"c VAR 0290 03019 RAT RAP 3R 920-942 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0290 LOC 2571 WIDTH 9 DK 41 COL 53-61 " "c EXP DEC= 2 " "c " "c TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES, WESTERN UNION AND POSTAL TELEGRAPH " "c COMPANIES " "c ------------------------------------------------------------ " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 03019 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1920-12/1942 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: DATA FOR 1920-MAY 1934: INTERSTATE COMMERCE " "c COMMISSION FILES. DATA FOR JUNE 1934-1942: FEDERAL " "c COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION,"OPERATING DATA FROM MONTHLY " "c REPORTS OF TELEGRAPH CARRIERS". " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 03019 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO " "c VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1942 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, " "c 1942-1956. " "c THIS VARIABLE WAS COMPUTED BY NBER BY ADDING WESTERN " "c UNION AND POSTAL TELEGRAPH DATA. " "c THIS VARIABLE ENDS IN 1942, AS A NEW ACCOUNTING " "c CLASSIFICATION WAS INTRODUCED IN 1943 WHICH MAKE THE EARLIER " "c FIGURES NOT COMPARABLE. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... " -12 1920.01 1942.12 11.3200 10.6500 12.2600 11.7400 11.7100 12.1400 11.9400 12.0100 12.0100 12.1700 11.2000 11.3100 10.4800 9.46000 10.7700 10.1700 10.3100 10.6000 9.98000 10.6100 10.8100 10.9200 9.85000 10.4300 9.59000 8.93000 10.3000 9.81000 10.8800 10.9700 10.3700 11.3800 11.5200 11.8200 10.8800 10.8500 11.1300 10.1000 11.7000 10.8400 11.2700 11.2700 10.7000 11.4200 11.3600 12.1000 10.9800 10.9800 10.9400 10.4500 10.9900 10.8800 11.0900 11.0000 11.1600 11.4300 11.8600 12.3900 11.0600 12.2800 11.5900 10.8600 12.0700 11.8600 11.9600 12.8000 12.8700 13.1900 13.7900 14.4000 12.8100 14.0300 12.7700 12.0700 13.8400 12.9800 13.1800 13.6400 13.3800 13.6600 14.3300 14.0000 12.8800 13.7200 12.5500 11.8800 13.4900 13.1600 13.3200 13.4200 12.6600 13.9000 13.8200 13.6500 12.7100 13.7500 12.4700 12.2000 13.5700 13.2100 14.1600 14.0300 13.3700 14.3300 13.9100 14.9300 13.6600 14.5200 14.1300 13.0600 14.9100 14.3400 15.0200 14.4500 14.8400 15.3200 14.7500 15.9500 13.6300 14.5700 13.4500 12.6500 13.8600 13.9600 14.0600 13.7700 13.0900 12.9600 13.0500 13.1600 11.3500 12.9700 11.5300 10.8100 12.0200 11.9600 11.7400 11.8800 11.3700 10.8200 11.0100 10.8600 9.66000 10.8500 9.18000 8.89000 9.96000 8.95000 8.91000 9.12000 7.79000 8.64000 8.73000 8.23000 7.71000 8.35000 7.32000 6.98000 8.83000 7.99000 9.17000 9.56000 9.30000 9.17000 8.84000 8.66000 8.25000 9.08000 8.76000 8.28000 9.56000 8.91000 9.52000 9.48000 8.75000 9.32000 8.69000 9.13000 8.44000 9.41000 8.75000 8.21000 9.15000 9.38000 9.81000 9.37000 9.22000 9.57000 9.38000 9.83000 9.10000 10.2400 9.22000 8.98000 10.0500 10.0000 10.0200 10.5500 10.5300 10.1200 10.3200 10.5600 9.80000 11.8900 10.3300 9.65000 11.3000 10.4400 10.5200 10.7600 10.1500 10.2800 10.3000 10.0800 9.29000 10.7400 8.83000 8.38000 9.76000 9.34000 9.34000 9.59000 9.04000 9.52000 9.85000 9.49000 9.11000 10.5500 8.82000 8.43000 9.71000 9.38000 10.0600 10.1100 9.18000 9.88000 11.0700 9.99000 9.32000 10.8200 9.44000 9.09000 9.93000 9.68000 10.5600 10.1900 9.90000 10.1800 9.88000 10.6200 9.87000 11.6500 10.2900 9.83000 10.9800 11.4700 11.8200 11.7300 11.7300 11.6100 11.4600 11.4900 10.4300 14.0800 11.5600 10.7200 11.9300 12.5400 12.8200 13.1400 13.2900 13.2500 13.5900 13.8700 13.1400 14.6600