"c           VAR 0122      09024 ATE EAR 1R 916-940               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0122         LOC 1059 WIDTH  9             DK  17 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CORPORATE EARNINGS, FINANCE                                   "
"c              ---------------------------                                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  09024                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF DOLLARS                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  1916-1940                                   "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                       "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE:  STATISTICS OF INCOME,   "
"c              1916 AND SUCCESSIVE YEARS.                                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  THE DATA FOR 1916 WERE COMPUTED BY NBER BY ADDING     "
"c              FIGURES FOR"GRAND TOTAL BANKS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES" AND    "
"c              FOR"REAL ESTATE," SEE CRUM, "CORPORATE EARNING POWER," P.     "
"c              327.                                                          "
"c                   FOR 1936-1940, THE DATA WERE COMPUTED BY NBER FROM DATA  "
"c              IN STATISTICS OF INCOME (SEE NOTES).  THE 1938 DATA WERE      "
"c              ADJUSTED BY NBER TO CONFORM TO 1937 INDUSTRIAL                "
"c              CLASSIFICATION (SEE NOTES).                                   "
"c                   DATA FOR 1939-1940 ARE BASED ON 1938 STANDARD            "
"c              INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION.                                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "