"c           VAR 0179      05002 RAW FOU 3R 889-921               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0179         LOC 1572 WIDTH  9             DK  25 COL 62-70  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              RAW SUGAR STOCKS AT FOUR PORTS                                "
"c              ------------------------------                                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05002                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  THOUSANDS OF LONG TONS                                "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  12/1889-12/1921                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  WEEKLY STATISTICAL SUGAR TRADE JOURNAL               "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 05002 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1889-1921 (2)--ORIGINAL,       "
"c              1920-1956.                                                    "
"c                   DATA COVER FOUR PORTS:  NEW YORK, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA   "
"c              AND BALTIMORE.  ALTHOUGH BALTIMORE WAS NOT INCLUDED FROM      "
"c              SEPTEMBER 1903-MARCH 1922, THE TITLE"FOUR PORTS" APPEARS IN   "
"c              THE SOURCE UNTIL APRIL 1913. "THREE PORTS" WAS THEN           "
"c              SUBSTITUTED UNTIL BALTIMORE ONCE AGAIN IS INCLUDED.           "
"c                   BALTIMORE REACHED IT'S PRIME IN  1896-1897, WHEN IT      "
"c              ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT ONE PER CENT OF THE TOTAL DISTRIBUTION.   "
"c              BEGINNING IN MARCH 1922, BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA ARE       "
"c              COMBINED AND BALTIMORE'S PROPORTION CANNOT BE DETERMINED.     "
"c                   STOCKS COMPRISE:  IMPORTERS -- ALL RAW SUGAR ARRIVING    "
"c              IN PORTS NOT OWNED BY REFINERIES; AND REFINERIES -- ALL RAW   "
"c              SUGAR ARRIVING IN PORTS NOT OWNED BY REFINERIES AND ON LAND   "
"c              UP TO THE ACTUAL POINT OF MELTING, BUT NOT SUGAR WHICH HAS    "
"c              BEEN PURCHASED BUT THAT HAS NOT YET ARRIVED AT THE PORT.      "
"c                   FIGURES USUALLY REFLECT THE AMOUNT ON THE SATURDAY       "
"c              NEAREST THE END OF THE MONTH, BUT SOMETIMES IT MAY REFLECT    "
"c              THE WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY NEAREST THE END OF THE MONTH.       "
"c                   DECEMBER 1889-1897 DATA WERE NOT CHECKED BECAUSE THE     "
"c              SOURCE WAS UNAVAILABLE.                                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "