"c           VAR 0183      09031 DING CO 3R 934-939               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0183         LOC 1608 WIDTH  9             DK  26 COL 35-43  "
"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:  06/1934-12/1939                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  DUN AND BRADSTREET, INC., DATA FOR 1934-AUGUST,      "
"c              1937: UNPUBLISHED DATA OBTAINED DIRECTLY FROM DUN AND         "
"c              BRADSTREET; DATA FOR SEPTEMBER, 1937-1939:  DUN'S             "
"c              STATISTICAL 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                   IN SEPTEMBER, 1938, THE SEPARATE CLASSIFICATIONS OF      "
"c              REORGANIZATION CASES WAS DISCONTINUED SUBSEQUENT TO           "
"c              ELIMINATION OF PARAGRAPH 77-B FROM THE NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY    "
"c              ACT.  THESE DATA WERE REVISED ACCORDINGLY, BEGINNING IN       "
"c              JUNE, 1934. (SEE DUN'S STATISTICAL REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1939).   "
"c              THE COVERAGE ENDS IN MARCH, 1940.                             "
"c                   THE FOLLOWING SEGMENT (V 130) REPRESENTS A BETTER        "
"c              COVERAGE OF VOLUNTARY DISCONTINUANCES WITH LOSSES TO          "
"c              CREDITORS AND OF SMALL FAILURES NOT PREVIOUSLY COVERED BY     "
"c              DUN AND BRADSTREET'S BRANCH OFFICES (SEE SOURCE, MARCH,       "
"c              1940).                                                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "