"c           VAR 0359      08063 STL WORK R 917-938               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0359         LOC  465 WIDTH  9             DK   8 COL 44-52  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              AVERAGE WAGES, STEEL WORKERS, YOUNGSTOWN DISTRICT             "
"c              -------------------------------------------------             "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  08063                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  PER CENT BASE SCALE                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1917-04/1938                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, MAY, 1926 (NO. 57, P.    "
"c              13), 1932 SUPPLEMENT, P. 70-71, AND 1936 SUPPLEMENT, PP. 42,  "
"c              MONTHLY ISSUES THROUGH OCTOBER, 1938.                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  THE SERIES IS COMPILED FROM DATA FURNISHED BY THE     "
"c              WESTERN SHEET AND TIN PLATE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION AND    "
"c              THE AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION OF IRON AND STEEL AND TIN         "
"c              WORKERS.  THE WAGE SCALES ARE BASED ON THE PRICE OF STEEL     "
"c              SHEETS IN THE PREVIOUS 2 MONTH PERIOD AS ASCERTAINED BY       "
"c              ACTUAL PRICES RECEIVED BY MILLS, AND THE WAGES INCREASE OR    "
"c              DECREASE OF 1.5 % FOR EACH 5 CENTS PER 100 POUNDS INCREASE    "
"c              OR DECREASE IN THE PRICE BASE OF $2.15 PER 100 POUNDS.  THEN  "
"c              THE BASE WAS RAISED TO $2.50 AS OF JUNE, 1932 (ACCORDING TO   "
"c              A LETTER IN DR. WOLMAN'S FILE, THE DATE IS JULY, 1932) IN     "
"c              ORDER TO AFFECT A WAGE REDUCTION INDEPENDENTLY FROM PRICE     "
"c              CHANGES; THE ORIGINAL BASE OF $2.15 WAS AGAIN ADOPTED IN      "
"c              JULY, 1934.                                                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "