"c           VAR 0799      02109 CNST MTR R 925-942               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0799         LOC 2113 WIDTH  9             DK  34 COL 44-52  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              INDEX OF SHIPMENTS OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, ORIGINAL DATA   "
"c              -----------------------------------------------------------   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES: 02109                                            "
"c              AREA COVERED: UNITED STATES                                   "
"c              UNITS: 1929=100                                               "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE                                         "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE                                      "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE: 1/1925 - 12/1942                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE                                     "
"c              SOURCE: 1925-1937: STANDARD & POOR'S"BASIC STATISTICS"        "
"c              SECTION 5, 1942 1938-1942: STANDARD & POOR'S"CURRENT          "
"c              STATISTICS" VOL. 97, NO. 9, SECTION 1, SEPT. 1942 (SEE        "
"c              LIPSEY AND PRESTON, P. 282).                                  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES: THIS SERIES WAS COMPILED BY THE FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT     "
"c              STABILIZATION BOARD, WHOSE FUNCTIONS WERE TAKEN OVER IN THE   "
"c              LATE THIRTIES BY THE FEDERAL STABILIZATION OFFICE, AND IN     "
"c              1939 BY THE NATIONAL RESOURCES PLANNING BOARD. THE SERIES     "
"c              WAS DISCONTINUED IN MAY 1942.                                 "
"c                  BY 1930, THE INDEX WAS COMPOSED OF THIRTY INDIVIDUAL      "
"c              SERIES ON THE QUANTITY OF SHIPMENTS OF CONSTRUCTION           "
"c              MATERIALS. TWELVE SERIES WERE USED BEGINNING IN 1925, AND     "
"c              ADDITIONAL SERIES WERE ADDED AS THEY BECAME AVAILABLE. THE    "
"c              INDIVIDUAL SERIES ARE WEIGHTED IN THE INDEX ACCORDING TO      "
"c              RELATIVE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS.                  "
"c                  THE MATERIALS INCLUDED IN THE INDEX AS OF JANUARY 1925    "
"c              WERE: TERRA COTTA, FLOOR AND WALL TILE, STEEL PLATE,          "
"c              ENAMELED SANITARY WARE, ASPHALT, CEMENT, EXPLOSIVES, FACE     "
"c              BRICK, CAST IRON BOILERS, RADIATORS, OAK FLOORING, AND MAPLE  "
"c              FLOORING. THESE WERE ADDED TO AS FOLLOWS: JULY 1925,          "
"c              VITREOUS CHINA PLUMBING; JANUARY 1926, WATER SOFTENING        "
"c              APPARATUS; JANUARY 1927, PUMPS AND WATER SYSTEMS, LIMESTONE,  "
"c              CONCRETE REINFORCING STEEL; FEBRUARY 1927, STEEL BOILERS;     "
"c              SEPTEMBER 1927, PLUMBING PORCELAIN; JANUARY 1928, PREPARED    "
"c              ROOFING, GAS-FIRED BOILERS, RUBBER FLOORING, WINDOW GLASS;    "
"c              JANUARY 1929, OIL BURNERS, PAINT AND VARNISH, LEAD PIPE,      "
"c              OAKUM; JANUARY 1930, RANGE BOILERS, PLUMBERS' WOODWORK,       "
"c              PLASTIC PAINTS.                                               "
"c                  SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT IS BY THE COMPILING AGENCY.           "
"c                  FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1941 TO MAY 1942 THE UNADJUSTED    "
"c              AND SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA ARE INCONSISTENT AS TO LEVEL.    "
"c              SINCE IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE FOR US TO DETERMINE WHICH IS   "
"c              CORRECT, THERE IS NOT AN ANNUAL FIGURE FOR 1941.              "
"c                  AN EARLIER INDEX, WHICH WAS A SIMPLE AVERAGE OF SIX       "
"c              ITEMS, WAS COMPILED BY ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND     "
"c              PUBLISHED IN THE"SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS", MAY 1927,       "
"c              P.22, THE 1932 ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT, P.36, AND LATER ISSUES. IT  "
"c              COVERED 1913 THROUGH 1920, ANNUALLY, AND 1921 THROUGH MARCH   "
"c              1932, MONTHLY (LIPSEY AND PRESTON, P 283).                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              ORIGINALS MISSING; NOT PROOFREAD.                             "
"c           ...............................................................  "