"c           VAR 0236      06004 IN FIVE 3R 935-951               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0236         LOC 2085 WIDTH  9             DK  33 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              SALES BY VARIETY CHAIN STORES, FIRMS WITH FOUR OR MORE        "
"c              STORES                                                        "
"c              ------------------------------------------------------        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  06004                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF DOLLARS                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1935-12/1951                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DATA FOR 1935-1950 ARE  "
"c              FROM TABLES FURNISHED BY THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS,    "
"c              RELEASE NOS. 17428 AND 17456, JANUARY 1952, AND NO. 17487,    "
"c              FEBRUARY 1952; DATA FOR 1951 ARE FROM SURVEY OF CURRENT       "
"c              BUSINESS, SEPTEMBER 1952.                                     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 06004 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR                "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1919-1934           "
"c              (2)--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA, 1929-1943 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1935-1951  (4)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1951-1956.                     "
"c                   FOR THE VARIABLES COVERING 1935-1951, SEASONALLY         "
"c              ADJUSTED DATA ARE ONLY AVAILABLE AS AN INDEX.  COVERAGE FOR   "
"c              THESE VARIABLES ENDS IN 1951; THE FOLLOWING VARIABLES COVER   "
"c              FIRMS WITH ELEVEN OR MORE STORES AND ARE BASED ON A           "
"c              DIFFERENT METHOD OF REPORTING SALES (SEE SCB OF SEPTEMBER     "
"c              1952).                                                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "