"c           VAR 0181      09031 DING CO 3R 894-938               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0181         LOC 1590 WIDTH  9             DK  26 COL 17-25  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NUMBER OF BUSINESS FAILURES, TRADING COMPANIES                "
"c              ----------------------------------------------                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  09031                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  NUMBER OF CONCERNS                                    "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1894-08/1938                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  R G. DUN AND CO.(DUN AND BRADSTREET, INC. AFTER      "
"c              MARCH, 1933), DATA FOR 1894-FEBRUARY, 1933: DUN'S REVIEW;     "
"c              DATA FOR MARCH, 1933-JANUARY, 1937: DUN BRADSTREET MONTHLY    "
"c              REVIEW; DATA FOR FEBRUARY, 1937-1938: DUN'S STATISTICAL       "
"c              REVIEW.                                                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 09031 IS PRESENTED HERE AS THREE               "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1894-1938  (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, "
"c              1934-1939  (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1939-1958.                     "
"c                   BEGINNING WITH FEBRUARY 7, 1914 AND CONTINUING FOR THE   "
"c              NEXT THREE YEARS, THE 1913 FIGURES ARE OMITTED AND EARLIER    "
"c              YEARS ARE MOVED ONE YEAR AHEAD.  FOR EXAMPLE, DURING 1914     "
"c              THE 1912 FIGURES ARE PUBLISHED AS THOSE FOR 1913, THE 1911    "
"c              FIGURES AS 1912, AND THE 1910 FIGURES AS 1911.  THESE ERRORS  "
"c              WERE MADE ONLY IN THE NUMBER OF TRADING FAILURES.  THE        "
"c              TOTALS FOR ALL FAILURES WERE BASED ON CORRECT FIGURES AND     "
"c              THEREFORE DO NOT CHECK DURING THIS PERIOD.                    "
"c                   BEGINNING IN 1934, FAILURES IN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL      "
"c              TRADE ARE ADDED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE SERIES AS BEFORE.    "
"c              A SLIGHT CHANGE IN COVERAGE OF THE DATA OCCURED AS COMPARED   "
"c              TO THE FORMER GROUP TRADING COMPANIES (FOR REVISED FIGURES,   "
"c              SEE SOURCE, MARCH,1936).                                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "