"c           VAR 0445      01091 COTTON  3R 912-944               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0445         LOC  177 WIDTH  9             DK   3 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              ACTIVE COTTON SPINDLES                                        "
"c              ----------------------                                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  01091                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF SPINDLES                                  "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  09/1912-04/1944                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1912-JULY      "
"c              1938: COTTON PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION, BULLETINS 131,      "
"c              140, 150, 156, 162, 167, 169, 170, 175.  DATA FOR AUGUST      "
"c              1938-1944:  ACTIVITY IN THE COTTON SPINNING INDUSTRY,         "
"c              MONTHLY PRESS RELEASES.                                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  DATA COVER NON-COTTON GROWING STATES.                 "
"c                   DATA FOR 1912-1930 WERE ALSO CHECKED WITH NOURSE,        "
"c              AMERICA'S CAPACITY TO PRODUCE.                                "
"c                   IN APRIL OF 1939 THE CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS THAT THERE    "
"c              WERE 432,366 SPINDLES IN COTTON MILLS WORKING SOLELY ON       "
"c              RAYON.  THESE WERE EXCLUDED, AS WERE SOME FEW SPINDLES        "
"c              WORKING ON RAYON AND WOOL, AND RAYON AND SILK.  FURTHER,      "
"c              THERE WERE OVER 100,000 SPINDLES WORKING ON RAYON IN MILLS    "
"c              WHICH WERE FORMERLY COTTON, NOW WHOLLY RAYON MILLS.           "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "