Survey of Current Business May 1924

LEATHER GLOVES AND MITTENS COT (IN DOZEN PAIRS)
Dress and streci gloves, etc
Imported . „„
Domestic*., ....
Work gloves, mittens, etc
FEBBUARY, 1021
Men's
and
boys'
59,484
21,202
35t 222
146,801
Women's
and
childdren's
9,512
7,285
2,227
29G
PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS
Mon'S
and
boys'
MATtcn, iQ2i
CS, 807
32, 553
3f>, 309
144,850
Women's
and
ctailddren'a
10,218
8,655
1,563
131
Imports of mechanical wood pulp, although below the
inward movement of a year ago, were, in March, 28
per cent larger than in the previous month, while for
the first quarter of the current year imports aggregating
57,849 tons represented a decrease of 32 per cent
from the same period of 1923. Chemical pulp
imports, although larger than in March, 1923, recorded
a decrease of 30 per cent in March from the previous
month, while the total imported, during the first
quarter of 1924, amounting to 299,299 tons, recorded
an increase of 1 per cent over the first three months
of 1923.
The production of newsprint paper in March,
although below the output of the same month of last
year, registered an increase ovor February of about 1
per cent, while total production of newsprint during the
period ending March 31, amounting to 367,147 tons,
recorded a decline from the same quarter of 1923
amounting to 1 per cent. Shipments of newsprint
paper in general showed the same movement as production
both as respects the previous month and the first
quarter of 1923. Newsprint imports in March were
larger than cither the previous month or a year ago,
while for the quarter just closed the total inward
movement into this country of newsprint paper
amounted to 332,835 tons, representing an increase
of 8 per cent over the imports for the same period of
last year. Stocks of newsprint held at mills continued
to accumulate.
The total output of paper boxes in March recorded
an increase over both the previous month and the
same month a year ago, while for the first quarter of
1924 the paper-box output was 2 per cent higher than
in the same period of 1923. The operating time of
paper-box manufacturers was computed at 83 per cent
of normal, as against 78 per cent in February and 82
per cent a year ago, while prices of finished boxes in
March were about 10 per cent below those prevailing
a year ago.
BUTTONS
The productive activity of manufacturers of freshwater
pearl buttons increased from 43.5 per cent in
February to 44 per cent in March, which may be com-
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pared with 52.8 per cont for a yoar ago. Stocks of
buttons continued to decline, but at the end of March
wore about 6 per cent greater than ihoso held by
manufacturers a year ago.
BUILDING MATERIALS
Industrial construction costs in March, although
1 per cent below a year ago, showed no change from
the previous month, whilo tho general index of building
costs recorded a 1 per cent decline in March, bein 200
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Contracts awarded for building construction in 27
Northeastern States called for an expenditure of
§386,483,000, as against S259,2f>4,000 in February
and S333,518,000 a year ago. Residential construction
represented 53 per cent of the total awards in
March, as against 50 per cent in February and 49 per
cent in March, 1923, while the March lettings for
construction of business buildings represented 15 per
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