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EXPLANATION<br />
All index numbers are relative to 1919 as 100, except<br />
privet which are relative to 1919, and unfilled<br />
orders, which are relative to 1920.<br />
PRODUCTION—Continued<br />
FOREST PRODUCTS:<br />
Lumber<br />
PulpwoocL<br />
Gum (rosin and turpentine)<br />
Distilled wood :<br />
M ANUFACTUIUNQ *.<br />
Foodstuffs—<br />
Meats<br />
Wheat flour<br />
Sugar-_<br />
Ice cream<br />
Butter<br />
Cheese<br />
Condensed milk<br />
Glucose and starch<br />
Oleomargarine<br />
Rice Total<br />
Textiles-<br />
Cotton (consumption)<br />
Wool (consumption)<br />
Total<br />
Iron and steel—<br />
Pig iron<br />
Steel ingots ..<br />
Locomotives .<br />
Total -<br />
Lumber—<br />
Lumber<br />
Flooring Total -<br />
Leather—<br />
Sole leather<br />
Boots and shoes<br />
Total<br />
Paper and printing—<br />
Total<br />
Chemicals, etc.—<br />
Coke :<br />
Petroleum products..<br />
Cottonseed oil*<br />
Turpentine and rosin*<br />
Wood distillation<br />
Total<br />
Stone, clay, and glass—<br />
Brick<br />
Cement* ___<br />
Total<br />
Metals, excepting iron and steel—<br />
Copper smelting and refining<br />
Zinc smelting and refining.<br />
Enamel ware --<br />
Lead. TotaL- ~-<br />
Tobacco-<br />
Manufactured tobacco and<br />
snuff<br />
Cigars<br />
Cigarettes<br />
Total<br />
Miscellaneous—<br />
Shipbuilding<br />
Automobiles<br />
Rubber tires<br />
Prepared ro<strong>of</strong>ing<br />
Total<br />
Grand total, 65 commodities<br />
ELECTBICAL POWER -<br />
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (total) *__<br />
Maximum<br />
since Jan.<br />
1,1920<br />
133<br />
135<br />
267<br />
151<br />
135<br />
132<br />
126<br />
178<br />
260<br />
207<br />
169<br />
122<br />
135<br />
122<br />
233<br />
116<br />
127<br />
138<br />
130<br />
152<br />
149<br />
150<br />
147<br />
135<br />
232<br />
150<br />
95<br />
130<br />
115<br />
121<br />
140<br />
163<br />
188<br />
269<br />
118<br />
157<br />
124<br />
200<br />
126<br />
126<br />
130<br />
275<br />
156<br />
176<br />
119<br />
128<br />
147<br />
125<br />
79<br />
239<br />
221<br />
163<br />
145<br />
133<br />
153<br />
139<br />
33<br />
INDEX OF BUSINESS—Continued<br />
Minimum<br />
since Jan.<br />
1,1920<br />
59<br />
51<br />
20<br />
24<br />
61<br />
75<br />
64<br />
40<br />
41<br />
64<br />
41<br />
20<br />
38<br />
29<br />
35<br />
77<br />
60<br />
42<br />
54<br />
34<br />
33 9<br />
32<br />
59<br />
51<br />
57<br />
63<br />
82<br />
63<br />
69<br />
40<br />
96 4<br />
21<br />
21<br />
92<br />
53<br />
61<br />
69<br />
23<br />
38<br />
86<br />
79<br />
71<br />
50<br />
75<br />
64<br />
70<br />
2<br />
29<br />
20<br />
58<br />
37<br />
68<br />
08<br />
30<br />
i February<br />
98<br />
91<br />
64<br />
123<br />
96<br />
107<br />
S5<br />
1 105<br />
46<br />
97<br />
55<br />
!l 62<br />
99<br />
61<br />
92<br />
92<br />
115<br />
126<br />
119<br />
I 118<br />
l 123<br />
' 93<br />
! 121<br />
j 98<br />
178<br />
112<br />
i<br />
j 77<br />
110<br />
97<br />
• 100<br />
i 117<br />
| 140<br />
84<br />
67<br />
96<br />
124<br />
' 94<br />
! 121<br />
105<br />
1 76<br />
111<br />
190<br />
121<br />
] 133<br />
! 92<br />
; 86<br />
104<br />
94<br />
6<br />
168<br />
159<br />
94<br />
104<br />
109<br />
133<br />
89<br />
1933<br />
March<br />
124<br />
308<br />
04<br />
132<br />
120<br />
120<br />
Of)<br />
157<br />
71<br />
113<br />
72<br />
no<br />
07<br />
107<br />
107<br />
127<br />
130<br />
138<br />
144<br />
127<br />
145<br />
124<br />
221<br />
141<br />
91<br />
130<br />
lir,<br />
in<br />
1M<br />
153<br />
52<br />
07<br />
101<br />
131<br />
1)7<br />
14S<br />
us<br />
01<br />
127<br />
220<br />
144<br />
ir>7<br />
103<br />
08<br />
114<br />
105<br />
7<br />
216<br />
193<br />
M0<br />
131<br />
129<br />
146<br />
139<br />
December<br />
100<br />
102<br />
201<br />
98<br />
103<br />
132<br />
97<br />
61<br />
i 102<br />
162<br />
105<br />
02<br />
134<br />
1 106<br />
94<br />
99<br />
95<br />
115<br />
101<br />
148<br />
106<br />
100<br />
187<br />
115<br />
09<br />
82<br />
77<br />
103<br />
110<br />
168<br />
108<br />
204<br />
82<br />
150<br />
67<br />
149<br />
101<br />
99<br />
122<br />
223<br />
131<br />
156<br />
74<br />
83<br />
100 '<br />
88 1<br />
11<br />
184<br />
115<br />
98<br />
101<br />
s 105<br />
153<br />
102<br />
January<br />
108<br />
121<br />
94<br />
114<br />
108<br />
137<br />
99<br />
70<br />
1 56<br />
* 105<br />
»90<br />
1 68<br />
125<br />
72<br />
181<br />
3 111<br />
117<br />
117<br />
117<br />
119<br />
128<br />
68<br />
j 124<br />
108<br />
200<br />
124<br />
73<br />
I 96<br />
87<br />
115<br />
168<br />
102<br />
i 96<br />
93<br />
144<br />
79<br />
131<br />
101<br />
100<br />
130<br />
239<br />
130<br />
165<br />
108<br />
86<br />
141<br />
111<br />
3<br />
192<br />
115<br />
115<br />
101<br />
2 114<br />
160<br />
107<br />
1034<br />
February<br />
117<br />
1 105<br />
05<br />
106<br />
1 115<br />
118<br />
03<br />
131<br />
1 55<br />
> 10S<br />
1 05<br />
1 65<br />
132<br />
75<br />
152<br />
*105<br />
103<br />
110<br />
106<br />
121<br />
135<br />
44<br />
128<br />
117<br />
193<br />
131<br />
05<br />
07<br />
85<br />
114<br />
102<br />
84<br />
00<br />
91<br />
130<br />
87<br />
128<br />
104<br />
102<br />
115<br />
247<br />
141<br />
160<br />
100<br />
85<br />
110<br />
97<br />
1<br />
223<br />
155<br />
140<br />
123<br />
a 117<br />
140<br />
103<br />
M:»ivl»<br />
2 V>:\<br />
1 in<br />
47<br />
11 1<br />
1 is<br />
110<br />
<br />
140<br />
'07<br />
1 112<br />
1 Km<br />
'7K<br />
14 5<br />
1 05<br />
-105 •<br />
OS<br />
101<br />
00<br />
135<br />
14S<br />
50<br />
111<br />
122<br />
212<br />
04<br />
104<br />
SO<br />
lui<br />
124<br />
175<br />
58<br />
•JS<br />
91<br />
Ml<br />
00<br />
KVi<br />
1211<br />
07<br />
125<br />
282<br />
105<br />
1S3<br />
00<br />
ss<br />
no<br />
102<br />
0<br />
234<br />
171<br />
123<br />
132<br />
2 1215<br />
* Fluctuations between maximum and minimum largely due to seasonal variations.<br />
1 Estimated. a Partly estimated. *» January, 1920; no other figures for 1920 available<br />
95354°—24 3<br />
154<br />
147<br />
1<br />
Per Cf nt<br />
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decrease (—),<br />
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+7. 5<br />
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-us. a<br />
1 -11. s<br />
0.0<br />
-1.0<br />
1 —8. 2<br />
-0. 0<br />
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1 +0.0<br />
-KM. 1<br />
+ 10.2<br />
! + \. a<br />
' +0. 8<br />
i +5. a<br />
! -1.5<br />
I +7.2<br />
+1.7<br />
+1.0<br />
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-ao. 4<br />
0, 0<br />
+ 3. 7<br />
+ 1IV8<br />
+21. 1<br />
+ 18.3<br />
! -4. 0<br />
; +8.7<br />
+ 14. 2<br />
+ 17. 0<br />
+ 10. 2<br />
! -1.0<br />
+3. 5<br />
+ 8. 2<br />
1 +5. 2<br />
= +500. 0<br />
+4. 0<br />
j +10. 3<br />
! -12.1<br />
+7.3<br />
+5.1<br />
; +3.4<br />
+42. 7
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