"c           VAR 0372      4099A WP CMENT R 921-938               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0372         LOC 1482 WIDTH  9             DK  24 COL 35-43  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              WHOLESALE PRICE OF PORTLAND CEMENT, SIX PRODUCTION CENTERS    "
"c              ----------------------------------------------------------    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04099A                                          "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  DOLLARS PER BARREL                                    "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1921-12/1938                            "
"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: "THE PUBLISHED WHOLESALE PRICE FOR PORTLAND CEMENT     "
"c              REPRESENTS THE SIMPLE AVERAGE F.O.B. PLANT PRICES IN 6        "
"c              IMPORTANT PRODUCTION CENTERS REGIONALLY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT  "
"c              THE COUNTRY.  THE PRODUCTION CENTERS ARE AMONG THE MORE       "
"c              IMPORTANT BASING POINTS FOR THE INDUSTRY.  THE PRICES ARE     "
"c              FURNISHED BY MANUFACTURERS OF CEMENT AND REPRESENT F.O.B.     "
"c              PLANT NET CASH PRICES.  THAT IS, THE QUOTED PRICE LESS TRADE  "
"c              DISCOUNTS, CASH DISCOUNTS, AND ALLOWANCE FOR RETURN OF        "
"c              BAGS."  QUOTED BY NBER FROM LETTER FROM LUBIN, 02/09/37.      "
"c                   FROM 1929 ON, THE SERIES IS CALLED COMPOSITE PRICE,      "
"c              PLANTS.                                                       "
"c                   NO PRICES WERE QUOTED AFTER DECEMBER, 1938.              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "