"c           VAR 0184      04190 WP COAL  R 906-930               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0184         LOC 1617 WIDTH  9             DK  26 COL 44-52  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              WHOLESALE PRICE OF BITUMINOUS COAL, MINES                     "
"c              -----------------------------------------                     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04190                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  DOLLARS PER SHORT TON                                 "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1906-12/1930                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  MINERAL RESOURCES, 1923, P II, P. 621; 1930, P II,   "
"c              PP 649-650.                                                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 04190 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR                "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)-- ORIGINAL DATA, 1906-1930 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, "
"c              1923-1948 (3)-- ORIGINAL DATA 1947-1954 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA,   "
"c              1954-1956.                                                    "
"c                   1906-1918 COMPILED BY C.E. LESHER, F.G. TRYON, AND W.F.  "
"c              MCKENNEY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; 1919-1930 PUBLISHED        "
"c              CURRENTLY BY COAL AGE (SEE ALSO COAL AGE, JANUARY 1930, P.    "
"c              58).                                                          "
"c                   THIS SERIES ENDS BECAUSE OF DISCONTINUANCE OF THE COAL   "
"c              AGE AVERAGE OF SPOT PRICES IN SEPTEMBER, 1931.  MINERAL       "
"c              RESOURCES, 1931, II, P. 440.                                  "
"c                   GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF THE COAL INDUSTRY WAS ASSURED BY   "
"c              CONGRESS BY THE FOOD AND FUEL CONTROL ACT (KNOWN AS THE       "
"c              LEVER ACT), APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT ON AUGUST 10, 1917 AND  "
"c              ON AUGUST 21, 1917, FIXED BITUMINOUS PRICES FOR COAL WERE     "
"c              ANNOUNCED. "THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE PRICES IN    "
"c              NORMAL TIMES ...CONTINUED TO OPERATE THROUGH 1916 AND UNTIL   "
"c              THE MIDDLE OF 1917, ALTHOUGH IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS       "
"c              PERIOD CONDITIONS WERE FAR FROM NORMAL.  A TREMENDOUS         "
"c              INCREASE IN DEMAND, WHICH BEGAN IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 1916   "
"c              AND EXTENDED THROUGH 1918 UNTIL THE ARMISTICE WAS DECLARED    "
"c              IN NOVEMBER, BROUGHT FORTH AN INCREASE IN PRODUCTION TO A     "
"c              POINT WHERE THE LIMIT OF RAILROAD CAPACITY WAS TEMPORARILY    "
"c              REACHED WITH THE DEMAND STILL UNSATISFIED.  BECAUSE THE       "
"c              DEMAND COULD NOT BE FULLY SATISFIED, PRICES IN THE FALL OF    "
"c              1916 AND IN 1917 ROSE TO ALMOST UNHEARD OF FIGURES, UNTIL     "
"c              FIRST VOLUNTARY AND THEN LATER GOVERNMENT CONTROL WAS         "
"c              EXERCISED." "PRICES OF COAL AND COKE" (WAR INDUSTRIES         "
"c              BOARD) P. 18.                                                 "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "