"c           VAR 0265      05054 IN TUBE 3R 921-955               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0265         LOC 2346 WIDTH  9             DK  38 COL 17-25  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              AUTOMOBILE TIRE, INNER TUBES, STOCKS, END OF MONTH            "
"c              --------------------------------------------------            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05054                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF TUBES                                     "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1921-07/1955                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  DATA FOR 1921-1941 WERE FURNISHED DIRECTLY FROM THE  "
"c              RUBBER MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION IN FEBRUARY 1939 AND JULY   "
"c              1950; DATA FOR 1942-1955 ARE FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF      "
"c              COMMERCE, SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, MAY 1939, P. 18 AND     "
"c              SUBSEQUENT SUPPLEMENTS; AND FROM THE RUBBER MANUFACTURERS'    "
"c              ASSOCIATON MIMEOGRAPHED SUMMARY TABLE,"TOTAL U.S.A.           "
"c              AUTOMOTIVE INNER TUBES: SHIPMENTS, PRODUCTION AND INVENTORY"  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  DATA FOR 1929-1954 HAVE BEEN CHECKED THE RUBBER       "
"c              MANUFACTURERS' TABLE AND ROUNDING ERRORS HAVE BEEN            "
"c              CORRECTED.                                                    "
"c                   DATA WERE ADJUSTED TO INDUSTRY TOTALS ON THE BASIS OF    "
"c              THE BIENNIAL CENSUS OF MANUFACTURERS.                         "
"c                   DATA REPRESENT TUBES"FORWARDED TO WAREHOUSES BRANCHES    "
"c              OR ON A CONSIGNMENT BASIS, TOGETHER WITH STOCKS IN THE HANDS  "
"c              OF MANUFACTURERS' -- I.E. ALL TUBES OWNED BY THE              "
"c              MANUFACTURERS HELD IN THE DOMESTIC MARKET ARE CONSIDERED AS   "
"c              MANUFACTURERS STOCKS" (SEE SCB, 1938 ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT, P.    "
"c              201.)                                                         "
"c                   DATA FOR 1936-1938 REFLECT AN EXTRA REVISION AS OF       "
"c              APRIL 1939.                                                   "
"c                   INDUSTRY COVERAGE WAS RAISED FROM 93.9 % IN NOVEMBER     "
"c              1939 TO 97.8 % IN DECEMBER 1939 THROUGH THE INCLUSION OF      "
"c              DATA FOR THE FORD COMPANY.  FORD DATA FOR JANUARY-NOVEMBER    "
"c              1939, WERE ESTIMATED FOR 1938, THE YEAR FORD STARTED          "
"c              PRODUCTION, BUT NO DATA ARE INCLUDED.  THEREFORE THE 1938     "
"c              DATA ARE INCOMPLETE.  THE SERIES WAS ADJUSTED ON THE BASE OF  "
"c              THE CENSUS OF MANUFACTURERS THROUGH 1939.                     "
"c                   THE SCB DISCONTINUED PUBLICATION AFTER APRIL 1942 (SEE   "
"c              SCB, OCTOBER 1942, PP. 5-35).  IT IS STATED IN THE SOURCE     "
"c              THAT 1942"WAS A YEAR OF CONSIDERABLE CONFUSION."  STOCKS      "
"c              INCREASED OUT OF PROPORTION TO PRODUCTION, BECAUSE DUE TO     "
"c              CERTAIN GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS, VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS AND    "
"c              EXPORTERS WERE REQUIRED TO RETURN EXCESS STOCKS AND STOCKS    "
"c              INTENDED FOR EXPORT, RESPECTIVELY.  CONSEQUENTLY DEALERS      "
"c              MADE LARGE RETURNS OF STOCKS TO MANUFACTURERS.  THE FIGURES   "
"c             "MUST NOT BE USED TO INDICATE TRENDS," AND WERE ONLY ISSUED    "
"c             "SO THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A BREAK IN THE CONTINUITY OF        "
"c              STATISTICS."                                                  "
"c                   DATA FOR 1955 ARE SUBJECT TO REVISION.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
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