REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 



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Figure 8 shows the relative monthly holdings for the years 1916 to 

 1918, inclusive. It is prepared on a percentage basis and also shows 

 the relative monthly movement. It will be observed that the stocks 

 of 1916, except for the months of November and December, were 

 considerably smaller than those of the two preceding years. 



Figure 9 illustrates the relative quantities on hand on the first day 

 of each month during 1918. The holdings decreased monthly from 

 January to June, then increased monthly until December, excepting 

 for a slight decrease during September. The holdings never reached 

 a very low point. The stocks on July 1 amounted to 23,635,508 

 pounds, a decrease of only 42.6 per cent from the maximum holdings 

 of January 1. 



DRY SALT PORK. 



The reports received by the Bureau of Markets during 1918 showed 

 extremely large holdings of dry salt pork. The largest quantity 

 reported was held on June 1, when 480 cold storages and packing 

 houses reported stocks of 490,193,305 pounds. Reports were not 

 received from two warehouses for that date. Basing an estimate on 

 their reports for other months, it is probable that their holdings on 

 that date amounted to approximately 18,000 pounds. The reports 

 of the 436 storages that reported for both June 1, 1917, and June 1, 

 1918, showed that the amount held on June 1 was 125 per cent more 

 than was stored on the same date of the previous year. 



Table 13. — Cold storage holdings of dry salt pork as reported on June i, 1918. 





Reported for June 1, 1918. 



Comparison with June 1, 1917. 



Section. 



Stor- 

 ages 

 report- 

 ing. 



Holdings 

 reported. 



Percent- 

 age of 

 total 

 holdings. 



Storages 



reporting 



on both 



dates. 



June 1, 



1917. 



June 1, 



1918. 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 



New England 



Middle Atlantic 



South Atlantic 



N. Central (east).. 

 N. Central (west) - 



South Central 



Western (north) 



Western (south)... 



Number. 

 23 

 81 

 64 

 122 

 79 

 46 

 31 

 34 



Pounds. 



19,608,411 



22,474,766 



7,193,021 



208,262,182 



204,478,633 



19,545,621 



3,347,439 



5,283,232 



Per cent. 

 4.0 



4.5 



1.5 

 42.5 

 41.7 



4.0 

 .7 



1.1 



Number. 

 21 

 74 

 55 

 116 

 74 

 40 

 29 

 27 



Pounds. 



10,138,692 



8,419,180 



4,802,019 



88,303,950 



87,545,140 



10,734,072 



1,3.34,493 



2,524,153 



Pounds. 



18,570,112 



22,346,140 



6,246,308 



207,278,712 



199,959,376 



18,718,829 



3,248,006 



4,671,727 



Per cent. 

 + 83.2 

 -1-165.4 

 + 30.1 

 -hl34.7 

 + 128.4 

 -f 74.4 

 -1-143.4 

 + 85.1 



Total.... 



480 



490,193,305 



100.0 



436 



213,801,699 



481,039,210 



-1-125.0 



More than 84 per cent of the stocks of June 1, 1918, were stored 

 in the North Central States, 42.5 per cent being east of the Mississippi 

 River and 41.7 per cent west of the Mississippi. More than 70 per 

 cent of the holdings of each month throughout the year were held in 

 the North Central States. One-fourth of the total holdings of the 

 United States on June 1, 1918, was stored in Chicago. 



