Survey of Current Business May 1924

YEAR AND
MONTH
1921 mo.av.
1922 mo. av.
1923 mo. av.
1921
May
June.
July
August
September.
October
November.
December..
1923
January
February..
March
April
May
June
July
August
September.
October....
November..
December..,
1923
January
February. _.
March
April
May.....
June
July
August
September..
October
November..
December...
1921
January^...
February...
March
April
May....
June
July
August.
Table 11.—HOURLY ACTIVITY IN TEXTILE MACHINERY
Looms
WIDE NAK-
ROW
100
99
120
116
120
115
111
108
109
104
98
94
96
92
85
91
93
91
92
105
114
116
123
126
116
135
130
133
131
117
111
113
111
112
103
106
104
104
1OO
102
119
109
115
110
108
113
114
116
113
100
107
99
84
94
98
91
112
122
114
115
131
116
134
131
132
130
115
100
105
116
116
103
105
104
104
CAR-
PET
AND
11\:G
1OO
150
ICO
92
82
112
128
136
142
137
148
150
152
146
147
141
137
150
158
144
163
162
168
160
170
161
167
166
144
156
158
164
165
139
146
148
142
WOOL 3
Sets
of
cards
8
Relative to 1921
Spinning
spindles
WOOL-
EN
INDEX NUMBERS
100
124
138
112
115
111
110
110
115
110
102
105
118
124
121
125
127
123
124
128
131
131
132
133
133
145
378
142
147
132
130
131
130
130
122
122
132
138
1OO
102
109
111
108
08
102
110
112
105
111
108
109
92
82
89
91
105
119
3 125
3 116
M16
105
132
134
126
115
109
95
101
105
102
1OO
120
128
113
114
111
110
110
114
109
103
104
113
119
118
123
125
120
120
123
126
125
126
127
132
137
142
139
129
126
124
124
122
123
112
120
125
128
Won-
STED
1OO
96
112
109
114
105
108
113
112
107
105
105
101
80
84
81
87
103
115
114
120
116
117
125
134
120
116
110
100
101
100
101
91
04
90
C7
[Base year In bold-faced type]
COTTON
Total
spindle
hours
Per
spindle
in
phice
Kelative
to 1922
1OO
*09
1OO
107 106
95
100
100
103
92
101
8G
97
109
91
104
100
107
113
107
120
109
123
114
121
109
92
97
109
104
92
109
95
92
96
97
99
100
100
103
92
101
86
97
99
91
104
100
107
112
100
119
109
122
113
119
107
91
97
107
102
91
107
93
WIDE
68.8
68.4
82.5
80.1
82.5
79.2
76.7
74.2
75.1
71.3
67.1
64.8
65.0
63.1
58.4
62.4
63.8
62.8
63.6
72.4
78.6
8a 0
84. 5
80.7
79.7
92.9
89.5
91.3
90.1
80.7
76.3
77.6
76.7
77.0
71.2
72.8
71.4
71.4
Looms
NAK*
ROW
CAR-
PET
AND
WOOL TOTTOJV
Sets
of
cards
t Q
Spinning
ill
WOOL-
EN
Per cent of active hours to total reported
(13.0
65.3
76.1
69.9
73.7
70.6
69.0
72.5
73.0
74.3
72,2
68.0
68.1
&3.5
53.4
55.2
59.9
62. 5
58.3
71.3
77.7
72.7
73.3
83.7
74.3
85.7
83.7
84.4
83.0
73.8
63.8
67.4
73.9
71.1
65.9
67.3
6G.5
66.3
51.8
7G.9
82.0
44.1
47.1
42.1
57.4
65.5
69.9
72.7
70.3
76.1
76.9
78.2
74.8
75.5
72.1
7a 4
76.8
80.9
74.0
83.7
83.3
86.3
81.9
87.1
82.5
85.7
85.0
74.1
79.9
SO. 9
84.2
84.5
71.4
75.0
76.1
72.7
71.5
S8.8
98. C
80.2
82.1
79.4
78.9
79.0
82.0
78.8
72.9
75.4
84.4
88.4
80.2
89.7
91.0
88.2
88.8
91.3
93.8
93.7
94.4
95.1
95.0
3103.9
127. 3
101.4
105.4
94.2
93.2
94.0
92.7
93.3
87.4
87.1
94.5
93.9
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STK1>
NUMKRICA1, DATA
8SU
90.8
07.5
98. G
95.9
87.4
91.2
97.6
00. 5
03. 8
ot.»;
90.3
97.2
82.3
72.7
79.2
81.2
80.4
85.5
93.2
3 10G. t
3114.4
3 103. 8
103.0
93.3
117.9
119.8
112.6
102. 6
97.2
814
85.5
80.2
8o. 1
83.3
89.6
91. 0
90. G
80.4
92.1
61.4
SI.H
sao
78.8
79.1
81.7
78.1
74.4
74.6
81.6
85.9
81. 8
88.6
89.9
80.0
86.2
88.1
90.0
89.7
90.5
91.6
94.6
98.6
* 102.0
99.9
92.8
00.3
89.0
SS.9
88.0
b>>.7
80.7
S6.4
89.0
92.0
HI.11
78.0
01. (i
89.0
93.4
85.7
88. 5
02. 2
91.0
87.4
86.1
82.7
70.8
65.3
08. 5
G6.1
71.4
84.0
94.0
93.7
98.6
95.4
05.8
102.1
109.5
103.6
05.1
89.7
81.5
82.8
87.0
83.0
74.2
72.8
76.9
73.5
Total
spindle
hour;
Millions
of 1'ours
IVr
In
Hours i
I'rr
! Cl'Ii* of
* 7, :«o , i yoo t t «».u
7,7*2:5
8, L'SS
7,320
7, Tt\)
7, !>h\\
7, r.jsi»
7, 720
7,032
7, 120
7, 770
G, f.:if,
7,40.J
7, 640
7,045
8, 0:J3
7, 7fil
8,2S9
8,710
8,228
9, 2C0
8,449
9, 531
8,7S7
9, 309
8,38.1
7j:jr,
7, . r ,G. 8
ST. 3
02. 1
W. 0
00. 2
IOC. 2
10],.'
107.3
100. G
10\3
10'.'. 3
107.7
Oh. 7
87.3
8\ 7
03. 2
9:>. *
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