Year U. S. Foreign Trade, by Economic Classes Source: United States Department of Commerce Value of General Imports 1.000 1,000 1,000 Dollars Dollars Dollars 1925.1,422,058 317,894 573,753 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars 494,800 432,906 755,085 795,733 539,818 417,817 804,333 876,628 504,686 450,849 749,801 878,597 549,891 405,815 762,832 906,173 538,560 423,622 885,051 993,508 400,125 293.448 608,153 757.022 642,173 304,828 222,316 372,043 549,275 358,325 232,964 173,927 216,967 340,591 418,151 211,813 205,370 292,005 322,220 1926.. 1,261,323 335,062 503,005 1927.. 1,192,767 421,107 463,299 1928. 1,293,257 294,678 465,810 1,000 1,000 1,000 237,041 616,639 341,837 878.838 349,858 994,308 202,453 269,590 484,304 1930.. 829,098 178,533 362,650 1931.. 566,791 127,072 246,814 1932.. 513,659 89,419 152,118 1933.. 590,566 48,366 154,609 1934.. 652,752 59,032 167,677 460,617 254,314 263,547 1935.. 682,953 58.751 157,211 582,443 322,327 318,828 1936. 668,168 58,144 143,798 732,965 348,682 386,240 490,238 465,853 1937.. 721.863 104.506 177.744 971.071 413.312 440.056 634.174 551.250 1938.. 594,298 248,986 184,124 506,758 1,523,003 576,449 260,117 310,539 384,964 417,555 1939.. 527,686 110,757 615,465 1,666,982 744,860 290,839 313,336 486,766 440,297 1940.. 456,078 74,019 908,060 2,329,627 1.010.394 285,112 277,444 558,632 408.707 Of the domestic exports, agricultural were (1939) $655,086,000, or 21.0%; (1940) $516,856,000, or 13.0%. 307,302 350,223 409,690 405,617 VALUE OF U. S. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, BY CUSTOMS DISTRICTS Imports of Merchandise No. In- North ParBor- cel der Post. Asia & 1915 509,458 322,282 1922 1929 1930 1931 1932 1938 1939 1940 No. So. Europe Amer. Amer. Oceania Africa Europe 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dolls. Dollars 546,362 365,865 34,638 2,573,408 1,227,843 1,662,663 760,999 1,476,691 150,285 4,466,091 1,929,163 623,917 1,043,184 991,203 822,454 358,763 875,403 64,924 2,083,357 915,654 226,075 550,916 1923 1,157,056 1,001,518 467,421 1,079,010 87,061 2,093,415 1,086,168 269,318 1924 1,096,087 995,156 466,074 979,653 72,992 2,445,300 1,090,041 314,252 1925 1,238,881 980,534 518,797 1,396,934 92,144 2,603,750 1,138,354 402,606 1926 1,285,863 1,011,570 567,979 1,469,056 96,420 2.310,144 1,176,481 443,507 1927 1,264,072 985,458 518,275 1,323,682 93,255 2,310,403 1,253,027 438,159 1928 1,248,749 960,702 569,409 1,222,379 90,206 2,374,915 1,327,364 480,814 1,332,627 981,532 639,757 1,336,837 108,607 2,340,845 1,395,063 539,309 908,846 761,711 433,516 889,286 67,548 1,838,377 1,019,229 337.508 640,096 517,043 307,191 593,421 32.884 1,186,884 590,826 158,691 388.963 338,522 200,902 370.145 24,241 784,299 1933 462,189 317.767 202,280 439.058 28,265 849,778 1934 489,633 399.220 228,958 503,918 33,326 949,929 1935 598,716 494,557 281,472) 631,018 41,722 1,029,241 531,331 174,341 451,741 96,219 1936 717,544 618.559 291,505 743.593 51.389 1,042.804 616.711 204.222 478,039 114,202 1937 843.329 690.475 422,026 1,035,689 92,148 1,359.610 840,126 318,354 678,919 152,158 567,226 490,226 262,612 585,693 54,671 1,325,943 739,994 299,713 610,439 118,350 617,165 580,629 317,267 726,286 76,732 1,289,752 802,196 329,127 641,377 115,023 390,170 693,393 395,186 1,015,239 131,155 1,644,636 1,067,119 435,588 713,613 160,607 So. Asia & 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 Dollars Dollars Dollars Dolls. 558,803 144,129 241,186 37.145 165,662 TOTAL U. S. WATER-BORNE CARGO COMMERCE, BY REGIONS Year Stores (1935) 1,653,961; (1933) 1,526,119; (1929) 1,543,158. Sales in a year-(1935) $33,161,276,000; (1933) $25.037,225,000; (1929) $49,114,653,000, Wages in a year-(1935) $3,623,289,000; (1933) $2.910,445,000; (1929) $5,189,670,000. 668.790 66,852 403.989 42,318, 47.604) 1,064,994 107.409 4,113 75.405 38.263 103,249 100;233 8,938 9.346 1920. 252,845 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. 1931. 249,398 249,138 249,131 249,309 1932. 1933. 1934. 1935. 249,433 249,052 248.829 247,595 245,703 243,857 241,822 1936 240,104 1937 238,539 314 68,942 2,388,424 56.102 1,269.912.881 2,427,622,267 2.075,886 3,754,280,920 Figures for miles owned cover all classes of steam railways. Figures for freight carried (1913) cover classes I and II roads, and this is true for that year as to number of employees and employees' wages. Average capacity of freight cars, in tons-(1910) 35.9; (1920) 42.4; (1925) 44.8; (1930) 46.6; (1935) 1920... 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930.. 901,963,145 2,463,725,307 1,786,411 2,916,192,750 874,588,786 2,627,491,771 1,821,804 3,001,803,606 840,029,680 2,510,054,113 1,775,549 2,963,033,615 798,476,114 2,504,195,746 1,691,950 2,874,428,921 786,432,468 2,584,333,226 1,694,042 2,940,206,163 707,986,505 2,179,014,863 1,517,043 2,588,597,979 599,226,754 1,694,074,786 1,282,825 2,124,783,993 480,717,777 1,229,078,365 1,052,285 1,535,066,189 434,847,907 1,322.462.572 990,839 1,424,391.647 452,175,619 1,440,433,567 1,027,426 1,541,312,928 448,059,317 1,502,590,185 1,013,654 1,666,228,739 492,493,214 1,805,766,847 1,086,405 1,873,819,393 499,687,875 1,928,444,492 1,136,912 2,013,676,694 454,507,540 1.482.504,121 958,280 1,771,082,762 454,031,928 1,729,537,305 1,006,711 1,889,129.564 456,088,496 1,947,478,587 1,045,738 1,990,630,844 48.3; (1936) 48.8; (1937) 49.2; (1938) 49.4; (1939) 49.7; (1940) 50.0. Average annual compensation per employee for class I roads (1920) $1,820.12; (1925) $1,639.96; (1930) $1,714.43; (1935) $1,653.18; (1936) $1, 734.79; (1937) $1.781.21; (1938) $1,859.24; (1939) $1,886.59; (1940) $1,912.77. Dollars Dollars Thousands Cts. Miles] Cts. Miles 1,304,814.986 4,420,832.703 47,369,906 2.75 37.30 1.07 574.826,099 619,507,289 1,064,806,152 4,648,364,187 36,166,973 2.94 40.10 1.11 581,791,719 602,872,559 6,617 137,425 1,049,210,125 4,905,981,443 35,672,729 2.94 40.79 1.10 584,972,232 622,294,985 6,947 130,222 980,528,000 4,728,884,868 33,797,754 2.90 40.23 1.10 578,355,321 598,434,584 6,821 104,799 905,270,818 4,771,562,245 31,717,566 2.85 39.72 1.09 570,037.816 589,615 853 6,511 86,196 875,929,297 4,899,167,876 31,164,739 2.81 39.63 1.09 568,094,709 598,343,477 6,496 76,995 730,765,867 4,145,015,013 26,875,642 2.72 37.96 1.07 545,090,881523,254,887 5,481 49.430 551,726,005 3,302,323,718 21,933.345 2.52 36.60 1.06 485,537,618 446,261,006 5,099 35,656 377,511,204 2,485,475,107 16,997,426 2.22 35.36 1.06 419,087,987 368,658,048 4.747 29,219 329,816,306 2,528,968.226 16.368,043 2.02 37.64 1.01 380,434,894 368,665,908 5,019 27,494 346,870,291 2,671,900,556 18,068,635 1.92 39.96 0.99 381,610,861 397,149,702 4,879 28,631 358,423,361 2,831,139,271 18,509,497 1.94 41.31 1.00 385,874,136 403,851,169 5,107 28,080 413.189,186 3,356,631,227 22 459,781 1.84 45.60 0.98 409,071,812 496,267,819 5,398 34,706 443,532,407 3,428,420,638 24,695,214 1.80 49.42 0.94 420,818.671 512,200,236 5,350 36.692 406,406,349 2,900.676.475 21,656,918 1.88 47.65 0.99 398,145,009 431,389,779 4,499 27,253 417,716,429 3.297,059,339 22,712,941 1.84 50.02 0.98 395,127,242 461,026.269 4,362 28,119 417,955,185 3,584,201,061 23,815,598 1.75 52.22 0.95 395,410,187 491,126,907 4,612 29,590 Casualties classified as due to suicide, mental numbered 580, passengers on trains, 75; all other derangement, and attempting to escape custody, non-trespassers, 1.930; trespassers, 2,027. Those are omitted from the above table. injured included 18,350 rail employees and 2,530 1931 1932.. 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936. 1937 1938. 1939.. 1940.. Of the persons killed in 1940, railway employees passengers. GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932| 1933| 1934| 1935| 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 Killed. 2,149 2,206 2,491 2,371 2,568 2,485 2,028 1,011 1,525 1,511 1,554 1,680 1,786 1,875 1,517 1,398 1,808 Injured 5,525 6,555 6,991 6,513 6,666 6,804 5,517 4,657 3,989 3,697 4,300 4,658 4,930 5,136 4,018 3,999 4,632 Total. 8,674 8,761 9,482 8,984 9,234 9,289 7,537 6,468 5,514 5,208 5,854 6,338 6,716 7,0115,535 5,397 6,440 Grade crossing accidents in which automobiles and trains collided killed 1,576 persons in 1940. RAILWAY REVENUES, EXPENSES AND DIVIDENDS Dollars 26,542,939 158,790,118 465,896,456 23,282,241 211,766,557 505.414,828 52,177,010 202,568,162 675,599,950 221,590,885 231,732,609 597,840.678 146,351,023 227,569,358 376,864,908 87,468,415 136,269,736 595,96,535 141,134,243 179,412.196 73.07 690,553,986 243,147,559 216,521,597) 71.91 Full-face net income figures, 1932 and 1938, indicate deficits. 76.40 Operating revenues in 1940 for Class I roads amounting to $4,296,600,653 were derived from the following chief sources: freight, $3,528,782,173; passenger, $416,696,703; mail, $101,086,898; express, $55,642,993. Operating expenses in 1940 for Class I roads were divided as follows: maintenance of way and Investment Yr. In Road and Equipment structures, $497,031,272; maintenance of equipment, $818,975,489; traffic, $107,586,358; transportation, $1,500,958,732. Average dividend rate on dividend-paying stock(1920) 6.52; (1925) 6.52; (1930) 7.83; (1935) 5.94; (1936) 6.45; (1937 5.85; (1938) 4.34; (1939) 5.62; (1940) 5.79. The peak, 9.02, was in 1921. RAILWAY VALUES, STOCKS, BONDS, AND CAPITAL (Investment figures, first column, represent book values) Funded Tot. Railway Capital Dollars Net Capitalization Amount of Dollars Dollars Common Preferred Stock Stock Outstand. Outstand. Dollars Dollars Dollars 1915 17.441.420.382 7,599,937,801 1,394.956.920 12,133,064,357 21.127.959.078 16,307,502.580 5,219.846,566 1920 19,849,319.946 7,215,861.540 1,897.823.599 12,777,765,646 21.891,450,785 16.993,930,263 5,075,039.645 1925 23,217,208,918 7,602,250,600 1,937,282,909 14,104,690,563 23,644,224,072 18,190,513,329 6,278,531,565 1926 23,880,740,146 7,560,310,349 1,924,492,389 14,192,194,219 23,676,996,957 18,234,311,637 6.473,279,918 1927 24,453,870,938 7,682,788,226 1,979,987,460 13,951,550,172 23,614,325,858 18,136,691,445 6,701,427,317 1928 24,875,983,930 7,808,672,479 2,034,636,886 13,903,962,701 23,747,272,066 18,510,582,609 7,159,988,646 1929 25,465,036,427 7,852,768,522 2,064,976,159 14,064,919,410 23,982,664,091 18,679,706,928 7,506,264,973 1930 26,051,000,223 8.008,945,756 2,073,785,915 14,248,760,729 24,331,492,400 19.065,626,085 7,702,020,533 1931 26,094,898,545 8,030,476,804 2,049,011,972 14,264,295,921 24,343,784,697 18,941,460,134 7,325,664,365 1932 26,086,990,995 8,066,630,991 2,047,545,714 14,722,717,556 24,836,894,261 18,893,459,447 3,298,821,669 1933 25,901,961,773 8,056,676,584 2,041,942,386 14,623,942,641 24,722,561,611 18,830,912,324 3,119,282,144 1934 25,681,607,533 7,994,085,098 2,043,916,410 14,531,691,768 24,569,693,276 18,652,491,252 3,411,519,569 1935 25,500,465,262 7,986,785,640 2,036,510,297 14,223,572,728 24,246,868,665 18,342,297,429 3,412,967,544 1936 25,432,388,302 7,992,835,168 2,035,453,938 13,974,262,761 24,002,551,867 18.335.886.587 3,594,789,000 1937 25,636,081,713 8,063,946,728 2,050,126,368 14,008,763,824 24,122,836,920 18,319,002,557 3,890,177,357 1938 25,595,739,478 8,040,337,169 2,049,498,093 13,765,622,110 23,855,457,372 17,987,982,640 3,139,486.000 1939 25,538,157,310 8,025,355,714 2,049,675,267 13,534,292,402 23,609,323,383 17,698,158,436 3,190,115,000 1940 25,646,013,606 8,004,987,573 2,064,336,097 13,302,080,418 23,371,404,088 17,629,613,122 3,741,132,000 "Net Capitalization" is total capital outstanding minus capital securities owned by railways. Thus, in 1940 of the $17,629,613,122 of American rail WIDTH OF STANDARD The standard gauge of railways is 4 feet 812 inches in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Austria, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, and European Turkey. That is to say it is 5612 inches from the inside of one rail to the inside of the opposite rail, about five-eighths of an inch below the top of the rail head. This measurement holds good on rail heads with slanted sides as well as on rail heads with straight sides. Broad-gauge is 6 feet and was used in the South. Narrow gauge:-A guage narrower than the standard gauge, such as the meter gauge used largely in securities in the hands of the public, stocks totaled $7,020,558,754; bonds, $10,609,054,368. GAUGE RAILWAYS Includes Austria and Sudetenland. *State operated railways only. Express Service by Rail and Air Source: Railway Express Agency Today Railway Express service is operated on approximately 213,000 miles of railway, 45,000 miles of airlines, 15.000 miles of motor carrier lines and on 20,000 miles of steamship routes. It employs over 57,000 men and women at its 23,000 offices and utilizes some 15,000 trucks. In serving business and industry in commercial and financial districts and the public in their homes, the Railway Express Agency, in 1940, handled 160,777,326 shipments. Air express was inaugurated as a division of Railway Express Agency on September 1, 1927, over four airlines with approximately 4,450 miles of air 113,269 14,787 105,476 30,356 454,508 819,733 44,412 18,572 ways. In 1929, the first full year of operation, 17,000 shipments were carried. In 1940, regularly scheduled airplanes of major airlines, flying an average of 248.000 miles daily over 45,000 miles of airways in the United States, carried more than 1,000,000 shipments. By contract with Pan American Airways, the air service of Railway Express Agency extends to the West Indies, Central and South America, the Pacific Islands and the Orient. The Railway Express Agency has extended the air express service beyond the 250 airport cities in the U. S. to cover 20,000 off-airline points. Automobile Production in the United States Source: Automobile Manufacturers Association, Detroit, Mich.-Values, Wholesale *Includes federal excise taxes, also standard equipment in 1937, 1938 and 1939. A substantial part of the trucks reported comprises chassis only, without body; hence the value of bodies for these chassis is not included. (-) means decrease; no sign in front of figures means increase. U. S. AND WORLD MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS BY YEARS World Production and Exports of Motor Vehicles Source: The United States Department of Commerce Germany. Italy.. Japan... 157 (2) 6180,200 72,000 423,150 (2) (2) (2) Total...... 1,044,652 404,148 190,919 56,033 Grand tot... 4,777,370 5,096,486 501,953 332,624 18,800 23,525 7,064 84,618 Proj. tot... 5,044,510 5,554,312) 1 Not including foreign assemblies declared as parts for assembly. 2 Not available. 3 In addition, 200 Diesel engines. First 8 months. 5 Sept. 1, 1939, to Dec. 31, 1940. First 6 months for Greater Reich. 7 First 7 months. First 9 months. 9 First 3 months. 10 Exports of vehicles, including locomotives, ships, and aircraft, were valued at £29,490,023 in the first 11 months of 1940 and £39,086,192 in the year 1939. Note Table incomplete, as publication of import and export figures has been discontinued by most European countries, and it is impossible to obtain estimates. |