"c           VAR 0334      08231 WOOL MAN R 947-959               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0334         LOC  240 WIDTH  9             DK   4 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS, WOOLEN AND WORSTED MANUFACTURING,    "
"c              BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS                                    "
"c              ----------------------------------------------------------    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  08231                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  CENTS PER HOUR                                        "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1947-03/1959                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  FOR 1947-1952, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS,           "
"c             "EMPLOYMENT, HOURS, AND EARNINGS, MANUFACTURING DIVISION,      "
"c              TEXTILE-MILL PRODUCTS GROUP:  WOOLEN AND WORSTED", RELEASES   "
"c              LS 53-1609 (FEBRUARY, 1953) AND (MAY, 1955); FOR 1953-1957,   "
"c              JUNE, 1956 AND JULY, 1958 RELEASES; FOR 1958, MONTHLY LABOR   "
"c              REVIEW,"EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS".                             "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 08231 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1948 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1947-1959.                                                    "
"c                   THE BLS SERIES IS BELIEVED NOT TO BE COMPARABLE TO THE   "
"c              NICB DATA, SINCE IT COVERS ONLY THE WEAVING OF WOOLEN AND     "
"c              WORSTED FABRICS OVER 12 INCHES WIDE, WHILE THE NICB SERIES    "
"c              COVERS THE SPINNING OF WOOLEN AND WORSTED YARNS AS WELL AS    "
"c              THE WEAVING AND FINISHING OF WOOLEN AND WORSTED FABRICS (SEE  "
"c              NICB, RESEARCH REPORT, NO. 69,"WAGES, HOURS, AND EMPLOYMENT   "
"c              IN AMERICAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1924, P. 57).  IN THE   "
"c              CURRENT BLS CLASSIFICATION, WOOLEN YARN MILLS ARE NOT         "
"c              SEGREGATED FROM THOSE SPINNING YARN FROM COTTON, SILK, RAYON  "
"c              OR OTHER FIBERS; AND THE WEAVING OF WOOLEN AND WORSTED        "
"c              FABRICS OF NARROWER THAN 12" WIDTHS IS NOT TREATED            "
"c              SEPARATELY, BUT COMBINED WITH THAT OF OTHER MATERIALS.        "
"c                   FOR 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                                                                            "