"c           VAR 0452      04031 RP SUGAR R 911-943               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0452         LOC 2202 WIDTH  9             DK  35 COL 62-70  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              RETAIL PRICE OF SUGAR                                         "
"c              ---------------------                                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04031                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S. --NEW YORK CITY                           "
"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 BULLETINS, NOS. 105, 113, 115, 125, 132, 136,    "
"c              137, 140, 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418, 445, 464, AND 495     "
"c              AND MONTHLY"RETAIL PRICES" FOR 1913-1934 DATA; 1935-1943      "
"c              DATA ARE FROM THE MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE OF THE UNITED STATES   "
"c              BUREAU OF LABOR,"RETAIL PRICES," EXCEPT FOR DECEMBER,         "
"c              1931-DECEMBER, 1932.  DATA FOR THAT PERIOD ARE FROM SPECIAL   "
"c              MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS NOT GIVEN FORMERLY IN THE        "
"c              BULLETIN BECAUSE OF AN ECONOMY MEASURE.  1911-1912 DATA WERE  "
"c              CALCULATED BY THE NBER BY AVERAGING PRICES OF VARIOUS FIRMS   "
"c              TOGETHER.                                                     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  QUOTATIONS ARE THE AVERAGE OF PRICES ON THE 15TH OF   "
"c              THE MONTH FOR 3 1/2 POUND LOTS OF SUGAR.  WHERE THE           "
"c              QUOTATIONS WERE ORIGINALLY IN DOLLARS, THEY HAVE BEEN         "
"c              CONVERTED TO CENTS.                                           "
"c                   PRICES ARE FOR GRANULATED SUGAR.  UNTIL 1917, IN A       "
"c              NUMBER OF CITIES, THE 25 AND 50 CENT AND ONE DOLLAR LOTS      "
"c              REPRESENTED THE UNIT OF SALE, BUT SINCE THE LATTER PART OF    "
"c              1917, PRACTICALLY ALL QUOTATIONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN ON THE       "
"c              POUND BASIS.                                                  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "