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Supplement to the American Paint urn St. Louis, May 16, 1927 THE COURSE of Paint and Varnish Production 1914-1926 Inclusive By George H. Priest, Jr., of the Editorial Staff American Paint Journal Company Based Upon and Including the Statistics Gathered in the Quinquennial, the Biennial, and the Semi-Annual Censuses of the Bureau of the Census, Depart ment of Commerce Reprinted From AMERICAN PAINT JOURNAL May 2 and May 9.1927 Copyright--All Rights Reserved AMERICAN PAINT JOURNALCOMPANY Publishers of American Paint Journal American Paint and'Oil Dealer American Painter and Decorator 3713 WASHINGTON AVE., ST. LOUIS, MO. j J j | O0JD7 SWP 000032210 Foreword To secure a proper introduction to and understanding of the matter in the following pages, the reader's attention is called to the editorial in the American Paint Journal of May 2, 1927, which announced the forthcoming publication of Mr. Priest's article and outlined its back ground, as follows: Paint and Varnish Production bureau, was compiled from reports by Declined in i926 426 concerns, which in 1921 produced THE Journal has ample evidence 89 per cent of the paste paints ground that the paint and varnish indus in oil, 95 per cent of the ready-mixed try, as a whole, has a full and livelypaints, and 90 per cent of the var appreciation of the value of accurate nishes, japans, and lacquers--as shown statistics, collected at regular inter in the biennial census for 1921. On vals and published promptly. the other hand, the Survey of Current The semi-annual census of the in dustry appears to be a modest pro gram when it is considered that many other industries, which are utilizing the services of the Department of Commerce to the fullest extent, are enjoying the benefit of monthly, and in some cases weekly reports of their production, sales, stocks, etc. Yet the Business, published by the Depart ment of Commerce, inaugurated in January, 1923, its monthly index of manufacturing production, based upon the 1919 production of a wide range of commodities comprising about 40 per cent of the value of all goods manufactured in the United States in 1919. value of the semi-annual paint and Of the 1926 statistics published in varnish reports has been impaired today's Journal, it may be said that very greatly by the increasing delay their most noteworthy features are in their completion and issuance. Thus that the industry's total production in the statistics for the last half of 1926 was slightly below that of 1925, 1926, which appear in this issue of the and also that apparently the produc Journal, are released four mouths tion during the last half of 1926 was after the close of the period cov greater than during the first half, ered by the report. The only reason which unusual circumstance perhaps why these figures were not made avail may be attributed to the generally able two or even three months earlier late spring rather than to unusual ac lies in the fact that the Department tivity during the last half year. This of Commerce has not received the conclusion is supported by the fact whole-hearted co-operation of the en that production in two of the three tire industry. major groups, paste paints and the Judge Gary has said that any man ready mixed and semi-paste paints, who wants to keep the facts of his was less in the last half of 1926 than business to himself still has the right in the same period of 1925, though the to do so and he may protect that right production of varnishes, japans and by keeping his business so small that lacquers showed an increase of more whatever he may do will be of no pub than 20 per cent, about three-quarters lic consequence. This is true at least of which was due to the increused of this voluntary semi-annual paint production of pyroxylin lacquers. and varnish census, which is con It has been the common practice in ducted at the special request of the recent years to estimate the total pro industry; for no one is under any duction of the industry on a net compulsion to participate, * * * weight basis by converting gallons to It will be recalled that the first of pounds on the basis of 14 pounds per these semi-annual censuses, upon gallon for ready-mixed and semi-paste which the Bureau of the Census bases paints and 7.5 pounds per gallon for the index numbers published on page varnishes, japans and lacquers. Using 11, covered the production of the in this method, it appears that the total dustry in 1922, and, according to the (Concluded on page 10) --2 \ 0007 SWP 000032211 Reprinted from May 9, 1927 issue Amer ic an Pain t Jo u r n al The Course of Paint and Varnish Production Since 1914 By George H. Priest, Jr., of the Editorial Staff American Paint Journal Company The recent report of the Depart classified'by the Bureau of the Cen ment of Commerce on paint and sus, may be divided into three gen varnish production in 1925, as shown eral groups, pigments, paints, and by the biennial census, which was varnishes. As pigments are used published in the American Paint principally as raw materials in the Journal on February 21, 1927 (not manufacture of the finished products the semi-annual report for last half of the industry a considerable ele of 1926, in the Journal of May 2), af ment of duplication is introduced if fords an opportunity for the intelli these three groups are totaled with gent study of the industry's growth respect to either quantity or value. It since 1914. is the production of the finished Although 1925 statistics, based on products that furnishes the real cri voluntary returns from 555 firms in terion of the industry's position and the special semi-annual census, were progress, and this differentiation will published a year ago, it must be re be observed in this discussion. membered that the biennial census is For purposes of comparison a reas conducted with congressional author onably accurate figure for the total ity and is more complete and authori quantity of finished paint and var tative than these voluntary semi-an nish products can be obtained by nual reports, valuable though they converting gallons to pounds on the might be in their current informa basis of 7.5 pounds per gallon for tion if the manufacturers reported varnishes, japans and lacquers, other promptly, and accurately. than enamels, and 14 pounds per gal Value of the industry's products, lon for ready mixed paints and as reported by 923 firms in this latest enamels, and adding the resulting biennial census, taken in 1926 to figures to those already available for cover the 1925 production, was $470,- paste paints ground in oil. This is 736,624, or 16 per cent greater than the method that bas been in general in 1923 ($404,134,231); 72 per cent use by those calculating and compar greater than in 1921 ($274,310,314); ing the industry's total production in 38 per cent greater than in 1919, recent years, though the inclusion of ($340,346,803), and 222 per cent water paints and kalsomines would greater than in 1914 ($145,623,691)! increase the total about 5 per cent. However, with the general increase On this basis it appears (as shown in prices from 1914 to 1919, and with in Table B, on pages 4 and 5) that the subsequent fluctuations, any the total production in 1925, exclu comparisons based on value are of sive of "other paints" which were little use in revealing actual trends reported as such for the first time in and conditions. In this study, there that year, was 2,095,515,066 pounds, fore, all comparisons will be made or 65 per cent more than in 1914 upon the quantity basis, wherever (1,263,185,748 pounds), 30 per cent possible. more than in 1919 (1,602,796,628 The products of the industry, as pounds); 41 per cent more than in --3-- J 0007 SWP 000032212 2 o pp o 3 o "S 33 > h GO 33 >S T3. . 13 e os 3 Oh pH On c/3 p CQ JS 3 3 H aS 4> p (Alii a -- <0 C C < re CQ Fr* 3<0 l-tS IS aSo 5 ,-C0. i- ==> zj Z-- M Os re 3 2 *S "I11- 02O nreJZco 41 V) o3 J if1 > "O t-is Z< _ r4e> <iQi * s> SO' j -us cfg 00 cj UoO co oo t. *" U*3o I <n " <; Z||S <" >* ui _rl s5 Oo Z'5.E re re 05 O Q. Zz s 5 2is o n t* i <o ia n O WUi HH fOr- 9 H HA mo > U<o c-- , O UlAC o cNc W V <C U>9iaNO^i WOc <S>' id iA S3 >" cc . 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These totals have been reduced to index numbers, with 1919 as the base, and appear in Table A, with similar index numbers for the individual items entering into the total, as well as for pigments. Table A. Table A--Index numbers (on 1919 base as 100) of production of the Paint and Varnish industry for 1914-1925; all cal culations based on figures from United States quinquennia! and biennial cen suses. See Table B. Finished Products 1914 1919 1921 1923 1925 Total Poundage, Oil Paints and Varnishes, Japans & I.aoquerst "9 100 92 132 131 Paints in Oil In Paste Form, Total ....... 105 100 107 107 103 White Lead.. 118 100 139 115 130 Zinc Oxide... 67 100 50 55 49 Other .......... 88 100 62 99 65 Mixed for Use. 68 100 81 119 115 Water Paints and Kalsomine Dry or in Paste 58 too 82 115 104 Mixed for use.. 83 100 14 3 20 Varnishes, Japans and Lacquers 74 100 92 163 169 Oleoresinous Varnishes ... 63 100 79 143 136 Spirit Varnishes. not turpentine 100 100 104 188 239 Damar and simi lar Varnishes 52 100 68 61 64 Pyroxylin Products .... m 100 282 651 1477 Drying Japans and Driers.. 110 100 73 123 97 Baking Japans. Enamels ____ 31 100 65 100 120 210 113 231 Pigments Total--For Sale.. 44 100 72 126 132 Total--Produe- tion ............. 55 100 78 120 129 White Lead, dry ............. 106 100 127 114 127 Lead Oxides .. 37 100 85 135 153 Lithopone .... Zinc Oxide ... 32 100 100 62 136 160 42 115 115 Iron Oxides, Ocher, Sienna, Umber, etc... 46 100 42 63 33 Chrome Yellow, Orange, Green .......... 156 100 142 278 302 Prussian Blue.. 131 100 176 332 482 Other Colors... 112 100 115 173 211 tlf "other paints'' first reported sep arately in-; 1925, are included, index number for 1925 becomes 148. Not reported separately until 1921. Not reported separately until 1919. It should be noted that the "other paints" mentioned as having been repotted for the first time in 1925 amounted to 22,814,230 pounds of "paste" and 18,566,315 gallons of "mixed for use." Just, what this class of "other paints" embraces is problematical, although it probably includes roofing paints, plastics, and other products which cannot be pro perly classified as oil or water paints. Officials of the Bureau of the Census say they are unable to state where the items included in this classilication were reported previously, if at all, but it is evident that if appreciable quantities of these "other paints" have been reported as oil paints in previous years and it were possible to make proper deductions, the relative show ing for 1925 would be improved ac cordingly. Or, assuming that all of. these "other paints," aggregating 282,742,640 pounds, were included with oil paints prior to 1925, the comparative total for 1925 would be 2,378,257,706 pounds, or about 88 per cent more than in 1914, about 48 per cent more than in 1919, about 60 per cent more than in 1921, and about 12 per cent more than in 1923. Some of the Gains, and Losses, As it is, analysis of the figures furnished by the Bureau of the Cen sus indicates a general decrease Id the production of oil paints in 1925 as compared with 1923, with the ex ception of white lead in oil, which however, in spite of a 14 per cent in crease over 1923, remained 6 per cent less than in 1921. The 1925 produc tion of ready mixed oil paints was three per cent less than in 1923, but 43 per cent more than in 1921, about 15 per cent more than in 1919 and 68 per cent more than in 1914. In spite of a 5 per cent decrease in the production of oleoresinous var nishes as compared with 1923, the 1925' volume was 73 per cent more than in. 1921, while 1925 productibn of the varnish group as a whole, in cluding pyroxylin products, was 4 per cent larger than in 1923, about 84 per cent more than in 1921, about 69 ner cent more than in 1919, and 129 per cent more than in 1914. The production of pigments in 6- - v 0007 SWP 000032215 1925, exclusive of those consumed by their manufacturers in the fabrica tion of other products, was probably about 1,375,000,000 pounds, including an estimated quantity of unenumer ated pigments for which detailed quantity figures are not yet available, this estimate being based on the value reported for those pigments and with the assumption that the average price was the same as in 1923. This quantity represents an increase of 5 per cent over 1923, about 85 per cent over 1921, about 32 per cent over 1919, and about 200 per cent over 1914. The growth of this pigments branch of the industry, which was particularly pronounced from 1914 to 1919, has been influ enced greatly by the development of other industries: lead and zinc ox ides, for instance, which together constitute more than 40 per cent of the total, are used to a greater ex tent in the manufacture of storage batteries and in the compounding of rubber than in the making of paint and varnish products. The 1914 fig ures for zinc oxide are not separately available but are probably included in the total with the unenumerated pigments. The Story of the Pigments. Reference to Tables A and B indi cates that the 1925 production of dry white lead, although recovering ground lost in 1923, showed no in crease over 1921 and was but 20 per cent greater than in 1914; while dry zinc oxide in 1925 remained on a par with 1923 production which was about 175 per cent more than in 1921, though but 15 per cent more than in 1919. Iron oxides, ocher, umber, sienna, etc., were produced in 1925 in quantities considerably less than in any other of the years covered by the Census during this period. All of the other pigments, however, regis tered appreciable gains. As already stated, the pigments, al though reported as products of the paint and varnish industry, are used largely in other industries; conse quently pigment production data are of little value in a consideration of the production of paints and var nishes, though to a certain extent they may indicate changes in manu facturing practice when considered in connection with statistics of paint and varnish production. For instance, the total production of dry white lead in 1925 was about 20 per cent more than in 1914. This increase was partly absorbed in the production of white lead in oil, which was about 10 per cent greater than in 1914, while it may be assumed that most of the remainder entered into the manufacture of ready mixed paints. The 1925 production of ready mixed paints, however, was al most 70 per cent greater than in 1914, so that, in spite of the large quantities of zinc oxide and lilhopone consumed by other industries, it seems evident that they are being used more largely in the manufacture of ready mixed paints than ever be fore. One of the most interesting de velopments of recent years has been the introduction of nitrocellulose lacquers for industrial and house hold consumption on a scale that was unthought of in 1914. It will be noted by reference to Table B that the increased production of these pyroxylin products in 1925 over 1923 was practically equivalent to the decrease in oleoresinous varnishes, drying japans and lacquers, and bak ing japans, and there is undoubtedly some basis for the opinion current in some quarters that the pyroxylin products are making inroads upon the older lines, although, as the Journal has pointed out before, the increased use of these pyroxylin varnishes or lacquers should bene fit the entire industry by awakening a large number of new buyers to paint and varnish consciousness. Some Discrepancies in the Reports of the Manufacturers. In this connection it may be well to ponder the fact that the total quantity of pyroxylin products man ufactured by the paint and varnish industry in 1925, as reported in the voluntary semi-annual census to which only 555 concerns made re turns, was 11,104,000 gallons, or more than 50 per cent greater than 0007 SWP 000032216 the 7,387,506 gallons shown later, in the biennial census, with its returns from 923 firms for the same year. The semi-annual census showed that 85 of the 555 firms filing returns re ported the manufacture of pyroxylin products, and, whiln it is possible, it does not seem probable that none of the 368 additional firms reporting in the biennial census were making lac quers in 1925. This discrepancy in the two sets of figures is not confined to pyroxylin products, for the total 1925 volume of varnishes, japans and lacquers, other than pyroxylin, as reported in the semi-annual census, was 70,913,400 gallons while only 61,312,730 gal lons were reported in the biennial census for the same year. The latter figure has been obtained by deduct ing pyroxylin products and enamels from the total shown in Table B; enamels are not included in this group in the semi-annual census but are reported with ready mixed and serai-paste paints. Also, the produc tion of zinc oxide in oil was reported as 13,631,300 pounds in the semi-an nual census for 1925 and as only 6,975,414 pounds in the biennial cen sus for the same year. These important discrepancies are noted without any reflection on the Department of Commerce, which, in compliance with the special request of the industry, is seeking to render the trade a real service in collecting and disseminating the data furnished in these voluntary semi-annual re ports. It is obvious, however, that both sets of figures cannot be cor rect, and as it is to be assumed that the biennial census, prescribed and conducted under the specific require ments of the law, is reasonably ac curate, it seems apparent that some members of the industry have been imposing upon the Department of Commerce and upon the industry it self by making inaccurate semi-an nual reports. "Indicates the Biennial Figures Are Correct." LeVeme Beales, Chief Statistician for Manufactures, Bureau of the Census, when asked for an explana tion of these apparent discrepancies by the Washington representative of the Journal, commented as follows: "In most cases the manufacturers of varnishes, japans, and lacquers re port, at the semi-annual censuses, their total output of these products, which includes those made and con sumed in further manufacturing processes. The biennial report shows only the quantities produced for sale. Certain manufacturers report zinc oxide and white lead separately at the semi-annual censuses, but report at the biennial censuses only combin ation or graded whites (included with "other paste paints" in the biennial reports -- Ed.). This indicates that the biennial figures are correct and that the semi-annual figures are in correct." It is quite evident from this state ment that an element of duplication has been introduced into the semi annual statistics which does not ap pear in the biennial reports. In the case of pyroxylin products, however, according to Mr. Beales, certain im portant manufacturers, classified for census purposes in the "Chemicals, not elsewhere classified" industry, report their pyroxylin products as so lutions, the data for which are in cluded in the "Pyroxylin plastics and solutions" report and do not appear in the biennial paint and varnish re port. Inasmuch as certain firms in the paint and varnish industry re port the manufacture of "pyroxylin thinDers and solutions" in the bien nial census, if this class can proper ly be considered as finished products of the industry it appears probable that in this instance the semi-annual reports give a more accurate picture of the development of pyroxylin fin ishes than the biennial reports. Study the Detailed Figures. Probably no better measure of the industry's progress exists, however, than that afforded by the two pages of detailed figures in Table B (pages 4 and 5). Attention already has been drawn to the method by which the total poundage of finished prod ucts is estimated and the way in which the totals may have been af fected by the large group of "other paints" first reported in 1925. It --8-- 0007 SWP 0Q0032217 should be noted that the totals for 1914 and 1919 include no estimate for enamels, as they were first re ported separately in 1921, this sep aration being chiefly responsible for the decrease of thirteen million dol lars in the value of "other products" in 1921 as compared with 1919. Their inclusion in 1919 would have the ef fect of lowering the index numbers for succeeding years shown in Table A. On the other hand, all pyroxylin varnishes or lacquers have been cal culated at 7.5 pounds per gallon, as separate figures are not available for pigmented lacquers, which, for this purpose, might better be grouped with enamels at 14 pounds per gal lon. There exists today a well accepted conception of the increasing compe tition between industries striving for the consumer's dollar, as distin guished from the competition be tween the individuals within an in dustry. How has the paint and var nish industry fared in this so-called "new competition"? The Paint and Varnish Industry in "The New Competition." In the Survey of Current Business, published monthly by the Depart ment of Commerce, there appears a monthly index of manufacturing pro duction, based on 1919 as 100, which includes sixty-four commodities in eleven groups. This index is based upon the quantity of production, weighted arithmetically with respect to the importance of the commodity as indicated by the "value added by manufacture" as shown in the 1919 Census of Manufactures. At the re quest of the Journal, the Survey of Current Business has furnished the index numbers of the eleven groups and the combined total for the years in which the biennial census has been conducted since 1919. These in dex numbers appear in Table C, and the Journal has calculated similar in dex numbers for the paint and var nish industry, based on the govern ment's figures for quantity and value of production which have been pre sented in this article and the ac companying tables; also the index numbers for those two great indus tries^ automotive and building con struction whose processes not only consume vast annual volumes of paint and varnish products on new work, but--and of far greater impor tance--they create, increase and pyramid that volume of regularly re- paintable surfaces that absorb by far the larger part of the industry's annual production. These index num bers for the automotive and build ing construction industries are based upon both actual quantity and value as published on pages 46 and 66 of the February, issue of the Survey of Current Business. ; Table C. Table C.--Index numbers on produc tion of the Paint and Varnish industry and other industries since 1919. Based on Department of Commerce figures, with 1919 as 100. 1919 1921 1923 1925 Paint and Varnish (value) .................. 100 81 119 138 Paint and Varnish (pounds)* ............... 100 92 132 131 Automotive (value) .. 100 73 152 160 Automotive (number vehicles) .. 100 $5 208 220 Building Construction (value)t ................. 100 92 135 198 Building Construction (floor space)?........ 100 69 105 140 "Survey of Current Business" index fig ures based on quanti ties, weighted arith metically -- 04 manufac- lured commodities. 100 79 119 128 Foodstuffs ............. 100 93 110 106 Textiles ................. 100 93 112 104 Iron and Steel ....... 100 56 129 124 Lumber .................. 100 88 136 150 Sole Leather, Boots and Shoes .......... 100 79 97 86 Paper and Printing. 100 89 108 111 Chemicals and Oils. 100 104 140 170 Stone and Clay Products ............. 100 90 124 138 Metals--nonferrous. 100 82 158 180 Tobacco ................. 100 95 107 115 Miscellaneous ........ 100 65 114 133 If "other paints" first reported sep arately in 1925, are included, index num ber for 1925 becomes 148. tContracts awarded in 36 states, com piled by P. W. Dodge Corporation. Examination of the index numbers in Table C discloses the fact that the progress of the paint and varnish in dustry since 1919, while above the av erage of that of industry as a whole, which has made notable gains. --9-- 0007 SWP 000032218 especially in view of the slump in 1921, has been surpassed by various other industries, including especially the two, the automotive and the build ing construction industries, whose in fluence upon the immediate, continu ing and increasing consumption of paint and varnish products is gener ally considered predominant. According to the Survey of Current Business, manufacturing in general showed an increase in 1926 over 1925, the combined index for 64 commodi ties increasing from 126 in 1925 to 128 in 1926. Building construction was greater in value, although about five per cent less in floor space. Automobile production was greater in both value and in the number of ve hicles. Eight of the eleven groups en tering into the Survey of Current Busi ness index of manufacturing produc tion showed increases, lumber, leath er, and non-ferrous metals being the only ones to decline. Paint and var nish production during 1926, however, if judged by the results of the volun tary semi-annual census published in last week's Journal, was about two per cent less than in 1925. Surely, all these facts must com mand the serious thought of every paint and varnish manufacturer. The opportunities were never greater; more than thirty-five billion dollars worth of building construction, or more than three times the total value ($11,486,439,543) of all farm buildings reported in the 1920 census, has been added to the nation's standing pioperty since 1919; while the registration of motor vehicles has increased from about 6,000,000 to about 22,000,000. It seems evident that the activity of these two industries has contributed largely to the prosperity of the paint and varnish industry, but the fact of greatest significance to the industry is that but a small proportion of these new buildings and automobiles repre sent replacements and that on the whole they constitute an enormous ad dition to the repaintable surfaces ex isting in 1919. 1 Foreword, Concluded, From Page 2 production in 1926 was slightly less than in 1925, as shown below. For purposes of comparison the produc tion is also shown for the years 19221924, with index numbers based on 1922 production; all these calculations being made from the semi-annual cen sus figures appearing on page 7. Year Total Index Production Number (Pounds) (1922=100) 1922 ................ 1,779,106,500 1923 ................. 2,118,637,500 1924 ................. 2,251,822,000 1925 ................. 2,476,338,500 1926 ................. 2,425,690,000 100 119 126 139 136 As has been stated, all the above figures are based upon the voluntary semi-annual census reports, which are necessarily incomplete, being compiled from returns from concerns varying in number from 426 in 1922 to 581 in 1926, while the biennial reports were compiled from returns of 804 firms in 1921, from 826 firms in 1923, and from 923 firms in 1925. The Journal has frequently com mented on the fact that there are dis crepancies between the two sets of fig ures, viz., the two separate censuses, for the same years, which cannot be accounted for by the difference in the number of firms reporting; for in some instances a greater production is shown by the semi-annual reports than by the biennial report for the same year. As the biennial reports are pre scribed and conducted by law it is to be assumed that they are more com plete and more authoritative than the voluntary semi-annual reports, and as this whole matter is of such vital im portance to the industry, the Journal will publish in its next issue a com prehensive and detailed review of paint and varnish production during the twelve-year period 1914-1925, based upon these official censuses-- the quinquennial censuses of 1914 and 1919 and the biennial censuses of 1921, 1923, and 1925. --10-- <1 rt 0007 SWP 000032219 Reprintedfrom May 2, 1927 issue Amer ic an Pain t Jo u r n al U. S. Statistics of Paint and Varnish Production and Sales, Last Half 1926 Washington, D. C., May 2.--The De The statistics for paints and var partment of Commerce announces nishes for the second half of 1926 that, according to data collected at as compared with the first half of that the latest semi-annual canvass of year show increases of 1.7 per cent paint and varnish manufacturers, the and one-half of 1 per cent, respect production during the six mouths' ively, for paste paints and ready- period from July 1 to December 31, mixed and semi-paste paints, includ 1926, was as follows: 212,536,900 ing enamels, a decrease of 4.8 per cent pounds of paste paints, comprising for varnishes, japans, and lacquers, 128.930.900 pounds of pure white lead other than pyroxylin, and an increase in oil, 14,535,600 pounds of combina of 26.7 per cent for pyroxylin var tion or graded whites, 4,362,500 nishes or lacquers. pounds of zinc oxide in oil, and 64,- The statistics for the second half 707.900 pounds of other paste paints; of 1926 are based on returns from 45,623,000 gallons of ready-mixed and 581 establishments, of which 76 re semi-paste paints, including enamels; ported the manufacture of pure white 36.242.900 gallons of varnishes, japans lead in oil; 157, combination or graded and lacquers, other than pyroxylin; whites; 137, zinc oxide in oil; 325, 12,843,600 gallons of pyroxylin (nitro other paste paints; 435, ready-mixed cellulose) varnishes or lacquers; and and semi-paste paints; 372, varnishes, allied products comprising paint and japans and lacquers, other than py varnish removers, 413,100 gallons; roxylin; and 138, pyroxylin varnishes stains (not varnish stains) 2,159,800 or lacquers. gallons; liquid fillers, 376,900 gallons; No data are included for thirty-one paste fillers, 7,515,900 pounds; and establishments which reported for the putty, 30,837,400 pounds. (Concluded on page 15.) Table I.--Paint and Varnish Industry--Production and Index Numbers, by Classes of Products, for Half-Year Periods, 1922 to 1926. Production Index Nos. Base, 1922 Paste paints Period 1,000 pounds 1926--year ........ ........ 421.560 2nd half....... ........ 212.537 1st half........ ........ 209.023 1925--year ........ ........ 465,285 2nd half....... ........ 224,22S 1st half........ ........ 241,057 1924--year ........ ........ 487.611 2nd half........ ........ 223.867 1st half....... ........253.744 1923--year .................439,175 2nd half........ ........ 192,021 1st half........ 1922--year ......... ........ 436,295 2nd half................ 227.703 1st half......... 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In c lu d in g shipbuilders, fo r use on th e p ro d u c t m a n u fa c tu re d o r b u ilt; sale to railroads, both steam and electric. 8,137.000 99 8 6,282,300 100.3 6,261,000 9.382,400 4,933,200 8,393,500 22,823,600 74.0 22,7S0,400 19.543,800 81.9 19,609,000 c oo <D (Z2 ti_i -j : Cd Cd 3B 8* 2" .s.02^ T52 *c-5=arIj^s: .233 o ,,o 02 j C/D ti JJ Sip < 03 S5.<-T t j .2 a^ Cd 'd a cd B gf I S> wScrGi *e3 is 3 M o"5 S S-. **. tLC --(' ffl -d -d 03 d o a C/D co __, ns * d cd ^ d^ ^ #V cd , csi T4 On f1I $ft*3<O ^ c * <9 tM* S 5 IS o aj --cS So JI5S (^2'5`Sy SSg CJf CCO-^ cCqfi CO 6- 3 u-S n,, .O.C C ill CO CO s g ua 3 o? CU ^ ^ CO t- r- 0 ` eg J o oo co C; <N S CO ,, ( Lwfat w 9s*0j > ; *Is i 's > i Q-i '"9 cc * ScjiSeg a^ v SX^*_ =O S- --Sir*\ C* 00 o+J d GO 4-9 S a T3 o w *Q cd $ s2s J2 =i Zrj Tofi 52;c * ji o --- *B U kC ^ hs i! 03 2 s *(0*fi Is o h> '. QV h*23 efc. ^^ 2 2 | i I 9 k S SS 4) 1-5 8 >. o is s-- ,5 t^,,2 o-s i? $ Si >. 2 5VS0.) >3-5 ^^MS >> "J = > g A. - B . = t, O i- c* ^ *j Qj >; 5. 4-> Sh --14-- 30,837.400 23,862,400 1926, J u ly -D e c e m b e r .................... 163 J a n u a ry -J u n e ...................... 143 0007 SWP 000032223 (Continued from page 11.) first half of 1926 but not for the last half. These establishments reported for the first half of 1926 six-tenths of 1 per cent of the total quantity of paste paints; 2 per cent of the readymixed and semi-paste paints, includ ing enamels, 1.3 per cent of the var nishes, japans, or lacquers, other than pyroxylin, and three-tenths of 1 per cent of the pyroxylin varnishes or lacquers. (For tables issued as part of these statistics see page 11 for Table 1; be low for Table 2, and pages 12, 13 and 14 for Table 3.--Editor.) Table 2.--Paint and Varnish Industry--Number of Establishments Report ing Manufacture of Specified Products, by Geographic Divisions: 1926 first and Second Halves, and 1925, Second Half. -Geographic Division- c s o " ,,s .> u Pa ;? s i oa y0s?2<<r " 3 s- tro -SS e 3 o 3 Total number of establishments-- 1926--2nd half.................................. 35 18S 187 :>3 32 23 12 1st half................................... 549 3U 175 186 32 30 21 10 1925--2nd half.................................. 555 30 180 180 54 31 19 11 Number reporting manufacture of-- White lead in oil-- 1926--2nd half, pure...................... 76 2 24 24 5 4 4 4 1st half, pure...................... 79 2 24 29 1 3 5 1925, 2nd half, pure...................... 102 5 34 34 3 9 3 2 1926--2nd half, combination or graded ................................ 157 10 40 39 14 15 8 6 1st half, combination or graded ................................ 159 8 43 39 14 15 10 3 1925--2nd half, combination or graded ................................ 127 6 34 30 14 16 4 4 Zinc oxide in oil-- 1926--2nd half.................................. 137 5 38 36 17 12 6 6 1st half.................................. 181 . 7 36 36 16 8 3 4 1926--2nd half.................................. 163 11 38 41 22 11 5 7 Other paste paints-- S1926--2nd half.................................... .325 1st half .................................. 21 18 92 91 95 101 333 23 2t 15 13 1925--2nd half.................................. 326 19 97 99 34 21 11 9 8 6 Ready-mixed paints-- 1926--2nd half.................. ............... 435 23 130 131 45 31 19 13 1st half.................................. 443 25 137 135 16 2-8 16 10 1925--2nd half.................................. 451' 25 140 138 47 28 16 10 Varnishes, japans and lacquers-- nsOther than pyroxylin-- 1926--2nd half.................................... .372 23 120 34 17 13 1st half.................................. 344 17 122 117 28 15 9 1925--2nd half.................................... . 297 14 104 100 24 14 8 9 4 4 Pyroxylin (nitrocellulose)-- 1926--2nd half.................................... . 138 5 40 56 11 1 6 5 i1st half.................. ............ 111 5 33 46 7 3 5 1 1925--2nd half.................................. 85 3 28 40 4 5 a 46 4 41 4 46 2i 15 1S 2 23 2 25 2 17 1 16 2 3 5 36 4 38 3 36 5 38 4 42 4 42 3 35 2 30 2 27 1 10 1 10 4 ! States and numbers of establishments 5Md.. 13; Ga.. 5; Va.. 5; Fla., 3; W. represented, second half 1926: Va,, 2; N. C.. 2; Del.. S. C., 1 each. 'Mass., 25: Conn., 7: R. 1., 2: Me., 1. i -N. Y,, 84: Pa., 64; NT. J,, 40 -II!., 73: Ohio, 73: Mich.. 20; Ind., 14; Ky, 15; Tenn.. 6; Ala., 2. 'Tex.. 6: La., 5: Okla., 1. Wis,. 7. JMo,, 02; Minn.. 12; Iowa, Nebr., 4 Colo.. 4; Utah, 1. each; Kans., 1. "Calif., 37; Ore., 5; Wash., 4. --15-- r 0007 SWP 000032224 In the Service of the Industry American Paint Journal Company The Editorial Staff ' ALLEN W. CLARK, J. LEYDEN WHITE, F. N. VANDERWALKER. CUMMINGS C. CLARK, GEORGE H. PRIEST. Jr. FORREST R. TRAFFORD (New York), L. M. LAMM (Washington) j j ^ j \ 'i.. j. -*?> The Business and Service Departments CHARLES-ALLEN CLARK, Business Manager OTTO C. LARSON. H. T. Me CLURE, H. C. BILLINGSLEY, L. V. STORR, A. W. WRIGHT (New York). J. T. HEED (Chicago) The Publications (AU are members of the A. B. C. and the A. B. P.) 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