"c           VAR 0327      08202 MEAT PAK R 932-959               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0327         LOC  177 WIDTH  9             DK   3 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS, MEAT PACKING, BUREAU OF LABOR        "
"c              STATISTICS                                                    "
"c              ------------------------------------------------------        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  08202                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  CENTS PER HOUR                                        "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1932-03/1959                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  FOR 1932-1952, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS,           "
"c             "EMPLOYMENT, HOURS, AND EARNINGS, MANUFACTURING DIVISION,      "
"c              FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS GROUP,""MEAT PACKING, WHOLESALE,"   "
"c              RELEASES LS 53-1666 (FEBRUARY, 1953) AND (FEBRUARY, 1955);    "
"c              FOR 1953-1959, RELEASE OF JUNE, 1956 AND JULY, 1958, AND      "
"c              MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW,"EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS".               "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 08202 IS PRESENTES HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL D 1920-1948 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,      "
"c              1932- 1959.                                                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c                   THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS REPORTS AVERAGE HOURLY    "
"c              EARNINGS IN"MEATPACKING, WHOLESALE" BELIEVED TO BE ROUGHLY    "
"c              COMPARABLE TO THE INDUSTRY COVERED BY THE NATIONAL            "
"c              INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE BOARD WHICH"INCLUDED ESTABLISHMENTS     "
"c              ENGAGED IN SLAUGHTERING, DRESSING AND PACKING MEAT...THE      "
"c              DATA ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INDUSTRY COVERING MANY OF THE  "
"c              LARGEST PLANTS IN THE CHICAGO DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE         "
"c              PRINCIPAL INDEPENDENT PLANTS..." (NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL         "
"c              CONFERENCE BOARD, RESEARCH REPORT NO. 69, WAGES, HOURS, AND   "
"c              EMPLOYMENT IN AMERICAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, P.  75).     "
"c                   FROM 1951 ON, THE FIGURES HAVE BEEN ROUNDED AND NO       "
"c              FRACTIONS OF CENTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE SOURCE.               "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "