| Summary: | This is the volume I, issue 3, February 1, 1931 issue of The Alabama Economic Review, a newsletter published monthly by the Bureau of Economic Research and the Department of Agricultural Economics of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University). The newsletter includes articles of interest related to economics in Alabama. Topics include construction, retail sales, and farm income and credit. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.Articles: Summary: National economic conditions (Agriculture, Business outlook, Business activity index, Volume of production, 1930 production, Employment and wages), Alabama economic conditions (Agriculture, Finance industry and trade); Finance: Bank debits, 1930 Bank debits, Bank deposits, Savings deposits, Bank clearings; Building and construction: Construction contracts, Prospective building, Federal aid for road construction; Industrial production: Steel, Pig iron, Blast furnaces, Cast iron pipe, Coal production, Lumber, Cotton consumption, Textile activity, Cloth production; Merchandising: Advertising, Freight car loadings, Automobile sales, Foreign trade, Life insurance sales, Livestock receipts, Tobacco tax, Tonnage tax, Gasoline tax, Commercial failures in the South, Failures for the year 1930; Prices, cost of living and income: Prices, Cost of living, Income, Farm prices in the United States, Atlanta farm prices, Cotton and fertilizer price indexes
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