/ TEXAS BUSINESS REVIEW Bureau of Business Research The University of Texas Vol. XVIII, No. 7 August, 1944 F. A. Buechel, Editor. Entered •• second cl&1a matter on May 7, 1928, at the poll of!ic1 CHART Indexes of Business Activity in Texas ____________ _ LIST OF TABLES Agricultural Cash Income in Texas 3 Building Permits ______________________________________________________ ---------------------------­_______ 8 Carload Movement of Poultry and Eggs __ _ _______________________________________ 6 Cement __________ -------------------------------------------­_________ ---------------------------------------------­_____ 6 Charters ______ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------­------------­___________________ 3 Commercial Failures ___ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------­______ 8 Commodity Prices _ -------------------------------­--------------------------­----------------------------------­ 3 Cotton Balance Sheet _______________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------­ 6 Credit Ratios in Texas Retail Stores _ _____________________________________________________ 3 Dairy Products Manufactured in Plants in Texas _______________________________________ 6 Emplo yment and Pay Rolls in Texas -------------­ ---­--------------­ ---­ ---------------­ 4 Lumber ------­ ------------­ -----------­ ---­-­--­-­ 8 Percentage --­ --------­-----------------------­ 7 Petroleum ----------­---­--­ -----------------------­ - I Postal Receipts _ -------------------------------­ 8 Retail Sales of Independent Stores in Texas . 5 Retail Sales of In~ependent Stores in Texas by Di stricts 7 Shipments of Livestock___ ____ ___ _______________________________________________________ ___________ 5 TEN CENTS PF.R COPY ONF: DOLLAR PER YEAR ========================================-=---=:==============::=c~-~-~~~~=.::===== TEXAS BUSINESS REVIEW z INDEX OF AGRICULTURAL CASH INCOME I TEXAS TEXAS CHARTERS July, 1944 July, 1943 June, 1944 (Av. Mo. 1928--38 =100%) Domestic Corporations: Capitalization _________________ ___ ___________ $ 1,541 $1,671 $1,160 Cumulative Cash Income in Thousands of Dollars January-June Inclusive Number -------------------------------------------Classificati on of new corporations : 'Banking-Finance ---------------------------­'Manufacturing -------------------------------­Merchandising ---------------­---------------­Oil ---------------­-------------------------------­Public Service ------------------------------­Real Estate Building -------------------­Transportation -----------------------------­All Others -----------------------------­--------­ 58 1 8 20 6 4 5 5 9 66 9 14 9 3 0 25 0 6 56 1 6 13 4 0 4 2 26 Di1trict1 J uly, 1944 1-N ---­---­542.4 1-S ---------· 373.6 2 -------------­207.6 3 ------------­241.7 4 196.5 5 353.7 6 184.7 7 304.7 8 77.4 9 -------------­164.9 J une, 1944 201.5 463.6 342.4 351.0 227.4 345.9 230.3 230.8 322.4 259.4 July, 1943 202.0 368.8 182.6 208.5 184.5 494.4 172.7 246. 1 159.4 156.7 1944 76,353 40,417 43,966 28,114 64,523 30,173 20, 138 42,157 44,721 33,557 1943 67,792 39,855 39,651 21,612 51,894 27,685 28,095 40,330 39,973 30,702 Number capitalized at less than 10 43.2 118.0 29.7 17,551 20,776 $5,000 ------------­---------------­----­------­ 17 26 19 STATE ---· 255.6 284.1 193.0 520,315 463,527 Number capitalized at less than $100,000 or more___ __ ___________ _______ __ 5 2 2 NOTE: Farm cash income as computed by the Bureau understates actual form Foreign Corporatio ns (Number) ______ 13 14 20 cash income by that means of from six to ten per cent. This situation results from the fact securing complete local marketings, especially by truck, have not yet been fully developed. In aaddition, means have sot yet been developed *In thoueande. for comp uting cash in scatt ered areas income from all throughout the agricultural specialiities of local importance State. This situation, however, does n-01 NoTE: Compiled from records of the Secretary of State. impair the accuracy of the indexes to any appreciable extent. JULY CREDIT RATIOS IN TEXAS DEPARTMENT AND APPAREL STORES (Expressed in Per Cent ) Number Ratio of Ratio of Ratio of of Credit Salee Collectiona te Credit Salarlea Store~• to Net Sale1 Out1tanding1 to Credit SalH Re1tortinc 1944 1943 1944 1943 1944 1943 61 39.4 46.3 62.2 61.3 1.8 1.5 Stores Grouped by Cities: All Stores ---------------------------------­6 41.1 41.0 70.5 66.8 1.8 1.5 Austin -----------------------·----­ Bryan_______________________________________________ ____ _________________________ 3 36.6 40.4 85.6 97.7 1.0 0.9 3 36.8 32.1 53.5 79.6 1.8 1.6 ii~lfa~s :~-~~~~~=-~~~--~~--~~-~~=~~~--~--~--~=~~~~~~~---------------------------------------------· 9 41.3 58.9 59.3 61.9 1.8 1.2 3 33.2 34.9 59.1 64.0 2.1 1.7 El Paso-------------------------------------------------------------------­Fort Worth --------------------------------------­ 4 36.4 43.2 66.7 52.8 2.0 1.5 Houston ·-·----------------------------­ 7 40.1 44.3 63.8 57.5 2.1 2.1 San Antonio ·------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------­ 5 45.4 45.9 63.9 59.2 1.4 1.4 Waco ---------------------------------­ 5 38.1 38.0 60.7 62.7 1.7 1.8 All Others 16 41.8 43.6 67.2 70.8 1.6 1.3 Stores Grouped According to Type of Store: Department Stores (Annual Volume Over $500,000) _ ____________ 20 41.2 45.5 65.6 61.4 1.7 1.6 Department Stores (Annual Volume under $500,QOO) ______________ 9 37.5 41.8 60.6 64.l 1.7 1.8 Dry-Goods-Apparel Stores --------------------------·---­ 3 35.9 42.5 66.5 65.3 2.7 2.4 Women's Specialty Shops ---------------------------------------­ 16 33.5 51.6 54.9 59.2 2.8 2.0 Men's Clothing Stores ------------------------------­ 13 37.9 41.3 60.9 65.5 2.1 2.1 Stores Grouped According to Volume of Net Sales During 1944: Over $2,500,000 --------------------------------------------------------­ 19 40.2 46.3 62.3 63.5 1.8 1.6 $2,500,000 down to Sl,000,000 __________________________ _:_ _______________ 10 33.3 37.8 68.6 65.4 1.8 2.2 Sl,000,000 down to $500,000 --------------------------------­13 37.0 40.5 65.4 69.3 1.8 2.0 Less than $500,000________________________________________________________ __ ________________ _ 19 26.8 27.9 57.4 68.6 4.3 3.6 Non: The ratios shown for each year, In the order in which they appear from left to right are obtained by the followin: computations : (1) Credit Salet divided by Net Sales. (2) Collections durin, the month divided by the total account• unpaid on the first of the month. (3) Salaries of the credit department divided by credit sales. The data are reported to the Bureau of Bu1ine11 Reeearch by Texas retail atores. EMPLOYMENT AND .PAY ROLLS IN TEXAS July, 1944 Estimated Number of Percentage Chantte Estimated Amount of Percentaie Chan11 Worken Empl oyed• from from Weekly Pay Roll from from June, July, June, July, June, July, June, July, 1944<1 > 1944<2> 1944 1943 1944(1) 1944(2) 1944 1943 MAN UFACT URING 169,999 + 0.5 + 2.8 $5,842,675 6,133,822 + 5.0 +18.9 All Manufacturing l nduatriea.... 169,180 Food Products 10,176 10,551 + 3.7 +32.9 366,956 390,067 + 6.3 +60.0 Baking --------------------------­ 3,910 4,204 + 7.5 + 4.4 118,155 126,885 + 7.4 + 11.3 Carbonated Beverages --·------­1,317 1,336 + 1.4 + 29.5 17,477 18,242 + 4.4 + 54.9 Confectionery ------------------------­2,378 2,404 + 1.1 .+ 6.5 78,867 80,906 + 2.6 +27.8 Flour Milling -----------------------------­1,720 1,720 ± 0.0 + 13.2 44,092 44,933 + 1.9 +21.9 Ice Cream ----------------------------------­6,674 6,722 + 0.7 + 13.8 208,890 213,657 + 2.3 +10.2 !\.feat Packing ··-·-·-·---·--··-----·------· Textiles 5,128 5,142 + 0.3 -15.4 118,866 116,968 1.6 -8.1 Cotton Textile 1\1 ills ··-·-··---··---·--·-·-· 4,271 4,173 2.3 -12.6 75,143 67,253 -10.5 -15.7 Men's Work Oothing ·---··-·--··--·--·· Forest Products 1,169 1,123 3.9 -28.7 35,547 30,907 -13.1 -14.4 Furniture ------------------------­1,893 1,865 1.5 -11.3 54,680 53,816 1.6 + 2.9 Planing Mills ---------------------------­14,388 14,322 0.5 7.2 267,064 278,571 + 4.3 + 5.8 Saw Mills --------------------------------­846 867 + 2.4 4.8 20,340 21,804 + 7.2 + 19.0 Paper Boxes ------------------------------­ /1 rinting and Publishing Printing 2,449 2,463 + 0.6 + 3.1 83,992 81,523 2.9 +10.3 Commercial -------------­3,802 3,753 1.3 9.7 113,962 110,717 2.9 4.7 Newspaper Publishing ----------------­ Chemical Products 1,940 1,738 -10.3 -18.3 30,606 27,599 9.9 4.8 Cotton Oil Mills Petroleum Refining··=::==:====== 25,245 25,245 (5) + 12.0 1,425,719 1,488,687 + 4.4 +20.4 Stone and Clay Products 1,555 1,613 + 3.8 -1.0 26,941 27,915 + 3.6 + 4.0 Brick and Tile ----------------------­751 745 0.8 -35.6 30,043 29,332 2.4 -32.3 Cement ----------------------------­ Iron and Steel Products Structural and Ornamental Iron .. _ 2,498 2,421 3.1 -15.1 82,093 79,784 2.8 -0.5 NON MANUFACTURING Cr ude Petroleum Production ____ 27,781 28,156 + 1.3 + 10.2 1,461,127 1,539,889 + 5.4 +20.6 (3) (3) -10.7 (3) (3) ­ Quarrying ----····-------------------------1.1 + 0.5 6.1 Public Utilities --------------------(3) (3) + 2.0 + 3.9 (3) (3) + 1.4 + 8.4 Retail Trade -----------------------------206,703 206,862 + 0.1 3.2 5,025,749 5,040,380 + 0.3 + 12.3 Wholesale Trade ----------------------61,802 63,080 + 2.1 + 1.8 2,414,087 2,457,938 + 1.8 + 12.5 Dyeinir and Cleaning ----------------3,040 2,764 9.1 5.7 71,452 64,325 -10.0 + 4.8 Hotels -.. ·---------------------------·--------19,836 19,557 1.4 + 5.8 354,469 349,120 1.5 +17.8 Power La undries ----------------------15,235 14,887 2.3 + 3.1 261,419 260,350 -0.4 + 11.l CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS IN SELECTED CITIES «> Employruent Pay Roll& Em ployment Pay Rollo Percenta:ze Chanee Perc€'ntae:c Chanee Percentag:e Change Percenlai:te Chanee June, 1944 July, 1943 June, 1944 July, 1943 June, 1944 July, 1943 June, 1944 July, 1943 to to to to to to to to July, 1944 July, 1944 July, 1944 July, 19"4 July, 1944 July, 1944 July, 1944 July, 1944 Abilene ---------+ 4.0 1.0 + 2.3 + 13.7 Galveston + 1.4 + 12.8 + 5.4 + 79.4 Amarillo --------+ 5.0 + 2.0 + 3.4 + 4.8 Houston ---------+ 0.5 6.2 + 1.0 + 16.l Austin ------------+ 11.3 + 7.9 + 11.5 + 4.4 Port Arthur --+ 1.7 + 6.4 + 3.7 + 16.9 Beaumont ------+ 0.7 2.9 + 5.8 + 7.3 San Antonio ·-+ 0.5 + 3.2 + 2.0 + 9.7 Dallas 5.1 + 34.9 + 3.6 + 85.9 Sherman --------+ 1.9 + 10.4 + 4.7 + 38.7 ---------·--­ El Paso ---------0.3 2.1 + 2.3 + 17.6 Waco 2.0 5.5 7.2 4.3 Fort Worth ----1.5 15.2 + 0.3 7.2 Wichita Falls . 7.8 11.5 8.1 2.9 Corpus Chri sti 0.7 (3) + 4.8 (3) STATE --------0.9 + 3.0 + 1.2 + 15.5 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN NONAGRICU LTURAL BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENTS <•> 1942(1) 1943(1) 1944 1942(1) 1943 January ---·-----·-------· 1,170,000 1,385,000 1,429,000(2) July __-·--·--··-·-·-··--··-1,317,000 1,450,000(1) February ----····---··-··· 1,199,000 1,397,000 1,433,000(2) August ---------------···· 1,352,000 1441 ooom March ----·----·-··--·-----··· 1,226,000 1,415,000 1,433,000(2) Septemher ·-·---·---·--· 1,373,000 l' 443' ooom April --'·-------------··-·-·--1,222,000 1,433,000 1435 ooom October ····--··-----·---·--1,384,000 l'.455'.000<2> May ----·----·-·-·--·-·-··-·· 1,251,000 1,458,000 l'.435'.ooom November --·-----·-·---1,389,000 1,461,000(2) June -·-·-·--·----------1,291,000 1,478,000 December ---··---··-·-1,413,700 1,470,000(2) •Doca not include proprietoors, firm memb ers, officers of corporations, or oth ..,r principal executives. Factory employment excludes also office, sales, technical and profeuioAal personnel. Cl>Reviaed. <2>Subject to reviaion. Not available. CO Based on unweighted fie-urea. LeH than 1/ 10 of one per cent. ~ot includin& self-employed person1, casual workers, or domestic servants, and exclusive of mili tary and maritime p<>rsonnel. These figures are furnished by 11" Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Prepared from re-ports from representative Texu establishments to the Bureau of Business Research coOperating with the Bureau of Labor S tatl1tlc1. Due to the national emergency, public.. t!on of data for certain industries h being withheld until further notice. JULY RETAIL SALES OF INDEPENDENT STORES IN TEXAS Percentaco Chance• Number of in Dollar Sale. Estab· July, 1944 July, 1944 Year, 1944 lishmenta from from from Reportini July, 1943 June, 1944 Year, 1943 TOTAL TEXAS ____________________:_____________________________________________________________ 972 + 10.0 -6.5 + 10.5 STORES GROUPED BY LINE OF GOODS CARRIED: APPAREL -------------------------------------­ 106 + 13.3 -13.6 + 1L4 Family Oothing Stores -------------------------------------------­22 + 16.6 -7.7 + 8.5 Men's and Boys' Clothing Stores ----------------------------------------------37 + 7.5 -25.4 + 4.2 Shoe Stores -----------------------------------------------------· _____ 15 + 4L4 L9 + 2.0 Women's Specialty Shops ____________________________ ________________:________________ 32 + 12.8 5.5 + 17.3 AUTOMOTIVE* -----------------------------------------------------82 + 16.2 + 5.2 + 8.0 Motor Vehicle Dealers --------------------------------------------------------­74 + 17.3 + 4.7 + 8.8 GENERAL STORES (With Food ) -------------------------------------------------------------------­96 + 10.6 + LO + 9.7 DEPARTMENT STORES ----------------------------------­58 + 10.7 -10.3 + 13.0 DRUG STORES --------------------------------------------------105 + 9.5 + 5.2 + 12.2 DRY GOODS AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE.___________________________________ 29 + 16.1 7.3 + 8.3 Filling Stations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------­24 +10.0 + 5.1 + 5.2 FLORISTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------­ 19 + 24.4 6.7 + 28.4 FOOD• -----------------------------------------------------------------------­ 132 + 8.0 2.9 + 10.9 Grocery Stores ----------------------------------------------------------31 + 4.1 + . 3.6 + 6.7 Grocery and Meat Stores ---------------------------------------------------------94 + 8.6 3.9 + 12.l FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD• _ __________-__ _____________________________ _ 73 0.6 8.2 3.0 - Furniture Stores ------------------------------------------------66 0.6 9.3 L6 JEWELRY ------------------------------------------------------------­ 27 -10.0 4.1 + 2.2 LUMBER, BUILDING, AND HARDWARE* --------------------------------------------------­170 + 5.5 2.1 + 5.6 Farm Implement Dealers -------------------------14 + 17.9 8.0 +27.0 Hardware Stores ________________:____________ 51 + 1L9 -10.2 +22.9 Lumber and Building Material Dealers ----------------------­101 + 6.1 + 2.8 -1.6 RESTAURANTS 32 + 5.8 t + 13.2 ALL OTHER STORES ____ 9 + 8.1 + 10.9 + 5.9 TEXAS STORES GROUPED ACCORDING TO POPULATION OF CITY: All Stores in Cities of-Over 100,000 Population -----------------------------------------------153 + 8.8 9.8 +12.3 50,000-100,000 Population ---------------------------------------------134 + 9.6 6.6 + 7.8 2,500-50,000 Population ___:____________________________________________ 452 +1L4 2.8 + 8.7 Less than 2,500 Population --------------------------------233 + 5.4 + LO + 13.5 •Group total include1 kinda of bu1ine11 other than the clauiftcatlon Hated. tLeS1 than .5%. Prepared from reports of independent retail 1tore1 to the Bureau of Buainen Research, coOperating with the U.S. Bureau of the Census. CEMENT AUGUST 1, 1944 COTTON BALANCE SHEET FOR THE U.S. AS OF (In Thousands of Barrels) Year 1934-1935 1935-1936 1936-1937 1937-1938 Carryover August I -----------------­-------­-----­7,746 -----------------------------­7,208 -----------------------------­5,397 __________________________:____ 4,498 Gov. Est. as of Au&ust I 9,636 10,638 12,481 . 15,593 Balance August 1 17,382 17,846 17,878 20,091 Ju ne, 1944 Texas Plants Production --------------­454 Shipments -----------------­579 Stocks ----------------------­888 Ju ne, 1943 866 865 706 May , 1944 541 512 1,014 J uly, 1944 530 575 843 J uly, 1943 832 778 760 1938-1939 1939-1940 ----------------­------­------­------------------------­----­ 11,593 13,033 11,988 11,412 23,581 24,445 United States Production ____________ 7,906 11,895 7,181 8,516 11,880 1940-1941 1941-1942 ------------------------------­---------------­--------------­ 10,596 12,376 11,429 10,817 22,025 23,193 Shipments ______________ 9,350 Stocks _____ _______ __ _______21,011 12,702 22,084 8,784 22,477 9,377 20,147 12,411 21,536 1942-1943 -------------------------------­ 10,590 13,085 23,675 Capacfry Operated.__ _ 40.0 % 58.0% 35.0% 4LO% 56.0% 1943-1944 -------------------------------­ 10,687 12,558 23,183 1944-1945 ----------------------------­ 10,727 11,022 21,749 NoTE: From U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Mines. DAIRY PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED IN PLANTS IN TEXAS Product and Year January February March April May June July Au1u1t Septemhe~ October November December Total CREAMERY BUTTER (1000 lb.) 1944* -----------------2,043 2,126 2,765 3,535 4,008 3,527 3,569 1943* -------------------------------2,636 2,581 2,236 1,924 38,071 2,743 3,076 3,652 4,544 4,120 4,363 3,452 2,629 1930--39 average -------------2,074 2,lOQ 2,392 3,138 3,556 3,166 4,113 2,867 2,513 2,608 2,301 2,211 32,048 ICE CREAM (1000 gal.) t 1944* --------1,211 1,520 1,687 2,491 2,944 -----1,115 3,200 1,187 1,396 1,770 2,302 2,478 2,778 2,763 1,990 1,622 1943* ----------------------------1,125 1;443 940 22,237 1930-39 average -----------215 262 434 570 752 893 904 845 686 460 259 205 6,486 AMERIC"AN CHEESE (1000 lb.) 1944* -902 956 1,229 1,884 2,273 2,159 2,076 1943* 914 948 1,068 1,594 2,010 1,866 1,782 1,405 1,019 819 621 809 15,272 1930-39 average ----------554 590 737 1,050 1,215 1,129 1,119 1,025 866 852 HS 641 10,496 MIL'K EQUIVALENT OF DAIRY PRODUCTSt (1000 lb.) 1944* ______ _______________ _______67,873 71,519 92,663 119,889 144,977 137,502 140,357 83,301 94,470 118,447 149,577 139,948 147,397 124,558 93,186 85,084 73,290 62,253 1943* --------------------------~80,106 1,291,709 1930-39 average _______ ____54,675 57,139 67,456 89,641 104,323 97,562 97,075 89,185 76,165 .73,444 60,1'1'9 ·55,1372 922,656 *E1timate1 of production made by the •Bureau of BusineH Research. tMilk Equivalent of Dairy products waa calculated from production data by the Bureau of Business Research. :Includes ice cream, 1herbets, icee, etc. . Non: 10-year average production on creamery butter. ice cream and American ~heese based on data from the Agricultural Marketin1 Se"ice, U.S.D.A. JULY, 1944, CARLOAD MOVEMENTS OF POULTRY AND EGGS Shipments from Texas Stations Cara of Poultry Cara of E111 Shell •Destination Chicken• Turkeys Shell Frozen Dried Equlnlentf 1944 1943 1944 1943 1944 1943 1944 1943 1944 '19'3 U 44 J94S TOTAL -----------------------------------------------------98 88 844 49 10 4 5 83 24 111 58 1,089 Intrastate _________________________:__________________ _:____ 11 1 2 0 5'4 21 36 22 31 9 .374 137 Interstate________________________________________________________ 38 9 2 5 29 3 75 36 67 79 715 707 Receipts at Texas Stations TOTAL -----------------------------------------------20 3 1 0 173 20 39 20 5 16 291 188 Intrastate -------------------------------------------------13 1 1 0 50 10 28 16 3 15 1'30 162 Interstate-----------------------------------------------------~---7 2 0 0 23 10 11 4 2 1 161 26 •The destination .above ia the first destination as shown by the original waybill. Changes in destination broueht about by diven ion facton a.re not lhon. tDried egga and frozen egg1 are converted to • shell cg&: equivalent on the f ollowine: basis : I rail carload of dried ege1=-=8 carloads of 1hell ea•. and 1 carload of frozen eg(ta=2 carloads of shell eggs. NoTa : The1e data furnished to the Division of A&"ricultural Statiatie1, B. A. E., by railroad officials through agent1 at all 1tation1 which oriciut1 ud receive carload ahipments of poultry and eggs. The data are compiled by the Bureau of Bu1ine11 Research. SHIPMENTS OF LIVE STOCK CONVERTED TO A RAIL-CAR BASIS• Cattle Calve• Swine Sheep Total 1944 1943 1944 1943 1944 1943 1944 ' 1943 1944 19'5 Total Interstate Plus Fort Worth___________________ 4,427 2,766 904 601 900 1,327 1,645 1,352 7,876 6,046 Total Intrastate Omitting Fort Worth________ 305 376 58 133 29 71 139 91 531 671 TOTAL SHIPMENTS_____________________ ____________ 4,732 3,142 962 734 929 1,398 1,784 1,443 8,407 6,717 TEXAS CAR-LOT* SHIPMENTS OF LIVE STOCK FOR YEAR TO DATE Cattle Calve1 Swine Sheep Total 1944 1943 1944 1943 1944 1943 1944 1943 1944 J 94S Total Interstate Plus Fort Worth________________ 32,010 35,592 5,064 4,368 10,663 10,174 8,860 6,812 56,603 56,946 Total Intrastate Omitting Fort Worth·---~------4,390 5,325 827 1,308 680 468 634 394 6,531 7,495 TOTAL SHIPMENTS_______________________________ 36,406 40,917 5,891 5,676 11,343 10,642 9,494 7,206 63,134 64,441 •Rail-car Basia: Cattle, 30 head per car ; calves, 60; swine, 80; and sheep, 250. Fort Worth shipments are combined with interstate forwardings in order that the bulk of market diaappearance for the month may be 1hown. Non : These data are furnished the United States Bureau of Aitricultural Economics by railway officials through more than 2,500 station a1ent1, representin& e•ery liveatock ahippinc point in the state. The data are compiled by the Bureau of Busineaa Research. PETROLEUM Daily Average Production (In Barrels) July, 1944 July, 1943 June, 1944 Coastal Texas* ----------------513,400 · 412,90Cf 527,200 East Central Texas ___________ 148,400 128,000 143,900 East Texas -------------------------363,600 371,000 361,100 North Texas -----·-----------------151,600 137,700 149,100 Pan handle -·--------------~--------89,200 90,400 92,000 Southwest Texas ---------------319,800 230,000 312,100 West Texas ------------------------463,000 245,600 445,200 STATE ______________________________ 2,067 ,300 1,615,600 2,030,600 UNITED STATES _______4,601,300 4,111,350 4,549,200 oa;NUA.N DLt GawHne sales as indicated by taxes collected by the State 1 Comptroller were: June, 1944, 120,961,675 gallons; June, 1943, 1 119,626,772 gallons; May, 1944, 110,971,724 gallons. June sales of gasoline· to the United States government as re­ported by motor fuel distributors in Texas were 247,016,450 gallons. •Include11 Conroe. Non: From American Petroleum lnstitU:te. See accompanyin& mao showin2 the oil producing districts of Texas. PERCENT AGE CHANGES IN CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRIC POWER J uly, 1944 J uly, 1944 from from Jul y, 1943 June, 1944 +22.2 Industrial -------------------------------------------+ 22.2 + 5.3 Residential ---------------------------------------------+ 6.4 + 6.5 All Others ---------------------------------------------21.1 Commercial -----------------------------------------------· + 7.0 4.1 TOTAL ----------------------------------------------+ 7.9 + 6.2 Prepared from reports of 10 electric power companies to the Bureau of Business Research. JULY RETAIL SALES OF I DEPENDENT STORES I TEXAS (By Districts) Number of Percentage Chane;e1 Estab­July, 1944 July, 1944 Year, 1944 lishments from from from Reportine; July, 1943 June, 1944 Year, 1943 TOT AL TEXAS ----------------972 + 10.0 -6.5 + 10.5 TEXAS STORES GROUPED BY PRODUCING AREAS District 1-65 + 20.2 L3 + 8.3 Amarillo -==--=:=::::::= 24 + 18.3 + 7.3 Plainview ---------------11 + 1L6 + 7.4 All Others ---------------30 + 24.5 9.5 District 1-S -----------------28 +32.2 + 8.8 + 10.2 Lubbock ---------------17 + 35.0 + 9.0 All Others ___________ 11 +24.3 + 8.4 District 2 __________ 75 -3.5 ­ 3.4 LO District 3 ------------------31 + 14.7 2.5 + 12.5 District 4 -------------------225 + 6.2 8.8 + 13.2 Dallas ------------30 + 1L3 -15.1 Fort Worth _______ 27 -3.3 8.0 Waco -------------29 + 12.7 -6.1 All Others -----------139 + 6.0 • District 5 ___________ 107 District 7 _____________ 46 + 15.7 6.9 + 15.0 District 8 ------------------174 + 8.2 6.2 + 5.9 Corpus Christi _____ 26 + L5 + 0.7 All Others __________ 148 + 9.3 7.2 District 9 --------------112 + 10.9 9.3 + 9.4 Houston ------------47 + 13.0 9.1 All Others ________ 65 + 7.0 9.8 + 26.2 + 4.8 + 14.3 District 10 __________ 25 District 10-A ________ 45 + 11.4 LO + 14.7 *Cha~ge of less than .5%. . 10TE: Prepared from reports of independent retail stores to the Boreall of Busines!!I Resea rch, c..·Operating with the U.S. Bureau of the Cen5u1 . COMMODITY PRICES July, 1944 Jul y, 1943 June, 1944 Wholesale Prices: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (1926=100%) --------------104.1 103.2 104.3 Farm Prices: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (1926=100%) ---------124.1 125.0 125.0 Retail Prices : Food (U.S. Bureau of Labor Sta­tistics (1935-1939=100% ___ 137.4 139.0 135.7* Department Stores (Fairchild's Publications January, 1931=100%) _____________ T 113.0 113.4 Cost of Living Index (1935-1939 = 100%) -----------------------126. l 123.9 125.4 *Revised. tNot available. POSTAL RECEIPTS BUILDING PERMITS July, 1944 July, 1943 June, 1944 July, 1944 July, 1943 June, 1944 Abilene ___ __ __ __ _______________$ 47,536 $ 37,487 $ 44,683 Abilene ------------------------$ 10,990 $ 11,699 $ 70,005 Amarillo ------------------------427,417 51,347 56,01636,092 200,070 Amarillo ------------------------102,102 Austin ----------------------------101,844 96,681 95,851 Austin ----------------------------76,119 Beaumont ----------------------48,039 43,627 49,161 23,401 106,082 Beaumont ----------------------34,758 62,188 60,516 Big Spring --------------------10,257 9,768 11,203 Big Spring --------------------55,605 8,079 14,370 Brownsville ------------------12,908 10,553 11,849 Brownsville ________ _ ____ _ 10,329 4,141 13,630 Brownwood --------------------22,302 27,302 26,1092,100 18,454 Brownwood ------------------5,300 Childress ----·-------------------5,650 4,875 5,569 Corpus Christi __ _ ________ 177,223 1,385,766 379,140 Coleman --------·---------------4,696 3,677 4,581 Corsicana ----------------------1,260 Corpus Christi ---------·----68,194 57,183 61,895 9.856 150 Dallas ~---------------------------465,131 634,918 641,018 Corsicana ----------------------11,181 9,331 9,865 12,695 , 7,430 Del Rio ------------------------4,865 Dallas ----------------------------529,162 442,686 540,123 825 1,200 Denton --------------------------800 Del Rio ------------·------------7,035 6,461 7,083 510 11,275 Edinburg ------------------------2,361 Denison ---------------·--·-------10,748 8,456 9,763 55,967 175,812 El Paso --------------------------201,608 Denton ----------------------------10,842t • 10,449t 453,514 252,069 Fort Worth ------------------225,874 Edinburg -----------------------4,398 3,731 3,765 2,500 Gladewater --------------------3,490 800 El Paso --------------------------93,304 81,330 99,292 3,105 0 Graham --------------------------7,226 Fort Worth --------------------231,763 196,675 235,124 785 4,350 Harlingen ----------------------123,625 Galveston ----------------------49,947 43,235 52,339 0Houston ----------------------718,187 364,225 2,234,900 Gladewater _____________,_____ 4,464 3,860 3,8350 8,500 Jacksonville ------------------1,975 Graham ---------------'--·-------3,680 2,919 3,149 450 1,600 Kenedy --------------------------1,500 Harlingen ----------------------13,652 10,225 14,151 0 4,927 Kerrville -----------------------980 Houston -------·----------------386,397 314,663 390,657 Longview ----------------------3,160 51,210 3,780 Jacksonville _ ________________ 5,451 4,917 5,588 Lubbock ----------------------328,956 31,427 102,939 Kenedy --------------------------2,665 2,357 2.358 McAllen ------------------------12,575 2,825 44,605 Kerrville _,____ _______________ 5,125 4,259 2,843 Marshall __ ___ -----------------11,120 6,245 9,153 Longview ---·------------------15,696 10,741 13,931 Midland ____ -----------------74,481 800 155,663 Lubbock ------------------------35,548 29,374 33,892 New Braunfels ------------1,646 295 5,272 Lufkin --------------·-------------7,995 6,393 7,591 3,535 700 Palestine ------------------------1,850 McAllen ------------------------7,543 6,357 7,508 Paris ____ __________ __________ _ 13,685 6,865 13,996 Marshall ------------------------11,370 9,214 10,548 15,100 2,640 Plainview ----------------------3,781 Palestine ------------------------7,935 6,519 8,977 Port Arthur _________________ 37,846 16,351 21,581 Pampa --------------------------11,925t 9,251t • San Antonio ----------------344,307 320,913 243,385 Paris ------------------------------24,119 18,481 20,982Sherman ------------------------8,050 12,186 8,066 Plainview --------------·--------5,533 5,105 5,754 Snyder ----------------------------0 0 0 Port Arthur -----------------27,153 22,900 25,420 Sweetwater ------------------7,025 1,580 3,070 San Angelo --------------------22,996 19,430 21,683Texarkana --------------------16,900 3,665 19,750 San Antonio ------------------249,432 233,728 251,941 Tyler ------------------------------33,896 15,810 26,185 Texarkana --------------------28,381 22,011 32,660 Waco ------------------------------63,111 93,175 295,176 Sherman ------------------------13,334 10,422 12,322 Wichita Falls --------------17,973 17,220 16,917 Snyder --------------------------2,299 2,046 2,399 TOTAL ------------------------$3,211,670 $3,670,318 $5,180,876 Sweetwater --------------------8,599 7,565 7,907 Temple -------------------------14,948 14,252 15,496 *Corrected January to Jun.e inclusive, 1944, 5,016,707; January to June inclu­Tyler -----------------·------------30,334 23,933 29,660 sive, 1943, 4,904,380. Waco ____ __ __ __ -------------------51,749 43,762 54,567 N OTE : Compiled from reports from Texas chamb'ers of commerce to the Bureau Wichita Falls ----------------41,326 44,150 39,280 of Business Resea rch. TOTAL __ __ ____ ____:______ _ ____ $2,726,030 $2,023,239 $2,349,370 *Not available. TNo t included in total. LUMBER NoTE: Compiled from reports from Texas chambers of commerce t<' the Bureau of Business Research. (In Board Feet) July, 1914 July, 1943 June, 1944 Southern Pine Mills: TEXAS COMMERCIAL FAILURES Average Weekly Production per unit --------------------------------209,308 245,669 212,385 July, 1944 July, 1943 Juno, 1941 Average Weekly Shipments Number -·-------·--------------------------------------------1 0 0 per unit ----------------------------225,720 255,593 214,338 Liabilities• --------------------------------·--------------$8 0 0 Average Unfilled Orders per Assets• _____-------------------------------------------------6 0 0 unit, end of month ______ __ _____ 1,444,054 1,264,136 1,518,598 Average Liabilities per Failure* --------·-8 0 0 •In thousande. NOTE: From Dunn and Brad1treet, Inc. NoTE: From Southern Pine Association.