1,3441,730
April
0.170.150
4,4341,6203, 1567,497.084
37, 533
4,179647
4,26633, 404
.665
2,8992,4428,527.363
283249
6
131
445
57, 976170, 687
73, 54755, 73065 673
266, 379107, 65936, 78930, 73191,200
.211
5,91312, 697
5,242229
5,72613, 601
5,220153
39139
403
4,000917
1,1941,889
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March1930
+6.3
-6.7-11.6+3.9-4.6-1.6
+0.4
+3.9-7.1
+2.0-2.1
+2.3-0.3+0.9-0.6
+30.0+1.7
-85.7
-6.2
+3.9
-11.9+4.1
+0.9
-2.0
+15.5+5.9
+1.9-5.9
+10.9+3.9
+1.8+2.0
-10.5-4.9
0.00.0
-12.8+88.2-11.6-2.6
April,1930,fromApril,1929
+1 3
0.0-5.6+2.7+7.6
-25.0
-14.1
+1.3-9.1
+6 7+18. 5
+10.1-13.3+13.2-5.5
-3.5+17.7-83.3
+15.3
+82.8
-6.8+41.7
-18.1
-28.9
-24.0-16.5
-30.3-23.6
-23.5-19.5
-28.2-34.0
-56.4-15.8
-45.0-33.3
+0.7+49.2-10.3-15.8
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THROUGH
APR. 30
1929
18, 0846,970
12, 607
146, 158
16,5293,189
3 13, 176
11,2997,295
907
31
525
223, 260
228, 212
21, 778
18, 517916
21, 291
19, 195620
137
1399
13,8083,2924,7905,726
1930
18, 0746,395
12, 560
Perct.in-
'crease(+)
or de-crease(-)
cumu-lative1930from1929
-0.1-8.2
] -0.4
: :::::"128, 745
16, 5993,022
3 12, 949
11, 9207,051
855
16
598
218, 680
181, 804
15, 620
13, 740745
15, 728
14, 554433
83
838
14, 3213,9464,4395,936!
1-11.9
+0.4-5.2-1.7
+5.5-3.3
-5.7
-48.4
+13. 9
-2.1
-20. 3
-28.3
-25.8-18.7
-26.1
-24.2-30.2
-39.4
-40.3-11.1
+ 3.7+19.9
+2 Quarter ending in month indicated. 3 Cumulative through Mar. 31. 4 Revised.
30
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
RUBBER— Continued
Other Rubber Products— Continued
Hubber heels:Production ...thous. of pairs..Shipments —
To shoe manufacturers.thous. of pairs..To repair trade thous. of pairsFor export thous. of pairs _
Stocks, end of month thous. of pairs..Hubber soles:
Production thous. of pairsShipments—
To shoe manufacturers .thous. of pairs. _To repair trade thous. of pairsFor export thous. of pairs..
Stocks end of month thous. of pairsMechanical rubber goods:
Shipments—Total thous. of dolls _ _Belting thous. of dollsHose thous. of dolls _All other - thous. of dolls ._
Hubber bands, shipments thous. of lbs._Hubber flooring, shipments thous. of sq. ft..Calendered rubber clothing:
Production no. coats and sundries _ _Net orders no. coats and sundries. _
HIDES AND LEATHER
HidesImports :
Total hides and skins thous. of lbs__Calfskins thous. of IbsCattle hides thous. of Ibs .Goatskins thous. of IbsSheepskins -- - -thous. of Ibs
.Stocks, end of month:Total hides and skins thous. of Ibs _Cattle hides ._ .thous. of lbs._Calf and kip skins .- -thous. of IbsSheep and lamb skins thous. of Ibs
Prices:Green salted, packers' heavy
native steers dolls, per IbCalfskins, country, No. 1 dolls, per Ib _
Inspected slaughter of livestock:United States-
Cattle thous. of animalsCalves .thous. of animals _S wine thous . of animals . .Sheep thous. of animals
Canada-Cattle and calves ---thous. of animals..Swine - -thous. of animals _ _Sheep - - thous. of animals ..
Leather
;Sole and belting leather:Production-
Sole only.thous. of backs, bends, sides..Sole and belting.. thous. of lbs._
Stocks, end of month—In process of tanning thous of IbsFinished -- -thous. of Ibs _
Exports thous. of sq. ftPrice oak, scoured backs dolls, per lb__
Upper leather:Production -- thous. of sq. ftStocks, end of month—
In process of tanning.. thous. of sq. ft..Finished thous of sq ft
Exports thous. of lbs._
Leather ProductsShoes:
Production thous of pairsExports thous. of pairsWholesale prices-
Men's black calfblucher, Boston dolls, per pair..
Men's dress welt, tancalf oxford St Louis dolls, per pair
Women's black kid, dresswelt lace oxford dolls per pair
Cloves, cut dozen pairs..
1939
Decem-ber
14, 781
8,6394,148
95641, 544
3,003
2,37244988
3,545
. 4, 7511,0861,8951,770
189618
49, 09316, 095
41, 9322,624
26,0606,2933,350
269, 892220, 50926,58422, 799
.160
.174
658346
5,0831,091
7122150
1,23523, 894
84, 19764, 084
500.52
72, 672
143, 576244, 428
7,776
22, 475294
6.75
4.85
4.25213,861
1930
January
15, 470
10, 9895,1061,049
40, 528
3,496
3,261491138
3,227
5,1691,1502,0341,984
226459
56, 94931, 638
39, 0942,953
19, 1456,7285,473
269, 925221, 71825, 48022, 727
.163
.176
713374
5,0011,225
6820731
1,35925, 444
84, 62465, 846
757.50
68, 296
146, 077246, 185
8,763
26 534290
6.75
4.85
4.25265, 407
Febru-sry
14, 172
8,8376,5111,031
38, 250
2,338
1,973392
563,171
5,3761,2812,1901,905
230530
64, 93439, 568
35, 1162,318
18, 8856,0873,715
265, 248216, 25125, 62623, 371
.148
.164
561329
4,0341,187
5716820
1,23923, 552
84, 70967, 452
430.49
63, 220
144, 022249, 806
8,320
25, 898189
6.75
4.85
4. 25280, 143
March
15, 439
8,4587,189
95636, 546
2,582
2,055407
543,349
5,9811,3792,5002,101
248533
78, 85897, 612
40, 0972,408
21, 1699,6702,971
268, 158218, 30825, 47824, 372
.142
.156
615388
3,3921,358
7416824
* 1, 29324, 451
84,30069, 876
579.49
68, 875
139, 763256, 86710, 375
28,554293
6.75
4.85
4.25264, 372
April
197n.
86, 47189, 862
50, 9662,815
31,0077,8276,186
.140
.159
635455
3,4801,387
10016227
1,326
450.47
8,684
275
6.75
4.85
4.25251, 140
1929
March
17, 226
8,7987,9251,230
49,571
2,746
1,862705
344, 243
7, 0131, 5462,7532,735
288603
77, 74032, 967
34, 0631,462
16, 1618,768
240, 740j 203, 947
20, 26516, 528
.1451 .187
632409
3, 6451, 006
7421521
'
1,14022, 191
79, 52478, 7721,336
.55
66, 132
133, 335249, 37311, 991
30, 900435
6.75
4.85
4.25256, 691
April
17, 256
11, 0286,5061, 072
47, 209
2, 601
1,96762323
4,184
7,0351,6682,7302,636
231596
91, 193102, 490
39, 5053,379
16, 15510, 8696,406
246, 359206, 24822, 05818, 053
.149
.183
662460
3,7611,119
105208
19
1,18523, 119
79, 48776, 4441,080
.49
65, 152
130, 430246, 99210, 818
29, 382372
6.75
4.85
4.25258, 301
PEE CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE ( — )
April,1930,from
March,1930
-20.6+6.9
+9.7-7.9
+27.1+16.9+46.5-19.1
+108. 2
-1.4+1.9
+3.3+17.3+2.6+2.1
+35.1-3.6
+12.5
+2.6
-22.3-4.1
-16.3
-6.1
0.0
0 0
0.0-5.0
April,1930,fromApril,
1929
-14.7-4.4
-5.2-12.3
+29.0-16.7+91.9-28.0-3.4
-6.0-13.1
-4.1-1.1-7.5
+23.9
-4.8-22.1+42.1
+11.9
-58. 3-4.1
-19.7
-26.1
0.0
0.0
0.0-2.8
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THROUGH
APR. 30
1929
3 56, 180
3 31, 8613 21, 471
s 3, 710
3 9, 491
3 7, 0133 2, 321
3 224
3 19, 1813 4, 2643 7, 4023 7, 537
9782,049
286, 888197, 180
144, 1669,400
69, 96733, 38920, 143
2,5991,549
17, 6224,228
307880
96
3 4, 71167, 071
4,199
3 195, 510
43, 171
4 85, 8531,597
969, 934
1930
3 45, 081
3 28, 2843 18, 806
3 3, 036
3 8, 416
3 7, 2893 1, 290
3248
3 16, 5263 3, 8103 6, 7243 5, 990
9012,092
287, 212258, 680
165, 27310, 49490, 20630, 29218, 345
2,5241,546
15, 9075,157
299705102
s 5, 21773, 447
2,216
3 200, 391
36, 142
* 80, 9861,047
1,061,062
Perct.in-
crease(+)
or de-crease(-)cumu-lative1930from1929
-19.8
-11.2-12.4-18.2
-11.3
+3.9-44.4+10.7
-13.8-10.6-9.2
-20.5-7.9+2.1
+0.1+31.2
+14.6+11.6+28.9-9.7-8.9
-2.9-0.2-9.7
+22.0
-2.6-19.9+6.3
+10.7+9.5
-47.2
+2.5
-16.3
-5.7-34.4
+9.43 Cumulative through Mar. 3i.
31
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumitlatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
PAPER AND PRINTING
Wood PulpGroundwood:
Production short tonsConsumption and shipments. .short tons..Stocks, end of month short tons..Imports . short tons
;Sulphite, unbleached:Production . . _ short tonsConsumption and shipments, .short tons..Stocks, end of month ..short tons..Imports . - short tons
;Sulphite, bleached:Production short tonsConsumption and shipments, .short tons_.Stocks, end of month short tons-Imports short tons-.
'Total sulphite:Production short tonsConsumption and shipments, .short tons._Stock Q, end of month . short tons
:Su]phf te:Produ ction short tonsConsu mption and shipments, .short tons__StockS' end of month.. short tons. .
;Soda:Production short tonsConsumption and shipments, .short tons..Stocks, end of month. ...short tons..
•Other grades:Production _ short tonsConsumption and shipments. .short tons..Stocks, end of month short tons..
Total (all grades):Production short tonsConsumption and shipments ..short tons..Stocks, end of month. ...short tons..
Newsprint PaperProduction:
United States, total short tonsRatio to capacity. percent
Canada _ short tons..Consumption by publishers short tonsShipments:
United States short tonsCanada.. . . . short tons
Imports short tonsExports, Canada . short tonsStocks, end of month:
At mills-United States short tons..Canada.. _ _ . short tons..
At publishers short tons.In transit to publishers short tons
Box BoardOperation:
Thousands of inch -hoursPer cent of capacity
Production _ short tons"JSTew orders short tons.Unfilled orders, end of month short tons_.Consumption of waste paper __ short tonsShipments short tons..Stocks, end of month short tonsStocks of waste paper, end of month:
On hand. short tons .In transit and unshipped purchases-tons. _
Other Paper
^Binder's board, production. short tonsBook paper:
Production short tonsRatio to capacity percent
Shipments. _ short tonsStocks, end of month short tons -New orders —
Coated -_.p. ct. of normal production ._Uncoated.p. ct. of normal production--
Unfilled orders, end of month-Coated p. ct. of normal production.,Uncoated.p. ct. of normal production--
Wrapping paper:Production short tons
Ratio to capacity per centShipments _ short tonsStocks, end of month short tons
Fine paper:Production short tons
Ratio to capacity... per cent--Shipments. short tonsStocks, end of month.. short tons
1929
Decem-ber
126, 523129, 62367, 58836, 186
21, 01020, 5204,450
56, 302
50, 79051, 2386,310
36, 028
142, 784142, 05424, 466
35, 17635, 8587,840
36, 02834, 8245,606
8014444
214, 068212, 88037, 956
112, 58380
230,008194, 907
117, 131234, 100230, 579220, 171
19, 02324, 946
220, 02458, 524
7,66969.9
186, 596174, 57059, 334
175, 957180, 19464, 197
198, 09950, 380
1,661
133, 93998
133, 93985, 946
8375
86
78, 87277
77,29584, 025
35, 28183
32, 17653, 848
193O
January
142, 617144, 49865, 70628, 423
21, 55022, 1143,886
97, 570
58, 88458, 2526,942
29, 593
157, 476158, 62023, 322
40, 27640, 5568,020
39, 37838, 1325,438
96132
6
237, 226237, 44036, 786
124, 85186
206, 305176, 172
124,262202, 008198, 620199, 773
18, 77829, 154
231, 87948, 925
8,62375.5
228, 314245, 390
76, 975224, 197227, 85464, 242
190, 87959, 742
2,261
148, 672103
144, 21291, 103
8787
117
84, 69379
86, 13382, 616
41, 23492
42, 09954, 573
Febru-ary
136, 898131, 38971, 21539, 105
20, 60420, 4404,050
85, 163
51, 22052, 1745,968
35, 999
146, 474146, 97822, 818
41, 56441, 1648,830
35, 00831, 9925,710
1428256
223, 178220, 13037,414
112, 39483
189, 154171, 889
110,714178, 691154, 138163, 204
20, 55239,598
224, 15547, 174
7,77473.8
230, 287217, 29171, 741
215, 757224, 17969, 880
190, 687
2,054
133, 805100
132, 33392, 925
9087
118
77, 22678
78, 77181, 074
39, 17095
38, 34755, 385
March
163,392135, 38999, 21827, 329
21, 63822, 160
3, 52845, 624
57, 08856, 6206,436
32, 545
156, 194153, 33225, 680
44, 10042, 60410, 666
38, 15834, 8726,006
12611864
238, 578230, 92642, 416
113, 328
207, 485187, 594
109, 686208, 629187, 513225, 252
24,00438, 661
210, 05442, 915
8,14471.3
229, 253220, 54366, 870
218, 340225, 83968, 333
171, 361
1,898
9383
108
85, 958
86, 73280, 311
42, 560
40,00657, 930
April
160, 102136, 066123, 25420, 644
22, 09021, 382
4, 23641,621
54, 13453, 6866,884
30, 153
147, 198144, 75228, 126
44, 18844, 94810,484
37, 81434, 9765,838
11015222
229, 310224, 82844, 470
109, 967
228, 048199, 485
109, 346221, 050186, 025159, 802
24, 54645, 948
197, 62144, 690
...
8986
117
84, 03788
85, 46678, 909
40, 91187
38, 04759, 633
1939
March
147, 640136, 880141, 55716, 481
19, 2C619, 5323,384
38, 447
53, 64053, 5605,042
23, 390
150, 490150, 22625, 838
42, 76843, 4785,118
38, 49637, 7986,606
822476
231, 836231, 52637, 638
114, 58679
218, 147198, 722
120, 003119, 739182, 994244, 167
30, 53424,045
174, 75045, 673
9,4178^5
256, 118266, 89596, 209
242, 073258, 60454, 982
137, 00851, 520
2,917
136, 65793
139, 25371, 399
10491
109
91, 74686
96,70086, 596
41, 34886
43, 78847, 373
April
162, 042142, 920160, 87523, 314
20, 27620, 5223, 138
54, 766
54, 30854, 0925,318
31, 432
151, 374153, 38623, 886
44, 13644, 3925,538
38, 15036, 7406,686
8412040
233, 744 !
234, 63836, 150
118, 67982
221, 784189, 986j
121, 5481
220, 270178, 076162, 381
|27, 10225, 741
166, 08946, 724
9, 27981.3
251, 147250, 36698, 162
231, 089247, 77357, 881
142, 66668,005
2, 994
138, 02495
139, 40471, 399
8984
1010
91, 28685
91, 37786, 075
41, 81993
40,56450. 213
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March,1930
-2.0+0.5
+24.2—24 5
+2.1-3. 5
+20.1-8.8
-5.2-5.2+7.0-7.3
5 8-5.6+9 f
+0.2+5.5-1.7
-0.9+0.3-2.8
-12.7+28.8-65.6
-3.9-2.6+4.8
-3.0
+9.9+6.3
-0.3+6.0-0.8
-29.1
+2.3+18.8-5.9+4.1
-4.3+3.6
+10.0-12.5
-2.2-.1.5-1.5-1.7
-3.9
-4.9+2.9
April,1930,fromApril,1929
-1.2-4.8
-23.4-11.5
+8.9+4.2
+35. 0-24.0
-0.3-0.8
+29.4-4.1
2 g-5.6
4-17 8
+0.1+1.3
+89.3
0 9-4.812 7
+31.0+26.7-45. 0
-1.9-4.2
+23.0
-7.3
+2.8+5.0
-10.0+0.4+4.5-1.6
-9.4+78.5+19.0-4.4
I
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THROUGH
APR. 30
1929
585 625549,603
79, 855
79, 07280, 044
237, 353
210, 624210, 784
119, 102
598, 338601, 546
168, 874171, 196
148, 280145, 220
306312
915, 798918, 274
460, 731
839, 322743, 074
470, 189735, 424723, 283776, 064
" 3 27, 150
3 732, 4423 735, 576
3 698, 1673 733, 308
11
1
0.0+2.4
+10.0-30.0
-7.9+3.5-6.5-8.3
-2.2—6 5-6.2
+18.8
371, 718
375, 065
159, 184
163, 759
193O
603, 009547, 342
115,501
85, 88286, 096
269, 978
221, 306220, 832
128, 290
607, 342603, 682
170, 128169, 272
150, 35S139, 972
464486
928, 292913, 412
460, 540
830, 992735, 140
454, 008810, 378726, 296748, 031
Perct.in-
crease(+)
or de-crease(-)
cumu-lative1930from1929
-4-3.0-0.4
+44.6
+8.6+7.6
+13.7
+5.1+4.7
+7.7
+1.5+0.4
+0.7-1.1
+1.4-3.6
+51.6+55.8
+1.4-0.5
0.0
-1.0-1.1
-3.4+10.2+0.4-3.6
1!
3 24, 541
3 687, 8543 683, 224
3 658, 2913 677, 872;
331, 914
237, 102
163, 875
158, 499
-9.6
-6.1-7.1
-5.7-7.6
- 10. 7
-36.8
+2.9
3 2
s Cumulative through Mar. 31.
32
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-^ ruary. Earlier data for items shown
here may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
PAPER AND FEINTING— Continued
Other Paper— Continued
All other grades:Production short tonsShipments short tonsStocks, end of month short tons..
Total paper (inc. newsprint and box board) :Production short tons__
Ratio to capacity . per cent,.Shipments short tons..Stocks, end of month short tons..
Paper-board Shipping Boxes
Production:Total thous. of sq. ftCorrugated - thous. of sq. f t_.Solid fiber thous. of sq. ft..
Operating activity:Total per cent of normalCorrugated per cent of normal..Solid fiber _ ..per cent of normal. _
Abrasive paper and cloth:Domestic sales .reams..Foreign sales - - reams
Rope paper sacks, shipments _._rel. to 1921-22..
Printing
Book publication:American manufacture no. of titlesImported -no. of titles
Sales books:New orders thous. of books..Shipments thous. of books .
Blank forms, new orders thous. of sets..Printing activity relative to 1924
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ANDHOUSING
Building Costs
Building materials:Frame house, 6-rm. 1st of mo-.rel. to 1913..Brick house, 6-rm. 1st of mo...rel. to 1913..
Bldg costs 1st of mo rel to 1913Bids' costs (A. G C ) 1st of mo rel to 1913Construction costs (Am. Appraisal) :
Frame rel- to 1913Brick steel frame rel to 1913Brick wood frame rel. to 1913
Contracts and Fire Losses
Contracts awarded (36 States):Commercial buildings thous. of sq. ft..Industrial buildings thous. of sq. f t _ _Residential buildings. thous. of sq. ft..Educational buildings thous. of sq. ft..Other public and semi-
public buildings thous. of sq. ft..Grand total thous. of sq. f t _ _
Contracts awarded, value (36 States) :Commercial buildings thous. of dolls. _Industrial buildings thous. of dollsResidential buildings thous. of dolls..Educational buildings thous. of dolls. _Other public and semi-
public buildings thous. of dolls _Public works and utilities. thous. of dolls. _
Grand total thous. of dolls..Contracts awarded, Canada. -.thous. of dolls. _Building volume (A. G C.) rel. to 1913..Fire losses:
United States thous. of dolls. _Canada (Monetary Times). thous. of dolls. .
BUILDING MATERIALS
Softwood Lumber
Southern pine:Exports, lumber M ft. b. m._Exports, timber M ft. b. m _Price flooring dolls per !vf ft b m
Douglas fir:Production (computed) M ft. b. m._Shipments (computed) 1M ft b m
TT fill f\ c\ <? pml r>f rnrvnth M ft* b' mExports, lumber . -M ft. b. mExports timber M ft. b. mPrice, No. 1 common. dolls, per M ft. b. m_.Price, flooring, 1x4, "B"
and hfitter. V. G dolls, ner M ft. b. m_.
1929
Decem-ber
88, 19484, 99460, 700
635, 46578
625,729367, 730
367, 533296, 45771, 076
636655
86
537228
9,83211,81957, 063
103
177181
209.5202
204197214201
4,74613, 34017, 1823,008
3,19141, 946
30, 36866, 888
111,48018, 703
27, 98848, 870
304, 29732, 549
169
39, 7264,081
62, 48713, 73438.00
260, 979228, 300240, 835273, 06574, 96733, 30916.84
41.94
1930
January
98, 05795, 21163, 546
725, 82187
719,771501, 495
468, 548369, 95098, 598
747572
103
449156
13, 02811, 99355, 321
110
178182
209.0203
204197214202
7,7743,538
12, 9142,619
3,14930, 601
50, 90737, 85763, 11717, 708
33, 229103, 041305, 85937, 530
131
. 42, 3445,100
52, 7529, 48437.12
199, 651220, 690242, 178293, 65747, 48736, 06416.85
41.63
Febru-ary
95, 950102, 52659, 728
686, 28587
684, 458497, 458
508, 222404, 516103, 706
777875
96
514251
11, 68411, 58763, 793
108
178182
206.5203
204198215203
10, 1463,899
14, 3902,933
3,43736, 444
71, 23733, 05971, 74620,410
27, 51773, 826
309, 79528, 464
114
43, 2072,412
43, 53512, 06837.39
275, 751251, 131254, 712290, 07638, 10627, 88716.71
41.35
March
90, 48787,43762, 771
500, 061414, 74685, 315
778069
92
790338
12, 34712, 17672, 340
108
177181
206.8203
202196213201
12, 1565,948
19, 8915,256
6,97550, 493
72, 85871, 79398, 45332, 269
60, 23898, 812
434, 42424, 263
131
42, 9643,783
49, 87017, 44537.20
329,021297, 238290, 076216, 66245, 18437, 14316.75
41.12
April
95, 23591,41566,590
502, 462410, 81291, 650
757865
90
646241
13, 09212, 23754, 901
173176
207.1201
202196213200
9,8174,989
24, 4055,577
7,79653, 471
68, 36037, 763
119, 59633, 821
60,964139, 600460, 10348, 779
146
43, 5512,331
44, 78812,41236.39
70, 34341, 91216.26
38.87
1929
March
104, 355102, 09153, 205
744, 81086
760,439344, 089
5iO, 680398, 777111,903
868685
90
914201
12, 31712, 41463, 633
124
176181
207.8204
204197213201
12,2049 342
39^ 8496,241
5,19173, 849
69, 06455, 204
190, 14636, 992
1 44, 843I 67, 661
463, 91127, 125
116
41, 2782,453
57, 1166,25537.55
350, 508354, 537371, 548331, 70777, 44356, 23819.15
42.26
April
104, 506102, 27855, 486
745, 46188
742,944348, 156
492, 272387, 596104, 676
828379
83
718108
12, 71812, 17662, 074
123
176181
203.4204
204197214201
14, 5066,844
49, 9084,627
5,07081, 407
73, 52767, 515
249, 89628, 730
54, 962148, 543623, 17443, 328
178
36, 8461,972
68, 28910, 26137.35
366, 624379, 158383, 634408, 25565, 95360, 20718.76
42.60
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March,1930
+5.2+4.5+6.1
+0.5-0.9+7.4
-2.6-2.5-5.8
-2.2
-18.2-28.7
+6.0+0.5
-24.1
-2.3-2.8+0.1-1.0
0.00.00.0
-0.5
-19.2-16.1+22.7+6.1
+11.8+5.9
-6.2-47.4+21. 5+4.8
+1.2+41.3+5.9
+101. 0+11.5
+1.4-38.4
-10.2-28.9-2.2
+55.7+12.8-2.9
-5.5
April,1930,fromApril,
1929
-8.9-10.6+20.0
+ 2.1-4-6.0
-12. 4
—8 5-6.0
-17.7
+8.4
-10.0+ 123.1
+2.9+0.5
-11.6
-1.7-2.8+1.8—1 5
-1.0-0.5—0.5—0 5
-32.3-27.1-51.1+20.5
+53.8-34.3
-7.0-44.1-52.1+17.7
+10.9-6.0
-26.2+12.6-18.0
+18.2+18.2
-34.4+21.0-2.6
+6.7-30.4-13.3
-8.8
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THROUGH
APR. 30
1929
415, 355411, 448
1930
279,731376, 589
1, 948, 2291, 521, 585
426, 644
1, 979, 2931, 600, 024
379, 269
1
2,821572
49, 65848, 741
233, 178
.
53, 03731, 163
143, 31416, 899
15, 969263, 283
307,161235, 553696, 663104, 988
149, 417327, 111
1, 820, 893140, 842
164, 35810, 167
244, 91333, 603
1, 313, 3991, 334, 4391, 440, 531
284, 872213, 428
2,399!
986
50, 15147, 993
246, 355
39, 89318, 37471, 60016, 385
21, 357171, 009
263, 362180, 472352, 912104, 208
181, 948415, 279
1, 510, 181139, 036
172, 06613, 626
190, 94551, 409
201, 120143, 006
Per ct.in-
crease(+)
or de-crease(-)
cumu-lative1930from1929
-32.7-8.5.
41.6+ 5.2
-11.1
-15. 0+72.4
+1.0-1.5+5.7
-24. &-41. 0-50.0-3.0
+33.7-35. D
-14. a-23.4-49.3-0.7
+21.8.+27.0-17.1-1.3
+4.7+34*0
-22.0+53.0
-29.4-33.0
33
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
BUILDING MATEEIALS-Continued
Softwood Lumber— Continued
California redwood:Production (computed) M ft. b. m__Shipments (computed) M ft. b. m__New orders (computed) M ft. b. m _ _Unfilled orders, end of month
(computed) M ft. b. mCalifornia white pine:
Production M ft. b. mShipments M f t b mStocks, end of month M ft. b. m _ _New orders _ _ - _ _ _ - _ M f t . b . mUnfilled orders, end of month.M. ft. b. m _ _
Northern pine:Lumber-
Production M ft. b. mShipments M ft. b. m_.New orders. M ft. b. m._
Lath-Production thousands--Shipments thousands
North Carolina pine:Production (computed) M ft. b. m _ _Shipments (computed) M ft. b. m_
Northern hemlock:Production _ M ft. b. mShipments - M ft. b. m
Hardwood Lumber
Walnut lumber:Production M f t b mShipments M ft. b. m._Stocks, end of month M ft. b. mNew orders M ft. b. m._Unfilled orders, end of month_M ft. b. m._
Walnut logs:Purchased Mf t . log measureMade into lumber and
veneer M ft. log measure--Stocks, end of month.. _M ft. log measure _.
Northern hardwoods:Production M ft. b. m_.Shipments M ft. b, m _ _
Lower Michigan hardwoods:Production _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M f t . b . mShipments M ft. b. mStocks, end of month. M ft. b. m _
Gum:Stocks, total, end of month.mill. ft. b. m._Stocks, unsold, end of month.mill. ft. b. m _ _Unfilled orders, end of month.mill. ft. b. m
Oak:Stocks, total, end of month.mill. ft. b. m._Stocks, unsold, end of month.mill. ft. b. m_.Unfilled orders, end of month, mill. ft. b. m...
All hardwoods:Production mill. ft. b. m_.Shipments __ _ _ mill. ft. b. mNew orders mill. ft. b. m.Stocks, total, end of month mill. ft. b. mStocks, unsold, end of month.mill. ft. b. m._Unfilled orders, end of month-mill, ft. b.m_.
Exports, planks, joists, etc M ft. b. m _ _
FlooringMaple flooring:
Production _ _ M ft. b. mShipments M ft. b. m..Stocks, end of month M ft. b. mNew orders M ft. b. m _ _Unfilled orders, end of month.M ft. b. m-_
Oak flooring:Production M ft. b. m _Shipments _ _M ft. b. m_Stocks, end of month. _.M ft. b. mNew orders _ . _ . _ Mf t . b. mUnfilled orders, end of month.M ft. b. m..
Fabricated Structural Steel
New orders (prorated) .short tons..Ratio to capacity . __per cent--Shipments (prorated) short tons..Ratio to capacity per cent--
Portland Cement
Production thous. of bbls.Operation per ct. of capacity. _Shipments thous of bblsStocks, end of month thous. of bbls__Stocks, clinker, end of month. .thous. of bblsWholesale prices, composite. ..dolls, per bbl.
1929
Decem-ber
30, 63425, 25323, 230
36, 636
60, 65157, 767
623, 55454, 835
189, 732
11, 68219, 49614, 459
6532,783
40, 13838, 038
10, 8394,922
3,7452,301
18, 6011,6075,590
2,404
2,2882,790
21, 30312, 969
3,5423,716
26, 639
512387125
1,049869181
210169165
2,9972,383
614200, 816
6,1073,060
26, 5233,0535,579
22, 66747, 50683, 23321, 77545, 272
319, 55083
265, 65069
11, 21551.5
5, 95123, 5507,5261.555
1930
January
41, 08430, 89335, 633
27, 029
29, 18564, 837
568, 60765, 322
151, 560
14, 93523, 20022, 670
5273,251
41, 09736, 946
11, 1537,860
2,3632,070
18, 7272,0714,418
1,701
2,0212,510
29, 48417, 119
3,0752,210
15, 065
534404130
1,040877174
251203199
3,0612,440
614151, 906
6,5894,625
28, 3144,2455,827
28, 61726, 31787, 39135, 28651, 026
252, 00063
244, 00061
8,49838.8
4,95527, 0819,6461.576
Febru-ary
36, 66734, 17336, 106
37, 210
30, 66068, 659
526, 14066, 385
148, 691
15, 54926, 14421, 257
5173,543
42, 49738, 031
8,5155,241
1,8381,771
18, 0791,4453,704
2,009
1,8182,682
24, 69417, 773
2,8831,686
15, 512
534408126
1,052865187
255233244
3, 0862,451
635129, 070
5,9923,771
30, 1503,6966,008
27, 94328, 27287, 25129, 87457, 602
280, 00070
296, 00074
8,16241.5
7,01228, 24411, 5721.617
March
34, 95931, 09729, 768
32, 403
38, 90681, 599
457, 06072, 947
155, 699
15, 54928, 12723, 858
5713,524
43, 52639, 683
11, 2138,919
2,5991,860
18, 9051,7323,886
1,788
2,1382,364
25, 78818, 513
552422130
1,055865189
270221203
3,1412,500
641152, 156
5,3824,761
31,0173,9535,418
32, 03834, 82985, 86143, 89368, 188
248, 00062
280, 00070
11, 22551.5
8,90530, 56313, 5031.617
April
39, 14638, 57636, 401
31, 080
62, 44679,924
505, 57875, 243
145, 317
30, 69026, 54825, 629
3,2154, 861
10, 7008,616
2,6542,069
19, 5031,6383,408
1,820
2,0112,093
23, 85118, 201
171, 344
5,7194,768
31, 1224,2045,353
236, 00059
308, 00077
13, 52164.0
13, 38730, 69715, 1151.617
1939
March
43, 79742, 31547, 059
37, 898
67, 401102, 908437, 08995, 848
161, 865
22, 65440, 15939, 732
2,9387,316
71, 61067, 543
14, 8769,814
2,9933,926
10, 7114,1046,804
2,213
2,5391,048
42, 86532, 605
6,7956,732
27, 443
489332157
914751163
315341334
2,6722,024
648200, 790
6,7946,141
25, 4946,604
11, 106
28, 49740, 90280, 60352, 64254, 644
358, 05093
277, 20072
9,96947.4
10, 11329, 72414, 9481.650
April
39, 29236, 30743, 363
45, 871
87, 238106, 018427, 396101, 387195, 268
42,36344, 04344, 379
7,7228,003
64, 84157, 029
13, ll212, 625
3,7244,003
10, 5444,0787,126
2,899
2 799M52
29, 75526, 755
5, 9615,053
28, 286
468318151
909739170
319330323
2,6701,982
648201, 858
5,7597,583
24, 4438,616
13, 337
36, 57841, 83775, 74440, 24468, 925
334, 95087
304, 15079
13, 75067.1
13, 32530, 15115, 4791.650
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March,1930
+12.0+24.1+22.3
-4.1
+60.5-2.1
+25.9+3.1-6.7
+97.4-5.6+7.4
+463. 0+37.9
-4.6-3.4
+2.1+11.2+3.2-5.4
-12.3
+1.8
-5.9-11.5
-7.5-1.7
+12.6
+6.3+0.1+0.3+6.3-1.2
-4.8-4.8
+10.0
+20.5+24.3+50.3+0.4
+11.90.0
April,1930,fromApril,1929
-0.4+6.2
-16.1
-32.2
-28.4-24.6+34.7-25.8-25.6
-27.6-39.7-42.2
-58.4-39.3
-18.4-31.8
-28.7-48.3+85.0-49.8-52.2
-37.2
-28.2+18.7
-19.8-32.0
-15.1
-0.7-37.1+27. 3-51.2-59.9
-29.5-32.2+1.3
—1.7-4.6+0.5+1.8-2.4-2.0
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THROUGH
APR. 30
1929
145, 438140, 566158, 654
268, 951407, 230
378, 030
110, 889149, 671148, 872
18, 33827, 456
249, 100223, 895
61, 66745, 314
12, 47114, 525
15, Isi
9,418
10, 002
154, 906118, 968
820, 714
27, 34624, 891
29, 536
131, 144143, 289
154, 383
1, 232, 000
1, 101, 100
42, 122
• 34, 593
1930
151, 856134, 739137, 908
161, 197295, 019
279, 897
76, 723104, 01993, 414
4,83015, 179
41, 58130, 636
9,4547,770
6,886
7,318
7,988
103, 81771, 606
604, 476
23,68217, 925
16, 098
1, 016, 000
1, 128, 000
41. 406
34, 259
Perct.in-
crease(+)
or de-crease(-)
cumu-lative1930from1929
+4.4-4.1
-13.1
-40.1-27.6
-26.0
-30.8-30.5-37.3
-73.7-44.7
-32.6-32.4
-24.2-46.5
-54.6
-22.3
-20.1
-33.0-39.8
-26.3
-13.4-28.0
-45.5
-17.5
+2.4
-1.7
1 0
34
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
BUILDING MATEKIALS-Continued
Portland Cement— Continued
Common brick:Stocks, end of month —
Burned thousands..Unburned thousands..
Shipments thousandsUnfilled orders, end of month .thousands. _
Plants closed down . number. _Price, red, New York dolls, per thous__Sand-lime brick:
Production thousandsShipments by rail - -_ _ - -thousands. _Shipments by truck thousandsStocks, end of month thousands..Unfilled orders, end of month ..thousands ._
Floor and wall tile:Production _ ._ thous. of sq. ft._Shipinents, quantity thous. of sq. ft_.Shipments, value thous. of dolls ._Stocks, end of month thous. of sq. f t_.
Terra cotta, new orders:Quantity net tonsValue - thous. of dolls..
Plate glass:Production, polished thous. of sq. ft..
RoofingRoofing, felt:
Production, dry felt .. _ .. .. _tons__Stocks, end of month, dry felt tons..
Prepared roofing, shipments:Total thous. of sqs._
Smooth roll thous. of sqs._Grit roll thous. of sqs._Shingles-
Strip, patented, and hexa-gon thous. of sqs..
Individual and singlethickness thous. of sqs..
BUILDING EQUIPMENT
Enamel WareBaths:
Shipments pieces..Stocks, end of month pieces ..New orders pieces..Unfilled orders, end of month pieces..
Lavatories:Shipments piecesStocks end of month _ piecesNew orders pieces-
Sinks:Shipments pieces..Stocks, end of month. pieces..New orders pieces. _
Miscellaneous sanitary ware:Shipments pieces..Stocks, end of month pieces ..New orders.. pieces. _
Small ware (all except baths) :Unfilled orders, end of month pieces..
Vitreous china plumbing fixtures:New orders pieces..Shipments pieces. .Unfilled orders, end of month pieces _ _Stocks, end of month pieces..
Porcelain plumbing fixtures:^j Net new orders pieces
Shipments pieces. _Unfilled orders, end of month pieces. .Stocks, end of month pieces. .
Plumbing fixtures, 6 pieces . dollars .
g Illuminating Glassware
Production:Total number of turnsRatio to capacity per ct. of capacity. .New orders per ct. of capacity--
Shipments per ct. of capacity. .Unfilled orders, end
of month number of weeks' supply .Stocks, end of mo_ .number of weeks' supply..
Furniture
Household furniture and case goods:Shipments .. ..dolls., average per firm _Unfilled orders. ..dolls., average per firm..
Grand Rapids district:Unfilled orders, end
of month No. of days' productionNew orders No. of days' production--Shipments No. of days' production..
3Cu
1939
Decem-ber
475, 735247, 723107, 241141, 143
13210.00
9,2152,6585,246
13, 8597,008
3,5633,1221,314
17, 641
8,307870
8,482
16, 1914,970
2,035950509
482
94
46, 715163, 72852, 59240,568
66,300155, 18960,575
65, 947234, 34055, 271
27, 642122, 22825, 074
120, 843
201, 858170, 381441, 768640,171
6,4524,257
25, 77838, 226100. 58
3,47147.035.140.0
1.05.2
35, 89130, 135
321118
mulative t
1930
January
428, 508234, 12658, 117
115, 907126
10.50
6,5862,3563,686
13, 6917,904
* 3, 455* 3, 3074 1, 339
* 17, 977
8,048839
10, 018
21, 0426,382
2,3831,225
493
598
67
40,967173, 52332, 55829, 774
53, 122163, 28340,836
58, 343251, 44649, 776
24,288113, 35523,009
86, 492
200, 253205, 673436, 348632, 740
10, 3305,327
30, 37437, 815100. 55
2,84735.435.634.8
1.15.4
46, 39846, 593
292121
hrough Mi
Febru-ary
513, 057259, 88975, 524
140, 451126
10.50
4,8272,4893,576
10,2869,358
*3,412< 3, 155* 1, 25318, 148
5,900636
9,804
15, 7437,087
1,356709338
252
57
46, 204179, 51264, 73249, 637
60,603166,201101, 899
62, 530269, 28191, 348
26, 425117,67831,128
160, 775
257, 783180, 683515, 340642,888
6,7214,240
32, 78139, 352103. 69
3,63638.135.636.4
1.15.5
56,66439, 067
271618
ir, 3L .
March
368, 833193, 43091, 903
150, 39683
11.00
'7,406-* 2, 846
* 4, 990* 11,959
12, 793
3,8043, 8181,445
18, 299
5,656578
10, 416
19,3906,811
2,2401,062
581
484
113
59, 887179, 91068, 67256, 420
81, 208170,62985, 950
79, 901248, 42983,230
33, 174145, 80336, 614
164, 475
154, 808206, 265463, 883644,609
9,0445,378
35, 96139, 198104. 51
2,66734.438.637.1
1.06.0
54, 20330, 837
2^1516
April
327, 657177, 704104, 192172, 113
7811.25
8,7053,6824,9578,7567,229
7,502743
11,430
2,7271,191
676
715
144
60, 072182, 61655, 36651, 740
74, 568176, 15666,634
75, 113260,47270, 028
33, 927147, 21933, 496
151, 053
134, 157210,616399, 480635,784
6,4696,502
35, 01738, 240105. 46
2,53237.841.538.8
1.05.8
47, 09222, 976
1813;(
1929
March
341, 843171, 54576, 364
102, 38936
11.50
11,4333,9459,498
14, 25612, 630
6,1625,2512,044
18, 145
9,9611,172
13, 144
28,1533,102
4,2392,0841,039
948
167
82, 897215,00099, 03954, 746
94,321278, 137107, 878
97, 429318, 069107, 127
36, 152149, 01340, 050
151, 113
207, 681256, 249589, 428549, 410
14,4799,483
40, 04746, 98098.51
3,25642.946.841.8
1.15.5
64,52740, 469
372724
April
315, 607153, 168284, 793207, 649
1911.50
16, 1554,359
13, 58014,23611, 587
6,5626,1782,376
18, 609
12, 9491,472
12, 555
30, 1772,907
4,5822,0631,118
1,167
235
93, 894208, 51299,07058, 015
104, 199273, 284114, 819
109, 748312, 209128, 629
40, 544147,99045,588
183, 072
205, 870251, 920543, 378544,899
13, 41712, 19337, 18447, 31597.90
3,28542.945.344.9
1.15.3
57, 08132, 776
341819
* Re
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March,1930
— 11.2-8.1
+13.4+14. 4-6.0+2.3
+17. 51
+29.40 7
-26.8-43. 5
April,1930,fromApril,
1929
+3.8:
+16.0-63. 4;-17.1!
-309. 5;-2.2'
-46. 1-15.5-63. 5-38. 5-37. 6
+32. 6+28.5
+9.7
+21.7+12.1+16.4
+47.7
+27. 4
+0.3+1.5
-19.4-8.3
-8.2+3.2
-22.5
-6.0+4.8
-15.9
+2.3+1.0-8.5
-8.2
-13.3+2.1
-13.9-1.4
-28.5+20.9-2.6-2.4+0.9
-5.1+9.9+7.5+4.6
0.0-3.3
-13.1—25 5
-25.0-13.3
0.0
vised.
-42.1-49.5
-9.0
-40.5-42.3-39.5
-38.7
-38.7
-36.0-12.4-44.1-10.8
-28.4-35.5-42.0
-31.6-16.6-45.4
-16.3-0.5
-26.5
-17.5
-34.9-16.4-26.5+16.7
-51.8-46.7-5.8
-19.2+7.7
-22.9-11.9-8.4
-13.6
-9.1+9.4
-17. 5—29 9
-47.1-27.8-15, 8
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 2 THROUGH
APR, 4,
1939
551, 618
1930
329, 736
j..
45, 56812, 93335, 226
5 17, 475a 13, 923
3 5, 414
44, 2364,930
48, 414
102, 434
14,6157,2713, 359
3,375
611
312, 427
339, 097
360,641
391, 982
379, 660
411, 269
151,867
164, 810
1, 176, 2581, 022, 506
52,84242, 471
13, 465
229, 939
27, 52411,37317, 209
3 10,6713 10, 280
3 4, 037
27, 1062,796
41,668
8,7064,1862,088
2,049
381
207, 130
221, 328
269, 501
295, 319
275, 887
294, 382
117,814
124, 247
747,001803,237
32,56421,447
10, 682
' 204. 357
j
Perot.in-
crease(t}
or de-crease(-)
cumu-lative1930from1929
-40. 2
-39.6-12.1-51, I
-38. 9-26.2-25.4
38 7-43.3
-13. 9
-40.4-42.4-37. 8
-39. 3
-37. (>
-33. 7
-34. 7
25 3
-24. /
-27. 3
-28.4
-22. 4
-24. 6
-36.5-21. -,
-38.4-49. 5
-20, 7
35
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey*'
BUILDING EQUIPMENT— Continued
Furniture— Continued
Grand Rapids district — Continued.Outstanding accounts,
end of month No of days, salesCancellations per cent of new orders..Plant operation. per cent of full time..
Steel furniture:Business group-
Shipments _ thous. of dolls. v.New orders thous. of dollsUnfilled orders, end mo.thous. of dolls..
Shelving-Shipments _ - - - thous. of dollsNew orders thous. of dollsUnfilled orders, end mo-thous. of dolls. .
PLYWOOD AND VENEER
Plywood:New orders thous. of sq. ft. of surface--Shipments thous. of sq. ft. of surface--Unfilled orders,
end of month.thous. of sq. ft. of surface. _Rotary-cut veneer:
Receipts .number of carloadsPurchases number of carloads
Bushel baskets:Production ..- --dozens.-Shipments dozens..Stocks, end of month dozens..
GLASS CONTAINERS
Actual production:Quantity - - - - grossRelation to capacity per cent..
New orders gross-Shipments _ gross _Unfilled orders, end of month _ gross _.Stock, end of month gross..
CHEMICALS AND OILS
ChemicalsSulphuric acid:
Exports thous. of lbs_.Price, wholesale dolls, per 100 lbs_.
Nitrate of soda:Imports ...long tons..Production in Chile metric tons..
Potash salts:Imports (commftrmal) l°ng t<"»nsProduction in France
(KaO content).. metric tons..Sales in Germany
(K2O content) metric tons..Superphosphate (acid phosphate) :
Production. _ _ short tons_.Stocks, end of month short tons..Shipments short tons..
Fertilizer:Exports long tonsConsumption, Southern States-short tons..
Crude arsenic:Production _ _ short tonsStocks, end of month short tons..
Refined arsenic:Production short tons_.Stocks, end of month... .short tons__
Dyes and dyestuffs, exports:Vegetable thous. of Ibs..Coal tar thous of Ibs
Price index numbers:Crude drugs rel. to Aug., 1914__Essential oils rel. to Aug., 1914..Drugs and pharma-
ceuticals rel. to Aug., 1914_.Chemicals rel. to 1927_.Oils and fats rel. to 1927..
Wood Chemicals
Acetate of lime:Production—
United States thous of IbsCanada thous. of Ibs..
Shipments—United States thous. of lbs__Canada thous. of Ibs..
Stocks, end of month-United States thous. of lbs__Canada thous. of lbs__
Exports thous. of lbs_Price, wholesale dolls, per cwt _
3 Cur
1929
Decem-ber
5031.089.0
2,7822,5832,166
856735824
6,4654, 150
10, 984
214161
194,958170, 138558, 489
1,96362.0
4,1711,705
11, 4346,648
914, 769.78
65, 569285, 500
23, 237
45,000
99, 594
354, 2262, 002, 935
77, 269
147, 48394, 958
2,0493,774
1,0634,131
19324
172146
17710098
11, 6661,246
6,729248
7,7611,111
193O
January
4817.079.0
2,8912,8861, 862
675725706
9,2585, 120
14, 641
149207
121, 58084, 212
395, 866
2,33670.1
4,0562,110
13, Oil6,858
882, 315.78
89, 421280, 000
44, 077
49,900
186,000
445, 1282, 224, 138
116, 759
104, 221504, 440
1,0793,677
7423,879
1512,052
170133
1779994
11, 7981,545
3,921178
15, 5362,498
Febru-ary
3111.072.0
2,5502,3701,683
683759782
4,5854,810
13, 416
209211
152, 751101, 721446, 004
2,07467.3
2,3632,011
12, 6366,868
344, 127.78
85, 837233, 900
40, 811
45, 600
202, 711
4 355, 8154 2, 260, 145
4 189, 022
163, 7761, 071, 004
1,9334,576
8083,157
1822,320
169123
1769895
*9,6831,164
4,616593
* 20,8143,140
March
4213.070.0
* 2, 7272,627
* 1, 590
812'839
808
3,9114, 289
12, 422
203120
2,52775.8
2,1652,437
12,1116,962
335, 773.78
106, 521244, 000
4 39, 947
48,650
180, 000
335, 7791, 636, 094
414, 378
153, 5391, 877, 961
1,6924,514
8643,131
1193,347
167118
1769892
« 11, 1624 1, 0774 8, 087
4 413
4 24, 0984 3, 705
April
3922.069.0
2,4272,5241,680
815796782
181122
2,41971.9
2,5502,564
11, 9226,809
327, 918.78
69,788205, 200
21, 036
188, 0441, 279, 874
1,3504,159
1,0842,889
2183,349
166115
1769794
9,8071,104
6,558668
27, 5553,845
4.50;, 4.50 4.. 50 4. 50| 4.50
nulative through Mar. 31.
1939
March
496.0
93.0
2,9752,9312,354
1,1101,146
802
143451
187, 881140, 205480, 769
2,57478.8
2,5622,530
10, 5186, 595
704, 726.78
101, 297279, 100
22, 116
39, 693
233, 0004 279, 889
4 1,512, 0724 403, 738
165, 5512, 117, 969
1,3072,418
9453,458
1572,305
194206
164101101
12,3971,150
12, 2301,165
1,93217217
4.50
April
4214.094.0
2,8952 QQQ
2^389
1, 1311,095
766
307256
224, 835149, 055565, 598
2,51979.1
2,408! 2 , 5 4 6
10, 2146, 588
634, 959|.78
119, 620272, 200
21,299
38,990
112, 535
286, 897 j831, 841 !468, 200
136, 9371, 258, 114
1,3822,451
8363,316
16026
187205
16410098
12, 0711, 032|
12, 227|1,066
1, 636961
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE ( — )
April,1930,from
March,1930
-7.1+69. 2-1.4
11 0-3.9+5.7
+0.4-5.1-3.2
-10.8+1.7
-4.3-5.1
+17.8+5.2-1.6
2 2
-2.30.0
-34.5-15.9
-47.3
+22.5-31.8
-20.2-7.9
+25.5-7.7
+83.2+0.1
-0.6-2.5
0.0-1.0+2.2
-12.1+2.5
-18.9+61.7
+14.3+3.8
4. 50| 0. 0
Revised.
April,1930,from
April,1929
-4-57. 1-26. 6
16 2-13.9-29. 7
-27.9-27.3+2.1
-41.052 3
-4.0-9.1+5.9+0.7
+ 16.7+3.4
-48.40.0
-41.7-24.6
-1.2
+37.3+1.7
-2.3+69.7
+29.7-12.9
+36.3
-11.2-43.9
+7.3-3.0-4.1
-18.8+7.0
-46.4-37.3
0. 0
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 2 THROUGH
APR. 4,
1939
12, 81912,918
4,1174,260
7651,134
9,721
10, 8569,650
2, 395, 741
450, 9191, 081, 300
96, 628
'119,599
3 542, 412
929, 690
698,978
502, 7474, 645, 941
5,087
3,594
5972,418
47, 8634,535
47,0904, 520
75
1930
10, 59510,407
2,9853,119
742660
9,356
11, 1349,122
1, 890, 133
351, 567963, 100
145, 871
3 144, 150
* 568, 711
800, 943
305, 781
609, 5804, 733, 279
6,054
3,498
67011, 068
42, 4504,891
23, 1811,852
Perotin-
crease(+)
or de-crease(-)
cumu-lative1930from»W
-17.3-19.4
-27. 5-26. 8
-3.0-41.8
3 7
+2.6-5.5
-21. 1
-22. 0-10.9
+51.0
+20.5
+4.8
-13.8
56 3
+21.2+1.9
+19.0
-2.7
+12.2+357. 7
-11.3+7.9
-50.8-59.0
36
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
CHEMICALS AND OILS— Continued
Wood Chemicals— Continued
Methanol, crude:Production —
United States ^ . .gallons. .Canada gallons _
Stocks at crude plants, end of month-United States gallonsCanada ._ .gallons..
Stocks at refineries and in transit-United States gallonsCanada gallons..
Exports gallons..Wood at chemical plants:
C onsumption —United States ...cords _Canada cords
Stocks, end of month-United States cordsCanada cords _
Daily capacity —Total cords _Shutdown cords
Methanol, refined:Production-
United States gallons..Canada gallons .
Stocks, end of month —United States gallons..Canada ... gallons
Shipments —United States .. . .gallons .Canada gallons
Price, wholesale, N. Y dolls, per gaL.
Ethyl Alcohol
Production thous. of gals..Withdrawn for denaturization. .thous. of gals..Warehouse stocks, end of month.thous. of gals. .
Explosives
(Black powder, permissible, and other highexplosives)
Production thous. of lbs._Shipments _ -thous. of Ibs _New orders thous. of IbsStocks, end of month thous. of lbs_.
Naval Stores
Turpentine (gum):Net receipts, southern ports ..barrels..Stocks at port, end of month barrels. _Price, southern, New York .dolls, per gal__
Rosin (gum):Net receipts, southern ports barrels..Stocks at 3 ports, end of month barrels. _Price B New York dolls, per bbl
Rosin (wood):Production . . . barrelsStocks end of month barrels
Turpentine (wood):Production barrelsStocks end of month barrels
Pine oil:Production gallons. .Stocks, end of month gallons. _
Fats and Oils
Total vegetable oils and copra:Exports thous. of IbsImports thous. of Ibs
Copra, imports . short tons.Copra or coconut oil:
Imports thous. of lbs._C onsumption in
oleomargarine thous. of IbsOleomargarine:
Production ..thous. of IbsConsumption thous. of Ibs..
Animal glues, shipments thous. of lbs__
CottonseedCottonseed:
Receipts at mills short tonsConsumption (crush) . short tons. _Stocks at mills, end of month short tons
Cottonseed oil, crude:Production thous. of IbsStocks, end of month thous. of Ibs .
1929
Decem-ber
830, 33157, 587
247, 36026, 580
728, 47311,51811, 791
70, 2796,720
486, 23670, 756
3,246302
432, 97872, 200
795, 868J32, 175
478, 05634, 803
.51
16, 26218, 8618,199
31.01529, 23629, 78418, 311
28, 92168, 432
.54
128, 057257, 595
8.26
36, 62888, 909
7,0688,889
216, 330980, 202
3,82880, 12415, 022
39, 775
17, 917
32, 88332, 1455,757
566, 192618, 821
1, 106, 566
192, 001116. 150
1930
January Febru-ary
715,886 < 615, 00665, 090 53, 587
389, 876 4 507, 81838, 408 27, 033
903, 304 838, 4219, 038 16, 400
47,571 15,691
73, 326 4 60, 559
7, 625 5, 880
601,972 M90,15771, 022 80, 717
3, 246 3, 246222 416
248,723 394,64741, 500 47, 100
695,155 705,25828,405 37,630
425,071 451,17341, 274 30, 484
.47 .46
11,601 10,94311, 174 9, 801
7, 298 7, 496
31,986 33,24431. 709 31, 57430, 828 30, 58418, 636 20, 522
10, 237 5, 07558, 485 45, 338
.55 .55
50, 791 30, 605221, 568 184, 451
8. 05 7. 59
40, 954 39, 61590, 258 88, 385
7, 510 7, 47810, 581 12, 190
254, 894 238, 9441,005,571 1,096,756
4,666 3,81484, 194 67, 60318, 488 26, 376
37, 699 19, 213
18, 490J 14, 356
32, 540 28, 40230, 309 30, 793
6, 613 5, 214
321, 230 287, 464665, 552 520, 030760, 745 528, 006
207, 046 163, 759126. 525 109, 070
March
4 651, 4384 46, 844
* 646, 1814 30, 261
864, 600117, 299|56, 113
4 68, 0454 5, 308
M77,01l!4 79, 267j
3,246535
398, 47644, 200
632, 70540, 905
522, 15333, 688
.43
10, 1518,8817,616
30, 22130, 53430, 05920, 295
9,77940, 078
.56
40, 401149, 232
7.26
44, 96491, 498
8, 12914, 126
280, 5601, 211, 827
4,61884, 60029, 748
32, 771
14, 164
26, 023! 23, 890
5, 165
203, 048400, 478330, 560
129, 753101. 922
April
617,031'50, 498;
704,94114, 681
807, 75410, 763
101, 033(
61,9995,426
512, 3511
70, 767,
3,258612
424, 295 '55, 600
670, 76457, 414
530, 58426, 760
.40
12, 22110, 5858,074
30, 96734, 07133, 20418, 566
27, 99935, 053
.54
86, 873135, 958
6.78
43, 91997, 168
8,30315, 854
253, 0491, 278, 382
3, 75367, 13316, 649
21, 943
15, 379
28, 62729, 654
95, 981227, 517198, 598
76, 628i 62, 184
1929
March
725, 66251, 303
275, 36130, 003
147, 53159, 62328, 478
74, 5046,289
457, 88473, 976
3,336324
494, 43547, 500
681,81536, 149
518, 90643, 885
.58
14, 85813, 09010, 424
34, 48533, 16832, 54320, 366
8,44048, 396
.58
37, 733100, 722
7.86
37, 361128, 665
7,0596,773
235, 445888, 915
2, 60885, 32831, 587
30, 842
15, 587
29. 71828, 2606,825
107, 791366, 748388, 079
120, 189107, 121
April
746, 00742, 183
186, 03616, 697
172, 75566, 21857, 134
74, 9365,244
488, 96973, 496
3,336383
502, 010!35, 300
695, 18048, 226
568, 11814, 576
.58
14, 70912,00311, 723
36, 07736, 45834, 78620, 119
31,61052, 687
.54
100,4544 108, 335
7.41
36, 150124, 192
6,9175,356
212, 720895, 099
1,575106, 33129, 878
30, 319
14, 932
28, 70427, 0677,259
4 39, 1724 236, 0964 191, 155
4 80, 497! 4 80, 494
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March,1930
-5.3+7.8
+9.1-51.5
-6.6-37.8+80.1
-8.9+2 2
+7.4-10.7
+0.4+14.4
+6.5+25.8
+6.0+40.4
+1.6-20.6-7.0
+20.4+19.2+6.0
+2.5+11.6+10.5-8.5
+186. 3-12.5-3.6
+115.0-8.9-6.6
—2.3+6.2
+2.1+12.2
-9.8+5.5
-18.7-20.6-44.0
-33.0
+8.6
+10.0+24.1
-52.7-43.2-39.9
-40.91 -39. 0
April,1930,from
April,1929
-17.3+19.7
+278. 9!-12.1
+367. 6-83.7+76.8
17.3+3.5
+4.8-3.7
-2.3+59.8
-15.5+57.5
-3.5+19.1
-6.6+83.6-31.0
-16 9-11.8-31.1
-14.2-6.5-4.5-7.7
-11.4-33.4
0.0
-13.5+25.5-8.5
+21. 5-21.8
+2Q.O+ 196.0
+ 19.0+42.8
+ 138.3, -36. 9
-44.3
-27.6
+3.0
-0.3+9.6
+145.0-3.6+3.9
-4.8-22.7
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THROUGH
APR. 30
1929
2, 857, 849192, 478
166, 740
292, 50823, 987
1, 940, 746190, 300
2, 060, 269139, 713
58, 67950, 817
139, 5501 139, 524
135, 017
52, 983
212, 674
144, 428
27, 759
891, 568
10,704346, 045107, 138
131, 589
61, 195
116, 839115,887s 19, 368
722, 6881, 862, 667
603, 09S
1930
2, 589, 361216, 019
220, 408
263, 92924, 239
1, 466, 141188, 400
1, 928, 981132, 206
44, 91640, 441
126, 418127, 888124, 675
53, 090
208, 670
169, 452
31, 420
1, 027, 447
16, 851303, 53091, 261
111, 626
62, 389
115, 592114,646316,992
907, 7231, 813, 577
577, 186
Perct.in-
crease(+)
or de-crease(-)
cumu-lative
1930from1929
-9.0+12. 2
+32. 2
-9.&+1.1
-25.5-1.0
-6.4-5.4
-23.5-20.4
-9.4-8.3—7.7
+0.2
-1.9
+ 17.3
+13.2
+15.2
! +57.4-12.3-14.8
-15.2
+2.0
-1.1-1.1
-12.3
+25.6-2.6
: -4.3
3 Cumulative through Mar. 31. 4 Revised.
37
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
CHEMICALS AND OILS— Continued
Cottonseed— Continued
Cottonseed oil, refined:Production thous of IbsStocks, end of month _ _ thous. of Ibs. .Price, yellow, prime,
New York. dolls, per lb_.Consumption in
oelomargarine thous. of lbs_.Cottonseed cake and meal:
Production ..short tons_.Stocks, end of month short tons-Exports _ short tons..
Flaxseed
Minneapolis and Duluth:Receipts thous. of bushs..Shipments thous . of bushs _ _Stocks, end of month thous. of bushs..
Imports - thous. of bushsMill receipts at Duluth-
Superior thous. of bushs..Price No. 1, Minneapolis dolls, per bush__Linseed oil:
Shipments from Minneapolis. thous. of lbs._Price, New York _ dolls, per lb._
Linseed cake and meal:Shipments from Minneapolis.thous. of lbs._Exports .. thous. of Ibs
FOODSTUFFS
Wheat
Visible supply, end of month:United States thous. of bushs..Canada thous. of bushs
Receipts, principal markets _ _ thous. of bushs. .Shipments, principal markets.thous. of bushs. .Production, crop estimate:
Winter wheat. thous. of bushs..Exports:
United States-Wheat only thous. of bushsIncluding wheat flour. thous. of bushs..
Canada-Including wheat flour_thous. of bushs ..
Prices:No. 1, Northern Spring,
Minneapolis . dolls, per bushNo. 2, Red Winter,
St. Louis dolls, per bush..No. 2, Hard Winter,
Kansas City dolls, per bush
Wheat Flour
Grindings of wheat:United States thous. of bushsCanada thous of bushs
Production:United States, actual thous. of bbls..United States, prorated thous. of bbls..Canada. thous. of bbls
Grain offal, production thous. of lbs._Capacity operated, flour mills per cent..Consumption (computed) thous. of bbls..Stocks, all positions, end of
month (computed) thous. of bbls ..Exports:
United States thous. of bbls. _Canada thous. of bbls
Wholesale prices:Standard patents, Minn dolls, per bbL.Winter, straights,
Kansas City dolls, per bbL.
Corn
Exports, including meal thous. of bushs..Visible supply, end of month .thous. of bushs..Receipts, principal markets. -thous. of bushs..Shipments, prin. markets thous. of bushs. .Grinding (starch, glucose) thous. of bushs..Prices:
No. 3, Yellow, Chicago dolls, per bush..No. 3, Yellow,
Kansas City dolls, per bush..No. 3, White, Chicago dolls, per bush..
1929
Decem-ber
187, 050422, 335
.087
3,511
272, 531203, 55430, 894
575592882
1,290
4,9193.22
5,043.147
18, 97748, 745
185, 113217, 90322, 88716, 402
7,06712, 121
18,684
1.31
1.35
1.21
41, 0624,837
8,9059,7701,073
728, 15754
8,043
9,100
1,123605
6.88
5.95
8708,469
31, 22115, 4936,053
.88
.84
.88
1930
January
172, 089465, 226
.084
2,629
297, 234206, 06225, 063
251163877
1,074
3.08
5,198.140
20, 85952, 833
168, 925210, 643
17, 53014, 170
8,24513, 825
7,258
1.27
1.34
1.19
43, 8125,201
9,5109,9481,168
772, 72656
9,808
8,000
1,240503
6.75
5.84
81916, 28631, 34416, 4387,622
.85
.82
.86
Febru-ary
160, 524512, 572
.084
2,351
227, 931205, 909
4,918
119162745
2,279
2,9383.05
5/493.141
13, 60033, 970
160, 375202, 28219, 92011, 234
5,1859,350
8,898
1.25
1.23
1.13
40, 5064,702
8,7839,3231,051
717, 92658
8,098
8,800
925481
6.39
5.63
91624, 27029, 56413, 7856,568
.82
.7884
March
116, 965535, 891
.084
2,567
179, 864170, 184
4,852
172133705
3,233
2.92
.140
52, 082
153, 290192, 75416, 68312, 160
2,4147,113
14, 657
1.12
1.18
1.02
4 43, 0835,475
4 9, 34710, 2071,219
4 763, 37655
9,163
8,800
1,044681
6.23
5.26
1,12225, 12920, 67914, 1336,065
.80
.76
.81
April
107, 970516, 700
.087
2,483
103, 894120, 258
146171624
2,527
2.92
9,141.143
8,60448, 716
136, 358177, 42413, 44113,291
s 525, 070
3,0507, 252
5,458
1.11
1.17
1.01
41, 8525,429
9,0709,7491,215
742, 59253
8,615
9,000
934451
6.09
5.40
1,03021, 45222, 11418, 0436,615
.82
.80
.84
1929
March
126, 884585, 343
.106
2,387
167, 527238, 65423, 790
369351603
2,737
132.49
14, 602.102
19, 42777, 748
125, 351181, 67627, 22016, 926
3,4879,153
27, 566
1.25
1.35
1.16
42,0047,455
9,20710, 3601,631
725, 84854
9,101
7,400
1,2591,413
6.67
5.72
5,02137, 10021, 56213, 4617,085
.94
.88
.94
April
4 101, 6034 570, 717
.102
2,3624 106, 2534 226, 210
6,675
270219478
3,911
72.45
14, 237.101
16, 917472, 056
117, 079167, 83717, 47215, 697
6 578, 336
3,4928,930
10, 544
1.20.
1.25
1.10
39, 4757,339
8,6369,9381,606
683, 04651
8,530
7,700
1,108720
6.41
5.58
2,56030, 99116, 43317, 6776,044
.90
.85
.91
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March,1930
-7.7-3.6
+3.6
-3.3
-42.2-29.3
-15.1+28.6-11.5-21.8
0.0
+2.1
-6.5
-11.0-8.0
-19.4+9.3
+26.3+2.0
-62.8
-0.9
-0.8
-1.0
-2.9-0.8
-3.0-4.5-0.3-2.7-3.6-6.0
+2.3
-10.5-33.8
-2.2
+2.7
-8.2-14.6+10.2+27.7+9.1
+2.5
+5.31 +3.7
April,1930,fromApril,1929
+6.3-9.5
-14.7
+5.1
-2.2-46.8
-45.9-21.9+30.5-35.4
+19.2
+41.6
-32.4
+16.5+5.7
-23.1-15.3
-22.6-18.8
-48.3
—7 5
-6.4
-8.2
+6.0-26.0
+5.0-1.9
-24.3+8.7+3.9+1.0
+16.9
-15.7-37.4
-5.0
-3.2
-59.8-30.8+34.6+2.1+9.4
-8.9
-5.9-7.7
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THROUGH
APR. 30
1929
600, 298
9,346
846, 828
384,936
1,3541,252
10, 588
239, 755
95, 92764, 577
14, 04236, 346
82, 861
168, 53829,874
36, 88341,1326,535
2, 918, 373
35,846
4,9564,064
28, 025
107, 10064, 92730, 212
1930
557, 548
10, 030
808, 923
334,833
688629
9,113
187, 601
67, 57450, 855
18, 89437, 540
36, 271
169, 25320,807
36, 71039, 2274,653
2, 996, 620
35,684
4,1432,116
3,887
103, 70162, 39926, 870
Perct.in-
crease
or de-crease
cumu-lative1930from1929
-7.1
+7.3
-4.5
-59.0
-49.2-49.8
-13.9
-21.8
-29.6-21.2
+34.6+3.3
-56.2
+0.4-30.4
-0.5-4.6
-28.8+2.7
-0.5
-16.4-47.9
-86.1
-3.2-3.9
-11.1
3 Comulative through Mar. 31. 4 Revised. 5 As of May 1. «Final estimate for 1929.
38
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
FOODSTUFFS— Continued
Oats
Receipts, principal markets. .-thous. of bushs..Visible supply, end of month. thous. of bushs..Exports, including meal thous. of bushs..Price, No. 3, white, Chicago.. dolls, per bush..Grindings, Canada thous. of bushs. .Production, oatmeal and rolled
oats, Canada thous of Ibs
Barley
Receipts, principal markets .. .thous. of bushs..Visible supply, end of month. thous. of bushs ..Exports thous of bushsPrice, No. 2, Minneapolis dolls, per bush_.
Rye
Receipts, principal markets. .. thous. of bushs..Visible supply, end of month. thous. of bushs..Exports, including flour thous. of bushs. .Price, No. 2, Minneapolis dolls, per bush..Production crop estimate thous of bushs
Total Grains
Iota] grains ex ports, inch flour, thous. of bushs..
Rice
"outhern paddy, receipts at mills bblsShipments:
Total from mills pockets (100 Ibs )New Orleans pockets (100 Ibs.)
Stocks, end of month pockets (100 Ibs )Exports pockets (100 Ibs.)Imports pockets (100 Ibs )
Fruits and VegetablesApples:
Cold-storage holdings,end of month thou^ of bbls
Car-lot shipments carloads _ _Potatoes, car-lot shipments carloadsOnions, car-lot shipments carloadsCitrus fruits, car-lot shipments carloads. .
HayReceipts number of csr*1
Cattle and Beef
Cattle movements, primary markets:Receipts _ _ thousandsShipments, total thousandsShipments, stocker and feeder.thousands-.Local slaughter thousands
Beef products:Production, inspected ... thous. of lbs._Apparent consumption thous. of Ibs..Exports thous of IbsCold-storage holdings,
end of month thous of IbsPrices:
Cattle, corn-fed, Chicago.dolls. per lOOlbs..Steer rounds, No. 2 dolls, per lb._Western dressed steers, N.Y__dolls . perlb..
Hogs and Pork
Hog movements, primary markets:Receipts - thousandsShipments, total . .. thousandsShipments, stocker and feeder, thousands -Local slaughter. thousands
Pork products, total:Production, inspected thous. of IbsApparent consumption thous. of Ibs.Exports thous of IbsCold-storage holdings, end of month:
Total thous of IbsFresh and cured thous. of lbs_
Lard (including in pork products) :Production thous. of IbsExports thous. of Ibs.Cold-storage holdings,
end of month thous of IbsPrices:
Hogs, heavy, Chicago... dolls, per 100 Ibs.Ham, smoked, Chicago dolls, perlb.Lard. Drime contract. N. Y.. dolls. Der lb.
1929
Decem-ber
7,08429, 314
443.45793
8,891
3,8489,9271,213
.59
5,9468,656
26.98
14, 673
797, 381
1, 023, 346132, 592
2, 439, 182420, 21253, 488
7,9675,729
14, 8262,232
10, 927
5 048
1, 555627255923
370, 843364, 142
1, 175
103, 883
12.13.240.235
4,2561. 449
532,801
851, 300602, 470104, 377
703, 084620, 986
176, 60780, 053
82, 098
9.47. 21£.10*
1930
January
6,74125, 220
377.45661
7,318
2,8264,894
734.58
1,2509,184
28.91
15, 783
869, 702
1, 073, 16588, 638
2, 317, 594323, 28134, 334
6,0346,095
19, 8573,277
10, 091
6, 107
1.639623233995
408, 525415, 507
1,292
99, 020
12.47.240.235
4,7201.797
382.905
874, 334692, 82C105,817
779, 277687, lOf
177, 25173, 291
92, 17J
9.6.23(
.10
Febru-ary
7,33622, 527
389.44838
10, 263
3,0808,5451.017' .57
5059,389
36.78
11,707
961, 209
1, 005, 42181, 050
2, 360, 083221, 95420, 273
4,2596,314
19, 5932,743
10, 187
6, 071
1.326508201806
327, 527333, 556
1,133
95, 598
12.53.236.223
3. 7911.491
562.297
705, 032489, 976
97, 263
897, 47£1 785, 564
147, 72.65, 95;
111,91<
1 10.4? . 25} .11
March
8,73618, 929
224.43798
4 9, 650
3,1537,837
569.55
59811, 175
64.66
9,093
283, 753
793, 00880, 506
1, 899, 421209, 915
25, 889
< 2, 5965,166
21, 6812,260
10, 705
1,547592207919
358, 1294 371, 113
1,4314 88, 743
12.80.240.215
3.2941, 451
581, 858
589. 9684 531, 873
97, 898
4 858. 063* 752, 99e
> 124, I2t} 66, 53[
1 « 105, 06'
i 9.8;2 ,24,2 . 10
April
9,54416, 765
259.43706
8,106
2, 742.6,511
778.56
33713, 427
47.68
• 46, 831
9,367
63, 189
152, 57219, 755
1,2973,607
19, 3502,8749, 653
1,644639255
1,016
373, 813393, 799
1,360
80, 374
12.56.239.220
3, 2551.280
i 57i 1, 980
603, 184566, 978
77, 466
817, 278712, 397
..50, 045
' 104,881
5 9.9£J .22C7 .107
1929
March
8,53514, 071
839.48925
12, 133
3,8918,4592,209
.67
9146,725
971.00
17,319
439, 439
766, 365116, 548
2, 057, 678428, 450
18, 647
2,7185.379
22, 3341,497
15, 144
5,981
I. 4f 0497162928
371, 942389, 662
1,614
81, 607
12.84.211.217
3,4361,36£
1^2,073
635, 791551, 81(102, 27f
1, 101, 38<921, 9f]
133, 92;70, 57
179, 42
11.3.23.12
April
9,49412,204
662.48776
8,987
3,4506, 849i1,862
.65
1,0646,632
32.89
6 40, 629
14,046
429, 389
745, 097131, 246
1, 763, 837378, 971
21, 356
1,2572,918
19, 3414,141
16, 713
4,733
4 1, 752<647
292i 4 1, 084
^392, 7854 415, 181
1, 073
70, 714
13.88.224.225
* 3, 582* 1, 277
73* 2, 291
655, 418) 559, 351
89, 813
) 1,108,306L 923, 558
5 137, 9532 59, 144
3 184, 74
3 11.48 .245 . 32
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE ( — )
April,1930,from
March,1930
+9.2-11.4+15.6
0.0-11.5
-16.0
-13.0-16.9+36. 7+1.8
-43.6+20.2-26.6+3.0
+3.0
-21. 5
-27.3-23.7
-50.0-30.2-10.8+27.2-9.8
+6.3+7.9
+23.2+10.6
+4.4+6.1-5.0
-9.4
-1.9-0.4+2.9
-1.2-11.8-1.7+6.9
+2.2+6.6
-20.9
-4.8-5.4
-24.S
-0.2
+1.,— 5 £
0. (
April,1930,fromApril,
1929
+0.5+37.4-60.9-10.4-9.0
-9.8
-20.0-4.6
-58.2-13.8
-68. 3+102 5+46.9-23. e
-33.3
-1.9
-59.7-7.5
+3.2+23.6
-30.6-42.2
-6.2-1.2
-12.7-6.3
-4.8-5.2
+26.7
+ 13.7
-9.5+6.-2.
Q
+o!-21.-13.
-8.+1.
13
26-22.
-15.
> -43.
* -12.1 — 71 -12.
CUMULATIVE TOTALROM JAN. 2 THROUGH
APR. 4,
1929
37, 510
3,534
3,450
42, 786
16, 271
4,142
452
77, 949
31,652,213
32,555,991516, 591
1, 680, 720145, 847
23, 65081, 0229,865
60, 421
6,0362,110
7493,863
1, 513, 261, 575, 02
5,07
16, 1516,008
24110, 114
3, 035, 36£2, 276, 81S
408, 543
3 512, 61*285, 77'
1930
32, 357
1,249
3,003
35, 337
11,801
2, 690
175
45, 950
32,114,664
32,871,594313, 383
907, 722100, 251
21, 18280, 48111, 15440, 636
6, 1562,362
8963,736
1, 467, 9941, 513, 975
5,216
15,066,01
209,03
2, 772, 512, 281, 64
378, 44
* 3 449, 10r 255, 82
Perct.in-
crease(t}
or de-rease(-)umu-ative1930from1929
-13.7
-64.7
-13.0
-17.4
-27.5
-35. 1
-61.3
-41.1
+28.0
+12.3-39.3
-46.0-31.3
-10.4-0.7
+13.1-32.7
+2.0+11.9+19.6-3.3
-3.0-3.9+2.7
-6.8+0.2
-13.3-10.7
-8.7+0.2-7.4
-12.4-10.5
;- Cumulative through Mar. 31. * Revised. ' As of May 1. e Final estimate for 1929.
39
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulative^ shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
FOODSTUFFS-Continued
Sheep and Lambs
Sheep movement, primary market:Receipts thousands ._Shipments, total thousandsShipments, stocker and feeder, thousands. .Local slaughter thousands..
Lamb and mutton:Production, inspected thous. of lbs_.Apparent consumption thous. of lbs_.Cold-storage holdings, end
of month thous. of lbs_.Prices:
Sheep, ewes, Chicago dolls, per 100 Ibs..Sheep, lambs, Chicago. -dolls, per 1001bs._
Miscellaneous Meats
OoM -storage holdings, end of mo. thous. of Ibs..
Total Meats
Production, inspected thous. of Ibs. _Cold -storage holdings, end of mo.thous. of lbs._Apparent consumption, . thous. oflbs..
Poultry
Receipts at 5 markets . . thous. of Ibs. _Gold-storage holdings,end of mo. thous. of Ibs..
Fish
Total catch, prin. ports thous. of bbls_.Cold-storage holdings,15th of mo.thous. of Ibs..Canned salmon:
Shipments, United States cases .Exports, Canada cases..
Butter
Production (factory) thous. of Ibs. .Receipts, 5 markets thous. of lbs._Cold-storage holdings, creamery,
end of month thous. of Ibs..Apparent consumption ..thous. of lbs._Wholesale price, New York dolls, per lb_.
Cheese
Total, all varieties:Production (factory) thous. of Ibs. _Receipts, 5 markets thous. oflbs..Apparent consumption thous. of lbs._Gold-storage holdings,
end of month thous. of lbs_.Imports thous. of lbs._Exports, United States thous. of lbs_.Exports Canada thous. of lbs._
American whole milk:Cold-storage holdings,
end of month thous of IbsWholesale price, New York.dolls. perlb..
Eggs
Receipts, 5 markets thous. of cases..Cold-storage holdings, end of month:
Case thous of casesFrozen thous. of Ibs. .
MilkCondensed milk:
Total stocks, rnfrs., end of mo. —Case goods. _ thous. of Ibs. -Bulk goods. .thous. of Ibs._
Unsold stocks, mfrs., end of mo. —Case goods thous. oflbs..Bulk goods thous of Ibs
Exports thous. of Ibs..Wholesale price, New York-dolls, per case..
Evaporated milk:Manufacturers' stocks, end of mo.—
Total, case goods thous of IbsUnsold, case goods thous of Ibs
Exports _ thous. oflbsWholesale price, New York, dolls, per case. .
Production, condensed andevaporated milk.. thous. of Ibs..
Powdered milk:Manufrs* stocks, end mo thous. of Ibs..Exports thous. oflbs..Net new orders.. thous. oflbs..
1929
Decem-ber
1,703732183967
43, 74243, 605
7,317
4.9412.00
89, 742
1, 265, 885902, 026
1, 010, 217
77, 325140, 723
18, 07475, 847
553, 078159, 488
94, 35039, 843
81,935160, 464
.41
22, 54210, 88035, 695
80, 6237,015
2414, 963
63, 478.23
633
70453, 644
25, 46223, 606
20, 3417, 6003,1006.13
211, 954169, 345
5,3393.95
117, 095
31, 061561
6,845
1930
January
1,903786126
1, 111
50, 28950, 814
4,667
6.2612.68
89, 144
1, 333, 148972, 108
1, 159, 141
33, 386141, 552
23, 91862, 428
505, 83171, 285
103, 94943, 507
60, 230160, 417
.37
23, 80712, 52540, 424
69, 2235,361
1811, 552
53, 672.21
917
13944, 080
21, 74023, 475
16, 5026,2892,6236.13
175, 974143, 769
5,8393.95
125, 073
29, 833944
8,956
Febru-ary
1,796735101
1,041
49, 56448, 762
5, 408
5.1810.44
89, 970
1, 082, 1241, 088, 454
872, 294
24,800133, 172
27, 58349, 797
371, 96091, 823
96, 20641,014
46, 530141,901
.36
22, 29312, 46733, 807
61, 8914,395
198280
47, 818.21
1,110
8435, 192
18, 67120, 495
14, 0774,6853,5826.13
153, 202129, 580
5,1213.95
124, 835
26, 199454
8,767
March
2, 151936
991,210
56, 494« 56, 726
4 5, 174
5.149.73
85, 868
1, 004, 590^ 1,037, 848
4 959, 712
16,954* 105, 708
33, 16635, 536
371, 07085, 427
108, 61947, 179
* 30, 556162, 969
.37
25, 28212, 90336, 957
* 55, 3435,247
171456
* 41, 922.21
2,063
« 2, 2314 49, 751
17,4954 20, 577
13, 235* 4, 773
3,4776.13
146, 571125, 623
5, 3693.95
153, 190
* 25, 674629
« 8, 832
April
2,230975134
1,278
55, 60255, 493
5, 191
5.138.94
83, 043
1, 032, 598985, 886
1, 016, 270
17, 84777, 467
36, 79925, 186
29, 183
126, 25550, 595
22, 948177,990
.39
35, 38013, 02644, 680
53, 0317,125
199229
39, 343.21
2.631
5,75177, 134
20, 59020, 602
16, 2135,1172,710
6. 13
162, 193140, 343
6,1813.95
190, 551
25, 203636
10, 604
1929
March
1,527699122836
40, 88841, 330
3,109
8.4216.19
90, 129
1, 048, 6211, 276, 234
982, 802
17, 11668, 728
27, 75937, 744
364, 41489, 225
105, 17146, 186
5,532157, 670
.48
34, 69812, 26134, 612
58, 1530,423
278726
45, 105.24
1,816
55934, 918
8,6776,633
3,8412,7994,5106.18
111,86887, 4917,7684.56
160, 428
14, 022454
8,182
April
* 2, 012954210
4 1, 051
44, 57546, 183
2,533
9.1816.45
88, 314
n,092,7781, 269, 8671, 020, 718
16, 84652, 901
29, 0424 31, 687
109, 69049, 177
124, 61648, 707
5,883170, 745
.45
39, 88012, 33139, 886
54, 6185,553
242804
42, 032.24
2,596
3,95251, 825
12, 53411,312
7,9844,0123,6436.13
126, 31489, 789
5, 9634.30
207, 346
16, 659480
4 8, 520
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March,1930
+3.7+4.2
+35.4+5.6
-1.6-2.2
+0.3
-0.2-8.1
-3.3
+2.8-5.0+5.9
+5.3-26.7
+11.0-29.1
-65.8
+16.2+7.2
-24.9+9.2+5.4
+39.9+1.0
+20.9
-4.2+35.8+16.4-49.8
-6.20.0
+27. 5
+157.8+55. 0
+17.7+0.1
+22.5+7.2
-22.10.0
+10.7+11.7+15.1
0.0
+24.4
-1.8+1.1
+20.1
April,1930,fromApril,1929
+10.8+2.2
-36.2+21.6
+24.7+20.2
+104. 9
-44.1-45.7
-6.0
-5.5-22.4-0.4
+5.9+46.4
+26.7-20.5
-40.7
+1.3+3.9
+290. 1+4.2
-13.3
-11.3+5.6
+12.0
-2.9+28.3-17.8-71.5
-6.4-12.5
+1.3
+45.5+48.8
+64.3+82.1
+103. 1+27.5-25.6
0 0
+28.4+56.3+3.7-8.1
-8. 1
+51.3+32.5+24. 5
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 2 THROUGH
APR. 4,
1929
6,9603,173
6353,768
169, 372174, 560
4, 717, 997
1930
8,0803,432
4604,640
211,949211, 795
4, 452, 460
4, 026, 593 4, 007, 417
85, 603 92, 987
j
96, 861 ! 121,466
31,316,574417, 054
417, 041181, 375
629, 080
132, 55852, 251
151, 140
31,248,861277, 718
435, 029182, 295
643,277
106, 76250, 921
155, 868
23, 954 22, 128958! 749
3,744 2,517
6,162 fi, 721
18, 071! 12, 392
26, 358J 22, 510
626, 851 593, 649
1,794.31, 025
2,66337, 159
Per ct.in-
crease(t}or de-
crease(-)
cumu-lative1930from1929
+16.1+8.2
-27.6+23.1
+25.1+21.3
-5.6
-0.5
+8.6
+25.4
-5.1-33.4
+4.3+0.5
+2.3
-19.5-2.5+3. 1
1 -7.6! -21.8
-32.8
+9. 1
-31.4
-14.6
-5.3
+48.4; +19.8
* Cumulative through Mar. 31. * Revised.
40
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
FOODSTUFFS— Continued
Milk— Continued
Fluid milk:Receipts-
Boston (includ. cream). .thous. of qts_.Greater New York thous. of qts._
Production—Minneapolis, St. Paul.-.thous. of lbs_.
Consumption in manufactureof oleomargarine thous. of Ibs..
SugarRaw:
Imports—From Hawaii, Porto Rico. .long tons..From foreign countries -long tons..
Meltings, 8 ports long tonsStocks at refineries, end month.long tons..
Refined:Shipments, 2 ports _ _ ...long tons..Stocks, 2 ports long tons._Exports, including maple ..long tons..
Prices:Wholesale, 96° centrif., N. Y.dolls. per lb__Wholesale, granulated, N. Y.dolls. per lb._Retail, granulated, N. Y dolls, per IbRetail average, 51 cities.. .relative to 1913..
Cuban movement (raw) :Receipts at Cuban ports.. long tons..Exports long tonsStocks, end of month long tons
Candy
Sales by manufacturers thous. of dolls. _
CoffeeImports thous. of bags..Visible supply:
World thous. of bags..United States thous. of bags
Receipts, total, Brazil r thous. of bags..Clearances:
Total, Brazil, for world thous. of bags..Total, Brazil, for U. S thous. of bags. .
Price, Rio No. 7, Brazil grades. _ .dolls, per lb_.
TeaImports _ _ thous. of IbsPrice, Formosa fine, New York. .dolls, per lb..
Cocoa
Shipments from the Gold andNigerian Coasts, Africa long tons
Imports long tons. _Spot price, Accra, New York dolls
TOBACCO
Consumption (tax-paid withdrawals):Large cigars. thousands..Small cigarettes thousands _ _Manufac. tobacco and snufL.thous. of lbs._
Exports:Unmanufactured thous. of lbs__Cigarettes thousands
Sales of loose-leaf warehouses thous. of Ibs..Stocks, end of quarter:
Chewing, smoking, snuff, andexport _ -. thous. of lbs._
Cigar tobacco thous. oflbs_.Total, including imported thous. of lbs_.
TRANSPOKTATION
River and Canal Cargo Traffic
Panama Canal:Total cargo traffic thous. of long tons..In American vessels. ..thous. of long tons..In British vessels thous. of long tons..
Sault Ste. Marie canals.. .thous. of short tons..New York State canals___thous. of short tons..Cape Cod Canal ._ ..short tons..Suez Canal __ .thous. of met. tons..Welland Canal short tons..St. Lawrence Canal _ . short tons..Mississippi River Govt. barges short tons__Ohio River, Pittsburgh, Pa., to
Wheeling, W. Va short tons..Allegheny River short tons .Monongahela River _ short tons..
1929
Decem-ber
18, 224113, 742
28, 884
9,169
14, 232156, 031235, 605682, 429
45, 15246, 2433,363
.038
.050
.059120
116, 101192, 160181, 460
33, 734
955
5,079693
1,553
1,199587
.099
8,680.304
36, 74822, 824.0931
410, 8638, 261, 357
24, 682
66, 504683, 75773, 484
21,373,8592 292, 645
21, 754, 451
2,5251,219
718482
189, 8112,919
47, 60323, 94272,804
757, 527156, 993
2, 173. 207
1930
January
19, 192114, 235
32, 554
9,035
77, 132192, 123326, 416616, 247
60, 22432, 9945,637
.037
.051
.059120
192, 153145, 189312, 187
24, 538
1,036
5,119671
1,455
1,470881
.103
6,537.300
43, 83825, 176.0938
418, 90010, 208, 232
33, 014
46, 885465, 46460, 907
2,6121,198
589
""186," 1722,744
75, 739
578, 22493, 825
2. 134. 161
Febru-ary
17, 149104, 586
7,714
140, 019166, 971328, 181570, 970
42, 90632, 7464,280
.037
.049
.059118
659, 637179, 432815, 389
24, 893
1,229
5.322852
1,469
1,427722
.105
5,602.300
29, 55115, 082.0925
426, 5228, 465, 005
30, 308
57, 037430, 88623, 079
2,3781,058
727
~~~I62~5092,474
75, 157
709, 24261, 420
2. 179. 305
March
4 19, 369117, 880
7,103
185, 704204, 318410, 063529, 067
68, 83842, 4054,487
.036
.049
.055116
793, 762153, 083
1, 411, 983
27, 312
1,134
5,264895
1,264
1,169590
.103
6,355.300
25, 54311, 595.0875
454, 7669, 165, 175
31, 458
54,887497, 814
21,508,8762 358, 224
21,965,246
2,5581,272
611
151, 5152,634
71, 087
838, 991174, 445
2. 363. 728
April
19,400
7,903
188, 571272, 064432, 111574, 224
72, 11463, 3574,830
.035
.048
.055115
669, 252335, 529
1, 754, 746
25, 660
1,065
5,264851
1,152
1,152548
.099
5,796.300
13, 95112, 164.0869
469, 9699, 535, 460
31, 261
43, 364366, 674
2,4571,120
685410
184, 002
141, 679110, 804100, 700
879, 401335, 262
2. 112. 586
1939
March
18, 443* 117, 885
31, 248
8,133
124, 704601, 727505, 286559, 993
73, 23149, 45110, 159
.037
.048
.057118
1, 061, 472659, 501
1, 296, 744
29, 705
1,052
4,983822
1,175
1,041501
.180
5^470.330
35, 39625, 041.1088
491, 3058, 689, 510
31, 663
30, 673799, 93525, 726
21 456 3912 389, 439
21,949,002
2,7441,229
755
146, 4833,157
104, 499
840, 604187, 400
2. 382. 405
April
18, 0024 113, 019
30, 960
7,847
143, 628605, 003502, 980779, 091
87, 46646, 3419,265
.037
.048
.056116
809, 807583, 906
1, 509, 795
25, 917
988
5,207788
1,141
1,119511
.176
5,418.330
17, 67029,182
.1044
550, 9129, 608, 221
31, 950
39, 634805, 777
3,245
2,7201,194
7354 406
60166, 205
3,103299, 020215, 402134, 747
976, 992232, 204
2. 438. 939
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March,1930
+0.2
+11.3
+1.5+33.2+5.4+8.5
+4.8+49.4+7.6
-2.8-2.0
0.0-0.9
-15.7+119.2+24.3
-6.0
-6.1
0.0-2.7-8.9
-1.5-7.1-3.9
-8.80.0
-45.4+4.9-0.7
+3.3+4.0-0.6
-21.0-26.3
+9.8+22.4+12.0
-3,9-11.9+12.1
+21.4
+41.7
+4.8+92.2-10.6
April,1930,fromApril,
1929
+7.8
+0.7
+31.3-54.0-14.1-26.3
-17.6+36.7-47.9
-5.40.0
-1.8-0.9
-17.4-42.5+16.2
-1.0
+7.8
+1.1+8.0+1.0
+2.9+7.2
-43.7
+7.0-9.1
-21.0-58.3-16.8
-14.7-0.8-2.2
+9.4-54.5
+3.6-8.0+1.0
-9.7-6.2-6.8
-90.7
+10.7
-52.6-48.6-25.3
-10.0+44.4-13.4
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THROUGH
APR. 30
1929
68,636335, 795
31, 851
438, 3911, 906, 6551, 722, 037
274, 501
37, 611
3, 469, 5931, 949, 372
109, 719
4,108
4,581
4,5012,374
27, 763
152, 92298, 212
1, 907, 40936, 520, 493
125, 856
164, 8143, 542, 377
10, 8734, 7793,1124,406
591, 8183 8, 829
299, 020215, 402480, 583
2, 821, 561589, 227
9. 069. 571
1930
75, 110336, 701
31, 755
591, 426835, 476
1, 496, 771
244, 082
19, 234
2, 314, 804813, 233
102, 403
4,464
5,340
5,2182,741
24, 290
112, 88364, 017
1, 770, 15737, 373, 872
126, 041
202, 1731, 760, 838
10, 0054,6482,612
410
684, I§83 7, 852
141, 679110, 804322, 683
3, 005, 858664, 952
8. 789. 780
Perct.in-
crease
or de-crease
cumu-lative1930from1929
+9.4+0.3
-0.3
+34.9-56.2-13.1
-11.1
-48.9
-33.3-58.3
-6.7
+8.7
+16.6
+15.9+15.5
-12.5
-26.2-34.8
-7.2+2.3+0.1
+22.7-50.3
-8.0-2.7
-16.1-90.7
+15.6-11.1-52.6-48.6-32.9
+6.5+12.9-3.1
2 Quarter ending in month indicated. 3 Cumulative through Mar. 31. < Revised.
41
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
TRANSPORTATION— Continued
Ocean Traffic
Clearances, vessels in foreign trade:Total thous. of net tonsAmerican thous. of net tons__Foreign _ ._ thous. of net tons _
Shipbuilding
Completed during month:Total gross tonsSteel seagoing gross tons__
Building or under contract, end of month:Merchant vessels thous. of gross tons__
Freight Cars
Surplus (daily av. last week of month) :Total . carsBox carsCoal cars
Shortage (daily av. last week of month) :Total . carsBox carsCoal cars
Car loadings:Total carsGrain and grain products cars..Livestock carsCoal and coke _ carsForest products _ _ ..carsOre _ carsMerchandise and 1 c 1 carsMiscellaneous cars
Railroad Operations
Operating revenues:Freight thous of dollsPassenger thous of dollsTotal operating thous. of dolls
Operating expenses thous of dollsNet operating income thous of dollsFreight carried mills ton-miles
Railway Equipment
Locomotives (Am. Ry. Assn.):Owned, end of month —
Quantity number. _Tractive power mills, of lbs._
In bad order, end of month —Quantity numberPer cent of total in use per centInstalled number--Retired numberNew orders . _ number
Shipments, manufacturers' (Census) —Total number. .Steam, domestic. _ _ numberElectric, domestic number
Unfilled orders (railroads), end of mo.—From manufacturers numberIn railroad shops number
Unfilled orders, manufacturers' (Census)—Total numberSteam domestic numberElectric, domestic number
Exports, steam numberFreight cars (Am. Ry. Assn.):
Owned, end of month—§uantity thous. of cars._
apacity mills of IbsIn bad order, end of month-
Quantity carsPer cent of total in use per cent
New orders carsShipments-
Total carsDomestic cars
Unfilled orders (railroads)—Total cars - -From manufacturers carsIn railroad shops cars..
Passenger cars:N e w orders _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .cars -Shipments —
Total - . _ _ _ - - carsDomestic cars-_
1939
Decem-ber
5,6072,0783,529
13, 69210, 633
372
447, 141246, 982144, 353
3, 340, 993159, 676101, 798816, 589181, 81032, 877
908, 0851, 140, 158
340, 82174, 438
468, 879362, 814
72, 22736, 040
56, 8192,531
7,66213.6158377167
67621
33695
4904354813
2,263209, 516
118, 8075.4
9,785
7,8567,513
34, 08529, 7964,289
77
116116
1930
January
5, 6932,0233,670
23, 77921, 493
376
392, 552217, 024123, 469
9
3, 349, 424156, 665108, 036828, 272181, 81033, 657
890, 1521, 150, 832
337, 99370, 452
451, 190356, 46955, 47436, 664
56, 7532,530
7,93714. 1160227163
4848
334107
587527502
2,265209, 842
124, 2605.6
6,632
8,0957,426
33, 45728, 057
5, 400
58
9580
Febru-ary
5,3681,9773,391
14, 24112, 217
341
440, 275206, 531180, 089
3, 505, 962174, 980102, 960797, 867217, 23933, 474
938, 4291, 241, 013
327, 06161, 254
427, 941330, 57959, 45234, 341
56, 6542,530
8,34214.8115218
16
6760
4
343107
533479468
2,267210, 315
122, 3275.5
15, 931
9,6009,366
30, 80025, 7225,078
134
7878
March
5,8342,1163,718
23, 84013, 088
327
465, 920203, 590206, 066
4, 414, 625201, 047118, 071735, 508294, 07145, 119
1, 251, 0131, 769, 796
345, 20461, 788
452, 717351, 27961, 07435, 310
56, 4864 2, 528
8,27414.8142310
43
68642
310132
535485
4410
2,2684 210, 315
129, 8955.9
4,464
6,1446,066
35, 18129, 0586,123
169
6151
April
6,7032,9663,738
16, 9304,166
366
427, 925'203, 192
168, 930
3, 619, 293156, 45496, 373
571, 469229, 74750, 805
1, 004, 4251, 510, 020
56, 4692,531
8,22214.714916629
9794
239123
464417444
2,270210, 697
129, 8655.9
1,543
9,0878,874
31, 84626, 5185,328
70
7765
1929
March
5,9332,1453,788
11, 1283,919
187
279, 10795, 429
136, 452
4040
4, 815, 937213, 212121, 103846, 691335, 06357, 113
1, 306, 1781, 936, 577
4 393, 8624 71, 890
4 517, 5634 377, 758
4 97, 4054 40, 228
58, 3222,553
8,04213.9121307142
35314
32646
488419
2422
2,268208, 507
139, 5386.3
11, 068
3,5993,589
41, 19735, 3605,837
53
8787
April
6,6612,7383,924
20, 6689,468
290
220, 82189, 95287, 367
19
4 3,989,1424 143, 9134 106, 8794 632, 4914 278, 3844 110, 678
4 1,062,0484 1,654,749
393, 05867, 509
513, 955376, 49494, 20438, 334
58, 1442,550
8,05714.013030858
6157
2
30838
495419
2410
2,267208, 569
142, 5436.5
6,983
5,5105,300
43, 48636, 6746,812
250
8678
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,• 1930,from
March,1930
+14.9+40.2+0.5
-29.0-68.2
+11.9
-8.2-0.2
-18.0
April,1930,fromApril,
1929
+0.6+8.3-4.7
-18.1-56.0
+26.2
+93.8+125. 9+93.4
-18.0-22.2-18.4-22.3-21.9+12.6-19.7-14.7
-9.3+8.7-9.8-9.6
-17.5-54.1-5.4-8.7
+0.1
-0.6-0.7+4.9
-46.5-32.6
+42.6+46.9
-22.9-6.8
-13.3-14.0
0.0-60.0
+0.1+0.2
0.0-65.4
+47.9+46. 3
-9.5o n
-13^0
-58.6
+26.2+27.5
-2.9-0.7
+2.0+5.0
+14.6-46.1-50.0
+59.0+64. 9
-22.4+223. 7
-6.3-0.5
+83.3-60.0
+0.1+1.0
-8'.9-9.2
-77.9
+64.9+67.4
-26.8-27.7-21.8
-72.0
-10.5-16.7
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THROUGH
APR. 30
1929
23, 3868,742
14, 645
42, 53218, 114
771
1930
23, 5989,082
14, 517
78, 79050, 964
1.410
Perct.in-
crease(+,}or de-
crease(-)
cumu-lative1930from1929
+0.9+3.9-0.9
+85.2+181.4
+82.9
||
16, 142, 670727, 878451, 604
3, 234, 7481, 071, 302
240, 4064, 254, 3246, 162, 408
14, 889, 304689, 146425, 440
2, 933, 116922, 867163, 055
4, 084, 0195, 671, 661
4761,065
296
14211413
63
44, 896
12, 07510, 301
552
374364
566921251
280266
6
24
28, 570
32, 92631, 732
431
311274
-7.8-5.3-5.8-9.3
-13.9-32.2
—4 0-8.0
+18.9-13. 5-15.2
+97.2+133. 3-53.8
-61. 9
-36.4
+172. 7+208. 0
-21.9
-16.8-24.7
4 Revised.
42
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
TRANSPORT ATION—C ont inued
Highways
Concrete pavements, new contracts:Total thous. of sq. yds.-Road thous of sq yds
Federal-aid highways:Completed —
Cost -. . thous of dollsDistance miles
Under construction, end of month-. miles-.
Passenger Travel
National parks:Visitors _ numberAutomobiles entered.. _ _ number
Arrivals from abroad:Immigrants numberUnited States citizens number
Departures abroad:Emigrants numberUnited States citizens number
Passports issued number--Pullman Company operations:
Revenue thous of dollsPassengers carried thousands
Trend of business in hotels:
Average sale per occupied room.. .dollars ..
Warehouses
Public merchandise warehouses,
PUBLIC UTILITIES
Telephone companies:Operating revenues thous. of dolls..Operating income thous of dolls
Telegraph companies:Commercial telegraph tolls.thous. of dolls. .Operating revenues thous of dollsOperating income thous of dolls
Gas and electric companies:Gross earnings thous of dollsNet earnings thous of dolls
Electric railways (212 companies):Passengers carried thous. of persons..Average fare cents
ELECTRIC POWER
Electric power production:Total mills of kw -hours
By fuels mills of kw -hoursIn street railways,
manfg. plants, etc.. .mills, of kw.-hours._
Electric power production (Canada):Total mills of kw -hoursBy water power mills of kw -hoursExported mills of kw -hours
Electric power, gross revenue. -thous. of dolls..Consumption of electrical energy:
By geographic divisions—
\ew Jiingiana rei. to jj^* *o- -
Southern rel to 1923 25
By industry-
Chemical and allied
Food and kindred
Rolling mills and steel
Metal working plants__rel. to 1923-25..
Leather and its
Lumber and itsproducts rel to 1923 25
Rubber and itsproducts rel to 1923 25
Stone, clay, and glass. _rel. to 1923-25..Textiles rel to 1923 25Automobiles, including
3 Cl
1939
Decem-ber
7,4625,043
28, 326813
7,256
35, 7625,675
17, 84221, 177
4,88027, 4047,323
6,5072,731
673.92
75.9
78, 67518, 271
11, 29814, 5722,304
211, 500100, 000
795, 6438.272
8,5132,7515, 762
4028,111
1,5351,497
1024 192, 200
116.4107.0109.0120.5130.4126.0
116.4
148.0
121.1
120.5127.2124.9
89.0
92.8132.1
108.4120.4146.2109.8
79.4
imulative t
1930
January
6,5955, 244
7,680273
7,054
47,29619, 335
14, 76723, 985
3,94731, 9918,485
7,1432,760
734.04
74.6
77, 84518, 012
10, 51813, 454
435
211,00092, 000
781, 9278.288
i 8, 6524 2, 9354 5, 717
4124 8, 2404 1, 5464 1, 505
1134 198, 300
121.8120.5128.0125.8110.0115.2
121.8
136.7
132.3
143.1126.7132.9
92.3
87.5120.8
144.4124.4124.2112.4
9.8
hrough M
Febru-ary
6,8875,357
9,266358
6,843
48, 3429,926
13, 58534, 234
3,18033, 7969,899
6,3312, 379
704. 05
4 71.7
75, 39817, 287
9,84412, 652
532
199, 50090, 000
705, 454
4 7, 6234 2, 7044 4, 919
4414 7, 1824 1, 3914 1, 364
117186, 100
123.5113.3136.8126.0118.3127.5
123.5
139.6
129.2
143.0• 130. 5135.0
86.5
94.7138.0
185.4125.4116.7103. 3
! 116, P
ar. 31.
March
13, 70011,294
6, 185227
6,824
67,30612, 841
19, 75940, 727
2,90037, 93018, 802
6, 3162,457
673.90
69 6
79, 20017, 984
10, 79013, 8651,442
199, 00088, 000
760, 269
8, 1643, 2604,904
5117,653
1, 5081,484
127177, 100
4 120. 24 105. 04 128. 44 122. 24 121. 74 117.4
4 120. 2
4 140. 04 129. 8
4 136. 84 132. 04 133. 7
4 80. 84 93. 7
4 135. 0
4 130. 34 117. 74 117. S
499.f
1 108. £
April
18, 57014, 338
6,031302
7,230
75, 51514, 322
33, 148
684.05
728, 820
120.3102.9125.7117.2117.3127.6
120.3
137.2
119.4
138.3125.5130.2
91.2
102.8126.7
138.5130.1129.9102.3
112,. 9
1929
March
6,0002, 826
4, 570151
7,665
72, 3778,498
20, 14537, 375
2,44927, 97217, 066
6,6272,726
693.94
69.9
74, 89917, 825
11,86414, 9111,951
195, 00085, 000
820, 4058.202
7,9893 1474,842
3827,607
1,4711,441
1274 170, 500
135.7130.8141.9130.4125.4138. 2
135.7
133.0
122.2
160.3151.4154.9
93.4
104.2129.2
155.899.7
138.0126.6
154. 5
April
16, 65412, 315
7,410211
7,707
64, 80710, 460
28, 56532, 288
3,38725, 27729, 995
6,4042,582
4.09
71.8
74, 83017, 776
11, 32814, 3441,700
190, 00083, 000
774, 5178.202
7,8813 2854,596
3757,506
1,4091,379
111168, 100
136.4125.4146 5128.0126.3137.0
136.4
131.7
121 2
153.3148.3149.9
82.0
108.0136.0
155.7116.1145.0128 1
170.6
*Re
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March,1930
+35.5+27,0
-2. 5+33. 04-5, 9
+ 12.2+ 11.5
+76.3
+1.5+3.8
-4. 1
+0.1-2.0
2 l-4.1-3.6+8.7
+0.1
-2.0
8 0
+1.1-4.9-2.6
+12.9
+9.7-6.1
+6.3+10.5+10.2+2.7
+3,. 7
vised.
April,1930,fromApril,
1929
+11.5+ 16.4
-18.6+43. 1-6.2
+16, 5+36. 9,
+10. 5
—4. 2-1.0
-5.9
-11.8-17.9
14.2-8.4-7.1-6.9
— 11.8
+4.2
-1.5
-9.8-15.4-13.1
+11,2
-4.8-6.8
-11.0+12.1—10.4-20. 1
-33.8
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 2 THROUGH
APR. 4,
1939
33, 35622, 919
41, 2251,292
30, 886
226,93137, 266
3 55, 2053 94, 041
3 11,2733 89, 1273 65, 462
3 20, 0773 8, 117
193O
45, 75236, 233
29,1621, 160
27, 951
238, 45956, 424
348,1113 98, 946
3 10, 0273 103, 717
3 70, 334
3 19, 7903 7, 596
3 220, 7213 55, 362
3 33, 3093 42, 104
3 5, 005
* 592, 0003 263, 000
3, 135, 788
3 23, 6593 8, 287
3 15, 372
3 1, 2023 22, 457
3 4, 3253 4, 235
33523 534, 300
3 232, 4433 53, 283
3 31, 1523 39, 971
3 2. 409
3 609, 5003 270, 000
2, 976, 470
3 24, 4393 8, 899
3 15, 540
3 1, 3643 23, 075
3 4, 4453 4, 353
33573 561, 500
Perot,in-
crease
or de-crease
cumu-lative1930from1929
+37. 2+58.. 1
-29. 3- LO, 2-9, 5
4-5.. 1+51... 4
-12. 9+5. 2
-LL 1+ 16. 1+7.4
-L..4-6.4
+5.. 3-3. 3
-6.5-5. I
-51.9
+3. 0+2.7
-o, i
+3, 3+7.4+1.1
+13, 5+2.. 8
+2.8+2.8+ 1.4+5. 1
43
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES
Employment in factories:New York State rel. to 1923..Maryland rel. to 1924..Iowa _ rel. to 1923Illinois rel. to 1925-27..Wisconsin _ ..rel. to 1923__Ohio... rel. to 1923_.Cleveland rel. to Jan., 1921..Detroit rel. to 1923-25..New York State number..Oklahoma number..
Total pay roll:New York State (weekly) ..thous. of dolls. .Oklahoma (weekly) thous. of dolls. _Wisconsin rel. to 1923..New York State rel. to 1923..Illinois rel. to 1925-27..
Employment,Canada rel. to calendar year 1926. .
Ohio construction rel. to 1923..Employment, trade-unions:
United States per cent of total..Canada per cent of total..
Anthracite mines:Employment rel. to 1923-25..Payroll rel. to 1923-25..
Federal civilian employees,Washington, D. C., end month number..
Average weekly earnings, factories:Illinois dollars.-New York State .. dollars .Wisconsin -.dollars .Oklahoma dollars..NewYork... rel. to 1923..Illinois rel. to 1925-27..Wisconsin _. rel. to 1923. .
Average weekly earnings (National IndustrialConference Board):
Grand total (both sexes) dollars ..Total male . .__ . . . dollars ..Skilled male dollars .Unskilled male dollars..Total women . dollars..
Average weekly hours:Nominal (both sexes) _ . hours _ _Actual (both sexes) _. hours _
Wages, road labor, by districts:New England cents per hour..Middle Atlantic cents per hour..South Atlantic _ cents per hour . .East South Central cents per hour..West South Central. cents per hour__East North Central cents per hour..West North Central cents per hour--Mountain cents per hour.-Pacific— cents per hour--United States, average cents per hour--
Wage rates, U. S. Steel Corp. .cents per hour..Wages, steel sheet workers. ..per cent of base--Applicants per 100 jobs, employment agencies:
United States _ . _ _ . _ , number. _Eastern States. .- .number _ _Central States number-Southern States number . _Western States number __Illinois numberWisconsin number _ -Canada number-
Factory Labor Turnover
(Percentage of number on pay roll)
Departures:Total. __ . - per cent (annual basis) _.Voluntary quits. .per cent (annual basis)..Lay offs per cent (annual basis) . _Discharges per cent (annual basis) .
Accessions per cent (annual basis) . .Industrial disputes:
Disputes . numberWorkers involved number - -Man-days lost in month number. _
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT
Retail Sales
Mail-order houses:Total sales, 2 houses thous of dollsSears, Roebuck & Co thous. of dolls. .Montgomery Ward & Co. -thous. of dolls. .
1929
Decem-ber
84.289.2
126.899.390.1102
106.298.0
465,91534, 093
13, 860934
89.791.996.3
119.1112. 0
84.088.6
110.8110.3
63, 946
28.1229.7524.1827.38109.299.198.2
27. 5329.8331.2524.3517.36
49.247.4
5145272531393850534050
127.0
16618718122277
177163154
29.312.714.22.4
14.6
232, 401
96, 930
90, 01954, 22035, 799
1930
January
82.386.2
122.997.890.0101
109.1106.5
455, 48033, 081
13, 524900
87.789.791.2
111.290.4
80.089.2
105.692.1
64, 356
28.3029.7024.1027.21109.099.795.9
27.5129. 5330.8724.3117.02
49.246.4
5247252531404046534050
127.0
201231231250101257196160
28.113.112.22.8
23.7
<214 5, 316
* 182, 202
51, 27432, 94318, 331
Febru-ary
81.987.2
125.298.090.7
107.4108.0
453, 28432, 938
13, 304916
93.088.394.0
111.6
78.093.2
107. 8103.7
64, 662
29.2429. 3624.8427.81107.8103. 1102.0
27. 9029.7531. 0824.5917.09
49.346.7
5144252529403946533950
127.0
20121322527191
246186164
33.016.013.83.2
26.9
4 321 6, 569
* 438, 587
46, 69128,28518, 406
March
81.887.5
123.096.990.6
106. 7108.5
452, 472
13, 481
96.989,490. 1
110.2
Z9.088.5
83.367.1
64, 954
28.2529.8025.75
109.499.6
106. 4
27.5929. 3730.7024. 1416. 84
49.046.3
5244252728383746533950
127.0
18021718925483
209177157
31.916.312.13.5
23.0
325,171
289, 561
47, 58226, 95020, 632
April
80.388.6
124.395.0
110. 5444, 133
13, 030— ..-_..
86.489. 1;
107. 8
79.089.2
84.863.9
65, 778
28.4929. 35
107.7100.4
27.6429.7431.0924.4116.59
48.846.1
5142272533383846534050
127.0
162177177217
74190159
35. 117.714.13.3
24.3
56, 56132, 78523, 776
1939
March
88.790.9
125.2102.298.5113
123.4136.0
490, 87932, 471
14, 897871
110.798.8
101.6
111.495.9
86.094.0
101.379.5
62, 926
28.9230.3526.9526.81111.4101.9112.4
28.5331.6833.1526.0717.76
49.849.5
5144232733423743523750
125.5
142144153215
76156138148
49.236.85.76.7
61.2
4241, 321
1, 094, 161
53, 41330, 79622, 617
April
88.391.8
127. 4103.099.2115
123.1136.0
488, 39034, 809
14, 687908
111.597.4
105.2
110.4107.8
88.094.5
104.177.4
63, 507
38. 9630.0726.9426.08110.4102.1112 4
28.5331.6133.0925.9517.85
49.849.3
5142272731383744533850
125. 5
12812613420073
134117127
55.743.35.56.9
70.2
5252,292
1, 429, 046
55, 61934,04621, 573
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE ( — )
April,1930,from
March,1930
-1.8+1.3+1.1-2.0
+1.8-1.8
-3.3
-3.4-1.1
—2 2
0.0+0.8
+1.8-4.8
+1.3
+0.81 5
-1.6+0.8
+0 2+1.3+ 1.3+ 1.1-1.5
-0.4-0.4
-1.9-4.5+8.0-7.4
+17.90.0
+2.70.00.0
+2.60.00.0
-10.0— 18.4-6.3
-14.610 8
-9.1-10.2
+10.0+8.6
+16.5-5.7+5.7
+18.9+21.7+15. 2
April,1930,from
April,1929
-9.1-3.5-2.4
7 8
-18.7-9.1
-11.3
-11.3-15.3
-2.4
-id. 2-5.6
-18.5-17.4
+3.6
— 1.6— 2 4
-2.41 7
—3 1-5.9-6.0-5.9-7.1
— 2.0-6.5
0.00.00.0
-7.4+6 5
0.0+2.7+4.5
0.0+5.3
0.0+ 1.2
+26.6+40.5+32.1+8.5+1.4
+41.8+35.9
-37.0-59.1
+156.4-52.2-65.4
+1. 7-3.7
+ 10.2
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 2 THROUGH
APR. 4,
1929 1930
Perctin-
crease(+)
or de-crease(-)
cumu-lative1930from1929
• r
i j
202, 828121, 85480, 974
202, 108120, 96381, 145
-0.4-0. 7+0.2
4 Revised.
44
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENT— Contd.
Retail Sales— Continued
Ten-cent chain stores:Total sales (4 chains) thous. of dollsTotal stores operated (4 chains) ..number. _F. W. Woolworth & Co._ -thous. of dolls..
Stores operated numberS S. Kresge Co -thous. of dolls_.
Stores operated-. . . number. _McCrory Stores Corp thous. of dolls
Stores operated number. _S. H. Kress & Co thous. of dolls..
Stores operated _ number. .Metropolitan. __ thous. of dolls. .
Stores operated numberW. T. Grant Co thous. of dolls.
Stores operated number _F. & W. Grand . . thous. of dolls
Stores operated number..Isaac Silver & Bros thous. of dolls
Stores operated . . number..J. C. Penny Co thous. of dolls..
Stores operated . numberG. C. Murphy Co thous. of dolls..
Stores operated number. .Restaurant chains:
Total sales (3 chains) thous. of dollsStores operated _ number..
Childs Co , sales thous of dollsStores operated number
J. R. Thompson Co., sales.thous. of dolls..Stores operated number..
Waldorf System (Inc.),sales thous. of dolls
Stores operated . number-Installment sales in New England
dept stores ratio to total sales per cent
Advertising:
Magazine advertising thous. of lines..Magazine advertising,
total cost thous. of dolls..Newspaper advertising _thous. of linesRadio broadcast:
Cost of facilities -thous. of dollsNational advertising in newspapers:
Total thous. of lines -Passenger cars . ._ thous. of lines _Tires, trucks, and
accessories - - -thous. of linesFinancial thous of linesBuilding materials thous. of linesElectrical appliances,
supplies thous. of lines..Foods and beverages thous. of lines _ _Heating and plumbing
equipment ... thous . of linesMedical thous . of lines _ .Radio - thous. of linesTobacco thous . of lines . _Toilet requisites thous of linesTransportation thous . of lines _ _All other thous. of lines
Postal Business
Postal receipts:50 selected cities thous of dolls50 industrial cities thous. of dolls _ _
Money orders:Domestic issued (50 cities)—
Quantity . _ _. thousandsValue thous. of dolls .
Domestic paid (50 cities)—Quantity thousandsValue thous of dolls
Air mail, weight dispatched pounds..
BANKING AND FINANCE
Check payments:New York City mills, of dollsOutside of New York City, .mills, of dolls. _Canada mills, of dolls
Federal reserve banks:Bills discounted . .mills, of dollsNotes in circulation .mills, of dollsTotal investments mills, of dolls__Total reserve _ ._ ... mills, of dolls. _Total deposits . mills, of dolls _Reserve ratio per cent--
Federal reserve member banks:Total loans and discounts. .mills, of dolls..Total investments _ .. . .mills, of dolls. .Net demand deposits..-^, .mills, of dolls..
1929
Decem-ber
87, 9482,870
44, 1531,828
24, 242597
7,293242
12, 260203
3,432151
11, 536276
3,60194
1,52745
29, 5891,3952,649
153
5,176375
2,407111
1,320121
1,449143
5.4
2,882
18, 420100, 202
1,969
36, 7242,664
4,2796,943
109
9353,452
3443, 0724,0211,5151,1772,7475,466
40, 7854,565
4,09640, 876
12, 850101, 453618, 991
39, 85026, 9321,858
6321,910
9153,0112,41469.6
17, 6495,514
14, 118
1930
January
34, 6572,880
18, 4081,8299,352
6042,695
2434,202
204971150
3,784279
1,29694
45743
10, 6111,395
939154
4,989374
2,307111
1,300121
1,382142
16.2
1,999
12, 41188, 873
1,989
47, 8878,000
3,3499,128
129
6645,355
3956,4561,6033,1772,4322,4614,738
32, 1993,561
3,80538, 356
11, 26686, 593
518, 398
34, 73221, 534
1,674
4071,702
7473; 1882,36978.3
16, 6765,529
12, 949
Febru-ary
37, 5232,892
20, 0301,8359,944
6112,907
2414,642
205995149
3,911280
1,32694
53444
11, 1971,396
989154
4,580374
2,148110
1,177121
1,255143
10.9
2,382
16, 80881, 702
1,873
44, 9966,497
3,9835,221
182
6156,766
2756,2061,7003,3453,1632,1754,866
29, 4573,473
3, 59735, 617
10, 16578, 066
556, 913
31,11721, 534
1,446
3431,637
7963,1872,40878.8
16, 4285,575
12. 944
March
42, 3232,908
22, 4821,845
11, 260617
3,358241
5,225205
1,133148
4,962283
1,60394
643"45
14, 2081,4161,183
154
5,039374
2,352110
1,307121
1,380143
2,738
18, 68797, 868
4 2, 295
54, 0326,841
6,1056,427
373
1,3297,915
3775, 7411,3994,4974,3232,3966,310
32, 4753,562
4,13439, 827
11, 79188, 103
« 625, 174
40, 74025, 014
1,627
2411,576
8403,2092,44379.8
16,9135,719
13, 329
April
46, 3712,922
24,3691,853
12, 724624
3,651240
5,627205
1,348147
5,731287
1,93696
75145
17, 4521,4281,291
155
4,962377
2,330112
1,279121
1,353144
3,141
21, 862101, 259
2,188
52, 8675,817
6,0667,617
615
2,0169,220
6293,635
8563,6063,6742,7196,397
32, 6443,524
3,82837, 803
11, 56290, 646
671, 391
38, 63124, 3471,556
2331,507
7493,2522,43482.5
16, 9645,791
13, 581
1939
March
46, 1352,695
24, 5251,750
12, 567517
3,735234
5,308194
1,148111
5,141222
1,71283
61534
15, 9431,1821,199
139
5,027372
2,355112
1,284124
1,388136
7.1
2,870
18, 095111, 190
1,610
56, 0999,235
4,1917,975
610
1,4497,166
5476,5632,1733,8783,5802,3056,428
34, 3753,537
3,95938, 840
12, 62493, 937
523, 414
55, 42528, 131
1,942
1,0301,664
3512,8932,38271.5
16, 5835,976
13, 157
April
4 41, 6512,711
4 22, 0621,759
11, 368523
4 3, 158235
5,063194
4 1, 132112
4,421226
1,58886
4 56736
4 14, 9284 1, 207
1,112142
4,944372
2,247112
1,359124
1,338136
6. 3
4 3, 271
21, 0724 107, 811
1,5504 55, 792
4 9, 813
6,0037,6441,268
1,4847,498
46244,2811,3863,1463,3402,9526,354
32, 3523,454
3,85138, 188
11,82590, 423
508, 672
47, 97926, 8031,873
9861,664
3432,9862,41073.3
16, 4515,875
13, 234
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March,1930
+9.6+0.5+8.4+0.4
+13.0+1.1+8.7-0.4+7.7
0 0+19.0-0.7
+15.5+1.4
+20.8+2.1
+16.80.0
+22.8+0.8+9.1+0.6
-1.5+0.8-0.9+18-2.1
0.0
-2.0+0.7
+14.7
+17.0+3.5
-4.7
-2.2-15.0
-0.6+18.5+64.9
+51.7+16.5
+66.8-36.7-38.8-19.8-15.0+13.5+1.4
+0.5-1.1
-7.4-5.1
-1.9+2.9+7.4
-5.2-2.7-4.4
-3.34 4
-10.8+1.3-0.4
-+3.4
+0.3+1.3+1.9
April,1930,from
April,1929
+11.3+7.8
+10.5+5.3
+11.9+19.3+15.6+2.1
+11.1+5.7
+19.1+31.3+29.6+27.0+21.9+11.6+32.5+25.0+16.9+18.3+16.1+9.2
+0.4+1.3+3.7
0.0-5.9-2.4
+1.1+5.9
-4.0
+3.7-6.1
+41.2
-5.2-40.7
+1.0-0.4
-51.5
+35.8+23.0
+0.8-15.1-38.2+14.6+10.0-7.9+0.7
+0.9+2.0
-0.6-1.0
-2.2+0.2
+32.0
-19.5-9.2
-16.9
-.76.4-9.4
+118.4+8.9+1.0
+12.6
+3.1-1.4+2.6
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THROUGH
APR. 30
1929
157, 650
83, 622
42, 728
12, 428
18, 872
3,961
16, 407
5,571
1,988
49, 265
4,035
19, 148
8,930
5,014
5,253
68, 172405, 861
5,790
214, 46938, 224
17, 96331, 9362,454
4,25324, 250
2,06825, 8028,254
13, 77613, 4279,591
22, 472
128, 33513, 783
14, 916147, 674
65, 793344, 901
1, 954, 736
204, 412107, 575
7,662
1930
160, 874
85, 289
! Perct,in-
crease(+)
1 or de-crease(-)
cumu-lative1930from1929
+2.0
+2.0
43, 280 +1. 3
12, 611
19, 696
4,447
18, 388
6,161
2,385
53, 468
4,402
19, 570
9,137
5,063
5,370
69, 768369, 702
8,345
199, 78227, 155
19, 50328, 3931,299
4,62429, 256
1,67622, 0385,558
14, 62513, 5929,751
22, 311
126, 77514, 120
15, 364151, 603
44, 784343, 408
2, 371, 876
145, 22096, 6186,303
+1.5
+4.4
+12.3
+12.1
+10.6
+20.0
+8.5
+9.1
+2.2
+2.3
+1.0
+2.2
+2.3-8.9
+44.1
-6.8-29.0
+8.6-11.1-47.1
+8.7+20. 6
-19.0-14.6-32.7+6.2+1.2+1.7-0.7
-1.2+2.4
+3.0+2.7
-31.9-0.4
+21.3
-29.0-10.2-17.7
4 Revised.
45
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulative^ shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
BANKING AND FINANCE— Continued
Brokers' loans, end of month:To N. Y. Stock Ex. members-
Total __*_ .mills, of dolls_.Ratio to market value per cent
By New York F. R. memberbanks mills, of dolls
Deposits, New York State savingsbanks, end of month mills, of dolls
Interest rates:Time loans, 90 days__ per cent--Call loans, renewal -.percent..Prime com. paper (4-6 mos.) per cent..Prime bankers' acceptances per cent-.N. Y. Fed. Res. Bank (redis.)___per cent--Federal land banks -_ - .percent..Intermediate credit banks per cent._
Public FinanceGovernment debt, gross, end of
month mills, of dolls _Customs receipts thous. of dolls _ _Total ordinary receipts thous. of dolls..Expenditures chargeable to
ordinary receipts thous. of dollsU. S. money in circulation:
Daily average mills, of dolls
Gold and SilverGold:
Domestic receipts at mint fine ounces..Rand output fine ouncesMonetary stock of U. S. —
daily average.. .. mills, of dolls _Imports thous. of dolls _ _Exports thous. of dolls
Silver:Production-
United States thous of fine ozCanada -thous. of fine oz__
Stocks, end of month-United States thous. of fine oz__Canada . thous. of fine oz _
Imports thous. of dollsExports . - _ - .thous. of dolls _Price at New York dolls, per fine oz__
Business FailuresLiabilities (United States) :
Total commercial .. .. --thous. of dollsManufacturers thous. of dollsTrade establishments. -thous. of dolls. .Agents and brokers thous. of dolls. _
Liabilities (Canada) thous. of dollsFirms (United States) :
Total commercial _ .numberManufacturers number..Trade establishments numberAgents and brokers number
Firms (Canada) numberBy groups:
M anuf act urers—Metals _ ... . -numberTextiles numberLumber number--Chemicals - - .numberPrinting and engraving number. .Foodstuffs -_ _ .number--Leather, etc -- _ .numberLiquors and tobacco number _ _Stone, clay, and glass number--All other number--
Traders—General stores .number .Foods and tobacco __ . numberClothing numberHousehold furniture number. _Chemicals and paints numberBooks and paper numberAll other .. number
Life Insurance(Association of Life Insurance Presidents)
Policies and certificates, new (44 companies) :Ordinary number of policiesIndustrial number of policiesGroup ._ number of certificatesTotal policies and certificates number _ _
Amount of new insurance (44 companies) :Ordinary thous of dollsIndustrial thous. of dollsGroup thous. of dollsTotal insurance thous. of dolls
1929
Decem-ber
3,9906.17
3,424
4,392
4.884.835.003.884.505.795.57
16, 30139, 298
742, 942
443, 191
4,943
82, 970851, 134
4, 3248,121
72, 547
4,5921,761
529827
4,4796,369.485
67, 46533, 26628, 5505,6493, 754
2,037559
1,344134259
5069
1121111281868
246
102386244209906
307
311,303868, 763120, 316
1, 300, 382
841, 215234, 046160, 514
1. 235. 775?
1930
January
3,9855.77
3,345
4,416
3.884.644.883.944.005.795.34
16, 42341, 278
151, 195
347, 351
4, 652
75, 955882, 801
4,28312, 9088,948
4,7531,716
5351,2444,7565, 892.450
61, 18519, 50029, 81411, 8716,174
2,759680
1,913166265
32106105141360183
10319
1364534373809711
399
254, 432802, 58543, 081
1, 100, 098
712, 855218, 02764, 313
995. 195
Febru-ary
4,1685.89
3,489
4,436
4.754.324.753.814.005.725.24
16, 46035, 935
138, 540
236, 742
4,556
72, 009818, 188
4,31960, 198
207
5, 1611,225
9771,1443, 9235,331.432
51, 32620, 72420, 9099,6937,539
2,262526
1,605131209
3658941117381343
252
943763662868810
385
267, 344783, 23534, 732
1, 085, 311
730, 735212, 81359, 930
1. 003. 478
March
4,6566.12
3,968
4,509
4.253.694.253.133.505.585.10
16, 39042, 610
674, 876
362, 221
4,533
73, 745889, 370
4, 39555, 768
290
4 4, 998* 1, 714
338496
4,8315, 818.417
56, 84619, 41424, 29313, 1393,549
2,347621
1,587139198
4281
111111642113
11293
1244133173079913
314
330, 337973, 67845, 913
1, 349, 928
884, 535264, 41573, 234
1. 222. 184
April
5,0636.72
4,274
4,507
4.134.003.882.943.505.584.98
16, 39441, 071
159, 053
414, 147
4,518
89, 694868, 606
4,44365, 539
107
4,7041, 705
356690
3,4694, 557.424
49, 05919, 66923, 427
5, 9642, 006
2, 1985341
1, 500:164177
426li
1069
1538'43
10246
1083862702778010
369
310, 009893, 01761, 996
1, 265, 022
839, 531241, 129113,514
1. 194. 174
11929
March
6,8049.75
5,562
4,466
7.889.105.885.385.005.105.36
17, 23755, 200
736, 816
273, 875
4,709
57, 765866, 529
4, 16626, 470
1,635
5,2231,569
1,274414
6,4357,814.563
36, 35615, 00117, 1904,1652,531
1,987512
1,349126183
4060
1031210441189
215
101429233257699
251
292, 2321, 045, 058
35, 9861, 373, 276
830, 244274, 82464, 813
1. 169. 881
April
6,7759.19
5,532
4,439
8.758.896.005.505.005.105.50
17, 19650, 404
173, 508
335, 643
4,679
65, 547872, 123
4,22624, 687
1, 594
5,4221,151
8671,0323, 9575,752.557
35, 27010, 42319, 1025,745
* 2, 434
2,021499
1,388134
4 144
3452871516481344
226
884462282527915
280
284, 055964, 17747, 028
1, 295, 260 !
793, 786256, 279
72, 2381.122.303
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE ( — )
April,1930,from
March,1930
+8.7+9.8
+7.7
0.0
-2.8+8.4-8.7-6.1
0.00.0
—2 4
0.0-3.6
+14.3
— 0 3
+21.6-2.3
+1.1+17.5-63.1
-5.9-0.5
+5.3+39.1-28.2-21. 7+1.7
-13.7+1.3-3.6
-54.6-43. 5
-6.3-14.0
K C
+is! o-10.6
0.0-24.7-4.5
-18.2-6.2-9.5
-63.60.0
-9.1-16.0
-12.9-6.5
-14.8-9.8
-19.2-23.1+17. 5
-6.2-8.3
+35.0-6.3
-5.1-8.8
+55.0-2.3
April,1930,fromApril,1929
—25.3-26.9
-22.7
+1 5
-52. 8-55.0—35.3—46 5-30.0+9.4
Q C
-4.7-18.5-8.3
+23.4
—3 4
+36.8-0.4
+5.1+165. 5-93.3
-13.2+48.1
-58.9-33.1-12.3-20.8-23.9
+39.1+88.7+22.6+3.8
-17.6
+8.8+7.0+8.1
+22.4+22.9
+23.5+17.3+21.8-40.0-6.2
-20.8-69.2-25.0
+150. 0+8.8
+22.7-13.5+18.4+9.9+1.3,
-33.3+31.8
+9.l'-7.4
+31.8-2.3
+5.8-5.9
+57.14-6.4
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THROUGH
APR. 30
1929
199, 8041, 233, 007
1, 166, 607
247, 0083, 430, 388
126, 6476,032
20, 4445,591
23, 11028, 425
159, 53954, 00586, 20719, 3299,940
8,5082,1035,884
521719
144241370
4466
178582832
942
4161,7981,0581,149
26554
1,144
1, 035, 7943, 952, 862
167, 7945, 156, 450
2,967,4151, 027, 880
294, 2954. 289. 5QO
1930
Perct.in-
crease(+)
or de-crease(-)
cumu-lative1930from1929
160, 8941, 123, 664
1, 360, 461
311,4033, 458, 965
194, 4139,552
19, 6166,360
16, 97921, 598
218, 41679, 30798, 44340, 66719, 268
9,5662,3616,605
600849
1523064164561
178461334
1,110
4621,6281,3901,250
36444
1,467
1, 162, 1223, 452, 515
185, 7224, 800, 359
3, 167, 656936, 384310, 991
4. 41 5 031
-19.5-8.9
+16.6
+26.1+0.8
+53. 5+58.4
4 1+13.8
-26.5-24.0
+36. 9+46.9+14.2
+110. 4+93.8
+12.4+12.3+12.3+15. 2+18.1
+5.6+27.0+12.4+2.3-7.6
0.0-20.7-53.6+6.3
+17.8
+11.1-9.5
+31.4+8.8
+37.4-18.5+28.2
+12.2-12.7+10.7-6.9
+6.7-8.9+5.74-2.9
4 Revised.
46
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, ff Survey"
BANKING AND FINANCE— Continued
Life Insurance— Continued
(Asssociation of Life Insurance Presidents)—Continued
Premium collections (44 companies) :Ordinary thous of dollsIndustrial thous. of dollsGroup thous of dollsAnnuities ... . - thous. of dolls ._Total thous. of dolls
Admitted life insurance assets (40 companies):Grand total mills, of dollsMortgage loans —
Total ... mills, of dolls ._Farm mills, of dollsAll other mills, of dolls..
Bonds and stocks (book value):Total mills, of dolls..Government nulls, of dollsRailroad mills, of dollsPublic utilitv. .mills, of dolls..All other mills, of dolls
Policy loans andpremium notes mills, of dolls
(Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau}
Sales of ordinary life insurance:United States total thous. of dolls
Eastern manuf. dis thous. of dolls ._Western manuf. dis thous. of dolls. _Western agric. district.thous. of dolls_.Southern district thous. of dolls. _Far western district _ _ .thous. of dolls..
Canada total, 15 companies -thous. of dolls..
Dividend and Interest Payments
Grand total thous. of dollsInterest payments thous. of dolls..Dividend payments:
Total ... thous . of dollsIndustrial and inisc thous. of dollsSteam railroads thous. of dollsStreet railways thous. of dolls..
New Security Issues
Foreign loans in the U S thous of dollsForeign governments thous. of dollsCorporation, total thous. of dolls. _
Purpose of issue —New capital thous. of dolls. .Refunding thous. of dolls
Type of security —Stocks thous. of dolls..Bonds and notes thous. of dolls..
Class of industry —Railroads thous. of dolls. .Public utilities thous. of dolls..Industrials thous. of dolls. _Oil thous. of dolls..Land and buildings thous. of dolls..Shipping and misc thous. of dolls..
States and municipalities:Permanent loans thous. of dolls..Temporary loans thous. of dolls. .
Bond sales (Canada):Govt. and provincial .. thous. of dollsMunicipal . ... thous. of dolls .Corporation thous. of dolls
Tax-exempt securities outstand-ing, end of month mills, of dolls
Agricultural Finances
Loans outstanding, end mo.:Federal farm loan banks.. _ thous. of dolls..Joint-stock land banks..... thous. of dolls..Federal intermediate credit
banks thous. of dolls
Stocks and Bonds
Stock prices, average daily closing:25 industrials, average dolls, per share. .25 railroads, average dolls, per share. .Southern cotton mills dolls, per share. .103 stocks, average dolls, per share--
Stock prices, average weekly closing:Industrials, rails, and utilities
(402) .. rel. to 1926All industrials (335) rel. to 1926..All railroads (33) rel. to 1926..All utilities C34) re], to 3926..
1929
Decem-ber
190, 84497, 61910, 560
299, 023
14, 135
6,0481,5914, 457
5,2641,0532, 53911,319
353
1,842
915, 894350, 504211, 265143, 354110, 99499, 77755, 350
690, 947412, 447
278, 500215, 50038, 50014, 500]
58, 751
344, 946
261, 89183, 055
203, 594141, 352
133, 183150, 77920, 8974,900
12, 68322, 504
286, 51750, 624
33, 50028, -13931, 830
19, 040
1, 197, 282584, 824
76, 091
286. 95126. 8486. 7362.48
153. 81
146.9136.3200. 9
1930
January
164,92058,7119,669
4 14, 3904 247, 690
14, 238
6. 0821,5904. 492
5,3101,0582,5491,348
355
1,874
755, 821325, 695169, 279105, 57383, 22872,04646, 788
1, 120, 014557, 014
563, 000419, 00054, 50017, 500
75, 0004,000
702, 179
629, 08373, 096
126, 813575, 366
60, 483492, 00034; 595
2,27528, 19384, 634
103, 85196, 779
3,3587,773
15, 000
19, 061
1, 195, 787582, 062
77, 129
294. 78126. 2985.6365. 46
156. 3148.8136. 5208.7
Febru-ary
162, 94455, 6598,099
4 4, 6814 231, 383
14, 329
6,1001,5884. 512
5, 3441,0622,5541,367
361
1, 897
798, 709345, 320177,421107, 33586, 83681, 79745, 499
517, 054224, 154
292, 900220, 00045, 2009,700
101, 00040, 000
496, 209
468, 57427, 635
156, 143340, 066
118, 225172, 445141,395
6, 50017, 72539, 119
80, 44081, 724
8,50012, 52135, 290
19, 173
1. 195, 735580, 148
77, 802
315. 25131. 9484.9066. 56
165.5155.9142.5230.6
March
183, 20565, 6058,343
4 5, 2494 262, 403
14, 444
6.1161,5774, 539
5,3841,0612,5541.389
380
1, 922
941, 801401, 432215, 909131, 34298, 39194, 72750, 327
608, 442280, 042
328, 400255, 00045, 500
7,900
162, 00026, 000
646, 326
630, 88915,437
123, 388522, 938
223, 013228, 48149, 93176, 00017,07551, 226
4 127, 0284 102, 040
4,16510, 82115. 975
< 19, 665
1, 194, 918577, 195
81, 184
328. 24131. 5582.2069.71
172.4163.0143.2242.1
April
174,28053, 9487,598
4 5, 4544 241, 280
14, 543
6,1401,5764,564
5, 4201,0652,5721.398
385
1,942
897, 871370, 797201, 268131, 63599, 92894, 24352, 708
744, 881419, 681
325, 200243, 00040, 00010, 700
165, 000121, 675679, 703
628, 44451, 259
261, 380418, 323
178, 662130, 777169, 22963, 74264, 54172, 752
141,12315,030
19, 8208,861
25. 400
19, 778
1, 194, 324574, 392
89, 507
349. 46131.1880.7064.66
181.0170.8141.7263. 7
1929
March
175, 64556, 159
7, 515
239, 319
13, 173
5, 6751,5974.078
| 5, 0071,0042,4721,247
284
1, 587
896, 333385, 309207, 017122, 06297, 42184, 52449, 406
528, 970264, 170
264, 800204, 50039, 3007,800
179,69110, 000
940, 780
882, 453i 58, 327
565, 389: 375, 391
21, 500316, 262215, 35011, 59477, 314
289, 395
109, 05655,411
i 5," 44447, 326
17, 221
! 1,202,571604, 294
80, 706
i 355. 10129. 3098.1083. 61
189.1196.0140.4203.7
April
172, 28255, 7688,336
236, 386
13, 269
5,7101,5974,113
5,0371,0172,4771,251
292
1,608
862, 578355, 180196, 585125, 98898, 24686, 57953, 333
4 678, 800398, 100
4 280, 7004 208, 000
4 34, 2004 10, 500
i
12, 457
4 720, 8294 586, 657
134, 1724 433, 307
287, 522
159, 7834 127, 311
145, 11835, 26733, 952
4 202, 572
87, 343105, 141
10, 0001,4202,485
17,329
1, 203, 724602, 421
77, 609
357. 70128. 4998. 0081. 55l
186. 6193.4!138. 3201.4
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March,1930
-4.9-17.8
8 9+3.9-8.0
+0.7
+0.4-0.1+0.6
+0.7+0.4+0.7+0.6+1.3
+1.0
-4.7-7.6-6.8+0.2+1.6-0.5+4.7
+22.4+49.9
-1.0-4.7
-12.1+35.4
+1.9+368. 0
+5.2
-0.4j +232. 1
+ 111.8-20.0
-19.9-42. 8
! +238.9-16.1
+278.0+42.0
+11.1! -85. 3
+375. 9-18.1+59.0
+0.6
0.0-0.5
+10.3
+6.5-0.3
-\.l
+5.0+4.8-1.0-1-8.9
April,1930,fromApril,
1929
+1.2-3.3-8.9
+2.1
+9.6
+7.5-1.3
+11.0
+7.6+4.7+3.8
+11.8+31.8
+20.8
+4.1+4.4+2.4+4.5+1.7+8.9-1.2
+9.7+5.4
+15.9+16.8+17.0+1.9
-5.7
-6l'.8
-39.7+45.5
+11.8+2.7
+ 16.6+80.7+90.1-64.1
+6.6-85.4
+98.2+524. 0
+ 14.1
-0.8-4.7
+15 3
'-2.3+2.1
-17.7-20.7
-3.0-11.7+2.5
-4-30. 9
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 2 THROUGH
APR. 4,
1929
669, 424217, 68942, 449
929, 562
1930
685, 349233, 92333, 709
4 29, 774982, 756
i
|
3, 222, 9151, 372, 729
744, 115449, 054348, 975308, 042201, 279
2, 572, 5451, 377, 645
1, 312, 300881, 800156, 60043, 400
i 276, 73735, 750
3, 608, 061
3, 150, 621457, 440
2, 305, 055; 1, 303, 006
254, 591I 871, 6581 760, 770
77, 528298, 524
1, 291, 960
i 358, 503346, 976
16, 41730, 92391, 741
3, 394, 2021, 443, 244
763, 877475, 885368, 383342, 813195, 322
2, 990, 3911, 480, 891
1, 509, 5001, 137, 000
185, 20045, 800
503, 000191, 675
2, 524, 417
2, 356, 990167, 427
667, 7241, 856, 693
580, 3831, 023, 723
395, 150148, 517127, 534247, 731
452, 442295, 573
35, 84339, 97691, 665
| ;
I
Per ct.in-
crease(+)
or de-crease(-)
cumu-lative1930from1929
+2.4+7.5
-20.6
+5.7
+5.3+5.1+2.7+6.0+5.6
+11.3-3.0
+16.2+7.5
+15.0+28.9+18.3+5.5
+81.8+436. 2-30.0
-25.2-63.4
-71.0+43.2
+128.0+ 17.4-48.1+91.6-57.3-80.8
+26.2-14.8
+ 118.3+29. 3-0. 1
4 Revised.
47
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February, 1930, "Survey"
BANKING AND FINANCE-Contimied
Stocks and Bonds— Continued
Stock prices, average weekly closing— Contd.Automobiles and trucks (13)._rel. to 1926- .Automobile tires and rubber
goods (7) rel. to 1926..Airplane (10) _ rel. to 1926Agricultural implements (4)... rel. to 1926..Chain stores (17) rel. to 1926..Copper and brass (9) . . rel. to 1926- -Food, other than meat (20) rel. to 1926. .Machinery and machine equip-
ment (10) rel to 1926Oil producing and refining (16) rel. to 1926Railroad equipment (9) . rel. to 1926- -Rayon (5) rel. to 1926Steel and iron (9) rel. to 1926. .Textiles (30) rel to 1926Theaters, motion pictures, and
amusements (7) rel to 1926Tobacco and tobacco products
(10) rel. to 1926. .Traction, motor transportation,
etc (9) rel to 1926Stock yields:
Total common (90) per cent . .Industrials (50) per centPublic utilities (20) per cent . _Railroads (20) per cent
Preferred high grade industrial(20) per cent
Stock sales, N. Y. Stock Exch.thous. of shares--Bond sales:
Miscellaneous thous. of dolls. _Liberty-Treasury thous. of dolls. _Total thous. of dolls. .
Bond prices:Highest-grade rails.p. ct. of par. 4% bond--Second-grade rails p ct of par 4% bondPublic utility p. ct. of par 4% bondIndustrial p ct of par 4% bondComb, price index p ct of par 4% bond
Bond prices, 1st of following month:5 Liberty bonds p ct of par50 domestic bonds p, ct. of par_.40 representative issues p ct of par
Bond yields:Total, 60 high grade percent..Railroads (15) per cent. _Industrials (15) per cent--Utilities (15) per centMunicipal (15) per centMunicipal bond yield (20) per centU. S. Treasury notes and
certificates, 3-6 months per centLiberty and Treasury bonds per cent..
Long-term and real-estate bonds issued:Grand total _ thous. of dolls
Purpose of issue —Finance construction.. thous. of dolls ..Heal-estate mortgage. _ thous. of dolls. -Acquisitions and
improvements thous. of dolls. .Kind of structure —
Office and commercial -thous. of dolls. .Hotels thous. of dolls. .Apartments thous of dollsInterest rates per cent..
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
Europe:England dolls, per £ sterling ..France dolls per francItaly dolls, per lira. ..Belgium dolls, per franc. .Netherlands dolls, per guilder__Sweden dolls, per kroneSwitzerland dolls, per franc. .
Asia:Japan dolls, per yen,_India dolls, per rupee..
America:Canada dolls per Canadian dollArgentina dolls per gold pesoBrazil dolls per milreisChile .. - _ -dolls, per paper peso _
1929
Decem-ber
133.6
99.6360.2276.0106.1196.0144.1
142. 5131.9123.796.7
169.976.6
88.6
135. 0
75.2
4.484.833.085.01
5.5483, 862
262, 17415, 361
277, 535
89.1882.6673.4175.2679. 65
103. 7697.8188.40
4.644.505.034.804.224.23
3.033.46
8, 100
4,530215
300
1,530
3," 0906.16
4.88.039.052. 140.404.270.194
.490
.364
.991
.930, 113.121
1930
January
135. 0
95.9363.3296.0102.3192. 8146.0
145.6128.8124. 191.2
177. 178.3
96. 0
139.3
78.4
4.381 4.75
2.915.03
5.5362, 308
i 201, 4007,975
209, 375
89.521 82. 39| 73. 45
74.4979.44
1 103. 0897.90
i 89. 74
1 4.64! 4.51
5. 044.79
! 4.234.29
i 3. 39| 3. 51
23, 363! 17, 500
2, 075
750
! 17, 225690
! 235i 6. 10
! 4.87! .039i .052
. 139
.402
.269
.194
.491
.363
.989
.913
.111
. 121
Febru-ary
145. 0
103.7413.8329.1100.2193.3150. 6
154.4127. 5127. 986.1
187.885.0
121.2
152. 3
82.4
4.144.532.644.80
5.5268, 723
195, 0468,136
203, 182
88.8182.6674.1074.5979.58
103. 8798.1690.88
4.654.535.024.794.244.27
3.363.50
15, 290
3,0503, 205
200
8,800
6.01
4.86.039.052.139.401.268.193
.491
.362
,992.865.112. 120
March
154.9
111. 1536.8346. 599.9
192.8153.4
161.4140.6126.484.5
191.984.7
135.5
159. 6
85. 7
3.994.362.554.78
5.4896, 552
335, 93415, 222
351, 156
90.5284.7375.6376.0681.27
104.5399.2093.88
4.554.434.954.714.12
4 4. 15
2.953.40
11, 350
4,7401,360
850
5, 130
3856.00
4. 86.039.052.139.401.269.194
.493
. 361
.998
.856,115.121
April
162.0
111.1647.1393.9101.1174.3159.9
172.9155. 7119.888.0
196.883.2
151. 5
157. 8
85. 0
3.784.132.344.84
5.46126, 910
264, 8989,731
274, 629
89.8184.3275.7676.6481.23
104.1698. 87191.97
4.544.474.914.694.114.17
3.003.46
27, 435
8,295180
5, 000
7,685110
5, 0006.13
4.86.039.052. 140.402.269.194
.494
.361
1. 000.886. 117. 121
1939
March
284.2
209.8905.1395.0149.6329.3173.9
167. 2141.4144.3143.7186.6136.2
146.2
142.5
97.4
3.313.282.594.62
5.44105, 662
201, 56612, 149
213, 715
87.8779.1377.6877.4980.34
100. 1497.43
4.694.595.024.814.324.34
4.603.76
68, 431
23, 25031, 663
9,280
22, 340375
1,3755.87
4.85.039.052. 139.401.267. 192
.445
.364
.994
.956
.118
. 121
April
277.6
200.3923.0389.5148.7294.0171.4
163.1147.6142.4143.2190.8131.5
135. 8
136.4
90.4
3.353.322.654.68
5.4582, 600
205, 6499,970
215, 619
88.0579.2776.1977.4780.00
101. 7598.25
4.694.595.024.854.294.25
4.803.67
21,711
12, 9624, 529
2,000
5,3907,8101, 7225,90
4.85.039.052. 139.401.267.193
.446
.363
.992
.956
.118
. 121
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE ( — )
April,1930,from
March,1930
+4.6
0.0+20.5+13.7+1.2-9.6+4.2
+7.1+10.7
— 5.2+4.1+2.6-1.8
+11.8
-1.1
-0.8
-5.3-5.3-8.2+1.3
-0.4+31.4
-21.1-36.1-21.8
-0.8-0.5+0.2+0.8
0.0
-0.4-0.3-2.0
-0.2+0.9-0.8-0.4
0 2+0.5
+ 1.7+1.8
+141.7
+75. 0-86.8
+488. 2
+49.8
+2.2
0.00.00.0
+0.7+0.2
0.00.0
+0.20.0
+0.2+3. 5+1.7
0.0
April,1930,fromApril,1929
-41.6
-44.5-29.9+1.1
-32.0-40.7-6.7
+6.0+5.5
-15.9-38.5+3.1
-36.7
+11.6
+15. 7
-6.0
+12.8+24.4-11.7+3.4
+0.2+53.6
+28.8-2.4
+27.4
+2.0+6.4-0.6-1.1+1.5
+2.4+0.6
-3.2-2.6-2.2-3.3
4.2-1.9
-37.5-5.7
+26.4
-36.0-96.0
+150. 0
+42.6-98.6
+190. 4+3.9
+0.20.00.0
+0.7+0.2+0.7+0.5
+10.8-0.6
+0.8-7.3-0.8
0.0
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 2 THROUGH
APR. 2,
1929
377, 035
817, 08945, 395
862, 484
1930
354, 493
997, 27841, 064
1, 038, 342
i
|
185, 256
58, 76755, 261
40, 350
46, 96510, 4608,182
77, 438
33, 5856,820
6,800
38, 840800
5,620
Per ct.in-
crease(-yor de-crease(-)
cumu-lative1930from1929
-6.0
+22.1-9.5
+20.4
-58.2
-42.9-87.7
-83.1
-17.3-92.4-31.3
1 Revised.
48
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued
The cumulatives shown are through Feb-ruary. Earlier data for items shownhere may be found on pages 27 to 138of the February , 1930, "Survey"
U. S. FOREIGN TRADE
Imports
Grand total .. thous. of dollsBy grand divisions:
Europe-Total -. thous. of dollsFrance thous of dollsGermany thous. of dollsItaly thous of dollsUnited Kingdom thous. of dolls
North America-Total thous of dollsCanada - . thous. of dolls
South America-Total thous. of dollsArgentina. _ _ _ thous. of dolsl
Asia and Oceania-Total thous. of dollsJapan thous of dolls
Africa, total thous. of dollsBy economic classes:
Crude materials thous. of dollsFoodstuffs, crude, and
food animals. ._ . __ _ thous. of dolls ._Manufactured foodstuffs, -thous. of dolls ._Semimanufactures thous of dollsFinished manufactures thous. of dolls..
Exports
Grand total, includingreexports thous. of dolls..
By grand division:Europe-
Total thous. of dollsFrance - _ ___thous. of dolls _Germany thous of dollsItaly _ thous. of dollsUnited Kingdom thous of dolls
North America-Total thous. of dollsCanada thous. of dolls
South America-Total thous. of dollsArgentina. _ _ -thous. of dolls _
Asia and Oceania —Total _ thous. of dollsJapan thous. of dolls..
Africa, total thous. of dollsBy economic classes:
Total domestic exports only.thous. of dolls. _Crude materials . _-. thous. of dolls..Foodstuffs, crude and
food animals thous. of dollsManufactured foodstuffs ___thous. of dolls..Semimanufactures thous. of dollsFinished manufactures thous. of dolls..
Agricultural exports (quantities):All commodities rel. to 1910-1914All commodities except
cotton _ rel. to 1910-1914..
CANADIAN FOREIGN TRADE
Total trade:Imports. _ . _ thous. of dolls _Exports thous. of dolls
1929
Decem-ber
309, 809
86, 56211, 08115,1649,030
18, 131
66, 39337, 637
49, 0999,507
101, 29639, 4137,223
115, 631
41, 24924, 38957, 82670, 713
426, 596
211, 84625, 83841, 03814, 50677, 917
93, 95957, 003
38, 61815, 681
72, 54027, 4429,633
420, 578125, 995
17, 36341, 36354, 443
181,414
130
129
84, 36590, 477
1930
January
310, 968
88, 78310, 83117, 6677,770
18, 163
68, 78437, 394
44, 0356,572
97, 71231, 10611, 653
109, 026
39, 37523, 93368, 02270, 613
411,314
207, 20925, 21631,39111, 39079, 351
88, 91154, 162
37, 48113, 919
67, 35723, 99710, 357
* 404, 377103, 907
17, 71139, 83950, 784
192, 136
113
123
84, 91075, 369
Febru-ary
281, 707
84, 61610, 44216, 0296,685
20, 014
61, 49433, 289
46, 4889,453
83, 47128, 1105,721
98, 581
39, 39420, 414
4 59, 03464, 288
348, 962
169, 28220, 87721, 99711,11659, 442
90, 50757, 696
28, 23610, 638
51, 99515, 0188,943
4 342, 9644 67, 711
13, 25333, 520
4 45, 3044 183, 176
79
105
80, 92268, 149
March
4 300, 469
87, 7269,852
18, 6636,821
21, 194
70, 63638, 431
48, 66912, 175
87, 15423, 2056,280
4 101, 685
40, 1364 26, 9334 62, 6924 69, 023
4 369, 624
174, 76421, 39627, 12910, 51858, 076
100, 35966, 565
31, 29211, 637
53, 73015, 6379,479
4 363, 1684 70, 429
9,3254 34, 3734 49, 106
4 199, 936
82
98
113, 02691, 692
April
307, 927
105, 686
38, 56531, 11061, 78770, 779
334, 000
_.
.
326, 65252, 421
9,45727, 71947, 689
189, 366
65
83
71, 40252, 508
1929
March
383, 818
109, 83914, 52220, 7938,518
31, 458
92, 25339, 938
60, 71612, 679
110, 47036, 02010, 541
138, 645
48, 94344, 33070, 52581, 375
489, 849
211,89424, 62132, 98415, 05775, 659
130, 69690,634
53, 05419, 122
79, 80923, 08614, 395
481, 71086, 458
21, 63243, 01566, 890
263, 715
102
129
135, 287117, 520
April
410, 666
113, 94211, 43224, 4269,819
29, 978
93, 63940, 395
61, 28413, 063
124, 50028, 81917, 300
146, 932
52, 17245, 91982, 26483, 379
425, 264
172, 18819, 44426, 53713, 06559, 289
128, 03891, 928
44, 38415, 874
69, 49820, 57911, 156
418, 05171, 255
15*81037, 44765, 413
228, 126
86
112
97, 51767, 154
PER CENT IN-CREASE (+) ORDECREASE (— )
April,1930,from
March,1930
+2.5
+3.9
-3.9+15.5-1.4+2.5
-9.6
-10.1-25.6
+1.4-19.4-2.9-5.3
-20.7
-15.3
-36.8-42.7
April,1930,from
April,1929
-25.0
-28.1
-26.1-32.3-24.9-15.1
-21.5
-21.9-26.4
-40.2-26.0-27.1-17.0
-24.4
-25.9
-26.8-21.8
CUMULATIVE TOTALFROM JAN. 1 THROUGH
APR. 30
1939
1, 532, 823
3 321, 2953 42, 0123 61, 6403 25, 8123 84, 486
3 254, 4603 118, 9723 178, 776
3 32, 7023 339, 1053 106, 602
3 28, 521
565, 620
198, 980155, 785293, 250319, 187
1, 844, 887
3 647, 6693 75, 297
3 108, 4823 43, 764
3 235, 658
3 348, 2803 232, 3233 158, 078
3 57, 886
3 230, 3933 71, 6723 35, 202
1, 814, 674370, 655
91, 190167, 626260, 968924, 237
426, 805365, 782
1930
1, 201, 072
3 261, 125J3 31, 1253 52, 359J3 21, 276!3 59, 371|
13 200, 9143 109, 114i3 139, 192i
3 28, 200;3 268, 337
3 82, 421!3 23, 654
414, 978^
157, 470102, 391251, 534274, 699|
1, 463, 9001
3 551, 2553 67, 4893 80, 517!3 33, 024
3 196, 869;3 279, 7773 178, 423;
3 97, 0093 36, 194!
3 173, 0823 54, 652!3 28, 779
1, 437, 160294, 468;
49, 745135,451!192, 883764, 613j
350, 260287, 718
Perct.in-
crease(+)
or de-crease(-)
cumu-lative1930from1929
-21.6
-18.7-25.9-15.1-17.6-19.7
-21.0-8.3
-22.1-13.8
^20.9-22.7-17.1
-26.6
-20.9-34.3
14 2-13.9
-20.7
-14.9-10.4
25 s-24'. 5-16.5
-19.7-23.2
-38.6-37.5
24 9-23.7-18.2
-20.8-20.6
-45.4-19.2-26.1-17.3
-17.9-21.3
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