195
TABLE 24
IRON--APPARENT C ON SUMPTI ON - ADDITI ON S TO METALS IN USE
AND AVERAGE ANNUAL ADDITION BY DECADE, 1900-1960a
(Millions of 1954 Dollars)
Year
Add.
Total
Avg.
Arm.
Add.
Year
Add.
Total
Avg.
Ann.
Add.
1900
190
190
1930
381
10,558
1901
207
397
1931
205
10,763
1902
274
671
1932
64
10,827
1903
267
671
1933
107
10,934
1904
184
1,122
1934
132
11,066
2,708
1,770
1905
297
1,419
1935
171
11,237
1906
332
1,751
1936
306
11,543
1907
360
2,111
1937
396
11,939
1908
243
2,354
1938
119
12,058
1909
354
2,708
1939
270
12,328
1910
394
3,102
1940
348
12,676
1911
283
3,385
1941
523
13,199
1912
347
3,732
1942
597
13,796
1913
401
4,133
1943
565
14,361
1914
268
4,401
1944
520
14,881
3,640
5,075
1915
335
4,736
1945
522
15,403
1916
429
5,165
1946
398
15,801
1917
428
5,593
1947
461
16,262
1918
401
5,994
1948
609
16,871
1919
354
6,348
1949
532
17,403
1920
400
6,748
1950
665
18,068
1921
168
6,916
1951
815
18,883
1922
304
7,220
1952
635
19,518
1923
470
7,690
1953
818
20,336
1924
358
8,048
1954
551
20,887
3,829
6,211
1925
422
8,470
1955
718
21,605
1926
455
8,925
1956
712
22,317
1927
404
9,329
1957
762
23,079
1928
388
9,717
1958
58 0
23,659
1929
460
10,177
1959
619
24,278
i960
735
25,013
aSource: Computed from Raw Materials in the U.S.
Economy: 1900-1961, p. 107. No account is made of loss,
deterioration, or idle scrap stocks. Base 1900+.