"c VAR 0273 05047 HID ALL 3R 920-943 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0273 LOC 2418 WIDTH 9 DK 39 COL 26-34 " "c EXP DEC= 2 " "c " "c CATTLE HIDE LEATHER, FINISHED STOCKS IN ALL HANDS, END OF " "c MONTH " "c --------------------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 05047 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: MILLIONS OF EQUIVALENT HIDES " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 12/1920-08/1943 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: NBER COMPUTED THIS VARIABLE BY DEDUCTING"IN " "c PROCESS" STOCKS FROM TOTAL"IN PROCESSED AND FINISHED" " "c STOCKS; TOTAL DATA FOR 1920-1921: DIRECT FROM THE TANNERS' " "c COUNCIL OF AMERICA; IN PROCESS DATA FOR 1922-1931: SAME " "c SOURCE; TOTAL DATA FOR 1922-1931: SURVEY OF CURRENT " "c BUSINESS, JANUARY 1935, P. 19; ALL DATA FOR 1932-1938: " "c COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC, MONTHLY STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENTS TO " "c DAILY MARKET REPORT,"HIDES," JANUARY 1939 AND FOLLOWING " "c ISSUES; ALL DATA FOR 1939-1940: NEW YORK COMMODITY " "c EXCHANGE, STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE WEEKLY MARKET " "c REPORT; DATA FOR 1941-1943: DIRECT FROM THE TANNERS' " "c COUNCIL OF AMERICA " "c " "c NOTES: DATA INCLUDE ALL FINISHED LEATHER HELD BY TANNERS, " "c SHOE MANUFACTURERS, GLOVE MANUFACTURERS, BELTING " "c MANUFACTURERS, ETC. STOCK FIGURES ARE REPORTED CURRENTLY TO " "c THE COUNCIL BY PRACTICALLY THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY AND ARE " "c ADJUSTED TO AN INDUSTRY BASIS, SO THAT THEY ARE COMPARABLE " "c WITH CENSUS FIGURES (FROM SCB 1938 SUPPLEMENT, P. 194 NOTE 4 " "c FOR P. 124). " "c ACCORDING TO THE TANNERS' COUNCIL, 1920-1921 FIGURES " "c ARE UNREVISED AND THE ORIGINAL DATA WAS NOT CHECKED BY THE " "c COUNCIL. THERE IS SOME SPECULATION THAT THE FIGURE FOR MAY " "c 1921 IS TOO LARGE. " "c 1938 DATA WERE REVISED FROM THE COMMODITIES EXCHANGE " "c INCORPORATED"HIDES", OCTOBER 1939. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... "