TEXAS BUSINESS REVIEW 

A MONTHLY SUMMARY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN TEXAS 
Published by the Bureau of Business Research, The University of Texas 
Austin 12, Texas 

Vol. XVIII, No. 11 December, 1944 
CHANGES  IN  RuRAL FARM BY COUNTIES BETWEEN 193 0 AND 1940  PoPULATION  
LEGEND:  

COUNTIES SHADED HAVE HAD POPULATION GAINS TOPЇ FIGURE= ACTUAL INCREASE OOTTOM FIGURE= PER CENT INCREASE 
COUNTIES NOT SHADED HAVE HAD POPULATION LOSSES lOP FIGURE= ACTUAL DECREASE BOTTOM FIGURE = PER CENT DECREASE 
SOURCE: US. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
BUREAU OF BUSINESS RESEARCH 

The University of Texas 
Entered as eecond clue matter on May 7, 1928, at the post office at Austin, Texas, under Act of August 24, 1912 
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TEXAS BUSINESS REVIEW 


TEXAS BUSINESS REVIEW 
TEXAS BUSINESS REVIEW 
Published Monthly by the 
BUREAU OF BUSINESS RESEARCH 
The University of Texas, Austin 12, Texas 

Staff of the Bureau of Business Research 
A. B. Cox, Director 
F. A. Buechel, Statistician Clara H. Lewis Income and Consumption-Editor Editorial Assistant 
E. H. Johnson, Natural Resources Norma K. Engle and Industrial Geography Secretary 
School of Business Administration Staff Co-operating 
TEXAS COMMERCIAL FAILURES 
Nov. 1944 Nov. 1943 Oct. 1944 
Number ------------------------------ЇЇЇЇ 0 0 0 Liabilities∙ ------------------------0 0 0 Assets∙ ЇЇЇ-Ї-ЇЇЇЇЇЇ--------------------0 0 0 
Average Liabilities per failure∙ ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ---
0 0 0 
<, 
∙Ia 1h...11a41. 
Non: Frem. Dun aa4 ara∙∙tnet, I∙∙Ї 
INDEXES OF AGRICULTURAL CASH INCOME IN TEXAS (Average Month 1928-'32 equals 100 ) 
Cumulative Cub IRoo∙∙ 
(ill Thou1&ads of Dollar1) 
Jan .-Nov.  Inclusive  
Districts  Nov ., 1944  Oct.∙ 1944  Nov., 1943  1944  194.3  
1-N 1-S  ________ _ 
231.4 _________ 330.3  186.5 364.7  225.2 267.0  125,342 107,916  104,375 102,459  
2  ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇґ207 .3  173.0  149.8  115,397  103,989  
3  -------------ґ284.7  166.8  257.1  53,808  47,667  
4  ЇЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇЇ 227.0  218.1  235.3  175,582  177,765  
5  --ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ 191.7  53.7  177.6  59,199  81,620  
6  ЇЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇ 229.0  120.1  233.6  35,880  46,025  
7  ЇЇЇЇЇЇ-Ї-ЇЇЇЇЇ 217.8  128.0  236.1  68,782  68,597  
8  -----------ґ207.4  195.4  198.4  103,390  104,514  
9  -------------ґ514.2  304.8  463.2  80,789  83,349  
10  ----------ЇЇЇЇ 365.2  232.0  325.9  27,218  31,036  
10-A  ..........1174.4  734.7  841.5  110,689  71,581  
STATE  ____  267.8  192.1  236.4  1,063,992  l,022,977  

Non: Farm cash income as computed by the Bureau understates actual fara ca∙b income l╩y from 1b: to ten per cent. Tha 1ituation re1ult1 from tho fact that mea111 of 1ecurin1 c∙m1lete local marltetiD.11, eapeciaJly by truck, haYe not yet been fully dneloped. In addition, meant ha.Ye not yet been de∙eloped for computing cash jncome from all agricultural apecialtiee of local importaace ia ecattered areaa throu1hout the State. Thia 1itu1tioD, howeTer. dee1 not impair the aecv.ncy of the ~uiH t∙ any appreciable extent. 
NOVEMBER RETAIL SALES OF INDEPENDENT STORES IN TEXAS 
Percenta1e Chance. Number of in Dollar Sale∙ 
E1tabЇ Nov. 1944 Nov. 1944 Year 1944 IW1111en11 from from from Re, ortia1 Nov. 1943 Oct. 1944 Year 1943 
960 + 12.4 + 4.7 + 11.1 STORES GROUPED BY LINE OF GOODS CARRIED: 
APPAREL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ґFamily Oothing Stores...-----------------------------------------------------------------ґ24 + 7.1 + 9.3 + 7.3 Men's and Boys' Oothing Stores.Ї--------------------------------------------------------------29 + 9.4 Ї + 9.4 + 5.9 Shoe Stores ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15 +25.6 + 7.7 + 7.8 
TOTAL TEXAS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ґ38 + 16.2 -11.9 + 18.7
AJroMiT~;.ial~--~~~~~-::::::==::::=:::==:::=~~:=::::==::==:=-~==~-=~~:::==:::-_:=-_-=:--=::==-= 83 + 7.4 -1.6 + 6.4
Motor Vehicle Dealen_____________________________________________________________________________ 
73 + 7.6 -2.4 + 6.5 
COUNTRY GENERAL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------ґ90 + 10.3 + 0.5 + 9.5 DEPARTMENT STORES --------------------------------------------------------------------------62 + 15.3 + 12.0 + 13.6 DRUG STORES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------104 + 10.7 4.8 + ll.5
DRY GOODS AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE.______________________
________________ 32 + 11.0 + 7.1 + 7.6 
F1LLING STATIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------23 + 0.6 5.3 + 5.8 FLORISTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------:___ 18 +27.6 + 5.7 + 27.9 FOOD∙ -----------------------------------------------------------------------126 + 16.1 + 3.7 + ll.9 Grocery Stores -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------31 + 3.9 1.6 + 6.5 Grocery and Meat Stores...Ї------------------------------------------------------------------ґ87 + 17.6 + 4.5 + 13.l FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD∙ -------------------------------------------------------72 + 16.9 + 7.8 + 2.8 Furniture Stores --------------------------------------------------------------------ґ64 + 16.7 + 7.4 + 4.1 JEWELRY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------25 -11.2 + 18.5 -2.4 LUMBER, BUILDING, AND HARDWARE∙-------------------------------------------ґ170 0.7 -0.5 + 4.6 Farm Implement Dealen ---------------------------------------------------------------------15 + 8.5 -6.5 + 24.2 Hardware Stores --------------------------------------------------------------------------53 2.5 + 14.9 + 16.3 Lumber and Building Material Dealers ----------------------------------------------ґ99 1.1 7.2 -1.4 
RESTAURANTS -----------------------------------------------------------~--------ґ35 + 8.1 7.0 +10.9 ALL OTHER STORES ----------------------------------------------9 9.0 4.7 + 4.5 TEXAS STORES GROUPED ACCORDING TO POPULATION OF CITY: All Stores in Cities of-
Over 100,000 Population ------------------------------------------------161 + 14.0 + 4.2 + 13.3 50,000-100,000 Population --------------------------------------------130 + 16.7 9.5 + 10.0 2,500-50,000 Population ---------------------------------------_ 
_ 446 + 8.9 + 1.6 + 8.3
Less than 2,500 Population____________________~--------------------223 -2.3 + 4.8 + 9.3 
∙Croup total includet kinda of hu1iaeH other than the cl&11ilcatlon 111ted. 
Prepared from report∙ of indepeadent retail ∙torM to tlae 8vea∙ ef Baala... Beeear1b, coiperatia.1 witb t~∙ U.S. B11reaa. ef tDe Ceuu~ 

TEXAS BUSINESS REVIEW 
EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS IN TEXAS November, 1944 
Estimated Number of Percentage Chan1e E1timated Amount of Percentace Cbanre Workers Employed∙ from from Weekly Pay Roll from 
from 
Oct., Nov., Oct., Nov.∙ Oct., Nov., Oct., No,,,
1944<1> 1944<2> 1944 1943 1944(1) 1944<2> 1944 J9.13 MANUFACTURINC All Manufacturing Industries 170,233t 171,05lt + 0.5 + 1.5 $6,284,330 $6,109,149 2.8 +12.0 
Food Products 
Baking 10,700 10,551 1.4 + 22.1 406,188 406,977 + 0.2 +53.3 Carbonated Beverages ------------------3,675 3,513 4.4 8.3 111,360 103,886 6.7 -6.9 Confectionery -------------------------------+12.8
1,536 1,717 + 11.8 + 5.9 . 20,793 24,333 + 17.0 Flour Milling --------------------------2,164 2,233 + 3.2 -1.5 74,694 74,632 0.1 + 14.5 Ice Cream ----------------------ґ
1,502 1,406 6.4 +10.4 43,486 41,181 5.3 +24.7 Meat Packing ----------------------6,337 6,184 2.4 -11.0 218,504 216,359 1.0 -17.4 
Textues 
Cotton Textile Mills -------------4,979 4,970 0.2 -11.4 120,637 119,814 0.7 7.7 
-
Men's Work Clothing -----------------4,004 4,017 + 0.3 5.0 73,879 73,299 0.8 6.9 
Forest Products 
Furniture -----------------------------1,182 1,305 +10.3 -32.6 34,082 37,326 + 9.5 -22.5 Planing Mills ---------------1,704 1,724 + 1.1 -16.9 55,016 55,736 + 1.3 2.1 Saw Mills -------------------------8.5 8.6
14,716 14,617 0.7 8.3 291,951 267,064 Paper Boxes ------------------926 935 + 0.9 6.1 23,119 21,688 6.2 8.6 
Printing cmd Publishing 
Commercial Printing --------------2,287 2,280 0.3 4.0 82,591 83,325 + 0.9 + 5.4 
Newspaper Publishing -----------Ї----3,865 3,873 + 0.2 4.0 119,283 123,567 + 3.6 + 4.6 
Chemical Products 
Cotton Oil Mills___________________ 2,743 3,342 +21.7 -18.6 49,785 
61,412 +23.3 -12.s Petroleum Refining ------------------25,089 25,109 + 0.1 + 8.6 1,549,557 1,466,124 5.4 + 12.l 
Stone and Clay Products 
Brick and Tile -------------1,481 1,656 + 11.8 + 7.1 28,020 28,959 + 3.4 +10.9 
Cement ---------------------717 718 + 0.3 -32.7 30,253 28,700 5.1 -27.6 

Iron and Steel Products 
Structural and Ornamental Iron___ 2,394 2,320 3.1 -13.0 81,866 83,419 + 1.9 + 5.2 
NONMANUFACTURING Cr'ude Petroleum Production ____ 28,156 27,954 0.7 + 8.1 1,568,019 1,591,326 + 1.5 + 16.2 Quarrying -----------------------------(3) (3) 0.1 6.3 (3) (3) 2.3 + 2.0 
Public Utilities -------------------------(3) (3) + 0.7 + 0.5 (3) (3) + 2.2 1.2
Retail Trad~ _______________________ 217,859 
225,668 + 3.6 8.2 5,447,609 5,579,288 + 2.4 -2.1 
Wholesale Tr ade 	---------------------60,921 61,978 + 1.7 + 0.2 2,508,536 2,493,919 0.6 + 8.3
Dyeing and Cleaning __________:_____ 2,892 2,831 2.1 + 0.7 
68,775 69,888 + 1.6 + 15.l Hotels -----------------------------------19,218 19,520 + 1.6 + 3.1 353,010 362,249 + 2.6 + 14.0Power Laundries ----------------------13,737 13,612 0.9 + 0.2 250,460 245,203 2.1 + 5.0 
CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS IN SELECTED CITIESm 
Employment Pay Rolls Employment Pay RollePercentage Change Percentage Change Percentage Change Percenta&e Change
Oct., 1944 Nov., 1943 Oct., 1944 Nov., 1943 Oct., 1944 Nov., 1943 Oct., 1944 Nov., 1943 to to to to 
to to to to
Nov., 1944 Nov., 1944 Nov., 1944 Nov., 1944 Nov., 1944 Nov., 1944 Nox., 1944 Nov., 1944 Abilene + 5.3 3.7 + 7.1 + 15.2 Galveston 6.1 18.2
--------+ 	+ 19.2 10.0
Amarillo _______ 0.5 2.0 (5) 1.8 Houston 
+ 1.1 14.7 + 0.4 + 3.2 
Austin -------------+ 4.0 0.2 + 0.1 + 3.5 Port Arthur + 1.6 + 8.9 3.0 + 13.6
Beaumont + 0.2 + 4.4 + 0.7 	San Antonio __ 
----	2.7 + 1.1 5.1 + 0.4 1.3
Dallas 6.3 	Sherman _________
5.7 3.3 + 6.0 	+ 1.8 + 33.1 0.5 + 48.5
El 	Paso + 0.5 + 6.3 0.8 + 13.4 Waco + 2.0 
2.4 0.9 + 6.2
Fort Worth ____ + 0.7 25.3 0.1 18.2 Wichita Falls_ 
+ 3.6 3.5 7.1 10.l
Corpus Christi__ 2.6 (3) 7.4 (3) STATE _________ + 0.2 9.1 0.1 -5.9 
ESTIMATED 	NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN NONAGRICULTURAL BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENTS(6) 1942(1) 1943<∙> 1944 1942(1) 
1943 1944 
1,385,000 1,429,000<2>
January ------------1,170,000 July ---ЇЇЇЇЇ---------Ї-------1,317,000 1,450,000(1) 1448 000'1)
February ------------Ї--1,199,000 1,397,000 1 433 ooo<∙> August ---------------------1,352,000 1,441,000(2) i'.446'.ooow

1,433'000(1)
March ------------1,226,000 1,415,000 	September -----------------1,373,000 1,448,00000 1,438,000(2)
1'435'0()()M
April ----------------1,222,000 1,433,000 	October --Ї-----------1,384,000 \,455,000(1)
1,458,000 1'435'ooo<∙>
May -------------Ї--------1,251,000 	November ------------1,389,000 1,461,000(1)
June ------------------1,291,000 1,478,000 1'.448'.ooo<ll December --------1,413,700 1,470,000(1) 
∙Doe∙ 	not include proprietors, firm members, officers of corporations, or o!her principal executives. Factory employment excl~des also office, sales, tecbaical p d professional personnel. tDoe1 not include strictly war industries. U>Revised. (2>Subject to revision. 
<a>Not available. 
<∙>Based on unweighted figures. 

<S>Le81 than 1/10 of one percent. . Not including self-employed persons, casual workers, or domestic servants, anЇd exclusive of military and maritime perso nnel. These figures are furnished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. 
Prepared from reports from representative Texas establishments to the Bureau of Business Research co-operating with the Bureau of Labor Statistici. 
Due to the national emergency, publication of data for certain industries is being withheld until further notice. 

TEXAS BUSINESS REVIEW 
POSTAL RECEIPTS BUILDING PERMITS 
Nov. 1944  Nov.1943  Oct. 1944  
Abilene  ....................  $ 48,293  $ 39,500  $ 54,104  
Amarillo ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇґAustin ......................  59,942 111,646  53,382 82,261  67,070 113,691  
Beaumont  ................  52,931  45,043  58,495  
Big Spring ЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ Brownsville ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇґ 11,518 11,736  8,912 10,114  14,868 14,851  
Brownwood  ............  27,270  22,788  34,213  
Childress ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇґЇЇЇЇ-Cleburne ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇґColeman ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ----ЇЇЇЇЇЇ Corpus Christi _______  7,813 6,005 4,75469,823  7,004 5,143 4,059 60,083  7,680 8,167 5,722 82,613  
Corsicana  .............. ґ 10,620  10,292  11,794  
Dallas ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ--ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇ Del Rio ....................  622,341 6,329  504,883 5,548  641,593 8,438  
Denison ЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-Denton ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-Edinburg ................  11,003 11,685 4,683  9,348 10,667 3,787  12,915 16,087 6,436  
El Paso ....................  95,035  95,074  122,249  
Fort Worth ..............  287,619  258,519  317,905  
Galveston  ................  50,330  49,752  62,598  
Gladewater  ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ--Їґ 4,631  3,722  5,834  
Harlingen ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇґЇЇЇЇЇ Houston ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ  14,206 414,558  12,593 338,720  17,251 455,486  
Jacksonville  ЇЇЇ--ЇЇЇЇЇЇ  4,718  4,039  6,810  
Kenedy  ....................  1,857  2,064  2,860  
Kerrville  ..................  4,168  3,402  5,706  
Lubbock  ЇЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇ-----ґ 40,127  32,544  49,875  
Lufkin  ЇЇЇЇЇЇ---ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇ  7,255  7,335  10,047  
McAllen  ЇЇЇ--ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇґ 8,245  6,363  9,908  
Marshall  ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ---ґ--ґ 10,758  9,193  14,901  
Palestine  ..................  7,577  7,279  11,048  
Pampa  ......................  10,710  8,955  14,714  
Paris ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇ-Ї--ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ--ґPlainview ................  23,481 7,005  19,369 5,259  23,126 7,860  
Port Arthur ............  26,846  25,703  33,209  
San Angelo ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇґSan Antonio ............  22,938 260,668  19,837 249,149  29,082 298,934  
Sherman  ..................  13,015  10,862  16,787  
Snyder ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ----Sweetwater ЇЇЇЇґЇЇЇЇ-ґ 2,638 7,336  2,104 6,494  3,344 9,642  
Temple ЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ Tyler ЇЇЇЇЇ-Ї--Ї-ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇґЇ Waco ........................  16,106 31,200 53,243  14,924 31,088 47,009  19,278 39,249 68,553  
Wichita Falls ЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇ  44,666  10,665  50,284  
TOT AL  ЇЇЇ -------------ЇЇЇ  $2,549,328  $2,204,781  $2,871,577  

Non: Compiled Crom reports from Texaa chambera of commerce to the Bureau of ~Bu1ine11 Re1earch, ' 
TEXAS CHARTERS 
Nov . 1944 Nov. 1943 Oct. 1944 Domestic Corporations: Capitalization* .................... $909 $696 $886 ЇNumber ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ 59 57 57 Classification of new 
corporations: Banking-Finance -----------------0 0 1 Manufacturing ЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇ 6 6 6 Merchandising Ї-------ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-26 16 17 Oil ЇЇЇЇ-Ї-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ------ЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇ 6 3 2 Public Service ЇЇ--------ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-Ї 0 1 0 Real Estate Building .......... 7 9 8 
Transportation ------ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-Ї-4 1 3 All Others ЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-----Ї-ЇЇЇЇ-10 21 20 Number capitalized at less than $5,000 ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ--ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ 24 17 11 Number capitalized at $100,ґ000 or more ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ---Ї 1 2 0 Foreign Corporations (Number) ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ---ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇ 2 15 15 
*In thouoaado. 
Non: Compiled from recordo of the Secretary of State. 

Abilene -----------------S Amarillo ЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇЇ Austin -------ЇЇЇЇЇЇ-Ї-ЇЇґBeaumont --ЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇ-ґBig Spring -Ї-ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇ Brownsville ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇґColeman ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇ-ґCorpus Christi ЇЇЇЇЇЇ-Corsicana ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ--ЇґDallas Ї-Ї-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇ-Denton -----Ї-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ 
Edinburg -ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇ EI Paso ЇЇЇЇЇЇ-------ЇЇЇЇЇЇ Fort Worth -----------ґGalveston ................ Gladewater ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇ-ґGraham ЇЇЇЇ--ЇЇЇЇЇЇ------Harlingen ЇЇ-----------ґHouston ----ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-ґJacksonville ЇЇ-Ї-ЇЇЇЇ-Kenedy ЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇ--------Kerrville ------------ґLubbock --------ЇЇЇЇ McAllen Ї---------ЇЇґMarshall ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇ----ґMidland ЇЇЇЇ--ЇЇЇЇЇЇґ
New Braunfels _____ Palestine ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-Ї-Pampa ---------ґParis ЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇ---------ґPlainview ЇЇ--------ЇЇЇЇ 
Port Arthur _______ San Antonio __ ___ Seguin -ЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇ--ЇЇЇЇЇ-Ї Sherman ------ґSnyder ЇЇЇЇ---------Sweetwater -------ґTyler ---------------ґWaco ---------------ґWichita Falls ___ 
Nov. 1944 
. 4,015 147,200 61,844 48,048 31,190 19,540 
0 152,370 12,890* . 
386,032 
1,300 
2,065 
48,167 
276,192 
24,542 
5,100 
4,380 
6,450 
459,310 
100 
0 
8,125 
78,741 
17,850 
12,529 
58,150

7,465 1,305 3,900 3,725 8,200
20,360 408,768 1,088 10,365 0 110,610 21,900 48,200
24,404 
TOTAL ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇ------$2,523,530 
*Not included in totaJ. 
Nov. 1943 
$ 27,045 8,580 33,698 73,613 7,125 10,807 14,000 78,010 
1,780* 
966,624 1,300 2,008 
36,041 561,875 
90,361 1,000 3,003 1,775 
364,035 250 300 
1,865 25,071 13,705 6,578 
700 1,905 9,180 213,535 20,100 3,650 18,400 152,095 1,831 9,520 0 3,055 11,597 66,300 10,665 
$2,838,602 
Oct. 1944 
s 4,750 62,842 81,961 83,047 26,295 8,176 400 287,834 0 457,399 3,875 736 132,872 329,476 76,076 3,950 9,000 11,025 1,145,470 9,000 0 5,735 88,521 11,395 9,384 32,350 4,945 4,150 4,271 10,255 19,895 20,753 713,912 6,550 11,576 0 14,820 35,157 20,834 15,970 
$3,764,657 
NOTE: Compiled from reporta from TexH chambers of commerce to the Bureau of Busineaa Research. 
LUMBER 
On Board Feet) 

Southern Pine Mills: Average Weekly Production 
per unit ---------------------ґAverage Weekly Shipments per unit ----ЇЇЇЇ-Ї----ЇЇЇЇ----ЇЇЇЇґЇЇ. Average Unfilled Orders per 
No v. 1944  Nov. 1943  Oct. 1944  
186,196  272,236  194,565  
193,555  228,508  197,845  

unit, end of month ______l,214,233 .16,151,860 1,481,767 
Non:: From Southern Pine Auociation. 
PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRIC POWER 
Nov., 1944 
from 
Nov., 1943 

Commercial ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇ--Ї-ЇЇЇЇЇ----+ 11.9 Industrial -----------ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇ + 19.5 Residential -------ЇЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇ-+ 12.1 All Others ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-------------38.4 
TOTAL ЇЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-ЇЇЇЇЇ-----+ 3.4 
Prepared from report.I of 10 electric power compaDiOI Research. 
ov., 1944 from Oct., 1944 
5.2 
1.5 
2.3 
+ 2.3 
2.3 
to the Baroa∙ Gf Bsuia... 
TEXAS BUSINESS REVIEW 
DAIRY PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED IN PLANTS IN TEXAS 
Product anti Year Jn. Feb. March April Kay Juao July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total 
CREAMERY BUTTER 
(1000 lb.) 1944∙ 2,00 2,126 2,765 3,535 4,008 3,527 3,569 2,792 2,535 2,138 1,534 1943∙ 2,743 3,076 3,652 4,544 4,120 4,363 3,584 2,621 2,582 2,210 1,924 38,071
--------------2,636
1930-39 average ___ 2,074 2,109 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.) i 1944∙ -------1,115 1,211 1,520 1,687 2,491 2,944 3,200 2,997 2,193 1,897 1,689 1943∙ 1,125 1,187 1,396 1,770 2,302 2,478 2,778 2,898 2,125 1,744 1,398 940 22,237 1930-39 average _ __ 215 262 434 570 752 893 904 845 686 460 259 205 6,486 
AMERICAN CHEESE 
(1000 lb.) 1944∙ 902 956 1,229 1,884 2,273 2,159 2,076 1,621 1,372 1,148 869 1943∙ 914 948 1,063 1,594 2,010 1,866 1,782 1,319 984 786 625 809 15,272 1930-39 average ___ 554 590 737 1,050 1,215 1,129 1,119 1,025 866 852 718 641 10,496 
MILK EQUIVALENT OF DAIRY PRODUCTSt 
(1000 lb.) 
1944∙ 71,519 92,663 119,889 144,977 137,502 140,357 115,184 97,137 82,777 63,610

_____ ___ 
___67,873 1943∙ 83,301 94,470 118,447 149,577 139,948 147,397 126,028 92,753 84,922 70,334 62,253 1,291,709
_ __________8(),106 1930-39 average ______
_____54,675 57,139 67,456 89,641 104,323 97,562 97,075 89,185 76,165 73,444 60,119 55,872 922,656 
∙E1timatea of production made by the Bureau of Bu1ine11 Reaearch. 
tMilk Equivalent ef Dairy product1 was calculated from production Uta lay the Bureaa ef Bu!lin.es1 Research. 
!Includes iee cream, 1herbets, ice1, ete. 
Non : IO.year averae∙ production oa creamery J.utter, ice cream azul America∙ eheeH based n ti.a ta from the Agri.Wtural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 

NOVEMBER, 1944, CARLOAD MOVEMENT OF POULTRY AND EGGS 
Shipments from Texas Statioll8 
Caro of Poaltry Can of E,111 Shell Chlcke111 Turk971 Shell Froun Dried Equivaleut! *Deatinatien 1944 19'3 1944 1943 1944 1943 1944 1943 1944 1943 1944 1943 
TOTAL -------------------------19 2 256 263 14 22 68 45 93 158 894 1,376 Intrastate 3 0 42 59 8 9 26 26 13 27 164 277 lnterstate ----------16 8 214 204 6 13 42 19 80 131 730 1,099 
Re<:eipts at Texas Stations 
TOTAL -------------------19 5 18 28 43 79 61 29 22 165 313 Intrastate 13 2 14 26 7 20 24 27 20 55 234 Interstate 
-----------
--------------6 3 4 2 36 59 37 2 2 llO 79 
∙The de1tinati∙.n abol'∙ i1 tbe Int 4Htiaatiea a1 el:aewa ~J' tile orl&ful ∙ayl.ill. Chan,ee in deatinatio11 brought about by diversion factot1 are not Una. 
tDried e,,, uui fro.en e111 an en.Yert.. to a ii.ell ecc ~i∙alnt ∙ ._ f ollowlac ba1i1: 1 rail carload of dried egg1c:::i8 carloads of 1hell eip, and 1 carload of froaoa -2carloacb of ahell ∙IC∙Ї 
Non : TheM data furni1hecl to the Dln1lou of Asrlcali.nl lhatl1t!M, ∙.A. !., .Ly railroad oliolah through agoato at all etationo which originate and reoehl oarload 1illpaoat1 of 1eultry aatl oCPЇ Tloo data are coap!lo4 loy t... Bveaa et ∙aoineo1 lleoear<:h. 
NOVEMBER SHIPMENTS OF LIVE STOCK CONVERTED TO A RAIL-CAR BASIS* 
Cattle c.1... Swine Sheep Total 19" lMI 1944 lMa 1944 1943 1944 1943 1944 194! Total Interstate Plu! Fort Wort!L______ 
6,922 6,633 2,403 1,767 479 1,208 735 984 10,539 10,592 
Total Intrastate Omitting Fort Wort.A.__ 1,488 946 242 90 18 65 311 176 2,059 1,277 TOTAL SHIPMENTS____________ _________ 
_________ 
8,410 7,579 2,645 1,857 497 1,273 1,046 1,160 12,598 11,869 
TEXAS CATЇLOT SHIPMENTS OF LIVE STOCK FOR YEAR TO DATE 
Cattle c.1∙∙ Swiae Sheep Total 19" lHS 19" lMI 1944 1M3 1944 1943 1944 l!NI Total Interstate Plu! Fort Worth________________ 
59,159 59,497 12,996 10,752 13,283 15,234 13,390 12,828 98,828 98,311Total Intrastate Omitting f ort Worth___________ 8,128 7,863 1,611 1,870 819 731 2,472 1,326 13,030 11,790
TOTAL SHIPMENTS_________________________________ 

67,287 67,360 14,607 12,622 14,102 15,965 15,862 14,154 111,858 110,101 
∙Rail-car Ba;is: Cattle, 30 bead per car; cahЇee. 60; ewlne, 80; and aheep, 250. 
F∙rt Worth shipments are eombiaed with iatentate fonrariiq1 in ∙rd∙r th.at the llulk of market diuppearance for the mouth may be shown. 
Nen: The1e data are fumi1hed tho United Statea Bureau of Acricultural :lconomic1 by railway ol&.cials throu.,h mere thctn I,500 station ae:entl, npre11atiac nery 11..1tock ohlpplq pelut la the State. Tllo dll'ta are coapllotl lif tlae Bareau of Buaiu-RMearch. 
TEXAS BUSINESS REVIEW 
NOVEMBER RETAIL SALES OF INDEPENDENT STORES IN TEXAS 
COMMODITY PRICES (By Districts) 
Nov. 1944 Nov. 1943 Oct. 1944 
Number of Percentace Cbancee Wholesale Prices: 
Eatal>Ї Nov. 1944 Nov. 1944 Year 1944 lishments from from from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Reporting Nov. 1943 Oct, 1944 Year 1943 (1926=100%) 104.4 102.9 104.0
-----------------Ї--ЇЇ-------ґTOTAL TEXAS ЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇЇ-------960 + 12.4 + 4.7 + 11.1 
Fann Prices: TEXAS STORES U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 
GROUPED BY 
(1926=100%) 	124.4* 123.4
----------------------------121.4 
PRODUCING AREAS Retail Prices:District 1-N -----------------63 +29.5 + 12.8 + 13.3 
+47.4 +30.5 	Food (U.S. Bureau of Labor Sta-
Amarillo Ї----------ЇЇЇЇЇЇ-Ї-24 tistics (1935-1939=100%) ________ 136.5 137.3 136.4
Plainview ------------------11 + 4.2 2.6 
All Others ----------------28 + 12.4 -7.7 Cost of Living Index (1935-1939 

District 1-S ------------------32 + 11.1 + 8.6 +11.2 =100%) ---------------------------------126.5 124.2 126.4 Lubbock --------------------17 + 7.9 + 8.0 Department Stores (Fairchild'sAll Others -----------------15 + 19.5 +10.2 Publications
∙
District 2 ----------------------81 + 5.6 + 5.3 	January, 1931=100%) ----------------113.4 113.l 113.4 
District 3 ----------------------28 + 17.5 + 4.3 + 13.3 
District 4 ---------------------225 +12.4 + 3.5 + 13.5 *Pre1iminary.
Dallas --------------------------34 +15.0 -1.8 
Fort Worth ----------------35 +11.1 +13.2 
Waco -------------------------Ї 25 + 15.6 + 11.7 

CEMENT
All Others ------------------130 + 2.1 + 7.7 
District 5 ------------------------104 + 11.3 -3.2 + 9.9 

.<In Tholl!lands of Barrels)
District 6 ----------------------34 +19.7 + 8.6 +16.1 District 7 ---------------------Ї 42 +10.7 ∙ + 15.5 Oct. 1944 Oct. 1943 Sept. 1944 District 8 ---------------------175 + 17.2 + 7.3 + 17.2 Texas Plants 
Austin ----------------------17 +13.8 + 9.7 
Production ----------------ґ520 788 597Corpus Christi __________ 27 +18.2 + 3.7 
Shipments ------------------ґ579 723 527 San Antonio -------------48 +20.0 + 10.3 
Stocks -------------------Ї------848 883 907 
All 	Others ----------------83 + 7.0 3.7 
United StatesDistrict 9 ---------------------109 + 7.5 + 4.3 + 8.5 
Houston --------------------Ї44 + 9.6 + 4.2 Production -----------------ґ9,194 11,189 8,746 
All Others --------------Ї--65 + 3.4 + 4.6 Shipments -------------------ґ10,263 11,188 10,221 
District 10 -------------------26 + 5.6 + 8.2 +14.2 Stocks -------------------------16,075 19,604 17,000 

District 10-A ----------------41 +10.9 	44.0%
6.8 + 1.8 	Capacity Operated _
_ 
45.0% 53.0% 
∙Change of leH than .5% 
Non: From U.S. Department of Interior, B11reaa of Minea. 
Non: Prepared from report∙ of inde,endont retail etore. to the Durea∙ ef BwllЇ H∙ Reaearcb, eol5peratin1 with the U.S. Bureau of the Ceneu.1. 
NOVEMBER CREDIT RATIOS IN TEXAS DEPARTMENT AND APPAREL STORES 
(Expressed in Per Cent) 
Nu miler llatie of Ratio of Ratio of 
ef Credit Sale1 Collection1 to Credit Salarleo Storee to Not Sale1 Out1tandin11 to Credit Sal.. ll∙∙∙rti111 . 1944 l!NS 1944 1943 1944 194! 
All 	Stores -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------58 45.6 44.7 69.0 66.1 0.9 1.0 Stores Grouped by Cities: 
Austin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 39.5 39.9 74.4 75.3 1.0 1.0 Bryan -----------------------------------------------------------Ї-----------------------------------------------Ї 3 41.4 37.3 55.1 53.6 0.9 1.5 Corpus Christi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ї 3 40.4 41.1 85.5 68.3 1.9 1.1 Dallas ------------------------------------------------------------------------8 57.4 53.0 65.6 62.9 0.6 0.7 El Paso --------------------------------------------------~------------------------3 39.9 40.1 68.8 67.5 1.0 1.1 Fort Worth -----------------------------------------------------------Ї--------------4 42.0 41.1 80.9 71.3 1.0 1.0 Houston ---------------------------------------------------------------------7 41.9 42.2 65.9 63.5 1.1 1.3 ' San Antonio ------------------------------------------------------------------------4 35.8 39.0 69.4 69.0 1.1 1.5 
44.6 68.7
Waco -------------------------------------------------------------Ї---------------5 44.6 63.7 1.0 1.1 All Others ---------------------------------------------------------------------.!.--15 
41.1 42.1 70.7 73.4 0.9 0.7 Stores Grouped According to Type of Store: 
Department Store (Annual Volume Over $500,000) ___________________ _
__ 19 43.2 43.3 71.2 68.0 0.9 1.0 Department Stores ..(Annual Volume under $500,000).____________________ 9 37.6 40.0 63.1 67.4 1.2 1.1 Dry-Goods-Apparel Store& --------------------------------------------------3 38.6 38.2 66.9 58.1 1.6 1.6 
Women's Specialty Shops --------------------------------------------------Ї 15 58.0 52.0 63.8 61.2 0.6 0.7 Men's Clothing Stores -------------------------------------------------12 40.5 41.6 71.0 67.l 1.0 1.1 Stores Grouped According to Volume of Net Sales During 1943: Over $2,500,000 ----------------------Ї-ЇЇ
Ї----------------------------------------18 44.2 44.3 68.8 67.;J. 0.9 0.9 
$2,500,000 down to $1,000,000____________ _______....,.___________________ 11 
35.3 38.0 74.1 71.0 1.3 1.2 $1,000,000 down to $500,000________ __ _
________________________________________ 12 36.7 45.2 67.0 68.5 1.1 1.2 
Less than $500,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17 30.0 30.1 64.2 64.5 2.1 2.2 
Non: The ratios shown for each year, in the order In which they appear from left to right ∙re obtained lay th., following computatfon1 : (1) Credit Sale1 di1Їlde4 by 
Net Sales. (2) Collections during the month divided by the total account∙ napald en the 6nt of the month . (3) Salarie1 of the credit de,artment divided by creolit 11le1. The data are reported to the Bureau of Bu1inea1 Re1earch by Texu retail 1tore1. 

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TEXAS BUSINESS REVIEW 
PETROLEUM 
Daily Average Production (In Barrels) 
PANUA.NOL~ 
Nov. 1944 Nov. 1943 Oct. 1944 
Coastal Texas* ----------------551,700 524,600 537,700 East Central Texas ----------145,150 139,200 149,500 East Texas ------------------------368,250 376,400 371,350 North Texas ---------------------150,950 141,900 148,800 Panhandle -----------------------94,650 85,500 98,800 Southwest Texas -------------345,750 298,050 334,400 West Texas ---------------------476,000 359,750 492,800 STATE -----------------------------2,132,450 1,925,400 2,133,350 UNITED STATES __________ 4,730,500 4,413,450 4,725,950 
∙Includ c1 Conroe. 
Nott: From American Petroleum ln11titute. See accompanying map showing the oil producing district∙ of Texu. 
Gasoline sales as indicated by taxes collected by the State Comptroller were: October, 1944, 109,452,159 gal.; October, 1943, Ot)T lt. IC.1' 
Ї or
102,641,255 gal.; September, 1944, 111,519,573 gal. 
Tc )11. A.S 
October sales of gasoline to the United States Government as recorded by motor fuel distributors in Texas were 274,968,135 gallons. 
COTTON BALANCE SHEET FOR THE UNITED STATES AS OF DECEMBER l, 1944 
On Thousands of Running Bales Except as Noted) 
Carryover Imports to Gov. Est. as Con. to Exports to Balance Year Aug. l Dec. l* of Dec. 1 Total Dec. 1 Dec. 1 Total Deo. l 
1935-1936_________________________ _
_________________ 7,138 30 10,734 17,902 1,924 2,575 4,499 13,4031936-1937__ 
__
______________________ __
________________ 5,397 41 12,407 17,845 2,482 2,303 4,785 13,060
1937-1938._______
__________________________________ 
4,498 31 18,746 23,275 2,212 2,434 4,646 18,6291938-1939......_______________________ _
__
_________ 
11,533 54 12,008 23,595 2,236 1,535 3,771 19,824 1939-1940...-----------------------------------------13,033 48 11,792 2_4,873 2,660 2,328 4,988 19,885
1940-194l ___________________________ __
_____________________ 10,596 42 12,686 23,324 2,801 495 3,296 20,0281941-1942__________________________________________ 12,367 t 10,976 23,343 3,553 t 3,553 19,790
1942-1943_
___________.__________________ __________ 
10,590 t 12,982 23,572 3,777 t 3,777 19,7951943--1944_______________,____ __________________________ 10,687 t 11,478 22,165 3,472 t 3,472 18,6931944-1945__________ ____________________ _______________ 10,727 65 12,359 23,151 3,266 650 3,916 19,235 
The Cotton Year begins Augu1t I. 
*Figures are in 500Їpound bales. 

!Not available. 
CONTENTS 
PAGE 	PAOI 
CHART 	Commercial Failures -Ї-Ї-Ї----------------------------------------------------------------ЇЇ-ЇЇ-ЇЇ Commodity Prices -----------------------------------------------------------------------------7
Changes in Rural Farm Population..................------ЇЇЇЇ----------------------------1 

Cotton Balan ce Sheet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------8Indexes of Business Activity in Texas..--------------------------------------------------2 
Credit Ratio;; in Texas Retail Stores ______________ _
__________________________ 7 Dairy Products Manufactured in Plants in Texas________________ & 
LIST OF TABLES 
Employment and Pay Rolls in TexasЇ-----------------------------------4 Ag ricultural Cash Income in Texas....Ї-------------------------------------------------3 Lumber --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 
Building Permits -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Petroleum ---------------------Ї---------------------------------------------------------8 Ca rload Movement of Poultry and EggsЇ-----------------------------------------------6 Postal Receipts ---------------------------------------------------------------------6 Cement Ї -----------------Ї--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 Retail Sales of Independent Stores in Texas....-------------------------------ґ
Changes in Consumption of Electric Power..---------------------------------------5 Retail Sales of Independent Stores in Texas by Districts..------------
Charters ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Sh ipments of Livestock -------------------------------------------------------------------ґ