"c           VAR 0263      05055 MOB IRE 3R 921-956               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0263         LOC 2328 WIDTH  9             DK  37 COL 62-70  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              AUTOMOBILE TIRE, PNEUMATIC CASINGS, STOCKS, END OF MONTH      "
"c              --------------------------------------------------------      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05055                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  THOUSANDS OF CASINGS                                  "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1921-07/1956                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  DATA FOR 1921-1954 WERE FURNISHED DIRECTLY FROM THE  "
"c              RUBBER MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, INC., IN FEBRUARY 1939     "
"c              AND JULY 1950; DATA FOR 1955-1956:  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF        "
"c              COMMERCE, SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1953 SUPPLEMENT AND     "
"c              FOLLOWING MONTHLY ISSUES (ALSO SEE SCB FOR 1921-NOVEMBER      "
"c              1938 DATA:  ISSUE OF MAY 1939, P. 17)                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  THIS SERIES WAS ENTITLED"INVENTOR" RATHER THAN        "
"c             "STOCKS" IN THE ORIGINAL RUBBER MANUFACTURERS' TABLE.  DATA    "
"c              REPRESENT TIRES FORWARDED TO WAREHOUSES, BRANCHES, OR ON A    "
"c              CONSIGNMENT BASIS, TOGETHER WITH STOCKS IN THE HANDS OF       "
"c              MANUFACTURERS -- I.E., ALL TIRES OWNED BY THE MANUFACTURERS   "
"c              HELD IN THE DOMESTIC MARKET ARE CONSIDERED AS MANUFACTURERS'  "
"c              STOCKS (SEE SCB 1938 SUPPLEMENT, P. 201, NOTE 1, FOR P.       "
"c              145.)                                                         "
"c                   DATA WERE ADJUSTED TO INDUSTRY TOTALS ON THE BASIS OF    "
"c              THE BIENNIAL CENSUS OF MANUFACTURERS.                         "
"c                   DATA FOR 1934-1937 HAS BEEN CHECKED WITH THE SCB 1938    "
"c              SUPPLEMENT, YEARLY TOTALS WERE ALSO CHECKED AGAINST ANNUAL    "
"c              ISSUES OF SCB.                                                "
"c                   DATA FOR 1936-1938 REFLECT A SPECIAL REVISION AS OF      "
"c              APRIL 1939.  DATA WERE REVISED TO INCLUDE STOCKS OF THE FORD  "
"c              COMPANY WHICH STARTED PRODUCTION IN 1938; NO DATA WERE        "
"c              AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF 1938; JANUARY TO NOVERMBER 1939 FORD     "
"c              DATA WERE ESTIMATED; FROM DECEMBER 1939 ON, FORD DATA ARE     "
"c              INCLUDED.  INCLUSION OF FORD DATA INCREASED INDUSTRY          "
"c              COVERAGE FROM 93.9 % IN DECEMBER 1939 TO 97.8 % IN DECEMBER   "
"c              1939.                                                         "
"c                   IN 1942, INVENTORY (I.E. STOCK) FIGURES IN CERTAIN       "
"c              MONTHS INCREASED OUT OF ALL PROPORTION TO PRODUCTION.  THIS   "
"c              IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT DEALERS MADE LARGE RETURNS OF STOCKS  "
"c              DURING THE YEAR TO MANUFACTURERS, UNDER A GOVERNMENT          "
"c              SPONSORED PROGRAM, AND THE SHIPMENT FIGURES WERE NOT          "
"c              ADJUSTED FOR THESE RETURNS.  ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE,"THE     "
"c              YEAR 1942 WAS A YEAR OF CONSIDERABLE CONFUSION IN THE         "
"c              INDUSTRY; THEREFORE THESE FIGURES MUST NOT BE USED TO         "
"c              INDICATE TRENDS."                                             "
"c                   SEE THE FILES FOR THE RUBBER MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATON,  "
"c              MIMEOGRAPHED REPORT,"ESTIMATED U.S.A. AUTOMOTIVE CASINGS,"    "
"c              1950. 1953 REVISIONS CAME DIRECT FORM THE SCB, MARCH 23,      "
"c              1955 AND THE RUBBER MANUFACTURERS' ASSOC.                     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
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