TEXAS BUSINESS REVIEW Vol. XIX, No. 6 July, 1945 A MONTHLY SUMMARY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN TEXAS Published by the Bureau of Business Research, The University of Texas Austin 12, Texas l!,;nter~d as second cla&B matter on May 7, 1928, at the post office at Auetin, Texas, under Act of August 24, 1912 TEN CENTS PER COPY ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR INDEXES OF AGRICULTURAL CASH INCOME IN TEXAS 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 Helen L. Woodcock and Industrial Geography Secretary School of Business Administration Staff Co-operating COMMODITY PRICES June, 1945 June, 1944 May, 1945 Wholesale Prices: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (1926=100) -----······-···-·-····· 106.1 104.3 106.0 Farm Prices: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (1926=100) --------···-----·-······ 130.4 125.0 129.9 Retail Prices : Food (U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (1935-1939=100) _____ 135.7 138.8 Cost of Living Index (1935-1939 =100) ------,-------------­125.4 128.0 Department Stores (Fairchild's Publications January, 1931=100) ---···------113.4 113.4 113.4 • ot available. PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRIC POWER June, 1945 June, 1945 First Half Year 1945 from from from June, 1944 May, 1945 First Half Year 1944 Commercial -----+30.5 + 9.7 + 17.6 Industrial ------------+ 8.1 + 8.1 +17.2 Residential ----------+ 11.5 + 0.9 + 13.5 All Others -----------10.0 2.2 -17.3 TOTAL +10.8 + 2.5, + 9.6 Prepared from report~ of ~ el~ctric power compu.nie~ to tht; llureau of Bqsincss ft.escarcbr (Average Month 1928-32=100) Cumulative Cash Income in Thousands of Dollars Jan.-June Inclusive Districts June, 1945 May, 1945 June, 1944 1945 1944 1-N ............ 118.4 273.8 201.5 46,778 33,034 1-S ·········--· 503.7 484.1 463.6 42,074 37,066 2 ·······-··-··· 367.6 249.4 342.4 51,948 37,197 3 ···········-·­ 291.4 301.2 351.0 24,051 22,632 4 ---------­ 203.7 214.3 227.4 55,729 55,036 5 ···-·····-----­ 348.0 214.5 345.9 26,704 25,529 6 ···-·········­ 222.8 262.2 230.3 21,383 18,834 7 ···-··········­ 290.8 262.1 230.8 43,790 34,798 8 ··----··---···· 283.8 254.3 322.4 36,571 39,232 9 10 ····-·········­···----­-----­ 248.4 122.0 257.5 126.2 259.4 118.0 30,139 20,147 30,474 16,155 10-A ·············· 182.6 1078.l 422.5 71,217 72,711 STATE ........ 258.0 300.5 273.5 470,531 422,698 Non: Farm cash income aa computed by the Bureau understates actual farm cash income by from six to ten per cent. This situation results from the fact that means of securing complete local marketings, especially by truck, hue not yet been fully developed. In addition, means have not yet been developed for computing cash income from all agricultural epecialties of local importaace in scattered areas throughout the State. Thie situation, however, does not impair the accuracy of the inde:teJ to any appreciable extent. TEXAS COMMEROAL FAILURES June, June, May, January through Juno 1945 1944 1945 1944 1945 Number 0 0 1 0 4 ---·---·---··--­ Liabilities* 0 0 $2.2 0 $19.2 Assets* ·-···--·------0 0 $2.0 0 $23.0 Average Liabilities per failure* 0 0 $2.2 0 $ 5.1 •In thousands. Non: From Dun and Bradstreet. Inc. TEXAS CHARTERS June, June, May, January through Iunt 1945 1944 1945 1945 1944 Domestic Corporations: Capitalization* __________ $820 $1,160 $1,220 $5,281 $4,626 Number -----·-···-···------45 56 77 376 310 Classification of new corpoo-ations: Banking-Finance 1 1 5 19 9 Manufacturing ________ 5 6 8 43 31 Merchandising ·······--8 13 25 97 72 Oil --------------------6 4 9 33 16 Public Service ···-----3 0 4 55 5 Real Estate Building_ 2 4 8 39 62 Transportation ····--·-2 2 6 21 7 All Others -·-·············-18 26 12 69 110 Number capitalized at less than $5,000 ______ 15 19 26 152 90 Number capitalized at 100,000 or more -······ 3 2 3 13 10 Foreign Corporations (Number) ·-------·····-8 20 25 116 97 •In thousands. Non: Compiled from records of 1h~ ~~cr~l•rr of State. J une, 1945 E1timated Number of Perccntace Chanse E1timated Amount of Perccnta1e Cban1e Workers Employed• from from Weekly Pay Roll from from May, June, May, June, May, June, May, June,1945(1) 1945<1) 1945 1944 1945<1> 1945<•> 1945 1944 MANUFACTURING All Ma nufacturinc lnduatriea 167,076t 170,583t + 2.1 + 0.8 $5,472,573 $5,566,332 + 1.7 -4.7 Food Products Baking 10,413 11,173 + 7.3 + 9.8 424,338 442,150 + 4.2 +20.5 Carbonated Bev~rages 3,466 3,484 + 0.5 -10.9 110,613 111,734 + LO -5.4 Confectionery 1,416 1,233 -13.0 6.4 21,873 19,788 9.5 +13,2 Flour Milling ------­ 2,490 2,590 + 4.0 + 8.9 87,431 92,764 + 6.1 +17.6 Ice Cream ___ 1,546 1,656 + 7.1 -3.8 43,873 48,484 +10.5 + 10.0 Meat Packing -------------4,910 5,525 + 12.5 -17.2 161,772 182,987 +13.1 -12.4 Textiles 5,323 5,374 + LO + 4.8 133,605 136,262 + 2.0 +14.6 Men's Work Clothing _____ 3,804 3,963 + 4.2 7.2 71,659 72,889 + 1,7 3.0 Cotton Textile Mills----­ Forest Products 1,075 1,128 + 4.9 3.5 34,465 39,000 + 13.2 + 9.7 Planing Mills -------1,674 1,765 + 5.4 6.8 55,880 59,625 + 6.7 + 9.0 13,536 13,519 0.1 6.0 24,860 25,994 + 0.5 -6.4 Furniture ------­ Saw Mills ----------­ Paper Boxes ____ 858 928 + 8.1 + 9.6 20,046 22,751 +13.5 +11.9 Printing and Publishing Commercial Printing 2,335 2,404 + 3.0 1.8 87,728 88,795 + 1.2 + 5,7 Newspaper Publishing -----3,8,l.3 3,787 0.7 0.4 123,567 121,490 L7 + 6.6 Chemical Products Cotton Oil Mills___ 2,262 1,908 -15.6 1.6 41,490 35,083 -15.5 +14..6 Petroleum Refining _ 25,847 26,255 + 1.6 + 4.0 1,466,124 1,467,698 + 0.1 + 2.9 Stone and Clay Products 1,730 1,741 + 0.7 + 12.0 33,241 32,684 1.7 +21.3 715 745 + 4.1 0.8 32,202 33,755 + 4.8 + 12.4 Brick and Tile Cement --­ Iron an.d Steel Produts Structural and Ornamental Iron_ 2,592 2,494 3.8 0.2 90,765 84,972 6.4 + 3.5 NONMANUFACTURING Crude Petroleum Production __ 27,752 28,011 + 0.9 + 0.8 1,522,208 1,576,859 + 3.6 + 7.9 (3) 0.5 + 4.3 (3) (3) + 2.9 + 12.9 Quarrying ----------------·-----(3) (3) + 2.3 + 1.0 (3) (3) + 1.7 + 6.8 Public Utilities -------------------(3) Retail Trade ___________208,297 205,109 L5 0.8 5,325,684 5,437,855 + 2.1 + 8.2 Wholesale Trade -----------61,846 + 7.0 61,185 l.l LO 2,573,752 2,583,871 + 0.4 2,874 + 2.1 5.5 74,199 79,380 Dyeing and Cleaning -------------2,815 + 7.0 +11.1 19,775 . + L4 0.3 366,990 377,687 + 2.9 + 6.6 Hotels ----------------------------19,496 13,902 + 2.4 8.8 254,915 262,043 + 2.8 + 0.2 Power Laundries ---------13,579 CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT AND PAY ROLLS IN SELECTED CITIES«> Employment Pay Rell1 Employment Pay Rollo Percentae:e Chance Percentage Chance Percentaco Chan1e Percent.s10 Chan1e May, 1945 June, 1944 May, 1945 June, 1944 May, 1945 June, 1944 May, 1945 June, 19"4 to to to to to to to to June, 1945 June, 1945 June, 1945 June, 19•15 June, 1945 June, 1945 June, 1945 June, 1945 2.9 3.7 + 3.0 + 7.6 Galveston -------+ 12.6 8.3 + 9.3 + 12.2 Abilene 8.9 16.9 4.4 10.3 Houston 3.8 29.6 12.3 37.5 Amarillo --·----·­4.6 + 16.1 4.6 + 17.6 Port Arthur ----+ 2.4 + 4.8 + 0.2 + 0.8 Austin ---·--------­+ (5) 10.1 0.2 20.9 San Antonio _ + L9 4.0 + 3.7 + 8.5 Beaumont -----­ Corpus Christi + 4.9 + 6.5 L7 + 6.0 Sherman ------+ 11.0 + 23 4 + 12.6 + 56.4 L9 25.7 3.1 27.6 Waco 0.9 4:7 0.1 + 1.2 Dallas ----------­ 0.5 + 2.1 + 3.1 + 12.5 Wichita Falls_ + 0.4 0.2 + 1L5 + 7.5 El Paso ------- Fon Wonh ___ _ 34.9 48.5 37.9 46.8 STATE --------5.4 19.2 8.3 21.7 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN NONAGRICULTURAL BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENTSm 1943<2) 1944(1) 1945 1943 1944 January ------------1,385,000 1,429,000 1,418,000(J) July ------------------1,450,ooon> 1,448,ooom 1,413,00000 August ----------------1,441,ooo<» 1,446,000FebrullfY ----------------1,397,000 1,433,000 1,433,000 1 417 ooo<» September ---------1,448,000<2> 1,432,000 May -----------------1,458,000 1,435,000 November -------------1,461,000m 1,434,ooom June --------------1,478,000 1,448,000 December ----------1,470,ooo<•> 1,467,ooom •Doe1 not include proprieton, fi.rm memben, o8icen of corporation1, or oth• principal ei:ecutifet. Factory employment ei:cludea alao o5ce, u le1, technical aa• profe11ional penonnel. tDoet not include 1trictly war industriea. Ol lle•loed. Subjoct to revision. Not n ailablo. <'>Baaed en unweichted ficurea. <•>Le11 than 1/10 of one percent. Not includ in& eelf·empl?y~d persons, casual workere, or domeetic 1ervant11 and exclueive of military and maritime penonnel. These firure1 are furnished by the Bureau of Labor StatJst1c1, U.S. Department of Labor. Prepared from !eportl from repreaent.ati':• Texu e1tabli1bmonta te tho Bureau of Bu1ine11 Reaearch co-oporatin& with the Bureau of Labor Statlttica. Due to the aattonal emer1ency, pubhcauoa of data for certain lndu1triea la boin1 withheld 11.ntil futher Dotice. Prod.uet anti Tear J... Feb. Marclt April Kay J•ae Jatr As.. Sepe. Oct. NOY. D... Tetal CREAMERY BUTTER . (1000 lb.) 1,786 2,492 3,612 3,934 3,465 1945* --------1,546 1944* 1,984 2,548 3,634 3,998 3,594 3,569 1,792 2,535 1,138 1,549 1,717 32,304 --------------1,827 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 33,048 ICE CREAM (1000 gal.Ji 1945* 1,250 1,627 1,663 2,276 2,914 ---------1,209 1944* 991 1,075 1,332 1,516 2,090 2,674 3,200 2,997 2,193 1,897 1,680 1,076 24,011 -·----------­ 1930-39 average ____ 215 262 434 570 752 893 904 845 686 460 259 205 6,48.5 AMERICAN CHEESE (1000 !be.) 1945* 779 893 1,433 1;871 2,183 2,074 1944* 762 919 1,306 1,886 2,255 2,312 2,076 1,621 1,372 1,148 869 708 17,197 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 lbs.) 1945* 57,308 63,892 90,817 123,244 148,240 138,674 1944* _ ______59,584 65,589 86,493 121,197 140,768 140,176 140,357 115,134 97,137 82;777 63,531 57,455 1,190,864 1930--39 average _______54,675 57,139 67,456 89,641 104,323 97,562 97,075 89,185 76,165 73,4t4 60,119 55,872 922,656 •E•tlmate. ef prod•ctien made hy the Bur&.1.a of Bullneaa Reeearcla. tMilk EquiYaleat ef Dairy preduct1 wu calculated frem productioa Uta by the Burea• •f la.1ia-B.eNUeL Unelude1 tee eream, 1herb1t1, ice1, ett. Non: IO-year aver•&• production oa creamery I.utter, to. •N&a ind. .lmerleaa eh•... ltaH.I •• 4ata f~ the Apiealtanl Marketlq Serriee. V.S,;D.A.. JUNE SHIPMENTS OF LIVE STOCK CONCERTED TO A RAIL-CAR .BASIS* Cattle Calves Hor• Sheep Total 1945 1944 1945 1944 1945 1944 1945 1944 1945 1944 Total Interstate Plue Fort Worth____ 5,110 5,350 852 845 451 1,215 2,987 3,205 9,400 10,615 Total Intrastate Omitting Fort Worth____ 336 603 70 69 15 47 124 181 545 900 TOTAL SHIPMENTS____ _______ 5,446 5,953 922 914 466 1,262 3,111 3,386 9,945 11,515 TEXAS CAR-LOT* SHIPMENTS OF LIVE STOCK FOR YEAR 1943 Cattle Calveo Hoa:• Sheep Total 1945 1944 1945 1944 1945 1944 1945 1944 1945 1944 Total Interstate Plus Fort Worth____________ 35,876 27,589 4,377 4,159 3,506 9,426 8,748 7,324 52,507 48,498 Total Intrastate Omitting Fort Worth_____ 4,891 4,085 726 770 136 651 469 494 6,222 6,000 TOTAL SHIPMENTS_________ ____ 40,767 31,674 5,103 4,929 3,642 10,077 9,217 7,818 58,729 54,498 •Rail·ear Bati1: Cattle. 30 bead ,er car; ealne, 60; swine, 80; aad sheep, 250, Furl Worth shipments ace combined with interstate forwarding• ill order that the bulk of market diaappearance for the montb may be 1howu. NoTE: These data are furnished the United Statss Bureau of Agricaltural Economics by railway officials through more than 1,500 atation acenu, repre1cotia1 evP.1ry Ji.,.eatock shipping point in the State. The data are compiled by tho Bureau of Bu1ineu Research. JUNE CARLOAD MOVEMENT OF POULTRY AND EGGS Shipments from Texas Stations Can of Poultry Caro of E1p Shell Chickon1 Turkey• Shell Fr01Een Dried Equivalentt •De1tinatlon 1945 1944 1945 1944 194.S 1944 1945 1944 1945 1944 1945 1944 TOTAL 16 35 17 9 91 108 132 113 45 111 715 1,222 lntrastato 0 8 2 7 30 72 45 54 7 38 176 484 Interstate 16 27 15 2 61 36 87 59 38 73 539 738 I Receipts at Texali Stations TOTAL. 14 11 0 1 12 231 50 67 14 34 224 637 Intrastate --~ 0 10 0 1 10 79 42 45 0 33 94 433 Interstate -------14 1 0 0 2 152 8 22 14 1 130 204 •The deatJnation abo-te it the first destination • • a)!.own by the oricinal waybil1. Changes in deatination brought about by diversioa facto.re are not ihowa. tDried •n• and fr0t:en ecg• are converted to a shell-erg equivalent on the foll owing: huia: 1 rail carload of dried ecgsm8 carloads of ihell •IC• and 1 carloacl ef frozen c1:1-2 carload1 of 1hell eega. • Non : These data furnished to the Division of Agricultural Stati1tic11, B.A.E ., by rallroad officials throuch acent1 at all 1tationa which oricinate aad reeelT• carload 1hipmeat1 of poultry and qgs. The data are compiled by the Bureau of Buaineu Research. January throuch Jtine June, 1945 June, 1944 .M.y. 1945 1945 1944 Abilene ------·---------$ 28,257 $ 44,683 $ 29,968 $ 220,143 $ 263,048 Amarillo__ __________ _ ________________-:----­ 61,175 56,016 62,769 374,170 332,628 Austin 106,054 95,851 108,002 640,159 570,011 Beaumont ------------------45,416 49,161 52,443 305,285 280,249 Big Spring ___ 12,952 11,203 12,792 81,265 64,923Brownsville 11,105 11,849 12,259 78,058 68,693Brownwood 18,832 26,109 19,930 137,966 143,160Childress 6,771 5,569 8,084 43,687 32,816Cleburne 6,393 5,817 6,671 39,507 33,820 Coleman _ __ 3,859 4,581 4,225 27,026 26,708 Corpus Christi -----------­74,445 61,895 79,392 458,632 387,221 Corsicana --·----10,466 9,865 9,935 65,292 58,666 Dallas ____ 569,069 540,123 580,720 3,537,797 3,133,091 Del Rio--------------­6,820 7,083 7,004 43,954 38,857 Denison ---------------­10,498 9,763 10,959 67,967 58,269 Denton _ 10,857 10,449 14,376 82,093 69,394 Edinburg --------5,165 3,765 4,744 30,176 25,406 El Paso _ _ 92,882 99,292 91,237 589,403 568,591 Fort Worth --------------------­254,725 235,124 269,160 1,646,213 1,364,600 Galveston -------------------------­52,059 52,339 50,895 321,381 299,171 Gladewater -----------------------------­4,588 3,835 3,967 27,964 25,043 Graham ----------------------3,491 3,149 3,849 22,940 20,425 Harlingen ----------------------·-----15,186 14,151 18,180 98,415 83,672 Houston _____ 410,144 390,657 434,379 2,526,922 2,210,854Jacksonville __ 5,796 5,588 6,268 35,622 33,502Kenedy ---------­2,032 2,358 2,063 13,171 14,728 Kerrville -------------­5,309 2,843 4,216 27,418 22,506Longview -----------------15,311 13,931 16,233 94,070 84,589 Lubbock ____ 32,747 33,892 32,473 216,738 197,679 Lufkin ----------------------------------------7,725 7,591 9,523 50,843 44,827McAllen -------8,083 7,508 8,377 53,056 44,678 Marshall ------------------· 11,533 10,548 13,146 74,896 64,117Midland ----------14,212 13,839 16,280 92,577 72,138 Palestine --------------------------------8,745 8,977 8,883 54,165 47,648 Pampa ----------------------------------------------------------­11,605 9,651 11,492 72,337 52,806 Paris -----------------------------20,736 20,982 21,798 143,028 128,885 Plainview -------------------­6,642 5,754 6,464 41,358 35,262 Port Arthur ------------­25,354 25,420 30,172 172,236 162,056 San Angelo --------------------27,160 21,683 26,928 159,868 128,308San Antonio -----------­254,586 251,941 272,485 1,619,222 1,531,222Seguin --------------4,556 4,416 4,449 26,563 23,566 Sherman ---------------------------------­12,927 12,322 14,838 85,479 72,410 Snyder ----------------------------------2,187 2,399 2,376 15,888 14,327Sweetwater -----8,152 7,907 10,564 54,950 52,404 Temple -------------------16,642 15,496 17,005 104,905 91,873Texarkana---------------~-------------------------------28,130 32,660 27,962 184,679 174,697Tyler --------------------29,463 29,660 31,475 186,540 175,640 Waco ------------------------------------------352,615 311,598 54,687 54,567 58,515 Wichita Falls ---------------~--------49,308 39,280 52,762 292,735 251,448 TOTAL ---------------------------------$ 2,484,837 $ 2,393,542 $ 2,602,687 $15,691,374 $13,992,230 NoTE : CompilCd from reports from Te:iaa chamber. of commerce to the Bureau of Business Research. COTTON BALANCE SHEET FOR THE U. S. AS OF JULY l, 1945 (In Thousands of Running Bales Except as Noted) Year 1935--1936______ 1936--1937 1937-1938___ __ 1938--1939_ ___ 1939--1940_ 1940--1941___ 1941-1942_ 1942-1943_ 1943--1944_ 1944-1945_ CarryoYer Aug. I 7,138 5,397 4,498 11,533 13,033 10,596 12,367 10,590 10,687 10,727 lmperts to July I* 135 234 134 134 150 176 259 217 196 106 Final Ginnings 10,417 12,130 18,242 11,621 11,447 12,287 10,489 12,437 11,121 11,806 Total 17,690 17,761 22,874 23,288 24,630 23,059 23,009 23,254 22,004 22,639 Cons. to July 1 5,744 7,362 5,307 6,334 7,161 8,792 10,176 10,260 9,218 8,903 Exports to July It 5,806 5,316 5,403 3,220 6,055 1,042 1,100 1,244 1,175 1,150 Total 11,550 12,678 10,710 · 9,554 13,216 9,834 11 ,276 11,504 10,393 10,053 Ba1ance July l 6,140 5,083 12,164 13,734 11,414 13,225 11,733 11,750 11,611 12,586 The cotton year begins August I. *Figures are in SOO·pound bale.. tFigures a.re to April l , 1945, New York Cotto11. Exchange. Percentage Change• Number of in Dollar Salee Eatab· June, 1945 Jun.e, 1945 Year 1945 lishment1 from from from Reportine June, 1944 May, 1945 Year 1944 TOTAL TEXAS 951 + 7.3 -9.6 + 9.4 + 9.2 -12.4 +11.2 STORES GROUPED BY LINE OF GOODS CARRIED: APPAREL ..---------------------· 123 Family Oothing Stores..___.._______________...._______..___ 25 + 5.2 + 18.3 + 8.1 -10.2 1.6 Men's and Boys' Oothing Stores......--....-...-...-----..----------42 1.0 + Shoe Stores __________..______...._ ________ 19 + 6.5 -12.4 + 12.8 Women's Specialty Shops ...................____..........___..__..______________ 37 + 17.8 -17.7 +17.6 AUTOMOTIVE• ...._ .._ ________________________________ 84 -5.3 -2.4 -6.8 Motor Vehicle Dealers..-----------..-----------·------------75 -6.5 -2.9 -9.9 + 5.2 -5.6 + 3.9 COUNTRY GENERAL ----·-----------..-· ----------85 DEPARTMENT STORES .......-..-..----------..·-----.. 59 + 12.0 -12.3 + 11.5 DRUG STORES .._ .._ ..__________..................."-------..-------------98 -0.2 -2.0 + 5.6 DRY GOODS AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE.......___..__________..____ 29 + 14.7 -0.4 +15.2 FILLING STATIONS ______.._ ..._______.._______.:______ 27 +19.6 + 8.5 + 18.1 FLOJ{ISTS ------------------..------..----.. 18 +24.9 -39.5 +18.2 FOOD• . . 130 4.2 -5.0 + 3.7 Grocery Stores _________..__________......-------..........----36 0.9 + 1.3 + 0.5 Grocery and Meat Stores..............................._ ..___...._........ 87 4.5 5.8 + 4.2 FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD• ..........-...-...-....-...-....-..--73 -6.1 -17.2 + 7.3 Furniture Stores -------------------..-------..--65 -6.3 -17.9 + 7.5 JEWELRY _ .._..______.._____ -........_._.._ .._ __.. 22 +36.4 -8.0 + 8.7 - LUMBER, BUILDING, AND HARDWARE-.......______.....................-.... 160 + 12.6 5.4 +23,2 Farm Implement Dealers ---------~-................_.._____..___..______ 17 -5.5 -18.4 + 11.4 Hardware Stores ....-.......-...-....--..----..-----------..--------55 + 3.7 5.3 + 14.9 Lumber and Building Material Dealers _ ..______...._.._____..___________ 87 + 19.8 3.4 +29.6 RESTAURANTS ....... ..--·--· 26 + 9.9 + 1.9 + 5.5 ALL OTHER STORES __________.._ ____ 12 +24.7 3.8 + 7.0 TEXAS STORES GROUPED ACCORDING TO POPULATION OF CITY: All Stores in Cities of- Over 100,000 Population .._ ____..____ 146 + 10.3 -11.9 + 12.2 50,000-100,000 Population ______......-..------------------124 + 7 0 5.6 + 6.1 2,500-50,000 Population .......__________.._ ..___ ________ 463 + 2:4 9.0 + 6.9 Less than 2,500 Population.......-....------218 + 7.6 + 0.04 + 8.7 *Grou• total includee kind1 of bu1ine11 other than the cluaifi.cation listed. Prepared from rcport1 of independent retail 1tore1 to the Bureau of Bu1ine.,Rcsearch, coOperating with the U.S. Bureau of the Cen1u1. JUNE CREDIT RATIOS IN TEXAS DEPARTMENT AND APPAREL STORES (Expressed in Per Cent) Number Ratio of Ratio of Ratio of of Credit Sale1 Collectiona to Credit Salaries Stores to Net Sales Outstandinc to Credit Sale1 Reporting 1945 1944 1945 1944 1945 1944 All Stores __..___.._..________ ..___.._____~.. 60 43.2 42.9 65.5 63.1 1.3 1.5 Stores Grouped by Cities: Austin ------..--..---------..--------------7 36.9 38.4 71.3 70.5 1.6 1.7 Bryan............_ .._ ....__............________.,.................................____....____ 3 35.5 33.7 64.8 61.7 2.4 2.3 Corpus Christi........_ ..-....-.............................-.................................._.._ 3 38.4 40.7 106.1 104.9 2.2 2.5 Dallas ....._ ..._ ..______ .._ __..__________________ 8 55.5 54.2 63.9 60.0 0.9 1.1 El Paso ... .....____ 3 37.9 37.8 60.3 60.3 1.6 1.8 Fort Worth -------..-------..------------------5 40.6 38.5 67.9 62.0 1.4 1.5 Houston -------8 39.9 40.3 64.9 63.8 1.6 1.9 San Antonio ......._ .._ .._______________ .._______..___ 5 36.6 38.1 65.4 63.3 1.3 1.3Waco ----------_ .._______ 4 44.4 42.5 59.8 60.1 1.6 1.6 All Others .......--..-....-...----------..---------14 40.1 39.9 66.9 68.9 1.2 1.3 Stores Grouped According to Type of Store: Department Stores (Annual Volume Over $500,000) ......................... 18 41.9 4°1.9 66.9 66.1 1.4 1.5 Department Stores (Annual Volume under $500,000) ..___ _____ 10 38.0 38.1 64.9 64.3 1.6 1.8 Dry-Goods-Apparel Stores ..._ ....._______..______ ..______ 3 38.3 36.3 67.0 66,1 1.9 2.6 Women's Specialty Shops _________..___________..___.._ ____ 17 48.8 47.0 62.2 56.9 0.9 1.3 Men's Oothing Stores ....------....------...-..·---------12 40.0 42.0 68.1 64.8 1.6 1.5 Stores Grouped According to Volume of Net Sales During 1944: Over $2,500,000 ....................-----....---..-.._ ...._______ _ 19 45.5 44.6 66.0 62.4 1.2 1.4 $2,500,000 down to Sl,000,000...-....------..·---------12 37,1 39.4 69.8 66.7 0.9 0.9 Sl,000,000 down to $500,000...-.._ ..___.._________ 11 35.4 35.1 64.1 65.8 1.1 1.3 Less than $500,000 _ ..........-----..--..·---------....-..-----..--..--..·---18 30.0 32.5 69.5 64.4 2.0 2.1 Non: The ratio• shown for each year, in the order in which they appear from l eft to right ~re obtained by the following computations: (1) Credit Sal c1· id• lty Net Sales. (2) Collections during the month divided by the total accounu unpaid on the fir1t of the month. (3) Salariet of the credit department di 'd,,.d ~1' e dlt aalu. The data are reported to the Bureau of Bu1ine11 Research by Texas retail atore1. vi e Y er , TEXAS BUSINESS REVIEW BUILDING PERMITS June, 1945 Abilene ------------------------$ 26,895 Amarillo ----------------------------· 267,483 Austin ----------------------------------268,742 Beaumont ----------------------------408,561 55,990~~~;:s~nfe ~:~~-=::::=.-.=z::=::::::=:::-.=::~~:::::::::=::~~:::=:= 20,151 ·Brownwood ----------------------------------------­14,570 Coleman -------------------------------------------------0 Corpus Christi -----------------­314,700 Corsicana ----------------------------------­5,300 Dallas --------------------1,412,628 Denison ----------------------------------------------44,826 Denton ----------------7,525 Edinburg ___ ----------6,700 El Pa.so ------------------------------------------------------125,811 Fort Worth ---------------------------492,936 Galveston ----------------------------------------------------· 113,265 Gladewater ------------------------------------75 Graham -----------------------'----------------------------------8,350 Harlingen -------------------------------­26,300 ]acksonville -------------------------------6,850 Kenedy ---------------------------------­0 Kerrville -----------------------------­15,004 Longview -----------------------------------------------13,005 Lubbock ------------------------­318,235 McAllen ------------62,385 Marshall -----------------------­19,695 Midland ------------144,140 New Braunfels -----------~---------5,460 Palestine -------------------------------------------------------­10,550 Pampa ---------------------------------------------­3,200 Paris ----------------------------------------------------------­18,430 Plainview -----------------------------------------------­ 46,760 Port Arthur -------------------------------­44,744 San Antonio -----------------------------------------­ 417,857 Seguin --------------------------------------------------------------­ 3,800 Sherman ---------------­ 20,600 Snyder -----------------------------­ 0 Sweetwater -------------------------------------------­ 19,915 Texarkana _______________________________________________ ___________ 31,780 90,213Tyler ------------------------­82,815 Waco -----------------------------------­ Wichita Falls -----------------------­ 53,428 TOTAL ------------$ 5,049,374 •Not available. NOTE : Compiled from reports from Texas chambers of commerce to the Bureau PETROLEUM Daily Average Production (In Barrels) J une, 1945 June, 1944 May, 1945 . Coastal Texas* ---------------­East Central Texas _______ 563,050 139,900 527,200 143,900 563,300 138,200 East Texas ------------------­ 377,600 361,100 379,800 Nrtrth Texas -----------­------­ 154,650 149,100 153,900 Panhandle ---­------------------­Southwest Texas --------­---­ 90,000 357,700 92,000 312,100 90,000 355,650 West Texas ---------------------­ 497,550 445,200 495,300 STATE -------­--­----·------­----­ 2,180,450 2,030,600 2,176,150 UNITED STATES _____ ___ __ 4,885,764 4,549,200 4,866,765 Gasoline sales as indicated by taxes collected by the State Comptroller were: May, 1945, 125,921,428 gallons; May, 1944, 110,971,724 gallons; April, 1945, 111,287,216 gallons. May sales to the United States Go·vernment as recorded by ~rfuel distributors in Texas were 309,692,967 gallons. •Include• Comoe. Non: From American Petroleum Institute. Sec accompanying map shoWing the oil producing districts of Texas. June, 1944 May, 1945 $ 70,005 $ 16,885 200,070 422,599 106,082 140,541 60,516 70,104 14,370 33,880 13,630 29,709 18,454 2,000 0 500 379,140 509,056 150 • 641,018 876,099 7,603 21,917 1,200 18,150 11,275 1030 175,812 133'.273 252,069 763,284 85,239 60,025 2,500 950 0 16,700 4,350 28,470 8,500 15,800 1,600 0 4,927 17,890 3,780 11,260 102,939 157,881 44,605 17,000 9,153 15,984 155,663 97,500 5,272 9,978 700 3,634 700 15,000 13,996 31,137 2,640 13,035 21,581 62,299 243,385 478,697 1,580 14,200 8,066 23,564 0 2,000 3,070 12,945 19,750 • 26,185 59,975 295,176 420,500 16,917 135,339 $ 3,033,668 $ 4,760,790 of Dustiness Rcse.arch. OANWANCH.t January through June 1945 1944 $ 95,650 $ 244,940 1,279,175 688,020 1,088,844 301,769 879,145 439,638 353,670 90,%0 95,229 67,280 55,547 145,197 5,300 5,350 2,852,196 979,435 14,125 4,747 4,348,732 4,953,401 249,196 95,802 42,250 10,115 57,785 27,057 456,037 701,473 3,116,894 1,941,511 392,100 493,233 10,250 7,405 53,542 6,828 132,714 43,950 35,900 33,700 5,500 6,950 117,359 9,627 53,215 27,922 1,046,896 339,463 220,246 88,850 119,344 83,582 473,928 296,964 60,327 29,093 34,189 5,860 146,950 17,155 115,537 134,296 118,321 11,840 250,807 163,646 2,638,985 1,972,853 25,979 13,651 141,575 69,64'7 9,800 0 . 128,128 99,915 180,815 49;931 358,782 113,793 835,646 1,173,935 296,306 119,152 $22,992,616 $16,109,754 (In Board Feet) June, June, May, Fint Half 1945 1944 1945 1944 1945 Southern Pine Mills: Average Weekly Production per unit_______________ 199,866 212,385 204,042 1,515,778 1,153,941 Average Weekly Shipments per unit______ 206,139 214,338 217,402 1,671,319 1,195,378 Average Unfilled Orders per unit, end of month_ 1,502,443 1,518,598 1,448,640 9,054,049 9,176,837 Non: From Southern Pine Association. JUNE RETAIL SALES OF INDEPENDENT STORES IN TEXAS (By Districts) Number ef Percentage Change. E1tab-June, 1945 June, 1945 Year 1945 li1hmcnu from from from Reporting June, 1944 May, 1945 Year 1944 TOTAL TEXAS --------951 + 7.3 -9.6 + 9.4 TEXAS STORES GROUPED BY TABLE OF CONTENTS PROD UONG AREAS District 1-N -----65 + 1.6 2.6 -0.1 Amarillo _____ 24 + 6.1 5.8 All Others -------------39 -1.1 + 0.6 PACE District 1-S --------------21 +17.1 -4.3 + 14.4 CHART Lubbock --·-------12 +13.6 -13.2 All Others _____ 9 +19.5 + 2.4 District 2 78 -4.9 7.8 + 8.8 Abilene ------18 -20.4 -7.1 All Others -------60 +18.7 -8.6 LIST OF TABLES District 3 ---------37 +13.7 -7.7 +12.5 District 4 ------------221 + 9.0 -12.6 +10.8 Building Permits 7Dallas 33 + 11.7 -13.4 Fort Worth ______ 32 + 4.8 -13.1 Carload Movement of Poulary and Eggs_______________________ 4 Waco --------0.3 24 --16.l All Others _____ 132 + 8.9 -5.7 Charters ---------------------------2 District 5 --------119 +10.2 -1.2 + 9.3 District 6 ------------30 + 7.4 -4.9 + 9.3 Commercial Failures ----------------------------------------2 District 7 ------------------48 -14.7 -29.8 + 0.4 District 8 -----------------159 + 11.6 -8.0 +12.6 Commodity Prices ---------------------------------------------2 - Corpus Christi ___ 23 + 12.4 -7.6 Austin ----------14 + 2.5 5.5 Cotton Balance Sheet -----------------------------------5 San Antonio _____ 44 +13.8 -10.2 All Others _____ 78 + 5.8 + 1.8 Credit Ratios in Texas Retail Stores -----------------------6 District 9 ------------104 + 6.0 -7.0 + 7.0 Beaumont ---------16 + 2.9 -10.4 Dairy Products Manufactured in Plants in Texas__________ 4Houston 37 + 8.4 -9.8 All Others _____ 51 + 0.1 +10.0 Employment and Pay Rolls in Texas ----------------------3 District 10 ------27 -2.8 9.2 + 5.0 District 10-A -------42 +10.3 -5.2 + 0.7 Indexes of Agricultural Income in Texas_____________ 2 • Chan1e of leu than .5% Lumber ---------------------------------------------------8 Non: : Prepared from report• of independent retail 1tore1 to the Bureau ol Butine11 Reeearcb, coOperatinc with the U.S. Bureau of the Cen1M11. Percentage Changes in Consumption of Electric Power_____ 2 CEMENT Petroleum -----------------------------------------------7 (In Thouaands of Barrels) Postal Re-ceipts -----------------------------------5 May, 1945 May, 1944 April, 1945 Retail Sales of Independent Stores in Texas ________________ 6, 8 Texas Plants Production 651 -----------------541 566 Shipments o.f Livestock ----------------------------------··---------------4 Shipments -----------------815 512 572 Stocks ---------------825 1,014 991 United States Production ------------8,086 7,181 7,084 Shipments --------------9,272 8,784 7,894 Stocks ---------------------19,601 22,477 20,778 Capacity Operated ---------40.0% 35.0%' 36.0% Non:: From U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Mines.