"c           VAR 0363      04088 WP LEATH R 890-947               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0363         LOC 1401 WIDTH  9             DK  23 COL 17-25  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              WHOLESALE PRICE OF LEATHER, SOLE, OAK, SCOURED BACKS          "
"c              ----------------------------------------------------          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04088                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  CENTS PER POUND                                       "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1890-07/1947                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  BLS BULLETIN NO. 39, PP. 358-359, AND NOS. 45, 51,   "
"c              57, 63, 69, 75, 81, 87, 93, 99, 114, 149, 181, 200, 226,      "
"c              269, 296, 335, 367, 415, 440, 473, 493, 521, 543, 572, AND    "
"c              MONTHLY"WHOLESALE PRICES."                                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 04088 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1947 (2)--ORIGINAL       "
"c              DATA, 1947-1958.                                              "
"c                   1890-1913, PRICES ARE FROM THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH;      "
"c              1914, FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH; 1915-1917, NEAR FIRST    "
"c              OF MONTH; 1918-1947, MONTHLY AVERAGES ARE USED.  QUOTATIONS   "
"c              ARE FROM THE SHOE AND LEATHER REPORTER.                       "
"c                   FOR 1890-1901, TITLE OF SERIES IS SOLE, OAK, DRESSED     "
"c              BACKS, HEAVY. 1890-1901 DATA ARE COMPUTED FROM RANGE FOR THE  "
"c              MONTH.                                                        "
"c                   1890-MARCH, 1902 ARE PRICES IN NEW YORK.  AFTER MARCH,   "
"c              GENERAL MARKET PRICES ARE USED.                               "
"c                   SEPTEMBER, 1914-MARCH, 1915 DATA ARE COMPUTED BY NBER    "
"c              FROM DATA GIVEN IN TEXT IN SHOE AND LEATHER REPORTER.         "
"c                   FROM 1917-1922, SERIES IS CALLED LEATHER, SOLE, OAK.     "
"c              BULLETIN NO. 367 FOR 1922 OVERLAP, AND BACK TO 1890           "
"c              ANNUALLY, GIVES TITLE AS LEATHER, SOLE, OAK, SCOURED BACKS.   "
"c                   BULLETIN #473, GIVING AN ANNUAL REVIEW FROM 1913-1926    "
"c              AND A MONTHLY OVERLAP FOR 1926, GIVES THE BOSTON AS THE       "
"c              MARKET.  BULLETINS CONTINUE GIVING BOSTON AS THE MARKET.      "
"c                   PRICES ARE NOT QUOTED AFTER JULY, 1947.  MONTHLY 1947,   "
"c              JANUARY- JULY FIGURES, ONLY SHOWN IN MIMEOGRAPHED MONTHLY     "
"c              RELEASES.  SEPTEMBER, 1947 RELEASE SHOWS A NEW SERIES.  A     "
"c              FOOTNOTE STATES THAT #223 IS BEING REPLACED BY A NEW CODE,    "
"c              #223.1. "SUBSTITUTION REPLACES #223.  LEATHER, BELLIES, COW   "
"c              AND STEER HIDES, PER POUND, NEW YORK.                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
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