"c           VAR 0067      04001 WP WHEAT R 841-944               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0067         LOC  564 WIDTH  9             DK   9 COL 62-70  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              WHOLESALE PRICE OF WHEAT, CHICAGO, SIX MARKETS                "
"c              ----------------------------------------------                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04001                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  CENTS PER BUSHEL                                      "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  07/1841-07/1944                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  JAMES E. BOYLE, CHICAGO WHEAT PRICES FOR EIGHTY-ONE  "
"c              YEARS, PP. 69-71, FOR 1841-1882; FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE,     "
"c              STANFORD UNIVERSITY,"WHEAT STUDIES," NOVEMBER, 1934, P.118    "
"c              AND THE FOLLOWING DECEMBER ISSUES FOR 1883-1944.              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 04001 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1842-1944 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, "
"c              1938-1952.                                                    "
"c                  "STATISTICS OF WHEAT PRICES FOR THE PERIOD 1841-1870      "
"c              WERE TAKEN FROM NEWSPAPERS OF THAT PERIOD, NAMELY THE         "
"c              AMERICAN, THE DEMOCRAT, AND THE TRIBUNE; FROM THE ANNUAL      "
"c              REVIEW OF THE TRADE AND COMMERCE OF CHICAGO, PUBLISHED BY     "
"c              THE TRIBUNE, AND ALL FOUND IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE CHICAGO     "
"c              HISTORICAL SOCIETY.  THE STATISTICS FOR THE PERIOD 1871-1922  "
"c              ARE ALL FROM THE ANNUAL REPORTS PUBLISHED BY THE CHICAGO      "
"c              BOARD OF TRADE."  (J.E. BOYLE IN SOURCE).                     "
"c                   AVERAGE MONTHLY PRICE IS COMPUTED (NBER) BY AVERAGING    "
"c              MONTHLY HIGH AND LOW.                                         "
"c                   IN ALL CASES THE EFFORT WAS MADE TO USE THAT GRADE OF    "
"c              WHEAT IN WHICH THE MOST TRANSACTIONS WERE HAD.  ON THIS       "
"c              BASIS, THEREFORE, THESE GRADES WERE USED. (ALL CASH           "
"c              PRICES.):                                                     "
"c                   1841-57, SPRING WHEAT; 1858-59, STANDARD SPRING;         "
"c              1860-63, NO. 2 SPRING; 1864-1870, NO. 1 SPRING; 1871-1897,    "
"c              NO. 2 SPRING; 1898-1904,"REGULAR" WHEAT (DELIVERABLE ON       "
"c              CONTRACTS); 1905-1918, NO. 2 RED WINTER; 1919-1920, NO. 2     "
"c              NORTHERN, 1921-1922, NO. 2 RED NORTHERN.                      "
"c                   FUTURE TRADING IN WHEAT AT THE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE    "
"c              CEASED AUGUST 25, 1917, AND WAS RESUMED JULY 15, 1920.  THE   "
"c              PRICE OF CASH WHEAT WAS FIXED BY THE GOVERNMENT BEGINNING IN  "
"c              SEPTEMBER, 1917.  GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF CASH WHEAT CEASED ON  "
"c              JUNE 30, 1920.                                                "
"c                   BEGINNING IN 1883, THE BASIC CASH PRICE OF WHEAT  IS     "
"c              THAT SPOT PRICE OF SUCH WHEAT AS IS BEING DELIVERED ON        "
"c              CHICAGO FUTURE CONTRACTS, OR IS EXPECTED TO BE DELIVERED ON   "
"c              THEM, ADJUSTED FOR ANY PREMIUM OR DISCOUNT APPLICABLE ON      "
"c              DELIVERY.                                                     "
"c                   LISTING OF PRICES WAS DISCONTINUED IN THE WHEAT STUDIES  "
"c              FOR MAY, 1944, VOL XX, NO. 5.  JUNE AND JULY PRICES ARE FROM  "
"c             "WORLD GRAIN REVIEW AND OUTLOOK, 1945," P.281.                 "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
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