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TABLE 13
PRIVATE DOMESTIC ECONOMY: AVERAGE ANNUAL RATES
OF CHANGE IN PHYSICAL VOLUME OF OUTPUT, BY
SELECTED SEGMENT AND BY GROUP, 1899-1953
(percent)
1899-
1909
1909-
1919
1919-
1929
1929-
1937
1937-
1948
1948-
1953
1899-
1953
Manu facturing
-4.7
3.5
5.1
0.4
5.4
5.7
4.1
Foods
4.0
3.8
4.4
0.5
3.6
2.0
3.3
Beverages
3.9
-9.6
-4.5
27.2
6.3
0.7
2.9
Tobacco
3.8
5.0
3-7
2.0
4.3
1.8
3.6
Textiles
4.1
1.6
3-5
1.0
3.7
0.8
2.7
Apparel
5-3
2.4
4.5
0.5
3.6
2.1
3.3
Lumber prods.
2.5
-2.7
1.3
-3.6
3.0
2.0
0.4
Furniture
2.9
0.3
7.0
-3.3
6.9
2.8
3.0
Paper
7.2
3.7
6.6
2.5
4.5
4.8
5.0
Printing, pub.
7.6
4.3
6.4
0.2
3.4
2.8
4.3
Chemicals
5-4
5.1
6.9
2.7
8.7
8.7
6.2
Pet., coal prod6.4
9-3
9-9
1.6
5-3
4.8
6.5
Rubber prods.
6. 0
21.4
6.4
-1.2
5.9
4.6
7.5
Leather prods.
2.6
0.8
1.0
1.0
0.9
-0.1
1.1
Stone,clay,gl.
6.5
-0.1
6.0
-0.1
5.4
3-9
3.7
Primary metals 7*2
3-6
4.9
-1.4
5.5
3.8
4.1
Fab. metals
7.2
3.8
5.2
-0.8
6.2
11.5
5.2
Mach., non-el.
4.7
5.2
3.1
0.1
7.3
5.6
4.4
El. mach.
9.2
9-4
8.0
-0.8
9.4
12.7
7.9
Trans, equip.
3.9
19.0
5.1
-1.2
5-5
13.7
7.2
Miscellaneous
6.4
2.4
3.7
0.8
7.1
5.9
4.4
Commun. and
public util.
12.9
7.3
8.1
1.8
7.3
6.1
7.5
Telephone
18.2
4.9
7.5
-0.9
7.2
2. 6
7.1
El. util.
17.1
14.0
10.8
4.1
7.8
9.3
10.7
Private dom.
economy
4. 2
3.0
3.7
0.1
4.5
4.4
3.3
Source: John Kendrick, Productivity Trends in
the United States, National Bureau of Economic Research
Study No. 71 (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton
University Press, lp6l), pp. 204-05, Table 58.