"c           VAR 0081      04006 WP COTTN R 870-945               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0081         LOC  690 WIDTH  9             DK  11 COL 62-70  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              WHOLESALE PRICE OF COTTON, NEW YORK; 10 MARKETS               "
"c              -----------------------------------------------               "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04006                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S. --NEW YORK                                "
"c              UNITS:  CENTS PER POUND                                       "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  09/1870-12/1945                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  SHEPPERSON'S COTTON FACTS, 1882-1883, P.40 AND       "
"c              FOLLOWING ISSUES (1870-1889); LETTER FROM THE UNITED STATES   "
"c              DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, DIVISION OF STATISTICAL AND        "
"c              HISTORICAL RESEARCH (1890-1928); AND BLS WHOLESALE PRICE      "
"c              BULLETINS (1929-1945).                                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 04006 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE               "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1870-1945 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, "
"c              1937-1955 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1954-1958.                      "
"c                   DATA FOR 1870-1879 HAS BEEN CALCULATED BY NBER BY        "
"c              AVERAGING EITHER 4 OR 5 WEEKLY QUOTATIONS, DEPENDING ON THE   "
"c              NUMBER OF QUOTATIONS FALLING WITHIN A GIVEN MONTH.            "
"c                   FOR THE YEARS 1890-1928, DATA WERE"AVERAGE OF DAILY      "
"c              CLOSING QUOTATIONS."  FOR THE YEARS 1929-1945, BLS GIVES      "
"c              AVERAGE WEEKLY QUOTATIONS (TUESDAY CLOSING).                  "
"c                   THE COTTON EXCHANGE WAS CLOSED AUGUST-OCTOBER, 1914, AS  "
"c              A RESULT OF WORLD WAR I.  IT OPENED ON NOVEMBER 16 AND        "
"c              QUOTATIONS FOR NOVEMBER COVER ONLY HALF THE MONTH.  THE       "
"c              FIGURE GIVEN FOR AUGUST IS THE NOMINAL PRICE, AUGUST 11- 17,  "
"c              FROM THE COMMERCE AND FINANCIAL CHRONICLE.  THE FIGURE FOR    "
"c              SEPTEMBER IS THE NEW ORLEANS AVERAGE MONTHLY PRICE OF 8.4     "
"c              CENTS RAISED BY 0.3 CENTS, THE ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN    "
"c              NEW YORK AND NEW ORLEANS PRICES FOR BOTH NOVEMBER AND         "
"c              DECEMBER.  THE FIGURE FOR OCTOBER IS THE NEW ORLEANS AVERAGE  "
"c              MONTHLY PRICE OF 7.0 CENTS RAISED BY 0.3 CENTS.  SEE THE      "
"c              YEARBOOK OF AGRICULTURE, 1924.                                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "