REPORTS OP STORAGE HOLDINGS. 



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Table 21. 



-Monthly storage holdings of dry salt pork during 1917, and com- 

 , parison with holdings of preceding months. 



Month. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Comparative holdings. 



Current 

 month. 



Preceding 

 month. 



Increase or decrease. 



Jan. 1, 1917. 

 f eb. 1, 1917. 

 Mar. 1, 1917. 

 Apr. 1, 1917. 

 May 1, 1917. 

 June 1, 1917. 

 July 1,1917. 

 Aug. 1, 1917. 

 Sept. 1, 1917 

 Oct. 1, 1917. 

 Nov. 1, 1917 

 Dec. 1, 1917. 



246 

 255 

 303 

 316 

 315 

 310 

 320 

 348 

 352 

 365 

 369 

 380 



184, 690, 987 

 214,604,063 

 243, 788, 560 

 217, 594, 215 

 193, 164, 545 

 190, 630, 435 

 211, 466, 840 

 222, 173, 475 

 197, 079, 394 

 141, 623, 635 

 111, 422, 361 

 142,046,548 



129,344,996 

 196, 247, 587 

 218,534,515 

 261, 736, 543 

 215, 792, 160 

 198, 483, 381 

 197, 421, 385 

 213, 607, 748 

 227, 454, 392 

 194, 386, 290 

 141, 960, 556 

 107,784,221 



Pounds. 

 +55,345,991 

 + 18,356,476 

 +25,254,045 

 -44,142,328 

 -22, 627, 615 

 - 7,852,946 

 + 14,045,455 

 + 8,565,727 

 -30,-374,998 

 -52, 762, 655 

 -30,538,195 

 +34,262,327 



Per 



cent. 

 +42.8 

 + 9.4 

 + 11.6 

 -16.9 

 -10.5 

 - 4.0 

 + 7.1 

 + 4.0 

 -13.4 

 -27.1 

 -21.5 

 +31.8 



















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Fig. 20. — Relative monthly holdings of dry salt pork during 1916 and 1917. Base, 100= 



holdings on March 1, 1917. 



