"c           VAR 0374      04098 WP BRICK R 931-944               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0374         LOC 1500 WIDTH  9             DK  24 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              WHOLESALE PRICE, BRICK, COMMON, COMPOSITE                     "
"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:  11/1931-05/1944                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  BLS BULLETINS                                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 04098 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1921-1932 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1932-1944.                                                    "
"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                   THE SOURCE FOR JANUARY-JUNE, 1939 AND                    "
"c              SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER, 1941 (SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1942    "
"c              SUPPLEMENT), INCLUDES REVISIONS NOT PUBLISHED BY BLS          "
"c             "WHOLESALE PRICES."                                            "
"c                   FROM JULY, 1943 TO THE END OF THE SERIES, DATA TAKEN     "
"c              FROM BLS"AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES AND INDEX NUMBERS OF        "
"c              INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES" (MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE).       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "