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NOTE.—Detailed tables covering all items arc<br />
given in this number. Consult indei at end<br />
<strong>of</strong> bulletin.<br />
In nuinu cases April figures are now<br />
available and may be found in the special<br />
table on page 30.<br />
GLASS AND OPTICAL GOODS<br />
Illuminating glassware: •<br />
Net orders... per ct. <strong>of</strong> capacity_<br />
Actual production per ct. <strong>of</strong> capacity.<br />
Shipments billed per ct. <strong>of</strong> capacity.,<br />
Bpeetnclo frames and mountings:<br />
Sales (shipments) index number-<br />
Unfilled orders (value) Index number.<br />
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION<br />
Building Costs<br />
Building materials:<br />
Frame house, 6-rooxn» index number-,<br />
Brick house, 6-room * index number..<br />
Building costs (Engineering News<br />
Record), 1st <strong>of</strong> fol'g mo index number.<br />
Concrete factory costs (Aberthaw),<br />
1st <strong>of</strong> fol'K mo index number..<br />
Plumbing fixtures, 6 articles...index number.<br />
Construction and Losses<br />
Building volume .^.index number..<br />
Contracts awarded (27 States):<br />
<strong>Business</strong> buildings, thotis. <strong>of</strong> sq. ft..<br />
Industrial buildings thous. <strong>of</strong> sq. It-.<br />
Residential buildings thous. <strong>of</strong> sq. ft..<br />
Educational buildings thous. <strong>of</strong> sq. ft..<br />
Other public and semipublic<br />
buildings » thous. <strong>of</strong> sq. ft..<br />
Grand total thous, <strong>of</strong> sq, ft,.<br />
Contracts awarded, value (27 States):<br />
<strong>Business</strong> buildings thous. <strong>of</strong> dolls..<br />
Industrial buildings thous. <strong>of</strong> dolls..<br />
Residential buildings thous. <strong>of</strong> dolls..<br />
Educational buildings thous. <strong>of</strong> dolls..<br />
Other public and semipublic<br />
buildings ». _ thous. <strong>of</strong> dolls..<br />
Grand total thous. <strong>of</strong> dolls..<br />
Fire losses:<br />
United States and Canada.thous. <strong>of</strong> dolls..<br />
_ ,. Lumber<br />
Southern pine:<br />
Production (computed) M ft. b. m..<br />
Shipments (computed) Mft. b. m_.<br />
Orders (computed) M ft. b. m_.<br />
Stocks;, end <strong>of</strong> mo. (computed).M ft. b. m__<br />
Exports. Mft. b. m..<br />
Fnee, "B" and<br />
better. dolt, per M ft. b.<br />
Douglas fir:<br />
Production (computed) M ft. b. m..<br />
Shipments (computed) M ft. b. rru.<br />
-Exports, lumber M ft. b. m._<br />
Exports, timber M ft. b. m..<br />
Price No.l common.dolls, per M ft b. m..<br />
California redwood:<br />
Production Ccomputod) M ft. b. rru.<br />
Shipments (computed)-. M ft. b. m..<br />
Orders received (computed)..Rt ft. b.<br />
California white pine:<br />
Production M ft. b. m..<br />
Shipments- ^M ft. b. m..<br />
Xfl £*«*« -..Mft. b. m..<br />
•Michigan s<strong>of</strong>twood:<br />
Production M ft. b. m..<br />
Shipments M ft, b. m..<br />
Stocks, end <strong>of</strong> month M ft. b. m._<br />
Michigan hardwood:<br />
Production Mft. b. m_.<br />
Shipments M ft. b. m_.<br />
Stocks, end <strong>of</strong> month M ft. b. m-<br />
Western pine;<br />
Production computed) M ft b. nu.<br />
Shipments (computed) M ft. b. m__<br />
V. K 0 *^ e "tl <strong>of</strong> mo. (computed) .M ft. b.m..<br />
North Carolina pine:<br />
Production (computed) M ft. b. m.«<br />
Shipments (computed) M ft. b. m_<br />
r*ovthern pine:<br />
Lumber-<br />
Production M ft b. m._<br />
Shipments M ft. b. m..<br />
JLath—<br />
45<br />
TREND OF BUSINESS MOVEMENTS—Continued<br />
Peb.<br />
61.3<br />
52.7<br />
57. J<br />
7,961<br />
3,787<br />
28,037<br />
4,838<br />
3,152<br />
48,030<br />
40,550<br />
37,057<br />
129,795<br />
26,735<br />
19.825<br />
259,284<br />
31,448<br />
447,954<br />
419,257<br />
384,638<br />
,094,418<br />
84,109<br />
44.54<br />
553,749<br />
528,081<br />
56,019<br />
61,870<br />
19, CO<br />
44,307<br />
38.847<br />
38,040<br />
37,163<br />
03,171<br />
523,127<br />
3,990<br />
4,705<br />
39,185<br />
13,261<br />
11,723<br />
68,033<br />
102,830<br />
141,009<br />
029,473<br />
40,784<br />
52, 32o<br />
36,317<br />
40,406<br />
NUMERICAL DATA<br />
Mar.<br />
10,000<br />
4,225<br />
44,389<br />
4,015<br />
4,893<br />
68,425<br />
58,600<br />
19,437<br />
200,089<br />
20,567<br />
34,859<br />
3S6,483<br />
28,406<br />
408,285<br />
435,417<br />
416,920<br />
,123,328<br />
69,859<br />
43.99<br />
518,832<br />
53S, 528<br />
60,576<br />
95,224<br />
18.50<br />
C2, 307<br />
49, Mb<br />
52,597<br />
55, I'll<br />
63, 883<br />
4(52,311<br />
5,320<br />
6,426<br />
41,870<br />
I5t 7S9<br />
13, SoO<br />
69,910<br />
145,594<br />
135,040<br />
896,957<br />
50,9S8<br />
48,482<br />
36,638<br />
49,903<br />
Corresponding<br />
month,<br />
February<br />
or Ma rub,<br />
1923<br />
&6S.9<br />
b55.7<br />
6 55.2<br />
fl,880<br />
7,673<br />
39,286<br />
4,092<br />
3,9*1<br />
64,920<br />
44,076<br />
37,034<br />
104,267<br />
22,550<br />
22,797<br />
333,518<br />
41,160<br />
480,960<br />
48U,923<br />
443,355<br />
1,107, 612<br />
60,482<br />
52,95<br />
NO, 10S<br />
41,058<br />
21,994<br />
21.50<br />
59, S44<br />
61, 790<br />
66,878<br />
39,463<br />
M1M<br />
333, .109<br />
5,981<br />
7,128<br />
63,490<br />
14,365<br />
16,901<br />
102,477<br />
124,188<br />
114,948<br />
737,489<br />
61,460<br />
68,110<br />
38,714<br />
52,720<br />
CUMULATIVE TOTAL<br />
FI1OV1 JANUARY 1<br />
THROUGH LATEST<br />
MONTH<br />
1923<br />
22,800<br />
17,179<br />
86,540<br />
10,237<br />
8,650<br />
145,478<br />
106,050<br />
86,496<br />
377,037<br />
58,564<br />
53,308<br />
780,789<br />
120,546<br />
1,343,650<br />
1,469,913<br />
1,549,444<br />
194,908<br />
1,343,601<br />
1,573,551<br />
110,253<br />
53,333<br />
140,744<br />
167,335<br />
193,958<br />
00,259<br />
353,510<br />
18,780<br />
19,504<br />
47,936<br />
47,761<br />
247,429<br />
390,216<br />
343,500<br />
160,160<br />
107,152<br />
145,331<br />
24,611<br />
11, 041<br />
107,119<br />
12,021<br />
10,258<br />
166,328<br />
133,218<br />
50,217<br />
494,405<br />
72,229<br />
69,583<br />
907,067<br />
101,098<br />
1,368,453<br />
1,351,752<br />
1,342,846<br />
209,292<br />
1,643,357<br />
1,541,199<br />
217,935<br />
233,943<br />
144.407<br />
124 369<br />
iai4iQ<br />
108", S90<br />
179,435<br />
13,784<br />
15,027<br />
41,680<br />
34,860<br />
322, 525<br />
403,887<br />
148,302<br />
151,487<br />
110,537<br />
138,031<br />
Per ct.<br />
incrmse<br />
crease<br />
C-)<br />
cumulative<br />
<strong>1924</strong><br />
from<br />
1923<br />
+7.9<br />
-35.7<br />
+23.8<br />
+17.5<br />
+18.5<br />
+14.3<br />
+25.0<br />
-35.0<br />
+31.1<br />
+23.3<br />
+30.5<br />
+10.2<br />
-16.1<br />
+1.8<br />
-8.0<br />
-13.3<br />
+7.4<br />
+14.9<br />
-2.1<br />
+97.7<br />
+338.0<br />
+3.3 ill<br />
-20.3 I<br />
-32.2<br />
+20,6 j<br />
+10.9<br />
-28.6<br />
-23.0<br />
-13.0<br />
-27.0<br />
+30,4<br />
+3.5<br />
+3.3<br />
-5.4<br />
+3.2<br />
-5.0<br />
BASE<br />
YEAH<br />
OR<br />
PERIOD<br />
»1922<br />
»1922<br />
>I922<br />
1913<br />
1919<br />
1913<br />
1913<br />
1913<br />
1914<br />
1913<br />
1913<br />
1019<br />
1919<br />
1919<br />
1919<br />
1919<br />
1919<br />
1919<br />
1919<br />
1919<br />
1919<br />
1619<br />
1919<br />
1919<br />
1917<br />
1917<br />
1917<br />
1917<br />
1919<br />
1013<br />
1917<br />
1917<br />
1919<br />
1922<br />
1913<br />
1918<br />
1018<br />
1918<br />
1918<br />
1918<br />
1918<br />
1917<br />
1917<br />
1917<br />
1917<br />
1917<br />
1917<br />
1917<br />
1917<br />
1920<br />
1919<br />
1919<br />
1920<br />
1920<br />
INDEX NUMBERS<br />
1112a<br />
Feb. Mar. Dec. Jan,<br />
8,809<br />
12,105<br />
8,905<br />
12,908<br />
10,607<br />
17, 241<br />
29,303<br />
30,845<br />
26.7S3<br />
34,179<br />
-8.6<br />
-7.2<br />
1920<br />
1920<br />
101<br />
171<br />
111<br />
271 90<br />
94<br />
143<br />
Production<br />
Production thousands..<br />
18,705 18,002 28,334 77,268 53,295 -31.0 1913 69 75<br />
*<br />
S<br />
»yuuw.iuii<br />
hK&thousands.. i t<br />
.*„. IU. It. D.<br />
19,130 19, 710 28,432 69,076 56,797 -17.8 1913 52 78<br />
Shipments U M ft. b.<br />
m.<br />
b<br />
February, 1923.<br />
M f b. m_<br />
• As <strong>of</strong> first <strong>of</strong> following month.<br />
•-Twelve months' average, <strong>May</strong> to April, inclusive.<br />
" Includes hospitals, public buildings, social, religious, and memorial buildings, formerly shrwn separately in the <strong>Survey</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Current</strong> <strong>Business</strong><br />
1&8<br />
lfii<br />
424<br />
86<br />
198<br />
201<br />
205<br />
182<br />
105<br />
76<br />
40<br />
112<br />
208<br />
12-4<br />
92<br />
64<br />
143<br />
222<br />
123<br />
107<br />
191<br />
94<br />
99<br />
103<br />
82<br />
221<br />
116<br />
149<br />
146<br />
97<br />
212<br />
117<br />
185<br />
208<br />
43<br />
139<br />
139<br />
33<br />
46<br />
50<br />
43<br />
47<br />
54<br />
106<br />
87<br />
120<br />
152<br />
84<br />
86<br />
Iftl<br />
143<br />
152<br />
536<br />
87<br />
209<br />
209<br />
214<br />
195<br />
107<br />
00<br />
195<br />
214<br />
177<br />
139<br />
130<br />
87<br />
232<br />
226<br />
157<br />
155<br />
184<br />
114<br />
111<br />
99<br />
81<br />
119<br />
230<br />
148<br />
182<br />
166<br />
153<br />
234<br />
160<br />
216<br />
233<br />
75<br />
176<br />
126<br />
35<br />
40<br />
60<br />
52<br />
54<br />
46<br />
114<br />
131<br />
84<br />
180<br />
00<br />
105<br />
110<br />
14 J<br />
127<br />
472<br />
204<br />
207<br />
2JS<br />
109<br />
m<br />
101<br />
80<br />
36<br />
151<br />
181<br />
83<br />
102<br />
110<br />
64<br />
193<br />
250.<br />
90<br />
125<br />
113<br />
89<br />
h7<br />
109.<br />
bl<br />
155<br />
183<br />
136<br />
132<br />
235<br />
691.<br />
190<br />
106<br />
110<br />
102.<br />
10-1<br />
176<br />
242<br />
34<br />
34<br />
44<br />
6S<br />
40<br />
38<br />
SI<br />
101<br />
119<br />
124<br />
112<br />
142<br />
113<br />
609<br />
201<br />
207<br />
220<br />
200<br />
183<br />
130<br />
72<br />
24<br />
172<br />
134<br />
08<br />
107<br />
101<br />
46<br />
224<br />
160<br />
103<br />
122<br />
184<br />
107<br />
112<br />
121<br />
78<br />
109<br />
192<br />
135<br />
147<br />
444<br />
CQ1<br />
212<br />
103<br />
130<br />
142<br />
32<br />
161<br />
178<br />
23<br />
22<br />
38<br />
46<br />
30<br />
31<br />
ns<br />
10G<br />
110<br />
139<br />
167<br />
Feb. Mar.<br />
225<br />
128<br />
86<br />
30<br />
i:w<br />
253<br />
140<br />
103<br />
120<br />
40<br />
183<br />
268<br />
137<br />
121<br />
140<br />
106<br />
93<br />
SO<br />
80<br />
165<br />
103<br />
159<br />
Itt4<br />
223<br />
361<br />
212<br />
118<br />
136<br />
132<br />
71<br />
198<br />
J99<br />
23<br />
27<br />
37<br />
-IS<br />
37<br />
93<br />
1U0<br />
220<br />
134<br />
1OH<br />
33<br />
220<br />
241<br />
218<br />
147<br />
173<br />
45<br />
21*1<br />
297<br />
241<br />
180<br />
127<br />
111<br />
09<br />
93<br />
82<br />
137<br />
191<br />
14ft<br />
167<br />
202<br />
663<br />
201<br />
100<br />
173<br />
183<br />
105<br />
200<br />
174<br />
31<br />
30<br />
39<br />
57<br />
44<br />
31<br />
133<br />
128<br />
149<br />
151<br />
HI<br />
100<br />
93<br />
204<br />
1\ r ct,<br />
in*<br />
«i tle-<br />
from<br />
1<br />
+0.5<br />
+ 1.U<br />
-2.2<br />
O.0<br />
0.0<br />
+4.7<br />
+23. G<br />
! II. 0<br />
+.w. 3<br />
-4.G<br />
+:>:». 2<br />
+42.4<br />
+44. .1<br />
+14.0<br />
+io.*6<br />
+7.5. 8<br />
+49.1<br />
4-4.fi<br />
4-3.8<br />
4 8.4<br />
+2.6<br />
—IO. a<br />
-1.2<br />
4-1.9<br />
-U.7<br />
4 40.6<br />
4-5i' 3<br />
^4S.4<br />
-M.I<br />
-12.5<br />
+36. G<br />
4-6.9<br />
4-19.1<br />
4 IS. 1<br />
4 2.8<br />
4-41.0<br />
-4.2<br />
-^ 2.4<br />
-7.3<br />
40.8<br />
4-7.5<br />
4-0.1<br />
+7.1<br />
-4.1<br />
+3.0
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