Survey of Current Business May 1924

YEAR AND MONTH
1919 monthly av__
1020 monthly av..
1921 monthly av..
1922 monthly av__
1923 monthly av
1923
January
February
March
April
May.....
Juno
July....
August.
September
October
November.
December
1923
January
February...,
March
April
May.
June.."..
July....
August..
September-
October
November
December
1924
January
February
March
April
May
June-..
July
August..
PRK-
PAKEI1
ROOF-
ING*
Shipments
Relative
to 1919
100
114
105
122
91
83
114
127
128
136
133
1G3
142
137
115
94
92
01
140
135
137
120
110
124
143
145
124
98
114
140
123
Production
of dry
felt
Stocks
Dry felt Total
ROOFING FELT
Relative to January, 1923
INDEX NUMBERS
>63
•84
112 95
89
00
103
100
112
110
95
104
07
111
100
93
91
101
101
122
79
84
89
102
137
162
110
82
67
77
106
97
86
105
115
95
118
114
105
81
81
87
101
106
124
124
Table 68,—ROOFING
[Base year In bold-faced type]
Receipts
Rags Paper Miscellaneous
«54
»7G
102
98
88
118
108
88
105
101
95
75
111
104
111
107
91
90
91
95
96
101
108
102
103
103
106
99
84
113
89
115
105
206
66
67
90
104
133
122
85.
74
71
197
138
PRE-
PARED
ROOF-
ING*
Shipments
Tliousands
of roof
squares <
2,070
2,360
2,182
2,541
1,959
1,723
2,300
2,649
2,6G0
2,829
2,766
3,397
2,956
2,847
2,396
1,960
1,903
1,952
2,917
2,814
2,853
2,486
2,279
2,582
3,076
3,008
2,585
2,043
2,380
2,915
2,560
Production
of dry
felt
Stocks
Dry felt Total
ROOFING FELT
Tons
NUMERICAL DATA
»9,016
* 12,055
1C,O7S 3,437 12,266
14,362
14, 495
17, 297
16,155
17,941
16,080
15,276
16,723
15,671
17,892
16,153
14,885
14,662
16,263
16,267
2,950
1,006
2,037
2,153
2,485
3,325
3,923
2,812
2,171
1,686
1,592
2,075
1,982
1,623
1,860
12,972
11,889
10,559
12,911
14,076
11,598
14,447
14,020
12,848
11,210
9,963
10,697
12, 385
13, 057
14,000
Receipts
Rags Paper Miscellaneous
1 8, 059
s 11, 473
15,407 5,355 1,130
1
Prepared roofing data compiled by the Prepared Hoofing Manufacturers' Association prorated tn inn not- «-««• r+u • , * , * • J/ m+rt on >r
>nt of the total machine activity, comprising all typos of asphalt saturated roll roofing-whether surfaced rSLt 2 f u ! lndust f ry ' f m "P"* 8 received from 60 to 90 per
le Felt Manufacturers' Association, including reports from 16 identical mills sunaced or not and all types of asphalt shingles; data on roofing felt from
* Represents reports from 11 mills.
Monthly data back to 1939 appeared in the September issue (No. 25) of the Surety of Current Bushm*
A roof square is equivalent to 100 square feet of covering as measured on the roof.
VfUTTCm isusmest
15,034
13, 514
18,254
1«, 589
13, 504
16,144
15, 501
14,608
11,021
17,104
15,960
17,056
16,438
14,003
13,808
6,650
5,548
5,649
5,919
6,338
5,983
6,042
6,036
5,179
6,228
5,789
4,890
6,602
5,225
6,716
1,187
2,331
746
640
1,019
1,179
1,507
1,374
965
840
799
1,053
2,229
1,556