"c           VAR 0373      04098 WP BRICK R 921-932               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0373         LOC 1491 WIDTH  9             DK  24 COL 44-52  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              WHOLESALE PRICE OF BRICKS, COMMON, COMPOSITE PRICE.           "
"c              ---------------------------------------------------           "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04098                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  DOLLARS PER THOUSAND                                  "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1921-02/1932                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  BLS BULLETINS, NOS. 335, 367, 415, 440, 473, 493,    "
"c              521, 543, AND 572 AND MONTHLY"WHOLESALE PRICES."              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 04098 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1921-1932 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1932-1944.                                                    "
"c                   PRICES ARE FOR BRICKS, F.O.B. YARD, AVERAGE PRICE PER    "
"c              THOUSAND.  DATA ARE AVERAGES OF 82 YARDS.                     "
"c                   IN BLS BULLETIN NO.473, WHERE A 1926 OVERLAP IS GIVEN,   "
"c              THE SERIES IS CALLED"AVERAGE F.O.B. PLANT--AVERAGE            "
"c              COMPOSITE PRICE, 82 YARDS." BEGINNING IN 1929, THE SERIES IS  "
"c              CALLED ONLY COMMON BUILDING, PLANT, COMPOSITE PRICE.          "
"c                   A LETTER FROM I. LUBIN, DATED 2/9/37, QUOTED BY THE      "
"c              NBER, READS"THE WHOLESALE PRICE DATA ON COMMON BRICK          "
"c              COMPOSITE PRICE WAS FURNISHED BY THE COMMON BRICK             "
"c              MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION THROUGH 1930.  THE ASSOCIATION      "
"c              FURNISHED A TRANSCRIPT OF ACTUAL SCHEDULES REPORTED BY BRICK  "
"c              MANUFACTURERS SHOWING F.O.B. YARD PRICES FOR 82 PLANTS.       "
"c              WHEN TH COMMON BRICK MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION DISCONTINUED   "
"c              COLLECTING PRICE DATA, THE BUREAU SELECTED, IN CONJUNCTION    "
"c              WITH THE ASSOCIATION, 50 MANUFACTURERS OF COMMON BUILDING     "
"c              BRICK SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY FOR REPORTING PRICE    "
"c              DATA.  SINCE 1930, THE BUREAU HAS USED IN CONSTRUCTING THE    "
"c              INDEX PRICES FROM THE 50 MANUFACTURERS SELECTED."             "
"c                   FROM MARCH TO OCTOBER, 1932, THERE ARE NO QUOTATIONS IN  "
"c              BULLETINS THROUGH OCTOBER, 1932.  BEGINNING WITH THE          "
"c              NOVEMBER, 1932 BULLETIN, THE PRICE FOR NOVEMBER, 1931 WAS     "
"c              GIVEN AS 11.46.  THEREAFTER, THE DATA ARE GIVEN ON THIS       "
"c              LOWER LEVEL BUT THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE TITLE, NOR IS       "
"c              THERE ANY EXPLANATION GIVEN FOR THE CHANGE.  HENCE, THIS      "
"c              SERIES IS PRESENTED AS TWO VARIABLES.                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
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