"c           VAR 0057      06021 PIG CIA 3R 919-926               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0057         LOC  474 WIDTH  9             DK   8 COL 35-43  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NEW ORDERS OF MERCHANT PIG IRON                               "
"c              -------------------------------                               "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  06021                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  THOUSANDS OF LONG TONS                                "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1919-12/1926                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  RECORD BOOK OF BUSINESS STATISTICS, PART II, P. 18.  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  DATA ARE COMPILED FROM REPORTS OF FROM 94 TO 131      "
"c              STACKS EACH MONTH REPORTING THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF      "
"c              TOTAL MERCHANT PIG IRON PRODUCTION:  1919-77%; 1920-71%;      "
"c              1921-68%; 1922-57%; 1923-51%; 1924-58%; 1925-55%. NO          "
"c              PERCENTAGE FIGURE IS GIVEN FOR 1926. IT IS STATED, HOWEVER,   "
"c              THAT THESE DATA REPRESENT ABOUT 90 % OF PRODUCTION INSTINCT   "
"c              BY MERCHANT FURNACES, THAT THOSE MADE OF IRON FOR SALE        "
"c              INSTEAD OF FOR FURTHER USE IN THEIR OWN PLACES.               "                                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "