"c           VAR 0309      04164 WI LUMBR R 913-951               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0309         LOC  915 WIDTH  9             DK  15 COL 35-43  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              INDEX OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF LUMBER, BUREAU OF LABOR          "
"c              STATISTICS                                                    "
"c              ----------------------------------------------------          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04164                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  1926=100                                              "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1913-12/1951                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  BLS BULLETIN OF 1930 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES OF         "
"c             "WHOLESALE PRICES" THROUGH 1941; BLS BULLETIN NOS. 736, 759,   "
"c              785, 870, 877, 920, 947, 973, 1007, AND 1083 THROUGH 1950;    "
"c              MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW, 1952 ISSUES FOR 1951.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 04164 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO VARIABLES--     "
"c              (1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1913-1951 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,1947-1954.   "
"c                   SEE 1931 BLS BULLETIN FOR REVISIONS FROM 1926-1931.      "
"c                   BEGINNING IN 1935, REVISED INDEXES ARE BASED UPON A      "
"c              LARGER SAMPLE OF LUMBER PRICES AND AN IMPROVED METHOD OF      "
"c              WEIGHTING IS USED. THE PRICE DATA WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR AN   "
"c              ADEQUATE NUMBER OF TYPES OF LUMBER TO MAKE IT FEASIBLE TO     "
"c              COMPUTE REVISED INDEXES PRIOR TO JANUARY, 1935.  HOWEVER, A   "
"c              CONTINUOUS INDEX (1926=100) HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED USING THE    "
"c              REVISED INDEX FOR JANUARY, 1935 AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE      "
"c              SERIES WHICH IT REPLACES.                                     "
"c                   IN OCTOBER, 1940, THE BLS LUMBER INDEX WAS REVISED BACK  "
"c              TO JANUARY, 1935.                                             "
"c                   FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1942, WERE SHOWN IN   "
"c              MONTHLY WHOLESALE PRICES (MIMEOGRAPHED) FOR APRIL, 1944; NOT  "
"c              PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE.                                          "
"c                   FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER, 1943 WERE SHOWN IN       "
"c              MONTHLY WHOLESALE PRICES (MIMEOGRAPHED) FOR JUNE 1945; NOT    "
"c              PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE.                                          "
"c                   AFTER DECEMBER, 1951, INDEX ON 1926 BASE WAS             "
"c              DISCONTINUED.                                                 "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "