"c           VAR 0411      04142 WP STSCP R 894-958               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0411         LOC 1833 WIDTH  9             DK  29 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              WHOLESALE PRICE OF STEEL SCRAP, HEAVY MELTING, CHICAGO        "
"c              ------------------------------------------------------        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04142                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  DOLLARS PER LONG TON                                  "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  09/1894-04/1958                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  IRON AGE, WEEKLY ISSUES, FOR DATA FROM 1894-1900.    "
"c              FOR THE YEARS 1901-1912, DATA WERE TAKEN FROM IRON AGE,       "
"c              JANUARY 2, 1902, P.10, JANUARY 1, 1903, P.48, AND JANUARY 7,  "
"c              1915, P.15.  1913-1939 DATA ARE FROM BLS BULLETINS AND        "
"c             "WHOLESALE PRICES" AND IRON AGE, JANUARY 4, 1923, P.74,        "
"c              JANUARY 4, 1940, AND FOLLOWING ISSUES.                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 04142 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR                "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1873-1890 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1890-1892; (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1889-1894 (7)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1894-1958.                                                    "
"c                   DATA ARE AVERAGES OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS.                  "
"c                   DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN BLS FIGURES AND THOSE REPORTED IN  "
"c              IRON AGE WERE CHECKED BY AVERAGING WEEKLY FIGURES IN IRON     "
"c              AGE. IN MOST CASES THE IRON AGE MONTHLY FIGURES WERE          "
"c              INCORRECTLY COMPUTED.                                         "
"c                   MARCH, 1951-MAY, 1952 AND AUGUST, 1952-JANUARY, 1953     "
"c              PRICES REFLECT THE OPS BASING POINT PRICE CEILING.            "
"c                   THE FIGURE FOR APRIL, 1958, IS FOR THREE WEEKS ONLY      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 2/6/94.                           "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "