"c           VAR 0401      01460 WP STBAR R 898-939               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0401         LOC 1743 WIDTH  9             DK  28 COL 44-52  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              WHOLESALE PRICE OF SOFT STEEL BARS                            "
"c              ----------------------------------                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04160                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S. --PITTSBURGH                              "
"c              UNITS:  CENTS PER POUND                                       "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1898-12/1939                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  IRON AGE, JANUARY REVIEW ISSUES, 1919, 1927, 1940,   "
"c              AND THE FOLLOWING MONTHLY ISSUES.                             "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  THE DATA ARE AVERAGES OF ONE DAY A WEEK QUOTATIONS.   "
"c                   1905-1939 PRICES WERE CHECKED WITH ANNUAL REPORTS OF     "
"c              THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE (AISI).  DISCREPENCIES  "
"c              WERE CHECKED AGAINST WEEKLY FIGURES IN IRON AGE.              "
"c                   THE PRICE FOR JUNE, 1898, WAS THE"LOWEST PRICE EVER      "
"c              RECORDED" ACCORDING TO THE 1914 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AISI,    "
"c              P.99.                                                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "