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THE
IN
SUPPLY
THE
OF
UNITED
LARD
STATES
UNivERsrry of illinois-urbana
30 1210 579032
WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 28, 1918
HP HIS CIRCULAR presents the results of the War Emergency Food Survey of August 31, 1917, so far as they relate
to pure lard, lard compounds, and lard substitutes other than
purely vegetable substitutes. For convenience, the term "lard"
has been used to designate this entire group of food products.
The survey indicates that the total stocks of lard in the pos
session of commercial concerns on August 31, 1917, were ap
proximately 240,000,000 pounds. Of the total reported supply
the meat packers held slightly more than 50 per cent; the
wholesalers held roughly 16 per cent ; the retail dealers, 14 per
cent ; the storage warehouses, 10 per cent ; and the bakers and
a group of miscellaneous dealers, 10 per cent.
The survey further indicates that the total stocks on hand
August 31, 1917, were 6.3 per cent larger than stocks held on
the corresponding date of 1916. The meat packers reported an
increase of less than 1 per cent over their 1916 holdings, while
the storage warehouses, the wholesalers, and the retail dealers
reported increases of 29.8 per cent, 23.4 per cent, and 6.3 per
cent, respectively.
More than one-third of the total stocks in the United States
were reported from the East North Central States, Illinois
alone reporting nearly 57,000,000 pounds. In general the stocks
in the North were quite largely held by the meat packers and
the storage warehouses, while the smaller total stocks of the
South were to a greater extent in the hands of the wholesalers
and retail dealers. The wholesale stocks in the Northern and
the Pacific Coast States were largely held by meat and pro
vision jobbers, while in the Southern and the Mountain States
these stocks were held more generally by the wholesale grocers.
In the North, lard reaches the ultimate consumer mainly
through retail grocers and meat markets, while in the South
and West the retailing of this commodity is done chiefly by gen
eral stores. On a per capita basis, the retailers' stocks of lard
in the Mountain States far exceeded those of any other geo
graphic division.
The distribution of the nation's supply of lard in the hands
of all commercial concerns is shown in the following pages both
by groups and classes of dealers and by geographic divisions
and states.
CONTENTS.
Page.
Page.
7
Total commercial supply
3 Distribution of wholesale stocks
Distribution of retail stocks
9
Holdings by groups and classes of concerns
3 Comparative holdings in 1917 and 1916.... 11
12
Geographic distribution of total stocks 5 Tables of survey results
The holdings in storage warehouses
7
TOTAL COMMERCIAL SUPPLY.
,HE QUANTITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF LARD in the United
A States, as shown by the War Emergency Food Survey of August 31,
1917, are here presented. The term lard as used in this circular denotes
not only pure lard but also lard compounds and lard substitutes other
than purely vegetable substitutes.
The total stocks of lard, as thus defined, reported by all classes of
concerns in the preliminary War Emergency Food Survey of August
31, 1917, were 199,318,465 pounds. Lard held by dealers not required
to report, by reason of their small business, and by other firms who
for one reason or another, failed to furnish intelligible data, will not
exceed, it is believed, from 10 to 15 per cent of the supply held by all
manufacturers and dealers. Assuming that the stocks reported
represent 85 to 90 per cent of the total stocks in commercial channels,
the total commercial supply on the date of the survey would be
approximately 240,000,000 pounds.
HOLDINGS BY GROUPS AND CLASSES OF CONCERNS.
The most important classes of concerns reporting have been placed
in five groups, namely, the meat packers, the storage warehouses, the
wholesalers, the bakers, and the retail dealers. The total quantities of
lard reported for August 31, 1917, as well as the comparative figures
for 1917 and 1916, are given in Table 1 for these groups as well as for
the sub-groups or classes of concerns. Of the total stocks of lard re
ported for the United States on August 31, 1917, the meat packers held
100,094,447 pounds, or 50.2 per cent. The storage warehouses held 9.6
per cent of the total; the wholesale dealers, 15.8 per cent; the bakers,
3.9 per cent; the retail dealers, 13.7 per cent; and the miscellaneous
classes, 6.8 per cent. This distribution among the various groups of
firms is shown graphically in Diagram 1, which brings out emphatically
the very large holdings of the meat packers.
NOTE.The material in this report was compiled in the War Emergency Food Survey
section of the Bureau of Markets under the direction of Mr. C W. Thompson.
3
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100,094,447
18,991,096
31,512,915
7,803,220
27,282,211
13,634,576
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RETAIL STOCKS.
The stocks of lard
reported by the dif
ferent classes of re
tail dealers are shown
in Table 6. The rela
tive importance of
the five different
classes of dealers in
this group is graphi
cally represented in
Diagram 8.
It ap
pears that the retail
grocers held 46.6 per
cent, and the general
stores 36.4 per cent,
of the total retail
stocks. The relative
importance of the
holdings of these two
classes of retailers
varies considerably
in the different sec-
10
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stocks by geographic
divisions. It will be noted that these stocks are exceptionally large
in the West South Central division.
The relatively large retail stocks of lard in the Southern and Moun
tain States are brought out very clearly in Diagram 10, which shows,
for each state, the quantity of lard reported by this group of dealers
per 1,000 of the population. It will be seen that the largest per capita
stocks are held in the Western and Southwestern States.
The total stocks of
lard held by retail Diagram 12.Total Stocks of Lard Reported for
August 31, 1917, and August 31, 1916, for
grocers were espec
the 15 Most Important States.
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4,306.300
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reported larger hold
ings than the retail
grocers.
11
12
Total-
106.3
Pounds.
151,094.719
Meat packers
100,094,447 94,957,147 100.8
94,169,969
Storage warehouses...
18,991,096 12,395,960 129.8
9,549,963
14,785,417 10,005,238 125.5
7,972,450
Cold storages
Warehouses
4.205,679
2,390,722 151.6
1,577,513
Wholesale dealers
31,512,915 24,067,882 123.4
19,510,008
Meat and provision jobbers....
5,026,274
12,271,307 10,652,953 211.9
Wholesale grocers
92.6
14,483,734
19,241,608 13.414,929
7,803,220
4,737,421
Bakers
5,905,768 124.7
27,282,211 15,913,948 106.3
14,973,023
Retail dealers
12,723,592
6,815,744
Retail grocers
7,015,293 102.9
9,938,322
5,461,753
General stores
6,009,136 110.0
817,499
Chain grocery stores
1,519,596
1,192,282 145.8
1,800,844
89.1
Retail meat markets
2,876,683
1,604,515
Retail flour and feed dealers.
77,183
224,018
92,722 120.1
8,154,335
13,634,576
7,429,803
91.1
Miscellaneous 1
1 The principal classes of business included in the miscellaneous group are cottonseed oil mills
and refineries, slaughterers, manufacturers of lard compounds and substitutes, manufacturers of
oleomargarine, and soap manufacturers.
Table 2.Number of firms reporting lanlUnited States totals, by class of
business.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Classes of business handling lard.
Total.
Meat packers..
Storage warehousesCold storages
Warehouses
Wholesale dealers..
Meat and provision jobbersWholesale grocers
Bakers
Retail dealers
Retail grocers
General stores
_
Chain grocery stores
Retail meat markets
Retail feed dealers
Miscellaneous
99,919
77.9
822
1,102
278
824
5,615
822
4,793
13,112
97,464
53,326
28,056
904
9,884
5,294
10,330
745
251
143
108
3,671
670
3,001
10,118
81,591
47,720
24,632
805
8,067
367
2,543
90.6
22.8
51.4
13.1
65.4
81.5
62.6
77.2
83.7
89.5
87.8
89.0
81.6
6.9
24.6
13
Table 3.Stocks of lard on hand August 81, 1911Statement for important groups
of firms, by geographic divisions and states.
(Food Survey of August 81, 1917.)
Geographic division
and state.
Grand
total.1
Meat
packers.
Storage
Wholesale
warehouses.2 dealers.3
Bakers.
United States..
Pounds.
199,318,465
Pounds
Pounds.
100,094,447 18,991,096
Pounds.
31,512,915
Pounds.
7,803,220
Geocraphic Divisions:
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central....
West North CentralSouth Atlantic
East South Central....
West South Central....
Mountain
Pacific
14,794,432
20,426,731
74,207,922
31,715,845
14,584,142
10,721,124
19,172,477
5,422,826
8,272,966
7,616,080
5,418,440
49,848,974
23,459,261
3,104,823
1,113,183
3,949,109
2,402,782
3,181,795
2,579,236
3,098,662
8,062,262
2,827,099
611,096
710,790
467,614
75,783
558,554
1,352,868
2,585,311
6,856,485
1,124,312
5,858,596
4,895,598
6,583,797
748,233
1,507,715
813,185
2,599,127
1,900,262
830,970
454,500
214,437
228,080
166,304
596,355
New England :
Maine
New Hampshire...
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
887,772
445,687
258,064
11,592,038
358,598
1,252,273
203,479
55,797
450
7,190,183
71,309
94,862
138,571
1,350
2,394,314
5,365
39,636
201,979
143,500
88,394
659,235
83,314
176,446
54,791
20,166
21,973
493,412
62,461
160,382
Middle Atlantic:
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
10,051,125
3,179,714
7,195,892
2,130,452
1,101,936
2,186,052
1,667,238
291,085
1,140,339
1,551,259
175,559
858,493
1,324,816
360,901
913,410
7,001,486
3,158,015
56,771,249
4,190,595
3,086,577
3,598,559
1,864,538
39,968,421
2,360,823
2,056,633
231,452
26,392
7,790,284
8,814
5,320
674,758
261,648
5,341,822
367,285
210.972
417,635
185,485
658,601
409,976
228,565
3,984,656
5,327,861
10,507,943
214,061
286,213
3,033,577
8,361,534
3,191,414
4,036,153
5,773,396
45,059
69,536
2,598,256
7,745,447
37,779
2,734
290,239
213,933
405,798
50,485
22,384
69,619
71,854
149.519
170,074
354,012
8,685
39,540
45,282
63,858
244,858
2,168,440
451,257
1,903,055
1,618,518
2,060,600
1,311,681
3,284,566
1,541,167
154,555
940,777
30,603
495,223
538,637
61,649
63,140
555,405
264,834
363,600
80,550
26,942
2,280
370
12,350
123,064
1,940
19,192
93,315
104,271
696,993
553,434
1,187,407
738,922
1,655,808
809,254
13,193
166,126
83,313
61,238
47,350
9,454
9,307
39,017
25,502
2,527,213
4,258,887
2,343,253
1,591,771
364,794
311,851
306,877
129,661
64,608
615,077
10,083
21,022
867,575
2,049,658
1,171,175
807,190
144,216
37,716
21,449
11,056
27,102
2,759,484
14
Table 3.Stocks of lard on hand August 31, 1917Statement for important groups
of firms, by geographic divisions and states.Continued.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Geographic division
and state.
West South Central:
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Mountain :
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
New Mexico
Utah
Grand
total.i
Meat
packers.
Pounds.
Pounds.
3,954,831
4,317,463
2,660,485
8,239,698
401,953
663,548
976,823
1,906,785
707,963
374,827
175,706
1,980,507
598,222
285,388
1,198,161
102,052
198,306
54,710
10,000
1,226,297
36,690
21,402
803,661
51,716
2,643,099
1,778,477
3,851,390
1,282,610
884,582
1,014,603
Storage
Wholesale
warehouses.1 dealers.3
Pounds.
132,018
38,169
50,010
247,417
2,570
400
50,650
7,163
15,000
Pacific :
California
51,267
16,300
490,987
Pounds.
Bakers.
Retail
dealers.4
Pounds.
Pounds.
1,881,147
1,487,924
578,189
2,636,537
18,450
34,642
53,358
121,630
941,799
941,367
988,987
3,170,964
150,016
56,195
8,850
88,418
119,918
98,062
222,979
3,795
347,749
412,103
747,863
26,421
5,590
1,700
56,038
44,985
3,830
26,340
1,400
322,387
252,772
152,143
475,901
395,692
153,961
116,111
39,220
115,862
64,194
416,299
569,292
387,356
1,050,620
1 The grand total includes 13,634,576 pounds of lard reported by miscellaneous classes of business.
" See Table 4.
8 See Table 5.
* See Table 6.
15
Table 4.Stocks of lard on hand August 31, 1917Statement for storage ware
houses, by geographic divisions and states.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
United States..
Group
total.
Pounds.
18,991,096
Cold
storages.
Pounds.
14,785,417
Geographic Divisions:
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central....
West North CentralSouth Atlantic
East South Central
West South CentralMountain
Pacific
2,579,236
3,098,662
8,062,262
2,827,099
611,096
710,790
467,614
75,783
558,554
2,216,471
1,194,562
7,723,693
2,529,335
180,244
558,340
125,044
13,213
244,515
New England:
Maine
New Hampshire..
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
138,571
1,350
1,350
2,394,314
5,365
39,636
2,170,120
5,365
39,636
Middle Atlantic:
New York
New JerseyPennsylvania..
1,667,238
291,085
1,140,339
769,838
291,085
133,639
231,452
26,392
7,790,284
8,814
5,320
121,738
26,392
7,561,769
8,814
4,980
27,102
2,759,484
19,982
2,496,024
37,779
2,734
10,595
2,734
South Atlantic :
Delaware
Maryland..
District of Columbia..
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia....*
Florida
363,600
80,550
26,942
2,280
370
12,350
123,064
1,940
45,600
3,860
10,250
119,434
1,100
64,608
615,077
10,083
21.022
1,788
529,247
6,583
20.722
North Central:
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
West North Central:
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North DakotaSouth DakotaNebraska
Kansas
16
Table 4.Stocks of lard on hand August 31, 1911Statement for storage ware
houses, by geographic divisions and states.Continued.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Geographic division and state.
Group
total.
Pounds.
Cold
storages.
Pounds.
Warehouses.
Pounds.
Texas
37,294
1,960
85,790
132,018
875
48,050
161,627
Mountain :
2,570
400
50,650
Colorado.
New Mexico
Utah
3,150
170
400
47,500
7,163
15,000
7,163
500
14,500
51,267
16,300
490,987
1,950
1,000
241,565
49,317
15,300
249,422
2,400
Pacific :
California
17
Group
total.
Pounds.
31,512,915
Geographic Divisions:
1,352,868
2,585,311
6,856,485
1,124,312
5,858,596
4,895,598
6,583,797
748,233
1,507,715
860,701
1,036,161
5,590,828
512,715
1,192,227
1,052,308
845,471
244,347
936,549
492,167
1,549,150
1,265,657
611,597
4,666,369
3,843,290
5,738,326
503,886
571,166
201,979
143,500
88,394
659,235
83,314
176,446
81,281
62,391
31,818
486 148
75,369
123,694
120,698
81,109
56,576
173 087
7,945
52,752
1,551,259
175,559
858,493
496,375
86,740
453,046
1,054,884
88,819
405,447
674,768
261,648
5,341,822
367,285
210,972
223,284
35.019
5,115,012
181,290
36,223
461,474
226,629
226.810
185,995
174,749
290,239
213,933
405,798
50,485
22,384
69,619
71,854
171.312
148,815
64,318
33,234
10,087
67,222
17,727
118,927
65,118
341,480
17,251
12,297
2,397
64,127
19,192
93,315
104,271
696,993
553,434
1,187,407
738,922
1,655,808
809,254
11,322
24,355
57.827
280,717
44,578
104,552
105,565
285,431
277,880
7,870
68,960
46,444
416,276
508,856
1,082,855
633,357
1,370,377
631,374
867,575
2,049,658
1.W1.176
807,190
76,045
666,060
284,701
25,502
791,530
1,383,598
886,474
781,688
New England:
Massachusetts
Middle Atlantic:
New York
18
Group
total.
Pounds.
Meat and
provision
jobbers.
Pounds.
1,881,147
1,487,924
578,189
2,636,537
63,051
431,334
47,560
303,526
Mountain :
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
150,016
56,195
8,850
88,418
119,918
98,062
222,979
3,795
81,762
15,430
103,381
35
Pacific :
Washington
Oregon
California
347,749
412,103
747,863
230,242
352,813
353,494
43,739
Ifl
Table 6.Stocks of lard on hand August SI, 1917Statement for retail dealers, by
geographic divisions and states.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Geographic division
and state.
United States
Geographic Divisions:
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central....
West North CentralSouth Atlantic
East South Central....
West South Central....
Mountain
Pacific
New England:
Maine.
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Middle Atlantic:
Retail
grain and
flour
dealers.
Group
total.
Retail
grocers.
General
stores.
Chain
grocery
stores.
Retail
meat
markets.
Pounds.
27.282,211
Pounds.
12,723,592
Pounds.
9,938,322
Pounds.
1,519,596
Pounds.
2,876,683
Pounds.
224,018
1,545,540
3,596,683
4,079,650
2,595,428
2,852,223
2,654,115
6,043,117
1,908,187
2,007,268
802,676
1,672,231
2,177,921
1,195,484
1,217,458
1,153,786
2,897,734
668,018
938,284
285,297
726,630
876,829
815,698
1,354,768
1,400,143
2,902,130
943,297
633,530
320,933
732,086
165,497*
34,836
118,268
35,221
56,757
700
55,298
110,891
451,511
848,931
537,556
112.688
33,156
143,768
291,526
346,656
25,743
14,225
10,472
11,854
49,041
31,809
42,728
4,646
33,500
264,297
215,815
143,579
608,806
88,435
224,608
158,379
102,585
65,267
288,149
62,150
136,146
79,163
73,251
55,112
39,856
8,163
29,752
17,155
12,368
19,500
215,441
14,059
42,410
7,071
13,974
13,525
56,655
3,816
15,850
2,529
13,637
175
8,705
247
450
1,801,158
396,506 i
1,399,019
943,649
147,247
581,335
247,336
46,093
433,201
366,582
169,344
196,160
236,286
33,594
181,631
7,305
228
6,692
961,869
620,557
1,193,629
841,026
462,569
468,252
385,676
664,265
398,070
161,658
130,850
119,988
255,990
211,877
158,124
58,233
506
31,386
47,775
7,597
120,998
113,845
240,643
180,200
133,245
3,536
542
1,345
3,104
1,945
320,552
581,831
748,452
106,529
110,473
264,972
426,619 i
s
42,133
246,394
89,932
354,196
366,769
601,904
428,750
486,796
235,349
119,647
256,781
429,075
24,756
35,557
102,201
227,467
109,146
142,624
272,187
51,488
44,880
72,517
122,856
1,037
24,115
2,140
90,247
181,878
67,220
29,875
29,736
65,659
72,941
475
548
8,426
410
300
480
1,215
18,603
96,836
15,641
179,004
87,012
233,986
169,390
292,133
124,853
15,380
110,127
1,092
136,310
259,065
345,992
245,304
141,227
100,271
21,696
38,435
10,999
890
6,771
5,630
33,556
291
8,150
17,585
34,764
2g,273
18,847
3,010
280
3,995
2,784
4,610
955
12,145
8,146
15,885
7,150
544,909
782,033
710,226
616.947
259,021
471,924
250,648
172,193
251,254
281,335
432,436
435,118
18,100
5,370
8,010
3,741
11,849
13,970
5,552
1,785
4,685
9.434
13,580
4,110
7,544
150
jo
Table 6.Stocks of lard on hand August 31, 1917Statement for retail dealers, bp
geographic divisions and states.Continued.
(Food Survey of August 31. 1917.)
Geographic division
and state.
Group
total.
Pounds.
941,799
941,367
988,987
3,170,964
322,387
252,772
152,143
475,901
395,692
153,961
116,111
39,220
569,292
387,356
1,050,620
1,643
652
31,205
Middle Atlantic:
New York
Pennsylvania
East North Central:
1916
Pounds.
Pounds.
160,670,508 151,094,719
Meat packers.
1
1917
1916
Storage warehouses.
1917
1916
Pounds.
94,957,147
Pounds.
94,169,969
Pounds.
12,395,960
Pounds.
9,549,963
11,678,430
14,999,111
65,910,672
29,550,856
8,647,522
6,504,243
12,825,244
3,923,493
6,630,937
10,556,914
13,912,419
71,189,610
21,658,552
7,319,444
5,510,603
11,281,847
3.805,450
5,859,880
7,395,847
4,669,336
48,077,348
23,199,668
2,246,799
1,003,008
3,325,431
1,938,357
3,101,353
7,397,413
4,780,559
54,032,297
17,533,396
1,667,254
746,584
3,018,011
2,060,451
2,934,004
905,361
1,554,329
5,646,949
2,824,365
335,713
400,400
236,734
67,883
424,226
131,820
1,071,506
6,687,641
1,094,440
215,332
121,442
54,409
44,950
128,423
715,793
280,669
119,471
9,254,959
262,915
1,044,623
580,280
248,422
116,441
8,379,499
271,082
961,190
181,007
51,112
450
7,027,037
47,180
89,061
179,497
53,649
450
7,091,125
23,000
49,692
138,571
850
35,149
1,000
754,304
11,636
43,071
50 018
2,582
7,781,334
2,849,732
4,368,045
6,294,875
2,973,845
4,643,699
1,896,798
1,080,904
1,691,634
1,470,721
1,438,151
1.871,687
1,063,145
283,285
207,899
428,630
321,500
321,376
4,124,542
2,584,472
53,342,425
3,438,401
2,420,832
4,306,300
3,088,276
59,657,872
2,224,059
1,913,103
2,471,056
1,744,833
39,757,210
2,309,623
1,794,626
2,522,553
2,203,391
46,754,644
1,174,941
1,376,768
195,057
16,902
5,434,202
448
340
372,430
6,314,811
3,706,644
4,779,635
9,849,058
161,696
179,653
2,869,657
8,004,613
3,408,564
2,076,234
5,397,104
156,379
221,466
6,040,912
4,358,893
3,105,684
4,001,007
5,712,917
44,709
65,616
2,587,838
7,681,897
2,969,204
1,407,341
3.171,276
42,192
102,098
5,798,456
4,042,829
27,102
2,759,484
10,000
1,065,472
37,779
18,968
106,717
1,308,678
280,258
908,584
1,088,282
1,265,150
719,661
2,010,670
959,522
94,000
1,040,002
240,974
803,301
798,800
987,699
694,912
1,872,072
787,684
62,400
595,045
30,603
318,909
518,177
61,649
390
426,765
232,861
48,373
545,900
22,190
201,055
323,622
84,702
500
277,568
163,344
298,500
3,860
17,692
540
370
12,350
1,561
840
157,760
1,020
38,900
1,375,987
2,531,026
1,465,134
1,132,096
1,147,466
2,014,249
1,361,475
987,413
346,961
220,109
306,277
129,661
283,935
131,804
236,770
' 94,075
32,320
360,997
7,083
40,472
75,440
5,530
400
South Atlantic:
District of Columhia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
East South Central:
380
11,908
2,760
2,604
22
Meat packers.
Storage warehouses.
Geographic division
and state.
1917
West South Central:
1916
1917
1916
1917
1916
Pounds.
Pounds.
Pounds.
2,229,843
3,031,566
1,784,891
5,778,944
Pounds.
1,844,202
2,718,984
1,628,920
5,089,741
Pounds.
303,437
498,612
843,156
1,680,226
Pounds.
165,543
469,562
790,258
1,592,648
472,601
258,318
116,727
1,488,690
405,633
187,302
913,333
80,889
495,044
233,042
71,531
2,085,430
315,837
195,274
319,980
89,312
154,550
31,200
10,000
1,007,297
36,690
195,100
36,798
4,000
1,689,951
30,517
646,904
51,716
43,771
60,314
2,084,457
1,599,622
2,946,858
2,360,127
980,860
2,518,893
1,270,809
853,932
976,612
1,646,614
426,667
860,723
20,022
20,550
196,162
2,130
17,390
34,889
170
400
50,650
600
400
4,950
7,163
9,500
7,000
32,000
48,297
16,300
359,629
19,757
4,700
103,966
Mountain :
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Pacific :
Washington
California
1 Based on returns from concerns reporting for both 1917 and 1916.
2 Grand totals include lard reported by miscellaneous classes of business as follows : for 1917,
7,429,803 pounds; for 1916, 8,154,335 pounds.
23
Wholesale dealers.
Retail dealers.
Geographic division
and state.
1917
1916
1917
1916
1917
1916
Pounds.
24,067,882
Pounds.
19,510,008
Pounds.
5,905,768
Pounds.
4,737,421
Pounds.
15,913,948
Pounds.
14,973,023
1,061,647
1,916,829
6,424,449
916,768
3,754,570
3,416,654
4,790,651
502,040
1,284,274
847,055
2,436,177
3,117,627
733,571
3,467,887
3,147,985
4,199,502
461,025
1,099,179
631,459
2,348,774
1,290,747
610,820
327,405
110,194
124,719
83,148
378,502
551,390
1,837,674
1,017,976
475,172
258,742
76,854
117,123
86,320
316,170
972,939
2,251,422
2,317,895
1,585,606
1,619,046
1,386,869
3,213,280
1,295,937
1,270,954
948,845
2,100,986
2,484,729
1,551,921
1,471,978
1,224,282
2,885,667
1,121,434
1,183,181
155,253
118,720
42,934
531,237
76,626
136,877
135,937
97,627
38,512
393,665
51,112
130,202
44,533
9,546
9,390
408,194
49,310
110,486
34,933
6,757
9,530
331,673
40,318
128,179
180,839
94,630
63,625
422,286
58,159
153,400
174,833
84,375
63,344
406,154
74,944
145,195
1,155,893
118,687
642,24a
1,597,608
114,619
723,960
1,435,100
238,464
675,210
1,144,747
211,749
481,178
1,165,918
282,231
803,273
1,065,407
201,340
834,239
553,114
179,329
5,267,320
318,408
106,278
559,304
194,942
1,980,157
296,081
87,143
278,805
126,915
435,299
282,978
166,750
224,744
123,356
336,225
200,924
132,727
406,224
379,509
757,693
494,832
279,637
450,585
426,072
787,332
524,090
296,650
280,848
207,542
264,183
50,215
13,803
38,494
61,683
167,235
184,769
234,399
42.273
11,702
22,881
70,312
113,982
119,049
276,147
6,515
32,217
31,035
31,875
77,418
79,336
219,759
6,365
41,398
25,174
25,722
192,972
383,858
499,035
58,864
64,951
164,918
221,008
182,972
363,797
497,287
64,019
63,857
166,804
213,185
14,392
56,863
84,026
316,683
316,047
846,318
431,621
1,189,648
498,972
23,219
62,077
73,610
343,309
253,913
593,894
432,315
1,206,596
478,954
5,742
119,834
63,430
49,042
33,275
4,710
7,729
27,562
16,081
7,110
80,680
62,163
28,639
26,208
4,900
5,454
34,776
8,812
11,583
131,587
73,725
191,657
215,067
329,506
264,359
268.829
132,733
9,479
121,231
68,736
169,916
191,276
292,968
242,253
244,162
131,957
587,419
1,442,262
755,750
631,223
486,452
1,321,632
784,730
555,171
71,817
16,178
15,443
6,756
42,461
15,183
13,555
5,655
243,942
401,206
378,600
363,121
232,846
341,792
318,672
330,972
Geographic Divisions:
East North Central....
West North CentralEast South Central
West South Central....
New England :
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Middle Atlantic:
New York
East North Central:
24
Wholesale dealers.
Retail dealers.
1916
1917
1916
Pounds.
1,449,231
939,404
375,050
2,026,966
Pounds.
1,224,521
872,327
394,502
1,708,152
Pounds.
11,115
17,945
22,070
73,589
Pounds.
13,692
22,297
17,666
63,468
Pounds.
446,057
529,565
516,167
1,721,491
Pounds.
401,354
502,414
404,486
1,577,413
77,232
44,366
2,050
63,308
89,638
64,620
157,926
2,900
93,996
30,529
35,322
54,653
80,499
161,826
4,200
20,027
910
1,130
32,855
3,650
1,680
21,971
925
12,582
1,105
1,765
49,618
3,700
1,500
15,210
840
216,987
180,672
100,694
321,626
275,590
112,919
63,547
23,902
189,886
163,205
62,622
291,814
226,907
105,855
57,463
23,682
267,601
409,167
607,506
262,130
243,116
593,933
86,945
38,782
252,775
64,310
51,998
199,862
;
357,744
272,506
640,704
333,189
244,353
605,639
1917
West South Central:
Bakers.
1917
1916
Mountain :
Pacific :
25
Cold storages.
Warehouses.
Geographic division
and state.
1917
1916
1917
1916
1C17
1916
Pounds.
12.395.960
Pounds.
9.549,963
Pounds.
10,005,238.
Pounds.
7,972.450
Pounds.
2,390.722
Pounds.
1,577,513
,
905.361
1,554,329
5,646,949
2,824,365
335,713
400,400
236,734
67,883
424,226
131,820
1,071.506
6,687,641
1,094,440
215,332
121,442
54,409
44,950
128,423
765,786
729,089
5,344,069
2,526,601
6,251
338,040
56,782
10,313
228,307
45,782
479,542
6,344,750
933,631
5,610
79,930
35,609
9,850
37,746
139,575
825,240
302,880
297,764
329,462
62,360
179,952
57,570
195,919
86,038
591,964
342,891
160,809
209,722
41,512
18,800
35,100
90,677
138,571
850
35,149
1,000
138,571
35,149
New Hampshire
850
1,000
Massachusetts
754,304
753,300
42,200
1,004
871
50,018
Connecticut
Middle Atlantic:
New York
New Jersey
11,636
43,071
50,018
2,582
11,636
2,582
1,063,145
283,285
207,899
428,630
321,500
321,376
338,865
283,285
106,939
54,346
321,500
103,696
724,280
374,284
100,960
217,680
195,057
16,902
5.434,202
448
340
372,430
89,800
75,198
282,630
6,314,811
119,859
16,902
5,206,860
448
6,254,950
227,342
59,861
340
400
27,102
2,759,484
10,000
1,065,472
19,982
2,496,024
922,066
7,120
263,460
10,000
143,406
37,779
18,968
10,595
11,565
27,184
7,403
298,500
3,860
17,692
540
370
12,350
1,561
840
157,760
1,020
38,900
298,500
157,760
3,860
1,000
1,020
2,000
36,900
380
11,908
2,760
2,604
1,391
2,590
16,692
540
370
12,350
170
840
32,320
360,997
7,083
40,472
75,440
5,530
334,457
3,583
75,000
4,930
32,320
26,540
3,500
40,472
440
600
United States
Geographic Divisions:
Middle Atlantic
East North Central....
West North CentralEast South Central....
West South Central....
Pacific
New England:
South Atlantic:
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia....
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina..
South Carolina
Florida '.
East South Central:
Kentucky
400
380
11,908
170
2,604
26
Cold storages.
Warehouses.
Geographic division
and state.
1917
1916
1917
1916
1917
1916
Pounds.
Pounds.
Pounds.
Pounds.
Pounds.
Pounds.
Texas
Mountain :
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
Pacific :
Washington
California
20,022
20,550
196,162
2,130
17,390
34,889
170
400
50,650
600
400
4,950
7,163
9,500
48,297
16,300
359,629
19,997
2,120
33,489
25
20,550
159,377
10
17,390
1,400
36,785
3,150
2,850
170
400
47,500
600
400
2,100
7,000
32,000
7,163
7,000
9,500
32,000
19,757
4,700
103,966
1,000
227,307
48,297
15,300
132,322
19,757
3,700
67,220
1,000
36,745
1 Based on returns from concerns reporting for both 1917 and 1916stocks on hand, August 31,
1917, and stocks on hand August 31, 1916.
27
United States
Geographic Divisions:
New England
East North Central....
West North CentralSouth Atlantic
East South Central....
West South Central....
New England:
Maine
Vermont.
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Middle Atlantic:
New York
New Jersey
Wholesale grocers.
1917
1916
1917
1916
1917
1916
Pounds.
24,067,882
Pounds.
19,510,008
Pounds.
10,652,953
Pounds.
5,026,274
Pounds.
13,414,929
Pounds.
14,483,734
1,061,647
1,916,829
6,424,449
916,768
3,754,570
3,416,654
4,790,651
502,040
1,284,274
847,055
2,436,177
3,117,627
733,571
3,467,887
3,147,985
4,199,502
461,025
1,099,179
779,677
772,712
5,511,424
430,756
838,361
648,888
615,871
143,313
911,951
597,758
826,362
437,153
334,469
827,273
566,420
481,484
176,023
779,332
281,970
1,144,117
913,025
486,012
2,916,209
2,767,766
4,174,780
358,727
372,323
249,297
1,609,815
2,680,474
399,102
2,640,614
2,581,565
3,718,018
285,002
319,847
155,253
118,720
42,934
531,237
76,626
136,877
135,937
97,627
38,512
393,665
51,112
130,202
54,156
59,802
31,818
438,161
72,831
122,909
52,322
57,999
17,052
307,961
47,292
115,132
101,097
58,918
11,116
93,076
3,795
13,968
83,615
39,628
21,460
85,704
3,820
15,070
1,155,893
118,687
642,249
1,597,608
114,619
723,950
366,204
66,127
340,381
423,113
56,565
346,684
789,689
52,560
301,868
1,174,495
58,054
377,266
553,114
179,329
5,267,320
318,408
106,278
559,304
194,942
1,980,157
296,081
87,143
210,777
28,519
5,078,540
158,553
35,035
193,853
29,842
93,916
160,137
19,405
342,337
150,810
188,780
159,855
71,243
365,451
165,100
1,886,241
195,944
67,738
280,848
207,542
264,183
50,215
13,803
38,494
61,683
167,235
184,769
234,399
42,273
11,702
22,881
70,312
170,897
148,615
14,904
33,024
9,887
36,097
17,332
97,007
137,029
19,449
33,614
6,052
21,418
19,900
109,951
58,927
249,279
17,191
3,916
2,397
44,351
70,228
47,740
214,950
8,659
5,650
1,463
50,412
14,392
66,863
84,026
316,683
316,047
846,318
431,621
1,189,648
498,972
23,219
62,077
73,610
343,309
253,913
593,894
432,315
1,206,596
478,954
11,322
24,205
43,187
212,288
44,578
89,292
54,898
215,084
143,507
19,904
19,005
50,810
228,377
51,710
62,428
35,562
235,132
124,345
3,070
32,658
40,839
104,395
271,469
757,026
376,723
974,564
355,465
3,315
43,072
22,800
114,932
202,203
531,466
396,753
971,464
354,609
587,419
1,442,262
755,750
631,223
486,452
1,321,632
784,730
555,171
52,895
407,477
163,014
25,502
32,396
399,295
105,814
28,915
534,524
1,034,785
592,736
605,721
454,056
922,337
678,916
526,256
js
Group total.
Geographic division
and state.
Wholesale grocers
1917
1916
1917
1916
1917
1916
Pounds.
Pounds.
Pounds.
Pounds.
Pounds.
Pounds.
1,449,231
939,404
375,050
2,026,966
1,224,521
872,327
394,502
1,708,152
32,161
322,265
49,013
225,489
261,445
206,982
77,232
44,366
2,050
63,308
89,638
64,620
157,926
2,900
93,996
30,529
51,519
4,685
67,515
10,916
35,322
54,653
80,499
161,826
4,200
>1,845
11,086
65,264 I
86,506
267,601
409,167
607,506
262,130
243,116
593,933
212,242 ;
352,813
346,896 j
224,770
209,588
344,974
1.417,070
617,139
375,050
1,765,521
1,175,508
646,838
394,502
1,501,170
25,713
39,681
2,050
41,463
89,638
64,620
92,662
2,900
26,481
19,613
55,359
56,354
260,610
37,360
33,528
248,959
1 Based on returns from concerns reporting for both 1917 and 1916stocks on hand,
1917, and stocks on hand August 31, 1916.
24,236
54,653
80,499
75,320
4,200
20
United Stales
Geocraphic Divisions :
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central....
West North Central..
East South Central....
West South Central....
Pacific
Retail grocers.
1
1916
1917
General stores.
1917
1916
1917
1916
Pounds.
15,913,948
Pounds.
14,973,023
Pounds.
7,015,293
Pounds.
6,815,744
Pounds.
6,009,136
Pounds.
5,461,753
972,939
2,251,422
2,317,895
1,585,606
1,619,046
1,386,869
3,213,280
1,295,937
1,270,954
948,845
2,100,986
2,484,729
1,551,921
1,471,978
1,224,282
2,885,667
1,121,434
1,183,181 I
478,206
903,628
1,227,080
716,975
648,422
550,722
1,488,206
430,096
571,958
533,719
976,978
1,273,881
680,942
605,516
489,827
1,337,568
403,720
513,593
151,496
440,968
568,984
540,158
782,093
767,248
1,632,788
672,829
452,572
137,772
454,487
575,131
503,754
702.268
675,071
1,453.880
572,886
386,504
180,839
94,630
63,625
422,286
58,159
153,400
174,833
84,375
63,344
406,154
74,944
145,195
108,738
47,970
21,978
173,429
42,301
83,790
111,256
44,479
27,214
220,817
43,644
86,309
50,555
26,462
20,543
28,757
3,557
21,622
46,633
21,762
18,932
27,991
3,406
19,048
1,165,918
282,231
803,273
1,065,407
201,340
834,239
547,855
73,303
282,470
565,776
81,589
329,613
151,014
28,289
261,665
152,162
32,082
270,243
406,224
379,509
757,693
494,832
279,637
450,585
426,072
787,332
524,090
296,650
248,807
239,739
403,563
240,264
94,707
269,748
260,634
413,518
234,690
95,291
82,075
75,418
180,866
133,397
97,228
77,560
88,388
191,761
127,433
89,989
192,972
383,858
499,035
58,864
64,951
164,918
221,OOP
182,972
363,797
497,287
64,019
63,857
166,804
213,185
78,534
169,331
257,881
12,715
20,035
63,685
114,794
70,078
159,901
271,944
13,705
16,413
46,716
102,185
66,879
104,473
190,437
33,261
30,331
40,824
73,953
61,415
106,955
157,796
33,030
30,803
39,690
74,065
11,583
131,587
73,725
191,657
215,067
329,506
264,359
268,829
132,733
9,479
121,231
68,736
169,916
191,276
292,968
242,253
244,162
131,957
6,028
47,701
8,490
87,978
40,876
119,004
108,497
165,041
64,807
7,630
44,327
7,934
90,990
38,514
102,655
101,477
152,924
59,065
4,805
54,349
1,092
90,003
161,025
196,341
144,679
64,219
65,580
1,089
53,894
2,658
66,365
140,622
180,745
128,146
57,833
70,916
243,942
401,206
378,600
363,121
232,846
341,792
318,672
330,972
107,228
215,474
128,612
99,408
104,448
192,744
108,271
84,364
111,270
168,043
231,263
256.672
105,493
132,318
197,227
240,033
New England :
New Hampshire.
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Middle Atlantic:
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
East North Central :
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
West North Central :
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
South Atlantic:
District of Columbia....
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
East South Central:
Tennessee
.... .
30
Retail grocers.
General stores.
Geographic division
and state.
1917
1916
1917
1916
1917
1916
Pounds.
Pounds.
Pounds.
Pounds.
Pounds.
Pounds.
446,057
529,565
516,167
1,721,491
401,354
502,414
404,486
1,577,413
98,974
201,646
271,990
915,596
91,624
199,679
206,743
839,522
342,163
324,381
212,621
753,623
306.600
299,369
161,181
686,730
216,987
180,672
100,694
321,026
275,590
112,919
63,547
23,902
189,886
163,205
62,622
291,814
226,907
105,855
57,463
23,682
57,274
37,690
19,240
186,621
56,052
42,324
18,359
12,536
57,955
32,206
15,606
180,438
56,842
30,109
19,629
10,935
105,147
75,860
52,694
120,295
212,428
65,072
30,107
11,226
89,274
73,506
41,821
91,198
167,875
71,753
24,872
12,587
357,744
272,506
640,704
333,189
244,353
605,639
135,734
103,542
332,682
122,963
89,377
301,253
121,827
115,740
215,005
113,515
96,145
176,844
Mountain :
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Pacific :
Washington
California
1 Based on returns from concerns reporting for both 1917 and 1916stocks on hand, August 31,
1917, and stocks on hand August 31, 1916.
United States
Chain grocery
stores.
1917
1916
Retail meat
markets.
1916
1917
Pounds.
77,183
79,679'
258,464
591,103
334,074
62,086
21,980
43,273
142,768
267,417
11,587
8,361
4,047
6,398
21,173
14,329
23,357
1,440
2,030
9,192
7,357
4,030
3,891
18,195
10,325
20,328
1,810
2,055
4,791
6,785
3,085
50,534
1,346
8,346
5,010
6,555
3,407
38,019
19,300
7,388
1,100
1,160
175
8,705
'247
200
900
1,290
170
6,335
247
250
186,617
73,268
143,815
147,413
13,663
78,119
155,665
14,401
88,398
5,991
5,187
2,370
2,170
8,110
340
20,489
10,416
1,229
61,291
63,720
145,985
103,451
79,720
95,092
76,450
161,079
149,286
109,196
286
282
425
2,119
935
75
260
485
2,266
945
47,299
109,506
41,073
12,888
14,285
36,264
31,426
50,679
96,328
60,849
17,284
16,341
56,233
36,360
260
648
4,425
800
613
1,553
300
30
835
300
50
575
750
7,691
25,708
1,443
11,986
2,500
760
8,046
36,341
1,725
9,739
1,800
150
150
1,725
1,705
2,050
1,625
1,960
470
4,890
5 553
7,800
350
1,905
1,900
3,750
6,000
4,430
60
8,614
8,990
4,825
1,350
9,066
8,585
2,979
1,350
3,135
3,354
5,890
1,950
2,000
3,100
3,185
2,040
Pounds.
1,192,282
Pounds.
817,499
Pounds.
1,604,515
256,763
659,270
63,617
29,334
113,850
30,791
31,468
300
6,889
188,483
403,700
40,584
29,260
83,913
27,079
30,618
250
13,612
74,887
239,195
454,167
292,741
53,508
23,779
37,461
191,272
237,505
15,655
12,253
17,844
160,861
10,708
39,442
11,034
110,289
13,621
112,992
8,347
32,200
313,645
166,976
178,649
13,765
350
26,854
15,601
7,047
Pounds.
1,800,844
Geographic Divisions:
Middle Atlantic
East North Central....
West North CentralSouth Atlantic
East South Central....
West South Central....
New England:
New Hampshire
Vermont.
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Middle Atlantic:
New York
New Jersey
East North Central:
Ohio
Michigan
West North Central:
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
5,219
5,145
'24,115
24,115
21,696
38,435
10,273
710
6,771
5,630
30,044
291
14,814
21,803
8,931
501
4,018
6,630
26,925
291
South Atlantic:
District of Columbia....
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
East South Central:
13,695
5,345
8,010
3,741
11,839
5,045
7,010
3,185
Chain grocery
stores.
Retail meat
markets.
1917
1916
1916
Pounds.
Pounds.
1,638
1,638
29,830
28,980
300.
250
2,958
419
3,512
10,168
419
3,025
Pounds.
1,540
650
20,217
15,054
Pounds.
1,890
670
24,987
15,726
54,506
67,122
28,750
14,180
7,110
4,683
14,781
140
42,597
57,493
5,045
19,478
2,190
3,143
12,662
160
96,732
52,153
88,620
85,750
58,035
123,632
Pounds.
3,380
1,250
11,339
7,388
10
530
540
300
493
652