"c           VAR 0441      04025 RP BACON R 911-943               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0441         LOC 2103 WIDTH  9             DK  34 COL 26-34  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              RETAIL PRICE OF BACON                                         "
"c              ---------------------                                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04025                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S. --CHICAGO                                 "
"c              UNITS:  CENTS PER POUND                                       "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1911-12/1943                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  BLS BULLETIN, NOS. 105, 113, 115, 125, 132, 136,     "
"c              137, 140, 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, AND 495;    "
"c              UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR, MONTHLY ISSUES OF RETAIL       "
"c              PRICES; FOR 1911-1934 DATA, EXCEPT DECEMBER, 1931-DECEMBER,   "
"c              1932, WHICH ARE FROM SPECIAL MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS BY  "
"c              U.S.B.L.  THE DATA WERE NOT PUBLISHED FOR ECONOMY REASONS.    "
"c              1935-1943 DATA ARE FROM"RETAIL FOOD PRICES BY CITIES."        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  PRICES ARE FOR THE BEST GRADE OF SMOKED BACON SOLD    "
"c              IN ANY CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY TO FAMILIES OF WAGE EARNERS.     "
"c              NO FANCY BACON, READY SLICED, IN GLASS JARS OR OTHER SMALL    "
"c              PACKAGES IS QUOTED.  BACON QUOTED IS SLICED WHEN SOLD.        "
"c              BACON SOLD BY PIECE NOT INCLUDED.                             "
"c                   PRICES ARE OF THE 15TH OF THE MONTH.                     "
"c                   1911 AND 1912 DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER AND ARE NOT AS  "
"c              COMPLETE AS LATER YEARS.  NBER USED AN AVERAGE OF A VARYING   "
"c              NUMBER OF REPORTING FIRMS.                                    "
"c                   BETWEEN AUGUST, 1933 AND JUNE, 1936, THE BLS COLLECTED   "
"c              SEVERAL PRICES PER MONTH.  IF ONE OF THEM APPLIED TO A DATE   "
"c              BETWEEN THE 12TH AND THE 18TH, THE GIVEN PRICE WAS USED.  IN  "
"c              CASES OF OTHER DATES, PRICES FOR THE MONTH WERE AVERAGED.     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "