of destination of the industrial shipments. About 70 percent of the agricultural cash income of the country is received in this area.

The 16 northern and eastern States are: Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nea Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhod Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.

The territory receiving the shipments is divided into three regions as follows: The Southeast, comprising the States of Alabama. Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia; the Southwest comprising roughly the States of Arizona, Arkansas, Californi Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; and the North west, comprising roughly the States of Colorado, Idaho, Iow Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota. Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.

The railroads delivering shipments studied in the survey are The Illinois Central; Central of Georgia; Southern; Louisville & Nashville; St. Louis & San Francisco; Missouri Pacific; Atchiso Topeka & Santa Fe; Texas & Pacific; Southern Pacific; Grea Northern; Northern Pacific; Union Pacific; Chicago, Milwauke St. Paul & Pacific; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; and Chicago & North Western.

The shipments originated on more than 125 railroads operating in the North and East.

Manufactured commodities shipped from the 16 industrial States increased 60.1 percent in the 12 months ending June 30, 1935, compared with the 12 months ending June 30, 1933. For the !! months ending June 30, 1934, the increase over the previous year wis 38.7 percent. During the 12-month period preceding June 30, 1983 before the inauguration of agricultural and other recovery measures the total weight of carlot shipments of manufactured goods originatin in the 16 industrial States and delivered by the same 16 railroads was 8,333,958,000 pounds; for the first 12 months following the inaugurs tion of these measures the tonnage amounted to 11,557,269,00 pounds, a gain of 3,233,311,000 pounds. For the next year the tota was 13,342,383,000 pounds, representing a gain of 5,008,425,00 pounds over the year ending June 30, 1933.

TABLE 2.-Shipments in agricultural group, by commodities

Shipments in the agricultural group in year 3 showed an increase of 165.2 percent over those in year 1. The increase in year 2 over year 1 was 108.5 percent. Farm implements and machinery increased 160.9 percent in year 2 and jumped to 309.3 percent in year 3 compared with year 1. Tractors and parts gained by 111.3 percent in the second year and 302.9 percent in the third year. Steel fence posts increased from 145.9 percent in year 2 to 197.3 percent in year 3, while wire and fencing increased 77.2 percent in year 2 and 54.3 percent in year 3. The only commodity in this group to show a decrease in year 3 was harness and saddlery, decreasing by 45.7 percent. Shipments of this commodity in year 2, however, had increased 77.9 percent over the first year.

TABLE 3.-Shipments in domestic and personal group, by commodities

TABLE 3.-Shipments in domestic and personal group, by commodities-Continued

The domestic and personal group as a whole showed a gain of 57.9 percent in year 2 and 98.7 percent in year 3, when compared with year 1. In this group, refrigerators increased 82.4 percent in year 2 and 259.6 percent in year 3. Plumbing fixtures and fittings increased in years 2 and 3 by 23.8 percent and 105.1 percent respectively. Beer shipments increased in year 2 by 154.3 percent and in year 3 by 213 percent, while cereal beverages decreased 42.6 percent and 65.5 percent in the same year. This is probably because near beer was billed under the head of cereal beverages. Shipments of cereals increased 9.5 percent in year 2 and 29.4 percent in year 3. Clothing increased 3.2 percent in the second year and 27.5 percent in the third year, while sewing machines, on the other hand, increased 164.3 percent and 1,340.3 percent in these years. Decreases in year 3 were shown in dishes, lawn mowers, and toilet perparations while in each case the year-2 figures showed a sizeable increase. Commodities showing decreases in both years were woolens, tapioca, and cereal beverages.

TABLE 4.-Shipments in industrial and commercial group, by commodities

The industrial and commercial group, by far the largest in diversity and weight, increased by 40.5 percent and 57.2 percent in years 2 and 3 over year 1. The weightiest commodity in this group was steel and iron products which showed an increase of 81.4 percent in year? and of 86.7 percent in year 3. Agricultural machinery increased 67.1 percent in year 2 and 90.4 percent in year 3. Shipments of road machinery showed gains of 53.3 percent and 154.4 percent in years? and 3. Machinery parts increased by 31.5 percent in year 2 and by 38.5 percent in year 3. In line with these increases, tools and equip ment showed an increase of 66.9 percent in the second year and 218.9 percent in the third year. In the building and construction section of this group, lumber and products increased 32.9 percent and 53.1 percent, bricks 25 percent and 34.7 percent, and asphalt 2.2 percent and 29.8 percent in years 2 and 3. Shingles, on the other hand, decreased in both years, showing a 25.5 percent decrease in year 2 and a 52.5 percent decrease in year 3. However, asbestos products, including asbestos shingles, increased 29.8 percent and 91.5 percent in the same years.

TABLE 5.-Shipments in general group, by commodities