Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Dollars per Hundred Pounds, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Price Is The First Of Each Month, In New York, 1890-1917, And Is The Monthly Average Of Saturdays' Quotations, 1918-1944. Prices Were Published As Cents Per Pound. Price In 1914 Is For 100 Pound Packages Or Over. Beginning In 1940, Area Given Is "East Of Rocky Mountains." Source: Bls Bulletins And "Wholesale Prices"

This NBER data series m04135 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04135