"c VAR 0181 04044 WP COAL R 923-941 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0181 LOC 1590 WIDTH 9 DK 26 COL 17-25 " "c EXP DEC= 2 " "c " "c WHOLESALE PRICES; ANTHRACITE COAL, CHESTNUT. " "c -------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 04044 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: DOLLARS PER LONG TON " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1923-09/1925, 01/1926-08/1941 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: BLS BULLETIN NO. 390 AND FOLLOWING WHOLESALE PRICE " "c BULLETINS. " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 04044 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES " "c --(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1928 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1923-1941" "c SPOT PRICE QUOTED FOR 8 CITIES FOR 1923-1928; FOR 1929, " "c DATA REFERS TO ANTHRACITE CHESTNUT COMPOSITE. THEREAFTER, " "c ANTHRACITE, CHESTNUT ON TRACKS, DESTINATION, COMPOSITE ARE " "c QUOTED. " "c OWING TO THE SITUATION BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE STRIKE NO " "c SATISFACTORY INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FROM OCTOBER-DECEMBER, " "c 1925. " "c FROM 1923 ON, MONTHLY AVERAGES FOR CHESTNUT COAL AS " "c REPORTED BY 15 FIRMS, F.O.B. CITY (SURVEY OF CURRENT, 1932 " "c ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT) ARE QUOTED. " "c OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 1931 AND OCTOBER, 1932, ORIGINAL " "c FIGURES GIVE PRICE PER SHORT TON; PRICE PER LONG TON " "c COMPUTED BY NBER. GIVEN SHORT TON PRICE MULTIPLIED BY 1.12 " "c EQUALS LONG TON PRICE. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... "