RECENT ACCESSIONS IN DOMESTIC COMMERCE FIELD (Continued) Price 25 1937 YEARBOOK PARK AND RECREATION. National Park Service. (1938. 55 pp. cents) A digest of what was done throughout the country to improve municipal, state and national recreation facilities from October 1936 to October 1937, under the Federal aid program. Available From: Government Printing Office, Washington. OMAHA WORLD HERALD MARKET. (1938. 50 pp.) Data on the market served by this newspaper. Available From: The World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska. A 100 MILLION DOLLAR RETAIL FOOD MARKET. St. Louis Star-Times. (1938. 16 pp.) Food Consumption and type of outlets and advertising serving this trading area. Available From: St. Louis Star-Times, St. Louis, Mo. OUTLOOK FOR FARM FAMILY LIVING 1939. Dept. of Agriculture. (1938. 6 pp. Misc. Pub. 332. Price 5 cents). Gist of the Agricultural Outlook Conference is presented here as an aid to farm families in shaping their expenditures and plans. Available From: Government Printing Office, Washington. READER-EDITOR REPORT (1938. 21 pp. THE CONSUMER DISCUSSES ADVERTISING. Woman's Home Companion. Report 17) Consumers tell what help they get from various sources in their purchasing of foods, home furnishings, cosmetics and various other articles; and their attitude toward different types of magazines. Available From: Research Dept., Crowell Pub. Co., 250 Park Ave., New York. # RIGHT WAGES AND ABUNDANCE. A. Grant McGregor. (1938. 316 pp.) The author offers a solution to the urgent economic problems that are before all countries, arising from the wage problem. Some of the chapter titles are: Under-consumption and the cure; the regulator of money value; the prosperity price level; the government's part in in industry; bank credit its use and control; international clearing association the ideal for international exchange and liquidation of international debts. (Price not available) Available From: E. P. Dutton & Co., 300 Fourth Ave., New York. ROANOKA, VA. Times and World News. (1938. 28 pp.) Market Data on the area served by these papers. Available From: Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Va. THE SUGAR ECONOMY OF PUERTO RICO. Arthur D. Gayer, Paul T. Homan and Earle K. James. (1938. 326 pp. Price $3.75) A study of the structure and operation of the sugar industry and its place in the general economy of Puerto Rico. Part I covers salient aspects of the general economy; Part II facts about the sugar industry gathered by the authors; and Part III interpretations of the data and conclusions. Available From: Columbia University Press, 2960 Broadway, New York. #Not for general free distribution. The answer depends on a knowledge of essential facts properly analyzed and interpreted..... These facts are brought together in the A monthly publication consisting of text, charts, and statistics YOUR GORY ZOB 1938 Supplement to the Survey of Current Business 2,840 6140 2494 471 831 1,467 101 144 1,579 3,837 6,637 437 733 2413 1, 159 March. 440 2,787 6012 June.. July. August December. Monthly average. January. 25, 107 February. Foreword THIS 1938 Supplement to the SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS brings together in revised form data presented in the regular monthly issues of the SURVEY since publication of the 1936 Supplement. These data comprise more than 2,000 time series and are drawn from over 200 different Government and non-Government sources. The statistics are given by months for the years 1934 through 1937, together with annual data beginning in 1913 where available. The 1932 and 1936 Supplements gave monthly data for the years 1923-33, and part of this material, more particularly that shown in the 1936 Supplement, is comparable with the data contained in this volume. Reference to monthly data for earlier years, as published in the 1932 and 1936 Supplements or in a special table in one of the monthly issues of the SURVEY, is given for each series in the notes starting on page 167 The 1936 Supplement is still available at the office of the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C., but sales copies of the 1932 Supplement are exhausted. The latter, however, is available in the various Government depository libraries located throughout the country. The notes in the back of this publication contain explanatory material for each series, and references to the sources of the data, which greatly enhance the value of the statistics. Users of the SURVEY should examine these notes carefully since a large proportion of the time series presented are computed on the basis of sample data, and in some instances are not homogeneous for the entire period covered by reason of the shifting character of the sample. This supplement is indispensable for all who use the monthly issues of the Survey of Current Business, and to research workers, students, and others interested in time series analysis. To librarians and all others interested in the sources and uses of current economic statistics, this volume is an essential source book. NOTE.-Copies of the 1936 Supplement to the Survey of Current Business are still available. Most of the data have been presented in the 1938 Supplement, but the earlier editions contain monthly data for 1932 and 1933 (two years of historical importance) as well as some series which have subsequently been dropped. The price of the 1936 Supplement is 35 cents. Remittance should be made to the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., or to any district office of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE HARRY L. HOPKINS, SECRETARY BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE N. H. ENGLE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DOMESTIC COMMERCE A Current Review of Business Research and Information Wholesale Druggists' Sales Down Almost 6 Percent. A Study of Consumption of Citrus Fruits............ The Contribution of Agricultural Economics to the General Welfare..... Annual Report of Federal Alcohol Administrator Submitted to Congress.. WPA Report Finds Only 40 Percent of Urban Homes in "Good Condition". Page 23 25 25 26 27 27 28 28 28 29 29 30 30 The Functioning of a Business Library.. Answering Customers' Objections..... 32 33 Timber Crop Being Cut Faster Than It Grows, Reports Forest Service... Twentieth Century Fund Conducting Survey of Labor Relations in the U. S......... Releases in "1938 Rate Series" By Federal Power Commission....... Bills Introduced in 1st Session, 76th Congress, Affecting Commerce. 40,41 41 43,44 TABLES AND CHARTS Wholesale Druggists Total Sales and Sales of Drugs and Drug Sundries... Cars of Revenue Freight Loaded Weekly........ Some National Trade Association Conventions in February and March 1939.... PUBLISHED ON THE 10th, 20th, and 30th OF EACH MONTH ness firms are available upon application. 24 31 34 42 The Department of Commerce assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of statements from nongovernmental sources. |