"c           VAR 0319      04090 WP SPRUC R 913-944               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0319         LOC 1005 WIDTH  9             DK  16 COL 62-70  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              WHOLESALE PRICE OF SPRUCE                                     "
"c              -------------------------                                     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04090                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S. --BOSTON                                  "
"c              UNITS:  DOLLARS PER THOUSAND FEET                             "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1913-05/1944                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS BULLETINS, MONTHLY        "
"c             "WHOLESALE PRICES", BLS FILES.                                 "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 04090 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1890-1919 (2)--ORIGINAL       "
"c              DATA, 1913-1944.                                              "
"c                   1913-1919 COPIED FROM BLS HANDWRITTEN FILES. TAKEN FROM  "
"c              THE BLS.                                                      "
"c                   BEGINNING IN 1913, PRICES ARE QUOTED WEEKLY, ON          "
"c              SATURDAY.                                                     "
"c                   CALLED SPRUCE EASTERN, RANDOM CARGOES, 2 BY 3 AND 4      "
"c              (SEE BULLETIN 473, 1926-1928.  BULLETIN 473 GIVES 1926        "
"c              OVERLAP AND ANNUAL REVIEW FIGURES SHOWING THAT SERIES IS      "
"c              CONSISTENT FROM BEGINNING OF 1920).                           "
"c                   FROM 1929-JUNE, 1940, SERIES LABELLED SPRUCE EASTERN,    "
"c              BOSTON. FOR JULY-DECEMBER, 1940, SPECIFICATION STATES"NO      "
"c              QUANTITY SPECIFIED;" BEGINNING 1941, CALLED"EASTERN, RANDOM   "
"c              NO. 1, 2 INCHES BY 3 INCHES AND 4 INCHES, PER THOUSAND BOARD  "
"c              FEET, CARLOT, DELIVERED BY RAIL, ON BOSTON RATE OF FREIGHT."  "
"c              SERIES REMAINS THE SAME AS THAT CALLED"EASTERN, BOSTON."      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "