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of the market before the new product began to be shipped, and 

 consequently the conditions rapidly became worse when the yards 

 got under way. Those manufacturers who depended on the first 

 sales to finance their summer operations had to dispose of their 

 shipments on any terms. In the case of the leased yards the prices 

 received were below the actual cost of production. Some manu- 

 facturers, as a consequence, ceased operations as quickly as they 

 could, and were out of business the rest of the season. No sub- 

 stantial change for the better occurred as the season advanced and 

 the market held at about the same level throughout the year. The 

 average price received for the entire sales of the year in the region 

 was $4.77 a thousand as compared with $5.37 a thousand in 191 3, 

 showing a falling off of 11.2 per cent. This was the lowest average 

 reported since 1910. The prices are for the brick at the yards, 

 and not the New York quotations which average about $1.25 a 

 thousand higher, the difference representing the cost of transporta- 

 tion and commission exacted by the selling agents. 



Output of common brick in the Hudson River region in 191 3 



COUNTY 



NUMBER 



OF 



OPERATORS 



OUTPUT 



VALUE 



AVERAGE 



PRICE A 



THOUSAND 



Albany 



Columbia . . . 

 Dutchess . . . 



Greene 



Orange 



Rensselaer. . 

 Rockland . . . 



Ulster 



Westchester 



Total . . 



12 



5 

 18 



7 

 8 



4 

 21 



24 



7 



66 700 000 



58 585 000 



120 770 000 



26 976 000 



96 493 000 



12 600 000 



156 281 000 



197 801 000 



52 525 000 



$370 425 

 307 571 

 634 043 

 143 466 

 472 465 



74 550 



820 475 



[ 077 65s 



275 756 



106 



788 731 000 



176 406 



$5 55 

 5 25 

 5 25 

 5 32 

 5 00 

 5 97 

 5 25 

 5 50 

 5 24 



$5 37 



