"c VAR 0550 01239 TUBES 3R 921-955 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0550 LOC 1122 WIDTH 9 DK 18 COL 53-61 " "c " "c " "c AUTOMOBILE TIRE INNER TUBES, SHIPMENTS " "c -------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 01239 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: THOUSANDS OF INNER TUBES " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1921-07/1955 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, MAY 1939, P.18 AND " "c FOLLOWING ISSUES AS WELL AS BI-ANNUAL SUPPLEMENTS. " "c " "c NOTES: DATA REPORTED TO THE RUBBER MANUFACTURERS' " "c ASSOCIATION (RMA) WERE RAISED TO INDUSTRY TOTALS BY THEM. " "c SHIPMENTS INCLUDE ONLY TUBES FORWARDED TO PURCHASERS; THOSE " "c FORWARDED TO WAREHOUSES, BRANCHES, OR ON A CONSIGNMENT BASIS " "c ARE INCLUDED IN STOCKS FIGURES. " "c FEDERAL EXCISE TAX WENT INTO EFFECT JUNE 30, 1932. THE " "c HEAVY SHIPMENTS WERE UNDOUBTEDLY TAKEN TO ESCAPE THE TAX AND " "c RESULTANT PRICE RISE. " "c ACCORDING TO THE RMA, FIGURES FOR THE YEAR 1942 WERE " "c PUBLISHED ONLY"SO THAT THERE WILL BE NO BREAK IN THE " "c CONTINUITY OF TUBE STATISTICS." IN THAT YEAR, DEALERS MADE " "c LARGE RETURNS OF MANUFACTURERS OF STOCKS ORIGINALLY INTENDED " "c FOR EXPORT, BECAUSE OF GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS; SHIPMENTS " "c WERE NOT ADJUSTED FOR THESE RETURNS (SEE TABLE OF"TOTAL " "c U.S.A. AUTOMOTIVE INNER TUBES, SHIPMENTS, PRODUCTION AND " "c INVENTORY," COMPILED BY THE STATISTICAL AND ACCOUNTING " "c DEPARTMENT OF THE RMA). " "c BEGINNING IN 1951, DATA FOR MOTORCYCLE TUBES ARE " "c INCLUDED. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... 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