"c           VAR 0133      04087 WP WOOL  R 938-951               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0133         LOC 1158 WIDTH  9             DK  19 COL 26-34  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              WHOLESALE PRICE OF WOOL, EASTERN MARKETS, BOSTON              "
"c              ------------------------------------------------              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04087                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S. --BOSTON                                  "
"c              UNITS:  CENTS PER POUND                                       "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1938-12/1951                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  BLS,"AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE AND INDEX NUMBERS OF    "
"c              INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES," JULY, 1942 (MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE LS  "
"c              42-2290) FOR 1938-JUNE, 1942; SUBSEQUENT RELEASES AND BLS     "
"c              BULLETIN NOS. 736, 759, 785, 870, 877, 920, 947, 973, 1007,   "
"c              1083, AND 1143.                                               "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 04087 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR                "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1917 (2)--ORIGINAL       "
"c              DATA, 1917-1942 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1938-1951 (4)--ORIGINAL   "
"c              DATA, 1947-1957                                               "
"c                   THIS SEGMENT REPRESENTS THE SPECIFICATION DOMESTIC,      "
"c              BRIGHT FLEECE, 1/4-3/8 BLOOD, COMBING, 48S, 50S, 56S, GREASE  "
"c              BASIS, BOSTON.                                                "
"c                   BLS BULLETIN NO. 973, WHOLESALE PRICES:  1948, SHOWS     "
"c              55.5 FROM SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER, 1948.  IT HAS HERE BEEN         "
"c              DECIDED TO USE 54.5 FOR SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER, 1948, FOLLOWING   "
"c              THE AUGUST, 1949, MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE LS 50-1188 ON          "
"c              WHOLESALE PRICES.  ON PAGE 19, IT GIVES A FOOTNOTE WITH       "
"c              CORRECTED FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER, 1948-JULY, 1949.  "
"c              WHILE THE 1949 CORRECTIONS HAVE BEEN  REPRINTED IN THE BLS    "
"c              BULLETIN NO. 1007,"WHOLESALE PRICES:  1949" THE 1948          "
"c              CORRECTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN SHOWN IN THE PRINTED BULLETIN FOR   "
"c              THAT YEAR.  IT IS ASSUMED THAT THIS IS AN OVERSIGHT AND THAT  "
"c              54.5 IS THE PRICE THAT PREVAILED FROM SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER,     "
"c              1948.                                                         "
"c                   THE DATA END IN DECEMBER, 1951 IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH    "
"c              THE TERMINATION OF THE 1926-BASED WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX.      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "