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57th C o n g r e s s , (H O U SE O F REPRESEN TATIVES. (D o c .N o .377,
1st Session, j
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Part 2.

BULLETIN

OP TH E

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

No. 39—MARCH, 1902.




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1902.




EDITOR,

CARROLL D. W R IG H T,
COMMISSIONER.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS,

G. W . W . H AN G ER,
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CONTENTS.
Page.

195-485
Course of wholesale prices, 1890 to 1901................................................... .
Digest of recent reports of State bureaus of labor statistics:
W iscon sin ............................................................................................................... 480-488
Digest of recent foreign statistical publications..................................................... 489-493
Decisions of courts affecting la b o r.......................................................................... 494-502
Laws of various States relating to labor enacted since January 1, 1896.......... 503-508




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OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
No. 39.

W A SH IN G TO N .

M

arch,

1902.

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

In order to meet the constant and growing demand for statistics of
prices, the Department undertook some months ago the collection o f
data relating to wholesale prices fo r the period from 1890 to 1901.
The commodities covered were selected, not only with regard to their
representative character, but with regard to their availability in the
future in the continuation o f the record which is begun here. It is
expected that in the second or third number o f the Bulletin in each
succeeding year there will be given the quotations o f actual prices for
the preceding year and the record o f relative prices fo r the entire
period beginning with the year 1890.
Changes in the actual prices o f single commodities may readily be
seen by the inspection o f a series o f quotations covering a number o f
♦rears, but in order to ascertain the changes in the general price level
irom year to year the quotations for a number o f commodities o f a
nore or less dissimilar character must be examined and in some manler combined. The method quite generally adopted for this purpose
>y statisticians and economists is the use o f what is commonly known
is the index number or relative price.
Before proceeding to the discussion o f the data which enter into the
>resent record, it seems desirable to define the index number or relaive price, explain the various methods adopted in securing the same,
nd give a short history o f the more important series of index num•ers which have been constructed. Briefly, an index number or relaLve price o f any given article at any given date is the percentage
rhich the price o f that article at that date is o f the price o f the same
rticle at a date or a period which has been selected as a base or




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standard. This base or standard varies in the different series o f index
numbers which have been presented to the public. In the London
Economist’s index numbers the average price for the years 1845 to
1850, inclusive, is taken as the base; in those calculated by Mr. Sauer­
beck the average for the eleven years, 1867 to 1877, is taken; in Soetbeer’s index numbers the average fo r the four years, 1847 to 1850, is
used, while in the United States Senate Finance Committee’s statement
o f relative prices (Senate Report No. 1394, 52d Congress, 2d session)
the price fo r the year 1860 is taken as the base or standard. In order
to secure the index number or relative price for any article at any
date in the period covered, the price o f the article for that date is
divided by the price at the date or by the average price for the period
selected as the base. The quotient obtained shows what per cent the
price at the given date is o f the base or standard price and is called
the index number or relative price. F or example, the percentage for
flour in 1885 in Mr. Sauerbeck’s series o f index numbers is 63, mean­
ing that .the average price o f flour in 1885 was 63 per cent of the
average price o f the same article during the base period (1867 to 1877).
This base being always 100, a fall o f 37 per cent is indicated.
These percentages having been made in the case o f each separate
article included in the particular scheme under consideration, and fo r
each year o f the period covered, a series o f total index numbers or
relative prices for each o f the years covered is usually constructed by
adding together the index numbers o f all the articles for each year
and dividing the result by the number o f articles considered, thus
securing an average o f the same. This course has been followed by
Sauerbeck, Soetbeer, the United States Senate Finance Committee,
and some others. In the case o f the London Economist index numbers,
however, simply the sum o f the index numbers o f the individual articles
is used; fo r example, the total o f the index numbers for the base period
(1845 to 1850) is 2,200, or the sum o f the base figures (100) for the 22
articles considered, and the total o f the percentages for 1873 is 2,947.
These sums, however, may be readily reduced to the average form given
in other series o f index numbers by dividing each by 22, the number of
articles considered. It will be seen then that the index numbers or
relative prices for all the commodities combined do not represent aver­
ages o f the actual prices o f such dissimilar commodities as a loaf of
bread, a pound o f meat, a ton o f pig iron, etc., but are averages of
the index numbers or relative prices.of the articles.
In order that a more complete understanding may be had o f the
further details o f the principal price indexes o f the world, those of
the London Economist, Palgrave, Sauerbeck, Soetbeer, the United
States Senate Finance Committee, Commons, and Dun are considered
separately.




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LONDON ECONOM IST IN D E X NUMBER.
The following statement relative to the history o f these well-known
index numbers is given in the report o f the United States Senate
Finance Committee on Wholesale Prices, Wages, and Transportation:
The best-known price series and calculations o f relative prices are
those o f the Economist. This journal publishes each week a list of
“ trade prices current,” reporting several hundred articles as their
price stands on Friday o f the week in question. The figures are
obtained from a responsible firm or from several firms dealing in d if­
ferent lines o f goods quoted and doing business in London and Man­
chester. Upon this basis the celebrated Economist index number has
been built up. The prices quoted may be looked upon as reliable in
view o f the leading position held by the Economist and the persons
from whom its information is drawn. There are evidences that this
branch o f the Economist’s work has not always been prosecuted with
equal vigor, but such periods are infrequent and short.
The first use o f these figures was made by Tooke and Newmarch,
who in their History o f Prices, vol. 6, pp. 162 et seq., published the
prices o f the articles in our list fo r the first Friday o f January, April,
July, and October o f each year from 1851 to 1856 as well as for Feb­
ruary 1857, the date o f going to press. Almost the entire edition
o f this volume was destroyed in an accident. The prices are repro­
duced in the table which follows. F or these years there were no calcu­
lations o f index numbers made except for January 1851 and July
1853. In the table which we give they have been supplied.
Mr. Newmarch continued his work in communications to the Royal
Statistical Society, but has nowhere given the prices for July 1858
and July 1859. These dates are omitted in our tables.
In his report in 1860 (Journal o f the Statistical Society, vol. 23, p.
102), Newmarch adopts the average prices fo r the six years 1845-1850
as a basis upon which to calculate relative prices or index numbers.
H e said that these years formed a sufficiently long period, prior to the
disturbances effected by the gold discoveries, to constitute a proper
basis o f comparison. He bases his average upon the prices at the
beginning o f each quarter, and each base price is therefore the average
o f 24 quotations.
The Economist published these prices with the index numbers based
upon them for the first time in a supplement in March 1864, entitled
“ Commercial history and review o f 1863.” From that date to the
present time this series o f vsupplements has been continued, the thir­
tieth issue appearing in February 1893, and giving a review of 1892.
In all 47 series o f price quotations are published by the Economist.
Not all o f these are used, however, in the preparation o f the index num­
bers, 12 being eliminated entirely, and the remaining 35 series
being reduced to 22 by the grouping together o f the prices o f a num­
ber o f similar articles in making the percentage calculations. The 22
articles considered, together with data as to the number ot series o f
price quotations actually used in the calculation o f the index numoers,
are given in the table following.




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NUMBER OP ARTICLES AND QUOTATIONS USED IN THE CALCULATION OP THE
ECONOMIST’S IN D EX NUMBERS.

Articles.

1.
9
3.
4.
5.
fi.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.

Quotations
used in calcu­
lating index
numbers.

Coffee..................................................................................................................................................
Sng-ar..................................................................................................................................................
T ea.....................................................................................................................................................
T obacco............................................................................................................................................
W heat................................................................................................................................................
Butchers’ m eat...............................................................................................................................
Raw cotton......................................................................................................................................
Raw pilTr............................................................................................................................................
Flax and hemp...............................................................................................................................
Sheep’s w ool.....................................................................................................................................
Ind igo................................................................................................................................................
O ils.....................................................................................................................................................
T im ber..............................................................................................................................................
Tallow ...............................................................................................................................................
Leather..............................................................................................................................................
Copper................................................................................................................................................
Ir o n ...................................................................................................................................................
Lead...................................................................................................................................................
T in .....................................................................................................................................................
Cotton w o o l. . . '...............................................................................................................................
Cotton yam .......................................................................................................................................
Cotton clo th .....................................................................................................................................

1
2
1
1
1
4
a4
1
2
2
1
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
al
1
2

T o ta l..............................................................................................................................................

a 85

a Pernambuco fair cotton included in raw cotton and also shown as cotton wool.

A s has been stated, but 22 series o f index numbers are given, these
being based in some instances on two or more series o f price quota­
tions fo r similar articles. F or example, 2 series o f price quotations
are used in calculating the index numbers fo r sugar, 4 for butchers’
meat, 4 fo r raw cotton, etc. The quotations o f actual prices in these
instances were probably averaged and the results used in calculating
the index numbers. The prices used are wholesale quotations mainly
from firms engaged in trade in the London and Manchester markets.
The base or standard from which these index numbers have been
calculated is the average price fo r the six years 1845 to 1850, this aver­
age being calculated from the prices at the beginning o f each quarter,
making a total o f 24 quotations used in the same. This average price
fo r each article fo r the period selected as the base or standard having
been calculated, the average price on January 1 and July 1 o f each
year is divided by it in order to secure the relative price or index num­
ber fo r such dates o f each year. F or example, the average price o f
coffee fo r the base period 1845 to 1850 was the mean between 44 and
54 shillings, or 49 shillings. This being the basis o f comparison is
taken as 100 and the average price for January 1 and July 1 o f each
succeeding year is divided by it to secure the index numbers. Thus
the average price o f coffee January 1,1890, was 91 shillings, which,
divided by the base (49 shillings) gives 186, showing that the average
price o f coffee on January 1, 1890, was 186 per cent o f the base price,
and 186 is therefore the relative price or index number fo r coffee for
that date. A n increase o f 86 per cent is thus shown. Likewise, the
price on January 1, 1896 (84£ shillings), divided by the base (49 shil­
lings) shows a relative price for that date o f 172, or an increase o f 72



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per cent over the average price for the base period. In this manner a
series o f index numbers is secured for each o f the 22 selected com­
modities covering each year o f the period.
By adding the 22 series
o f index numbers secured in this manner a total index number is
found which serves to indicate changes in the level o f prices generally
from year to year. These total index numbers may readily be reduced
to the ordinary form o f the index number (basis o f 100) by dividing
by 22, the number o f articles considered.
The objection to this method, that equal weight is given to articles
o f very unequal importance, has been seen by the authors, and their
tables are accompanied in every instance by the following note:
The total index number does not, o f course, present a full and accu­
rate representation o f the variations o f prices, inasmuch as it can not
allow for the relative importance o f the different articles. Wheat, for
example, reckons fo r no more in the total index number than indigo;
and during the years o f the high price o f cotton and cotton fabrics
the total index number is, in a measure unduly raised by that special
cause. Still, the total index number, read with the needful qualifica­
tions, may afford important inferences.
P A L G R A V E ’S IN D E X NUMBER.
In the effort to remove the above objection, Mr. R. H. Inglis Palgrave endeavored, in a memorandum submitted in 1886 to the Royal
Commission on the Depression o f Trade and Industry, to weight the
Economist’s index numbers according to the relative importance o f
the commodities. F or the new index numbers the average price of
the years 1865 to 1869 was taken as the basis, instead o f that o f the
years 1845 to 1850. The value o f the quantity o f each o f the articles
considered, annually consumed in the United Kingdom, is next calcu­
lated from its production and imports less exports. The value o f
the total annual consumption o f these articles in each o f the years
considered is next found by simple addition. The consumption o f
each article in any given year is then divided by the total consump­
tion o f all articles in that year, a percentage being thus secured
which represents the relative importance o f the particular article
as regards total consumption. The Economist’s base sum o f 2,200
is then multiplied by this per cent in order to bring the figures to a
number which will show the importance or weight o f each article in
a total o f 2,200. The resulting numbers are then multiplied by the
Economist’s index numbers o f the several articles for the year, reduced
to the basis o f the average price o f the years 1865 to 1869, and the
numbers thus obtained represent in the case o f each article the index
number for the year, weighted according to the importance o f the
consumption o f the article as compared with the total consumption of
the selected articles.
These calculations may be understood more
readily by means o f an example. The follow ing are the figures for



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1885, showing the value o f the consumption in the United Kingdom o f
the 19 articles used by Mr. Palgrave, the relative importance o f that
consumption, if the total consumption be represented as 2,200, and the
index number fo r each article for 1885, on the basis o f average price
o f the years 1865 to 1869, weighted according to the importance o f the
consumption o f the article as compared with the total consumption of
the selected articles:
IN D EX NUMBERS WEIGHTED ACCORDING TO RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF COMMODITIES
AS REGARDS CONSUMPTION IN 1885.

Articles.

Cotton, ra w ...............................................................................................
Silk............. : ...............................................................................................
F lax and hemp.........................................................................................
W o o l...........................................................................................................
M e a t...........................................................................................................
Iron .............................................................................................................
Copper........................................................................................................
L e a d ...........................................................................................................
T in ...............................................................................................................
Tim ber........................................................................................................
T a llo w ........................................................................................................
Leather and hides....................................................................................
Indigo.........................................................................................................
Oils...............................................................................................................
C offee.........................................................................................................
Sugar...........................................................................................................
T ea...............................................................................................................
Tobacco......................................................................................................
W heat and flour.......................................................................................

Relative
impor­
Value of
consumption tance of
during the consump­
tion in a
year 1885.
total of
2,200.

£31,600,000
1.400.000
5.900.000
17.100.000
63.000.
000
18.000.
000
4.680.000
1.550.000
1.800.000
19.650.000
3.340.000
9.600.000
600,000
5.900.000
930,000
17.920.000
8.500.000
3.500.000
49.350.000
264,320,000

Index
number
(basis of
1865-1869),
each
article
weighted
according
to con­
sumption.

263
12
49
142
524
150
39
13
15
164
28
80
5
49
8
149
71
29
410

101
6
30
99
535
123
23
7
12
176
24
88
6
34
5
79
49
30
242

2,200

1,669

It is seen that the value o f the total consumption o f the 19 articles
in 1885 was £261,320,000. The relative importance o f any article— •
wheat and flour, for example— is found by dividing the consumption
o f that article (£49,350,000) by the total consumption (£264,320,000),
giving a per cent o f 18.67, which is in turn multiplied by 2,200 (the
Economist base) to find its importance as regards that number. The
result is 410, as given in the table under “ Relative importance.”
The figures fo r the other articles in the list are calculated in a similar
manner. In the Economist’s index numbers, in which each article is
given an equal importance, the drop in the price o f wheat is shown to
be 41 per cent from the base period (1865 to 1869), or, in other words,
it is shown that the depression in price has sent the index number o f
that article down to 59.(a) Therefore the index number o f wheat
a M r. Palgrave states th a t ‘ 1the Econom ist index num ber for January, 1885, gives 60,
not 59, but as the average price of wheat for the year was below the January price,
59 has been taken as a m ore correct measure for a calculation extending over the
entire year.”




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201

weighted according to its relative importance in the consumption in
1885 is shown to be 59 X
or 241.90, and is entered at 242. The
new index numbers fo r the remaining articles are calculated in a
similar manner, the total furnishing a new weighted index number for
the year.
The follow ing table gives for the years 1865 to 1885 the Economist’s
index numbers reduced to the basis o f the average for the years 1865
to 1869, each commodity having equal weight, and the same index
numbers as weighted by Mr. Palgrave according to the method just
explained, together with percentages showing the results as based on
100 fo r the base period, 1865 to 1869. These latter are secured by
dividing each total by 22, the number o f articles considered.
COMPARISON OF ECONOMIST’S AND PALGRAVE’S IN D EX NUMBERS, REDUCED TO SAME
BASIS.

Year.

Economist’s index Palgrave’s index
each com­
numbers, each com­ numbers,
modity weighted
modity having
according to con­
equal weight.
sumption.
Total.

Average.

...............
...............
...............
...............
...............

2,434
2,449
2,156
1,982
1,979

I ll
111
98
90
90

Average.

2,200

1870 ...............
1871 ...............
1872 ...............
1873 ...............
1874 ...............
1875 ...............
1876 ...............
1877 ...............
1878 ...............
1879 ...............
1880 ...............
1881..................
1882..................
1883 ...............

1,995
1,981
2,132
2,237
2,207
2,098
2,044
2,064
1,910
1,676
1,918
1,782
1,830
1,755
1,660
1,550

1865
1866
1867
1868
1869

1884

.........

1885 ...............

Total.

Average.

2,366
2,434
2,179
2,058
1,963

107
111
99
94
89

100

2,200

100

91
90
97
102
100
95
93
94
87
76
87
81
83
80
75
70

1,975
2,046
2,197
2,298
2,378
2,125
2,186
2,205
2,081
1,806
1,967
2,054
1,908
1,924
1,750
1,669

90
93
100
104
108
97
99
100
95
82
89
93
87
88
80
76

It is seen that while in several years prices exhibit different tenden­
cies yet on the whole those differences are not very great. The weighted
average, however, is generally somewhat higher than the simple one.
SA U E R B E C K ’ S IN D E X NUMBER.
Mr. Augustus Sauerbeck, a wool broker, o f the firm o f Schwartze &
C o., London, undertook the preparation o f this series o f index numbers,
mainly in response to a desire fo r a broader basis fo r calculation than that
used in the London Economist series. The result o f his work was first
published in 1886 in the Journal o f the Royal Statistical Society, and
the data fo r succeeding years have been printed from time to time in




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that journal. In all, quotations for 56 commodities are given in Mr.
Sauerbeck’s price tables. This number is however reduced by com­
bination to 45 in his index numbers. Each o f these 45 series o f index
numbers may be considered to be fo r different descriptions o f com­
modities, fo r while more than one series o f index numbers is made
for wheat, beef, mutton, sugar, coffee, etc., they are for quite distinct
kinds. In the selection o f commodities, their importance in the con­
sumption o f the United Kingdom is taken into consideration, only
such commodities being taken as reach a consumption of £1,000,000
or more per annum. The earlier prices used by Mr. Sauerbeck were
obtained from the files o f trade journals. F or a number o f years,
however, they have been carefully collected by Mr. Sauerbeck him­
self, either from trustworthy trade journals or from leading firms in
various lines o f trade. The prices are fo r wholesale transactions!
The annual prices are the averages o f 12 monthly or 52 weekly
quotations, except prices o f potatoes which are the averages o f 8
monthly quotations, January to A pril and September to December.
Mr. Sauerbeck prefers such annual averages to prices at certain
dates (as January 1 and July 1), which is the method adopted by the
Economist.
The base or standard in this series o f index numbers is the aver­
age o f the prices for the eleven years from 1867 to 1877. The
reasons for the selection o f these years as the base are given in the
Journal o f the Royal Statistical Society, volume 49, pages 591 and 592,
but they do not seem necessary in this connection. The index numbers
have been calculated in the ordinary arithmetical way. For example,
the average price o f English wheat for the base period (1867 to 1877)
was 54s. 6d., which is taken as 100. The average for each year o f the
period is divided by this base in order to secure the index numbers
for such years, which represent simple percentages o f the base price.
B y dividing the average price o f English wheat in 1855 (74s. 8d.) by this
average fo r the base period a result o f 137, or 37 per cent above the
base price, is secured; or by dividing the price for 1895 (23s. Id.) by
the base a result o f 42 is secured, or 58 per cent below the base price.
Six groups are made o f the 45 descriptions o f commodities, and
average index numbers are made fo r each group, together with a gen­
eral average fo r all the commodities combined. In these averages all
o f the 45 individual commodities are treated as o f equal value, the
averages o f groups as well as o f all commodities being made by
dividing the sum o f the individual index numbers involved by the
number o f the same. The grouping is shown in the following table,
which is for the year 1898, and is based on the average o f 1867 to 1877
as 100.




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COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

SAUERBECK’S INDEX NUMBERS FOR 1898, SHOWING GROUPING OF COMMODITIES.

Groups of commodities.

Number Sum of Average
index
of index
of index
numbers. numbers. numbers.

1. Vegetable food (wheat, flour, barley, oats, maize, potatoes, and rice).
2. Animal food (beef, mutton, pork, bacon, and butter)............................
3. Sugar, coffee, and tea.......................................................................................

8
7
4

538
542
205

67
77
51

Total food (groups 1 to 3 )...........................................................................

19

1,285

68

4. Minerals (iron, copper, tin, lead, and c o a l)..............................................
5. Textiles (cotton, flax, hemp, iute, wool, and silk ).................................
6. Sundry materials (hides, leather, tallow , oils, soda, nitrate, indigo,
and timber) ................................. .................................................................

7
8

493
405

70
51

11

698

63

Total materials (groups 4 to 6 ) ................................................................

26

1,596

61

General average...........................................................................................

45

2,881

64

Index numbers are calculated for each o f the 45 descriptions of com­
modities fo r each year, as well as for the groups as indicated above.
The grouping, as shown in the preceding table, is for convenience in
comparing the aggregate o f related commodities from year to year.
In the table given, which is fo r the year 1898, it is seen that food, for
example, has a relative price o f 68, as compared with the average for
the base (1867 to 1877), which in every case equals 100, indicating a
drop o f 32 per cent in this group as a whole fo r 1898 as compared with
the base period. The general average is likewise seen to equal 64 as
compared with 100 for the base price, a drop o f 36 per cent. The
period covered by Mr. Sauerbeck begins with 1846.
W hile each o f the 45 quotations comprised in these index numbers
is treated as being o f equal importance, a certain weighting is roughly
made by using a greater or less number o f quotations according to
the genera] importance o f the commodity, which is determined by its
consumption in the United Kingdom. Thus wheat is given 3 quota­
tions— English wheat, American wheat, and flour— while barley, maize,
etc., have but 1 quotation each. Two brands o f coffee are quoted, but
in computing averages fo r the group and fo r all commodities the mean
o f the two index numbers is taken, giving but the weight o f a single
quotation to this article. Other less important articles were treated
in a similar manner. Great care seems to have been taken in this
selection o f articles, and the index numbers from time to time have
been subjected to tests to determine their correctness in indicating
the actual course o f prices. The most important o f these is based
on the production in the United Kingdom o f the articles considered
at the prices used in these price tables, and the imports at board of
trade values, thus measuring a considerable proportion by a different
set o f prices. A ccording to this method the quantities in the United
Kingdom fo r a given year or period are multiplied by the prices *at
that period in order to secure an “ estimated actual value” for the
period. These quantities are also multiplied by the average prices




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fo r the base period (1867 to 1877) to secure the “ nominal values at
average prices o f 1867-1877.” The new index number is then the per
cent secured by dividing the value o f the quantities consumed at the
given date, at the prices for that date, by the value o f the same quan­
tities at the base prices. The results o f these calculations are shown
in the follow ing table, taken from the Journal o f the Royal Statistical
Society:
MOVEMENTS OF FORTY-FIVE COMMODITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (PRODUCTION
AND IMPORTS).

Year.

1848-1850 (average).......................................................................
1859-1861 (average).......................................................................
3869-1871 (average).......................................................................
1871-1875 (average).......................................................................
1874-1876 (average).......................................................................
1879-1881 (average).......................................................................
1884^-1886 (average).......................................................................
1889-1891 (average).......................................................................
1894-1896 (average).......................................................................
1896....................................................................................................
1897....................................................................................................
1898....................................................................................................
1899....................................................................................................
1900 (a )............................................................................................

Nominal val­
Relative
ues at average prices ac­
Estimated
cording
to
prices
of
1867actual value in 1877, showing
this table,
each period.
1867-1877
increase in
quantities.
=100.
£219,800,000
350.100.000
456.600.000
548.800.000
537.800.000
489.700.000
445.700.000
504.100.000
453.700.000
461.200.000
465.100.000
498.700.000
519.800.000
599.200.000

£294,800,000
382.700.000
484.600.000
526.300.000
538.400.000
578.500.000
610.100.000
685.200.000
723.500.000
743,000,000
732.200.000
772.400.000
772.500.000
762.800.000

74.6
91.5
94.2
104.3
99.9
84.6
73.0
73.6
62.7
62.0
63.5
64.6
67.3
78.6

a1900 subject to correction after publication of the complete mineral produce returns.

From the table it is seen that in the earlier years the average for
periods is used, while since 1896 that for each year is given. Col­
umns 2 and 3 are calculated in the manner heretofore explained.
Column 4 is secured by dividing column 2 by column 3, and, as
explained, represents the new index numbers weighted according to
production and imports. These do not differ greatly from the simple
index numbers. F or example, the average o f the simple index num­
bers fo r the years 1884 to 1886 is 72.3 as against 73 for the weighted
index number; for 1889 to 1891 it is 72 as against 73.6; for 1894 to
1896 it is 62 as against 62.7; for 1896 it is 61 as against 62; for 1897 it
is 62 as against 63.5; fo r 1898 it is 64 as against 64.6; fo r 1899 it is 68
as against 67.3, while fo r 1900 it is 75 as against 78.6.
SO ETBEER’ S IN D E X NUM BER.
The most widely known series o f European index numbers, aside
from those o f the London Economist and Mr. Sauerbeck, is that o f
Dr. A dolf Soetbeer. These index numbers were first published in 1886
and were based on the prices o f the bureau o f commercial statistics
of* Hamburg. These prices as -originally published were for the years
from 1847 to 1885, and represented over 300 series o f quotations.
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that in that year Hamburg became a part o f the German customs union,
and the record o f goods coming in by land was no longer made.
The follow ing statement explains the method o f ascertaining these
prices, and indicates their special value for purposes of comparison:
A ll goods imported into Hamburg are reported to the bureau o f
commercial statistics. These reports contain a statement o f the kind
o f goods and their weight, to which is added their value, calculated
by the price o f the article upon the day in question on the Hamburg
exchange. F or goods not quoted on the exchange the invoice value,
plus freight, insurance, and other charges, must be given. The yearly
trade statements are made up from these reports. Having the total
quantity and total value, the calculation o f the average price is a sim­
ple arithmetical calculation. But in view o f the peculiar circum­
stances o f Hamburg as a free harbor, and o f the fact that the declared
values are based on ruling Hamburg prices, the results have a high
value quite unusual for import prices.
To the prices secured from this source Dr. Soetbeer added those
o f several articles, such as potatoes, meat, etc., which were obtained
from the records o f hospitals and other institutions in Hamburg.
There were also considered the prices o f 14 manufactured articles o f
British export. In all, 114 articles are included in these index numbers.
The average o f the prices fo r the four years from 1847 to 1850 was
taken as the base or standard, and, giving this average a value o f 100,
percentages were made in the usual manner, showing the relative
prices fo r the years from 1851 to 1885, as measured by this base or
standard. A continuation o f these prices to include 1891 has been
made by Mr. Heinz.
U N ITE D STA TE S SEN ATE FIN AN CE C OM M ITTEE IN D E X
NUM BER.
Perhaps the largest collection o f prices which has ever been made
under a uniform system, with the exception o f that which forms the
basis o f the United States Department o f Labor index numbers, as
shown in the present article, is that o f the United States Senate Finance
Committee. Tw o hundred and thirty series o f quotations were pre­
sented covering the prices o f manufactured articles, as well as food
products and raw materials. The general period covered was the fiftytwo years from 1840 to 1891. W hile all series o f quotations did not
cover the entire period, owing to the difficulty o f securing for the
earlier years prices o f articles in use during the later years, quotations
were secured for 90 articles in 1840, o f which 85 continued to 1891,
while 223 series o f quotations were given covering the years from
1860 to 1891, and o f these latter some covered also a number o f years
previous to 1860. The term 66series o f quotations” has been used in
preference to the word u articles,” as the number o f different articles
considered was much fewer than 230, two or more series for different
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The prices used were wholesale prices, and in most instances were
taken directly from the books of merchants and manufacturers. The
exceptions were those obtained from trade journals, large buyers, etc.
The base or standard was the price fo r the year 1860. The reasons fo r
the selection o f this year are given as follows in the report o f Prof.
Roland P. Falkner, the statistician o f the committee, on page 28 o f the
Report on Wholesale Prices, Wages, and Transportation, Part I:
W hile in many respects it would have been highly desirable to have
selected as the basis o f the analysis either the year 1840, or the average
of the years 1840 to 1845, which constituted the starting point o f .the
investigation, fo r practical reasons this plan had to be abandoned. A
system o f relative prices fo r fifty-two years, comprising 90 articles,
would, it is true, be more comprehensive, both as to volume and the
period covered, than the majority o f previous investigations. Y et
such a statement would have rendered comparatively useless for pur)oses o f comparison all the articles the quotations for which begin
ater than 1840. On the 1840 basis it would have been impossible to
have carried out the analysis o f the figures presented in all the refine­
ments o f which they are capable and which were desired by the com­
mittee. F or this reason it was deemed advisable to select a period
which would incorporate in the analysis a larger proportion o f the
figures which are presented.
A fter a careful consideration o f all the circumstances it was considered
that the basis best adapted fo r the analysis was the price o f the year
1860, and in the follow ing analysis that year is the basis o f all our
comparisons. It is considered as 100, and the prices o f prior and sub­
sequent years are expressed as percentages o f the same. The year
1860 represents a period in our industrial development midway between
the older methods o f production that prevailed before the war and
those which have come into use since that period. It is also a period
o f comparatively normal prices. The markets o f the country had
recovered from the crisis o f 1857, and the disturbances o f trade caused
by the war had not yet taken place. The year 1865, midway between
the beginning and end o f the investigation, is utterly unadapted to
serve as a base by reason o f the inflated state o f the currency, which
caused a wholly abnormal condition o f the market. The same is equally
true o f the average for 1865-1869, inclusive, which is the basis o f the
celebrated calculations o f Mr. Palgrave in the Report o f the Commis­
sion on the Depression o f Trade and Industry. The year 1870 is still
too much under the influences o f the currency inflation to serve as a
basis o f comparison, besides being open to the objection that it is too
close to the present day to furnish useful comparisons.
W hile in the investigations o f English and European statisticians
it has not been customary to take a single year for a basis, but rather
the average for a period o f years, * * * there were important
reasons why, in the analysis here presented, a single year should be
taken as a basis o f comparison. It was not always practicable to
secure fo r the articles in question the average prices that would have
covered the period immediately prior to 1860, while in the following
year some prices already manifested the disturbances due the unsettled
state o f national affairs. The choice o f an abnormal year would have
been a mistake, but the year 1860 presents all the aspects o f a normal
year. Its price varies little from that o f 1859 or o f 1858 on the one

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hand, and o f 1861 on the other. It is, therefore, quite as proper a
basis o f comparison as would be an average o f these four years. No
scientific reason has been adduced why an average should be preferable
to a single year, except that in an average the abnormal features o f
individual years tend to disappear. If, however, a single year can be
found which presents no features which are to be considered abnormal
it is quite as accurate to take this year as a basis as to take a group o f
years o f which this forms a part. These considerations have led us
to the belief that the year 1860 is perfectly adapted to serve as base
o f the analysis.
The prices which served as the basis fo r the index numbers were
usually prices fo r a given date (as January 1, A pril 1, July 1, or O cto­
ber 1) o f each year, although in a few instances they were average
prices for the year. The index numbers were calculated on the basis
o f the January prices in each year where the prices were quoted
quarterly, except in the case o f those articles fo r which the January
price was not the representative price fo r the year, as for fresh vege­
tables, etc., in which latter cases the most appropriate month was
selected. In order to secure the index numbers for each description
o f commodity, the price fo r each year o f the period was divided by
the price for the base year, 1860. The results are simple percentages
o f the price in the base year, and the method differs in no respect
from that usually adopted. F or the purpose o f comparing these index
numbers fo r related articles, eight groups were formed, as follows:
Food, cloths and clothing, fuel and lighting, metals and implements,
lumber and building materials, drugs and chemicals, house furnishing
goods, and miscellaneous. In securing the average o f the index num­
bers fo r each group and for all articles, each article, or series o f quota­
tions, was given equal weight or importance in the formation o f the
result, which was secured by adding the index numbers fo r each year
and dividing the sum in each case by the number o f index numbers
used. Ninety articles were used in obtaining the index number o f all
articles in 1840, while 223 articles were used for this purpose in 1891.
In addition to these general index numbers based on the year 1860
a number o f comparisons are made based on other years, on selected
lists o f articles, etc.
It was recognized by the committee that a list containing so many
articles must include many o f comparatively slight importance, and
that the index numbers must be measured in some way by the amount
o f consumption o f the various articles in order to ascertain the real
effect upon the consumer o f the changes which had occurred in prices.
Unless this were done, equal weight would have been given to articles
little used and articles o f large and daily consumption. For example,
the index number o f wheat flour was 72.1 in 1891, while that o f nut­
megs was 142.9. T o state that the average price o f the two articles
was 107.5, the mean between the two, would manifestly have been

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unfair. The comparison must be made by assigning to each of the
two an importance in the result equal to its importance in general con­
sumption. The basis selected by the committee for determining this
consumption was the Seventh Annual Report o f the Commissioner o f
Labor, showing the values o f various articles consumed by a large
number o f families, which were considered typical of the expenditures
o f the mass o f the people.
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURE FOR 2,561 NORMAL FAMILIES.

Group.

R ent.......................................................................................................................................
Food.......................................................................................................................................
F u e l.......................................................................................................................................
Clothing...............................................................................................................................
L ighting...............................................................................................................................
A ll other purposes.............................................................................................................

Per cent of
expendi­
ture for
each pur­
pose.

Propor­
tions of
10,000.

15.06
41.03
5.00
15.31
.90
22.70

1,506
4,103
500
1,531
90
2,270

100.00

10,000

This table shows the main groups o f family expenditures only, and
these were not sufficiently specific fo r the purpose. In order to secure
accurate and specific data as to the composition o f these groups them­
selves, therefore, 232 special budgets o f family expenses were collected.
The table based on 2,561 families was then used to secure the propor­
tion o f the groups entering into consumption, while a table based on
232 families was used to secure the distribution o f expenditure within
the groups themselves. The figures thus secured, showing the relative
weight in consumption o f each article contained in the family budgets,
were then applied to the various articles in the index numbers. Few
articles were found, however, with identical descriptions, hence a
method o f grouping was resorted to.
F or example, two or more
articles contained in the index numbers were often grouped to
represent one article o f the family budget, thus, “ ham,” “ bacon,” and
“ p ork ” were considered equivalent to the “ hog products” o f the fam­
ily budgets, and an arithmetical average was made o f the index num­
bers o f these three articles, which was made the index number o f hog
products and given its appropriate weight. Briefly described, the
method as applied to the food group was as follows: The figure denot­
ing the importance o f each article in the group in a given year was
multiplied by its simple index number (or the average where two or
more articles were grouped), and the sum o f these products was divided
by the total o f the figures denoting importance fo r the weighted index
number fo r the general group o f food. This method was used in secur­
ing similar weighted index numbers for the other years o f the period.
It is seen that according to this method the same weights were used for
each year o f the period, although they were based on the consumption
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The follow ing table shows the weighted relative prices or index num­
bers in 1891 fo r each o f the groups considered, together with the total
weighted relative price or index number:
RELATIVE PRICES OF ALL ARTICLES, 1891, BASED ON 1860, MEASURED BY CONSUMPTION.

Group.

Impor­
tance.

Weighted
index
number.

Result.

Rent.................................................................................................................
F o o d ...............................................................................................................
F uel.................................................................................................................
L igh ting........................................................................................................
Clothing................................... - ....................................................................
All other purposes.....................................................................................

1,506
4,103
500
90
1,531
2,270

100.0
103.7
98.1
48.1
75.1
95.3

1,506,000
4,254,811
490,500
43,290
1,162,029
2,164,096

T otal....................................................................................................

10,000

96.2

9,620,726

In the above table the weighted index numbers for the various
groups were found in practically the same manner as has been pre­
viously described fo r food, except that rent and certain items entering
into the group “ all other purposes” were considered to have remained
unchanged.
These were then multiplied by the figures denoting
importance, and the sum o f the products divided by the total o f the
figures denoting importance (10,000) to secure the weighted total o f
96.2. The remaining years were treated in a similar manner. •
The items o f budget expenditure considered as remaining unchanged
(rent, taxes, insurance, etc.) constituted 31.40 per cent o f the total
expenditure, leaving 68.60 per cent as affected by changes in prices.
Another set o f index numbers fo r such articles was made by the com­
mittee by assigning a total numerical weight o f 6,860 to such articles,
and working out the index numbers on that basis. This resulted in a
slightly different total index number.
The index numbers computed by the three methods, i. e., simple
average, average o f all articles weighted according to consumption,
and average o f fluctuating articles only, weighted according to con­
sumption, are shown in the table on page 100 o f Wholesale Prices,
W ages, and Transportation, Part I.
A continuation o f this series o f prices has been published in the
Bulletin o f the Department o f Labor, No. 27, by Dr. Falkner, bringing
them down to 1899. In this latter series, however, two important
changes o f method were adopted by Dr. Falkner. The first was in
adopting as a basis the average price for the nine quarters, January,
1890, to January, 1892, inclusive, in place o f the single date basis, and
the second in departing from the simple average method o f allowing to
each article equal weight, and instead combining the index numbers o f
similar articles to form one index number, to be used as one article only
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COMMONS’ IN D E X NUM BER.
Prof. John R . Commons, in the Quarterly Bulletin o f the Bureau of
Economic Research for July and October, 1900, published a compila­
tion o f index numbers o f wholesale prices, freight rates, railroad
stocks, etc., for the twenty-two years from July 1, 1878, to June 30,
1900, the crop year being used. Sixty-six commodities enter into this
compilation o f index numbers o f wholesale prices. The quotations
were all taken from standard trade journals and related only to staple
articles o f a uniform grade and with an open market. Highly manu­
factured articles were not included, as uniform quotations for these
could, in most cases, be secured only from manufacturers’ books.
The yearly figures in these index numbers are averages of weekly
quotations in the case o f all articles o f frequent fluctuations, and in
other articles, such as chemicals and building materials, they are the
averages o f one quotation each month.
The base in these index numbers is the average price for the ten
years 1879 to 1889 (crop year July 1 to June 30). The index numbers
have been calculated in the ordinary way, the average price o f each
article for the base period being given the value of 100 and all other
quotations for the same article being expressed in percentages o f this
base. F or example, the average price o f No. 2 spring wheat on the
Chicago market for the base period 1879 to 1889 (crop year July 1 to
June 30) was 94 cents. The average price for the crop year 1898-99
was 71 cents. Giving to 94 cents (the price for the base period) the
value o f 100, the index number or relative price for 1898-99 is 76;
that is, the price for the crop year 1898-99 is 24 per cent below the
average price for the base period.
The 66 commodities have been divided into 5 general groups, some
o f these in turn being divided into subgroups. Index numbers are
calculated for each commodity, for the subgroups, for the general
groups, and fo r all the 66 commodities fo r each of the twenty-two
years and also fo r each month from July, 1896, to September, 1900.
F or the subgroups, general groups, and all commodities for each o f the
twenty-two years, the index number is the simple average, which was
found by dividing the sum o f the index numbers or relative prices in the
group under consideration by the number o f commodities in the group.
A weighted average is also shown, and tbig is secured by giving to each
article a weight equal to its annual domestic product in millions of dol­
lars, articles whose product was less than a million dollars being arbi­
trarily assigned the value o f one unit. Imported articles are given a
weight estimated at the value added by the import trade. In the
chemical group the individual articles are not weighted, but the group
as a whole is given the value set by the census estimates. In estimat­
ing the value o f manufactured articles the value o f the crude material,
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from the value o f the manufactured article. F or example, the weight
given to flour is the estimated home product o f flour minus the value
o f the wheat used, based on the average price o f both for the year at
4£ bushels o f wheat per barrel o f flour. This method o f weighting by
the annual product necessitated a different computation for each year.
The total value represented by the 66 commodities was $2,824,000,000
in 1879 and $3,816,000,000 in 1899. Professor Commons does not claim
accuracy for his figures of production, but believes that they indicate
fairly the relative importance in the total o f American production.
Whenever official figures could be found they were used. Census
figures were taken, except where they were obviously incorrect, and
the intervening years were estimated. The weighted do not differ
greatly from the simple index numbers.
DUN’S IN D E X NUM BER.
The publication o f Dun’s index numbers was begun in Dun’s Review
o f January 12, 1901, and has been continued monthly since that date.
The object is to give 66the cost o f a year’s supplies o f all the neces­
saries o f life ” fo r a single individual. These necessaries embrace 350
articles and are divided into seven groups, namely, breadstuffs, meats,
dairy and garden products, other food, clothing, metals, and a miscel­
laneous class. The prices given fo r the groups are based upon the
actual wholesale prices o f the various articles entering into them as
quoted on the first day o f each month. These index numbers differ
from all others in that no date or period is taken as a base, the figures
given being actual prices in dollars and cents fo r the date instead o f
percentages o f the price for some date or period which has been taken
as a base. The complete list o f the 350 articles used in calculating the
index numbers is not given, nor are the figures o f annual consumption
per capita and the methods by which such consumption is determined
stated. The methods employed, so far as the details have been pub­
lished, are explained in the Review o f September 7, 1901, as follows:
A fter selecting a list o f articles covering all the necessaries o f life,
including whisky, beer, and tobacco, each quotation is multiplied by
the quantity annually consumed by each inhabitant, as nearly as may
be ascertained by statistical records. W hile these figures can not be
considered exact, the approximation is sufficiently close to attain the
desired result, and the ratio being constant the comparison with d if­
ferent dates shows to a cent the rise or fall in cost o f living. In
many cases a large number o f quotations are averaged in order to
secure a representative price for the commodity, thus avoiding the
special effect on one particular grade o f exceptional conditions. Both
raw materials and manufactured products are included, preventing
the excessive influence o f speculative operations m the former, since
markets fo r finished products are more stable. In these cases the per
capita consumption is so proportioned as to avoid duplication. W hole­
sale quotations are taken, as they are more sensitive to changed
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Using quantities representing the per capita consumption gives
each commodity its proper value. It would obviously be useless to
take an equal quantity o f each article, since a sharp rise or fall in the
price o f something little used might more than balance the change in
a commodity o f large daily requirement. Hence, this proportionate
distribution makes the index number show clearly the cost o f living
at various dates by giving due regard to the relative importance o f
each article. Lack o f space makes it impossible to publish the full list,
and for the sake o f convenience in comparison the 350 quotations are
grouped in 7 classes. No luxuries are included, beyond silk and
tobacco, which are o f such general consumption as to be practically
essential to a faithful record.
In the follow ing table the index number is given for each month in
1901, as published in Dun’s Review o f January 4, 1902:
DUN’ S IN D EX NUMBERS FOR 1901.

1901.

Breadstuffs.

January 1 ...................
February 1.................
March 1......................
April 1 ........................
May 1..........................
June 1 ........................
July 1..........................
August 1....................
September 1...............
October 1 ...................
November 1...............
December 1 ...............

$14,486
16.062
15.070
15.221
16.112
15.635
14.904
16.668
17.369
17.146
17.840
19.528

Meats.

$8,407
8.592
8.696
9.294
9.251
9.224
9.430
9.151
9.530
9.517
8.929
9.259

Dairy
and
garden.
$15,556
13.866
13.898
13.519
14.983
13.161
11.030
13.261
13.009
13.164
13.622
15.675

Other
food.
$9,504
9.418
9.396
9.208
9.154
9.116
9.086
9.253
9.153
9.190
9.157
9.081

Clothing. Metals.

$16,024
16.271
15.460
14.991
14.945
14.882
15.098
16.027
15.234
15.279
15.342
15.331

$15,810
15.845
15.875
16.048
15.179
15.249
15.344
15.345
16.091
15.760
15.876
15.722

Miscella­
neous.
$15,881
15.956
16.471
16.629
16.596
16.532
16.617
16.625
16.525
16.835
16.977
16.782

Total.

$95,668
95.010
94.866
94.910
96.220
93.799
91.509
95.330
96.911
96.891
97.743
101.378

In connection with the above figures the following explanation is
given:
Breadstuffs include many quotations o f wheat, corn, oats, rye, and
barley, besides beans and peas; meats include live hogs, beef, sheep,
and many provisions, lard, tallow, etc.; dairy and garden products
include eggs, vegetables, and fruits; other foods include fish, liquors,
condiments, sugar, rice, tobacco, e tc.; clothing includes the raw mate­
rial o f each industry, and many quotations o f woolen, cotton, silk, and
rubber goods, as well as hides, leather, boots and shoes; metals include
various quotations o f pig iron, and partially manufactured and finished
iroducts, as well as minor metals, coal and petroleum. The miscelaneous class embraces many grades o f hard and soft lumber, lath,
brick, lime, glass, glassware, turpentine, hemp, linseed oil, paints,
fertilizers, and drugs.

I

D E P A R T M E N T O F L A B O R IN D E X NUM BER.
The present series o f index numbers or relative prices represents
the course o f wholesale prices for the twelve years from 1890 to 1901.
In all, 250 series o f quotations were secured fo r the entire period and an
additional 11 fo r some portion o f the period. Although in the case o f
commodities o f great importance more than one series o f quotations
have been used, in no case have more than one series o f quotations been
used for two exactly similar articles.
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46series o f quotations” and 66commodities” ha\?e been used inter­
changeably in the pages which follow. The actual prices on which the
index numbers or relative prices have been based are shown in Table I
in detail. In securing these prices the effort has been made to include
staple commodities only. In a number o f instances it has been found
possible to secure prices for the same commodities that were included in
the Report on Wholesale Prices, Wages, and Transportation submitted
by Mr. Aldrich from the Senate Committee on Finance March 3,1893.
Many articles which were included in that report are no longer manu­
factured, or, if still manufactured, have ceased to be important factors
in the market. On the other hand a number o f articles, not shown
in that report, have become o f such importance as to render necessary
their inclusion in any study o f the course o f prices.
The commodities covered by the 261 series o f quotations have been
classified under 9 general groups, as follows:
Farm products, 16 series of quotations.
Food, etc., 54 series of quotations.
Cloths and clothing, 76 series of quotations.
Fuel and lighting, 13 series of quotations.
Metals and im plem ents, 39 series of quotations.
Lum ber and building materials, 27 series of quotations.
Drugs and chem icals, 9 series of quotations.
House furnishing goods, 14 series of quotations.
M iscellaneous, 13 series of quotations.

The further description o f the kind o f prices quoted, the sources
o f these quotations, the market for which they were secured, their fre­
quency, etc., will be taken up in connection with the discussion o f
Table I, which follows:
Table I — Wholesale prices o f commodities, 1890 to 1901, pages
to lf>5.— This table shows in detail the actual prices on which the sub­
sequent tables o f index numbers are based. A s stated previously, the
261 series o f quotations have been classified under 9 groups o f com­
modities, and this grouping has been uniformly adhered to in the
several tables which are given.
The prices quoted in every instance are wholesale prices. W hole­
sale prices have invariably been used in compilations which have been
made for the purpose o f showing changes in the general price level.
They are more sensitive than retail prices and more quickly reflect
changes in conditions. Retail prices must usually follow the whole­
sale, but not generally in the same proportion. The margin between
them in the case o f some commodities is so great that slight changes
in the wholesale price do not affect the retail. Changes in the whole­
sale price also which last fo r a short time only do not usually result in
corresponding changes in the retail price.
The net cash prices are shown fo r textiles and all articles whose list
prices are subject to large and varying discounts. In the case o f a num­
ber o f articles, such as white pin<\ nails, etc., however, whose prices
are subject to a small d ’v *
:i-h no deduction has been made.



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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

Several articles quoted, such as grain alcohol and p roof spirits, have
been subject to a rebate in price during some portion o f the period
from 1890 to 1901. In order to avail himself o f these rebates, the
purchaser was usually required to sign an agreement to purchase only
from a certain company or combination, while in some instances the
rebate was allowed to all whose purchases amounted to a certain value
within a prescribed time. These rebates were in the nature o f a repay­
ment to the purchaser at the end o f a certain time, usually six months
or one year. In this compilation o f prices all rebates have been
deducted, the intention being to show uniformly the lowest prices at
which commodities could be purchased in the wholesale market.
These prices have been collected from the best available sources,
such as standard trade journals, reports o f boards o f trade, chambers
o f commerce, produce exchanges, and leading manufacturers or their
selling agents. Prices fo r 1901 which are credited to boards o f trade,
chambers o f commerce, produce exchanges, etc., have not hereto­
fore been published, but have been supplied by the officials o f such
organizations.
The prices quoted are usually the prices in the New Y ork market,
except fo r such articles as have their primary market in some other
locality. For grains, live stock, etc., fo r example, Chicago prices are
quoted; for fish, except salmon, Boston prices; for tar, Wilmington,
N. C., prices; fo r cypress shingles, New Orleans prices; for white
pine, Buffalo prices; fo r Elgin creamery butter, Elgin, 111., prices,
etc. The prices fo r textiles are the prices in the general distributing
markets, such as New York, Boston, and Philadelphia; and where no
market is mentioned in the prefatory note to Table I, it should be
understood that the prices are fo r the general market.
The follow ing table shows the different markets and the number o f
articles quoted fo r each market:
NUMBER OF COMMODITIES OR SERIES OF QUOTATIONS, CLASSIFIED BY MARKETS FOR
W HICH SECURED.

Market.

Farm
prod­
ucts.

New York.............................
Chicago.................................
P ittsburg..............................
Factory, m ine, w ells, etc ..
Boston...................................
Buffalo...................................
Philadelphia........................
Trenton, N. J ........................
Cincinnati............................
Eastern markets (Balt.,
Boston, N. Y .,P h ila .)...
Elgin, HI........................ .
Lasalle, 111............................
New Orleans........................
Peoria, 111..............................
Washington, D. C ...............
W ilm ington, N .C ...............
General market...................

2
14

Total............................

16




Cloths Fuel Metals Lum­ Drugs House
Food, and
and and im­ ber and and furnish­ Mis­
build­
cella­ Total.
etc. cloth­ light­
ple­
chem­
ing
ing.
ing. ments. ing ma­ icals. goods. neous.
terials.
44
5

5

3

1

9
3

22
1
7
1

21

9

6

12

3
4

4
1

3

1

2
1
1
1
1

1
1
68
54

76

2
13

39

2
27

9

14

13

130
20
7
7
4
4
4
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
72
261

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COURSE OE WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

A s regards the description o f the commodity, it should be stated that
the greatest care has been taken to secure prices throughout the period
for a precisely similar commodity. Changes in quality are, of course,
reflected in prices, and for this reason note has been made o f any
important changes which have occurred. In the case o f certain com­
modities, such as butter, eggs, etc., prices fo r the best quality have
invariably been taken, in order to avoid frequent changes in grade.
It should also be stated in this connection that in the case o f com­
modities for which prices were secured from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter the lowest quotations were invariably taken where a range
o f prices was found because o f the fact that these represent the prices
o f large lots, while the high quotations represent the prices o f smaller
lots.
W eekly prices have been secured in the case o f all articles which are
subject to frequent fluctuations in price, such as butter, cheese, eggs,
grain, live stock, meats, etc. In the case o f articles whose prices are
more stable, monthly, quarterly, semiannual, or annual prices have
been taken. The follow ing table shows the number o f series o f quo­
tations o f weekly, monthly, annual, etc., prices:
NUMBER OF COMMODITIES OR SERIES OF QUOTATIONS, CLASSIFIED AS TO THEIR FRE­
QUENCY OF QUOTATION.

Frequency of quotation.

Lum­
Fuel Metals ber
House Mis­
Farm Food, Cloths
and Drugs
and
and
and
ana
fur­
prod­
build­
cella­ Total.
cloth* light­ imple­
chem­ nishing neous.
etc.
ucts.
ing.
ing. ments. ing ma­ icals. goods.
terials.

W e e k ly .................................
M onthly...............................
Quarterly for part of pe­
riod and m onthly for
remainder of period . . . .
A n n u ally.............................

13
3

Total............................

16

22
32

1
62

1
12

1
12
54

76

13

37

24

2

1
2

39

27

9

12

1
12

4
16

2
9

14

38
203

13

261

The character o f each series o f quotations as regards frequency is
shown in all cases in Table I in a prefatory note which states fully the
date o f the quotations and, if weekly, whether the quotations are for
some one day o f the week, the average for the week, or the range for
the week. The majority o f the weekly quotations show the price on
Tuesday, and if for any reason Tuesday’s price was not obtainable,
the first price in the week has been taken. The quotations from the
trade journals, when credited to the first o f each month, are not in all
instances the price for the exact day stated, as it is the custom o f
some o f the daily trade journals to devote certain days to the review
o f the market o f certain articles. F or example, the Boston Herald
quotes fish on Saturday only. The prices are, however, the earliest
prices quoted in the journal to which the article is credited. It should
also be stated that the prices credited to weekly publications are the
earliest quotations shown in such publications for each month.



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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

The average price for each year has been obtained by dividing the
sum o f the quotations for a given commodity by the number o f quo­
tations shown for the year. F or example, the sum o f the Tuesdays’
prices o f cotton fo r 1900 (shown in Table I) was $4.996875, and the
number o f quotations 52. The form er figure divided by the latter
gives $0.09609 as the average price for the year. W here a range
was shown the mean price for each date was found, and this was used
in computing the yearly average. The average yearly prices o f all
articles, including those taken from board o f trade compilations, have
been computed as above described. The reader will understand that,
in order to secure for any commodity a strictly scientific average price
fo r the year, one must know the quantity marketed and the price for
which each unit o f quantity was sold. It is manifestly impossible to
secure such detail, and even were it possible the work o f compilation
would be much greater than the results would justify. It is believed
that the method adopted here, which is also that used in the construc­
tion o f other index numbers, secures results which are quite as valuable
fo r all practical purposes.
An examination o f Table I shows that the prices o f some o f the
commodities included in these index numbers were subject to frequent
and decided fluctuations, while the prices o f others were almost, if not
absolutely, uniform throughout the period. The follow ing table shows
the lowest and highest quotations and the dates o f the same for each
o f the commodities during the twelve-year period:
LOW EST AND H IG H EST QUOTATIONS, 1890 TO 1901.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I, page 244 et seq.]

FARM

PRODUCTS.

Lowest.

Highest.

Article.

Unit.
Date.

Price.

Date.

Price.

Barley: by sample............... 3d week Aug 1896 80.18* -80.35

Bushel

Cattle; steers, choice to ex­ 4th week Apr
tra.
1896.
Cattle: steers, good to choice 2dTuesJanl890

100 lbs

4th week Oct 80.58 -80.81
1890.
1st, 2d, 3d Tues
6.50 - 7.00
Oct 1899.
3.00 -3 .9 0
1st, 2d, 3d Tues
5.65 - 6.40
Oct 1899.
Com : No. 2, cash................. 2d Tues Sept 1896 .1 9 * - .20
5th Tues May
.4 8 *- 1.00
1892.
Cotton: upland, m iddling. lstT u esF eb,lst,
.05& 4th Tues Mav
•12H
2d Tues Nov
1890.
1898.
Flaxseed: No. 1 ................... Sept 1896 .........
.6 3 * - .64
July 1901...........
1.88
Hay: timothy, No. 1 ........... 3d, 4th Tues July 6.50 -8 .0 0
3d Tues Apr 1891 15.50 -16.50
3.85 -4 .2 5

Hides: green, salted, pack­ Junei894...........
.0500- .0513
ers, heavy native steers.
Hogs: heavy.......................... 4th Tues July 2.50 -3 .1 5
1896.
Hogs: light............................ 3d Tues Sept 1896 2.80 -3 .3 5
Hops: N. Y . State, choice .. Sept 1895.............
.06 - .07
Oats: No. 2, cash.................. 2d Tues Sept 1896
.14*
Rye: No. 2, cash ................... 5th Tues June
.28*
1896.
Sheep: n a tive...................... 5th Tues Oct 1894 .75 -3 .2 5
Sheep: W estern..................
W heat: contract grades,
cash.




5th Tues Aug 1.00 -3 .0 0
1893
5th Tues Jan 1895 .4 8 * - .49*

Nov 1901.............

100 lbs
Bushel
Pound
Bushel
Ton

.1400 Pound

2d Tues Feb 1893

8.10 - 8.65

100 lbs

2d Tues Feb 1893
Nov 1890.............
2d Tues Apr 1891
3d Tues Aug 1891

7.90 - 8.25
.4 5 - .47
.54*
.9 7 .-1 .0 0

100 lbs
Pound
Bushel
Bushel

5th Tues May
1892.
1st Tues May
1891.
2d Tues May 1898

5.25 - 6.65

100 lbs

5.50 - 6.85

100 lbs

1.73 - 1.85

Bushel

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COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
LOW EST AND H IG H EST QUOTATIONS, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I, page 244 et seq.]

FOOD, ETC.
Lowest.

Highest.

Article.
Date.

Price.

Beans: m edium ,choice . . . Apr 1897...........
Bread: crackers, Boston X . May, June 1897

$0.85
.05

Bread: crackers, soda X X . May to Dec 1897
Bread: loaf (Wash, market) May to July 1895
Bread: loaf, homemade Jan to May 1896.
(N. Y . m arket).

.05*
.03

Bread: loaf,Vienna (N . Y .
m arket).

.03

Jan to May 1896.

Butter: creamery, Elgin 1st Mon June $0.13*- .14
1890.
(Elgin m arket).
.13*- .14
Butter: creamery, Elgin 2d Tues June
1890.
and other Western (N . Y .
market).
Butter: dairy, N. Y . State.. 3d Tues Apr 1896 .1 3 - .13*
Cheese: N. Y . State factory,
full cream.
Coffee: Rio, No. 7 .................
Eggs: new-laid, fancy,
near-by.
Fish: cod, dry, bank, large.
Fish: herring,shore,round
Fish: mackerel, salt, large
No. 3s.
Fish: salmon, canned........
Flour: buckw heat.............
Flour: rye.............................
Flour: wheat, spring pat­
ents.
Flour:
wheat, winter
straights.
Fruit: apples, evaporated,
choice.
Fruit: apples, sun-dried,
Southern, sliced.
Fruit: currants, in barrels
Fruit: prunes, California,
in boxes.
Fruit: raisins, California,
London layer.
Glucose: 41°, m ixin g.........
Lard: prime contract.........

3dTuesMayl895
Oct 1899 .......
1st Tues Apr 1897

.06 -

.06*

.10*-

.06*
.10*

Mar to Sept 1896, 4.00 - 4.25
Aug 1897.
May to Aug 1892 2.00 - 2.25
8.00 - 9.00
June 1897___
Apr 1898........... .
Apr 1897........... .
July 1897 ......... .
1st Tues Nov
1894.
2d Tues Oct to
1st Tues Nov
1894.
Apr 1897........... .

1.10
1.00
2.00
3.15

-

1.30
1.15
2.40
3.40

2.40 - 2.65

smoked,

Meat: mutton, dressed___
Meat: pork, salt, mess, old
to new.
M ilk: fresh...........................




Price.

Sept 1901........... .
$2.75
June 1898, July
.08
1900 to Dec
1901.
June 1898...........
.08*
Aug 1896........... .
.05
Jan 1890 to Dec
.04
1895, June 1896
to Dec 1901.
Jan 1890 to Dec
.04
1895, June 1896
to Dec 1901.
1st Mon Mar $0.34 - .35*
1891.
2d Tues Mar
.35 - .36*
1891.
2d Tues Mar
1891.
3d,4th Tues Mar
1900.
Oct 1890 .............
3d Tues Jan
1893.
Feb and Mar
1892.
Dec 1899.............
Sept and Oct
1890.
Mar 1890.............
Sept 1891.............
Nov 1891.............
2d Tues May
1898.
2d Tues May

Unit.

Bushel
Pound
Pound
Loaf
Loaf
Loaf
Pound
Pound
Pound

.13*
.18*- .19
.4 2 - .43

Pound
Pound
Dozen

7 .7 5 -8 .0 0

Quintal

5.50I -• 6.00

Barrel
Barrel

1.75 - 2.00
3.50 - 3.65
5.15 - 5.90
7.00 - 7.75

12 cans
100 lbs
Barrel
Barrel

6.25 - 6.75

Barrel

20.00

.03*-

.03|

Feb 1891...........

.1 4 *-

.15*

Pound

May 1897 .

.01*-

.02*

May 1891...........

.1 1 -

.13

Pound

Apr, May 1894 ..
June 1897___

.0 1 *- .01*
.04 - .04*

Oct 1900 ...........
Oct 1890 ...........

. 1 2 - . 12*

Apr 1896.

.80 -

Jan 1890...........

2.25 - 2.75

Mar 1893........... .
3d Tues Feb
1893.
May 1891...........
May 1891...........
4th Tues May

2.05 -

.90

.92*
June 1897...........
4th Tues July
.0340
1896.
.63 - .65
M eal: com , fine w hite____ Sept 1896 ...........
.62 - .63
M eal: com , fine yellow ___ Sept 1896 ...........
.04 - .04*
Meat: bacon, short clear 4th Tues July
and 1st Tues
sides.
Aug 1896.
Meat: bacon, short rib 4th Tues July,
.03*- .04
sides.
1st Tues Aug,
all Sept 1896.
.0 5 - .07
Meat: beef, fresh, native 4th Tues Mar
1894.
sides.
Meat: beef,salt,extra mess 2d, 3d,4th weeks 6.00 - 6.50
Aug 1892.
Meat: beef, salt, hams, 4th Tues Oct 12.00 -12.50
Western.
1890, 2d Tues
Nov 1891, and
3d Tues Qct
Meat:
hams,
packed.

Date.

3d and 4th Tues
Sept and 1st
Tues Oct 1898.
5th Tues Oct
1895.

4th Tues May
1893.

.12*-

.13

2.10

.1315

1.69
1.67 - 1.68

Pound
Pound
Box
100 lbs
Pound

.12 - .12*

100 lbs
100 lbs
Pound

. 1 2 - .12*

Pound

.06*- .11
3d Tues Dec
1894.
11.00
1st, 2d weeks
Apr 1900.
1st Tues Aug 27.50 -29.00
1899.

Pound
Barrel
Barrel

07*- .07*

4th,5thTuesJan

.16

Pound

03-

1st, 2d Tues
.10*- .12
May 1891, 4th
TuesMayl892.
5th Tues May 21.50 -22.50
1893.

Pound

.06

4th Tues July 7 .5 0 -8 .0 0
1896, 3d Tues
Sept 18%.
June 1897, June
.0175
1898.
»

Dec 1891 and
Dec 1901.

.1 5 -

.0350

Barrel
Quart

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,
LOW EST AND H IG H EST QUOTATIONS, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I, page 244 et seq.]

F O O D ) E T C .—Concluded.
Highest.

Lowest.

Unit.

Article.
Date.
Molasses: New Orleans,
open kettle, prime.
Rice: domestic, ch oice___
Salt: American, fine...........

Salt: Ashton’s ....................
Soda:
bicarbonate of,
American.
Spices: nutmegs.................
Spices: pepper, Singapore
Starch: pure c o m .............

June, July 1897 60.23 -60.24
May, July, Aug,
Sept 1893.
3d week Aug
1896 to
3d
week
Feb
1897,1st, 2d, 3d
weeks
Oct
1898. and 1st
week May to
5th
week
Sept 1899.
Oct 1894 to Mar
1901.
Oct and Nov
1901.
Nov and Dec
1901.
Feb 1895, Jan,
Feb 1896.
July 1901...........

Sugar: 89° fair refining...
♦

4th Thurs Apr,
1st Thurs May
1894.

Sugar: 96° centrifugal___

1st Thurs Jan,
3d Thurs Apr,
4thThursMay
1894.
1st, 2d Thurs
Feb 1895.
4th Tues May
1897.
May to Aug 1890
May 1896.............
3d week May,
3d, 4th weeks
June 1896.
Oct 1895 to Sept
1898 and July
1900 to Sept
1901.

Sugar: granulated...........
T allo w .................................
Tea: Formosa, fin e ...........
Vegetables, fresh: onions.
Vegetables, fresh: pota­
toes, Burbank.
Vinegar: cider, M onarch.

Date.

Price.

.04 -

2 .0 0

-

Jan to July 1900. 60.44 -60.55

Gallon

.041

Aug to Nov 1891.

.061- .07

Pound

.55

1st week Nov
1900 to 1st
week Apr 1901.

1.15

Barrel

2 .1 0

.0095

. 211-

Price.

.22

.041- .041
.04

Jan to July 1890. 2.45 - 2.50

Bushel

Apr1890and Mar
to June 1891.
Mar 1890.........

.0350

Pound

.6 4 -

.65

Pound

Nov 1900.............

.131- .131

Pound

.061

Pound

Nov

1Cof)

and Dec

.02310 1st, 2d Thurs
Sept, 2d, 3d,
4th Thurs Oct
1890.
.02750 1st, 2d Thurs
Sept 1890.

.05311 Pound

1st Thurs June
1890.
3d Tues Feb 1893

.06615-. 06676 Pound

.021- .03
.23 - .25
.50 - 1.00
.1 0 - .15
.13

05921 Pound

.081

.3 3 - .35
Sept 1890.............
Feb 1890............. 5.00 -10.00
2d week June 1.10 - 1.35
1891.
Nov 1890 to May
1892.

Pound
Pound
Barrel

Bushel

.18

Gallon

C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G .
Bags: 2-bushel, Amoskeag.
Blankets: 11-4,5 lbs. to the
pair, all wool.
Blankets: 11-4,5 lbs. to the
pair, cotton warp, all
wool filling.
Blankets: 11-4,5 lbs. to the
pair, cotton warp, cot­
ton and wool filling.
Boots and shoes: men’s
brogans, split.

Jan to Mar 1895.
1895 to 1897........

60.101
.75

Jan 1900.............
1890......................

60.161
.91

Bag
Pound

1895......................

.54

1900......................

.75

Pound

1895,1896...........

.40

1900......................

.521

Pound

Jan to June 1898

.90

Boots and shoes: m en’s
calf bal. shoes, Goodyear
welt, dongola top.
Boots and shoes: men’s
split boots, kip top, 16-in.,
1 double sole.
Boots and shoes: men’s
vici kid shoes, Goodyear
welt.
Boots and shoes: women’s
solidgrainshoes, leather,
polish or polka
Broadcloth : first quality
black 54-in made from
X X X wool,

July 1898 to Dec
1900.

2.24

Jan 1890 to June
1892, July to
Sept 1895.
Jan 1890 to June
1898.

Jan to Dec 1895.

15.00

Oct to Dec 1901.

19.00

Jan 1897 to Dec
1901.

2.00

Jan 1890 to Dec
1894.

2.50

Jan 1893 to Dec
1894.

.75

Jan to July 1900.

Jan 1895 to Dec
1896.

1.38

Jan 1890 to Dec
1893.




1.05

Pair

2.40

Pair

.925
1.97

12 pairs
Pair
Pair
Yard

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COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
LOW EST AND H IG H EST QUOTATIONS, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I, page 244 et seq.]

C L O T H S A N D C L O T H I N G —Continued.
Lowest.

Highest.

Article.

unit.
Date.

Calico: Cocheco prints —

Jan 1898to June

Carpets: Brussels, 5-frame,
Bigelow.
Carpets: ingrain, 2-ply,
Lowell.
Carpets: W ilton, 5-frame,
Bigelow.
Cotton flannels: 2* yds. to
the pound.
Cotton flannels: 3* yds. to
the pound.
Cotton thread: 6-cord, 200yd. spools, J. & P. Coats.
Cotton yarns:
carded,
white,mule-spun,North­
ern, cones, 10/1.
Cotton yam s: carded,
white,mule-spun,North­
ern, cones, 22/1.
Denims: Am oskeag.........

Jan 1894 to June
1897.
July 1895 to
June 1897.
Jan 1895to June
1897.
Jan 1897 to Dec
1898.
Jan to Dec 1898.
July 1896 to Dec
1899.
Dec 1898 to June
1899.

Price.

Date.

Price.
$0,065

Yard

1.128

Yard

.408

Jan to Dec 1890,
Jan 1892 to
June 1893.
Jan 1891 to Mar
1892.
Jan to Dec 1891.

.552

Yard

1.680

Jan to Dec 1891.

2.016

Yard

.051

.08*

Yard

.041

.06*

Yard

$0,045
.936

Jan 1890 to Dec
1891.
Jan 1890 to Dec
1891.
.03050c Jan 1900 to Dec
1901.
Aug 1892.............
.131

.037240 Spool
.19*

Pound

Dec 1898 to Mar
1899.

.161

July 1892 ...........

.24

Pound

Jan to Mar 1899.

.081

.12

Yard

Drillings: brown, Pepperell.

Nov 1898 to Jan

.041

.07

Yard

Drillings: 30-in., Stark A .
Flannels: white, 4-4, Bal­
lard Vale No. 3.
Ginghams: Amoskeag—

Feb 1898.............
Aug and Sept
1896.
Apr to June
1895, July to
Sept 1896, Apr
to Sept 1897,
Jan to Mar,
July to Dec
1898
Feb to M ay1895,
June to Aug
1896.
1896.................... .

.0410
.29

Oct to Dec 1890,
July to Dec
1893.
Aug, Sept, Nov,
Dec,1890, Feb,
Mar 1891.
Aug 1890.............
Jan 1890 to Oct
1892.
Jan 1891 to Mar
1893.

.0675
.44

Yard
Yard

.0650

Yard

.07

Yard

.52

1900......................

.68

Pound

1901.................... .

.6860

1890......................

1.2740

12 pairs

1899.................... .

.621

1890,1891.............

.97*

12 pairs

Ginghams: Lancaster.
Horse blankets: 6 lbs. each,
all wool.
Hosiery: men’s cotton half
hose, seamless, fast black,
weight 20 to 22 ozs., 160
needles.
Hosiery: men’s cotton half
hose, seamless, standard
quality, 84 needles.
Hosiery: women’s combed
Egyptian cotton hose,
high spliced heel, double
sole, full-fashioned.
Hosiery: women’s cotton
hose, seamless, fast black,
weight 26 to 28 ozs., 160
to 176 needles.
Leather: harness, oak,
country middles, 14 lbs.
and up (except over­
weights, 20 lbs. and up).
Leather: sole, hemlock,
nonacid, Buenos Ayres,
middle weights, 1st qual­
ity.
Leather: sole, oak, dressed
backs, heavy.
Leather: wax calf, 30 to 40
lbs. to the doz., B grade.

Linen shoe thread: 10s,
Barbour,




1899.................... .

1901......................

.0425

.041

1.75

May 1890 to Mar
1893.

1901.

.6615

2.00

12 pairs

1.2250

12 pairs

Aug and Sept $0.20 - .22
1894.

July to Nov 1895, $0.32 - .34
Nov 1899 to
Mar 1900.

Pound

May 1892.............

Apr and May
1900.

Pound

Sept to Nov 1896,
June 1897.
Jan to June1890,
Feb and June
1891, Aug 1894
to Jan 1895,
Sept and Oct
1896, Apr and
June 1897.
Oct 1894 to Jan
1900,

.16

.26 - .27

.28 - .29

Dec 1901.............

.38 - .40

Pound

.55 - .60

July to Nov 1895.

.80 - .85

Sq foot

.8514

Nov 1893 to Sept
1894.

.9405

Pound

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABORLOW EST AND H IG H EST QUOTATIONS, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I, page 244 et seq.]

C L O T H S A N D C L O T H I N G —Continued.
Lowest.

Highest.

Article.

Unit.
Date.

Price.

Date.

Price.

lin e n thread: 3-cord, 200yard spools, Barbour.

Apr to Dec 1891.

Overcoatings:
beaver,
Moscow, all wool, black.
Overcoatings: chinchilla,
B-rough, all wool.
Overcoatings: chinchilla,
cotton warp, C.C. grade.
Overcoatings: covert cloth,
light weight, staple
goods.
Overcoatings:
kersey,
standard, 27 to 28 oz.
Print cloths: 28-in., 64x64..

1895 to 1897 ........

1.7670

Jan 1890 to Mar
1891, Aug 1897
to Dec 1901.
1900......................

2.4994

Yard

1895 to 1897 ........

1.8774

1900......................

2.4994

Yard

Nov 1896.............

.41

.55

Yard

1897......................

1.9458

Oct 1892, June,
Sept 1893.
1890 to 1893 ........

2.4616

Yard

Jan to May 1897

1.00

Jan to Dec 1900.

1.575

Yard

2d week May
1898.
Jan 1896 to Nov
1897, Apr 1898
’ to Dec 1899.

.01875 2d week Dec
1892.
.
Jan 1890 to Dec
4.08
1895, Jan 1900
to Dec 1901.

Shawls: standard, all wool,
72x144 in ., weight 42
ozs., made of high-grade
wool.
Sheetings: bleached, 10-4,
Atlantic.
Sheetings: bleached, 10-4,
Pepperell.
Sheetings: bleached, 10-4,
Wamsutta S. T.
Sheetings: brown, 4-4, At­
lantic A .
Sheetings: brown, 4-4, In­
dian Head.
Sheetings: brown, 4-4,
- Pepperell R.
Sheetings: brown, 4-4,
Stark A .A .
Shirtings: bleached, 4-4,
Fruit of the Loom.

30.7623

30.8910 12 spools

.04063 Yard
4.90

Each

Nov 1898.............

.1402

May 1900 ...........

.2359

Yard

Apr and May
1895.
Apr 1894 to Noy
1895.
Dec 1898.............

.154

M artoJunel900.

.25

Yard

.27

Oct 1890 to Jan
1891.
Oct 1890 .............

.3290

Yard

.0684

Yard

June 1898, Jan
1899.
Apr, Nov, and
Dec 1898.
Nov 1898.............

.05

.074

Yard

.0450

Sept 1890 to Apr
1891.
Aug 1890.............

.0675

Yard

.0396

July 1890 ...........

.0684

Yard

Dec 1898.............

.0538

Yard

Shirtings: bleached, 4-4,
Hope.
Shirtings: bleached, 4-4,
Lonsdale.

Dec 1898.............

.0475

Dec 1898.............

.0523

Shirtings: bleached, 4-4,
N .Y . M ills.
Shirtings: bleached, 4-4,
Wamsutta <^°^>.

Mar to Nov 1899

.0711

Dec 1897 to Jan
1899.

.0807

Silk: raw, Italian, classical

June 1894........... 33.4328-3.4825

.0421

Feb to Apr 1897.

.6370

June 1890to Jan
.0855
1891, Jan to
June 1893.
June 1890 to Jan
.0736
1891.
June 1890 to Jan
.0855
1891, Dec 1892
to June 1893.
May 1890 to
.0976
June 1891.
June 1890 to
.1021
June 1891,Apr
to July 1893.
Apr and May 35.7213-5.8456
1893.
Feb 1890 and 5.3350-5.5775
Dec 1899.
Nov 1899.............
1.2012

Feb to Apr 1897.

.7963

Jan 1900.............

1.4625

Yard

Jan to Dec 1897.

1.0465

Jan 1890 to June
1893.

1.5470

Yard

1895......................

1.5903

1900......................

2.2669

Yard

Jan 1896 to Aug
1897.
Oct to Dec 1898.

.6143

.9328

Yard

.084

Oct and Nov
1899.
Oct to Dec 1890.

.124

Yard

Jan to Dec 1895.

1.7100

Jan to Dec 1900.

2.2871

Jan 1894 to Dec
1898.

21.6000

Jan 1891 to Dec
1893.

25.6500

12 gar­
ments

Jan to Dec 1899.

13.5000

Jan 1891 to Dec
1893.

17.5500

12 gar­
ments

.0637

Jan 1890to June
1892.

.0735

Silk:' raw, Japan, filatures. Aug 1896............. 2.9100-3.3950
Suitings: clay wonted di­
agonal, 12-oz., Washing­
ton M ills.
Suitings: clay worsted di­
agonal, 16-oz., Washing­
ton M ills.
Suitings: indigo blue, all
wool,54-inch,14-oz.,Mid­
dlesex standard.
Suitings: indigo blue, all
wool, 16-oz.
Suitings: serge, Washing­
ton M ills, 6700.
Tickings: Amoskeag A .
C. A .
Trouserings: fancy worst­
ed, weight 22 to 23 ozs.
Underwear: shirts and
drawers,white, all wool,
full-fashioned, 18-gauge.
Underwear: shirts and
drawers, white, merino,
full-fashioned, 52$ wool,
48$ cotton, 24-gauge.
Women’s dress goods: al­
paca, cotton warp, 22-in.,
Hamilton.




Jan 1895 to July
1899.

Yard
Yard
Yard
Yard
Pound
Pound
Yard

Yard

Yard

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COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
LOW EST AND H IG H EST QUOTATIONS, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I, page 244 et seq.]

C L O T H S A N D C L O T H I N G —Concluded.
Lowest.

Highest.

Article.
Date.
Women’s dress goods:
cashmere, all wool, 10-11
tw ill, 38-in., Atlantic
M ills J.
Women’s dress goods:
cashmere, cotton warp,
9-tw ill, 4-4, Atlantic
M ills F .
Women’s dress goods:
cashmere, cotton warp,
22-in., Hamilton.
Women’s dress goods:
cashmere, cotton warp,
27-in., Hamilton.
Women’s
dress goods:
Franklin sackings, 6-4.
W ool: Ohio, fine fleece
(X and X X grade),
scoured.
Wool:
Ohio,
medium
fleece ($ and $ grade),
scoured.
Worsted yam s: 2-40s, Aus­
tralian fine.
Worsted
yam s:
2-40s,
X X X or its equivalent
in quality, white, in
skeins.

Jan to Dec 1896.

Price.

Unit.

Date.

Price.

$0.1960

Apr 1891 to Dec
1892, June to
Aug 1900.

$0.3724

Yard

Oct 1895 to May
1896.

.1127

Jan 1890 to Dec
1891, July to
Dec 1892.

.1813

Yard

Julyl896toJuly
1899.

.0686

Jan 1890to June
1892.

.0833

Yard

Oct 1896 to Mar
1899.

.0784

Jan 1890 to June
1892.

.0980

Yard

.40$

June to Sept
1900.
Dec 1899 to Feb
1900.

.66$

Yard

.7609

Pound

Julyl896toJuly
1897.
June 1895...........

.3478

June 1895, June
to Sept 1896.

.2903

June, July, Aug,
and Nov 1890.

.6210

Pound

Nov 1895 to Mar
1896, Oct to
Dec 1896.
Oct 1896 to Feb
1897.

.7200

Nov 1899 to Apr
1900.

1.3000

Pound

.7000

Jan and
1900.

1.3500

Pound

Feb

F U E L A N D L IG H T IN G .
$0.06$
Candles: adamantine, 6s, June 1897 to Jan
14-oz.
1900.
Coal: anthracite, broken. . June 1899 to
3.111
Aug 1899.
Coal: anthracite, chestnut. Sept 1895...........
2.701
Coal: anthracite,egg......... Sept 1895...........
2.827
Coal: anthracite, stove —
Aug 1895.............
2.891
.75
Coal: bituminous. Georges
Jan to ^June’
Creek (at m ine).
1895 and Jan
to Mar 1896.
Coal: bituminous, Georges Apr 1898 to Mar
2.10
Creek (f.o .b .,N .Y . Har­
1899.
bor).
Coal: bituminous, Pitts­ 2d Tues Mar to $0.04$- .04$
burg (Youghiogheny).
1st Tues Apr
1899.
-.9 2
Coke: Connellsville, fur­ Apr and May
1894.
nace.
1.50
Matches: parlor, dom estic. Sept 1894to Mar
1895.
.51$
Petroleum: crude............... Oct 1892 .............
.0510
Petroleum: refined, for ex­ May 1893 ...........
port.
.07$
Petroleum: refined, 150° Feb and Mar
1893.
fire test, water white.

Feb 1900 to Dec
1901.
Aug 1892.............

$0.11
3.865

Ton

Oct 1892 .............
Oct 1892 .............
Oct 1892 .............
Nov and Dec
1901.

4.606
• 4.401
4.669
1.50

Ton
Ton
Ton
Ton

Dec 1901.............

3.50

Ton

3d and 4th Tues
Nov 1891.

.11

Mar and Apr
1900.
Jan to Oct 1890.

$3.25-4.25
2.00

Pound

Bushel
Ton

Apr 1895.............
Jan to Mar 1900.

1.79
.0990

144 box­
es
Barrel
Gallon

Jan to Mar 1900.

.12$

Gallon

M E T A L S A N D IM P L E M E N T S .
Augers: extra, f-in .............
A xes: M .C .O ., Yankee___
Bar iron: best refined
(Pittsburg market).
Bar iron: best refined,
from store (Philadelphia
m arket).




Oct 1894 to Apr
1896 and Feb
1899.
Oct 1897 to Dec
1898.
July 1897 ...........

$0.1333

Dec 1899 to Dec
1900.

$0.2000

Each

.3750

Jan 1890 to Sept
1891.
Oct 1899 .............

.5650

Each

.0260

Pound

Nov 1894 and
Jan, Feb 1895.

.0120

Sept 1899 to Jan
1900.

.0250

Pound

.0095

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LOW EST AND H IGH EST QUOTATIONS, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I, page 244 et seq.]

M E T A L S A N D I M P L E M E N T S —Concluded.
Lowest.
Article.

Date.

Highest.
Price.
$1.6600

Barb wire: galvanized___

Aug 1897.

Butts: loose joint, cast,
3 x 3 inch.
*

FebtoJulyl895,
.0292
June 1897 to
Jan 1900.
Apr 1894 to Dec
.1710
1895, Dec 1896
to Nov 1898.
June 1894........... $0.0890- .0900
Jan, Apr 1896...
.13*

Chisels: extra,
firmer, 1-inch.

socket

Copper: ingot, la k e ...........
Copper: sheet, hot-rolled
(base sizes).
Copper: wire, bare............. July 1894

11

Jan 1890 to Apr
1895, Mar 1896
to June 1900.
Files: 8-inch m ill bastard.. July 1896 to June
1897.
Hammers: Maydole N o .l*. Jan 1890 to Nov

.1660

Lead: pig, common, domes­ Sept 1896.............
tic.
Lead p ip e ............................. Nov 1896 to Jan
1897.
Locks: common m ortise... Jan 1898 to Dec
1901.
Nails: cut, 8d., fence and July to Sept 1898
common.
Nails: wire, 8d., fence and Dec 1896, Aug
common.
1897, Aug, Dec
1898.
Pig iron: Bessemer............. July 1897.............

.0273- .0275

Door knobs: steel, bronze
plated.

Pig iron: foundry, No. 1 ... July 1898.

.77
.3500

.0750

.0430

Pair

Feb to Dec 1900.

.2437

Each

May 1899 ...........
July 1890 ...........

.1925
.2500

Pound
Pound

July, Oct 1890,
Apr 1899.
May 1895, Feb
1896.

.2000

Pound

.2100

Pair

100 lbs

Nov 1899 to Aug
1.10
1900.
May 1900 to Dec
.4233
1901.
Oct 1890 ............. $0.0538- .0540

Dozen

Oct to Dec 1890.

100 lbs

6.40

Each
Pound

100 lbs

1.35

Jan and Feb 1890

3.35- 3.40

100 lbs

9.39

Dec 1899 and
25.00
Feb 1900.
Nov 1899 to Jan
25.00
1900.
No f and Dec1899 23.00-23.25
Oct 1899 .............
19.50

Ton

June 1900to Dec
1901.
Oct and Nov 1890
Uniform during
period.
Jan to Dec 1890

Each

11.25

12.60

8.00
1.23
.45
1.6038

7.45

Oct 1899 to Dec
1901.
.54576 Aug 1890.............
.0315- .0325 May 1899.............
13.96
Sept, Oct 1899...
17.00
Jan 1890.............
.0180- .0185
.1270
2 .72*-2.77*

June to Aug
1896, Aug 1897.

3.70

Trowels: M. C. O., brick, Uniform during
10*-inch.
period.
Vises: solid box, 50-lb ........ July 1897 to Feb
1899
Wood screws: 1-in., No. 10, Apr to Dec 1897.
fiat head.
Zinc: sheet........................... May 1894.............

.34

20.

$4.1300

2.90

Saws: hand, No. 7 ............... Jan l89l'to Dec
1901.
Shovels: Ames No. 2 ......... Jan 1894 to Mar
1896.
Silver: bar, fin e..
Feb 1898.............
Spelter: Western
Feb 1895.............
Steel billets . . . . .
May 1897 ...........
Steel ra ils...........
July and Nov
May 1897 ...........
Oct 1896 .............
Apr 1898.............

Dec 1899 to Mar
1900.
Feb to May 1900.

1.15

9.40- 9.50

Steel sheets: black, No. 27.
Tin: p ig .................................
Tin plates: domestic, Bes­
semer, coke, 14 by 20.
Tin plates: imported, Bes­
semer, coke, I. C., 14 by

Unit.
Price.

Sept 1895 to June
1896
May to Nov 1896.

Pig iron: foundry, No. 2 ... June 1897...........
Pig iron: gray forge, South­ May 1897.............
ern, coke.
Planes: Bailey No. 5 .......... Mar 1895 to Dec
1899
Q uicksilver......................... Jan to Mar 1894.
Saws: crosscut.................... Uniform during
nprinrl

Date.

.0800
3.56

Sept 1901...........
Mar 1900.............
Dec 1899 to Sept
1900
Apr, May 1893..

.0900

1.46

Each

Ton
Ton
Ton

. 79
Pound
1.6038 Each
14.40

Dozen

9.12

Dozen

1.16995
0695- .0700
41.50
35.25

Ounce
Pound
Ton
Ton

.0375
.3425
4.84

Pound
Pound
100 lbs

50

108 lbs

Uniform during
period.
July to Dec 1901.

.34

Each

5.13

Each

Jan 1892 to Mar
1894.
June 1899...........

7.59

100 lbs

$7.50

M

.2100

Gross

L U M B E R A N D B U IL D IN G M A T E R IA L S .
Brick: common dom estic.. Sept 1894, Sept
1900.
Carbonate of lead: Amer­ reb 1894.............
ican, in oil.
Cement: Portland, Amer­ May to Dec 1901.
ican,




$4.25

Feb to Apr 1890.

.0488 Nov 1890 to Jan
1891.
$1.70- 2.00
Apr 1900.............

.0683 Pound
$ 2 .2 0-2.35

Barrel

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COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
LOW EST AND H IG H EST QUOTATIONS, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I, page 244 et seq.]

L U M B E R A N D B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L S —Concluded.
Lowest.

Highest.

Article.

Unit.
Date.

Price.

Cement: R osendale........... Nov 1898.............
$0.60
Doors: p in e .......................... Last qr 18%, 1st
.80
3 qrs 1897.
H em lock............................... Nov 1894 to Jan $10.75-11.25
1895.
Lime: Rockland, common. Sept to Dec 18%,
.60
July to Sept
1900.
Linseed oil: raw................... Feb and July
1897.
Maple: hard.......................... June to Sept1%1
Oak: white, plain ............... June to Aug 1%1
Oak: white’ quartered___ Jan,Feb 1 8 % ...
Oxide of z in c ......................
Pine: white, boards, No. 2
bam .
Pine: white, boards, uppers
Pine: yellow ........................

Jan to Junel895.
May 1897 to Jan
1899
Jan to Nov 18% .
Jan to Apr 1896,
June to Nov
1897.
1897......................

Plate glass: polished, un­
silvered, area 3 to 5 sq.
feet.
Plate glass: polished, un­ 1897......................
silvered, area 5 to 10 sq.
feet.
Poplar..................................... Sept 1897 to Jan
18%.
Putty...................................... July to Dec 1% 1.

Sept 1893.............
Jan to Dec 1897..
Jan 1890 . . . . . . . .
July to Oct 1894.
Sept 1893, Dec
1893 to May
1894, Jan to
Apr 18%, June
18%, Apr1898.
Turpentine: spirits o f ........ Aug, Sept 18% ..
Window glass: American, May to July1895.
single, lsts, 6x8 to 10x15
inch.
Window glass: American, July, Aug 1892 ..
single, 3ds, 6x8 to 10x15
inch.
Resin* good, strained.........
Shingles: cypress.................
Shingles, white pine..........
Spruce...................................
T ar..........................................

Date.

Price.

Apr 1892.............
Oct to Dec 1% 1.

$1.20-$l. 25
2.22*

Barrel
Door

Mar to May 19% .

18.%

M feet

Jan to July, Oct
to Nov 18%,
Sept1891, Sept
1892 to Apr
1893, May 1898.
.29
July and Aug
1%1.
24.00-27.%
Apr 19% .............
32.00-34.%
June 19% ...........
47.00-48.%
Nov 18% to May
19%.
.0325 Jan to June 19%.
15.00-16.%
Nov 18% to Mar
1%1.
43.00-45.%
Dec 1 % 1.............
15.50-16.%
Nov 18% to May
19%.

l.%

Barrel

.82

Gallon

27.00-32.%
42.00-44.%
65.00-70.%

M feet
M feet
M feet

.20

18%......................

.53

Sq. foot

.32

18%......................

.70

Sq. foot

29.00-31.%

May, June 19% .

38.00-40.%

.0125 Jan 19% to Mar
1%1.
l.%
May 1 8 % ...........
2.35
Jan to Dec 18% .
3.40- 3.50
Apr to Dec 1% 1.
11.50-12.50
Mar to May 19% .
.90
Sept 1891.............

.0475 Pound
21.50
M feet
66.%
21.00-23.%

M feet
M feet

M feet

.01% Pound
2.02*
3.35
4.25
19.00-20.%
2 .%

Barrel
M
M
M feet
Barrel

Apr 19% .............
.24
1.3894 Apr 1% 1.............

.56
4.80

Gallon
50 sq. ft.

1.2113 Apr 1% 1.............

3.8250 50 sq. ft.

D R U G S A N D C H E M IC A L S .
Alcohol: grain, 94jH............. Jan to May 18%.
Alcohol: wood, refined, 95$ Nov, Dec 1896,
Feb to Dec
1%1.
Alum : lum p.......................... Dec 1891 to Feb
1892.
Brimstone: cmde, seconds Sept, Dec 1895,
Feb, Mar 18%.
Glycerin: refined, Amer­ Aug 1894.............
ican.
Muriatic acid: 20°............... July 1895 to Dec
18%.
Opium: natural (cases)___ Aug 1892.............
Qliipinp.* Am erican........... Feb to July 1897.
Sulphuric acid: 66°............. Nov 18% to Mar
1891, Apr to
Aug, Oct, Nov
1894, Jan 1895
to Nov 1896.

3586—No. 39—02-----3



$1.98
.%

Dec 1 % 1 .............
Feb to Sept 1893.

.0145 Jan to June 18%.
Apr 1891, May
1898.
.H i Jan to Apr,June
to Aug 18%.
.% 75 Nov, Dec 1 % 1 ...

15.%

Aug 1898.............
1.50
Apr 18% .............
.15
.% 70 Nov and Dec
1%1.

$2.53
1.40

Gallon
Gallon

.0188 Pound
35.%
.18

Ton
Pound

.0185 Pound
Pound
3.75
.40
Ounce
.0140 Pound

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LOW EST AN D H IG H EST QUOTATIONS, 1890 TO 1901— Concluded.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I, page 244 et seq.]

house : furnish ing - goofs .

Highest.

Lowest.

TTm
'*
uniu

Article,
Date.

Date.

Price.

July 1895 to Dec
1897.
July 1895 to Dec
1897.
July 1895 to Dec
1897.
Jan 1896 to Dec
1897.
Jan 1897 to Sept
1898.
Jan to Sept 1898.
Jan 1896 to June
1899.
Glassware: nappies, 4 -in ... Jan 1896 to Dec
1900.
Glassware: pitchers, *-gal- Jan 1897 to Dec
lon, common.
1900.
Glassware: tumblers, *- Jan to Dec 1899.
pint, common.
Table cutlery: carvers, 1897 to 1901........
stag handles.
Table cutlery: knives and 1897......................
forks, cocobolo handles.
Wooden ware: pails, oak­ Apr 1895 to Jan
1896, Feb to
grained.
May 1898.
Wooden ware: tubs, oak­ Oct 1894 to Nov
grained.
1899.

Price.

$0.4655 Dozen

$0.3807 Jan to Dec 1901.

Earthenware:
plates,
cream-colored.
Earthenware:
plates,
white granite.
Earthenware: tea cups and
saucers, white granite.
Furniture: bedroom sets,
ash.
Furniture: chairs, bed­
room, maple.
Furniture: chairs, kitchen.
Furniture: tables, kitchen.

.5096 Dozen

.3991 Jan to Dec 1901.

3.7632 Gross

3.0907 Jan to Dec 1901.
Jan 1890 to Dec
1892.
Jan to Dec 1900.

12.00
8.00

Dozen

5.25
15.60

Dozen
Dozen

.10

Jan to Nov 1900.
Dec 1899 to Dec
1901.
Jan to Dec 1901.

.14

Dozen

1.00

Jan to Dec 1901.

1.30

Dozen

.13

Jan to Dec 1891.

.20

Dozen
Set

8.75
5.00
3.25
13.80

Set

.75

1893......................

.95

5.00

1890,1891___ . . . .

7.75

Gross

1.10

Jan to Nov 1890.

1.60

Dozen

1.25

Jan 1890 to Aug
1891.

1.65

Nest of
3

$29.50-830.00
.61

2,000 lbs
Gallon

M IS C E L L A N E O U S .
Cotton-seed m eal................
Cotton-seed oil: summer
yellow, prime.
Jute: ra w .............................

Feb 1895..
$16.00-817.00
. 21*
Nov and Dec
1897.
Dec
1894,
Mar,
.02*
-.0
3*
_tone
a_

M alt: Western m ade.........
Paper: news..........................
Paper: wrapping, m an ila.
Proof spirits..........................

July 1897 ...........
Oct 1899.............
Apr 1898.............
1st wk Jan to 3d
wk May 1890.
Rope: m anila, * -in ............. Aug, Sept 1896,
Sept, Oct 1897.
Rubber: Para Island, fin e. Sept 1891...........

Soap: castile,m ottled, pure May 1895 to Nov
1896, Mar 1897.
Starch: laundry, large A ug^Sept, Oct
lump.
Tobacco: plug, Horseshoe, July, Aug 1892,
bright.
Oct 1896 to
May 1897.
Tobacco: smoking, granu- Jan 1890 to June
lated, Seal of N. C.
1898.

Mar 1893
Feb 1893
Mar 1892

.50 -.5 3
.0175 -.0200
.0375 -.0400
1.0300

Apr to Aug 1891.
Jan 1890.............
Sept 1893 ...........
1st to 4th wk
Dec 1901.
.0591 Dec 1899.............

.60

-.63
.05

Dec 1899, Apr
1900.
Apr to Dec 1901..

.04*

-.05*

.95 -1.00
.0375 -.0450
.0600 -.0675
1.3200

Pound
Bushel
Pound
Pound
Gallon

.1576 Pound
1.07 -1.08
.06*

Pound
Pound

.0275 Nov and Dec
1890.
.36
Jan to July 1901.

.0488 Pound
.47

Pound

.50

.56

Pound

July 1898 to Dec
1901.

In a number o f instances the lowest or highest price as shown in the
foregoing table lasted for only a short time, in some cases but a few
days or even a part o f a day. The groups o f farm products and food,
etc., show the widest variations. G ood to choice steers varied from
$3.00-$3.90 on the second Tuesday o f January, 1890, to $5.65-$6.40 on
the first three Tuesdays o f October, 1899. Corn ranged from 19£-20
cents the second Tuesday o f September, 1896, to $0.48i-$1.00 the fifth
Tuesday o f M ay, 1892, the high price being due to an attempt to corner




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225

corn in the Chicago market. The failure o f those interested in the
corner to take all corn offered at the high price, however, and the
rumor that they had failed, resulted in a drop from $1.00 to 48i cents
within a few hours. Cotton varied from 5fV cents on the first Tues­
day o f February and the first and second Tuesdays o f November, 1898,
to 12|£ cents on the fourth Tuesday o f May, 1890, and this high price
was almost equaled in January, 1901, when cotton was quoted at 12
cents, due to speculation and an attempted corner, which was broken
by the spinners offering their supplies o f cotton for sale. Heavy hogs
on the fourth Tuesday o f July, 1896, were $2.50-$3.15 and on the sec­
ond Tuesday o f February, 1893, $8.10-$8.65. Hops ranged from 6-7
cents in September, 1895, to 45-47 cents in November, 1890. Oats
ranged from 1 4f cents on the second Tuesday o f September, 1896, to
54f cents on the second Tuesday o f A pril, 1891. Native sheep ranged
from $0.75-43.25 on the fifth Tuesday o f October, 1894, to $5.25$6.65 on the fifth Tuesday o f May, 1892. Western sheep show a sim­
ilar range. Wheat ranged from 48|-49f cents the fifth Tuesday o f
January, 1895, to $1.7341.85 the second Tuesday o f May, 1898. The
high price is said to have been due to an attempt to control the price
o f that commodity and also to some extent to the war with Spain and
the fear o f other foreign complications. The most marked variations
in the food group are in fresh vegetables, onions having varied from
$0.50 4 1 in May, 1896, to $ 5 4 1 0 in February, 1890, and potatoes
from 10-15 cents the third week o f May and the third and fourth
weeks o f June, 1896, to $1.1041.35 the second week o f June, 1891.
Currants and dried apples show wide variations. Eggs varied from
1 0 i-1 0 i cents the first Tuesday o f A pril, 1897, to 42-43 cents the third
Tuesday o f January, 1893; eggs also show a decided rise in February,
1899, the price on the first Tuesday being 19£ cents and on the second
Tuesday 30-31 cents, the rise being due to the small supply on account
o f the severe storms and blockaded condition o f roads. *Almost all the
articles in the food group show wide variations, which may be seen by
referring to the foregoing table. In the cloths and clothing group the
variations are not so marked, as the price o f many o f the articles in
this group depend more largely upon the cost o f labor o f producing
them. Print cloths varied from 1.875 cents the second week o f May,
1898, to 4.063 cents the second week o f December, 1892. O f the raw
materials in this group wool, medium fleece, scoured, varied from 29.03
cents in June, 1895, and June to September, 1896, to 62.10 cents in June,
July, August, and November, 1890. In the fuel and lighting group
Y oughiogheny coal varied from 4 £ -4 f cents (per bushel) in March and
A pril, 1899, to 11 cents in November, 1891; coke from 92 cents in A pril
and May, 1894, to $3.2544.25 in March and A pril, 1900; and petro­
leum, crude, from 51f cents in October, 1892, to $1.79 in A pril, 1895.




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In the group o f metals and implements best refined bar iron varied
from 0.95 cent (per pound) in July, 1897, to 2.60 cents in October, 1899;
barb wire from $1.65 in August, 1897, to $1.13 in December, 1899, to
March, 1900; while bar silver varied from 54.576 cents in February,
1898, to $1.16995 in August, 1890. In lumber and building materials
Rosendale cement, doors, linseed oil, plate glass, resin, tar, turpentine,
and window glass varied widely. In drugs and chemicals opium shows
the greatest variation— from $1.50 in August, 1892, to $3.75 in August,
1898. In the miscellaneous group cotton-seed meal, cotton-seed oil,
news paper, and rope show wide variations.
Owing to the unusual method o f fixing the scale o f prices of cut and
wire nails and the difficulties encountered in securing satisfactory quo­
tations o f prices fo r this commodity, it has been thought best to intro­
duce here a somewhat lengthy description o f the same, together with
such tables, etc., as are necessary to afford a clear understanding o f
the matter. The nail trade makes use o f what is termed a nail card.
This is in the nature o f a scale o f prices, agreed upon by the different
manufacturers who are members o f the nail association, and is followed
generally by the trade. A copy o f both the cut and wire nail cards o f
December 1, 1896, which are still in use, follow s:
NATIONAL N AIL CARD SCALE OF EXTRAS ADOPTED AT NEW YORK DECEMBER 1,1896.

Cut nails.

Price
above
base
per 100pound
keg.

Common, fence, flooring, and common brads.

Common, fence, and hook-head brads.
20d. to 60d..........................................................
1 0d .to l6d ..........................................................
8d. and 9d..........................................................
6d. and 7d..........................................................
4d. and 5d..........................................................
3d.........................................................................
2d ................................. ......................................

Wire nails.

Price
above
base
per 100pound
keg.

Base.
$0.05
.10
.20
.30
.45
.70

20d. to 60d................................... ....................
lOd. to 16d.........................................................
8d. and 9d .......................................................
6d. and 7 d ...................................................
4d. and 5 d ............................................
3 d ................................................................
2 d .......................................................................

Base.
$0.05
.10
.20
.30
.45
.70

Barbed common and barbed car.
Advance over common.................................

Casing, box, andfinishing.
lOd. and larger.................................................
8d. and 9d..........................................................
6d. and 7d..........................................................
4d. and 5d..........................................................
3d.........................................................................
2d.........................................................................

.15

Casing and smooth box.
.15
.25
.35
.50
.70
1.00

lOd. and larger...................................
8d. and 9 d ............................................
6d. and 7 d .......................................
4d. and 5 d ............................................
3 d ..................................................................
2 d ...........................................................

.15
.25
.35
.50
.70
1.00

Barbed box.
Advance over sm ooth...................................

Fine.
4d.........................................................................
3d.........................................................................
2d.........................................................................

.50
.65
1.00

3 d .......................................................................
2 d .............................................. ........................

.10

A ll sizes........... ................................................

Cut spikes.
A ll sizes..............................................................




.15

Fine.
.50
1.00

Spikes.
.10

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227

NATIONAL N AIL CARD SCALE OF EXTEAS ADOPTED AT NEW YOKE DECEMBER 1,
1896—Concluded.

Cut nails.

Light barret and lining.*
1-inch..................................................................
{-inch..................................................................
{-in ch .................................................................

Price
above
base
per 100pound
keg.

.30
.40
.50
.60
.70
.85
1.00

Clinch, car, and boat.
3-inch and larger............................................
2{ and 2 {-in ch .................................................
2 and 2 {-in c h ...................................................
i f cLllvi lJp"iUCIl ............................................... .
.............................................................
1 irjnch
l-in ch .................................................................
{-inch.................................................................
{-inch.................................................................

.35
.45
.55
.65
.85
.95
1.05
1.20
1.35

Nail butts for plumbers use
(made to order).

Stating.
6d.........................................................................
4d. and 5d..........................................................
3d.........................................................................
2d .........................................................................

Price
above
base
per 100pound
keg.

Barrel.
$0.80
1.00
1.20

Common barrel, roofing, and cooper.
l{-in ch ................................................................
l|-inch................................................................
l{-in ch ................................................................
l{-in ch ................................................................
1-inch..................................................................
{-inch..................................................................
{-inch..................................................................

Wire nails.

l{-in c h ..............................................................
lf-in c h ..............................................................
l{-in c h ..............................................................
l{-in c h ..............................................................
1-in ch ................................................................
{-in c h ................................................................
l-in c h ................................................................

$0.30
.40
.50
.60
.70
.85
1.00

Smoothfinishing.
lOd. and larger................................................
8d. and 9 d ........................................................
6d. and 7 d .....................................................
4d. and 5 d .........................................................
3 d .......................................................................
2 d .......................................................................

.25
.35
.45
.65
.85
1.15

lining.
l-inch ................................................................
{-in c h ................................................................
{-in c h ................................................................

.80
1.00
1.20

Barbed roofing.
2-in ch ..................................................... ..........
l{-in c h ..............................................................
l{-in c h ..............................................................
l{-in c h ..............................................................
l{-in c h ..............................................................
l-in c h ................................................................
{-in c h ................................................................
{-in c h ...............................................................

.35
.45
.45
.55
.60
.60
.65
.75

Slating.
.30
.40
.60
.80

6 d .......................................................................
4d. and 5 d _____ ________ ________________
3 d .......................................................................
2 d .......................................................................

.30
.40
.60
.80

Barred dowel pins.
l{-in c h ..............................................................
lf-in c h ................................. ............................
l{-in c h ..............................................................
l{-in c h ..............................................................
l-in c h ................................................................
{-in c h ................................................................
{-in c h ................................................................
{-in c h ................................................................

1.00
1.00
1.00
1.15
1.25
1.50
1.75
2.00

It is seen that certain sizes, twentypenny to sixtypenny common,
fence, flooring, and common brads, are termed “ base,” and all other
sizes are placed at a fixed amount above base. Prices quoted fo r nails
are either stated or understood by the trade to be base prices. The
base price for wire nails in December, 1901, was $2.10 per keg. F or
tenpenny the buyer must pay 5 cents advance above base, or $2.15
per keg; fo r eightpenny, 10 cents above base, or $2.20 per keg; and
fo r twopenny smooth finishing, $1.15 above base, or $3.25 per keg.
Until superseded by another nail card these advances above base remain
the same, while the fluctuations in price relate to the base sizes, and o f
course affect all sizes. Several nail cards have been in use during the
12 years from 1890 to 1901. The base sizes under the various cards,




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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

and also the advance for the different sizes o f common and fence nails,
are shown in the follow ing table:
BASE SIZES AND ADVANCE ABOVE BASE PRICE FOR THE 'DIFFERENT SIZES OF COMMON
AND FENCE NAILS UNDER THE VARIOUS N AIL CARDS IN USE FROM 1890 to 1901.
W ire nails.

Cut nails.
Size.

6 0 d ............................
50 d ............................
40 d ............................
30 d ............................
20 d ............................
1 6 d ............................
12d ............................
10d .....................
9 d ..............................
8 d ..............................
7 d .............................
6 d ..............................
5 d ..............................
4 d ..............................
S d ..............................
2 d .............................

Card
Card
Card
Card
Card
Card
Card
Card
Card
adopted adopted adopted adopted adopted adopted adopted adopted adopted
Oct. 22, Mar. 13, Feb. 21, July 18, D e c .l, June 1, Apr. 11, July 19, D e c.l,
1892.
1889.
1895.
1896.
1895.
1896.
1890.
1889.
1893.

\ $0.25 [Base.
[

$0.05
.10 }

.10

Base.
$0.10
.25

)
(Base.

(a)

I
B ase.

Base.
1 $0.10
|
.20

,
’ $0.50 I
1
}
[ $0.05

Base.
$0.10
.25

.30
.35

.35
.45

.40

.50

(a)
Base.
’ $0.50

.15 }

:S

.20

.50

}

.10
.25

.25

.60

.60

.10

.50

.60

.60

.10

|

.40

.40

.75

.75

.20

.65

.75

.75

.20

}

.60
1.60
1.50

.60
1.00
1.50

.90
1.20
1.60

.90
1.20
1.60

.30
.45
.70

.90

.90

.90

1.50
2.00

1.20
1.60

1.20
1.60

.30
.45
.70

• $0,05

a No base size; all nails sold at an advance above base price.

Because o f the fact that the base has changed at various times during
the period, as shown in the table, the so-called base prices show prices
o f entirely different nails from time to time, and are o f no value fo r
the purpose o f showing the trend o f prices during the period o f twelve
years. The base prices o f cut nails under the card o f October 22,1889,
fo r example, were for twelvepenny to sixteenpenny nails; under the
card o f March 13,1890, the base prices were fo r fiftypenny to sixtypenny nails; under the card o f February 21,1893, base prices were fo r
sixtypenny nails; under the card o f July 18, 1895, they were fo r no
size, as the base price was quoted and all nails were sold at an advance
above base; and under the card o f December 1, 1896, base prices were
for twentypenny to sixtypenny nails.
A fter consultation with several o f the leading dealers and experts in
the nail and metal trade it was decided to show the prices o f eightpenny nails for the whole period and compute relative prices from the
prices o f those nails, that size and the tenpenny being used in greater
quantities than any other sizes, and the advance above base for eightpenny nails on the various cards corresponding more closely to the
“ average above base” (as explained below) than did the advance for
any other size. The prices o f eightpenny nails shown in Table I and
subsequent tables are, then, the base prices o f nails increased by the
amount above base charged fo r eightpenny nails according to the
various nail cards. Thus the base prices o f eightpenny cut nails for
the period from January, 1890, to February, 1893, were increased by
25 cents per keg; fo r the period from March, 1893, to November, 1896,
by 60 cents; and fo r the period from December, 1896, to December,



COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

229

1901, by 10 cents. The same method was followed in computing prices
o f eightpenny wire nails.
In order to render clear the steps taken in securing the actual prices
o f nails o f the two descriptions used, the base prices o f both cut and
wire nails are given in the follow ing table. These base figures show
the prices quoted by the trade, and while they could not, fo r reasons
heretofore explained, be used in computing relative prices, they form
the basis on which is calculated the actual prices as given in Table I.
NAILS: CUT, BASE SIZES.
[Price per 100-pound keg on the 1st of each month f. o. b., m ills or Pittsburg; quotations from the
Iron Age. For base sizes under the various cards, see page 228.]
Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

January...............
February.............
M arch..................
April......................
M ay........................
June......................
J u ly ......................
August..................
September...........
October.................
N ovem ber...........
December.............

$2.35
2.50
2.35
2.15
*1.90
1.90
2.00
1.90
1.85
$1.85- 1.90
1.85
1.80- 1.85

$1.55-$l. 60
1.55- 1.60
1.60- 1.65
1.55- 1.60
1.55- 1.60
1.55- 1.60
1.55- 1.60
1.55- 1.60
1.55- 1.60
1.60
1.60
1.55- 1.60

$1.55 -$1.60
1.55 - 1.60
1.47*- 1.50
1.50
1.50
1.47*- 1.50
1.50 - 1.55
1.47*- 1.50
1.50
1.50 - 1.55
1.50
1.42*- 1.45

$1.42*-$l. 45
1.42*- 1.45
1.25
1.12*
1.15
1.10
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.00 - 1.05
1.00
1.00

$0.90
$1.00- 1.05
1.00- 1.05
.95
.8 5 - .90
.9 5 - 1.00
.95
.9 0 - .95
.9 0 - .95
.85
.90
.8 0 - .85

$0.80
.80
.80
.80
.75
1.05
1.30
1.80
1.80
2.00
2.00
2.00

1 early average ..

2.0375

1.5833

1.5083

.9271

1.3250

Month.
January...............
February.............
M arch..................
April......................
May........................
June......................
J u ly ......................
August...................
September...........
October.................
N ovem ber...........
December.............
Yearly average . .

1896.

1897.

$2.00
$1.30-$1.35
2.00
1.20- 1.25
2.15 . 1 .2 5 -1 .3 0
2.15
1.25- 1.30
2.30
1.20- 1.25
2.30
1.25- 1.30
2.30
1.20- 1.25
2.30
1.15- 1.20
2.30
1.20- 1.25
2.30
1.28
1.15- 1.18
2.30
1.45
1.10- 1.15
2.1542

1.2329

1898.

1.1396

1899.

$1.10 -$1.12* $1.12J-$1.15
1.12*- 1.15
1.30
1.10 - 1.15
1.40
1.10 - 1.12* 1.60 - 1.70
1.07*- 1.10
1.65
1.07*- 1.10
2.00
1.05
2.00
1.05
2.15
1.05
2.40
1.10
.2.45
1.10 - 1.12*
2.50
1.07*- 1.10
2.45
1.0927

1.9240

1900.

1895.

1901.

$2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.05
2.05
1.95
1.95
1.95
1.95
1.95
1.95

$1.95
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.05
2.05
2.05
2.05

2.1500

2.0125

NAILS: W IRE, BA|pJ SIZES.
[Price per 100-pound keg on the 1st of each month f. o. b., m ills or Pittsburg; quotations from the
Iron Age. For base sizes under the various cards, see page 228.]
Month.

1890.

January.................
F ebruary.............
M arch ..................
A pril......................
May........................
June......................
July........................
August..................
Septem ber...........
October.................
N ovem ber...........
December.............

$2.85-$2.90
2.85- 2.90
2.80
2.60
2.30- 2.35
2.25
2.25
2.35- 2.40
2.40- 2.45
2 35
2.25
2.20

Yearly average ..

2.4646




1891.
$2.05
$2.10- 2.15
2.10- 2.15
2.10
2.00
2.00
1.95- 2.00.
1.90- 1.95
1.90
1.85
1.80
1.75
1.9667

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

$1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.65
$1.55-1.60
1.60- 1.65
1.65- 1.70
1.60- 1.65
1.55- 1.60
1.50
1.45

$1.40
1.40
1.45
1.55
1.55
1.40
1.35
1.35
$1.40- 1.45
1.35- 1.40
1.25
1.20

$1.10
$1.10- 1.15
1.05
1.00- 1.05
1.00
1.10
1.15
1.10- 1.15
1.05
1.00
.9 5 - 1.05
.90

$0.82*-$0.85
.90
.90
.90
.8 5 - .90
1.20
1.55
2.05
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25

1.6229

1.3917

1.0521

1.5177

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
NAILS: W IRE, BASE SIZES—Concluded.

[Price per 100-pound keg on the 1st of each month f. o. b ., m ills or Pittsburg; quotations from the
Iron Age. For base sizes under the various cards, see page 228.]
Month.

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

January.................
F ebruary.............
M arch ...................
A pril..........*...........
M ay........................
June......................
July........................
August...................
September...........
October.................
N ovem ber...........
December.............

$2.25
2.25
2.40
2.40
2.55
2.55
2.55
2.55
2.55
2.55
2.55
1.25

t l. 40-31.45
1.30- 1.35
1.40
1.45
1.35
1 .3 5 -1 .4 0
1.30
1.25
1.40
1.50
1.45
1.40

$1.45
1.45
1.50
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.25
1.30
1.35
1.30
1.25

$1.35
1.60
1.85
2.00
2.10
2.35
2.35
2.50
2.65
2.80
2.95
2.95

$3.20
3.20
3.20
3.20
2.20
2.20
2.20
2.20
2.20
2.20
2.20
2.20

$2.20
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
$2.15- 2.20
2.10

Yearly average ..

2.8667

1.3854

1.3375

2.2875

2.5333

2.2646

Owing to another custom which obtains in the nail trade, and more
especially in the cut-nail trade, objection may be made to the prices
o f eightpenny nails as shown in Table I. On some o f the earlier cards
the prices o f the large nails were very little above base, while prices o f
the smaller nails were considerably above base. Under the card o f
March 13, 1890, fortypenny nails were 5 cents above, while twopenny
were $1.50 above. Under the card o f December 1, 1896, fortypenny
were included in base and twopenny were 70 cents above base. It is
said by nail manufacturers that an order fo r 100 kegs o f fortypenny
nails from the card o f March 13,1890, would have meant a loss to the
manufacturer, while an order fo r 100 kegs o f twopenny nails from the
same card would have meant a decided profit. T o prevent such loss
manufacturers felt compelled to refuse orders unless the nails ordered
averaged a certain amount above base. This amount varied from time
to time, being generally 30 to 35 cents on cut nails in 1891 and 1892
and 55 to 60 cents in 1894 and 1895. Upon the adoption o f a new nail
card an effort was made to arrange the prices o f the various sizes more
nearly according to the cost o f material and manufacture, and thus
prevent the consideration o f a^ average above base, but these efforts
were not successful except in the case o f the card o f 1896— the one
now in use. It is said, however, by dealers that orders fo r such an
assortment as a dealer would want in stock would have been filled by
manufacturers. It has also been stated that the tendency o f inde­
pendent companies to manufacture largely the nails in which there
was, under form er cards, a decided profit, and then to undersell slightly
the manufacturers who belonged to the association, doubtless to a con­
siderable extent led to the decided reduction in price o f the small
nails on the card o f December 1, 1896, and also to the adoption o f the
plan o f quoting the different sizes at more nearly their real value.
From the last o f May, 1895, until November, 1896, the prices and
output o f both cut and wire nails were, to a large extent, controlled




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by the Cut and W ire Nail Association. This association was dissolved
in December, 1896. In January, 1899, practically absolute control o f
the wire-nail trade passed into the hands o f one company, and from
that time until A pril, 1900, the prices o f both wire and cut nails show
a gradual advance. On A pril 21, 1900, the controlling company cut
their price o f wire nails $1 per keg, and cut nails, o f course, followed
to some extent this drop in price.
Table I I — B ase prices (average price 'fo r 1890-1899), average yearly
prices, and relative prices o f comm odities, 1890 to 1901, pages 456 to 473.
This table shows fo r each commodity the base price (average price for
the 10-year period, 1890-1899), the average price fo r each o f the 12
years from 1890 to 1901, and the relative price for each year. The
average price fo r each year was obtained, as has heretofore been
explained, b y dividing the sum o f the quotations fo r each year as
shown in Table I by the number o f quotations fo r each year. The
average price fo r the 10-year period, 1890 to 1899, was obtained by
dividing the sum o f the average prices o f the 10 years by 10. This
average price fo r 10 years has been adopted as the base for all relative
prices. F or the 10 articles which do not show prices fo r the entire
period o f 10 years, 1890 to 1899, the base in each case is the average
o f the years prior to and including 1899, and fo r imported tin plates
the average o f 1890 to 1898. In explanation o f the term base or
standard as used in connection with relative prices or index numbers,
it may be stated that in reducing a series o f actual prices to relative
prices a base must first be chosen, and this may be either a single quo­
tation, the average price for one year, or the average fo r two or more
years. I f the price fo r a single year is chosen, it is essential that that
year be a normal one, for if prices are high in the year chosen for the
base any subsequent fall will be unduly emphasized, while, on the
other hand, if prices are low any subsequent rise will be emphasized.
Upon examination o f the prices involved in this compilation it was
found that a normal condition as regards prices fo r all commodities
was found in none o f the years from 1890 to 1901. F or this reason it
was decided that an average price fo r a number o f years would better
reflect average or approximately normal conditions and form a more
satisfactory base than would the price for any single year. The period
chosen as this base was that from 1890 to 1899— a period o f 10 years.
The average price fo r the base period was found, as previously stated,
by adding together the average prices for all o f the 10 years and
dividing b y 10.
The relative prices as shown in this and succeeding tables have been
calculated in the usual manner and represent simply the percentage
which each yearly price is o f the base price, as heretofore described.
The average price fo r the first 10 years o f the period, or the base,




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always represents 100, and the percentages for each year enable the
reader to measure readily the rise and fall, from year to year, o f the
prices o f each single commodity, o f any group o f commodities, or o f
all the 261 commodities involved. These commoditiesRre arranged
in alphabetical order under each o f the nine general groups as in
Table I.
In order that the method pursued may be more readily understood,
the reader is referred to the table itself as given on pages 456 to 473.
Taking up the first commodity shown, barley, we find that the aver­
age price per bushel for the base period, 1890 to 1899, inclusive, was
45.34 cents; the average price for 1890 was 50.62 cents; that fo r 1891
was 60.98 cents; that for 1892, 50.85 cents, etc. The relative price
fo r the base period, as heretofore explained, is always placed at 100
and is so given in the table. The relative price fo r 1890 is shown to
be 111.6, or 11.6 per cent higher than the base or average fo r the 10
years. In 1891 the relative price reached 134.5, or 34.5 per cent above
the base; in 1892 the relative price dropped to 112.2, or but 12.2 per cent
above the base; in 1893 it dropped still further to 103.3, or but 3.3 per
cent above the base; in 1894 it rose to 113.2, or 13.2 per cent above the
base; in 1895 it dropped to 94.8, or 5.2 per cent below the base; in
1896 it reached the lowest point shown, 65.7, or 34.3 per cent below
the base; from that point it gradually rose during the remaining years
o f the period, reaching 129.8 in 1901, or 29.8 per cent above the base.
The figures in each case were secured according to the method already
explained, that fo r 1890 being expressed as follows:
Average price
Average price
R elative price
Relative price

for
for
for
for

base p e r io d .................................................................................. $0.4534
1890....................................................................................................... 5062
100.0
base p e r io d ..................................................................................
1890................................................................................................
111. 6

The remainder o f the table may be analyzed in a similar manner.
The value o f prices given in this relative form , it will readily be
seen, consists in the means afforded for tracing and measuring the
changes from year to year or from period to period, and in the com­
bination o f prices o f a sufficient number o f commodities to show the
general price level. It should not be assumed that a system o f rela­
tive prices o f representative commodities will enable one to trace the
causes o f changes in the general price level or to determine the effect
o f such changes on any class o f consumers or on all consumers. The
use o f such a system is to show the general course of prices from
year to year o f one commodity, o f a group o f commodities, or o f all
commodities.
No attempt has been made in any way to g o into the causes of the
rise and fall o f prices. The aim has been to give the prices as they
actually prevailed in the market. The relative prices or index num­




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233

bers must be accepted merely as showing the course of prices both
o f the individual articles and the market in general. The causes are
too complex, the relative influence o f each too uncertain, in some cases
involving too many economic questions, to permit their examination
in connection with the present article. It will be sufficient to enumer­
ate some o f the influences that have been mentioned as explaining the
changes in prices. Such are: Variations in harvest, which not only
restrict or increase the supply and consequently tend to increase or
decrease the price o f a commodity, but also restrict or increase, to a
greater or less degree, the purchasing power o f such communities as
are dependent in whole or in part upon such commodity; changes in
demand due to change in fashions, seasons, etc.; legislation altering
internal-revenue taxes, import duties, or bounties; use o f substitutes,
as, for instance, an advance in the price o f beef will cause an increased
consumption o f pork and mutton, and, it may be added, a probable
increase in the price o f both pork and mutton; improvements in methods
o f production which will tend either to give a better article for the
same price or an equal article fo r a lower price; cheapening o f trans­
portation or handling; speculative manipulation o f supply; commercial
panic or depression; overproduction; organization or combination o f
mills or producers, thus enabling, on one hand, a greater or less control
o f prices or, on the other hand, economies in production or in trans­
portation charges through the ability to supply the article from the
point o f production or manufacture nearest the purchaser. So far as
individual commodities are concerned, no conclusion can safely be
formed as to causes without an examination o f the possible influence
o f several— in some cases perhaps all— o f these causes. F or example,
the various internal-revenue and tariff acts have, in a marked degree,
no doubt affected the prices o f proof spirits, o f tobacco, and o f sugar.
But, on the other hand, they have not been alone in their influences,
and it probably would not in all cases be accurate to give the change
o f tax or duty as representing the measure o f a certain and definite
influence on the prices o f those commodities.
It is important that the greatest care be exercised in the choice
o f the commodities in order that a simple average o f their relative
prices shall show a general price level. In the present compilation
261 commodities are shown, and it has been the aim o f the Depart­
ment to select only important and representative articles in each
group. The number o f articles included is larger than has heretofore
been used in similar compilations, but the use o f a large number o f
articles carefully selected minimizes the effect on the general price
level o f an unusual change in the price o f one article or o f a few articles.
It will be seen that more than one series o f prices has been given in
the case o f articles o f great importance. This has been done for the
purpose o f giving due weight to these important commodities, no other
method o f accomplishing this having been found satisfactory in this



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country. The same means have been employed by Mr. Sauerbeck in
his English prices, as previously explained, and the approximate accu­
racy o f the same, as an indication o f the variation o f prices, has been
proved by various tests based on the amount o f production, etc.
Various methods o f weighting have been attempted in connection
with previous compilations o f relative prices. One method employed
by European statisticians is to measure the importance o f each com ­
modity b y its annual consumption by the entire nation, the annual con­
sumption being found by adding to the home production the amount
imported and subtracting the amount exported. The impossibility o f
securing even approximately accurate figures for annual consumption
in the United States o f the commodities included in this compilation
renders this method unavailable here. The method employed in the
Aldrich report consisted in giving to the various commodities or
groups o f commodities an importance based upon their consumption
in normal families. There are, o f course, many commodities whose
importance can not be measured by this method. It has been thought
best in the present series o f index numbers, after a careful considera­
tion o f all methods o f weighting, simply to use a large number o f
representative staple articles, selecting them in such a manner as to
make them, to a large extent, weight themselves. Upon a casual
examination it may seem that by this method a comparatively unim­
portant commodity, such, fo r instance, as cotton-seed meal, has been
given the same weight or importance as one o f the more important
commodities, such as wheat. A closer examination, however, shows
that cotton-seed meal enters into no other commodity under consider­
ation, while wheat is not only quoted as the raw material, but enters
into the two descriptions o f wheat flour, the two descriptions o f
crackers, and the three descriptions o f loaf bread.
Table TIL— R elative prices o f commodities, 1890 to 1901, pages
to
485.— This table is taken from Table I I and shows the relative prices o f
each o f the commodities included there. In this table similar commod­
ities have been grouped, and the average o f the relative prices shown
fo r the commodities in each subgroup and in each o f the nine general
groups. The averages in all cases were found by dividing the sum o f
the relative prices by the number o f commodities in the group under
consideration. It should be borne constantly in mind that the term
commodity is used here and elsewhere in a specific sense, “ native”
and “ W estern” sheep, for example, being considered different com­
modities. The method o f securing average relative prices in this and
other tables was as follows: The average relative price o f cattle was
found by adding the relative prices o f the two grades o f cattle and
dividing the sum by 2. The average for hogs was found in the same
manner and also the average fo r sheep. The average for live stock
was found by dividing the sum o f the relative prices o f the two
grades o f cattle, the two grades o f hogs, and the two grades o f sheep



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by 6, the total number o f different descriptions o f commodities or series
o f quotations in the live-stock group. The average i eiative prices o f
each o f the nine general groups were found by dividing the sum o f the
relative prices o f the different descriptions o f commodities for each
year by the number o f these commodities or series o f quotations con­
sidered in that year. The sum o f the relative prices in 1890 o f the
commodities shown under the general grou p,44food, etc.,” for example,
is 5,958.2, which amount divided by 53, the number o f different descrip­
tions o f commodities or series o f quotations considered that year, gives
112.4 the average fo r the group 44food, etc.,” fo r 1890. F or 1893 to
1901, 54 commodities are quoted in this group, and that number is
accordingly the divisor fo r each o f those years.
The average relative,prices o f each o f the nine general groups fo r each
year o f the period, and the average relative prices o f all commodities
for each year, are shown in the following summary:
SUMMARY OF RELATIVE PRICES OF 261 COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901, BY GROUPS.
[Average price for 1890-1899 = 100.]

Year.

1890.........
1891.........
1892.........
1893.........
1894.........
1895.........
1896.........
1897.........
1898.........
1899.........
1900.........
1901.........

Farmprod­
ucts.

Food,
etc.

Cloths
and
cloth­
ing.

110.0
121.6
111.7
107.9
95.9
93.3
78.3
85.2
96.1
100.0
109.5
116.9

112.4
115.7
103.6
110.2
99.8
94.6
83.8
87.7
94.4
98.3
104.2
105.9

113.5
111.3
109.0
107.2
96.1
92.7
91.3
91.1
93.4
96.7
106.8
101.0

Fuel
and
light­
ing.
104.7
102.7
101.1
100.0
92.4
98.1
104.3
96.4
95.4
105.0
120.9
119.5

Lumber
Metals
Drugs
House
and
ll com­
and
ana
furnish­ Miscel­ Amodi­
building
imple­
chemi­
laneous.
ing
mate­
ties.
ments.
cals.
goods.
rials.
119.2
111.7
106.0
100.7
90.7
92.0
93.7
86.6
86.4
114.7
120.5
111.9

111.8
108.4
102.8
101.9
96.3
94.1
93.4
90.4
95.8
105.8
115.7
116.7

110.2
103.6
102.9
100.5
89.8
87.9
92.6
94.4
106.6
111, ft
115.7
115.2

m i
110.2
106.5
104.9
100.1
96.5
94.0
89.8
92.0
95.1
106.1
110.9

110.3
109.4
106.2
105.9
99.8
94.5
91.4
92.1
92.4
97.7
109.8
107.4

112.9
111.7
106.1
105.6
96.1
93.6
90.4
89.7
93.4
101.7
110.5
108.5

In this table the average relative prices o f farm produets are based
on 16 articles; o f food, etc., on 53 articles from 1890 to 1892, and 54
from 1893 to 1901; o f cloths and clothing, on 70 articles in 1890 and
1891, 72 in 1892,73 in 1893 and 1894,75 in 1895 and 1896, and 76 from
1897 to 1901; o f fuel and lighting, on 13 articles; of metals and
implements, on 37 articles from 1890 to 1893, 38 in 1894 and 1895
and from 1899 to 1901, and 39 from 1896 to 1898; o f lumber and build­
ing materials, on 26 articles from 1890 to 1894, and 27 from 1895 to 1901;
o f drugs and chemicals, on 9 articles; o f house-furnishing goods, on 14
articles; and o f miscellaneous, on 13 articles. The average relative
prices o f all commodities are based on 251 articles in 1890 and 1891,
on 253 in 1892, on 255 in 1893, on 256 in 1894, on 259 in 1895, on 260
in 1896 and from 1899 to 1901, and on 261 in 1897 and 1898.
A study o f the table shows that the group o f farm products reached
the lowest average in 1896 and the highest in 1891; that o f food, etc.,
the lowest in 1896 and the highest in 1891; that o f cloths and cloth­
ing, the lowest in 1897 and the highest in 1890; that o f fuel and light­
ing, the lowest in 1894 and the highest in 1900; that of metals and



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implements, the lowest in 1898 and the highest in 1900; that o f lumber
and building materials, the lowest in 1897 and the highest in 1901;
that o f drugs and chemicals, the lowest in 1895 and the highest in 1900;
that o f house furnishing goods, the lowest in 1897 and the highest in
1890; while in the miscellaneous group the lowest average was reached
in 1896 and the highest in 1890. The average for all commodities com ­
bined was the lowest in 1897 and the highest in 1890. O f the nine
groups it is seen that one reached its lowest point in 1891, one in 1895,
three in 1896, three in 1897, and one in 1898. The highest point was
reached by three groups in 1890, by tw o in 1891, by three in 1900, and
by one in 1901.
The aVerage relative prices o f the 250 commodities fo r which quota­
tions were secured for the whole period involved do not differ materially
from the average relative prices o f all commodities shown in the above
table. Eliminating the 11 commodities fo r which quotations could be
secured fo r only a portion o f the period, we find that the average rela­
tive price o f the 250 commodities remaining was 112.9 in 1890,111.7 in
1891, 106.0 in 1892, 105.4 in 1893, 95.9 in 1894, 93.5 in 1895, 90.3 in
1896, 89.6 in 1897, 93.2 in 1898,101.4 in 1899,110.1 in 1900, and 108.3
in 1901.
The follow ing table shows fo r each o f the nine general groups the
relative prices o f 1901 compared with the average o f 1890 to 1899.
Only those commodities have been included fo r which quotations were
secured fo r the whole period o f twelve years. The average price fo r
1890 to 1899 is in every case the base or 100 per cent. It should be
kept in mind in using this table that the comparison is between the
average prices fo r the base period and the prices for 1901, and while
the majority o f commodities show an increase in 1901 over this average
for the period, in most cases a higher level o f prices was reached in
the earlier years o f the period than is shown fo r 1901.
RELATIVE PRICES, 1901 COMPARED W ITH AVERAGE RRICE FOR 1890-1899.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I, page 244 et seq.]

Farmproducts, 16 articles.

Article.

Rela­
tive
price,
1901.

PRICE INCREASED.

Rye: No. 2, cash.............................................
Cotton: upland, m iddlin g...........................
Cattle: steers, choice to extra......................
Cattle: steers, good to ch oice......................
Oats: No. 2, ca sh .............................................
H ay: tim othy, No. 1........................................
Barley: by sa m p le ...-................................... .
Com: No. 2, cash.............................................
Hides: green, salted, packers, heavy na­
tive steers......................................................
Hogs: lig h t.......................................................




p r ic e in c r e a s e d — c o n

100.8
111.1
115.1
118.1
118.3
123.0
129.8
130.6
132.0
133.9

Rela­
tive
price,
1901.

Article.

c lu d e d .

Hogs: h e a v y ....
Flaxseed: N o .l.

135.0
145.8

PRICE DECREASED.

Hops: New York State, choice . .
W heat: contract grades, cash . . .
Sheep: W estern.............................
Sheep: n a tive.................................

97.1
95.7
94.7
89.2

Average for farm products

116.9

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237

R ELATIVE PRICES, 1901 COMPARED W IT H AV ERAGE PRICE FOR 1890-1899.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I, page 244 et seq.J
Food , etc., 58 articles.

Rela­
tive
price,
1901.

Article.

PRICE INCREASED.

Article.

Relative
price,
1901.

p r ic e i n c r e a s e d — c o n c lu d e d .

Flour: r y e ........................................................
Tea: Formosa, fine..........................................
Bread: loaf (Washington m arket).............
Bread: loaf, homemade (N. Y. market). . .
Bread: loaf, Vienna (N. Y. m arket).........
Meat: beef, fresh, native sides....................
Cheese: N. Y . State factory, full cream ...
Milk: fresh .................: ....................................
Vegetables, fresh: onions..............................
Sugar: 89° fair refining.................................
Sugar: 96° centrifugal...................................
Eggs: new-laid, fancy, near-by..................
Sugar: granulated..........................................
Fish: cod, dry, bank, la rge ..........................
Flour: buckwheat..........................................
Meat: hams, smoked, packed......................
Meat: beef, salt, hams, Western..................
Vegetables, fresh: potatoes, Burbank........
Meal: corn, fine white...................................
Fish: salmon, canned.....................................
Meat: beef, salt, extra mess..........................
Meal: com, fine yellow .................................
Bread: crackers, Boston X . .........................
Tallow................................................................
Molasses: New Orleans, open kettle, prime
Salt: American, fin e ......................................
Beans: medium, choice.................................
Fish: herring, shore, round..........................
Meat: bacon, short clear sides.....................
Meat: bacon, short rib sides........................

100.1
100.4
100.5
101.0
101.0
102.1

102.4
102.7
103.0
103.6
104.4
106.7
106.8
107.2
108.4
109.2

112.6
113.0
114.2
116.3
116.3
116.8
118.9
119.1

120.1
121.6
131.3
131.9
132.0
132.5

Meat: pork, salt, mess, old to new.............
Lard: prime contract...................................
Spices: pepper, Singapore............................
Fruit: currants, in barrels............................

134.2
135.3
172.5

221.6

PRICE DECREASED.

Butter: dairy, New York State...................
Salt: Ashton’s .................................................
Rice: domestic, choice............... . ................
Bread: crackers, soda X X ............................
Butter: creamery, Elgin (Elgin m arket).
Butter: creamery, Elgin and other West­
ern (New York market)............................
Fruit: raisins, California, London layer . .
Vinegar: cider, Monarch.............................
Meat: mutton, dressed.................................
Flour: wheat, spring patents......................
Flour: wheat, winter straights...................
Starch: pure c o m ..........................................
Fruit: apples, evaporated, choice.............
Fruit: apples, sun-dried, Southern, sliced
Fish: mackerel, salt, large No. 3s...............
Fruit: prunes, California, in boxes...........
Spices: nutmegs..............................................
Soda: bicarbonate of, American.................
Coffee: Rio, No. 7............................................

85.8
83.7
79.6
76.6
67.8
54.3
51.2
49.2

Average for food, etc..........................

105.8

99.2
99.0
97.7
97.5
97.4
96.5
89.6
89.5
88.7

86.0

Cloths and clothing, 70 articles.
PRICE

PRICE SAME AS BASE.

Cotton flannels: 3£ yards to the pound. . .

100.0

PRICE INCREASED.

Denims: Amoskeag........................................
Women’s dress goods: cashmere, cotton
warp, 22-inch, Hamilton...........................
Underwear: shirts and drawers, white, all
wool, full-fashioned, 18-gauge.................
Flannels: white, 4-4, Ballard Vale No. 3 ..
Sheetings: brown, 4-4, Indian Head.........
Sheetings: bleached, 10-4, Atlantic...........
Bags: 2-bushel, Amoskeag............................
Carpets: ingrain, 2-ply, Low ell..................
Blankets: 11-4, 5 pounds to the pair, all
w ool................................................................
Shirtings: bleached, 4-4, Lonsdale...........
Carpets: Wilton, 5-frame, Bigelow...........
Linen shoe thread: 10s, Barbour...............
Drillings: 30-inch, Stark A ..........................
Worsted yams: 2-40s, X X X or its equiva­
lent in quality, white, in skeins.............
Worsted yams: 2-40s, Australian fine........
Drillings: brown, Pepperell........................
Women’s dress goods: cashmere, cotton
warp, 27-inch, Hamilton............................
Shirtings: bleached, 4-4, Fruit of the
Loom ..............................................................
Carpets: Bmssels, 5-frame, Bigelow.........
Women’s dress goods: cashmere, cotton
warp, 9-twill, 4-4, Atlantic Mills F ........
Boots and shoes: women’s solid grain
shoes, leather, polish or polka.................
Women’s dress goods: Franklin sackings,
6 -4 ...................................................................
Linen thread: 3-cord, 200-yard spools,
Barbour........................................................




100.2
100.3
100.4

100.8
100.8
100.9
1 0 1.0
101.0

101.2

101.5

101.6

101.9

102.1

102.1

102.2

102.3
102.7
103.0
103.1

i n c r e a s e d — c o n c lu d e d .

Women’s dress goods: alpaca, cotton
warp, 22-inch, Hamilton............................
Leather: sole, oak, dressed backs, heavy..
Blankets: 11-4, 5 pounds to the pair,
cotton warp, all wool filling....................
Overcoatings: beaver, Moscow, all wool,
black..............................................................
Shawls: standard, all wool, 72x144 inch,
weight 42 ounces, made of high-grade
worn................................................................
Sheetings: brown, 4-4, Pepperell R ...........
Suitings: indigo blue, all wool, 16-ounce.
Horse blankets: 6 pounds each, all wool.
Broadcloths: first quality, black, 54-inch,
made from X X X wool...............................
Shirtings: bleached, 4-4, Hope....................
Women’sdress goods: cashmere, all wool,
10-11 twill, 38-inch, Atlantic Mills J ___
Blankets: 11-4, 5 pounds to the pair, cot­
ton warp, cotton and wool filling...........
Boots and shoes: men’s split boots, kip
top, 16-inch, £ double sole..........................
Sheetings: bleached, 10-4, Pepperell.........
Leather: harness, oak, country middles,
14 pounds and up (except overweights,
20 pounds and u p ) .......................................
Cotton thread: 6-cord, 200-yard spools, J.
& P. Coats.......................................................
Leather: sole, hemlock, nonacid, Buenos
Ayres, middle weights, 1st quality.........

104.6
104.8
106.0
106.1
107.0
107.4
109.2
109.9
110.3

111.0

111.3

112.0
112.4
112.4
114.7

120.1
127.6

104.3
PRICE DECREASED.

104.5
104.5
104.6

Print cloths: 28-inch, 64x64............................
Sheetings: bleached, 10-4,Wamsutta S. T.
Wool: Ohio, fine fleece (X and X X
grade), scoured..............................................

99 2
98.7

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R ELATIVE PRICES, 1901 COMPARED W IT H AVER AG E PRICE FOR 1890-1899—Continued.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I, page 244 et seq.]
Cloths and clothing, 70 articles— Concluded.

Rela­
tive
price,
1901.

Article.

price decreased —-continued.

Cotton yams: carded, white, mule-spun,
Northern, cones, 10/1...................................
Sheetings: brown, 4-4, Atlantic A ...............
Cotton yams: carded, white, mule-spun,
Northern, cones, 22/1...................................
Overcoatings: chinchilla, B-rough, all
wool.................................................................
Overcoatings: covert cloth, light weight,
staple goods...................................................
Boots and shoes: men’s calf bal. shoes,
Goodyear welt, dongola top......................
Leather: wax calf, 30 to 40 pounds to the
dozen, B grade..............................................
Tickings: Amoskeag A. C. A ........................
Boots and shoes: men’s brogans, split........
Underwear: shirts and drawers, white,
merino, full-fashioned, 52 per cent wool,
48 per cent cotton, 24-gauge......................
Wool: Ohio, medium fleece (£ and f
grade), scoured..............................................
Sheetings: brown, 4-4, Stark A. A .................
Ginghams: Lancaster.....................................
Hosiery: men’s cotton half hose, seam­
less, standard quality, 84 needles.............

Rela­
tive
price,
1901.

Article.

p r ic e

decreased—

c o n c lu d e d .

Shirtings: bleached, 4-4, Wamsutta

92.3
91.9

94.5

Ginghams: Amoskeag...................................
Overcoatings: chinchilla, cotton warp,
C. C. grade.....................................................
Cotton flannels: 2f yards to the pound...
Calico: Cocheco prints.................................
Silk: raw, Italian, classical........................
Suitings: indigo blue, all wool, 54-inch,
14-ounce, Middlesex standard.................
Silk: raw, Japan, filatures..........................
Boots and shoes: men’s vici kid shoes,
Goodyear w e lt............................................
Shirtings: bleached, 4-4, New York Mills.
Hosiery: men’s cotton half hose, seam­
less, fast black, weight 20 to 22 ounces,
160 needles...................................................
Hosiery: women’s cotton hose, seam­
less, fast black, weight 26 to 28 ounces,
160 to 176 needles........................................

92.7

Average for cloths and clothing___

100.2

98.6
98.0
97.9
97.7
97.2
96.8
96.0
95.5
95.4
95.4

90.8
90.7
90.4
90.4
89.6
87.4
87.0

86.8
71.8
71.1

92.4

Fuel and lighting, 18 articles.
PRICE INCREASED— c o n c lu d e d .

PRICE INCREASED.

Coal: anthracite, broken...............................
Coal: bituminous, Georges Creek (f. o. b.,
N. Y. Harbor)
............................................
Coal: anthracite, egg......................................
Coal: anthracite, stove...................................
Petroleum: refined, for export....................
Coke: Connellsville, furnace........................
Coal: bituminous, Pittsburg (Youghiog h ftB y )

.........................................

Coal: anthracite, chestnut............................

105.5 | Petroleum: refined, 150° fire test, w. w ...
1 Petroleum: crude..........................................
106.6 1 Candles: adamantine, 6s, 14-ounce...........
112.9 ' Coal: bituminous,GeorgeSCreek (atmine)
113.9
PRICE DECREASED.
115.4 j
115.6
• Matches: parlor, domestic............................
117.0
Average for fuel and lighting.........
120.4 ,

123.1
132.9
140.7
150.5

99.6
119.6

Metals and implements, 86 articles.
PRICE in c r e a s e d —concluded.

PRICE SAME AS BASE.

Saws: crosscut.................................................
Trowels: M. C. O., brick, lOHnch...............

100.0
100.0

PRICE INCREASED.

Zinc: sheet........................................................
Lead pipe..........................................................
Steel rails...........................................................
Augers: extra, f-m ch.....................................
Pig iron: foundry, No. 1 ...............................
Nails: wire, 8-penny, fence and common.
Planes: Bailey No. 5.......................................
Door knobs: steel, bronze plated...............
Steel billets.......................................................
Bar iron: best refined, from store (Phila­
delphia m arket)..........................................
Pig iron: foundry, No. 2 ...............................
Pig iron: gray forge, Southern, coke.........
Lead: pig, common, domestic....................
Nails: cut, 8-penny, fence and common..
Pig iron: Bessemer..........................................
Shovels: Ames No. 2.......................................
Butts: loose joint, cast, 3 x 3 inch...............




104.7
104.8
104.9
105.7
107.2
109.4
110.4

112.0
112.1
112.2
112.8
113.2
115.0
115.6
115.7
115.9
116.8

Hammers: Maydole No. 1£..........................
Quicksilver.......................................................
Barb wire: galvanized.................................
Chisels: extra, socket firmer, 1-inch.........
Files: 8-inch mill bastard............................
Copper: wire, bare.......................................
Bar iron: best refined ( Pittsburg market)
Copper: sheet, hot-rolled (base sizes) —
Vises: solid box, 50-lb...................................
Copper: ingot, lake........................................
Tin: p ig ............................................................

117.2
118.5

120.2
121.4
123.1
124.0
124.1
125.9
128.7
136.7
142.6

PRICE DECREASED.

Saws: hand, No. 7 ..........................................
Locksjt common mortise..............................
Spelter: Western............................................
Axes: M. C. O., Yankee...............................
Silver: bar, fin e ..............................................
Wood screws: 1-inch, No. 10, flat head___

98.6
91.8
89.6

Average for metals and implements.

110.8

88.8
79.7
69.2

COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

239

R ELATIV E PRICES, 1901 COMPARED W ITH AVERAGE PRICE FOR 1890-1899—Concluded.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I, page 244 et seq.]
Lumber and building materials, 26 articles.

Rela­
tive
price,
1901.

Article.

PRICE INCREASED.

Article.

Rela­
tive
price,
1901.

price in c r ea se d — concluded.

Maple: hard...................................
Shingles: cypress..........................
Brick: common domestic...........
Resin: good, strained...................
T a r ...................................................
Pine: yellow...................................
Oxide of z in c.................................
Oak: white, quartered.................
Turpentine: spirits of...................
Shingles: white pine....................
Cement: Rosendale......................
Poplar..............................................
Pine: white, boards, No. 2 barn
Hemlock..........................................
Spruce..............................................
Pine: white, boards, uppers........
Linseed oil: raw ............................
Doors: pine.....................................

100.8
101.0
103.7
106.3
106.4
106.5
109.5

110.2

111.5
111.9
114.8
117.0

122.0

125.4
125.4
129.8
140.0
173.1

Window glass: American, single, thirds,
6 x 8 to 10 x 15 in ch .................................
Window glass: American, single, firsts,
6 x 8 to 10 x 15 inch...................................

180.4
191.9

price de c re a se d .

Carbonate of lead: American, in o i l ____
Oak: white, plain........................................
Plate glass: polished, unsilvered, area 5
to 10 square feet..........................................
Lime: Rockland, common.........................
Plate glass: polished, unsilvered, area 3
to 5 square feet............................................
Average for lumber and building
materials............................................

98.2
94.4
92.9

88.2
117.5

Drugs and chemicals, 9 articles.
PRICE INCREASED— concluded.

PRICE INCREASED.

Alum! lrn n n ....................................................
Brimstone: crude, seconds............................
Glycerin: refined, American........................
Alcohol: grain, 94 per c e n t..........................
Quinine: American........................................
Opium • nflt.nrn.l (onsfts)___
r _ __ _
Sulphuric acid: 6 6 °........................................

104.8
106.3
107.5
109.7
123.0
136.8
140.4

Muriatic acid: 20°..........................................

144.2

PRICE DECREASED.

Alcohol: wood, refined, 95 per cent...........

64.2

Average for drugs and chemicals..

115.2

Homefurnishing goods, Ik articles.
PRICE INCREASED.

PRICE in c r ea se d — concluded.

Glassware: tumblers, 4-pint, common........
Furniture: bedroom sets, ash ......................
Table cutlery: knives and forks, eocobolo
handles...........................................................
Wooden ware: tubs, oak-grained...............
Fjirniture: tables, kitchen............................
Earthenware: tea cups and saucers, white
granite...........................................................
Glassware: pitchers,4-gallon,common . . .
Earthenware: plates, cream-colored.........
Furniture: chairs, bedroom, m aple...........

101.4
106.6
107.3
107.6
108.1
109.7

110.6

112.5
113.0

Earthenware: plates, white granite
Wooden ware: pails, oak-grained. .
Furniture: chairs, kitchen...............
Glassware: nappies, 4-inch...............

113.8
119.3
124.2
125.0

PRICE DECREASED.

Table cutlery: carvers, stag handles........

93.8

Average for house furnishing goods.

110.9

Miscellaneous, 13 articles.
PRICE INCREASED— concluded.

PRICE INCREASED.

Starch: laundry, large lump........................
Malt: Western made......................................
Rubber: Para Island, fine.............................
Tobacco: smoking, granulated, Seal of N.C
Jute: raw ..........................................................
Proof spirits.......................................................
Cotton-seed m e a l............................................
Soap: castile, mottled, pure...........................
Rope: manila, f-inch.......................................

104.3
106.0
106.1

110.0

Cotton-seed oil: summer yellow, prime. .
Tobacco: plug, Horseshoe, bright...............

117.3
117.6

PRICE DECREASED.

111.4

111.8
113.9
115.1
116.9

Paper: wrapping, manila.............
Paper: news.....................................

90.8
75.6

Average for miscellaneous

107.4

The most marked increase as well as decrease in prices is found in the
food, etc., group, the relative price o f currants in 1901, for example,
being 221.6, as compared with the base period, and that o f pepper
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172.5, while the relative price of coffee is 49.2, o f soda 51.2, and of
nutmegs 54.3. In this group all meats (except mutton), sugar, eggs,
and fresh vegetables show an increase, while wheat flour, butter, and
coffee show a decrease. In the fuel and lighting group but one com­
modity, matches, shows a decrease in price. Georges Creek bitumin­
ous coal at the mine is represented by 150.5, while the same coal at
New Y ork, the consumers’ market, is represented by 106.6, the differ­
ence being largely due, it is said, to the reduction in transportation
charges. In the lumber and building materials group, window glass,
American firsts, is represented by 191.9 and thirds by 180.4, while
plate glass shows a decrease, one size being represented by 88.2 and
the other by 94.4.
The facts presented in the above table are summarized in the follow ­
ing one, which shows the changes in prices o f articles in each group,
classified by per cent o f change:
CHANGES IN PRICES OP ARTICLES IN EACH GROUP, CLASSIFIED BY PER CENT OF
CHANGE, 1901 COMPARED WITH AVERAGE PRICE FOR 1890-1899.
Price increased.
Groups.

Price decreased.

Num­
Price
100 50 to
ber of per
Less
Less
50 per
25 to 10 to than same
arti­
100 50
as
than 10 to 25 to cent
per
25
per
25 per 50 per
cent
per
cles.
10
per
10
per
base.
or
or centi cent. cent.
cent. cent.
cent.
cent.
more.
more.

Farm products...............
Food, e t c ..........................
Cloths and clothing___
Fuel and lighting..........
Metals and implements
Lumber and building materials................................
Drugs and chemicals.. .
House furnishing goods
Miscellaneous.................

16
53
70
13
36

T otal......................

250

1
1
... ......

26
9
14
13

3

.
.

.
.

5

10

16
31

2
4

8

18

6

4

6

.
.

................
1

5

1

6

6

1

27

2

7

3
1

1
6

8

4
6

1
2

3
7
23

1 .....................
8
3
1
4
2 .........

1 ......................

2

3

7

5

1

3

1 ......
1
1

76

43

18

1 ..........

1
7

1

It is seen in the above comparison o f the prices o f 1901 with the
average fo r 1890 to 1899, that o f the 16 articles in the farm products
group, 12 show an increase and 4 a decrease; o f the 53 in the food, etc.,
group, 34 show an increase and 19 a decrease; o f the 70 in the cloths
and clothing group, 40 show an increase, 1 shows the same price as the
average fo r the base period, and 29 show a decrease; o f the 13 in the
fuel and lighting group, 12 show an increase and 1 a decrease; o f the
36 in the metals and implements group, 28 show an increase, 2 show
the same price as the average for the base period, and 6 show a decrease;
o f the 26 in the lumber and building materials group, 20 show an
increase and 6 a decrease; o f the 9 in the drugs and chemicals group,
8 show an increase and 1 a decrease; o f the 14 in the house furnishing
goods group, 13 show an increase and 1 a decrease; o f the 13 in the
miscellaneous group, 11 show an increase and 2 a decrease. O f the
250 commodities, 178 show an increase, 3 show the same price as the
average fo r the base period, and 69 show a decrease.



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COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

The per cents o f increase and decrease are also shown in this table
in classified form. O f the 178 commodities that showed an increase in
1901 over the average for 1890 to 1899, 76 advanced less than 10 per
cent, 69 advanced from 10 to 25 per cent, 27 advanced from 25 to 50
per cent, 5 advanced from 50 to 100 per cent, and 1 advanced 100
per cent or more. O f the 69 commodities which showed a decrease,
43 decreased less than 10 per cent, 18 decreased from 10 to 25 per cent,
7 decreased from 25 to 50 per cent, and 1 decreased 50 p0r cent or
more.
The number and per cent o f articles which showed each specified
increase or decrease are given in the follow ing table:
NUMBER AND PER CENT OF COMMODITIES WHICH CHANGED IN PRICE IN 1901 AS COM­
PARED W ITH AVERAGE PRICE FOR 1890-1899.
Number Per cent
of
of
articles. articles.
Price increased:
100 per cent or more..........
50 to 100 per cent...............
25 to 50 per cent.................
10 to 25 per cent.................
Less than 10 per cent........

1
5
27
69
76

0.4
2.0
10.8
27.6
30.4

Total..........................

178

Price same as base....................

3

Number
of
articles.

Per cent
of
articles.

Price decreased:
Less than 10 per cent___
10 to 25 per cent...............
25 to 50 per cent...............
50 per cent or more.........

43
18
7
1

71.2

Total........................

69

27.6

1.2

Grand total.............

250

100.0

17.2
7.2
2.8
.4

O f the 250 articles, it is seen that 178, or 71.2 per cent, show an
increase in price; 3 articles, or 1.2 per cent, show the same price as
the average fo r the base period, and 69 articles, or 27.6 per cent, show
a decrease in price in 1901, as compared with the average price fo r the
base period. .
The follow ing table shows the relative prices o f certain related arti­
cles, so grouped as to render easy a comparison o f the course o f their
prices during the period:
RELATIVE PRICES OF CERTAIN GROUPS OF RELATED ARTICLES, 1890 TO 1901.
[Average price for 1890-1899=100.]
Dairy products.

Cattle and cattle products.
Year.
Cattle.
1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

89.5
109.2
95.4
103.0
96.3
103.7
88.3
99.5
102.2
113.2
111.3
116.6

Beef,
fresh.
89.2
106.2
98.8
105.4
97.0
102.7
90.5
99.7
101.3
108.3
104.3
102.1




Beef,
hams.
80.4
85.8
80.5
98.6
101.5
95.9
88.1
125.1
118.8
125.6
114.2
112.6

Beef,
mess.
86.8
104.4
84.8
102.2
101.0
101.4
93.7
95.7
114.2
115.9
121.7
116.3

Tallow.
105.7
111.0
106.4
125.1
110.3
99.8
78.9
76.3
81.8
104.1
111.5
119.1

Hides.
99.6
101.5
92.8
79.9
68.4
109.7
86.6
106.3
122.8
131.8
127.4
132.0

Milk.
103.1
104.7
105.1
109.4
103.1
99.2
91.8
92.2
93.7
99.2
107.5
102.7

Butter.
100.4
116.1
116.4
121.3
102.2
94.5
82.3
84.1
86.8
95.8
101.7
97.7

Cheese.
97.1
102.4
107.2
109.0
107.4
94.1
92.0
98.1
83.3
108.9
114.3
102.4

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RELATIVE PRICES OP CERTAIN GROUPS OP RELATED ARTICLES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.




[Average price for 1890-1899=100.] *

a Average for 1893-1899=100.

243

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

RELATIVE PRICES OF CERTAIN GROUPS OF RELATED ARTICLES, 1890 TO 1901—Concluded.
[Average price for 1890-1899=100.]
Hides, leather, and boots
and shoes.

Wool and woolen goods.

Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Over­
coat­
ings (all Shawls.
wool).

111.9
111.9
111.9
108.6
97.5
90.8
86.7
87.8
97.1
100.6
116.1
105.3

107.0
107.0
107.0
107.0
107.0
107.0
89.1
89.5
90.2
89.1
107.0
107.0

Suit­
ings.

Under­
wear
(all
wool).

Wom­
en’s
dress
goods
(all
wool).

113.1
113.1
113.4
112.7
98.3
89.2
87.8
88.7
103.4
106.1
115.8
104.9

106.2
110.0
110.0
110.0
92.7
92.7
92.7
92.7
92.7
100.4
100.4
100.4

117.6
123.0
124.1
114.7
90.6
82.7
74.1
82.2
88.5
102.7
118.7
107.9

Petroleum.

Worst­
Leath­ Boots and
ed
Hides.
Crude.
er.
shoes.
yarns.

122.3
J23.4
117.2
109.5
91.3
74.0
72.9
82.5
100.5
106.7
118.4
102.2

99.6
101.5
92.8
79.9
68.4
109.7
86.6
106.3
122.8
131.8
127.4
132.0

100.6
100.9
97.0
96.9
91.5
108.0
95.2
96.1
104.4
109.3
113.2
110.8

104.8
103.5
102.7
100.9
99.4
98.7
99.6
97.2
96.3
96.8
99.4
99.2

95.4
73.6
61.1
70.3
92.2
149.2
129.5
86.5
100.2
142.1
148.5
132.9

Re­
fined.

112.4
102.2
91.5
81.0
80.5
106.6
112.5
96.6
99.5
118.0
132.6
119.3

This table shows fo r all o f the 6 articles grouped under cattle and
cattle products (cattle, fresh beef, beef hams, mess beef, tallow, and
hides) an advance in price in 1891, but not in the same degree; in 1892,
a decline in all o f the articles in this group; in 1893, an increase, except
fo r hides, fo r which there was a further decline in the relative price;
in 1894, a decline, except for beef hams, which increased; in 1895, an
increase, except fo r beef hams and tallow; in 1896, a decline in all o f
the articles; in 1897, an increase, except fo r tallow; in 1898, an increase
for all o f the articles, except beef hams; in 1899, an increase fo r all;
in 1900, a decline, except fo r mess beef and tallow, and in 1901, an
increase fo r cattle, tallow, and hides, and a decline for fresh beef, beef
hams, and mess beef. The facts for other related groups may be seen
by reference to the table.
General tables I, II, and III follow.




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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
T a b l e I ___ W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901.

FARM PRO D U CTS.
B A R L E Y : B y sa m p le .
[Price per bushel in Chicago, weekly range. From January, 1890, to October, 1897, the prices are for
No. 3, and from November, 1897, to December, 1901, for choice to fancy. Quotations from the
annual reports of the Chicago Board of Trade.]

Month.
Jan.............

Feb.............

M a r ...........

1890.

1892.

1891.

$0.26 -$0.52
.24 - .53
. 2 5 - .52
. 2 5 - .55
.26 - .55
.27 - .55
. 2 6 - .52
.26 - .51
. 2 5 - .56
. 2 5 - .47
. 2 6 - .55
.27 - .55
. 2 9 - .56

$0.58 -$0.70
.60 - .77
.63 - .76
.64*- .74
.63 - .74
.61 - .75
.65 - .73
. 6 3 - .73
.62 - .72
. 6 4 - .73
.62 - .73
.66 - .75
. 6 4 - .75

.54
.54
.55
.56
.52
.48
.52
.46
.46

.45 .3 6 .38 .33 -

.51
.46
.40
.38

.44 - .52
.50 - .54
.51 - .56
.50 - .54
48 55
.51 - .56
.514- .55*
.51 - .54*
.50 - .54

.33 .33 .36 .35 32 130 .31 .26 .2 4 -

.39
.38
.39
.45
.45
144
.42*
.42
.41

.5 0 .49 .48 .48 -

.54
.55
.54
.54*

.24 .20*.23 .23 -

.40
.40
.43
.41

.50 .51*.52 .52*.50 .47 .44 .50 .51 -

.55*
.55*
.55*
.55
54*
.54
.53
.54
.55

.21 .23 .22 .23 .22 ‘.22 .22 .21*.20*-

.41
.41
.42
.41
.40
.40
.37
.40
.37

.65
.65
.69
.68
.67
.68
.65
.65
.67

.33- .45
.38- .52
.38- .54
.38- .56
.38- .57
.35- .58
.36- .58
.38- .58
.38- .56

.38 .3 8 .3 6 .4 4 -

.66
.67
.65
.70

.36^
.38.38.38-

.40 .38 .33*.40 .40 -

.70
.70
.67
.68
.63

.38- .52
.38- .52
.39- .52
.38- .50
.38- .47

$0.5085

$0.4685

.5 0 .46 .54 .53
.60
.47
.45
.45

-

.5 2 .52 .54 .58 .61 .61*.60 .5 8 .6 0 -

.76
.73
.73
.81
.78
.80
.78
.74
.75

.30 .34 .33 .4 0 .40 .40 .43 .41 .38 -

.62
.63
.63
.63
.63
.63
.63
.63
.58

.6 2 .55 .48 .49 -

.80
.73*
.68
.71

.42
.43
.38
.35

.62
.59
.60
.63




.50 .4 9 .50 .52 .50 -

-

.40
.50
.38
.60

$0.5062

.53
.55
.42
.42

.52
.52
.51
.51*
.51*
.52
.53*
.53
.53

.42
.40
.42
.43
.42
.38
.38
.38
.36

.30 .35 -

Average.

.36.32.35.32-

.48 .50 .46*.4 5 .48 .50 .49 .50 .43 -

.66
.65
.63
.66

.78
.77
.78
.76
.76
.73
.73
.65
.60

Dec.............

.59
.58
.56
.56

.38 .35 .35 .3 0 -

.70 .70 .7 0 .68 .68 .62 .62 .60 .54 -

N o v ...........

.5 3 .52 .52 .50 -

-

.53
.56
.50
.50
.51
.51
.45
.41
.50

O ct.............

.62
.66
.56
.63

.40
.45
.42
.40

-

Sept...........

.43^
.42.38.38-

.56
.57
.52
.53
.45
.60
.57
.60
.62

.35
.33
.35
.38
.38
.32
.30
.34
.33

. 4 5 - .61
.43 - .63
. 5 3 - .66
.52 - .75
.48 - .70
.51 - .73
.52*- .74
.56 - .73
. 5 3 - .75

.56
.56*
.56*
.54*
.54
.54
.55
.54
.53
.52*
.53
.53
.53

-

M ay...........

.41 -

.53 .62*.52*.51 .50 .50 .51 .5 2 .48 .4 7 .48 .47 .4 8 -

.38
.35
.45
.42

.78
.80
.80
.80

-

$0.6098

-$0.55
- .55
- .54*
- .55

.54
.52
.53
.51
.53
.65
.56
.59
.60
.59
.58
.58 *
.58*

.55
.56*
.60
.63
.62
.65
.65
.63
.67

-

$0.53
.51
.50
.51

.42 .4 4 .44 .43 .44 .44 .4 8 .48 .51 .50 .4 8 .52 .52 -

.61
.56*
.60
.54

.69
.72
.72
.76

-$0.54
- .54
- .55
- .52

.67
.66
.64
.68
.63
.64
.63
.68
.65
.64
.65
.63
.63

-

.55
.57
.55
.52

$0.39
.40
.42
.41

1895.

.42.40.38.41.38.40.40.30.38.39.43.40.42-

.52
.38
.32
.37

-

A u g ...........

$0.40-$0.68
.38- .70
.40- .70
.40- .70

.60
.56
.58
.60
.62
.60
.60
.59
.62

.31
.35
.36
.33

July...........

$0.35 -$0.60
.36 - .60
. 3 8 - .63
.42 - .62
.42 - .62
.38 - .60
.40 - .58
.38 - .58
.37 - .57
.33 - .68
.40 - .60
.42 - .55
. 4 0 - .58
.39 .41 .42 .4 6 .46 .47 .48 .48 .48 -

Apr.............

J u n e .........

1894.

1893.

(a)

.35(a)

.45
.36
.38

.33
.35
.32- .40
.32- .37

a No quotation for week.

.55
.55
.53
.54

.4 8 .4 5 .45 -

$0.5134

$0.4300

245

COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901.

FAR M PBO D U CTS.
B A R L E Y : B y sa m p le .
[Price per bushel in Chicago, weekly range. From January, 1890, to October, 1897, the prices are for
No. 3, and from November, 1897, to December, 1901, for choice to fancy. Quotations from the
annual reports of the Chicago Board of Trade.]

1896.

1897.

80.21 -80.36
. 2 1 - .40
.22 - .39*
. 2 4 - .38
. 2 4 - .38
. 2 4 - .38
. 2 5 - .38
. 2 5 - .37
.254- .38
.264- .87
. 2 5 - .35
. 2 5 - .36
. 2 5 - .35
.2 5 .2 5 .2 6 .2 7 -

.35
.35
.38
.38

.28 - .384
.28 - .364
. 2 6 - .37
. 2 8 - .37
.28 - .36
.27 - .35
. 2 4 - .35
.224- .33
.22 - .304

80.23 -80.35
.234- -34
. 2 4 - .35
. 2 4 - .35
.24|- .35
.244- .35
.234- .35
.224- -34
.224- .32
.224- .32
.224- .33
. 2 4 - .33
. 2 5 - .33
.2 5 .2 4 .2 5 .26 .27 .2 5 .264.264.2 7 -

.33
.34
.34
.33
.35
.34
.33
.34
.33

.26 .2 7 .2 7 .2 7 -

.324
.33
.33
.33

.3 3 .3 5 .3 6 .3 8 .3 8 .3 8 .4 0 .3 9 -

.40
.39
.43
.40
.42
.43
.42
.43

.4 0 .41 .41 .4 3 ' .46 .4 9 .5 0 .4 8 .4 5 -

.44
.45
.46
.50
.53
.55
.52
.54
.51

.3 9 .3 8 -

.48
.40

(a)
(a)

80.48 -80.51
. 4 9 - .53
. 5 0 - .53
. 5 0 - .55
.53
.51
.51*
.52
.51
.51
.50
.47
.47
.48
.48
.47*
.47

.4 0 .4 0 .4 0 .4 0 -

.42
.41
.41
.41

-.4 3 .43 -

.41
(a)
.3 9 .4 0 .4 0 .4 0 .4 0 -

.45
.45
.46

.38 .3 9 .3 8 .3 9 -

.42
.42
.43
.43

.44
.41
.43
.44
.46
.43
.43
.43
.434

.3 9 .3 9 .3 9 .4 0 .40 .39 .4 0 .40 .42 -

.45
.43
.44
.45
.45
.44*
.45
.47
.48*

.3 9 .4 0 .4 0 .4 2 .4 4 .4 4 .43 .4 3 .43*-

.41
.42
.45
.46
.46
.45
.45
.46
.45

.4 3 .4 6 .46 .4 6 -

.50
.50
.49
.49

.43*.4 3 .41 .4 0 -

.45
.45
.44
.45

.42
.42
.40
.40
.35

.4 8 .49 .4 8 .4 6 .45*-

.5 i
.52
.51
.50
.49

.4 1 .4 0 .4 0 .4 1 .41 -

.43*
.45
.45
.45
.43

.2 8 .2 8 .2 8 .2 9 .28 .26 .254.26 .27 -

.33
.34
.34
.34
.33
.35
.37
.38
.46

.2 1 .2 0 .2 2 .24 -

.32
.33
.33
.354

.274.3 0 .31 .2 9 -

.444
.46
.46
.45

.2 4 .2 4 .2 4 .2 5 .2 3 .2 3 .2 4 .244.2 4 -

.38
.37
.37
.38
.38
.38
.38
.38
.38

.27 .26 .2 6 .26 .28 .3 5 .3 5 .36 .35 -

.2 4 .2 4 .23 .2 2 -

.38
.37
.374
.34

.3 5 .3 5 .3 5 .3 5 .264-

80.3226

(a)
(a)
.3 4 -

(a)

(a)
(a)
.3 8 .4 1 .4 0 -

.35

80.4348

80.4425

1901.

80.41 -80.45
. 4 1 - .45
. 4 1 - .45
. 4 1 - .44

.4 9 .4 8 .4 8 .4 8 .4 9 .4 9 .4 7 .4 6 .4 6 .4 7 .4 6 .46 .4 3 -

.3 9 -

.30
.32
.31
.31
.33
.34
.34
.35
.36




80.36 -80.42
. 3 6 - .43
. 3 6 - .42
. 3 4 - .40

1900.

.40
.42
.42
.41*
.41
.41
.40

.2 2 .1 9 .2 0 .2 1 .2 3 .2 3 .1 9 .184.2 0 -

10.2977

1899.

1898.

.41 .41 .41 .4 1 .4 0 .3 9 .3 9 .4 0 .4 1 .4 3 .4 3 .43 .4 3 -

Month.

80.59 -80.63
. 5 8 - .61
. 5 9 - .62
. 5 8 - .62

Jan.

.43
.44
.43
.44
.43
.41
.42
.43
.44
.45
.45
.44*
.45

.5 8 .6 3 .57 .5 8 .5 7 .5 5 .5 5 .6 6 .56 .66 .5 7 .5 7 .5 6 -

.59 Feb.
.64
.62
.60
.60 Mar.
.56
.56
.58
.58*
.58 Apr.
.58
.58
.57

.5 6 .5 5 .5 6 .5 6 -

.59
.59
.58
.57

May.

.41 -

.45
.44
.43
.43

.41*.4 1 .42 .4 3 .44 .4 3 .4 6 .4 6 .4 6 -

.43
.42
.43*
.45
.46
.46
.50
.50
.48

.5 ^ .5 3 .5 0 (a)

.55
.56
.55

June.

(a)

July.

(a)
.5 0 -

.60
.61 Aug.
.63
.66
.65
.63*
.62 Sept.
.60
.61
.60
.60
.60
.60
.59

(a)
.4 2 .43 .4 4 .4 6 .4 7 .4 8 .4 9 .5 3 -

.47
.48
.48
.50
.50
.53
.57
.57

.5 5 .58 .61 .6 2 . 60 .6 0 .5 8 .6 8 .5 7 -

.5 4 .5 5 .5 4 .54 -

.67
.65
.60
.60*

.5 8 .58 .57 .5 7 -

.5 2 .5 5 .5 8 .5 5 .5 6 .5 6 .5 7 .5 7 .5 6 -

.58
.62
.65
.63
.62
.60
.64
.64
.64

. 5 7 - .58 Nov.
.57 - .59*
. 5 8 - .60
. 6 0 - .62
. 6 1 - .63
.61*- .64* Dec.
. 6 1 - .64
. 6 1 - .62
. 6 2 - .63

80.4815

80.5884

Oct.

Average.

246

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F A R M P R O D U C T S —Continued.
C A T T L E : Steers, clio ice to e x tra .
[Price per hundred pounds in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Trade
<
Bulletin.]

Month.
Jan.............

1890.

1892.

1891.

$4.10-$5.20
4.00- 5.20
4.20- 5.30
4.10- 5.20

$4.90-$5.50
4.90- 5.40
4.90- 5.40
5.15- 5.70

$5.30-$6.00
5.10- 5.75
4.95- 5.60
4.75- 5.40

4.20- 5.30
6.004.20- 5.30
5.004.30- 5.30
5.204.75- 5.20
5.104.75- 5.25
5.104 .7 0 5.205.204.70- 5.20
5.105.404.70- 6.20
5.404.65- 5.15
5.405.504.70- 5.20
4 .7 0 5.205.704.60- 6.10
6.704.60- 6.20
4.60- 5.20
5.804.70-5 .4 5
5.754.60- 5.35
5.754.60- 5.25
5.75-

5.50
5.50
5.60
5.60
5.65
5.75
5.65
6.25
6.40
6.40
6.65
6.50
6.50

4.754.854.804.854.704.854.754.604.604.404.354.304.20-

5.50
5.50
5.45
5.45
5.30
5.40
5.25
5.10
5.00
4.95
4.85
4.80
4.90

6.45
6.50
6.50
6.40

4 .7 0 5.356.755.754.70- 6.25
4 .5 5 5.105.754.55- 5.15
5.705.706.704.35- 4.95
6.104.40- 5.00
5.804.20- 4.80
4.20- 4.70
5.804.35- 5.00
4.30- 4.80
5.704.30- 4.85
5.704.30- 4.85
5.904.60- 5.15
5.90-

6.40
6.40
6.40
6.30
6.35
6.40
6.25
6.40
6.40

4.504.504.254.404.304.304.404.404.45-

4.75^- 5.20
4.75- 5.20
4.75- 5.25
4.80- 5.35
4.65- 5.15
4 .65-5.25
4.65- 5.20
4.75- 5.30
4.75- 5.25

5.905.755.905.905.906.006.006.006.00-

6.30
6.20
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25

N o v ...........

4.704.754.754.75-

6.20
5.30
5.25
5.30

6.005.905.905.70-

6.25
6.30
6.30
6.10

Dec.............

4.754.704.754.704.70-

5.30
5.20
5.35
5.25
5.26

5.905.905.705.255.40-

6.35
6.25
6.15
5.90
6.10

Feb.............

M a r ...........

Apr.............

M a y ...........

June...........

July...........

A u g ...........

Sept...........

O ct.............

Average.

$4.8697




6.25
6.25
6.25
6.30

$5.8851

1894.

1893.
$5.15-$5.60
5.30- 6.00
6.50- 6.25
5.40- 6.10
5.30- 6.00
5.50- 6.25
5.50- 6.25
5.40- 6.10
5.40- 6.10
5.35- 6.05
5.25- 5.90
5.40- 6.15
5.40- 6.20

1895.

$5.30-$5.90
5.50- 6,00
5.40- 5.90
5.50- 6.00
6.30- 5.70
5.05- 5.45
5.05- 5.45
4.60- 5.00
4.65- 5.00
4.85- 5.15
4.70- 5.00
4.70- 6.00
4.30- 4.65

5.405.405.405.55-

6.25
6.10
6.00
6.00

4.254.504.504.20-

4.90
4.90
4.75
4.90
4.80
4.80
4.75
4.80
4.80

5.455.405.405.555.755.755.505.305.25-

5.90
5.95
6.00
6.05
6.25
6.25
5.95
5.60
5.55

4.40- 4.90
4.40- 4.75
4.25- 4.60
4.10- 4.45
4.20- 4.45
4 .5 5 - 4.90
4.75- 5.10
4 .5 5 4.35- 4.75

5.655.604.855.555.55-

6.10
6.05
5.95
5.95

5.005.205.305.00-

5.40
5.70
5.70
5.45

5.255.204.855.00-

5.60
5.60
5.25
5.40

4.905.005.005.005.005.105.155.155.00-

6.30
5.30
5.30
5.40
5.40
6.50
5.60
5.50
5.30

4.75^4.504.604.604.604.855.005.306.35-

5.25
4.90
5.10
5.05
5.15
5.30
5.40
5.60
5.70

4.35- 4.75
5.504 .6 0 5.105.404.50- 5.10
5.404.60- 5.05
6.404.30- 4.80
5.404.25- 4.75
6.504.50- 4.95
6.504.70- 5.05
5.505.15- 5.60
5.50-

5.95
6.00
6.00
6.00
5.90
5.95
6.05
5.95
5.85

5.405.605.605.85-

6.00
6.25
6.35
6.40

5.505.455.455.40-

5.85
5.65
5.75
5.70

4.95*
4.954.955.00-

5.50
5.50
5.45
5.60

5.35^ 5.70
5.45- 5.90
5.30- 5.80
5.20-5.65
5.15- 5.65
5.25- 5.80
5.30- 5.90
5.40-6.00
5.30- 5.85

5.505.655.505.455.505.505.505.505.30-

6.15
6.25
6.05
6.00
6.20
6.40
6.35
6.45
6.00

6.0 0 -5 .3 0
5.20- 5.50
5.20- 5.50
4.95- 5.35
4.85- 5.30
4.7 5 -5 .1 5
4.60- 4.90
4.65-5 .0 0
4.60- 4.90

5.20- 5.95
5.15- 5.80
5.05-5.80
5.10- 5.80

4.55- 4.90
4.40- 4.85
4.35- 4.75
4.45-4 .8 5
4.40- 4.80

$5.1591

$5.4849

5.20- 5.85
5.20- 5.85
5.05- 5.65
5.05- 5.60
5.00- 5.55
5.00- 5.75
5.15- 5.75
5 .0 0 5.655.10- 5.70
5.00- 5.65
5.10- 5.60
5.40- 6.25
5.20-5.80
$5.0909

$5.5211

4.60
4.95
4.90
4.60

$5.10-$6.10
5.20- 5.90
5.20- 5.90
4.90- 6.60
4.85- 5.50
5.00- 5.65
4.90- 6.50
5.00- 5.50
5.15- 5.65
5.30- 5.95
5 .3 0 - 5.90
5.65- 6.25
5.95- 6.45
6.85- 6.40
5.90- 6.35
5.90- 6.35
5.75- 6.15
5.70- 6.20
5.65- 6.15
5.65- 6.10
5 .55-5.95
5.65- 6.10

247

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F A R M P R O D U C T S —Continued.
C A T T L E : Steers, c h o ic e to ex tra*
[Price per hundred pounds in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Trade
Bulletin.]

1896.
$4.55-84.90
4.65- 4.80
4.40- 4.80
4.35- 4.75

84.90-85.30
4.90- 5.35
4.90- 5.30
4.90- 5.40

4.35- 4.75
4.30- 4.65
4.30-4.75
4.30- 4.70
4.25- 4.65
4.20- 4.60
4.30- 4.70
4.00-4.50
4.00- 4.30
4.00- 4.20
4.20-4.70
4.15-4.60
3.85-4.25

4.90- 5.35
5.00-5.50
4.95- 5.40
6.10- 5.50
5.00- 5.35
5.15- 5.55
5.15- 5.60
5.15- 5.65
5.05- 5.50
5.05- 5.50
5.10- 5.45
5.10- 5.50
5.10- 5.50

5.005.155.155.055.205.205.155.105.105.105.155.005.00-

4.15- 4.45
4 .05-4.35
4.00- 4.30
4.05- 4.35

5.105.155.155.15-

5.40
5.45
5.45
5.45

4.15- 4.40
4.10-4.35
4.10- 4.45
4.10- 4.45
4.25- 4.60
4.25- 4.55
4.25- 4.55
4.25- 4.55
4.20- 4.45

5.155.055.005.004.955.005.004.954.95-

5.45
5.40
5.35
5.30
5.25
5.40
5.20
5.25
5.25

4.35-4.50
4.35- 4.65
4.40- 4.70
4.40- 4.75

4.904.904.904.954.955.005.155.155.105.105.105.105.10-

4.55^
4.554.754.804.804.804.804.854.75-

4.80
4.80
5.10
5.05
5.05
5.05
5.05
5.20
5.10

4.954.904.904.90-

5.35
5.25
5.15
5.15

4.955.004.754.904.75-

5.40
5.45
5.30
5.40
5.10

84.5957

1899.

1898.

1897.

85.10-85.60
5.00- 5.50
5.00- 5.45
5.00- 5.45
5.50
5.55
5.50
5.50
5..85
5.75
5.65
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.60
5.45
5.45

1900.

85.20-85.75
5.50- 6.00
5.50- 6.10
5.65- 6.30
5.65- 6.30
5.45- 6.10
6.45- 6.05
6.40- 6.00
5.30- 5.90
5.30- 5.85
6 .30-5.85
5.30- 5.85
5.20- 5.80

1901.

86.25-86.60
6.25- 6.60
6.25- 6.60
6.15- 6.60
6.05- 6.50
6.00- 6.40
5.80- 6.15
5.70- 6.05
5.50-5.90
5.50- 5.90
5.50-5.90
5.45-5.70
5.45- 5.70

Month.

85.70-86.10
5.70- 6.15
5.75- 6.15
6.75- 6.10
5.70- 6.10
5.70- 6.10
5.70- 6.00
5 .60-5.90
5.60- 5.90
5.60- 6.00
6.70- 6.25
5.70- 6.25
5.70- 6.10

Jan.

5.70- 6.10
6.70- 6.05
5.70- 6.05
5.70- 6.10
5.70- 6.10
5.65- 6.00
5.65- 6.00
5.65- 6.00
5.7 0 -6 .1 0

Apr.

Feb.

Mar.

5.455.455.465.35-

5.90
5.75
5.80
5.75

5.355.405.405.40-

5.60
6.80
5.90
5.80

5.66- 5.35
5.00- 5.25
6.00- 5.30
5.05- 5.30
5.00- 5.25
5.05- 5.40
5.05- 5.40
5.05- 5.40
5.05-5.40

5.255.255.305.355.355.405.305.256.35-

5.60
5.60
5.65
5.65
5.65
5.55
5.55
5.50
5.60

5.405.455.455.455.405.455.455.455.45-

5.70
5.80
5.80
5.80
5.75
5.80
5.80
5.80
5.80

5.055.005.155.20-

5.40
5.25
5.45
6.55

5.50-5.85
5.50- 5.85
5.50- 5.85
5.50-5.95

5.205.255.355.405.405.405.205.355.40-

5.55
5.60
5.65
5.70
5.70
5.75
5.60
5.75
5.85

5.60- 6.00
5.80- 6.10
6.00- 6.40
6.15- 6.60
6.30- 6.65
6.30- 6.65
6.30- 6.85
6.40- 6.70
6 .40-6.70

5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75
6.90
6.00
5.90
6.05
6.10

6.10- 6.55
6.00- 6.40
5.80- 6.20
5.80- 6.40
5.55- 6.15
5.75- 6.35
5.75- 6.35
6.85- 6.35
5.85-6.35

July.

5.25
5.15
5.15
5.45
5.45
5.45
5.55
5.75
6.65

5.405.405.405.405.505.655.655.755.705.805.755.805.60-

6.20
6.10
6.00
5.90

5.856.006.006.10-

6.25
6.50
6.50
6.60

Sept.

5.65
5.65
5.50
5.50

5.506.505.505.40-

6.85
5.76
5.80
5.80

6.506.506.506.306.306.306.306.356.40-

7.00
7.00
7.00
6.85
6.80
6.80
6.70
6.90
7.00

5.60- 5.85
5.50- 5.95
5.50- 5.90
5.60- 6.00
5.60- 6.00
5.50- 5.95
5.55-5.90
5.65- 5.90
5.50- 5.80

6.106.106.256.256.256.256.156.156.10-

6.40
6.60
6.85
6.85
6.85
6.85
6.85
6.90
6.85

Oct.

6.40- 7.00
6.40- 7.00
6.30-7.00
6.25- 6.90

5 .50-5.80
5.60-5.95
5.60-6.95
5.70- 6.10

6.25- 7.00
6.25-7.00
6.25- 7.00
6 .2 5 6.25- 6.75

85.9928

85.7827

86.1217

5.05- 5.40
4.90- 5.30
6.00- 5.35
4 .95-5.35
5.00- 5.45
4.95- 5.40
5.00- 5.50
5.00- 5.50
5.00-5.50

5.30^ 5.60
5.25- 5.60
5.25-5.60
5.25- 5.65
5.25- 5.70
5.35- 5.80
5.20- 5.65
5.20- 5.65
5.20- 5.75

85.2255

85.3779




5.855.855.905.90-

6.25
6.20
6.20
6.30

May.

June.

Aug.

Nov.

Dec.
6.85
Average.

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T able

1.—W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F A R M P R O D U C T S —Continued.
C A T T L E : Steers, g o o d to ch oice.

TPrice per hundred pounds in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Trade
L
Bulletin.]

Month.

1890.

Jan.............

83.00-84.00
3.00- 3.90
3.10- 4.10
3.00- 4.00

Feb.............

3.10- 4.10
3.10- 4.10
3.25- 4.25
3.60- 4.40
3.60-4.50
3.70-4.65
3.85-4.70
3.85-4.70

M a r ...........

Apr.............

M a y ...........
•

3.75-4.65
3.80- 4.60
3.80- 4.65
3.80- 4.50
3.80- 4.50
3.80- 4.50
4.10- 4.60
4.00- 4.55
4.10- 4.55

J u n e .........

4.10- 4.60
4.10- 4.60
4 .00-4.50
4.10- 4.50

J u ly...........

1892.

1891.
83.90-84.85
4.00- 4.80
4.00- 4.80
4.40- 5.10
4.304.304.504.504.504.604.504.754.754.754.905.105.00-

4.90
4.90
5.10
5.00
5.00
5.10
6.00
5.35
5.40
5.35
5.45
5.60
5.60

5.00- 5.75
6.00- 5.70
. 5.00-5.70
5.00- 5.70

3.90- 4.30
3.90- 4.35
3.60- 4.15
3.50- 4.10
3.60- 4.25
3.60- 4.25
3.60- 4.25
3 .60-4.25
3.90- 4.50

5.005.005.005.005.005.005.405.005.00-

5.70
5.70
5.70
5.60
5.60
5.60
6.05
5.70
5.70

4.904.904.904.90-

5.60
5.60
5.80
5.80

4.00- 4.65
4.00- 4.65
4.00- 4.66
4.00- 4.75
4.15- 4.70
4.15- 4.70
4.15- 4.70
4.15- 4.70
4.05-4 .7 0

4.904.754.604.604.504.404.404.304.30-

5.80
5.65
5.80
5.80
5.80
5.90
5.90
5.90
5.90

N o v ...........

4.05- 4.65
4.05 -4 .7 0
4.00- 4.70
4 .00-4.70

4.30- 5.90
4.20- 4.80
4.20-4.80
5.00- 5.60

Dec.............

4.00-4 .7 0
4.00-4 .6 5
3 .90-4.65
3 .9 0 3 .9 0 -

5.20-5.85
5.20- 5.85
4.80-5.60
4.654.40- 5.25
4.664.50-5.35

Average.

84.1375

85.0976

A u g .........

Sept...........

O ct.............




1894.

1893.

84.50-85.25
4.40- 5.00
4.40- 4.85
4.10- 4.65
4.15- 4.70
4.20- 4.80
4.10- 4.75
4.20- 4.80
4.00- 4.70
4.15- 4.80
4.05- 4.65
3 .95-4.55
3.80- 4.50
3.70- 4.35
3.60- 4.30
3.65-4.25
3.70-4.20

84.65-85.05
4.75- 6.25
4.80- 5.40
4.80- 5.30
4.70- 5.20
4.75- 5.40
4.85- 5.40
. 4 .75-5.30
4.75- 5.30
4.65- 5.30
4.50- 6.20
4 .50-5.30
4.50-5.40
4.504.504.504.80-

5.40
5.35
5.35
5.40

1895.

84.40-85.20
4.65- 5.45
4.60-5.30
4.50-5.40
4.30- 5.20
4.20- 5.00
4.20- 5.00
3.90- 4.50
3.80- 4.50
4.05- 4.75
4.00- 4.65
4.00- 4.65
3.80- 4.25
3.703.953.953.60-

4.20
4.45
4.40
4.10

84.40-85.05
4.55- 5.10
4 .55-6.15
4.35- 4.95
4.30- 4.80
4.40- 4.95
4.3 5 -4 .8 0
4.40- 4.90
4.55- 5.05
4.70- 5.45
4.60- 6.35
4.90- 5.50
5 .35-5.85
5.40- 5.80
5.40- 5.86
5.40- 5.85
5.20- 5.70
5.15- 6.75
5.15- 5.65
5.15- 5.65
5.05-5.55
5 .05-5.60

4.004.003.854.003.953.954.004.004.10-

4.50
4.50
4.25
4.35
4.30
4.30
4.35
4.35
4.40

4.75- 5.30
4.70- 5.35
4.70-5.30
4.80- 5.45
5.00- 5.60
5.00- 5.60
4.85- 5.40
4.70- 5.20
4 .60-5.15

3.75- 4.30
3.90-4.35
3 .90-4.25
3.85- 4.20
3.90- 4.20
4.10- 4.50
4.30- 4.70
4.15- 4.50
4.00-4.40

5.055.054.954.95-

5.60
5.50
5.50
5.50

4.604.754.754.60-

4.90
5.20
5.25
4.90

4.604.604.104.30-

5.20
5.20
4.75
4.95

4.504.504.504.504.504.504.604.604.40-

4.80
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
5.00
5.10
5.10
4.90

4.304.004.104.104.054.204.304.604.65-

4.95
4.40
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.75
4.90
5.20
5.25

4.00- 4.40
4.904.10- 4.50
4.754.00- 5.00
4.754.10- 4.65
4.753 .8 0 4.254.753.80- 4.20
4.754.05- 4.45
4.754.15- 4.60
4.754.754.50- 5.00

5.50
5.45
5.45
5.35
5.25
5.35
5.45
5.45
5.35

4.604.654.604.90-

5.25
6.35
5.50
5.75

4.804.804.804.80-

5.40
5.30
5.35
5.35

4.65- 5.25
4.75- 5.40
4.45-5.20
4.25- 5.15
4.25- 5.15
4.30- 5.15
4.40- 5.25
4.50-5.30
4.30- 5.20

4.604.604.504.504.504.604.504.504.30-

5.40
5.50
5.40
5.35
5.40
5.45
5.50
5.40
5.10

4.454.554.454.254.204.104.004.204.25-

4.95
5.15
5.10
4.90
4.80
4.70
4.50
4.65
4.65

4 .10-5.00
4.10- 4.90
4.10- 4.75
4.40- 5.10

4.20- 5.05
4.35- 5.10
4.40-5 .0 0
4.40- 5.05

84.8394

84.5245

4 .35-4.90
4.35-4.90
4.35- 4.90
4 .35-4.90
4.45- 5.15
4.45- 5.15
4.30- 5.00
4.30-5.00
4.25- 4.90
4.15- 4.85
4.15-4.85
4.15- 4.85
4.70- 5.35
84.4995

4.25- 4.50
4.00- 4.45
3.90- 4.35
4 .0 0 4.40
4.00- 4.50
84.9344

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COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W HOLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F A R M P R O D U C T S — Continued.
C A T T L E : Steers, g o o d to ch oice.
[Price per hundred pounds in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Trade
Bulletin.]

1896.

1897.

1899.

1898.

1900.

84.55-85.20
4.70- 5.40
4.75- 5.40
4.75- 5.40
4.75- 5.40
4.45- 5.15
4.60- 5.30
4.60- 5.25
4.60- 5.20
4.70- 5.35
4 .70-5.35
4.70- 5.35
4.70- 5.20

84.16-84.50
4.25- 4.55
4.00- 4.40
3.85- 4.30

84.40-85.00
4.45- 4.90
4.45- 4.90
4.45- 4.90

84.50-85.00
4.45- 4.95
4.50- 4.95
4 .50-4.95

3.85-4.30
3.80- 4.25
3.95- 4.45
3.9&- 4.45
3.90- 4.35
3.85- 4.15
3.85- 4.20
3.75- 4.05
3.76- 3.95
3.75-3.80
3.90- 4.25
3.90- 4.30
3.60-3.95

4.45- 4.90
4.55- 5.00
4.50- 4.90
4.60- 5.00
4.60- 5.00
4.65- 5.10
4.60- 5.10
4.60- 5.10
4.65- 5.00
4.55- 5.00
4.60- 5.05
4.60- 5.05
4 .60-5.05

4.50- 4.90
4 .65-5.10
4.65- 5.10
4 .50-5.00
4.60- 5.15
4.60- 5.15
4.70- 5.20
4.60- 5.10
4.60- 6.10
4.60- 5.20
4.60- 5.20
4.45- 5.05
4.45- 5.00

4.00- 4.25
3.90- 4.15
3.80- 4.10
3.80-4.10

4.604.604.604.60-

5.00
5.10
5.10
5.10

3.80-4.15
3.80- 4.15
3.80- 4.20
3.80- 4.20
4.00- 4.35
4.00-4.30
4.00- 4.30
4.00- 4.30
3.95- 4.30

4.604.554.554.454.454.454.404.404.40-

5.10
5.00
5.00
4.95
4.90
5.00
6.00
4.90
4.90

4.4<£
4.404.404.554.554.654.654.704.704.704.654.754.75-

4.05-4.25
4.20- 4.40
4.20- 4.45
4.20- 4.45

4.50-4 .9 5
4.50- 4.85
4.50- 4.85
4.60- 5.00 ’
4.60- 5.00
4.60- 4.95
4.60- 5.00
4.70- 5.10
4.70- 5.10

4.65- 5.25
4.65- 5.25
4.75- 5.35
4.75-5.35
4.75- 5.35
4 .75-5.35
4.60- 5.15
4.75- 5.30
4.85- 6.35

5.105.355.505.655.655.655.655.655.65-

5.60
5.70
5.90
6.10
6.20
6.20
6.30
6.35
6.30

4.704.704.704.70-

4.854.854.854.85-

5.655.655.655.405.505.505.505.705.60-

4.30- 4.55
4.30- 4.55
4.40- 4.80
4.45- 4.80
4.45- 4.80
4.45-4.85
4.45- 4.85
4.50- 4.90
4.35- 4.75
4.55- 4.90
4.50- 4.90
4.50-4.80
4 .50-4.80
4.50- 5.00
4.50- 5.00
4 .25-4.80
4.40-4.90
4.20- 4.75
84.2712

5.10
5.10
5.10
5.10

4.905.005.005.00-

5.30
5.40
5.40
5.40

4.95
4.85
4.95
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00

4.654.654.754.854.854.904.904.904.90-

5.15
5.15
5.10
5.25
5.25
5. 25
5.25
5.15
5.25

5.004.954.954.955.005.105.105.005.10-

5.30
5.40
5.40
5.40
5.40
6.50
5.50
6.40
5.40

5.00
4.95
5.10
5.20

5.00- 5.45
5.00- 5.45
5.00- 5.45
5.00-5.55

5.105.105.105.105.155.255.255.405.35-

5.40
5.40
5.40
5.40
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.65
5.60

4.70^- 5.00
4.55- 4.90
4.55- 4.90
4.45- 4.90
4.50- 5.00
4 .45-4.90
4 .50-5.00
4.50- 5.00
4.50-5 .0 0

4.75- 5.30
4.60- 5.25
4.60- 5.25
4.60- 5.20
4.60- 5.20
4 .70-5.30
4.55- 5.10
4.55- 5.10
4.55-5.20

84.7736

84.8846




85.50-86.20
5.50- 6.20
5.50- 6.20
5.40- 6.00
5.40- 5.90
5.40- 5.90
5.20- 5.70
5.10- 5.60
5.00- 5.50
6.00-5.50
5.00- 5.50
5.00- 5.35
5.00- 5.35

4.80- 5.35
4.80- 5.20
4.80- 5.30
4.75-5.25

5.40
5.40
5.40
5,40

Month.

1901.
85.30-85.65
5.30- 5.65
5.30- 5.70
5.30- 5.70
5.20- 5.65
5.20- 5.65
5.20- 5.65
5.10- 5.50
5.10- 5.50
5.10- 5.50
5.10- 5.65
6.10- 5.65
5.20- 5.65
5.205.205.205.205.205.205.205.205.30-

5.65
5.65
5.55
5.65
5.65
5.65
5.65
5.65
5.75

5.505.505.505.50-

5.85
5.85
5.80
5.90

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May.

June.

5.60^ 6.00
5.55- 5.95
5.40- 5.80
5.40-5.90
5.10- 5.55
5.20- 5.75
5.20- 5.75
5.30- 5.85
5. 30- 5.85

July.

5.40- 5.70
5.45- 5.80
5.40-5.75
5.40- 5.75

5.305.355.355.45-

5.75
5.85
5.85
6.05

Sept.

6.40
6.40
6.40
6.20
6.20
6.20
6.10
6.25
6.25

5.30- 5.60
5.30- 5.60
5.30- 5.60
5.45- 5.70
5.45- 6.70
5.35- 5.60
5.45- 5.60
5.45- 5.60
5 .15-5.50

5.455.655.655.655.655.655.555.555.40-

6.05
6.15
6.20
6.20
6.20
6.20
6.00
6.10
6.00

Oct.

5.60- 6.25
5.60- 6.25
5.60- 6.20
5.50-6.20

6.15- 5.50
5.25- 5.60
6.25- 5.60
5.30-5.65

5.50- 6.20
5.50- 6.20
5.50- 6.10
5 .5 0 6.50- 6.10

85.3851

85.3938

85.5901

Aug.

Nov.

Dec.
6.10
Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F A R M P R O D U C T S — Continued.
C O R N : No* 2, ca sh .

[Price per bushel in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of the
Chicago Board of Trade.]

Month.
Jan.

Feb.

1890.
80.281
80.28|- .29
.281- .28|
.28*
.28*.27*-

Mar .

.28 -

Apr.,

1892.

1891.

.28|
.28*
.27*
.27*
.28*
.28
.28*
.28*
.29*
.80*
.31*
.83*
.32

80.48*-80.49*
.48*- .48*
.47 - .48*
.49 - .49*
.51*-

.54*.59*.6 1 .67*.72*-

.39*.40*.40*.40*.41*.40*.38 .37 .38*38*.39*.40*.40*-

.40*
.41*
.40*
.40*
.41*
.41*
.38*
.37*
.39*
.39
.40*
.42*
.41*

.41 .45*.4 9 .6 2 .48*.50*.46*.49*.51*-

.42*
.46*
.52
.63
1.00
.53*
.47*
.51
.51*

.34*- .34*
.34*- .34*
.33*- .33*
.33*- .33*

.61*- .64*
.62*- .64*
.61*- .62*
.58*- .60*

June.

.33*- .34
.33*- .34*
.33*- .34*
.34*- .34*

.55*- .56*
.59*- .60*
.57 - .58*
.57 - .58*
.57 - .58*
.57*- .58*
.55*- .58*
. 5 8 - .59
.63*- .67

J u ly .

.33*.35*.36*.37*.44*.47 .48*.48*♦

.34*
.36*
.37*
.37*
.45*
.48*
.49
.49*
.49

.58*.6 1 .65 .62 -

.59*
.63*
.67*
.65*

.45*.45*.46*.48 .47*.49*.49*.62 .51*-

.46*
.45*
.47*
.48*
.48*
.50*
.49*
.52*
.52*

.6 3 .66*.62 .48*.52 .51*.5 5 .53 .56*-

.66
.68
.62*
.50
.53*
.52*
.57
.54*
.58

Nov .

.53*.61*.4 9 .53*-

.53*
.52
.51
.54*

.52 .53*.51*.6 5 -

.52*
.55*
.52
.70

Dec.,

.49*.62 .51*.4 8 .48*-

.50*
.52*
.52*
.49
.49*

.46*.47*.50*.41*.39*-

.47*
.48*
.54
.43
.39*

Aug .

Sept.

O ct.

Average

80.3950




80.38*-80.38*
.38*- .38*
.38*- .38*
.37*

.51*
.50*
.51*
.53*
.54*
.60*
.62*
.67*
.69*
.66*
.68*
.72*
.67*

M ay.

80.5744

1894.

1893.
80.40*-80.40*
•41*- .41*
.43
.42*- .42*
.43*
.43*- .43*
.42*- .42*
.40*
.40*
.41*
.41*
.41 - .41*
.40*

80.34*-80.34*
.35 - .35*
.34*- .34*
.34*
.35*- .35*
.34*
.34 - .34*
.34*- .34*
.33*- .34
.35
.35*- .36*
.35*- .35*
.35*- .36

.39*.40 -

.39*
.40*
.40*
.41*

.36*-

.41*.42*.42*.40*.39*.37*-

.42
.43*
.43
.41*
.40
.37*
.39*
.41*
.40*

.37*.37*.37*-

.50*- .52
.47*- .48*
.49*- .50*
.51 - .51*

.39*- .39*
.40 - .40*
.39*- .39*
.39*- .40*

.41*.41*-

.49*.53*.52*.52*.50*.45*.47*.45*.45*-

.49*
.55*
.52*
.52*
.51*
.46
.49
.45*
.46*

.36 .37*.39 -

.44 .41*.42 .41*-

.44*
.42*
.42*
.41*

.41*- .42*
•41*- .42*
.40*- .41
•41*
.42*
.41*- .42
.42*- .42*
.41
.40*
80.4500

.41*-

1895.

.38*-

.36*
.38*
.38*
.38*

.38
.37*
.37*
.37
.37*
.37*- .39
.40*- .41*
. 4 1 - .41*
.40*

80.44*-80.45*
.45 - .45*
.45*- .45*
.42*- .43*
.40*- .41
.41*- .41*
.42
.42*- .42*
.43*
.43
.45
.45*
.45*- .45*

.46*•49*.50 .52*.52*.50*.50*.48*-

.45*
.45*
.45*
.47*
.47*
.50*
.50*
.53*
.52*
.50*
.51*
.49*
.48

.41*
.41*
.43*
.43*
.45*
.59*
.56*
.54*
.54*

.44*- .45*
.41*- .42*
.44*- .45*
.44*- .45
.42*- .43*
.40*
.37*- .38
.37*- .38
.36*- .37*

.57
.57*
.55*
.50*

.34*.32*.31*.31*-

.36
.32*
.32*
.31*

.40*- .41
.38*- .39*
.37*- .37*
.37*- .37*
.38*- .38*
.38*- .39
.36*- .37*
.36*- .36*
.35*- .35*

.48 - .49*
.50*- .51*
.48*- .49
.48*- .50
.51*- .53
.51*- .51*
.50*- .50*
.50*- .50*
.48 - .48*

.30*.29*.29 .29*.29*.28*.28*.28 .27*-

.30*
.29*
.29*
.30*
.30*
.28*
.29
.28*
.27*

.35 -

.46*.46*-

.25*- .26
.25*- .26*
.25*- .25*
.25*- .25*
.25*

.37 .41*.40*.40*-

.34*-

.37*
.38
.39*
.38
.37*
.37*
.42*
.40*
.41*

.35*
.35*
.34*
.34*

80.3964

.55*.54*.55*.56*.54*-

.44*-

.47*
.47
46i
!45*

80.4326

80.3955

251

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F A R M P R O D U C T S —Continued.
C O R N : No* 2, casli.
[Price per bushel in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of the
Chicago Board of Trade.]

1897.

1896.

1898.

80.261-80.264
.254
.27
.274

80.23 -80.234
.224- .224
.224- .224
. 214- .22

.284
.28
.28
.284
.29
.294
.284
.284
.284
.294
.304
.294
.294

.224- .224
.224- -224
.214
.224- .23
.23 - .234
.234
.234- .234
.24
.244- -244
.244- -244
.234- *24
.244
.244- .244

.284
.29
.284- .29
.274- .284

.244- .244
.244- .25
.244- .25
.244- .244

.264.274.274.274.264.264.274.254.244-

.274
.274
.274
.28
.264
.264
.274
.264
.254

.234.244.244.244.244.254.254.26 .264-

.2 4 .284.224. 214-

.224
.224

.25
.234

.284- -29
.27 - .274
.274- .284
.284- .29

. 204.194. 204.214. 214.23 .244.234.224-

.204
.20
.214
.214
.22
.234

.30 .3 1 .304.284.274.274.264.244.244-

.304
.314
.304
.294
.284
.284
.27
.244
-254

.24 .2 5 .244.234-

.244
.254
.244
.24

.26 .264.264.264.254.254.254.264.27 -

.264
.264
.264
.264
.26
.264
.26
.27
.27f

.28|.284.28 .284.2 9 .29f.29|.284-

.254
.244
.234

. 2 3 - .234
.23 - .234
.22|- .23
.224
.224- .23
80.2580

-234
.25
-254
.25
.254
.26
.26
.264
.27

80.2546




80.26 -80.264
.264- •264
.264- .27
.274
.274.274.294.294.29 .29 .294-

.344-

.274
.274
.294
.304
.294
.294
.294
.29
.284
.294
.294
.314
.354

.35 . 364—
.344.33 .314.32 .324.31 -

.334
.37
.364
.344
.334
.32
.324
.324
.314

.294-

1900.

1899.
80.36 -80.37
.354- .364
.354
.364
.364- .37
.354- .354
.354- .36
.334- .344
.354- .364
.344- .344
.334- .34
.34 - .344
.344- .35
.344.34 .354-

.324.334.324.334.334.344-

.344
.354
.344
.34
.324
.334
.334
.324
.334
.34
•35|
.344

.314
.314
.334- .334
.344- .354

.3 4 -

.324.33 .324.30 .304.31 .304.294.294-

.334
.334
.324
.304
.31
.314
.304
.304
.304

.304
.314
.314
.314
.31 - .314
.314- .314
.314
.33 - .34
.344- .35

.29 .294.31 .32 -

.294
.30
.314
.324

.324.32 .314.334.334.34 .334.344.374-

.324
.324
.32
.334
.34
.344
.334
.354
.374

•314- .32
.314- .32
.314- .32
.32 - .324
.32
.314- .32
.314
.33
.314

80.3144

.304-

.344
.34
.334
.324

.304
.304
.31
.314

80.3333

1901.

Month.

.364
.364
.374

80.36 -80.364 Jan.
.374
.37
.37 - .374
.374
.374 Feb.
.384
.384
.394- .394
.394- .394 Mar.
.394
.40 - .404
.414

.384
.394
.394
.384
.39|
.384
.36
.364
.374- .374

.41 Apr.
.434
.434
.46
.474
.504- .61 May.
.52 - .534
.49 - .504
.42|- .434

.384
.384- .394
.40 - .404
.414- .424

.434.42 -

.42|- .424
•434- .434
.39 - .394
.384
.394
.384
.40
.40

.454 July.
.474
.49
.544
.524
.554 Aug.
.594
.574- .574
.544

.404- .404
•404- .41
.40 - .404
.414, .414

.544 Sept.
.554- .564
.564- .594
.574- .684

80.314
.304
.314
.314
80.314- .314
.314- .32
• m

.34
.34
.34
.364-

• m

.46 .41 .40 .374.394.394.48 -

.434 June.
.424
.43
.434

•404
.414
.414
.404
.374
.394
.394
.424
.494

.554.554.554.544.564.584.584.594.624-

.37
.364
.40
.364

.624- .64 Dec. *
.65 - .65|
.64 - .65
.644- .65
.624- .634

80.3811

.554 Oct.
.564
.554
.554
.574
.594 Nov.
.594
.604
.634

80.4969

Average.

252

BULLETIN OP THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I ___ W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

FA R M PR O D U C TS—Continued.
C O T T O N : U p lan d .) m id d lin g .
[Price per pound in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]




COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I . —

253

W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F A R M . P R O D U C T S —Continued.
C O T T O N : U p l a n d ,m i d d li n g .

[Price per pound in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]




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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . -W H O L E S A L E PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F A R M P R O D U C T S — Continued.
F L A X S E E D : N o . 1.
[Price per bushel in Chicago on the first of each month; quotations from the annual reports of the
Chicago Board of Trade.]

Month.
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

1890.
81.34*
1.37
1.45
1.48
81.48- 1.49
1.46
1.35
1.33
1.41
1.48- 1.50
1.39- 1.41
1.18- 1.20
81.3967




1891.
81.14|-81.15*
1.24
1.18
1.20*
1.17*
1.10*
1.05*
1.02
1.00*
.92 - .93*
.94 - .94*
.96 - .96*
81.0805

1892.
80.95*-80.96
.94 - .94*
.98*- .99
.97*- .97*
.97*
1.03 - 1.03*
1.03*
1.01*
1.03
1.07*
1.10 - 1.10*
1.09
81.0179

1893.
81.10
1.16
1.21
1.16
1.11
1.03
1.09
1.00
.97*
81.03*-1.04
1.01 -1.01*
1.16*
81.0875

1894.
81.36-81.37
1.38*
1.38- 1.38*
1.32
1.25- 1.26
1.32- 1.33
1.40
1.24- 1.25
1.2&- 1.24
1.44- 1.44*
1.41- 1.43
1.46*
81.3533

1895.
81.38*-81.39
1.44
1.40
1.37*
1.44
1.48 - 1.48*
1.47
1.15 - 1.16
1.00 - 1.01
. 9 4 - .95
.92 - .92*
.91*- .91*
81.2449

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

255

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F A R M P R O D U C T S — Continued.
F L A X S E E D : N o. 1.
[Price per bushel in Chicago on the first of each month; quotations from the annual reports of the
Chicago Board of Trade.]

1896.
$0.91 -$0.92
.92*
.87*- .89*
.88 - .88*
.90*- .91
.81*- .82*
.76
.73*
.63*- .64
.77 - .79*
. 7 1 - .72
.78
$0.8119

1897.
$0.76 -$0.76*
.76*- .76*
.76*- .78*
.78
.77*- .78
.76*- .77
.78 - .78*
.87*- .88*
1.04 - 1.05
.96 - .97*
1.05 - 1.08
1.04*- 1.10
$0.8696

1898.
$1.21
1.30*
$1.21*- 1.25*
1.16*- 1.18
1.31*- 1.32
1.22
1.07
. 8 6 - .90
.90
.90*- .91
1.06*- 1.08*
1.04*
$1.1115

3586—No. 39—02-----5




1899.
$1.13 -$1.17*
1.14 - 1.18*
1.14 - 1.17*
1.21 - 1.04*
1.13*- 1.18*
1.02 - 1.24*
1.01 - 1.04
.96*- 1.00
1.16 - 1.20
1.14
1.28*- 1.29
1.39
$1.1578

1900.
$1.48
1.59
1.60
1.65
1.76
1.80
1.80
1.50
$1.41*- 1.42*
1.47*- 1.49
1.75 - 1.77
1.61 - 1.64
$1.6223

1901.
$1.57
$1.75- 1.76
1.61- 1.62
1.55- 1.56
1.70
1.72
1.88
1.83- 1.85
1.41- 1.43
1.55- 1.58
1.46- 1.46*
1.39
$1.6227

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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T able

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

I.— WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
F A R M P R O D U C T S — Continued.
H A Y : T im o t h y , N o . 1.

[Price per ton in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Inter Ocean.]

1890.

1891.

1892.

Jan.

$9.00-$10.50
9.00- 10.00
9.50- 10.00
9.50

$9.00
$9.00- 10.00
9.00
9.50

$12.50-$13.00
12.50- 13.50
12.50- 13.60
11.50- 12.00

Feb.

8.50- 9.00
8.50- 9.50
8.50- 9.50
8.50
8.25- 9.00
9.00
9.00
9.60- 10.50
9.50- 10.50
11.00- 11.25
10.00- 12.00
11.50
11.00

9.00- 9.50
9.50- 9.75
9.00- 9.50
9.00
10.00- 10.50
11.00- 11.50
12.00- 12.50
11.00- 11.50
14.00- 15.50
13.00- 15.00
14.50- 15.00
15.50- 16.50
13.00- 13.50

11.5011.0011.5012.0011.0012.5012.0011.0010.5011.0011.0011.0011.50-

12.00
11.50
12.00
13.00
12.00
13.50
12.50
11.50
11.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00

M ay.

ii.oo^ ii.50
11.50
11.50- 13.50
11.50- 12.00

12.5014.7533.0011.75-

June .

10.00- 10.50
10.00
10.00- 12.50
9.50

July.

9.00
9.00
9.50- 10.75
9.50
8.50- 10.50
9.50- 10.00
12.00
11.50
10.50

11.50- 13.00
14.00- 14.50
14.00
13.25- 14.00
13.75
14.25- 14.50
14.50- 15.00
15.00
11.00- 14.50

11.0012.5012.5013.0013.0014.5012.5012.5012.00-

Month.

Mar .

Apr.

A u g ..........

Sept.

O ct.

10.00- 11.00
9.50
10.00
10.00
9.00- 9.50
9.60- 10.00
9.50- 10.50
10.00- 11.00
10.00- 10.50

9.509.5010.0010.00-

10.50
10.50
11.00
11.00

12.00
13.50
13.50
14.00
13.50
15.50
13.00
13.00
12.50

12.0012.5012.0012.0012.0010.5010.5011.0011.50-

13.00
13.50
13.00
13.00
13.00
11.50
11.50
12.00
12.50

9.66^
10.0010.0010.009.509.5010.0010.0010.00-

16.66
10.50
10.50
10.50
10.00
10.00
11.00
11.00
10.50

12.0011.0011.1011.00-

12.50
11.50
11.50
11.50

11.0011.0011.0011.50-

12.00
11.50
11.50
12.00

12.50
12.0014.00- 14.50
12.5012.00- 13.00
12.0011.00- 11.60
12.0010.75- 11.50
11.001 0 .5 0 12.00
10.5010.50- 11.50
11.0010.75- 11.00
11.0011.00
11.00-

13.00
13.00
12.50
12.50
12.00
11.00
12.00
12.00
11.50

9.50^
11.5011.5010.5010.0010.0010.0010.0010.00-

11.00- 11.50
11.00- 11.50
11.00- 11.50
11.50

10.5010.5010.0010.00-

11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00

10.5010.5011.5011.5011.0010.5010.5011.0010.50-

11.00
11.50
12.50
12.50
12.00
11.00
11.00
11.50
11.50

13.50
15.00
13.50
13.00

11.50
12.00
13.50
14.00

Dec.

9.50- 10.00
9.50
9.50
9.00
9.00

15.00
14.50
13.50
13.50
13.50




$10.50-$ll. 00 $10.00-$10.50
10.50- 11.00
10.50- 11.00
11.00- 11.50
10.00- 10.50
11.00- 11.50
9.00- 9.50
11.00- 11.50
9.00- 10.00
1 1 .0 0 11.50
10.00- 10.50
11.50- 12.00
9.50- 10.00
11.00- 11.50
9.50- 10.50
10.50- 11.50
9.50- 10.00
10.50- 11.50
9.50- 10.50
11.00- 12.00
9.50- 10.50
11.00- 12.00
9.50- 10.50
11.00- 11.50
9.50- 10.50
11.50
11.50
14.00
13.00

11.009.25-10.00
10.00
11.509.50- 10.50
12.509 .5 0 10.00
13.00-

$9.9952

1894.

11.0011.0012.0012.00-

Nov .

Average

1893.

14.0014.0013.0013.0012.50-

$12.2861

$11.8375

1895.
$10.50-$ll. 00
10.00- 11.00
10.00- 10.50
10.00- 10.50
10.00- 10.50
10.00- 10.50
10.00- 10.50
10.00- 10.50
10.00- 10.50
10.00- 10.50
10.00- 10.50
9.75- 10.25
9.50- 10.00
9.0010.009.759.759.759.7510.0010.0010.00-

9.50
11.00
10.00
10.00
10.25
10.25
10.50
10.50
10.25

9.5011.5012.5013.50-

10.00
12.50
13.50
14.00

i0.50
12.50
12.00
11.50
11.00
10.60
10.50
10.50
11.00

10.50- 11.50
14.00
11.00- 11.50
10.50- 11.50
11.00- 12.00
11.00- 12.00
11.00- 11.50
10.50- 11.00
9.50- 10.00

13.5013.5013.0012.0012.0012.0012.0012.5011.00-

14.00
14.00
14.00
14.00
14.00
13.00
13.00
13.00
11.50

9.5010.5011.0010.00-

11.5011.5011.5011.50-

12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50

10.0011.0011.0011.0010.5010.0010.0010.0010.00-

11.00
11.50
11.50
11.50
11.00
11.00
10.50
10.50
10.50

10.00- 10.50
10.00- 11.00
10.00- 10.50
9.75-10.25
9.50- 10.00
10.00- 11.00
10.50-11.50
10.00- 11.00
10.00- 11.00

11.50^12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.00
11.50- 12.00
11.50- 12.00
11.50- 12.00
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
12.00- 13.00

10.0010.5010.5010.00-

10.50
11.00
11.00
10.50

10.5010.5010.5010.00-

12.0012.0011.5011.5011.50-

$11.2067

10.00
11.50
11.50
10.50

ii.oo
11.00
11.00
10.50

$10.4183

13.00
12.50
12.00
12.00
12.00

$11.3844

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COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I . —

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
F A R M P R O D U C T S — Continued.
H A Y : T im o t h y , N o . 1.

[Price per ton in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Inter Ocean.]

1896.
$12.00-$12.50
12.00- 12.50
12.00- 12.50
12.00- 12.50

1897.
$8.00-$8.50
8.00- 9.00
8.00- 8.50
8.00- 8.50

1898.
$8.00-$8.50
8.00- 8.50
8.00- 8.50
8.00- 8.50

1900.

$7.50-$8.50 $10.50-$ll. 50
8.50- 9.00
10.50- 11.00
8.00- 8.50
10.50- 11.00
10.00- 11.00
8 .0 0 8.50
7.50- 8.00
11.00- 11.50
11.00- 11.50
7 .5 0 8.00
7.50- 8.00
11.00- 11.50
10.50- 11.50
7.75-8.50
8.00- 8.50
10.50- 11.00
10.50- 11.00
8.50- 9.00
10.50- 11.00
8.00- 8.50
8.50- 9.50
10.50- 11.00
10.50- 11.00
9.00- 10.00

11.5011.5011.0011.0011.0011.0011.2511.0011.0011.5012.0012.0012.50-

12.00
12.00
12.00
11.50
11.50
11.50
11.75
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.50
12.50
13.00

8.008.00- 8.50
8.008.00- 8.50
8.008.00- 8.50
8.00- 8.50
8.008.007.50- 8.00
8.007.50- 8.00
8.007.50- 8.00
8.508.00- 8.50
8.508.00- 8.50
8.00- 8.50
9.008.508.00- 9.00
8 .5 0 9.508.509.009.00- 9.50

12.0012.0012.0011.50-

12.50
12.50
12.50
12.00

ii.oo^
10.0010.0010.0010.009.5010.0010.0010.00-

12.00
11.00
10.50
10.50
10.50
10.50
11.00
11.00
11.00

10.0010.009.009.00-

11.00
11.00
10.00
9.50

7.507.507.508.008.008.008.008.508.50-

8.00
8.00
8.00
8.50
8.50
8.50
8.50
9.00
9.00

9.00- 9.50
9.00- 9.50 .
10.00- 10.50
10.00- 10.50
9.50-10.00
8 .5 0 9.509.00- 9.50
9.00- 9.50
8.50- 9.50
8.00- 9.00
8.50- 9.00
8.00- 9.00
8.50- 9.00
8.50- 9.50
11.008.00- 9.00
10.00-11.00
9.00- 9.50
12.008.00- 9.00
10.00-11.00
9.00- 9.50
11.006.50- 8.00
11.00- 13.00
8.50- 9.50
10.5011.0013.00
7.50- 8.50
6 .5 0 8.00
12.0012.0011.00- 13.00
7 .5 0 8.507.00- 8.00
12.0011.00- 13.00
7.50- 8.50
7 .5 0 - 8.50
11.0011.50- 12.00
8.00- 8.50
8.00- 9.00
11.509.00- 9.50
8.00- 8.50
7.50- 8.00
9.00- 9.50
7.00- 7.50
7.50- 8.00
11.009.50-10.00
7.00- 7.50
7.50- 8.00
10.00- 10.50
11.007.00- 7.50
7.50- 8.00
11.0010.50- 11.00
7.00- 7.50
8.50- 9.00
11.0010.50- 11.00
7.00- 7.50
8.50- 9.00

8.508.509.009.00-

9.00
9.50
9.50
9.50

9.009.008.008.008.00-

9.50
9.50
8.50
8.50
8.50

$10.3269

8.50
8.50
8.50
8.50
8.50
9.00
8.50
9.00
9.00
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50

1899.

9.00- 10.00
9.00- 9.50
8.50- 9.00
8.50- 9.50

7.008.50- 9.00
7.008.00- 8.50
7.008.00- 8.50
8 .0 0 8.508.008.00- 8.50
8.00- 8.50
8.00- 9.00
8.00- 9.00
8 .0 0 8.00- 8.50
8 .0 0 8 .0 0 8 .0 0 $8.4423




7.50
7.50
7.50
8.50

9.00- 9.50
9.00- 9.50
10.00- 10.50
10.00- 10.50

10.5011.0012.0013.5011.509.5010.0011.509.50-10.00
11.0011.009.50- 10.50
10.0010.00- 10.50
10.00- 10.50
10.5010.50- 11.00
10.5010.50- 11.00
10.0011.00- 11.50
10.50- 11.00
10.00-

10.00- 11.00
10.00- 10.50
9.50-10.00
10.50-11.00
10.50-11.50
11.00- 11.50
11.00- 11.50
11.00- 11.50
11.00- 11.50

11.0011.0011.0011.0011.0011.5012.0013.0013.00-

8.00- 8.50
7.50- 8.00
8.50- 9.00
8.50- 9.00
9.008.00- 8.50
13.5011.00- 11.50
8 .0 0 8.50
13.0011.00- 11.50
8.507.50- 8.00
12.0011.0011.50
8.507.50- 8.00
12.0011.00- 11.50
8.507 .5 0 8.00
$8.3317

$10.0745

1901.
$12.00-$13.00
13.00- 13.50
12.00- 12.50
11.50- 12.00
11.50- 12.00
12.00- 12.50
12.50- 13.00
12.00- 12.50
12.00- 12.50
12.50- 13.00
12.50- 13.00
12.50- 13.50
12.50- 13.50

Month.
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

11.50
12.00
12.50
14.00
12.50
12.50
12.00
12.00
11.50

13.0013.0013.0012.5012.5012.5012.5012.5012.00-

14.00
14.00
14.00
13.50
13.00
13.50
13.50
13.00
12.50

11.50
11.50
11.00
11.00

12.0012.0012.0012.00-

12.50
13.00
13.00
13.00

June.

11.50
12.50
11.50
11.00
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.00
12.00

12.0012.0013.0012.0013.0013.0013.5012.0012.00-

13.00
13.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
13.00
12.50

July.

11.50
11.50
11.50
12.00

12.0012.5013.0013.00-

13.00
13.50
13.50
13.50

Sept.

12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.50
13.00
13.50
13.50

13.0013.0012.0012.0012.0012.0012.0012.5013.00-

13.50
13.50
13.00
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
13.50
13.50

Oct.

14.00
13.50
12.50
12.50

12.5012.5012.5012.5012.50-

13.50
13.50
13.50
13.00
13.00

$11.5673

$12.8255

May.

Aug.

Nov.

Dec.

Average.

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W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F A R M P R O D U C T S —Continued.
H I D E S : G re e n , s a lte d , p a c k e r s , h e a v y n a t iv e steers*

[Price per pound in Chicago on the first of each month, 1890 to 1896, and average monthly price,
1897 to 1901; quotations from the Shoe and Leather Reporter.]

Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

80.0975
80.0900 80.0675-80.0700
Jan............. 80.0925-$). 0950 80.0950-80.0975
80.0800
.0950
.0900
.0900- .0926 .0875- .0900
.0650
Feb.............
.0775
.0900
.0850
.0875 .0575- .0625
M a r ...........
.0800- .0813
.0750
.0750 80.0750- .0800
Apr.............
.0800- .0813 .0888- .0900
.0550
.0875
.0775
.0750
.0800- .0825 .0888- .0900
.0550 80.0925- .0975
M ay...........
.0900 80.0725- .0750
.0675 .0500- .0513
.0800- .0825
June...........
.1250
.0925 .0800- .0900
.0650 .0500- .0550
.0875- .0900
J u ly...........
.1350
.0975 .0800- .0925 .0600- .0625 .0550- .0600 .1325- .1350
.1050- .1075
A u g ...........
.0600 .0675- .0725
.1075- .1100 .0975- .1000 .0950- .0975
Sept...........
.1200
.0900
.1050- .1075 .1025- .1050
.0750
.0800
O ct.............
.1200
.0900
.1000- .1025
.1025
.0775
.0775 .1000- .1100
N o v ...........
.0925
.1025
.0975- .1000
.0725
.0775
Dec.............
.0800
Average.

80.0933




80.0951

80.0870

80.0749

80.0641

80.1028

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PEIOES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able

259.

I .— W H OLESALE PEICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
F A R M P R O D U C T S — Continued.
S I D E S : Greeny s a lte d , p a c k e r s , h e a v y n a t iv e steers*

[Price per pound in Chicago on the first of each month, 1890 to 1896, and average monthly price,
1897 to 1901; quotations from the Shoe and Leather Reporter.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0.0850
.0800
.0800
$0.0650- .0675
.0675- .0700
.0825- .0850
.0850- .0875
.0700
.0750
.0875
.0925
.0975

$0.0920
.0921
.0922
.0888
.0873
.0931
.0995
.1056
.1105
.1117
.1125
.1102

$0.1116
.1130
.1100
.1061
.1168
.1242
.1222
.1176
.1173 .
.1181
.1111
.1128

$0.1149
.1172
.1160
.1168
.1192
.1194
.1204
.1233
.1281
.1325
.1358
.1382

$0.1355
.1315
.1224
.1223
.1184
.1118
.1045
.1087
.1130
.1162
.1267
.1217

$0.1194
.1165
.1097
.1054
.1119
.1207
.1295
.1258
.1292
.1375
.1400
.1389

$0.0811

$0.0996

$0.1151

$0.1235

$0.1194

$0.1237




Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F A R M P R O D U C T S — Continued.
H O GS: H eavy.

[Price per hundred pounds in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Inter
Ocean.]

Month.

1890.

1892.

1891.

1893.

Jan.............

$3.50-$3.80
3.75- 3.87*
3.75- 3.90
3.65- 3.95

$3.45-$3.90
3.60- 3.65
3.45-3.80
3.40- 3.75

$3.95-$4.10
3.85- 4.30
4.05- 4.50
4.30- 4.72*

F e b ...........

3.80- 4.10
3.85- 4.05
3.75- 4.00
3.80-4.05
3.75-4.05
3.85- 4.12*
4.20- 4.35
4.20- 4.30

3.45- 3.75
3.40- 3.70
3.30- 3.70
3.35-3 .6 5
3.40- 3.80
3.35- 3.80
3.65- 4.05
4 .60-4.90
4.80- 5.15
4 .60-5.50
4 .50-6.45
5.10- 5.35
4.50- 5.10

4.20- 4.67*
4.70- 4.95
4.75- 4.90
4.25- 4.90
4.40-5.00
4.80-5.10
4.00- 4.85
4.40- 4.85
4.60- 5.00
4.00- 4.70
4.10- 4.80
4.40- 4.75
4.15- 4.70

4.554.804.604.25-

5.10
4.85
4.85
4.65

4.104.454.204.60-

4.60
4.77*
4.75
4.85

4.204.454.104.104.304.455.105.454.50-

4.60
4.60
4.60
4.57*
4.85
6.00
5.40
5.60
5.65

4.654.604.605.155.355.755.705.755.60-

5.07*
4.85
5.15
5.25
5.50
5.87*
5.80
5.90
6.10

4.405.154.904.85-

5.50
5.50
5.55
5.10

Mar.............

Apr.............

M a y ...........

4.154.154.154.154.004.004.104.053.95-

4.45
4.50
4.47*
4.35
4.27*
4.27*
4.20
4.12*
4.00

June...........

3.70- 3.80
3.55- 3.90
3.85- 3.90
3.50-3.75

J u ly...........

3.603.903.703.703.853.703.353.403.90-

3.65
3.95
3.95
3.75
3.95
3.80
4.10
4.05
4.15

4.153.904.253.903.854.103.903.803.75-

4.35
4.70
4.55
4.70
4.50
4.75
4.60
4.45
4.30

A u g ...........

S ep t...........

O c t.............

5.00- 5.45
5.20- 5.40
4.90- 5.45
5.05- 5.30
4.75-5.00
4.75-5.25
4 .30-4.60
4.15- 4.50
4.15- 4.55

N o v ...........

3.75- 4.30
3.50- 4.15
3.45—3.92*
3.80- 4.00

4.00^-4.25
3.60- 4.10
3.60- 4.05
3.55- 4.10

Dec.............

3.353.403.303.303.35-

3.50^
3.653.453.503.65-

Average.

3.82*
3.90
3.70
3.70
3.80

$3.9534




3.95
4.15
3.95
3.95
4.20

$4.4229

1894.

$6.65-$7.15
7.30- 7.90
7.45- 7.95
7.45- 8.00
7.75- 8.40
7.90- 8.55
8.10- 8.65
7.90- 8.52*
7.80- 8.40
7.70- 8.35
7.30- 7.95
7.30- 7.95
7.10- 7.70
6.157.256.807.40-

6.75
7.30
7.37*
7.90

7.20- 7.75
7.45- 8.00
7.25- 7.70
7.30- 7.90
6.80- 7.20
6.60- 6.85
6.80- 6.90
6.10- 6.55
5 .95-6.35

1895.

$5.00-$5.45
4.90- 5.42*
5.15- 5.55
5.20- 5.65
5.00- 5.40
4.90- 5.35
5.00- 5.50
4.75- 5.15
4.65- 5.05
4.50- 5.00
4.30-4.75
4.20- 4.65
4.35- 4.75

$4.00-$4.70
4.00- 4.72*
4.00- 4.70
3.90- 4.45
4.00- 4.55
3.75- 4.32*
3.80-4 .3 5
3.90- 4.42*
3.85- 4.35
3.95- 4.45
4.05- 4.60
4 .25-4.80
4.70- 5.25

4.45- 4.80
4.90- 5.35
5.15- 5.50
4.90- 5.25
4 .9 0 - 5.35
4.85- 5.27*
4.80- 5.22*
4.50- 4.90
4.45- 4.87*

4.704.754.704.504.404.204.204.304.25-

5.37*
5.40
5.30
5.10
4.90
4.80
4.72*
4.85
4.75

4.404.504.504.65-

4.90
4.95
5.00
5.10

4.404.404.454.45-

4.80
4.90
4.85
4.90

4.854.854.904.604.654.704.754.806.10-

5.10
5.20
5.45
5.20
5.25
5.45
5.70
6.80
6.10

4.654.654.604.654.754.354.204.254.00-

5.15
5.35
5.25
5.15
5.10
5.00
4.85
4.95
4.65

6.405.505.205.15-

6.40
6.70
6.45
6.25

3.853.753.803.60-

4.60
4.40
4.55
4.30
4.40
4.30
4.20
3.85
3.70
3.70
3.80
3.70
3.75

5.706.305.505.60-

6.05
6.40
6.00
6.10

5.50- 5.85
5.50- 6.20
5.25- 6.10
5.40- 5.90
6.15- 6.35
4.85- 5.55
4.85-5.45
5.15- 5.65
4.90- 5.70

5.005.004.804.905.004.905.305.506.00-

5.50
5.25
5.45
5.60
5.60
5.65
6.10
6.40
6.85

5.25- 5.70
5.30- 5.50
5.00- 5.85
5.35-.5.80

5.75- 6.65
5.85-6.65
6.00-6.65
6.10- 6.70
5.80- 6.40
5.65- 6.15
5.60- 5.75
5.00- 5.55
4 .95-5.55

4 .85-6.10
4.60- 5.50
4.50- 5.35
4 .40-5.05
4.10- 4.75
4.20- 4.80
4.35 -5 .0 0
4 .20-4.95
4.10- 4.80

3.703.553.453.253.203.253.353.353.45-

4.85- 5.40
4.80-5.40
4.75- 5.30
5.10- 5.50

4.20-4 .8 5
4.00- 4.65
4.00- 4.67*
3.95- 4.65

3.40- 3.70
3.35- 3.60
3.40- 3.65
3 .30-3.50
3.35- 3.70

5.105.455.155.405.455.856.256.506.35-

5.55
6.00
5.80
5.97*
6.07*
6.55
6.40
6.75
6.90

$5.1550

$6.5486

$4.9719

$4.2781

261

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F A R M P R O D U C T S — Continued.
H O G S: H eavy.
[Price per hundred pounds in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Inter
Ocean.]

1896.
$3.55-$3.85
3.55- 3.85
3.85- 4.12£
4.10- 4.45

1897.

1898.

$3.05-$3.55
3.10- 3.424
3.15- 3.50
3.25- 3.524

$3.40-$3.70
3.40- 3.70
3.45- 3.75
3.55- 3.90

4.003.953.853.853.753.753.853.853.603.503.353.253.15-

4.35
4.25
4.20
4.20
4.07i
4.10
4.10
4.05
3.90
3.80
3.75
3.65
3.55

3.153.153.203.203.353.403.703.753.803.653.803.703.60-

3.40
3.524
3.574
3.55
3.70
3.824
4.15
4.20
4.15
4.074
4.20
4.20
4.05

3.653.703.903.903.803.703.753.803.703.753.753.603.85-

3.95
4.00
4.20
4.15
4.074
4.05
4.05
4.05
3.924
4.124
4.071
3.924
4.15

3.153.053.102.85-

3.574
3.424
3.474
3.35

3.453.503.353.30-

3.95
3.924
3.75
3.724

2.752.902.852.852.702.852.902.752.50-

3.20
3.60
3.30
3.30
3.30
3.40
3.35
3.30
3.15

3.303.203.203.103.203.203.053.353.30-

3.624
3.55
3.50
3.40
3.574
3.55
3.424
3.70
3.674

3.903.954.354.154.003.903.803.803.65-

2.702.652.802.65-

3.35
3.25
3.35
3.30

2.602.502.502.602.602.603.103.003.00-

3.25
3.274
3.25
3.30
3.35
3.30
3.60
3.524
3.50

1901.

$4.40 -$4.60
4.40 - 4.60
4.55 - 4.70
4.60 - 4.80
4.65 - 4.824
4.85 - 5.00
4.90 - 5.05
4.874- 5.024
4.80 - 4.924
4.80 - 4.95
4.95 - 5.074
5.00 - 5.15
5.10 - 5.30

5.474
5.324
5.50
5.324
5.25
5.20
5.224
5.30
5.224

5.8245.95 5.95 6.05 -

5.974 June.
6.20
6.10
6.30

-

5.324
5.50
5.30
5.35
5.324
5.45
5.274
5.35
5.35

5.9745.8745.85 5.85 5.55 5.75 5.75 5.85 5.95 -

6.20 July.
6.15
6.15
6.224
6.00
6.20 Aug.
6.20
6.30
6.45

5.i6
5.20
5.10
5.15

-

5.45
5.524
5.474
5.55

5.90
6.30
6.30
6.80

-

6.80 Sept.
6.95
7.074
7.30

5.10
5.00
4.75
4.60
4.50
4.60
4.80
4.65
4.70

-

5.50
5.374
5.05
4.85
4.80
4.95
5.05
4.90
4.95

6.55
6.20
5.80
5.80
5.85
5.55
5.55
5.60
5.70

-

7.10 Oct.
6.75
6.60
6.50
6.424
6.00 Nov.
5.874
5.924
6.10

4.60
4.75
4.65
4.85

-

4.85
5.00
4.85
5.024

5.75 - 6.15 Dec.
6.20 - 6.55
6.35 - 6.674
6 .1 0 -6 .5 0
6.40 - 6.75

5.35 5.5245.70 5.45 -

5.50
5.70
5.85
5.60

4.174
4.274
4.80
4.65
4.45
4.20
4.074
4.074
3.95

3.70
3.75
3.75
3.80
3.70
3.75
3.70
3.75
3.65

-

3.90
3.95
4.00
4.05
3.874
3.90
3.874
3.90
3.80

5.35 5.15 5.30 5.20 5.15 5.10 5.10 5.1745.10 -

3.753.753.853.80-

3.90
4.00
4.174
4.174

3.60 4.1244.30 4.30 -

3.974
4.174
4.50
4.60

3.603.55- 3.90
3.603.50- 3.85
3.55- 4.05
3.603.70- 4.15
3.853.90- 4.45
3.503.75- 4.30
3.703.65- 3.90
3.553 .7 5 4.403.503.453.55- 4.20

4.00
4.05
4.05
4.00
4.05
4.00
4.05
4.074
4.05

4.i0 - 4.50
4 .1 5 -4 .6 5
4.55 - 4.95
4.35 - 4.85
4.30 - 4.774
4.15 - 4.60
4.20 - 4.624
4.30 - 4.70
4.30 - 4.75

5.15
5.30
5.05
5.20
5.10
5.20
5.00
5.00
5.00

3.453.453.353.25-

3.974
3.90
3.95
3.80

$3.5906




4.30 - 4.65
4.30 - 4.65
3.85 - 4.45
4.10 - 4.40
4.05 - 4.324
3.25- 3.85
4.05 - 4.30
3.90 - 4.15
3.753 .2 5 - 3.75
3.15- 3.50
3.924- 4.10
3.20- 3.60
3.70 - 3.924
3 .2 5 3.45
3.85 - 4.10
3.35- 3.474
3 .4 0 3.50
3 .9 0 -4 .1 0
3.424
4 .0 0 -4 .1 5
3.30- 3.50
3.40- 3.65
4 .1 0 -4 .3 0
3.453.353.453.40-

$3.8053

$4.0394

$4.80 -$5.05 Jan.
5.10 - 5.30
5.20 - 5.40
5.15 - 5.30
5.25 - 5.40
5.20 - 5.40 Feb.
5.35 - 5.50
5.25 - 5.40
5.45 - 5.60
5.45 - 5.624 Mar.
5.524- 5.724
5.724- 5.90
6.00 - 6.20
6.25 Apr.
6.15
6.20
6.10
5.90
5.874 May.
5.90
5.95
5.90

3.95
3.974
4.00
4.024

4.20
4.10
4.00
3.90

Month.

6.05 5.95 5.9745.95 5.75 5.70 5.75 5.85 5.75 -

-

3.60
3.65
3.40
3.50

$3.3579

$3.60 -$3.80
3.60 - 3.80
3.55 - 3.75
3.70 - 3.90
3.75 - 3.95
3.70 - 3.924
3.75 - 3.95
3.574- 3.80
3.65 - 3.85
3.70 - 3.90
3.75 - 3.95
3.70 - 3.924
3.70 - 3.924

1900.

3.75
3.75
3.85
3.85

3.25- 3.75
3 .2 5 3.15- 3.50
3.20- 3.52|
3.20- 3.524
3.05-3.55
3.30- 3.474
3.00- 3.40
3 .1 5 3.30- 3.55
2.95-3.45
3.00- 3.35
3.30- 3.574
3 .0 0 3.40

3.103.052.953.00-

1899.

$5.0815

$5.9580

Average.

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T able I . —

BULLETIN OP THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
FARM

P R O D U C T S — Continued.
HOGS: L ig h t

[Price per hundred pounds in Chicago on Tuesday of each week. From 1890 to 1898 the prices are for
light in 1899 for selected light and butchers’ , and in 1900 and 1901 for selected bacon and butchers’.
Quotations from the Daily Inter Ocean.]

Month.

1890.

Jan.............

$3.50 -03185
3.72*- 3.80
3 .6 5 -3 .8 0
3.60 - 3.85

1891.

1892.

$3.40-$3,75
3.20- 3.50
3.20- 3.60
3.35- 3.65

Feb.

3.80
3.80
3.80
3.85

-

4.00
4.05
4.00
4.05

3.353.303.303.30-

3.65
3.60
3.60
3.60

M ar.

3.90 3.90 4.22*4.00 -

4.10
4.15
4.30
4.25

Apr.

4.10 4.15 4.25 4.17*4.00 4.00 4.12*4.05 3.95 -

4.35
4.40
4.30
4.25
4.22*
4.30
4.17*
4.10
4.00

3.553.353.604.354.704.604.605.1Q4.50-

3.70
3.65
3.95
4.80
5.00
5.30
5.30
5.25
5.00

4.554.704.604.20-

6.05
4.75
4.85
4.60

June...........

3.75
3.60
3.80
3.70

3.80
3.85
3.87*
3.75

J u ly..

3.62*-3.70
3.92*- 4.00
3.75 - 4.00
3.75 - 3.82*
3.75 - 4.05
3.80 - 3.90
3.40 - 4.05
3.40 - 4.10
3.65 - 4.30

M ay...........

A u g ...........

-

5.90
5.60
5.70
5.50

4.50
4.60
4.80
4.85
1.65
4.80
4.50
4.30
4.10

5.305.005.004.904.004.004.503.753.50-

5.50
5.25
5.20
5.10
5.00
4.95
4.70
4.35
4.00

Nov.

3.60 - 4.20
3 .3 0 -3 .9 0
3.25 - 3.70
3.70 - 3.85

3.803.503.403.20-

4.00
3.90
3.80
3.60

Dec.............

3.20 - 3.60
3.20 - 3.65
3.05 - 3.50
3 .0 0 -3 .5 0
3 .2 0 -3 .6 5

3.303.503.303.353.55-

3.65
3.90
3.65
3.75
3.95

Sept...........

O ct.............

Average

4.35
4.45
4.65
4.00
3.80
4.15
3.90
3.50
3.40

-

$3.9260




$3.90-$4.10
3.80- 4.10
4.00- 4.40
4.30- 4.62*
4.154.704.454.304.304.804.454.504.50-

4.55
4.85
4.90
4.75
4.55
5.00
4.90
4.90
4.75

4.204.304.204.304.204.354.204.35-

4.15- 4.55
4.454.45- 4.55
4.354 .1 5 4.55'4.704.15- 4.35
5.104.40- 4.85
4.854.50- 4.95
5.705.25- 5.40
5.805.50- 5.75
5.604.65- 5.80
6.954.905.205.405.30-

$4.3404

1893.

1894.

$6.55-$6.90
7.20- 7.65
7.35- 7.75
7.25- 7.40
7.25- 8.00
7.50- 8.10
7.90- 8.25
7.50- 8.00
7.20- 8.00

1895.

$5.10-$5.45
$3.95-$4.45
5.10- 5.40
3.80- 4.25
5.25- 5.55
3.95- 4.40
5 .2 0 5.553.75- 4.15'
5.10- 5.35
3.90- 4.40
5.00- 5.30
3.65- 4.05
5 .2 0 5.453.70- 4.10
4.90- 5.15
3.75- 4.15
4.90- 5.15
3.70- 4.10

7.407.007.106.85-

8.00
7.65
7.65
7.40

4.804.554.404.55-

5.05
4.85
4.70
4.80

3.904.004.304.65-

4.20
4.37*
4.60
4.90

4.65
4.70
4.70
4.45

6.006.956.757.40-

6.55
7.10
7.20
7.80

4.67*
4.80
4.67*
4.80

7.207.407.157.256.856.907.056.305.95-

7.60
7.85
7.60
7.70
7.25
6.95
7.15
6.70
6.35

4.605.055.205.005.005.004.854.604.50-

4.82*
5.30
5.50
5.25
5.30
5.20
5.12*
4.85
4.80

4.554.854.754.504.504.254.304.354.25-

4.95
6.20
5.05
4.95
4.85
4.60
4.60
4.70
4.60

4.50- 4.75
4.50- 4.75
4.55-4.90
4.60- 5.00

4.304.304.354.35-

4.60
4.70
4.67*
4.65

5.806.055.756.00-

6.15
6.35
6.25
6.40

5.605.405.355.405.405.555.805.806.456.25-

5.95
5.65
6.10
6.00
6.00
6.10
6.40
6.60
7.00

4.65-5 .0 5
4.90- 5.15
4.90- 5.30
4.90- 5.25
4.85- 5.20
5.10- 5.25
4.95- 5.45
4.85- 5.60
5.20- 5.85

4.70- 5.05
4 .85-5.25
4.90- 5.30
4.90- 5.40
4.80- 5.30
4.80- 5.40
4.60- 5.20
4.50- 5.00
4.40- 4.85

5.505.505.155.15-

3.903.803.903.70-

4.94
4.85
5.10
5.20
5.35
5.80
5.90
5.90
6.10

5.25- 5.85
6.60- 6.10
5.35- 5.90
4.75- 5.65
5.10- 5.25
4.80- 5.25
4.80- 5.40
4.80- 5.45
5 .2 5 -

6.20
6.40
6.05
5.90

4.55
4.50
4.60
4.30

4.90- 5.65
4.95- 5.50
5.00- 5.75
5 .0 0 -

6.00- 6.90
4.80-5.70
3.90- 4.50
5.90- 6.75
4.60- 5.25
3.70- 4.25
6.15- 6.80
4.50-5.15
3.65- 4.15
5.606.25- 6.82*
4.40- 4.85
3.35- 3.85
5.85-6.30
4.10- 4.55
3.25- 3.75
5.00- 5.65
5.75- 6.15
4 20- 4.70
3 .30-3.65
5.50-5.85
5.75- 5.95
4.35- 4.85
3.40- 3.75
5.10- 5.65
5.20- 5.55
4.00- 4.65
3 .4 0 - 3.65
5 .4 0 5.855 .1 5 5.653.60- 4.35
3.50- 3.65
5.40- 5.80
5.75- 6.20
5.20- 5.55
4.00- 4.60
3.45- 3.65
5.80- 6.25
5.05-5.45
3 .7 5 4.353.40- 3.60
6.35- 6.50
4.95-6.30
3.85-4.35
3.40- 3.62*
6.20- 6.70
5.10-5.50
3 .7 5 4.203.30- 3.37*
3.40- 3.70
$5.0675

$6.6752

$4.9327

$4.2533

263

COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F A R M P R O D U C T S — Continued.
H O G S : L ig h t .
[Price per hundred pounds in Chicago on Tuesday of each week. From 1890 to 1898 the prices are for
light, in 1899 for selected light and butchers’ , and in 1900 and 1901 for selected bacon and butchers’ .
Quotations from the Daily Inter Ocean.]

1896.

1897.

#3.60-83.90
3.60- 3.82|
3.90- 4.15
4.15- 4.42|

1898.

83.35-83.55
3.30- 3.45
3.30- 3.50
3.35- 3.60

1899.

83.45-83.65
3.40- 3.67*
3.50- 3.70
3.60- 3.85

83.55
3.55
3.50
3.60
3.55
3.55
3.60
•3.50
3.60

1900.

-83.77*
- 3.77*
- 3.70
- 3.85
- 3.92*
- 3.90
- 3.92*
- 3.72*
- 3.80

1901.

84.40 -84.60
4.40 - 4.57*
4.45 - 4.70
4.50 - 4.77*
4.55 - 4.80
4.77*- 5.00
4.82*- 5.05
4.75 - 5.00
4.65 - 4.92*

Month.

85.00 -85.15 Jan.
5.15 - 5.30
5.20 - 6.40
5.15 - 5.32*
5.25 - 5.40
5.25 - 5.37* Feb.
5.35 - 5.47*
5 .3 0 -5 .4 0
5.45 - 5.60

4.004.004.003.95-

4.30
4.30
4.30
4.25

3.303.403.453.45-

3.45
3.60
3.60
3.62*

3.603.703.903.90-

3.87*
3.92*
4.15
4.10

3.853.903.953.953.853.753.653.553.45-

4.10
4.171
4.15
4.15
4.171
3.95
4.05
3.85
3.80

3.60^
3.703.903.903.903.853.903.953.90-

3.77*
3.85
4.10
4.15
4.15
4.05
4.15
4.17*
4.15

3.803.703.703.803.703.703.753.603.75-

4.02*
3.97*
3.92*
4.00
3.90
4.05
3.95
3.82*
4.02*

3.65
3.60
3.55
3.65

-

3.85
3.87*
3.85
3.85

4.70 4.87*4.95 5.05 -

4.92*
5.05
5.15
5.25

5.45 5.52*5.75 5.97*-

5.62* Mar.
5.67*
5.90
6.15

3.70
3.65
3.70
3.75

-

3.90
3.92*
4.00
4.00

5.25
5.50
5.55
5.35

-

5.50
5.67*
5.82*
5.60

3.453.353.303.30-

3.70
3.55
3.55
3.60

3.803.753.603.60-

4.66
3.97*
3.75
3.75

3.40
3.60
3.50
3.55
3.55
3.70
3.55
3.70
3.40

3.453.403.403.303 .54r3.403.353.603.65-

3.65
3.60
3.55
3.45
3.62*
3.55
3.55
3.75
3.87*

4.05
4.15
4.65
4.35
4.25
4.10
3.95
4.00
3.87*

3.60 3.70 3.70 3.75 3.65 3.77*3.75 3.75 3.75 -

3.87*
3.95
3.95
4.02*
3.85
3.92*
3.90
3.90
3.85

5.25 5.05 5.20 5.20 5.15 5.07*5.12*5.22*5.15 -

5.47*
5.30
5.45
5.32*
5.25
5.20
5.25
5.30
5.20

6.22* Apr.
6.12*
6.15
6.07*
5.87*
5.85 May.
5.90
6.92*
6.90

3.103.253.153.253.253.353.303.303.05-

3.85^
3.904.153.853.803.753.653.703.65-

6.02*5.85 6.90 5.80 5.70 5.65 5.65 5.72*5.70 5.75 5.87*5.82*5.95 -

6.00 June.
6.15
6.10
6.22*

3.653.703.803.75-

3.80
3.92*
4.10
4.05

3.90
4.05
4.35
4.40

-

4.05
4.17*
4.52*
4.70

3.203.103.203.253.203.153.002.808.00-

3.55
3.45
3.65
3.65
3.40
3.45
3.40
3.35
3.50

3.753.753.853.954.253.953.854.103.90-

4.00
3.97*
4.15
4.25
4.55
4.40
4.32*
4.50
4.30

3.603.603.603.603.703.603.703.653.60-

3.95
3.97*
4.00
4.00
4.12*
3.95
4.07*
4.02*
4.05

4.35 4.50 4.75 4.55 4.50 4.60 4.62*4.70 4.80 -

4.57*
4.87*
5.00
4.90
4.92*
4.70
4.67*
4.75
4.82*

5.20 5.40 5.25 5.30 5.25 5.37*5.20 5.30 5.30 -

5.32*
5.50
5.32*
5.45
5.37*
5.50
5.37*
5.50
5.47*

5.87*5.85 5.80 5.85 5.60 5.75 5.75 5.85 5.95 -

6.17* July.
6.10
6.16
6.17*
5.92*
6.12* Aug.
6.15
6.22*
6.45

5.35
5.45
5.40
5.45

-

5.50
5.65
6.62*
5.55

6.10
6.45
6.70
6.85

-

6.80 Sept.
6.87*
7.05
7.30

2.903.203.153.20-

3.45
3.65
3.55
3.55

3.803.803.553.50-

4.25
4.12*
4.05
3.92*

3.553.403.503.40-

4.02*
3.80
3.90
3.82*

3.303.303.153.15-

3.60
3.67|
3.45
3.50

4.75 4.70 4.10 4.27*4.15 4.10 3.35- 3.75
4.00 3.65
3.753 .2 5 3.92*3.10- 3.45
3.75 3.15- 3.52*
3.20- 3.37*
3.503.25- 3.47*
3.87*3.92*3.40- 3.50
3.95 3.30- 3.40
3.40- 3.57*
4.05 -

4.85
4.75
4.50
4.35
4.30
4.25
4.10
4.05
3.92*

5.40
5.25
4.80
4.65
4.60
4.75
4.85
4.75
4.80

-

5.50
5.40
5.05
4.90
4.85
4.95
5.05
4.92*
4.97*

6.65
6.30
6.05
6.00
5.75
5.60
5.30
5.20
5.45

-

7.10 Oct.
6.75
6.62*
6.50
6.30
6.05 Nov.
5.80
5.85
6.05

4.05
4.07*
4.10
4.25

4.75
4.80
4.70
4.85

-

4.87*
5.00
4.85
5.05

5.50
5.80
5.55
5.40
5.90

-

6.15
6.50
6.55
6.50
6.75

3.30- 3.60
3.15- 3.40
3.20- 3.45
3.20- 3.42*
3 .2 0 $3.5591

3.40- 3.75
3 .4 0 3.25- 3.50
3.30- 3.52*
3.30- 3.52*
3 .3 0 3.25- 3.42*
3.40- 3.55
3.30- 3.55
3.45
83.7223




83.7587

84.0709

85.1135

85.9177

Dec.

Average.

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T a b l e I ___ W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

FA R M PR O D U C TS—Continued.
H O P S : N e w Y o r k State, ch oice.
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

Month.
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

1890.
80.141-80.15
.17 - .171
. 1 9 - .20
. 1 7 - .18
. 1 8 - .19
.20
.21
.22 - .23
.30
.45
. 4 5 - .47
. 4 2 - .43
80.2621




1891.
80.38
.36
.30
.31
.321
.32
. 2 6 - .27
. 1 9 - .20
.17
.16
.19
. 2 0 - .21

80.29 .3 0 .32 -

80.2640

1892.
80.22 -80.221
.26 - .261
. 2 4 - .25
.261- .27
. 2 9 - .30
.28 - .29
. 2 4 - .25
.26
. 2 0 - .23
.221- -23
. 2 4 - .25
. 231- .24
80.2505

1893.
80.28
.25
.23
.211
.211
.21 - .211
.211- .22
.22
.22
.22
.221- .23
.23

80.24 .2 2 .21 -

80.2271

1894.
80.211-80.221
.21 - .22
.20
. 1 8 - .19
.17
.16
. 1 3 - .14
. 1 0 - .11
. 1 0 - .12
. 0 9 - .10
. 1 0 - .11
. 1 1 - .121
80.1515

1895.
80.11 -80.12
.11
. 1 0 - .11
.10
. 0 9 - .10
.08
.08 - .081
. 0 8 - .09
. 0 6 - .07
. 0 9 - .10
. 0 9 - .10
.10
80.0940

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
Table I . —

265

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
F A R M P R O D U C T S —Continued.
H O P S : N e w Y o r k State, ch oice.

[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

1896.
80.09
.09
.08
.08
.07$- .08
.07 - .08
.07 - .08
.07 - .07$
.07$
. 0 9 - .10
.10$- .11
. 1 4 - .15

80.08 .07 -

80.0877

1897.
80.13
.13$
.12$
.10$
.10
.09
.09
.09
.08
.16
.16
.17 - .18

80.13
.12
.10
.09
.08
.08
.08
.07
.13

-

80.1160




1898.

1899.

80.18
.19
.19
.18
.16
.14
.14
.12
.12
.18
.20
.20

80.18 -80.19
.18 - .19
.18
.17 - .18
.15 - .16
.15 - .16
.15 - .16
.14 - .15
.12 - .13
.14 - .15
.13 - .14
.13 - .14

80.1621

80.1563

80.18
.17
.15
.13
.13
.11
.11
.17
.18
.19

-

1900.
80.12$-80.13$
.12$- .13$
.12$- .13$
.12$- .13$
.12$- .13$
.13 - .14
.13 - .14
.13 - .14
.13 - .15
.17 - .18
.20 - .21
.20 - .21
80.1483

1901.
80.18 -80.20
. 1 8 - .20
. 1 8 - .20
. 1 8 - .20
. 1 8 - .20
.17$- .18
.17$- .18
. 1 6 - .17
. 1 4 - .16
. 1 4 - .15$
. 1 4 - .15$
. 1 4 - .15$
80.1719

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

FARM

P R O D U C T S — Continued.
O A T S : N o . 2, ca sh .

[Price per bushel in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of the
Chicago Board of Trade.]

Month.

1890.

Jan.

1892.

1891.
80.42$
80.42$- .43$
.42$- .43$
.44

.21
.20$
.191
.19$
.20$
.20$
.21
.21$
.22
.22$
.23$
.24$
.24$

.44
.43$
.44$
.45$
.46$
.49$
.52
.52$
.53$
.53$
.54$
.54$
.50$

.28$
.29$
.29$
.29
.29$
.29$
.27$- .28$
.26$- .27$
.28$
.28
.28$- .29$
.28 - .28$
.28$- .28$
.28$- .29
.29$- .30$
.29$- .29$
.31$- .33$
. 3 1 - .31$
.32$- .34
.29$- .30
. 3 1 - .31$
.32$- .33$

.28$.30$.29$.30 .29$.27$.2 9 .30$.29$-

.32$.29$.30$.3 1 -

.27$- .28
.28$- .29$
.28$- .28$
.27$- .28

80.20$Mar .

Apr..

M a y ...........

.25$.27$.27$.28 -

.25$
.28
.28
.29$

. 5 0 - .52
.49$- .51
.51$- .51$
.47$- .48$

June.

.26$.27$.27$.27$-

.27$
.28$
.28$
.27$

July.

.27$- .27$
.27$- .28
.29$- .29$
.32 - .32$
.33$- .34$
.35 - .36$
.38$- .39$
.36$- .37$
.37

.44$.4 4 .37$.36$.32$.35$.35$.3 4 .35$-

.44$
.45
.38$
.37$
.34
.36$
.35$
.36
.37

.27$.28$.27$.29$-

.27$
.28$
.29
.30$

Sept.

.34$-

35$

O ct.

!36$.38$.38 .39$.40$.43$-

!36$
.39$
.38#
.39$
.$0$
.44$
.43

.28$- .29
.29 - .29$
.27$- .28$
.26$- .26$
.26$- .26$
.26$- .26$
.27$- .27$
.28
.29$- .29$

.43
.43$
.41$
.44$

.30 .32 .32$.3 3 -

Nov .
.44 Dec.

Average.

1894.

$0.20f
.20*
.20|
.20$

Feb..

Aug .

1893.

.43$- .43'$
.43$- .43$
. 4 1 - .41$
.40
.41$
80.310S




80.28$-80.29
.28$- .28$
.29$
.28 - .28$
.28$.29 .28$-

.30$.33 -

.22 .23$.24$-

.31$- .31$
.29$- .30
.28$
.29$

.27$.27$-

.29$-

.31$- .32$
.32$- .32$
.32$
.32
.32 - .32$

.30 -

.29$
.30$
.30$
.30$
.30$
.30$
.30$
.29$
.30

80.3042

80.28
80.28$- .28$
.26
.26$- .26$
.26$- .27$
.27$- .28
.27$
.28$- .29
.28$
.29$- .29$
.30$
.29$- .30
.30$- .30$

80.28$
80.28$- .28$
.28$- .28$
.27$- .28
.28
.26$- .27$
.27$- .27$
.28
.28$

.30$
.32$
.32$
.32$- .32$

.29$
.28$
.28
.28
.27$
.28$- .28$
.27$- .28
.28$- .29
.30$

.32 -

.31$
.33$
.32$
.34$
.34$
.32$- .33$
.34$- .34$
.32$- .32$
.32$- .32$

.30$
.32$
.32$
.34

80.3873

.34
.29$
.31$
.31$

80.3Q$-80.30$
.30$
.31$
.30$
.31
.31$
.30$
.30$
.29$
.30$
.30$
.30$
.29$

1895.

.29$
.31
.29$
.30$
.29$
.27$
.30
.30$
.29$

.22$
.23$
.24$
.23$
.23$
.23$- .23$
.26$- .27$
.26$- .26$
.28$- .28$

.33$- .34$
.34$- .35
.32$- .33$
.33$- .33$
.33$- .34$
.36$- .38$
. 4 1 - .41$
.44$- .46$
.44$- .45$
.35$-

.37$
.38
.35$
.32$
.30
.33$
.30$
.30$
.29$

.22$- .23$
.23$- .23$
.23$- .23$
.23$- .23$
.23$
.20$
.19$
.20$
•19$

.29$.30$.30$.28$-

.29$
.30$
.30$
.29

.18$.19$.18$.1 9 -

.27$- .28
.28$- .28$
.27$- .27$
.28
.28 - .28$
.28$- .28$
.28$- .28$
.28$
.28$

.28$

29$
.29$
.29$
.29

80.2827

.29$- .30
.30$- .30$
.28$- .28$
.26$

.34 .31 .2 9 .32$.29$.30 -

.28
.27$
.26$
.27$
.28$
.28$- .28$
.27$- .27$
.27$
.27$- .28$

.*27$
.27$

.*28$
.28$

80.3110

.18$
.19$
.19
.19$

. 1 8 - .18$
.17$- .17$
.18
. 1 8 - .18$
.18
.18$- .18$
.18$
.17$
.17$
.16$-

.17$
.17
.17$
.16$
.17

30.2373

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COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F A R M P R O D U C T S -C o n tin u e d .
O A T S : N o . 2, ca sh .
[Price per bushel in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of the
Chicago Board of Trade.]

1896.

1897.

$0. 17*
. $0.17*- .18
.18*- .18*
.18|- .19*

.20 .19*.19*.1 9 .18*.18*.19*.19*.18|-

.191
.19*
.19*
.20*
.20
.20
.19*
.18*
.19*
.19*
.19*
.19*
.19

. 1 8 - .18*
.18*- .19
.19*- .19*
. 1 8 - .18*
.1 7 .17*.17*.16f.15*.1 5 :l 6 f .17*.1 8 -

.17*
.18
.17*
.16*
.15*
.15*
.17*
.17*
.18*

.1 8 .1 6 .17*-*
.1 6 -

.18*
.16*
.17*
.16*

.15*-

.16
.14*
.15*
.16*
.17
.17*- .18*
.18*- .18*
.18*- .18*
.17*- .17*

1898.

1899.

$0.16*-$0.16*
.16*
.16*
.16

$0.21*-$0.22*
.22*
.21*- .23
.23*- .23*

.16*
.16*
.15*
.16*
.16*
.16*
.16*
.16*
.17
.17*
.16*
.17*
.17

.24
.25
.26*
.26*
.26*
.26*
.26*
.26
.25
.25*
.26*
.27
.29*

.15*.16*.16*-

.16*.17*-

.17
.18*
.18
.18

.17*.17*-

.17*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.17*
.17*
.18
.18
.17*

•i7*^
.16*.17*.18 .18*.19*.20 .19*.19 -

.17*
.17*
.18
.18*
.19*
.19*
.20*
.19*
.19*

.18*.17*-

.i § - .19*
. 18*— .18*
.18*
.17*- .18*

.26*-

.25*.26 .26*.29 .31*.30 .29*.26 .25*.24*.25 -

.23*.24*.21 .21*.21 .20*.20*.21*.21*.22 .21*.22 .24*-

.30
.31*
.30*
.29*
.26*
.26
.24*
.25*
.21
.22
.22*
.23*
.25*
.21*
.22*
.22
.20*
.21
.20*
.21*
.21*
.22*
.22
.22*
.23*
.24*

$0.27
.26*
.26*
$0.27 - .27*
.27*
.27*
.28*
.27
.27*
.27
.26*
.26*
.27*
.26*
.26*
.27
.26*

.26*.26*.24 -

.24*.19*-

.21*.23 .22*.23*-

.18*.18*-

.18*
.19*
.18*
.19

.18*
.18*- .18*
.17*- .17*
.16*-* .17
.17
$0.1801

.19*.20*.21 -

.23*-

.19*
.20
.20*
.21*
.21*
.21*
.22*
.22*
.23*

$0.1825




.24*
.24*
.24*- .24*
.26*
.27
.26*
.26*
.26*
.26*- .27
$0.2470

1900.

.22*-

.27
.25*
.27
.26*
.24*
.24*
.24*
.25*
.26

$0.22*
.22*
.22*
.22*
.22*
.23
$0.23*- .23*
.23*- .23*
.23
.23*
.23*
.23*
.23*- .24*
.24*-

.24*
.25
.24
.23*
.23
.23*
.22
.22
.21*

.21*.22*-

.22
.22*
.23*
.25*

.24*
.23*
.24*
.24*
.19*
.20*
.20*
.21
.20*
.21*
.22
.22*
.23*
.23
.23
.22
.22*
.23*
.23
.22*
.23*
.22*
.22*
.23
.22*
.22*

$0.2452

1901.

.22 .21*.21*.21*-

.21*.22 -

.23*
.24*
.23*
.24
.21*
.22*
.22
.22*
.21*

Month.

$0.24*-$0.24* Jan.
.24
.24
.24
.24*- .24*
.24*- .24* Feb.
.25
.25 .25*.25 - .25* Mar.
.24*
.25*
.25*
.25* Apr.
.26
.26*
.26*
.27
.28* May,
.28
.30*
.30
.28 -

.32*.36*-

.28* June.
.28
.28
.27
.27* July.
.30*
.31*
.37
.33^
.35 Aug.
.37
.35*
.34*
.34* Sept
.34*
.36*
.36*

.21*
.22
.21*
.22

.34 -

.22*
.22*
.21*
.22
.21*
.22
.22*
.22*
.22*

.34*-

.34* Oct.

.35 .35*-

:3

.22
.22
.22
.22
$0.2271

.36*-

.37*.38*.39*.42*-

.35*
.37
.38* Nov.
.40
.40*
.43*

.42*.44*.44 .44*.44*-

.44* Dec.
.46*
.45*
.45*
.45*

$0.3179

Average.

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W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.




F A R M P R O D U C T S — Continued.
B Y E : No* 2, ca sh .

a No quotation for week.

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T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F A R M P R O D U C T S —Continued.
B Y E : No* 2, cash*
[Price per bushel in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of the
Chicago Board of Trade.]

80.33|
.36
.38
80.40 - .40*

80.37*
.37*
.37
80.35*- .35*

80.45*
80.44*- .45*
.44*
.46

.40
.38*
.38*
.39 - .39*
.39*
.38*
.35*
.35*
.35*- .36
.36
.37
.37*
.36*

.34*
.35
.32*
.33*- .33*
.33*
.34
.32*
.33
.32*
.32
.32
.34*
.34

.47 - .47*
.47*
.48*- .48*
.50*- .50*
.50
.49 - .49*
.49*- .49*
.49
.49*
.50*- .50*
.51*- .52
.54
.60 - .60*

.35*- .36
.34*

.33
.34*- .35
.34 - .34*
. 3 4 - .35

.32
.32*
.31*
.32
.28*
.30*
.30*- .30*
.30*
.30*

.32*- .33*
.33
.33*- .34*
.34
.34*- .35
.33*
.34*- .35
.36*- .37
.38 - .39

.62*
.71*-.72
.68*- .68*
.65 - .66
.48 - .49
.45
.43 ,
.42*
.43 - .44

:3

.30*
.28*- .29
.30*
.31*
.30*
.30*- .31
.30*
.33 - .33*
.35
.36
.37*
.37 - .39
.34*- .35
.36 - .36*
.39*
.37*
.36*- .37

.55*
.53*
.62
.54*
.54*
.54*
.53*

80.49 Jan.
.48
80.48*- .48*
.48
.49*
.48* Feb.
.49
.49*
.50
.50 Mar.
.49*- .50
.50*- .50*
.50*- 51

.53*
.53*
.56*
.58*

.54*
• .55
.54*
.53*
.53*
.53*
.53*
.55*
80.53*- .54*

.50 Apr.
.50*
.49*
.50*- .52
.61
.62 May.
.52
.53 - .53*
.52*

.53*- .53*
.54*
.56*
.59*

.52 - .53 June.
.50*
.47*
.47

.6 0 .5 8 -

.5 6 -

.42*
.44*
.45*
.53
.49*
.51
.51
.47 - .47*
.46*- .47

.42*.44*.43*.41 -

.43
.45
.44*
.41*
.42*
.43 - .43*
.45*- .47*
.47
.47*- .47*

.45 - .46
.45
.45 - 45*

.44*- .45
.48
.49*
.50*

.57*-

.47 .47 .47*.47*.45 -

.52*
.51*
.51
.52 - .52*
.52
.53
.53 - .53*
.54*
.54*- .54*

80.3962




80.4958

Month.

1901.

80.50*
.50
.50
.50

.42 .43 .45*.50 .49*.50*-

.47*
.47*
.47*
.47*
.45*
.46*
.45*
.46*
.46*

1900.

80.54 -80.54*
.54*
.56*- .56*
.56*- .57
.57 - .57*
.56
.55*
.55*
.56
.55
.54
.51*
.53*

.51*-

.42 - .42*
.39 - .39*
.39*
.37
.37*- .37*
80.3517

.45*
.46
.47*
.43*- .43*

1899.

.51*-

.59
.58*
.61
.61*
.62
.56
.59
.60
.61
.60
.58
.54
.52
.51*
.52*
.53
.53*
.53*
.54
.56*
.57
.58

:8

S S J S feS S g S g g

1898.

1897.

rh rh rh rk

1896.

.56 .59*.57*.53 -

.47 July.
.48*
.51
.56*
.54
.56* Aug.
.60
.58
.54

.51*
.51*
.52 - .52*
.52*

.53 - .54* Sept.
.53
.55
.55*- .55*

.57*
.56
.55
.55
.54*
.52
.49*
.52
.51*

.51*
.52
.52
.49
.47*- .47*
.48
.47 - .47*
.44*
.45*- .45*

.54 .£4 .53*.54 .55 .58*.57*.5 8 -

.51
.50*
.50*
.50

.48
.46*
.46*- .47
.47

.59*- .60* Dec.
.63 - .63*
.64
.64 - .65*
.65*- .65*

80.5521

80.5177

.54 Oct.
.55
.55*
.54*
.55*
.56 Nov.
.60
.58*
.60

80.5328

Average.

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T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F A R M P R O D U C T S — Continued.
S H E E P : N a tiv e .
[Price per hundred pounds in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Inter
Ocean.]

1891.

Month.

1890.

Jan.............

$3.12H&5.25
3.75 - 5.60
4.10 - 6.00
3.75 - 6.00
-

5.50
5,85
6.30
6.10
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.35

4.75 4.85 4 .7 5 4 .5 0 3.10 3.10 5.10 4.00 5.00 -

6.00
6.25
5.90
5.80
6.00
6.25
6.40
6.25
5.75

June...........

2.50
3.50
3.90
3.50

-

5.75
5.60
5.40
5.50

July...........

3.60
2.80
3.50
4.00
3.30
3.75
4.00
3.80
3.65

-

5.05
4.90
5.00
5.35
5.35
5.12*
4.60
5.20
5.15

3.50
3.60
3.35
3.25
3.50
3.00
3.40
3.50
2.75

-

N o v ...........

2.75
3.10
2.75
2.75

Dec.............

3.00
3.25
3.25
3.00
3.05

Feb.............

M a r .........

Apr.............

M ay...........

A u g ...........

Sept...........

O ct.............

Average.

3.00
3.00
3.75
4.35
3.55
4.00
4.50
4.00

1892.

$3.00-$5.35
3.75- 5.15
3.75- 5.25
3.50-5.00

$3.30-$5.25
3.65- 5.60
3.50- 5.50
5.00- 5.25

3.804.253.504.004.104.003.754.504.754.504.904.004.75-

5.35
5.25
5.50
4.60
5.90
5.90
6.00
5.80
5.85
5.90
5.90
5.80
5.90

4.004.154.254.504.004.754.905.004.755.504.504.904.50-

5.25
5.60
5.50
5.75
6.00
5.90
6.25
6.10
6.55
6.25
6.20
6.40
5.75

4.753.504.754.00-

6.40
6.50
6.00
5.50

4.003.753.253.503.503.503.753.503.50-

5.25
5.65
5.25
5.05
5.00
5.00
5.25
5.10
5.00

4.805.004.504.505.253.604:504.004.00-

6.30
6.15
6.15
6.35
6.65
6.15
6.10
5.75
6.15

4.503.604.254.25-

3.753.504.603.80-

5.30
5.20
5.15
5.12|

5.10
4.85
5.15
5.10
4.75
5.15
5.00
5.25
5.50

3.502.503.503.403.4(K1.903.803.502.50-

5.00
5.00
5.00
4.75
4.80
5.25
5.50
4.90
4.90

-

4.75
5.00
4.90
4.90

2.50- 5.12|
3.25-4.90
3.25-5.00
3.00- 5.00

-

5.10
5.10
5.10
5.00
5.25

$4.5284




1894.

1893.
$3.30-$5.60
4.60- 5.25
3.50- 5.50
4.60- 5.25
3.40- 5.25
3.20- 5.40
4.75- 5.75
4.50- 5.25
4.25- 5.60
4.45- 5.40
4.00- 5.25
4.25- 6.10
4.00- 5.50

1895.

$1.75-$4.00
1.75- 3.75
2.00- 3.60
2.00- 3.90
2.25- 3.75
1.50- 3.75
2.00- 3.80
2.25- 3.85
2.00- 3.75
2.00- 3.60
2.50- 3.90
2.10- 4.00
2.50- 4.30

3.504.154.754.75-

5.50
5.90
6.00
6.25

2.753.002.252.00-

5.15
5.40
5.00
4.50

4.003.753.754.25-

6.30
5.80
6.25
5.65
5.40
5.80
5.60
5.00
4.80
5.15
5.50
4.75
6.00

4.60
4.60
4.60
4.60
4.65
4.60
4.10
3.35
3.75

5.80
5.75
5.60
5.75

5.003.503.252.504.402.252.751.504.00-

1.752.002.252.251.501.501.001.501.501.501.501.501.00-

3.85
3.90
3.50
3.50

3.503.503.503.503.753.753.753.253.25-

5.75
5.90
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.00
5.00
5.15
4.50

2.002.002.501.501.002.252.002.501.00-

4.60
4.25
4.20
4.00
4.10
4.20
4.12*
4.25
4.00

1.001.251.251.151.001.001.001.251.25-

3.253.503.003.00-

4.90
5.35
5.25
5.00

3.003.503.503.752.253.50-5.00
3.003.25- 5.25
3.253.50-5.25
3.253 .5 0 5.003.404.50- 5.40

4.75
4.25
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.35
5.25
5.25
5.15

1.501.501.001.251.201.251.651.501.00-

4.50
4.00
3.75
4.10
3.75
4.00
3.90
3.85
3.85

1.251.001.252.00-

3.65
4.00
3.90
3.65

$4.5106

$4.7798

a No quotation for week.

$3.8781

$1.50-$3.65
1.50- 4.00
1.50- 3.90
1.75- 4.00
1.75- 3.90
2.00- 4.25
2.00- 4.50
1.75- 4.60
2.25- 4.60
2.00- 4.75
2.00- 4*75
2.25- 4.75
2.35- 4.80
1.75- 5.00
2.50- 5.00
2.75- 4.60
1.75- 5.00
1.75- 4.60
2.25- 4.80
2.50- 5.00
2.50- 5.15
2.75-4 .9 0
2.501.501.751.50-

4.40
4.15
4.25
4.00

3.25
3.50
3.40
3.75
3.65
3.75
3.50
3.30
3.50

1.401.752.252.002.752.252.001.651.25-

3.90
4.30
4.25
4.10
3.75
4.00
4.00
3.40
3.75

1.201.602.001.50-

3.40
4.00
3.65
3.75

1.251.001.00.80.751.251.001.001.00-

3.75
3.40
3.25
3.15
3.25
3.25
3.35
3.35
3.25

1.501.501.251.001.101.251.251.501.35-

3.60
3.75
3.50
3.30
3.50
3.50
3.40
3.30
3.40

1.001.001.501.25-

3.50
3.25
3.60
3.50

1.501.501.251.601.80-

3.40
3.75
4.00
3.75
3.65

$2.6957

$2.9495

271

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W HOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F A R M P R O D U C T S —Continued.
S H E E P : N a tiv e .
[Price per hundred pounds in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Inter
Ocean.]

1896.

1897.

$2.00-$3.75
2.00- 3.85
2.25- 4.00
2.50- 4.00
2.40^ 3.90
2.75- 3.90
2.50- 3.85.
2.50- 3.85
2.50- 3.80
3 .25-3.50
3.40- 3.70
3.40- 3.85
3.50- 3.75
3.50-3.70
2.60- 3.90
2.50- 3.70
2.00- 3.75

1898.

$3.25-$3.80
2.50- 3.85
2.25- 4.00
2.50- 3.90
2.502.753.202.752.752.753.003.253.252.753.503.002.75-

3.90
4.00
4.10
4.10
4.20
4.35
4.50
4.50
4.70
5.25
5.00
5.00
4.80

1899.

$2.75-$4.70
3.00- 4.60
2.75- 4.60
3.00- 4.60
3.00- 4.65
3.10- 4.75
3.25- 4.75
3.25- 4.65
3.25- 4.60
3.20- 4.60
3.25- 4.60
3.40- 4.75
3.50- 4.75

1900.

$3.00-$4.25
2.50- 4.20
2.75- 4.10
2.50-4.15
2.75- 4.35
2.90- 4.50
3.00- 4.60
2.75- 4.45
3.00- 4.50
2.75- 4.60
3.50- 4.75
3.60- 4.85
3.75- 6.10

1901.

$3.00-$4.85
3 .00-4.85
3.00- 4.90
3.50- 5.00
3.65- 5.35
4.00-5.50
4.00- 5.75
4.00- 5.75
4.00- 6.00
4.00- 5.85
4.00- 5.85
4.25- 5.85
4.50- 6.00

4.004.253.503.50-

4.85
4.80
4.60
4.60

3.503.503.903.90-

5.00
5.00
5.00
5.05

4.504.804.504.25-

6.25
6.40
6.50
5.65

3.253.003.503.253.253.253.503.254.00-

4.40
4.30
4.40
4.60
4.60
4.85
5.25
5.25
4.25

4.004.154.254.403.903.253.003.753.25-

5.10
5.20
5.36
5.50
5.30
4.65
4.85
5.50
5.25

5.003.753.504.003.253.503.503.503.25-

Month.

$2.75-$4.75
2.50- 4.75
3 .50-4.25
2.75- 4.60
2.75- 4.50
2.50- 4.40
2.75- 4.50
2.75- 4.50
3.00- 4.75
3.50- 4.75

Apr.

5.75
5.75
5.75
5.40
5.50
5.85
5.25
5.30
5.00

6.25
5.10
5.00
5.00
4.70
4.40
4.65
4.75
4.75

2.752.502.502.25-

4.50
4.25
4.25
4.25

June.

4.253.252.003.503.003.003.253.00-3.25-

4.75
4.75
4.00
4.00
4.35
4.50
4.40
3.50
3.50

2.002.002.001.501.501.501.501.502.25-

4.25
4.15
4.50
4.00
4.25
4.00
4.25
3.75
4.00

July.

3.002.753.002.75-

3.40
3.85
4.20
4.20

i.25^- 4.66

Sept.

Oct.

2.752.503.252.75-

4.85
4.75
4.75
5.00

2.102.002.001.752.251.502.251.751.75-

4.50
4.10
4.25
4.25
4.00
4.00
4.00
3.35
3.25

2.502.502.252.502.002.351.852.352.35-

5.00
4.80
3.35
4.15
3.90
3.85
3.85
4.00
4.00

3.25- 5.25
3.00- 6.25
3.00- 4.75
3.00-5.00

4.75- 5.00
3.50-5.00
4.25- 5.25
3.00- 4.75

1.752.002.252.25-

3.25
3.10
3.20
3.50

2.002.002.001.701.751.601.751.501.75-

3.50
2.90
2.90
3.00
3.00
3.20
3.50
3.30
3.25

2.502.502.252.402.502.752.452.502.50-

4.15
3.90
3.90
3.90
4.25
4.20
4.25
4.20
4.30

3.003.253.503.003.003.002.752.902.50-

4.75
4.80
5.00
4.75
4.60
4.75
4.50
4.65
4.60

3.253.252.752.502.503.252.502.752.50-

5.00
4.85
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.40
4.40

2.252.002.502.60-

4.35
4.25
4.35
4.50

2.903.002.752.75-

4.50
4.75
4.80
4.70

2.752.502.502.252.502.502.502.502.25-

4.25
4.00
4.00
4.25
4.65
4.35
4.65
4.40
4.40

2.50- 4.15
2.50- 4.10
3.00- 4.25
2.75- 4.20
2.50- 4.10
2.75- 4.25
2.50- 4.35
2.75- 4.25
2.75-4.25

i.5 0 l
1.501.751.751.752.001.501.502.00-

2.502.502.002.75-

4.50
4.65
4.50
4.75

2.50- 4.30
2.75- 4.40
2.25- 4.25
2.50 -4 .7 5

1.50-4.50
2.25- 4.25
2.25- 4.40
2.50- 4.25
2.00- 4.50

$3.8837

$4.1236

$3.3519

2.00-3.75
2.25- 3.85
2.25- 3.85
2 .0 0 2.00- 3.75
$2.9322

2.75- 4.75
2.75- 4.60
2.60- 4.65
2.50-4.30
4.05- 4.15
3.90- 4.30
3.70- 4.25
3.60- 4.15
3.60- 4.20

$3.4971

$3.9250

3586—No. 39—02---- 6




Mar.

3.504.003.003.003.003.002.752.753.25-

3.90
3.90
3.90
,.1 0

2.50- 4.60
2.70- 1.50
2.65- 4.90
2.50- 4.65
3.00- 4.80
2 .75-4.80
2.75- 4.75
2.75- 4.60
3.653.00- 4.50

Feb.

3.25^ 5.00
3.25- 5.00

2.502.00• 2.502.50-

2.00- 3.20
1.75- 3.50
2.00-3.50
1.70-3.50

Jan.

May.

Aug.

1.50- 3.75
1.50- 4.00
1.85- 3.50

3.60
4.00
4.00
4.25
4.25
4.40
4.10
4.00
4.00

Nov.

Dec.

Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F A R M P R O D U C T S — Continued.
S H E E P : W estern .
[Price per hundred pounds in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Inter
Ocean.]

Month.
Jan.............

1890.

1891.

$4.90-85.10
4.80- 5.85
4.90- 5.35
4.25- 5.60
4.604.605.005.204.504.755.155.20-

5.15
5.75
5.60
5.55
5.60
5.60
5.85
5.80

5.305.304.755.305.505.255.954.805.00-

5.75
6.05
5.80
5.85
6.00
6.25
6.30
6.05
5.65

June...........

4.704.655.104.50-

5.40
5.30
5.25
5.10

July...........

3.503.253.254.604.104.104.003.503.75-

1892.

$3.20-$5.00
4.15- 4.90
3.60- 5.00
3.80- 4.90

1893.

$4.40-$5.20
4.75- 5.35
4.75- 5.30
4.60- 5.25

3.554.254.504.254.504.654.853.803.804.754.755.255.25-

4.85
5.12*
5.45
6.70
5.75
5.90
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.80
5.87|
5.90
6.10

4.304.854.754.904.505.205.105.705.605.805.455.806.10-

5.15
5.50
5.50
5.65
5.55
5.90
5.75
6.05
6.35
6.40
6.25
6.35
6.25

5.505.604.754.25-

6.85
6.00
5.40
5.25

5.25
4.50
4.40
4.90
4.60
4.70
4.20
4.45
4.40

4.004.554.404.504.603.503.853.554.15-

5.00
5.124
5.15
5.10
4.80
4.90
4.70
4.60
4.50

5.751
5.006.055.355.405.004.804.503.35-

3.403.754.003.00-

4.75
4.60
4.30
4.25

3.704.003.854.003.603.003.603.453.50-

4.35
4.15
4.50
4.40
4.30
4.20
4.50
4.50
4.50

4.104.253.753.153.003.754.253.253.40-

4.55
4.45
4.60
4.40
4.35
4.50
4.80
4.50
4.60

N o v ...........

3.503.503.502.50-

4.50
4.25
4.40
4.60

2.253.754.254.00-

4.50
4.55
4.70
4.35

Dec.............

3.50- 4.95
3.10- 5.00
3.60- 5.00
3 .5 0 3 .5 0 -

4.254.154.254.804.004.804.50-

4.85
6.25
5.00
6.00
5.20

Average.

$4.6644

Feb.............

M a r ...........

Apr.............

M a y ...........

A u g ...........

Sept...........

O ct.............




$4.5719

1895.

1894.

$4.35-$5.25
5.05- 5.30
4.25-5.50
5.10- 5.35
4.85- 5.15
4.85- 5.15
5.00- 5.30
5.00- 5.20
5.00- 5.35
4.75-5.30
4.90- 5.35
4.90- 5.30
5.25- 5.40

$2.25-$3.55
2.50- 3.40
2.85- 3.50
2.45- 3.65
2.85- 3.70
2.25- 3.50
2.50- 3.75 .
3.00- 3.60
2.50- 4.00
2.40- 4.00
2.50- 4.00
2.75- 4.10
3.65- 4.45

5.255.205.155.50-

5.75
5.95
6.25
6.00

3.753.403.253.25-

4.85
5.25
5.00
4.25

6.30
6.00
6.25
6.35
6.00
5.85
5.75
5.55
4.50

5.255.254.904.754.803.504.604.003.90-

6.30
5.40
5.50
5.20
5.25
5.25
5.20
5.10
4.75

4.003.602.502.752.252.752.002.001.50-

4.25
4.60
4.50
4.65
4.60
4.50
3.75
3.30
3.25

3.404.503.753.75-

4.62j
4.75
4.75
4.60

4.254.203.003.50-

4.75
4.60
4.25
4.00

4.254.504.253.753.503.654.253.653.75-

4.60
4.90
4.70
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.40
4.40

3.253.252.502.751.002.752.003.003.00-

4.75
3.60
3.50
3.25
3.00
3.50
3.40
3.65
3.40

2.002.752.501.602.002.001.502.002.00-

3.80^4.204.003.75-

4.50
4.65
4.50
4.95

3.90^
4.104.253.204.254.454.604.504.50-

4.25
4.25
4.65
4.75
4.80
4.75
5.15
5.00
5.00

2.752.752.002.002.402.002.502.102.202.501.602.252.50-

$4.8695

$2.00-$3.45
2.70- 3.70
2.50- 3.60
2.60- 3.75
2.50- 2.90
2.65- 4.10
2 .60-4.40
3.25- 4.50
3.00-4.40
3.00- 4.75
2.75- 4.40
3.50- 4.60
3.25- 4.75
2.503.253.002.752.252.302.503.003.00-

4.90
4.85
4.75
4.60
4.40
4.50
4#75
5.00
4.80

2.252.601.752.50-

4.00
3.35
3.85
3.75

3.50
4.00
3.60
3.00
3.50
3.50
3.00
3.25
3.30

i. 701.902.302.303.502.502.252.252.25-

3.25
3.70
3.60
3.70
3.65
3.50
3.40
2.90
3.00

2.251.752.402.25-

3.40
3.20
3.20
3.25

2.602.252.001.75-

3.00
3.50
3.20
3.30

4.00
3.40
3.25
3.20
3.40
3.35
3.50
3.60
3.15

1.502.001.501.101.152.001.501.751.25-

3.10
3.25
3.00
2.65
2.75
2.90
2.95
3.05
3.00

2.002.252.001.502.002.001.752.002.00-

3.25
3.40
3.40
3.00
3.10
2.90
3.15
3.05
3.20

3.45
4.00
3.50
3.50

1.55- 3.55
1.75- 3.05
2.50-3.50
2.40- 3.25

2.502.252.002.252.50-

3.25
3.20
3.25
3.35
3.45

$4.1255

$2.9808

a No quotation for week.

$3.0943

273

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F A R M P R O D U C T S — Continued.
S H E E P : W e s te rn .
[Price per hundred pounds in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Inter
Ocean.]

1896.

1897.

«2.60-«3.65
2.80- 3.60
2.80- 3.65
2.90- 3.80

1898.

$2.45-$3.75
3.10- 3.65
3.25- 3.80
3.00- 3.75

2.902.90^
3.253.003.003.403.603.753.653.603.253.002.85-

3.70
3.65
3.75
3.70
3.60
3.50
3.75
3.85
3.75
3.75
3.80
3.65
3.65

3.003.253.353.503.503.803.753.603.753.754.504.003.60-

3.80
4.00
3.85
4.05
4.15
4.35
4.25
4.50
4.55
4.80
5.35
5.00
4.80

3.003.003.103.00-

3.80
3.85
3.85
4.00

3.703.503.603.75-

4.75
4.60
4.60
4.50

3.003.303.003.502.503.752.802.502.75-

4.30
3.90
3.90
4.00
3.60
4.00
3.87|
3.10
3.00

3.753.603.403.252.903.102.753.003.40-

4.60
4.65
4.00
3.85
3.70
3.75
3.75
4.00
4.00

2.252.252.602.50-

3.15
2.95
3.35
3.50

2.502.802.001.751.602.252.002.102.25-

3.25
3.10
2.75
2.80
2.90
2.80
3.10
3.20
2.90

2.60- 3.00
2.60- 3.40
2.50- 3.35
2 .30-#3 .30
2.602.502.502.752.80-

3.50
3.45
3.50
3.45
3.55

$3.1411

1899.

$3.75-$4.50
3.75- 4.50
3.25- 4.50
3.50- 4.60
3.80- 4.55
3.50- 4.50
3.65- 4.55
6.25- 5.60
4.00- 4.55
3.60- 4.45
4.00- 4.55
4.00- 4.65
4.10- 4.80

1900.

$3.10-$4.15
2.85- 4.60
3.10- 4.60
3.10- 4.20
3.25- 4.30
3.50- 4.50
3.60- 4.70
3.40- 4.45
3.25- 4.60
3.00- 4.70
3.75- 4.70
4.30- 4.85
4.00- 5.00

1901..

$4.00-$4.85
4.15- 4.75
3.85- 4.80
4.25- 4.90
4.40- 5.35
4.40- 5.35
5.00- 5.65
4.25- 5.65
5.25- 5.90
5.00- 5.80
4.75- 5.85
5.40- 5.85
5.00- 6.00

$3.65-$4.65
3.50- 4.75
4.15- 4.50
3.50- 4.50
3.50- 4.50
3.50- 4.40
3.75- 4.00
3.00- 4.50
3.50- 4.65
3.65- 4.50

Month.
Jan.

Peb.

Mar.

4.( h£ 4.75
3.^25- 5.00

4.95
4.75
4.25
4.50

4.254.204.304.50-

4.90
5.00
4.80
5.10

5.555.505.655.25-

6.25
6.65
6.25
5.60

3.90- 4.30
3.75- 4.30
4.00- 4.30
4.25- 4.50
4.15- 4.60
4.10- 4.85
4.25-* 5.25
4.40- 5.15
4.40- 5.15

4.504.904.755.254.504.004.254.253.10-

5. i5
5.10
5.40
5.50
5.25
4.80
5.00
5.25
5.25

5.505.255.004.754.754.754.753.504.00-

5.90
6.00
5.60
5.40
5.50
5.40
5.25
4.90
4.15

3.753.503.503.50-

4.35
3.80
4.20
4.15

June.

4.004.004.253.85-

5.20
4.75
4.60
4.50

3.654.504.503.50-

5.00
4.75
4.65
4.35

4.40
4.65
4.80
4.45
4.50
4.55
4..30
4.50
4.50

3.753.903.253.503.503.703.504.003.25-

4.25
4.00
4 30
4.15
4.05
4.25
4.20
4.50
4.20

4.50
4.00
4.00
4.25
4.35
4.60
4.25
3.75
3.90

3.25- 3.60
2.75- 3.80
4.00
3.40- 4.00
3.00- 3.50
1.50- 3.25
3.50- 4.35
2.00- 3.75
3.25- 3.60

July.

3.10- 3.75
3.853.503.10- 3.65
4.102.90- 4.00
3.753.25- 3.65
3 .2 5 3.853.703.703.00- 3.80
3.753.50- 4.00
3.15- 4.05
3.653.753.00- 4.10

4.003.753.004.003.504.403.753.603.60-

3.50- 3.60
3.60- 3.85
3 .80-4.15
3.25- 4.10

3.50
3.15- 3.65
2.75- 3.75
2.35- 3.45

Sept.

8.ioi
3.002.853.503.753.103.503.753.60-

4.16
3.90
4.00
4.25
4.60
4.30
4.55
4.30
4.25

3.25- 4.10
3.50- 3.80
3.60- 4.10
4.00-4 .1 0
3.25- 4.00
3 .75-4.25
4 .00-4.25
3.75- 4.25
3.10- 4.10

2.85- 3.50
2.50- 3.50
3.25- 3.85
2.25- 3.50
2.75- 3.75
3.25- 3.85
1.60- 3.80
2.50- 4.00
2.00-4.10

Oct.

3.703.503.303.75-

4.50
4.60
4.35
4.75

3.253.754.053.85-

1.653.003.003.002.60-

4.004.303,904.00-

2.902.253.003.10-

4.00
3.85
4.25
4.30

3.503.653.753.60-

4.45
4.50
4.60
3.80

2.753.103.003.253.753.603.703.603.75-

4.45
4.50
4.75
4.60
4.65
4.60
4.50
4.40
4.40

3.153.402.903.003.403.403.303.253.00-

4.40
4.45
4.25
4.10
4.15
4.20
4.20
4.10
4.15

4.20
4.40
4.25
4.75

i

$3.7692




$4.1625

$4.1615

$4.5207

4.604.854.504.104.65-

5.00
5.25
4.90
4.85
5.30
4.65
4.00- 4.60
4.00- 4.65
3.75- 4.60

4.00
4.00
4.40
4.05
5.00

$3.7442

Apr.

May.

Aug.

Nov.

Dec.

Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F A R M P R O D U C T S —Concluded.
W H E A T : C o n trac t g r a d e s , c a sh .
[Price per bushel in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of the
Chicago Board of Trade.]

Month.
Jan.

Feb.

1890.
J0.76$-J0.77$
.77
.76
.75|
.75i
.75
.74|
.74*
.78 - .78$
.77$- .77$
.79$
.80
.78$
.80$
.86
.88$
.88$
.74|-

Mar .

Apr..

1892.

1891.
$0.89$-J0.91$
.89$- .90$
.87$- .88$
.90$- .91$
.95$.93 .94 -

.85$- .86$
.86 - .88$
.88$- .89$
.89$- .90
.87 - .87$
.85$- .86$
.83 - .84$
.81$- .82$
.78$- .79
.77$- .79
.79$- .81
.80$- .81$
.81$- .81$
.8 0 .82 .81$.83$.82$.83$.78$.78$.7 9 -

.9 3 .93$.92$.93$-

.95
.95
.95
.94$

.98$1.01$1.06$1.03$-

1.03
1.05$
1.07$
1.04$

June.

.92 .89$.84$-

.93$
.91
.86
.84$

1.01 .98$.96 .95 .92$.91$.87$.86$.89$-

1.01$
.99$
.97$
.96$
.93$
.92$
.89$
.87$
.92$

July.

Aug . . , —

Sept.

O ct.

.85$- .88
.88 - .88$
.86$- .87
.87$
.91$- .93
.93 - .94$
.97$- .99$
1.02 - 1.05
1.06$
1.01 .97$.97$.97 .95$.99$1.00$1.02$1.00 -

JO. 88 -JO. 89$
. 8 5 - .86
.85$- .87$
.86$- .87$

.97$
.94$
.94$
.93$
.94$
.99
.99$
1.01$
1.03$
1.02
1.05$
1.12$
1.08$

M ay.

.88$- .89$
. 9 1 - .94$
1.01 - 1.03$
1.03 - 1.05

1.02$
.99
.98$
.98$
.97$
1.01$
1.01
1.03$
1.01$

.98$.9 3 *94$.95$.94$.95$.97$.93 .92$-

1.00
.95
.96
.96$
.95$
.96$
.98
.95$
.94

.99$- 1.00$
.95$- .98
.89$- .92$
.93$- .95

.92$.94$.92$.92$-

.94
.95$
.93$
.93$

.91$.8 9 .91$-

.90$.92$.90$.90 .89$-

.92
.93$
.91$
.90$
.90$

JO. 72$-J0.72$
.73$
.76$
.73$
.72$- .72$
.74$- .74$
.75$
.73$
.73$
.73$
.72$
.73$
.78

Dec.

.89$Average.

.93$
.90
.91$
.88$
.90$

$0.8933




JO. 9618

1895.

JO. 59$
J0.62$- .63
.59$- .59$
.59$
.59$- .60
.58$- .59$
.56
.55 - .57$
.57$- .57$
.57$- .57$
.56$
.55$- .56
.56$

JO. 53$-J0.53$
.54 - .54$
.54$
.51$- .52$
.48$- .49$
.49$- .50$
.50$
.50$- .50$
.51$
.52$- .52$
.54$- .54$
.54$
.53$- .54$

.76
.85
.74$
.71$

.59 .61$-

.71 - .72
.75$- .76
.73$
.71 - .71$
.68$- .69
.63$- .65$
•£5$- .65$
.64$
.65$- .65$

.57$.56$.5 5 .55 -

.78$- .78$
.76$- .77
.79$- .80
.78$- .79$

.6 4 .64$.62$.63$- .

.77$- .78$
.78$- .79$
.77 - .77$
.75 - .75$
.75 - .75$
.72$- .73$
.73$- .73$
.72 - .72$
.74 - .74$

.55$-

.58$
.59
.61$
.61$
. 61$— . 62
.63$- .64$
.67$- .69$
.67$- .68$
.66$- .66$

.57$- .58$
.56 - .56$
.55$- .56
.51$
.52
.55$
.54$- .54$
.54
.53$

.68$.61$.66$.66$.70 .67 .65$.62$.60 -

.53$-

.54
.54
.53$
.52$

. 6 0 - .61$
.56 - .57$
.56$- .58
.59$

.73$.72$-

.66 .63$.61$-

.59$-

.6i$
.58$
.59$
.59$
.58$
.58
.56$
.56$
.56$

.55$. 58$—
.55$.54 .56$-

.56$
. 58$
.56$
.55$
.57

.81$
.82$
.81$
.84$
.85
.87$
.79$
.78$
.80

.73$
.73
.73$
.71$

.84$-

.62$Nov .

1894.

1893.

.70$-

.71
.71
.71
.71$
.71$- .71$
.71$- .71$
.71$
.69$- .69$
.72$
JO. 7876

.62$.61$-

.65
.65
.63$
.65

.57$-

.59$
.61$
.60
.58$

.59$
.57$
.56
.55$
.54$
.54$- .55
.59$- .60
.57$- .59$
.59$- .59$

.53 .51$-

.66$
.64
.61$
.63$
.62$
.60$
.60
.60$
.61$

.54$.54 -

.51$
.51$
.50$
.51$
.51$
.53$
.54$
.54$
.54$

.63$
.62$
.61
.60$

.56 .54$.53$.53$-

.57
.55
.54
.54

JO.6770

.50$-

.51$-

JO 5587

.54 -

.54$
.54$
.56$- .57
.59$- .60
.61$- .62$
.60$- .62$
.64$- .64$
.71$- .72$
.78$- .79$
.76 - .76$
.79$- .80$
.73$- .74$
.70$- .71$
.70
.65$
.67
.66$
.70$
67$
.66
.63
.60$

JO. 6000

Co u r s e o f -w h o l e s a l e p r i c e s ,
T able I . —

1890

to

275

iool.

W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
F A R M P R O D U C T S —Concluded.
W H E A T : C o n trac t g r a d e s , cash*

[Price per bushel in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of the
Chicago Board of Trade.]

1897.

1896.

$0.79*
.78*
.78
.76*

$0.58
$0.57*- .58
.60
.62*

1899.

1898.
$0.89*-#). 90*
.91 - .92*
. 9 2 - .93
.94|- 1.00

.74
.76
.74
.76
.76
. 7 4 - .75
.73*
.73 - .74
. 72 - .73
.69*- .70
.68
.73 - .74
. 7 2 - .73

.98 .96*.99 1.05 1.03*1.01 1.01*1.03 1.01 1.02 1.04*1.07*1.21 -

1.04
.99
1.00
1.07
1.05*
1.03
1.02*
1.03*
1.01*
1.03
1.05*
1.08*
1.23

.61*
.63
.61*
.59

.69*- .70*
.73|- .74*
.70*- .72*
.72 - .72*

.56*
.59
.57*
.56*
55*
.55
.55
.56
.58

.67 .6 8 .69*.6 9 70 .68*.70*.75 .77*-

.68
.70
.70*
.70
.71
.69*
.71*
.76*
.78*

1.17 1.73 1.45 1.60 1.25 1.05 .84 .77*.7 7 -

1.21*
1.85
1.50
1.65
1.40
1.06
.87
.85
.85

.58*
.56*- .56*
.54*- .55
.56 - .56*

.76*. 79 .8 5 -

.78*
.81
.86
.93
go
.96*
.96*
.92*
.90*

.8 4 -

.86
.86
.87
.88

.88 -

.88*
.86
.88
.89*
.90
.89
.88
.90
.89

.65
.64*
.64*
.65*- .66
. 6 5 - .66
.68*- .64
.62
.61*
fi2*- . fi3
i64*- .65
.65*
.64*
.62*

.56 .54|-

.66 -

.67 -

.56
.55*
.57*
.62*
.66*
.68*
.69*
.74*
.72
.75
.80
.77
.79

.81 -

.81*
.78
.78 - .78*
.77*
.79*- .80
$0.6413

$0.73*.7 3 .7 5 -

89*_
.95*.94*.91*.88*-

.88 .88 .8 9 .8 8 -

$0.7949




1900.

$0.67*-$0.70
.67*- .70
.67*- .70
. 6 9 - .71
.71*- .74
.69*- .71*
.70*- .72
.71*- .72*
.72*- .74
.70*- .72*
.69 - .70*
.67*- .70
.69*- .73
.70*- .73*
.70*- .72*
.73*- .76*
.71*- .73*
.71*.70*.69*.73*.74*.74 .74 .74*.71*-

.74*
.72*
.71*
.75*
.77*
.77*
.77*
.77*
.73*

$0.66*-$0.66*
.64*- .65
.62*- .63*
.63*- .64*
.65*- .67
.64*- .65*
.66*- .67
.66 - .66*
.64*- .65
. 6 4 - .65
.65 - .65*
.65*- .66
.65 - .65*
.66*.66*.66 .64*.65*.65*.64*.65*.65*-

Month.

1901.

$0.73*-$0.75* Jan.
. 7 5 - .76
.74*- .74*
.71|- .72*
.73*- .74*
.72*- .73 Feb.
.73*- .73*
.73*- .73*
.74*- .74*
.73*- .74* Mar.
.73*- .74
.75 - .75*
.74*- .74*

.67
.67*
.66*
.65*
.65*
.66*
.65*
.65*
.66

.71*- .72* Apr.
.69*- .70*
.70*- .71*
.71*- .72
.71*- .72*
.72*- .74 May.
.70*- .71*
.73*- .74*
.73*- .74

.65*- .66*
.72*- .74*
.76 - .78*
. 8 1 - .82

.75 - .77* June.
.70*- .72
.69*- .69*
.65*- .66*

.78*.78*.7 6 .74*.74*.75*.74*. 72 .73*-

.79*
.79
.77
.75
.75
.76
.75*
. 72*
.74*

.64 - .64* July.
.63*- .63*
.64*- .66*
.69 - .70*
.66*- .67*
. 6 9 - .70 Aug.
.73*- .76
. 70 - .73
.70*- .71*

.74*- .87
.74*- .87
.74*- .76
. 7 0 - .73

.72*- .73*
.71*- .74
.70*- .71*
.69*- .70*

.66 .71 .71 .6 6 .67 .6 3 .6 5 .67 -

.66*
.75
.75
.69
.69
.64
.66
.66
.67*

.69*.6 9 .70*.71*.70*.69*.70*.70*.73 -

.70*
.70
.72*
.73*
.73
.72*
.72*
.71
.75*

.73*.73*.76*.76*-

.74*
.74*
.77*
.77*

.69*- .71 Sept.
. 6 9 - .70
.69*- .70*
.68|- .69*

.62 .6 5 .64*.68*-

.62*
.66
.67
.69*

.66 .65 .6 6 .67 65*.64*.63|.65*.67 -

.67*
.66*
.67
.69*
.68
.65*
.68
.68
.70

.72*.69*.6 9 .69 .69*.68*.66*.66*.65*-

.74*
.72*
.71
.71*
.71
.70*
.68*
.69*
.68

.76|.75*.73*.71*.72*.72*.72*.70 .70*-

.77*
.76*
.74
.72*
.72*
.73*
.73*
.70*
.70*

.67*.67*.69*.69*.69*.71*.71*.71*.71*-

.69* Oct.
.69*
.70*
.70*
.70*
.72* Nov.
.73
.72*
.72*

.64*- .67*
.65*- .68*
.66*- .69
.65*- .69

.70*.69*.69*.69*-

.7i|
.70*
.70
.70*

.73*.74*•75*.77*.78 -

.75* Dec.
.79
.75*
.78*
.78*

$0.8849

$0.7109

$0.7040

$0.7187

Average.

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T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

FO O D , ETC.
B E A N S : M e d iu m , ch oice.
[Price per bushel in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Month.
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

1890.

1891.

$1.80 -$1.85
1.70 - 1.75
1.70 - 1.72*
1.70
1.95 - 2.00
1.90 - 1.95
1.87*- 1.90
2.00
2.25 - 2.30
2.55 - 2.60
2.40 - 2.45
2.30 - 2.35
$2.0292

$2.15 -$2.20
2.25
2.22*- 2.25
2.20
2.40 - 2.45
2.40
2.30
2.35 - 2.37*
2.27*- 2.30
2.25
2.10 - 2.15
2.00 - 2.05
$2.2531

1892.
$1.80
1.82*
1.85
1.75
$1.60 - 1.62*
1.80 - 1.85
1.80
2.00
2.00
1.95
1.95 - 2.00
2.05
$1.8698

1893.

1894.

$1.95
$2.05 - 2.10
2.20
2.12*- 2.15
1.95 - 2.00
1.92*- 1.95
2.00
2.00
1.87*- 1.90
1.85
2.00
1.85 - 1.90

$1.80
1.80
1.75
1.60
$1.75 - 1.80
1.95
2.00
2.00
1.95 - 2.00
1.95
1.80 - 1.85
1.72*- 1.75

$1.9906

$1.8469

1895.
$1.72*
$1.82*- 1.85
1.85
2.15
1.95 - 2.00
1.95 - 2.00
2.00
1.80
1.70
1.55
1.50
1.40 - 1.42*
$1.7896

B R E A D : C ra c k e rs, B o s t o n X .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants’ Review.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07

$0.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07

Average.

$0.0700

$0.0700

$0.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.06*
•06*
.06*
$0.0688

$0.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
$0.0650

$0.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
,06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
$0.0650

$0.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.061
.06*
.07
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
$0.0654

B R E A D : C ra c k e rs, s o d a X X .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants’ Review.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
D e c ...........

$0.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08

$0.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08

Average.

$0.0800

$0.0800

$0.08
.08
.08
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
$0.0763

$0.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
$0.0750

$0.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
$0.0725

$0.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.06*
.07
.06*
.06*
•06*
.06*
.06*
$0.0675

B R E A D : L o a f, 1 p o u n d a ft e r b a k in g .
[Price per loaf in Washington, D. C., on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.04
.04
.01
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.03
.03
.03
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

Average.

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0375




COURSE OE WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I . —

277

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

FO O D , ETC.
B E A N S : m e d iu m , ch oice.
[Price per bushel in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
1896.
81.80 -$1.35
1.27*- 1.30
•1.25
1.17*
1.17*
1.10 - 1.12*
1.05
1.00
1.05
1.15 - 1.20
1.35
1.12*- 1.15
81.1740

1897.
81.05 -81.07*
1.05
.92*- .95
.85
.90
. 87*— . 90
.87*
1.05 - 1.10
1.25
1.20
1.20
1.25
81.0448

1898.
81.17*-81.20
1.12*
1.15
1.05
1.50 - 1.55
1.40 - 1.42*
1.20 - 1.25
1.35
1.27*- 1.30
1.20 - 1.22*
1.30
1.05 - 1.25
81.2479

1899.
81.32*
81.30 - 1.32*
1.32*- 1.35
1.37*- 1.40
1.37*
1.30 - 1.32*
1.32*
1.35
1.37*
1.47*- 1.50
1.75 - 1.80
2.05 - 2.10
81.4531

1900.
82.00
2.20
2.10
2.15
2.15
82.12*- 2.15
2.10
1.90 - 1.92*
1.80 - 1.82*
2.10
2.20 - 2.22*
2.22*- 2.35
82.0969

1901.
82.25
2.25
82.22*- 2.25
2.00 - 2.05
2.10
2.10
2.02*- 2.05
2.25 - 2.30
2.75
2.20 - 2.25
2.02*- 2.05
2.00 - 2.05
82.1927

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

B R E A D : C ra c k e rs, B o s t o n X .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants’ Review.]
80.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
•06*
.06*
.06*
80.0650

80.06*
.06*
.06
.06
.05
.05
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
80.0592

80.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.08
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
80.0733

80.07*
.07*
.07*
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
80.0713

80.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08

80.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08

80.0750

80.0800

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

B R E A D : C ra c k e rs, s o d a X X .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants’ Review.]
80.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.07
.07
80.0658

80.07
.07
.06*
.06*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
80.0592

80.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.08*
.08
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07
80.0758

80.07
.07
.07
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
80.0663

80.06*
.06*
.06*
•06*
.06*
.06*
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
80.0675

80.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
80.0700

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

B R E A D : L o a f , 1 p o u n d a ft e r b a k in g .
[Price per loaf in Washington, D. C., on the first of each month.]
80.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.05
.04
.04
.04
.04

80.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

80.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

80.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

80.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

80.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

80.0408

80.0400

80.0400

80.0400

80.0400

80.0400




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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BULLETIN OP THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE

PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890TO 1901— Continued.
F O O D , E T C .— Continued.

B R E A D : L o a f , h o m e m a d e , 1 p o u n d a n d 4 o u n ce s B efo re b a k in g .
[Price per loaf in New York on the first of each month. Standard weight and standard prices
Brooklyn, and one or two in New Jersey who deliver their bread in Manhat-

Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

Average.

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0400

B R E A D : L o a f , V ie n n a , X p o u n d a n d 2 o u n ce s b e fo re b a k in g .
[Price per leaf in New York on the first of each month. Standard weight and standard prices
Brooklyn, and one or two in New Jersey who deliver their bread in ManhatJan........... .
Feb........... .
M a r ......... .
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June......... .
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

Average.

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0400




279

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I . —

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
F O O D , E T C .— Continued.

B R E A D : L o a f , h o m e m a d e , 1 p o u n d a n d 4 o u n ce s b e fo re b a k i n g .
charged by the Bakers’ Association, which includes leading large bread manufacturers in New York,
tan. Quotations furnished by Emil Braun, editor of the Bakers’ Review.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0.03
.03
.03
.03
.03
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.0358

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0400

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

B R E A D : L o a f , V ie n n a , 1 p o u n d a n d 2 o u n ce s b e fo re b a k in g .
charged by the Bakers’ Association, which includes leading large bread manufacturers in New York,
tan. Quotations furnished by Emil Braun, editor of the Bakers’ Review.]
$0.03
.03
.03
.03
.03
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04
.04

$0.0358

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0400

$0.0400




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
B U T T E R : C re a m e ry , E lg i n .
[Price per pound in Elgin, 111., on Monday of each week; quotations from tables compiled by D. W.
Willson, editor of the Elgin Dairy Report.]

Month.

1890.

1891.

Jan.............

80.27 -80.27*
.27
.26*- .27*
.26*- .27*

Feb.............

.27
.26*- .27
.26*- .27
.26*- .27

M a r ...........

Apr.............

.25*.24*.24*.23*.22*.1 9 .1 8 -

M ay...........
.16*.1 5 June...........

.13*-

J u ly...........

.14*.15*.15*.15*.15*.1 7 -

A u g ...........
.20*.23*Sept...........
.2 2 .2 1 O c t.............
.24*.25 N o v ...........

Dec.............
.28*-

Average.

80.28*-80.29*
.30
.30 - .30*
.30*- .31

.25
.27
.29*
.29*

. 2 9 - .30
. 2 9 - .30
.28*- .29
.29 - .29*
.29 - .29*
.27*- .29
.27*- .28*
.28 - .28*
.28 - .28*

.29 .29 .34 -

.18
.17*
.15*
.14

.27*-

.14
.14
.15
.16
.16
.16
.16
.16
.17*

.1 7 -

.2 9 .2 9 .2 7 -

.27 -

.17*-

.17 .1 7 -

.20
.20*
.22*
.24

.1 8 .19*-

.24
.23
.22
.22*
.23
.24
.24*
.25
.25*

.23 -

.28
.29
.29
.28
.28

80.2238




1893.

80.26 -80.27
.27 - .27*
.26*- .27
.26

.26
.25
.25
.24
.23
.20
.18
.18
.18*

.27
.27
.28
.28

1892.

.25 .26*-

.28 -

.28 -

.35*
.35
.30
.30
.28
.25
.25
.25
.27*
.28
.25
.18
.17
.18
.18
.18
.17
.17*
.17
.17*
.17
.17*

.21 -

.1 9 .18 .17 .1 7 .1 9 .20 .19*-

.80 -

.2 i .22 -

.20
.19|- .20
.20
.20
.20
.22 - .22*
. 2 4 - .25
.24*
.24*

.30
.30
.30
.30
80.2528

.28
.25
.23
.21
.19
.18*- .19
.20*- .20*
.19*- .20
.20

.28*-

.24 -

.30*
.28
.28
.33

.20
.20
.21
.21
.22
.24
.24*
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25

.2 6 -

.22 -

.2 5 .2 4 .2 0 .2 0 -

.24
.25
.27 - .27*
.28
.28 - .28*
.30*- .31
.31
.30
.30

80.2501

.2 6 -

.25
.27
.27
.28*

.29
.29
.29
.28
.27*- .28
. 2 7 - .28
.25
.25
.26 - .26*

80.2581

.27
.27
.27
.25
.23
.22
.22
.20

80.25
80.24*- .25
.23*- .24
.22*- .23
.22*.23 .21*.1 8 .19*-

.23
.23*
.23
.22
.18
.19
.18
.20

.2i*
.22*
.23
. 1 9 - .20
.16*- .18
. 1 5 - .16
.17 - .17*
.17
.17

.20
.20
.20 - .20*
.19*- .20
.17*- .18
.17
.16
.18
.18

.16*
.17*
.17
.17

.17*
.17*- .18
.17*
.17*- .17*

.16*
.16*- .17
.16*- .17
. 1 8 - .18*
.23 - .23*
.23*
.23*
.23*
.23*

.17
.17
.17
.18
.18
.20
.20
.20*
.20

.1 7 .16*-

.24 .24 -

.28*-

.27*- .27*
.28 - .28*
.28
.27
.26*- .27

1895.

80.24 -80.24*
.24*
.24*- .25
.26

.26
.27
.28
.30*

.20
.20
.20
.19
.18
.17*
.18*
.19*
.20*

.27
.30
.32
.32
.28
.28
.28*
.28
.29
.29
.28
.28*
.28

.27*- .28
.27*- .28
. 2 7 - .28
.27

.30 .25*-

.21 -

.24*-

80.32
80.32*- .33
.33 - .33*
.28

.25
.22
.22
.21*

.18*
.20
.23
.23
.23
.25
.25
.25*
.25

.24 -

1894.

.23 .2 0 .22 .25 .25 .2 4 -

.23*
.24*
.24*
.25
.25
.23
.23*
.21
.22*
.23
.25*
.25*
.25
.25
.23
.23
.23
.25

80.2194

.20 .20 .22 -

.20*
.21
.21
.22*
.22
.22
.22
.22
.22

.22 -

.22*
.22
.22
.23

.2 4 -

.24*
.26
.27
.25
.23

.24*-

80.2064

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able

281

I.—W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
P O O D , E T C ,— Continued.
B U T T E R : C re a m e ry , E lg i n .

[Price per pound in Elgin, 111., on Monday of each week; quotations from tables compiled by D. W.
Willson, editor of the Elgin Dairy Report.]




282

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . —W H O LESALE

FRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F O O D , E T C .— Continued.

B U T T E R : C re a m e ry , E l g i n a n d o th e r W e s t e r n , e x tra .
[Price per pound in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

Month.
Jan.

$0.26 -$0.28
. 2 6 - .28
.26 - .28
.261- .281

Feb.

.27 - .281
.261- .281
.261- -281
.26 - .281
.26 - .271
.26 - .271
.251- .27
.25 - .261

M ay.

June .

. 2 3 - .25
. 1 9 - .21
.171- .20
. 1 8 - .20
.181- .20
.181- .20
. 1 7 - .181
. 1 5 - .161
. 1 4 - .15
0*1^ COCO

Apr.

TTTT

Mar .

$0.27i-$0.29
.271- .29
.27 - .281
. 2 7 - .28
.27
.271
.291
.31
.36
.361
.32
.33
.30
.27
.271
.271
-281

.311.291.291.291.291.2 9 .28 .28 .281.26 .2 2 .2 3 .2 2 -

.3 0 .26 -

.31
.261
.19
.19

.21 -

.181-

.1 8 -

O ct.

Nov .

Dec.

Average,

.171.171.171-

. 1 8 - .181
. 1 9 - .191
.21 - .211
.221- .231
.221.231.25 .25 .241-

.231
.24
.251
.251
.25
..251
.30
.321- .33
.32 - .321

T

Sept.

T i T iTTT

Aug.

.16 - . 161
.161- .171
. 1 7 - .171
. 1 6 - .17
. 1 6 - .171
.161- .18
.181- .20
.191- .21
.23 - .231

.19
.19
.181
.18
.181
.18
.18
.18
.18

.251- .27
.28 - .29
.28 - .29
.271- .28

. 3 0 - .31
. 2 9 - .30
.291- .30
. 2 9 - .30

.2 8 .2 9 .2 9 .281.28 -

.291- .301
. 2 9 - .30
.281- .291
.281- .291
. 2 9 - .30

.29
.30
.30
.30
.291

$0.2276




$0.2586

1893.

$0.291-$0.30
. 3 1 - .311
.31 - .32
. 3 1 - .32

.251.26 .28 .2 9 .3 4 .35 .31 .311.281.2 6 .261.27 .271-

.1 8 July.

1892.

1891.

1890.

.321
.31
-301
.301
.301
.30
.29
.291
.291
.27
.23
.24
.23

1894.

$0,321
.33
.35
$0,311- .35
. 2 9 - .30
.30
.30
.28 - .281
.261- .27
.271
.281
.29
.311
.301.2 9 .321-

-31
.28
.30
.33

1895.

$0.27
$0.25 - .251
.25 - .251
.251- .26
.261- .27
.271- -28
.27 - .271
.27
.251- .26
.23 - .231
.22 - .221
.221
.21 - .211
.211.24 -

.22
.25
.241
.21

.22
.21
.21
.20 - .201
.171
.171- -18
.191- -20
.191
.21 - .211

.30
.30
.25
.21
.20
.20
.201
.201
.211- .22

. 18 .1 7 -

.211
.21
.221
.221

.211- .22
.211- .22
.211
.201
.191-

.24 .241.241.25 .25 .25 -

.231
.24 ,
.24
.241
.25
.25
.251
.251
.251

.20
.21
.24
.241- .25
.251- .26
.26 - .261
.27
.27 - .271
.28

.18
.191- .20
. 1 7 - .171
.19
.22 - .221
.23
.23
.241
.241

.281-

.241
.25
.28
.29

.30
.30
.29
.28
.29
.291
.27 - .271
.271- .28
.271

.22 .22 .23 -

.291-

-30
.30
.301- -31
.311- .32
.311- .32
. 3 1 - .311
.30
. 3 0 - .31
.311- .32
$0.2612

.241-

.1 8 -

.24 -

.26 .26 -

.28
9Q

.28 -

.*281
.28

$0.2701

.24 .24 -

. 181
.171
.17
.17
.17
.17
.19
.171
.181

.24
.241
.241
.251
.26
.25
.25
.231
.231
.24
.26
.261
.261
.25
.241
.241
.24

$0.2288

$0.25
.261
.25
.23
.24
.24
.26
$0.23 - .231
.23
.20
. 1 9 - .191
.20
.21
.21 .20 -

.1 9 -

.211
.201
.20
.20
.19
.18
.17
.171
.191

.1 8 .1 8 .1 8 -

.18
.181
.181
.181

. 1 8 - .181
. 1 7 - .171
. 1 7 - .171
.171- .18
.18
.20
.20 - .201
.20
.20
.20 -

.22 -

.20
.201
.21
.22
.221
.23
.23
.23
.23
.23
.23
.23
.231
.25

.27

.28
.25
.24

$0.2137

283

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1800 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
B U T T E R : C rea m ery , E l g i n a n d o th e r W e s t e r n , extra*
[Price per pound in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal oi
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

1896.

$0.20

$0.25
.24

$0. 215-

.1 7 .1 4 .1 5 .16 -

.1 5 -

1899.

1898.

1897.

.20
.21

.20
.20
.20

.18
.19
.19|

.204
.214

.20

.22
.214
.22
.22
.22
.21

.19
.19
.19
.19
.19

.21
.20

$0.21

$0.22

.21

.20
.20
.20

.20
.20
.20
.20

1900.

.19
.19
.19
$0,194-

.20

.25

.204

.20

$0.25
.24

.22
.22
.22
.22

Mar.

.21
.20

.22
.22
.21
.20

Apr.

.18
.174
.144
.154

.18
..17
.17

.18
.17

.19
.17

.18
.18

. 164
.16
.154
.154

.17
.15
.14
.15

.17
.17
.15
.16

.17
.17
.19
.18

.154
.154
.154
.154
.154
.15
.15
.15
.15

.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.154
.15
.15

.16
.17
.17
.17

.20
.20
.20
.20
.204

.184
.184

.164
.17
.17
.18
.19
.19
.19
.19

$0.15-

.214

.21

.21

.164

.184

.21
.22
.22
.22
.22

.164
.164
.16
.15
.16
.17
.19

.20
.22

.22
.22

.20
.20

.23
.234

.20
.20

.234
.23
.23
.23
.23
.24
.23
.22
.22

.214

.22 -

.224

.234
.244
.21
.22
.214- .22
$0.1841

$0.1895




.184

.184

.20
.21
.21

.204

.21
.224
.23

.23
.23
.234
.234
.234
.20
,21
.21
.21
$0.1954

Feb.

.19
.19
.19
.19
.19

May.

.20
.19
.194
.194- .194

.19 June.
$0,194- .194
.194- .194
.194

.i84
.184
.18
.18

.194
.194
.19

.194 July.
.194
.194
.194

.18
.18

.20
.21

.184

.184

. 204-

Jan.

.23
.24

.194-

.20

.204

.194

.15
.15
.164
.19
.19
.18
.18

.15
.154
.16
.164

Month.

$0.29
.30
.25
.25
.25
.26
.25
.24
.24
.26
.25
.25
.25

$0,244-

.22
.21
.20
.20
.22
.22

.19
.19
.194
. 214

1901.

.21
.21
.21
.21

.214

.22

.22

.24
.24
.24
.24
.24
.25
.25
.26
.27

$0.2126

.20

.20

.22
.21
.21
.22

.23
.23
.23

.27
.27
.27
.27

.204 Aug.
.204
.204

.204

.22

.224

.224

.254-

Sept.

.204
.204

.22

.22 -

.224 Oct.
.22
.214

.224
.224

.23
.25
.26
.25

.224 Nov.
.234
.25
.254

.26
.26
.25
.25

.254 Dec.
.254
.244
.25
.25

$0.2245

$0.2163

Average.

284

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T able I __ W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
B U T T E R : D a ir y , N e w Y o r k State, h a lf - f i r k i n tu be, e x t r a , fa n c y , o r finest.
[Price per pound in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

Month.
Jan.............

.24
.25
.26
.27
.32
.33
.30
.31
.28
.26
.26
.26
.26

.27
.27
.27
.28
.28
.27
.26
.26
.27
.24

i
i

S3

$0.25 -$0.26
. 2 5 - .26
.26 - .27
. 2 6 - .27

.2 4 .2 5 -

.2 9 i

3

.21 .171-

M a y ...........
.17 .1 5 .1 4 -

.22

.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.171
.151
.141

J u n e .........

.14
.14
.14
.15

July...........

.15
.16
.16
.16
.16
.16
.17
.18
.20

A u g ...........
.171.1 9 -

.20
.20

Sept...........

.19
.19
.19
O ct.............

.21 .2 2 -

N o v ...........

.2 3 .2 5 .2 5 -

Dec.............

Average.

.2 5 .2 6 -

.21
.22
.22
.23

.24
.25
.26
.26
.26
.27
.25
.25
.25

$0.1954




.181.181.171.171.1 7 .1 7 -

.29
.26
.18
.19
.19
.19
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18

. i 7 - .i s
. 1 8 - .181
.191- .20

.21

.21 -

.21
.22

.26 .2 6 -

.23
.23
.23
.23
.25
.27
.27

.2 5 .26 .27 -

.26
.26
.27
.28

. 221.221-

.27 .25 .2 5 .2 5 -

.28
.27
.26
.26
.26

$0.2380

.26 .2 7 .27 .25 .26 .2 3 -

.22 . 201-

.21
.221
.21

.20 -

.20
.20
.201
.20

.171-

.171
.18
.19
.19

.20
.19 -

1894.

1893.

$0.25
.26
.25
. 2 4 - .25

$0.26 -

M a r ...........

Apr.............

1892.

1891.

$0.21
$ 0 .1 9 - .20
. 1 8 - .20
. 1 7 - .18
S

Feb.............

1890.

$0.26 -$0.27
.26 - .27
.28
.28
. 2 7 - .28
. 2 8 - .29
. 2 8 - .29
.27
.26
.26
.27 - .271
.271
.30
.281.261.311.281.291.20-

.21 -

.21
.21
.201

.21 .21 -

.211
.211

.20 -

. 211.22 .22 .22 .22 .22 .2 2 -

.22
.221
.221
.221
.221
.221

.1 9 -

.221.2 5 .2 5 -

.23
.23
.26
.26

.25 .2 5 .26 .26 .26 .2 6 .2 5 .2 5 .2 6 -

.27
.27
.27
.27
.27
.27
.27
.27
.27

.23
.23
.23

$0.2350

.191-

. 221-

-20

.26 -

.26 -

$0, 201.1 9 .1 9 .23 -.221-

.194

.161.161.161.171.1 7 .1 7 .16 .20-

.27
.27
.27
.27
.27
.27
.261
.26
.26
.26
.261
.26
.26

$0.2521

.1 9 .1 8 .1 7 .1 7 .20-

.22
.20
.21

.18 .17f.171.181-

.20
.231
.23
.19

.1 9 .1 8 -

.20

.17
.17
.17
.17
.17
.17
.18
.17
.171
.171
.18
.161
.18

.21
.21
.21
.23
.23

.22 -

$0.19
$ 0 .1 9 - .20

.22
.22
.22

.24
.24
.24

.20

.23
.231
.231
.231- .24
.25
.25
. 2 5 - .26

.261.2 6 -

$0.25
.24
.23

.29
.30
.24

.211
.20
.20
.20
.20
.211

.20
.20

.29
.27
.28
.32

1895.

.161.161.161.161-

.221
.191-

. 22-

.23
.23
.23

.20 .20.20-

.21 .20-

.21
.20
.19
.18
.18
.19

.17
.17
.17
.17

.161- .17
.161
. 1 6 - .161
. 1 6 - .161
.161- .17
.181
.181
.181
.181

.23
.23
.23

.23 .23 -

.20
.19
.18
.18

.20
.181
.18
.171- .18
.17
. 1 6 - .161
.161
.16 - .161
.18

.2 2 .22.22 -

.2 2 .22 -

.20

.181
.181
.19
.20

.23
.23
.23
.231
.231

.201
.21
.21
.21
.21
.21 - .211
.21 - .211
. 20|- .21
. 2 0 - .21

.23

.20 -

.22

.22
.21
. 1 9 - .20
$0.2091

.23 -

.21
.22

.24

.22
.21

$0.1882

285

COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I .—

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

FO O D , B T C .— Continued.
B U T T E R : D a ir y , N e w Y o r k S late, h a lf - f i r k i n tu b s, e x t r a , fa n c y , o r finest*
[Price per pound in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

1896.

1897.

$0.21

.21

.19
.19

.1 9 -

.1 9 .1 7 -

i
i

ot S t

.1 3 .1 4 -

.14*.14*.14*.1 4 .1 4 .1 4 .1 4 .1 4 .1 4 .14*-

.20
.20
.20

.20
.17*
.16
.13*
.14*
0 * 0 * 0 * QT

$ 0 .1 7 -

.17
.18
.17
.19
.20

.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.14*
.14*
.14*
.14*
.14*
.14*
.15
.15

.15
.15
.14*- .15
.14
.14*- .15
. 1 5 - .15*
.17
.17 - .18
. 1 7 - .18
.1 7 .1 7 .1 8 .1 8 -

.18
.18
.18*
.19

.1 9 .1 9 -

.20

.1 7 .1 7 -

.20

.19
.18
.18

$0.1665

$ 0 .1 5 .1 5 -

1898.

$0.16
.15*
.15*
.15

.ii*^
.1 8 .1 8 .1 7 .1 7 .1 7 .19 -

.i s
.19
.19
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.20
.19
.17
.16
.16

1899.

$0.19 -$0.20
.18
.18
.17*- .18
.1 7 -

.18
.17
.17
.16*- .17
.17
.17
.18
.18
.18*
.19*.1 6 -

.20

1900.

$0.18
.18
.17
.17
$ 0 .1 7 - .18
. 1 8 - .19
. 2 2 - .23
. 20* - .21
.1 9 .1 9 -

.20

.19*
.19*

.21
.21

.20

.20
.17
.16*

.1 9 -

.16*
.16*
.14*
.15
.15*
.15*
.16
.16
.16

.16
.16
.17*- .18
.17
.17
.17
.17
. 1 7 - .17*
. 1 7 - .17*

.15*
.15*
.15*
.16*

.1 7 .1 7 -

.1 6 -

1901.

$0.27
.28
.24
.24
.24
$0.24 - .24*
.24
.23
.23
.25
.24
.24
.24

.20 -

.20
.18
.16*

. 20*
.19
.17
.17

$0.23

.22

$ 0 .1 9 -

.1 9 .20.21-

.19*.1 8 -

.13*.1 4 .1 4 .1 4 -

.16
.14
.14
.14*
.14*
.14*
.14*
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14

.14*.1 6 .1 6 .1 6 .1 6 .1 7 .18*-

.14
.14
.15
.17
.17
.16*
.16*
.18
.19

.18*.18*.19 -

.19
.19
.20

.20.20.1 9 .1 9 -

.1 5 .1 5 .15*.1 5 .1 5 .1 5 -

.16*.1 8 .1 8 .1 8 .1 8 -

.20

.20
.20
.20
.20
.20
.21
.21
.20

.20

$0.1684




.1 6 .1 6 -

.16*.16*-

.19
.18*
.19

.21 -

.20

.20
.20
.20
.19 .19 .1 8 -

.16*-

.17
.17
.17
.17
.17
.17
.18
.19
.19

.20
.20
.18*
.18
.18
.18

$0.1749

.20 -

.22 .2 3 .2 4 -

.25 -

.18*-

.1 9 .1 8 -

.17*
.17*
.17
.17
.17
.17
.18*
.19
.19
.19

.21
.21
.21

.22
.22
.22
.22

.23
.23
.24
.25
.25

.25
.25
.25
.25*

$0.1965

.1 9 -

.20 .20.20-

.19
.19
.19
.19
.19*
.19
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18
.19
.18*
.19
.19*
. 20*

.21

Month.
Jan.

.19*

.20
.20
.20

Feb.

.20

.21
.22
.21
.21
.21
.21

Mar.

.21
.21

Apr.

.20
.19
.18*
.18 May.
.18
.18
.18
.18 June.
.18*
.18*
.18*

.1 8 .1 8 .18*.18*.18*.18*.18*-

.18* July.
.18*
.18*
.18*
.19
.19 Aug.
.19
.19
.19

.21
.20
.20
.21

.1 8 .1 8 -

.20 -

.18* Sept.
.19
.19
. 20*

.19*-

.21

.20 - . 20*
. 20*- .21
. 20* - .21
.21
. 2 2 - .23

.20

.21 Oct.
.21
. 20*
. 21*
. 21*
. 21* Nov.
.22

.23 -

.24
.23*

.20.20.20 .21 .21 .21.2 1.2 2 .23 -

.23
.23*

.24
.24
.23
.23

.23 .23 .22 .2 2 .2 2 -

.23* Dec.
.23*
. 22*
.23
.23

.23 .23 -

$0.2115

$0.2007

Average.

286

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

FO O D , ETC.—Continued.
C H E E S E : N e w Y o r k State fa c to ry , f u l l c re a m , la r g e , c o lo r e d , best g ra d es*
[Price per pound in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

Month.
Jan.

1890.
80.10*-80.10f
•101
. 10|
. 10* - . 10*

. 10*
. 10*
. 10*
. 10*
. 10*
. 11*
. 11*
. 11*

.09*
.09*
.08*
.08*

.11 -

. 11*
. 10*
.09*
.09*

.08*
. 08*— . 09
.09
.08*- .08|

.09*-

T

©

Mar .

.11-

. 11*
. 11*

.11
. 10*- .11
. 10*- . 10*
M ay.
.08*June .

July.

Aug .

Sept.

O ct.

Nov .

. 08f.08*.07*.08 .07*.07*.08 .08*-

Average.

.08*
.08*
.08*
.07*
.08*
.07*
.07*
.08*
.08*

,09|.09*-

.08*.08*.08*-

.08*.09*.09*-

.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*- .09*
.09*- .09*
.09*- .09*
.09*- .10
.09*- .09*
.09*- .09*

.09*.09*-

.09*-

.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*

.09*-

.09*- .09*
.09*- .09*
.00*- .09*
.09*- .09*
.09*- .09*

. 11*.11.11 .11.11 -

.09*Dec.

80.09*-80.09*
.09*- .09*
.09*- .09*
.09*- .10
.10. 10*. 10*. 10*. 10*.11.11 . 11* . 11* . 12* . 12*. 12*. 11* -

Feb.

Apr.

1892.

1891.

80.0958




.09*.09*.09|.09*-

. 10*-

.12

. 12*
. 12*
. 12*
. 11*

.09*
.09
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.10
.10
.09*
.09*
. 10*

.11
. 11*

. 11*
. 11*
. 11*
. 11*
. 11*

80.1011

80.11 -80.11*
. 11* - .12
. 11* - .12
. 11*- .12

1895.

1894.

1893.
80.11*
80.11*- . 11*
. 11* - . 11*

80.11*

.111
. 11*
. 11*
. 11*
•111
. 11*
. 11*
8o .il* - .i n
. 11* - .12
. 11* - .12
.12
.12

. 11*. 11*. 11*. 11*. 11* -

.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12

. 11*. 11*. 11*. 11*-

.12
.12
.12
.12

.12-

. 10*
. 10*- . 10*
. 1 0 - . 10*
.091- .09*
.091- .09*
.09 - .09*
.08*- .09
.08*- v08*
.081- .08*

. 11*. 11*. 10.10.09*-

.12
.12
. 10*
. 10*

.ii - .ii*
. 11* - . 11*
. 1 1 - . 11*

.08*
.081
.09
.09*

.10 -

.09*
.09*
.09§
.09*
.091
.091
. 10*
. 10*
. 10*

.10-

. 10*

. 12.12. 12. 12*. 12*. 12* . 12*. 12*. 11* . 11*. 11*. 11*. 10*-

.08|.09 .09 .09*.09*.09*. 10 -

. 10*. 10* . 101. 101. 10* . 10*. 10*. 10*. 10*.11-

. 12*
. 12*
. 12*
. 12*
. 12*
. 12*
. 12*
. 12*

.12
.12
.12
. 11*
. 10*

.101
.101
.101

. 10*
. 10*
. 10*
. 10*

.11
.11
.11
.11
. 11*

80.1058

.12
.12
. 12*
.11

. io*
.09*
.09*
.08*
.08*
.08*

.10
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09|

.09*-

.08*.08*-

.09
.09
.09
.08*

.09*-

.09*
.09*
.09*
.09|
.09*
.09f
.09*
. 10*
. 10*

.08*
.09
.09*
. 081— . 09
.08*
.08*
.09*
.09*- .09*
. 1 0 - . 10*

.09*-

.09 -

. 10*. 10*. 10*. 10*. 11*. 11* . 11* . 11*. 11*. 11*. 11* -

.08*.08|.08*.08|-

. 10 . 10* .10-

. 10*
. 10*
. 10*
. 10*

. 10*-

. 10*
. 10*
. 10*

. 10*

.11
.11
. 11*
.111
.111
. 11*
. 11*
. 11*
. 11*
. 11*
. 11*
. 11*

80.1076

. 10* . 10*-

80.11*
. 11*
. 11*
. 11*
. 11*
. 11*
. 11*
80.11*- . 11*
. 11* - . 11*
. 11*
. 11*
. 11*
. 11*
. 11* . 11* . 11*.11.06*.06 .06*.07 -

.07*
.07*
.07|
.07*

.08*.07*-

.08|
.08
.07*
.07*
.07*- .07*
.07*- .07*
.07*
.07*- .07*
.08

.07*-

.08*-

.10 1
. 10* !
.101
. 10|
.11
. 11*

.09*.10. 10* -

. 11*
. 11*
. 11*
. 11*

.09*.09*.09*.09*.09*-

80.1060

. 11*
. 11*
. 11*
. 11*
.08
.07*
.06*
.06*
.07

.09*-

.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.08*
.08*
.09*
.09*
. 10*
. 10*

.10
.10
.10

.10
.10
.10
.10
.10

80.0929

287

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I .—

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

FO O D ,

ETC.

—Continued.

C H E E S E : N e w Y o r k State fa cto ry , l u l l c re a m , la r g e , colored., b est g r a d e s .
[Price per pound in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

1897.

1896.
$0.09*-t0.10
.10
.10 - .10*
.10*

.10 .10 .10 .09|.09*.09*.06|-

.07*-

.10*
.10*
.10*
.10*
.10*
.10*
.10*
.10*
.10*
.10*
.10*
.10
.09|
.09*
.07
.07
.07
.06*
.06*
.07*
.07
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*

.07 .07*.08*.08*-

.07*
.07*
.08*
.08*

.09*-

.08
.08*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.10
.10*

.09*-

to. 11*-

to .10*
.11
. 11*
.11*

.11*.11*.10*-

.08*.08*.07*.07*-

.07*.08 .09 -

.09 -

.08*-

.10*
.i o I

.10*-

.10*.10*.10*.10*-

.10?
.10*
.10*
.10*
.10*
.10*
.10*

t0.0908

.08*.08*.08*-

1899.

1898.

.12
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12
.12

t0 .08*
t0.08|- .08|
.08*
.08*- .08*

.08 .08*-

.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08*
.08*

.07*-

.09
.08
.07*
.07
.06*
.06*
.06*
.07*
.07*

.08*.08*.08*-

.10*
.10
.09*
.08*
.08
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.08*
.08*
.09*
.09*
.09
.09*
.09*
.09
.09
.08*
.09
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*

t0 .0968

.07 .07*.07*.07*.07*.07*.08 .08*-

.09*-

.10*-

to. 10*
.10*
.10*
.10*
.10*
.10*
.10*
.10*
to. 10*- .11
.11*
.12
.12
.12
.12 .12 .12 -

.09*.08*.07*-

.12*
.12*
•12*
.12
.12
.09|
.09*
.08*
•08|
.07*
.07*
.08*
.08*

.07
.07*
.07*
.07*

.08*
.08*
.08|
.08*

.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.08*
.08*

.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.10*
.I lf
.11*
.11
•11*

.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.10
.10*
.10*
.10*

t0 .0822

3586—No. 39—02-----7




1900.

.11*•1^-

.11*
.12
.12*
.12*- .12*
.12 - .12*
.12*- .12*
•12*- .12*
.12*- .12*
.12*- .12*
.12*.12*.12*.12*-

.12*
.12*
.13
.13

t0 .1075

1901.

t0.12*-t0.13
.12*- .13
.12*- .13
.12*- .13
.12*- . 13
.12*- .13
.12*- .13
.12*- .13
.13
.1 3 - .13*
.13 - .13*
.13*
.13*
.i § .1 3 .12*.12*.1 0 . 09*.09*.09*-

.09*.09|.09*.10*.10*-

.1 1 -

.10*.10*-

.11*.11*.11*-

.i§*
.13
.13*
.13
.12*
.10*
.10*
.09*
. 09*
.09f
.09|
.10
.09|

Month.

to. Il* -t 0. 11* Jan.
.11*- .11*
.11*- .11*
•11*- .11*
.11*- .11*
.11*- .11* Feb.
.11*- .11*
.11 - .11*
.11*
.11* Mar.
.11*
.11*
.11*

.11 .11 -

.08*.08*-

.11* Apr.
.11*
.11*
.14*
.10*
.10* May.
.10*
.08*
.08*
.08| June.
.08*
.09
.09*

.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.10*
.10*
.10*

.09 July.
.09
.09
.09*
.09*
.09* Aug.
.09*
.09*
.09*

.10*
.10*
.11*
.11*

.09* Sept.
.09
.08*
.09*

•11*
.10*
.10*
.11
.11
.10*
.10*
.10*
.11

.09*.09*.09*.09*.09*-

•09* Oct.
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09* Nov.
.09*
.10
.10

.10 .10 .10*.10*-

.10 Dec.
.10*
.10*
.10*
.10*

.11*
.11*
.11*
.11*

to. 1128

to. 1011

Average.

288

BULLETIN OE THE DEPARTMENT OE LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

FO O D ,

E T C .— Continued.

C O F F E E : R i o , N o . 7.
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

Month.
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

1890.
$0.16f
.17
.18
$0.18|- .181
.17*- .171
. 1 8 - .18*
.H I
.171- .18
.181
.181- .19
.18
.17*
$0.1793




1891.
$0.17*-$0.17*
.17*
.18|- .18*
.18*
.18*- .18*
.18*
.17*
.17*
.16*
. 1 4 - .14*
.12*- .13
.13*- .13*
$0.1671

1892.
$0.13
$0.13|- .14
.15
.14*- .14*
. 12*
. 12*
.12*- .13
.13*- .13*
.14*- .14*
.15*- .15*
.16*- .16*
.17 - .17*
$0.1430

1893.
$0.17 -$0.17*
. 1 8 - .18*
.18
.17*
.15*
.17
.16*
.16*
.16*
.18*- .18*
.18*- .18*
.17*
$0.1723

1894.

1895.

$0.18* $0.15*-$0.15*
.16*
$0.17*- .17*
.17*
.16*
.17*- .17*
.16*
.16*
.16
.15*- .15*
.15*- .16
.16*- .16*
.15*- .15*
.16*
.16*- .16*
.16
. 1 6 - .16*
.15*- .15*
.15*- .16
. 1 5 - .15*
.15*- .15*
.15*!
.14*- .14*
$0.1654 |

$0.1592

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T a b l e I ___ W H OLESALE

289

PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
C O F F E E : R i o , N o. 7.

[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

1896.

80.1233

« D |u ^e M »|w eD |4a 4e .flH u a|a<

cole.

©

i

...............

.11
.10

9

80.14*
8 0 .1 3 - .13*
.13*- .13f
.13|
.13*
.13*
.13
. 11*
. 10*
. 10*

80.0793




1899.

1898.

1897.

80.06*
.06*
.06*
.06
.07
.06*
80.06*- .06*
.06 - .06*
.05*-

.06
.06*

80.0633

1900.

1901.

80.06* 80.07*-80.07* 80.07*-80.07*
.06*
.08*
.07
.08*
.06*
.07*- .07*
8 0 .0 6 ^ .06*
.06*
.07B
.0 6 * - .06*
.07*- .08
.06*
.08*- .08*
:JS"
.06*
.06
.08*- .09
.05*
.09*
.05*
.05*
.08*
.05*
.05*
.08*- .08*
.05*- .05*
.06*
.08*
.07*
.06*
.06*- :otT
80.0604

80.0822

80.0646

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

290

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

FO O D , ETC.-r-Continued.
E G G S : N e w - l a i d , fa n c y , n e a r -b y .
[Price per dozen in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

Month.
Jan...........

Feb........... .

M a r ...........

Apr.,

M ay.

1890.
80.18 -80.19
.161
.16J- -16*
.161- -17
.1 4 .151.161.151.161-

.14J
.15*
-16*
.16
-16*
.15*
.141- .1*1
.151

.15
.12
.13
. 1 3 - .131
.121
.13
.131- .14
.141- .141
.151- .151

June.
.1 4 .1 5 .151July.

.151
.141
.151
.15*

.1 5 -

.151
.161
.18
.181
. 1 9 - .191
.191- .20
.20
.201- .21
.211

Nov .

Dec...........

Average.

kk
TT

Oct.

T .T T T T

T

Sept.

g g g g g g g ig ig

.171-

A u g ...........

.3 1 .3 1 -

1892.

1891.
80.30 -80.31
.28 - .281
.30
.261- .27

.181.191-

.i 6 i -

.201.21 .211-

80.1945




.161
.161
.161
.181

.161
.16?
.161
. 1 8 - .181
.161
.17 - .171
.161
.16?- .16?
.16

.18
.18
.18
.19
.20
.21
.211
.22
.23
.23
.231
.241
.26

.29 -

.26
.27
.28
.29*

.29 .2 9 .261.281.281-

.291
.30
.27
.29
.29

.2 6 -

.32
.32
.28
.28
.32

.27 .291-

.181
.17
.161- .17
.181- .19
.181- .181
.181- .19
.181- .181
.18
.181- -19
.171-

80.261-80.271
.261- .27
.24 - .241
.25 - .251

.25
.241
.17
.171
.181
.181
.20
.221
.21
.161
.141
.151
.151

.181-

80.2160

.271
.30
.28
.181- .19
.17
.15
.14?
.151
.14
.15
.14?- .15
.15
.151

.16?.171.17?.1 9 .2 1 .22 .23 .23 .23 -

1894.

1893.

.17
.18
.18
.18
.18
.20
.22
.23
.22
.22
.23?
.23?
.23?

.23 .24?-

.23?
.25
.26
.25

.2 5 .27 .281.281.2 9 .3 1 .31 .32 .3 4 -

.26
.28
.29
.29
.30
.32
.32
.33
.35

80.33 -80.34
. 3 4 - .35
. 4 2 - .43
. 3 0 - .31
. 3 5 - .36
.41 - .42
.30 - .31
.29 - .30
.20
.20
.17
* .18
.16

1895.

80.25 -80.26
. 2 2 - .23
. 1 7 - .18
.15?- .16
.17
.15?- .16?
.20
.18
.201- .21
.17 - .171
.18
. 1 3 - .13?
. 1 2 - .12?

80.26 -80.28
. 2 5 - .27
.24 - .24?
.23 - .23?
. 2 7 - .28
.31 - .32
. 3 0 - .31
. 2 9 - .30
.32
. 2 4 - .25
. 1 3 - .14
. 1 3 - .14
.13

.15?-

.16
.17
.17
.17

.12?
.13 - .13?
. 1 3 - .13?
.12?- .13

.1 4 .1 3 .131.1 4 -

.16?-

.16?
.17
.15?
.16?
.17?
.17?
.16
.17
.17

.1 2 .1 2 -

.14 -

.17
.17
.17
.17

.13?- .14
.161- .17
. 1 3 - .14
. 1 5 - .16
.151- .16
.15?- .16
. 1 8 - .19
. 1 9 - .20
.18?- .19

.1 5 .1 7 .17?.16?-

.1 3 .1 5 .1 3 .1 3 -

.12?
.12?
.13?
.13
.13
.14
.16
.14
.14

.1 5 .1 4 -

.14?
.13?
.14
.14?
.14
.14?
.15
.16
.15

.141.1 4 -

.14
.15
.15
.14?

.15?.15?.15?.1 6 .1 5 .15?.16?-

.15
.15
.16
.16
.16
.16?
.15?
.16
.17

.19
.20
.20
.21

.16?.171.1 8 .1 8 -

.17
.18
.18?
.18?

.2 7 .27 -

.26
.26
.25
.25
.26
.27
.27
.28
.28

. 2 1 - .22
.21 - .22
. 2 2 - .23
. 2 2 - .23
.22?- .23
. 2 4 - .25
.27 - .28
.26 - .27
.26 - .27

.2 0 .2 1 .2 2 .22 .22 .2 4 .2 5 .2 5 .2 6 -

.21
.22
.23
.23
.23
.25
.26
.27
.27

.27 .27 .27 .2 7 -

.28
.28
.28
.28

.28 .27 .2 5 .2 3 -

.26 .2 8 -

.27
.29
.28
.25
.27

.16 -

.17
.18
.18
.171- .18
.18
.181
.20
.20
.23 - .24
.17?-

.2 5 .241.2 5 .2 6 -

.1 8 -

.30
.28
.26
.24

.141-

.2 6 80.2167

80.2247

80.1835

80.2002

291

COURSE OE WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
E G O S i N e w - l a i d , fa n c y , n e a r -b y .
[Price per dozen in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

1896.
$0.26 -$0.27
1 9 - .20
. 1 9 - .20
. 1 8 - .18$
.1 5 -

.15*
.16
.14*
.13*
. 1 2 - .12*
.12*
.12
.12*
.12*
. 1 3 - .13*
.12*- .13
. 1 2 - .12*
.12*

1897.

1898.

$0.22
$ 0 .2 0 - .21
.17*- .18
.19

$0.26
$ 0 .2 4 - .25
.26
. 2 0 - .21

.19
.16*
.19
.19*
. 1 4 - .14*
.12 - .12*
.12
. 1 1 - .11*
.10*- .31
.10*- .10*
.10*- .11
.10*
.11

.1 6 -

.11*
.11*
.12
.14

.11
.11*
.12*
.12*

. 1 3 - .li
.13*- .14
. 13 - . 13*
. 1 3 - .13*
.13*- .14
. 1 4 - .15
. 1 5 - .16
. 1 5 - .16
. 1 6 - .17

.12
.12*
.13
.12*
.12
.12*
.14
.15
15

.1 1 .1 1 .11*.1 3 -

.1 5 .1 5 .1 6 .1 7 .1 7 .1 8 .1 9 .2 1 .21 .22 .22 -

.2 2 -

.22 .2 4 .2 3 -

.i6
.16
.17
.18
.18
.18
.19
.20
.22
.22
.23
.23
.23

.1 2 .1 3 .1 4 .1 4 -

.20
.17
.16
.16
.14
.11*
.11
.11 - .11*
.11*- .12
. 1 1 - .11*
. 1 1 - .11*
. 1 2 - .12*
. 1 2 - .12*
.1 2 .1 3 .12*.12*.12*.13*-

.16*
.17
.17
.18

.16*.17 .17*.18 . 18 .19 .2 0 .2 0 .21 -

.18
.19
.20
.20
.20
.21
.21
.22
.22

.1 5 .1 6 .1 7 .17 .1 7 .1 7 .1 7 .1 8 .1 8 -

.15*
.18
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.20
.20

.19 .2 0 .21 -

.21
.22
.20
.23

.21 .22 .21 -

.2 4 .2 4 .24 -

.22
.23
.22
.22
.23
.23
.25
.25
.25

.2 1 .22 .2 3 .2 3 .2 3 .2 5 .28 .2 9 .29 -

.23
.23
.24
.25
.25
.27
.30
.31
.30

.24*26.* 5 .2 4 -

.25*
.26
.26
.26

.31 .32 .3 0 .2 8 -

.33
.35
.33
.30

.21
.22
.22
.22

.18 .18*.19*.2 3 -

.21
.21
.23
.24

.22 -

.23
.25
.26
.26
.25
.26
.27
.26
.27

.2 6 .25 .2 6 -

$0.1718




.80 .29 -

.13
.14
.14
.14

.1 6 .16*.1 6 .1 6 -

.2 0 .21 .21 .21 -

.25
.27
.28
.28
.32
.30
.30
.30
.30

$0.1817

.13|-

.12*.13*.13*.13*-

.14
.15
.16
.16

.20 -

.27.26
.23
.25
.24

.13*
.14
.15
.14*

$0.26-$0.27
.26 - .26
.21 - .22
. 2 2 - .23
.18 - .20
.17*- .18
. 1 4 - .15
. 1 5 - .16
.15*- .16
. 1 6 - .16*
. 1 7 - .17*
.16*- .17
. 1 3 - .13*

.13f- .14
.14*- .15
.13*- .14
.14*- .15
.14*- .15
. 1 4 - .15
. 1 5 - .15*
.15*- .16
. 1 5 - .16

.1 7 .1 7 .1 7 .1 7 .1 8 -

.2 5 -

$0.32
.25
.24
.19
.20 - .21
.19*
. 3 0 - .31
.26
.27
.25
.16
.14
.13*

$ 0 .2 3 -

1901.

.14
.14*
.16
.16
.16
.16
. 1 6 - .17*
.15*- .16*
.15*- .16*

.16*
.16*
.16*
.16*
.17*
.17*
.18
.20
.21

.2 6 -

1900.

.12*
.12
.12
.13*
.13
.13
.13
.13
.14

.16
.15
.17
.19
.19
.18
.18
.19 ~
.21

.16*.18 . 18 -

.24
.26
.23
.27

$0.1741

1899.

.1 5 -

.22 -

$0.1994

$0.1977

Month.

$0.29 -$0.31 Jan.
.27 - .29
. 2 3 - .24
. 2 2 - .23
.21 - .22
.22 - .23 Feb.
.21 - .22
.17*- .19
. 1 9 - .20
.16*- .17 Mar.
. 1 5 - .16
. 1 4 - .15
.14*- .15*
.ii* ^ .i s Apr.
. 1 5 - .15*
. 1 5 - .15*
. 1 5 - .15*
.14*- .14*
.14*- .15 May.
.15
.14*
.14
.1 4 .14*-

.15 June.
.14*
.15
.15

.2 0 .2 1 -

.15* July.
.16
.16
.18
.19
.19 Aug.
.19
.21
.22

.21 .21 .2 0 .2 4 -

.22
.22
.22
.25

Sept.

.24
.26
.26
.25
.26
.27
.30
.30
.30

Oct.

.15*.15*.1 7 -

.2 5 .2 4 .2 5 .26 .2 9 -

.31 .31 .3 2 -

.30
.30
.32
.33
.33

$0.2095

Nov.

Dec.

Average.

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BULLETIN OP THE DEPARTMENT OP LABOR.

• T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
F I S H : C od, d r y , b a n k , l a r g e .
[Price per quintal in Boston on the first of each month; quotations from the Boston Herald.]

Month.

1890.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e ..........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ............
Dec.............

$5.50-$5. 75
5.50- 5.75
5.50- 5.75
5.50- 5.75
5.50- 5.75
5.50- 5.75
5.50- 5.75
5.25- 5.75
5.25- 5.50
5.75- 6.00
5.75- 6.00
6.00- 6.25

Average.

$5.6771

1891.

1892.

$5.50 -$6.50
6.50 - 6.75
6.50 - 6.75
6.50 - 6.75
6.50 - 6.75
6.37£- 6.621
6.75 - 7.00
7.00
6.50 - 6.75
7.00
7.00 - 7.25
7.00 - 7.25
$6.7292

1893.

1894.

1895.

$7.00-$7.25
7.75- 8.00
7.75- 8.00
6.75- 7.00
6.75
6.50- 6.75
6.50- 6.75
7.00- 7.25
7.00- 7.25
7.00- 7.25
6.75
6.75

$7.00 -$7.25
7.00 - 7.25
7.00 - 7.25
6.50 - 6.75
6.371- 6.50
6.371- 6.50
6.371- 6.50
5.50 - 6.00
5.00 - 5.25
6.00 - 6.25
6.00 - 6.25
6.00 - 6.25

$6.00-$6.25
6.25- 6.50
6. 25- 6.50
6.00- 6.25
5.75
5.25
5.00- 6.25
5.25- 6.25
5.50- 6.25
5.50- 6.50
5.50- 6.50
6.00- 6.50

$6.00-$6.25
6.00- 6.25
6.00- 6.25
6.00- 6.25
5.00- 5.25
5.00- 5.25
5.00- 5.50
5.00- 5.50
5.00- 5.50
5.00- 5.50
5.00- 5.50
5.00- 5.50

$7.0521

$6.3802

$5.9583

$5.5208

F I S H : H e r r in g , s h o re , r o u n d .
[Price per barrel in Boston on the first of each month; quotations from the Boston Herald.]
Jan___
F e b ....
Mar . . .
Apr___
M ay. . .
June . .
J u ly ...
Aug...
Sept. . .
O c t ....
Nov . . .
Dec........
Average

$3.00-$4.00
4.00
3.75
2.50
2.00- 2.25
2.00- 2.25
2.00- 2.25
2.00- 2.25
2.50- 3.00
3.50
3.25- 3.50
3.25- 3.50

$3.50-$3.75
3.75- 4.00
4.00- 4.25
4.00
3.50

3.50
4.00
4.50
5.50

$4.25-$5.55
4 .25-5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00- 5.25
4.75- 5.25
(a)
4.75
4.75
4.5 0 -4 .7 5
4.50
3.00- 4.00

$3.5250

$4.7068

$2.9375

$3.25-$3.50
2.25- 3.50
3.00- 3.50
3.00- 3.50
3.00- 3.50
3.00- 3.50

(a)
(a)

3.003.254.004.25-

4.00- 4.25
4.00- 4.25
3.50
3.50- 3.75
3.50- 3.75

$3.50-^3.75
3.50- 3.75
3.50- 4.00
2.75- 3.00
2.75- 3.00
3.00- 3.50
2.75- 3.50
2.75- 3.50
3.75- 4.00
3.50- 3.75
3.25- 3.50
3.50- 3.75

$3.50-^3.75
3.50- 3.75
3.2&- 3.50
3.25- 3.50
2.00- 2.75
2.00- 2.75
2.00- 2.75
2.00- 2.75
4.00
3.50- 4.00
3.25- 3.50
3.00- 3.50

$3.8125

$3.3958

$3.1563

(a)
(a)

F I S H : H a c k e r e l, s a lt, l a r g e N o. 3s.
[Price per barrel in Boston on the first of each month; quotations from the Boston Herald.]
Jan............. $18.00-$18.50
18.50- 19.00
Feb.............
M a r ...........
19.50
Apr.............
18.50
M a y ...........
18.50
18.00
J u n e ..........
July........... 15.00- 15.50
A u g ............ 16.00- 17.00
Sept...........
20.00
O ct.............
20.00
N o v ...........
18.50
Dec.............
17.00- 17.50
Average.

$18.2500




$17.00-$17.50
17.00- 17.50
17.00- 17.50
17.00- 17.50
17.00- 17.50
15.50- 16.50
13.00
13.00
13.50
14.00
14.00
14.00

$14.00
14.00
14.00
$12.00- 14.00

$15.3125

14.00- 14.50
13.50- 14.00
12.00
11.50- 12.00
12.50
12.00- 12.50
11.50

$12.00
13.00
14.00
14.00
14.00
15.50
11.50
12.50
12.00
13.50
12.50
11.50

$11.50
$11.50- 12.00
11.00
10.50
9.50- 10.50
9.50- 10.50
9.00
12.00
(a)
(a)
(a)
13.50- 14.00

$14.50-$15.00
15.50
(a)
(a)
17.00
16.00- 17.00
14.00- 14.50
14.00
16.00- 16.50
16.50- 17.00
(a)
(a)

$13.0000

$13.0000

$11.0556

$15.6250

(a)

aNq quotation for month.

293

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I ___ W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
F I S H : C od, d r y , b a n k , l a r g e .
[Price per quintal in Boston on the first of each month; quotations from the Boston Herald.]

1896.

1898.

1897.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$-1.25-$4.50
4.26- 4.50
4.00- 4.25
4.00- 4.25
4.00- 4.25
4.00- 4.25
4.00- 4.25
4.00- 4.25
4.00- 4.25
4.00- 4.50
4.00- 4.50
4.25- 4.50

$4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
$4.37£- 4.50
4.37j - 4.50
4.50
4.00 - 4.25
4.50
4.50 - 5.00
4.50 - 5.00
4.50 - 5.00

$4.50-$5.00
4.50- 5.00
4.50- 5.00
4.50- 5.00
4.50- 5.00
4.50- 5.00
4.50- 5.00
4.50- 4.75
4.50- 4.75
4.25- 4.75
4.25- 4.V5
4.25- 4.75

$4.75-$5.00
4.75- 5.00
4.75- 5.00
4.75- 5.00
4.75- 5.00
4.75- 5.00
4.75- 5.00
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50

$5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5 50
5.50
4.50
$1.50-4.75
5.00-5.50
5.00-5.50

$5.00-$5.50
5.00- 5.50
5.50- 5.75
5.50- 5.75
5.50- 5.75
6.50
6.50
6.50
6.25- 6.50
6.25- 6.50
6.25- 6.50
5.75- 6.00

$4.2083

$4.5208

$4.6667

$5.1351

$5.3021

$5.9896

!

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

F I S H : H e r r i n g , s h o re , r o u n d .
[Price per barrel in Boston on the first of each month; quotations from the Boston Herald.]
$3.00-$3.25
3.25- 3.50
3.00- 3.25
3.00- 3.25
3.00- 3.25
3.00- 3.25
3.00- 3.25
3.00- 3.25
4.00
4.00
3.50
3.50
$3.3542

(a)
3.50- 4.00
4.50- 5.00
4.50- 5.50

$4.50-$5.50
4.50- 5.50
4.75- 5.00
4.75- 5.00
4.75- 5.00
4.75- 5.00
4.75- 5.00
4.75- 5.00
4.75- 5.00
5.00- 5.50
5.00- 5.50
5.50- 6.00

$5.00-$5.50
4.75- 5.25
4.75- 5.25
4.75- 5.25
4.75- 5.25
4.75- 5.25
4.75- 5.25
4.75- 5.25
4.75- 5.25
4.75- 5.25
5.25- 5.50
5.25- 5.50

$5.25-$5.50
5.25- 5.50
4.50- 5.00
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.00- 6.00
5.00- 6.00
5.25- 6.00
5.25- 6.00

$4.2083

$5.0313

$5.0833

$4.9792

$3.50
3.50
3.50
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25
4.50
5.00
4.75
4.75

$4.00-$4.75
3.50- 4.50
3.50- 4.50
3.50- 4.50
3.50- 4.50
3.50- 4.50

$3.6354

$3.003.003.003.003.003.004.004.504.004.00-

(a)
\a)

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

F I S H : M a c k e r e l, s a lt, la r g e N o. 3s.
[Price per barrel in Boston on the first of each month; quotations from the Boston Herald.]

(a)
(a)
(a)

$17.50-$18.00
17.50- 18.00
10.50
13.00
13.00
13.50
13.50- 14.00
13.00- 14.00
12.00- 13.00
$13.9167 j

$12.00-$13.00
12.00- 13.00
12.00- 13.00
10.00
10.00
8.00- 9.00
12.50- 13.00
13.00
13.50
14.00- 15.00
13.00
14.00
$12.2292 |




14.00
15.50
15.50
16.00
16.50
16.50
16.50

$16.00-$16.50
16.00- 16.50
16.00- 16.50
16.50- 17.00
16.50- 17.00
16.50- 17.00
12.00- 13.00
10.50- 11.00
10.00- 10.50
10.50- 11.00
11.50- 12.00
11.50- 12.00

$10.00
10.00
10.00
$9.00- 10.00
9.00- 10.00
10.00
9.50- 10.00
(a)
14.00
12.00- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50

$15.2500

$13.8958

$10.8182

$14.00-$15.00
14.00
14.00
14.00
14.00
14.00
12.00- 12.50
12.50
13.00
13.50- 14.00
13.50- 14.00
14.00- 14.50

$14.00-$14.50
14.00- 14.50
(a)

$13.6667

(a)
(a)

15.0015.0015.0016.0016.0016.00-

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
F I S H : S a lm o n , c a n n e d , C o lu m b ia R i v e r , 1 p o u n d t a ils .
[Price per dozen cans in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.!

Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r...........
Apr.............
2i4ay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$1.70-$l. 90
1.70- 1.85
1.75- 2.00
1.65- 1.85
1.60- 1.80
1.60- 1.75
1.50- 1.65
1.40- 1.65
1.40- 1.65
1.35- 1.65
1.35- 1.65
1.35- 1.65

$1.35-$l. 65
1.35- 1.65
1.35- 1.65
1.35- 1.65
1.35- 1.65
1.35- 1.65
1.35- 1.65
1.35- 1.65
1.35- 1.65
1.35- 1.65
1.35- 1.65
1.35- 1.65

$1.35-$l. 65
1.35- 1.65
1.35- 1.65
1.35- 1.65
1.35- 1.65
1.35- 1.65
1.25- 1.65
1.25- 1.65
1.25- 1.65
1.25- 1.65
1.30- 1.65
1.40- 1.65

$1.40-$l. 65
1.40- 1.65
1.40- 1.65
1.40- 1.65
1.40- 1.65
1.40- 1.65
1.40- 1.65
1.40- 1.50
1.40- 1.50
1.40- 1.50
1.40- 1.50
1.40- 1.50

$1.35-$l. 50
1.35- 1.50
1.35- 1.50
1.35- 1.50
1.35- 1.50
1.35- 1.50
1.35- 1.50
1.35- 1.50
1.35- 1.50
1.35- 1.50
1.35- 1.50
1.35- 1.50

$1.35-^1.50
1.35- 1.50
1.35- 1.50
1.35- 1.50
1.35- 1.50
1.35- 1.50
1.55- 1.65
1.55- 1.65
1.50- 1.65
1.50- 1.65
1.50- 1.65
1.50- 1.65

Average.

$1.6417

$1.5000

$1.4833

$1.4938

$1.4250

$1.5042

F I jO U R : B u c k w h e a t .
[Price per hundred pounds in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan___
F e b ....
Mar . . .
Apr___
M ay. . .
June .i
J u ly ...
Aug . . .
Sept. . .
O ct___
Nov . . .
Dec—
Average.

$1.40-$l. 60
1.25- 1.40
1.30- 1.45
(a)

$2.20-$2.30
2.45- 2.60
2.50- 2.60
(a]

$1.87£-$l. 90
1.60
1.50 - 1.60
1.50

$3.00-$3.10
2.40- 2.50
2.30- 2.40

3.65
2.15
2.10
2.15

(a )
(a)
1.90 - 2.00
2.10 - 2.25
1.70 - 1.90
1.75 - 1.95

2.75- 2.80
2.25- 2.50

$2.4429

$1.7891

(a)

(a)
3.00
2.60- 2.80
2.00- 2.25
2.20- 2.25
$2.0214

3.^01.902.002.10-

12!

(a)
(aS

(a)
'a)
a)
a)

s

2.00

1.90- 2.00

75- 1.80
1.60
30- 1.35

$2.4357

$1.6750

2.10
$2.3679

75-$1.85
65- 1.70
65- 1.70
50- 1.6

F L O U R : R ye.
[Price per barrel in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
J an ...
F e b ...
Mar . .
A p r...
M ay. .
June .
J u ly ..
A u g ..
Sept..
O ct. . .
Nov . .
D e c ...
Average

$3.10-S3.30
2.85- 3.00
v 2.80- 2.90
2.75- 3.00
3.00- 3.35
3.00- 3.25
3.00- 3.25
3.15- 3.45
3.60- 3.90
3.75- 3.90
3.90- 4.30
4.00- 4.25

$4.10-$4.40
4.25- 4.40
4.40- 4.75
4.75- 5.00
4.90- 5.15
4.75- 5.15
4.50- 4.85
4.75- 5.00
5.35- 5.60
5.10- 5.15
5.15- 5.90
5.25- 5.50

$5.10-$5.25
4.50- 4.65
4.25- 4.60
4.30
4.00- 4.25
3.75- 4.15
3.75- 4.00
3.65- 3.85
3.70- 3.85
3.40- 3.75
3.25- 3.55
3.15- 3.40

$3.00-$3.25
3.00- 3.25
3.20- 3.45
3.00- 3.25
2.90- 3.25
3.00- 3.25
2.75- 3.10
3.00- 3.25
3.00- 3.25
2.80- 3.25
?.85- 3.20
2.80- 3.00

$2.50-$2.90
2.60- 3.00
2.60- 2.90
2.60- 2.90
2.75- 3.05
2.70- 3.20
2.80- 3.25
2.60- 2.75
2.60- 2.90
2.70- 2.80
2.55- 2.75
2.55- 2.80

$2.55-$2.75
2.55- 2.80
2.65- 2.80
3.00- 3.10
3.65- 3.75
4.20- 4.25
4.20- 4.25
3.25- 3.50
2.75- 2.80
2.75- 2.80
2.70- 2.80
2.60- 2.75

$3.8646

$4.9208

$4.0167

$3.0854

$2.7813

$3.1333




a No quotation for month.

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

295

T a b l e I .— W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C ,— Continued.
F I S H : S a lm o n , canned., C o lu m b ia R i v e r , 1 p o u n d ta ils .
[Price per dozen cans in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

1896.

1897.

$1.45-$l. 50
$1.50-$l. 65
1.45- 1.50
1.50- 1.65
1.45- 1.50
1.50- 1.65
1.50- 1.65
1.45- 1.50
1.25- 1.35
1.50- 1.65
1.25- 1.35
1.50- 1.65
1.25- 1.35
1.50- 1.65
1.20- 1.30
1.50- 1.65
1.20- 1.30
1.50- 1.65
1.20- 1.30
1.45- 1.50
1.20- 1.30
1.45- 1.50
1 .4 5 1.501.20- 1.30
$1.5500

$1.-3375

1899.

1898.

1900.

1901.

$1.20-$l. 30
1.20- 1.30
1.20- 1.30
1.10- 1.30
1.20- 1.30
1.20- 1.30
1.20- 1.30
1.20- 1.30
1.25- 1.30
1.25- 1.30
1.25- 1.45
1.25- 1.45

$1.25;$1.45
1.25- 1.45
1.30- 1.45
1.30- 1.45
1.35- 1.45
1.35- 1.45
1.35- 1.45
1.40- 1.45
1.80
1.80- 1.85
1.80- 1.85
1.80- 1.85

$1.80-$l. 85
1.80- 1.85
1.80- 1.85
1.75- 1.80
1.70- 1.75
1.70- 1.75
1.70- 1.75
1.70- 1.75
1.70- 1.75
1.70- 1.75
1.80- 1.85
1.80- 1.85

$1.80-$l. 85
1.80- 1.90
1.80- 1.90
1.70- 1.80
1.70- 1.80
1.65- 1.70
1.65- 1.70
1.60- 1.65
1.60- 1.65
1.60- 1.65
1.60- 1.65
1.65- 1.70

$1.2667

$1.5292

$1.7708

$1.7125

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

F L O U R : B u c k w h ea t,
[Price per hundred pounds in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
$1.30

1.20

$1.20- 1.25
1.20- 1.25

$1.30-$l. 35
1.05- 1.15
1.20- 1.25
1.00- 1.15

1.20

$

(a)
1.50- 1.75
1.50
1.60- 1.75
1.45- 1.50
$1.3806

$1.35-$l. 40
1.25- 1.30
1.25- 1.30
1.25- 1.30
a)

a)
a)
a)

$2.00
$1.90- 2.00
1.90- 2.00

(a)

(a)
(a)

1.40- 1.60

2.00

2.75
2.50- 2.75
2.55- 2.75
2.40- 2.45
2.0 0 -2 .1 0

$1.4656

$1.5500

$2.3000

2. ($■ 2.10

2.00

1.75
1.75
1.65- 1.75

$2.25
$2.10- 2.15
1.75

a)
a)
a)
a)
a)

I

$2.15-$2.20
2.10- 2.15
2.00v 2.05
2.00
(a )

(a)

2.05
2.15- 2.25
2.10- 2.25
2.15 2.20

2.25- 2.35
2.25- 2.a5
1.80
2.10- 2.15

$2.1036

$2.1063

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

F L O U R : R ye,
[Price per barrel in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
$2.60-$2.75
2.65- 2.75
2.60- 2.70
2.65- 2.75
2.60- 2.70
%.60- 2.70
2.60- 2.70
2.50- 2.65
2.40- 2.50
2.60- 2.70
2.85- 2.95
2.85- 3.05

$2.70-$3.00
2.60- 2.75
2.65- 2.75
2.40- 2.60
2.50- 2.60
2.25- 2.65
2.00- 2.40
2.30- 2.90
3.25- 3.70
3.25- 3.70
2.90- 3.55
2.70- 3.25

$2.50-$3.25
2.60- 3.25
2.75- 3.15
2.75- 3.25
3.35- 3.60
3.50- 4.00
2.90- 3.30
2.50- 3.00
2.40- 2.90
2.90- 3.25
3.10- 3.50
2.90- 3.35

$3.10-$3.45
3.25- 3.70
3.10- 3.50
3.00- 3.45
3.00-3.45
3.00- 3.10
3:15- 3.60
2.90-3.30
3.00- 3.40
3.15- 3.65
3.45- 3.80
3.10- 3.55

$3.35-$3.55
3.35- 3.55
3.40- 3.65
3.15- 3.55
3.00- 3.55
3.20- 3.50
3.35- 3.85
3 35- 3.70
3.30- 3.60
3.20- 3.70
3.00- 3.65
3.20- 3.50

$2.80-$3.50
3.25- 3.60
3.25- 3.50
2.85- 3.35
3.25- 3.50
3.25- 3.50
3.15- 3.45
3.15- 3.40
3.15- 3.55
3.25- 3.60
3.00- 3.55
3.25- 3.60

$2.6833

$2.8063

$3.0813

$3.2979

$3.4250

$3.3208




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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BULLETIN OP THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
F L O U R : W h e a t , s p r in g patents*
[Price per barrel in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of the
New York Produce Exchange.]

Month.

1890.

Jan.............

$4.75-85.15
4.75- 5.10
4.75- 5.00
4.60- 5.00

Feb.............

4.60- 5.00
4.60- 5.00
4.35- 4.85
4 .35-4.90
4.35- 4.90
4.35- 4.90
4.35- 4.90
4.35- 5.00

M a r ...........

Apr.............

M a y ...........

1892.

1891.

4.35- 5.00
4.50- 5.00
4.7 5 -5 .3 5
4.75- 5.50
4.75- 5.50
4.75- 5.80
5.00- 5.60
5.00- 5.65
5.00- 5.75

$5.00-$5.40
5.00- 5.35
4.90- 5.25
4.90- 5.35

4.754.654.704.704.754.754.604.504.404.404.504.504.50-

5.10
5.10
5.10
5.20
5.20
5.15
5.00
4.95
4.75
4.75
4.90
4.80
4.75

5.505.505.505.40-

5.90
5.90
6.00
5.90

5.405.305.255.155.005.005.004.905.00-

5.85
5.75
5.65
5.50
5.35
5.35
5.30
5.25
5.40

4.404.404.254.404.254.254.254.254.25-

4.75
4.75
4.70
4.80
4.80
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75

4.254.254.254.35-

4.70
4.65
4.70
4.75

5.35
5.35
5.75
5.85

4.254.254.254.254.154.154.154.154.15-

4.65
4.65
4.75
4.65
4.60
4.60
4.60
4.60
4.60

3.503.503.503.503.503.503.703.753.75-

4.154.154.154.15-

4.55
4.55
4.55
4.50

4.154.004.004.004.004.90- 5.30
4.004.80- 5.25
4.004.80- 5.30
4.005.354 .8 0 5.254.005.404 .8 0 5.25

4.50
4.40
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.40
4.40
4.40
4.40

5.60
5.25
5.25
5.25

July...........

4.554.754.754.754.955.005.006.105.30-

5.25
5.30
5.30
5.30
5.60
5.65
5.80
5.95
6.25

4.90^
4.755.405.25-

5.505.505.505.505.506.255.255.255.25-

6.25
6.10
6.15
6.00
6.05
6.10
6.00
6.10
6.00

5.25- 5.85
5.10- 5.60
5.00- 5.45
5.10- 5.50
5.00- 5.40
4.75-5.35
4.85- 5.40
4.85- 5.35.
4.85- 5.30

N o v ...........

6.255.255.005.10-

5.90
5.65
5.50
5.50

4.85^
4.904.904.90-

Dec.............

5.10- 5.50
5.00- 5.40
6.10- 5.50
5 .0 0 5 .0 0 -

Average.

$5.1856

O ct.............




5.30
5.40
5.40
5.30

$5.3053

$4.3466

1894.

$4.00-$4.40
4.00- 4.40
4.10- 4.60
4.15- 4.60
4.15- 4.50
4.15- 4.45
4.15- 4.45
4.15- 4.45
4.15- 4.40
4.15- 4.35
4.00- 4.35
3.90- 4.30
3.90- 4.30

5.40
5.50
5.50
5.40
5.35
5.50
5.65
5.80
5.80
5.90
5.90
6.20
6.30

5.004.654.654.50-

Sept...........

$4.85-$5.20
4.85- 5.20
4.80- 5.10
4.75- 5.10.

5.005.105.105.005.005.105.155.105.105.205.305.505.80-

June...........

A u g ...........

1893.

'

1895.

$3.50-$3.90
3.60- 4.10
3.60- 4.10
3.60- 4.00
3.50- 3.95
3.50- 3.95
3.50- 3.90
3.50- 3.85
3.50- 3.90
3.50- 3.90
3.50- 4.00
3.50- 3.90
3.50- 3.90

3.904.004.004.00-

4.30
4.40
4.40
4.30

3.503.503.503.60-

4.004.154.104.103.903.903.753.753.60-

4.30
4.50
4.50
4.45
4.35
4.25
4.15
4.10
4.10

3.50-3.90
3.50- 3.85
3.50- 3.80
3 .5 0 3.50- 3.75
3.40- 3.75
3.40- 3.75
3.50- 3.85
3.50- 3.90

3.50- 4.05
3.50-4.05
3.50- 4.10
3.50- 4.10

3.90
4.00
3.90
3.95

$3.35-$3.75
3.35- 3.75
3.35- 3.75
3.35- 3.75
3.35- 3.65
3.25- 3.60
3.25- 3.60
3.25- 3.55
3.25- 3.55
3.25- 3.60
3.30- 3.70
3.35- 3.70
3.35- 3.70
3.35- 3.65
3.35- 3.65
3.40- 3.65
3.40- 3.80
3.50- 4.00
3 .70-4.10
3.70-4.10
4.00- 4.40
3.754.25- 4.65
4.404.254.254.10-

4.65
4.65
4.65
4.30

3.503.503.503.503.403.403.503.403.35-

3.85
3.85
3.80
3.75
3.75
3.70
3.75
3.65
3.60

3.803.753.703.503.603.603.603.403.30-

4.15
4.00
3.90
3.75
4.00
4.00
3.80
3.75
3.60

3.253.253.253.25-

3.60
3.55
3.55
3.50

3.303.303.153.20-

3.60
3.55
3.50
3.60

3.75- 4.25
3.253.75- 4.20
3.253.75- 4.10
3.253.50- 4.00
3.253 .5 0 4.103.203.50- 4.00
3.153.50- 4.00
3.253.50- 4.00
3.303.50- 4.00
3.30-

3.45
3.40
3.40
3.40
3.40
3.40
3.65
3.70
3.75

3.40- 3.75
3.40- 3.75
3.40- 3.75
3.40- 3.80
3.40- 3.75
3.4 0 -3 .7 5
3.40- 3.65
3.40- 3.60
3.25- 3.50

3.50- 4.00
3.50-4.00
3.50- 4.00
3.50- 3.90

3.85
3.80
3.75
3.75

3 .25-3.50
3.25-3.50
3.25- 3.55
3.15- 3.45
3.15- 3.45

$3.5947

$3.6434

4.10
4.10
4.10
4.10
4.10
4.10
4.30
4.35
4.35

$4.0063

3.353.353.353.35-

297

COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
F L O U R s W h e a t , s p r in g patents*
[Price per barrel in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of the
New York Produce Exchange.]

1897.

1896.
$3.20-83.55
3.20- 3.55
3.25- 3.65
3.30- 3.75

1898.

$4.40-$4.85
4.40- 4.75
4.40- 4.75
4.25- 4.65

$4.70-$5.15
4.75- 5.20
4.70- 5.15
4.75- 5.25

3.353.503.503.503.503.503.403.403.403.453.553.603.60-

3.85
3.90
3.90
3.85
3.85
3.85
3.65
3.65
3.75
3.90
4.00
4.00
4.00

4.204.204.154.204.204.254.154.154.153.903.904.154.25-

4.804.654.755.005.005.004.904.904.704.754.755.005.80-

5.25
5.20
5.25
5.50
5.50
5.45
5.30
5.40
5.30
5.35
5.30
5.55
6.40

3.603.503.403.40-

3.90
3.90
3.90
3.90

3.453.453.453.403.353.353.353.353.35-

3.85
3.85
3.85
3.85
3.75
3.75
3.65
3.65
3.75

5.90^
7.006.506.706.355.903.80- 4.15
5.003.85- 4.20
4.203.75- 4.15
3 .7 5 4.154.203.75- 4.25
4.303.75- 4.15
4.253.80- 4.25
4.203.90- 4.35
4.204.00- 4.55

3.35-3.75
3.35- 3.75
3.25- 3.60
3.25- 3.60
3.253.253.253.253.503.603.854.203.90-

3.65
3.60
3.60
3.75
3.95
4.20
4.25
4.75
4.25

3.904.504.504.40-

4.35
4.90
4.90
4.75

4.504.404.354.354.40-

4.90
4.75
4.70
4.70
4.75

$3.7957

4.004.004.004.00-

4.50
4.50
4.40
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.40
4.40
4.35
4.15
4.20
4.50
4.60
4.35
4.40
4.35
4.35

1899.
$3.60-$3.95
3.65- 4.00
3.65- 4.00
3.65- 4.05
3.60- 4.15
3.60- 4.10
3.60-4.10
3.60- 4.10
3.60- 4.10
3.60- 4.05
3.60- 3.90
3.40- 3.80
3.50- 3.90

1900.
$3.40-83.90
3.45- 3.90
3.40- 3.85
3.45- 3.90
3.45- 3.90
3.45- 3.90
3.45- 3.95
3.45- 3.95
3.40- 3.85
3.30- 3.80
3.30- 3.80
3.35- 3.90
3.30- 3.80

3.50- 3.90
3.50- 3.90
3.55- 4.05
3 .55-4.00

3.303.353.353.35-

3.85
3.85
3.85
3.80

6.35
7.75
7.10
7.20
6.75
6.40
5.50
4.90
4.80

3.553.503.553.603.753.703.703.703.70-

4.00
3.90
3.90
4.05
4.20
4.10
4.15
4.15
4.10

3.353.353.253.253.253.253.403.804.25-

4.90
4.85
4.75
4.75

3.603.603.503.50-

4.00
3.95
3.95
3.90

1901.
$3.65-84.25
3.70- 4.30
3.70- 4.25
3.70- 4.20
3.75- 4.25
3.75- 4.20
3.75- 4.20
3.75- 4.20
3.75- 4.20
3.75- 4.20
3.75- 4.20
3.75- 4.25
3.75- 4.25

Month.
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

3.80
3.75
3.75
3.75
3.75
3.75
4.10
4.30
5.00

3.753.703.703.753.653.653.653.603.60-

4.20
4.05
4.05
4.15
4.20
4.20
4.15
4.15
4.10

Apr.

3.603.603.603.50-

4.15
4.10
4.00
3.80

June.

4.254.253.903.803.703.703.703.653.65-

4.75
4.75
4.50
4.40
4.25
4.25
4.20
4.15
4.15

3.553.503.303.453.403.403.503.603.60-

3.85
3.75
3.75
3.95
3.90
3.80
4.00
4.00
3.95

July.

3.653.703.753.85-

4.20
4.25
4.30
4.35

3.603.603.403.40-

3.90
3.85
3.80
3.80

May.

4.104.254.655.505.205.255.305.205.00-

4.75
4.85
5.20
6.00
5.70
5.75
5.75
5.65
5.50

4.204.304.304.003.903.703.603.603.65-

4.60
4.65
4.65
4.65
4.55
4.45
4.45
4.50
4.50

3.403.403.453.603.553.553.603.503.50-

3.80
3.85
3.95
4.00
4.00
3.90
4.00
3.96
4.00

5.004.754.754.80-

5.30
5.30
5.20
5.25

3.403.503.503.65-

3.75
3.90
4.00
4.15

4.804.704.704.704.754.754.804.754.75-

5.30
5.20
5.20
5.20
5.25
5.15
5.25
5.25
5.25

3.60- 4.00
3.55-3.95
3.55- 3.95
3.50- 3.95
3.50- 3.85
3.45- 3.80
3.40- 3.75
3.50- 3.85
3.55- 3.95

3.603.603.703.653.653.603.503.503.50-

4.15
4.05
4.10
4.00
4.05
3.95
3.85
3.90
3.90

3.853.853.753.753.753.753.753.753.75-

4.35
4.40
4.25
4.20
4.15
4.25
4.25
4.15
4.15

3.35- 3.75
3.35- 3.80
3.35- 3.80
3.35- 3.80
3.35- 3.80
3.50- 3.95
3.50- 4.00
3.50-4.00
3.50-4.00

3.403.403.403.40-

3.85
3.85
3.90
3.90

3.753.653.653.50-

4.15
4.15
4.15
4.10

3.50- 4.00 Dec.
3.75- 4.25
3.70- 4.15
3.50- 4.10
3 .5 0 4.10

$4.5913

$4.7293




$3.7740

$8.8423

$3.8104

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C ,— Continued.
F L O U R : W h e a t , w i n t e r s tra ig h ts .
[Price per barrel in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of the
New York Produce Exchange.]

Month.
Jan.............

1890.
$4.10-$4.45
4.10- 4.45
4.10- 4.40
4.00- 4.35
4.004.004.004.004.004.004.004.10-

4.35
4.30
4.30
4.35
4.35
4.35
4.40
4.40

4.104.104.254.254.254.254.404.404.40-

4.35
4.35
4.50
4.65
4.65
4.80.
4.85
4.85
4.85

June...........

4.404.404.404.25-

4.75
4.65
4.65
4.60

July...........

4.25- 4.75
4 .25-4.85
4.25- 4.75
4.30- 4.75
4.35- 4.90
4.60- 5.00
4.66- 5.10
4.90- 5.45
5.00- 5.50

Feb.............

Mar.............

A p ril.........

M a y ...........

Aug.............

S ep t...........

$4.75-$4.95
4.75- 4.95
4.75- 4.90
4.75- 4.90

4.30- 4.65
4.30- 4.75
4.30-4.75
4.30- 4.75
4.30- 4.75
4.30- 4.75
4.30- 4.70
4.30- 4.60
4.25- 4.50
4.25- 4.50
4.25- 4.55
4.25- 4.50
4.25- 4.50

5.005.005.005.00-

5.30
5.30
5.30
5.25

5.66^
5.004.905.004.804.754.804.754.70-

5.20
5.10
5.10
5.10
5.00
5.05
5.05
5.00
5.00

4.254.254.254.254.254.254.204.204.00-

4.604.604.904.90-

5.00
4.85
5.15
5.15

Nov.............

5.10- 5.25
4 .90-5.15
4 .75-5.10
4.80- 5.10

4.50- 4.85
4.50- 4.90
4.50- 4.85
4 .50-4.85

Dec.............

4.80- 5.00
4.60- 4.85
4.75- 5.00
4.50- 4.85
4.75- 5.00
4.50-4.85
4 .7 5 4.904.50- 4.85
4.75- 5.00
4 .40-4.85
$4.6524




$4.40-$4.80
4.35- 4.70
4.35- 4.65
4.35-4.70

5.15
5.15
5.05
5.00
4.90
5.05
5.10
5.15
5.15
5.20
5.25
5.50
5.50

4.90- 6.15
4.75- 5.00
4.70- 5.00
4.70- 5.00
4.65- 5.00
4 .65-4.90
4.65- 4.90
4 .65-4.90
4.60- 4.85

Average.

1893.

4.754.854.854.754.754.804.804.904.905.005.055.105.10-

5.50
5.25
5.25
5.25
5.20
5.25
5.30
5.30
5.30

O c t.............

5.004.904.904.904.904.905.005.005.10-

1892.

1891.

$4.9048

1894.

$3.35-$3.65
3.35- 3.65
3.40-3.75
3.40- 3.75
3.40- 3.65
3.35- 3.65
3.35- 8.65
3.30- 3.65
3.30- 3.65
3.30- 3.60
3.30- 3.60
3.20- 3.60
3.25- 3.50

1895.

$2.90-$3.10
2.90- 3.15
2.90- 3.15
2.90- 3.15
2.90- 3.10
2.90- 3.10
2.75- 3.10
2.75*- 3.00
2.75- 3.00
2.75- 3.00
2.75- 3.00
2.70- 3.00
2.70- 3.00

$2.60-$2.80
2.60- 2.80
2.60- 2.80
2.60- 2.80
2.60- 2.75
2.60- 2.75
2.60- 2.75
2.60-2 .7 5
2.60- 2.80
2.60- 2.80
2.65- 2.85
2.65- 2.85
2.65- 2.85

3.253.303.303.30-

3.50
3.60
3.60
3.50

2.702.702.702.70-

3.00
3.00
3.00
2.90

4.55
4.50
4.50
4.55
4.50
4.55
4.50
4.45
4.45

3.253.403.203.253.253.253.203.203.20-

3.50
3.60
3.55
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.40
3.40
3.40

2.702.702.702.602.602.602.602.602.65-

2.90
2.90
2.90
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.90
3.00
2.95

' 3.903.903.903.90-

4.25
4.25
4.25
4.05

4.004.004.004.10-

4.40
4.30
4.25
4.35

3.303.102.902.90-

3.30
3.35
3.30
3.30

4.003.903.853.753.753.603.603.603.50-

4.25
4.25
4.25
4.20
4.15
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

2.903.003.003.003.002.903.003.003.10-

3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.35
3.35
3.35

2.652.652.652.652.602.402.502.502.50-

2.90
2.90
2.90
2.85
2.80
2.80
2.80
2.75
2.75

3.753.653.653.503.503.403.303.053.05-

4.00
3.90
3.90
3.80
3.75
3.70
3.60
3.45
3.40

2.50- 2.75
2.50- 2.75
2.50-2.75
2.40- 2.70

3.053.003.003.00-

3.40
3.35
3.25
3.25

3.50- 3.75
3.50-3.75
3.50- 3.75
3.45- 3.80
3.40- 3.80
3.35- 3.75
3.35-3.75
3.35- 3.70
3.35- 3.75

3.06-3.30
3.10- 3.30
3.00-3.30
2.90- 3.25
3.00- 3.25
3.00- 3.25
3.00- 3.25
3.00- 3.25
3.00- 3.25

2.40-2.70
2.40- 2.65
2.40- 2.65
2.40- 2.65
2.40- 2.65
2.40- 2.65
2.40- 2.75
2.40- 2.75
2.50- 2.80

3 .i5 -3 .4 0
3.15- 3.40
3.20-3 .6 5
3.20- 3.55
3.20- 3.60
3.20- 3.50
3.20- 3.40
3.20- 3.35
3.20- 3.40

3.00- 3.25
3.00-3.25
3.00- 3.20
2.95- 3.15

2 .50-2.85
2.60- 2.85
2.60- 2.85
2 .60-2.80

3.203.203.203.203.20-

$4.1216

$3.2832

$2.7495

3.50^3.85
3.50- 3.85
3.50- 3.85
3.50-3.85

2.60- 2.90
2.60- 2.90
2.65- 3.00
2.75- 3.10
2.90- 3.30
3.15- 3.35
3.15- 3.50
3 .60-3.85
3.85- 4.25

3.40
3.40
3.40
3.40
3.40

$3.2311

299

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F O O L ) , E T C . — Continued.
F L O U R s W h e a t , w i n t e r s tra ig h ts .
[Price per barrel in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of the
New York Produce Exchange.]

1896.
$3.25-^3.50
3.25-3.50
3.25- 3.50
3.25- 3.55
3.453.553.503.503.503.503.403.403.403.453.503.503.25-

3.75
3.85
3.85
3.75
3.85
3.85
3.70
3.75
3.75
3.80
3.80
3.75
3.70

3.25- 3.60
3.25- 3.60
3.25- 3.60
3.25-3.60

1897.
$4.25-^4.70
4.25- 4.70
4.25- 4.70
4.25- 4.65

3.00- 3.35
3.00- 3.35
3.00- 3.35
3.00- 8.40
3.25- 3.50
3.45-3.75
3.65- 3.90
4.00- 4.40
3.85-4.20
3.85-4.25
4 .30-4.60
4.30- 4.70
4.25- 4.60
4.35-4.70
4 .40-4.75
4.40- 4.65
4.20- 4.60
4.20- 4.70
$3.6197 1

$4.20-$4.50
4.20- 4.50
4.15- 4.40
4.20- 4.50

4.20- 4.50
4.20- 4.50
4.20- 4.45
4.20- 4.50
4.20-4.50
4.25- 4.40
4.15- 4.35
4.15- 4.35
4.10- 4.30
3.95- 4.15
3.90- 4.20
4.20- 4.50
4.15- 4.50*

4.30- 4.60
4.25- 4.50
4.35- 4.60
4.40- 4.70
4.40- 4.65
4.35- 4.65
4.35- 4.60
4.35- 4.60
4.25- 4.60
4.25- 4.65
4.25-4.50
4.30- 4.65
4.80- 5.10

4.104.104.154.15-

4.806.256.206.005.605.104.604.154.05-

4.40
4.40
4.40
4.40

4.10- 4.30
3.25- 3.50
4.00- 4.25
3.25- 3.55
4.00- 4.20
3.25- 3.50
4.00-4.20
3.20- 3.4 5 1
3.90- 4.10
3.15- 3.35
3 .1 5 3.403.75-4.05
3.75- 4.10
3.15- 3.35
3.75- 4.10
8.15- 3.35
3.80- 4.25
3.00- 3.35
3.00-3.35
3.00- 3.35
3.00- 3.35
3.00- 3.35

1898.

1899.
$3.35-$3.65
3.30- 3.55
3.30- 3.55
3.35- 3.60
3.35- 3.65
3.35- 3.60
3.35- 3.60
3.35- 3.60
3.35- 3.60
3.35-3.55
3.30- 3.50
3.15- 3.50
3.25- 3.55

1900.
$3.10-$3.40
3.10- 3.40
3.00- 3.35
3.00- 3.40
3.00- 3.45
3.00- 3.40
3.00- 3.40
3.00- 3.45
3.00- 3.45
3.00- 3.45
3.00- 3.45
3.00- 3.45
3.00- 3.45

3.30- 3.60
3.30-3.55
3.35- 3.65
3.35- 3.60

3.003.053.053.05-

3.45
3.45
3.45
3.45

5.15
6.75
6.45
6.35
6.00
5.50
5.00
4.50
4.40

3.353.303.303.303.453.403.403.403.35-

3.60
3.50
3.50
3.60
3.70
3.60
3.60
3.60
3.55

3.053.053.053.053.053.053.153.303.60-

3.45
3.40
3.40
3.40
3.45
3.45
3.65
3.70
4.00

4.054.153.903.70-

4.40
4.60
4.40
4.35

3.353.253.203.20-

3.55
3.50
3.45
3.45

3.503.453.303.303.303.303.303.253.25-

1901.

Month.

$3.20-$3.55
3.25- 3.60
3.25- 3.55
3.25- 3.50
3.25- 3.55
3.20- 3.50
3.20- 3.50
3.20- 3.50
3.20- 3.50
3.20- 3.50
3.20- 3.50
3.20- 3.50
3.20- 3.50

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

3.20^
3.153.153.153.153.153.153.153.15-

3.50
3.40
3.40
3.45
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50

Apr.

3.153.153.153.10-

3.55
3.50
3.45
3.40

June.

4.00
3.90
3.80
3.85
3.75
3.75
3.75
3.65
3.65

3.103.103.108.153.153.003.053.103.10-

3.40
3.40
3.40
3.45
3.45
3.40
3.40
3.45
3.45

July.

May.

Aug.

3.903.904.004.604.604.604.654.604.60-

4.25
4.25
4.50
5.15
4.90
5.00
5.00
4.90
4.85

3.303.453.403.303.303.153.158.153.15-

3.85
3.90
3.75
3.75
3.60
3.45
3.45
3.50
3.50

3.203.203.203.203.203.203.203.153.15-

3.40
3.40
3.40
3.40
3.40
3.35
3.40
3.40
3.40

3.25^- 3.60
3.25-3.60
3.25- 3.60
3.30- 3.60

3.161
3.103.103.10-

3.40
3.40
3.40
3.35

Sept.

4.60^
4.604.404.50-

4.80
4.75
4.65
4.80

3.153.203.203.30-

3.40
3.50
3.55
3.65

3.203.203.253.203.203.203.203.203.553.20-

3.45
3.45
3.50
3.40
3.45
3.40
3.40
3.40
3.40

3.303.303.203.203.203.203.203.153.15-

3.60
3.60
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.45
3.45

3.103.103.103.003.003.053.103.103.10-

3.35
3.35
3.35
3.35
3.35
3.40
3.45
3.50
3.45

Oct.

3.153.103.103.10-

3.40
3.40
3.40
3.40

3.15- 3.45
3.15-3.45
3.15- 3.45
3.15- 3.45

3.153.303.253.253.25-

3.50
3.65
3.60
3.65
3.65

$3.3822

$3.3490

4 .50-4.80
4.40- 4.65
4.40- 4.60
4.35- 4.65
4.35- 4.65
4.25-4.50
4.25-4.60
4.25- 4.60
4.25- 4.60

3.30- 3.55
3.20-3.50
3.20- 3.50
3 .2 0 3.20- 3.45
3.15- 3.45
3.15- 3.45
3.20- 3.50
3.20- 3.55

$4.3606

$4.1452




$3.3085

Nov.

Dec.

Average.

300

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T able I . —

W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
F R U I T : A p p le s , e v a p o ra t e d , ch oice.

[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

Month.

1890.

1891.

S0.08f-S0.08*
.08 - .081
.08 - .081
.11 - •111
.10*- •111
.10*- .11
.091- .10
.101- .11*
.14 - .141
.13 - .14
.141- .15
.141- .15

Jan...........
Feb...........
M a r..........
Apr...........
M ay..........
J u n e ........
July..........
A u g ..........
Sept..........
O ct............
N o v ..........
Dec...........
Average

so . 1136

S0.131-S0.14
.141- .151
.15
.13*- .14
.13 - .131
.11 - .12
.091- .101
.091- .10
.081- .09
.07 - .07*
.07 - .071
.061- .07
SO. 1100

1892.
S0.06f-S0.06*
.06 - .061
.051- .06
.051
.05*- .051
.05*
.061
.07*
.08 - .081
.081- .081
.081- .08*
.081
SO.I0688

1893.
S0.08f-S0.09
.101- .11
.101- .10*
.091- .10
.09 - .091
,08f- .081
.07*- .07*
.071
.08 - .081
.09 - .091
.10*- .111
.10 - .101
SO. 0927

1894.
S0.10f-S0.11
.101- .11
.101- .10*
.10f- .10*
. 131— .14
.14 - .141
.131- .14
.131- .14
.10f- .11
.07*- .08
.07 - .071
.07 - .071

1895.
SO. 07 -SO. 071
.071- .071
.071- .071
.071- .07*
.06*- .06*
.061- .06*
.06*- .07
.06*- .07
.061- .061
.051- .06
.05*- .061
.061- .06*

SO.:1092

SO. 0678

F R U I T : A p p le s , s u n -d r ie d , S o u th e rn , s lic e d .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan___
F e b ....
Mar . . .
Apr___
M ay. . .
June...
J u ly. . .
Aug . . .
Sept. . .
O c t ....
Nov . . .
Dec___

SO. 04 -SO. 051
.03*- .05
.031- .05
.041- .07
.05 - .07
.05 - .07
.05 - .061
.07 - .09
.07 - .09
.09 - .11
.09 - .11
.09 - .11

Average

SO.i0690

SO. 09 -SO. 11
.10 - •ill
.10 - .13
.10 - .121
.11 - .13
.10 - .11
(a)
. 0 5 - .06
.05 - .06
.04*- .051
.041- .041
.04*- .041
so .i 0825

SO. 03*-S0.041
.03*- .041
.03 - .04
.03 - .04
. 0 3 - .031
.03 - .031
.03 - .04
.04 - .05
.04 - .05
.05 - .06*
.05 - .06
.05 - .06
SO.1
0423 1

SO. 05 -SO. 06
.051- .061
.051- .07
.051- .061
.04 - .06
.04 - .05
.03*- .05
.03f- .04*
.04 - .041
.04 - .051
.04 - .06
.051
so .i 0508

S0.05f-S0.05* S0.051-S0.06
.05*- .06
.05 - .06
.05*- .06
.05 - .06
.05*- .06 .
.051- .06*
6.07 - .071
.051- .06
6.06 - .071
.05 - .06
.06 - .08
.05 - .06
.05 - .06
.07 - .08
6.04 - .07
.03 - .041
.02 - .03*
.06 - .07
.02 - .04
.06 - .061
.06 - .06*
.03*
s o .i 0631

SO.i0481

F R U I T : C u rra n ts , in b a r r e ls .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.............
SO. 04*
SO. 04
Feb.............
.041
.04*
M a r ........... SO. 04* - .04*
.04
Apr.............
.05 - .05* SO. 0 4 * .04*
M a y ...........
.04* - .04J
.05 - .051
J u n e .........
.0 4 1 - .05
.04* - .04*
July...........
.05
.04*
A u g ...........
.0 5 * - .05*
.04*
Sept...........
.04* - .04*
.04 - .04*
O ct.............
.05*
.04
N o v ...........
.04*
.0 3 1 - .04
Dec.............
•0 4 * - .041
.03* - .03*
Average.

SO. 0478

SO. 0426

a No quotation for month.




SO. 031 SO.031 -SO. 03* so . o n -SO. 01*
SO. 0 3 - «.03|
.0 3 * - .031
.0 1 * - .01*
.02*- .02*
.0 3 * - .031
. 0 1 * .01*
.021- .02*
.03 - .03*
.01* - .01*
.021- .02*
.0 2 1 - .03
.0 1 * - -01*
.021- .02*
.02* - .02*
.01*
.021- .02*
.02* - .02*
.02
.02*- .031
.02*
.01*
.03*- .031
.021
.021
.0 2 f- .03
.02 - .02*
.02*
.03*
.0 1 1 - .02
.021
.02 - .02*
.03*
.02 - .02*
SO. 0297

SO. 0270

SO.02*
.03*
.03*
.03*
.031
.01*- .01*
.011- .021
.021
.011- .02
.021
.02*- .02*
.02f- .02*

SO. 03 .03 -

SO. 0173

6 New York Daily Tribune.

SO. 0254

COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

301

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
F R U I T : A p p le s , e v a p o ra t e d , ch oice.
{Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

1896.
$0.064-$0.061
.064- .064
.054- .06
.05[- .051
.05 - .054
.05|- .05f
•05{- .054
.054- .054
.041- .05
.044- .05
.044- .044
.044- .044
$o.< )533

1897.
$0.031-$0.04
.04
.031- .04
.034- .031
.04 - .044
.044- .041
.041- .04|
.054- .054
.064
.084- .084
.084- .084
.084
$0.0555

1898.
$0,081
$0,081- .09
.081- .09
.084- .081
.09
.091
.09 - .094
.094
.094- .094
.071- .08
.08 - .084
.09 - .094
$0.10890

1899.
$0.08!-$0.094
.09 - .094
.09 - .094
.09 - .094
.094- •094
.081- .09
.084- .081
.081- .09
.084- .084
.074- .071
.08 - .084
.074- .08
$0.i0869

1900.
$0.074-$0.08
.07 - .071
.064- .07
.06 - .061
.064- .061
.06 - .061
.054- .064
.054- .06
.054- .051
.044- .05
.05 - .054
.054- .051

1901.

Month.

$0.054-$0.051
.054- .051
.05 - .051
.05 - .054
.05 - .054
.051- .06
.07
.071- .08
.09
.09
.094- .091
.094- .091
$0.0709

$0.0615

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

F R U I T : A p p le s , s u n -d r ie d , S o u th e rn , slic e d .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
$0.034-$0.034
.03 - .034
.03 - .034
.03 - .034
.03 - .034
.03 - .034
.034
.034
.034- .034
.02 - .03
.02 - .03
.02 - .03
$0.15312

$0.02 -$0.03
.02 - .03
.014- .03
.014- .03
.014- .024
.02 - .024
.011- .021
.011- .021
.024- .034
.024- .04
.03 - .044
.03 - .044
$0.i0267

$0.03 -$0,044
.03 - .044
.03 - .044
.03 - .044
.024- .04
.03 - .04
.03 - .04
.03 - .04
.04 - .044
.04 - .05
.044- .05
. 0 5 - .06
$0J0398

$0.06 -$0.07
.06 - .07
.064- .074
.06 - .074
.06 - .074
.06 - .074
.06 - .07
.06 - .07
.044- .054
.04 - .054
.044- .06
.044- .054
$0.i0610 1

$0.05 -$0.06
.05 - .054
.05 - .054
.04 - .05
.04 - .05
.04 - .05
.031- .044
.034- .044
.034- .044
.03 - .04
.034- .044
.034- .044
$o.<0443

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
.051 Sept.
.054 Oct.
.054 Nov.
.06 Dec.

$0.034-$0.044
.03 - .044
.03 - .04
.03 - .031
.024- .034
.024- .034

(a)
(a)

.044.044.044.041-

$0.i0410

Average.

F R U I T : C u rra n ts , i n b a r r e ls .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
$0.02!-$0.024
.024
.024- .02f
.021- .024
. 0 3 - .034
. 024- .03
.034- .034
.034- .034
.034- .03|
.04
.044- .044
.04 - .044
$0. 0327

$0,031
$0,034- .031
.034- .031
.04
.044
.041- .054
.044- .054
.044- .054
.05f- .054
.054- .06
.054- .051
.054- .064
$0. 0479




$0.064-$0.064 $0,044 -$0,044 $0,044 -$0,054
.06f- .064
.044 - .041
.044 .064- .06|
.044 .044 - .041
.064- .06f
.044 - .05*
.044 - .044
.06 - .064
.044 - .05
.044 - .044
.064- .064
.044 - •04|
.044 - .05
.051 - .06
.054- .06
.044 - .044
.0644- .07
.044- .05
.044 - .041
.094
. 054- .054
.044 - .054
.12 - .124
. 054- .054
.05 - .054
.054 - .054
.101 - .124
.044- .054
.054- .05f
.0444- .054
.1 0 4 - .124
$0.i0580

$0.<0470

$0.10720

$0.09 -$0,104
.09 - .094
.08f— .094
.084- .081
.071- .084
.094- .094
.094- .094
.084- .094
.081- .084
.06 - .064
.054- .051
.06 - .064
$0. 0831

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

302

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
F R U I T : P r u n e s , C a lifo r n ia , in b o x e s .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month. From January, 1890, to April, 1891, the
prices are for 60s. to 90s.; in May and June, 1891, for 40s.; from October, 1891, to May, 1892, for 60s. to
95s., and from June, 1892, to December, 1901, for 60s. to 70s. Quotations from the New York Journal
of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

Month.

80.07|-80.07|
.07*- .08
.09 - .09*

80.12
8 0 .1 1 - .11*
.11 - .11*
. 1 1 - .11*
. 1 0 - .10*
. 1 0 - .10*

(a)
(a)

a
(a)
(a)
.12*.12*-

1892.

(a)
(a)
(a)

.13
.13
.12*
.12*

.07*-

80.1068

.08
.08*
.07*

80.1000

80.08*
80.08*- .08*
.08*- .08*
.08*- .08*
.08*- .08*
.09 - .09*
.083- .09*
. 10*— .11*
.10*- •11*
.12*- .123
.12*- .123
.12 - .123
80.0995

1893.
80.12 -80.12*
. 1 2 - .12*
. 1 2 - .12*
. 1 2 - .12*
.113- .12
.10*- .11*
. 1 0 - .11*
.09*- .10
.08*- .09
.08
.08
.07*- .073
80.1039

1894.

!
1

80.07*-80.07*
.07*!
.07 - .07*'
.06
.08*'
.07*- .073!
.07*
.07
O

Average.

1891.

1
O

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

1890.

.07 .073-

.07*
.08
.073

80.0735

1895.
80.073
.07
.07*
.07*
.063
.063
.06*
.06*
.06*
. 0b*
.06*
.06*- .063

80.07 .07 .06*.06*.053.053.06*.06*—

80.0666

F R U I T : R a is in s , C a lifo r n ia , L o n d o n la y e r.
[Price per box in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
82.20-82.60
1.80- 2.25
1.80- 2.25
1.50- 2.00
1.40- 1.90
1.40- 1.75
1.30- 1.50
1.40- 1.50
1.40- 1.50
1.90- 2.00
1.90- 2.25
1.75- 2.00

81.25-81-50
1.25- 1.50
1.20- 1.50
1.10- 1.65
1.10- 1.65
1.10- 1.50
1.10- 1.50
1.35- 1.75
1.30- 1.75
1.40- 1.50
1.75- 2.10
1.60- 1.85

81.50-81.75
1.60- 1.75
1.75- 2.00
1.75- 2.00
1.75- 2.00
1.65- 2.00
1.65- 1.80
1.65- 1.75
1.50- 1.60
1.50- 1.65
1.60- 1.75
1.25- 1.60

81.10-81.40
1.10- 1.30
1.00- 1.20
.80- 1.15
1.10- 1.15
.95- 1.10
1.05- 1.10
1.05- 1.10

N o v ...........
Dec.............

82.25-82.75
2.00- 2.50
2.00- 2.50
2.00- 2.50
2.25- 2.50
2.25- 2.50
2.25- 2.40
2.25- 2.40
2.25- 2.40
2.40- 2.50
2.40- 2.50
2.40- 2.50

1.50
1.40- 1.45

81.45-81.50
1.40- 1.45
1.40- 1.45
1.50
1.50- 1.60
1.40- 1.50
1.35- 1.50
1.45- 1.60
1.45- 1.60
1.45- 1.60
1.20- 1.30
.90- 1.25

Average.

82.3604

81.8021

81.4688

81.7000

81.1542

81.4292

J a n ...
F e b ...
Mar . .
A p r ...
M a y ..
June .
J u ly ..
A u g ..

.......

1. 00- 1.10
1. 00- 1.10

G L U C O S E : 41°, m ix in g .
[Price per hundred pounds in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.............
F e b ............
M a r...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
D e c ...........

!
................................ i ......................................

|

* ’ i .....................................

Average.




81.80
1.80
2.10
2.00
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.65
1.65
1.95
1.65
1.55

82.051.951.701.701.701.601.601.901.601.50-

81.7625

a No quotation for month.

81.55 -81.57*
1.37*- 1.40
1.35 - 1.37*
1.37*- 1.40
1.50 - 1.55
1.40 - 1.50
1.50 - 1.55
1.70 - 1.75
1.90 - 1.92*
1.75 - 1.80
1.70 - 1.75
1.60 - 1.65
81.5802 j

81.55 -81.60
1.55 - 1.60
1.50 - 1.57*
1.70
1.60 - 1.65
1.951.65 - 1.68 '
1.55 - 1.57*
1.37*- 1.40
1.37*- 1.40
1.32*- 1.35
1.27*- 1.30
81.5492

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

303

T a b l e I — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F O O D , B T C .—Continued.
F R U I T : P r u n e s , C a lifo r n ia , i n b o x e s .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month. From January, 1890, to April, 1891, the
prices are for 60s. to 90s.; in May and June, 1891, for 40s.; from October, 1891, to May, 1892, for 60s. to
95s., and from June, 1892, to December, 1901, for 60s. to 70s. Quotations from the New York Journal
of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

1896.
$0.06*-$(). 06*
.06*- .06*
.06 - .06*
.05*- .06
.05*- .05*
.05*- .06
.05*- .05*
.05 - .05*
.05 - .05*
.05*- .05*
.06 - .06*
.06 - .06*
$0.0581

1897.
$0.05*-$0.06
.05*- .06
.05*- .06
.05 - .05*
.05 - .05*
.04 - .04*
.04*- .04*
.05 - .05*
.05*- .06
.06*
.05*- .06
.05*- .05*
$0.i0546

1898.
$0.05 -$0.05*
.05 - .05*
. 0 5 - .05*
.05 - .05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05 - .05*
.05 - .05*
. 0o*— .05*
.05*- .06*
.06 - .06*
.06 - .06*
$0.0544

1899.
$0.05*-$0.06
.05*- .06
.05*- .06
.05*- .06
.05*- .06
.05*- .05*
.05*
.05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*

1900.
$0.05*-$0.05*
.05*- .05*
.05 - .05*
.05 - .05*
.04*- .05
.05 - .05*
.05
.05
.05 - .05*
.05 - .05*
.05 - .05*
.05*- .05*

$0.10565

1901.
$0.05 -$0.05*
.04*- .05*
.04*- .05
.05 - .05*
.04*- .05
.04*- .05
.04*- .05
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*- .06
.05*- .05*

$0.i0522

$0.0525

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
MTay.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

F R U I T : R a i s i n s , C a lifo r n ia , L o n d o n la y e r.
[Price per box in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
$0.90-$l. 25
.85- .95
.85- .95
.80- .90
.90- 1.00
.90- 1.00
1.00
1.00- 1.05
1.00- 1.15
1.10- 1.15
1.15- 1.25
1,20- 1.25

$1.45-$l. 50
1.40- 1.50
1.35- 1.45
1.30- 1.40
1.30- 1.40
1.35- 1.40
1.25- 1.50
1.25- 1.40
1.30- 1.50
1.30- 1.50
1.40- 1.50
1.40- 1.45

$1.35-$l. 45
1.35- 1.45
1.25- 1.40
1.25- 1.40
1.25- 1.40
1.25- 1.40
1.30- 1.40
1.40- 1.45
1.40- 1.45
1.45- 1.50
1.40- 1.55
1.40- 1.50

$1.20-$l. 35
1.15- 1.40
1.10- 1.25
1.00- 1.16
1.10- 1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15- 1.35
1.15- 1.35
1.50- 1.60
1.55- 1.60
1.50- 1.60

$1.40-$1.50
1.35- 1.40
1.35- 1.40
1.60
1.50- 1.60
1.50- 1.60
1.40- 1.45
1.40- 1.45
1.40- 1.45
1.50- 1.65
1.75- 1.95
1.60- 1.70

$1.35-$l. 40
1.25- 1.40
1.30- 1.40
1.25- 1.45
1.30- 1.40
1.30- 1.40
1.50- 1.55
1.50
1.60- 1.65
1.45- 1.50
1.45- 1.50
1.55- 1.65

$1.0188

$1.3979

$1.3917

$1.2833

$1.5208

$1.4417

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

6 L U C O S E : 41°, m ix in g .
[Price per hundred pounds in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
$1.17*-$1.20
1.25 - 1.27*
1.25 - 1.27*
1.20
1.16*
1.15 - 1.17*
1.05
1.10
1.02*- 1.05
1.12*
1.30
1.05
$1.1585

$1.04-$l. 05
1.04- 1.05
1.00
1.00
.95
.92*
1.05- 1.07*
1.60- 1.70
1.80
1.60
1.25- 1.30
1.25- 1.30
$1.2190

$1.25
1.25
1.30
1.30
1.35
1.40
$1.15- 1.25
1.20- 1.25
1.25
1.25
1.45
1.40

$1.40
1.30
1.30
1.40
$1.27- 1.30
1.42
1.42
1.37
1.30- 1.35
1.32
1.45- 1.47
1.27

$1.30
1.35
1.40
$1.35- 1.45
1.65- 1.70
1.70
1.70
1.50
1.55
1.45
1.45
1.35- 1.40

$1.45-$1.50
1.50
1.50
1.55
1.70
1.55
1.56
1.76
1.96
1.71- 1.76
1.65- 1.76
1.75- 1.76

$1.3021

$1.3558

$1.4875

$1.6458

3586—No. 39—02-----8




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
L A R D : P r im e co n tract.

[Price pet pound in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of the
New York Produce Exchange.]

Month.
Jan.............

1890.

M ay...........

.0650
.0650
.0672*
.0667*
.0650
.0665 -.0670
.0650
.0642*
.0630

J u n e .........

.0620
.0612*-.0615
.0610
.0602*-. 0605

July...........

.0597*-. 0600
.0610 -.0612*
.0612*
.0602*
.0635 -.0637*
.0645
.0642*
.0647*-. 0650
.0650

A u g ...........

1895.

.0680 -.0682*
.0672*
.0672*-. 0675
.0652*

.0647*-. 0650
.0652*-. 0655
.0650
.0657*-. 0662*
.0667*-. 0670
.0660
.0665 -.0667
.0680 -.0685
.0705 -.0707*

.1032*-.1040
.1100 -.1125
.1082*-. 1100
.1095
.1070
.1030
.1020
.1000
.0990

.0795 -.0800
.0785
.0770
.0730 -.0740
.0720
.0695 -.0700
.0700 -.0712*
.0700
.0710

.0680
.0675
.0670
.0670 -.0675

.0745 -.0752*
.0750 -.0755
.0752*-. 0755
.0762*-. 0765

.0975
.1030
.0975
.1010

.0720
.0740 -.0745
.0730
.0720
.0730
.0765
.0790
.0795
.0840 -.0845

.0670
.0665
.0657*
.0665
.0657*-.0660
.0632*
.0640 -.0642*
.0657*
.0632*

.0900
.0930
.0930
.0890 -.0895

.0625 -.0635
.0617*
.0625
.0617*-. 0620

.0657*
.0635 -.0637*
.0655 -.0657*
.0632*
.0640
.0647*-. 0655
.0650 -.0652*
.0672*-. 0675
.0682*-. 0686*
.0685
.0677*-. 0685
.0687*-. 0690
.0677*-. 0681

.0645 -.0647*
.0635 -.0637*
.0612*-. 0615
.0630 -.0632*

.0627*
.0645 -.0647*
.0657*-. 0660
.0642*-. 0650

Dec.............

.0617*-. 0620
.0600 -.0606*
.0605 -.0610
.0602*
.0620

.0640 -.0642*
.0647*
.0642*
.0645 -.0647*
.0635

$0.0633




-.1110
$0.0840 $0.0705 -.0710
.1115 $0.0842*-. 0845
. 0720 -. 0725
.1105
.0702*-. 0710
.0850
-.1155
.0817*
.0690
.1200
.0800
.0662*-. 0677*
.1235
.0780
.0680
.1290
.0685
.0780
.1315
.0682*-. 0685
.0800
. 1295 -. 1305
.0670
.0760 -.0770
.1300
.0732*-. 0745
.0672*
.1220
.0712*-.0715
.0690 -.0697*
.1230
.0695 -.0700
.0700
.1160
.0750
.0727*-. 0735
.0740
.0795 -.0805
.0815 -.0825
.0800

N o v ...........

Average.

1894.

.0675 -.0677*
.0685 -.0687*
.0682*-. 0685
.0677*
.0677*
.0672*-. 0675
.0657*
.0647*
.0660
.0652*
.0980
.0647*-. 0650 i .1000 -.1020
.0652* ' .1005 -.1010
.0647* .1032*-. 1050

.0702*
.0730 -.0740
.0735
.0715 -.0717*
.0705 -.0712*
.0705
.0675 -.0685
.0660 -.0667*
.0650 -.0652*

O ct.............

1893.

.0607*
.0595 -.0597*
.0590
.0590 -.0592*
.0602*-. 0607*
.0612*
.0655
.0695 -.0725
.0700
.0685
.0702*-. 0705
.0697*
.0695

.0642*-. 0645
.0645 -.0647*
.0647*
.0640 -.0645
.0640
.0647*-. 0650
.0640
.0662*-. 0665
.0657*

Sept...........

1892.

$0.0612* $0.0627*-. 0630 $0.0640 -.0643 $0.1105
.0617* .0617*-. 0620
.0657*-. 0660
.0627* .0607*-. 0610
.0667*-. 0672*
.0622*
.0605
.0677*-. 0680
.1145

Feb............. #0.0620 -.0622*
.0617*-. 0620
.0615
.0612*
.0625 -.0627*
M a r ...........
.0640 -.0642*
.0647*-. 0650
.0652*
Apr.............

1891.

$0.0660

.0725 -.0730
.0725
.0725
.0720
.0700
.D680
.0690
.0700
.0692*

.0765
.0825 -.0847*
.0832*-. 0840
.0800 -.0815
.0800 -.0802*
.0755 -.0760
.0770 -.0775
.0770 -.0775
.0815

.0725 -.0900
.0812*
.0900
.0900
.0860
.0845 -.0850
.0912*
.1000
.1025

.0855
.0855
.0875
.0920 -.0927*

.1000 -.1005
.1020 -.1025
.1020
.1060
.1050
.1012*
.0952*
.0865
.0890 -.0900

.0837*-. 0850
.0795
.0790
.0760
.0730 -.0735
.0717*-. 0720
.0760
.0745 -.0747*
.0735

.0625 -.0627*
.0617*
.0615
.0580
.0582*
.0595
.0590
.0580
.0585

.0865 -.0870
.0870
.0800
.0840 -.0845

.0730 -.0737*
.0715
.0715
.0700

.0562*-. 0565
.0550
.0550
.0550
.0555

.0912*
.0975
.0975
.1075
. 1015 - . 1025
.1015
.1000
. 1037*-. 1040
.1065
$0.0771

$0.1030

$0.0773

$0.0653

305

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
L A R D : P r im e co n tract.
[Price per pound in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of the
New York Produce Exchange.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0.0565
$0.0407*
$0.0510
.0570
.0420 $0.0500 -.0505
.0600
.0425
.0500 -.0505
.0605 $0.0420 -.0425
.0510 -.0515

$0.0565.0560.0555.0540.0525.0515.0500-

.0590
.0572*
.0575
,0567|
.0570
.0565
.0557*
.0542*
.0530
.0730
.0530
.0520
.0505
.0505
.0485
.0485
.0450

.0437*
.0440
.0445
.0430- .0435
.0420- .0425
.0410
.0400- .0405
.0370
.0340
.0350- .0360
.0360- .0367*
.0385
.0377*
.0372*
.0360
.0365
.0385- .0392*
.0415- .0417*
.0445
.0490
.0472*
.0465
.0465
.0450
.0415
.0425
.0425
.0415
.0415
.0412*
.0407*
$0.0469

$0.0590
$0.0617*
$0.0730
.0575
.0615 $0.0755- .0760
.0585
.0630
.0780
.0600
.0625
.0760- .0765
.0590
.0610
.0775- .0780
.0585
.0640
.0775
.0500
.0400 -.0405
.0575
.0637*
.0780
.0400
.0525
.0550
.0635
.0405
.0770
.0540
.0550 $0.0602*-. 0607* .0775- .0785
.0415
.0547*
.0555
.0612*
.0775
.0425
.0540
.0630
.0790
.0432*
.0537* $0.0555 -.0560
.0545
.0815
.0532*
.0635
.0445
.0555
.0840
.0660
.0437*-. 0440
.0537*-. 0540
.0445
.0520 -.0522*
.0550
.0685 -.0690
.0870- .0875
.0430
.0555 -.0557*
.0550
.0735
.0865
.0440
.0540 -.0545
.0550
.0770
.0860- .0865
.0440
.0545 -.0550
.0550
.0850
.0750
.0440
.0595 -.0600
.0845
.0540 -.0542*
.0835- .0840
.0750
.0425 -.0430
.0615
.0820
.0525
.0715
.0425
.0620
.0535
.0735
.0850
.0410
.0700
.0535
.0395 i
.0720
.0835- .0840
.0650
.0525
!
.0645
.0710
.0530
.0710
.0380
.0845
.0625
.0530
.0700
.0885
.0380 -.0385
.0600
.0530
.0687*
.0900
.0385 -.0390
.0610
.0527* .0700 -.0705
.0900
.0385 -.0390
.0575
.0425
.0530
.0715 -.0720
.0885
.0415 -.0420
.0555
.0550
.0870- .0875
.0715
.0405 -.0410
.0580
.0570
.0700
.0875- .0880
.0440
.0585
.0565
.0710
.0900
.0440
.0575
.0717* .0890- .0895
.0555
.0715 -.0717*
.0895
.0460
.0565
.0557* .0695 -.0700
.0455 -.0460
.0550
.0910
.0550
.•0705 -.0710
.0910
.0480
.0555
.0552*
.0920
.0495
.0710
.0537*
.0520
.0560
.0550
.0925
.0560
.0520
.0505
.0970
.0560
.0725 -.0730
.0485
.0525
.1000- .1005
.0565
.0745
.0500
.0510
.1035
.0570
.0750 -.0755
.0480
.0525
.0480
.0455
.0470
.0460

.0455 1
.0452*
.0445 -.0450
.0445
.0445
.0450 -.0455
.0455 -.0460
.0480
.0480 -.0485
$0.0441




.0505
.0517*
.0535
.0532*
.0520
.0532*
.0512*
.0535
.0520
.0535
.0540
.0530
.0565
$0.0552

Month.
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May.

June.

July.

Aug.

Sept.

.0590
.0577*-. 0580
.0560
.0557*
.0555
.0550
.0532*
.0535
.0540

.0775
.0770 -.0780
.0720
.0735 -.0740
.0750
.0750
.0745
.0765
.0745

.1030- .1035 Oct.
.1015
.0980
.0950
.0910
.0885 Nov.
.0890
.0910
.0947*

.0555
.0567*
.0562*
.0580

.0745
.0750
.0735
.0730

.0987* Dec.
.1025
.1022*
.1030
.1022*

$0.0556

$0.0690

$0.0885

Average.

306

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
M E A L ! C o rn , fin e w h it e .
[Price per bag of 100 pounds in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.93-$0.96
.90- .95
.88- .92
.88- .92
.97- 1.00
.99
.95- .98
1.12
1.14- 1.15
1 21- 1.26
1.27- 1.32
1.32- 1.34

$1.32-$l. 34
1.33- 1.34
1.35
1.64
1.69
1.60
1.45- 1.55
1.45- 1.48
1.48- 1.52
1.30- 1.32
1.45
1.50- 1.55

$1.20-$l. 25
1.15- 1.18
1.18
1.15
1.10- 1.12
1.22
1.25- 1.28
1.25
1.28
1.20- 1.22
1.12- 1.14
1.10- 1.14

$1.10
$1.14- 1.16
1.12- 1.15
1.12
1.16- 1.18
1.12
1.08- 1.10
1.05- 1.10
1.05- 1.06
1.10
1.05- 1.06
1.04- 1.05

$1.00
$0.95- .97
1.03- 1.05
1.03- 1.05
1.00- 1.05
.98- 1.00
1.05
1.20
1.32- 1.39
1.25- 1.26
1.27- 1.30
1.22- 1.23

$1.22
1.1ft
$1.10- 1.12
1.10- 1.12
1.18
1.18- 1.20
1.12
1.13- 1.15
1.00
.95
.89- .90
.85

Average.

$1.0613

$1.4746

$1.1921

$1.1013

$1.1188

$1.0721

M E A L : C o rn , fin e y e llo w .
[Price per bag of 100 pounds in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June..-........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.91-$0.95
.90- .93
.85- .88
.86- .88
.92- .97
.91- .94
.90- .92
1.07
1.12- 1.15
1.16- 1.21
1.22- 1.24
1.24:- 1.29

$1.30-$l. 32
1.31- 1.33
1.33- 1.35
1.60
1.67- 1.68
1.55- 1.60
1.45- 1.50
1.40- 1.43
1.48- 1.52
1.30- 1.32
1.45
1.50- 1.55

$1.2(ME1.25
1.15
1.14
1.05
1.05- 1.06
1.20
1.23- 1.25
1.20- 1.25
1.23
1.18- 1.20
1.09- 1.12
1.10- 1.14

$1.10
$1.14- 1.16
1.12- 1.15
. 1.12
1.12- 1.14
1.10
1.08- 1.10
1.02- 1.05
1.03- 1.04
1.10
1.01- 1.02
.98- 1.00

$0.92-$0.95
.90- .91
.98- 1.00
.96- .98
.95- .98
.92- .95
.95- .98
1.10- 1.12
1.30- 1.32
1.20- 1.22
1.25- 1.27
1.20

$1.18
1.08
$1.08- 1.10
1.10- 1.12
1.18
1.18- 1.20
1.12
1.08- 1.10
1.00
.95
.89- .90
.85

Average.

$1.0200

$1.4579

$1.1608

$1.0833

$1.0629

$1.0613




COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

307

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
1 H E A L : C o rn , fin e w h it e .
[Price per bag of 100 pounds in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

1896.

1897.

$0.90
.92
.90
.90
.85- .90
.75- .76
.78
.77- .78
.63- .65
.73- .75
.80
.78- .79

$0.80
$0.75- .78
.75- .78
.75
.80
.80
.80- .85
.86- .90
.88- .90
.85- .88
.80- .82
.84- .85

$0.8129

$0.8158

$0.87-

1898.
$0.85
.871
.95
.90
$0.90- .92
.93- .95
.80
.85
.85- .87
.84
.90
.90- .92
$0.8821

1899.

1900.

$0.94-$0.95
.95- .97
.97- 1.00
1.00
1.00
.97
.93
.90- .95
.95
.95
.90- .95
.90- .95

$0.90
.95
$0,971- 1.00
1.00
1.00
.98 - 1.00
1.05 - 1.07
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.05

$0.9554

$1.0115

1901.
$1.05
1.05
1.05
1.071
1.071
1.121
$1.00- 1.05
1.30
1.371
1.40
1.40
1.45
$1.1979

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

H IE A L : C o rn , fin e y e llo w .
[Price per bag of 100 pounds in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
$0.80
.85
$0.83- .85
.90
.80- .85
.75- .76
.78
.75- .78
.62- .63
.73- .76
.80
.74- .75

$0.72-$0.74
.70- .71
.70
.70
.76
.75
.75- .80
.80- .85
.83- .85
.80- .85
.75- .77
.80

$0.85
.85
.90
.85
.90
.90
.75
.80
$0.80- .82
.82- .84
.85
.86- .87

$0.7854

$0.7633

$0.8463




$0.94-$0.95
.95- .96
.97- 1.00
.95
.95
.95
.88
.90- .921
.85- .90
.90
.90
.90- .95
$0.9273

$0.85
.90
.95
1.00
1.00
.95
$1.03- 1.05
1.05
1.00
1.05
1.05
1.05
$0.9908

$1.05
1.05
1.05
1.071
1.071
1.121
$1.00- 1.05
1.30
1.35
1.35
1.35
1.45
$1.1875

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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BULLETIN OP THE DEPARTMENT OP LABOR.
W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
M E A T : B a c o n , s h o rt c le a r s id es, s m o k e d , p a c k e d .

[Price per pound in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Trade Bulletin^

Jan............. $0.05$-80. 05f
.05f- .05$
.05$- .06
.06 - .06$
Feb.............

M a r ...........

Apr.............

M ay...........

.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$-

.05$
.05$
.051
.05$
.05$
.05$
.06
.06

.05$.05$.06$.06$.06$.06$.06$.06$.06 -

.06
.06
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$

J u n e .........

.05$- .06
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .06

July...........

.05$.05$.05$.06 .06 .06 -

.05$
.05$
.06
.06$
.06$
.06$

!06$.06$-

!06$
.06$

A u g ...........

Sept...........

1892,

1891.

.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06^- .06$

O ct.............

$0.05$-80.05$ $0.06$-80.06$
.06 - .06$
.06$- .06$
.05$- .05$
.06$- .06$
.05$- .05$
.06$- .06$
.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.06$.06$.06$.06$.07$.07$.07$-

.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.07
.07$
.07$
.07$

.06$.06$.06$.06$.06$.06$.06$.06$.06$.06$.06$.06$.06$-

.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$

.07 - .07$
.06$- .07
.06$- .07
.06$- .06$

.06$.06$.06$.06$.07$.07$.07$.07$.08 -

.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.08$

.06$.06$.06$.06$.06$.07 .07 .07$.07$-

.07
.06$
.07
.07
.06$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$

.07$- .08
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
• .07$.08$. 08$*.08 .08$.08$.08$.07$.07$-

.07$
.08$
.08$
.08$
.08$
.08$
.08$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$

N o v ...........

.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$

.07$.07$.07$.07$-

Dec.............

.06 .05$.05$.05$.05$-

.07$- .07$
.06$- .07
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$

Average.

.06$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$

60.0603




1893.

$0.0699

1894.

80.09$-80.10
.10$- .10$
.10$- .10$
.10$- .11
.11$- .11$
.111- .11$
.11$- .11$
.11$- .11$
.11$- .11$
.11$- .11$
.11$- .11$
.11$- .11$
. 1 1 - .11$
.10$- .10$
.10$- .10$
.10$- .10$
. 1 1 - .11$
.11$.11$.11$.1 2 .1 1 .1 1 .10$.10$.10$-

.11$
.11$
.11$
.12$
.11$
.11$
.11
.11
.11

.08$- .08/*
.08$- .08$
.08$- .08$
.08$- .08$

. 10 .1 0 .1 0 .1 0 -

. 10$
.10$
.10$
.10$

.08$.09$.09$.09 .08$.08$.08$.08$.08$-

. 1 0 - .10$
.09$- .10
.09$- .10
.09$- .10
.10$- .10$
. 1 0 - .10$
. 1 0 - .10$
.11$- .12
.11$- .12

.08$
.09$
.09$
.09$
.08$
.08$
.08$
.08$
.08$

.08$- .08$
.09$- .09$
.09$- .09$
.09$- .09$
.09$.09$.09 . 08$—
.09$.09$.09$.09$.09$-

.09$
.09$
.09$
. 09
.09$
.09$
.09$
.09$
.09$

60.0787

.ii-

.ii$

1895.

80.07$-80.07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .08
.07 - .07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
.06$- .07$
.07 - .07$
.07 - .07$
.07 - .07$
.07 - .07$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$.06$.07$.07$-

.06$
.07$
.08
.08

*

1890.

.07$.07$.07$.07$.07$.07$.07$.07$.07$-

.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$

.07$.07 .07 .07 -

.07$
.07$
.07?
.07|

.07 - .07$
.07 - .07$
.07 - .07$
.07 - .07$
.07 - .07$
.07$- .08
.08$- .08$
.08$- .08$
.08$- .08$

.07$.07$.07 .06$.06$.06$.06$.06$.06$-

.07$
.07$
.07$
.07
.07
.06$
.06$
.06$
.07

.08$.09 .09$.08$-

.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$

i i i i i i i i i

Month.

.09
.09$
.09$
.08$

. 1 1 - . 11$
.10$- .11
.10$- .10$
.10$- .10$
.1 0 - .10$
.09$- .10
.08$- .09$
.08$- .08|

.08$- .08$
.08$- .08$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$

.06$^
.06$.06 .05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$-

.08 - .08$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$

.07$.07$.07$.06$-

.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$

80.1048

.07$
.07$
.07$
.06$

80.0751

.06$
.06$
.06$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$

80.0650

309

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
M E A T : B a c o n , s h o rt c le a r sid es, s m o k e d , p a c k e d .
[Price per pound in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Trade Bulletin.]

1896.

1897.

$0.05$-«0.05$
.05|- .05$
.06|- .06*
.06$- .06$

1899.

1898.

$0.04$-$0.04$
.04$- .05
.04$- .05$
.04$- .05$

$0.04$-$0.04$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$

1900.

$0.05$-$0.05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .06
.05$- .06
.05$- .06
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$

.06 .06$.06$.06 .05$.06$.06$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05 -

.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.05$
.06$
.06$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$

.04$.04$.04$.05 .05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$-

.05$
.05
.05
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$

.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.06$-

.05$
.05$
.06
.06
.06
.06
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.06$

.04$.04$.04$.04$-

.05
.05
.04$
.04$

.05$.05$.05$.05$-

.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$

.04$.04$.04$.04$.04$.04$.04$.04$.04 -

.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$

.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$-

.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$

.06$.06$.07$.06$.06$.06$.06$.06$.06$-

.06$
.06$
.07$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$

.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$

.05$- .05$
.05$- .06
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$

.04 .04$.04$.04$-

.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$

.06$- .06$
.05$- .06
.06 - .06$
.05$- .06
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06 - .06$
.06 - .06$

.06 .05$.05$-

.04$.04$.04$.04$.04$.04$.04$.04$.04$-

.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06 - .06$
.06 - .06$
.05$.05$.05$.05$-

.05$
.05$
. 05$
.05$

.06 .06 .05$.05$-

.06$
.06$
.05$
.06

.05$.05$.05$.05$.05 .04$.04$.04$.04$-

.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$

.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$-

.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$

.04$- .04$
.04$- .04$
.04$- .05
.04$- .04$
.04$.04$.04$.04$.04$-

.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$

$0.0494

$0.0541




$0.0596

1901.

$0.06$-$0.06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$

.05$.05$.05$.05$-

.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$

.07 .07$.08 .08 -

.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$-

.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$

.07$- .08
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$

.06$
.06
.06^

.07$.07$.07$.07$.08 .08$.08$.07$.07$-

.07$
.08
.08$
.08$

.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.08$
.08$
.08$
.07$
.07$

Month.

80.07$-80.07$ Jan.
.07$- .07$
.08$- .08$
.08 - .08$
.08 - .08$
.08 - .08$ Feb.
.08 - .08$
.08$- .08$
.08$- .08$
.08$- .08$ Mar.
.08$- .08$
.08$- .08$
.08$- .08$
.09$- .09$ Apr.
.09$- .09$
.09$- .09$
.08$- .09
.09$- .09$
.09$- .09$ May.
.08$- .09
.08$- .09
.09 - .09$
.08$.09$.09$.09$-

.09 June.
.09$
.09$
.09$

.0 9 .09 .09 .09 .09 .08$.08$.09$.09$-

.09 July.
.09$
.09$
.09$
.09$
.09 Aug.
.08$
.09$
.09$

! o6 $ -

lo ii

.06$.06 -

.06$
.06$

.07$- .08
.08$- .08$
.08$- .08$
.08$- .09

.09$- .09$ Sept.
.09$- .09$
.09$- .09$
.09$- .10

.06 .06 .05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$.05$-

.06$
.06$
.06
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$

.08$- .09$
.09 - .09$
.08$- .08$
.08$- .08$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .08
.07$- .07$
.08 - .08$

.09$- .10 Oct.
.09$- .09$
.09 - .09$
.09 - .09$
.08$- .08$
.08$- .08$ Nov.
.08$- .08$
.08$- .08$
.08$- .09

.07$.08$.07$.07$-

.09 .09$.09$.09$.09$-

.05$- .05$
.05$- .06
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
$0.0588

.07$
.08$
.07$
.07$

80.0752

.09$ Dec.
.09$
.09$
.09$
.09$

$0.0891

310
T able

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
I .— W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

FO O D , E T C .—Continued.
WHEAT: B a c o n , s h o rt r i b sid es, s m o k e d , p a c k e d .
[Price per pound in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Trade Bulletin.]

Month.

1890/

Jan.............

80.05$-80.05?
.05$- .05?
.05?- .05?
.05$- .06

Feb.............

.05$- .05?
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05?
.05$- .05?
.05?- .05?
.05?- .05?

M a r ...........

Apr.............

1892.

1891.

80.05?-80.05? 80.06 -80.06$
.05$- .06
.06 - .06$
.05$- .05$
.0 6 $ - .06$
.0 6 $ - .06$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05?- .06
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06?
.06?- .06?
.07 - .07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$

.0 6 $ .0 6 $ .0 6 $ .0 6 $ .06$ .0 6 $ .0 6 $ .06$ .0 6 $ .06 .06 .06 .0 6 $ -

.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$

.06?- .07
.06?- .06?
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06?

.0 6 $ .06$ .06 .06 .0 6 ? .0 7 $ .0 7 $ .0 7 $ .07? -

.05?.05?.06 .06 .06 .06 .06 .06 .05?-

.05?
.05?
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06

J u n e .... . . .

.05?.05$.05$.05$-

.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?

July...........

.05$.05$.05?.05?.05?.05?.06 .06 .06 -

.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.06
.06
.06$
.06$
.06$

.07$.07$.17$.07$-

.07?
.07$
.07$
.07$

.05?.05?.06 .05$.05?.05?.05?.06$.06$-

.06
.06
.06$
.05?
.05?
.06
.06
.06$
.06$

.07$.08$.08$.07?.08 .08$.08 .07$.07$-

.07$
.08$
.08$
.08
.08$
.08$
.08$
.07$
.07$

N o v ...........

.06$.06$.05?.05?-

.06$
.06$
.06
.06

.07$.06?.06?.07 -

.07$
.07
.07
.07$

Dec.............

.05?- .06
.05$- .05?
.05$- .05?
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$

.07 .06?.06$.06$.06 -

.07$
.06?
.06$
.06$
.06$

M ay............

A u g ...........

Sept...........

O ct.............

Average.

80.0586




,06$- .06?
.06$- .06?
,06?- .06?
.06?- .06?
.06$- .06?
.06?- .07
.06?- .07
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$

80.0681

1894.

1893.
80.09?-80.09?
.10$- .10$
.10$- .10$
.10$- .10?
.10?- .11
.10?- .11
. 1 1 - .11$
.11$- .11$
. 1 1 - .11$
.11$- .11$
. 1 1 - .11$
.10?- .11
,40?- .10?

1895.

80.07 -80.07?
.67 - .07?
.07$- .08
.07 - .07$
.07$- .07?
.07 - .07$
.06?- .07$
.06?- .07$
.06?- .07$
.06?- .07$
.06?- .07$
.06$- .06?
.06$- .06?

.io?
.10$
.10$
.10?

.06$.06$.07?.07$-

.06?
.06?
.08
.07?

.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.08

.10?- .ii$
.10?- .11$
.10?- .11$
. 1 2 - .12$
.10?- .11
.10?- .11
. 1 0 - .10$
. 1 0 - .10$
. 1 0 - .10$

.07$.07 .07 .06?.06?.06?.06?.06?.07 -

.08$ .08$ -

:g j
.08$
.08$

.09$.09$.09 .09 -

.0 8 $ .0 8 ? .09 .08? .08$ .08$ .0 8 $ .0 8 $ i08$ -

.08$
.09
.09$
.08?
.08$
.08$
.08$
.08$
.08$

.08$ .0 8 ? .0 8 ? .08? -

.08$
.09
.09
.09

.0 8 ? .0 8 ? .08? .0 8 $ .09 .09$ .09$ .0 9 $ .09$ -

.09
.09
.08?
.08?
.09$
.09$
.09$
.09$
.09$

80.0764

.i6$.10$.10$.10$-

80.06?-80.06?
.06?- .06?
.06?- .06$
.06$- .06?
.05$- .06$
.05$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06 - .06$
.05?- .05$
.06?- .06$
.06$- .06?
.06?- .06$

.07?
.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$

.07$.07 .07 .07$.06$.07 .07 .07 .07 -

.07$
.07$
.07$
.07?
.07
.07$
.07$
.07$
.07$

.07 .06?.06$.06$-

.07$
.06$
.07
.07

.09 - .09$
.08$- .08$
.08$- .08$
.09 - .09$
.09 - .09$
.09?- .10
.09?- .10
.11$- .11$
.11$- .11$

.07 - .07$
.07 - .07$
.07 - .07$
.07 - .07$
.07 - .07$
.07$- .07?
.08 - .08$
.08$- .08?
.08?- .08?

.07$.07$.06$.06?.06?.06$.06$.06?.06?-

.07$
.07$
.07
.06$
.06$
.06?
.06?
.06$
.06?

.08?.08$. 08$—
.08?-

.08?
.09
. 09
.08$

.06$.06 .06 .06 -

.06?
.06$
.06$
.06$

.1 1 .10?.10?.10$.10$.09?.09$.08?.08 -

.08 - .08$
.07$- .08
.07?- .07$
.07?- .07$
.07$- .07?
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07?
.07$- .07$

.06$.06 .05?.05$.05?.05$.05$.05$.05$-

.06$
.06$
.05$
.05?
.05$
.05?
.05?
.05$
.05$

.06$.06$.06$.06?-

.05$- .05$
.05 - .05$
.04$- .05
.04$- .05
.04$- .05

.10
.10
.09$
.09$

.11$
.11
.11
.10$
.10$
.10
.09?
.09$
.08$

.07?- .08
.07$- .07?
.07$- .07$
.07 - .07$
80.1010

.07
.07
.07
.06?

80.0736

80.0632

311

COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
M E A T : B a c o n , s h o rt r i b sid es, s m o k e d , p a c k e d .
[Price per pound in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Trade Bulletin.]

1898.

1897.

1896.

$0.04f-$0.041
.041- .04f
.041- .041
.041- .041

$0.04f-$0.041
.051- .051
.051- 051
.051- .051

.061
.061
.06
-06
.051
.061
.061
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.05

.041.041.041.041.041.05 .051.051.051.051.051.051.051-

.041
.041
.041
.041
.05
.051
-051
.051
.051
-051
.051
.051
.051

.051.051.061.061.061.061.051.051.0 5 f.051.051.051.061-

.051
.06
.061
.061
.061
.061
-06
.06
.051
.051
.051
.06
.061

.041- .041
.041- .041
.04|- .041
.041- .041

.C51.051.051.051-

.051
.051
.051
-051

222222222

$0.05}-$0.05}
.05|- .05|
.061- .06}
.061- .06|

1899.

.05 .041.041.041.05 .05 .05 .041.051-

.051
.05
.05
.05
.051
.051
.051
.05
.051

.061.061.071.061.061.061.061.061.061-

.061
-061
-071
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
-061

.081- .04
.04 - .041
.04 - .041
.04 - .04}

.051.051.051.051.061.061.061.051.051-

822222222

TTTTTTTTT

.06 .06 .051.051.05f.06 .06 .051.051.051.051.05 .041-

.031.031.031.031.031.041.041.04f.041-

-04
-04
-04
-04
.04
.041
.041
.041
.041

.041- .041
.041- .041
.041- .041
.041- -041
.041- .041
.041- -041
.041- .041
.041- .041
.041- -041
$0.0479

1900.

$0.05}-$0.051
.051- .05}
.051- .051
.05}- -051
.05|- .051
.05}- .051
.051- -051
.051- .051
.051- .051
.051- .051
.051- -051
.051- -051
.051- .051
.051.051.051.051-

.051
.051
.051
.051

$0.07}-$0.07} Jan.
.07}- .07}
.08 - .08}
.0 7 }- .08
.0 7 }- .08
.07f- .08 Feb.
.07}- .08
.0 7 }- .08
.0 7 }- .08
.07}- .08 Mar.
.08 - .08}
.08}- .08}
.08}- .08}

.061- .06}
.07}- .071
.071- .07}
.071- .07}

.0 8 }- .09 Apr.
.0 8 }- .09
.0 8 }- .09
.08}- .08}
.0 8 }- .09
.08}- .09 May.
.08}- .081
.08}- .081
.081- .08}

.071.07}.0 7 }.07 .0 7 }.07}.07}.07 .07}-

.051- .06
.061- *061
.061- .061
.061- -061

.051.05}.05}.05}-

-051
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.06
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.051
.051
.05|
.06
.061
-061
.061
.06
.051

.06 - .061
.051- .051
.051- .051
.051- .051
.051- .06
.051- .06
.051- .06
.05}- .06
.051- .05}

.051.051.051.051.051.051.06 .05}.051-

.05}
.051
.051
.05}
.05}
.05}
.06}
.06
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.0 5 f- .051
.051- .051
.051- -051
.051- .051

.051- .05}
.0 5 }- .06
.0 5 }- .06
.051- .06

.051.051.05 .041.041.041.041.041.041-

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.05}.051.051.051.051.051.051.051.051-

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$0.0522




.051
.05}
.051
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.051
.051
.05}
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$0.0594

$0.0558

Month.

$0.06}-$0.06}
.05}- .06
.05}- .06
.05}- .06
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.06}- .06}
.06}- .061
.06}- .061
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.051- .051
.05}- .051
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.051- .051
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.051- .051
.051- .051
.05f- .051
.051- .051

.051
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1901.

.07}
.07}
.07}
.07}
.07}
.07}
.07}
.07}
.07}

.08}.08}.08}.08}-

.081 June.
.09
.09
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.07}- .07}
.07}- .07}
.07}- .07}
.07}- .07}
.071- .07}
.08 - .08}
.08 - .08}
.07}- .071
.07}- .07}

. 081—
.081.081.08}.08}.08}.081.09 .09 -

. 08} July.
.08}
.08}
.09
.09
.081 Aug.
.08}
.09}
.09}

.07}.08}.0 8 }.08}-

.071
.08}
.08}
.08}

.09}.09}.0 9 }.0 9 }-

.09} Sept.
.09}
.09}
.091

.08}.081.071.07}.07}.0 7 }.07}.071-

.081
.08}
.08}
.07}
.07}
.07}
.071
.07}
.07}

.09}.09 .081.081.08}.08}.0 8 }.0 8 }.08}-

.091 Oct.
.09}
.08}
.08}
.08}
.08} Nov.
.08}
.08}
.08}

.07}.07}.07 .07 -

.07}
.08
.07}
.07}

.081.0 9 }.09}.09 .09}-

.08} Dec.
.09}
.09}
.09}
.09}

$0.0732

$0.0869

Average.

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W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

FO O D , E T C .— Continued.
M E A T : B e e f, fre sh , n a t iv e sid es.
[Price per pound in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, January, 1890, to June, 1900, and from the New York Daily
Tribune, Juiy, 1900, to December, 1901.]

M ay...........

June...........

July...........

A u g ...........

Sept...........

O ct.............

N o v ...........

Dec ...........

Average.

. 06 *. 06 *.06 .06 . 06 * . 06 * . 06 * . 06 * . 061-

. 07 *
. 07 *
. 07 *
. 07 *
. 07 *

.071
.071
.071
.071
- 07 *
- 07 *
. 07 *
. 07 *

. 061. 061. 06 * . 061-

**■**.■>+»■>

A p r ...........

. 07 *
. 07 *
. 07 *
. 07 *
. 07 *
. 07*
. 07 *
. 07 *

T T T iT T T T T

M a r ...........

. 05 *. 051. 05 *. 05 *. 05 * . 051. 051.06 -

>

Feb.............

$0.06 -$ 0 . 07 *
.06 - . 07*
. 051- . 07 *
. 05|- . 07 *

s s s s s smsMMs»|MsMU
W

Jan.............

1891.

1890.

rrrrrrrr

Month.

. 06 * - . 07 *
.06 - . 07*
.06 - . 07*
.06 - . 07*
. 06 *- .071
. 06 *- .071
. 06 * - .071
. 06 *- .071
. 06 * - .071
$0.0688




$0 . 06 *-$0 .071
. 061- .08
. 061- .08
. 061- .08
. 061. 061.07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .07 . 07 *.08 .08 . 08 *. 08 *-

.08
.08
. 08 *
. 08 *
. 08 *
. 08 *
. 08 *
. 08 *
. 08 *
. 09 *
. 09 *
.10
.10
. 08 * - .10
. 08 * - .10
. 08 * - .10
. 08 *- .091
. 08 * - . 09 *
. 08 * - . 09 *
. 08 * - . 09 *
. 08 * - . 09 *
. 08 *- . 09 *
. 08 * - . 09 *
. 08 *- . 09 *
. 08 *- . 09 *
. 08 *- . 09 *
.08 - . 09*
.07 - . 09*
.07 - . 09*
. 06 *- .09
. 06 *- .09
.07 - . 09*
.07 - . 09*
.07 - . 09*
. 06 *- . 09*
. 06 *- . 09 *
. 06 *- . 09 *
. 06 *- . 09 *
. 06 *- .09
. 06 * - . 09 *
. 06 * - . 09 *
. 06 * - . 09 *
. 06* - . 09 *
.07 - . 09*
.07 - . 09*
. 06 *- .081
. 06* - .09
. 06 * - .09
$0.0819

1892.
$0.07 -$ 0 . 09 *
.07 - . 09*
. 06 *- .09
. 06*- .09
. 06 *.06 .06 .06 .06 .06 .06 .0 6 .06 .0 6 .0 6 .0 6 .06 -

.09
. 08 *
. 08 *
. 08 *
. 08 *
. 08 *
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
. 0 6 - .08
. 06 *- .08
. 06 *- .08
. 06*- .071
. 06 *- .071
. 06 *- . 07 *
. 06* - . 07 *
. 06* - . 07 *
. 06 *- . 07 *
. 061- .08
. 07 * - . 08 *
. 07 * - . 08 *
. 07 * - . 08 *
. 07 * - . 08 *
. 07 *- . 08 *
. 07 * - . 08 *
.07 - . 09*
.07 - .09
. 0 7 - .09
.07 - .09
. 0 7 - .09
.07 - . 09*
.07 - . 08*
.07 - . 08*
.07 - . 08*
.07 - . 08*
.07 - . 08*
.07 - . 08*
.07 - . 08 *
.07 - . 08*
. 07 *- .09
.08 - . 09*
. 07* - .09
.08 - . 09*
.08 - . 09*
$0.0762

1893.

1894.

$0.08 -$ 0 . 09 *
.08 - . 09*
. 08*- .10
.08 - . 09 *
.08 - . 09 *
.08 - . 09*
.08 - . 09*
.08 - . 09*
. 07 *- .09
.08 - . 09*
.08 - . 09*
.08 - . 09*
.08 - . 09*

.08 .08 .08 .08 .08 .08 .08 .08 .08 . 07 *. 07 *.07 .07 .07 .07 . 06 * . 06*. 06* . 06 *. 06 *. 06* .07 ,07 .07 .07 .07 . 07 * . 07 * . 07 * . 07 * . 06 *. 06 * .06 .06 .06 . 06 * . 06 * . 06* . 06* -

. 09 *
. 09 *
. 09*
. 09 *
. 09 *
. 09 *
. 09 *
. 09 *
. 09 *

.09
.09
. 08*
. 08*
. 08 *
. 08 *
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
. 08 *
. 08 *
. 08 *
. 08 *
. 08 *
. 08 *
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
. 08 *
. 08 *
. 08 *
. 08 *
.09
.09
.09
. 08 *

$0.0813

$0 . 06*-$0 .09
. 06* - .09
.'06 * - .09
. 06 *- . 08 *
. 06* - . 08 *
. 0 6 - .08
.06 - . 08*
. 05 * - . 07 *
. 05* - . 07*
. 0 6 - .08
. 05 * - . 07 *
. 05 * - . 07 *
. 0 5 - .07
. 051. 06 * . 06* . 06* -

. 07*
.061
.08
.08
. 0 6 - .08
. 06 *- .08
. 06 * - .08
. 06 * - .08
. 06 * - .08
. 06* - . 08 *
. 07* - . 08 *
. 061- . 08*
.06 - . 08*
. 0 8 - .10
. 0 9 - . 10*
.06 - . 08*
.06 - . 08*
.06 - . 07*
. 0 6 - .08
.06 - .071
.06 - .071
.06 - .08
. 06 *- . 08 *
. 06 * - .09
. 06 * - . 09 *
. 06 * - .10
. 06 * - .10
. 06 * - .091
. 06 * - . 09 *
.06 - . 09*
.06 - . 09*
. 06 *- .09
. 061- . 09 *
. 06 * - . 09 *
. 06 * - . 10 *
. 06* - .10
. 061- . 09 *
. 06 * - .11
. 06 * - . 09 *
$0.0748

1895.
$0.07 -$ 0 . 09 *
. 061- . 09*
. 0 7 - .09
.07 - .09
.07 - . 09 *
.07 - . 09 *
. 07 * - . 09 *
. 07* - .09
.07 - . 09 *
. 07 * - .10
. 07 * - . 09 *
. 07 * - .10
.08 - .10
. 08 * . 08 * . 08 * .0 8 .0 8 .08 . 07 * . 07 * . 07* -

. 10 *
. 10 *
. 10 *

.10
.10
.091
. 09 *
. 09 *
.09
. 0 7 - .09
. 06 * - .09
. 06 * - .09
. 06 * - . 08 *
. 06 * - . 081 '
. 06 * - . 08*1
. 061- .081
. 06 * - . 08 *
. 06 * - .09
.07 - .09
. 0 6 - .09
. 0 6 - .09
.06 - .081
.06 - .09
.06 - .09
.06 - .09
.06 - .09
.06 - . 08*
. 0 6 - .09
.06 - . 08*
.06 - .09
. 05 * - . 08 *
. 05 * - . 08 *
. 05 * - . 08 *
. 0 6 - . 08 *
.06 - . 08*
.06 - . 08*
.06 - . 08*
.06 - . 08*
. 0 6 - .08
. 0 6 - .08
$0.0792

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

813

T a b l e I , — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

P O O D , E T C .— Continued.
M E A T : B eef, fre sli, n a t iv e sides.
[Price per pound in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, January, 1890, to June, 1900, and from the New York Daily
Tribune, July, 1900, to December, 1901.]

1896.

1897.

.06*.06*.06*.06*.06*.06*.07 .07 .07 .07 .06*.07 .07 -

.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.09'
.09
.08*
.08*

.07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .07*-

.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*

.07
.07
.07
.07

-

.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*

.06 - .07*
.06 - .07
. 0 6 - .07
.06 - .07
.06*- .07*
.06*- .07*
.06*- .07*
.06*- .07*
.06*- .07*

.07 .07 .0 7 .0 7 .07 .06*.0 6 .06*.06*-

.08*
.09
.09
.09
.08*
.08*
.08
.08
.08

.07*.07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .07 -

.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*

.07 .07*.07*.07*-

.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*

.08 .0 8 .0 8 .07*-

.06*- .07*
.06*- .07*
.06*- .08
.06*- .08

.06*.07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .0 7 -

.08
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.09

.0 7 .0 7 .07 .07 -

.09
.09
.08*
.08*

.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07

.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*

.06*.06*.06*.06 .06 .06 .06 .06 .0 6 -

.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08

. 0 6 - .08
.06*- .08*
.06*- .08*
.06*- .08*
.06*.06*.06*.06*.06*-

.08*
:08*
.08*
.08*
.08*

$0.0698

-

$0.0769




1900.

$0.07 -$0.09
. 0 7 - .09
.07*- .09
.07*- .09
.07*- .09
.07*- .09
.08 - .09*
.07*- .09
.07*- .09
.07*- .09
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*

TTTTTTTTT

$0.07 -$0.08
. 0 7 - .08
. 0 7 - .08
.07 - .08*

IsisiSSoJolSSolsiS
m
*»|m eh- ton

.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07

1 1 I 1

.06 .06*.06*.06 .06 .06 .06 .06 .06 .06 .06 .06 .0 6 -

$0.07 -$0.08*
.06*- .08*
.06*- .08*
.06*- .08*

TTTTTTTTi

$0.06*-$0.08*
.06*- .08*
.06*- .08
.06 - .08

1899.

1898.

.07*.07*.07*.07*-

.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*

1901.

Month.

$0.07*-$0.09* $0.06 -$0.08* Jan.
.07*- .09*
.06 - .08*
.07 - .09*
.06*- .08*
.07*- .09
.06*- .08*
.07 - .09*
.06*- .08*
. 0 7 - .09
.06*- .08* Feb.
.07 - .09
.06*- .08*
. 0 7 - .09
.06*- .08*
. 0 7 - .09
.06 - .08*
. 0 7 - .09
.06 - .08* Mar.
.07 - .09 • .06 - .08*
. 0 7 - .09
.06 - .08*
.07 - .09
.06 - .08*
.07 .07 .06*.06*-

.09
.09
.09
.08*

.06 - .08* Apr.
.07 - .08*
.07 - .08*
.07 - .08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08* May.
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .09

.06*- .08*
.06*- .08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*
.07 - .08*
.07 - .08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*

.07*.07*.07*.07*-

.09
.09
.09
.09

.07*- .08*
.07*- .09
. 0 8 - .09
.08 - .09*
.07*- .09*
.07*- .09*
.07*- .10
.07*- .10
.07*- .10

.07*.07*.07*.07*.07*.07*.08 .07*.07*-

.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.09
.09*
.09*
.09*

.07*.07*.07*.07*.07 .0 7 .06*.06*.06*-

.09 July.
.09
.09
.09
.08*
.09 Aug.
.09
.09
.09

.07*.07*.07*.07*-

.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*

.07 - .09 Sept.
.07*- .09*
.07*- .09*
.06*- .09*

.07*- .09
.07 - .09
. 0 7 - .09
. 0 7 - .09
.06*- .08*
.06*- .08*
.06*- .08*
.06*- .08*
. 0 7 - .09

.07*.07*.07 .0 7 . 07 .0 7 .07 .07 .0 7 -

.16
.10*
.10
.10
.10
.10
.09*
.09*
.10

.07*- .09*
.07*- .09*
.07*- .09*
. 0 7 - .09
.07 - .09
. 0 7 - .09
. 0 7 - .09
. 0 7 - .09
.06*- .09

.0 6 .05*.05*.05*.05*.05*.06*.06*.06*-

.0 7 .0 7 .07 .07 -

.0 7 .0 7 .0 7 .07*-

.10
.10
.10
.09*

.06*.06*.06*.06 -

.06*- .09* Dec.
.07 - .10*
.07 - .09*
.06*- .10
.06*- .10

.09
.09
.09*
.08*

$0.0781

.08*
.09
.09
.09

$0.0835

.09
.09
.08*
.08*

$0.0804

June.

.10 Oct.
.09*
.10
.09*
.09*
.09* Nov.
.09*
.09*
.09*

$0.0787

Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,
W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

FO O D , E T C .—Continued.
M E A T : B e e f, sa lt, e x t r a mess*
[Average weekly price per barrel in New York; quotations from the annual reports of the New York
Produce Exchange.]

Month.
Jan ...........

1890.

1891.

87.00-87.25
7.00- 7.25
7.00- 7.25
7.00- 7.25

1892.

87.25-87.50
7.25- 7.50
7.25- 7.50
7.25- 7.50
7.50- 8.00
6.75- 7.50
6.75- 7.50
6.75- 7.25
6.50- 7.25

Feb.

6.906.506.506.50-

7.25
7.25
7.00
7.00

M a r ...........

6.506.506.506.506.506.506.506.506.85-

7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.35

7.006.506.506.506.506.506.506.506.50-

7.50
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00

July...........

6.606.756.756.75-

7.66
7.00
7.00
7.00

9.50- 16.50
9.50- 10.50
9.50- 10.50
9.50- 10.00

Aug .

6.506.506.506.856.256.356.407.507.50-

7.00
7.00
7.00
6.65
6.50
7.00
7.35
8.00
8.00

9.50- 10.00
9.50- 10.00
9.50- 10.00
9.00- 10.00
8.75- 9.75
8.00- 9.00
8.00- 9.00
8.00- 9.00
7.50- 8.50

O ct.............

7.357.007.007.00-

7.65
7.50
7.50
7.50

Nov . . .

7.507.507.007.007.007.007.007.007.00-

6.90^ 7.40
6.75- 7.25
6.85- 7.35
7.00- 7.50
7.00- 7.50
7.00- 7.50
6.507.00- 7.50
6.507.00- 7.50
6.507 .0 0 7.506.50-

Apr........... .

M ay...........

June...........

Sept..........

Dec........... :

Average,

86.9596




1893.

86.50-87.50
6.50- 7.50
7.00- 7.50
7.00- 7.50

1894.

1895.

87.50-88.00
$8.50
8.50
7.50- 8.00
7.50- 8.00
$8.50- 9.00
7 .5 0 8.008.50- 9.00

$7.50-$8.50
7.55- 8.50
7.50- 8.50
7.50- 8.50

6.756.506.606.50-

7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50

7.50- 8.00
7.75-10.10
8.00- 9.00
8.00- 9.00

8.50- 9.00
8.00- 8.50
8.00- 8.50
8.35

7.557.507.257.00-

8.50
8.50
8.25
8.00

6.756.756.907.00-

7.25
7.25
7.40
7.50

8.008.008.008.50-

6.506.506.506.506.509.00- 9.50
6.509.50- 10.00
6.409.50- 10.00
6.1510.0010.506.5010.00-10.50
10.00
6.5010.00
6.509.50- 10.50
6.509.50- 10.50
6.25-

7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00

8.10- 9.10
7.10- 8.10
6.50- 7.50
6.50- 7.50
6.90r 7.50
7.00- 7.50
7.00- 7.50
7.50- 8.00
7 .5 0 -

8.00
8.00
7.75
7.50
7.55- 8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00

7.057.007.007.007.057.557.508.008.50-

8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.50
8.50
8.75
9.00

7.50- 8.50
7.50- 8.50
7.55- 8.00
8.008 .00-8.50

8.508.508.558.50-

9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00

7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00

7.00- 8.00
7.00- 8.00
7.50-8.50
8.00- 9.00

6.006.006.006.006.006.006.006.006.00-

7.66
6.75
6.75
6.75 .
6.75
7.00
6.50
6.50
6.50

8.66^7.507.507.257.007.007.008.008.00-

8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00

8.508.558.508.508.558.008.008.007.75-

9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
8.50
8.50
8.50
8.25

8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00

6.256.256.256.256.256.506.506.506.50-

6.75
6.75
6.75
6.75
6.75
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00

8.50
8.50
8.50
8.00- 9.00
8.75- 9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00

7.507.507.507.557.507.507.758.008.00-

8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.25
8.50
8.50

7.66
7.00
7.00
7.00

8.50^ 9.66
8.008.50- 9.00
8.008.50- 9.00
8.008 .5 0 9.007.50-

7.60
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50

8.50^
8.508.558.50-

6.506.507.008.00-

7.25
7.50
7.75
8.50

8.008.008.008.00-

8.50
8.50
8.50
8.50

8.50
8.50
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50

88.3654

7.00^7.007.007.007.00-

86.7966

9.00
9.00
9.00
9.50

9.66
8.00
8.00
8 00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.50
8.50

9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
8.50

$8.1938

7.55- 8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00- 8.50
8.00- 8.50
8.00- 8.50
8.00- 8.50
8.00- 8.50

8.05- 8.50
8 .0 0 8.50
8.05- 8.50
8.00- 8.50

8.50
8.50
8.50
8.50

8.00- 8.50
8.00- 8.50
8.0 5 -8 .5 0
8.00- 8.50
8 .0 0 8.50
7.50- 8.50
8.00
7 .5 0 8.50
8.00
7.50- 8.50
8.00
7 .5 0 8.50
8.00
7.50- 8.50
$8.0933

$8.1274

315

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
U IE A T : B e e f, s a lt, e x t r a m ess.
[Average weekly price per barrel in New York; quotations from the annual reports of the New York
Produce Exchange.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$8.00 -88.50
8 .0 0 -8 .5 0
8.00 - 8.50
8.00 - 8.50

$7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50

$8.00-$8.50
8.00- 8.50
8.00- 8.50
8.00-8.50

$8.50-$9.00
8.50- 9.00
8.50- 9.00
8.50- 9.00

$10.50
10.50
10.50
10.50

$9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00

8.00
8.00
8.00
7.75 - 8.00
7.50 - 8.00
7.50 - 8.00
7.50 - 8.00
7.50 - 8.00
7 .5 0 -8 .0 0

7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50

8.00- 8.50
8.50-8.75
8.50- 9.00
8.50- 9.00

8:50- 9.00
8.50- 9.00
8.50- 9.00
9.00

10.50
$10.00-10.50
10.00-10.50
10.00-10.50

9.00
9.00
9.00
8.70

7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50

8.50- 9.00
8.50-9.00
8.50- 9.00
8.50- 9.00

9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00

7.50 - 8.00
7 .5 0 -8 .0 0
7.50 - 8.00
7.50 - 8.00

$7.50- 8.00
7 .50-8.00
7.50- 8.00
7.50- 8.00

7 .0 0 -8 .0 0
7 .0 0 -8 .0 0
7 .0 0 -8 .0 0
7 .0 0 -8 .0 0
7.00 - 8.00
7 .0 0 - 7.50
7.00 - 7.50
7.00 - 7.50
7.00 - 7.37*

7.25^- 8.00
7.00- 8.00
7.00- 8.00
7.00- 7.75
7.00- 7.50
7.00-7.50
7.00-7.75
7.00-8.00
7.00- 8.00

9.00- 9.50
9.50-10.00
9.50-10.00
9.50-10.00
10.00
10.00
10.50-11.00
10.50-11.00
10.50-11.00

9.00
9.00
8.50- 9.00
8.50- 9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00

10.00-10.50
10.00-10.50
10.00
10.00
10.85
11.00
11.00
10.50-11.00
10.00-10.50

10.00-10.50
10.00-10.50
10.00-10.50
10.00-10.50

9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00

7.00 - 7.25
7 .0 0 -7 .2 5
7.00 - 7.25
7.00 - 7.25
7.00 - 7.25
7.00 - 7.25
6.87*- 7.25
6.76 - 7.25
6.62*- 7.12*
6.50 - 7.00
6.50 - 7.00
6.50 - 7.00
6 .5 0 -7 .0 0

7.007.257.507.507.507.507.507.507.50-

8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.40

10.00-10.50
10.00-10.50
10.00-10.50
10.00-10.50
10.00-10.50
9.00- 9. 50
9.00- 9.50
9.00- 9.50
9.00

9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00

7.65- 8.50
8.00- 8.50
8.00- 8.50
8 .00-8.50

8.75
8.50
8.50
-8.50

9.009.009.009.009.00-

6.50 - 7.00
7.50
8.00
8.00
8.00
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50

7.80- 8.40
7.50- 8.00
7.50- 8.00
7.50- 8.00
7.50- 8.00
7.50- 8.00
7.50- 8.00
7.50- 8.00
7.50-8.00

8.50
8.50
8.50
8.50
8.50- 9.00
8.50
8.50
8.50
8.50

9.66
9.00- 9.50
9.00- 9.50
9.00- 9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.75
10.00
10.25
10.50
10.50
10.50

9.009.009.009.00-

7.50
7.50
7.50 - 8.00
7.50 - 8.00

7.50-8.00
7.50- 8.00
7.50- 8.00
7.50- 8.00
7.50- 8.00

8.50
8.50
8.50
8.50- 9.00
8.50- 9.00

io.50
10.50
10.50
10.50
10.50

9.50
9.50
9.25
9.00- 9.50
9.00- 9.50

$7.5096

$7.6755

$9.1563

$9.2885

$9.7538




Month.

-$9.50
- 9.50
- 9.50
- 9.50

Jan.

-

9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50

Feb.

8.50 8.50 8.15 8.00 8.00 8.37*8.50 8.75 8.50 -

9.50
9.50
8.85
8.50
8.50
8.75
9.00
9.25
9.50

Mar.

10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00

8.85
9.00
8.65
8.50

-

9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50

May.

9t5o-i6.66
9.50-10.00
9.35- 9.85
9.00- 9.50
9.00- 9.50
9.00- 9.50
9.00- 9.50
9.50
9.50

8.75
9.00
9.00
9.25
9.50
9.50

- 9.50
- 9.50
- 9.50
- 9.75
-10.00
-10.00
9.50
9.50
9.50

June.

9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
-10.00
-10.00
-10.00
-10.00

Aug.

9.009.009.009.00-

9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50

9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.00- 9.50
9.00- 9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50

9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50

Apr.

July.

Sept.

9.00 - 9.50
9.00 - 9.50
9.00 - 9.75
9.50

Oct.

9.50
9.50
9.50
-10.00
-10.00
-10.00
-10.00
-10.00
-10.00

Nov.

9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50

$9.3204

Dec.

Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
M E A T : B e e f, s a lt, h a m s , W e s t e r n .
[Price per barrel in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of
the New York Produce Exchange.]

Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............

812.25-812.50
12.25- 12.50
12.25- 12.50
12.25- 12.50

812.50-813.00
12.50- 13.00
12.50- 13.00
13.00- 13.50

812.50-813.00
12.50- 13.00
13.00- 13.50
13.50- 14.00

Feb.............

12.25- 12.50
13.00
13.00
13.50- 14.00
13.50- 14.00
13.50- 14.00
14.00
14.00

13.00- 13.50
13.00- 13.50
13.00- 13.50
14.00
14.00
15.00
15.50- 16.00
16.50- 17.50
17.00
17.50
17.50- 18.00
18.00
18.00

13.50- 14.00
14.00
14.00
13.50- 14.00
13.50- 14.00
13.50- 14.00
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.50- 15.00
14.50- 15.00

814.50-815.50
15.50- 16.00
18.50- 19.00
19.00
21.50
21.00- 21.50
21.00- 21.50
21.00- 21.50
21.00
20.50
20.00
19.50- 20.00
19.50

815.50
15.50
16.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
816.50- 17.00
16.50- 17.00
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.00- 16.50

817.00
17.00
17.00
816.50- 17.00
16.50- 17.00
16.50- 17.00
16.50- 17.00
17.00
17.00
18.00
18.00
19.00
19.00

18.50
18.00- 18.50
18.00
18.00

16.00- 16.25
15.50- 16.00
15.50- 16.00
18.00

15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
14.50
14.50- 16.00
16.00- 17.00
17.00
17.00

18.00
18.00
18.00- 18.50
18.00
17.50- 18.00
18.00- 18.50
17.50- 18.00
17.00- 17.50
17.00- 17.50

18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.25
18.00
19.00
21.00
21.00

17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00

17.50- 18.00
17.50- 18.00
18.50- 19.00
18.50

17.00
17.00
16.00
15.50
15.50
15.00
14.00
13.50
12.50- 13.00

18.00
18.00
17.50- 18.00
17.50- 18.00
17.50
17.50
17.50
16.50- 17.00
16.50- 17.00

12.50
12.50
12.00- 12.50
12.50

16.50
16.25- 16.50
16.50- 17.00
16.25- 16.50
16.25
16.25- 16.50
15.50- 16.00
16.25
16.25

19.0019.0018.0017.00-

15.75
15.50- 16.00
15.50
15.50

17.00- 17.50
17.00- 17.50
17.00- 17.50
17.00

817.8317

818.3558

M a r ...........

14.00
14.00
14.00
14.00
14.00
16.00
16.50
16.50
16.50

Apr.............

M a y ...........

J u n e .........

16.50
16.50
16.50
16.00- 16.50

J u ly...........

15.50- 16.00
15.50- 16.00
16.00
16.00- 16.50
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00

A u g ...........

,
Sept...........

18.50
18.00,
18.50
19.00
19.00
18.50
18.50
18.00- 18.50
19.00
19.00
19.00
19.00
19.00
18.50- 19.00
18.50
18.00
17.00

16.50
16.50
16.00
14.50
14.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
12.50

15.00
14.50- 15.00
14.50- 15.00
13.50
13.00- 13.50
13.00
12.50
12.50
12.50

N o v ...........

12.50
13.00
12.50
12.50

12.50
12.00- 12.50
12.50- 13.00
12.50

Dec.............

12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50- 13.00
12.50- 13.00

13.00
12.50
13.00
13.00
12.50- 13.00

814.5409

815.5144

O ct.............

Average.

13.0013.0013.0012.00-




14.5014.5014.5014.50-

13.00- 13.50
14.00
14.00
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.50
14.50- 15.00
814.5577

18.0017.5018.5020.5020.50-

21.00
21.00
20.50- 21.00
20.50- 21.00
21.00
22.00- 23.00
23.00
23.00
22.00- 23.00

19.5019.5019.5019.5019.5019.5019.5019.50-

19.50- 20.00
19.50- 20.00
19.00- 19.50
19.50
19.0019.0018.5018.0017.0017.0016.0016.00-

19.50
19.50
19.00
18.50
18.00
17.50
17.50
16.50
16.50
16.00
16.00
15.50
15.50

22.00
21.00- 22.00
19.00
19.50
19.50
19.50
18.50
17.50
17.00
17.00
17.00- 17.50
17.50
17.50

19.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00

15.50
15.50
15.00- 15.50
15.00
15.00
15.00- 15.50
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.5015.5015.5015.50-

15.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00

817.3443

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COUKSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
M E A T : B eet; s a lt, h a m s , W e s t e r n .
[Price per barrel in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of
the New York Produce Exchange.J

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

815.50-$16.00
15.50- 16.00
16.00
16.00

817.50-818.00
17.50- 18.00
17.50- 18.00
17.50- 18.00

822.00-822.50
22.00- 22.50
22.00- 22.50
23.50

16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
15.50
15.50
15.00

23.00- 23.50
23.00- 23.50
23.00- 23.50
23.50
23.00- 23.50
23.00- 23.50
23.00- 23.50
23.00
23.00
23.00
23.00
23.00
23.00- 23.50

821.00-823.50
21.00- 23.50
21.00- 23.50
21.00- 23.50
21.00- 23.50
20.50- 23.00
20.50- 23.00
20.50- 23.00
20.50- 22.50
20.00- 22.50
20.00- 22.00
20.00- 21.00
20.00- 21.00

819.00-820.00
19.00- 20.00
19.00- 20.50
19.00- 20.50
19.00- 20.50
18.50- 20.00
18.50- 20.00
18.50- 20.00
18.50- 20.00
18.50- 20.00
18.50- 20.00
18.50- 20.00
18.50- 20.00

19.0019.0019.5019.5020.00-

18.00
18.00
18.00
19.00
19.00
19.00
19.00
19.00
19.50
19.50
20.00
20.50
21.00

818.50-819.50
18.50- 19.50
18.50- 19.00
18.50- 19.00
18.50- 19.00
18.50- 19.00
18.50- 19.00
19.00- 19.50
18.50- 19.50
18.50- 19.50
18.50- 19.50
18.50- 19.00
19.00

15.00
15.00
15.00- 15.50
15.00

20.0022.0022.0023.00-

21.00
23.00
23.00
24.00

15.00
16.50
15.50
15.50
15.50
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00

23.0024.0024.0024.50-

15.5015.5015.5015.5015.5015.50-

18.5018.5018.5018.50-

21.50
22.00
22.00
22.00
21.50
21.00
21.00
21.00
21.00

20.66^
20.0020.0020.00-

2i.50
21.50
21.50
21.50

June.

20.0020.5020.5020.5020.0019.5019.5019.5019.50-

21.00
21.50
21.50
21.50
21.00
20.50
20.50
20.50
20.00

20.0020.0020.0020.0020.0020.5020.5020.0020.00-

21.50
21.50
21.50
21.50
21.50
22.00
22.50
21.50
21.50

July.

19.5019.0019.0019.00-

20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00

20.0020.0020.0020.00-

21.50
21.50
21.50
21.50

Sept.

27.00
27.00
25.00
25.50
25.00
25.50
25.50
25.50
25.00

19.5019.5019.5019.5019.5020.0020.0020.0020.00-

20.50
20.50
20.50
20.50
20.50
21.00
20.50
20.50
20.50

20.00- 21.50 Oct.
20.00- 21.50
20.00- 21.50
20.50- 21.50
2 0 .5 0 21.50
20.50- 21.50 Nov.
20.50- 21.50
20.50- 21.50
20.50- 21.50

24.50
24.00
24.00
24.00

20.0019.5019.0019.00-

20.50
20.50
20.00
20.00

20.0019.5019.5019.5019.50-

21.00
21.00
22.00
22.00

24.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
24.00
25.00
24.00
24.00
26.00

23.00
23.00
24.00
23.50- 24.00
23.50
22.50- 23.00
22.50
22.50
22.50

i9.50^
19.5019.5019.5019.5020.0021.5022.5022.50-

20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
21.00
22.50
23.00
23.00

20.5020.5020.5020.5020.0020.0020.0020.0020.00-

21.50
21.50
22.00- 22.50
22.00

23.5026.0026.0027.00-

25.00
28.00
28.00
29.00

25.50- 27.00
27.50- 28.00
28.50
28.50
27.50- 28.00
27.00- 27.50
26.00- 27.00
26.00- 26.50
26.00

20.5020.5020.00-

22.00
21.00
21.50
21.00
21.00
20.50
20.00
20.50
20.00

27.5027.0027.0027.0027.0027.0027.0026.0025.50-

29.00
29.00
28.50
28.50
28.50
28.50
28.50
28.00
27.00

25.0025.0024.0023.00-

26.00
26.00
25.00
23.50

19.50- 20.00
19.00- 19.50
19.00
19.00

16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
22.0016.00- 17.00
1 6 .0 0 17.00
22.0022.5017.50
22.5017.50- 18.00
22.5017.50- 18.00
22.5017.50- 18.00
17.50- 18.00

23.00
22.50
22.50
22.50
24.00
22.50
23.00
24.00
24.00

19.25- 19.50
19.00
18.00- 18.50
18.00- 18.50
18.50- 19.00
18.50- 19.00
18.50- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00

25.5025.0024.0024.0024.0024.0024.0024.0023.00*22.6622.0022.0022.00-

822.6250

821.4880

15.50- i6.00
15.50- 16.00
15.50- 16.00
16.00
15.50- 16.00
15.50- 16.00
15.50- 16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.50
16.00

815.9327




19.5019.50-

Mar.

Apr.

20.0020.0020.0020.00-

24.0023.0023.0025.00-

Feb.

20.50
21.00
21.00
21.00
21.00
21.50
21.50
21.50
21.50

i6.00
19.50
20.50
20.50

15.0015.0015.0015.0015.5015.5015.5015.50-

Jan.

19.0019.5019.5019.5019.5020.0020.0020.0020.00-

18.5019.0019.5019.50-

15.00-

Month.

822.7212

820.6587

21.50
21.00
21.00
21.00
21.00

$20.3774

May.

Aug.

Dec.

Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
M E A T : M a m s , s m o k e d , p a ck ed *

[Price per pound in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Trade Bulletin.]

Month.
Jan.

Feb.

Mar .

Apr...........

M a y ...........

1890.
$0,094-80.094
.091- .094
.094- .094
.094- -094
.094.094.094.094.094.094.094.094-

.094
.094
.094
.094
.094
.094
-10
.10

.094.094.094.094.094.094.094.094.094-

.104
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10

June...........

.094- .10
.094- .10
.094- .10
.094- .10

July.

.094.094.094.1 0 .101.101.104.104.104.101.101.1 0 .1 0 .1 0 .1 0 .1 0 .1 0 .1 0 -

Aug .

Sept..........

O c t..

Nov .

Dec...........

Average.

$0,074-80.074
.084- .094
.084- .094
.084- .094
.084.084.084.084.081.084.084.084.094.094.094.094.094-

.094
.094
.094
.094
.091
.094
.094
.094
.104
.104
.104
.104
.104

.094- .104
.094- .104
.094- .104
.091- .101

.10
.10
.101
.104
-104
-104
.11
.11
.11

.091.091.091.091»09 .0 9 .091.094.104-

-101
.101
.101
.101
.10
.10
.101
.104
.114

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.114
.114
.114

.104
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.114
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.101
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.10
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.09 - .10 I
.09 - .10
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$0.0995




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1892.

1891.

80.0982

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. 0 9 - .10
. 0 9 - .10
. 0 9 - .10
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$0.12 -$0.13
. 1 3 - .14
.144- .154
. 1 5 - .16
. 1 5 - .16
.144- .154
.144- .154
.144- .154
.144- .154
. 1 4 - .15
.134- .144
.134- -14
.134- -144

1895.

$0.09 -$0,094
.09 - .094
.094- .10
.094- .10
.094- .10
.094- .10
.094- .094
.094- .10
.094- .10
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.094
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80.0947

319

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
M E A T : H a m s , s m o k e d , p a ck ed *
[Price per pound in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Trade Bulletin.]

1896.

1897.

$0.08*-$0.09*
.08f- .09*
.09*- .09|
.09*- .09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
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.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*

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.08*.08*.08*.08*.0 9 .0 9 .0 9 .0 9 .0 9 -

.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10

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.09*- .10*
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.09*- .10*
.09*- .10*
.09*- .10*
.09*- .10*
.09*- .10*
.09*- .10*
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.09*- .10*
.09*- .10*
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. 0 9 - .10
. 0 9 - .10
$0.0943

1898.

$0.09 -$0.10
.08*- .09*
.08*- .09*
.08*- .09*
.08*.08*.08*.08*.09 .09 .09*.09*.09*.09*.09*.09*.09*-

1899.

$0.07*-$0.08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*

.09
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
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.09*
.09*

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.08*
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.08*
.08*
.08*
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.08*
.08*
.08*
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.09*- .09*
.09*- .09*
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.09 - .09*
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.08*- .09*
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.09 - .09*
.08*- .09*
.08*- .09*

1900.

$0.07*-$0.08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*

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. 0 9 - .10*
. 0 9 - .10*
.09*- .10*
.09*- .10*
.10*- .11
.10*- .10*
.10*- .10*
.10*- .10*
.10*- .10*
. 1 0 - .10*
. 1 0 - .10*

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$0.09*-$0.10 Jan.
.09*- .10
.09*- .10
.09*- .10
.09*- .10
.09*- .10 Feb.
.09*- .10
.00*- .10
.09*- .10
.09*- .10 Mar.
.09*- .10
.09*- .10*
. 1 0 - .10*

.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*
.08 - .08*

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.10*
.11*
.11*
.11*

.08*
.08*
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.11
.11
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.10*- .11
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$0.0923

$0.1025

$0.1075

Average.

320

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901-C on tin u ed .

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
M E A T : M u tto n , d re s s e d .
[Price per pound in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, January, 1890, to June, 1900, and from the New York Daily
Tribune, July, 1900, to December, 1901.]

Month.

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a . 0 9 - .10
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Mar.............

Apr.............

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1892.

1891.

1890.

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a New York Daily Tribune.

$0.0605

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.06
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$0.0620

321

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
M E A T : M u tto n , dressed*
[Price per pound in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, January, 1890, to June, 1900, and from the New York Daily
Tribune, July, 1900, to December, 1901.]

1897.

1896.
$0.05 -$0.07*
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.05 - .07*
.05 - .07|

1898.

$0.06 -$0.08
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. 0 7 - .08
. 0 7 - .08
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.08*
.08*

.06*.06*.06*.06*.06*.06*.07 .06*.06*-

.06 .0 6 .0 6 .0 5 .05*.05*.0 5 .0 5 .05 -

.08*
.08
.08
.08
.08*
.08
.08
.08
.07*

.0 6 .0 6 -

.0 5 .04*.04*.04*.04*.0 4 .0 4 .04 .04 -

.08
.08

.08
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.06*
.06*

.04 - .06*
.04*- .07
. 0 5 - .07
.04*- .07
.0 5 .04*.05 .05*.0 6 -

.07
.06*
.07*
.07*
.08

$0.0625

-

.08*
.08
.08
.07*
.07
.08*
.08*
.08
.08

.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.07*
.08*
.08*
.08

$0.0728




$0.0739

Si 05Si
1 1 1

.Oik- -06£
.05 - .071
.05*- .07
. 0 5 - .07
. 0 5 - .07
.051- .07
.05*- .07
.05|- .07
.05*- .07|
.06 - .07*
.06 - .07|
.051- .07k
.06|- .08

$0.04*-$0.07
. 0 5 - .07
.05 - .07*
. 0 6 - .08
.07 - .08*
. 0 7 - .09
.06*- .08*
. 0 7 - .09
.07*- .09
.08 - .09*
. 0 8 - .10
.08 - .09*
.08 - .09*

.6 « :

$0.05 -$0.07*
. 0 6 - .08
. 0 6 - .08

1901.

Month.

$0.05 -$0.07 Jan.
. 0 6 - .08
. 0 6 - .08
. 0 6 - .08
.06 - .08
. 0 6 - .08 Feb.
.06 - .08
.06 - .08
.06*- .08
.06*- .08 Mar.
.06*- .08
.07*- .08*
.07*- .08*
.0 8 .07*.07 .07 .07 .07 .07 .0 7 .07 -

.09 Apr.
.09
.09
.08*
.08*
.08* May.
.08*
.09
.09

.07 .05 .0 5 .05*-

.09* June.
.09*
.09
.08

.06 - .09
.06 - .09
.06 - .08*
. 0 5 - .08
.05 - .07*
.05 - .07*
.05 - .08*
.05*- .08*
.05 - .08*

. 0 5 - .08
.05*- .08*
. 0 6 - .09
.05*- .08*
.05 - .08*
.05 - .08*
.05 - .08
.05 - .08
. 0 5 - .08

.0 5 .05*.06*.05*.05 .04*.04*.0 5 .0 5 -

.07 July.
.07*
.09
.09
.08*
.07 Aug.
.07
.07
.07

.0 5 .0 5 .0 5 .0 5 -

.07
.08 .
.08
.08

.0 5 .05 .05 .0 5 -

.07 Sept.
.07
.06*
.07

. 0 5 - .08
.04*- .07*
.04 - .07*
.04*- .07
. 0 4 - .07
. 0 4 - .07
.04*- .07
.04 - .06*
. 0 4 - .07

.04*.0 5 .0 5 .04*.04*.0 5 .0 5 .04*.04*-

.07*
.08
.08
.07*
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07

.0 5 .0 5 .05 .05 .05 .05 .0 5 .05 .0 5 -

.07 Oct.
.07
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06* Nov.
.07
.06*
.06

.0 5 -

.05 .0 5 .0 5 .0 5 -

.07*
.07
.07
.07

.04*.05 .0 5 .05 .06 -

.06* Dec.
.06*
.07
.07
.07*

.09*
.10
.10
.10
.09
.09
.09
.09*
.10

.07

a . 04*- .07
a . 04*- .07
. 0 5 - .07
$0.0711

.10
.10
.10*
.10
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09
.08

$0.0727

$0.0675

Average.

322

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,

T a b l e I . -W H O L E S A L E PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
HDBAT: P o r k , s a lt , m ess, o ld to n e w .
[Price per barrel in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of the
New York Produce Exchange.]

Month.

1890.

Jan ..

$9.75
9.75
10.00
10.00

-$11.00
- 11.00
- 11.25
- 11.25

F eb...

10.00 10.25 10.12J10.00 10.00 10.00 10.25 10.50 -

11.25
11.50
11.50
11.25
11.25
11.50
12.00
12.00

11.00
11.00
12.50
12.50
12.25
12.75
12.75
13.75
13.75

-

12.00
12.25
14.00
14.00
14.25
14.25
14.50
14.25
14.25

June.

13.75
13.75
13.75
13.50

-

14.25
14.25
14.25
14.00

July..

13.25
13.25
13.25
12.50
13.00
13.00
12.50
12.50
12.25

-

13.75
13.75
14.00
13.50
14.00
14.00
13.25
13.25
13.00

1891.
$10.00-$12.00
10.25- 12.75
9.75- 12.00
9.75- 12.00

1892.
$9.00
9.75
9.75
9.75

-$10.00
- 10.50
- 10.50
- 10.50

9.759.259.259.259.509.5010.5011.2511.5011.5011.7511.7511.75-

11.75
11.25
11.00
11.00
11.25
11.25
12.50
14.00
13.50
13.75
14.25
14.50
14.50

9.75 9.75 9.75 9.75 9.75 9.75 9.75 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50 9 .0 0 -

10.50
10.50
10.50
10.50
10.50
10.50
10.50
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.25
10.25
9.50

ii.50^
11.5011.0010.75-

iio o
14.00
13.25
12.75

10.7510.5010.2510.2510.0010.0010.0011.0011.50-

12.75
12.50
12.25
12.25
12.00
12.50
12.25
13.00
13.50

9 .6 6 9 .0 0 9 .0 0 9.50 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.00 11.50
12.00
12.25
12.25

11.5010.5010.5010.50-

13.50
12.50
12.50
12.00

12.25 - 13.00
11.25 - 12.25
11.50 - 12.25
11.25 - 12.25
11.25 - 12.25
11.25 - 12.00
11.25 - 12.00
11.25 - 12.50
1 1 .2 5 -1 2 .5 0

16.7511.2510.7510.7510.7510.7510.5010.2510.25-

i2.75
12.75
12.50
12.50
12.00
12.00
11.50
11.00
11.00

Nov .

11.25
11.25
10.75
10.50

-

12.25
12.25
13.00
13.00

9.759.7510.0010.00-

10.75
10.75
11.00
11.00

D ec..

10.50
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00

-

13.00
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.00

9.759.759.509.259.00-

10.75
10.75
10.50
10.25
10.00

Mar .

Apr .

M ay..

Aug ..

Sept.

O c t..

Average

$12.1502




$11.3029

1893.

1894.

$15.25-$16.50 $13.75 -$14.50
17.75- 19.00 14.00 - 14.50
17.50- 18.75 14.60 - 15.00
18.00- 20.00 14.25 - 14.75
19.50- 21.00 14.50 - 14.75
19.25- 20.50 1 4 .0 0 -1 4 .2 5
19.50- 20.75 13.75 - 14.25
19.75- 21.00 13.50 - 14.00
19.25- 20.00 13.50 - 14.00
19.50- 20.00 13.25 - 13.75
19.00- 19.50 12.50 - 13.00
19.25- 19.75 12.00 - 12.50
18.50- 19.00 12.374- 12.75

1895.
$12.75-$13.25
12.75- 13.25
12.75- 13.25
12.25- 12.75
11.75- 12.25
11.25- 11.75
11.25- 12.00
11.25- 12.00
11.25- 11.75
12.00
12.25- 12.50
12.75- 13.25
14.00

17.5017.5017.7518.75-

18.00
18.00
18.75
19.25

13.00
14.00
14.25
14.00

-

13.25
14.25
14.50
14.25

9.50
9.50
9.50
10.25
10.75
10.75
10.75
11.00
11.75

19.7521.0021.2521.2521.5020.5019.5019.5019.00-

20.25
21.75
22.00
22.00
22.50
21.00
20.00
20.00
19.50

13.75
13.75
13.50
13.00
13.00
13.00
13.50
13.50
13.75

-

14.66
14.00
13.75
13.50
13.25
13.25
13.75
13.75
14.00

-

12.50
13.00
13.25
13.00

19.6618.5018.0018.00-

19.50
19.00
18.75
18.75

12.50 13.25 13.25 12.00 11.37411.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 -

13.00
14.75
14.75
13.25
12.50
12.25
12.00
12.00
12.25

15.0014.5014.5014.5016.0016.0017.0017.2517.75-

15.50
15.00
15.50
15.00
17.00
17.00
17.50
17.75
18.00

i.3.75 14.00 14.00 1 4 .0 0 14.00 14.50 15.00 15.00 -

ii.oo
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.75
15.25
15.25
15.25

13.2513.0012.2512.2512.2511.0011.2511.2511.00-

15.50
15.50
15.50
15.25

-

15.75
16.00
16.00
15.50

10.50- ii.oo
10.25- 10.75
10.00- 10.25
10.00

11.50
11.75
12.00
32.50

-

12.50
13.00
13.25
13.50

12.00
12.00
12.00
13.25
13.75
14.50
14.50
15.25
15.25

-

13.00
13.00
13.00
14.75
15.25
16.00
16.00
16.50
16.50

18.75- 19.00
19.50
19.50- 19.75
20.00
19.50- 20.00
19.00- 20.00
17.00- 18.50
16.00- 17.00
15.50- 16.50

14.75
14.75
14.25
14.00
13.75
13.50
14.00
13.75
13.50

-

15.50
15.50
15.50
15.50
15.50
14.50
14.50
14.25
14.00

10.0010.0010.0010.009.759.759.759.509.50-

10.50
10.50
10.50
10.50
10.25
10.25
10.00
10.00
10.00

15.0014.5013.7513.75-

i§.50
13.25
13.25
13.00

-

ii.50
14.00
13.75
13.50

9.009.009.008.758.75-

9.50
9.50
9.50
9.25
9.25

$11.5252

15.50
15.00
14.50
14.50

$18.3389

$14.1262

13.5013.2513.5013.5013.5013.25-

14.00
13.75
14.00
14.00
14.00
13.50
13.75
13.75- 14.50
13.50
13.50
13.75
13.50- 14.25
13.25- 14.00
14.00
13.75
13.00
13.00
12.75
11.50
11.50
11.75
11.50

$11.8255

323

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T

able

I .—

W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
JH EAT: P o r k , s alt, m ess, o ld to n e w .

[Price per barrel in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of the
New York Produce Exchange.]

1896.

1897.

$9.50-$10.00
10.00- 10.50
10.75- 11.00
10.76- 11.00

1898.

$8.258.258.508.50-

$8.75
8.75
9.00
9.00

$8.759.009.009.75-

$9.25
9.50
9.50
10.00

10.7510.5010.5010.2510.2510.2510.009.508.759.008.759.009.00-

11.00
10.75
10.75
10.50
10.50
10.50
10.50
10.00
9.50
9.50
9.25
10.00
10.00

8.258.258.508.508.508.509.009.009.009.008.758.768.75-

8.75
8.75
9.00
8.75
8.75
9.00
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.25
9.25
9.25

9.7510.2511.0011.0010.5010.5010.009.759.259.759.759.7510.75-

10.00
10.50
11.25
11.25
10.75
10.75
10.25
10.00
9.50
10.00
10.00
10.00
11.00

9.009.008.758.50-

10.00
9.75
9.75
8.75

8.758.758.758.75-

9.25
9.25
9.25
9.00

8.008.008.258.008.008.007.757.507.50-

8.50
8.50
8.50
8.50
8.25
8.25
3.25
8.25
8.00

8.508.508.258.258.258.258.008.008.00-

9.00
8.75
8.50
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.50
8.50
8.50

10.7510.7511.7511.7511.7510.7510.2510.2510.00-

8.008.008.007.75-

8.50
8.25
8.25
8.00

8.007.507.507.757.758.008.508.508.50-

8.25
8.25
8.00
8.25
8.25
8.50
9.25
9.00
9.00

8.008.258.259.259.259.509.009.009.00-

8.508.508.258.26-

9.00
9.00
8.75
8.75

8.258.258.268.258.25-

8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75

$8.9399

1899.

1900.

1901.

$9.75-$10.25
9.75- 10.25
9.50- 10.25
9.75- 10.25
9.75- 10.50
9.75- 10.50
9.50- 10.25
9.25- 10.00
9.00- 9.75
9.00- 9.75
9.00- 9.50
9.00- 9.50
9.00- 9.50

$10.26-$10.75
10.25- 10.75
10.50- 11.00
10.50- 11.00
10.50- 11.00
10.50- 11.25
10.75- 11.50
10.75- 11.50
10.75- 11.25
10.75- 11.25
11.00- 11.50
11.50- 12.00
12.50

$12.25-$13.25
13.25- 14.25
13.50- 14.50
13.25- 14.50
13.75- 14.50
13.75- 14.50
13.75- 14.50
13.75- 14.50
14.00- 14.75
14.00- 14.50
14.50- 15.25
16.25- 16.25
15.50- 16.50

i5.25^
15.7515.7515.75-

i(5.25
16.75
16.75
16.75

June.

13.75
14.00
13.50
13.50
13.75
13.50
13.50
13.25
13.00

15.7515.2515.2515.5015.5015.5015.5015.5015.50-

16.75
16.25
16.25
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50

July.

13.50
13.00
13.50
13.75

15.5015.7516.0016.00-

16.50
16.75
17.00
16.75

Sept.

13.2514.5014.0013.0012.5012.2512.0012.0012.00-

1.4.25
15.50
15.00
14.00
13.50
13.50
13.25
13.00
13.00

16.0015.7515.5015.5015.0015.0015.0015.0015.75-

17.00
16.25
16.75
16.25
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.75

Oct.

1.2.0(K
12.0012.0012.00-

13.00
13.00
13.00
13.00

16.0016.5016.2516.5016.50-

17.00
17.50
17.50
17.50
17.50

13.50
13.75
13.75
13.50

11.00
11.00
12.25
12.00
12.00
11.75
10.75
10.50
10.50

8.758.508.258.258.258.258.508.758.75-

9.25
9.00
8.75
8.75
8.75
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00

13.2512.5012.0012.0011.7511.7512.0011.7512.75-

13.50
13.25
12.75
12.75
12.50
12.50
12.75
12.50
13.50

10.0010.0010.0010.00-

10.50
10.50
10.50
10.25

8.759.009.509.50-

9.00
9.50
10.00
10.00

9.50
9.50
10.00
10.50
10.75
10.75
10.25
10.25
10.25

9.759.509.509.509.259.009.008.758.50-

10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
9.75
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50

9.009.008.758.759.008.758.758.759.25-

13.0013.2512.7512.7512.7512.7512.7512.2612.00-

9.75
9.75
9.50
9.50
9.50
12.009.25
12.509.25
9.25 ► 12.5012.759.75

9.008.758.758.50-

10.00
10.00
9.50
9.75

8.508.258.758.75-

8.75
8.75
9.25
9.25

8.508.258.258.258.258.258.258.508.50-

9.50
9.25
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00

8.758.758.508.508.508.508.758.759.50-

9.25
9.25
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.25
9.25
10.50

9.269.259.009.009.259.269.009.009.00-

9.75
9.75
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50

9.259.7510.0010.00-

10.00
10.50
10.75
10.50




Mar.

Apr.

13.0013.2513.2513.25-

$9.3462

Feb.

16.50
16.50
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.25
16.00
16.00
16.00

9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50

$9.8678

Jan.

15.5015.0015.0015.0015.0015.2515.0015.2515.25-

9.009.008.758.76-

$8.9087

Month.

$12.5072

$15.6108

May.

Aug.

Nov.

Dec.

Average.

324

BULLETIN O F T B E DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
M L K : F resh .
[Average monthly exchange price per quart in New York. Net price at shipping station, at points
subject to a freight rate of 26 cents per can of 40 quarts, since May 16,1897. Quotations from the
Milk Reporter.]

Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay............
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.0325
.0317
.0300
.0263
.0200
.0200
.0200
.0239
.0250
.0250
.0283
.0325

$0.0300
.0300
.0275
.0250
.0232
.0200
.0200
.0226
.0250
.0300
.0316
.0350

$0.0325
.0300
.0300
.0250
.0225
.0200
.0200
.0225
.0250
.0300
.0313
.0325

$0.0325
.0325
.0313
.0275
.0243
.0200
.0218
.0250
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300

$0.0300
.0275
.0275
.0250
.0200
.0183
.0200
.0243
.0300
.0313
.0313
.0300

$0.0287
.0268
.0238
.0225
.0200
.0200
.0200
.0250
.0263
.0300
.0300
.0300

Average.

$0.0263

$0.0267

$0.0268

$0.0279

$0.0263

$0.0253

M O L A S S E S : N e w O r le a n s , o p e n k e ttle , p r im e .
[Price per gallon in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.35-$0.40
.35- .40
.38- .43
.38- .43
.33- .36
.33- .36
.33- .36
.33- .36
.33- .36
.33- .36
.23- .25
.37- .39

$0.27-$0.31
.28- .31
.25- .27
.25- .27
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29

$0.31-$0.32
.31- .32
.31- .32
.31- .33
.31- .33
.31- .33
.31- .33
.31- .33
.31- .33
.31- .33
.31- .33
.31- .33

$0.29-$0.31
.29- .31
.31- .33
.32- .34
.32- .34
.32- .34
.32- .34
.32- .34
.32- .34
.32- .34
.42- .43
.35- .37

$0.31-$0.34
.29- .32
.29- .32
.29- .32
.29- .32
.29- .32
.29- .32
.29- .32
.29- .32
.29- .32
.29- .32
.33- .34

$0.33-$0.34
.33- .34
.33- .34
.33- .34
.29- .30
.29- .30
.29- .30
.29- .30
.29- .30
.29- .30
.29- .30
.29- .30

Average.

$0.3542

$0.2788

$0.3188

$0.3346

$0.3092

$0.3083

R I C E f D o m e stic , choice*
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

$0.06
.06
.06
$0,051- .06
.051- .06
.051- .06
.051- .06
.061- .06*
•06*- .06*
.06*- .06*
.06 - .06*
.06 - .061
$0.i0605




$0.06 -$0.06*
.06 - .061
.06 - .061
.06*- .061
.06*- .061
.06|- .061
.061- .061
.06|- .07
.0 6 f- .07
.061- .07
.061- .07
.06
$0.i0637

$0.06
$0,051- .05*
.051- .051
.051- .051
.051- .051
.051- .051
.051- .051
.051- .06
.051- .06
.051- .06
.05 - .051
.041- .051
$0.i0569

$0.04!-$0.051
.041- .051
.041- .05
.041- .05
.04 - .041
.041- .041
.04 - .041
. 0 4 - .041
.04 - .041
.041- .05
.041- .041
.041- .05
$0. 0459

$0.04!-$0.05
.041- .05
.05 - .05*
.05 - .051
.051- .051
.051- .051
.05*- .051
.0 5 f- .051
.051- .051
.05*- .051
.0 5 f- .051
•051- .051
$0.i0526

$0.05f-$0.05£
.051- .051
.051- .051
.051- .051
.051- .051
.051- .051
.051- .051
.051- .051
.051- .051
.05 - .051
.05 - .051
.05 - .051
$0.10533

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I . —

325

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
M IL K : F re sh .

[Average monthly exchange price per quart in New York. Net price at shipping station, at points
subject to a freight rate of 26 cents per can of 40 quarts, since May 16,1897. Quotations from the
Milk Reporter.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0.0300
.0275
.0250
.0213
.0200
.0187
.0200
.0213
.0208
.0212
.0275
.0275

$0.0275
.0263
.0237
.0213
.0200
.0175
.0194
.0200
.0225
.0250
.0283
.0300

$0.0275
.0260
.0238
.0225
.0212
.0175
.0200
.0225
.0245
.0250
.0263
.0300

$0.0275
.0250
.0250
.0225
.0212
.0200
.0217
.0225
.0250
.0285
.0325
.0325

$0.0300
.0300
.0275
.0250
.0229
.0225
.0244
.0263
.0275
.0300
.0300
.0325

$0.0300
.0275
.0263
.0250
.0212
.0200
.0225
.0236
.0250
.0275
.0308
.0350

$0.0234

$0.0235

$0.0239

$0.0253

$0.0274

$0.0262

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

M O L A S S E S : N e w O rle a n s , o p e n k e ttle , p rim e*
[Price per gallon in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
$0.32-$0.34
.32- .34
.32- .34
.32- .84
.32- .34
.32- .34
.32- .34
.32- .34
.32- .34
.32- .34
.29- .31
.26- .34

$0.24-$0.29
.24- .28
.24- .27
.25- .28
.24- .26
.23- .24
.23- .24
.25- .26
.27- .28
.27- .28
.27- .28
.29- .30

$0.29-$0.30
.29- .30
.29- .30
.29- .30
.30- .31
.31- .32
.31- .32
.31- .32
.31- .32
.31- .32
.31- .32
.30- .35

$0.32-$0.36
.32- .36
.32- .38
.32- .38
.32- .38
.32- .38
.32- .33
.32- .36
.32- .38
.32- .38
.32- .40
.40- .45

$0.44-$0.55
.44- .55
.44- .55
.44- .55
•44— .55
.44- .55
.44- .55
.43- .53
.43- .53
.41- .55
.38- .55
.32- .40

$0.34-$0.42
.32- .42
.32- .40
.32- .42
.32- .42
.35- .42
.35- .42
.35- .42
.35- .42
.37- .42
.37- .42
.33- .39

$0.3246

$0.2617

$0.3083

$0.3525

$0.4775

$0.3783

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

B I C E : D o m e s tic , ch oice.
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
$0.05 -$0,054
.05 - .051
.05 - .051
. 0 5 - .051
.05 - .051
.05 - .051
.05 - .051
.05 - .051
.05 - .051
.051- .051
.051- .051
.051- .051
$0J 0519

$0.05i-$0.051
.051- .051
.051- .05*
.05*- .051
.05*- .051
. 051- .05*
.05*- .05*
. 051- .05*
.051- .05*
.051- .05*
.05*- .05*
.051- .05*
$0. 0542




$0.05*-$0.05*
.05*- .051
.05*- .05*
.05*- .051
.061- .061
.061- .06*
.061- .06*
.061- .06*
.05*- .06
.05*- .051
.06 - .061
.06 - .06*
$0J 0608

$0.06 -$0.06*
.06 - .06*
.06 - .061
.061- .06*
.061- .06*
.061- .06*
.061- .06*
.061- .06*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
$0.10607

$0.05*-$0.05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
$0.i0548

$0.05*-$0.05*
.05*- .051
.051- .051
.051- .05*
.051- .05*
.051- .05*
.051- .05*
.05*- .06
.05*- .06
.05*- .06
.051- .05*
.05*- .05*
$0. 0548

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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BULLETIN OP THE DEPARTMENT OP LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
S A L T : A m e r ic a n , fine*
[Price per barrel in Chicago, weekly range; quotations from the annual reports of the Chicago
Board of Trade.]




327

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
SAI/Ts A m e r ic a n , fine.
[Price per barrel in Chicago, weekly range; quotations from the annual reports of the Chicago
Board of Trade.]

1896.

1897.

1899.

1898.

1900.

Month.

1901.

$0.70
.70
.70
.70
.70
.70
.70
.70
.70
.70
.70
.70
.70

$0.55
.55
.55
.55
.55
.55
.55
.65
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60

$0.75
.75
.75
.76

$0.65
.65
.65
.65

$0.85
.85
.85
.85

$1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15

Jan.

.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75

.60
.60
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65

.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.68
.68
.68
.68

.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.95
.95
.95
.95

1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15
.90
.90
.90

Feb.

.70
.70
.65
.65

.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.55
.55
.55
.56

1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

.65
.65
.65
.65

.60
.60
.60
.60

.65
.65
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.55
.55

.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.70

.63
.63
.63
.63
.65
.65
.65
.65
.58

.55
.55
.55
.55
.55
.55
.55
.55
.55

1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90

.55
.55
.55
.55

.55
.55
.55
.55

.70
.70
.75
.75

.58
.58
.58
.58
.58
.55
.55
.55
.60

.55
.65
.55
.55
.55
.65
.65
.65
.65

.65
.65
.65
.65

.75
.75
.75
.85

.65
.65
.65
165
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
$0.60-

.55
.55
.55
.55
.55
.55
.55
.55
.55

.

.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.76
.75
.75

Apr.

•

.55
.55
.55
.55

.75
.75
.75
.75
.75

.65
.65
.65
.65
.65

.85
.85
.85
.85
.85

$0.6226

$0.6613

$0.6648

$0.6365




Mar.

May.

June.

.90
.90
.90
.65

July.

1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.05

.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65

Aug.

i.05
1.05
1.05
1.05

.65
.65
.65
.65

Oct.

1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15

.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65

Nov.

$1.0010

$0.8567

Sept.

Dec.

Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D ) E T C .—Continued.
S A L T : A s h t o n ’s.
[Price per bushel in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

Month.

1890.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$2.45-82.50
2.45- 2.50
2.45- 2.50
2.45- 2.50
2.45- 2.50
2.45- 2.50
2.45- 2.50
2.40- 2.50
2.40- 2.50
2.40- 2.50
2.40- 2.50
2.40- 2.50

Average.

$2.4646

1891.

1892.

1893.

$2.40-$2.50
$2.25-$2.50
$2.25-$2.50
2 .2 5 2.502.25- 2.50
2.25- 2.50
2.25- 2.50
2.25- 2.50
2.25- 2.50
2.25- 2.50
2.25- 2.50
2.25- 2.50
2.25- 2.50
2.25- 2.50
2.20- 2.40
2.25- 2.50
2.25- 2.50
2.20- 2.40
2.25- 2.50
2 .2 5 2.502.20- 2.40
2.25- 2.50
2.25- 2.50
2.20- 2.40
2.25- 2.50
2.26- 2.50
2.20- 2.40
2.25- 2.50
2.25- 2.50
2.20- 2.40
2.25- 2.50
2.25- 2.50
2.20- 2.40
2 .2 5 2.502.25- 2.50
2.20- 2.40
$2.3813

$2.3750

$2.3250

1894.

1895.

$2.20-82.40
2.20- 2.40
2.20- 2.40
2.20- 2.40
2.20- 2.40
2.20- 2.40
2.20- 2.40
2.20- 2.40
2.20- 2.40
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10

$2.00-82.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10

$2.2375

$2.0500

S O D A : B ic a r b o n a t e o f, A m e r ic a n .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]

[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month. From January, 1890, to August, 1897. the
prices are for UOs, and from September, 1897, to December, 1901, for 105s to 110s. Quotations from
the New York Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]




COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able

329

I . —W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

FO O D ,

ETC.

—Continued.

S A L T : A s h t o n ’s.
[Price per bushel in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.l

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

82.00-82.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10

82.00-82.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10

82.00-82.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10

82.00-82.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10

82.00-82.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10

82.00-82.10
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.20- 2.25
2.20- 2.25
2.20- 2.25
2.20- 2.25
2.20- 2.25
2.20- 2.25
2.2 0 -2 .2 5
2.20- 2.25
2.20- 2.25

82.0500

82.0500

82.0500

82.0500

82.0500

82.1813

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S O D A : B ic a r b o n a t e o f, A m e r ic a n .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
80.0175
.0150
.0150
.0150
.0150
.0150
.0150
.0150
.0150
.0150
,0150
.0150

80.0150
.0150
.0150
.0150
.0150
.0150
.0150
.0150
.0150
.0150
.0150
.0150

80.0150
.0150
.0140
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0115
.0115

80.0115
.0115
.0116
.0115
.0115
.0115
.0115
.0115
.0115
.0116
.0125
.0125

80.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0110
.0110

80.0110
.0110
.0110
.0110
.0110
.0110
.0110
.0110
.0110
.0095
.0095
.0100

80.0152

80.0150

80.0129

80.0117

80.0123

80.0107

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S P I C E S : N u tm eg s.
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month. From January, 1890, to August, 1897, the
prices are for 110s, and from September, 1897, to December, 1901, for 105s to UOs. Quotations from
the New York Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
80.38 -80.381
.38 - .381
.38 - .381
.371- .38
.361- .37
.361- .37
.361- .37
. 3 5 - .36
.32 - .351
.32 - .351
. 3 2 - .33
.32 - .33
80. 3590

80.32 -80.33
.311- .32
.34
.341- .351
.341- .351
. 3 4 - .35
.34 - .35
.34 - .35
.321- .33
.33 - .331
.32 - .33
.32 - .321
80. 3354




80.30 -80.31
.30 - .31
.321- .33
.33 - .34
.33 - .331
.321- .33
.32 - .321
.311- .32
.31 - .32
.301- .31
.281- .29
. 2 8 - .29
80.:3140

80.30-80.31
.31- .311
.30- .31
.30- .301
.28- .29
.27- .28
.26- .271
.27- .271
.28- .281
.28- .281
.28- .281
.27- .271
80.:2871

80.27 -80.271
.261- .27
.261- .27
.261- .27
.26 - .261
.25 - .26
.251- .26
.26 - .261
.26 - .261
.25
.241- .25
.241- .25
80.2601

80.241-80.25
.24 - .25
.24 - .25
. 2 3 - .24
.231- .24
.231- .24
.231- .24
.231- .24
.23 - .231
.221- .221
.211- .22
.211- .22
80.:2346

Jan.
Feb.
Mar
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
S P IC E S s P e p p e r , S in g a p o re *

[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

Month.
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

1890.
30.13*-30.13*
.13*- .13*
.12*- .12*
.11*- .12
.U * - .11*
.11*- .12
•11*- .11*
.10*- .11
•10f- .10*
.10*- .11
.09*- .10
.09*- .09*
30. 1151

1891.
30.09 -30.09*
.09|- .09*
.09*- .09*
.09*- .09*
.08*- .09
.08*- .08*
.08*- .08*
.08*- .08*
.08*- .08*
.08*
.08*- .08*
.07*- .07*
30. <0873

1892.
30.07*-30.07*
.07*- .07*
.07*- .07*
.06*- .06*
.06*- .06*
.06*- .06*
.06*- .06*
.06*- .06*
.06*- .06*
.07 - .07*
.07*- .07*
.07*- .07*
30.i0689

1893.
30.06*-30.06*
.06*- .07
.07 - .07*
.06 - .06*
.05*- .06
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05 - .05*
.05*- .05*
.06*- .06*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
30.i0595

1894.
30.051-30.05*
.05*- .05*
.04*- .05
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05 - .05*
.05 - .05*
.05 - .05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.04|- .05
.04*- .05
30.10516

1895.
30.044-30.04*
.04*- .04*
.04*- .05
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05*
.04*- .05
.04*- .05*
.04*- .05
.04*- .05
.04*- .04*
30.10497

S T A R C H : P u r e c o rn , f o r c u lin a r y pu rpo ses*
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants' Review.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

30.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.06*
.06*
30.0546




30.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06

30.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06

30.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06

30.0600

30.0600

30.0600

30.06
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
!05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.06
.06
.06
30.0567

30.06
.05*
.05*
.05*
05*
i05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
30.0554

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

331

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
S P I C E S : P e p p e r , S in g a p o re .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.1

1896.
80.04$-80.04$
.04$- .04$
.04*- .05
.04*- .05
. 0 5 - .05$
.05 - .05$
.05 - .05$
.05 - .05$
.04$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
.05$- .05$
80. <
0500

1897.
80.05$-80.05$
.05*
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.06$- .06$
.07
.06$- .06*
.06$- .06$
.07$- .07$
.07$
.07$- .07$
.07$- .07$
80j0664

1898.
80.07$-80.07*
.08$- .08$
.08$- .08*
.08$- .08$
.08*- .09
.08$- .08*
.08*- .09
.09$- .09*
.09$- ' .09*
.09$- .09$
.09 - .09$
.09*- .09$
80.<0891

1899.
80.10$-80.10$
. 10$— .11
.11 - .11$
.10$- .10*
.10$- .10*
.11$- .11$
.10$- .11
.11 - .11$
.11$- .11$
.11$- .11$
.11$- .12
.12 - .12$
80. 1117

1900.
80.ll$-80.12$
.12$- .12$
.12$- .12*
.12$- .12*
.12*- .12$
.12$- .12*
.12*- .12$
.13$- .13$
.13$
.13$- .13$
.13$- .13$
. 13$— .13$

1901.
80.13$-80.13$
.13$- .13$
.13$- .13$
.13 - .13$
.13 - .13$
.12*- .13
.12*
.12$- .12*
.12$- .12*
.12$- .12*
.12$- .12$
.12$- .12*

80. 1291

80. 1292

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S T A R C H : P u r e c o rn , fo r c u lin a r y p u rposes*
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants’ Review.]
80.05$
.05$
.05$
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
80.0513

80.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05

80.05
.05
.05
.05
.06
.05
.05
.05
.05
.06
.05
.05

80.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05

80.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05

80.0500

80.0500

80.0500

80.0500




80.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.04
.04$
.04$
.04$
.05
.04$
80.0470

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

P O O D , E T C .—Continued.
S U G A R : 89° f a i r re fillin g .
[Price per pound in New York on Thursday of each week. The import duty of about 2 cents per
cent ad valorem, and since July 24,1897, it has been 1.44 cents per pound. The

Month.
Jan.............

Feb.............

M a r ...........

Apr.............

1890.
$0.05005
.05128
.05128
.05128
.05005
.04944
.04944
.04944
.05066
.05066
.05066
.04761
.04700

$0.04440
.04440
.04525
.04675
.04675
.04675
.05025
.05025
.05025
.05025
.05025
.04960
.05080

.04700
.04883
.04888
.04883

.03180
.03250
.03180
.03180
.03125
.03000
.02940
.02940
.03000

.04883
.04639
.04639
$0.04639-.04761
\ 04761
.04883
J u n e .........
.04700
.04700
.04639
M ay...........

July...........

1891.

.02875
.02875
.02940
.03000

1892.

1893.
$0.03000
.03000
.03060
.03060

$0.02500
.02500
.02500
.02625

.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.02875
.02750
.02750
.02750
.02750
.02625

.03060
.03060
.03060
.03000
.03000
.02970
.02875
.03000
.03125
.03250
.03250
.03250
.03500

.02690
.02810
.02940
.02810
.02810
.02810
.02810
.02625
02625
.02500
.02500
.02440
.02310

.02625
.02625
.02625
.02625

.03500
.03625
.03500
.03750

.02690
.02750
.02750
.02810
.02810
.02750
.02750
.02750
.02750

.03750
.03750
.03875
.03875
.03760
.03750
.03750
.03750
.03250

.02310
.02440
.02500
.02440
.02440
.02500
.02625
.02690
.02690

.02750
.02750
.03000
.03000
.02940
.02940
.02875
.02875
.02875

.02690
.02690
.02750
.02750

.02875
.02875
.02875
.02875

.02690
.02690
.02750
.02875

.03250
.03250
.03250
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03310
.03375
.03375

.02690
.02690
.02750
.03000
.03125
.03125
.03125
.03125
.03125

.02940
.03000
.03000
.02940
.02940
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03125

.03375
.03250
.03250
.03250

.03125
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.02750
.02750
.02750

.03i25
.03250
.03250
.03125
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.031.25
.03125
.03125
.03375

$0.02759

$0.02894

.03000
.02940
.03000
.03000
.02875
.02940
.03000
.03000
.03000

Sept...........

.05311
.05311
.05250
.05250

.03000
.03060
.03000
.02875

O ct.............

.05250
.05311
.05311
.05311
.05128
.04761
.04761
.04639
.04639

.02940
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03060
.03125
.03125
.03125

.02875
.02875
.02875
.02940

.02875
.02810
.02810
.02625

Dec.............

.0451.7
.04456
.04456
.04456

.03125
.03060
.03000
.03000
.03000

.02940
.02940
.03000
.03000
.03000

.02625
.02625
.02625
.02625
.02625

Average.

$0.04890

10.03459

$0.02873

$0.03203

N o v ...........




1895.

$0.03060
.03060
.03060
.03000

.04639
.04700
.04700
.04761
.04761
.04883
.04883
.04944
.05128

A u g ...........

1894.

.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.02940

$0.02625
.02625
.02625
.02690
.02690
.02690
.02690
.02690
.02690
.02690
.02690
.02690
.02690
.02690
.02690
.02690
.02690

333

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PEICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

FO O D ,

E T C *— Continued.

S U G A R : 89° f a i r re fin in g *
pound was taken off April 1,1891. From August 28,1894, to July 23,1897, the import duty was 40 per
quotations are from Willett & Gray’s Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

80.08375
.03375
.03375
.03375
.03375
.03500
.03625
.03750
- .03750
.03750
.03625
.03750
.03750

80.02810
.02810
.02810
.02810

80.03750
.03750
.03560
.03560

80.03810
.03810
.03750
.03750

80.03810
.03875
.03940
.03910

.028i6
.02810
.02810
.02875
.02750
.02810
.02876
.02940

.03750
.03750
.03750
.03750
.03750
.03625
.03625
.03500
.03375

.03000
.03000
.02875
.02810
.02810
.02750
.02750
.02750
.02750

.03560
.03690
.03690
.03690
.03690
.03625
.03500
.03500
.03625
.03625
.03625
.03625
.03750

.03810
.03810
.03810
.03875
.03875
.03875
.03875
.03875
.03875
.04000
.04060
.04180
.04180

.04000
.04000
.04000
.04000
.03875
.03810
.03875
.03940
.03940
.03875
.04000
.03970
.03940

$0.03875
.03875
.03875
.03750
.03750
.03750
.03750
.03750
.03720
.03625
.03500
.03500
.03530

.03625
.03625
.03750
.03750

.04250
.04125
.04125
.04125

.03250
.03310
.03125
.03000

.02750
.03000
.03000
.03000

.03000
.02940
.02875
.02875
.02875
.03125
.03000
.03000
.03000

.03000
.03000
.03125
.03125
.03250
.03250

.03750
.03750
.03750
.03625
.03625
.03500
.03500
.03500
.03500

.04125
.04180
.04125
.04125
.04000
.04000
.03875
.03810
.03940

.03250
.03250

.03500
.08750
.03750
.03810

.02875
.02810
.02750
.02750

.038i6
.03875
.03875
.03750
.03750
.03750
.03690
.03750
.03750

.04250
.04250
.04250
.04250
.04250
.04250
.04250

.02690
.02625
.02625
.02625
.02875
.02875
.03000
.02875
.02875

.03250
.03310
.03280
.03310
.03310
.03310
.03310
.03310
.03310

.04000
.04000
.04000
.03940
.03940
.03940
.03875
.03875
.03810
.03810
.03810
.03810
.03810

.04250
.04250
.04250
.04125

.03310
.03310
.03310
.03310

.03810
.03810
.03940
.04000

.03810
.03810
.03810
.03810

.02875
.02875
.02875
.02875
.02810

.03375
.03375
.03500
.03500
.03625

.04000
.03940
.03940
.03875
.03810

.03810
.03810
.03810
.03810
.03810

.03875
.03875
.03876
.03875
.03875
.03940
.03910
.03875
.03875

10.03192

80.03077

80.03712

90.03922

.03250




Month.
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

.03500
.03560
.03620
.03690

Apr.

.03940
.03940
.03970
.04000
.04060
.04125
.04125
.04125
.04180

.03750
.03750
.03750
.03750
.03720
.03650
.03625
.03625
.03625

May.

.04250
.04250
.04310
.04375

.03625
.03560
.03500
.03560

July.

.04375

.03560
.03560
.03440
.03440
.03375
.03310
.03250
.03250
.03250

Aug.

.03310
.03310
.03310
.03310
.03310
.03250
.03250
.03250
.03250

Oct.

.04250

$0.04051

.03250
.03280
.03280
.03180
$0.03521

June.

Sept.

Nov.

Dec.

Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
S U G A R : 96° c e n t r ifu g a l.
[Price per pound in New York on Thursday of each week. The import duty of about 2 cents per
cent ad valorem, and since July 24,1897, it has been 1.681 cents per pound. The

Month.

1890.

1891.

$0.05616
.05494
.05555
.05494
.05494
.05494
.05494
.05494
.05555
.05555
.05555
.05311
.05250

$0.05140
‘ .05120
.05120
.05500
.05500
.05500
.05620
.05620
.05620
.05620
.05620
.05560
.05680

Apr.............

.05250
.05372
.05372
.05433

M ay...........

.05433
.05250
.05250
.05311
.05372
.05433
.05311
.05250
.05250

.03530
.03625
.03500
.03500
.03440
.03250
.03250
.03250
.03250

Jan.............

Feb.............

M a r ...........

June...........

.03375
.03375
.03310
.03440

1892.

1893.
$0.03440
.03440
.03500
.03500

$0.02750
.02875
.03000
.03000

.03440
.03440
.03440
.03410
.03410
.03370
.03375
.03250
.03125
.03125
.03125
.03125
.03125

.03440
.03440
.03440
.03376
.03375
.03375
.03340
.03500
.03625
.03750
.03750
.03875
.04000

.03060
.03250
.03310
.03310
.03180
.03180
.03180
.03000
.02875
02875
.02875
.02750
.02810

.03120
.03120
.03060
.03060

.04000
.04125
.04000
.04250

.03060
.03125
.03125
.03180
.03125
.03125
.03060
.03060
.03125
%
.03125
.03180
.03250
.03375

.04250
.04250
.04500
.04500
.04375
.04375
.04375
.04180
.03750

.02875
.02910
.02810
.02750
.02875
.03000
.03125
.03125
.03125

.03125
.03250
.03375
.03375
.03375
.03375
.03310
.03310
.03250

.03125
.03180
.03125
.03125

.03250
.03250
.03250
.03250

.03750
.03750
.03750
.03500
.03500
.03500
.03760
.03840
.03875

.03125
.03375
.03500
.03750
.03750
.03750
.03750
.03750
.03750

.03250
.03310
.03310
.03250
.03250
.03250
.03250
.03310
.03500

.03875
.03875
.04000
.04000

.03750
.03750
.03500
.03500
.03500
.03500
.03500
.03500
.03500
.03500
.03250
.03125
.03125

.03560
.03625
.03625
.03500
.03400
.03375
.03375
.03375
.03375

.03375
.03310
.03375
.03440
.03310
.03375
.03440
.03440
.03440

Sept...........

.05921
.05921
.05860
.05799

.03440
.03500
.03440
.03440

O ct.............

.05799
.05860
.05860
.05799
.05738
.05372
.05372
.05250
.05250

.03310
.03375
.03440
.03270
.03310
.03440
.03500
.03500
.03500

.03375
.03375
.03375
.03375

.03250
.03250
.03180
.03000

Dec.............

.05189
.05128
.05128
.05128

.03500
.03375
.03310
.03375
.03375

.03375
.03375
.03375
.03440
.03440

.03000
.03000
.02875
.02875
.02875

Average.

$0.05460

$0.03910

$0.03315

$0.03680

A u g ...........

N o v ...........




1895.

$0.03500
.03470
.03470
.03440

.05250
.05311
.05311
.05372
.05372
.05494
.05494
.05555
.05738

July...........

1894.

.03560
.03560
.03560
.03625
.03750
.03500
.03500
.03440
.03440

$0.03229

$0.03000
.03000
.03000
.03030
.03090
.03125
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000

.03500
.03500
.03500
.03750
$0.03263

335

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I .—W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

PO O D ,

ETC.

—Continued.

S U G A R : 96° c e n t r ifu g a l.
pound was taken off April 1,1891. From August 28,1894, to July 23,1897, the import duty was 40 per
quotations are from Willett & Gray’s Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

30.03750
.03750
.03750
.03875
.03875
.03875
.04000
.04125
.04125
.04125
.04125
.04180
.04180

$0.03180
.03180
.03180
.03180

$0.04180
.04180
.04060
.04060

$0.04310
.04310
.04250
.04250

$0.04250
.04310
.04375
.04375

.03180
.03180
.03250
.03250
.03250
.03180
.03250
.03310

.04180
.04250
.04375
.04310
.04250
.04250
.04250
.04000
.04000

.03375
.03375
.03280
.03250
.03250
.03310
.03310
.03250
.03250

.04060
.04180
.04180
.04180
.04180
.04125
.04060
.04000
.04125
.04125
.04125
.04125
.04250

.04310
.04310
.04310
.04375
.04375
.04410
.04375
.04375
.04440
.04500
.04560
.04625
.04625

.04440
.04500
.04440
.04440
.04375
.04310
.04375
.04440
.04440
.04375
.04500
.04440
.04420

.04180
.04180
.04250
.04310

.04750
.04625
.04625
.04625

.03750
.03810
• .03625
.03500

.03310
.03500
.03500
.03500

.03500
.03440
.03375
.03310
.03310
.03500
.03375
.03375
.03375

.03500
.03500
.03625
.03625
.03750
.03750
.03750
.03750
.03750

.04310
.04310
.04310
.04250
.04250
.04125
.04125
.04125
.04125
.04125
.04250
.04250
.04310

.03250
.03250
.03060
.03000

.03750
.03875
.03875
.03940
.03940
.03875
.03875
.03810
.03810

.04375
.04375
.04375
.04310
.04310
.04210
.04180
.04250
.04310

.03810
.03810
.03875
.03875

.03310
.03250
.03250
.03180
.03180
$0.03624

.03060
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03250
.03250
.03440
.03250
.03250

1901.
$0.04375
.04375
.04375
.04250
.04250
.04250
.04250
.04220
.04190
.04060
.04000
.04030
.04030

Month.
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

.04060
.04100
.04190
.04190

Apr.

.04250
.04280
.04280
.04280
.04250
.04250
.04250
.04250
.04250

May.

.04625
.04690
.04690
.04625
.04500
.04500
.04440
.04375
.04500

.04470
.04440
.04470
.04500
.04560
.04625
.04625
.04625
.04690
.04750
.04750
.04810
.04875

.04250
.04190
.04150
.04190

July.

.04560
.04560
.04500
.04500
.04500
.04440
.04375
.04375
.04310

.04875
.04810
.04875
.04875
.04875
.04940
.05000
.05000
.05000

.04160
.04125
.04000
.04000
.03810
.03750
.03750
.03750
.03750

Aug.

.04310
.04310
.04310
.04310

.04910
.04750
.04750
.04625

.04310
.04310
.04440
.04500

.04310
.04250
.04250
.04250

.03875
.03940
.04000
.04125
.04250

.0444ff
.04440
.04440
.04375
.04310

.04250
.04250
.04250
.04250
.04250

.04375
.04375
.04375
.04375
.04375
.04440
.04410
.04375
.04375

.03750
.03750
.03750
.03810
.03810
.03750
.03720
.03690
.03750

$0.03564

$0.04235

$0.04422

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$0.04572

.03750
.03750
.03750
.03660
$0.04040

June.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Average.

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[Price per pound in New York on Thursday of each week. The import duty of about 2 cents per
cent ad valorem, and since July 24,1897, it has been 1.95 cents per pound. The

Month.

1890.

1891.

$0.06370
.06370
.06370
.06248
.06125
.06248
.06186
.06186
.06248
.06309
.06186
.06003
.05941

$0.05840
.05840
.05840
.06130
.06000
.06130
.06370
.06370
.06410
.06610
.06370
.06130
.06130

Apr............. $0.05880-. 05941
.06064
.06064
.06064

.04500
.04500
.04500
.04500
.04500
.04375
.04500
.04250
.04180

Jan.............

Feb.............

M a r ...........

M ay...........

J u n e .........

.05941
.05880-. 05941
.05880
.06003
.06186-. 06248
.06615-. 06676
.06493
.06125
.06125

.04125
.04060
.04060
.04180

1892.

1893.
$0.04600
.04600
.04600
.04600

$0.03740
. 03C80
.04100
.04040

.03920
.03920
.03920
.03920
.04070
.04190
.04290
.04290
.04280
.04280
.04280
.04180
.04180

.04600
.04600
.04540
.04470
.04470
.04470
.04470
.04540
.04720
.04840
.04840
.04900
.05080

.03980
.04040
.04170
.04170
.04170
.04170
.04170
.03980
.03980
.03980
.03980
.03980
.03980

.04220
.04220
.04220
.04220

.05080
.05200
.05080
.05080

.04220
.04280
.04280
.04220
.04280
.04220
.04160
.04160
.04220

.05080
.05210
.05270
.05270
.05270
.05270
.05340
.05340
.05080

.03860
.03910
.03910
.03910
.03860
.03800
.03980
.03980
.03980

.03980
.04350
.04350
.04350
.04350
.04350
.04350
.04350
.04350

.03980
.03980
.04230
.04230

.04350
.04350
.04350
.04350

.04230
.04230
.04350
.04470

.05080
.05080
.05080
.05080
.05080
.05080
.05080
.05080
.05080

.04350
.04470
.04470
.04600
.04720
.04720
.04720
.04540
.04410

.04350
.04350
.04350
.04230
.04100
.04160
.04230
.04410
.04470

.05080
.05080
.05080
.05080

. .04350
.04350
.04350
.04350
.03980
.04100
.04100
.03980
.03980
.03800
.03740
.03740
.03740

.04530
.04470
.04470
.04350
.04230
.04230
.04230
.04230
.04350
.04350
.04350
.04350
.04720

$0.04111

$0.04155

.04250
.04250
.04310
.04250
.04250
.04060
.04125
.04250
.04180

Sept...........

.06493
.06493
.06493
.06493

.04250
.04310
.04376
.04375

O c t.............

.06493
.06493
.06493
.06370
.06248
.06003
.06003
.06003
.06003

.04375
.04375
.04375
.04060
.04125
.04060
.04060
.04250
.04180

.04720
.04600
.04600
.04600

.04720
.04470
.04470
.04230

Dec.............

.06003
.05880
.05880
.05880

.04180
.04180
.04000
.04000
,04000

.04600
.04600
.04600
.04600
.04600

.04230
.04230
.04230
.04230
.04100

Average.

$0.06168

$0.04714

$0.04354

$0.04836

A u g ...........

N o v ...........




1895.

$0.04040
.03920
.03920
.03920

.06i25^.06i86
.06125
.06003-. 06064
.06003
.05941
.06003
.06064
.06064
.06370

July...........

1894.

.04710
.04900
.04900
.04900
.04900
.04720
.04720
.04720
.04720

$0.03740
.03740
.03740
.03740
.03740
.03680
.03680
.03740
.03740
.03800
.03860
.03860
.03860
.03860
.03860
.03860
.03860

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T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
S U G A R : G r a n u la t e d .
pound was taken off April 1,1891. From August 28,1894, to July 23,1897, the import duty was 40 per
quotations are from Willett & Gray’s Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal.]

1896.

$0.04720
.04590
.04590
.04720
.04650
.04580
.04650
.04720
.04720
.04720
.04720
.04840
.04840

1897.

$0.04100
.04100
.03980
.03980

1898.

1899.

$0.04960 $0.04650-. 04720
.04720
.04960
.04720
.04960
.04720
.04840

1900.

$0.04750
.04850
.04850
.04950

Month.

1901.

$0.0524 Jan.
.0534
.0534
.0524
.0524
.0524 Feb.
.0524
.0524
.0524
.0524 Mar.
.0500
.0500
.0500

.04840
.05080
.05200
.05200
.05140
.05080
.05080
.04840
.04970

.03980
.04840
.04100
.04960
.04100
.04960
.04100 $0.04960-. 05080
.03980
.04960
.04100
.04840
.04230
.04840
.04230
.04840
.04840
.04470
.04960
.'04470
.04900
.04960
.04230
.04230
.05150
.04230
.04290
.05150
.04290
.05080
.04230
.05080
.04230
.05080

.04720
.05000
.04720
.05000
.04720
.05000
.04720
.05000
.04720
.05000
.04840
.04900
.04840
.04900
.04840
.04950
.04840
.04950
.04840 $0.04900-. 04950
.04960
.04950
.04960
.04950
.04960
.04950

.04720
.04780
.04660
.04470

.04230
.04470
.04470
.04470

.04600
.04470
.04470
.04350
.04350
.04600
.04600
.04470
.04470

.04470
.04590
.04590
.04660
.04720
.04720
.04720
.04720
.04720

.05080
.05080
.05080
.05080
.05080
.05080
.05080
.05080
.05080

.05080
.05210
.05210
.05210
.05210
.05210
.05210
.05210
.05210

.05080
.05080
.05080
.05080

.05210
.05210
.05210
.04960-. 05020
.04960-. 05020
.04960-. 05020
.04890-. 04960
.04770-. 04820
.04770-. 04820

.05890
.05830-. 05890
.05830-. 05890
.05830-. 05890
.05880
.05880
.05880
.05880
.05880

.0510- .0519 Aug.
.0510
.0510
.0500
.0500
.0500 Sept.
.0500
.0500
.0500

.04770-. 04820
.04770-. 04820
.04770-. 04820
.04770-. 04820

.05490
.05490
.05490
.05490

.0485 Oct.
.0485
.0485
.0485
.0475- .0485
.0475 Nov.
.0465
.0465
.0465

.04470
.04720
.04470 $0.04780-. 04850
.04470 .04780-. 04850
.04470 .04780-. 04850
.04850
.04240
.04850
.03980
.04850
.03860
.04850
.03860
.04720
.03980
.08980
.04720
.04230
.04720
.04100
.04720
.04100
.04720

.05150
.05210
.05210
.05210
.05080
.04720
.04720
.04720
.04720-. 04840

.04100
.04100
.04100
.04100
.04100

.04720
.04720
.04840
.04960
.04960

.04960
.04960
.04840
.04720-. 04780
.04720

$0.04532

$0.04497

$0.04974




.04720-. 04840
.04720
.04960
.04960

.05080
.05080
.05080
.05080

.04950
.0520 May.
.04950
.0529
.0529
.04950
.0529
.05100
.05300 $0.0515- .0529
.0515- .0529 June.
.05400
.05500
.0515- .0529
.0515- .0529
.05500
.0519- .0524
.05590
.05690
.05790
.05890
.05890

.05490
.05340
.05340
.05340
.05190-. 06340
.04770-. 04820 .05290-. 05340
.04770-. 04820 .05290-. 05340
.04770-. 04820 .05290-. 05340
.04770-. 04820 ! .05290-. 05340
.04770-. 04820
.04770-. 04820
.04770-. 04820
.04770-. 04820
.04770-. 04820

$0.04924

.0500 Apr.
.0510
.0520
.0520

$0.05332

.0519.0519.0510.0510-

.0524 July.
.0524
.0519
.0519

.0465 Dec.
.0465
.0446- .0465
.0437- .0441
$0.05048

Average.

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[Price per pound in New York on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the annual reports of the
New York Produce Exchange.]

Month.

1890.

Mar .
SO. 04$ Apr .
.0 4 * M ay.

Aug .

Sept.

1894.

1895.

SO. 04 * S0.04$-S0.04$$
SO. 04$
SO. 05$ SO. 05*-S0.05$
.04$
.05$
.04$
.05$
.04$
i04$
.06$
.05$
.04$
.04$
.04$ SO. 06$ - .07
.05$
.04$
.07$
.0 5 $ - .05$
.04$
•04*
.04$
.07$
.05 SO. 04$ - .04$
•04*
.04$
.0 7 $ - .08
.05
.04$
.0 4 *
.04$$ .0 4 * - .04$
.04$$ .0 4 $ - .04$
.08$
.04$ SO. 04$ - .04$$
.07
.0 5 *
.04$
.0 4 *
•04$$
.06$
.05$
.04$
•04$
.04$
.0 4 $ - .041$ .06 - .06$
.0 4 $ - .04$
.05
.04$
.05 - .0 5 *
.04$
.0 5 $ - .06
.0 4 $ - .05
.04$
.04$
.05$
.04$$
.0 4 $ - .04$
.05$
.04$
.04$$- .04$
.05
.05
.04$
.05$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.05$
.04$
.04$
.0 4 ,.04$ - .04$
.05
.04$5
.04$
.05$
.04$
.05
.04$
.04$
.04$$
.0 5 *
.05
.05 - .0 5 *
.04$
.04$
•05$
.04$
.0 4 $ - .04$
.05$
.04$ - .05
.04$
.05
.04$
.0 5 $ - .06
.04$ - .04$$ .04$ - .04$
.04$
.04$
.04$$- .04$
.05$
.0 4 $ - .04$
.04$$- .04$
05!
.04$
.04$$- .04$
.0 4 *
.04$
•04* .0 5 $ - !0 5 * .04$$- .04$
.04$
.04$$
.04$
.04$
.05
•0 4 *
.04$
.04$
.0 4 * - .04$
.04$
.0 4 * - .04$
.04$
.0 4 $ - .04$
.04$
.04$
.0 4 $ - .04$
.04$
.04$$
.04$
.04$$- .04$
.04$ - .0 4 *
.04$
.04$
•04$
.0 4 * - .04$
.0 4 $ - .04$$
.04$
.05 .0 4 * - .04$
.04$
.04$
•04$$
.0 5 $ - .05$
.0 4 * - .04$
.0 4 $ - .04$
.04$
.0 4 * - .04$
.04
.05
.04$
.04 - .04$
•0 4 *
.05
.0 4 * - .04$
.04$$- .04$
.04$
.04$
.05
•04*
•04$
.0 4 $ - .04$
.04$
.05
.04$
.04$$ .0 4 $ - .0 4 *
.05
.04$
•04* .0 4 $ - .04$
.05
.04$
04$
.04$
.0 4 $ - .04$
.04$
.04$$ .04$$- .04$
.0 4 $ - '.04* .04$ - .04$
.0 4 $ - .05
,°4 t - .O p
.04$
.04$
.0 4 $ - .05
.04$ - .05
.04$
.05
.05$
.04$
.04,
.05$
.05
.05
.04$
.05
.05$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.05
.04$
.05$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.05$
.0 4 * - .04$
.04$
.04$$- .04$
.04$ - .04$
•04* .05 - .05$
.04$
.04$
.0 5 *
.04$
.04$
.04$
.0 4 * - .04$
.0 5 A - ; 05|
.0 4 $ - .04$
.04$
.04$
•04* .04$ - .04$
.0 4 $ - .04$
•04$
.04$
.04$
.05
.0 5 $ - .05$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.0 4 *
.05$
.05 - .05$
.04$$
•04$
.05 - .05$
.04$
.04$
.0 4 $ - .05
.05
.04$
.0 4 *
.04$
.04$
.05
.05$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.04$
.05$
.05
.04$
.04
.04$
.05 - .05$
.0 5 * - .05$
.04$
.03$ - .04
.04$$
.03$

•°*- -88*

Feb.

July.

1893.

SO. 0 4 *
.04$
.04$
.04*

Jan.

June .

1892.

1891.

.0 4 $ .0 4 $ -

:83 '°5 "

:8tf
;8Sf

:83*

:8 £

:S f

Oct.

Nov .

Dec.

Average.

SO. 0460




SO. 0483

SO. 0463

SO.0544

SO. 0480

SO. 0134

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[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e ..........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ............
Dec.............

$0.26-$0.27
.26- .27
.26- .27
.26- .27
.23- .25
.23- .25
.23- .25
.23- .25
.33- .35
.31- .33
.31- .33
.27- .29

$0.27-$0.29
.28- .30
.28- .30
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29

$0.27-$0.29
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29
.28- .30
.29- .32
.26- .28
.31- .34
.31- .34
.31- .34
.31- .34
.31- .34

$0.31-$0.34
.28- .30
.28- .30
.28- .30
.28- .30
.28- .30
.28- .30
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29

$0.27-$0.29
.27- .29
.27- .29
.27- .29
.25- .28
.25- .28
.25- .28
.25- .28
.28- .30
.28- .30
.28- .30
.28- .30

$0.28-$0.30
.28- .30
.28- .30
.28- .30
.28- .30
.28- .30
.24- .26
.24- .26
.24- .26
.24- .26
.24- .26
.24- .26

Average.

$0.2733

$0.2817

$0.3008

$0.2888

$0.2783

$0.2700

V E G E T A B L E S , F R E S H : O n io n s.
[Price per barrel in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$4.00-$8.00
5.00- 10.00
3.50- 10.00
3.00- 7.00
2.50- 5.00
2.50- 3.50
2.00- 2.75
4.00- 4.50
3.50- 4.00
2.00- 4.00
2.00- 4.00
2.50- 5.00

$3.00-$6.00
3.00- 6.00
4.00- 6.00
5.00- 8.00
(a)
8.00- 4.00
3.00- 4.00
2.50- 3.00
3.00- 3.50
3.25- 4.00
3.00- 3.50
4.00- 6.00

$4.00-$5.50
4.00- 6.00
5.00- 7.00
5.00- 8.00
2.00- 4.00
2.25- 2.50
2.25- 2.50
2.50- 3.00
2.00- 2.50
2.00- 3.00
2.50- 3.50
2.00- 3.50

$2.0Q-$4.00
3.00- 4.50
4.00- 5.00
3.00- 5.00
2.00- 3.50
3.00
3.00- 3.75
2.50- 3.00
2.50- 2.75
2.50- 3.00
2.50- 3.25
2.50- 3.25

$2.50-$4.00
2.00- 3.50
2.50- 5.00
2.00- 4.00
2.00- 5.00
2.00- 3.50
1.50- 2.00
1.50- 2.50
3.00- 4.50
3.00- 4.50
2.60- 4.50
3.00- 8.00

Average.

$4.3438

$4.1250

$3.6042

$3.1875

$3.2500




a No quotation for month.

$3.00-$6.50
4 .0 0 9.00
4.00- 8.00
3.00- 6.00
2.00- 5.00
1.75- 2.25
1.50- 2.00
1.75- 2.25
1.50- 2.00
1.25- 2.00
1.25- 1.75
1.25- 1.75
$3.1146

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

341

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
T E A : F o r m o s a , fine.
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

80.24-80.26
.24- .26
.24- .26
.24- .26
.24- .26
.24- .26
.24- .26
.24- .26
.25- .28
.25- .28
.27- .30
.27- .30

80.27-80.30
.27- .30
.26- .30
.26- .30
.26- .30
.27- .30
.24- .26
.27- .30
.27- .30
.27- .30
.27- .30
.26- .29

80.26-80.29
.25- .28
.25- .28
.25- .28
.26- .28
.26- .28
.30- .32
.30- .32
.31- .35
.31- .35
.31- .35
.31- .35

80.29 -80.30
.31 - .34
.3 1 - .34
. 3 1 - .34
.30*- .33
.29*- .32
.29*- .32
.29*- .32
.29*- .32
.29*- .32
.29*- .32
.29*- .32

80.29*-80.32
.29*- .32
.29*- .32
.29*- .32
.29*- .32
. 2 8 - .31
. 2 8 - .31
. 2 8 - .31
. 2 8 - .31
.27 - .30
. 2 7 - .30
. 2 7 - .30

80.27-80.30
.27- .30
.27- .30
.27- .30
.27- .30
.27- .30
.27- .30
.27- .30
.27- .30
.27- .30
.27- .30
.27- .30

80.2583

80.2800

80.2958

80.3117

80.2977

80.2850

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

V E G E T A B L E S , F R E S H : O n io n s.
[Price per barrel in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
81.25-82.00
1.50- 2.00
1.00- 1.75
1.00- 2.00
.50- 1.00
1.75- 2.00
1.75
2.00
2.00- 2.50
1.75- 2.25
2.50- 3.50
2.50- 4.50

84.00-86.00
4.00- 6.00
4.00- 6.50
5.00- 8.00
3.50- 4.00
3.00- 3.50
2.25- 2.50
3.00- 3.75
3.00
3.00- 3.50
1.75- 4.00
2.00- 5.00

82.00-85.00
3.00- 6.50
3.00- 6.00
1.00- 3.00
3.00- 9.00
3.25- 3.50
1.75- 2.50
2.50- 3.50
1.00- 3.00
2.00- 2.50
2.00- 3.00
2.00- 4.50

83.00-86.00
3.00- 5.50
2.00- 8.00
3.00- 9.00
2.00- 3.00
2.75- 3.00
2.62- 2.75
2.00- 2.50
1.50- 2.25
2.00- 2.50
1.75- 2.25
2.00- 3.00

82.00-83.00
2.00- 2.25
1.75- 2.25
2.00- 2.75
1.50- 2.75
2.00- 2.25
1.75- 2.00
2.50- 2.75
1.50- 2.25
2.00- 3.00
3.00- 4.00
3.00- 4.00

83.50-85.00
3.50- 6.00
4.00- 6.50
3.00- 4.00
3.00- 6.00
1.75- 2.00
2.75
2.00
2.75- 3.00
2.50- 4.00
2.00- 4.00
3.00- 5.00

81.9479

83.9271

83.2708

83.2238

82.4271

83.5000




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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BULLETIN OB' THE DEPARTMENT OE LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C .— Continued.
V E G E T A B L E S , F R E S H : P o ta to e s , B u r b a n k .
fPrice per bushel in Chicago, weekly range; quotations from the annual reports of the Chicago
1
Board of Trade.]

Month.

1890.

Jan.............

80.38-80.42
.36- .42
.36- .42
.30- .40

Feb.............

.30- .40
.30- .42
.30- .40
.28- .38

M a r...........

.28.28.28.28.43.40.38.35.35-

.42
.44
.44
.53
.57
.57
.58
.58
.55

.30.30.30.40.35(a)
(a)

.55
.52
.55
.60
.55

Apr.............

M ay...........

J u n e .........

.60July...........

A u g ...........

Sept...........

(a)
(a)

Average.




.62
.63
.68
.63

.50.48.48.45.45.46.65.63.75-

.55
.57
.56
.54
.56
.60
.71
.73
.90

.52.55.58.60.60.60.62.62.62-

.68
.68
.72
.72
.72
.75
.75
.72
.73

.80.75.65.64-

.88
.83
.75
.76

.55- .70
.48- .60
.45- .55
.40- .57

.70.85.75.65(a)

.90
1.00
.95
.80

1.001.00-

1.08
1.08
1.05
1.05
1.10
1.20
1.35
1.15
1.15

.29.29.27.27.30.30.32.36.42-

.33
.34
.31
.34
.36
.36
.48
.48
.50

.75.71.68.62.62.70.75.75.88-

.78
.77
.75
.70
.77
.80
.88
.95
.98

.47.35.25.20-

.55
.50
.35
.30

.80.70.70.65-

.96
.90
.86
.70

.20.38.38-

.30
.40
.40

.60.60.40.50-

.70
.65
.65
.58

.58.50.50-

.70
.68
.60

(a)
la)
la)
la)
la)
(a)

la)

80.5956

.52.63.58.50-

1.19
1.20
1.18
1.12

(Y)

.73
.82
.90
.90
.92
.93
.93
.90
.90

.50- .55
.50- .55
.50- .55
.50- .56

1.051.101.061.00-

(a)

.68.70.80.83.87.87.85.82.85-

.70- .75
.80- 1.10
.73- 1.00
.73- .80
.75
.75
.83
.78

(a)

N o t ...........

80.51-80.57
.51- .56
.51- .55
.50- .54

.73.72.75.73-

(a )

(a)
(a)
(a)
(a)

la)

(a)
.30-

.35

.60.57.48-

(a)
la)

.68

.63
.63
.60

.30- .35
.32- .35
.25- .32
.25- .32
.25- .33
.28- .35
.26- .35
.26- .35
.26- .36

.44- .52
.48- .60
.60- .65
.58- .62
.6 0 - .70
.66- .72
.70- .76
.70- .76
.71- .78

.20- .37
.33- .40
.33- .36
.31- .33

.68.65.65.66.60-

80.7730

.72
.72
.70
.71
.68

1895.

80.60-80.73
.68- .73
.68- .73
.68- .71

.33
.35
.31
.33

.50

.65- .73
.60- .72
.68- .75
.70- .75

80.30-80.34
.30- .36
.30- .35
.30- .33
.30- .34
.30- .37
.28- .33
.28- .33
.28- .33

1894.

.30.20.28.28-

.40
.75

1.15
1.10
1.00
.90
.90

1893.

.95- 1.15
1.12
1.08
1.05- 1.12

1.021.00-

.95.95.951.001.10.901.00-

O ct.............

Dec.............

80.85-80.95
.85- .88
.90- .98
.88- .95
.88- .95
.88- .94
.88- .97
.90- .96
.90- 1.00

(a)
joj
(a)

(a)
(a)
(a)
1.10.85.80.80.72-

1892.

1891.

.55- .60
.55- .60
.70- .73
.55- .67
.50- .65
.58- .66
..5 5 - .60
.50- .60
.50- .58

(a)

(a)
(a)
\a)
.83

.55- .80
.80- .85
.65- .85
.55- .82
.55- .65
.50- .67
.50- .68
.45- .66
.45- .58

.50.50.50.51-

.56
.62
.62
.62

.40.40.40.45-

.58
.57
.60
.60

.51.51.51.51.51-

.60
.60
.60
.58
.57

.45^.45.43.43.43-

.58
.58
.58
.57
.55

80.4546

a No quotation for week.

80.6714

.40.33.20.25.35-

(a)
(a)
(a)
(a)

(a)
(a)
(a)

.80-

80.44-80.55
.48- .58
.48- .58
.48- .60

80.6128

.55
.55
.35
.45
.45

(a)
(a)
la)
la)
la)
(a)
la)
.24.23-

.28
.26

.22^.18.18.17-

.28
.26
.24
.22

.17.20.20.20.20.20.18.18.18-

.25
.26
.24
.24
.23
.23
.24
.24
.23

80.4326

COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

343

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , E T C ,— Continued.
V E G E T A B L E S ) F R E S H : P o ta to e s , B u r b a n k *
[Price per bushel in Chicago, weekly range; quotations from the annual reports of the Chicago
Board of Trade.]

1896.
$0.18-^0.22
.18- .24
.18- .23
.18- .23
.18.18.18.18.18.18.16.16.16-

.23
.22
.22
.22
.22
.20
.21
.21
.20

.16.16.16.16.14.12.10.10.14.21.15.10.10-

90.18-90.24
.20- .26
.20- .25
.20- .25
.20- .27
.22- .26
.22- .25
.22- .25
.21- .24

1899.

90.58-90.61
.58- .62
.58- .60
.57- .60

1900.
90.48-90.50
.43- .48
.43- .47
.42- .47

90.43-90.49
.42- .49
.40- .46
.42- .47

Jan.

.57.59.59.61-

.63
.62
.63
.64

.34- .40
.34- .40
.34- .47
.35- .50

.42- .49
.42- .48
.41- .46
.40- .45

.40- .44
.40- .42
.38- .43
.38- .42

Feb.

.38.38.36.35.33.30.26.26.28-

.43
.45
.41
.40
.37
.37
.32
.36
.35

.38.38.38.38.33.30.33.31.35-

Mar.

.27.27.28.30-

.33
.33
.34
.39

.35- .39
.35- .38
.41- .45
.41- .60

May.

.36^.31.36.35fa)
(a)

.41
.38
.40
.38

.50- .63
.58- .78
.58- .75
.43- .50
.35- .37
fa)

June.

.25
.25
.24
.25

.61.61.63.60-

.63
.67
.67
.63

.48- .61
.56- .65
.60- .75
.60- .65

.19
.21
.22
.20

.18.18.18.18-

.25
.24
.24
.25

.19
.16
.16
.17
.23
.29
.20
.15
.15

.19.19.19.19.19.18.30.28.23-

.26
.26
.25
.24
.25
.26
.38
.33
.32

.58.58.58.58.64.73.80.70.60-

.61
.62
.62
.66
.75
.87
.85
.75
.70

.56- .60
.56- .66
.55- .68
.49- .58
.50- .60
.38- .52
.35- .38
.33- .37
.33- .37

.23.23-

.28
.28

(a)
la)
la)
(a)
la)
la)

(a)

(a)
(a)
la)
la)
la)
la)
(a)

la)
.31
.25

.60- .63
.52- .63
.32- .50
.40- .65
.44r- .50
(a)
la)
la)
la)
(a)
(a)

la)

(a)

(a)
la)

.36
.33
.33
.36
.35
.34
.31
.35
.34

.26
.26
.24
.23

.50- .60
.56- .62
.55- .58
.55- .60
.56- .60

.30.30.30.30.30-

90.1965

'90.3279

.20.20.20.18-

.45^
.44.43' .40.38.40.40.48.50-

.58




.30.33.30.30^
.26.26.30-

la)
la)

.42
.40
.41
.41
.38
.38
.40
.36
.42

la)
la)

(a)

la)
(a)
(a)
(a)

(a)
la)

.30.30.29.31.31.30.29.30.32-

.25
.23
.24
.23
.22
.23
.26
.26
.26

.28

(a)

.43- .48
.32- .43

.40
.37
.60
.43

(a)
a
(a)

(a)
la)

.52
.48
.48
.43
.48
.47
.50
.55
.55

.20.20.19.18.18.18.19.20.18-

.38.34.42.35-

(a)

(a)
.52-

Month.

1901.

90.34-90.37
.34- .38
.34- .38
.34- .37

.18.18.18.18-

(a)
\a)

.26.21-

1898.

1897.

Apr.

July.

(a)

(a)
fa)
fa)
(a)

(a)
1.10- 1.25
fa)
(a)
.95

Aug.

Sept.
.40
.35
.344
.31
.30
.32
.32

.40
.33- .36
.30- .37
.30- .37
.28- .33
.25- .32
.25- .32
.25- .34

.31- .32
.31- .36
.35- .40
.40- .42

.29.30.32.38-

.35
.36
.43
.46

.34
.36
.36
.35
.35

.35- .40
.40- .45
.43- .45
.43- .45
.40- .46

.40.40.42.42.42-

.45
.46
.48
.46
.47

90.5094

90.4172

90.3736

(<l) 1.07
.60
.66- .68
.66- .67
.59- .61
.59- .62

Oct

.65.59.72.74.77.79.75.76.76-

Nov.

.67
.76
.77
.82
.80
.80
.80
.82
.80

90.5642

Dec.

Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OP LABOR.
I.—W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F O O D , E T C .— Concluded.
V I N E G A R : C id e r, M o n a r c h .

[Price per gallon in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants’ Review.]

Month.
Jan...
F eb...
Mar ..
A p r...
M a y ...
June .
J u ly ..
Aug ..
Sept..
O ct. . .
Nov ..
D ec...
Average.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

SO. 15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.16
.18
.18

SO. 18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18

SO. 18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.16
.16
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15

SO. 15
• .15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15

SO. 15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15

SO. 15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.13
.13
.13

SO. 1558

SO. 1800

SO. 1642

SO. 1500

SO.1500

SO. 1450

CLOTH S A N D

C L O T H IN G .

B A G S : 2 -b u s h e l, A m o s k e a g .
[Price per bag on the first of each month.]
Month.
Jan.............
Peb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
A verage...

1890.

1891.

SO.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.16
.16
.16
.16*
.16*
.16*

SO. 15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*

SO. 1594

SO.1563

BLANKETS:

1892.
SO. 15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
SO. 1550

1893.
SO. 15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.13*
.13*
.13*
SO. 1494

1894.
SO. 13*
.13*
.13*
.13*
.13*
.13*
.11*
.11*
.11*
.12*
.12*
.12*
SO. 1275

1895.
SO.10*
.10*
.10*

.11
.11
.11

.11*
.11*
.11*
.13
.13
.13
SO. 1150

11-4, 5 p o u n d s to th e p a ir , a l l w o o l*

[Average price per pound for each year.]
Average. . .

SO. 91

SO. 89

SO. 90

SO. 90

SO. 85

SO. 75

B L A N K E T S : 11-4l, 5 p o u n d s to th e p a ir , cotton w a r p , a l l w o o l fillin g *
[Average price per pound for each year.]
A verage...

SO. 65

SO. 65

SO. 64

SO. 64

SO. 55

SO. 54

B L A N K E T S : 11-4, 5 p o u n d s to th e p a ir , cotton w a r p , co tton a n d w o o l fillin g *
[Average price per pound for each year.]
Average. . .

SO. 46




SO. 46

SO. 43

SO. 42

SO. 41

$0.40

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

345

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

F O O D , B T C .—Concluded.
V I N E G A R : C id e r, M o n a rc h .
[Price per gallon in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants’ Review.]
1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13

$0.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13

$0.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.14
.14
.14

$0.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14

$0.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13

$0.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.14
.14
.14

$0.1300

$0.1300

$0.1325

$0.1400

$0.1350

$0.1325

CLOTH S A N D

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C L O T H IN G .

B A G S : 2 -b u s h e l9 A m o s k e a g .
[Price per bag on the first of each month.]
1896.
$0.13*
.13*
.13*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.13
.13
.13
$0.1281

1897.

1898.
$0.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.14
.14
.14
.14*
.14*
.14*

$0.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.12*
.12*
.12*
.13*
.13*
.13*
$0.1300

$0.1338

BhANKETS:

1899.
$0.14
.14
.14
.14*
.14*
.14*
.14*
.14*
.14*
.14*
.15
.15
$0.1446

1900.
$0.16*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.16
• .16
.16
.16
$0.1575

1901.
$0.15*
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
$0.1413

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

11-4, 5 p o u n d s to th e p a ir , a l l w o o l .

[Average price per pound for each year.]
$0.75

$0.75

$0.90

$0.80

$0.90

$0.85

Average.

B L A N K E T S : 11-4, 5 p o u n d s to th e p a ir , co tton w a r p , a l l w o o l fillin g .
[Average price per pound for each year.]
$0.56

$0.65

$0.62*

$0.62*

$0.75

$0.65

Average.

B J L A N K E T S : 11-4, 5 p o u n d s to the p a ir , c otton w a r p , co tton a n d w o o l fillin g .
[Average price per pound for each year.]
$0.40

$0.42




$0.42

$0.42
*

$0.52*

$0.47*

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T able I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

C JL O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G — Continued.
B O O T S A N D S H O E S : M e n ’s b r o g a n s , sp lit.
[Price per pair for each quarter 1890 to 1898, and on the first of each month 1899 to 1901.]
Month.
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ______
.Time_____
J u ly...........

Alig ..........

Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

1891.

1890.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

$1,050

$1,050

$1,050

$1,025

$1,000

$0,925

i.050

1.050

1.050

1.025

1.000

.950

1.050

1.050

1.025

1.000

.950

1.050

1.050

1.050

1.025

1.000

.925

1.000

$1.0500

$1.0500

$1.0375

$1.0125

$0.9688

$0.9813

B O O T S A N D S H O E S : M e n ’s e a l f D al. sh o es, G o o d y e a r w e l t , d o n g o la top.
[Price per pair on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40

$2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40

$2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40

$2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40

$2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40

$2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40

Average.

$2.40

$2.40

$2.40

$2.40

$2.40

$2.40

B O O T S A N D S H O E S : M e n ’s s p lit b o o ts, k i p top , 1 6 -in c h , o n e -h a lt 'd o u b le sole*
[Price per dozen pairs on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00

$17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00

$17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00

$16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50

$16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00

$15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00

Average.

$17,000

$17,000

$17,000

$16,500

$16,000

$15,000

B O O T S A N D S H O E S : M e n ’s v ic i k i d sh o es, G o o d y e a r w e l t .
[Price per pair on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ............
June............
J u ly...........
A u g ............
Sept............
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50

$2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50

$2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50

$2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50

$2.50
. 2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50

$2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25

Average.

$2.50

$2.50

$2.50

$2.50

$2.50

$2.25




347

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G —Continued.
B O O T S A N D S H O E S : M e n ’s b r o g a n s , sp lit.
[Price per pair for each quarter 1890 to 1898, and on the first of each month 1899 to 1901.1
1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

$1,000

$0,950

$0,900

1.000

.950

.900

1.000

.950

.925

.975

.950

.925

$0.9938

$0.9500

$0.9125

1900.

1901.

$0,925
.925
.925
.925
.925
.925
.950
.950
.950
.950
.950
.950

$0,950
.950
.950
.950
.950
.950
.925
.925
.925
.925
.925
.925

$0,925
.925
.925
.925
.925
.925
.950
.950
.950
.975
.975
.975

$0.9375

$0.9375

$0.9438

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

B O O T S A N D S H O E S : M e n ’s c a l f b a l. sh o es, G o o d y e a r w e l t , d o n g o la top.
[Price per pair on the first of each month.]
$2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40

$2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40

$2.40

$2.40

-

$2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24

$2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24

$2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24
2.24

$2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30

$2.32

$2.24

$2.24

$2.30

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

B O O T S A N D S H O E S : M e n ’s s p lit b o o ts, k i p top , 1 6 -in c h , o n e - h a lf d o u b le sole.
[Price per dozen pairs on the first of each month.]
$15.50
15.50
15.50
15.50
15.50
15.50
15.50
15.50
15.50
15.50
15.50
15.50

$16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00

$16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50
16.50

$17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00

$18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00

$18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.50
18.50
18.50
19.00
19.00
19.00

$15,500

$16,000

$16,500

$17,000

$18,000

$18,375

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

B O O T S A N D S H O E S : M e n ’s v ic i k i d sho es, G o o d y e a r w e lt .
[Price per pair on the first of each month.]
$2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25

$2.00

$2.00

$2.00

$2.00

$2.00

$2.25

$2.00

$2.00

$2.00

$2.00

$2.00

2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00




2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00

2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00

2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00

2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

348

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T a b l e I ___ W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G —Continued.
B O O T S A N D S H O E S : W o m e n ’s s o lid g r a in sh o es, le a t h e r, p o li s h o r p o lk a .
[Price per pair on the first of each month.]

B R O A D C L O T H S : F ir s t q u a lit y , Jblack, 5 4 -in c h , m a d e fr o m X X X w o o l .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e ..........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
Oct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97

$1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97

$1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97

$1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97
1.97

$1.58
1.58
1.58
1.58
1.58
1.58
1.58
1.58
1.58
1.58
1.58
1.58

$1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38

Average.

$1.97

$1.97

$1.97

$1.97

$1.58

$1.38

C A L IC O :

Coch eco p rin ts .

[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
May............
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
Oct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0,065
.065
.065
.065
.065
.065
.065
.065
.065
.065
.065
.065

$0,060
.060
.060
.050
.050
.050
.060
.060
.060
.060
.060
.060

$0,065
.065
.065
.065
.065
.065
.065
.065
.065
.065
.065
.065

$0,065
.065
.065
.065
.065
.065
.060
.060
.060
.060
.060
.060

$0,055
.055
.055
.055
.055
.055
.055
.055
.055
.055
.055
.055

$0,050
.050
.050
.050
.050
.050
.055
.055
.055
.055
.055
.055

Average.

$0.0650

$0.0575

$0.0650

$0.0625

$0.0550

$0.0525

C A R P E T S : B r u s s e ls , 5 -fr a m e , B i g e l o w .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ............
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$1,032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032

$1,128
1.128
1.128
1.128
1.128
1.128
1.128
1.128
1.128
1.128
1.128
1.128

$1,128
1.128
1.128
1.032
1.032
1.032
.984
.984
.984
.984
.984
.984

$0,984
.984
.984
.984
.984
.984
.984
.984
.984
.984
.984
.984

$0,936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936

$0,936
-.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936

Average.

$1,032

$1,128

$1,032

$0,984

$0,936

$0,936

M!ay.........




COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

349

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G —Continued.
B O O T S A N D S H O E S : W o m e n ’s solid, g r a in sho es, le a t h e r, p o lis h o r p o lk a .
[Price per pair on the first of each month.]
1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0,850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850

$0.85p
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850

$0,850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850

$0,850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850

$0,925
.925
.925
.925
.925
.925
.925
.875
.875
.875
.875
.875

$0,850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.850
.875
.875

$0.8500

$0.8500

$0.8500

$0.8500

$0.9042

$0.8542

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

B R O A D C L O T H S : F ir s t q u a lit y , B la c k , 5 4 -in c h , m a d e fr o m X X X w o o l .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38
1.38

$1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70

$1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70

$1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70

$1.87
1.87
1.87
1.87
1.87
1.87
1.87
1.87
1.87
1.87
1.87
1.87

$1.91
1.91
1.91
1.91
1.91
1.91
1.91
1.91
1.91
1.91
1.91
1.91

$1.38

$1.70

$1.70

$1.70

$1.87

$1.91

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C A L IC O : Coch eco p rin ts .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0,055
.055
.055
.055
.055
.055
.050
.050
.050
.050
.060
.050

$0,050
.050
.050
.060
.050
.050
.050
.050
.050
.050
.050
.050

$0,045
.045
.045
.045
.045
.045
.045
.045
.045
.045
.045
.045

$0,045
.045
.045
.045
.045
.045
.055
.050
.050
.050
.050
.055

$0,055
.055
.055
.055
.055
.055
.050
.050
.050
.050
.050
.050

$0,050
.050
.050
.050
.050
.050
.050
.050
.050
.050
.050
.050

$0.0525

$0.0500

$0.0450

$0.0483

$0.0525

$0.0500

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C A R P E T S : B r u s s e ls , 5-fr a m e , B i g e l o w .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0,936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936

$0,936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.936
.984
.984
.984
.984
.984
.984

$1,032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032

$1,032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032

$1,032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032

$1,032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032
l;032
1.032
1.032
1.032
1.032

$0,936

$0,960

$1,032

$1,032

$1,032

$1,032




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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T a b l e I ___ W H OLESALE

PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G —Continued.
C A R P E T S : I n g r a i n , 2 -p ly , L o w e ll*
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr............
M ay...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

80.528
.528
.528
.528
.528
.528
.504
.504
.504
.504
.504
.504

80.552
.552
.552
.552
.552
.552
.552
.552
.552
.552
.552
.552

80.504
.504
.504
.504
.504
.504
.504
.504
.504
.504
.504
.504

80.528
.528
.528
.528
.528
.528
.528
.528
.528
.528
.628
.628

80.480
.'180
. 480
.480
.480
.480
.456
.456
.456
.456
.456
.456

80.432
.432
.432
.432
.432
.432
.408
.408
.408
.408
.408
.408

Average.

80.516

80.562

80.504

80.528

80.468

80.420

C A R P E T S : W i lt o n , 5 -fr a m e , B ig e lo w *
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

81.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920

82.016
2.016
2.016
2.016
2.016
2.016
2.016
2.016
2.016
2.016
2.016
2.016

81.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920

81.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920

81.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920
1.920

81.680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680

Average.

81.920

82.016

81.920

81.920

81.920

81.680

C O T T O N F L A N N E L S : 21 y a r d s to th e p o u n d *
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

C O T T O N F L A N N E L S : 31 y a r d s to th e p o u n d *




[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

351

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

C L O T H S A M D C L O T H IN G —Continued.
C A R P E T S : I n g r a i n , 2 -p ly , L o w e ll .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0,408
.408
.408
.408
.408
.408
.408
.408
.408
.408
.408
.408

$0,408
.408
.408
.408
.408
.408
.456
.456
.456
.456
.456
.456

$0,504
.504
.504
.504
.504
.504
.432
.432
.432
.432
.432
.432

$0,432
.432
.432
.432
.432
.432
.480
.480
.480
.480
.480
.480

$0,480
.480
.480
.480
.480
.480
.504
.504
.504
.504
.504
.504

$0,480
.480
.480
.480
.480
.480
.480
.480
.480
.480
.480
.480

$0,408

$0,432

$0,468

$0,456

$0,492

$0,480

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C A R P E T S : W i lt o n , 5 -fr a m e , B i g e lo w .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$1,680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680

$1,680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.680
1.776
1.776
1.776
1.776
1.776
1.776

$1,824
1.824
1.824
1.824
1.824
1.824
1.824
1.824
1.824
1.824
1.824
1.824

$1,824
1.824
1.824
1.824
1.824
1.824
1.824
1.824
1.824
1.824
1.824
1.824

$1,872
1.872
1.872
1.872
1.872
1.872
1.872
1.872
1.872
1.872
1.872
1.872

$1,872
1.872
1.872
1.872
1.872
1.872
1.872
1.872
1.872
1.872
1.872
1.872

$1,680

$1.728

$1,824

$1,824

$1,872

$1,872

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C O T T O N F L A N N E L S : 2* y a r d s to th e p o u n d .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
$0.0650

$0.05*
.05|
.05f
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*

$0.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
$0.0575

$0.0575

$0.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06*
.06*
.06*
$0.0619

$0.06*
.06*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
$0.0738

$0.07*
.07
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
$0.0640

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C O T T O N F L A N N E L S : 3* y a r d s to th e p o u n d .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
..05*
.05*
.05*
$0.0550

$0.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
$0.0550

$0.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
$0.0463

3586—No. 39—02----11



$0.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.05*
.05*
.05*
$0.0508

$0.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
$0.0567

$0.06*
.06*
.06*
.06
.06
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
$0.0575

Jan.
Feb..
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

352

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G — Continued.
C O T T O N T H R E A D : 6 -c o rd , 2 0 0 -y a r d s p o o ls , J . & P . Coats*
[Price per spool, freight paid, on the first of each month.]
1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
June.........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

SO. 031789
.031789
.031789
.031789
.031789
.031789
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238

SO. 031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238

$0.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238

$0.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238

$0.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238

$0.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238

Average.

SO. 031514

$0.031238

SO.031238

$0.031238

$0.031238

$0.031238

Month.

C O T T O N Y A R N S : C a rd e d , w h i t e , m u le -s p u n , N o r th e r n , co n es, 10/1*
[Price per pound on the first of each month.]
Jan...........
Feb...........
M ar...........
A p r ...........
MTay...........
J une.........
July......... .
A u g...........
Sept......... .
Oct...........

N o v ....... .

Dec...........

Average

a$0.18
0.18
a.18
0.18
o,17$
0.17$
0.174
0.18
0.18
a. 18
0.18
a.18
a$0.1790

a$0,174
0.174
0.174
0.174
a.174
0.17$
0.18
0.18$
0.184
0.184
0.184
0.184
o$0.1794

o$0.184
0.184
a.184
0.18$
0.18$
0.18$
0.19
0.194
0.19
0.194
0.19
0.18$
a$0.1885

$0,184
.184
.194
•184
.19
.174
.174
.18
.18
.174
.174
.174
$0.1808

$0,164
.164
.16
.15$
.154
.15$
.15
.14$
.14$
.144
.144
.144
$0.1523

$0,144
.14
.13$
.14
.14$
.144
.144
.14$
.154
.154
.15$
.164
$0.1477

C O T T O N T A R N S : C a rd e d , w h i t e , m u le -s p u n , N o r th e r n , cones, 22/1*
[Price per pound on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

o $0,214

0.214

a.214
a.22
0.224
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.224
0.224
0.224
o . 224
a $0.2208

o$0.22
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.22

0.224
a . 224
0.22$
0.22$
0.23
0.23
0.23

0 $0.2244

o$0.23
0.23
0.23
0.234
0.234
0.234
0.24
a.234
0.234
0.234
0.22
0.21

0 $0.2300

$0.22
.22
.224
.214
.22
.21
.21
.214
.204
.20$
.21
.20$
$0.2138

$0.19$
.194
.19
.18
.18
.174
•174
.174
.174
.174
•174
.17
$0.1796

$0,174
.17
.174
.174
.18
.18
.17$
.18
.18$
.19
.19$
.19$
$0.1815

D E N IM S : A m oskeag.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

$0.11$
.11$
.11$
.11$
.11$
•Ilf
•l l i
.114
.114
.12
.12
.12
$0.1175

$0.11$
.11$
.11$
.11$
.114
.114
.114
.114
•1U
•H i
.11$
•11$
$0.1144

$0.11$
.11$
.11$
.114
.114
.114
.114
.114
.114
.114
.114
.114
$0.1144

$0,114
.114
.114
.114
.114
.114
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
$0.1175

$0.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
$0.1100

a Records destroyed. Price estimated by person who furnished data for later years.




$0.10
.10
.10
.09$
.09$
.09$
.09$
.09$
.09$
.10
.10
.10
$0.0988

353

COURSE OF -WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

CLOTHS A N D CLO TH ING —Continued.
C O T T O N T H R E A D : 6 -c o rd , 2 0 0 -y a r d s p o o ls , J . & P . C oats.
[Price per spool, freight paid, on the first of each month.]
1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

80.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503

80.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503

80.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503

80.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503
.030503

80.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240

80.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240
.037240

80.030871

80.030503

80.030503

80.030503

80.037240

80.037240

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C O T T O N Y A R N S : C a rd e d , w h i t e , m u le -s p u n , N o r th e r n , co n es, 10/1.
[Price per pound on the first of each month.]
80.16*
.16*
.15*
.15*
.15
.14*
.14
.13*
.14
.14
.14
.14*
80.1483

80.14*
.14
.14
.14
.13*
.13*
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15*
.15*
80.1452

80.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.14*
.14*
.14
.13*
.13*
.13*
80.1456

80.13*
.13*
.13*
.13*
.13*
.13*
.13*
.13*
.14*
.14*
.16*
.16*
80.1408

80.17
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
80.1850

80.18*
.17*
.17
.16*
.16*
.15*
.15*
.15
.14*
.14*
.14*
.14*
80.1585

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C O T T O N Y A R N S : C a rd e d , w h i t e , m u le -s p u n , N o r th e r n , co n es, 22/1.
[Price per pound on the first of each month.]
80.20*
.20*
.19*
.18*
.18*
.17*
.17*
.17
.17*
.18
.17*
.18
j

80.1844

80.17*
.17*
•17*
.17*
.17
.17*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*

80.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18
.17*
.17*
.17*
.17
.16*
80.1792

80.1788

80.16*
.16*
.16*
.16*
.16*
.16*
.17
.17
.17*
. 18*
.20*
.20*
80.1760

80.21*
.22*
.22*
.23*
.23*
.23
.23
.23
.23*
.23*
.23
.22*
80.2283

80.22*
.22
•21*
.21
.19
.18*
.18*
.18
.17*
.17*
.17*
.17*
80.1927

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

D E N IH S : A m oskeag.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
80.10*
.10*
•10*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.10
.10
.10
80.0988

80.10
.10
.10
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
80.0931




80.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
•08*
.08*
.08*
80.0897

80.08*
.08*
.08*
.09
.09
.09
.09*
.09*
.09
.09*
.09*
.09*
80.0896

80.10
.10
.10*
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.10*
.11
.10*
.11
80.1073

80.11*
.11*
.11
.10*
.09*
.10
.10
.10
.10*
.10*
.10*
.10*
80.1046

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

C L O T H S AN TI) C L O T H IN G —Continued.
D R I L L I N G S : D r o w n , P e p p e r e ll.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Month.
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
MTay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

1892.

1891.

1890.
$0.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.07
.07
.06$
.07
.07
$0.0683

$0.06$
.07
.07
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
.06$
$0.0652

1893.

$0.06$
.06
.06
.06
.06
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
$0.0582

$0.06$
.06$
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.05$
.06
.05$
.05$
.05$
$0.0590

1894.
$0.06
.06
.06
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$
.05$

1895.
$0.05
.05
.05
.04$
.04$
.04$
.05
.05$
.05$
.06
.06
.06

$0.0559

$0.0529

D R I L L I N G S : 3 0 -in c h , S t a r k A .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.0614
.0621
.0622
.0629
.0625
.0648
.0674
.0675
.0673
.0652
.0621
.0621

$0.0644
.0635
.0623
.0619
.0611
.0594
.0595
.0602
.0588
.0543.
.0586
.0557

$0.0553
.0539
.0549
.0533
.0534
.0487
.0534
.0548
.0537
.0517
.0535
.0558

$0.0559
.0585
.0580
.0576
.0600
.0531
.0597
.0557
.0552
.0545
.0529
.0544

$0.0532
.0543
.0531
.0500
.0487
.0495
.0484
.0491
.0508
.0493
.0478
.0478

$0.0469
.0470
.0449
.0465
.0445
.0446
.0450
.0499
.0522
.0559
.0536
.0562

Average.

$0.0640

$0.0600

$0.0535

$0.0563

$0.0502

$0.0489

F L A N N E L S : W h it e , 4 -4 , R a l l a r d V a le N o . 3.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44

$0.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44

$0.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.42
.42

Average.

$0.4400

$0.4400

$0.4367

$0.42
.42
.42
.42
.42
.42
.42
.42
.42
.42
.37$
.37$
$0.4125

$0.37$
.37$
.•37$
.37$
.37$
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34

$0.30
.30
.30
.30
.30
.30
.31$
.31$
.31$
.31$
.31$
.31$

$0.3546

$0.3080

G IN G H A M S : A m osk eag.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625

$0.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650

$0.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650

$0.0650
.0650
.0650
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625

$0.0513
.0513
.0513
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0475

$0.0463
.0463
.0463
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0500
.0500
.0500

Average.

$0.0625

$0.0650

$0.0650

$0.0631

$0.0485

$0.0466




a No sales during month.

COURSE OE WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

355

T a b l e I — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G — Continued.
D R I L L I N G S : B r o w n , P e p p e r e ll.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
1896.
$0.06
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.051
.051
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
$0.0573

1897.

1898.

$0.05*
.05*
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
$0.0525

$0,051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.041
.041
$0.0513

1899.

1900.

$0,041
.04*
.04*
.04*
.05
.05
.05
.05
.051
.051
.05*
.06
$0.0510

1901.

$0.06
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.05*
.05*
.06
.06
.06
.06
$0.0606

$0.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
$0.0585

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

D R I L L I N G S : 3 0 -in c h , S t a r k A .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0.0538
.0534
.0539
.0524
.0516
.0504
.0521
.0533
.0517
.0512
.0520'
.0509

$0.0483
.0504
.0476
.0469
.0455
.0435
.0455
.0460
.0460
.0481
.0421
.0461

$0.0421
.0410
.0461
.0448
.0450
.0447
.0441
.0449
.0451
.0417
.0421
.0423

$0.0425
.0429
.0433
.0454
.0457
.0457
.0464
.0464
.0466
.0474
.0473
.0482

$0.0514
.0544
.0546
.0523
.0518
.0531
.0532
.0541
.0552
.0558
.0567
.0573

$0.0522

$0.0463

$0.0437

$0.0457

$0.0542

$0.0567
.0560
.0540
.0476
.0498
.0527

(a)
(a)

.0545
.0539
(a)
.0533
$0.0532

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

F L A N N E L S : W h it e , 4 -4, B a l l a r d V a le N o . 3.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.29
.29
.30
.30
.30
$0.3217

$0.30
.30
.30
.30
.30
.30
.30
.30
.321
.321
.341
.341
$0.3113

$0,341
.341
.351
.351
.351
.351
.351
.39*
.39*
.39*
.39*
.371
$0.3685

$0,371
.371
.42
.42
.42
.42
.42
.42
.42
.42
.42
.381

$0,371
.371
.371
.371
.371
.371
.371
.371
.371
.371
.371
.371
$0.3750

$0.4096

$0,381
.381
.381
.381
.381
.371
.371
.371
.371
.371
.371
.381
$0.3800

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

G I N G H A M S : Amosftceag.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0.0513
.0513
.0513
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0475
.0475
.0475

$0.0450
.0450
.0450
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0450
.0450
.0450

$0.0425
.0425
.0425
.0450
.0450
.0450
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425

$0.0450
.0450
.0450
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0500
.0500
.0475
.0475
.0500
.0500

$0.0523
.0523
.0523
.0523
.0523
.0523
.0523
.0523
.0523
.0475
.0500
.0500

$0.0500
.0500
.0500
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0500
.0500
.0500
.0500

$0.0472

$0.0438

$0.0431

$0.0477

$0.0515

$0.0490




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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T a b l e I ___ W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

CLOTHS A N D CLO TH ING —Continued.
G I N G H A M S : L a n c a ste r.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

Month.
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

1890.

1891.

80.061
.061
.061
.061
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
80.0692

1892.

80.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07

80.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07

80.0700

80.0700

1893.
80.07
.07
.07
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.051
.051
.051
80.0638

1894.

1895.

80.051
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
80.0504

80.05
.041
.041
.041
.041
.05
.05
.05
.05
.051
.051
.051
80.0496

H O R S E B L A N K E T S : 6 p o u n d s e a ch , a l l w o o l.
[Average price per pound for each year.]
Average...

80.621

80.60

80.621

80.60

80.55

80.53

H O S I E R Y : M e n ’s co tton h a l f h o s e , s e am less, fa s t b la c k , w e i g h t 20 to 22
o un ces, 160 n eedles*
[Price per dozen pairs in September of each year.]
Sept...........

81.2740

81.1760

81.0780

81.0535

80.9800

80.9065

H O S I E R Y : M e n ’s cotton h a l f h o s e , seam less, s t a n d a r d q u a lit y , 84 n eedles*
[Price per dozen pairs on the first of each year.]
Jan.............

H O S IE R Y :

80.971

80.971

80.97

80.871

80.721

W o m e n ’s c o m b e d E g y p t ia n co tton h o s e , h i g h
d o u b le s o le , fu ll-fa s h io n e d *

s p lic e d

80.70

h e e l,

[Price per dozen pairs for each year.]
Average.

81.90

81.90

81.871

H O S I E R Y : W o m e n ’s cotton h o s e , s e am less, fa st b la c k , w e i g h t 26 to 28
o u n ces, 160 to 176 needles*
[Price per dozen pairs in September of each year.]
Sept.

81.2250




81.1270

81.0780

81.0535

80.9800

80.8575

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COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G — Continued
G I N G H A M S : L a n c a ste r.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

1897.

1896.
$0.05|
.051

.Obi
.Obi
.Obi

.041
.041
.041
.04f
.05
.05
.05
$0.0500

1898.

$0.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.041
.041
.05
.05
.041
$0.0494

$0,041
.041
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.041
.041
.041
.041
$0.0488

1899.
$0,041
.05
.05
.05
.05
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
$0.0515

1900.

1901.

$0,051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
$0.0550

$0,051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
$0.0531

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

H O R S E B L A N K E T S : 6 po u n d s each, a l l w o o l.
[Average price per pound for each year.]
$0.52

$0.57

$0.57

$0.54

$0.68

$0.63

Average.

H O S I E R Y : M e n ’s co tton h a l f L o s e , s e am less, fa s t b la c k , w e i g h t 20 to 22
o u n ces, 160 needles*
[Price per dozen pairs in September of each year.]
$0.8330

$0.7840

$0.7350

$0.7350

$0.7840

$0.6860

Sept.

H O S I E R Y : H e n ’s co tton h a l f h o s e , seam less, s t a n d a r d q u a lit y , 84 n eedles*
[Price per dozen pairs on the first of each year.]
$0.70

$0.65

H O S IE R Y :

W o m e n ’s

$0.65

$0,621

$0.65

c o m b e d E g y p t ia n cotton L o se , h i g h
d o u b le s o le , fu ll-fa s h io n e d *

$0,721 Jan.

s p lic e d

h e e l,

[Price per dozen pairs for each year.]
$1,871

$1.85

H O S I E R Y : W o m e n ’s

$1.80

*1.75

$1.90

$2.00

Average.

cotton L o s e , seam less, fa s t b la c k , w e i g h t 26 to 28
o u n ces, 160 to 176 needles*

[Price per dozen pairs in September of each year.]

$0.7840

$0.7595




$0.7105

$0.7350

$0.7595

$0.6615

Sept.

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W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

CLOTHS

A2

STD CLO TH ING —Continued.

L E A T H E R : H a r n e s s , o a k , co u n try m id d le s , 14 p o u n d s a n d u p (e x c e p t o v e r ­
w e ig h t s , 20 p o u n d s a n d u p)*
{Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Shoe and Leather
Reporter.]

Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1894.

1893.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly ...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.23-$0.28
.23- .28
.23- .28
.23- .28
.23- .28
.23- .28
.23- .28
.24- .28
.24- .28
.24- .28
.24- .28
.24- .28

$0.24-$0.28
.24- .28
.24- .28
.24- .28
.24r- .28
.24- .28
.24- .28
.24- .27
.24- .27
.24- .27
.24- .27
.24- .27

$0.24-$0.27
.23- .26
.21- .25
.21- .25
.21- .25
.21- .25
.21- .25
.21- .25
.22- .26
.22- .26
.22- .26
.22- .26

$0.22-80.26
.22- .26
.22- .26
.22- .26
.22- .26
.22- .26
.22- .26
.22- .26
.22- .26
.22- .26
.22- .26
.22- .26

$0.22-80.26
.22- .26
.22- .26
.22- .26
.22- .26
.22- .25
.22- .24
.20- .22
.20- .22
.20- .23
.20- .23
.20- .23

$0.20-80.23
.20- .23
.20- .23
.22- .25
.30- .32
.30- .32
.32- .34
.32- .34
.3 2 - .34
.32- .34
.32- .34
.3 0 - .33

Average.

$0.2571

$0.2579

$0.2367

80.2400

$0.2275

$0.2888

LEATH ER:

S o le, H e m lo c k , n o n a c id , B u e n o s A y r e s , m i d d le w e i g h t s , first
q u a lity *

[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Shoe and Leather
Reporter.]
J an ..
Feb .
Mar .
A p r ______
M a y ...........
June........
J uly........
A u g ........
Sept........
O ct..........
N o v ........
D e c ........
Average.

$0,184
.184
.184
.184
.184
.184
.184
.20
.204- .214
.204- .21
.20 - .204
.20

$ 0 .1 8 .18 .18 .18 -

$0.1921

$0.19 -$0.20
. 1 9 - .20
.184- .19
.184- .19
.184- -19
.184- .19
. 1 8 - .184
.1 8 - .184
.1 8 - .184
. 1 8 - .184
. 1 8 - .184
.174- .18
$0.1858

$0.17 -$0.18
.17 - .18
.17 - .18
.164- .17
.16
.17 - .18
.17 - .18
.17 - .18
.174- .18
.17 - .174
.17 - .174
.17 - .174
$0.1727

$0,164-80.17
.164- .17
.164- .184
.164- .19
.164- .19
.18 - .19
.18 - .19
. 1 8 - .19
. 1 8 - .19
.18 - .19
. 1 8 - .19
.174- .184

$0.174-80.184
.174- .184
.174- .184
.174- .184
.174- .18
.17 - .18
.164- .17
.164- .17
.16 - .164
.16 - .164
.16 - .164
.16 - .164

$0.1796

$0.1715

$0.16 -$0,164
. 1 6 - .164
.164- .17
.164- .17
.20
. 214- .22
.23
.23
.24
.24
.24
.23
$0.2073

L E A T H E R : S o le, o a k , d re s s e d h a c k s , h e a v y .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Shoe and Leather
Reporter.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e ..........
July...........
A u g ............
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.36-80.37
.36- .37
.36- .37
.36- .38
.37- .39
.37- .39
.37- .39
.37- .39
.38- .39
.38- .39
.38- .39
.38- .39

$0.37-80.38
.37- .38
.37- .38
.36- .37
.36- .37
.36- .38
.36- .38
.36- .38
.36- .38
.38- .37
.35- .38
.34- .37

$0.34-80.37
.33- .36
.33- .36
.33- .35
.33- .35
.33- .35
.33- .35
.33- .35
.33- .35
.33- .35
.33- .35
.33- .35

$0.33-$0.35
.33- .35
.34- .36
.34- .36
.34- .36
.34- .36
.34- .36
.34- .36
.34- .36
.34- .36
.34- .36
.34- .36

Average.

$0.3771

$0.3679

$0.3421

$0.3483




i

$0.34-80.36
.34- .36
.34- .35
.34- .35
.3 2 - .34
.32- .34
.3 2 - .34
.30- .33
.30- .33
.30- .33
.30- .33
.28- .31

$0.28-80.31
.28- .31
.28- .30
.28- .31
.33- .34
.37- .38
.39- .40
.39- .40
.39- .40
.35- .38
.35
.32

$0.3279

$0.3421

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able

359

I . —W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
C liO T H S A N D C L O T H IN G — Continued.

L E A T H E R : H a r n e s s , o a k , c o u n try m id d le s , 14 p o u n d s a n d u p (ex ce p t o v e r­
w e ig h t s , 20 p o u n d s a n d u p ).
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Shoe and Leather
Reporter.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0.25-$0.28
.25- .28
.25- .28
.25- .28
.23- .27
.23- .26
.23- .26
.23- .26
.23- .26
.23- .26
.25- .28
.25- .28

$0.25-$0.28
.24- .26
.22- .26
.22- .25
.22- .25
.22- .*25
.22- .25
.22- .25
.22- .26
.24- .26
.24- .26
.24- .26

$0.24-$0.27
.24- .27
.24- .27
.25- .28
.27- .29
.29- .31
.29- .31
.29- .31
.29- .31
.29- .31
.28- .30
.28- .30

$0.28-$0.30
.28- .31
.28- .31
.28- .31
.28- .31
.28- .31
.28- .31
.28- .31
.28- .31
.28- .31
.32- .34
.32- .34

$0.32-$0.34
.32- .34
.32- .34
.29- .31
.29- .31
.29- .31
.28- .30
.28- .30
.28- .30
.28- .30
.28- .30
.28- .30

$0.28-$C1.30
.28- .30
.28- .30
.28- .29
.28- .29
.28- .29
.30- .31
.30- .31
.30- .31
.30- .31
.30- .31
.31- .32

$0.2554

$0.2433

$o.:2825

$0.:3004

$0.3025

$0.2971

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Noy.
Dec.
Average.

L E A T H E R : S o le, H e m lo c k , n o n a c id , B u e n o s A y r e s , m id d le w e i g h t s , first
q u a lit y .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Shoe and Leather
Reporter.]
$0.20 -$0.21
.18 - .19
.18 - .19
.18 - .19
.17 - .18
.18 - .19
.18 - .19
. 1 8 - .19
.18 - .18*
.18 - .18*
.20 - .21
.19*- .20
$0.1881

»
$0.19-$0.20
.20
.19.20.22
.22
.20.22
.20.21
.19.21
.19.21
.19.20.21
.21
.20.21
.20.20.21
$0.2033

$0.21.21.21.21.21.21.21-

$0.21
.21
.21
.21
.21
.22
.22
.22
.22
.22
.22
.22

$(). 2129

$0.21 -$0.22
.21 - .22
.21 - .22
.21 - .22
.21 - .22
.21 - .22
.21*- .22
.21*- .22
.23
. 24*
.25
.25 - .26
$0.:2254

$0.25 -$0.26
.25 - .26
. 2 5 - .26
.26 - .27
.26 - .27
.24*- .25
.24*- .25
.23*- .24
.23*- .24
.23*- .24
.23*- .24
.24*- .25

$0.24*-$0.25
.24*- .25
.24*- .25
.24*- .25
.24*- .25
.24*- .25
.24*- .25
.24*- .25
.24*- .25
.24*- .25
.24*- .25
.24*- .25

$0.!2490

$0.2475

Jan.
Feb,
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

L E A T H E R : S ole, o a k , d re s s e d b a c k s , H eavy .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Shoe and Leather
Reporter.]
$0.29-$0.30
.29- .30
.29- .30
.29- .30
.28- .30
.28- .30
.28- .30
.28- .30
.28- .29
.28- .29
.28- .29
.31- .32

$0.31
.31
.31
$0.30- .31
.28- .31
.28- .29
.28- .30
.30
.32
.32
.32
.32- .34

$0.:2925

$0. 3079




$0.32-$0.34
.32
.32
.31- .32
.31- .32
.32
.32- .33
.32- .33
.32- .33
.32- .32*
.32- .32*
.31- .32
$0.3213

$0.31-$0.32
.31- .32
.31- .32
.33- .34
.33- .34
.33- .34
.33- .34
.33- .34
.33- .34
.84- .35
.34- .35
.38- .39

$0.38-$0.39
.38- .39
.38
.38
.38
.35- .36
.35- .36
.35
.33- .34
.34
.34
.34- .35

$0.33-$0.34
.34- .35
.34- .35
.34
.33- .34
.33- .35
.33- .35
.35- .36
.35- .37
.36- .38
.37- .38
.38- .40

$o.; 3358

$0. 3608

$ o .: 3525

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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I.—W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
CLOTHS A N D C L O T H IN G —Continued.
L E A T H E R : W a x c a lf, 30 to 40 p o u n d s to th e d o z e n , B g r a d e .

[Price per square foot in Boston on the first of each month; quotations from the Shoe and Leather
Reporter.]
Month.

1890.

1892.

1891.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.55-$0.60
.55- .60
.55- .60
.55- .60
.55- .60
.55- .60
.60- .65
.60- .65
.60- .65
.60- .65
.60- .65
.60- .65

50.60-50.65
.55- .60

Average.

«0.6000

50.6469

(a)
la)

(a)
.55.65.65.65.65(a)
.65-

.60
.70
.70
.70
.70
.75

50.65-50.75
.65- .75
. 65- .75
.65- .75
.65- .75
.65- .70

(a)
(a)

.65-

(a)

1894.

1893.

.70

(aj
(a)
50.6929

1895.

(a)
50.60-50.65
(a)
.65- .70
.65- .70
.65- .70
.65- .70
.60- .65
.60- .65
.60- .65
.60- .65
.60- .65

50.60-50.65
.60- .65
.60- .65
.60- .65
.60- .65
.60- .65
.60- .65
.55- .60
.55- .60
.55- .60
.55- .60
.55- .60

50.55-50.60
.60- .65
.60- .65
.65- .70
.65- .70
.75- .80
.8 0 - .85
.80- .85
.80- .85
.80- .85
.80- .85
.70- .75

50.6450

50.6042

50.7333

L I N E N S H O E T H R E A D : lO s , B a r b o u r .
[Price per pound on the first of each month.]
Jan............
Feb............
M a r ..........
Apr...........
M a y ..........
J u n e ........
July.........
A u g ..........
Sept..........
O ct............
N o v ..........
Dec...........

50.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910

50.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910

50.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910

50.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.9405
.9405

50.9405
.9405
.9405
.9405
.9405
*.9405
.9405
.9405
.9405
.8514
.8514
.8514

50.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514

Average

50.8910

50.8910

50.8910

50.8993

50.9182

50.8514

L I N E N T H R E A D : 3 -c o rd , 2 0 0 -y a r d s p o o ls , B a r b o u r .
[Price per dozen spools on the first of each month.]
J an ..
Feb..
Mar .
Apr..
M ay.
June
July.
Aug .
Sept.
O ct..
Nov .
D ec..
Average.

50.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910

50.8910
.8910
.8910
.7623
.7623
.7623
.7623
.7623
.7623
.7623
.7623
.7623

50.8019
.8019
.8019
.8019
.8019
.8019
.8019
.8019
.8019
.8019
.8019
.8019

50.8019
.8019
.8019
.8019
.8019
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514

50.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514

50.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514

50.8910

50.7945

50.8019

50.8308

50.8514

50.8514

O V E R C O A T I N G S : B e a v e r , M o s c o w , a l l w o o l , b la c k .
[Price per yard for each year.]
Average. . .

652.4296

652.4296

652.4296

52.3250

51.9879

51.7670

O V E R C O A T I N G S : C b i n c b i lla , B - r o u g li , a l l w o o l*
[Price per yard for each year.]
Average. . .

652.4296




652.4296

652.4296

52.3250

oNo quotation for month.

51.9879

51.8774

361

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able

I .— W H OLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
C X iO T H S A N D C L O T H IN G — Continued.
L E A T H E R : W a x c a lf, 30 to 40 p o u n d s to th e d o z e n , B g r a d e .

[Price per square foot in Boston on the first of each month; quotations from the Shoe and Leather
Reporter.]
1896.
$0.65 -$0.70
.65 - .70
.65 - .70
.60 - .65
.60 - .65
.57*- .62*
.57*- .62*
.57 - .62
.55 - .60
.55 - .60
.65 - .85
.65 - .85
$0.6433

1897.

1899.

1

$0.60-$0.65
.60- .65
.60- .65
.55- .60
.55- .65
.55- .60
.55- .62*
.60- .65
.60- .65
.60- .65
.60- .70
.60- .70

$0.)
j
.1
j
.1
.(
j
.1
.{
j
j
.i

$0.70
.70
.70
.70
.70
.75
.75
.75
.75
.72*
.72*
.72*
.6760

$0.6156

L IN E N S
[Price p<

$0.65-$0.72*
.65- .72*
.65- .72*
.65- .72*
.65- .72*
.65- .72*
.65- .72*
.65- .72*
.65- .72*
.65- .72*
.65- .72*
.65- .72*

1900.
$0.65-$0.72*
.65- .72*
.65- .72*
.65- .72*
.65- .72*
.65- .72*
.60- .65
.60- .65
.60- .65
.60- .65
.60- .65
.60- .65

$0.6875

$0.6563

1901.
$0.60 -$0.65
.60 - .65
.60 - .65
.60 - .67*
.60 - .67*
.60 - .67*
.57*- .67*
.57*- .67*
.57*- .67*
.57*- .67*
.57*- .67*
.57*- •67*
$0.6281

Average.

O E T H R E A D : 10s, B a r b o u r .

$0.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514

.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514

$0.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514

$0.8514
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910

$0.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910

$0.8514

$0.8514

.8514

$0.8514

$0.8877

$0.8910

[Price per c

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.

pound on the first of each month.]

$0.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.•8514
.8514
.8514
.8514

L IN E N T H R E 1

Month.

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Avei

: 3 -c o rd , 2 0 0 -y a r d s p o o ls, B a r b o u r .
en spools on the first of each month.]

$0.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514

$0.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910

.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910

$0.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910

$0.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910

$0.8910*
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8910

$0.8514

$0.8679

K). 8910

$0.8910

$0.8910

$0.8910

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

O V E R C O A T IN G S : B e a v e r , M o s c o w , a l l w o o l , b la c k .
[Price per yard for each year.]
$1.7670

$1.7670

$1.8600

$2.0538

$2.4994

Average.

$2.2088

O V E R C O A T IN G S : C liin c liilla , B - r o u g h , a l l w o o l.
[Price per yard for each year.]
$1.8774

$1.8774

$2.0925

$2.0925

$2.4994

$2.0925

Average.

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W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G —Continued.
O V E R C O A T IN G S : C hinchilla, cotton w a r p , C. C. grade.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

Month.

1890.

1891.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
May............
June...........
July............
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.53
.53
.54
.54
.54
.54
.54
.54
.54
.53
.51
.51

$0.62
.52
.52
.52
.53
.54
.54
.53
.53
.53
.51
.52

Average.

$0.5325

$0.6258

1892.
$0.52
.52
.52
.52
.53
.54
.54
.54
.53
.55
.54*
.54
$0.5329

1894.

1893.
$0.54
.54
.54
.54
.54
.55
.54
.54
.65
.54
.54
.48
$0.5367

$0.47*
.47
.47*
.48
.48
.49
.49
.47
.46*
.45*
.48
.45
$0.4733

1895.
$0.45
.43
.45
.44
.44
.46
.46
.46
.46
.45*
.45*
.45
$0.4508

O V E R C O A T IN GS: Covert cloth, lig h t w e ig h t, staple goods.
[Price per yard for each year.]

A verage...

$2.4616

$2.4616

$2.4616

$2.4616

O V E R C O A T IN G S : K ersey, standard,

27

to 28 ounce.

[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

Jan..
F e b ..
M ar..
A p r ..
May .
June.
July .
A u g ..
S ep t.
O c t..
N ov ..
D e c ..
Average




$2.4254

$2.3259

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I . —

363

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
CLO TH S A N D

C L O T H IN G — Continued.

O V E R C O A T IN G S: C h inchilla, cotton w a r p , C. C. grade.
fPrice per yard on the first of each month.]

1896.

1897.

$0.44
.44
.45
.45*
.43*
.44
.44*
.43
.43
.43
.41
.42
$0.4354

1898.

$0.45
.45
.43*
.46
.46
.46
.45
.45
.46*
.47*
.47
.46*
$0.4575

$0.49
.51
.51
.47
.47
.49
.50
.47
.47
.46
.46
.46
$0.4800

1899.

1900.

$0.46*
.47
.47
.45
.45
.45
.46
.46
.44*
.45
.46
.47
$0.4583

$0.48
.48*
.48*
.50*
.51
.51*
.52
.52
.48
.45*
.45*
.46
$0.4892

1901.
$0.45
.45*
.45*
.44*
.44*
.44*
.44*
.44*
.44
.43
.43*
.43
$0.4433

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

O V E R C O A T IN G S: Covert cloth, lig h t w e ig h t, staple goods.
[Price per yard for each year.]

$2.0363

$1.9458

$2.2625

$2.4435

$2.3621

$2.2625

Average.

O V E R C O A T IN G S: Kersey, standard, 27 to 28 ounce.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

1.200
1.250
1.250
1.375
1.375
1.375
1.375

$1,300
1.300
1.300
1.300
1.300
1.300
1.300
1.300
1.300
1.300
1.300
1.300

$1,175
1.175
1.175
1.175
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.350
1.350
1.350
1.350

$1,575
1.575
1.575
1.575
1.575
1.575
1.575
1.575
1.575
1.575
1.575
1.575

$1,500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500
1.500

$1.1833

$1.3000

$1.2583

$1.5750

$1.5000

$1,000
1.000
1.000
1.000

1.000




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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T able I.— WHOLESAXE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued,

CLOTHS A N D C LO TH ING —Continued.
P R I N T C L O T H S : 2 8-in c h , 64 toy 64.
[Average weekly price per yard.]

Month.

1891.

fan.

$0.03535
.03500
.03500
.03500

Feb.

.03523
.03500
.03500
.03500

tfar .

.03500
.03438
.03390
.03368
.03262
.03250
.03301
.03311
.03350
.03375
.03427
.03438
.03403
.03400
.03384
.03384
.03392
.03378

.02908
.02892
.02908
.02908
.02908
.02908
.02908
.02908
.02908

r u ly .

.03375
.03365
.03358
.03314

.02908
.02908
.02908
.02877

Uig .

.03313
.03313
.03313
.03287
.03295
.03313
.03307
.03296
.03287

.02866
.02867
.02813
.02813
.02750
.02901
.02993
.03000
.03000

.03279
.03287
.03313
.03313

.03000
.03000
.02938
.02938
.02938
.02916
.02875
.02875
.02875

ipr..

Hay.

Fnne

3ept.

le t .

*ov.
)ec.

Average.

.03313
.03305
.03297
.03283
.03250
.03086
.03000
.03000
.03000
$0.03340




1892.

1894.

1895.

$0.03000
.02968
.02984
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000

$0.03063
.03063
.03063
.03063
.03104
.03072
.03125
.03125
.03075

$0.04000
.04000
.04000
.04000

$0.02875
.02750
.02787
.02777

$0.02625
.02580
.02500
.02563

.04000
.04000
.04000
.04000

.02849
.02875
.02806
.02750

.02563
.02563
.02563
.02563

.02985
.02970
.02947
.02965

.03063
.03063
.03095
.03063

.04000
.04000
.03900
.03792

.02970
.02993
.02970
.02915

. 03063
.03063
.03063
.03063
.03075
.03103
.03125
.03206
.03250

.03813
.03542
.03546
.03500
.03341
.03250
.03122
.03109
.03254

.02750
.02750
.02750
.02750
.02760
.02813
.02813
.02750
.02688

.02500
.02448
.02438
.02500
.02488
.02500
.02599
.02750
.02750

.02688
.02651
.02688
.02688

.02813
.02813
.02875
.02813

.03313
.03375
.03375
.03375

.03438
.03250
.03250
.03250

.03375
.03375
.03469
.03500
.03500
.03500
.03500
.03500
.03500

.03250
.03188
.03000
.02891
.02750
.02750
.02625
.02625
.02625

.02688
.02688
.02625
.02625
.02625
.02625
.02625
.02625
.02625

.02813
.02813
.02819
.02813
02813
.*02870
.02875
.02900
.02904

.02596
.02599
.02625
.02722

.03500
.03500
.03500
.03500
.03500
.03500
.03500
.03500
.03592
.03688
.03750
.03813
.03813

.02750
.02750
.02750
.02958
.02979
.02769
.02858
.02838
.02867

.02829
.02938
.03000
.02997
.02936
.02934
.02983
.02750
.02750

.02904
.02933
.02971
.02987
.03000
.03063
.03125
.03125
.03104

.02875
.02938
.02938
.02875

.02734
.02688
.02688
.02736

.02922
.03000
.03005
.03063

.04039
.04063
.04015
.04000
.04000

.02966
.03000
.03000
.02946
.02938

.02746
.02745
.02750
.02704
.02709

$0.02938

$0.03386

$0.03251

$0.02748

. 03187
.03250
.03264
.03250
.03267
.03313
.03250
.03188
.03125
! 03125
.03088
.03000
.03000
$0.02864

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COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able

I .— W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
CLOTH S A N D

C L O T H IN G —Continued.

P R I N T C L O T H S : 2 8 -in e ll, 64 b y 64.
[Average weekly price per yard.]

1896.
80.02938
.02938
.02875
.02833

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

Month.

80.02500
.02438
.02500
.02500
.02500
.02563
.02563
.02688
.02569

80.02250
.02159
.02125
.02139
.02188
.02188
.02188
.02188
.02188

80.02375
.02375
.02375
.02375

80.03250
.03188
.03209
.03188

80.03080
.03086
.03118
.03113

Jan.

.02455
.02500
.02500
.02715

.03188
.03188
.03188
.03250

.03125
.03077
.03125
.03000

Feb.

.02563
.02563
.02563
.02563

.02188
.02125
.02104
.02063

.02750
.02750
.02719
.02625

.02563
.02563
.02563
.02537

.02500
.02539
.02563
.02563
.02500
.02500
.02438
.02438
.02438

.02500
.02438
.02430
.02438
.02438
.02438
.02450
.02470
.02483

.02000
.02000
.02000
.02000
.01980
.01913
.01875
.01938
.02000

.02707
.02625
.02625
.02625
.02750
.02693
.02689
.02689
.02688

.03000
.02875
.02875
.02875
.02875
.02875
.02875
.02750
.02688

Mar.

.02500
.02497
.02496
.02496

.03365
.03375
.03375
.03375
.03375
.03313
.03313
.03313
.03188
.03125
.03125
.03125
.03000

.02563
.02537
.02537
.02500

May.

.02000
.02000
.02000
.02000

.02688
.02688
.02688
.02688

.02438
.02438
.02438
.02438
. 02465
.02509
.02665
.02688
.02627

.02500
.02500
.02500
.02500
.02500
.02500
.02607
.02625
.02625

.02000
.02000
.02000
.02000
.02000
.02000
.02000
.02000
.02000

.02688
.02688
.02673
.02674
.02746
.02750
.02750
.02750
.02750

.02375
.02375
.02375
.02438
.02625
.02625
.02625
02625
.02563

June.

.02496
.02500
.02500
.02500

.03000
.03000
.02875
.02813
.02750
.02750
.02750
.02750
.02813
.02826
.02862
.02846
.02846

Aug.

.02625
.02625
.02625
.02625

.02057
.02063
.02052
.02000

.02566
.02500
.02563
.02599
02625
! 02643
.02625
.02625
.02625

.02520
.02500
.02438
.02375
02375
.02314
.02313
.02313
.02313

.02000
.01950
.01938
.01990
.02000
.02000
.02000
.02013
.02063

.02750
.02736
.02736
.02736
.02750
.02750
.02750
.02750
.02813

.02846
.02871
.02981
.03125
.03125
.03125
.03250
.03117
.03094

.02563
.02500
.02438
.02482
.02625
.02698
.02895
.03000
.02938
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03063

Oct.

.02813
.02813
.02813
.02875

.03125
.03125
.03063
.03094

Nov.

.02625
.02563
.02563
.02500

.02250
.02250
.02250
.02250

.02063
.02132
.02246
.02365
.02375

.03173
.03250
.03250
.03250
.03250

.03125
.03125
.03094
.03063
.03063

.03105
.03125
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000
.03000

80.02581

80.02485

80.02059

80.02732

80.03083

.02750
.02750
.02750
.02688
.02688
.02641
.02560
.02500
.02500-




80.02819

Apr.

July.

Sept.

Dec.

Average.

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W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

CLOTHS A N D CLO TH ING —Continued.
SHAW LS

Standard, a ll w o o l, 7 2 b y 144 inch, w e ig h t 42 ounces, m ade o f
h ig h -g ra d e w o o l*
[Price each on the first of each month.]

Month.

1890.

1892.

1891.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
Oct..............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90

$4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90

$4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90

$4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90

$4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90

$4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90

Average.

$4,900

$4,900

$4,900

$4,900

$4,900

$4,900

S H E E T IN G S : Bleached., 10-4, Atlantic*
[Price per yard on the first of each month..]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.2254
.2261
.2277
.2251
.2228
.2213
.2231
.2214
.2252
.2250
.2249
.2215

$0.2213
.2199
.2194
.2176
.2117
.2127
.2212
.1997
.2078
.2037
.2184
.2120

$0.2122
.2127
.2100
.2057
.1790
.2000
.2051
.1967
.1956
.1960
.1991
.1833

$0.2103
.1967
.2121
.2149
.2126
.2150
.2219
.2108
.1957
.1904
.1817
.2005

$0.1987
.1965
.1900
.1834
.1665
.1620
.1712
.1621
.1716
.1675
.1546
.1646

$0.1602
.1620
.1671
.1639
.1630
.1632
.1751
.1810
.1789
.1861
.1801
.1852

Average.

$0.2241

$0.2138

$0.1996

$0.2052

$0.1741

$0.1722

S H E E T IN G S :: B leached, 10-4, Pepperell*
[Price per yard on the first of each month. ]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

$0.21*
.2 1 *
•21*
•21*
.2 1 *
.2 1 *
.22|

.224
.224

.224
.2 1 *
•21*
$0.2190

$0.20

.224
•224

.20
.20
.20
.1 8 *
.20
.20
.19
.19
.19
$0.2008

$0.20
.20
.20
.20
.184
.184
.184
.184
.184
.184
.184
.184
$0.1900

$0.19
.184
.19
.184
.18
.17
.17
.17
.17
.16
.16
.16

$0,184
.184'
.184
.184
.184
.20
.22
.22
.20
.19
.19
.19
$0.1946

$0.1742

$0.16
.15J
.15|
.15|
.154
.16
.18
.18
.20
.21
.21
.21
$0.1785

S H E E T IN G S : B leach ed , 10-4, W am sutta S. T .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.3071
.3071
.3071
.3071
.3071
.3071
.3071
.3071
.3071
.3290
.3290
.3290

$0.3290
.3150
.3150
.3150
.3150
.3150
.3150
.3150
.3150
.3150
.3150
.3150

$0.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.3150

$0.3150
.3150
.3150
.3150
.3150
.3150
.3150
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925

$0.2925
.2925
.2925
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700

$0.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2925

Average.

$0.3126

$0.3162

$0.2944

$0.3056

$0.2756

$0.2719




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367

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G —Continued.

S H A W L S : Standard, a ll w o o l, 7a toy 144 inch, w e ig h t 42 ounces, m ade
h ig h -g ra d e w o o l.

of

[Price each on the first of each month.]
1896.

1897.

|

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08

$4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.28

$4.28
4.28
4.28
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08

$4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08
4.08

$4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90

$4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90
4.90

$4,080

$4,097

$4,130

$4,080

$4,900

$4,900

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S H E E T IN G S : B le ach ed , 10*4, Atlantic.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0.1762
.1785
.1795
.1700
.1637
.1653
.1684
.1665
.1722
.1653
.1646
.1692

$0.1666
.1600
.1554
.1561
.1572
.1625
.1630
.1649
.1672
.1639
.1544
.1533

$0.1525
.1544
.1514
.1515
.1525
.1579
'.1500
.1563
.1570
.1577
.1402
.1513

$0.1519
.1483
.1475
.1404
.1556
.1861
.1675
.1657
.1735
.1715
.1806
.1800

$0.1830
.1989
.2037
.2304
.2359
.2078
.2000
.1887
.2059
.2050
.1897
.2025

$0.2055
.2031
.2111
.1679
.1700
.1876
.1924
.1700
.1690
.1706
.1859
.1900

$0.1700

$0.1604

$0.1527

$0.1641

$0.2043

$0.1853

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S H E E T IN G S : B leach ed , 10-4, Pepperell.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0.21
.18
.18
.18
.174
.174
.174
.174
.174
.174
.174
.174
$0.1792

$0,174
.174
.174
.17
.17
.17
.17
.174
.18
.18
.18
.164
$0.1738

$0,164
.164
.164
.174
.174
•174
.174
.174
.174
.174
.174
.17
$0.1721

$0.17
.174
.18
.20
.20
.20
.20
.21
.21
.22
.22
.24
$0.2021

$0.24
.24
.25
.25
.25
.25
.20
.20
.21
.22
.22
.22

$0.22
.22
.21
.21
.21
.21
.21
.21
.21
.21
.21
.21

$0.2292

$0.2117

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S H E E T IN G S : B leach ed , 10-4, W am sutta S. T .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925

$0.2925
.2^25
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925

$0.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2926
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925

$0.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.3015
.3150

$0.3150
.3150
.3150
.3150
.3150
.3150
.3150
.3150
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925

$0.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2925

$0.2925

$0.2925

$0.2925

$0.2951

$0.3075

$0.2925

3586—No. 39—02----- 12



Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
CLOTH S A N D

C L O T H IN G — Continued.

S H E E T IN G S : B r o w n , 4-4, Atlantic A.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Month.

1892.

1891.

1890.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

•$0.0665
.0662
.0664
.0667
.0664
.0664
.0665
.0664
.0673
.0684
.0680
.0681

$0.0680
.0678
.0672
.0670
.0656
.0664
.0658
.0651
.0632
.0630
.0612
.0631

$0.0591
.0601
.0619
.0604
.0587
.0586
.0579
.0590
.0587
.0561
.0585
.0585

$0.0587
.0600
.0654
.0657
.0635
.0642
.0622
.0616
.0610
.0610
.0597
.0599

$0.0594
.0586
.0581
.0566
.0559
.0561
.0563
.0536
.0515
.0534
.0496
.0501

$0.0496
.0482
.0488
.0493
.0493
.0497
.0506
.0533
.0543
.0573
.0570
.0569

Average.

$0.0669

$0.0653

$0.0590

$0.0619

$0.0549

$0.0520

S H E E T IN G S : B r o w n , 4-4, In d ia n H ead*
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
J uly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

$0.07
.07
.07
.07
.07*
.071
.071
.071
.071
.071
.071
.071
$0.0725

$0,071
.071
.071
.071
.071
.071
.071
.071
.071
.07
.07
.07
$0.0727

$0,061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
$0.0648

$0.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
$0.0679

$0,061
.061
.061
.061
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051

$0,051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.06
.061
.061
.061

$0.0598

$0.0585

S H E E T IN G S s B r o w n , 4-4, P e p p ere ll R .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Jan...........
Feb...........
M a r .........
Apr...........
J u n e ........
July.........
A u g ..........
Sept..........
O ct...........
N o v .........
Dec...........

$0.0641
.0641
.0641
.0641
.0641
.0641
.0641
.0675
.0641
.0641
.0618
.0618

$0.0594
.0600
.0600
.0594
.0600
.0594
.0594
.0594
.0594
.0594
.0625
.0575

$0.0570
.0570
.0547
.0546
.0570
.0570
.0575
.0575
.0575
.0575
.0575
.0575

$0.0575
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0575
.0575
.0600
.0550
.0575
.0550

$0.0600
.0600
.0575
.0525
.0525
.0525
.0500
.0500
.0500
.0525
.0500
.0500

$0.0500
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0500
.0500
.0600
.0625
.0625
.0625

Average

$0.0640

$0.0597

$0.0569

$0.0583

$0.0531

$0.0529

May.......




S H E E T IN G S : B r o w n , 4-4, Stark A* A*
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

aNo sales during month,

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I . —

369

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 T O l 901— Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G — Continued.
S H E E T IN G S : B r o w n , 4-4, Atlantic A*
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

1896.

1898.

1897.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0.0569
.0547
.0540
.0550
.0529
.0525
.0525
.0526
.0526
.0527
.0531
.0524

$0.0552
.0528
.0505
.0475
.0479
.0476
.0483
.0498
.0475
.0489
.0455
.0467

$0.0467
.0452
.0442
.0443
.0449
.0443
.0438
.0444
.0446
.0446
.0423
.0421

$0.0423
.0429
.0440
.0463
.0466
.0475
.0470
.0467
.0471
.0483
.0505
.0501

$0.0494
.0574
.0565
.0563
.0560
(a)
.0550
.0539
.0543
.0565
.0578
.0577

$0.0575
.0552
.0549
.0543
.0517
.0527
.0528
.0530
.0547
.0551
.0541
.0546

$0.0535

$0.0490

$0.0443

$0.0466

$0.0555

$0.0542

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S H E E T IN G S : B r o w n , 4-4, In d ia n H ead .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
$0.0622

$0.06*
.06*
.06
.05*
.06
.05*
.05*
.05*
.0 6 .
.05*
.05*
.05*
$0.0588

$0.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
$0.0540

$0.05
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.05*
.06
$0.0544

$0.06
.06*
.06*
.06
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
$0.0623

$0.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
$0.0631

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S H E E T IN G S : B r o w n , 4-4, P e p p ere ll B .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0.0650
.0550
.0550
.0550
.0550
.0550
.0550
.0550
.0550
.0550
.0550
.0550

$0.0525
.0525
.0525
.0525
.0525
.0525
.0525
.0526
.0525
.0525
.0525
.0525

$0.0525
.0525
.0525
.0450
.0463
.0463
.0463
.0463
.0463
.0463
.0450
.0450

$0.0475
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0500
.0500
.0500
.0525
.0525
.0550
.0575

$0.0575
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0550
.0550
.0575
.0600
.0625
.0625

$0.0625
.0625
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0575
.0575
.0575
.0575
.0575
.0575

$0.0558

$0.0525

$0.0475

$0.0504

$0.0592

$0.0592

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S H E E T IN G S : B r o w n , 4-4, Stark A . A.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0.0542
.0550
.0527
.0526
.0500
.0466
.0517
.0480
.0497
.0505
(a)
.0507

$0.0490
.0508
.0472
.0451
.0434
.0423
.0452
.0455
.0412
.0422
(a)

$0.0511

$0.0452

w




(a)
$0.0404
.0398
.0442
.0440
.0446
.0456
fa)
(a)
.0409
.0396
.0421

$0.0418
.0427
.0424
.0433
.0450
.0456
.0452
.0471
.0462
.0474
.0468
.0481

$0.0486
.0501
.0544
.0518
.0518
.0507
.0519
.0477
.0517
.0493
fa)
(a)

$0.0424

$0.0451

$0.0508

(a)
(a)
(a)
$0.0494
fa)
fa)
(a)

(a)
fa)
fa)
fa)
(a)

$0.0494

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

370

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

TXblb I .— W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G — Continued.
S H IR T IN G S s B leached, 4-4, F ru it o f the Loom*
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Month.

1890.

1891.

Jan......... .
Feb.............
Mar . . . . . . .
Apr.........
M ay. . . . . . .
June . . . . . .
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0,0881
.0831
.0831

Average.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

.0831
.0865
.0855
.0855
.0855
.0855
.0855
.0855

$0.0855
.0831
.0831
.0831
.0831
.0831
.0831
.0749
.0749
.0749
.0749
.0749

$0.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808

$0.0855
.0855
.0855
.0855
.0855
.0855
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808

$0.0752
.0752
.0752
.0725
.0725
.0736
.0736
.0689
.0713
.0713
.0713
.0713

$0.0638
.0638
.0638
.0638
.0665
.0665
.0689
.0713
.0736
.0760
.0808
.0808

$0.0845

$0.0799

$0.0808

$0.0832

$0.0727

$0.0700

.0831

S H IR T IN G S : B leach ed , 4-4, Hope*
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Jan...........
Feb...........
M a r .........
Apr...........
M a y .........
Ju^e.........
Ju-.r.........
Auto.........
Sept.........
O ct...........
N o v .........
Dec...........

$0.0713
.0713
.0713
.0713
.0713
.0736
.0736
.0736
.0736
.0736
.0736
.0736

$0.0736
.0713
.0713
.0713
.0713
.0713
.0689
.0689
.0689
.0689
.0689
.0689

$0.0665
.0665
.0665
.0665
.0665
.0665
.0641
.0641
.0641
.0665
.0665
.0713

$0.0713
.0713
.0713
.0713
.0713
.0713
.0713
.0713
.0713
.0713
.0713
.0713

$0.0632
.0632
.0618
.0618
.0618
.0618
.0618
.0618
.0618
.0618
.0618
.0618

$0.0546
.0546
.0546
.0546
.0570
.0570
.0594
.0618
.0641
.0689
.0713
.0713

Average.

$0.0726

$0.0703

$0.0663

$0.0713

$0.0620

$0.0608

S H I R T I N G S : B leach ed , 4-4, Lon sdale.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
J an ..
F eb..
Mar .
A p r..
M ay.
June
July.
Aug.
Sept.
O c t..
Nov .
D ec..
Average.

$0.0831
.0831
.0831
.0831
.0831
.0855
.0855
.0855
.0855
.0855
.0855
.0855

$0.0855
.0831
.0831
.0831
.0831
.0831
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808

$0.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0855

$0.0855
.0855
.0855
.0855
.0855
.0855
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808
.0808

$0.0741
.0741
.0736
.0736
.0736
.0736
.0736
.0713
.0713
.0713
.0713
.0713

$0.0618
.0618
.0618
.0641
.0665
.0665
.0689
.0713
.0736
.0784
.0808
.0808

$0.0845

$0.0822

$0.0812

$0.0832

$0.0727

$0.0697

S H I R T IN G S : B leach ed , 4-4, N e w F o r k H ills .




[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I . —

871

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1800 TO 1901— Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G —Continued.
S H I R T I N G S : B le a c h e d , 4 -4 , F r u i t o f tlie L o o m .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0.0808
.0808
.0736
.0700
.0700
.0700
.0638
.0638
.0638
.0663
.0663
.0663

$0.0663
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0638
.0638
.0638
.0638
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650

$0.0600
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0575
.0575
.0575
.0575
.0575
.0538

$0.0550
.0563
.0600
.0600
.0625
.0650
.0650
.0665
.0665
.0689
.0713
.0760

$0.0760
.0760
.0760
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0700
.0700
.0700
.0750
.0775

$0.0775
.0775
.0775
.0713
.0713
.0713
.0738
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0775
.0775

$0.0696

$0.0641

$0.0584

$0.0644

$0.0753

$0.0750

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S H I R T I N G S : B le a c h e d ,4 - 4 ,H o p e .
[Price per yard on the first of «each month.]
$0.0713
.0713
.0665
.0594
.0594
.0594
.0570
.0570
.0570
.0618
.0618
.0618

$0.0618
.0570
.0570
.0570
.0570
.0570
.0570
.0570
.0570
.0570
.0570
.0570

$0.0533
.0533
.0533
.0533
.0533
.0533
.0509
.0509
.0509
.0509
.0509
.0475

$0.0486
.0523
.0523
.0523
.0523
.0546
.0546
.0546
.0556
.0579
.0618
.0641

$0.0665
.0665
.0665
.0665
.0665
.0665
.0665
.0665
.0665
.0665
.0689
.0713

$0.0713
.0713
.0713
.0689
.0689
.0689
.0689
.0689
.0689
.0689
.0713
.0713

$0.0620

$0.0574

$0.0518

$0.0551

$0.0671

$0.0699

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S H I R T I N G S : B le a c h e d , 4 -4, L o n s d a le .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0.0808
.0808
.0760
.0665
.0665
.0665
.0618
.0618
.0618
.0665
.0665
.0665

$0.0665
.0611
.0611
.0611
.0632
.0632
.0632
.0632
.0641
.0641
.0641
.0641

$0.0635
.0635
.0635
.0635
.0635
.0635
.0561
.0561
.0561
.0561
.0561
.0523

$0.0538
.0546
.0585
.0585
.0608
.0635
.0635
.0648
.0648
.0672
.0695
.0718

$0.0741
.0741
.0741
.0741
.0741
.0741
.0741
.0695
.0695
.0695
.0741
.0764

$0.0764
.0764
.0764
.0700
.0700
.0700
.0725
.0725
.0738
.0750
.0763
.0763

$0.0685

$0.0633

$0.0595

$0.0626

$0.0731

$0.0738

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S H I R T I N G S : B le a c h e d , 4 -4, N e w Y o r k M ills .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0.0885
.0885
.0885
.0885
.0885
.0885
.0885
.0885
.0885
.0885
.0885
.0885

$0.0885
.0885
.0872
.0872
.0872
.0829
.0829
.0816
.0800
.0786
.0796
.0784

$0.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784

$0.0784
.0735
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0784

$0.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0790
.0790
.0790
.0790
.0784
.0784

$0.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760

$0.0885

$0.0836

$0.0784

$0.0725

$0.0786

$0.0760




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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T able I . —

W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Contiifued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G —Continued.
S H I R T I N G S : B le a c h e d , 4 -4 , W a m s u t t a < ° > .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

Month.

1890.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e ..........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

80.0997
.0997
.0997
.0997
.0997

Average.

80.1011

.1021
.1021
.1021
.1021
.1021
.1021
.1021

1892.

1891.
80.1021

1893.
80.0973
.0973
.0997

.0997
.0997
.0997
.0997
.0997
.0997

80.0973
.0973
.0973
.0973
.0973
.0973
.0973
.0973
.0973
.0973
.0973
.0973

80.1009

80.0973

.1021
.1021
.1021
.1021
.1021

1894.

1896.

.0950
.0950
.0950
.0950
.0950

80.0950
.0950
.0950
.0950
.0950
.0950
.0950
.0950
.0950
.0950
.0950
.0950

80.0950
.0950
.0950
.0950
.0950
.0973
.0973
.0973
.0973
.0997
.0997
.0997

80.0981

80.0950

80.0969

.1021
.1021
.1021
.1021

S I L K : R a w , I t a li a n , c la s s ic a l.
[Net cash price per pound in New York on the 20th of each month, January, 1890, to March, 1897,
and on the 1st of each month, April, 1897, to December, 1901; quotations from the American Silk
Journal.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r...........
Apr.............
M av...........
J une..........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
Oct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

85.2238-85.3730
(a)
84.1293-84.1790 84.9750-85.0745 84.0298-84.0795 83.5820-83.6318
4.1293- 4.1790 5.2233- 5.3481 3.9303- 3.9800 3.7810- 3.8308
6.2238- 5.3730
(a)
84.0795 4.1293- 4.1790 5.4725- 5.5969 3.7313- 3.7810 3.5820- 3.6815
6.1740- 5.2735
6.1740- 5.2735 84.2785- 4.3780 4.1293- 4.1790 5.7213- 6.8456 3.6318- 3.6815
(n\
5.1740- 5.2735 4.2785- 4.3780 4.2288- 4.4775 5.7213- 5.8456 3.5323- 3.5820
(a)
5.1740- 5.2735 4.2785- 4.3780 4.1044- 4.2288 5.3481- 5.4726 3.4328- 3.4825 3.7313- 3.9800
5.1740- 5.2735 4.1293- 4.2288 4.1044- 4.2288 5.0994- 5.2238 3.5323- 3.5820 4.1293- 4.1790
5.1740- 5.2735 4.1293- 4.2288 4.2288- 4.3531 4.9750- 5.0994 3.6820- 3.6318 3.9800- 4.1293
5.1740- 5.2735 4.1293- 4.2288 4.8755- 4.9750 4.4775- 4.6019 3.7313- 3.7810 4.3283- 4.4278
4.9750- 5.1740 3.9800- 4.1293 5.1243- 5.2238 4.4278- 4.5273 3.6318- 3.6815 4.2785- 4.3780
(a)
3.9800- 4.1293 5.1243- 6.2238 4.2288- 4.2785 3.5820- 3.6318 4.2785- 4.3780
(a)
4.1293- 4.1790 4.8755- 4.9750 4.0298- 4.0795 3.5323- 3.5820 4.1790- 4.2785
85.2238

84.1865

84.4826

85.0289

83.6816

84.0373

S I L K : R a w , J a p a n , filatu res*
[Net cash price per pound in New York on the 20th of each month, January, 1890, to March, 1897, and
prices are for extra to No. 1£; from December, 1891, to February, 1898, for extra to No. 1, and
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r...........
Apr.............
M uy...........
J u n e .........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

(a)
84.9955-85.2380
83.8800-84.1710 84.6560-84.9470 83.4920-83.6860 83.2495-83.4435
5.3350- 5.5775
3.8800- 4.1710 4.8500- 5.0925 3.4435- 3.5890 3.4435- 3.6375
a)
6.2380- 5.4320 83.8800-84.0013 3.8800- 4.1710 4.9713- 5.3350 3.3465- 3.4920 3.2253- 3.5163
5.2380- 5.4320 4.0255- 4.2438 3.8800- 4.1710 5.0925- 5.4563 3.2495- 3.3950
[*]
6.2380- 5.4320 4.0255- 4.2438 4.0255-4.2195 4.9713- 5.3350 8.2495- 3.3465
5.2380- 5.4320 4.0255- 4.2438 3.9285- 4.1225 4.8500- 5.0925 3.1525-3.2495 3.3950- 3.6375
5.0440- 5.2380 3.8800- 4.1710 3.9285- 4.1225 4.6075- 4.7288 3.2010- 3.2980 3.8800- 4.1225
5.0440- 5.2380 3.8800- 4.1710 3.9770- 4.1710 4.1225- 4.3650 3.2495- 3.3465 3.6375- 3.8800
5.0440- 5.2380 3.8800- 4.1710 4.6075- 4.7530 3.8800- 4.1225 3.3950- 3.5405 3.8800- 4.3650
4.9470- 5.2380 3.7345- 3.8800 4.9713- 5.2138 3.7588- 4.0013 3.2980- 3.4435 3.8800- 4.3650
Q*O
QO
QU
fiA
CA
RU
A
(a)
3.7345- 3.9770 4.8500- 5.1410 3.6375- 3.8800 3.2495- 3.3950 O
U—A O
uD
(a)
3.8800- 4.1710 4.6560- 4.9470 3.4920- 3.7345 3.2010- 3.3950 3.7830- 4.1225
85.2429




84.0110

84.3266

a No quotation for month.

84.5409

83.3627

83.7855

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I . —

373

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G — Continued.
S H IR T IN G S :

R le a c lie d , 4 -4 , W a m s u t t a ^ 0^

[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

80.0997
*.0947
.0947
.0947
.0947
.0947
.0947
.0947
.0947
.0947
.0947
.0947

80.0947
.0947
.0947
.0947
.0947
.0947
.0947
.0947
.0947
.0947
.0947
.0807

80.0807
.0807
.0807
.0807
.0807
.0807
.0807
.0807
.0807
.0807
.0807
.0807

80.0807
.0831
.0855
.0855
.0902
.0902
.0902
.0902
.0902
.0902
.0950
.0997

80.0997
.0997
.0997
.0997
.0997
.0997
.0997
.0997
.0902
.0902
.0902
.0902

80.0902
.0902
.0902
.0902
.0902
.0855
.0855
.0855
.0855
.0855
.0855
.0855

80.0951

80.0935

80.0807

80.0892

80.0965 j

80.0875

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S I L K : R a w , I t a li a n , c la s sic a l.
[Net cash price per pound in New York on the 20th of each month, January, 1890, to March, 1897,
and on the 1st of each month, April, 1897, to' December, 1901; quotations from the American Silk
Journal.]
83.9600-84.0590 83.5145-83.5640 83.8610-83.9600 83.9105-84.1085 85.2470-85.3460 83.7620-83.8858
3.7125- 3.8115 3.5145- 3.5640 3.8610- 3.9600 4.2075- 4.2570 5.2470- 5.3460 3.7125- 3.8610
3.6135- 3.7125 3.4650- 3.5145 3. 8610- 3.9600 4.3560- 4.4550 5.1975- 5.2470 3.7125- 3.8115
3.5640- 3.6630 3.4650- 3.5145 3.8115- 3.8610 4.6035- 4.7025 5.0490- 5.0738
3.7373
3.7125
(a)
3.5145- 3.6135
4.8510- 4.9500 4.7025- 4.8015 3.5640- 3.6878
3.4650- 3.5145 3.8610- 3.9600 4.8510- 4.9500 4.4055- 4.4550 3.7125- 3.7620
3.514^3.6135 3.7125- 3.7620 3.7125- 3.7620 4.9005- 4.9995 4.2075- 4.3065 3.8115- 3.8610
3.5145- 3.6630 3.6135- 3.7125 3.7868- 3.8363 4.8015- 4.8510 4.2075- 4.2570 3.9105- 3.9600
3.5145- 3.5640 3.6135- 3.7125 3.8610- 3.9600 4.9500- 5.0985
4.0095 4.0095- 4.0590
3.5145- 3.5640 3.7125- 3.8610 3.9105- 3.9600 4.9005- 5.0490 3.7620- 3.8610 4.0095- 4.0590
3.5640- 3.6135 3.7125- 3.8610 3.8610- 3.9105 4.9005- 5.0490 3.8610- 3.9848 3.9105- 3.9600
3.9105
3.4650- 3.5145 3.7125- 3.8610 3.8610- 3.9105 5.3460- 5.4450 3.8115- 3.9105
83.6293

83.6404

83.8768

84.7706

84.5128

83.8466

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S I L K : R a w , J a p a n , fila tu re s.
on the 1st of each month, April, 1897, to December, 1901. From January, 1890, to November, 1891, the
from March, 1898, to December, 1901, for No. 1. Quotations from the American Silk Journal.]
83.5890-84.1225 83.1525-83.3465 83.5405-83.8315 83.5648-83.6375 85.1895-85.4320 83.3223-83.3465
3.2980- 4.0740 3.1525- 3.3465 3.6375- 3.8800 3.8800- 3.9770 5.0440- 5.1410 3.2495- 3.3465
3.2010- 3.9770 3.1525- 3.3950 3.6860- 3.7345 4.0255- 4.1225 4.8500- 4.9470 3.3465- 3.3950
3.1040- 3.7830 3.2010- 3.4920 3.6375- 3.6860 4.3165- 4.4135 4.7530- 4.8500 3.2980- 3.3950
3.0555- 3.1768 3.2738- 3.6375 3.5405- 3.5890 4.5105- 4.6075 4.2680- 4.4620 3.2980- 3.3465
3.2010- 3.4920 3.6860- 3.7345 4.4135- 4.5105 3.7345- 3.8800 3.3465- 3.4435
2.958^3.3950 3.2980- 3.5890 3.5405- 3.5890 4.5105- 4.6075 3.9285- 3.9770 3.5405- 3.5890
2.9100- 3.3950 3.2738- 3.6375 3.5890- 3.6375 4.3165- 4.3650 3.7830- 3.8800 3.5890- 3.6375
3.1040- 3.3950 3.4435- 3.7830 3.6860- 3.7345 4.4620- 4.5105 3.3950- 4.4620 3.7830- 3.8800
3.2980- 3.5405 3.6860- 3.8315 3.5405- 3.5890 4.3650- 4.4135 3.1525- 3.2010 3.7345- 3.7830
3.3950- 3.6375 3.6860- 3.8315 3.5405- 3.5890 4.6560- 4.7045 3.4435- 3.4920 3.6375- 3.7345
3.1525- 3.3950 3.4920- 3.7345 3.5163- 3.5648 5.3350- 5.5775 3.3465- 3.4435 3.5890- 3.6860
83.4072

83.4637




83.6376

84.4085

84.1690

83.5132

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G — Continued.
S U I T I N G S : C la y w o r s t e d d ia g o n a l, 1 2 -o u n c e, W a s h in g t o n H ills *
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

Month.

1891.

1890.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

rune.....

u ly ..........
U ig ..........
lept..........
) c t ...........
tfov..........
3ec...........

$0.7508
.7280
.7280
.7280
.7280
.7280
.7508
.7735
.7735
.7735
.7735
.9100

Average

$0.7621

ran...........
Feb...........
MTar..........
Ipr...........
Hay..........

S U I T I N G S : C la y w o r s t e d d i a g o n a l, 1 6 -o u n c e, W a s h in g t o n H i l ls .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

....

i
Jan
!
Feb.............
!
M a r ...........
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
i
......................................
ADr
l
M a y ...........
..................................... j ......................................
June
__
i
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
i
N o v ...........
..................................... i ..............................................................................
Dec

$0.9328
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9373
.9555
.9555
.9555
.9555
1.0920

............... ................

........

i

........
.

,
i

i

Average

i

$0.9445

S U I T I N G S : I n d i g o b lu e , a l l w o o l , 5 4 -in c h , 1 4 -o u n c e, H id d le s e x s ta n d a rd *
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.6470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470

$1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470

$1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470

$1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.4697
1.4697
1.4697
1.4697
1.4697
1.4697

$1.4697
1.4697
1.4697
1.4697
1.4697
1.4697
1.4697
1.4697
1.4697
1.4697
1.4697
1.4697

$1.1671
1.1671
1.1671
1.1671
1.1671
1.1671
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375

Average.

$1.5470

$1.5470

$1.5470

$1.5084

$1.4697

$1.1523

S U I T I N G S : I n d ig o b lu e , a l l w o o l , 16-ounce*
[Price per yard for each year.]
A verage...

6$2.0925

b $2.0925

5 $2.0925

$2.0925

a Nominal, no sales having been effected at this price.




$1.7670

$1.5903

375

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I . ~

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G — Continued.

S U I T I N G S : C la y w o r s t e d d ia g o n a l, 1 2 -o u n ce, W a s h in g t o n M ills .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0.8190
.7963
.7508
.7508
.7508
.7508
.6825
.6825
.7053
.7053
.7053
.7053

$0.7053
.6370
.6370
.6370
.7053
.7053
.7053
.7053
.8509
.9055
.9601
.9601

$0.9601
.9373
.9373
.9373
.9373
.9373
.9373
.9100
.9100
.8645
.8645
.8645

$0.8190
.8190
.8190
.8190
.8873
.8873
.8873
.9328
1.0010
1.0920
a 1.2012
a 1.1880

a$1.1700
1.1250
1.1250
1.1250
1.1250
1.1250
1.1250
1.0125
1.0125
1.0125
1.0125
1.0125

$0.9000
.9000
.9000
.9000
.9000
.9000
.9000
.8550
.9450
.9450
.9450
.9450

$0.7337

$0.7595

$0.9165

$0.9461

$1.0819

$0.9113

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average

S U I T I N G S : C la y w o r s t e d d i a g o n a l, 1 6 -o u n c e, W a s h in g t o n M ills .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

,
'

$1.0010
.9555
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.8190
.8190
.8372
.8372
.8372
.8372

$0.8372
.7963
.7963
.7963
.8645
.8645
.8645
.8645
1.0556
1.1284
1.2012
1.2012

$1.2012
1.1557
1.1557
1.1557
1.1557
1.1557
1.1557
1.0920
1.0920
1.0465
1.0465
1.0465

$1.0010
1.0010
1.0010
1.0010
1.0738
1.0738
1.0920
1.1375
1.2103
1.3195
a 1.4333
a 1.4175

a $1.4625
1.4175
1.4175
1.4175
1.4175
1.4175
1.4175
1.2375
1.2375
1.2375
1.2375
1.2375

$1.1250
1.1250
1.1250
1.1250
1.1250
1.1250
1.1250
1.0350
1.1250
1.1250
1.1250
1.1250

$0.8819

$0.9392

$1.1216

$1.1468

$1.3463

$1.1175

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average

S U I T I N G S : I n d i g o b lu e , a l l w o o l , 5 4 -in ch , 1 4 -o u n ce, M id d le s e x s ta n d a r d .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375

$1.0465
1.0465
1.0465
1.0465
1.0465
1.0465
1.0465
1.0465
1.0465
1.0465
1.0465
1.0465

$1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375

$1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375

$1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375

$1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
-1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.2513
1.2513
1.2513
1.2513
1.2513

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.

$1.1375

$1.0465

$1.1375

$1.1375

$1.1375

$1.1849

Average.

$2.0925

Average.

S U IT IN G S : I n d ig o b lu e , a l l w o o l , 1 6 -o u n c e.
[Price per yard for each year.]
$1.7228

$1.6740

6 Records destroyed.




$1.9763

$2.0538

$2.2669

Price estimated by person who furnished data for later years.

376

BULLETIN- OF THE DEPARTMENT OP LABOR.

T a b l e I — W H O LESALE PRICES OP COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G — Continued.
S U I T I N G S : S erge , W a s h in g t o n m ills , 6700#
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........

1893.

1894.

1895.

M&y...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100

$0.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100
.9100

$0.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825

$0.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825
.6825

Average.

$0.9100

$0.9100

$0.6825

$0.6825

T I C K I N G S : A m o s k e a g A . ۥ A .
[Price per yard on the first' of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June..........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
S ep t...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

$0.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.111
•111
.111
.121
.121
.121

$0.12
.12
.12
•111
•111
•111
•111
.111
.111
•111
•111
•111

$0.1200

$0.1175

$0,111
111
.111
.111
.111
•11*
.111
.111
•111
•111
.111
$0.1150

$0.11f
•111
•111
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
•111
•111
•111
$0.1181

$0.11f
•I lf
•Ilf
.101
.101
.101
.101
.101
.101
.101
.101
.101
$0.1084

$0,091
.091
.091
.091
.091
.091
.101
.101
.101
.101
.101
.101
$0.1006

T R O U S E R I N G S : F a n c y w o r s t e d , w e i g h t 22 to 23 o un ces.
[Price per yard on the first of each month. In 1892 and 1893 the prices are for wool filling, and from
1894 to 1901 for worsted filling.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
S ep t...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

*

Average.

U N D E R W E A R : S h irts a n d

$2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734

$2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734

$1.9238
1.9238
1.9238
1.9238
1.9238
1.9238
1.9238
1.9238
1.9238
1.9238
1.9238
1.9238

$1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100

$2.0734

$2.0734

$1.9238

$1.7100

d r a w e r s , w h it e , a l l
gauge.

w o o l , fu ll-f a s h io n e d , 18-

[Price per dozen garments on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e .........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$24.75
24.75
24.75
24.75
24.75
24.75
24.75
24.75
24.75
24.75
24.75
24.75

$25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65

$25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65

$25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65
25.65

$21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60

$21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60

Average.

$24.75

$25.65

$25.65

$25.65

$21.60

$21.60




a No sales during month.

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

377

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

CLOTH S A N D

C L O T H IN G —Continued.

S U IX IN O S s Serge, W a s h in g t o n M i lls , 6700*
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
1896.
i
;

1

1897.

1898.

j

1899.

1900.

1901.

sc. 6143
.6143
.6143
.6143
.6143
.6143
.6143
.6143
.6143
.6143
.6143
.6143

SO. 6143
.6143
.’6143
.6143
.6143
.6143
.6143
.6143
.7508
.7508
.7508
.7508

SO. 7508
.7508
.7508
.7508
.7508
.7508
.7508
.7508
.7508
.7508
.7508
.7508

SO. 7508
.7508
.7508
.7508
.7508
.7508
.7508
.8418
.8418
.9328
.9328
.9225

SO. 8100
.8100
.8100
.8100
.8100
.8100
.8100
.8100
.8100
.8100
.8100
.8100

SO. 8100
.8100
.8100
.8100
.8100
.8100
.8100
.7200
.8100
.8100
.8100
.8100

SO. 6143

SO.6598

SO. 7508

SO. 8106

SO. 8100

SO. 8025

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

T I C K I N G S : A m o s k e a g A . C. A .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
SO. 11
.11
.11
.091
.09|
.09f
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
SO.1019

$0.10*
.10*
.10*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*

SO. 09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.08*
.08*
.08*

SO. 0975

SO. 0894

SO. 09
.09
.09
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09
.09*
.09*
SO. 0923

SO. 10*
.10*
.10*
.11
(a)
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.10*
SO. 1084

SO. 11
.10
.10*
.10
.09*
.10
.10
.09*
.10
.10
.10
.10*
SO. 1013

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

T R O U S E R I N G S : F a n c y w orsted., w e i g h t 2$ to 23 oun ces.
[Price per yard on the first of each month. In 1892 and 1898 the prices are for wool filling, and from
1894 to 1901 for worsted filling.J
SI.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955

SI.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955
1.7955

S2.0306
2.0306
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375

$2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734
2.0734

$2.2871
2.2871
2.2871
2.2871
2.2871
2.2871
2.2871
2.2871
2.2871
2.2871
2.2871
2.2871

$1.9879
1.9879
1.9879
1.9879
1.9879
1.9879
1.9879
1.9879
1.9879
1.9879
1.9879
1.9879

SI. 7955

SI. 7955

S2.1197

$2.0734

$2.2871

$1.9879

U N D E R W E A R : S h irts

and

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

d r a w e r s , w h i t e , a l l w o o l , f u ll-f a s h io n e d , 18gauge.

[Price per dozen garments on the first of each month.]
$21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60

$21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60

$21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60

$23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40

$23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40

$23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40

$21.60

$21.60

$21.60

$23.40

$23.40

$23.40




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

3*78
T able I . —

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G — Continued.

U N D E R W E A R : S h irts and. d r a w e r s , w h i t e , m e r in o , fu ll-f a s h io n e d , 52 p e r
cent w o o l , 48 p e r cent co tton , 2 4 -g a u g e .
[Price per dozen garments on the first of each month.]
Month.

1890.

1891.

15-92.

1894.

1893.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ............
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$16.65
16.65
16.65
16.65
16.65
16.65
16.65
16.65
16.65
16.65
16.65
16.65

$17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55

$17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55

$17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55
17.55

$14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85

$14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40

Average.

$16.65

$17.55

$17.55

$17.55

$14.85

$14.40

W O M E N ’S D R E S S G O O D S : A lp a c a , co tton w a r p , 2 2 -in c h , H a m ilt o n .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Jan..
F eb..
Mar .
Apr..
M ay.
June
July.
Aug.
Sept.
O c t..
Nov .
D ec..
Average.

$0.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735

$0.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735

$0.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711

$0.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711

$0.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686

$0.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637

$0.0735

$0.0735

$0.0723

$0.0711

$0.0686

$0.0637

W O M E N ’S D R E S S G O O D S : C a sh m ere, a l l w o o l , 10-11 t w i l l , 38-in c h , A t la n t ic
M i lls J .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e ..........
July............
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average. 1

$0.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479

$0.3479
.3479
.3479
.3724
.3724
.3724
.3724
.3724
.3724
.3724
.3724
.3724

$0.3724
.3724
.3724
.3724
.3724
.3724
.3724
.3724
.3724
.3724
.3724
.3724

$0.3014
.3014
.3014
.3014
.3014
.3014
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479

$0.2450
.2450
.2450
.2450
.2450
.2450
.2450
.2450
.2450
.2450
.2450
.2450

$0.2352
.2352
.2352
.2352
.2352
.2352
.2352
.2352
.2352
.2352
.2352
.2352

$0.3479

$0.3663

$0.3724

$0.3247

$0.2450

$0.2352

W O M E N ’S D R E S S G O O D S : C a sh m ere, co tton w a r p ,
M ills F .

9 - t w i ll , 4 -4 , A t la n t ic

[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813

$0.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813

$0.1764
.1764
.1764
.1764
.1764
.1764
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813
.1813

$0.1617
.1617
.1617
.1617
.1617
.1617
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372

$0.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1323
.1323
.1323
.1323
.1323
.1323

$0.1323
.1323
.1323
.1323
.1323
.1323
.1323
.1323
.1323
.1127
.1127
.1127

Average.

$0.1813

$0.1813

$0.1789

$0.1495

$0.1348 |

$0.1274




379

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

C L O T H S A1STD C L O T H E D G — Continued.
U N D E R W E A R : S h irts and. d r a w e r s , w liit e , m e r in o , fu ll-f a s h io n e d , 52 p e r
cent w o o l , 48 p e r cent cotton, 2 4 -g a u g e .
[Price per dozen garments on the first of each month.]
1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40

$14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40

$14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85

$13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.56
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50

$14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85

$14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85
14.85

$14.40

$14.40

$14.85

$13.50

$14.85

$14.85

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

W O M E N ’S D R E S S G O O D S: A lp a c a , cotton w a r p , 2 2 -in c h , H a m ilt o n .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637

$0.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637

$0.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637

$0.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686

$0.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711

$0.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711

$0.0637

$0.0637

$0.0637

$0.0657

$0.0711

$0.0711

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

W O M E N ’S D R E S S G O O D S : C a sh m ere, a l l w o o l, 10-11 t w i l l , 3 8 -in c h , A tla n t ic
M ills J.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0.1960
.1960
.1960
.1960
.1960
.1960
.1960
.1960
.1960
.1960
.1960
.1960.

$0.2205
.2205
.2205
.2205
.2205
.2205
.2573
.2573
.2573
.2573
.2573
.2573

$0.2573
.2573
.2573
.2573
.2573
.2573
.2573
.2573
.2573
.2573
.2573
.2573

$0.3014
.3014
.3014
.3014
.3014
.3014
.3014
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479

$0.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3724
.3724
.3724
.3234
.3234
.3234
.3234

$0.3234
.3234
.3234
.3234
.3234
.3234
.3234
.3234
.3234
.3234
.3234
.3234

$0.1960

$0.2389

$0.2573

$0.3208

$0.3459

$0.3234

W O M E N ’S D R E S S

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.

Apr.

May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

G O O D S : C a sh m ere, cotton w a r p , 9 - t w i l l , 4 -4 , A tla n t ic
M i lls F .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]

$0.1127
.1127
.1127
.1127
.1127
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372

$0.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372
.1372

$0.1323
.1323
.1323
.1323
.1323
.1323
.1544
.1544
.1544
.1544
.1544
.1544

$0.1544
.1544
.1544
.1544
.1544
.1544
.1642
.1642
.1642
.1642
.1642
.1642

$0.1642
.1642
.1642
.1642
.1642
.1642
.1642
.1642
.1642
.1642
.1642
.1642

$0.1642
.1544
.1544
.1544
.1544
.1544
.1642
.1642
.1642
.1642
.1544
.1544

$0.1270

$0.1372

$0.1434

$0.1593

$0.1642

$0.1585




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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W HOLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

CLOTHS A N D CLO TH ING —Continued.
W O M E N ’S D R E S S G O O D S : C a sh m ere, cotton w a r p , 2 2 -in c h , H a m ilt o n .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833

$0.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833

$0.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0809
.0809
.0809
.0809
.0809
.0809

$0.0809
.0809
.0809
.0809
.0809
.0809
.0809
.0809
.0809
.0809
.0809
.0809

$0.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760

$0.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735

Average.

$0.0833

$0.0833

$0.0821

$0.0809

$0.0760

$0.0735

WOJJUSN’S D R E S S G O O D S : C a sh m e re , co tton w a r p , 2 7 -in c h , H a m ilt o n .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980

$0.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980

$0.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0980
.0956
.0956
.0956
.0956
.0956
.0956

$0.0956
.0956
.0956
.0931
.0931
.0931
.0931
.0931
.0931
.0931
.0931
.0931

$0.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907

$0.0858
.0858
.0858
.0858
.0858
.0858
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833

Average.

$0.0980

$0.0980

$0.0968

$0.0937

$0.0907

$0.0846

W O M E N ’S D R E S S G O O D S : F r a n k l i n s a c k in g s , 6-4.
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
J a n ..
F eb..
Mar .
A p r..
M ay.
June
July.
Aug.
Sept.
O c t..
Nov .
D ec..
Average.

$0,611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.57
.57
.57
.57
.57
.57
.611
$0.5938

$0,611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
$0.6175

$0,611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
$0.6175

$0,611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.611
.57
.521
$0.6056

$0,521
.521
.521
.521
.521
.491
.49f
.491
.471
.471
.471
.451
$0.4988

$0,451
.451
.451
.451
.451
.41|
•411
.41*
.41*
.421
.421
.421
$0.4342

W O O L : O h io , fin e fleece (X and. X X g r a d e ), sco u re d .
[Price per pound in the Eastern markets (Baltimore, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia) on the
first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J uly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.7283
.7174
.7065
.7065
.7065
7174
.7174
.7174
.7065
.7174
.7283
.7174

$0.7283
.7283
.7065
.7065
.6957
.6739
.6848
.6848
.6848
.6522
.6413
.6413

$0.6413
.6304
.6087
.5978
.5978
.6087
.6087
.6087
.6087
.6087
.6087
.6141

$0.6141
.6413
.6576
.6576
.5978
.5326
.5326
.5217
.5000
.5000
.5000
.5109

$0.5000
.4891
.4565
.4565
.4783
.4565
.4348
.4348
.4348
.4022
.4022
.3913

$0.3804
.3696
.3587
.3587
.3587
.3478
.3913
.3913
.3913
.3913
.3913
.3913

Average.

$0.7156

$0.6857

$0.6119

$0.5639

$0.4448

$0.3768




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381

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G —Continued.

W O M E N ’S D R E S S G O O D S : C a sh m ere, cotton w a r p , 2 2 -in c h , H a m ilt o n *
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686

$0.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686

$0.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686

$0.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0686
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735
.0735

$0.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760

$0.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760
.0760

$0.0711

$0.0686

$0.0686

$0.0706

$0.0760

$0.0760

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

W O M E N ’ S D R E S S G O O D S : C a sh m ere, co tton w a r p , 2 7 -in c h , H a m ilt o n *
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0784
.0784
.0784

$0.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784

$0.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784
.0784

$0.0784
.0784
.0784
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833

$0.0882
.0882
.0882
.0882
.0882
.0882
.0882
.0882
.0882
.0882
.0882
.0882

$0.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907
.0907

$0.0821

$0.0784

$0.0784

$0.0821

$0.0882

$0.0907

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

W O M E N ’S D R E S S G O O D S : F r a n k li n s a c k i n g s ,6 -4 .
[Price per yard on the first of each month.]
$0.42|
.42$
.42$
.42$
.42$
.42$
.40|
.40$
.40$
.40$
.,40$
.40$
$0.4156

$0.40$
.40$
.40$
.40$
.40$
.40$
.40$
.45$
.45$
•45$
.45$
.45$
$0.4235

$0.45$
.47$
.47$
.45$
.45$
.45$
*45$
.45$
.45$
.45$
.45$
.45$
$0.4552

$0.42$
.42$
.47$
.49$
.49$
.49$
.49$
.49$
.49$
.49$
.52$
.52$
$0.4889

$0.52$
.57
.61$
.61$
.61$
.66$
.66$
.66$
.66$
.57
.57
.57
$0.6096

$0.54$
.54$
.54$
.54$
.54$
.54$
.52$
.52$
.52$
.52$
.54$
.54$
$0.5383

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

W O O L : O h io , fin e fleece (X a n d X X g r a d e ), scoured*
[Price per pound in the Eastern markets (Baltimore, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia) on the
first of each month.]
$0.4130
.4130
.4130
.4130
.3804
.3696
.3696
.3696
.3696
.3913
.4130
.4130

$0.4130
.4130
.4239
.4565
.4674
.4674
.4674
.5109
.5326
.5870
.6087
.5978

$0.6087
.6304
.6304
.6304
.6087
.6087
.6087
.6196
.6196
.6196
.5978
.5978

$0.5761
.5761
.5761
.5435
.5652
.5870
.6196
.6413
.6630
.6739
.6957
.7609

$0.7609
.7609
.7500
.7065
.6848
.6630
.6196
.6196
.5978
.5870
.5761
.5870

$0.5652
.5543
.5435
.5435
.5435
.5326
.5435
.5435
.5435
.5435
.5435
.5435

$0.3940

$0.4955

$0.6150

$0.6232

$0.6594

$0.5453




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G —Concluded.

W OOL.: O h io , m e d iu m fleece (o n e -fo u rt h a n d th r e e -e ig h th s g r a d e ), sco u re d ,
[Price per pound in the Eastern markets (Baltimore, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia) on the
first of each month.]

Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.6129
.6129
.6129
.6129
.6129
.6210
.6210
.6210
.5968
.6129
.6210
.6129

$0.6129
.6129
.5968
.5887
.5887
.5887
.5726
.5726
.5645
.5645
.5645
.5565

$0.5565
.5565
.5484
.5323
.5242
.5242
.5161
.5161
.5161
.5202
.5081
.5121

$0.5242
.5323
.5363
.5323
.4919
.4435
.4355
.4355
.4113
.4113
.4032
.3871

$0.3871
.3790
.3710
.3710
.3871
.3548
.3226
.3387
.3548
.3387
.3226
.3226

$0.3226
.3226
.3226
.3226
.3226
.2903
.3387
.3387
.3387
.3387
.3387
.3387

Average.

$0.6143

$0.5820

$0.5276

$0.4620

$0.3542

$0.3280

W O R S T E D Y A R N S : 2 -4 0 s, A u s t r a lia n fine,
[Price per pound on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

$1.25
1.25
1.22|
1.22?
1.22*
1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22
$1.2263

$1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.22*
1.22*
1.22*
1.22*
1.22*
1.20
$1.2354

$1.20
1.20
1.24
1.24
1.24
1.24
1.24
1.24
1.20
1.19
1.19
1.19

$1.17
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.12
1.12
1.12
1.12
1.12
1.12
1.12

$1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.00
1.00
.85
.80
.80
.80
.75
.75

$0.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.74
.74
.74
.72
.72

$1.2175

$1.1342

$0.9292

$0.7425

W O R S T E D Y A R N S : 2 -4 0 s, X X X o r its e q u iv a le n t i n q u a lit y , w h i t e , i n s k e in s .
[Price per pound on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
J uly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$1,225
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.225
1.225
1.250
1.275
1.275
1.275

$1,275
1.300
1.275
1.275
1.275
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.250

$1,180
1.180
1.180
1.180
1.150
1.125
1.150
1.150
1.125
1.125
1.180
1.150

$1,150
1.150
1.150
1.150
1.150
1.125
1.125

Average.

$1.2500

$1.2625

$1.1563




1.000
1.000
1.000

$1,000
1.000
.950
.950
.950
.950
.950
.975
.950
.800
.800
.750

$0,750
.750
.750
.750
.750
.750
.750
.775
.750
.800
.750
.750

$1.0833

$0.9188

$0.7563

1.000
1.000

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383

W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
C liO T H S A N D C L O T H IN G —Concluded.

W O O L : O h io , m e d iu m fleece (o n e -fo u rt h a n d th r e e -e ig h th s g r a d e ), sco u re d .
[Price per pound in the Eastern markets (Baltimore, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia) on the
first of each month.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0.3387
.3468'
.3468
.3387
.3065
.2903
.2903
.2903
.2903
.3065
.3387
.3387

$0.3226
.3387
.3468
.3629
.3790
.3790
.3790
.4113
.4435
.4677
.4839
.4839

$0.4839
.5000
.5000
.4758
.4758
.4758
.4758
.4758
.4839
.4839
.4758
.4597

$0.4677
.4677
.4677
.4516
.4516
.4516
.5000
.5242
.5242
.5403
.5484
.5645

$0.5887
.5887
.5887
.5806
.5645
.5484
.5081
.5081
.4839
.4597
.4677
.4677

$0.4677
.4597
.4516
.4435
.4113
.4113
.4194
.4194
.4274
.4274
.4194
.4194

$0.3186

$0.3999

$0.4805

$0.4966

$0.5296

$0.4315

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

W O R S T E D Y A R N S : 2 -4 0 *, A u s t r a li a n fine.
[Price per pound on the first of each month.]
$0.72
.72
.72
.73
.73
.73
.73
.73
.73
.72
.72
.72

$0.73
.75
.74
.74
.74
.76
.76
.80
.95
1.10
1.10
1.05

$1.00
1.02
1.02
.98
.95
1.02
1.05
1.09
1.09
1.05
1.05
1.05

$1.00
.98
.99
1.00
1.00
1.02
1.05
1.10
1.15
1.20
1.30
1.30

$1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.25
1.22
1.20
1.20
1.15
1.10
1.07
1.07

$0.7250

$0.8517

$1.0308

$1.0908

$1.2050

$1.07
1.05
1.03
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.02
1.03
1.05
1.06
1.07J
1.10
$1.0404

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

W O R S T E D Y A R N S : 2 -4 0 s, X X X o r its e q u iv a le n t i n q u a lit y , w h i t e , i n sh e in s.
[Price per pound on the first of each month.]
$0,750
.775
.775
.775
.775
.800
.750
.750
.750
.700
.700
.700

$0,700
.700
.725
.725
.725
.775
.775
.800
.850
1.000
1.000
1.050

$1,050
1.050
1.025
1.025
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.975
.975
.975
.975

$0,950
.950
.950
.950
.950
1.025
1.025
1.100
1.200
1.200
1.250
1.300

$1,350
1.350
1.275
1.250
1.225
1.200
1.175
1.175
1.175
1.050
1.050
1.050

$1,000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.050
1.050
1.050
1.050
1.070
1.070

$0.7500

$0.8188

$1.0042

$1.0708

$1.1938

$1.0283

3586—No. 39—02----- 13




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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I .—W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
F U E L A N D L IG H T IN G .
C A N D L E S : A d a m a n t in e , 6 s, 1 4 -o u n ce,

[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept............
Oct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

SO. 08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08

SO. 08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08

SO. 08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08

SO. 08
.08
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09

Average.

SO. 0800

SO. 0800

SO. 0800

SO. 0883

1894.
SO. 09
.09
.09
.09
.084
.084
.084
.084
.084
.084
.084
.084
SO. 0867

1895.
SO. 084
.084
.084
.084
.084
.084
.084
.084
.084
.084
.084
.084
SO. 0850

C O A L : A n t h r a c ite , b r o k e n ,
[Average monthly selling price per ton f. o. b., New York Harbor.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J uly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

SB. 59
3.55
3.51
3.45
3.43
3.47
3.48
3.47
3.48
3.48
3.47
3.45

S3.47
3.47
3.41
3.40
3.44
3.46
3.46
3.44
3.46
3.47
3.43
3.41

S3.400
3.390
3.400
3.410
3.434
3.516
3.844
3.865
3.861
3.802
3.718
3.742

S3.838
3.774
3.791
3.495
3.485
3.479
3.471
3.483
3.493
3.502
3.489
3.454

S3.441
3.448
8.440
3.397
3.400
3.397
3.420
3.404
3.408
3.408
3.416
3.427

S3.416
3.412
3.296
3 304
3.339
3.340
3.228
3.220
3.142
3.217
3.182
3.304

Average.

S3.4858

S3.4433

S3.6152

S3.5628

S3.4172

S3.2833

C O A L : A n t h r a c ite , c h estn u t,
[Average monthly selling price per ton f. o. b., New York Harbor.]
Jan...........
Feb...........
M a r ..........
Apr...........
M a y ..........
June..........
J uly..........
A u g ..........
Sept...........
O ct...........
N o v ...........
Dec...........
Average

S3.69
3.42
3.22
3.20
3.30
3.15
3.23
3.23
3.39
3.45
3.48
3.48

$3.44
3.48
3.45
3.40
3.42
3.42
3.44
3.46
3.48
3.53
3.55
3.64

S3.280
3.280
3.360
3.450
3.597
3.954
4.013
4.284
4.471
4.606
4.547
4.490

$4,504
4.477
4.217
3.882
3.879
3.902
4.143
4.201
4.251
4.211
4.195
4.146

$4,163
4.025
3.784
3.551
3.506
3.511
3.546
3.621
3.190
3.182
3.170
3.250

S3.299
3.329
3.192
2.895
2.915
2.936
2.863
2.757
2.701
2.828
2.963
3.074

S3.3533

S3.4758

S3.9443

$4.1673

S3.5416

$2.9793

C O A L : A n t h r a c ite , e g g ,
[Average monthly selling price per ton f. o. b., New York Harbor.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$3.69
3.59
3.52
3.55
3.54
3.51
3.62
3.51
3.61
3.76
3.75
3.72

S3.77
3.76
3.67
3.66
3.63
3.67
3.69
3.75
3.75
3.83
3.95
3.88

S3.550
3.430
3.720
3.730
3.748
3.924
4.016
4.226
4.322
4.401
4.361
4.336

$4,086
4.252
3.847
3.684
3.660
3.631
3.707
3.921
3.890
3.872
3.857
3.817

$3,786
3.759
3.591
3.328
3.316
3.329
3.299
3.307
3.225
3.260
3.249
3.235

$3,395
3.380
3.175
3.031
3.014
2.966
2.851
2.828
2.827
2.887
2.985
3.016

Average.

S3.6142

$3.7508

$3.9803

S3.8520

S3.3903

S3.0296




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I . —W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F U E L A N D L IG H T IN G .
C A N D L E S : A d a m a n t in e , 6s, 1 4 -ou nce.

[Price per pound in New York on the first ot each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
1896.
$0.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
$0.0850

1897.
$0.08*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
•06*
.06*
.06*
$0.0745

1898.
$0.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
$0.0613

1899.

1900.

$0.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06*
•06*
.06*
.06*
$0.0613

$0.06*
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
$0.1059

1901.
$0.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
$0.1100

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

COAL: Anthracite, broken.
[Average monthly selling price per ton f. o. b., New York Harbor.]
$3,385
3.387
3.415
3.168
3.169
3.192
3.228
3.243
3.295
3.299
3.230
3.218

$3,231
3.247
3.205
3.230
3.287
3.236
3.260
3.309
3.293
3.234
3.218
3.208

$3,205
3.201
3.203
3.229
3.228
3.216
3.234
3.203
3.231
3.200
3.192
3.187

$3,192
3.166
3.179
3.125
3.113
3.111
3.111
3.111
3.127
3.129
3.131
3.125

$3,129
3.119
3.120
3.207
3.208
3.217
3.205
3.209
3.673
3.250
3.588
3.322

$3,590
3.522
3.671
3.456
3.492
3.513
3.509
3.546
3.543
3.621
3.564
3.582

$3.2691

$3.2465

$3.2108

$3.1350

$3.2706

$3.5508

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C O A L : A n t h r a c ite , ch estnu t.
[Average monthly selling price per ton f. o. b., New York Harbor.]
$3,174
3.298
3.305
3.305
3.309
3.489
3.563
3.797
3.818
3.833
3.960
3.822

$3,740
3.710
3.650
3.817
3.804
3.805
3.802
3.803
3.806
3.813
3.665
3.424

$3,380
3.629
3.611
3.631
3.657
3.646
3.658
3.573
3.484
3.452
3.456
3.453

$3,451
3.471
3.488
3.498
3.554
3.576
3.613
3.614
3.719
3.859
3.928
3.978

$4,001
4.004
3.829
3.687
3.685
3.627
3.643
3.629
3.756
4.363
4.442
4.333

$4,442
4.460
4.456
3.957
4.055
4.154
4.249
4.348
4.446
4.453
4.453
4.451

$3.5561

$3.7366

$3.5525

$3.6458

$3.9166

$4.3270

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C O AL: A nthracite, egg.
[Average monthly selling price per ton f. o. b., New York Harbor.]
$3,071
3.281
3.319
3.322
3.321
3.437
3.620
3.681
3.858
3.906
3.915
3.857

$3,761
3.791
3.818
3.819
3.821
3.832
3.838
3.831
3.826
3.840
3.780
3.626

$3,558
3.692
3.711
3.717
3.707
3.705
3.716
3.657
3.535
3.470
3.411
3.313

$3,311
3.291
3.283
3.302
3.302
3.281
3.296
3.310
3.394
3.530
3.577
3.580

$3,481
3.556
3.401
3.463
3.467
3.447
3.450
3.454
3.742
3.715
3.943
3.893

$3,978
4.156
4.139
3.703
3.813
3.902
4.004
4.107
4.226
4.219
4.219
4.212

$3.5490

$3.7986

$3.5993

$3.3714

$3.5843

$4.0565




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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I .— W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F U E L A N D L I G H T I N G — Continued.
C O i L : A n th ra c ite , stove.
[Average monthly selling price per ton f. o. b., New York Harbor.]

Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$3.86
3.75
3.59
3.58
3.52
3.54
3.59
3.62
3.76
3.79
3.94
3.99

$4.11
3.99
3.80
3.67
3.67
3.71
3.71
3.74
3.80
4.00
4.05
4.00

$3,720
3.560
3.710
3.800
3.879
4.062
4.172
4.418
4.605
4.669
4.627
4.616

$4,576
4.561
4.071
3.953
3.904
3.913
4.119
4.289
4.235
4.256
4.239
4.201

$4,157
4.032
3.847
3.566
3.507
3.545
3.551
3.579
3.335
3.283
3.400
3.402

$3,464
3.483
3.315
3.108
3.091
3.012
2.944
2.891
2.932
3.009
3.077
3.191

Average.

$3.7108

$3.8542

$4.1532

$4.1931

$3.6003

$3.1264

C O A L : B it u m in o u s , G e o rg e s C reek .
[Price per ton at the mine on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay............
J u n e ..........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$1.00
1.00
.90
.85
.80
.80
.80
.80
.80
.80
.90
.90

$0.80
.80
.80
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

$0.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90

$0.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95

$0.95
.95
.95
.75
.75
.75
.75
.80
.80
.80
.80
.80

$0.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.80
.80
.80
.80
.80
.80

Average.

$0.8625

$0.9500

$0.9000

$0.9208

$0.8208

$0.7750

C O A L s B it u m in o u s , G e o rg e s C reek .
[Price per ton f. o. b., New York Harbor on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$3.10
3.10
3.05
3.00
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00

Average.

$2.9875




$3.00
3.00
3.00
3.10
3.10
3.10
3.10
2.97*
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
$3.0313

$2.97*
2.97*
2.97|
2.95
2.95
2.95
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
$2.9313

$2.95
2.95
2.95
2.95
2.95
2.95
2.95
2.95
2.95
2.95
2.95
2.95

$3.00
3.00
3.00
2.65
2.65
2.65
2.65
2.65
2.65
2.65
2.65
2.65

$2.55
2.55
2.55
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90

$2.9500

$2.7375

$2.8125

a No business, owing to strike.

COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

387

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F U E L A N D L I G H T I N G —Continued.
C O I L : A n t h r a c ite , stove.
[Average monthly selling price per ton f. o. b., New York Harbor.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

83.289
3.439
3.561
3.566
3.566
3.733
3.881
4.046
4.062
4.088
4.216
4.083

$3,995
3.993
4.064
4.064
4.050
4.060
4.056
4.060
4.056
4.063
3.942
3.772

$3,729
3.874
3.891
3.896
3.947
3.925
3.907
3.826
3.734
3.662
3.616
3.567

$3,563
3.542
3.521
3.560
3.627
3.646
3.670
3.682
3.803
3.909
3.950
3.983

$4,053
4.014
3.858
3.717
3.718
3.670
3.667
3.666
3.865
4.348
4.422
4.343

$4,450
4.460
4.453
3.952
4.050
4.137
4.236
4.330
4.442
4.455
4.452
4.452

$3.7942

$4.0146

$3.7978

$3.7047

$3.9451

$4.3224

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C O A L : B it u m in o u s , G e o rg e s Creek.
[Price per ton at the mine on the first of each month.]
$0.75
.75
.75
.95
.96
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.96
.95

$0.95
.95
.90
.80
.80
.80
.80
.80
.80
.80
.80
.80

$0.80
.80
.80
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95

$1.05
1.05
1.05
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

$0.9000

$0.8333

$0.9125

$1.0125

$1.05
1.05
1.05

1.35
1.35
1.35

$1.30
1.35
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.50
1.50

$1.2000

$1.3375

(a)
fa)
fa)
fa)
fa)
(a)

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C O A L : B it u m in o u s , G e o rg e s C reek .
[Price per ton f. o. b., New York Harbor on the first of each month.]
$2.55
2.55
2.55
2.70
2.70
2.70
2.70
2.70
2.70
2.70
2.70
2.70

$2.70
2.50
2.50
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40

$2.40
2.40
2.40
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.10

$2.10
2.10
2.10
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90

$2.6625

$2.4417

$2.1750

$2.7000




2.85
2.85
2.85

$2.75
2.75
2.75
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
3.40
3.50

$2.9083

$2.9250

$2.90
3.00
3.00
fa)
(a)
fa)
fa)
fa)
(a)

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
FU EXi A N D

[L IG H T IN G — Continued.

C O A L : B it u m in o u s , P it t s b u r g (Y o u g b io g h e n y )•
[Price per bushel on Tuesday of each week, Cincinnati, afloat; quotations from the annual reports
of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.]




a No quotation for week.

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COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

F U E L A N D L I G H T I N G —Continued.
COAL.: B it u m in o u s , P it t s b u r g ( ¥ o u g lilo g lie n y ).
[Price per bushel on Tuesday of each week, Cincinnati, afloat; quotations from the annual reports
of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.]

1897.

1896.
$0.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06|
.05|
.06|
.06|
.061
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.05?
.051
.051
.051
.051
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
|

$0.0573

1899.

1898.

$0.05?

$0.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?

1900.

1901.

Month.

$0.04?-$0.05?
.04?- .05?
.04?- .05?
.04?- .05?
.04?- .05?
.04?- .05?
.04?- .05?
.05
.04?- .05
.04?
.04?- .04?
.04?- .04?
.04?- .04?

$0.07?
.07?
$0.07?- .08
.08
.08
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?

$0.07? Jan.
.08
.08
.08
.08
.07? Feb.
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07? Mar.
.07?
.07?
.07?

.04?- .04?
.04?
.04?
.04?

.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?

.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06

.04?
.04?
.04?
.04?
.04?
.04?
.04?
.04?
.04?

.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?

.07? Apr.
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07? May.
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07? June
.07?
.07?
.07?

.06
.06
.06
.06

.04?
.04?
.04?
.04?

.06
.06
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?

.06?.06?.06?.06?.06?.06?-

.04?
.05?
.05?
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07
.07

.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?

.07? July.
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07? Aug.
.07?
.07?
.07?

.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?

.07? Sept.
.07?
.07?
.07?

(a)

.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?

.06?- .07
.06?- .07
(a)
(a)

a

.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?

.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?

.07? Oct.
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?
.07? Noy.
.07?
.07?
.07?

.07?
.07?
.07?
.07?

.07? Dec.
.07?
_
.07?
$0.06?- .07?
.06?- .07?

(«)

(a)
(a)

(a)
(a)
(a)
(a)

(a)
la)
la)
la)
la)
la)
la)
la)
(a)
la)
la)
la)
la)
la)
la)
la)
la)
(a)
la)
(a)

$0.05 -

(a)
(a)
(a)
(a)
(a)

(a)
la)
(a)

(a)
(a)
la)
la)
(a)
(a)

la)
la)
la)
la)
la)
la)
(a)
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
$0.05?- .05?
$0.0570




.05?-

.05?
.05?
.05?
.05?
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05?
.05?
.06

$0.0565

(a)
la)
la)
la)
la)
(a)
(a)

.07?
.07?
$0.0531

$0.0752

$0.0752

Average.

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T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

FUEL AN D

L I G H T I N G —Continued.

C O K E : C o n n e lls v ille , fu r n a c e .
[Price per ton I. o. b. at the ovens on the first of each month; quotations from the U. S. Geological
Survey.]

B A T C H E S : P a r l o r , d o m estic .
[Price per gross of boxes (200s) in N ew York on the first of each month; quotations from the
Merchants’ Review.]

[Average monthly price per barrel at wells; pipe-line certificates January, 1890, to January, 1895, and
Pennsylvania crude at wells February, 1895, to December, 1901; quotations from Stowell’s Petroleum
Reporter, January, 1890, to September, 1901, and from reports made by Miss Belle Hill, of the U. S.
Geological Survey, October to December, 1901.]




COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

391

T a b l e I — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

FU EL AN D

L I G H T I N G —Continued.

C O K E : C o n n e lls v ille , fu rn a c e .
[Price per ton f. o. b. at the ovens on the first of each month; quotations from the U. S. Geological
Survey.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$1.75-82.00
1.75- 2.00
1.75- 2.00
1.75- 2.00
1.75- 2.00
1.75- 2.00
1.75- 2.00
1.75- 2.00
1.75- 2.00
1.75- 2.00
1.75- 2.00
1.75- 2.00

$1.75-$2.00
1.75- 2.00
1.50- 1.75
1.50- 1.60
1.30- 1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.40- 1.50
1.50- 1.75
1.75
1.75

$1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
$1.50- 1.75
1.50- 1.75
1.50- 1.75
1.50- 1.75
1.50- 1.75
1.50- 1.75
1.50- 1.75

$1.60
1.60
$1.60- 1.75
1.75
1.75- 2.15
2.15- 2.25
2.15- 2.25
2.25- 2.50
2.50-2.75
2.50-2.76
2.60- 3.00
2.65- 3.00

$2.75-$3.50
2.75- 3.50
3.25- 4.25
3.25- 4.25
3.00- 3.25
2.50- 3.00
2.00- 2.50
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
1.75-2.00

$1.75-82.00
1.75- 2.00
1.75- 2.00
1.80- 2.00
1.80- 2.00
1.80- 2.00
1.90- 2.00
1.90- 2.00
1.90- 2.00
2.00-2.25
2.00- 2.25
2.00- 2.25

$1.8750

$1.6167

$1.6771

$2.1854

$2.6468

$1.9625

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

M A T C H E S : P a r l o r , d om estic*
[Price per gross of boxes (200s) in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the
Merchants’ Review.]
$1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.76
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75

$1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75

$1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75

$1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75

$1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75

$1.75
1.75
1.75
1.76
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
1.75

$1.7500

$1.7500

$1.7500

$1.7500

$1.7500

$1.7500

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

P E T R O L E U M : Crude*
[Average monthly price per barrel at wells; pipe-line certificates January, 1890, to January,1896, and
Pennsylvania crude at wells February, 1895, to December, 1901; quotations fromStowell’s Petroleum
Reporter, January, 1890, to September, 1901, and from reports made by Miss Belle Hill, of the U. S.
Geological Survey, October to December, 1901.]
$1,421
1.361
1.281
1.221
1.15f
1.14f
1.081
1.05
1.12
1.15
1.16
.98
$1.1789

$0.88
.901
.921
.851
.861
.861
.761
.71
.691
.671
.65
.65
$0.7869




$0.65
.671
.781
.731
.821
.87}
.931
.971
1.01f
1.131
1.161
1.171
$0.9118

$1.17
1.15
1.13
1.13
1.13
1.131
1.221
1.271
1.441
1.501
1.571
1.651
$1.2934

$1,661
1.68
1.68
1.55
1.391
1.251
1.251
1.251
1.23
1.101
1.061
1.081
$1.3521

$1,191
1.25
1.29
1.2C1
1.071
1.05
1.131
1.25
1.251
1.30
1.30
1.21
$1.2095

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OP LABOR.

T able I . —

W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F U E L A N D L I G H T I N G — Concluded.

P E T R O L E U M : R e fin e d , i n b a r r e ls , c a r g o lo ts, f o r exp ort*
[Price per gallon, New Yovk loading, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and
Drug Reporter.]

Month.

•1891.

1890.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e ..........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept............
O ct.............
N o v ............
D e c ...........

$0.0750
.0750
.0740
.0720
.0720
.0720
.0710
.0720
.0735
.0740
.0760
.0730

$0.0740
.0745
.0750
.0690
.0720
.0690
.0690
.0670
.0630
.0625
.0620
.0645

$0.0645
.0645
.0640
.0610
.0610
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0610
.0610
.0590
.0550

$0.0540
.0530
.0530
.0545
.0510
.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515

$0.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515

$0.0580
.0590
.0630
.0735
.0825
.0800
.0780
.0710
.0710
.0710
.0710
.0750

Average.

$0.0733

$0.0685

$0.0609

$0.0522

$0.0515

$0.0711

P E T R O L E U M : R e fin e d , 150° fire test, w a t e r w h i t e , i n b a r r e ls , p a c k a g e s
in c lu d e d (jo b b i n g lo ts).
[Price per gallon in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
Mar . . . —
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e ..........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

$0.10*
.10*
.10*
.10
.10
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
$0.0995

$0.09*
.09*
.09*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
.08*
$0.0879

$0.08*
.08*
.08*
.08
.08
.08
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
$0.0794

$0.07*
.07*
.07*
.07|
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
• .07*
.07*

$0.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*
.07*

$0.0725

$0.0725

$0.07*
.07*
.08*
.09*
.10*
.10*
.10
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
.09*
$0.0922

M ETALS A N D IM PLEM E N TS.
A U G E R S : E x t r a , 3-4 inch*
[Price each in New York on the first of each month.]
Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900

$0.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900

$0.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900

$0.1800
.1800
.1800
.1800
.1800
.1800
.1800
.1800
.1800
.1800
.1800
.1800

$0.1700
.1700
.1700
.1700
.1700
.1500
.1500
.1500
.1500
.1333
.1333
.1333

$0.1333
.1333
.1333
.1333
.1333
.1333
.1333
.1333
.1333
.1333
.1333
.1333

Average.

$0.1900

$0.1900

$0.1900

$0.1800

$0.1542

$0.1333




COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able

393

I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
F U E L A N D L I G H T I N G — Concluded.
P E T B O L E V H I : R e fin e d , in b a r r e ls , c a r g o lo ts, f o r exp ort*

[Price per gallon, New York loading, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and
Drug Reporter.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

#0.0800
.0760
.0710
.0720
.0695
.0665
.0690
.0660
.0680
.0690
.0700
.0650

80.0620
.0625
.0630
.0655
.0605
.0615
.0605
.0575
.0575
.0580
.0540
.0540

80.0540
.0540
.0590
.0575
.0600
.0615
.0625
.0640
.0650
.0688
.0740
.0730

80.0750
.0740
.0735
.0725
.0695
.0720
.0735
.0780
.0825
.0895
.0925
.0965

80.0990
.0990
.0990
.0960
.0905
.0800
.0785
.0805
.0805
.0745
.0745
.0725

80.0760
.0760
.0795
.0775
.0725
.0690
.0690
.0750
.0750
.0765
.0765
.0765

80.0702

80.0597

80.0628

80.0791

80.0854

80.0749

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

P E T B O L E E H : R e fin e d , 150° fire test, w a t e r w h i t e , in b a r r e ls , p a c k a g e s
in c lu d e d (jo b b i n g lots)*
[Price per gallon in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
80.10J
.091
.11
.111
.101
.101
.101
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
80.1039

80.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
80.0900

80.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.09
.091
.09
.09
.09
.091
.091
80.0909

80.121
.121
.121
.12
.12
.12
•111
•111

80.091
.091
.091
.091
.091
.091
.091
.09|
.091
.111
.12
.121
80.1015

.111

.11
.11
.11

80.1188

80.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.101
.101
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
80.1096

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

M E T A L S A N D IM P L E M E N T S *
A U G E R S : E x t r a , 3-4 in ch *
[Price each in New York on the first of each month.]
1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

80.1333
.1333
.1333
.1333
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425

80.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425

80.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425

80.1425
.1333
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1425
.2000

80.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000

80.1700
.1700
.1700
.1700
.1700
.1700
.1700
.1700
.1700
.1700
.1700
.1700

80.1394

80.1425

80.1425

80.1465

80.2000

80.1700




Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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T able I . —

W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
M ETALS A N D

IM P L E M E N T S — Continued.

A X E S : I I . ۥ 0 *9 Y a n k e e .
[Price each in New York on the first of each month.]
Month.
Jan..
Feb..
Mar .
Apr..
M ay.
June.
July.
Aug .
Sept.
O ct. .
Nov .
D ec..
Average.

1890 .

1891 .

1892 .

1894 .

1893 .

1895 .

$0.5650

$0.5 6 5 0

$0.5 0 0 0

$0.5000

$0 .5 0 0 0

$0 .4 6 0 0

.5650
.5650
.5650
.5650
.5 6 5 0
.5 6 5 0
.5 6 5 0
.5650
.5650
.5 6 5 0
.5650

.56 5 0
.5 6 5 0
.5 6 5 0
.56 5 0
.5 6 5 0
.5 6 5 0
.56 5 0
.5 6 5 0
.5 2 5 0
.5 2 5 0
.52 5 0

.5 0 0 0
.5 0 0 0
.5 0 0 0
.5 0 0 0
.5 0 0 0
.5 0 0 0
.50 0 0
.50 0 0
.5 0 0 0
.5 0 0 0
.50 0 0

.5000
.5000
.5000
.50 0 0
.5 0 0 0
.50 0 0
.5 0 0 0
.50 0 0
.5 0 0 0
.5 0 0 0
.5 0 0 0

.50 0 0
.5 0 0 0
.50 0 0
.4 6 0 0
.4 6 0 0
.46 0 0
.4 6 0 0
.4 6 0 0
.4 6 0 0
.4600
.4 6 0 0

.4 6 0 0
.4 6 0 0
.4 6 0 0
.4 6 0 0
.4 6 0 0
.4 6 0 0
.4 6 0 0
.4 6 0 0
.4 6 0 0
.4 6 0 0
.4 6 0 0

$0 .5650

$0 .5550

$0 .5000

$0 .5000

$0 .4733

$0 .4 6 0 0

B A R I R O N : R e st refin ed*
[Average monthly price

J an ..
Feb..
Mar .
A p r..
M ay.
June
July.
Aug .
Sept.
O ct. .
Nov .
D ec..
Average.

jund in Pittsburg; quotations from the annual statistical reports of
l6 American Iron and Steel Association.]

$0 .0190

$0 .0180

$0 .0170

$0.0159

$0.0 1 3 0

$0 .0 1 1 0

.0190
.0 1 8 5
.0 1 8 5
.0175
.0 1 8 0
* .0 1 8 0
.0185
.0 1 8 5
.0 1 8 5
.0 1 8 5
.0 1 8 5

.0 1 7 5
.0 1 7 5
.0 1 7 0
.0 1 7 0
.0 1 7 0
.0 1 7 0
.0 1 7 0
.0 1 7 0
.0 1 7 0
.0 1 6 8
.0 1 6 8

.0 1 6 8
.0 1 6 2
.0 1 6 0
.0 1 5 8
.0 1 6 0
.0 1 7 0
.0 1 6 8
.0 1 6 4
.0 1 6 7
.0 1 6 4
.0 1 6 0

.0156
.0 1 5 7
.0 1 5 5
.0 1 5 5
.0 1 5 2
.0 1 5 2
.0 1 5 0
.0 1 5 0
.0 1 4 0
.0 1 3 5
.0 1 3 5

.0 1 2 5
.0 1 2 0
.0 1 2 0
.0 1 2 5
.0 1 2 5
.0 1 2 0
.0 1 1 7
.0 1 1 7
.0 1 1 5
.0 1 1 5
.0 1 1 0

.01 1 0
.01 1 0
.0 1 1 0
.0 1 1 2
.0 1 2 2
.0 1 3 2
.0 1 3 6
.0 1 4 4
.0 1 4 2
.0 1 4 0
.0 1 3 7

$0.0184

$0 .0171

$0.0 1 6 4

$0 .0150

$0 .0 1 2 0

$0.0 1 2 5

B A R I R O N : B e s t re fin e d , fr o m store*
[Average monthly price per pound in Philadelphia; quotations from the annual statistical reports of
the American Iron and Steel Association.]

Jan..
Feb..

Mar .
A p r..
M ay.

June

July.
Aug.

Sept.
Oct..
Nov .
Dec..
Average.

$0.0220

$0 .0200

$0 .0 1 8 5

$0.0 1 8 0

$0.0 1 5 5

$0 .0 1 2 0

.0220
.0210
.0 2 1 0
.0210
.0200
.0 1 9 0
.0 1 9 5
.0 2 0 0
.0 2 0 0
.0 2 0 0
.0200

.0 1 9 0
.0 1 9 0
.0 1 9 0
.0 1 9 0
.0 1 9 0
.0 1 9 0
.0 1 9 0
.0 1 9 0
.0 1 8 5
.0 1 8 5
.0 1 9 0

.0 1 8 5
.0 1 8 5
.0 1 9 0
.0 1 9 0
.0 1 9 0
.0 1 9 0
.0 1 9 0
.0 1 8 5
.0 1 8 5
.0 1 8 5
.01 8 0

.0 1 8 0
.0 1 7 5
.0 1 7 5
.0 1 7 5
.0 1 7 5
.0 1 7 0
.0 1 7 0
.0 1 6 5
.0 1 6 0
.0 1 6 0
.0 1 5 5

.0 1 5 0
- .0 1 4 5
.01 4 0
.•0130
.0 1 3 0
.0 1 3 0
.0 1 3 0
.0 1 2 5
.0 1 2 5
.0 1 2 0
.0 1 2 5

.0 1 2 0
.0 1 2 5
.0 1 3 0
.0 1 3 5
.0 1 3 5
.0 1 6 0
.0 1 7 0
.0170
.01 6 0
.0 1 6 0
.0 1 4 5

$0.0205

$0 .0 1 9 0

$0 .0187

$0.0170

$0 .0 1 3 4

$0 .0144

B A R R W I R E : G a lv a n iz e d *
[Average monthly price per hundred pounds, in Chicago; quotations from the Iron Age.]
Jan..
Feb..
Mar .
A pr..
M ay.
June
July.
A ug.
Sept.
O c t..
N ov.
D e c ..
Average.

$3 .8500

$3 .2750

$2 .9 5 8 5

3.9 2 5 0
3.9 0 6 3
3 .7 3 5 0
3.4 1 8 8
3 .4625
3 .5 0 0 0
3 .5 0 0 0
3 .4 8 7 6
3 .5 0 0 0
3 .2 6 2 5
3 .2 5 0 0

3 .2 5 0 0
3 .3 3 2 0
3 .3 3 2 0
3 .3 3 2 0
3 .3 3 2 0
3 .3 3 2 0
3 .2 8 3 0
3 .2 8 3 0
2 .9 5 8 5
2 .9 5 8 5
2 .9 5 8 5

2 .9 4 5 8
2 .8 8 5 0
2 .8 2 5 0
2 .8 1 2 5
2 .7 6 5 0
2 .7 7 5 0
2 .6 9 0 0
2 .6 6 2 5
2 .5 7 5 0
2 .6 5 0 0
2 .6 5 0 0

$3 .5665

$3 .2 1 8 9

$2 .7662




$ 2 .6 5

2 .6 0
2 .6 0
2 .6 0
2 .6 0
2 .5 5
2 . 52 |
2 .5 0
2 .4 5
2 .4 0
2 .4 0
2 .3 5
$2 .5 1 8 8

$2 .2 5

$1 .9 0

2 .2 5
2 .3 0
2 .2 0
2 .1 5
2 .2 0
2 .2 5
2 .2 5
2 .2 0
2 .1 6
2 .0 0
1 .9 0

1 .9 0
1 .9 5
1 .9 0
1 .9 5
2 .1 0
2 .1 5
2 .5 5
2 .8 5
2 .8 5
2 .8 5
2 .0 0

$2.1 7 5 0

$2 .2 4 5 8

395

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

M E T A L S A N D IM P L E M E N T S — Continued.
A X E S : M . ۥ O., Y a n k e e .
[Price each in New York on the first of each month.]
1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0.4600
.4600
.4600
.4000
.4000
.4000
.4000
.4000
.4000
.4000
.4000
.4000

$0.4000
.4000
.4000
.4000
.4000
.4000
.4000
.4000
.4000
.3750
.8750
.3750

$0.3750
.3750
.3750
.3750
.3750
.3750
.3750
.3750
.3750
.3750
.3750
.3750

$0.4166
.4166
.4166
.4166
.4600
.4600
.4600
.4600
.4600
.5000
.5000
.5000

$0.5400
.5400
.5000
.5000
.5000
.5000
.4600
.4600
.4600
.4600
.4600
.4166

$0.4166
.4166
.4166
.4166
.4166
.4166
.4166
.4166
.4166
.4166
.4166
.4166

$0.4150

$0.3938

$0.3750

$0.4555

$0.4831

$0.4166

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

B A R I R O N : R e st re fin e d .
[Average monthly price per pound in Pittsburg; quotations from the annual statistical reports of
the American Iron and Steel Association.]
$0.0125
.0125

.0121
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0122

$0.0122

.0120
.0120

.0125

.0114
.0104
.0099
.0095
.0099
.0107
.0115
.0115
.0115

$0.0122

$0.0110

$0.0115
.0115
.0105
.0105
.0105
.0105
.0105
.0105
.0108

.0110
.0104
.0100

$0.0107

$0.0112

$0.0250
.0250
.0250
.0245
.0234

.0228
.0250
.0260
.0256
.0250

.0181
.0173
.0175

$0.0175
.0182
.0190
.0190
.0190
.0186
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175

$0.0195

$0.0215

$0.0180

.0122

.0138
.0165
.0175
.0188

.0220
.0200
.0200
.0200

.0200

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

B A R I R O N : B e s t re fin e d , fr o m store.
[Average monthly price per pound in Philadelphia; quotations from the annual statistical reports of
the American Iron and Steel Association.]
$0.0145
.0140
.0135
.0140
.0140
.0140
.0140
.0140
.0140
.0140
.0140
.0140

$0.0140
.0140
.0140
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0135
.0135
.0135

$0.0140
.0135
.0135
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125

$0.0130
.0145
.0170
.0175
.0190
.0230
.0240
.0250
.0250
.0250
.0250

.0190
.0180
.0160
.0160
.0160
.0175
.0175

$0.0175
.0175
.0175
.0185
.0185
.0185
.0185
.0185
.0185
.0190
.0190
.0190

$0.0140

$0.0131

$0.0128

$0.0207

$0.0196

$0.0184

$0.0250
.0235
.0235
.0225

.0212

.0200

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

B A R B W I R E : G a lv a n iz e d .
[Average monthly price per hundred pounds, in Chicago; quotations from the Iron Age.]
$2.02*
1.97*
1.95
2.05
2.15
1.90
1.85
1.85
1.85
1.95

2.00
2.00

$1.90
1.85
1.90
1.80
1.80
1.75
1.75
1.65
1.80
1.80
1.80
1.80

$1.9625

$1.8000




$1.90
1.90
1.90
1.87*
1.80
1.80
1.80
1.80
1.80
1.82*
1.82*
1.82*
$1.8375

$2.05
2.25
2.62*
2.80
2.95
3.20
3.30
3.40
3.67*
3.77*
3.88
4.13
$3.1696

$4.13
4.13
4.13
3.88
3.13
3.13
3.10
3.10
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00$3.3942

$2.95
3.05
3.05
3.05
3.05
3.05
3.05
3.05
3.05
3.05
3.05
3.00
$3.0375

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dee.
Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

M ETA LS A N D IM PL E M E N T S—Continued.
B U T T S : L o o s e jo in t , cast, 3 b y 3 in c h .
[Price per pair in New York on the first of each month.]
Month.

1892.

1891.

1890.

1894.

1893.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

00.035
.035
.035
.035
.035
.035
.035
.035
.035
.036
.036
.036

00.036
.036
.036
.036
.036
.036
.036
.036
.036
.033
.033
.033

00.0330
.0304
.0304
.0304
.0304
.0304
.0304
.0304
.0304
.0304
.0304
.0304

00.0311
.0311
.0311
.0311
.0311
.0311
.0311
.0311
.0311
.0311
.0311
.0311

00.0303
.0303
.0303
.0303
.0303
.0303
.0303
.0303
.0303
.0303
.0303
.0303

00.0303
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0326
.0326
.0366
.0366
.0366

Average.

00.0353

00.0353

00.0306

00.0311

00.0303

00.0317

00.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1800

$0.1800
.1800
.1800
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710

$0.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710

$0.1933

$0.1733

$0.1710

C H I S E L S : E x t r a , so c k e t firm e r, 1 -in cli.
[Price each in New York on the first of each month.]
Jan...........
Feb...........
M a r ..........
Apr...........
M a y ..........
June..........
July..........
A u g ..........
Sept..........
O ct...........
N o v ..........
Dec...........
Average

00.2100
' .2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
00.2100

00.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
00.2100

00.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
00.2100

C O P P E R : I n g o t , la k e .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]
Jan............. 5fi0.14fi3-ffi0.1500 ft0.1450-ffi0.1475 $0.1063-^0.1100 $0.1225-$0.1250 $0.1025-$0.1038
$0.1000
Feb.............
.1425 .1450- .1500 .1065- .1075 .1200- .1225 .0963- .0975 $0.0980- .1000
.1425- .1450
M a r ...........
.1400 .1050- .1075 .1190- . 1200 .0963- .0975
.0950
Anr.............
.1425- .1450 .1375- .1400 .1190- .1225
.1150
.0950 .0935- .0950
M a y ...........
.1488- .1500 .1350- .1375 .1195- .1225
.1100 .0940- .0950 .0975- .0985
June...........
.1525- .1550
.1300
.1200
.1100 . 0890- . 0900
.1075
.1650- .1700 .1288- .1300 . 1163- . 1175 .1050- .1075 .0900- .0915 .1063- .1075
A u g ...........
.1700- .1725 .1200- .1250
.1175 .1000- .1025 .0910- .0915 .1188- .1200
Sept...........
.1700
.1225 .1150- .1160 .0975- .1000 .0913- .0925 .1213- .1225
O ct.............
.1688- .1700 .1235- .1250 .1100- .1113 .0975- .1000
.0975
.1225
.1675- .1700 .1150- .1175 .1175- .1200 .0975- .1000
N o v ...........
.0955
.1175
D e c ........
.1600- .1625 .1113- .1125 .1200- .1250 .1050- .1100
.0950
.1075
Average.

$0.1575

$0.1305

$0.1154

$0.1093

$0.0948

$0.1075

C O P P E R : S keet, H o t -r o lle d (b a s e siz e s).
[Price per pound in New York each quarter, 1890 to 1898, and on the first of each month, 1899 to 1901.]
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
A p r..
M ay.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
O ct.
Nov .
Dec.
e ra g e .

$ 0 .2 2

$ 0 .2 2

$ 0 .1 6

$ 0 .1 6

$ 0 .1 5

$ 0 .1 4

.2 2

.2 2

.1 6

.1 6

.1 4

.1 4

.2 5

.1 6

.1 6

.1 4

.1 4

.1 4

.2 2

.1 6

.i6

.1 4

.1 4

.1 5

$ 0.2275

$ 0 .1 9 0 0

$ 0 .1 6 0 0

$0 .1 5 0 0

$0 .1 4 2 5

$ 0.1 4 2 5




397

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I . —

W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
M E T A IiS A N D IM P L E M E N T S — Continued.
B U T T S : L o o s e jo in t , cast, 3 b y 3 in c h .
[Price per pair in New York on the first of each month.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0.0346
.0346
.0326
.0326
.0326
.0326
.0326
.0326
.0326
.0326
.0326
.0326

80.0326
.0326
.0326
.0326
.0326
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292

80.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292

80.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292
.0292

80.0292
.0430
.0430
.0430
.0430
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0390

80.0346
.0346
.0346
.0346
.0346
.0346
.0346
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0400

80.0329

80.0306

80.0292

80.0292

80.0400

80.0369

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C H I S E L S : E x t r a , soc k e t firm e r, 1 -in c h .
[Price each in New York on the first of each month.]
80.1800
.1800
.1800
.1800
.1800
.1800
.1800
.1800
.1800
.1800
.1800
.1710

80.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710

80.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1710
.1830

80.1830
.1830
.1830
.1830
.1966
.1966

.2200
.2200
.2200
.2200
.2200
.2200

80.2200
.2437
.2437
.2437
.2437
.2437
.2487
.2437
.2437
.2437
.2437
.2437

80.2300
.2300
.2300
.2300
.2300
.2300
.2300
.2300
.2300
.2300
.2300
.2300

80.1793

80.1710

80.1720

80.2038

80.2417

80.2300

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C O P P E R : I n g o t , la k e .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]
80.1000
80.1000- .1025
.1113- .1125
.1088- .1200
.1150-

.1100

80.1150

.1163 80.1100.1150 .1113.1100- .1115 .1100.1038- .1063
.1075
.1088- .1100
.1150 .107580.1097

80.1700
80.1100 80.1325-80.1350 80.1600-80.1625
.1700
.1700- .1725
.1625
.1700
.1775- .1800
.1625
.1700
.1800 .1700- .1713
.1700
.1925
.1700
.1700
.1850
.1663
.1175 .1825- .1850 .1625- .1650
.1700
.1150
.1850
.1650 80.1650- .1700
.1650
.1225- .1238
.1850
.1663
.1650
.1225- .1238 .1838- .1850 .1663- .1688
.1250- .1265
.1700
.1675 .1685- .1700
.1265- .1280 .1700- .1725
.1700 .1650- .1700

.1200
.1100
.120080.1175- .1200
.1163 .1200- .1210
.1100 .1215- .1225
.1200
.1125
.1125
.1113
.1125
.1125

.1100
.1088

80.1132

80.1194

80.1767

80.1661

80.1687

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C O P P E R : Sheet, h o t - r o lle d (b a s e sizes).
[Price per pound in New York each quarter, 1890 to 1898, and on the first of each month, 1899 to 1901.]




398

BULLETIN OP THE DEPARTMENT OP LABOR.

T able I ___W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

M ETA LS A N D IM PLEM E N TS—Continued.
C O P P 1 B : W ir e , bare, No* 8, JB* and. S* Ga* an d h ea v ier (base sizes).
[Price per pound in New York each quarter, 1890 to 1900, and on the first of each month, 1901.]
1892.

1891.

1890.

Month.
J a n ...........
Feb.............

*0.17*

A df.............

.17*

*0.18

1894.

1893.

*0.13*

1895.

*0.14

*0.12

*0.11*

M ar..........

M ay_____

J t it ia

.

.17

.15

.14

.12

.11*

*

.

July...........
A n g ...........
Sept.......... _
O ct.............
N o v ...........

.20

.16

.15

.13*

.11

.12|

.20

.15

.14

.12*

.11*

.14*

Average.

*0.1875

*0.1650

*0.1438

T)fip.______

*0.1350

*0.1156

*0.1238

D O O R K N O B S : Steel, bro n ze plated*
[Price per pair in New York on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly............
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v .........
Dec.............

*0.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660

*0.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660

*0.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660

*0.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660

$0.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660

*0.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100

Average.

.*0.1660

*0.1660

$0.1660

*0.1660

*0.1660

*0.1953

F IL E S : 8-in ch m ill bastard, Nicholson*
[Price per dozen on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

*0.91
.91
.91
.91
.91
.91
.91
.91
.91
.91
.91
.91

*0.91
.91
.91
.91
.89
.89
.88
.88
.88
.88
.88
.88

*0.88
.88
.87
.87
.87
.87
.87
.87
.87
.87
.87
.87

*0.87
.87
.87
.87
.87
.87
.87
.87
.87
.87
.87
.83

*0.83
.83
.83
.83
.83
.83
.83
.83
.83
.83
.83
.83

*0.83
.83
.81
.81
.81
.81
.81
.81
.81
.81
.81
.81

Average.

*0.9100

*0.8917

*0.8717

*0.8667

*0.8300

*0.8133

H A M M E R S : M aydole No. 1£.
[Price each in New York on the first of each month.]




399

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able

1 — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
M E T A L S A N D IM P L E M E N T S —Continued.

C O P P E R : W i r e , b a r e , N o. 8, B . and. S. G a . a n d h e a v ie r (b a s e size s).
[Price per pound in New York each quarter, 1890 to 1900, and on the first of each month, 1901.]
i

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

t0.13*

t0 .14

t0 .13

t0 .15

t0 .18*

.13*

.i4

.14

.20

.18*

.14

.13*

.14

.19

.17*

.13*

.i3*

.14

.19

.17*

t0 .1375

t0 .1825

t0 .1356

t0 .1375

t0 .1800

t0 .17*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.17*
.17*
t0 .1815

Month.
Jan.
Peb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

D O O R K N O B S : Steel, b r o n z e p la t e d .
[Price per pair in New York on the first of each month.]
t0 .2100
.2100
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660

t0 .1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
:1660
.1660

t0 .1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660

t0 .1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660

t0 .1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.1900
.1900

t0 .1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900

t0 .1733

t0 .1660

t0 .1660

t0 .1660

t0 .1813

t0 .1900

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

F I L E S : 8-in c h m i ll b a s t a r d , N ic h o lso n .
[Price per dozen on the first of each month.]
t0 .81
.78
.78
.78
.78
.78
.77
.77
.77
.77
.77
.77

t0 .77
.77
.77
.77
.77
.77
.84
.84
.84
.84
.84
.84

t0 .84
.84
.84
.82
.82
.82
.82
.82
.82
.82
.82
.82

t0.82
.82
.82
.82
.82
.95
.95
.95
1.04
1.04
1.10
1.10

t i.io
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.07
1.07
1.07
1.07

tl.05
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.05

t0 .7775

t0 .8050

t0 .8250

t0 .9358

tl.0900

tl.0500

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

H A M M E R S : M a y d o le N o . 1*.
[Price each in New York on the first of each month.]
t0 .3800
.3800
.3800
.3800
.3800
.3800
.3800
.3800
.3800
.3800
.3800
.3800

t0 .3800
.3800
.3800
.3800
.3800
.3800
.3800
.3800
.3800
.3800
.3800
.3800

t0 .3800
.3800
.3600
.3600
.3600
.3600
.3600
.3600
.3600
.3600
.3600
.3600

t0 .3600
.3600
.3600
.3600
.4000
.4000
.4000
.4000
.4000
.4000
.4000
.4000

t0 .4000
.4000
.4200
.4200
.4233
.4233
.4233
.4233
.4233
.4233
.4233
.4233

t0 .4233
.4233
.4233
.4233
.4233
.4233
.4233
.4233
.4233
.4233
.4233
.4233

tO. 3800

t0 .3800

t0 .3633

t0 .3867

t0 .4189

t0 .4233

3586—No. 39—02---- 14




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
Mity.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

400

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

M ETALS AIN'T) IM PL E M E N T S—Continued.
L E A D : P i g , c o m m o n , d o m estic .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]
Month.

1891.

1890.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

80.0405
80.0385 80.0325-80.0330
Jan............. 80.0385-80.0390 80.0425-80.0450
80.0305
.0335 80.0313- .0315
.0380- .0385 .0430- .0435 80.0413- .0415 80.0385- .0395
Feb.............
.0430 .0415- .0420
.0395
.0385- .0395
.0330
.0310
M a r ...........
A Dr.............
.0385 .0433- .0438
.0450 .0405- .0410
.0340 .0310- .0313
.0425 .0425- .0433 .0395- .0408 .0338- .0345 .0308- .0310
.0403- .0410
M a y ...........
June......... .0425- .0430 .0445- .0450 .0423- .0425 .0375- .0393 .0325- .0330 .0325- .0330
.0450- .0453 .0448- .0450 .0420- .0425 .0355- .0360 .0338- .0340 . 0325- . 0330
Julv...........
.0335 .0360- .0365 .0355- .0360
.0440 .0440- .0445 .0413- .0415
A u g ...........
.0450 .0415- .0418 .0375- .0385 .0325- .0330 .0345- .0353
.0470- .0483
Sept...........
O ct.............
.0538- .0540 .0458- .0455 .0400- .0405 .0370- .0375 .0315- .0318 .0330- .0335
.0525 .0410- .0415 .0385- .0390
.0340
.0313
.0330
N o v ...........
.0460- .0470
.0375 .0330- .0340 .0310- .0318 .0330- .0335
.0420
Dec.............
Average.

80.0440

80.0437

80.0413

80.0374

80.0331

80.0326

L E A D P IP E .
[Price per hundred pounds f. o. b., New York on the first of each month.]
.Tan..
Feb..
Mar .
Apr..
M ay.
June
J u ly.
Aug .
Sept.
O c t..
Nov .
D ec..
Average. I

84.80
4.80
4.80
4.80
4.80
5.00
5.60
5.60
5.80
6.40
6.40
6.00

85.80
5.80
5.80
5.80
5.60
5.60
5.60
5.60
5.60
5.60
5.20
5.20

85.20
5.20
5.20
5.20
5.20
5.20
5.20
5.20
5.20
5.20
5.20
5.00

85.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00

85.00
4.60
4.60
4.60
4.60
4.60
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20

84.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20

85.4000

85.6000

85.1833

85.0000

84.4333

84.2000

L O C K S : C o m m o n m o rtis e .
[Price each in New York on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

80.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
‘.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830

80.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830

80.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830

80.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830

80.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800

80.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900

Average.

80.0830

80.0830

80.0830

80.0830

80.0818

80.0833

N A I L S : Cut, 8 -p e n n y , fe n c e a n d c o m m o n .
[Price per 100-pound keg on the first of each month f. o. b., mills or Pittsburg; quotations computed
from base prices published in the Iron Age. See explanation on pages 226-231.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec..,..........

82.60
2.75
2.60
2.40
2.15
2.15
2.25
2.15
2.10
82.10- 2.15
2.10
2.05- 2.10

81.80-81.85
1.80- 1.85
1.85- 1.90
1.80- 1.85
1.80- 1.85
1.80- 1.85
1.80- 1.85
1.80- 1.85
1.80- 1.85
1.85
1.85
1.80- 1.85

81.80 -81.85
1.80 - 1.85
1.724- 1.75
1.75
1.75
1.724- 1.75
1.75 - 1.80
1.724- 1.75
1.75
1.75 - 1.80
1.75
1.674- 1.70

Average.

82.2875

81.8333

81.7583




81.674-81.70
1.674- 1.70
1.85
1.724
1.75
1.70
1.65
1.65
1.65
1.60 - 1.65
1.60
1.60
81.6813

81.50
81.60- 1.65
1.60- 1.65
1.55
1.45- 1.50
1.55- 1.60
1.55
1.50- 1.55
1.50- 1.55
1.45
1.50
1.40- 1.45

81.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.35
1.65
1.90
2.40
2.40
2.60
2.60
2.60

81.5271

81.9250

401

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able

I .— W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
M E T A L S A N D IM P L E M E N T S — Continued.
L E A D : P i g , c o m m o n , do m estic.

[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]

j

1896.

1897.

1899.

1898.

1900.

1901.

Month.

i

$0.0305-80.0308
$0.0305 80.0370-80.0373 80.0390-80.0395 80.0470-80.0475
.0308- .0313 80.0305- .0315 .0355- .0360 .0465- .0475 .0470- .0475
.0323- .0325
.0335 .0370- .0375 .0430- .0435 .0470- 0475
.0310 .0338- .0343 .0363- .0370 .0430- .0438 .0470- .0475
.0325 .0370- .0380 .0438- .0445 .0470- .0475
.0305
.0388
.0300 .0325- .0330 .0380- .0385 .0445- .0450
.0450
.0305 .0370- .0375 .0403- .0408
.0413
.0460
.0285- .0290 .0380- .0385 .0393- .0398
.0425
.0405
.0460
.0438
.0273- .0275 .0395- .0410
.0438
.0275- .0278 .0420- .0423 .0390- .0393 .0460- .0465
.0438
.0285- .0290 .0390- .0395 .0360- .0373 .0458- .0460
.0438
.0305 .0375- .0380 .0360- .0363 .0460- .0480
$0.0300

80.0358

80.0380

80.0448

80.0445

80.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438
80.0438

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
N ot.
Dec.
Average.

LE A D P IP E .
[Price per hundred pounds f. o. b., New York on the first of each month.]
84.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
3.60
3.60

83.60
3.80
4.00
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.40
4.80
5.00
4.80
4.60

84.40
4.40
4.40
4.40
4.40
4.40
4.80
4.80
4.80
4.80
4.80
4.80

84.80
5.40
5.40
5.40
5.40
5.40
5.40
5.40
5.40
5.40
5.40
5.40

84.1000

84.3167

84.6000

85.3500

85.60
5.60
5.60
5.60
5.60
5.00
4.80
4.80
4.80
4.80
4.62*
4.62|
85.1208

84.62*
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
6.20
5.40
5.40
5.40
5.40
5.40
85.0479

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

L O C K S : C o m m o n m o rtise.
[Price each in New York on the first of each month.]
80.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833

80.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833
.0833

80.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750

80.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750

80.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0750
.0750
.0750

80.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750

80.0867

80.0833

80.0750

80.0750

80.0788

80.0750

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

N A I L S : Cut, 8-p e n n y , fen ce a n d c o m m o n .
[Price per 100-pound keg on the first of each month f. o. b., mills or Pittsburg; quotations computed
from base prices published in the Iron Age. See explanation on pages 226-231.]
82.60
2.60
2.75
2.75
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
2.90
1.55

$1.40-81.45
1.30- 1.35
1.35- 1.40
1.35-1.40
1 .30-1.35
1 .35-1.40
1 .30-1.35
1.25-1.30
1.30-1.35
1.38
1.25-1.28
1.20- 1.25

82.7126

$1.3329




$1.20 -$1.22*
1.22*- 1.25
1 .2 0 -1 .2 5
1.20 - 1.22*
1.17*- 1.20
1.17*-1.20
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.20
1.20 - 1.22*
1.17*- 1.20
$1.1927

$1.22*-$l. 25
1.40
1.50
1.70 - 1.80
1.75
2.10
2.10
2.25
2.50
2.55
2.60
2.55

$2.60
2.60
2.60
2.60
2.15
2.15
2.05
2.05
2.05
2.05
2.05
2.05

$2.05
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.15
2.15
2.15
2.15

82.0240

$2.2500

82.1125

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

402

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I ___ W H OLESALE PRICES O FCO M M O DITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

M ETALS A N D IM PLEM E N TS—Continued.
N A I L S : W i r e , 8 -p e n n y , fe n c e a n d c o m m o n .
[Price per 100-pound keg on the first of each month f. o. b., mills or Pittsburg; quotations computed
from base prices published in the Iron Age. See explanation on pages 226-231.]
Month.

1890.

1892.

1891.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ............
Dec.............

$3.35-33.40
3.35- 3.40
3.30
3.10
2.80- 2.85
2.75
2.75
2.85- 2.90
2.90- 2.95
2.85
2.75
2.70

$2.55
$2.60- 2.65
2.60- 2.65
2.60
2.50
2.50
2.45- 2.50
2.40- 2.45
2.40
2.35
2.30
2.25

$2.20
2.20
2.20
2.20
2.25
$2.15- 2.20
2.20- 2.25
2.25- 2.30
2.20- 2.25
2.15- 2.20
2.10
2.05

$2.00
2.00
2.05
2.15
2.15
2.00
1.95
1.95
$2.00- 2.05
1.95- 2.00
1.85
1.80

$1.70
$1.70- 1.75
1.65
1.60- 1.65
1.60
1.70
1.75
1.70- 1.75
1.65
1.60
1.55- 1.65
1.50

$1.42£-$1.45
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.45 - 1.50
1.80
2.15
2.65
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85

Average.

$2.9646

$2.4667

$2.1896

$1.9917

$1.6521

$2.1177

P I G I R O N : B e s se m e r.
[Average monthly price per long ton in Pittsburg; quotations from the annual statistical reports of the
American Iron and Steel Association.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$23.60
22.55
20.25
17.85
17.55
19.00
18.62
18.10
18.00
17.35
17.00
16.60

$15.95
16.25
16.50
16.10
16.50
16.25
16.25
16.00
15.60
15.50
15.15
15.35

$15.65
15.25
14.75
14.50
14.36
14.10
14.00
14.00
13.96
13.90
14.03
13.90

$13.59
13.51
13.75
13.86
13.51
13.50
13.21
13.08
12.19
11.60
11.46
11.17

$10.90
10.75
10.56
10.49
12.44
13.15
12.60
12.12
11.53
11.02
10.66
10.31

$10.06
10.15
10.23
10.69
11.15
12.39
14.14
15.02
17.19
15.77
13.94
11.87

Average.

$18.8725

$15.9500

$14.3667

$12.8692

$11.3775

$12.7167

P I G I R O N : F o u n d r y , N o . 1.
[Average monthly price per long ton in Philadelphia; quotations from the annual statistical reports
of the American Iron and Steel Association.]
J an ..
F eb..
Mar .
A p r..
M ay.
June
July.
Aug .
Sept.
O ct. .
Nov .
D ec..
Average.

$19.90
19.50
19.25
18.25
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00

$17.50
17.50
17.50
17.50
17.50
17.50
17.50
17.50
17.50
17.75
17.50
17.50

$17.50
17.00
16.50
16.00
15.95
15.69
15.06
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.17
15.12

$14.80
14.75
14.69
14.58
14.85
15.00
15.00
14.50
14.33
14.20
13.75
13.75

$13.37
13.00
13.00
12.60
12.50
12.50
12,50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50

$12.08
12.00
12.06
12.00
12.06
12.50
13.80
13.75
14.20
14.50
14.44
13.85

$18.4083

$17.5208

$15.7492

$14.5167

$12.6642

$13.1033

P I G I R O N : F o u n d r y , N o . 2*
[Price per ton f. o. b., Pittsburg on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]
J an ..
Feb..
Mar .
A pr..
M ay.
June
July.
Aug.
Sept.
O c t..
Nov .
D ec..
Average.

$18.50-^19.00
19.00- 19.50
18.50- 19.00
17.50- 18.00
16.25- 16.50
17.00- 17.25
16.25- 16.75
16.25- 16.50
16.25- 16.50
16.25- 16.50
16.00- 16.25
16.00- 16.25

$15.75-$16.00
15.00- 15.25
15.50- 15.75
15.75- 16.00
14.75- 15.00
15.00- 15.50
15.50- 16.00
15.50- 15.75
15.25- 15.50
15.25- 15.50
15.00- 15.25
14.75- 15.00

$14.50-$15.00
14.50- 15.00
14.25- 14.50
14.10- 14.35
14.00- 14.25
13.50- 13.75
13.25- 13.50
13.25- 13.50
13.25- 13.50
13.00- 13.25
13.00- 13.25
13.00- 13.10

$12.00-$13.10
12.75- 13.00
12.75- 13.00
12.75- 13.00
12.75- 13.00
12.60- 12.85
12.50- 12.75
12.25- 12.50
12.00- 12.25
11.75- 12.00
11.50- 12.00
11.50- 12.00

$11.25-$ll. 50
10.75- 11.00
10.75- 11.00
10.50- 10.75
10.40- 10.75
10.75- 11.00
10.75- 11.00
10.75- 11.00
10.75- 11.00
10.75- 11.00
10.75- 11.00
10.50- 10.65

$10.00-$10.25
9.75- 10.00
9.65- 9.75
9.90-10.15
10.00- 10.25
10.50- 10.75
12.00- 12.50
12.75- 13.00
12.75- 13.00
14.25- 14.50
14.00- 14.25
13.00- 13.25

$17.1563

$15.3958

$13.7729

$12.4396

$10.8458

$11.6750




408

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I . —

W HOLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
M E T A L S A N D IM P L E M E N T S —Continued.
N A I L S : W i r e , 8-p e n n y , fen ce a n d co m m o n *

[Price per 100-pound keg on the first of each month f. o. b., mills or Pittsburg; quotations computed
from base prices published in the Iron Age. See explanation on pages 226-231.]
1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$2.85
2.85
3.00
3.00
3.15
3.15
3.15
3.15
3.15
3.15
3.15
1.35

$1.50-$l. 55
1.40- 1.45
1.50
1.55
1.45
1.45- 1.50
1.40
1.35
1.50
1.60
1.55
1.50

$1.55
1.55
1.60
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.35
1.40
1.45
1.40
1.35

$1.45
1.70
1.95
2.10
2.20
2.45
2.45
2.60
2.75
2.90
3.05
3.05

$3.30
3.30
3.30
3.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30
2.30

$2.30
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
2.40
$2.25- 2.30
2.20

$2.9250

$1.4854

$1.4375

$2.3875

$2.6333

$2.3646

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

P I G I R O N : B esse m er*
[Average monthly price per long ton in Pittsburg; quotations from the annual statistical reports of the
American Iron and Steel Association.]
$11.81
12.95
12.25
13.32
12.83
12.47
12.12
10.91
11.31
11.71
12.46
11.54

$10.77
10.72
10.57
9.91
9.52
9.74
9.39
9.54
10.04
10.70
10.52
10.09

$10.00
10.06
10.37
10.35
10.41
10.42
10.31
10.35
10.45
10.40
10.22
10.64

$11.00
11.69
14.77
15.06
16.32
18.70
20.45
22.37
23.85
24.50
24.69
25.00

$24.97
25.00
24.90
24.90
24.90
21.16
17.00
16.07
14.19
13.37
13.70
13.75

$13.43
14.60
16.87
16.94
16.70
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.31
16.37

$12.1400

$10.1258

$10.3317

$19.0333

$19.4925

$15.9350

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

P I G I R O N : F o u n d r y , No* 1*
[Average monthly price per long ton in Philadelphia; quotations from the annual statistical reports
of the American Iron and Steel Association.]
$13.56
13.50
13.45
13.25
12.83
12.75
12.75
12.75
12.50
12.56
12.81
12.75

$12.75
12.75
12.60
12.12
11.87
11.75
11.75
11.75
11.87
12.00
.12.00
12.00

$12.9550

$12.1008

$12.00
11.87
11.75
11.75
11.65
11.44
11.25
11.30
11.50
11.70
11.75
11.97

$12.12
13.25
16.00
16.50
16.60
18.62
20.37
21.70
23.50
23.70
25.00
25.00

$25.00
24.50
23.62
23.19
22.60
20.00
17.75
17.20
17.00
16.00
16.40
16.50

$16.05
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
15.87
15.50
15.50
15.50
15.75
16.25

$11.6608

$19.3633

$19.9800

$15.8683

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

P I G I R O N : F o u n d r y , No* 2*
[Price per ton f. o. b., Pittsburg on the first of each month;, quotations from the Iron Age.]
$12.75-$13.00
12.75- 13.00
12.75- 13.00
12.00- 12.25
12.00- 12.25
11.75- 12.00
11.75- 12.00
11.25- 11.50
10.75- 11.00
10.75- 11.00
10.25- 10.50
11.00- 11.25

$10.75-$ll. 00
10.50- 10.76
10.25- 10.50
10.00- 10.25
9.75- 10.00
9.40- 9.50
9.50- 9.75
9.50- 9.75
9.60- 9.75
10.00- 10.25
10.50- 10.75
10.15- 10.25

$10.10-$10.25
9.90- 10.00
9.90- 10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
9.85- 10.00
10.15- 10.25
10.00
10.00
10.00- 10.25

$10.25-^10.50
10.50- 10.75
13.00- 13.15
15.00- 15.25
14.75- 15.00
16.75
18.00- 18.75
19.50- 20.00
21.00- 21.50
21.50- 22.00
23.00- 23.25
23.00- 23.25

$22.75-$23.00
23.00
22.25- 22.50
22.40- 22.50
21.50
19.50- 20.00
18.00- 18.50
15.50- 15.75
14.50- 14.75
13.75- 14.00
13.75- 14.25
13.50- 14.00

$14.25-$14.50
14.00- 14.25
14.50- 15.00
15.00- 15.25
15.00- 15.75
14.75- 15.00
14.50- 14.75
14.00- 14.25
14.00- 14.25
14.25
15.00- 15.50
15.50- 15.75

$11.7708

$10.1000

$10.0271

$17.3500

$18.5063

$14.7188




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

404

BULLETIN OP THE DEPARTMENT OP LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

M ETALS A N D IM PL E M E N T S—Continued.
P I G I R O N : G r a y fo r g e , S o u th e rn , co k e.
[Price per ton f. o. b., Cincinnati on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]
Month.

1890.

1891.

Jan............. 617.00-617.50
Feb............. 17.00- 17.50
M a r ...........
17.00- 17.50
Apr.............
14.00- 14.50
M ay...........
13.25- 13.50
J u n e .......... 13.75- 14.00
July...........
13.75- 14.00
A u g ...........
13.25- 13.50
Sept............
13.50- 13.75
O ct.............
13.25- 13.50
13.25- 13.50
N o v ...........
Dec.............
13.00-13.25
Average.

1892.

612.50-612.75 612.25-612.50
12.50- 12.75
12.25- 12.50
12.75- 13.00
12.00- 12.25
9.65- 10.00
11.75- 12.00
12.75- 13.00
11.75- 12.00
12.75- 13.00
11.75- 12.00
12.75- 13.00
11.50- 12.00
12.50- 12.75
11.25- 11.75
12.50-12.75
11.00- 11.25
12.50- 12.75
11.25- 11.50
12.75- 13.00- 11.50- 11.75
12.75- 13.00
11.50- 11.75
612.5167

614.5000

1893.

1894.

611.50-611.75
11.25- 11.50
11.00- 11.25
10.75- 11.00
10.75- 11.00
10.50- 10.75
10.50- 10.75
10.25- 10.50
10.00- 10.25
9.75- 10.00
9.76- 10.00
10.00- 10.50

69.75-610.00
9.50- 9.75
9.00- 9.25
8.50- 8.75
8.50- 8.75
8.50- 8.75
8.75- 9.00
8.75- 9.00
8.75- 9.00
8.75- 9.00
8.50- 8.75
8.50- 8.75

610.6354

68.9375

610.3229

611.7917

1895.
68.258.258.258.25-

68.50
8.50
8.50
8.50
8.75
9.25
11.00- 11.25
11.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.25

P L A N E S : B a i le y N o . 5.
[Price each in New York on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

61.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42

61.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42

61.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42

61.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.42

61.42
1.42
1.37
1.37
1.37
1.37
1.37
1.37
1.37
1.37
1.37
1.37

61.30
1.30
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23

Average.

61.4200

61.4200

61.4200

61.4200

61.3783

61.2417

Q U IC K S IL V E R .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
J an ..
F eb..
Mar .
Apr.*
M ay.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
O c t..
Nov .
D ec..
Average.

60.69
.70
.68
.68
.70
.73
.75
.74
.75
.79
.79
.76

60.70
.67
.66
.61
.60
.61
.61
.60
.60
.60
.64
.64

60.7300

60.6283

60.64
.60
.59
.58*
.57
.55
.55
.55
.54*
.53
.53
.53
60.5642

60.52
.51*
.52
.52
.54
.54
.54
.50
.50
.52
.52
.52
60.5213

60.45
.45
.45
.45*
.49
.49
.49
.49
.49
.51
.49*
.49
60.4792

60.48
.48
.48*
.48*
.51
.55
.54
.53*
.52*
.51
.53
.53
60.5133

S A W S : Crosscu t, B is s to n N o . 2 , 6 -fo o t.
[Price each f. o. b., Philadelphia on the first of each month.]
J an ..
F eb..
Mar .
A p r..
M ay.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
O c t. .
N ov.
D ec..
Average.

61.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038

61.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038

61.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038

61.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038

61.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038

61.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038

61.6038

61.6038

$1.6038

61.6038

61.6038

61.6038




COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO l90l.
T able I .—

405

W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
M E T A L S A N D IM P L E M E N T S —Continued.
P I G I R O N : G r a y fo r g e , S o u th e rn , co k e.

[Price per ton f. o. b., Cincinnati on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]
1899.

1898.

• 1900.

1901.

1896.

1897.

$10.75
9.75
$9.75- 10.00
9.25
9.50
9.50
9.25
8.75- 9.00
8.75
9.25
10.50- 10.75
9.75- 10.00

$9.50-$10.00
9.00- 9.25
9.00
8.50- 8.75
8.00
8.25
8.50
8.50
8.50
9.00- 9.25
9.00- 9.25
9.00- 9.25

$9.00
8.75
8.75
$8.50- 8.75
8.50- 8.75
8.75
8.50
8.25- 8.50
8.50- 8.75
8.75-9.00
8.75- 9.00
8.75- 9.00

$9.25
$10.00- 10.50
11.75- 12.00
13.25
13.25
14.25- 14.75
15.75- 16.25
16.25- 16.50
17.75- 18.00
19.50
19.25- 19.50
19.00- 19.50

$19.00-^19.25
18.75- 19.25
18.50- 19.25
18.25- 18.50
17.50- 18.00
16.75- 17.00
15.25- 15.50
13.50
12.00- 12.75
11.50- 12.25
11.25- 11.75
12.50- 12.75

$12.50-$12.75
11.75- 12.00
12.25- 12.50
13.25- 13.50
12.75- 13.50
12.25- 12.50
11.75- 12.00
12.00- 12.25
12.00- 12.25
12.75
12.75
13.25

$9.6042

$8.8021

$8.7188

$15.0625

$15.6042

$12.5521

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

P L A N E S : B a i le y N o . 5.
[Price each in New York on the first of each month.]
$1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23

$1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23

$1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23

$1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23

$1.35
1.35
1.35
1.35
1.35
1.46
1.46
1.46
1.46
1.46
1.46
1.46

$1.46
1.46
1.46
1.46
1.46
1.46
1.46
1.46
1.46
1.46
1.46
1.46

$1.2300

$1.2300

$1.2300

$1.2300

$1.4142

$1.4600

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

Q U IC K S IL V E R .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
$0.53
.50
.50
.50
.51
.50
.491
.48*
.48*
.49
.49
.49
$0.4979

$0.48*
.50*
.51*
.53*
.52*
.52
.53
.51*
.52
.50
.52
.51*
$0.5157

$0.51*
.52
.53
.53
.55
.57
.57
.56
.55*
.53
.53*
.54*
$0.5425

$0.56
.58
.58
.58
.57
.57
.58*
.59*
.63
.63
.65
.67*
$0.6004

$0.68
.68
.68
.68
.68
.68
.67*
.67*
.67*
.67*
.67*
.66|
$0.6769

$0.67
.67
.65
.65
.66*
.66*
.66*
.66*
.66*
.66*
.66*
.66
$0.6629

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S A W S : C rosscu t, D is sto n N o . 2, 6 -fo o t.
[Price each f. o. b., Philadelphia on the first of each month.]
$1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038

$1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038

$1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038

$1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038

$1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038

$1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6088

$1.6038

$1.6038

$1.6038

$1.6038

$1.6038

$1.6038




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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BULLETIN OP THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

M ETAES A N D

IM P L E M E N T S —Continued.

S A W S : H a n d , D is sto n No* 7, 2 6 -in c h .
[Price per dozen f. o. b., Philadelphia on the first of each month.]
Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1896.

Jan.............
Feb.............
Mar.............
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly ...........
A u g ...........
S ep t...........
O c t.............
Nov.............
Dec.............

$14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40

$12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60

$12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60

$12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60

$12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60

$12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60

Average.

$14.40

$12.60

$12.60

$12.60

$12.60

$12.60 -

S H O V E L S : A m e s No* 2 , cast steel* D H a n d le , s q u a r e p o in t , b a c k strap*
[Price per dozen on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e ..........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept............
Oct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87

$7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87

$7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87

$7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87
7.87

$7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45

$7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45
7.45

Average.

$7.8700

$7.8700

$7.8700

$7.8700

$7.4500

$7.4500

S I L V E R : B a r , fine*
[Average monthly price per ounce in New York; quotations from the annual reports of the Director
of the Mint.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
June............
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.97510
.96668
.96149
1.00538
1.04890
1.05750
1.08942
1.16995
1.16560
1.10315
1.04022
1.05606

$1.05560
1.00521
.99074
.98015
.98355
.99557
1.01586
.99610
.98240
.96972
.95277
.95639

$0.93494
.91198
.89907
.87379
.88120
.89430
.87270
.84463
.84010
.85740
.85614
.84000

$0.84115
.84380
.83713
.83785
.84081
.81302
.72333
J74851
.75210
.73711
.70947
.70250

$0.68980
.64664
.60513
.64065
.63610
.63*780
.63290
.64810
.65026
.64222
.64065
.61490

$0.60726
.60910
.63125
.67692
.67769
.67440
.67384
.67388
.67848
.68712
.68546
.67675

Average.

$1.05329

$0.99034

$0.87552

$0.78219

$0.64043

$0.66268

S P E L T E R : W e ste rn *
[Pjrice per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]
J a n ...
F e b ...
Mar ..
A p r...
M a y ..
June .
July..
A u g ..
Sept..
O c t...
Nov ..
D ec...
Average.

$0.0545-$0.0550
$0.0590 $0.0465-$0.0470
$0.0435 $0.0355-$0.0360 $0.0330-$0.0340
.0520 . 0460- .0468 $0.0430- .0435
.0365 .0315- .0325
.0533- .0535
.0505 .0455- .0460 .0430- .0435 .0385- .0395 .0320- .0325
.0515- .0520
.0380 .0320- .0325
.0460
.0430
.0495- .0535 $0.0510- .0515
.0510- .0525 .0480- .0490 .0480- .0485 .0450- .0460 .0355- .0360 .0325- .0335
0490
. 0495
.0425 .0345- .0350 .0375- .0378
.0550- .0555
.0420 .0350- .0353 .0363- .0373
.0563- .0565 .0510- *05151 .0480- 10485
.0345 .0390- .0400
.0510
.0470 .0390- .0395
.0540- .0550
.0550- .0555 .0490- .0493 .0465- .0470 .0363- .0400 .0340- .0345 .0415- .0418
.0345 .0420- .0430
.0570- .0575 .0500- .0510 .0445- .0450 .0365- .0370
.0610- .0615 .0488- .0490 . 0440- .0445 .0360- .0365 .0340- .0345 .0385- .0395
.0480 .0438- .0440 .0380- .0385 .0335- .0340 .0345- .0350
.0605- .0610
$0.0554




$0.0508|

$0.0465

$0.0410

$0.0355

$0.0362

407

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able

I .— W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
M E T A L S A N D IM P L E M E N T S —Continued.
S A W S : H a n d , D is sto n No* 7, 2 6 -in c h .
[Price per dozen f. o. b., Philadelphia on the first of each month.]

1896.
$12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
$12.60

1897.

1899.

1898.

$12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
- 12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
$12.60 |

1900.

1901.

$12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60

$12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60

$12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60

$12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60

$12.60

$12.60

$12.60

$12.60

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S H O V E L S : A m e s No* 2, cast steel, D h a n d le , s q u a r e p o in t , b a c k strap*
[Price per dozen on the first of each month.]
$7.45
7.45
7.45
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93

$7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93

$7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93
7.93

$7.93
7.93
7.93
8.69
8.69
8.69
8.69
8.69
8.69
9.12
9.12
9.12

$9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12

$9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12
9.12

$7.8100

$7.9300

$7.9300

$8.6075

$9.1200

$9.1200

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S I L V E R : B a r , fine*
IAverage monthly price per ounce in New York; quotations from the annual reports of the Director
L
of the Mint.]
$0.68173
.68811
.69519
.69062
.69046
.69730
.69803
.68558
.66925
.66277
.66065
.66370

$0.65975
.65931
.64231
.62950
.61590
.61129
.60639
.55394
.56890
.58812
.56785
.58971

$0.58035
.54576
.55990
.56961
.58015
.59644
.60400
.60430
.61620
.61346
.61505
.60254

$0.60215
.60392
.60426
.60995
.62192
.61366
.61170
.60847
.59815
.58966
.59701
.60000

$0.60226
.60602
.60611
.60395
.60682
.61120
.61935
.61865
.63343
.64935
.64296
.64775

$0.63485
.61693
.61336
.60033
.60394
.60335
.59423
.59217
.58978
.58356
.57400
.55790

$0.68195

$0.60775

$0.59065

$0.60507

$0.62065

$0.59703

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S P E L T E R : W e ste rn *
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]

$0.0421




1

$0.0401

l

$0.0400-$0.0405 $0.0410-$0.0420
.0405- .0415 .0395- .0405
.0415 .0410- .0415
.0415- .0420 .0410- .0415
.0400- .0410 .0410- .0420
.0400- .0415 .0425- .0435
.0405- .0415 .0430- .0435
.0390- .0395 .0430- .0435
.0365- .0375 .0425- .0435
.0370- .0375 .0425- .0430
.0375- .0385 .0420- .0425
.0425- .0438 .0400- .0425

.0390.0410.0425.0415.0430.0460.0450.0485.0483.0515.0525-

.0400
.0423
.0435
.0425
.0440
.0480
.0460
.0490
.0488
.0525
.0535

$0.0453

$0.0415
$0.0515-$0.0525 $0.0450-$0.0460
.0570- .0580 .0475- .0480 $0.0395- .0400
.0395
.0625- .0650 .0470- .0475
.0650- .0660 .0465- .0485 .0393- .0395
.0695- .0700 .0450- .0455 .0400- .0405
.0675 .0440- .0445 .0395- .0400
.0600- .0625 .0428- .0433 .0390- .0395
.0600 .0425- .0430 .0390- .0395
.0410
.0400
.0565- .0575
.0545- .0550 .0410- .0415 .0405- .0410
.0438
.0485- .0500 .0410- .0415
.0430
.0468- .0473 .0425- .0430
$0.0588

$0.0442

$0.0405

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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T able

I .—W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
M ETALS AN D

IM P E E M E N T T S —Continued.

S T E E L B IL L E T S .
[Average monthly price per ton at mills in Pittsburg; quotations for 1890 from the Iron Age, and for
1891-1901 from the annual statistical reports of the American Iron and Steel Association.]
Month.

1890.

1892.

1891.

1894.

1893.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept............
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$36.97
35.56
32.13
28.50
27.81
30.47
30.85
30.38
30.15
28.81
27.63
26.35

$25.65
25.87
26.31
25.35
25.62
25.44
25.80
25.25
25.00
24.85
24.31
24.50

$25.00
24.00
23.33
22.87
22.57
22.81
23.29
24.08
24.24
23.55
24.83
23.00

$21.75
21.56
22.34
22.72
21.69
21.87
21.37
20.62
19.19
17.94
17.31
16.87

$16.10
15.94
15.46
15.69
17.75
18.60
17.75
17.75
17.30
16.00
15.49
15.11

$14.79
15.01
14.94
15.42
16.25
18.85
21.06
22.05
24.35
22.19
19.90
17.00

Average.

$30.4675

$25.3292

$23.6308

$20.4358

$16.5783

$18.4842

S T E E L R A IL S .
[Average monthly price per ton at mills in Pennsylvania; quotations from the annual statistical
reports of the American Iron and Steel Association.]
Jan.............
Feb........... .
M a r ...........
Apr........... .
M a y ..........
J u n e ........
July..........
A u g ..........
Sept..........
O ct............
N o v ..........
Dec............
Average

$35.25
35.00
34.00
33.50
31.35
31.50
31.50
31.25
30.50
30.00
29.00
28.50

$29.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
80.00
30.00
30.00
30.00

$30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00

$29.00
29.00
29.00
29.00
29.00
29.00
29.00
29.00
29.00
27.50
25.00
24.00

$24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
24.00

$22.00
22.00
22.00
22.00
22.00
22.00
24.00
24.00
28.00
28.00
28.00
28.00

$31.7792

$29.9167

$30.0000

$28.1250

$24.0000

$24.3333

S T E E L S H E E T S : B la c k , N o . 27.
[Price per pound in Pittsburg on .the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]
Jan........ .
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.0250
$0.0220- .0225
.0215
.0220- .0225
.0220
.0235- .0240
$0.0245
.0250
$0.0235- .0240
.0260
.0235 .0270- .0275
.0230- .0235 .0270- .0275
.0230 .0260- .0265
.0225- .0230 .0240- ,0245

Average.

$0.0235

$0.0244

T I N : P ig .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]
Jan.............
$0.2088 $0.2025-$0.2050 $0.1935-$0.2010 $0.1975-$0.1980 $0.2050-^0.2060 $0.1335-$0.1345
Feb.............
.2088 .2010- .2038 .1965- .1990 .2010- .2013 .1985- .2000 .1370- .1375
M a r ........... $0.2063- .2075 .1990- .2000 .1960- .1988 .2030- .2040
.1850
.1315
Apr.............
.2013- .2020 .2030- .2060 .2000- .2025
.2080
.2050 .1415- .1420
M a y ...........
.2050- .2060 .2010- .2038
.2055 .2060- .2065 .1975- .2013
.1420
.2115- .2125 .2070- .2090 .2150- .2155
.1915 .1980- .2000 .1423- .1425
June...........
J u ly...........
.2090- .2100
.2040 .2110- .2120 .1890- .1900 .1925- .1935 .1410- .1425
.2100- .2125
A u g ...........
.2010 .2063- .2115
.1865 .1875- .1880
.1420
S ep t...........
.2185- .2200
.2010 .2035- .2040
.1965
.1600
.1425
.2100 .1575- .1585 .1450- .1455
O c t.............
.2375- .2400 .2010- .2035 .2015- .2050
.2135- .2140 .1985- .2025 .2055- .2065 .2045- .2050 .1460- .1485 .1455- .1460
N o v ...........
Dec.............
.2070- .2100 .1990- .2015 .1955- .1975 .2060- .2065
.1350
.1400
Average.

$0.2121




$0.2025

$0.2037

$0.2002

$0.1812

$0.1405

409

COURSE OE WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I . —

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
M E T A L S A N D IM P L E M E N T S —Continued.
S T E £ L B IL L E T S .

[Average monthly price per ton at mills in Pittsburg; quotations for 1890 from the Iron Age, and for
1891-1901 from the annual statistical reports of the American Iron and Steel Association.]
1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$16.60
17.69
17.19
19.80
19.55
19.42
19.50
19.22
19.41
19.73
19.89
18.00

$15.90
15.50
15.62
14.65
13.96
14.12
14.00
14.29
15.50
16.55
15.87
15.00

$15.00
15.12
15.37
15.30
14.94
14.75
14.75
15.62
16.00
15.80
15.12
15.90

$17.06
18.87
24.25
25.25
27.56
31.87
33.80
36.37
41.50
41.50
39.00
36.37

$34.50
33.10
33.00
32.00
28.90
27.25
21.00
18.20
17.06
16.80
19.19
19.75

$19.75
20.31
22.87
24.00
24.00
24.37
24.00
24.20
24.87
26.70
27.00
27.50

$18.8333

$15.0800

$15.3058

$31.1167

$25.0625

$24.1308

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S T E E L R A IL S .
[Average monthly price per ton at mills in Pennsylvania; quotations from the annual statistical
reports of the American Iron and Steel Association.]
$28.00
28.00
28.00
28.00
28.00
28.00
28.00
28.00
28.00
28.00
28.00
28.00

$25.00
20.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00

$18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
17.50
17.00
17.50
17.50
17.50
17.00
17.50

$18.50
20.25
24.80
25.75
25.20
27.25
28.25
31.00
32.50
34.00
35.00
35.00

$28.0000

$18.7500

$17.6250

$28.1250

$35.00
34.20
35.00
35.00.
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
30.25
26.00
26.00
26.00
$32.2875

$26.00
26.00
26.00
26.00
28.00
28.00
28.00
28.00
28.00
28.00
28.00
28.00
$27.3333

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S T E E L S H E E T S : B la c k , N o . 27.
[Price per pound in Pittsburg on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]
$0.0185
$0.0200 $0.0195-$0.0200
$0.0225-$0.0230
.0200 .0195- .0200
.0195
.0225- .0235
.0195 .0190- .0195 $0.0210- .0215
.0210- .0215
.0195 .0190- .0195
.0245
.0210- .0215
.0190
.0275
.0220- .0225 $0.0180- .0185
.0190
.0285
.0210- .0215 .0185- .0190
.0185
.0285
.0205- .0210 .0190- .0195
.0185
.0300
.0205- .0210 .0190- .0195
.0190
.0325
.0210
.0190
.0190
.0315
.0205- .0210 .0195- .0200
.0185
.0300
.0210- .0215
.0205
.0285
.0185
.0200
.0210- .0215
$0.0215

$0.0195

$0.0190

$0.0267

$0.0280
.0290
.0300
.0310
.0315
.0310
.0290
.0295
.0280
.0280
.0280
.0290

$0.0285
.0285
.0305
?0325
.0320
.0320
.0290
.0350
.0375
.0325
.0300
.0300

$0.0293

$0.0315

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

T I N : P ig .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]
$0.1300 $0.1310-$0.1320 $0.1370-$0.1375 $0.1970-$0.2000 $0.2550-$0.2600 $0.2675-$0.2725
$0.1350- .1360 .1340- .1345 .1385- .1395 .2500- .2515 .2925- .2935 .2635- .2650
.3425 .2625- .2635
.2400
.1330- .1345 .1350- .1355 .1420- .1430
.2550
.1355- .1360 .1335- .1340 .1430- .1435 .2435- .2450 .3150- .3175
.3000 .2575- .2600
.1340- .1350 .1320- .1325 .1455- .1465 .2585- .2595
.1350 .1485- .1495 .2535- .2545 .2950- .3000 .2785- .2800
.1350
.1350- .1355 .1410- .1415 .1575- .1585 .2738- .2763 .3130- .3145 .2780- .2850
.3250 .2750- .2775
.1335- .1345 .1380- .1385 .1575- .1585 .3150- .3225
.1365 .1610- .1620 .3200- .3213 .3070- .3085 .2545- .2565
.1330- .1335
.1270
.1360 .1635- .1645 .3225- .3250 .2965- .2988 .2425- .2450
.2800 .2460- .2500
.1380 .1815- .1825 .3050- .3100
.1315- .1325
.1290- .1300 .1370- .1373 .1800- .1810 .2700- .2750 .2763- .2765 .2450- .2475
$0.1330

$0.1358




$0.1551

$0.2721

$0.3006

$0.2618

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
M E T A L S A N D IM P L E M E N T S —Continued.
T I N P L A T E S : D o m e stic , B e s se m e r, co k e, 14 b y 20.

[Price per hundred pounds in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]

T I N P L A T E S : I m p o r t e d , B e s s e m e r, co k e , I* ۥ, 14 b y 20.
[Average monthly price per box of 108 pounds in New York, duty paid; quotations from January, 1890,
to September, 1898, from the annual statistical reports of the American Iron and Steel Association,
and from October to December, 1898, from the Iron Age.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ............
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$4.72
4.61
4.46
4.42
4.42
4.43
4.49
4.66
5.17
5.49
5.44
5.24

05.35
5.47
5.36
5.26
6.17
5.35
5.28
5.39
5.43
5.37
5.31
5.30

05.30
5.30
5.30
6.30
5.30
5.29
5.25
5.21
5.20
5.27
5.45
5.49

05.35
5.35
5.44
5.50
5.50
5.41
5.31
5.30
5.26
6.37
5.35
5.32

05.27
5.22
5.20
5.19
5.15
5.14
5.12
6.12
5.10
4.09
4.10
4.00

03.96
3.87
3.80
3.80
3.80
3.80
3.82
3.90
3.95
4.00
3.95
3.82

Average.

04.7958

05.3367

05.3050

05.3717

04.8917

03.8725

T R O W E L S : JXL ۥ O ., b r ic k , lO i-in c k *
[Price each in New York on the first of each month.]
00.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34

00.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34

00.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34

00.34

00.34

00.34

00.34

00.34

00.34




a No quotation for month.

..................................

00.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34

M M COCO COCO M COCO COM CO

Average.

00.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34

8

J an..
F eb..
Mar .
A p r..
M ay.
June
July.
Aug.
Sept.
O c t..
Nov .
D ec..

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
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411

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
M E T A L S A N D IM P L E M E N T S —Continued.
T I N P L A T E S : D o m estic, B e s se m e r, co k e, 14 b y 20.

[Price per hundred pounds in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]

1897.

1896.
$3.50
3.50
3.40
3.35
3.35
$3.40- 3.45
3.40- 3.45
3.45- 3.50
3.45- 3.50
3.40
3.45- 3.50
3.40- 3.50
$3.4354

1898.

$3.40-$3.50
3.20- 3.25
3.20- 3.25
3.20- 3.25
3.25- 3.30
3.20- 3.25
3.05- 3.15
3.10- 3.15
3.10- 3.15
3.10- 3.12*
3.05- 3.10
3.00- 3.05

$2.90 -$2.95
2.90 - 2.95
2.75 - 2.85
2.72*- 2.77*
2.90
2.85
2.85
2.80
2.85
2.85
2.80
2.90

$3.1823

$2.8500

1899.
$2.90
3.44
3.69
4.25
4.05
4.05
4.05
4.55
4.82*
4.82*
4.82*
4.84
$4.1913

1900.

1901.

$4.84
4.84
4.84
4.84
4.84
4.84
4.84
4.84
4.84
4.19
4.19
4.19

$4.19
4.19
4.19
4.19
4.19
4.19
4.19
4.19
4.19
4.19
4.19
4.19

$4.6775

$4.1900

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

T I N P L A T E S : Im p o r t e d , B e s se m e r, co k e , I* ۥ, 14 b y 20*
[Average monthly price per box of 108 pounds in New York, duty paid; quotations from January, 1890,
to September, 1898, from the annual statistical reports of the American Iron and Steel Association,
and from October to December, 1898, from the Iron Age.]

T R O W E L S : I I . ۥ O ., b r ic k , 101-inch.
[Price each in New York on the first of each month.]
$0.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34

$0.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34

$0.34

$0.34




1

$0.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34

$0.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34

$0.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
.34
:34
.34
.34
.34
.34

$0.34 Jan.
.34 Feb.
.34 dtlar.
.34 Apr.
.34 May.
.34 June.
.34 July.
.34 Aug.
.34 Sept.
.34 Oct.
.34 Nov.
.34 Dec.

$0.34

$0.34

*0.34

$0.34

Average.

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T able I . — WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

M E T A L S A N D IM P L E M E N T S —Concluded.
V I S E S : S o lid b o x , 5 0 -p o u n d .
[Price each in New York on the first of each month.]

1890.

Month.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
D e c,...........

$4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14

$4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14

$4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.87
4.37
4.37
4.37
4.37
4.37

$4.37
4.37
4.37
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14

$4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
3.94
3.94
3.94
3.94
3.94

$3.94
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.94
3.94
3.94

Average.

$4.1400

$4.1400

$4.2550

$4.1975

$4.0567

$3.7933

W O O D S C R E W S : 1 -in c li, N o. lO , fla t b e a d .
[Price per gross in New York on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ............
J u n e .........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

l

$0.1970
.1970
.1970
.1970
.1970
.1970
.1970
.1970
.1970
.1970
.1970
.1970

$0.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000

$0.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100

$0.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100
.2100

$0.2100
.2100
.2100
.1600
.1600
.1600
.1600
.1200
.1200
.1200
.1200
.1200

$0.1200
.1200
.0900
.0900
.1000
.1000
.1000
.1000
.1200
.1200
.1400
.1400

$0.1970

$0.2000

$0.2100

$0.2100

$0.1558

$0.1117

Z I N C : S b ee t, o r d in a r y n u m b e r s a n d sizes, p a c k e d in 6 0 0 -p o u n d ca sk s.
[Price per hundred pounds f. o. b., La Salle, 111., on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ------- „June...........
J u ly ...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$5.88
5.88
5.88
5.88
5.88
5.88
6.11
6.11
6.11
6.11
6.35
6.58

$6.35
5.88
5.64
5.64
5.64
5.64
5.64
5.64
5.64
5.64
5.64
5.64

$5.64
5.52
5.52
5.40
5.40
5.52
5.52
5.52
5.52
5.52
6.40
5.40

$5.40
5.40
5.40
5.40
5.40
5.40
5.40
5.40
4.50
4.00
4.00
4.23

$3.87
3.87
4.05
3.83
3.56
3.92
4.05
4.05
4.05
4.05
4.05
4.05

$4.05
4.05
4.05
4.05
4.50
4.50
4.70
4.70
4.84
4.94
4.94
4.94

Average.

$6/0542

$5.7192

$5.4900

$4.9942

$3.9500

$4.5217




COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

413

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

M E T A L S A N D IM P L E M E N T S — Concluded.
V IS E S : S o lid b o x , 5 0 -p o u n d .
[Price each in New York on the first of each month.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$3.72
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.72

83.72
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.72
3.28
3.28
3.28
3.28
3.28
3.28

83.28
3.28
3.28
3.28
3.28
3.28
3.28
3.28
3.28
3.28
3.28
3.28

83.28
3.28
3.72
3.72
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14

84.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.14
4.91
4.91

84.91
4.91
4.91
4.91
4.91
4.91
5.13
5.13
5.13
5.13
5.13
5.13

$3.7200

83.5000

83.2800

83.9267

84.2683

85.0200

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

W O O D S C R E W S : 1-in c h , N o. lO , flat h e a d .
[Price per gross in New York on the first of each month.]
80.1200
.1200
.1000
.1000
.1000
.1000
.1000
.1000
.1000
.1000
.1000
.1000

80.1000
.1000
.1000
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800

80.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900
.1117

80.1117
.1117
.1117
.1340
.1340
.1340
.1563
.1563
.1563
.1787
.1787
.1787

80.1820
.1820
.1820
.1820
.1820
.1820
.1820
.1820
.1820
.1820
.1820
.1820

80.1365
.0983
.0983
.1035
.1035
.1035
.1035
.1035
.1035
.1035
.0983
.0983

80.1033

80.0850

80.0918

80.1452

80.1820

$0.1045

Jan*
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
MTay.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

Z I N C : Sheet, o r d in a r y n u m b e r s a n d sizes, p a c k e d i n 6 0 0 -p o u n d ca sk s.
[Price per hundred pounds f. o. b., La Salle, 111., on the first of each month.]
84.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94

$4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94

84.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
4.94
5.16
6.02
6.02
6.02
6.02
6.02
6.02

86.02
6.75
7.20
7.20
7.43
7.59
7.13
7.13
7.13
7.13
7.13
6.21

$6.21
6.21
6.21
6.21
6.21
6.21
5.98
5.98
5.98
5.98
5.98
5.98

85.98
5.52
5.52
5.52
5.52
5.52
5.52
5.52
6.52
5.52
5.52
5.52

84.9400

84.9400

85.4983

$7.0042

86.0950

$5.5583




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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T a b l e I ___ W H OLESALE

PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

LU M BER ANT) B U IL D IN G M A TE R IA L S.
B R I C K : C o m m o n d o m e s tic b u i ld i n g .
[Price per M on dock in New York on the first of each month.]

Month.
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average 1

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

87.25
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00

86.00
6.00
5.50
6.00
6.00
6.00
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
6.50
5.50

86.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
5.50
5.25
5.25
6.00
5.75
5.75
5.75

86.00
6.00
7.00
6.00
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.75

85.50
5.75
5.50
5.00
5.00
4.75
4.75
4.50
4.25
4.50
4.50
6.00

86.00
6.00
6.00
5.75
5.50
5.00
6.00
4.50
4.50
5.00
5.25
5.25

$6.5625

85.7083

85.7708

85.8333

85.0000

85.3125

C A R B O N A T B O F L E A D : A m e r ic a n , i n o il, k e g s.
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ............
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

80.0634
.0634
.0634
.0634
.0634
.0609
.0609
.0609
.0634
.0658
.0683
.0683

80.0683
.0634
.0634
.0634
.0634
.0634
.0658
.0658
.0658
.0658
.0658
.0658

80.0658
.0658
.0658
.0658
.0658
.0658
.0658
.0658
.0658
.0658
.0658
.0658

80.0634
.0634
.0609
.0609
.0561
.0609
.0609
.0609
.0609
.0634
' .0609
.0585

80.0561
.0488
.0512
.0512
.0536
.0536
.0536
.0536
.0536
.0512
.0512
.0512

Average.

80.0638

80.0650

80.0658

80.0609

80.0524

,

80.0515
.0515
.0490
.0490
.0515
.0539
.0539
.0539
.0539
.0539
.0539
.0539
80.0525

C E M E N T : P o r t la n d , A m e r ic a n .
[Price per barrel in New York on the first of each m onth; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce Year Book, 1895 to 1897, and from the New York Journal of Commerce and Commercial
Bulletin, 1898 to 1901.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e ..........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.




81.75-82.25
1.75- 2.25
1.75- 2.25
1 .7 5 2.25
1.75- 2.25
1 .7 5 2.25
1.75- 2.25
1 .7 5 2.25
1.75- 2.00
1.75- 2.00
1.75- 2.00
2.00
81.9688

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

415

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

L U M B E R A N D B U IL D IN G M A T E R IA L S .
B R I C K : C o m m o n d o m estic b u i ld i n g .
[Price per M on dock in New York on the first of each month.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$5.50
5.75
5.50
5.00
5.00
5.25
5.25
4.50
4.50
4.75
4.75
5.00

$5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.50
4.50
5.50
5.50

$5.50
5.75
6.00
6.00
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.50
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75

$6.25
6.25
5.75
5.75
6.00
6.00
5.50
6.25
5.25
5.25
5.50
5.50

$6.25
6.25
5.50
5.50
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
4.25
4.50
5.25
5.50

$6.00
5.76
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75
5.75
$5.50 - 6.00
5.50 - 6.00
5.50 - 6.00
5.374- 6.00

$5.0625

$4.9375

$5.7500

$5.6875

$5.2500

$5.7656

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C A R B O N A T R O F L E A D : A m e r ic a n , i n o il, k e g s.
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
$0.0539
.0515
.0515
.0516
.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515
.0515

$0.0515
.0515
.0539
.0539
.0539
.0539
.0539’
.0539
.0539
.0539
.0539
.0539

$0.0539
.0539
.0539
.0539
.0539
.0639
.0539
.0564
.0564
.0539
.0539
.0539

$0.0539
.0539
.0564
.0564
.0564
.0564
.0564
.0564
.0588
.0588
.0588
.0588

$0.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0588
.0588
.0613
.0613
.0637
.0637

$0.0637
.0637
.0564
.0564
.0564
.0564
.0564
.0564
.0564
.0564
.0564
.0564

$0.0517

$0.0535

$0.0543

$0.0568

$0.0625

$0.0576

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C E M E N T : P o r t la n d , A m e ric a n .
[Price per barrel in New York on the first of each m onth; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce Year Book, 1895 to 1897, and from the New York Journal of Commerce and Commercial
Bulletin, 1898 to 1901.]
$1.75-$2.25
1.75- 2.25
1.75- 2.25
1.75- 2.25
1.75- 2.25
1.75- 2.25
1.75-2.25
1.75- 2.25
1.75- 2.25
1.75-2.25
1.75- 2.25
1.75- 2.25

$2.00
2.00
2.00
1.95
1.95
1.95
1.95
1.95
1.95
1.95
1.95
2.00

$1.90-$2.00
1.90- 2.00
1.90- 2.00
1.90- 2.00
1.95- 2.00
1.95- 2.00
2.00
2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.10
2.00
1.95- 2.00

$1.95-$2.00
1.90- 2.00
1.95- 2.00
2.00
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.05
2.00- 2.10
2.00- 2.10
2 .00-2.10
2.00- 2.20
2.10- 2.25
2.10- 2.25

$2.10-$2.25
2.10- 2.25
2.10- 2.25
2.20- 2.35
2.10- 2.25
2.10- 2.25
2.00- 2.25
2.00- 2.25
2.00- 2.25
2.00- 2.25
2.00- 2.25
2.00- 2.25

$1.90-$2.10
1.80- 2.10
1.80- 2.10
1.85- 2.10
1.70- 2.00
1.70- 2.00
1.70- 2.00
1.70- 2.00
1.70- 2.00
1.70- 2.00
1.70- 2.00
1.70- 2.00

$2.0000

$1.9667

$1.9979

$2.0479

$2.1583

$1.8896

3586—No. 39—02---- 15




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

L U M B E R A N D B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L S —Continued.
C E M E N T : R o s e n d a le .
' [Price per barrel in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

Month.

1890.

1895.

1894.

1893.

1892.

1891.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

80.95-81.10
.95- 1.10
1.05- 1.10
1.05- 1.10
1.05- 1.10
1.05- 1.10
1.05- 1.10
1.05- 1.10
1.05- 1.10
1.05- 1.10
1.05- 1.10
.85- 1.00

80.85-81.00
.90- 1.00
.9 0 -a .0 0
.90- 1.00
.90
.90
.90- 1.05
.90
.90- 1.00
.95
.95- 1.00
.95- 1.00

80.90-81.00
1.00- 1.15
1.00- 1.15
1.20- 1.25
.85- 1.00
.85- .95
.85- 1.00
.90- 1.00
.85- .95
.85- .95
.85- .95
.85- .95

80.85-80.95
.85- .95
.85- .95
.85
.95
.80- 1.00
.80- 1.00
.85- .90
.85- .90
.85- .90
.85- .90
.85- .90
.85- .90

81.00-81.10
1.10- 1.15
1.10- 1.15
.85- .95
.85- .90
.85- .90
.90
.80- .90
.80- .90
.80- .90
.80- .90
.85- .90

80.90-81.00
.95- 1.00
.95- 1.00
.80- .85
.80
.80
.80- .85
.80- .85
.75- .85
.75- .85
.80- .85
.80- .85

Average.

81.0542

80.9417

80.9688

80.8875

80.9271

80.8521

D O O R S : P i n e , u iin io ld e d , % feet 4 I n d ie s b y 6 feet 8 incites, 1£ incites th ic k .
[Price per door, in Buffalo, each quarter, January, 1890, to April, 1899, and the first of each month,
July, 1899, to December, 1901.]
Jan.
Feb.
Mar .
Apr..
M ay.
June.
July.
Aug .
Sept.
O c t..
Nov .
Dec.
erage.

81.50

81.25

81.25

81.35

81.10

80.95

1.50

1.25

1.25

1.25

1.10

.90

1.25

i.25

i.25

i.X5

1.00

.90

1.25

1.25

1.25

1.15

1.00

.90

81.3750

81.2500

81.2500

81.2250

81.0500

80.9125

H E M L O C K s 2 b y 4 in c h , lO to 18 feet lo n g , g o o d P e n n s y lv a n ia sto ck .
[Price per M feet in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber
Trade Journal.]
Jan............. 811.50-812.00
Feb.............
11.50- 12.00
M a r ...........
13.00- 13.50
Apr.............
12.50- 13.00
M a y ...........
12.50- 13.00
June...........
12.50- 13.00
July...........
12.50- 13.00
A u g ...........
12.50- 13.00
Sept...........
12.50- 13.00
O c t.............
12.50- 13.00
N o v ...........
12.00- 12.50
Dec.............
12.50- 13.00
Average.

812.5833




812.50-813.00
12.50- 13.00
12.00- 12.50
12.00- 12.50
12.00- 12.50
12.00- 12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50

812.50
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
811.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.60- 12.50
11.50- 12.50

811.50-812.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50

811.50-812.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.00- 11.50
11.00- 11.50
10.75- 11.25
10.75- 11.25

810.75-811.25
11.00- 11.25
11.00- 11.25
11.00- 11.25
11.00- 11.25
11.00- 11.25
11.00- 11.25
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.50
11.50

812.4583

812.2917

812.0000

811.7083

811.1458

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COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

L U M B E R A N D B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L S —Continued.
C E M E N T *, R o s e n d a le .
[Price per barrel in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

1896.

1897.

1899.

1898.

1900.

1901.

Month.

$0.80-$0.85
.90- .95
.90- .95
.80- .85
.80- .85
.80- .85
.80- .85
.80- .85
.80- .85
.80- .85
.75- .80
.75- .80

$0.75-$0.80
.85- .95
.85- .95
.75- .80
.70- .75
.70- .75
.70- .75
.70
.60- .70
.70
.70- .75
.70- .75

$0.9O-$0.95
.95- 1.00
1.00
.70- .80
.70- .80
.65- .75
.65- .70
.65- .70
.65- .70
.65- .70
.60
.70

$0.75-$0.80
.95
.80- .90
.80- .85
.80- .85
.80- .85
.90- .95
.90- 1.00
.90- 1.00
.90- 1.00
.90- 1.00
.90- 1.00

$1.10-$1.20
1.10- 1.20
1.10
.90
.95
.90- .95
.95- 1.05
.95- 1.05
.95- 1.05
.95- 1.10
.95- 1.05
.95- 1.05

$0.90-$l. 00
1.00- 1.10
1.05- 1.10
1.05- 1.10
1.05- 1.10
.95- 1.05
.95- 1.05
.95- 1.05
.95- 1.05
.95- 1.05
.95- 1.05
.95- 1.05

$0.8333

$0.7521

$0.7604

$0.8938

$1.0167

$1.0188

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June. ‘
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

B O O R S : P in e , u n m o ld e d , 2 feet 4 in c lie s b y 6 feet 8 incites, 1* i n d i e s tltick .
[Price per door, in Buffalo, each quarter, January, 1890, to April, 1899, and the first of each month,
July, 1899, to December, 1901.]
$0.85

$0.80

$0.85

$1.10

.85

.80

.90

1.15

.80

.95

.80

.85

$0.8375

$0.8125

.85

$1.78
1.78
1.78
1.78
1.78
1.78
1.78
1.78
1.78

1.00

1.25
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50

$1.59
1.59
1.59
1.59
1.59
1.59
1.59
1.59
1.59
1.59
1.59
1.59

$0.9250

$1.2917

$1.5900

$1.8913

1

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
2.224 Oct.
2.224 Nov.
2.224 Dec.
Average.

H E M I i O C K : 2 b y 4 in c h , lO to 18 feet lo n g , g o o d P e n n s y lv a n i a stock*
[Price per M feet in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber
Trade Journal.]
$11.50
11.50
11.50
11.50
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00

$11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00

$11.00
11.00
11.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00

$12.00
$11.00- 12.00
11.00- 12.00
11.00- 12.00
11.00- 12.00
13.00
14.00
14.25
15.00
15.00
16.00
17.00

$17.00
17.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
17.00
17.00
16.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00

$15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
16.00
15.00

$11.1667

$11.0000

$11.7500

$13.5208

$16.5000

$15.0000




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES,

L U M B E R A N D B U IL D IN G

1 89 0

TO

1 901—

Continued.

M A T E R I A L S —Continued.

LIH E E : R o c k la n d , c o m m o n .
[Price per barrel in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, excepting quotations for July, 1893, to April, 1894, which were
furnished by private firms. ]

Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

#1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
.90
.90
1.00
1.00
.95

#0.95
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
1.00
.90
.90
.90

#0.90
.90
.90
.95
.90
.90
.85
.85
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

#1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
.85
.85
.80
.90
.90
.95
.95
.95

#0.95
.85
.85
.85
.80
.80
.90
.90
.85
#0.70- .80
.80- .90
.80- .85

#0.80-#0.85
.80
.75
.80
.75- .80
.75
.80
.85
.75
.70
.80
.75- .80

Average.

#0.9792

#0.9125

#0.9292

#0.9292

#0.8479

#0.7813

L I N S E E D O I L : R a w , city, b a r r e ls .
[Price per gallon in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan ...........
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

#0.60
.60
.61
.62
.62
.62
.62
.62
.62
.62
.62
.62

#0.58
.56
.56
.57
.57
.52
.47
.42
.42
.40
.37
.37

#0.37
.37
.37
.39
.40
.42
.42
.40
.40
.44
.46
.46

#0.48
.48
.48
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.40
.40
.40
.42

#0.47
.50
.52
.52
.52
.52
.54
.54
.50
.54
.56
.56

#0.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.59
.59
.45
.44
.44
.42

Average.

#0.6158

#0.4842

#0.4083

#0.4633

#0.5242

#0.5242

M A P L E :: H a r d .
[Price per M feet in New York on the first of each month. From January, 1890, to January, 1899, the
for firsts and seconds, 6 inches and up wide. Quotations
J an ..
F eb..
Mar .
A p r..
M ay.
June.
July.

Aug.
Sept.
O c t..
Nov .
D ec..
Average.

#25.00-#28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00

#25.00-#28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00

#25.00-#28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00

#25.00-#28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00

#25.00-#28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00

#25.00-#28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00

#26.5000

#26.5000

#26.5000

#26.5000

#26.5000

#26.5000




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COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

HUM BER A N D

B U IL D IN G

M A T E R I A L S —Continued.

L I M E : R o c k la n d , com m on*
[Price per barrel in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, excepting quotations for July, 1893 to April, 1894, which were
furnished by private firms.]

1896.

1897.

1899.

1898.

1900.

1901.

30.70
.90
.90
.80
.66
$0.65- .70
.65- .70
.60- .65
.60
.60
.60
.60

$0.70
.65
.65
$0.60- .65
.75- .80
.75
.70- .75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75

$0.75
$0.75- .80
.75- .80
.90
1.00
.80
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65
.65

$0.75
.75
.75
$0.80- .85
.80- .85
.80
.80- .85
.80- .85
.80- .85
.75
.80- .85
.80- .85

$0.75
$0.75- .80
.80
.65- .70
.65
.60- .65
.60
.60
.60
.65
.75
.70- .75

$0.70-$0.75
.70- .75
.70- .75
.70- .75
.75
.80
.80
.80
.80- .82
.80- .82
.80- .82
.80- .82

$0.6938

$0.7188

$0.7417

$0.7979

$0.6833

$0.7742

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

L I N S E E D O I L : R a w , city , D a rre ls.
[Price per gallon in New York on the first of each month: quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
$0.42
.40
.41
.40
.40
.37
.37
.31
.31
.35
.35
.33

$0.31
.29
.30
.32
.32
.30
.29
.33
.38
.34
.37
.38

$0.42
.45
.43
.39
.42
.44
.41
.35
.33
.33
.37
.37

$0.41
.41
.41
.47
.49
.39
.39
.39
.44
.40
.44
.48

$0.50
.56
.56
.63
.65
.67
.65
.67
.67
.61
.75
.63

$0.56
.63
.61
.61
.61
.61
.82
.82
.50
.65
.65
.55

$0.3683

$0.3275

$0.3925

$0.4267

$0.6292

$0.6350

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

M A P L E : H ard .
prices are for clear, square-edged, 8 inches and up wide, and from February, 1899, to December, 1901,
worn the New York Lumber Trade Journal.]
$25.00-$28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00

$25.00-$28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00

$25.00-$28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00
25.00- 28.00

$26.5000

$26.5000

$26.5000




$25.00-$28.00 $25.00-$30.00
25.00- 30.00
25.00- 27.00
25.00- 30.00
25.00- 27.00
27.00- 32.00
25.00- 27.00
26.00- 28.00
25.00- 27.00
26.00- 28.00
25.00- 27.00
26.00- 28.00
2 5 .0 0 27.00
26.00- 28.00
25.00- 27.00
27.00- 28.00
25.00- 30.00
27.00- 28.00
25.00- 30.00
27.00- 28.00
25.00- 30.00
27.00- 28.00
25.00- 30.00

$27.00-$28,00
27.00- 28.00
27.00- 28.00
27.00- 28.00
27.00- 28.00
24.00- 27.00
24.00- 27.00
24.00- 27.00
24.00- 27.00
26.00- 28.00
26.00- 28.00
26.00- 28.00

$27.5000

$26.7083

$26.5417

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

L U M B E R A N D B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L S —Continued.
O A K : W h it e * p la in *
[Price per M feet in New York on the first of each month. From January, 1890, to December, 1891, the
up wide, and from May, 1895, to December, 1901, for 1-inch, 6 inches and up wide. Quotations from the

Month.

1890.

J a n . ..,—
$36.00-838.00
Feb............. 36.00- 39.00
M a r...........
37.00- 39.00
A p r ........... 37.00- 39.00
37.00- 39.00
M a y ...........
June...........
37.00- 39.00
J u ly...........
37.00- 39.00
37.00- 39.00
A u g ...........
37.00- 39.00
Sept...........
37.00- 39.00
O ct.............
37.00- 39.00
N o v ...........
37.00- 39.00
Dec........i ..
Average.

837.8750

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

837.00-839.00 836.00-838.00 837.50-840.00 837.50-840.00 835.00-837.50
37.00- 39.00 36.00- 38.00 37.50- 40.00 37.50- 40.00 35.00- 37.50
37.00- 39.00 37.60- 40.00 37.50- 40.00 36.00- 40.00 35.00- 37.50
37.00- 39.00 37.50- 40.00 37.50- 40.00 36.00- 40.00 35.00- 37.50
37.00- 39.00 37.50- 40.00 37.50- 40.00 36.00- 40.00 35.00- 37.50
37.00- 39.00 37.50- 40.00 37.50- 40.00 36.00- 40.00 35.00- 37.50
37.00- 39.00 37.50- 40.00 37.50- 40.00 35.00- 37.50 35.00- 37.50
37.00- 39.00 37.50- 40.00 37.50- 40.00 35.00- 37.50 35.00- 37.50
37.00- 39.00 37.50- 40.00 37.50- 40.00 35.00- 37.50 35.00- 37.50
37.00- 39.00 37.50- 40.00 37.50- 40.00 35.00- 37.50 35.00- 37.50
37.00- 39.00 37.50- 40.00 37.50- 40.00 35.00- 37.50 35.00- 37.50
37.00- 39.00 37.50- 40.00 37.50- 40.00 35.00- 37.50 35.00- 37.50
838.0000
838.4583
838.7500 j
837.2500
$36.2500

O A K : W h it e * q u a rte re d * clear* 1-in ch * 6 In c h e s a n d u p w id e * 12 to 16 feet lo n g *
[Price per M feet in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber
Trade Journal.]
Jan............. $47.00-848.00
Feb............. 47.00- 48.00
M a r ...........
49.00- 52.00
Apr............. 49.00- 52.00
49.00- 52.00
M a y ...........
49.00- 52.00
June...........
J u ly ...........
50.00- 54.00
A u g ...........
50.00- 54.00
Sept...........
53.00- 56.00
O c t.............
53.00- 55.00
N o v ...........
53.00- 55.00
Dec.............
53.00- 55.00
Average.

$51.4583

853.00-855.00
53.00- 55.00
53.00- 55.00
52.00- 55.00
52.00- 55.00
52.00- 55.00
52.00- 55.00
52.00- 55.00
52.00- 55.00
52.00- 55.00
52.00- 55.00
52.00- 54.00

852.00-854.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00

852.00-854.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 54.00
52.00- 64.00

852.00-854.00
52.00- 54.00
49.00- 52.50
49.00- 52.50
49.00- 52.50
49.00- 52.50
49.00- 52.50
49.00- 52.50
49.00- 52.50
49.00- 52.50
49.00- 52.50
49.00- 52.50

$49.00-852.50
49.00- 52.50
49.00- 52.50
49.00- 52.50
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 67.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00

853.5833

853.0000

853.0000

851.1250

853.2500

O X I D E O F Z I N C : A m e ric a n * e x t r a dry*
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
S ept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........

Dec..........

80.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.04*25
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425

80.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0413
.0413
.0413
.0413
.0413
.0413

$0.0433
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0426
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425

80.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0375

80.0375
.0375
.0350
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375

80.0325
.0325
.0325
.0325
.0325
.0325
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375

Average.

80.0425

80.0419

$0.0426

80.0413

80.0373

80.0350




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COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I . —W H O LESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

L U M B E R A N D B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L S —Continued.
O A K : W h it e r p la in .
prices are for 1-inch cabinet or finishing; from January, 1892, to April, 1895, for 1-inch, 8 inches and
Northwestern Lumberman, 1890 and 1891, and from the New York Lumber Trade Journal, 1892 to 1901.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

835.00-837.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50

835.00-837.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50

835.00-837.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50

835.00-837.50
36.00- 39.00
36.00- 39.00
36.00- 39.00
36.00- 39.00
36.00- 39.00
36.00- 39.00
40.00- 42.50
40.00- 42.50
40.00- 42.50
40.00- 42.50
40.00- 42.60

840.00-842.50
40.00- 42.50
40.00- 42.50
40.00- 42.50
40.00- 42.50
42.00- 44.00
41.00- 42.00
40.00- 41.00
39.00- 41.00
39.00- 41.00
39.00- 41.00
37.50- 40.00

837.50-840.00
37.50- 40.00
37.50- 40.00
37.50- 40.00
37.50- 40.00
32.00- 34.00
32.00- 34.00
32.00- 34.00
33.00- 36.00
36.00- 40.00
36.00- 40.00
36.00- 40.00

836.2500

836.2500

836.2500

838.9583

840.8333 |
i

836.7708

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

O A K : W li i t e , q u a r te r e d , c le a r , 1 -in c h , 6 in c h e s a n d u p w i d e , 12 to 16 feet lo n g *
[Price per M feet in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber
Trade Journal.]
852.00-857.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00

852.00-857.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
52.00- 57.00
50.00- 55.00
50.00- 55.00
50.00- 55.00
50.00- 55.00

850.00-855.00
50.00- 55.00
50.00- 55.00
50.00- 55.00
50.00- 55.00
50.00- 55.00
60.00- 55.00
50.00- 55.00
50.00- 55.00
50.00- 55.00
50.00- 55.00
50.00- 55.00

850.00-855.00
50.00- 55.00
60.00- 55.00
50.00- 55.00
50.00- 55.00
62.50- 67.50
62.50- 67.50
65.00- 67.50
65.00- 67.50
65.00- 67.50
65.00- 70.00
65.00- 70.00

865.00-870.00
65.00- 70.00
65.00- 70.00
65.00- 70.00
65.00- 70.00
63.00- 66.00
62.00- 65.00
60.00- 62.00
58.00- 65.00
58.00- 65.00
58.00- 65.00
60.00- 65.00

860.00-865.00
60.00- 65.00
60.00- 65.00
60.00- 65.00
60.00- 65.00
55.00- 57.00
55.00- 57.00
52.00- 55.00
55.00- 58.00
57.00- 60.00
57.00- 60.00
57.00- 60.00

854.5000

853.8333

852.5000

860.5208

864.4583

859.1667

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

O X I D E O F Z I N C : A m e r ic a n , e x t r a dry*
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter. ]
80.0400
.0400
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0400
.0400

80.0400
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375

80.0396
.0396
.0396
.0396
.0396
.0396
.0396
.0396
.0396
.0396
.0396
.0396

80.0396
.0396
.0446
.0446
.0446
.0446
.0446
.0446
.0446
.0446
.0446
.0446

80.0475
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0475
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0438

80.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438
.0438

80.0383

80.0377

80.0396

80.0438

80.0451

80.0438




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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T able I .—

W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

L U M B E R A N D B U I D D I N G M A T E R I A L S —Continued.
P IN E :

W h ite , b o a r d s , N o . 2 b a m , r o u g h .

[Price per M feet in Buffalo on the first of each month. From January, 1890, to October, 1897, the
prices are for 1-inch boards, 10 or 12 inches wide, and from November, 1897, to December, 1901, for
1-inch boards, 10 inches wide. Quotations from the New York Lumber Trade Journal.]

1890.

Month.

Jan............. «16.00-*17.50
Feb............. 16.00- 17.50
M a r ...........
16.00- 17.50
16.00- 17.50
Apr.............
16.00- 17.50
M a y ...........
June...........
16.00- 17.50
16.00- 17.50
July...........
16.00- 17.50
A u g ...........
16.00- 17.50
S ep t...........
16.00- 17.50
O ct.............
17.00
N o v ...........
17.00
Dec.............
Average. j

$16.7917 j

P IN E :

1891.
$17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
$17.0000

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

$17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
$17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.50

$18.00-$18.50
18.00- 18.50
18.00- 18.50
18.00- 18.50
18.00- 18.50
18.00- 18.50
19.00- 20.00
19.00- 20.00
19.00- 20.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00

$18.00-$19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00-18.00

$17.00-$18.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00

$18.6250

$18.1667

$17.2500

$17.1458 :

W h it e , b o a r d s , u p p e rs , 1 -in c h , 8 in c h e s a n d u p w i d e , r o u g h .

[Price per M feet in Buffalo on the first of each month: quotations from the New York Lumber Trade
Journal.]
Jan............. $43.00-$45.00
43.00- 45.00
Feb.............
M a r ...........
43. GO- 45.00
Apr............. 43.00- 45.00
M ay...........
43.00- 45.00
June...........
43. GO- 45.00
J u ly...........
43. 00- 45.00
A u g ...........
43. OG- 45.00
Sept...........
43. 00- 45.00
O ct.............
43. OG- 45.00
43.00- 45.00
N o v ...........
45.00
Dec.............
Average.

$44.0833

$45.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
$45.0000

$45.00 $48.00-$49.00
$45. GO- 46.00
48. GO- 49.00
45. GO- 46.00
48. GO- 49.00
45.00- 46.00
48.00- 49.00
45.GO- 46.00
48. GO- 49.00
45. 00- 46.00
48. GO- 49.00
45. GO- 46.00
48. 00- 49.00
45. GO- 46.00
48. GO- 49.00
45. 00- 46.00
48. 00- 49.00
47. GO- 48.00
48. GO- 49.00
47. DO- 48.00
48. GO- 49.00
48. 00- 49.00. 48. 00- 49.00

$48.00-$49.00
47.00- 48.00
46.00- 47.00
46. GO- 47.00
46.00- 47.00
46.00- 47.00
46. GO- 47.00
46. GO- 47.00
45.00- 46.00
45.00- 46.00
45. GO- 46.00
45. 00- 46.00

$45.00-$46.00
45.00- 46.00
45.GO- 46.00
45. 00- 46.00
45. GO- 46.00
45. GO- 46.00
46.00- 47.00
46. GO- 47.00
46.00- 47.00
46. GO- 47.00
46. GO- 47.00
46.00- 47.00

$48.5000

$46.4167

$46.0000

$46.0417

P I N E : Y e l l o w , lo n g le a f, b o a r d s , h e a r t -fa c e s id in g s , 1 -in c h a n d li - i n c h .
[Price per M feet in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber
Trade Journal.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
MTay...........
J u n e .........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

$20.00-$20.50 $20.50-$21.50
20.50- 21.50
20.00- 20.50
20.50- 21.50
20.00- 20.50
20.00- 20.50
20.00- 21.00
20.00- 21.00
20.50- 21.50
20.50- 21.50
20.00- 21.00
20.00- 21.00
2 0 .5 0 21.50
20.50- 21.50
19.00- 20.00
19.00- 20.00
20.50- 21.50
18.00- 19.00
20.50- 21.50
18.00- 19.00
20.50- 21.50
20.50- 21.50
18.00- 19.00
$20.7500

$19.9583

$18.00-$19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00

$18.00-$19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.0C
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00

$18.00-$19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00

$18.00-$19.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
17.00- 18.00

$18.5000

$18.5000

$18.5000

$16.9167

P L A T E G L A S S : P o lis h e d , u n s ilv e r e d , a r e a 3 to 5 s q u a r e feet.
[Average yearly price per square foot f. o. b., New York; quotations from Senate Finance Report,
1890 and 1891, and from a large glass company, 1892 to 1901.]
Average.

$0.53.




$0.52

$0.42

$0.42

$0.33

$0.30

423

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I . —

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

L U M B E R A N D B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L S —Continued.
P IN E :

W h it e , b o a r d s , N o . 2 b a m , r o u g h .

[Price per M feet in Buffalo on the first of each month. From January, 1890, to October, 1897, the
prices are for 1-inch boards, 10 or 12 inches wide, and from November, 1897, to December, 1901, for
1-inch boards, 10 inches wide. Quotations from the New York Lumber Trade Journal.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

$16.00-817.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16:00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00

$16.00-817.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
15.00- 16.00
16.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00

$15.00-816.00
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00

$15.00-816.00
15.00- 17.00
15.00- 17.00
15.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
20.00
18.00
21.00
21.00
21.50
21.50

$21.50
21.50
21.50
21.50
21.50
21.50
21.60
21.50
21.50
21.50
21.60
21.50

$21.50
21.50
21.60
20.00
20.00
20.00
21.00
21.00
21.00
21.00
21.00
21.00

$16.6000

$15.8333

$15.5000

$18.2917

$21.5000

$20.8750

P IN E :

1900.

1901.

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

W h it e , b o a r d s , u p p e rs , 1 -in c h , 8 in c h e s a n d u p w i d e , r o u g h .

[Price per M feet in Buffalo on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber
Trade Journal.]
$45.00-846.00
45.00- 46.00
45.00- 46.00
46.00- 48.00
46.00- 48.00
46.00- 48.00
46.00- 48.00
46.00- 48.00
46.00- 48.00
46.00- 48.00
46.00- 48.00
46.00- 48.00

$46.00-848.00
46.00- 48.00
46.00- 48.00
46.00- 48.00
45.00- 47.00
45.00- 47.00
46.00- 47.00
45.00- 47.00
45.00- 47.00
45.00- 47.00
45.00- 47.00
45.00- 47.00

$45.00-847.00
45.00- 47.00
45.00- 47.00
45.00- 47.00
45.00- 47.00
45.00- 47.00
45.00- 47.00
45.00- 47.00
45.00- 47.00
45.00- 47.00
46.00- 47.00
46.00- 47.00

$46.00-847.00
46.00- 47.00
46.00- 47.00
46.00- 47.00
46.00- 47.00
46.00- 47.00
51.00
51.50
54.50
54.50
67.50
67.50

$57.50
57.50
57.50
57.50
67.50
57.50
57.50
57.50
57,50
57.50
57.50
57.50

$57.50
67.50
57.50
59.00
59.00
59.00
61.00
61.00
$62*00- 63.00
62.00- 63.00
62.00- 63.00
66.00

$46.6250

$46.3333

$46.0833

$50.4583

$57.5000

$60.4167

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

P I N E : Y e l l o w , lo n g le a f, b o a r d s , h e a r t -fa c e s id in g s , 1 -in c h a n d 11-inch.
[Price per M feet in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber
Trade Journal.]
$15.50-816.00 $16.50-817.00
16.50- 17.00
15.50- 16.00
16.50- 17.00
15.60- 16.00
16.50- 17.00
15.50- 16.00
16.50- 17.00
1 6 .5 0 17.00
15.50- 16.00
16.50- 17.00
15.50- 16.00
16.50- 17.00
15.50- 16.00
16.50- 17.00
15.50- 16.00
16.50- 17.00
15.50- 16.00
16.50- 17.00
15.50- 16.00
1 6 .5 0 17.00
16.50- 17.00
18.00- 20.00

818.00-820.00
18.00- 20.00
18.00- 20.00
17.00- 20.00
17.00- 20.00
17.00- 20.00
17.00- 20.00
17.00- 20.00
17.00- 20.00
17.00- 20.00
17.00- 20.00
17.00- 20.00

817.00-820.00
18.00- 18.50
18.00- 18.50
18.00- 18.60
18.00- 18.50
20.00- 22.00
20.00- 22.00
20.00- 22.00
20.00- 22.00
20.00- 22.00
21.00- 23.00
21.00- 23.00

$21.00-823.00
21.00- 23.00
21.00- 23.00
21.00- 23.00
21.00- 23.00
20.00- 21.00
20.00- 21.00
19.00- 20.00
19.00- 20.00
19.00- 20.00
19.00- 20.00
19.00- 20.00

$19.00-820.00
19.00- 20.00
19.00- 20.00
17.50- 18.50
17.50- 18.50
19.00- 20.00
19.00- 20.00
19.00- 20.00
19.50- 20.50
20.50- 21 50
20.50- 21.50
20.50- 21.50

816.4375

818.6250

$20.0417

$20.7083

$19.6667

$16.4167

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

P L A T E G L A S S : P o lis h e d , u n s ilv e r e d , a r e a 3 to 5 s q u a r e feet.
[Average yearly price per square foot f. o. b., New York; quotations from Senate Finance Report,
1890 and 1891, and from a large glass company, 1892 to 1901.]
$0.34

80.20




$0.27

$0.30

$0.34

80.32 I Average.

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T able I . —

W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

L U M B E R A N D B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L S —Continued.
P L A T E G L A S S : P o lis h e d , u n s llv e r e d , a r e a 5 to lO s q u a r e feet*
[Average yearly price per square foot f. o. b., New Y ork; quotations from Senate Finance Report,
1890 and 1891, and from a large glass company, 1892 to 1901.]

Month.
Average.

1890.
$0.70

1892.

1891.
$0.69

1893.

$0.65

$0.65

1894.
$0.46

1895.
$0.48

P O P L A R : 1 -in c h , 8 i n d i e s a n d u p w i d e , 12 to 16 feet lo n g , g o o d r u n firsts a n d
seconds*
[Price per M feet in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber
Trade Journal.]
Jan..
Feb..
M a r.
Apr..
M ay.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
O c t..
Nov .
D ec..
Average.

$30.00-$31.00 $30.00-$31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00 < 30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
$30.5000

$30.5000

$30.00-$31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
30.00- 31.00
31.00- 32.50

$31.00-$32.50
31.00- 32.50
33.00- 35.00
33.00- 35.00
33.00- 35.00
33.00- 35.00
33.00- 35.00
33.00- 35.00
33.00- 35.00
33.00- 35.00
33.00- 35.00
33.00- 35.00

$30.00-$32.00
30.00- 32.00
31.00- 34.00
31.00- 34.00
31.00- 34.00
31.00- 34.00
31.00- 33.00
31.00- 33.00
31.00- 33.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00

$30.00-$32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00

$30.6042

$33.6250

$31.7500

$31.0000

P U T T Y : B u lk .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]

R E S I N : G o o d , stra in ed *
[Price per barrel in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

$1.25
1.20
1.20
1.221
1.45
1.45
$1,471-1.50
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.471-1.50
1.50 -1.521
$1.3844




$1.42!-$1.45
1.45
1 .4 5 -1 .5 5
1.60 - 1.621
1.70
1.60
1.40 - 1.421
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.371
1.40
$1.4740

$1,421
1.40
1.35
$1,371-1.40
1.471
1.321
1.25
1.271
1.25 -1.271
1.25
1.35
1.35
$1.3417

$1,321
1.421
1.471
1.371
1.30
1.271
1.221
$1.00 -1.021
1.00
1.171
1.20 -1.221
1.321-1.35
$1.2615

$1,271
$1,071-1.10
1.071-1.10
1.171
1.20
1.35
1.371-1.40
1.221-1.25
1.15 -1.171
1.221-1.25
1.421-1.45
1.35 -1.40
$1.2510

$1.40 -$1,421
1.40
1.45
1.60
1.521
1.65
1.60
1.571
1.55
1.50
1.70
1.771
$1.5615

425

COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T a b l e I ___ W H OLESALE

PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

L U M B E R A N D B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L S —Continued.
P L A T E G L A S S s P o lis h e d , u n s ilv e r e d , a r e a 5 to lO s q u a r e feet*
[Average yearly price per square foot f. o. b., New York; quotations from Senate Finance Report,
1890 and 1891, and from a large glass company, 1892 to 1901.]

1896.

1897.
$0.32

$0.54

1899.

1898.
$0.43

1900.

$0.48

$0.54

1901.
$0.49

Month.
Average.

P O P L A R : 1 -in c h , 8 in c h e s a n d u p w i d e , 12 to 16 feet lo n g , g o o d r u n firsts a n d
seconds*
[Price per M feet in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber
Trade Journal.]
$30.00-$32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00

$30.00-$32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
30.00- 32.00
29.00- 31.00
29.00- 31.00
29.00- 31.00
29.00- 31.00

$29.00-$31.00
29.00- 31.00
29.00- 31.00
29.00- 31.00
29.00- 31.00
29.00- 31.00
29.00- 31.00
29.00- 31.00
29.00- 31.00
29.00- 31.00
29.00- 31.00
29.00- 31.00

$29.00-$31.00
32.00- 33.00
32.00- 33.00
32.00- 33.00
32.00- 33.00
32.00- 35.00
32.00- 35.00
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50
35.00- 37.50

$35.00-$37.50
35.00- 37.50
37.00- 38.50
37.00- 38.50
38.00- 40.00
38.00- 40.00
37.00- 39.50
36.00- 38.00
36.00- 38.00
36.00- 40.00
36.00- 40.00
36.00- 40.00

$36.00-$40.00
36.00- 40.00
36.00- 40.00
36.00- 40.00
36.00- 40.00
35.00- 36.00
35.00- 36.00
35.00- 36.00
35.00- 37.00
35.00- 37.00
35.00- 37.00
35.00- 37.00

$31.0000

$30.6667

$30.0000

$34.0208

$37.6875

$36.7083

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

P U T T Y : B u lk .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
$0.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145

$0.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145

$0.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0140

$0.0140
.0170
.0170
.0170
.0170
.0170
.0170
.0170
.0170
.0170
.0170
.0170

$0.0190
.0190
.0190
.0190
.0190
.0190
.0190
.0190
.0190
.0190
.0190
.0190

$0.0190
.0190
.0190
.0160
.0160
.0160
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125

$0.0145

$0.0145

$0.0145

$0.0168

$0.0190

$0.0150

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

R E S I N : Q o o d , s train ed*
[Price per barrel in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
$1.75
1.70
1.70
1.65
1.65
1.75
1.75
1.55
1.50
1.45
1.45
1.45

$1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.35
1.30
1.30
1.50
1.45

$1.6125

$1.4208

$1.70
1.624
1.674
$1.75 -1.774
2.024
1.80
1.674-1.70
1.60
1.60
1.70
1.924
1.85
$1.7458




$1.40
1.35
$1.30- 1.324
1.25- 1.374
1.45- 1.474
1.40
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.25- 1.274
1.30- 1.35
1.40- 1.45
$1.3458

$1.624-$1.65
1.624- 1.65
1.75
1.70
1.60
1.574- 1.60
1.55 - 1.574
1.55
1 .5 0 -1 .5 5
1.474
1.50
1.70
$1.6021

$1.75
1.65
$ 1 .6 0 -1 .6 5
1.50
1.60
1.55
1.424- 1.45
1.40
1.40
1.424
1.45
1 .5 5 -1 .6 0
$1.5302

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued

L U M B E R A N D B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L S —Continued.
S H I N G L E S : C y press, a l l h e a r t , 5 to 6 in c h e s w i d e , 16 Incites lo n g *
[Price per M in New Orleans on the first of each month.]

S H I N G L E S : P in e , w h it e , 18 in c h e s lo n g .
[Price per M in Buffalo on the first of each month. From January, 1890, to October, 1897, the prices
are for X X X , and from November, 1897, to December, 1901, for X X X X . Quotations from the New
York Lumber Trade Journal. ]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$3.40-4*3.50
3.80-3.90
3.80-3.90
3.80- 3.90
3.80- 3.90
3.80- 3.90
3.80- 3.90
3.80- 3.90
3.80- 3.90
3.80- 3.90
4.00
4.00

$4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

$4.00
$3.85- 4.00
3.85- 4.00
3.85- 4.00
3.85- 4.00
3.85- 4.00
3.85- 4.00
3.85- 4.00
3.85- 4.00
3.75- 3.85
3.75- 3.85
3.85- 3.90

$3.85-$3.90
3.85- 3.90
3.85- 3.90
3.85- 3.90
3.85- 3.90
3.85- 3.90
3.85- 3.90
3.85- 3.90
3.85- 3.90
3.75- 3.80
3.75- 3.80
3.75- 3.80

$3.75-$3.80
3.75- 3.80
3.75- 3.80
3.75- 3.80
3.75- 3.80
3.75- 3.80
3.75- 3.80
3.75- 3.80
3.65- 3.75
3.65- 3.75
3.65- 3.75
3.65- 3.75

$3.65-$3.75
3.65- 3.75
3.65- 3.75
3.65- 3.75
3.65- 3.75
3.65- 3.75
3.65- 3.75
3.65- 3.75
3.65- 3.75
3.65- 3.75
3.65- 3.75
3.65- 3.75

Average.

$3.8417

$4.0000

$3.9063

$3.8500

$3.7500

$3.7000

S P R U C E :: 6 to 9 in c h , ca rg o e s.
[Price per M feet in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber
Trade Journal.]
Jan. . .
F e b ...
Mar ..
A p r...
M a y ..
June...........
July.
Aug .
Sept.
O c t..
Nov .
D ec..

$15.50-$16.50
15.50- 16.50
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
18.00- 18.50
18.00- 18.50
18.00- 18.50
18.00- 18.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.00
13.00- 14.00

$15.00-$15.50
15.00- 15.50
15.00- 15.50
15.00- 15.50
13.00- 14.00
13.00- 14.00
13.00- 11.00
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.00
13.00 14.00
13.00- 14.00

Average.

$16.2917

$14.2183




$13.00-$14.00 $15.00-$15.50
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 15.50
1 5 .0 0 16.00
15.00- 15.50
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00
14.50- 15.50
14.00- 15.00
14.50- 15.50
12.50- 13.50
14.50- 15.50
12.50- 13.50
15.00- 15.50
12.50- 13.50
15.00- 15.50
12.50- 13.50
13.00- 14.50
12.00- 13.00
1 3 .0 0 14.50
12.00- 13.00
15.00- 15.50
12.00- 13.00
$14.8542

$13.7708

$12.00-$13.00
12.00- 13.00
13.00- 13.50
13.00- 13.50
13.00- 13.50
12.50- 13.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
11.50- 12.50
12.50- 13.50
13.50- 14.00

$14.00-$14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50

$12.7083

$14.2500

427

COURSE OF WHXLESAIE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T a b l e I .— W H OLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

L U M B E R A N D B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L S —Continued.
S H I N G L E S : C ypress, a l l H eart, 5 to 6 I n d ie s w i d e , 16 incites lo n g .
[Price per M in New Orleans on the first of each month.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50

$2.35
2.35
2.35
2.35
2.35
2.35
2.35
2.35
2.35
2.35
2.35
2.35

$2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50

$2.60
2.60
2.60
2.60
2.60
2.60
2.60
2.75
2.75
2.75
2.75
2.75

$2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85

$2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85
2.85

$2.5000

$2.3500

$2.5000

$2.6625

$2.8500

$2.8500

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average

S H I N G L E S : P in e , w h i t e , 18 in c h e s lo n g .
[Price per M in Buffalo on the first of each month. From January, 1890, to October, 1897, the prices
are for X X X , and from November, 1897, to December, 1901, for X X X X . Quotations from the New
York Lumber Trade Journal.]
$3.65-$3.75
3.65- 3.75
3.65- 3.75
3.65-3.75
3.65- 3.75
3.65- 3.75
3.45- 3.60
3.45- 3.60
3.45- 3.60
3.45- 3.60
3.45-3.60
3.45- 3.60

$3.45-$3.60
3.45- 3.60
3.45- 3.60
3.45- 3.60
3.45- 3.60
3.45- 3.60
3.45- 3.60
3.45- 3.60
3.45- 3.60
3.45- 3.60
3.50- 3.75
8.50- 3.75

$3.50-$3.75
3.50- 3.75
3.50- 3.75
3.50- 3.75
3.50- 3.75
3.40- 3.60
3.40- 3.60
3.40- 3.60
3.40- 3.60
3.40--3.60
3.40- 3.60
3.40- 3.60

$3.40-$3760
3.40- 3.60
3.40- 3.60
3.40- 3.60
3.40- 3.60
3.40- 3.60
3.60
3.70
3.85
4.00
4.00
4.00

$4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

$4.00
4.00
4.00
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25

$3.6125

$3.5417

$3.5521

$3.6792

$4.0000

$4.1875

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

S P R U C E : 6 to 9 in c h , ca rg o e s.
[Price per M feet in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber
Trade Journal. ]
$14.00-$14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50

$14.00-$14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50

$13.00-$14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50

$13.00-$14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50
13.00- 14.50
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00
15.00- 16.00
15.50- 16.50
16.50- 18.50
17.00- 19.00
17.00- 19.00

$17.00-$19.00
17.00- 19.00
19.00- 20.00
19.00- 20.00
19.00- 20.00
14.00- 17.00
14.00- 17.00
14.00- 17.00
15.00- 17.00
16.00- 18.00
16.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00

$17.00-$18.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
18.50- 19.50
18.50- 19.50
18.50- 19.50
18.60- 19.50

$14.2500

$14.0000

$13.7500

$15.3958

$17.3750

$18.0000




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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T able I . —

W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

L U M B E R A N T ) B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L S —Continued.
TAR.
[Price per barrel in Wilmington, N. C., on the first of each month. Quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, 1890 to 1893 and 1898 to 1901; from the Shipping and
Commercial List and New York Price Current, 1894, and from the Oil, Paint, and Drug Reporter, 1895
to 1897.]

Month.

1890.

1892.

1891.

1893.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$1.35
1.40
1.40
1.30
1.55
1.35
1.65
1.45
1.65
1.50
1.55
1.55

$1.45

1.60
1.75
1.85

1.35
1.25
1.25
1.05

Average.

$1.4750

$1.5833

$1.3000

1.20

1.35
1.45
1.35
1.50
1.85
1.65

2.00

1894.

$1.30
1.60
1.30

$1.05
1.15
1.05

1.35
1.35
1.40

1.05
.95

1.20
1.20

1.00

1.10

1.25
.90
1.15

1895.
$0.95

$0.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
1.25
1.30
1.35

1.00
1.00
.95

1.10

1.25

1.20

1.35
1.25
1.25
1.40

1.10

1.00
.90

1.15
1.50
.95

$1.0458

$1.0917

1.00

$1.1417

T U R P E N T I N E : S p irits of.
[Price per gallon in New York on the first of each month ; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

$0.44|-$0.45
.434
.424
.40
.384
.37|
.404
.414
.404
.41
.40
.394
$0.4080

$0,404
.404
.404
.404
.39
.384
.374
$0.36- .364
.37
.364
.354
.334
$0.3795

$0.34
.344
.42
.37
.34
.29
.294
.284
.274
.284
.31
.314
$0.3227

$0,304
.334
.344
.324
.31
.284
.29
.264
.274
.28
.294
.294
$0.3002

$0,294
$0,304- .31
.314
.284
.294- .294
. 304- .304
.294
.284- .29
.284
.284
.284
.274
$0. 2932

$0.27-$0.274
.29
.334
.334
.304
.294
.29
.27
.274
.284
.28- .284
.274
$0.2923

W I N D O W O I jA S S : A m e r ic a n , s in g le , firsts, 6 b y 8 to lO b y 15 in c h .
[Price per 50 square feet in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and
Drug Reporter.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$1.9950
1.9950
2.5000
2.2500
2.2500
2.2500
2.2500
2.2500
2.2500
2.2500
2.2500
2.2500

$2.2500
2.2500
2.1375
2.1375
2.2500
2.2500
2.2500
2.2500
2.2500
2.2500
2.1375
2.1375

$2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.0250
2.1250
1.5141
1.5141
1.7813
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375

$2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375

$2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
2.1375
1.7813
1.8750
1.8525
1.8525
1.8525

$1.8525
1.8525
1.5938
1.5938
1.3894
1.3894
1.3894
1.6250
1.6250
1.6250
1.6250
1.6250

Average.

$2.2283

$2.2125

$1.9935

$2.1375

$1.9918

$1.5988




2.0000
2.0000

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COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I —

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

L U M B E R A N D B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L S —Continued.
TAR.
[Price per barrel in Wilmington, N. C., on the first of each month. Quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, 1890 to 1893 and 1898 to 1901; from the Shipping and
Commercial List and New York Price Current, 1894, and from the Oil, Paint, and Drug Reporter, 1395
to 1897.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

IK). 90
.90
.90
.90
1.20
.90
1.20
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.00
1.10

$1.00
.95
1.00
.95
1.05
1.00
1.10
1.15
1.10
1.25
1.05
1.05

$1.05
$0.95- 1.00
.95
.90
1.05
1.10
1.30
1.10
1.20
1.20
1.15
1.20

$1.10
1.10
1.00
1.00
1.05
1.30
1.60
1.30
1.50
1.30
1.30
1.40

$1.25
1.30
1.30
1.20
1.30
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.45
1.55

$1.38
1.20
1.20
1.15
1.20
1.25
1.50
1.40
1.35
1.30
1.26
1.20

$1.0125

$1.0542

$1.0979

$1.2458

$1.3625

$1.2817

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

T U R P E N T I N E S S p irits of.
[Price per gallon in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
$0.30*
.30
.291
• .281
$0.28f- .29
.26
.251
.24
.24
.28
.28
.261
$0.2743

$0,261-^0.261
.271
.291- .30
.291
.301
.261
.261
.281
.291
.321
- .31
.321
$0.2924

$0,331
.34
.351
.321
.331- -34
.28 - .281
.261
.261
.291
.301
.37
.39

$0,351-

$0.3221

$0.45-$0.451
.451
.461
.421
.441
.401
.441
.381
.471
.52
.51
.511
$0.4581

$0,521
.541
.55
.56
.501
.491
.461
.441
.361
•401
.44
.421
$0.4771

$0.38
.401
.41
.361
.341
.351
.37
.351
.361
.361
.381
.371
$0.3729

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

W I N D O W G L A S S : A m e r ic a n , s in g le , firsts, 6 b y 8 to 10 b y 15 in c h .
[Price per 50 square feet in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and
Drug Reporter.]
$1.6250
1.6250
1.6250
1.6250
1.6250
1.6250
1.6673
1.6673
1.8900
1.8900
2.1000
2.6600

$2.6600
1.8900
1.7500
1.7500
1.99501.9950
1.9950
2.2400
2.3940
2.3940
2.5200
2.8000

$2.8000
2.4938
2.4938
2.3625
2.4938
2.6250
2.6250
2.6250
2.8000
2.8000
2.8000
2.8000

$2.8000
2.4938
2.3625
2.2313
2.6600
2.8000
2.8000
2.6250
2.8000
2.8000
3.1500
2.9750

$2.1000
2.1000
2.1000
2.3625
2.3625
2.9925
2.9925
2.9925
2.9925
3.2670
3.0628
3.0628

$3.0628
3.2000
4.1040
4.8000
4.2120
4.5600
4.5600
4.5600
4.5600
4.5600
4.5600
2.8000

$1.8021

$2.1986

$2.6432

$2.7081

$2.6990

$4.1282




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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T able I . -

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

L U M B E R A N D B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L S —Concluded.
W I N D O W G L A S S : A m e r ic a n , s in g le , t h ir d s , 6 b y 8 to 10 b y 15 in c li.
[Price per 50 square feet in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and
Drug Reporter.]

Month.

1891.

1890.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J uly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$1.6150
1.6150
2.0000
1.8000
1.8000
1.8000
1.8000
1.8000
1.8000
1.8000
1.8000
1.800U

$1.8000
1.8000
1.7100
1.7100
1.8000
1.8000
1.8000
1.8000
1.8000
1.8000
1.7100
1.7100

$1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.6200
1.7000
1.2113
1.2113
1.4250
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100

$1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100

$1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.7100
1.4250
1.6000
1.6000
1.5000
1.6388
1.6388
1.6388

$1.6388
1.6388
1.2750
1.2750
1.2291
1.2291
1.2291
1.4375
1.4375
1.4375
1.4375
1.4375

Average.

$1.7858

$1.7700

$1.5948

$1.7100

$1.6326

$1.3919

D R U G S A N D C H E M IC A L S .
A L C O H O L : D r a in , 94 p e r cent.
[Price per gallon in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J uly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$1.98
1.98
1.98
1.98
1.98
2.12
2.07
2.13
2.15
2.15
2.17
2.17

$2.17
2.17
2.17
2.21
2.23
2.21
2.21
2.23
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.23

$2.23
2.15
2.15
2.13
2.13
2.17
2.17
2.13
2.11
2.11
2.11
2.11

$2.48
2.21
2.21
2.21
2.13
2.11
2.11
2.11
2.15
2.11
2.17
2.17

Average.

$2.0717

$2.2150

$2.1417

$2.1808

1894.
$2.06
2.06
2.04
2.04
2.05
2.02
2.094
2.07
2.38
2.35
2.33
2.33
$2.1521

1895.
$2.33
2.30
2.36
2.36
2.29
2.36
2.35
2.34
2.32
2.30
2.32
2.32
$2.3292

A L C O H O L : W o o d , re fin e d , 95 p e r cent.
[Price per gallon in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.05

Average.

$1.1375




$1.05
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.15
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.264
$1.1598

$1,264
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
$1.2973

$1.30
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.00
1.00
1.00
$1.2917

$0.90
.774
.684
.684
.70
.70
.70
.70
.70
.70
.70
.70
$0.7198

$0.70
.70
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
$0.8667

431

COURSE OF W H OLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
LU M B ER A N D B U IL D IN G M A TER IA LS—Concluded.

T able I . —

W I N D O W G L A S S i A m e r ic a n , s in g le , th ir d s , 6 b y 8 to lO b y 15 in c h .
[Price per 60 square feet in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and
Drug Reporter.]

1896.

1898.

1897.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$1.4375
1.4375
1.4375
1.4375
1.4375
1.4375
1.4749
1.4749
1.6875
1.6875
1.8750
2.3750

$2.3750
1.6875
1.5625
1.5625
1.7813
1.7813
1.7813
2.0000
2.1375
2.1375
2.2500
2.5000

$2.5000
2.2088
2.2088
2.0925
2.2088
2.3250
2.3250
2.3250
2.4800
2.4800
2.4800
2.4800

$2.4800
2.2088
2.0925
1.9763
2.3560
2.4800
2.4800
2.3250
2.4800
2.4800
2.7900
2.6350

$1.8600
1.8600
1.8600
2.0925
2.0925
2.6505
2.6505
2.6505
2.6505
2.6400
2.4750
2.3513

$2.3513
2.5500
3.2704
3.8250
3.3564
3.6338
3.6338
3.6338
3.6338
3.6338
3.6338
2.2313

$1.6000

$1.9630

$2.3428

$2.3986

$2.3194

$3.2823

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

D R U G S A N D CHEM ICALS.
A L C O H O L : G r a in , 94 p e r cent.
[Price per gallon in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
1896.

1897.

$2.32
2.32
2.82
2.32
2.32
2.81
2.31
2.81
2.28
2.28
2.26
2.26

$2.26
2.25
2.24
2.26
2.29
2.29
2.29
2.29
2.31
2.31
2.27
2.26

$2.3008

$2.2767

1898.
$2.25
2.25
2.254
2.254
2.31
2.31
2.37
2.37
2.35
2.38
2.39
2.41
$2.3250

1899.

1900.

1901.

$2.42
2.42
2.42
2.40
2.42
2.42
2.42
2.42
2.42
2.40
2.40
2.38

$2.38
2.38
2.38
2.39
2.40
2.35
2.36
2.85
2.37
2.43
2.43
2.43

$2.43
2.43
2.43
2.43
2.45
2.43
2.43
2.47
2.49
2.49
2.49
2.53

$2.4117

$2.3867

$2.4583

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

'A L C O H O L : W o o d , refin ed , 95 p e r cent.
[Price per gallon in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
$0.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.60
.60

$0.70
.70
.70
.70
.70
.65
.65
.65
.65
.75
.75
.75

$0.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75

$0.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.80
.80
.90

$0.90
.90
.90
.90
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75

$0.75
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60
.60

$0.8500

$0.6958

$0.7500

$0.7708

$0.8000

$0.6125

3586—No. 39—02-----16




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,
W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
D R U G S A N D C H E M IC A D S — Continued.
A L U M : Lum p.

[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]

Month.

1891.

1890.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

90.0188
.0188
.0188
.0188
.0188
.0188
.0175
.0176
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175

90.0175
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0155
.0155
.0155
.0155
.0150
.0150
.0145

90.0145
.0145
.0150
.0160
.0160
.0160
.0160
.0160
.0165
.0165
.0175
.0175

90.0176
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0165
.0175

90.0175
.0170
.0160
.0170
.0175
.0175
.0170
.0170
.0170
.0165
.0160
.0165

90.0160
.0160
.0160
.0160
.0160
.0160
.0160
.0160
.0165
.0155
.0160
.0165

Average.

90.0182

90.0158

90.0160

90.0174

90.0169

90.0160

B R I M S T O N E :: C ru d e , seco n d s.
[Price per ton in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly ...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
D e c ............

919.25
19.00
19.00
19.50
19.76
22.00
22.00
19.75
20.25
23.00
23.25
27.00

926.00
26.75
30.00
35.00
32.00
27.00
25.00
25.00
27.50
30.00
29.50
29.50

930.25
28.00
24.00
22.25
22.00
23.50
24.00
24.25
24.25
23.50
23.50
20.25

920.75
19.00
20.50
19.50
18.75
18.75
19.25
18.00
17.00
18.00
17.75
17.50

917.50
17.25
17.25
16.75
16.75
15.75
16.25
16.25
16.25
16.00
16.26
16.75

916.50
15.50
15.75
15.75
15.25
16.25
15.75
16.00
15.00
15.50
15.25
15.00

Average.

921.1458

928.6042

924.1458

918.7292

916.5833

915.6250

G L Y C E R I N : R e fin e d , A m e r ic a n , b a r r e ls .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
J a n ..............
F e b ...............
M a r .............
A p r ...............
M a y ............
J u n e ..........
J u ly .............
A u g .............

Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
A v era g e.

90.18
.1 8
.1 8
.1 8
•171
.1 8
.1 8
.1 8
.171
.17
.1 7
.1 7
90.1767




90.16
.1 6
.151
.151
.151
.151
.151
.1 5
.1 5
.1 5
.1 5
.1 5
90.1538

90.15
.1 4
.1 4
.1 4
.1 4
.1 4
.1 4
.1 4
.1 4
.131
.131
.131
90.1396

90.131
.131
.131
.131
.131
.131
.131
.131
.131
.131
.131
.1 3
90.1346

90.121
.121
.12
.1 2
.12
.111
•111
.111
.1 2
.1 2
.1 2
.1 2
90.1194

90.12
.111
•111
•111
•111
.111
.111
.111
.111
.111
.131
.151
90.1204

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I . —

433

W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
D R U G S A N D C H E M IC A D S — Continued.
A L U M : Lum p.

[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.*

$0.0165
.0165
.0160
.0160
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165

$0.0165
.0160
.0160
.0170
.0170
.0170
.0170
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165

$0.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0160
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165

$0.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0165
.0175
,0175
.0175

$0.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175

$0.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175

$0.0164

$0.0166

$0.0165

$0.0168

$0.0175

$0.0175

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

B R I M S T O N E : C ru d e , seconds*
[Price per ton in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
$15.25
15.00
15.00
15.75
15.75
16.75
18.50
18.50
20.00
21.00
22.00
22.00

$21.00
20.25
19.75
19.75
19.00
19.00
19.50
20.00
21.00
20.75
21.00
20.50

$21.00
21.00
22.00
22.00
35.00
26.00
23.00
20.75
20.50
21.00
21.75
21.00

$21.25
21.50
22.00
21.75
20.25
20.75
20.75
20.50
20.75
22.00
21.00
21.00

$21.00
21.00
21.25
21.00
21.25
20.50
21.00
21.75
21.75
21.25
21.00
21.00

$22.00
22.00
21.25
21.00
21.00
21.75
22.25
21.75
22.00
22.25
24.00
22.75

$17.9583

$20.1250

$22.9167

$21.1250

$21.1458

$22.0000

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Aj>r.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C rlilT C B R IN : R e fin e d , A m e r ic a n , b a rre ls*
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
$0.17
.17
.17
.17
.17
.16*
.16*
.16*
.16*
.16*
.16*
.16*
$0.1671

$0.16*
.14
.14
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
$0.1308




$0.12
.12
.11*
.11*
.12
.12*
.13
.13
.12*
.12*
.13
.13
$0.1238

$0.12
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.13
.13
.14
.15
.15
.15
$0.1329

$0.15
.15
.16
.15
.15
.15
.15
.i5
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
$0.1515

$0.15*
.15
.15
.15*
.15*
.15*
.14*
.14*
.14*
.14*
.14*
.14*
$0.1504

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

D R U G S A N D C H E M IC A L S — Continued.
M U R I A T I C A C I D : 20°.
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]

Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

«0.0113
.0113
.0113
.0113
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100

$0.0100
.0100
.0100
.0110
.0110
.0110
.0090
.0090
.0090
.0090
.0090
.0090

$0.0090
.0090
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0138
.0138

$0.0138
.0090
.0090
.0090
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100

$0.0085
.0090
.0085
.0095
.0095
.0095
.0085
.0085
.0085
.0085
.0085
.0080

$0.0090
.0090
.0090
.0090
.0090
.0090
.0075
.0075
.0075
.0075
.0075
.0075

Average.

$0.0104

$0.0098

$0.0121

$0.0101

$0.0088

$0.0083

O P I U M : N a t u r a l (cases)*
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

a $2.40
o2.85
02.70
02.50
02.40
02.40
02.60
a2.75
o 2.70
o2.75
2.80
2.60

Average.

$2.6208

$2.25
2.00
2.10
2.00
2.00
1.85
1.85
1.75
1.90
1.85
1.874
1.90
$1.9438

$1,874
1.90
1.724
1.65
1.55
1.574
1.574
1.50
1.674
1.60
1.574
1.85
$1.6708

$1,824
1.80
2.024
3.00
2.90
2.60
2.45
2.35
2.50
2.60
2.50
2.15
$2.3917

$2.20
2.65
3.00
2.50
2.30
2.05
2.00
2.10
2.00
1.974
2.35
2.30
$2.2854

$2.30
2.15
2.20
2.00
1.75
1.60
1.65
1.60
1.60
1.70
1.77
1.774
$1.8413

Q U I N I N E : A m e r ic a n .
[Price per ounce in New York on the first of each month. Prices from 1890 to 1897 are for bulk, and
from 1898 to 1901 for 100-ounce tins. Quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug Reporter.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.35
.37
.37
.31
.31
.31
.31
.32
.32
.32
.32
.32

$0.30
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.24
.24
.24
.24

$0.24
.24
.24
.24
.22
.22
.22
.20
.20
.20
.20
.20

$0.20
.20
.20
.22
.22
.22
.22
.22
.22
.22
.22
.22

Average.

$0.3275

$0.2508

$0.2183

$0.2150




alnbond.

$0.25
.274
.274
.274
.274
.274
.25
.25
.254
.254
.254
.254
$0.2621

$0,254
.254
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
$0.2508

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able

I .—

435

WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
D R U G S A N D CHEM ICALS—Continued.
M U R I A T I C A C I D : 20°.

[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

30.0075
.0075
.0075
.0075
.0075
.0075
.0075
.0075
.0075
.0075
.0075
.0075

30.0113
.0113
.0113
.0113
.0113
.0113
.0113
.0113
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100

30.0113
.0113
.0113
.0113
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135

30.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135

30.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135

30.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0135
.0160
.0160
.0160
.0185
.0185

30.0075

30.0109

30.0128

30.0135 |

30.0135

30.0150

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

O P I U M : N a t u r a l (cases).
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
32.00
1.95
2.05
1.971
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.40
2.26
2.17*
2.12*
2.17*
32.0917

32.20
2.10
1.92*
2.35
2.25
2.25
2.30
2.32*
2.35
2.60
2.65
2.80
32.3417

32.70
2.80
2.95
3.00
3.55
3.50
3.55
3.75
3.65
3.60
3.55
3.50
33.3417

33.27*
3.20
3.05
2.92*
2.90
2.85
3.10
3.05
3.17*
3.15
3.10
3.10
33.0729

33.17*
3.10
3.05
3.25
3.15
3.10
3.07*
3.35
3.27*
3.15
3.27*
3.45
33.2000

33.45
3.40
3.35
3.17*
3.32*
3.20
3.22*
3.22*
3.15
8.15
3.10
3.00
33.2292

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

Q U I N I N E : A m e r ic a n .
[Price per ounce in New York on the first of each month. Prices from 1890 to 1897 are for bulk, and
from 1898 to 1901, for 100-ounce tins. Quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug Reporter.]
30.27
.26*
.26
.26*
.26*
.26*
.26
.26*
.21
.21*
.17*
.17*
30.2406

30.17*
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.15
.17
.17
.23
.27
.28
30.1829




30.25
.24
.22
.21
.24
.22
.20
.20
.20
.19*
.20
.20
30.2146

30.21
.24
.28
.40
.36
.36
.36
.32
.28
.22
.27
.27

30.29
.32
.35
.31
.31
.31
.31
.35
.37
.37
.35
.35

30.30
.27
.30
.32
.32
.34
.34
.32
.28
.28
.29
.27

30.2975

30.3325

30.3025

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

436

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

D R U G S A N D C H E M IC A L S — Concluded.
S U L P H U R I C A C I D : 66°.
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]

Month.

1891.

1890.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June.........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

80.0100

Average.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

80.0085
.0085
.0085
.0085

.0085
.0085
.0085
.0085
.0085
.0085
.0070
.0070

80.0070
.0070
.0070
.0085
.0085
.0085
.0085
.0085
.0085
.0085
.0085
.0085

.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100

80.0090
.0090
.0090
.0090
.0090
.0085
.0085
.0085
.0085
.0075
.0075
.0075

80.0080
.0075
.0075
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0075
.0070
.0070
.0075

80.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070

80.0088

80.0081

80.0095

80.0085

80.0073

80.0070

.0100
.0100
.0100

H O U S E F U R N IS H IN G G O O D S .
E A R T H E N W A R E : P la t e s , c r e a m -c o lo r e d , 7 -in ch .
[Price per dozen f. o. b., Trenton, N. J., on the first of each month.]
Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

80.4465
.4465
.4465
.4465
.4465
.4465
.4465
.4465
.4465
.4465
.4465
.4465

$0.4465
.4465
.4465
.4465
.4465
.4465
.4465
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230

$0.4230
.4230
.4230
. 4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230

$0.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230

$0.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4230
.4019
.4019
.40L9

$0.4019
.4019
.4019
.4019
.4019
.4019
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807

Average.

80.4465

$0.4367

$0.4230

$0.4230

$0.4177

$0.3913

E A R T H E N W A R E : P la t e s , w h i t e g r a n it e , 7 -in ch .
[Price per dozen f. o. b .,'Trenton, N. J., on the first o[ each month.]
J an .............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
A p r '- .......
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........

Dec..........

80.4888
.4888
.4888
.4888
.4888
.4888
.4888
.4888
.4888
.4888
.4888
.4888

$0.4888
.4888
.4888
.4888
.4888
.4888
.4888
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644

$0.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644

$0.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644

$0.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4644
.4332
.4332
.4332

$0.4332
.4332
.4332
.4332
.4332
.4332
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991

Average.

$0.4888

$0.4786

$0.4644

$0.4644

$0.4566

$0.4162




COUBSE OF WHOLESALE PBIOES, 1890 TO 1901.

437

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

D R U G S A N D C H E M IC A L S —Concluded.
S U L P H U R I C A C I D : 66°.
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]

1896.

1897.

80.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0070
.0075
80.0070

1

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

| Month.

$0.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0085
.0085
.0085
.0085

80.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120

$0.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120

80.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120
.0120

80.0120 1 Jan.
.0120 Feb.
.0120 Mar.
.0120 Apr.
.0120 May.
.0120 June.
.0120 July.
.0130 Aug.
.0130 Sept.
.0120 Oct.
.0140 Nov.
.0140 Dec.

80.0095

80.0113

80.0120

80.0120

80.0125

Average.

H O U S E F U R N IS H IN G G O O D S .
E A R T H E N W A R E : P la t e s , cre am -co lo re d ., 7-in c h .
[Price per dozen f. o. b., Trenton, N. J., on the first of each month.]
1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

80.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807

80.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807
.3807

80.31/09
.3969
.4190
.4190
.4190
.4190
.4190
.4190
.4190
.4190
.4190
.4190

80.4190
.4190
.4190
.4190
.4190
.4190
.4190
.4190
.4190
.4190
.4190
.4410

80.4410
.4410
.4410
.4410
.4410
.4410
.4410
.4410
.4410
.4410
.4410
.4410

$0.4655
.4655
.4655
.4655
.4655
.4655
.4655
.4655
.4655
.4655
.4655
.4655

80.3807

80.3807

80.4153

80.4208

$0.4410

80.4655

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

E A R T H E N W A R E : P la t e s , w h i t e g r a n it e , 7 -in c h .
[Price per dozen f. o. b., Trenton, N. J., on the first of each month.]
$0.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991

80.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991
.3991

80.4161
.4161
.4586
.4586
.4586
.4586
.4586
.4586
.4586
.4586
.4586
.4586

80.4586
.4586
.4586
.4586
.4586
.4586
.4586
.4586
.4586
.4586
.4586
.4841

80.4841
.4841
.4841
.4841
.4841
.4841
.4841
.4841
.4841
.4841
.4841
.4841

80.5096
.5096
.5096
.5096
.5096
.5096
.5096
.6096
.5096
.5096
.5096
.5096

80.3991

80.3991

80.4515

80.4607

80.4841

80.5096




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

438

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued

H O U SE F U R N IS H IN G GOODS—Continued.
E A R T H E N W A R E : T e a c u p s a n d sa u c e rs, w h it © g r a n it e , w i t h h a n d le s *
[Price per gross (6 dozen cups and 6 dozen saucers), i. o. b., Trenton, N. J., on the first of each month.]

Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M ay...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o y ...........
Dec.............

$3.7600
3.7600
3.7600
3.7600
3.7600
3.7600
3.7600
3.7600
3.7600
3.7600
3.7600
3.7600

$3.7600
3.7600
3.7600
3.7600
3.7600
3.7600
3.7600
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720

$3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
8.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720

$3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
8.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720

$3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.5720
3.3840
3.3840
3.3840

$3.3840
3.3840
3.3840
3.3840
3.3840
3.3840
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907

Average.

$3.7600

$3.6817

$3.5720

$3.5720

$3.5250

$3.2374

F U R N I T U R E : B e d r o o m sets, a s h , 3 pieces, b e d s t e a d , b u r e a u , a n d w a s h s t a n d .
[Price per set in New York on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00

$12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00

$12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00

$11.00
11.00

Average.

$12.00

$12.00

$12.00

$11.00

11.00

11.00
11.00
11.00

11.00

11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00

$11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00

11.00

$9.95
9.95
9.95
9.95
9.95
9.95
9.95
9.95
9.95
9.95
9.95
9.95

$11.00

$9.95

11.00

11.00

F U R N I T U R E : C h a ir s , b e d ro o m , m a p le , c a n e seat*
[Price per dozen in New York on the first of each month.]




COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

439

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

H O U S E F U R N I S H I N G G O O D S — Continued.
E A R T H E N W A R E : T e a cu ps a n d sa u c e rs, w h i t e g r a n it e , w i t h h a n d le s .
[Price per gross (6 dozen cups and 6 dozen saucers), f. o. b., Trenton, N. J., on the firstof each month.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907

$3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907
3.0907

$3.2222
3.2222
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869

$3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.5750

$3.5750
3.5750
3.5750
3.5750
3.5750
3.5750
3.5750
3.5750
3.5750
3.5750
3.5750
3.5750

$3.7632
3.7632
3.7632
3.7632
3.7632
3.7632
3.7632
3.7632
3.7632
3.7632
3.7632
3.7632

$3.0907

$3.0907

$3.3595

$3.4026

$3.5750

$3.7632

Month.
Jan.
Peb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

F U R N I T U R E : R e d r o o m sets, a s h , 3 pieces, b e d ste a d , b u r e a u , a n d w a s h s t a n d .
[Price per set in New York on the first of each month.]
$8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.76

$8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75
8.75

$10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00

$10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
11.25

$11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25

$11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25
11.25

$8.75

$8.75

$10.00

$10.10

$21.25

$11.25

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

F U R N I T U R E : C h a irs, b e d ro o m , m a p le , c a n e seat.
[Price per dozen in New York on the first of each month.]
$6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00

$5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00

$5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.50
5.50
5.50

$5.50
5.50
5.50
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25
7.00

$8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00

$7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00

$6,000

$5,000

$5,125

$6,125

$8,000

$7,000




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

440

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T able I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

H O U S E F U R N I S H I N G G O O D S —Continued.
F U R N I T U R E S : C h a irs, k itc h e n , c o m m o n sp in d le*
[Price per dozen in New York on the first of each month.]

Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20

$4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20
4.20

$4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25

$4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25

$3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50

$3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50

Average.

$4,200

$4,200

$4,250

$4,250

$3,500

$3,500

F U R N I T U R E : T a b le s , k itc h e n , 31-foot*
[Price per dozen in New York on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00

$15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15,00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00

$15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00

$15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00

$14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25

$14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25
14.25

Average.

$15.00

$15.00

$15.00

$15.00

$14.25

$14.25

G L A S S W A R E : N a p p ie s , 4 -ln c h *
[Price per dozen f. o. b., factory on the first of each month.]
J an .............
Feb.............
Mar.............
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June.........
J u ly ...........
A u g ...........
S e p t...........
O c t.............
Nov.............
Dec ...........

$0.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12

$0.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12

$0.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12

$0.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12

$0.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12

$0.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12

Average.

$0.12

$0.12

$0.12

$0.12

$0.12

$0.12




COUESE OP W HOLESALE PEICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I . —

441

W H OLESALE PEICES OF COM MODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
H O U S E E U R O T S H IIN G G O O D S — Continued.
F U R N 1 T U R £ : C h a irs, k itc h e n , c o m m o n s p in d le .
[Price per dozen in New York on the first of each month.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$8.60
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50

$3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50

$3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.50
3.50
3.50

$3.50
3.50
3.50
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.25
4.75

$5.25
5.25
5.25
5.25
5.25
5.25
5.25
5.25
5.25
5.25
5.25
4.75

$4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75

$3,500

$3,500

$3,313

$4,042

$5,208

$4,750

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

F U R N I T U R E : T a b le s , k itc h e n , 3 h-foot.
[Price per dozen in New York on the first of each month.]
$13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80

$13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80

$13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80

$13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
13.80
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.60

$15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60

$15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60
15.60

$13.80

$13.80

$13.80

$14.45

$15.60

$15.60

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

G L A S S W A R E : N a p p ie s , 4 -in c h .
[Price per dozen f. o. bMfactory on the first of each month.]
$0.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10

$0.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10

$0.10
.10*
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10

$0.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10

$0.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10

$0.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14

$0.10

$0.10

$0.10

$0.10

$0.10

$0.14




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

442

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T able I . — W H O LESALE PRICES OF COM M ODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

H O U S E F U R N I S H I N G G O O D S —Continued.
G L A S S W A R E : P itc h e rs , o n e -h a ll’ g a llo n , com m on *
[Price per dozen f. o. b., factory on the first of each month.]

Month.

1891.

1890.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan...........
Feb...........
Mar...........
A p r .........
M a y ___
June.........
J u ly ..........
A u g .........
Sep t.........
O c t...........
Nov...........
Dec ..........

81.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25

81.25
1.25
1.25
1.26
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25

81.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25

81.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25

81.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25

81.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25

Average

81.25

81.25

81.25,

81.25

81.25

81.25

G L A S S W A R E : T u m b le r s , t a b le , o n e-th ird , p in t , com m on*
[Price per dozen f. o. b., factory on the first of each month.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e ..........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

80.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18

80.20
.20
.20
.20
.20
.20
.20
.20
.20
.20
.20
.20

80.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19

80.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19

80.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19
.19

Average.

80.180

80.200

80.190

80.190

80.190

80.185

80.80

80.80

80.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*
.18*

T A B L E C U T L E R Y : C a rv e rs, s ta g h a n d le s *
[Average yearly price per set.]
Average.

80.80

80.80

80.80

80.95

T A B L E C U T L E R Y : K n i v e s a n d fo r k s , c o c o b o io h a n d le s , m e t a l bo lste r*
[Average yearly price per gross.]
Average.

87.75

87.75

86.85

85.50

85.50

85.50

W O O D E N W A R P : P a i ls , o a k - g r a i n e d , 3 -h o o p , w i r e ear*
[Price per dozen in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants’ Review.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

81.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60

81.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.35
1.35
1.35
1.35

81.35
1.35
1.35
1.35
1.35
1.35
1.35
1.36
1.35
1.35
1.35
1.35

81.35
1.35
1.35
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30

81.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.20
1.20
1.20

81.20
1.20
1.15
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10

Average.

81.5917

81.4500

81.3500

81.3125

81.2583

81.1208




COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

443

T a b l e I . — W H OLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

H O U S E F U R N I S H I N G G O O D S —Continued.
G L A S S W A R E x P itc h e rs , o n e - h a lf g a llo n , c o m m o n .
[Price per dozen f. o. b., factory on the first of each month.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25

$1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

$1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

$1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

$1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

$1.30
* 1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30

$1.25

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

$1.30

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

G L A S S W A R E : T u m b le r s , t a b le , o n e -t h ir d p in t, c o m m o n .
[Price per dozen f. o. b., factory on the first of each month.]
$0.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18

$0.17
.17
.17
.17
.17
.17
.17
.17
.17
.17
.17
.17

$0.16
.16
.16
.16
.16
.16
.16
.16
.16
.16
.16
.16

$0.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13

$0.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18

$0.18
.18
.18
.18
18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18

$0,180

$0,170

$0,160

$0,130

$0,180

$0,180

Average,

$0.75

Average.

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.

T A B L E C U T L E R Y x C a rv e rs, s ta g h a n d le s .
[Average yearly price per set.]
$0.80

$0.75

$0.75

$0.75

$0.75

T A B L E C U T L E R Y x K n iv e s a n d fo r k s , c o c o b o lo h a n d le s , m e t a l b o lste r.
[Average yearly price per gross.]
$5.50

$5.00

$5.50

$5.75

$5.75

$6.50

Average.

W O O D E N W A R E : P a l l s , o a k - g r a i n e d , 3 -h o o p , w i r e e a r.
[Price per dozen in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants’ Review.]
$1.10
1.25
1.25
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.25
1.25
1.25

$1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.15

$1.15
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15
1.15

$1.15
1.15
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.45
1.45

$1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.55
1.55
1.55
1.55
1.55

$1.55
1.55
1.55
1.55
1.55
1.55
1.55
1.55
1.55
1.55
1.55
1.55

$1.2625

$1.2417

$1.1333

$1.2667

$1.4917

$1.5500




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

444

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T a b l e I . -W H O L E S A L E

PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

H O U S E F U R N I S H I N G G O O D S —Concluded.
W O O D E N W A R E : T u b s , o a k - g r a i n e d , 3 in nest.
[Price per nest of 3 in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants’ Review.]

Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
J u ly...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

81.65
1.65
1.65
1.65
1.65
1.65
1.65
1.65
1.65
1.65
1.65
1.65

81.65
1.65
1.65
1.65
1.65
1.65
1.65
1.65
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40

81.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40

81.40
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30

81.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.25
1.25
1.25

81.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25

Average.

81.6500

81.5667

81.4000

81.3083

81.2875

81.2500

M ISC E IiliA N E O U S.
C O T T O N -S E E R M E A L .
[Price per ton of 2,000 pounds in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Month.

1890.

Jan............. 822.50-823.00
Feb.............
22.00- 23.00
Mar.............
23.00
Apr.............
23.00- 24.00
M ay...........
23.00
June...........
23.00
July...........
23.00
A u g ...........
22.00- 22.50
Sept...........
24.00
O c t.............
24.00- 25.00
N o v ...........
24.00- 25.00
24.00- 25.00
Dec.............
Average.

823.3750

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

824.00-825.00
25.00
25.00
25.00- 26.00
28.00- 29.00
24.00
24.00
24.00
25.00- 26.00
25.00- 26.00
25.00- 26.00
25.00- 26.00

823.60-824.00
22.00- 23.00
22.40- 23.00
23.50- 24.00
23.50
23.50
23.45
23.45
23.45
26.00
23.00- 24.00
24.50- 25.00

825.50-826.00
28.00- 28.50
29.50- 30.00
26.00- 27.00
24.00- 25.00
25.00- 26.00
24.00- 25.00
24.00
25.00- 25.40
23.00- 25.00
24.00- 27.00
25.00

823.00-824.00
22.00- 22.50
22.00- 22.50
23.00- 24.00
23.00- 24.00
22.00- 22.80
22.00- 22.80
22.00- 22.80
24.00
24.00
21.00
19.00- 20.00

818.00-820.00
16.00- 17.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
18.00- 20.00
20.00
20.00
19.40- 20.50
20.00
18.00- 18.50
18.00- 19.00
20.50- 21.00

825.2083

823.6958

825.7042

822.5583

818.9125

C O T T O N -S E E O O I L : S u m m e r y e llo w , p r im e .
[Price per gallon in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]




a No quotation for month.

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

445

T a b l e I — W HOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.

H O U S E F U R N I S H I N G G O O D S —Concluded.
W O O D E N W A R E : T u b s , o a k -g r a in e d , 3 in nest*
[Price per nest of 3 in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants’ Review.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

81.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25

81.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25

81.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25

81.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.35

81.35
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45

81.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.45
1.46

81.2500

81.2500

81.2500

81.2583

81.4417

81.4500

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

M ISC EIiIiA N EO U S.
C O T T O N -S E E D N E A L .
[Price per ton of 2,000 pounds in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.’

1900.

1901.

820.50-821.00
20.50
20.50
20.50
20.50
20.00
19.00
19.00
20.00- 21.00
20.00
19.25
18.50- 19.00

818.50-819.00
18.50- 19.00
19.00
(a)
(a)
(a)
(a)
22.00
22.00
21.50- 22.00
21.00- 21.50
19.50- 20.50

819.50-820.50
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00- 18.50
18.00- 18.50
18.00
20.00- 21.00
19.00- 21.00
17.85- 18.75
20.10
20.60

820.85
819.00- 22.10
19.00- 22.10
19.00- 21.50
19.00-21.50
19.00- 21.50
19.00- 21.50
19.00- 22.00
19.00- 22.00
19.00- 22.00
19.00- 20.00
25.60

825.00
25.60
26.60
25.50
25.00
825.50- 26.00
25.60
25.60
25.60
24.30
26.60
25.40

825.00
25.75
25.00
25.00
26.00
25.00
23.00
25.00
25.00
825.00- 26.00
25.50
25.50

819.9376

820.4375

819.0000

820.7958

825.5458

825.0208

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

C O T T O N -S E E D O IL .: S u m m e r y e llo w , p rim e*
[Price per gallon in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
80.23
.23
.23*
.22*
.24
.23*
.23*
.26
.27*
.24
.21*
.21*

80.28
.28
.25*
.25*
.25*
.23*
.25
.22*
.23
.25*
.25*
.24
80.2513

80.2365




80.22*
.22
.23
.22
.24
.25*
.23
.23*
.22*
.22
.22*
.22
80.2288

80.23
.24
.26
.26
.26
.26
.26*
.26
.26
.31
.26*
.32*
80.2663

80.36
.36*
.37
.36*
.38
.35
.37*
.35*
.34*
.36*
.32*
.31*
80.3556

80.29
.31
.30
.35*
.34
.35*
.38
.38*
.40
.43
.35
.39
80.3571

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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W HOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
M I S C E L L A N E O U S —Continued.
JU TE : Raw *

[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

Month.
Jan...........
Feb...........
Mar...........
A pr...........
M a y ..........
June..........
J u ly ..........
A u g ..........
S ep t..........
O c t...........
Nov...........
D ec...........
Average

1890.
30.03 -80.05J
.03 - .05{
.03 - .051
.03 - .051
.02*- .041
.021- .041
.031- .041
.031- .041
.031- .041
.031- .041
. 0 3 - .04
. 0 3 - .04
30.0388

1892.
30.03 -30.04
. 0 3 - .04
. 0 3 - .04
. 0 3 - .04
. 0 3 - .04
. 0 3 - .04
.03 - .04
.03 - .04
.03 - .041
.031- .05
.031- .05
.031- .05
30.0371

30.031-30.05
.04 - .051
.041- .051
.041- .05
.041- .05
.041- .05
.041- .05
.041- .05
.041- .05
.041- .05
.041- .051
.041- .051

1893.

1894.

1895.

30.04H0.051 30.031-30.041 30.021 -30.031
.031- .041
021 - .03;*
.031- -041
.031- .041
.031- .041
.021- .031
.031- -041
.024- .021
.021- .041
.021- .031
.0 2 f- .041
.02|- .031
.021- .0 4 *
.021- .031
.031- .04
.021
. 0 3 - .04

. 021-

.03 .031-

30.0475

.0 2 1

.041
-041

30.0346

.021

.021- .021
.021- .031

30.0345

30.0279

M A L T : W e stern m ade*
[Price per bushel in New York on the last of each month; quotations from the Brewers’ Journal.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

30.65-30.67
.65- .67
.65- .67
.65- .67
.65- .75
.65- .75
.65- .75
.65- .75
.75- .82
.90- .95
.90- .95
.90- .95

Average.

30.'7500

30.95.95.95.95.95.90.80.80.80-

30.95
.95
.95
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
.95
.85
.85
.85

301.9271

30.80-30.85
.80- .85
.80- .85
.75- .83
.75- .83
.75- .83
.76- .83
.75- .83
.75- .83
.75- .83
.80- .85
.75- .821

30.75-30.821
.75- .821
.75- .821
.75- .821
.75- .821
.75- .821
.75- .821
.75- .821
.75- .821
.75- .821
.65- .80
.60- .80

30. j8015

30.'7750

30.68-30.80
.68- .80
.65- .80
.75- .80
.75- .80
.70- .80
.70- .80
.70- .80
.70- .80
.70- .80
.68- .75
.68- .75

30.68-30.75
.68- .75
.68- .76
.68- .75
.68- .75
.68- .75
.68- .75
.68- .75
.68- .75
.58- .68
.58- .63
.55- .61

30.'7446

30. (>854

P A P E R : N e w s*
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month. From 1890 to 1897 prices are for rag and
wood paper, and from 1898 to 1901, for wood. Quotations from the New York Journal of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan............. 30.0375-30.0450 30.0325-30.0375
30.0325 30.0275-30.0350 30.0300-30.0350 30.0300-30.0350
Feb.............
.0388- .0425 .0325- .0375 30.0325- .0375 .0263- .0350 .0300- .0350 .0275- .0350
M a r ...........
.0350- .0375 .0325- .0350 .0325- .0375 .0300- .0350 .0300- .0350 .0275- .0350
Apr.............
.0325- .0375 .0325- .0350 .0325- .0375 .0300- .0350 .0300- .0350 .0300- .0350
M a y ...........
.0350- .0400 .0325- .0350 .0325- .0375 .0300- .0350 .0300- .0350 .0300- .0350
J u n e .........
.0350- .0400 .0325- .0350 .0325- .0375 .0300- .0350 .0300- .0350 .0250- .0350
July...........
.0350- .0400 .0325- .0350 .0325- .0375 .0300- .0350 .0300- .0350 .0250- .0350
A u g ...........
.0375- .0425 .0325- .0350 .0325- .0375 .0300- .0350 .0300- .0350 .0250- .0350
Sept...........
.0375- .0425 .0325- .0350 .0300- .0350 .0300- .0350 .0250- .0350 .0260- .0350
O ct.............
.0375- .0425 .0325- .0350 .0300- .0350 .0300- .0350 .0300- .0350 .0250- .0350
N o v ...........
.0350- .0400 .0325- .0350 .0300- .0350 .0250- .0350 .0300- .0350 .0250- .0350
Dec.............
.0325- .0375 .0325- .0350 .0300- .0350 .0250- .0350 • .0300- .0350 .0250- .0350
Average.

30.0382




30.0340

30.0340

30.0318

30.0323

30.0308

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able

447

I . — W HOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
M I S C E I iL A N E O I J S—Continued.
JUTE: R aw .

[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

1896.
$0.02*-$0.03*
.02*- .03*
.02|- .03*
.02*- .03*
.02*- .03*
.02*- .03*
.02*- .03*
.02*- .03*
.02*- .03*
.02*- .04
.04*- .04*
.04*
$0.0319

1897.
$0.04*
$0.03|- .04
.03*- .04
.03*- .04
.03*
.03*
.03*
.03*
.03*
.03*
.03*
.03*
$0.0373

1899.

1898.
$0.03*
.03*
.03*
.03*
.03*
$0.03|- .03*
.03*
.03*
.03*
.03*
.03*
.03*
$0.0332

1900.

$0.03*
.02*
.03*
.03*
.03*
.03*
.03*
.03*
.03*
.04*
.04*
.04*

$0.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*

$0.0365

$0.0435

1901.
$0.03*
•03*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.04*
.03*
.03*
.03*
.03*
$0.04- .04&
$0.0400

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

M A L T : W e stern m ade.
[Price per bushel in New York on the last of each month; quotations from the Brewers’ Journal.]
$0.55-$0.61
.55- .60
.55- .60
.55- .60
.55- .60
.55- .60
.55- .60
.55- .60
.55- .60
.50- .55
.50- .55
.50- .55

$0.50-$0.55
.50- .55
.50- .55
.50- .55
.50- .55
.50- .55
.50- .53
.54- .55
.54- .55
.55- .65
.55- .62
.55- .62

$0.55-$0.62
.55- .62
.58- .64
.61- .67
.63- .67
.60- .63
.60- .63
.60- .63
.55- .62
.58- .65
.60- .67
.62- .67

$0.62-$0.67
.64- .68
.64- .68
.64- .68
.59- .63
.59- .63
.58- .62
.58- .62
.59- .63
.59- .63
.58- .62
.58- .62

$0.58-$0.62
.57- .62
.59- .63
.59- .63
.59- .63
.63- .67
.63- .67
.63- .67
.63- .73
.67- .75
.70- .78
.70- .78

$0.72-$0.78
.72- .78
.70- .76
.70- .76
.70- .76
.70- .76
.70- .76
.71- .77
.74- .78
.72- .76
.76- .79
.76- .79

$0.5629

$0.5438

$0.6163

$0.6221

$0.6538

$0.7450

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

P A P E R : N ew s.
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month. From 1890 to 1897 prices are for rag and
wood paper, and from 1898 to 1901, for wood. Quotations from the New York Journal of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin.]
$0.0250-$0.0350 $0.0250-$0.0300 $0.0200-$0.0225 $0.0200-$0.0213 $0.0250-$0.0300 $0.0225-$0.0275
.0225- .0300 .0250- .0300 .0200- .0213 .0200- .0225 .0275- .0313 .0225- .0250
.0225- .0300 .0250- .0300 .0185- .0225 .0200- .0225 .0300- .0313 .0219- .0250
.0250- .0350 .0250- .0300 .0200- .0225 .0200- .0225 .0288- .0313 .0219- .0250
.0225- .0300 .0250- .0300 .0213- .0250 .0200- .0225 .0300- .0325 .0225- .0263
.0225- .0300 .0250- .0300 .0225- .0238 .0200- .0225 .0250- .0325 .0206- .0225
.0250- .0300 .0250- .0300 .0225- .0238 .0200- .0225 .0250- .0300 .0206- .0225
.0250- .0300 . C250- .0300 .0225- .0238 .0200- .0225 .0275- .0300 .0206- .0238
.0250- .0300 .0225- .0300 .0213- .0225 .0188- .0200 .0225- .0275 .0200- .0225
.0250- .0300 .0225- .0300 .0213- .0225 .0175- .0200 .0250- .0300 .0190- .0225
.0250- .0300 .0225- .0300 .0213- .0225 .0195- .0205 .0225- .0275 .0210- .0225
.0250- .0300 .0225- .0300 .0200- .0213 .0218- .0238 .0225- .0275 .0213- .0225
$0.0275

$0.0271

$0.0219

3586—No. 39—02---- 17




$0.0209

$0.0281

$0.0226

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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I . — W HOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
M I S C E L L A N E O U S —Continued.
P A P E R : W r a p p i n g , m a n ila .

[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

Month.
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
June...........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............
Average.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

!
1
80.0475-80.0675 80.0475-80.0675 80.0475-80.0675 80.0500 80.0675 80.0500-80.0675 80.0500-80.0675
.0475- .0675 .0475- .0675 .0475- .0600
.0500 .0500- .0675 .0500- .0675
.0475- .0675 .0475- .0675 .0475- .0600 .0500- .0675 .0500- .0650 .0500- .0675
.0475- .0675 .0475- .0675 .0475- .0600 .0500- .0675 .0500- .0650 .0500- .0675
.0475- .0675 .0475- .0675 .0475- .0600 .0500- .0675 .0500- .0650 .0500- .0675
.0475- .0675 .0475- .0675 .0475- .0600 .0500- .0675 .0500- .0675 .0500- .0675
.0475- .0675 .0475- .0675 .0475- .0600 .0500- .0675 .0475- .0675 .0500- .0675
.0475- .0675 .0475- .0675 .0475- .0600 .0500- .0675 .0500- .0675 .0500- .0650
.0475- .0675 .0475- .0675 .0500- .0675 .0600- .0675 .0500- ..0675 .0500- .0650
.0475- .06751 .0475- .0675 .0500- .0675 .0475- .0650 .0500- .0675 .0500- .0675
.0475- .0675 .0475- .0675 .0500- .0675 .0475- .0650 .0500- .0675 .0500- .0675
.0475- .0675 .0475- .0675 .0500- .0675 .0475- .0650 .0500- .0675 .0500- .0675
80.0575




80.0575

80.0558

80.0579

80.0584

80.0586

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able

449

I . —W HOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
M I S C E L L A N E O U S —Continued.
P A P E R : W r a p p i n g , m a n ila .

[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0.0500-$). 0675 $0.0500-$0.0675 $0.0500-$0.0675 $0.0425-$0.0450 $0.0450-$0.0475 $0.0450-$0.0550
.0500- .0675 .0500- .0675 .0400- .0650 .0425- .0450 .0450- .0500 .0450- ,.0550
.0500- .0675 .0500- .0675 .0400- .0650 .0425- .0450 .0450- .0500 .0450- ,.0550
.0500- .0675 .0500- .0675 .0375- .0400 .0425- .0450 .0450- .0500 .0450- ,.0525
.0500- .0675 .0500- .0675 .0400- .0425 .0425- .0450 .0450- .0500 .0475- ,.0525
.0500- .0675 .0500- .0675 .0425- .0450 .0425- .0450 .0450- .0500 .0475- ,.0525
.0500- .0675 .0500- .0675 .0425- .0450 .0425- .0450 .0450- .0500 .0475- ,.0525
.0500- .0675 .0500- .0675 .0425- .0450 .0425- .0450 .0450- .0500 .0475- ,.0525
.0500- .0675 .0500- .0675 .0425- .0450 .0425- .0450 .0450- .0550 .0475- ,.0525
.0500- .0675 .0500- .0675 .0425- .0450 .0425- .0450 .0450- .0550 •.0475- .0550
.0500- .0675 .0500- .0675 .0425- .0450 .0425- .0450 .0450- .0550 .0475- ,.0550
.0500- .1675 .0500- .0675 .0425- .0450 .0425- .0450 .0450- .0500 .0475- ,.0550
$0.0588

$0.0588




$0.0459

$0.0438

$0.0480

$0.0502

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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W HOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

M ISC E LLA N E O U S—Continued.
P R O O F S P IR IT S .
[Average weekly price per gallon in Peoria, 111. Prices are for high wines, 1890 to 1896, and for proof
continuing until the last of January, 1895, as shown in the Report of the Industrial Commission on
November 25,1891; $0.0814 per gallon December, 1891, to March, 1893; $0.0828 per gallon April, 1893,
reports of the Peoria Board of Trade.]

Month.

1890.

1891.

Jan.............

$1.0300
1.0300
1.0300
1.0300

Feb.............

1.0300
1.0300
1.0300
1.0300

M a r ...........

1.0300
1.0300 $1.08601.0300
1.0300
1.0300
1.0300
1.0300
1.0300 1.10601.0300

Apr.............

1.0300
1.0300
1.0300
$1.0300- 1.1000
1.0360
1.0360
J u n e .........
1.0360
1.0360
1.0360

M a y ...........

J u ly...........

i.0360^ i.0460
1.0460
1.0460
1.0460

A u g ...........

i.0560- i.0660
1.0660- 1.0760
1.0760
1.0760
1.0760
1.0760
1.0760
1.0760
1.0760

Sept...........

O ct.............

1.0760
1.0760
1.0760
1.0760- 1.0860

N o v ...........

i. 0860
1.0860
1.0860
1.0860
1.0860
1.0860
1.0860
1.0860
1.0860

Dec.............

Average.

$1.0533




1892.

1893.

$1.0860
$1.0986
$1.2186
1.0986 $1.2186- 1.2686
1.0860
1.0860
1.0986
1.2686
1.0860 $1.0786- 1.0986
1.2686
1.0860
1.0786
1.0860 1.0586- 1.0786
1.0886
1.0860
1.0586
1.0886
1.0860
1.0586
1.0886
1.0860
1.0586
1.0886
1.0860
1.0586
1.1060 1.0486- 1.0586
1.1060
1.0486
1.1060
1.0486

1894.
$1.0672
1.0672
1.0672
1.0672

3L.0886
1.0886
1.0886
1.0886

1.1060
1.1060
1.1260
1.1260

i. 0872
i.0486
1.0872
1.0486
1.0486 1.0572- 1.0672
1.0572
1.0486
1.0486 1.0472- 1.0572
1.1160- 1.1260
1.0486
1.0472
1.1160 1.0486- 1.0586
1.0472
1.1160 1.0586- 1.0686 1.0372- 1.04721
1.1060- 1.1160
1.0686
1.0372
1.1060
1.1060
1.0686
i. 0372
1.1060
1.0786
1.0372
1.1060 1.0686- 1.0786
1.0372
1.1060
1.0686
1.0372
$1.06721.1060
1.0372 1.09721.0686
1.1060
1.0686
1.0372 1.11721.1060
1.0686
1.0372
1.1060
1.0686
1.0372
1.0686
1.0372
i.i060
1.0686
1.0372
1.1060
1.0686
1.0372
1.1060
1.0686
1.0372 1.13721.1060- 1.1160
1.0686
1.0372
1.1160
1.1160
1.0686
i . 0372 1.19721.1160
1.0686
1.0372
1.1160
1.0686
1.0372
1.1160
1.0686
1.0372
1.0372
1.1160
1.0686
1.0372 1.21001.1160
1.0686 1.0372- 1.0572
1.1160
1.0686
1.0572
1.1160
1.0686 1.0572- 1.0672
1.1160
1.0686
1.1160
1.0686
1.0672
1.1160
1.0686
1.0672
1.1160
1.0686
1.0672
1.0986
1.0686
1.0672
1.0986
1.0686
1.0986 1.0686- 1.1686
1.0986 1.1686- 1.2186
1.0986
1.2186
1.2186
$1.1052

$1.0757

1.0672
1.0672
1.0672
1.0672
1.0672 1.2000$1.0713

1895.
$1.20 -$1.21
1.21
1.21
1.21

1.0672
1.0672
1.0672
1.0672

1.19|- 1.23
1.19*
1.19*
1.19*

1.0672
1.0672
1.0672
1.0672
1.0672
1.0672
1.0672
1.0672
1.0672

1.22
1.22 - 1.22*
1.22*- 1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.19 - 1.23
1.19
1.19

1.0672
1.0672
1.0672
1.0672

l .i 9
1.21 - 1.23
1.23
1.24

1.0672
1.0672
1.0672
1.0672
1.0972
1.1172
1.1372
1.1372
1.1372

1 .2 4 -1 .2 5
1.25
1.25
1 .2 4 -1 .2 5
1.24
1.23*- 1.24
1.23 - 1.23*
1.23
1.23

1.1372
1.1372 i
1.1972
1.1972

i.23
1 .2 1 -1 .2 3
1.21
1.19*- 1.21
1.19*
1.19*
1 .1 9 -1 .1 9 *
1.19
1.19

1.2472
1.2472
1.2472
1.2472
1 2472
L3100
1.2100
1.2100
1.2100
1.2100
1.2100
1.2100
1.2100
1.2100
1.2100
1.2100
1.2100
1.2100

$1.1326

1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19 - 1.19*
1.19*
1.19*
1.19*
1.19*
1.19*
1.19*
1.19*
1.19*
1.19*
$1.2109

451

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T a b l e I . — WHOLESALE PRICES

OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.

M I S C E M jA N E O T T S—Continued.
P R O O F S P IR IT S .
spirits, 1897 to 1901. Prices include tax; but rebate has been deducted beginning May 25,1890, and
Trusts and Industrial Combinations, pages 211 and 816. Rebate, $0,064 per gallon May 25, 1890, to
to September, 1894, and $0.02 per gallon October, 1894, to January, 1895. Quotations from the annual

1897.

1896.
$1.21-$1.22
1.21- 1.22
1.21- 1.22
1.21- 1.22
1.211.211.211.211.211.211.211.211.21-

1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22

1.211.211.211.21-

$1.17 -$ 1 .18
1.17 - 1.18
1.16*- 1.18
1.16 - 1.17*
1.16 - 1.17
1.16 - 1.17
1.16 - 1.17
1.16 - 1.17
1.16 - 1.17

$1.18 -$1.18*
1.18 - 1.18*
1.18 - 1.18*
1.18 - 1.18*
1.18 - 1.18*
1.18 - 1.18*
1.18 - 1.18*
1.18 - 1.19
1.18*- 1.19*

$1.26
1.26
1.25
1.25

-$1.26*
- 1.26*
- 1.26*
- 1.25*

1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25

-

1.25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.25*

i. i7
1.17
1.17
1.17

i. 19
1.19
1.19
1.19

1.19*
1.19*
1.19*
1.19*

1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25

-

1.25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.25*

1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22

1.16 1.17*1.17*1.18*-

1.18
1.18
1.19
1.19

1.211.211.211.211.211.211.211.211.21-

1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22

1.18*1.18*1.18*1.18*1.18*1.18*1.18*1.18*1.18*-

1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19

1.19 - 1.19*
1.19 - 1.19*
1.19 - 1.19*
1.19 - 1.20*
1.20 - 1.21*
1 .2 1 -1 .2 1 *
1.21 - 1.22*
1.22 - 1.22*
1.22 - 1.22*

1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25

-

1.25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.25*

1.22
1.22
1.22
1.22

-

1.22*
1.22*
1.22*
1.22*

i. 25
1.25
1. 25
1.25

-

i. 25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.25*

1.201.201.201.20-

1.22
1.21
1.2J
1.21

i.2 0 1.191.191.191.191.191.181.181.18-

1.21
1.21
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.19
1.19
1.19

1.18*1.18*1.18*1.18*1.18*1.18*1.18*1.18*1.19*-

1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.20
1.21

1.22
1.24
1.24
1.24
1.24
1.24
1.24
1.24
1.24

-

1.24*
1.24*
1.24*
1.24*
1.24*
1.24*
1.24*
1.24*
1.24*

1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25

-

1.20*1.20*1.20*1.19*-

1.21
1.21
1.21
1.21

1.24
1.24
1.24
1.24

-

1.24*
1.24*
1.24*
1.24*

1.181.181.181.181.181.181.181.181.18-

1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19

1.18*1.18*1.18*1.18*1.17*1.17*1.18*1.18 1.18 -

1.20
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.19
1.18*

1.24 1.24 1.24 1.24 1.24 1 .2 4 1.24 1.24 1.24 -

1.24*
1.24*
1.24*
1.24*
1.24*
1.24*
1.24*
1.24*
1.25*

1.18
1.18
1.18
1.18

1.18*
1.18*
1.18*
1.18*

1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25

1.25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.26*

$1.2031

-

$1.1830




-

1899.

-

1.18- 1.19
1.18- 1.19
1.18- 1.19
1.18- 1.19

i. i6
1.16
1.16
1.16

1898.

-

$1.2220

1900.

1901.

Month.

$1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23

$1.27 Jan.
1.27
1.27
1.27

1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23

1.27 Feb.
1.27
1.27
1.27

$1.23 - 1.23*
1.23*
1.23*- 1.24
1.24
1.24 - 1.24*
1.24*- 1.25
1.25
1.25
1.25

1.27 Mar.
1.27
1.27
1.27
1.27
1.27 Apr.
1.27
1.27
$1.27- 1.28

1.25
1.25
1.24*- 1.25
1.23*- 1.24*

1.28- 1.30 May.
1.28- 1.30
1.28
1.27- 1.28

1.25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.25*

i. 23*
1.23*
1.23*
1.23*
1.23*
1.23*
1.23*
1.23*
1.23*

1.27 June.
1.27
1.27
1.27
1.27
1.27 July.
1.27
1.27
1.27- 1.29

1.23*
1.23*
1.23*- 1.24*
1.24*

1.20*1.20*1.20*1.20*1.20*1.20*1.21*1.21*1.21*-

1.25*
1.21
1.21
1.21
1.21
1.22
1.22
1.22
1.23

1.24*
1.24*- 1.25*
1.25*
1.25*
1.25*- 1.26*
1.26*
1.26*
1.26*
1.26*

1.29 Aug.
1.29- 1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30 Sept.
1.30
1.30
1.30

1.22*1.22*1.22*1.22*-

1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23

1.26*
1.26*
1.26*
1.26*

1.22*1.22*1.22*1.22*1.22*-

1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.23

1.26*
1.26*
1.26*
1.26*
1.26*

$1.2421

$1.2460

1.30 Oct.
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30 Nov.
1.30- 1.31
1.31
1.31
1.31- 1.32
1.32 Dec.
1.32
1.32
1.32
$1.2861

Average.

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W HOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Continued.
M IS C E L iIJ A N E O X J S —Continued.
r o pe

:: M a n i la , 3-8 in c h .

[Price per pound f. o. b., New York or factory on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]

Month.

1890.

1891.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O c t.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.1458
.1527
.1527
.1527
.1527
.1527
.1527
.1527
.1527
.1527
.1404
.1330

$0.1150
.1150
.1125
.1125
.1000
.1000
.1000
.0975
.0950
.0911
.1000
.1075

Average.

$0.1494

$0.1038

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

$0.1157 $0.1010-$0.1034 $0.0763-$). 0813 $0.0763-$0.0813
.1157 .0960- .0985 .0763- .0813 .0763- .0813
.1157 .0960- .0985 .0714- .0763 .0739- .0788
.1157 .0960- .0985 .0665- .0714 .0739- .0788
.1157 .0936- .0960 .0640- .0690 .0690- .0714
.1157 .0936- .0960 .0714- .0763 .0690- .0714
.1157 .0936- .0960 .0739- .0788 .0665- .0690
.1157 .0862- .0887 .0813- .0862 .0665- .0690
.1157 .0837- .0862 .0788- .0837 .0690- .0714
.1157 .0837- .0862 .0788- .0837 .0739- .0763
.1157 .0837- .0862 .0788- .0837
.0763
$0.1034-. 1059 .0788- .0837 .0763- .0813
.0739
$0.1148

$0.0919

$0.0770

$0.0735

R U B B E R : P a r a I s la n d , fine.
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
A p r ...........
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec ...........
Average.

$0.72-$0.73
.68
.79- .80
.84- .85
.87- .90
.92- .94
.90- .92
.90- .93
.95- .98
.84- .86
.79- .82
.73- .97
$0.8379 |

$0.76-$0.80
.87- .91
.87- .90
.91- .95
.90
.87- .90
.83- .88
.80- .82
.60- .63
.64- .65
.63- .65
.65- .66

$0.63-$0.64
.64- .65
.67- .69
.72- .75
.67- .70
.68- .70
.69- .71
.65- .70
.62- .65
.67- .69
.66- .68
.67- .70

$0.67-$0.70
.78- .80
.74- .77
.75- .77
.75- .76
.73- .75
.70- .75
.65- .66
.65- .67
.69- .72
.66- .70
.68- .70

$0.671-SO.70
.65 - .67
.66 - .68
.66 - .68
.65 - .66
.65 - . 66
.66 - .68
.64 - .66
.66 - .70
.67 - .70
.69 - .72
.69 - .72

$0.73-$0.75
.72- .75
.70- .75
.72- .74
.71- .73
.74- .76
.72- .74
.70- .73
. 72- 74
.76- .77
.80- .83
.74- .77

$0.7908

$0.6763

$0.7167

$0.6744

$0.7425

S O A P : C astile, m o ttle d , p u re .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
J an ..
F eb..
Mar .
A p r..
M ay.
June
July.
Aug .
Sept.
O c t..
Nov .
D ec..
Average.

$0.05|
.051
.051
.051
.051
.051
.061
.061
.061
.06
.06
.06
$0.0594




$0.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
$0.0621

$0,061
.061
.06*
.06!

loei
.061
.06
.061
.061
.061
.061

$0.0624

$0,061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
$0.0615

$0,061
.061
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.051
.051
.Oof
.0oi
.0ol
$0.0588

$0,051
.051
.051
.051
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
$0.0507

COTJRSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
Table I . —

453

WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Continued.
M I S C E L L A N E O U S —Continued.
R O P E : M a n i la , 3-8 in c li.

[Price per pound f. o. b., New York or factory on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]

1896.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0.0714 $0.0665-$0.0690
$0.0616
$0.0837
$0.1575 $0.1000-$0.1025
.0714 .0665- .0690
.0640 $0.0788- .0813
.1575 .1000- .1025
.0690 .0665- .0690
.0665
.0862
.1575 .1050- .1075
.0690 .0665- .0690
.0665
.0985
.1575
(a)
.0690 .0591- .0616
.0714
.1010
.1575
(a)
.0690 .0591- .0616
.0911 .0985- .1010
.1475
.1100
.0690 .0591- .0616 $0.1034- .1059 .0985- .1010
.1375
.1025
.0591 .0591- .0616
.1034 .1010- .1034 $0.1100- .1125 .0975- .1025
.1182 .1100- .1125 .0975- .1025
.0591
.0591
.1034
.0616
.0591
.1330 .0950- .0975 .1050- .1100
.0936
.0616
.0616
.1527 .0875- .0925 .1300- .1325
.0985
$0.0665- .0690
.0640
.0862
.1576 .1000- .1025 .1300- .1325
$0.0664

$0.0631

$0.0842

$0.1094

$0.1320

$0.1092

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

R U B B E R : P a r a I s la n d , fine.
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
$0.74 -$0.76
.70 - .72
.73 - .75
.74 - .76
.80 - .84
.86 - .90
.83 - .84
.82 - .84
.78 - .82
.81 - .84
. 814— .84
.824- .84

$0.79-$0.85
.79- .85
.81- .85
.81- .84
.84- .87
.83- .85
.83- .85
.84- .87
.87- .90
.86- .88
.86- .88
.83- .84

$0.8000

$0.8454

$0.81-$0.82
.86- .864
.93
.93
.92- .924
.93
.96
1 . 01- 1.014
1.00
.93- .934
.92
.91
$0.9271

$0.94 -$0,944
1.00 - 1.01
1.01 - 1.02
1.014- 1.02
1.01 - 1.02
.99 - .994
.97 - .974
.97 - .974
.96 - .97
.98 - .984
.99
1.07 - 1.08

$1.06 -$1,064
1.064- 1.07
1.04 - 1.05
1.07 - 1.08
1.06 - 1.07
' .88
.92 - .93
.91 - .92
.96
.98 - .99
.92 - .93
.87 - .88

$0.9954

$0.9817

$0.87-$0.88 Jan.
.85 Feb.
.84- .85 Mar.
.84 Apr.
.89 May*
.87 June.
.85- .86 July.
.83- .84 1 Aug.
.88 Sept.
.85 Oct.
.80 Nov.
.80- .81 Dec.
$0.8496

Average.

S O A P : C astile, m o ttle d , p u re.
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
. Reporter.]
$0.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.05
.054
$0.0502

$0,064
.054
.05
.054
.054
.054
.054
.05f
.05f
.054
.0&4
.054
$0.0531




$0,054
.054
.054
.054
.054
.054
.054
.054
.054
.054
.054
.054
$0.0550

$0,054
.054
.054
.054
.054
.054
.054
.054
.054
.054
.054
.054
$0.0558

a No quotation for month.

$0,054
.054
.054
.064
.064
.064
.064
.064
.064
.064
.064
.064
$0.0613

$0,064
.064
.06
.06f
.06|
.064
.064
.064
.064
.064
.064
.064
$0.0655

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

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W HOLESALE PBICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Concluded.
M I S C E I jI jA K E O U S — Concluded.
S T A R C H : L a u n d r y , la r g e lu m p .

[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants’ Review-1

Month.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
May...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.0300
.0800
.0300
.0325
.0325
.0325
.0350
.0400
.0400
.0450
.0488
.0488

$0.0438
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425
.0425

$0.0425
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0350
.0350
.0350
.0350
.0350
.0350
.0350

$0.0350
.0350
.0368
.0375
.0368
.0368
.0368
.0368
.0368
.0368
.0368
.0368

$0.0368
.0363
.0363
.0363
.0363
.0363
.0363
.0350
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0375

$0.0375
.0350
.0350
.0350
.0350
.0375
.0400
.0400
.0350
.0350
.0350
.0350

Average.

$0.0371

$0.0426

$0.0373

$0.0366

$0.0366

$0.0363

T O R A C C O : P l u g , H o r s e s h o e , b r ig lit .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants’ Review.]
Jan.............
Feb.............
M a r ...........
Apr.............
M a y ...........
J u n e .........
July...........
A u g ...........
Sept...........
O ct.............
N o v ...........
Dec.............

$0.39
.39
.39
.41
.41
.41
.41
.41
.41
.41
.41
.41

$0.40
.40
.40
.41
.41
.41
.41
.39
.41
.41
.38
.38

$0.38
.39
.39
.37
.37
.37
.36
.36
.37
.37
.37
.37

Average.

$0.4050

$0.4008

$0.3725

$0.37
.39
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
$0.3967 ,

$0.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40

$0.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40
.40

$0.4000

$0.4000

T O R A C C O : S m o k in g , g r a n u la t e d , S e a l o f N o r t h C a ro lin a .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants’ Review.]




COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I . —

455

W HOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Concluded.
m S C E E E A N E O T J S — Concluded.
S T A R C H : L a u n d r y , la r g e lu m p *

[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants’ Review.]

1896.

1898.

1897.

1899.

1900.

1901.

$0.0350
.0325
.0325
.0325
.0325
.0325
.0325
.0275
.0275
.0275
.0300
.0300

$0.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300

$0.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300

$0.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0300

$0.0325
.0325
.0325
.0325
.0350
.0350
.0350
.0350
.0350
.0325
.0350
.0350

$0.0350
.0350
.0325
.0325
.0325
.0350
.0350
.0375
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0400

$0.0310

$0.0300

$0.0300

$0.0300

$0.0340

$0.0363

Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

T O B A C C O : P l u g , H o r s e s h o e , b r ig h t .
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants’ Review.]
$0.40
.40
.40
.40
.37
.38
.38
.38
.38
.36
.36
.36

$0.36
.36
.36
.36
.36
.37
.39
.39
.39
.39
.39
.39

$0.39
.39
.39
.39
.39
.39
.45
.45
.45
.45
.41
.41

$0.41
.41
.41
.42
.42
.42
.42
.42
.42
.42
.42
.42

$0.42
.42
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.44
.46
.46
.46
.46

$0.47
.47
.47
.47
.47
.47
.47
.46
.46
.46
.46
.46

$0.3808

$0.3758

$0.4133

$0.4175

$0.4433

$0.4658

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

T O B A C C O : S m o k in g , g r a n u la t e d , S e a l o f N o r th C a ro lin a *
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Merchants’ Review.]
$0.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50

$0.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50

$0.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56

$0.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56

$0.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56

$0.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56
.56

$0.50

$0.50

$0.53

$0.56

$0.56

$0.56




Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Average.

456

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,

II.— BASE PRICES (AVERAGE PRICE FOR 1890-1899), AVERAGE
YEARLY PRICES, AND RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901.

T able

[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Farm products.
Barley: by
sample.

Cattle: steers, Cattle: steers,
choice to extra. good to choice.

Com: No. 2,
cash.

Cotton: upland,
middling.

Year.
Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
hundred
bushel. price.
price. hundred price. bushel. price. pound. price.
pounds.
pounds.
Average,1890-1899.. $0.4534
.5062
1890...........................
.6098
1891...........................
.5085
1892...........................
.4685
1893...........................
.5134
•1894...........................
.4300
1 8 9 5 .,........................
.2977
1896...........................
.3226
1897 ...........................
.4348
1898...........................
.4425
1899...........................
.4815
1900...........................
.5884
1901...........................

100.0
111.6
134.5
112.2
103.3
113.2
94.8
65.7
71.2
95.9
97.6
106.2
129.8

$5.3203
4.8697
5.8851
5.0909
5.5211
5.1591
5.4849
4.5957
5.2255
5.3779
5.9928
5.7827
6.1217

100.0
91.5
110.6
95.7
103.8
97.0
103.1
86.4
98.2
101.1
112.6
108.7
115.1

$4.7347
4.1375
5.0976
4.4995
4.8394
4.5245
4.9344
4.2712
4.7736
4.8846
5.3851
5.3938
5.5901

100.0
87.4
107.7
95.0
102.2
95.6
104.2
90.2
100.8
103.2
113.7
113.9
118.1

$0.3804
.3950
.5744
.4500
.3964
.4326
. 395o
.2580
.2546
.3144
.3333
.3811
.4969

100.0 $0.07762
.11089
103.8
. 08603
151.0
118.3
. 07686
104.2
.08319
.07002
113.7
104.0
.07298
67.8
.07918
66.9
.07153
.05972
82.6
87.6
.06578
100.2
.09609
130.6
.08627

100.0
142.9
110.8
99.0
107.2
90.2
94.0
102.0
92.2
76.9
84.7
123.8
111.1

Farm products.

Year.

Hides: green,
Flaxseed: N o.l. Hay: timothy, salted, packers, Hogs: heavy.
No. 1.
heavy native
steers.

Hogs: light.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
hundred
bushel. price.
ton.
price. pound. price. hundred
pounds. price. pounds. price.
Average,1890-1899.. $1.1132
1890............................ 1.3967
1891...........................
1.0805
1892...........................
1.0179
1893............................ 1.0875
1894............................ 1.3533
1895............................ 1.2449
1896............................
.8119
1897 ............................
.86%
1898 .......................... 1.1115
1899............................ 1.1578
1900............................ 1.6223
1901............................ 1.6227

100.0 $10.4304
125.5
9.9952
97.1 12.2861
91.4 11.8375
97.7 11.2067
121.6 10.4183
111.8 11.3844
72.9 10.3269
78.1
8.4423
99.8
8.3317
104.0 10.0745
145.7 11.5673
145.8 12.8255

100.0
95.8
117.8
113.5
107.4
99.9
109.1
99.0
80.9
79.9
96.6
110.9
123.0

$0.0937
.0933
.0951
.0870
.0749
-.0641
.1028
.0811
.09%
.1151
.1235
.1194
.1237

100.0
99.6
101.5
92.8
79.9
68.4
109.7
86.6
106.3
122.8
131.8
127.4
132.0

$4.4123
3.9534
4.4229
5.1550
6.5486
4.9719
4.2781
3.3579
3.5906
3.8053
4.0394
5.0815
5.9580

100.0
89.6
100.2
116.8
148.4
112.7
97.0
76.1
81.4
86.2
91.5
115.2
135.0

$4.4206
3.9260
4.3404
5.0675
6.5752
4.9327
4.2533
3.5591
3.7223
3.7587
4.0709
5.1135
5.9177

100.0
88.8
98.2
114.6
148.7
111.6
96.2
80.5
84.2
85.0
92.1
115.7
133.9

Farm products.

Year.

Hops: New
York State,
choice.

Oats: No. 2,
cash.

Rye: No. 2,
cash.

Sheep: native. Sheep: Western.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
pound. price. bushel. price. bushel. price. hundred price. hundred price..
pounds.
pounds.
Average,1890-1899.. $0.1771
1890............................
.2621
1891............................
.2640
1892............................
.2505
1893............................
.2271
1894...........................
.1515
1895............................
.0940
1 8 % ............................
.0877
1897............................
.1160
1898............................
.1621
1899............................
.1563
1900............................
.1483
1901............................
.1719




100.0
148.0
149.1
141.4
128.2
85.5
53.1
49.5
65.5
91.5
88.3
83.7
97.1

$0.2688
.3106
.3873
.3042
.2827
.3110
.2373
.1801
.1825
.2470
.2452
.2271
.3179

100.0
115.6
144.1
113.2
105.2
115.7
88.3
67.0
67.9
91.9
91.2
84.5
118.3

$0.5288
.5447
.8334
.6764
.4899
.4660
.4825
.3517
.3%2
.4958
.5521
.5177
.5328

100.0
103.0
157.6
127.7
92.6
88.1
91.2
66.5
74.9
93.8
104.4
97.9
100.8

$3.7580 .100.0 $3.9541
4.5284 120.5
4.6644
4.5106 120.0
4.5719
4.7798 127.2
4.8695
3.8781 103.2
4.1255
2.6957
71.7
2.9808
2.9495
78.5 . 3.0943
2.9322
78.0
3.1411
3.4971
93.1
3.7692
3.9250 104.4
4.1625
3.8837 103.3
4.1615
4.1236 109.7
4.5207
3.3519
89.2
3.7442

100.0
118.0
115.6
123.2
104.3
75.4
78.3
79.4
95.3
105.3
105.2
114.3
94.7

457

COURSE OS’ WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

I I . — BASE PRICES (A V E R A G E PRICE FOR 1890-1899), A V E R A G E
Y E A R L Y PRICES, AND R E LA TIV E PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901— Continued.

T able

[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Farm products.

Year.

Wheat: con­
tract grades,
cash.

Food, etc.
Beans: medium, Bread: crack­
choice.
ers, Boston X .

Bread: crack­
ers, soda X X .

Bread: loaf
(Washington
market).

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
bushel. price. bushel. price. pound. price. pound. price.
price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.7510
..............
1890
.8933
1891
..............
.9618
1892
..............
.7876
1893
..............
.6770
1894
..............
.5587
1895
..............
.6000
1896 ...........................
.6413
1897
..............
.7949
1898
..............
.8849
1899
..............
.7109
1900
..............
.7040
1901
..............
.7187

100.0
118.9
128.1
104.9
90.1
74.4
79.9
85.4
105.8
117.8
94.7
93.7
95.7

$1.6699
2.0292
2.2531
1.8698
1.9906
1.8469
1.7896
1.1740
1.0448
1.2479
1.4531
2.0969
2.1927

100.0
121.5
134.9
112.0
119.2
110.6
107.2
70.3
62.6
74.7
87.0
125.6
131.3

$0.0673
.0700
.0700
.0688
.0650
.0650
.0654
.0650
.0592
.0733
.0713
.0750
.0800

100.0
104.0
101.0
102.2
96.6
96.6
97.2
96.6
88.0
108.9
105.9
111.4
118.9

$0.0718
.0800
.0800
.0763
.0750
.0725
.0675
.0658
.0592
.0758
.0663
.0675
.0700

100.0
111.4
111.4
106.3
104.5
101.0
94.0
91.6
82.5
105.6
92.3
94.0
97.5

$0.0398
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0375
.0408
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0400

100.0
100.5
100.5
100.5
100.5
100.5
* 94.2
102.5
100.5
100.5
100.5
100.5
100.5

Food, etc.

Year.

Bread: loaf,
homemade
(New York
market).

Bread: loaf,
Vienna
(New York
market).

Butter: cream­
Butter: cream­ ery, Elgin and
ery, Elgin (El­ other Western
gin market).
(New York
market).

Butter: dairy,
New York
State.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price |>er tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
price.
price. pound. price. pound. price. pound. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.0396
..............
1890
.0400
1891
..............
.0400
1892
..............
.0400
1893
..............
.0400
1894
..............
.0400
1895
..............
.0400
1896
..............
.0358
1897 ...........................
.0400
1898
..............
.0400
1899
..............
.0400
1900
..............
.0400
1901
..............
.0400

100.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
90.4
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0

$0.0396
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0358
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0400
.0400

100.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
90.4
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0

$0.2170
.2238
.2501
.2528
.2581
.2194
.2064
.1793
.1837
.1886
.2075
.2178
.2114

100.0
103.1
115.3
116.5
118.9
101.1
95.1
82.6
84.7
86.9
95.6
100.4
97.4

$0.2242
.2276
.2586
.2612
.2701
.2288
.2137
.1841
.1895
.1954
.2126
.2245
.2163

100.0
101.5
115.3
116.5
120.5
102.1
95.3
82.1
84.5
87.2
94.8
100.1
96.5

$0.2024
.1954
.2380'
.2350
.2521
.2091
.1882
.1665
.1684
.1749
.1965
.2115
.2007

100.0
96.5
117.6
116.1
124.6
103.3
93.0
82.3
83.2
86.4
97.1
104.5
99.2

Food, etc.

Year.

Cheese: N. Y.
Statefactory,f.c.

Coffee: Rio,
No. 7.

Eggs: new-laid, Fish: cod, dry,
fancy, near-by.
bank, large.

Fish: herring,
shore, round.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
pound. price. pound. price. dozen. price. quintal. price. barrel. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.0987 100.0 $0.1313
1890
..............
.0958
97.1
.1793
1891
..............
.1011 102.4
.1671
1892
..............
.1058 107.2
.1430
1893
..............
.1076 109.0
.1723
1894
..............
.1060 107.4
.1654
1895
..................... .0929
.....................
.1592
94.1.....................
1896
..............
.0908
92.0
.1233
1897
..............
.0968
98.1
.0793
1898
..............
.0822
83.3
.0633
1899
..............
.1075 108.9
.0604
1900
..............
.1128 114.3
.0822
1901
..............
.1011 102.4
.0646




100.0
136.6
127.3
108.9
131.2
126.0
121.2
93.9
60.4
48.2
46.0
62.6
49.2

$0.1963
.1945
.2160
.2167
.2247
.1835
.2002
.1741
.1718
.1817
.1994
.1977
.2095

100.0
99.1
110.0
110.4
114.5
93.5
102.0
88.7
87.5
92.6
101.6
100.7
106.7

$5.5849
5.6771
6.7292
7.0521
6.3802
5.9583
5.5208
4.2083
4.5208
4.6667
5.1354
5.3021
5.9896

100.0
101.7
120.5
126.3
114.2
106.7
98.9
75.4
80.9
83.6
92.0
94.9
107.2

$3.7763
3.5250
4.7068
2.9375
3.8125
3.3958
3.1563
3.3542
3.6354
4.2083
5.0313
5.0833
4.9792

100.0
93.3
124.6
77.8
101.0
89.9
83.6
88.8
96.3
111.4
133.2
134.6
131.9

458

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,

T able I I . — BASE PRICES (AVERAGE PRICE FOR 1890-1899), AVERAGE

YEARLY PRICES, AND RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901—Continued.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Food, etc.

Year.

Fish: mackerel,
Fish: salmon,
salt, large
canned.
No. 3s.

Flour: buck­
wheat.

Flour: rye.

Flour: wheat,
spring patents.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
barrel. price. dozen price. hundred price. barrel. price. barrel. price.
cans.
pounds.
Average, 1890-1899..
1890............................
1891............................
1892............................
1893............................
1894........... ................
1895............................
1896............................
1897............................
1898............................
1899...........................
1900...........................
1901............................

$14.1306
18.2500
15.3125
13.0000
13.0000
11.0556
15.6250
13.9167
12.2292
13.6667
.15.2500
13.8958
10.8182

100.0
129.2
108.4
92.0
92.0
78.2
110.6
98.5
86.5
96.7
107.9
98.3
76.6

$1.4731
1.6417
1.5000
1.4833
1.4938
1.4250
1.5042
1.5500
1.3375
1.2667
1.5292
1.7708
1.7125

100,0
111.4
101.8
jlO

O .7

101.4
96.7
102.1
105.2
90.8
86.0
103.8
120.2
116.3

$1.9428
2.0214
2.4429
1.7891
2.3679
2.4357
1.6750
1.3806
1.4656
1.5500
2.3000
2.1036
2.1063

100.0 $3.3171
104.0
3.3646
125.7
4.9208
92.1
4.0167
121.9
3.0854
125.4
2.7813
86.2
3.1333
71.1
2.6833
75.4
2.8063
79.8
3.0813
118.4
3.2979
108. *3 3.4250
108.4
3.3208

100.0
101.4
148.3
121.1
93.0
83.8
94.5
80.9
84.6
92.9
99.4
103.3
100.1

$4.2972
5.1856
5.3053
4.3466
4.0063
3.5947
3.6434
3.7957
4.5913
4.7293
3.7740
3.8423
3.8104

100.0
120.7
123.5
101.1
93.2
83.7
84.8
88.3
106.8
110.1
87.8
89.4
88.7

Food, etc.

Year.

Flour: wheat,
winter
straights.

Fruit: apples,
evaporated,
choice.

Fruit: apples,
sun-dned,
Southern,
sliced.

Fruit: currants, Fruit: prunes,
California, in
in barrels.
boxes.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
barrel. price. pound. price. pound. price. pound. price. pound. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $3.8450
1890...........................
4.6524
1891...........................
4.9048
1892............................ 4.1216
1893............................ 3.2832
1894............................ 2.7495
1895............................ 3.2311
1896............................ 3.6197
1897 ............................ 4.3606
1898............................ 4.1452
1899............................ 3.3822
1900...........................
3.3490
1901............................ 3.3085

100.0
121.0
127.6
107.2
85.4
71.5
84.0
94.1
113.4
107.8
88.0
87.1
86.0

$0.0847
.1136
.1100
.0688
.0927
.1092
.0678
.0533
.0555
.0890
.0869
.0615
.0709

100.0
134.1
129.9
81.2
109.4
128.9
80.0
62.9
65.5
105.1
102.6
72.6
83.7

$0.0515
.0690
.0825
.0423
.0508
.0631
.0481
.0312
.0267
.0398
.0610
.0443
.0410

100.0
134.0
160.2
82.1
98.6
122.5
93.4
60.6
51.8
77.3
118.4
86.0
79.6

$0.0375
.0478
.0426
.0297
.0270
.0173
.0254
.0327
.0479
.0580
.0470
.0720
.0831

100.0
127.5
113.6
79.2
72.0
46.1
67.7
87.2
127.7
154.7
125.3
192.0
221.6

$0.0774
.1068
.1000
.0995
.1039
.0735
.0666
.0581
.0546
.0544
.0565
.0522
.0525

100.0
338.0
129.2
128.6
134.2
95.0
86.0
75.1
70.5
70.3
73.0
67.4
67.8

Food, etc.

Year.

Fruit: raisins,
California Lon­
don layer.

Glucose: 41°,
mixing.

Lard: prime
contract.

corn,
Meal: ■
fine white.

Meal: corn,
fine yellow.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price
tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
per box. price. 100 lbs. price. pound. price. 100 lbs. price. 100 lbs. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $1.5006
1890............................ 2.3604
1891............................ 1.8021
1892............................ 1.4688
1893............................ 1.7000
1894............................ 1.1542
1895............................ 1.4292
1896............................ 1.0188
1897............................ 1.3979
1898............................ 1.3917
1899............................ 1.2833
1900............................ 1.5208
1901............................ 1.4417




100.0 o$1.4182
157.3
120.1
97.9
113.3
1.7625
76.9
1.5802
95.2
1.5492
67.9
1.1585
93.2
1.2190
92.7
1.3021
85.5
1.3558
101.3
1.4875
96.1
1.6458

100.0

124.3
111.4
109.2
81.7
86.0
91.8
95.6
104.9
116.0

$0.0654
.0633
.0660
.0771
.1030
.0773
.0653
.0469
.0441
.0552
.0556
.0690
.0885

a Average for 1893-1899.

100.0
96.8
100.9
117 9
157.6
118.2
99.8
71.7
67.4
84.4
85.0
105.5
135.3

$1.0486
1.0613
1.4746
l ! 1921
l ! 1013
1.1188
1.0721
.8129
.8158
.8821
.9554
1.0115
1.1979

100.0
101.2
140^6
113! 7
m o
106.7
102.2
77.5
77.8
84.1
91.1
96.5
114.2

$1.0169
1.0200
li 4579
1*1608
L0833
1.0629
1.0613
.7854
.7633
.8463
.9273
.9908
1.1875

100.0
100.3
143.4
114 2
106! 5
104.5
104.4
77.2
75.1
83.2
91.2
97.4
116.8

459

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901,

T able I I . — BASE PRICES (AVERAGE PRICE FOR 1890-1899), AVERAGE

YEARLY PRICES, AND RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901—Continued.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Food, etc.

Year.

Meat: bacon,
short clear
sides.

Meat: bacon,
short rib sides.

Meat: beef,
fresh, native
sides.

Meat: beef, salt, Meat: beef, salt,
extra mess.
hams, Western.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
pound. price. pound. price. pound. price. barrel. price. barrel. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.0675
1890...........................
.0603
1891...........................
.0699
1892...........................
.0787
.1048
1893............................
.0751
1894............................
1895............................
.0650
.0494
1896............................
.0541
1897............................
.0596
1898...........................
.0583
1899............................
.0752
1900...........................
.0891
1901............................

100.0
89.3
103.6
116.6
155.3
111.3
96.3
73.2
80.1
88.3
86.4
111.4
132.0

$0.0656
.0586
.0681
.0764
.1010
.0736
.0632
.0479
.0522
.0594
.0558
.0732
.0869

100.0
89.3
103.8
116.5
154.0
112.2
96.3
73.0
79.6
90.5
85.1
111.6
132.5

$0.0771
.0688
.0819
.0762
.0813
.0748
.0792
.0698
.0769
.0781
.0835
.0804
.0787

100.0
89.2
106.2
98.8
105.4
97.0
102.7
90.5
99.7
101.3
108.3
104.3
102.1

$8.0166
6.9596
8.3654
6.7966
8.1938
8.0933
8.1274
7.5096
7.6755
9.1563
9.2885
9.7538
9.3204

100.0 $18.0912
86.8 14.5409
104.4 15.5144
84.8 14.5577
102.2 17.8317
101.0 18.3558
101.4 17.3443
93.7 15.9327
95.7 22.6250
114.2 21.4880
115.9 22.7212
121.7 20.6587
116.3 20.3774

100.0
80.4
85.8
80.5
98.6
101.5
95.9
88.1
125.1
118.8
125.6
114.2
112.6

Food, etc.

Year.

Meat: hams,
smoked,
packed.

Meat: mutton,
dressed.

Meat: pork,
salt, mess, old
to new.

Milk: fresh.

Molasses: New
Orleans, open
kettle, prime.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
pound. price. pound. price. barrel. price. quart. price. gallon. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.0984
.0995
1890............................
.0982
1891...........................
.1076
1892............................
.1249
1893............................
.1019
1894............................
.0947
1895............................
.0943
1896............................
.0894
1897............................
.0807
1898............................
.0923
1899............................
.1025
1900............................
.1075
1901...........................

100.0
101.1
99.8
109.3
126.9
103.6
96.2
95.8
90.9
82.0
93.8
104.2
109.2

$0.0754
.0933
.0866
.0914
.0803
.0605
.0620
.0625
.0728
.0739
.0711
.0727
.0675

100.0 $11.6332
123.7 12.1502
114.9 11.3029
121.2 11.5252
106.5 18.3389
80.2 14.1262
82.2 11.8255
82.9
8.9399
96.6
8.9087
98.0
9.8678
94.3
9.3462
96.4 12.5072
89.5 15.6108

100.0
104.4
97.2
99.1
157.6
121.4
101.7
76.8
76.6
84.8
80.3
107.5
134.2

$0.0255
.0263
.0267
.0268
.0279
.0263
.0253
.0234
.0235
.0239
.0253
.0274
.0262

100.0
103.1
104.7
105.1
109.4
103.1
99.2
91.8
92.2
93.7
99.2
107.5
102.7

$0.3151
.3542
.2788
.3188
.3346
.3092
.3083
.3246
.2617
.3083
.3525
.4775
.3783

100.0
112.4
88.5
101.2
106.2
98.1
97.8
103.0
83.1
97.8
111.9
151.5
120.1

Food, etc.

Year.

Rice: domes­
tic, choice.

Salt: Ameri­
can, fine.

Salt: Ashton’s.

Soda: bicar­
bonate of,
American.

Spices: nut­
megs.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
pound. price. barrel. price. bushel. price. pound. price. pound. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.0561
.0605
1890...........................
.0637
1891...........................
.0569
1892...........................
.0459
1893...........................
.0526
1894...........................
.0533
1895...........................
.0519
1896...........................
.0542
1897...........................
.0608
1898............................
.0607
1899............................
.0548
1900............................
.0548
1901............................




100.0
107.8
113.5
101.4
81.8
93.8
95.0
92.5
96.6
108.4
108.2
97.7
97.7

$0.7044
.7921
.7865
.7575
.7019
.7192
.7019
.6226
.6613
.6648
.6365
1.0010
.8567

100.0
112.5
111.7
107.5
99.6
102.1
99.6
88.4
93.9
94.4
90.4
142.1
121.6

$2.2033
2.4646
2.3813
2.3750
2.3250
2.2375
2.0500
2.0500
2.0500
2.0500
2.0500
2.0500
2.1813

100.0
111.9
108.1
107.8
105.5
101.6
93.0
93.0
93.0
93.0
93.0
93.0
99.0

$0.0209
.0275
.0317
.0218
.0285
.0268
.0177
.0152
.0150
.0129
.0117
.0123
.0107

100.0
131.6
151.7
104.3
136.4
128.2
84.7
72.7
71.8
61.7
56.0
58.9
51.2

$0.4322
.6317
.0081
.5319
.4584
.3996
.3969
.3590
.3354
.3140
.2871
.2601
.2346

100.0
146.2
140.7
123.1
106.1
92.5
91.8
83.1
77.6
72.7
66.4
60.2
54.3

460

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T able I I . — BASE PRICES (AVERAGE

PRICE FOR 1890-1899), AVERAGE
YEARLY PRICES, AND RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901—Continued.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table L ]
Food, etc.

Year.

Spices: pepper,
Singapore.

Starch: pure
corn.

Sugar: 89° fair Sugar: 96° cen­ Sugar: granu­
refining.
trifugal.
lated.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
pound. price. pound. price. pound. price. pound. price. pound. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. 30.0749
.1151
1890............................
.0873
1891............................
.0689
1892...........................
.0595
1893............................
.0516
1894...........................
.0497
1895...........................
.0500
1896...........................
.0664
1897...........................
.0891
1898...........................
.1117
1899...........................
.1291
1900........................
.1292
1901...........................

100.0
153.7
116.6
92.0
79.4
68.9
66.4
66.8
88.7
119.0
149.1
172.4
172.5

$0.0548
.0546
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0567
.0554
.0513
.0500
.0500
.0500
.0500
.0470

100.0 30.03398
99.6
.04890
109.5
.03459
109.5
.02873
109.5
.03203
103.5
.02759
.02894
101.1
93.6
.03192
91.2
.03077
91.2
.03712
91.2
.03922
91.2
.04051
85.8
.03521

100.0 30.03869
143.9
.05460
101.8
.03910
84.5
.03315
94.3
.03680
81.2
.03229
85.2
.03253
93.9
.03624
90.6
.03564
109.2
.04235
115.4
.04422
119.2
.04572
103.6
.04040

100.0 30.04727
141.1
.06168
101.1
.04714
85.7
.04354
95.1
.04836
83.5
.04111
84.1
.04155
93.7
.04532
92.1
.04497
109.5
.04974
114.3
.04924
118.2
.05332
104.4
.05048

100.0
130.5
99.7
92.1
102.3
87.0
87.9
95.9
95.1
105.2
104.2
112.8
106.8

Food, etc.
Tallow.
Year.

Tea: Formosa,
fine.

Vegetables,
fresh: onions.

Vegetables,
fresh: potatoes, Vinegar: cider,
Monarch.
Burbank.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
pound. price. pound. price. barrel. price. bushel. price. gallon. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. 30.0435
.0460
1890
...............
.0483
1891
...............
..............
.0463
1892
.0544
1893
..............
1894
...............
.0480
.0434
1895
...............
.0343
1896
...............
.0332
1897
.: ............
.0356
1898
...............
1899
...............
.0453
1900
...............
.0485
1901
..............
.0518

100.0
105.7
111.0
106.4
125.1
110.3
99.8
78.9
76.3
81.8
104.1
111.5
119.1

30.2839
.2733
.2817
.3008
.2888
.2783
.2700
.2583
.2800
.2958
.3117
.2977
. 285p

100.0
.96.3
99.2
106.0
101.7
98.0
95.1
91.0
98.6
104.2
109.8
104.9
100.4

33.3995
4.3438
4.1250
3.6042
3.1875
3.2500
3.1146
1.9479
3.9271
3.2708
3.2238
2.4271
3.5000

100.0
127.8
121.3
106.0
93.8
95.6
91.6
57.3
115.5
96.2
94.8
71.4
103.0

30.4991
.5956
.7730
.4546
.6714
.6128
.4326
.1965
.3279
.5094
.4172
.3736
.5642

100.0
119.3
154.9
91.1
134.5
122.8
86.7
39.4
65.7
102.1
83.6
74.9
113.0

30.1478
.1558
.1800
.1642
.1500
.1500
.1450
.1300
.1300
.1325
.1400
.1350
.1325

100.0
105.4
121.8
111.1
101.5
101.5
98.1
88.0
88. d
89.6
94.7
91.3
89.6

Cloths and clothing.

Year.

Bags: 2-bushel,
Amoskeag.

Blankets: 11-4, Blankets: 11-4, Blankets: 11-4,
5 pounds to
5 pounds to
Boots and
5 pounds to
the pair, cotton the pair, cotton shoes: men’s
the pair, all
warp, all wool
warp,
cotton
brogans,
split.
wool.
filling.
and wool filling.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
bag.
price. pound. price. pound. price. pound. price.
pair.
price.
Average,1890-1899.. 30.1399
1890
..............
.1594
1891
..............
.1563
1892
..............
.1550
1893
..............
.1494
1894
..............
.1275
1895
..............
.1150
1896
..............
.1281
1897
..............
.1300
1898
..............
.1338
1899
..............
.1446
1900
..............
.1575
1901
..............
.1413




100.0
113.9
111.7
110.8
106.8
91.1
82.2
91.6
92.9
95.6
103.4
112.6
101.0

30.84
.91
.89
.90
.90
.85
.75
.75
.75
.90
.80
.90
.85

100.0
108.3
106.0
107.1
107.1
101.2
89.3
89.3
89.3
107.1
95.2
107.1
101.2

30.613
.650
.650
.640
.640
.550
.540
.560
.650
.625
.625
.750
.650

100.0
106.0
106.0
104.4
104.4
89.7
88.1
91.4
106.0
102.0
102.0
122.3
106.0

30.424
.460
.460
.430
.420
.410
.400
.400
.420
.420
.420
.525
.475

100.0
108.5
108.5
101.4
99.1
96.7
94.3
94.3
99.1
99.1
99.1
123.8
112.0

30.9894
1.0500
1.0500
1.0375
1.0125
.9688
.9813
.9938
.9500
.9125
.9375
.9375
.9438

100.0
106.1
106.1
104.9
102.3
97.9
99.2
100.4
96.0
92.2
94.8
94.8
95.4

461

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901,
T able I I . — BASE PRICES (AVERAGE

PRICE FOR 1890-1899), AVERAGE
YEARLY PRICES, AND RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901—Continued.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Cloths and clothing.

Year.

Boots and
Boots and
Boots and
Boots and
Broadcloths:
shoes: men’s
shoes: men’s
shoes: men’s shoes: women’s first quality,
calf bal. shoes, split boots, kip vici kid shoes,
solid grain
black, 54-inch,
top, 16-inch,
Goodyear
Goodyear welt,
shoes, leather,
made from
polish or polka.
dongola top.
i double sole.
welt.
X X X wool.
Average
Average Rela­ price per Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive
tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
dozen
pair.
pair.
pair.
price. pairs. price.
price.
price. yard. price.

Average, 1890-1899..
1890...........................
1891...........................
1892...........................
1893...........................
1894............................
1895............................
1896...........................
1897...........................
1898...........................
1899...........................
1900...........................
1901...........................

$2,376
2.400
2.400
2.400
2.400
2.400
2.400
2.400
2.400
2.320
2.240
2.240
2.300

100.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
97.6
94.3
94.3
96.8

$16,350
17.000
17.000
17.000
16.500
16.000
15.000
15.500
16.000
16.500
17.000
18.000
18.375

100.0
104.0
104.0
104.0
100.9
97.9
91.7
94.8
97.9
100.9
104.0
110.1
112.4

$2.30
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.25
2.25
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00

100.0
108.7
108.7
108.7
108.7
108.7
97.8
97.8
87.0
87.0
87.0
87.0
87.0

$0.8175
.8500
.8000
.7750
.7500
.7500
.8500
.8500
.8500
.8500
.8500
.9042
.8542

100.0
104.0
97.9
94.8
91.7
91.7
104.0
104.0
104.0
104.0
104.0
110.6
104.5

$1,732
1.970
1.970
1.970
1.970
1.580
1.380
1.380
1.700
1.700
1.700
1.870
1.910

100.0
113.7
113.7
113.7
113.7
91.2
79.7
79.7
98.2
98.2
98.2
108.0
110.3

Cloths and clothing.

Year.

Calico: Cocheco
prints.

Carpets: Brus­
sels, 5-frame,
Bigelow.

Carpets: in­
grain, 2-ply,
Lowell.

Carpets: Wil­
ton, 5-frame,
Bigelow.

Cotton flannels:
2f yards to the
pound.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
yard. price.
yard. price.
yard. price.
yard. price.
yard. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.0553
1890............................
.0650
1891............................
.0575
1892............................
.0650
1893............................
.0625
1894............................
.0550
1895............................
.0525
1896............................
.0525
1897...........................
.0500
1898...........................
.0450
1899...........................
.0483
.0525
1900...........................
1901...........................
.0500

100.0
117.5
104.0
117.5
113.0
99.5
94.9
94.9
90.4
81.4
87.3
94.9
90.4

$1.0008
1.0320
1.1280
1.0320
.9840
.9360
.9360
.9360
.9600
1.0320
1.0320
1.0320
1.0320

100 0
103.1
112.7
103.1
98.3
93.5
93.5
93.5
95.9
103.1
103.1
103.1
103.1

$0.4752
.5160
.5520
.5040
.5280
.4680
.4200
.4080
.4320
.4680
.4560
.4920
.4800

100.0
108.6
116.2
106.1
111.1
98.5
88.4
85.9
90.9
98.5
96.0
103.5
101.0

$1.8432
1.9200
2.0160
1.9200
1.9200
1.9200
1.6800
1.6800
1.7280
1.8240
1.8240
1.8720
1.8720

100.0
104.2
109.4
104.2
104.2
104.2
91.1
91.1
93.8
99.0
99.0
101.6
101.6

$0.0706
.0876
.0875
.0838
.0725
.0675
.0650
.0650
.0575
.0575
.0619
.0738
.0640

100.0
123.9
123.9
118.7
102.7
95.6
92.1
92.1
81.4
81.4
87.7
104.5
90.7

Cloths and clothing.

Year.

Cotton yarns:
Cotton thread:
Cotton flannels: 6-cord, 200-yard carded, white,
mule-spun,
3i yards to the spools, J. & P.
pound.
■Northern,
Coats.
cones, 10/1.

Cotton yarns:
carded, white,
Denims: Amosmule-spun,
keag.
Northern,
cones, 22/1.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
yard. price.
yard. price. spool, (a) price. pound. price. pound. price.
Average,1890-1899.. $0.0575
1890........... . ..............
.0688
1891...........................
.0688
1892............................
.0650
.0575
1893...........................
1894...........................
.0550
1895............................
.0525
.0550
1896............................
.0550
1897...........................
1898...........................
.0463
1899...........................
.0508
1900...........................
.0567
.0575
1901...........................

a Freight paid.

100.0 $.031008
119.7 .031514
119.7 .031238
113.0 .031238
100.0 .031238
95.7 .031238
91.3 .031238
95.7 .030871
95.7 .030503
80.5 .030503
88.3 .030503
98.6 .037240
100.0 .037240

100.0
101.6
100.7
100/7
100.7
100.7
100.7
99.6
98.4
98.4
98.4
120.1
120.1

$0.1608
6.1790
6.1794
6.1885
.1808
.1523
.1477
.1483
.1452
.1456
.1408
.1850
.1585

100.0
111.3
111.6
117.2
112.4
94.7
91.9
92.2
90.3
90.5
87.6
115.0
98.6

$0.1969
6.2208
6.2244
6.2300
.2138
.1796
.1815
.1844
.1788
.1792
.1760
.2283
.1927

100.0
112.1
114.0
116.8
108.6
91.2
92.2
93.7
90.8
91.0
89.4
115.9
97.9

$0.1044
.1175
.1144
.1144
.1175
.1100
.0988
.0988
.0931
.0897
.0896
.1073
.1046

100.0
112.5
109.6
109.6
112.5
105.4
94.6
94.6
89.2
85.9
85.8
102.8
100.2

6 Records destroyed. Price estimated by person who furnished data for later years.




462

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,

T able I I . — BASE PRICES (AVERAGE PRICE FOR 1890-1899), AVERAGE

YEARLY PRICES, AND RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901—Continued.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Cloths and clothing.

Year.

Drillings:
brown, Pepperell.

Drillings: 30inch, Stark A.

Flannels:
white, 4-4, Bal­
lard Vale No. 3.

Ginghams:
Amoskeag.

Ginghams:
Lancaster.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
yard.
price. yard.
price. yard.
price. yard. price. yard.
price.
Average,1890-1899.. $0.0572
1890............................
.0683
.0652
1891............................
1892............................
.0582
1893............................
.0590
1894............................
.0559
1895............................
.0529
1896............................
.0573
.0525
1897...........................
.0513
1898...........................
.0510
1899...........................
.0606
1900...........................
.0585
1901............................

100.0
119.4
114.0
101.7
103.1
97.7
92.5
100.2
91.8
89.7
89.2
105.9
102.3

$0.0521
.0640
.0600
.0535
.0563
.0502
.0489
.0522
.0463
.0437
.0457
.0542
.0532

100.0
122.8
115.2
102.7
108.1
96.4
93.9
100.2
88.9
83.9
87.7
104.0
102.1

$0.3768
.4400
.4400
.4367
.4125
.3546
.3080
.3217
.3113
.3685
.3750
.4096
.3800

100.0
116.8
116.8
115.9
109.5
94.1
81.7
85.4
82.6
97.8
99.5
108.7
100.8

$0.0533
.0625
.0650
.0650
.0631
.0485
.0466
.0472
.0438
.0431
.0477
.0515
.0490

100.0
117.3
122.0
122.0
118.4
91.0
87.4
88.6
82.2
80.9
89.5
96.6
91.9

$0.0573
.0692
.0700
.0700
.0638
.0504
.0496
.0500
.0494
.0488
.0515
.0550
.0531

100.0
120.8
122.2
122.2
111.3
88.0
86.6
87.3
86.2
85.2
89.9
96.0
92.7

Cloths and clothing.

Year.

Hosiery: men’s
cotton half
Horse blankets: hose, seamless,
6 pounds each,
fast black,
all wool.
weight 20 to 22
ounces, 160
needles.

Hosiery: wom­
Hosiery: men’s en’s combed
cotton half
Egyptian cotton
hose, seamless,
hose, high
standard qual­ spliced heel,
ity, 84 needles.
double sole,
full-fashioned.

Hosiery: wom­
en’s cotton
hose, seamless,
fast black,
weight 26 to 28
ounces, 160 to
176 needles.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
pound. price. 12 pairs. price. 12 pairs. price. 12 pairs. price. 12 pairs, price.
(a)
(a)
(&)
Average, 1890-1899..
1890............................
1891............................
1892............................
1893............................
1894............................
1 8 9 5 ................
1896............................
1897............................
1898............................
1899............................
1900............................
1901............................

$0,573
.625
.600
.625
.600
.550
.530
.520
.570
.570
.540
.680
.630

100.0
109.1
104.7
109.1
104.7
96.0
92.5
90.8
99.5
99.5
94.2
118.7
109.9

$0.9555
1.2740
1.1760
1.0780
1.0535
.9800
.9065
.8330
.7840
.7350
.7350
.7840
.6860

100.0
133.3
123.1
112.8
110.3
102.6
94.9
87.2
82.1
76.9
76.9
82.1
71.8

$0.7845
.9750
.9750
.9700
.8750
.7250
.7000
.7000
.6500
.6500
.6250
.6500
.7250

100.0 c$1.850
124.3
124.3
123.6
111.5
1.900
92.4
1.900
89.2
1.875
89.2
1.875
82.9
1.850
82.9
1.800
79.7
1.750
82.9
1.900
92.4
2.000

100.0

io2.7
102.7
101.4
101.4
100.0
97.3
94.6
102.7
108.1

$0.9310
1.2250
l! 1270
1.0780
L0535
.9800
.8575
.7840
.7595
.7105
.7350
.7595
.6615

100.0
131.6
12i*i
115.8
113! 2
105.3
92.1
84.2
81.6
76.3
78.9
81.6
71.1

Cloths and clothing.

Year.

Leathei harness, oak:, coun­ Leather: sole,
try midcties, 14 hemlock, non­
acid, Buenos
lbs. an d up
(except; over- Ayres, middle
weights, first
weighits, 20
quality.
lbs. anclu p ).

Leather: sole,
oak, dressed
backs, heavy.

Leather: wax
calf, 30 to 40 lbs.
to the dozen,
B grade.

Linen shoe
thread: 10s,
Barbour.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
pound. price. pound. price. pound. price. sq. foot. price. pound. price.
Average,1890-1899.. $0.2590
1890............................
.2571
1891............................
.2579
1892............................
.2367
1893............................
.2400
1894............................
.2275
1895............................
.2888
1896............................
.2554
1897...........................
.2433
1898............................
.2825
1899............................
.3004
1900............................
.3025
1901............................
.2971
a September price.




100.0 $0.1939
99.3
.1921
99.6.1858
91.4
.1727
92.7
.1796
87.8
.1715
111.5
.2073
98.6
.1881
93.9
.2033
109.1
.2129
116.0
.2254
116.8
.2490
114.7
.2475

100.0
99.1
95.-8
89.1
92.6
88.4
106.9
97.0
104.8
109.8
116.2
128.4
127.6

$0.3363
.3771
.3679
.3421
.3483
.3279
.3421
.2925
.3079
.3213
.3358
.3608
.3525

&January price,

100.0
112.1
109.4
101.7
103.6
97.5
101.7
87.0
91.6
95.5
99.9
107.3
104.8

$0.6545
.6000
.6469
.6929
.6450
.6042
.7333
.6433
.6156
.6760
.6875
.6563
.6281

100.0
91.7
98.8
105.9
98.5
92.3
112.0
98.3
94.1
103.3
105.0
100.3
96.0

$0.8748
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8993
.9182
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8877
.8910

cAverage for 1893-1899.

100.0
101.9
101.9
101.9
102.8
105.0
97.3
97.3
97.3
97.3
97.3
i o r .5

101.9

463

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

I I — BASE PRICES (A V E R A G E PRICE FOR 1890-1899), A V E R A G E
Y E A R L Y PRICES, AND R E LA TIV E PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901— Continued.

T able

[For a more complete description of the articles see Table L]
Cloths and clothing.

Year.

Linen thread: Overcoatings:
beaver, Mos­
3-cord, 200-yard
all wool,
spools, Barbour. cow,black.

Overcoatings:
chinchilla,
B-rough, all
wool.

Overcoatings:
chinchilla,
cotton warp,
C. C. grade.

Overcoatings:
covert cloth,
light weight,
staple goods.

Average Rela­ Average
Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per
tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
dozen
yard.
yard. price. yard. price. yard. price.
price.
price.
spools.
Average, 1890-1899. $0.8522
1890...........................
.8910
1891...........................
'.7945
1892...........................
.8019
1893...........................
.8308
1894...........................
.8514
1895...........................
.8514
1896...........................
.8514
1897...........................
.8679
1898...........................
.8910
1899...........................
.8910
1900...........................
.8910
1901............................
.8910

100.0 $2.0817
104.6 a 2.4296
93.2 a 2.4296
94.1 a 2.4296
97.5
2.3250
99.9
1.9879
99.9
1.7670
99.9
1.7670
1.7670
101.8
104.6
1.8600
104.6
2.0538
2.4994
104.6
2.2088
104.6

100.0 $2.1419
116.7 a 2.4296
116.7 a 2.4296
116.7 a2.4296
111.7
2.3250
95.5
1.9879
84.9
1.8774
84.9
1.8774
84.9
1.8774
89.4
2.0925
98.7
2.0925
120.1
2.4994
106.1
2.0925

100.0
113.4
113.4
113.4
108.5
92.8
87.7
87.7
87.7
97.7
97.7
116.7
97.7

$0.4883
.5325
.5258
.5329
.5367
.4733
.4508
.4354
.4575
.4800
.4583
.4892
.4433

100.0
109.1
107.7
109.1
109.9
96.9
92.3
89.2
93.7
98.3
93.9
100.2
90.8

$2.3286
2.4616
2.4616
2.4616
2.4616
2.4254
.2.3259
2.0363
1.9458
2.2625
2.4435
2.3621
2.2625

100.0
105.7
105.7
105.7
105.7
104.2
99.9
87.4
83.6
97.2
104.9
101.4
97.2

Cloths and clothing.

Year.

Overcoatings:
kersey, stand­
ard, 27 to
28 ounce.

Shawls:
standard, all
wool,
72x144
Print cloths:
28-inch, 64x 64. inch, weight
42 ounces,
made of highgrade wool.

Sheetings:
Sheetings:
bleached, 10-4, bleached, 10-4,
Atlantic.
Pepperell.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive
price
tive price per tive price per tive
yard. price. yard.
price. each.
price. yard. price. yard. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. 6 $1.2472
1890...........................
1891............................
1892............................
1893............................
1894............................
1895............................
1896............................
1897............................ 1.1833
1898...........................
1.3000
1899............................ 1.2583
1900...........................
1.5750
1901...........................
1.5000

100.0 $0.02838
.03340
.02938
.03386
.03251
. 02748
.02864
.02581
94.9
.02485
104.2
.02059
100.9
. 02732
126.3
.03083
120.3
.02819

100.0
117.7
103.5
119.3
114.6
96.8
100.9
90.9
87.6
72.6
96.3
108.6
99.3

$4.5787
4.9000
4.9000
4.9000
4.9000
4.9000
4.9000
4.0800
4.0970
4.1300
4.0800
4.9000
4.9000

100.0
107.0
107.0
107.0
107.0
107.0
107.0
89.1
89.5
90.2
89.1
107.0
107.0

$0.1836
.2241
.2138
.1996
.2052
.1741
.1722
.1700
.1604
.1527
.1641
.2043
.1853

100.0
122.1
116.4
108.7
111.8
94.8
93.8
92.6
87.4
83.2
89.4
111.3
100.9

$0.1884
.2190
.2008
.1900
.1946
.1742
.1785
.1792
.1738
.1721
.2021
.2292
c2117

100.0
116.2
106.6
100.8
103.3
92.5
94.7
95.1
92.3
91.3
107.3
121.7
112.4

Cloths and clothing.

Year.

Sheetings:
bleached, 10-4,
Wamsutta S. T.

Sheetings:
brown, 4-4,
Atlantic A.

Sheetings:
brown, 4-4,
Indian Head.

Sheetings:
brown, 4-4,
Pepperell R.

Sheetings,
brown, 4-4,
Stark A . A.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
yard.
price. yard. price. yard. price. yard. price. yard. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.2949
1890............................
.3126
1891......... *................
.3162
1892............................
.2944'
1893............................
.3056
1894...........................
.2756
1895............................
.2719
1896...........................
.2925
1897............................
.2925
1898...........................
.2925
1899............................
.2951
1900...........................
.3075
1901............................
.2925

100.0
106.0
107.2
99.8
103.6
93.5
92.2
99.2
99.2
99.2
100.1
104.3
99.2

$0.0553
.0669
.0653
.0590
.0619
.0549
.0520
.0535
.0490
.0443
.0466
.0555
.0542

100.0
121.0
118.1
106.7
111.9
99.3
94.0
96.7
88.6
80.1
84.3
100.4
98.0

$0.0626
.0725
.0727
.0648
.0679
.0598
.0585
.0622
.0588
.0540
.0544
.0623
.0631

100.0
115.8
116.1
103.5
108.5
95.5
93.5
99.4
93.9
86.3
86.9
99.5
100.8

$0.0551
.0640
.0597
.0569
.0583
.0531
.0529
.0558
.0525
.0475
.0504
.0592
.0592

100.0
116.2
108.3
103.3
105.8
96.4
96.0
101.3
95.3
86.2
91.5
107.4
107.4

$0.0525
.0660
.0594
.0545
.0574
.0521
.0513
.0511
.0452
.0424
.0451
.0508
.0494

a Records destroyed. Price estimated by person who furnished date, for later years.
6 Average for 1897-1899.

3586—No. 39—02-----18



100.0
125.7
113.1
103.8
109.3
99.2
97.7
97.3
86.1
80.8
85.9
96.8
94.1

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II.— BASE PRICES (AVERAGE PRICE FOR 1890-1899), AVERAGE
YEARLY PRICES, AND RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901—Continued.

T able

[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Cloths and clothing.
Shirtings:
bleached, 4-4,
Fruit of the
Loom.

Year.

Shirtings:
bleached, 4-4,
Hope.

Shirtings:
Shirtings:
bleached, 4-4,
bleached, 4-4,
New York
Wamsutta
Mills.

Shirtings:
bleached, 4-4,
Lonsdale.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
yard. price.
yard. price.
yard. price.
yard. price.
yard. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.0728
.0845
1890............................
.0799
1891............................
1892............................
.0808
.0832
1893............................
1894...........................
.0727
1895..................
.0700
1896...........................
.0696
.0641
1897...........................
.0584
1898..........................
1899...........................
.0644
1900...........................
.0753
1901........................... , .0750

100 0
116.1
109.8
111.0
114.3
99.9
96.2
95.6
88.0
80.2
88.5
103.4
103.0

$0.0630
.0726
.0703
.0663
.0713
.0620
.0608
.0620
.0574
.0518
.0551
.0671
.0699

100.0
115.2
111.6
105.2
113.2
98.4
96.5
98.4
91.1
82.2
87.5
106.5
111.0

$0.0727
.0845
.0822
.0812
.0832
.0727
.0697
.0685
.0633
.0595
.0626
.0731
.0738

100.0
116.2
113.1
111.7
114.4
100.0
95.9
94.2
87.1
81.8
86.1
100.6
101.5

$0.0876
.0968
.0965
.0931
.0925
.0885
.0851
.0885
.0836
.0784
.0725
.0786
.0760

100.0
110.5
110.2
106.3
105.6
101.0
97.1
101.0
95.4
89.5
82.8
89.7
86.8

$0.0948
.1011
.1009
.0973
.0981
.0950
.0969
.0951
.0935
.0807
.0892
.0965
.0875

100.0
106.6
106.4
102.6
103.5
100.2
102.2
100.3
98.6
85.1
94.1
101.8
92.3

Cloths and clothing.
Silk: raw,
Italian, clas­
sical.

Year.

Silk: raw, Ja­
pan, filatures.

Suitings, clay
worsted diag­
onal, 12-ounce,
Washington
Mills.

Suitings: in­
Suitings: clay
worsted diag­
digo blue, all
onal, 16-ounce, wool, 54-inch,14Washington
ounce, Middle­
sex standard.
Mills.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
p o u n d . price. pound. price.
yard. price.
yard. price.
yard. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. !
1890............................
1891............................
1892...........................
1893............................
1894............................
1895..........................
1896............................
1897............................
1898...........................
1899............................
1900...........................
1901............................

$4.2558
5.2238
4.1865
4.4826
5.0289
3.6816
4.0373
3.6293
3.6404
3.8768
4.7706
4.5128
3.8466

100.0
122.7
98.4
105.3
118.2
86.5
94.9
85.3
85.5
91.1
112.1
106.0
90.4

$4.0187
5.2429
4.0110
4.3266
4.5409
3.3627
3.7855
3.4072
3.4637
3.6376
4.4085
4.1690
3.5132

100.0 o$0.8236
130.5
99.8
107.7
113.0
83.7
94.2
.7621
84.8
.7337
86.2
.7595
90.5
.9165
109.7
.9461
103.7
1.0819
87.4
.9113

100.0 o$1.0068

100.0

92.5
89.1
92.2
111.3
114.9
131.4
110.6

93.8
87.6
93.3
111.4
113.9
133.7
111.0

.9445
.8819
.9392
1.1216
1.1468
1.3463
1.1175

$1.3230
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5084
1.4697
1.1523
1.1375
1.0465
1.1375
1.1375
1.1375
1.1849

100.0
116.9
116.9
116.9
114.0
111 1
87.1
86.0
79.1
86.0
86.0
86.0
89.6

Cloths and clothing.

Year.

Suitings:
indigo blue,
all wool,
16-ounce.

Suitings:
serge, Washing­
ton Mills, 6700.

Tickings:
Amoskeag
A. C. A.

Underwear:
Trouserings:
shirts and
fancy worsted, drawers, white,
weight 22 to 23
all wool,
ounces.
full-fashioned,
18-gauge.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
yard. * price.
yard. price.
yard.
price.
yard. price. i2 gar­ price.
ments.
Average, 1890-1899..
1890...........................
1891...........................
1892...........................
1893...........................
1894...........................
1895...........................
1896...........................
1897...........................
1898...........................
1899...........................
1900...........................
1901...........................

$1.9154

c 2.0925
c 2.0925
C 2.0925
2.0925
1.7670
1.5903
1.7228
1.6740
1.9763
2.0538
2.2669
2.0925

100.0 6 $0.7526
109.2
109.2
109.2
.9100
109.2
.9100
92.3
.6825
83.0
.6825
89.9
.6143
87.4
.6598
103.2
.7508
107.2
.8106
118.4
.8100
109.2
.8025

a Average for 1895-1899.

100.0
120.9
120.9
90.7
90.7
81.6
87.7
99.8
107.7
107.6
106.6

$0.1061
•12°0
.1175
.1150
.1181
.1084
.1006
.1019
.0975
.0894
.0923
.1084
.1013

100.0 5$1.9456
113.1
110.7
108.4
2.0734
111.3
2.0734
102.2
1.9238
94.8
1.7100
96.0
1.7955
91.9
1.7955
84.3
2.1197
87.0
2.0734
102.2
2.2871
95.5
1.9879

100.0
106.6
106.6
98.9
87.9
92.3
92.3
108.9
106.6
117.6
102.2

b Average for 1892-1899.

$23.31
24.75
25*. 65
25! 65
25 65
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
23.40
23.40
23.40

c Records destroyed. Price estimated by person who furnished data for later years.




100.0
106.2
110.0
n o !o

110.0
92.7
92.7
92.7
92.7
92.7
100.4
100.4
100.4

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T able I I . — BASE PRICES (AVERAGE PRICE FOR 1890-1899), AVERAGE

YEARLY PRICES, AND RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901—Continued.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Cloths and clothing.

Year.

Underwear:
shirts and
drawers, white,
merino, fullfashioned, 52$
wool, etc.

Women’s dress Women’s dress
Women’s dress goods: cashgoods: cash- Women’s dress
goods: cashgoods: alpaca., mere, all wool, mere, cotton
mere, cotton
cotton warp, 22- 10-11 twill, 38- warp, 9-twill,
warp,
22-inch,
inch, Hamilton. inch, Atlantic
4-4, Atlantic
Hamilton.
Mills J.
Mills F.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per
tive price per tive price per tive
12 gar­ price.
yard. price. yard.
yard. price. yard. price.
price.
ments.
Average, 1890-1899..
1890............................
1891............................
1892............................
1893............................
1894...........................
1895..................
1896...........................
1897........................
1898...........................
1899............................
1900...........................
1901...........................

315.57
16.65
17.55
17.55
17.55
14.85
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.85
13.50
14.85
14.85

100.0
106.9
112.7
112.7
112.7
95.4
92.5
92.5
92.5
95.4
86.7
95.4
95.4

30.0680
.0735
.0735
.0723
.0711
.0686
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0637
.0657
.0711
.0711

100.0
108.1
108.1
106.3
104.6
100.9
93.7
93.7
93.7
93.7
96.6
104.6
104.6

30.2905
.3479
.3663
.3724
.3247
.2450
.2352
.1960
.2389
.2573
.3208
.3459
.3234

100.0
119.8
126.1
128.2
111.8
84.3
81.0
67.5
82.2
88.6
110.4
119.1
111.3

30.1520
.1813
.1813
.1789
.1495
.1348
.1274
.1270
.1372
.1434
.1593
.1642
.1585

100.0
119.3
119.3
117.7
98.4
88.7
83.8
83.6
90.3
94.3
104.8
108.0
104.3

30.0758
.0833
.0833
.0821
.0809
.0760
.0735
.0711
.0686
.0686
.0706
.0760
.0760

100.0
109.9
109.9
108.3
106.7
100.3
97.0
93.8
90.5
90.5
93.1
100.3
100.3

Cloths and clothing.

Year.

Women’s dress
Wool: Ohio,
Wool: Ohio,
Worsted yams:
goods: cash- Women’s dress
goods: Frank­ fine fleece (X medium fleece 2-40s, Austral­
mere, cotton
and
X
X
grade),
(i
and f grade),
ian fine.
warp, 27-inch, lin sackings,6-4.
scoured.
scoured.
Hamilton.
Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
price. pound. price. pound. price. pound. price.
price. yard.
yard.

Average, 1890-1899.. 30.0888
.0980
1890............................
.0980
1891............................
.0968
1892............................
.0937
1893............................
.0907
1894...........................
1895...........................
.0846
1896........................... ' .0821
.0784
1897...........................
.0784
1898...........................
.0821
1899...........................
.0882
1900...........................
.0907
1901...........................

100.0
111.0
111.0
109.6
106.1
102.7
95.8
93.0
88.8
88.8
93.0
99.9
102.7

30.5151
.5938
.6175
.6175
.6056
.4988
.4342
.4156
.4235
.4552
.4889
.6096
.5383

100.0
115.3
119.9
119.9
117.6
96.8
84.3
80.7
82.2
88.4
94.9
118.3
104.5

Cloths and
clothing.

Year.

30.5526
.7156
.6857
.6119
.5639
.4448
.3768
.3940
.4955
.6150
.6232
.6594
.5453

100.0
129.5
124.1
110.7
102.0
80.5
68.2
71.3
89.7
111.3
112.8
119.3
98.7

30.4564
.6143
.5820
.5276
.4620
.3542
.3280
.3186
.3999
.4805
.4966
.5296
.4315

100.0
134.6
127.5
115.6
101.2
77.6
71.9
69.8
87.6
105.3
108.8
116.0
94.5

31.0183
1.2263
1.2354
1.2175
1.1342
.9292
.7425
.7250
.8517
1.0308
1.0908
1.2050
1.0404

100.0
120.4
121.3
119.6
111.4
91.3
72.9
71.2
83.6
101.2
107.1
118.3
102.2

Fuel and lighting.

Worsted yams: Candles: ada­
2-40s, X X X or
mantine, 6s,
equivalent,
14-ounce.
white,in skeins.

Coal: anthra­
cite, broken.

Coal: anthra­
cite, chestnut.

Coal: anthra­
cite, egg.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
ton.
price.
ton.
ton.
price.
pound. price. pound. price.
price.
Average, 1890-1899.. 31.0071'
1890............................ 1.2500
1.2625
1891...........................
1892............................ 1.1563
1893............................ 1.0833
.9188
1894...........................
.7563
1895...........................
.7500
1896...........................
.8188
1897............................
1898............................ 1.0042
1899............................ 1.0708
1.1938
1900...........................
1901...........................
1.0283




100.0 ■30.0782
124.1
.0800
125.4
.0800
.0800
114.8
.0883
107.6
91.2
.0867
75.1
.0850
.0850
74.5
.0745
81.3
.0613
99.7
106.3
.0613
. 1059
118.5
102.1
.1100

100.0
102.3
102.3
102.3
112.9
110.9
108.7
108.7
95.3
78.4
78.4
135.4
140.7

33.3669
3.4858
3.4133
3.6152
3.5628
3.4172
3.2833
3 2691
3.2465
3.2108
3.1350
3.2706
3.5508

100.0
103.5
102.3
107.4
105.8
101.5
97.5
97.1
96.4
95.4
93.1
97.1
105.5

33.5953
3.3533
3.4758
3.9443
4.1673
3.5416
2.9793
3.5561
3.7366
3.5525
3.6458
3.9166
4.3270

100.0
93.3
96.7
109.7
115.9
98.5
82.9
98.9
103.9
98.8
101.4
108.9
120.4

33.5936
3.6142
3.7508
3.9803
3.8520
3.3903
3.0296
3.5490
3.7986
3.5993
3.3714
3.5843
4.0565

100.0
100.6
104.4
110.8
107.2
94.3
84.3
98.8
105.7
100.2
93.8
99.7
112.9

466

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,

II.— BASE PRICES (AVERAGE PRICE FOR 1890-1899), AVERAGE
YEARLY PRICES, AND RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901—Continued.

T able

[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Fuel and lighting.

Year.

Coal: anthra­
cite, stove.

Coal: bitumi­
nous, Georges
Creek (at
mine).

Coal: bitumi­
nous, Georges
Creek (f.o.b.,
New York
Harbor).

Coal: bitumi­
nous, Pittsburg Coke: Connellsville, furnace.
(Youghiogheny).

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
ton.
price.
ton.
price.
ton.
price. bushel. price.
ton.
price.
Average,1890-1899.. $3.7949 100.0 $0.8887
1890
..............
97.8
3.7108
.8625
3.8542 101.6
1891
..............
.9500
4.1532 109.4
1892
..............
.9000
4.1931 110.5
.9208
1893
..............
94.9
1894
..............
3.6003
.8208
82.4
3.1264
1895
..............
.7750
3.7942 100.0
1896
..............
.9000
4.0146 105.8
1897
..............
.8333
3.7978 100.1
.9125
1898
..............
1.0125
1899
..............
3.7047
97.6
1900
..............
3.9451 104.0
1.2000
113.9.....................
1.3375
1901
.....................4.3224
.....................

100.0
97.1
106.9
101.3
103.6
92.4
87.2
101.3
93.8
102.7
113.9
135.0
150.5

$2.7429
2.9875
3.0313
2.9313
2.9500
2.7375
2.8125
2.6625
2.4417
2.1750
2.7000
2.9083
2.9250

100.0
108.9
110.5
106.9
107.6
99.8
102.5
97.1
89.0
79.3
98.4
106.0
106.6

$0.0643
.0664
.0789
.0749
.0758
.0634
.0600
.0573
.0570
.0565
.0531
.0752
.0752

100.0
103.3
122.7
116.5
117.9
98.6
93.3
89.1
88.6
87.9
82.6
117.0
117.0

Petroleum:
crude.

Year.

100.0
122.7
110.4
106.5
87.1
62.3
78.0
110.4
95.2
98.8
128.7
155.8
115.6

Metals and im­
plements.

Fuel and lighting.

Matches: par­
lor, domestic.

$1.6983
2.0833
1.8750
1.8083
1.4792
1.0583
1.3250
1.8750
1.6167
1.6771
2.1854
2.6458
1.9625

Petroleum: re­ Petroleum: re­
fined, 150° fire Augers: extra,
fined, for ex­
test, water
$-inch.
port.
white.

Average
price per Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
gross of tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
price
tive
boxes price. barrel. price. gallon. price. gallon. price.
each. price.
(200s).
Average,1890-1899.. $1.7563
1890
..............
1.9583
1891
............... 1.7500
1892
..............
1.7500
1893
..............
1.7500
1894
..............
1.6667
1895
..............
1.6875
1896
..............
1.7500
1897
..............
1.7500
1898
..............
1.7500
1899
..............
1.7500
1900
..............
1.7500
1901
..............
1.7500

100.0
111.5
99.6
99.6
99.6
94.9
96.1
99.6
99.6
99.6
99.6
99.6
99.6

$0.9102
.8680
.6697
.5564
.6399
.8389
1.3581
1.1789
.7869
.9118
1.2934
1.3521
1.2095

100.0
95.4
73.6
61.1
70.3
92.2
149.2
129.5
86.5
100.2
142.1
148.5
132.9

$0.0649
.0733
.0685
.0609
.0522
.0515
.0711
.0702
.0597
.0628
.0791
.0854
.0749

100.0
112.9
105.5
93.8
80.4
79.4
109.6
108.2
92.0
96.8
121.9
131.6
115.4

$0.0890
.0995
.0879
.0794
.0725
.0725
.0922
.1039
.0900
.0909
.1015
.1188
.1096

100.0
111.8
98.8
89.2
81.5
8;. 5
103.6
116.7
101.1
102.1
114.0
133.5
123.1

$0.1608
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1800
.1542
.1333
.1394
.1425
.1425
.1465
.2000
.1700

100.0
118.2
118. £
118.2
111.9
95.9
82.9
86.7
88.6
88.6
91.1
124.4
105.7

Metals and implements.

Year.

Axes: M .C.O.,
Yankee.

Bar iron: best Bar iron: best
refined, from
refined (Pitts­
burg market). store (Philadel­
phia market).

Barb wire:
galvanized.

Butts: loose
joint, cast,
3 x 3 inch.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average' Rela- Average Rela­
price
tive
price
tive
price
tive priceper, tive
price
tive
each. price. per lb. price. per lb. price. 100lbs. |price. per pair. price.
Average,1890-1899.. $0.4693
1890............................
.5650
1891............................
.5550
1892............................
.5000
1893............................
.5000
1894...................... .
.4783
1895............................
.4600
1896..........................
.4150
1897 ............................
.3938
1898............................
.3750
1899............................
.4555
1900............................
.4831
1901............................
.4166




100.0

120.4
118.3
106.5
106.5
100.9
98.0
88.4
83.9
79.9
97.1
102.9

88.8

$0.0145
.0184
.0171
.0164
.0150

100.0

126.9
117.9
113.1
103.4
82.8

.0120
86.2
.0122 84.1
.0110 75.9
.0125

.0107
.0195
.0215
.0180

73.8
134.5
148.3
124.1

$0.0164
.0205
.0190
.0187
.0170
.0134
.0144
.0140
.0131
.0128
.0207
.0196
.0184

100.0
125.0
115.9
114.0
103.7
81.7
87.8
85.4
79.9
78.0
126.2
119.5

112.2

$2.5261
3.5665
3.2189
2.7662
2.5188
2.1750
2.2458
1.9625
1.8000
1.8375
3.1696
3.3942
3.0375

100.0
141.2
127.4
109.5
99.7

86.1

88.9
77.7
71.3
72.7
125.5
134.4

120.2

$0.0316
.0353
.0353
.0306
.0311
.0303
.0317
.0329
.0306
.0292
.0292
.0400
.0369

100.0

111.7
111.7
96.8
98.4
95.9
100.3
104.1
96.8
92.4
92.4
126.6
116.8

COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901,

467

T able I I . — BASE PRICES (AVERAGE PRICE FOR 1890-1899), AVERAGE

YEARLY PRICES, AND RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901—Continued.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Metals and implements.

Year.

Chisels: extra,
socket firmer,
1-inch.

Copper: sheet,
Copper: ingot, hot-rolled (base Copper: wire,
lake.
bare.
sizes).

Door knobs:
steel, bronze
plated.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
price
each. price. pound. price. pound. price. pound. price.
pair.
price.
Average,1890-1899.. $0.1894
.2100
1890...........................
1891...........................
.2100
1892............................
.2100
.1933
1893............................
1894............................
.1733
.1710
1895............................
1896............................
.1793
.1710
1897............................
.1720
1898............................
.2038
1899............................
.2417
1900...........................
.2300
1901...........................

100.0
110.9
110.9
110.9
102.1
91.5
90.3
94.7
90.3
90.8
107.6
127.6
121.4

$0.1234
.1575
.1305
.1154
.1093
.0948
.1075
.1097
.1132
.1194
.1767
.1661
.1687

100.0
127.6
105.8
93.5
88.6
76.8
87.1
88.9
91.7
96.8
143.2
134.6
136.7

$0.1659
.2275
.1900
.1600
.1500
.1425
.1425
.1425
.1463
.1400
.2175
.2067
.2088

100.0
137.1
114.5
96.4
90.4
85.9
85.9
85.9
88.2
84.4
131.1
124.6
125.9

$0.1464
.1875
.1650
.1438
.1350
.1156
.1238
.1356
.1375
.1375
.1825
.1800
.1815

100.0
128.1
112.7
98.2
92.2
79.0
84.6
92.6
93.9
93.9
124.7
123.0
124.0

$0.1697
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1953
.1733
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1813
.1900

100.0
97.8
97.8
97.8
97.8
97.8
115.1
102.1
97.8
97.8
97.8
106.8
112.0

Metals and implements.

Year.

Hammers:
Lead: pig, com­
Files: 8-inch
mill bastard. Maydole No.H. mon, domestic.

Lead pipe.

Locks: com­
mon mortise.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price
price
tive
tive price per tive price per tive
price per tive
dozen. price. each. price. pound. price. 100 lbs. price. each.
price.
i

Average,1890-1899.. $0.8527
1890............................
.9100
.8917
1891...........................
1892............................
.8717
.8667
1893............................
1894...........................
.8300
1895............................
.8133
1896...........................
.7775
.8050
1897............................
.8250
1898............................
.9358
1899...........................
1900............................ 1.0900
1.0500
1901...........................

100.0
106.7
104.6
102.2
101.6
97.3
95.4
91.2
94.4
96.8
109.7
127.8
123.1

$0.3613
.3500
. 3500
.3500
.3500
.3500
.3525
.3800
.3800
.3633
.3867
.4189
.4233

100.0
96.9
96.9
96.9
96.9
96.9
97.6
105.2
105.2
100.6
107.0
115.9
117.2

$0.0381
.0440
.0437
.0413
.0374
.0331
.0326
.0300
.0358
.0380
.0448
.0445
.0438

100.0
115.5
114.7
108.4
98.2
86.9
85.6
78.7
94.0
99.7
117.6
116.8
115.0

$4.8183
5.4000
5.6000
5.1833
5.0000
4.4333
4.2000
4.1000
4.3167
4.6000
5.3500
5.1208
5.0479

100.0
112.1
116.2
107.6
103.8
92.0
87.2
85.1
89.6
95.5
111.0
106.3
104.8

$0.0817
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0818
.0833
.0867
.0833
.0750
.0750
.0788
.0750

100.0
101.6
101.6
101.6
101.6
100.1
102.0
106.1
102.0
91.8
91.8
96.5
91.8

Metals and implements.

Year.

Nails: cut,8-pen­ Nails: wire, 8penny, fence
ny, fence and
and common.
common.

Pig iron: Bes­
semer.

Pig iron:
foundry, No. 1.

Pig iron:
foundry, No. 2.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
ton.
price.
100 lbs. price. 100 lbs. price. long ton. price. long ton. price.
Average,1890-1899.. $1.8275
1 8 9 0 __________________
2.2875
1.8333
1892 .
1.7583
1893...........................
1.6813
1894...........................
1.5271
1895............................ 1.9250
1896............................ 2.7125
1897............................ 1.3329
1898...........................
1.1927
1899...........................
2.0240
1900...........................
2.2500
1901...........................
2.1125
1891




100.0
125.2
100.3
96.2
92.0
83.6
105.3
148.4
72.9
65.3
110.8
123.1
115.6

$2.1618
2.9646
2.4667
2.1896
1.9917
1.6521
2.1177
2.9250
1.4854
1.4375
2.3875
2.6333
2.3646

100.0 $13.7783
137.1 18.8725
114.1 15.9500
101.3 14.3667
92.1 12.8692
76.4 11.3775
98.0 12.7167
135.3 12.1400
68.7 10.1258
66.5 10.3317
110.4 19.0333
121.8 19.4925
109.4 15.9350

100.0 $14.8042
137.0 18.4083
115.8 17.5208
104.3 15.7492
93.4 14.5167
82.6 12.6642
92.3 13.1033
88.1 12.9550
73.5 12.1008
75.0 11.6608
138.1 19.3633
141.5 19.9800
115.7 15.8683

100.0 $13.0533
124.3 17.1563
118.4 15.3958
106.4 13.7729
98.1 12.4396
85.5 10.8458
88.5 11.6750
87.5 11.7708
81.7 10.1000
78.8 10.0271
130.8 17.3500
135.0 18.5063
107.2 14.7188

100.0
131.4
117.9
105.5
95.3
83.1
89.4
90.2
77.4
76.8
132.9
141.8
112.8

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468

T able I I . — BASE PRICES ^AVERAGE PRICE FOR 1890-1899), AVERAGE

YEARLY PRICES, AND RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901—Continued.
[For a mor« complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Metals and implements.

Year.

Pig iron: gray
forge, South­
ern, coke.

Planes: Bailey
No. 5.

Quicksilver.

Saws: cross­
cut.

Saws: hand,
No. 7.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive
tive price per tive
price
tive price per tive
price
each. price. pound. price. each.
ton.
price. dozen. price.
price.
!
Average, 1890-1899..
1890............................
1891............................
1892............................
1898............................
1894...........................
1895...........................
1896...........................
1897............................
1898............................
1899............................
1900............................
1901............................

$11.0892
14.5000
12.5167
11.7917
10.6354
8.9375
10.3229
9.6042
8.8021
8.7188
15.0625
15.6042
12.5521

100.0
130.8
112.9
106.3
95.9
80.6
93.1
86.6
79.4
78.6
135.8
140.7
113.2

$1.3220
1.4200
1.4200
1.4200
1.4200
1.3783
1.2417
1.2300
1.2300
1.2300
1.2300
1.4142
1.4600

100.0
107.4
107.4
107.4
107.4
104.3
93.9
93.0
93.0
93.0
93.0
107.0
110.4

$0.5593
.7300
.6283
.5642
.5213
.4792
.5133
.4979
.5157
.5425
.6004
.6769
.6629

100.0
130.5
112.3
100.9
93.2
85.7
91.8
89.0
92.2
97.0
107.3
121.0
118.5

$1.6038 $100.0 $12.7800
1.6038 100.0 14.4000
1.6038 100.0 12.6000
1.6038 100.0 12.6000
1.6038 100.0 12.6000
1.6038 100.0 12.6000
1.6038 100.0 12.6000
1.6038 100.0 12.6000
1.6038 100.0 12.6000
1.6038 100.0 12.6000
1.6038 100.0 12.6000
1.6038 100.0 12.6000
1.6038 100.0 12.6000

100.0
112.7
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6

Metals and implements.

Year.

Shovels: Ames
No. 2.

Silver: bar,
fine.

Spelter: West­
ern.

Steel billets.

Steel rails.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
dozen. price. ounce. price. pound. price.
ton.
ton.
price.
price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $7.8658
..............
1890
7.8700
1891
............... 7.8700
1892
..............
7.8700
1893
..............
7.8700
1894 ...........................
7.4500
1895
..............
7.4500
1896
..............
7.8100
1897
..............
7.9300
1898
..............
7.9300
8.6075
1899
..............
9.1200
1900
..............
1901
..............
9.1200

100.0 $0.74899
100.1 1.05329
.99034
100.1
.87552
100.1
.78219
100.1
.64043
94.7
.66268
94.7
.68195
99.3
.60775
100.8
.59065
100.8
.60507
1P9.4
.62065
115.9
115.9
.59703

100.0
140.6
132.2
116.9
104.4
85.5
88.5
91.0
81.1
78.9
80.8
82.9
79.7

$0.0452
.0554
.0508
.0465
.0410
.0355
.0362
.0401
.0421
.0453
.0588
.0442
.0405

100.0 $21.5262
122.6 30.4675
112.4 25.3292
102.9 23.6308
90.7 20.4358
78.5 16.5783
80.1 18.4842
88.7 18.8333
93.1 15.0800
100.2 15.3058
130.1 31.1167
97.8 25.0625
89.6 24.1308

100.0 $26.0654
141.5 31.7792
117.7 29.9167
109.8 30.0000
94.9 28.1250
77.0 24.0000
85.9 24.3333
87.5 28.0000
70.1 18.7500
71.1 17.6250
144.6 28.1250
116.4 32.2875
112.1 27.3333

100.0
121.9
114.8
115.1
107.9
92.1
93.4
107.4
71.9
67.6
107.9
123.9
104.9

Metals and implements.
Steel sheets:
black, No. 27.

Tin: pig.

Year.

Tinplates: do­ Tin plates: im­
Trowels:
mestic, Besse­ ported, Besse­
mer, coke,
mer, coke, I.C., M .C.O ., brick,
10i-inch.
14 by 20.
14 by 20.

Aver­
Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ age price Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive
box 108 tive
price
tive
pound. price. pound. price 100 lbs. price. pounds. price. each.
price.

(a)

Average,1890-1899.. 6$0.0224
1890............................
1 8 9 1 ....'...................
1892............................
1893............................
1894
...............
.0235
1895
...............
.0244
1896
..............
.0215
1897
...............
.0195
1898
...............
.0190
1899
..............
.0267
1900
...............
.0293
.0315
1901
..............

100.0

104.9
108.9
96.0
87.1
84.8
119.2
130.8
140.6

$0.1836
.2121
.2025
.2037
.2002
.1812
.1405
.1330
.1358
.1551
.2721
.3006
.2618

100.0 C$3.4148
115.5
110.3
110.9
109.0
98.7
76.5
72.4
3.4354
74.0
3.1823
84.5
2.8500
148.2
4 1913
163.7
4.6775
142.6
4.1900

a Duty paid.
6 Average for the period, July, 1894, to December, 1899.
cAverage for 1896-1899.




100.0 d$4.5862
4.7958
5.3367
5.3050
5.3717
4.8917
3.8725
3.8000
100.6
93.2
3.9025
83.5
4.0000
122.7
137.0
122.7
I

100.0
104.6
116.4
115.7
117.1
106.7
84.4
82.9
85.1
87.2

$0.3400
.3400
.3400
.3400
.3400
.3400
.3400
.3400
.3400
.3400
.3400
.3400
.3400

d Average for 1890-1898.
eNo quotation for year.

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

469

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901,

T able I I . — BASE PRICES (AVERAGE PRICE FOR 1890-1899), AVERAGE

YEARLY PRICES, AND RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901—Continued.
[For a more complete description of the articles see Table 1.]

Year.

Metals and implements.

Lumber and building materials.

Wood screws:
1-inch,No. 10,
flat head.

Brick: common Carbonate of
lead: American,
domestic.
in oil.

Vises: solid box,
50-pound.

Zinc: sheet.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price
tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
each.
price. pound. price.
price. gross. price. 100 lbs. price.
M.
Average,1890-1899.. $3.9009
1890...........................
4.1400
4.1400
1891...........................
1892...........................
4.2550
1893............................ 4.1975
1894...........................
4.0567
1895...........................
3.7933
1896............................ 3.7200
1897............................ 3.5000
1898............................ 3.2800
1899............................ 3.'9267
1900............................ 4.2683
5.0200
1901...........................

100.0
106.1
106.1
109.1
107.6
104.0
97.2
95.4
89.7
84.1
100.7
109.4
128.7

$0.1510
.1970
.2000
.2100
.2100
.1558
.1117
.1033
.0850
.0918
.1452
.1820
.1045

100.0
130.5
132.5
139.1
139.1
103.2
74.0
68.4
56.3
60.8
96.2
120.5
69.2

$5.3112
6.0542
5.7192
5.4900
4.9942
3.9500
4.5217
4.9400
4.9400
5.4983
7.0042
6.0950
5.5583

100.0
114.0
107.7
103.4
94.0
74.4
85.1
93.0
93.0
103.5
131.9
114.8
104.7

$5.5625
6.5625
5.7083
5.7708
5.8333
5.0000
5.3125
5.0625
4.9375
5.7500
5.6875
5.2500
5.7656

100.0
118.0
102.6
103.7
104.9
89.9
95.5
91.0
88.8
103.4
102.2
94.4
103.7

$0.0577
.0638
.0650
.0658
.0609
.0524
.0525
.0517
.0535
.0543
.0568
.0625
.0576

100.0
110.6
112.7
114.0
105.5
90.8
91.0
89.6
92.7
94.1
98.4
108.3
99.8

Lumber and building materials.

Year.

Cement: Port­
land, American.

Cement:
Rosendale.

Doors: pine.

Hemlock.

Lime: Rock­
land, common.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
door. price. M feet. price. barrel. price.
barrel. price. barrel. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. o$1.9963
1890............................
1891............................
1892............................
1893............................
1894............................
1895............................ 1.9688
1896............................ 2.0000
1897............................ 1.9667
1898............................ 1.9979
1899............................ 2.0479
1900............................ 2.1583
1901............................ 1.8896

100.0

98.6
100.2
98.5
100.1
102.6
108.1
94.7

$0.8871
1.0542
.9417
.9688
.8875
.9271
.8521
.8333
.7521
.7604
.8938
1.0167
1.0188

100.0
118.8
106.2
109.2
100.0
104.5
96.1
93.9
84.8
85.7
100.8
114.6
114.8

$1.0929
1.3750
1.2500
1.2500
1.2250
1.0500
.9125
.8375
.8125
.9250
1.2917
1.5900
1.8913

100.0 $11.9625
125.8 12.5833
114.4 12.4583
114.4 12.2917
112.1 12.0000
96.1 11.7083
83.5 11.1458
76.6 11.1667
74.3 11.0000
84.6 11.7500
118.2 13.5208
145.5 16.5000
173.1 15.0000

100.0
105.2
104.1
102.8
100.3
97.9
93.2
93.3
92.0
98.2
113.0
137.9
125.4

$0.8332
.9792
.9125
.9292
.9292
.8479
.7813
.6938
.7188
.7417
.7979
.6833
.7742

100.0
117.5
109.5
111.5
111.5
101.8
93.8
83.3
86.3
89.0
95.8
82.0
92.9

Lumber and building materials.

Year.

Linseed oil:
raw.

Maple: hard.

Oak: white,
plain.

Oak: white,
quartered.

Oxide of zinc.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
gallon. price. M feet. price. M feet. price. M feet. price. pound. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.4535
.6158
1890............................
.4842
1891...........................
.4083
1892............................
.4633
1893............................
.5242
1894............................
.5242
1895............................
3683
1896............................
.3275
1897............................
.3925
1898............................
.4267
1899............................
.6292
1900............................
.6350
1901............................




100.0 $26.5042
135.8 26.5000
106.8 26.5000
90.0 26.5000
102.2 26.5000
115.6 26.5000
115.6 26.5000
81.2 26.5000
72.2 26.5000
86.5 26.5000
94.1 26.5417
138.7 27.5000
140.0 26.7083

100.0 $37.4292
100.0 37.8750
100.0 38.0000
100.0 38.4583
100.0 38.7500
100.0 37.2500
100.0 36.2500
100.0 36.2500
100.0 36.2500
100.0 36.2500
100.1 38.9583
103.8 40.8333
100.8 36.7708

a Average for 1895-1899.

100.0 $53.6771
101.2 51.4583
101.5 53.5833
102.7 53.0000
103.5 53.0000
99.5 51.1250
96.8 53.2500
96.8 54.5000
96.8 53.8333
96.8 52.5000
104.1 60.5208
109.1 64.4583
98.2 59.1667

100.0
95.9
99.8
98.7
98.7
95.2
99.2
101.5
100.3
97.8
112.7
120.1
110.2

$0.0400
.0425
.0419
.0426
.0413
.0373
.0350
.0383
.0377
.0396
.0438
.0451
.0438

100.0
106.3
104.8
108.5
103.3
93.3
87.5
95.8
94.3
99.0
109.5
112.8
109.5

470

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

BASE PRICES (A V E R A G E PRIC E FOR 1890-1899), A V ERA G E
Y E A R L Y PRICES, AND R E L A T IV E PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901— Continued.

T able I I . —

[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Lumber and building materials.

Year.

Pine: white,
boards, No. 2
bam.

Pine: white,
boards, uppers.

Plate glass:
Plate glass:
polished, unsil­ polished, unsil­
Pine: yellow. vered, area 3 to vered, area 5 to
5 square feet. 10 square feet.

Average
Average
Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
Rela­ price per Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
tive
square
M feet. price. M feet. price. M feet. price.
price. square price.
foot.
foot.
Average, 1890-1899..
1890
...............
1891
..............
1892
..............
1893
..............
1894
..............
1895
..............
1896
..............
1897
..............
1898
..............
1899
..............
1900
..............
1901
..............

817.1104
16.7917
17.0000
17.1458
18.6250
18.1667
17.2500
16.5000
15.8333
15.5000
18.2917
21.5000
20.8750

100.0 $46.5542
98.1 44.0833
99.4 45.0000
100.2 46.0417
108.9 48.5000
106.2 46.4167
100.8 46.0000
96.4 46.6250
92.5 46.3333
90.6 46.0833
106.9 60.4583
125.7 57.5000
122.0 60.4167

100.0 $18.4646
94.7 20.7500
96.7 19.9583
98.9 18.5000
104.2 18.5000
99.7 18.5000
98.8 16.9167
100.2 16.4167
99.5 16.4375
99.0 18.6250
108.4 20.0417
123.5 20.7083
129.8 19.6667

100.0
112.4
108.1
100.2
100.2
100.2
91.6
88.9
89.0
100.9
108.5
112.2
106.5

$0.3630
.5300
.5200
.4200
.4200
.3300
.3000
.3400
.2000
.2700
.3000
.3400
.3200

100.0
146.0
143.3
115.7
115.7
90.9
82.6
93.7
55.1
74.4
82.6
93.7
88.2

$0.5190
.7000
.6900
.5500
.5500
.4500
.4800
.5400
.3200
.4300
.4800
.5400
.4900

100.0
134.9
132.9
106.0
106.0
86.7
92.5
104.0
61.7
82.9
92.5
104.0
94.4

Lumber and building materials.
Poplar.

Putty.

Year.

Resin: good,
strained.

Shingles:
cypress.

Shingles: white
pine.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
M feet. 'price. pound. price. barrel. price.
M.
M.
price.
price.
Average, 1890-1899..
..............
1890
1891
..............
1892
..............
1893
..............
1894
..............
1895
..............
1896
...............
1897
..............
1898
..............
1899
..............
1900
..............
1901
..............

$31.3667
30.6000
30.5000
30.6042
33.6250
31.7500
31.0000
31.0000
30.6667
30.0000
34.0208
37.6875
36.7083

100.0
97.2
97.2
97.6
107.2
101.2
98.8
98.8
97.8
95.6
108.5
120.2
117.0

$0.0158
.0175
.0175
.0161
.0160
.0157
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0168
.0190
.0150

100.0
110.8
110.8
101.9
101.3
99.4
91.8
91.8
91.8
91.8
106.3
120.3
94.9

$1.4399
1.3844
1.4740
1.3417
1.2615
1.2510
1.5615
1.7458
1.6125
1.4208
1.3458
1.6021
1.5302

100.0
96.1
102.4
93.2
87.6
86.9
108.4
121.2
112.0
98.7
93.5
111.3
106.3

$2.8213
3.3500
3.2500
3.1500
3.0000
2.8000
2.6500
2.5000
2.3500
2.5000
2.6625
2.8500
2.8500

100.0
118.7
115.2
111.7
106.3
99.2
93.9
88.6
83.3
88.6
94.4
101.0
101.0

$3.7434
3.8417
4.0000
3.9063
3.8500
3.7500
3.7000
3.6125
3.5417
3.5521
3.6792
4.0000
4.1875

100.0
102.6
106.9
104.4
102.8
100.2
98.8
96.5
94.6
94.9
98.3
106.9
111.9

Lumber and building materials.

Spruce.

Turpentine:
spirits of.

Tar.

Year.

Window glass:
American, sin­
gle, firsts, 6 x 8
to 1 0 x 1 5 inch.

Window glass:
American, sin­
gle,thirds, 6 x 8
to 10 x 15 inch.

Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­ Average Rela­
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
M feet. price. barrel. price. gallon. price. 50 sq.ft. price. 50 sq. ft. price.
Average, 1890-1899..
1890
..............
1891
..............
1892
..............
1893
..............
1894
..............
1895
...............
1896
..............
1897
...............
1,898............................
1899
...............
1900
..............
1901
...............

$14.3489
16.2917
14.2183
14.8542
13.7708
12.7083
14.2500
14.2500
14.0000
13.7500
15.3958
17.3750
18.0000




100.0
113.5
99.1
103.5
96.0
88.6
99.3
99.3
97.6
95.8
107.3
121.1
125.4

$1.2048
1.4750
1.5833
1.3000
1.0458
1.0917
1.1417
1.0125
1.0542
1.0979
1.2458
1.3625
1.2817

100.0
122.4
131.4
107.9
86.8
90.6
94.8
84.0
87.5
91.1
103.4
113.1
106.4

$0.3343
.4080
.3795
.3227
.3002
.2932
.2923
.2743
.2924
.3221
.4581
.4771
.3729

100.0
122.0
113.5
96.5
89.8
87.7
87.4
82.1
87.5
96.4
137.0
142.7
111.5

$2.1514
2.2283
2.2125
1.9935
2.1375
1.9918
1.5988
1.8021
2.1986
2.6432
2.7081
2.6990
4.1282

100.0
103.6
102.8
92.7
99.4
92.6
74.3
83.8
102.2
122.9
125.9
125.5
191.9

$1.8190
1.7858
1.7700
1.5948
1.7100
1.6326
1.3919
1.6000
1.9630
2.3428
2.3986
2.3194
3.2823

100.0
98.2
97.3
87.7
94.0
89.8
76.5
88.0
107.9
128.8
131.9
127.5
180.4

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901,

471

I I . — BASE PRICES (A V E R A G E PRICE FOR 1890-1899), AV ER A G E
Y E A R L Y PRICES, AND- R E LA TIV E PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901—Continued.

T able

[For a more complete description of the articles see Table L]
Drugs and chemicals.

Year.

Alcohol: grain, 94 Alcohol: wood, re­
per cent.
fined, 95 per cent.

Alum: lump.

Brimstone: crude,
seconds.

Average Relative Average
Average
Average Relative
Relative
price per Relative price per
price.
price. price per price. price per
price.
gallon.
gallon.
pound.
ton.
Average, 1890-1899..
1890
..............
1891
..............
1892
..............
1893
..............
1894
..............
1895
..............
1896
..............
1897
..............
1898
..............
1899
..............
1900
..............
1901
..............

$2.2405
2.0717
2.2150
2.1417
2.1808
2.1521
2.3292
2.3008
2.2767
2.3250
2.4117
2.3867
2.4583

100.0
92.5
98.9
95.6
97.3
96.1
104.0
102.7
101.6
103.8
107.6
106.5
109.7

$0.9539
1.1375
1.1598
1.2973
1.2917
.7198
.8667
.8500
.6958
.7500
.7708
.8000
.6125

100.0
119.2
121.6
136.0
135.4
75.5
90.9
89.1
72.9
78.6
80.8
83.9
64.2

$0.0167
.0182
.0158
.0160
.0174
.0169
.0160
.0164
.0166
.0165
.0168
.0175
.0175

100.0
109.0
94.6
95.8
104.2
101.2
95.8
98.2
99.4
98.8
100.6
104.8
104.8

$20.6958
21.1458
28.6042
24.1458
18.7292
16.5833
15.6250
17.9583
20.1250
22.9167
21.1250
21.1458
22.0000

100.0
102.2
138.2
116.7
90.5
80.1
75.5
86.8
97.2
110.7
102.1
102.2
106.3

Drugs and chemicals.

Year.

Glycerin:
refined, American. Muriatic acid: 20°.

Opium: natural
(cases).

Quinine: American.

Average
Average
Average
Average
price per Relative price per Relative price per Relative price per Relative
price.
price.
price.
price.
pound.
pound.
pound.
ounce.
Average, 1890-1899..
..............
1890
1891
..............
1892
..............
1893
..............
1894
..............
1895
..............
1896
..............
1897
..............
1898
..............
1899
..............
1900
..............
1901
..............

$0.1399
.1767
.1538
.1396
.1346
.1194
.1204
.1671
.1308
.1238
.1329
.1515
.1504

100.0
126.3
109.9
99.8
96.2
85.3
86.1
119.4
93.5
88.5
95.0
108.3
107.5

$0.0104
.0104
.0098
.0121
.0101
.0088
.0083
.0075
.0109
.0128
.0135
.0135
.0150

100.0
100.0
94.2
116.3
97.1
84.6
79.8
72.1
104.8
123.1
129.8
129.8
144.2

Drugs and chem­
icals.
Sulphuric acid: 66°.

$2.3602
2.6208
1.9438
1.6708
2.3917
2.2854
1.8413
2.0917
2.3417
3.3417
3.0729
3.2000
3.2292

100.0
111.0
82.4
70.8
101.3
96.8
78.0 .
88.6
99.2
141.6
130.2
135.6
136.8

$0.2460
.3275
.2508
.2183
.2150
.2621
.2508
.2406
.1829
.2146
.2975
.3325
.3025

100.0
133.1
102.0
88.7
87.4
106.5
102.0
97.8
74.3
87.2
120.9
135.2
123.0

House furnishing goods.
Earthenware:
plates, creamcolored.

Earthenware:
plates, white
granite.

Earthenware:
tea cups and saucers,
white granite.

Year.
Average
Average
Average Relative Average Relative price per
Relative
gross (6 Relative
price per
price per
price.
price. price per price. dozen cups price.
pound.
dozen.
dozen.
and6dozen
saucers).
Average, 1890-1899..
1890
..............
1891
..............
1892
..............
1893
..............
1894
..............
1895
..............
1896
..............
1897
..............
1898
..............
1899
..............
1900
..............
1901
..............

$0.0089
.0088
.0081
.0095
.0085
.0073
.0070
.0070
.0095
.0113
.0120
.0120
.0125




100.0
98.9
91.0
106.7
95.5
82.0
78.7
78.7
106.7
127.0
134.8
134.8
140.4

$0.4136
.4465
.4367
.4230
.4230
.4177
.3913
.3807
.3807
.4153
.4208
.4410
.4655

100.0
108.0
105.6
102.3
102.3
101.0
94.6
92.0
92.0
100.4
101.7
106.6
112.5

$0.4479
.4888
.4786
.4644
.4644
.4566
.4162
.3991
.3991
.4515
.4607
.4841
.5096

100.0
109.1
106.9
103.7
103.7
101.9
92.9
89.1
89.1
100.8
102.9
108.1
113.8

$3.4292
3.7600
3.6817
3.5720
3.5720
3.5250
3.2374
3.0907
3.0907
3.3595
3.4026
8.5750
3.7632

100.0
109.6
107.4
104.2
104.2
102.8
94.4
90.1
90.1
98.0
99.2
104.3
109.7

472

BULLETIN OP THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,

II.— BASE PRICES (AVERAGE PRICE FOR 1890-1899), AVERAGE
YEARLY PRICES, AND RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901—Continued.

T able

[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
House furnishing goods.

Year.

Furniture: bed­
room sets, ash.

Furniture: chairs,
bedroom, maple.

Furniture: chairs,
kitchen.

Furniture: tables,
kitchen.

Average
Average
Average
Average
price per Relative price per Relative price per Relative price per Relative
price.
price.
price.
price.
set.
dozen.
dozen.
dozen.
Average, 1890-1899..
1890
..............
1891
..............
1892
..............
1893
..............
1894
..............
1895
..............
1896
..............
1897
..............
1898
..............
1899
..............
1900
..............
1901
..............

$10,555
12.000
12.000
12.000
11.000
11.000
9.950
8.750
8.750
10.000
10-100
11.250
11.250

100.0
113.7
113.7
113.7
104.2
104.2
94.3
82.9
82.9
94.7
95.7
106.6
106.6

$6,195
7.000
7.000
6.850
6.850
6.000
6.000
6.000
5.000
5.125
6.125
8.000
7.000

100.0
113.0
113.0
110.6
110.6
96.9
96.9
96.9
80.7
82.7
98.9
129.1
113.0

$3.8255
4.2000
4.2000
4.2500
4.2500
3.5000
3.5000
3.5000
3.5000
3.3130
4.0420
5.2080
4.7500

100.0
109.8
109.8
111.1
111.1
91.5
91.5
91.5
91.5
86.6
105.7
136.1
124.2

$14,435
15.000
15.000
15.000
15.000
14.250
14.250
13.800
13.800
13.800
14.450
15.600
15.600

100.0
103.9
103.9
103.9
103.9
98.7
98.7
95.6
95.6
95.6
100.1
108.1
108.1

House furnishing goods.

Year.

Glassware:
pitchers, 4-gallon,
common.

Glassware:
nappies, 4-inch.

Glassware:
tumblers, 1-pint,
common.

Table cutlery: carv­
ers, stag handles.

Average
Average
Average
Average
price per Relative price per Relative price per Relative price per Relative
price.
price.
price.
price.
dozen.
dozen.
dozen.
set.
Average, 1890-1899..
..............
1890
1891
..............
1892
..............
1898............................
1894
..............
1895
..............
1896
..............
1897
...............
1898
..............
1899
..............
1900
..............
1901
..............

$0,112
.120
.120
.120
.120
.120
.120
.100
.100
.100
.100
.100
.140

100.0
107.1
107.1
107.1
107.1
107.1
107.1
89.3
89.3
89.3
89.3
89.3
125.0

$1,175
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.300

100.0
106.4
106.4
106.4
106.4
106.4
106.4
106.4
85.1
85.1
85.1
85.1
110.6

$0.1775
.1800
.2000
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1850
.1800
.1700
.1600
.1300
.1800
.1800

100.0
101.4
112.7
107.0
107.0
107.0
104.2
101.4
95.8
90.1
73.2
101.4
101.4

House furnishing goods.

Year.

Table cutlery:
Wooden ware:
knives and forks, pails,
oak-grained.
cocobolo handles.

$0.80
.80
.80
.80
.95
.80
.80
.80
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
118.8
100.0
100.0
100.0
93.8
93.8
93.8
93.8
93.8

Miscellaneous.

Wooden ware:
tubs, oak-grained.

Cotton-seed meal.

Average
Average
Average
Average
price per Relative price per Relative price per Relative price per Relative
price.
price.
price.
ton
of 2,000 price.
dozen.
gross.
nest of 3.
pounds.
Average,1890-1899..
1890
..............
1891
..............
1892
..............
1898............................
1894
..............
1895
..............
1896
..............
1897
..............
1898
..............
1899
..............
1900
..............
1901
..............

$6.06
7.75
7.75
6.85
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.50
5.00
5.50
6.75
5.75
6.50




100.0
127.9
127.9
113.0
90.8
90.8
90.8
90.8
82.5
90.8
94.9
94.9
107.3

$1.2988
1.5917
1.4500
1.3500
1.3125
1.2583
1.1208
1.2625
1.2417
1.1333
1.2667
1.4917
1.5500

100.0
122.6
111.6
103.9
101.1
96.9
86.3
97.2
95.6
87.3
97.5
114.9
119.3

$1.3471
1.6500
1.5667
1.4000
1.3083
1.2875
1.2500
1.2500
1.2500
1.2500
1.2583
1.4417
1.4500

100.0
122.5
116.3
103.9
97.1
95.6
92.8
92.8
92.8
92.8
93.4
107.0
107.6

$21.9625
23.3750
25.2083
23.6958
25.7042
22.5583
18.9125
19.9375
20.4375
19.0000
20.7958
25.5458
25.0208

100.0
106.4
114.8
107.9
117.0
102.7
86.1
90.8
93.1
86.5
94.7
116.3
113.9

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901,

473

II.— BASE PRICES (AVERAGE PRICE FOR 1890-1899), AVERAGE
YEARLY PRICES, AND RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO
1901—Concluded.

T able

[For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Miscellaneous.
Cotton-seed oil:
summer yellow,
prime.

Year.

Jute: raw.

Malt: Western
made.

Paper: news.

Average
Average
Average
Average
price per Relative price per Relative price per Relative price per Relative
price.
price.
price.
price.
gallon.
pound.
bushel.
pound.
Average, 1890-1899..
1890......................
1891............................ 1
1892............................
1893............................
1894............................
1895...........................
1896............................
1897............................
1898............................
1899............................
1900...........................
1901...........................

$0.3044
.3446
.3567
.3088
.4550
.3238
.2721
.2513
.2365
.2288
.2663
.3556
.3571

100.0
113.2
117.2
101.4
149.5
106.4
89.4
82.6
77.7
75.2
87.5
116.8
117.3

$0.0359
.0388
.0371
.0475
.0346
.0345
.0279
.0319
.0373
.0332
.0365
.0435
.0400

100.0
108.1
103.3
132.3
96.4
96.1
77.7
88.9
103.9
92.5
101.7
121.2
111.4

$0.7029
.7500
.9271
.8015
.7750
.7446
.6854
.5629
.5438
.6163
. 6221
.6538
.7450

100.0
106.7
131.9
114.0
110.3
105.9
97.5
80.1
77.4
87.7
88.5
93.0
106.0

$0.0299
.0382
.0340
.0340
.0318
.0323
.0308
.0275
.0271
.0219
.0209
.0281
.0226

100.0
127.8
113.7
113.7
106.4
108.0
103.0
92.0
90.6
73.2
69.9
94.0
75.6

Miscellaneous.

Year.

Paper: wrapping,
manila.

Proof spirits.

Rope: manila,
f-inch.

Rubber: Para
Island, fine.

Average Relative Average Relative Average Relative Average Relative
price per price. price per
per
price per
price. price
price.
price.
gallon.
pound.
pound.
pound.
Average, 1890-1899..
1890...........................
1891............................
1892............................
1893............................
1894...........................
1895...........................
1896......... .................
1897............................
1898............................
1899............................
1900............................
1901...........................

$0.0553
.0575
.Q575
.0558
.0579
.0584
.0586
.0588
.0588
.0459
.0438
.0480
.0502

100.0
104.0
104.0
100.9
104.7
105.6
106.0
106.3
106.3
83.0
79.2
86.8
90.8

$1.1499
1.0533
1.1052
1.0757
1.0713
1.1326
1.2109
1.2031
1.1830
1.2220
1.2421
1.2460
1.2861

100.0
91.6
96.1
93.5
93.2
98.5
105.3
104.6
102.9
106.3
108.0
108.4
111.8

$0.0934
.1494
.1038
.1148
.0919
.0770
.0735
.0664
.0631
.0842
.1094
.1320
.1092

100.0
160.0
111.1
122.9
98.4
82.4
78.7
71.1
67.6
90.1
117.1
141.3
116.9

$0.8007
.8379
.7908
.6763
.7167
.6744
.7425
.8000
.8454
.9271
.9954
.9817
.8496

100.0
104.6
98.8
84.5
89.5
84.2
92.7
99.9
105.6
115.8
124.3
122.6
106.1

Miscellaneous.

Year.

Soap: castile, mot­
tled, pure.

Starch: laundry,
large lump.

Tobacco: plug,
Horseshoe, bright.

Tobacco: smoking,
granulated, Seal of
North Carolina.

Average Relative Average Relative Average Relative Average Relative
price per
price per
price per
price per
price.
price.
price.
price.
pound.
pound.
pound.
pound.
Average, 1890-1899..
1890...........................
1891...........................
1892............................
1893............................
1894...........................
1895 ..........................
1896............................
1897...........................
1898...........................
1899............................
1900 ...........................
1901...........................




$0.0569
.0594
.0621
.0624
.0615
.0588
.0507
0502
.0531
.0550
.0558
.0613
.0655

100.0
104.4
109.1
109.7
108.1
103.3
89.1
88.2
93.3
96.7
98.1
107.7
115.1

$0.0348
.0371
.0426
.0373
.0366
.0366
.0363
.0310
.0300
.0300
.0300
.0340
.0363

100.0
106.6
122.4
107.2
105.2
105.2
104.3
89.1
86.2
86.2
86.2
97.7
104.3

$0.3962
.4050
.4008
.3725
.3967
.4000
.4000
.3808
.3758
.4133
.4175
.4433
.4658

100.0
102.2
101.2
94.0
100.1
101.0
101.0
96.1
94.9
104.3
105.4
111.9
117.6

$0.5090
.5000
.5000
.5000
.5000
.5000
.5000
.5000
.5000
.5300
.5600
.5600
.5600

100.0
98.2
98.2
98.2
98.2
98.2
98.2
98.2
98.2
104.1
110.0
110.0
110.0

474

BULLETIN OP THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
T able H I . — RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901.

[Average price for 1890-1899=100.

For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Farm products.
Grain.

Year. Cotton:
upland,
mid­
dling.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897—
1898----1899___
1900....
1901....

142.9
110.8
99.0
107.2
90.2
94.0
102.0
92.2
76.9
84.7
123.8
111.1

Flax­
seed:
No. 1.

Barley: Corn:
No. 2,
by
sample. cash.

125.5
97.1
91.4
97.7
121.6
111.8
72.9
78.1
99.8
104.0
145.7
145.8

111.6
134.5
112.2
103.3
113.2
94.8
65.7
71.2
95.9
97.6
106.2
129.8

Oats:
No. 2,
cash.

Rye:
No. 2,
cash.

115.6
144.1
113.2
105.2
115.7
88.3
67.0
67.9
91.9
91.2
84.5
118.3

103.0
157.6
127.7
92.6
88.1
91.2
66.5
74.9
93.8
104.4
97.9
100.8

103.8
151.0
118.3
104.2
113.7
104.0
67.8
66.9
82.6
87.6
100.2
130.6

Hides:
green,
Hops:
Hay: salted,
New
timo­ packers, York
thy,
State,
heavy
No. 1. native choice.
steers.

Wheat:
contract Aver­
grades,
age.
cash.
118.9
128.1
104.9
90.1
74.4
79.9
85.4
105.8
117.8
94.7
93.7
95.7

110.6
143.1
115.3
99.1
101.0
91.6
70.5
77.3
96.4
95.1
96.5
115.0

95.8
117.8
113.5
107.4
99.9
109.1
99.0
80.9
79.9
96.6
110.9
123.0

99.6
101.5
92.8
79.9
68.4
109.7
86.6
106.3
122.8
131.8
127.4
132.0

148.0
149.1
141.4
128.2
85.5
53.1
49.5
65.5
91.5
88.3
83.7
97.1

Farm products.
Live stock.
Year.

Cattle.
Steers, Steers,
choice good to
to extra. choice.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

91.5
11C. 6
95.7
103.8
97.0
103.1
86.4
98.2
101.1
112.6
108.7
115.1

87.4
107.7
95.0
102.2
95.6
104.2
90.2
100.8
103.2
113.7
113.9
118.1

Hogs.
Aver­
age.

Heavy.

89.5
109.2
95.4
103.0
96.3
103.7
88.3
99.5
102.2
113.2
111.3
116.6

89.6
100.2
116.8
148.4
112.7
97.0
76.1
81.4
86.2
91.5
115.2
135.0

Light.

88.8
98.2
114.6
148.7
111.6
96.2
80.5
84.2
85.0
92.1
115.7
133.9

Sheep.
Aver­
Native.
age.
89.2
99.2
115.7
148.6
112.2
96.6
78.3
82.8
85.6
91.8
115.5
134.5

120.5
120.0
127.2
103.2
71.7
78.5
78.0
93.1
104.4
103.3
109.7
89.2

West­
ern.

Aver­
age.

118.0
115.6
123.2
104.3
75.4
78.3
79.4
95.3
105.3
105.2
114.3
94.7

119.3
117.8
125.2
103.8
73.6
78.4
78.7
94.2
104.9
104.3
112.0
92.0

Aver­
age.

99.3
108.7
112.1
118.4
94.0
92.9
81.8
92.2
97.5
103.1
112.9
114.3

Aver­
age,
farm
prod­
ucts.

110.0
121.6
111.7
107.9
95.9
93.3
78.3
85.2
96.1
100.0
109.5
116.9

Food, etc.
Bread.
Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Beans:
medium,
choice.

121.5
134.9
112.0
119.2
110.6
107.2
70.3
62.6
74.7
87.0
125.6
131.3

Crackers.

Loaf.

Home­
Washing­
Boston X . Soda X X . Average. ton mar­ made (N.
Y. mar­
ket.
ket).
104.0
104.0
102.2
96.6
96.6
97.2
96.6
88.0
108.9
105.9
111.4
118.9




111.4
111.4
106.3
104.5
101.0
94.0
91.6
82.5
105.6
92.3
94.0
97.5

107.7
107.7
104.3
100.6
98.8
95.6
94.1
85.3
107.3
99.1
102.7
108.2

100.5
100.5
100.5
100.5
100.5
94.2
102.5
100.5
100.5
100.5
100.5
100.5

101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
90.4
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0

Vienna
Average.
(N. Y .
Average.
market).
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
90.4
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0

100.8
100.8
100.8
100.8
100.8
98.7
94.4
100.8
100.8
100.8
100.8
100.8

103.6
103.6
102.2
100.7
100.0
97.5
94.3
94.6
103.4
100.1
101.6
103.8

475

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able I I I —

RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Cont’d.

[Average price for 1890-1899=100.

For a more complete description of the articles see Table L ]
Food, etc.

Butter.

Year.

Fish.

Cream­
Cheese:
Eggs:
Cream­ ery, El­
N. Y.
gin
and
Coffee: newery. El­
State
laid, Cod,
Dairy,
Her­ Mack­
other
Bio,
erel,
gin
New Aver­ factory, No. 7. fancy, dry, ring, salt,
Salmon, Aver­
West­
(Elgin
York
full
near­ bank, shore,
age.
canned. age.
ern
large
cream.
mar­
round.
by.
large.
State.
(N.
Y
.
No.
3s.
ket).
mar­
ket).

1890.... 103.1
1891.... 115.3
1892.... 116.5
1893.... 118.9
1894.... 101.1
95.1
1895....
82.6
1896....
84.7
1897....
86.9
1898....
1899.... ' 95.6
1900.... 100.4
97.4
1901....

101.5
115.3
116.5
120.5
102.1
95.3
82.1
84.5
87.2
94.8
100.1
96.5

96.5
117.6
116.1
124.6
103.3
93.0
82.3
83.2
86.4
97.1
104.5
99.2

100.4
116.1
116.4
121.3
102.2
94.5
82.3
84.1
86.8
95.8
101.7
97.7

136.6
127.3
108.9
131.2
126.0
121.2
93.9
60.4
48.2
46.0
62.6
49.2

97.1
102.4
107.2
109.0
107.4
94.1
92.0
98.1
83.3
108.9
114.3
102.4

99.1
110.0
110.4
114.5
93.5
102.0
88.7
87.5
92.6
101.6
100.7
106.7

101.7
120.5
126.3
114.2
106.7
98.9
75.4
80.9
83.6
92.0
94.9
107.2

93.3
124.6
77.8
101.0
89.9
83.6
88.8
96.3
111.4
133.2
134.6
131.9

129.2
108.4
92.0
92.0
78.2
110.6
98.5
86.5
96.7
107.9
98.3
76.6

111.4
101.8
100.7
101.4
96.7
102.1
105.2
90.8
86.0
103.8
120.2
116.3

108.9
113.8
99.2
102.2
92.9
98.8
92.0
88.6
94.4
109.2
112.0
108.0

Food, etc.
Flour.
Year.
Buck­
wheat.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Fruit.
Apples.

Wheat.

104.0
125.7
92.1
121.9
125.4
86.2
71.1
75.4
79.8
118.4
108.3
108.4

Bye.

Winter
Spring
Average.
patents. straights.

101.4
148.3
121.1
93.0
83.8
94.5
80.9
84.6
92.9
99.4
103.3
100.1

120.7
123.5
101.1
93.2
83.7
84.8
88.3
106.8
110.1
87.8
89.4
88.7

121.0
127.6
107.2
85.4
71.5
84.0
94.1
113.4
107.8
88.0
87.1
86.0

Average.

120.9
125.6
104.2
89.3
77.6
84.4
91.2
110.1
109.0
87.9
88.3
87.4

Evap­
orated,
choice.

111.8
131.3
105.4
98.4
91.1
87.4
83.6
95.1
97.7
98.4
97.0
95.8

Sun-dried,
Southern, Average.
sliced.

134.1
129.9
81.2
109.4
128.9
80.0
62.9
65.5
105.1
102.6
72.6
83.7

134.0
160.2
82.1
98.6
122.5
93.4
60.6
51.8
77.3
118.4
86.0
79.6

134.1
145.1
81.7
104.0
125.7
86.7
61.8
58.7
91.2
110.5
*79.3
81.7

Food, etc.
Meal: corn.

Fruit.
Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Glucose:
Lard:
41°, mix­ prime
Baisins,
Prunes, California,
ing.
contract.
Currants, California, London Average.
(o)
in barrels. in boxes.
layer.
127.5
113.6
79.2
72.0
46.1
67.7
87.2
127.7
154.7
125.3
192.0
221.6

138.0
129.2
128.6
134.2
.95.0
86.0
75.1
70.5
70.3
73.0
67.4
67.8




157.3
120.1
97.9
113.3
76.9
95.2
67.9
93.2
92.7
85.5
101.3
96.1

138.2
130.6
93.8
105.5
93.9
84.5
70.7
81.7
100.0
101.0
103.9
109.8

124.3
111.4
109.2
81.7
86.0
91.8
95.6
104.9
116.0

a Average for 1893-1899=100.

96.8
100.9
117.9
157.5
118.2
99.8
71.7
67.4
84.4
85.0
105.5
135.3

Fine
white.

101.2
140.6
113.7
105.0
106.7
102.2
77.5
77.8
84.1
91.1
96.5
114.2

Fine
yellow.

Average.

100.3
143.4
114.2
106.5
104.5
104.4
77.2
75.1
83.2
91.2
97.4
116.8

100.8
142.0
114.0
105.8
105.6
103.3
77.4
76.5
83.7
91.2
97.0
115.5

476

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T able I I I ___RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901— Cont’d.
[Average price for 1890-1899=100.

For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Food, etc.
Meat.

Beef.

Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Pork.

Fresh,
native
sides.

Salt,
extra
mess.

Salt,
hams,
West­
ern.

89.2
106.2
98.8
105.4
97.0
102.7
90.5
99.7
101.3
108.3
104.3
102.1

86.8
104.4
84.8
102.2
101.0
101.4
93.7
95.7
114.2
115.9
121.7
116.3

80.4
85.8
80.5
98.6
101.5
95.9
88.1
125.1
118.8
125.6
114.2
112.6

Aver­
age.

85.5
98.8
88.0
102.1
99.8
100.0
90.8
106.8
111.4
116.6
113.4
110.3

Bacon, Bacon,
Hams, Salt,
short
mess,
clear short rib smoked, old to
sides. packed.
sides.
new.
89.3
103.6
116.6
155.3
111.3
96.3
78.2
80.1
88.3
86.4
111.4
132.0

89.3
103.8
116.5
154.0
112.2
96.3
73.0
79.6
90.5
85.1
111.6
132.5

101.1
99.8
109.3
126.9
103.6
96.2
95.8
90.9
82.0
93.8
104.2
109.2

104.4
97.2
99.1
157.6
121.4
101.7
76.8
76.6
84.8
80.3
107.5
134.2

Aver­
age.

96.0
101.1
110.4
148.5
112.1
97.6
79.7
81.8
86.4
86.4
108.7
127.0

Mutton,
dressed.

123.7
114.9
121.2
106.5
80.2
82.2
82.9
96.6
98.0
94.3
96.4
89.5

Aver­
age.

95.5
102.0
103.4
125.8
103.5
96.6
84.3
93.0
97.2
98.7
108.9
116.1

Food, etc.

Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Milk:
fresh.

103.1
104.7
105.1
109:4
103.1
99.2
91.8
92.2
93.7
99.2
107.5
102.7

Molas­
ses: New Rice:
Orleans, domes­
Ameri­
open
tic,
can,
kettle, choice.
fine.
prime.
112.4
88.5
101.2
106.2
98.1
97.8
103.0
83.1
97.8
111.9
151.5
120.1

107.8
113.5
101.4
81.8
93.8
95.0
92.5
96.6
108.4
108.2
97.7
97.7

112.5
111.7
107.5
99.6
102.1
99.6
88.4
93.9
94.4
90.4
142.1
121.6

Salt.
Ash­
ton’s.

Aver­
age.

111.9
108.1
107.8
105.5
101.6
93.0
93.0
93.0
93.0
93.0
93.0
99.0

112.2
109.9
107.7
102.6
101.9
96.3
90.7
93.5
93.7
91.7
117.6
110.3

Soda:
bicar­
bonate
of,
Ameri­
can.
131.6
151.7
104.3
136.4
128.2
84.7
72.7
71.8
61.7
56.0
58.9
51.2

Spices.
Nut­ Pepper, Aver­
megs. Singa­
age.
pore.
146.2
140.7
123.1
106.1
92.5
91.8
83.1
77.6
72.7
66.4
60.2
54.3

153.7
116.6
92.0
79.4
68.9
66.4
66.8
88.7
119.0
149.1
172.4
172.5

150.0
128.7
107.6
92.8
80.7
79.1
75.0
83.2
95.9
107.8
116.3
113.4

Starch:
pure
com.

99.6
109.5
109.5
109.5
103.5
101.1
93.6
91.2
91.2
91.2
91.2
85.8

Food, etc.
Sugar.
Year.
89° fair 96° cen­
refin­ trifu­ Granu­
lated.
ing.
gal.
1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

143.9
101.8
84.5
94.3
81.2
85.2
93.9
90.6
109.2
115.4
119.2
103.6

141.1
101.1
85.7
95.1
83.5
84.1
93.7
92.1
109.5
114.3
118.2
104.-4

130.5
99.7
92.1
102.3
87.0
87.9
95.9
95.1
105.2
104.2
112.8
106.8




Aver­
age.

Tallow.

138.5
100.9
87.4
97.2
83.9
85.7
94.5
92.6
108.0
111.3
116.7
104.9

105.7
111.0
106.4
125.1
110.3
99.8
78.9
76.3
81.8
104.1
111.5
119.1

Vegetables, fresh.
Tea:
For­
Pota­
mosa,
Aver­
Onions. toes,
fine.
Bur­
age.
bank.
96.3
99.2
106.0
101.7
98.0
95.1
91.0
98.6
104.2
109.8
104.9
100.4

127.8
121.3
106.0
93.8
95.6
91.6
57.3
115.5
96.2
94.8
71.4
103.0

119.3
154.9
91.1
134.5
122.8
86.7
39.4
65.7
102.1
83.6
74.9
113.0

123.6
138.1
98.6
114.2
109.2
89.2
48.4
90.6
99.2
89.2
73.2
108.0

Vinegar:
cider,
Mon­
arch.
105.4
121.8
111.1
101.5
101.5
98.1
88.0
88.0
89.6
94.7
91.3
89.6

Averfood,
etc.

112.4
115.7
103.6
110.2
99.8
94.6
83.8
87.7
94.4
98.3
104.2
105.9

477

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able

III.— RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Cont’d.

[Average price for 1890-1899=100.

For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Cloths and clothing.

Blankets.

Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Bags:
2-bu.,
Amoskeag.

Boots and shoes.

11-4,
all
wool.

11-4,
cotton
warp,
all wool
filling.

11-4,
cotton
warp,
cotton
and
wool
filling.

Aver­
age.

Men’s
brogans,
split.

108.3
106.0
107.1
107.1
101.2
89.3
89.3
89.3
107.1
95.2
107.1
101.2

106.0
106.0
104.4
104.4
89.7
88.1
91.4
106.0
102.0
102.0
122.3
106.0

108.5
108.5
101.4
99.1
96.7
94.3
94.3
99.1
99.1
99.1
123.8
112.0

107.6
106.8
104.3
103.5
95.9
90.6
91.7
98.1
102.7
98.8
117.7
106.4

106.1
106.1
104.9
102.3
97.9
99.2
100.4
96.0
92.2
94.8
94.8
95.4

113.9
111.7
110.8
106.8
91.1
82.2
91.6
92.9
95.6
103.4
112.6
101.0

Men’s
calf bal. Men’s
split
shoes,
boots,
Good­ kip
top,
year
16-inch,
welt,
£
double
dongola
sole.
top.
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
101.0
97.6
94.3
94.3
96.8

104.0
104.0
104.0
100.9
97.9
91.7
94.8
97.9
100.9
104.0
110.1
112.4

Wom­
en’s
Men’s
solid
vici kid grain
shoes,
Aver­
Good­ shoes,
age.
year leather,
polish
welt.
or
polka.
108.7
108.7
108.7
108.7
108.7
97.8
97.8
87.0
87.0
87.0
87.9
87.0

104.0
97.9
94.8
91.7
91.7
104.0
104.0
104.0
104.0
104.0
110.6
104.5

104.8
103.5
102.7
100.9
99.4
98.7
99.6
97.2
96.3
96.8
99.4
99.2

Cloths and clothing.

Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Carpets.

Broad­
cloths:
first
quality,
black,
54-inch,
made
from
XXX
wool.

Calico:
Cocheco
prints.

113.7
113.7
113.7
113.7
91.2
79.7
79.7
98.2
98.2
98.2
108.0
110.3

117.5
104.0
117.5
113.0
99.5
94.9
94.9
90.4
81.4
87.3
94.9
90.4

Brussels,
5-frame,
Bigelow.

Ingrain,

103.1
112.7
103.1
98.3
93.5
93.5
93.5
95.9
103.1
103.1
103.1
103.1

108.6
116.2
106.1
111.1
98.5
88.4
85.9
90.9
98.5
96.0
103.5
101.0

Cotton flannels.

Wilton,
2$ yards
5-frame, Average.
to the
pound.
Bigelow.

104.2
109.4
104.2
104.2
104.2
91.1
91.1
93.8
99.0
99.0
101.6
101.6

105.3
112.8
104.5
104.5
98.7
91.0
90.2
93.5
100.2
99.4
102.7
101.9

123.9
123.9
118.7
102.7
95.6
92.1
92.1
81.4
81.4
87.7
104.5
90.7

3$ yards
to the Average.
pound.

119.7
119.7
113.0
100.0
95.7
91.3
95.7
95.7
80.5
88.3
98.6
100.0

121.8
121.8
115.9
101.4
95.7
91.7
93.9
88.6
81.0
88.0.
101.6
95.4

Cloths and clothing.

Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Cotton
thread:
6-cord,
200-yard
spools,
J. & P.
Coats.
101.6
100.7
100.7
100.7
100.7
100.7
99.6
98.4
98.4
98.4
120.1
120.1

Cotton yarns.

Drillings.

Carded,
Carded,
Denims:
white,
white,
AmosmulemuleAverage.
keag.
spun,
spun,
Northern, Northern,
cones, 10/1. cones, 22/1.
111.3
111.6
117.2
112.4
94.7
91.9
92.2
90.3
90.5
87.6
115.0
98.6




112.1
114.0
116.8
108.6
91.2
92.2
93.7
90.8
91.0
89.4
115.9
97.9

111.7
112.8
117.0
110.5
93.0
92.1
93.0
90.6
90.8
88.5
115.5
98.3

112.5
109.6
109.6
112.5
105.4
94.6
94.6
89.2
85.9
85.8
102.8
100.2

Brown,
Pepperell.

119.4
114.0
101.7
103.1
97.7
92.5
100.2
91.8
89.7
89.2
105.9
102.3

Flannels:
white,
4-4, Bal­
30-inch,
lard
Stark A. Average.
Vale
No. 3.

122.8
115.2
102.7
108.1
96.4
93.9
100.2
88.9
83.9
87.7
104.0
102.1

121.1
114.6
102.2
105.6
97.1
93.2
100.2
90.4
86.8
88.5
105.0
102.2

116.8
116.8
115.9
109.5
94.1
81.7
85.4
82.6
97.8
99.5
108.7
100.8

478

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T able I I I ___RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Cont’ d.
[Average price for 1890-1899=100.

For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Cloths and clothing.

Ginghams.

Year.
Amos- Lan­
keag. caster.

Hosiery.

Horse
Women’s
blank­ Men’s cotton
combed
Women’s
Men’s cotton
ets: 6
half hose,
Egyptian
cotton hose,
half hose,
pounds
seamless,
cotton
hose,
seamless,
Aver­ each,
seamless,
fast black,
high spliced fast black, Aver­
age.
standard
all
weight 20 to
heel,
double
weight
26 to age.
quality, 84
wool.
22ozs., 160
sole, full28ozs., 160 to
needles.
needles.
fashioned.
176 needles.

(a)

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

117.3
122.0
122.0
118.4
91.0
87.4
88.6
82.2
80.9
89.5
96.6
91.9

120.8
122.2
122.2
111.3
88.0
86.6
87.3
86.2
85.2
89.9
96.0
92.7

119.1
122.1
122.1
114.9
89.5
87.0
88.0
84.2
83.1
89.7
96.3
92.3

133.3
123.1
112.8
110.3
102.6
94.9
87.2
82.1
76.9
76.9
82.1
71.8

109.1
104.7
109.1
104.7
96.0
92.5
90.8
99.5
99.5
94.2
118.7
109.9

124.3
124.3
123.6
111.5
92.4
89.2
89.2
82.9
82.9
79.7
82.9
92.4

131.6
121.1
115.8
113.2
105.3
92.1
84.2
81.6
76.3
78.9
81.6
71.1

102.7
102.7
101.4
101.4
100.0
97.3
94.6
102.7
108.1

129.7
122.8
117.4
109.4
100.8
94.4
90.5
86.7
83.4
82.5
87.3
85.9

Cloths and clothing.
Leather.

Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899___
1900___
1901___

Harness, oak,
country
middles, 14
pounds and
up (except
overweights,
20 pounds
and up).

Sole, hem­
lock, non­
acid, Buenos
Ayres, mid­
dle weights,
1st quality.

99.3
99.6
91.4
92.7
87.8
111.5
98.6
93.9
109.1
116.0
116.8
114.7

Linen thread.

Sole, oak,
dressed
backs,
heavy.

W ax calf,
30 to 40 lbs.
to the dozen,
B grade.

Aver­
age.

Shoe,
10s, Bar­
bour.

3-cord,
200-yard
spools,
Barbour.

91.7
98.8
105.9
98.5
92.3
112.0
98.3
94.1
103.3
105.0
100.3
96.0

100.6
100.9
97.0
96.9
91.5
108.0
95.2
96.1
104.4
109.3
113.2
110.8

101.9
101.9
101.9
102.8
105.0
97.3
97.3
97.3
97.3
97.3
101.5
101.9

104.6
93.2
94.1
97.5
99.9
99.9
99.9
101.8
104.6
104.6
104.6
104.6

112.1
109.4
101.7
103.6
97.5
101.7
87.0
91.6
95.5
99.9
107.3
104.8

99.1
95.8
89.1
92.6
88.4
106.9
97.0
104.8
109.8
116.2
128.4
127.6

Aver­
age.

103.3
97.6
98.0
100.2
102.5
98.6
98.6
99.6
101.0
101.0
103.1
103.3

Cloths and clothing.
Overcoatings.
Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893. ..
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Covert
Kersey,
Beaver, Chinchilla, Chinchilla,
cloth,
cotton
standard,
Moscow, all B-rough,
light
warp,
C.
C.
27
to 28 oz.
wool,black. all wool.
weight, sta­
grade.
(*>)
ple goods.
116.7
116.7
116.7
111.7
95.5
84.9
84.9
84.9
89.4
98.7
120.1
106.1

113.4
113.4
113.4
108.5
92.8
87.7
87.7
87.7
97.7
97.7
116.7
97.7

109.1
107.7
109.1
109.9
96.9
92.3
89.2
93.7
98.3
93.9
100.2
90.8

a Average for 1893-1899=100.




105.7
105.7
105.7
105.7
104.2
99.9
87.4
83.6
97.2
104.9
101.4
97.2

94.9
104.2
100.9
126.3
120.3

Aver­
age.

111.2
110.9
111.2
109.0
97.4
91.2
87.3
89. C
97.4
99.2
112.9
102.4

Print
cloths:
28-inch,
64 x 64.

117.7
103.5
119.3
114.6
96.8
100.9
90.9
87.6
72.6
96.3
108.6
99.3

bAveragefor 1897-1899=100.

Shawls:
standard, all
wool, 72 by
144 inch,
weight 42 ozs.,
made of highgrade wool.
107.0
107.0
107.0
107.0
107.0
107.0
89.1
89.5
90.2
89.1
107.0
107.0

479

COURSE OK 'WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T able I I I . — RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Cont’d.
[Average price for 1890-1899=100.

For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Cloths and clothing.
Sheetings.

Bleached.

Year.
10-4, At­
lantic.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

10-4,

Pear

122.1
116.4
108.7
111.8
94.8
93.8
92.6
87.4
83.2
89.4
111.3
100.9

116.2
106.6
100.8
103.3
92.6
94.7
95.1
92.3
91.3
107.3
121.7
112.4

Brown.

10-4,
Wamsutta
S. T.

Aver­
age.

4-4, At­
lantic A.

4-4, In­
dian
Head.

106.0
107.2
99.8
103.6
93.5
92.2
99.2
99.2
99.2
100.1
104.3
99.2

114.8
110.1
103.1
106.2
93.6
93.6
95.6
93.0
91.2
98.9
112.4
104.2

121.0
118.1
106.7
111.9
99.3
94.0
96.7
88.6
80.1
84.3
100.4
98.0

115.8
116.1
103.5
108.5
95.5
93.5
99.4
93.9
86.3
86.9
99.5
100.8

4-4, Pep- 4-4, Stark Aver­
perell R.
A. A.
age.

116.2
108.3
103.3
105.8
96.4
96.0
101.3
95.3
86.2
91.5
107.4
107.4

125.7
113.1
103.8
109.3
99.2
97.7
97.3
86.1
80.8
85.9
96.8
94.1

119.7
113.9
104.3
108.9
97.6
95.3
98.7
91.0
83.4
87.2
101.0
100.1

Aver­
age.

117.6
112.3
103.8
107.7
95.9
94.6
97.4
91.8
86.7
92.2
105.9
101.8

Cloths and clothing.
Shirtings: bleached.
Year.

Silk: raw.

Wam4-4, Fruit
New 4-4,sutta
4-4. Lons- 4-4,
York
Average.
of the 4-4, Hope.
aale.
<
o>
Loom.
Mills.
X

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

116.1
109.8
111.0

114.3
99.9
96.2
95.6
88.0

80.2
88.5
103.4
103.0

115.2
111.6

105.2
113.2
98.4
96.5
98.4
91.1
82.2
87.5
106.5
111.0

116.2
113.1
111.7
114.4

106.3
105.6

110.5

100.0

101.0

95.9
94.2
87.1
81..8

97.1

110.2

101.0

x

Italian,
classical.

Japan,
filatures.

122.7
98.4
105.3
118.2
86.5
94.9
85.3
85.5
91.1
112.1
106.0
90.4

130.5
99.8
107.7
113.0
83.7
94.2
84.8
86.2
90.5
109.7
103.7
87.4

126.6
99.1
106.5
115.6
85.1
94.6
85.1
85.9
90.8
110.9
104.9
88.9

Aver­
age.

Tickings:
Amoskeag
A.C. A.

Average.

-

106.6
106.4

110.2

102.6

107.4

103.5

110.2

100.2
102.2

99.9
97.6
97.9
92.0
83.8
87.8
100.4
98.9

100.3
98.6
85.1
94.1

86.1
100.6

95.4
89.5
82.8
89.7

101.8

101.5

86.8

92.3

112.9

Cloths and clothing.
Suitings.
Year.

1890___
1891___
1892___
1893___
1894___
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Clay
worsted
diagonal,
12-ounce,
Washing­
ton Mills,
(a)

Clay
blue,
worsted Indigo
all wool,
diagonal, 54-inch,
1416-ounce,
ounce,
Washing­
Middlesex
ton Mills,
standard.
(a)

93.8
87.6
93.3
111.4
113.9
133.7
111.0

92.5
89.1
92.2
111.3
114.9
131.4
110.6

Indigo
blue, all
wool, 16ounce.

116.9
116.9
116.9
114.0
111.1
87.1
86.0
79.1
86.0
86.0
86.0
89.6

a Average for 1895-1899=100.

3586—No. 39—02---- 19




109.2
109.2
109.2
109.2
92.3
83.0
89.9
87.4
103 **
107.2
118.4
109.2

Trouserings,
Serge,
fancy
Washing­
worsted,
ton Mills,
weight 22 to
6700.
23 ounces.
(&)
(&)

120.9
120.9
90.7
90.7
81.6
87.7
99.8
107.7
107.6
106.6

106.6
106.6
98.9
87.9
92.3
92.3
108.9
106.6
117.6
102.2

bAverage for 1892-1899=100.

113.1
113.1
113.4
112.7
98.3
89.2
87.8
88.7
103.4
106.1
115.8
104.9

113.1
110.7
108.4
111.3
102.2
94.8
96.0
91.9
84.3
87.0
102.2
95.5

480

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T able I I I . — RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Cont’d.
[Average price for 1890-1899=100.

For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Cloths and clothing.

Underwear.

Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Shirts
and
drawers,
white,
all wool,
full-fash­
ioned,
18-gauge.

Women’s dress goods.

Shirts
and
drawers,
white,
merino,
full-fash­ Aver­
ioned, 52 age.
per cent
wool, 48
per cent
cotton,
24-gauge.

106.2 1
110.0
110.0
110.0
92.7
92.7
92.7
92.7
92.7
100.4
100.4
100.4

106.9
112.7
112.7
112.7
95.4
92.5
92.5
92.5
95.4
86.7
95.4
95.4

106.6
111.4
111.4
111.4
94.1
92.6
92.6
92.6
94.1
93.6
97.9
97.9

CashCashAlpaca, mere, all mere,
cotton
wool,
cotton
warp,
warp,
10-11
22-inch,
twill,
9-twill,
4-4,
Hamil­ 38-inch,
ton.
Atlantic Atlantic
Mills J. Mills F.

108.1
108.1
106.3
104.6
100.9
93.7
93.7
93.7
93.7
96.6
104.6
104.6

119.8
126.1
128.2
111.8
84.3
81.0
67.5
82.2
88.6
110.4
119.1
111.3

Cashmere,
cotton
warp,
22-inch,
Hamil­
ton.

Cashmere,
cotton
warp,
27-inch,
Hamil­
ton.

109.9
109.9
108.3
106.7
100.3
97.0
93.8
90.5
90.5
93.1
100.3
100.3

111.0
111.0

119.3
119.3
117.7
98.4
88.7
83.8
83.6
90.3
94.3
104.8
108.0
104.3

109.6
106.1
102.7
95.8
93.0
88.8
88.8
93.0
99.9
102.7

Frank­
lin
sack­ Aver­
age.
ings,
6-4.

115.3
119.9
119.9
117.6
96.8
84.3
80.7
82.2
88.4
94.9
118.3
104.5

113.9
115.7
115.0
107.5
95.6
89.3
85.4
88.0
90.7
98.8
108.4
104.6

Cloths and clothing.
Wool.
Year.

Worsted yarns.

Ohio, me­
Ohio, fine
fleece (Xand dium fleece
(£ and £
X X grade),
grade),
scoured.
scoured.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

129.5
124.1
110.7
102.0
80.5
68.2
71.3
89.7
111.3
112.8
119.3
98.7

Average.

134.6
127.5
115.6
101.2
77.6
71.9
69.8
87.6
105.3
108.8
116.0
94.5

2-40s, X X X
2--40s, Aus­ or its equiva­
tralian fine. lent in qual­ Average.
ity, white, in
skeins.

132.1
125.8
113.2
101.6
79.1
70.1
70.6
88.7
108.3
110.8
117.7
96.6

120.4
121.3
119.6
111.4
91.3
72.9
71.2
83.6
101.2
107.1
118.3
102.2

124.1
125.4
114.8
107.6
91.2
75.1
74.5
81.3
99.7
106.3
118.5
102.1

Average,
cloths and
clothing.

122.3
123.4
117.2
109.5
91.3
74.0
72.9
82.5
100.5
106.7
118.4
102.2

113.5
111.3
109.0
107.2
96.1
92.7
91.3
91.1
93.4
96.7
106.8
101.0

Fuel and lighting.
Coal.

Year.

1890....
1891___
1892___
1893___
1894....
1895----1896....
1897....
1898....
1899___
1900___
1901___

Candles:
ada­
man­
tine,
6s, 14-oz.

102.3
102.3
102.3
112.9
110.9
108.7
108.7
95.3
78.4
78.4
135.4
140.7

Anthracite.

Bro­
ken.

Chest­
nut.

103.5
102.3
107.4
105.8
101.5
97.5
97.1
96.4
95.4
93.1
97.1
105.5




93.3
96.7
109.7
115.9
98.5
82.9
98.9
103.9
98.8
101.4
108.9
120.4

Egg.

100.6
104.4
110.8
107.2
94.3
84.3
98.8
105.7
100.2
93.8
99.7
112.9

Bituminous.

Stove.

Aver­
age.

97.8
101.6
109.4
110.5
94.9
82.4
100.0
105.8
100.1
97.6
104.0
113.9

98.8
101.3
109.3
109.9
97.3
86.8
98.7
103.0
98.6
96.5
102.4
113.2

Georges
Pitts­
Georges
Creek
Aver­
burg
Creek
(f. o. b.,
Aver­ age.
(Youg(at
New
age.
hioYork
mine).
Harbor). gheny).
97.1
106.9
101.3
103.6
92.4
87.2
101.3
93.8
102.7
113.9
135.0
150.5

108.9
110.5
106.9
107.6
99.8
102.5
97.1
89.0
79.3
98.4
106.0
106.6

103.3
122.7
116.5
117.9
98.6
93.3
89.1
88.6
87.9
82.6
117.0
117.0

103.1
113.4
108.2
109.7
96.9
94.3
95.8
90.5
90.0
98.3
119.3
124.7

100.6
106.4
108.9
109.8
97.1
90.0
97.5
97.6
94.9
97.3
109.7
118.1

481

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T able I I I . — RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Cont’d.
[Average price for 1890-1899=100.

For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Fuel and lighting.
Petroleum.

Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Coke: Con- Matches:
nellsville,
parlor,
furnace.
domestic.

122.7
110.4
106.5
87.1
62.3
78.0
110.4
95.2
98.8
128.7
155.8
115.6

111.5
99.6
99.6
99.6
94.9
96.1
99.6
99.6
99.6
99.6
99.6
99.6

Average,
fuel and
Average. lighting.

Refined.
Crude.
For export.

150° fire
test, w. w.

Average.

112.9
105.5
93.8
80.4
79.4
109.6
108.2
92.0
96.8
121.9
131.6
115.4

111.8
98.8
89.2
81.5
81.5
103.6
116.7
101.1
102.1
114.0
133.5
123.1

112.4
102.2
91.5
81.0
80.5
106.6
112.6
96.6
99.5
118.0
132.6
119.3

95.4
73.6
61.1
70.3
92.2
149.2
129.5
86.5
100.2
142.1
148.5
132.9

106.7
92.6
81.4
77.4
84.4
120.8
118.1
93.2
99.7
126.0
137.9
123.8

104.7
102.7
101.1
100.0
92.4
98.1
104.3
96.4
95.4
105.0
120.9
119.6

Metals and implements.
Bar iron.
Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Builders’ hardware.

Copper.

Best
Best
Barb Butts: Door Locks:
refined refined,
wire:
from
Aver­ galvan­ loose knobs: com­ Aver­
(Pitts­ store
mon
joint,
steel,
burg
age.
ized.
cast, bronze mor­ age.
mar­ (Phila.
mar­
3x3 in. plated. tise.
ket).
ket).
126.9
117.9
113.1
103.4
82.8
86.2
84.1
75.9
73.8
134.5
148.3
124.1

125.0
115.9
114.0
103.7
81.7
87.8
85.4
79.9
78.0
126.2
119.5
112.2

126.0
116.9
113.6
103.6
82.3
87.0
84.8
77.9
75.9
130.4
133.9
118.2

141.2
127.4
109.5
99.7
86.1
88.9
77.7
71.3
72.7
125.5
134.4
120.2

111.7
111.7
96.8
98.4
95.9
100.3
104.1
96.8
92.4
92.4
126.6
116.8

97.8
97.8
97.8
97.8
97.8
115.1
102.1
97.8
97.8
97.8
106.8
112.0

101.6
101.6
101.6
101.6
100.1
102.0
106.1
102.0
91.8
91.8
96.5
91.8

103.7
103.7
98.7
99.3
97.9
105.8
104.1
98.9
94.0
94.0
110.0
106.9

ufef’

127.6
105.8
93.5
88.6
76.8
87.1
88.9
91.7
96.8
143.2
134.6
136.7

Sheet,
hotrolled Wire, Aver­
(base bare. age.
sizes).

137.1
114.5
96.4
90.4
85.9
85.9
85.9
88.2
84.4
131.1
124.6
125.9

128.1
112.7
98.2
92.2
79.0
84.6
92.6
93.9
93.9
124.7
123.0
124.0

130.9

111.0

96.0
90.4
80.6
85.9
89.1
91.3
91.7
133.0
127.4
128.9

Metals and implements.
Lead.
Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Nails.

Pig,
com­
mon,
domes­
tic.

Pipe.

Cut,
Wire,
8-penny, 8-penny,
Aver­
fence
fence
age.
and
and
com­
com­
mon.
mon.

115.5
114.7
108.4
98.2
86.9
85.6
78.7
94.0
99.7
117.6
116.8
115.0

112.1
116.2
107.6
103.8
92.0
87.2
85.1
89.6
95.5
111.0
106.3
104.8

113.8
115.5
108.0
101.0
89.5
86.4
81.9
91.8
97.6
114.3
111.6
109.9




125.2
100.3
96.2
92.0
83.6
105.3
148.4
72.9
65.3
110.8
123.1
115.6

137.1
114.1
101.3
92.1
76.4
98.0
135.3
68.7
66.5
110.4
121.8
109.4

Pig iron.

Aver­
age.

Besse­
mer.

131.2
107.2
98.8
92.1
80.0
101.7
141.9
70.8
65.9
110.6
122.5
112.5

137.0
115.8
104.3
93.4
82.6
92.3
88.1
73.5
75.0
138.1
141.5
115.7

Gray
Found­ Found­ forge,
South­
ry,
ry,
ern,
No. 1. No. 2.
coke.
124.3
118.4
106.4
98.1
85.5
88.5
87.5
81.7
78.8
130.8
135.0
107.2

131.4
117.9
105.5
95.3
83.1
89.4
90.2
77.4
76.8
132.9
141.8
112.8

130.8
112.9
106.3
95.9
80.6
93.1
86.6
79.4
78.6
135.8
140.7
113.2

Aver­
age.

130.9
116.3
105.6
95.7
83.0
90.8
88.1
78.0
77.3
134.4
139.8
112.2

482

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,

T able I I I . — RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Cont’d.
[Average price for 1890-1899=100.

For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Metals and implements.
Tin.
Plates.

Year.

Quick­ Silver: Spelter: Steel
bar, Western.
silver.
billets.
fine.

Steel
rails.

Steel
sheets:
black,
No. 27.
(a)

Domes­ Import­
tic, Bes­ ed, Bes­
semer, semer,
coke,
coke,
i4 by 20. I. C.,
14 by 20.

Pig.

Aver­
age.

Aver­
age.

(c)
1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

130.5
112.3
100.9
93.2
85.7
91.8
89.0
92.2
97.0
107.3
121.0
118.5

140.6
132.2
116.9
104.4
85.5
88.5
91.0
81.1
78.9
80.8
82.9
79.7

122.6
112.4
102.9
90.7
78.5
80.1
88.7
93.1
100.2
130.1
97.8
89.6

141.5
117.7
109.8
94.9
77.0
85.9
87.5
70.1
71.1
144.6
116.4
112.1

121.9
114.8
115.1
107.9
92.1
93.4
107.4
71.9
67.6
107.9
123.9
104.9

104.9
108.9
96.0
87.1
84.8
119.2
130.8
140.6

115.5
110.3
110.9
109.0
98.7
76.5
72.4
74.0
84.5
148.2
163.7
142.6

100.6
93.2
83.5
122.7
137.0
122.7

104.6
116.4
115.7
117.1
106.7
84.4
82.9
85.1
87.2

104.6
116.4
115.7
117.1
106.7
84.4
91.8
89.2
85.4
122.7
137.0
122.7

(d)
(d)
(d

110.1
113.4
113.3
113.1
102.7
80.5
85.3
84.1
85.1
135.5
150.4
132.7

Metals and implements.
Tools.
Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Augers:
extra,
f-inch.

Axes:
M. C. O.,
Yankee.

Chisels:
extra,
socket
firmer,
1-inch.

118.2
118.2
118.2
111.9
95.9
82.9
86.7
88.6
88.6
91.1
124.4
105.7

120.4
118.3
106.5
106.5
100.9
98.0
88.4
83.9
79.9
97.1
102.9
88.8

110.9
110.9
110.9
102.1
91.5
90.3
94.7
90.3
90.8
107.6
127.6
121.4

Saws.
Files: 8- Hammers:
inch mill Maydole
bastard.
No. li.

106.7
104.6
102.2
101.6
97.3
95.4
91.2
94.4
96.8
109.7
127.8
123.1

Planes:
Bailey
No. 5.

96.9
96.9
96.9
96.9
96.9
97.6
105.2
105.2
100.6
107.0
115.9
117.2

Crosscut.

107.4
107.4
107.4
107.4
104.3
93.9
93.0
93.0
93.0
93.0
107.0
110.4

Hand,
No. 7.

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

Average.

112.7
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6

106.4
99.3
99.3
99.3
99.3
99.3
99.3
99.3
99.3
99.3
99.3
99.3

Metals and implements.
Tools.
Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Shovels:
Ames No. 2.

Trowels: M.
C. O., brick,
lOHnch.

Vises: solid
box, 50pound.

Average.

100.1
100.1
100.1
100.1
94.7
94.7
99.3
100.8
100.8
109.4
115.9
115.9

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

106.1
106.1
109.1
107.6
104.0
97.2
95.4
89.7
84.1
100.7
109.4
128.7

107.2
105.6
104.5
103.0
98.6
95.3
95.7
95.0
93.9
101.3
111.8
110.0

Wood screws:
1-inch, No.
10, flat head.

a Average for the period, July, 1894, to December, 1899=100.

b Average for 1896-1899=100.




130.5
132.5
139.1
139.1
103.2
74.0
68.4
56.3
60.8
96.2
120.5
69.2

Zinc:
sheet.

Average,
metals and
implements.

114.0
107.7
103.4
94.0
74.4
85.1
93.0
93.0
103.5
131.9
114.8
104.7

119.2
111.7
106.0
100.7
90.7
92.0
93.7
86.6
86.4
114.7
120.5
111.9

c Average for 1890-1898=100.

d No quotation for year.

483

COURSE OP WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.
T able

HI.— RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Cont’ d.

[Average price for 1890-1899=100.

For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Lumber and building materials.

Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1898....
1894....
1895....
1896...
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Cement.
Carbonate
of lead:
Portland,
American, American. Rosendale. Average.
in oil.
(a)

Brick:
common
domestic.

118.0
102.6
103.7
104.9
89.9
95.5
91.0
88.8
103.4
102.2
94.4
103.7

110.6
112.7
114.0
105.5
90.8
91.0
89.6
92.7
94.1
98.4
108.3
99.8

118.8
106.2
109.2
100.0
104.5
96.1
93.9
84.8
85.7
100.8
1L4.6
114.8

98.6
100.2
98.5
100.1
102.6
108.1
94.7

Lime:
Rockland,
common.

Doors:
pine.

118.8
106.2
109.2
100.0
104.5
97.4
97.1
91.7
92.9
101.7
111.4
104.8

125.8
114.4
114.4
112.1
96.1
83.5
76.6
74.3
84.6
118.2
145.5
173.1

117.5
109.5
111.5
111.5
101.8
93.8
83.3
86.3
89.0
95.8
82.0
92.9

Linseed
oil: raw.

135.8
106.8
90.0
102.2
115.6
115.6
81.2
72.2
86.5
94.1
138.7
140.0

Lumber and building materials.
Lumber.
Oak: white.

Year.
Hem­
lock.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

105.2
104.1
102.8
100.3
97.9
93.2
93.3
92.0
98.2
113.0
137.9
125.4

Maple:
hard.

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.1
103.8
100.8

Pine.
White, boards.

Plain.

101.2
101.5
102.7
103.5
99.5
96.8
96.8
96.8
96.8
104.1
109.1
98.2

Quar­
tered.

95.9
99.8
98.7
98.7
95.2
99.2
101.5
100.3
97.8
112.7
120.1
110.2

Aver­
age.

No. 2
barn.

98.6
100.7
100.7
101.1
97.4
98.0
99.2
98.6
97.3
108.4
114.6
104.2

Uppers.
94.7
96.7
98.9
104.2
99.7
98.8
100.2
99.5
99.0
108.4
123.5
129.8

98.1
99.4
100.2
108.9
106.2
100.8
96.4
92.5
90.6
106.9
125.7
122.0

Aver­
age.
96.4
98.1
99.6
106.6
103.0
99.8
98.3
96.0
94.8
107.7
124.6
125.9

Yellow. Average.

112.4
108.1
100.2
100.2
100.2
91.6
88.9
89.0
100.9
108.5
112.2
106.6

101.7
101.4
99.8
104.4
102.0
97.1
95.2
93.7
96.8
107.9
120.5
119.4

Lumber and building materials.
Lumber.
Year.
Poplar.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

97.2
97.2
97.6
107.2
101.2
98.8
98.8
97.8
95.6
108.5
120.2
117.0

Spruce. Average.

113.5
99.1
103.5
96.0
88.6
99.3
99.3
97.6
95.8
107.3
121.1
125.4




102.0
100.7
100.5
102.1
98.7
97.6
97.2
96.2
97.2
107.7
119.3
115.0

Plate glass: polished, unsil­
vered.
Oxide of
zinc.
Area 3 to 5 Area 5 to
sq. ft.
10 sq. ft. Average.
106.3
104.8
106.5
103.3
93.3
87.5
95.8
94.3
99.0
109.5
112.8
109.5

146.0
143.3
115.7
115.7
90.9
82.6
93.7
55.1
74.4
82.6
93.7
88.2

134.9
132.9
106.0
106.0
86.7
92.5
104.0
61.7
82.9
92.5
104.0
94.4

a Average for 1896-1899=100.

140.5
138.1
110.9
110.9
88.8
87.6
98.9
58.4
78.7
87.6
98.9
91.3

Putty.

110.8
110.8
101.9
101.3
99.4
91.8
91.8
91.8
91.8
106.3
120.3
94.9

Resin:
good,
strained.

96.1
102.4
93.2
87.6
86.9
108.4
121.2
112.0
98.7
* 93.5
111.3
106.3

484

BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

T able

m . — RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Cont’d.

[Average price for 1890-1899=100.

For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
Lumber and building materials.
Window glass: American,
single.

Shingles.
Year.

Turpen­
tine:
spirits of.

Tar.
Cypress.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

118.7
115.2
111.7
106.3
99.2
98.9
88.6
83.3
88.6
94.4
101.0
101.0

White
pine.

102.6
106.9
104.4
102.8
100.2
98.8
96.5
94.6
94.9
98.3
106.9
111.9

Average.

110.7
111.1
108.1
104.6
99.7
96.4
92.6
89.0
91.8
96.4
104.0
106.5

122.4
131.4
107.9
86.8
90.6
94.8
84.0
87.5
91.1
103.4
113.1
106.4

Firsts,
6 x 8 to
10x15
inch.

122.0
113.5
96.5
89.8
87.7
87.4
82.1
87.5
96.4
137.0
142.7
111.5

Thirds,
6 x 8 to
10x15
inch.

103.6
102.8
92.7
99.4
92.6
74.3
83.8
102.2
122.9
125.9
125.5
191.9

98.2
97.3
87.7
94.0
89.8
76.5
88.0
107.9
128.8
131.9
127.5
180.4

Average,
lumber
and
building
Average.
mate­
rials.
100.9
100.1
90.2
96.7
91.2
75.4
85.9
105.1
125.9
128.9
126.5
186.2

111.8
108.4
102.8
101.9
96.3
94.1
93.4
90.4
95.8
105.8
115.7
116.7

Drugs and chemicals.
Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Alcohol: Alcohol:
wood,
grain,
refined,
94 per
95 per
cent.
cent.

Alum:
lump.

119.2
121.6
136.0
135.4
75.5
90.9
89.1
72.9
78.6
80.8
83.9
64.2

109.0
94.6
95.8
104.2
101.2
95.8
98.2
99.4
98.8
100.6
104.8
104.8

92.5
98.9
95.6
97.3
96.1
104.0
102.7
101.6
103.8
107.6
106.5
109.7

GlycerAverage,
Brim­
Sul­
Opium: Quinine:
drugs
stone: refined, Muriatic
acid:
natural Amer­ phuric
and
crude, Amer­
acid:
20°.
ican.
(cases).
chem­
seconds. ican.
66°.
icals.
102.2
138.2
116.7
90.5
80.1
75.5
86.8
97.2
110.7
102.1
102.2
106.3

126.3
109.9
99.8
96.2
85.3
86.1
119.4
93.5
88.5
95.0
108.3
107.5

100.0
94.2
116.3
97.1
84.6
79.8
72.1
104.8
123.1
129.8
129.8
144.2

111.0
82.4
70.8
101.3
96.8
78.0
88.6
99.2
141.6
130.2
135.6
136.8

133.1
102.0
88.7
87.4
106.5
102.0
97.8
74.3
87.2
120.9
135.2
123.0

98.9
91.0
106.7
95.5
82.0
78.7
78.7
106.7
127.0
134.8
134.8
140.4

110.2
103.6
102.9
100.5
89. h
87.9
92.6
94.4
106.6
111.3
115.7
115.2

House furnishing goods.
Earthenware.
Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Plates,
creamcolored.

Plates,
white
granite.

108.0
105.6
102.3
102.3
101.0
94.6
92.0
92.0
100.4
101.7
106.6
112.5

109.1
106.9
103.7
103.7
101.9
92.9
89.1
89.1
100.8
102.9
108.1
113.8




Furniture.

Tea cups
and sau­
Bedroom Chairs,
Chairs,
Tables,
cers, white Average. sets, ash. bedroom, kitchen. kitchen. Average.
maple.
granite.
109.6
107.4
104.2
104.2
102.8
94.4
90.1
90.1
98.0
99.2
104.3
109.7

108.9
106.6
103.4
103.4
101.9
94.0
90.4
90.4
99.7
101.3
106.3
112.0

113.7
113.7
113.7
104.2
104.2
94.3
82.9
82.9
94.7
95.7
106.6
106.6

113.0
113.0
110.6
110.6
96.9
96.9
96.9
80.7
82.7
98.9
129.1
113.0

109.8
109.8
111.1
111.1
91.5
91.5
91.5
91.5
86.6
105.7
136.1
124.2

103.9
103.9
103.9
103.9
98.7
98.7
95.6
95.6
95.6
100.1
108.1
108.1

110.1
110.1
109.8
107.5
97.8
95.4
91.7
87.7
89.9
100.1
120.0
113.0

485

COURSE OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1901.

T able H I .— RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1901—Conc’ d.
[Average price for 1890-1899=100.

For a more complete description of the articles see Table I.]
House furnishing goods.

Glassware.
Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Pitch­
Tum­
Nap­
ers,
blers,
pies, ^-gallon, i-pint,
4-inch.
com­
com­
mon.
mon.
107.1
107.1
107.1
107.1
107.1
107.1
89.3
89.3
89.3
89.3
89.3
125.0

106.4
106.4
106.4
106.4
106.4
106.4
106.4
85.1
85.1
85.1
85.1
110.6

101.4
112.7
107.0
107.0
107.0
104.2
101.4
95.8
90.1
73.2
101.4
101.4

Table cutlery.

Wooden ware.
Aver­
age,
Knives
house
and
Pails, Tubs,
Aver­ Carvers,
Aver­
Aver­
fur­
stag
forks,
oak­
oak­
age. handles. cocobolo age.
grained grained age. nishing
goods.
handles.
105.0
108.7
106.8
106.8
106.8
105.9
99.0
90.1
88.2
82.5
91.9
112.3

100.0
100.0
100.0
118.8
100.0
100.0
100.0
93.8
93.8
93.8
93.8
93.8

114.0
114.0
106.5
104.8
95.4
95.4
95.4
88.2
92.3
94.4
94.4
100.6

127.9
127.9
113.0
90.8
90.8
90.8
90.8
82.5
90.8
94.9
94.9
107.3

122.6
111.6
103.9
101.1
96.9
86.3
97.2
95.6
87.3
97.5
114.9
119.3

122.5
116.3
103.9
97.1
95.6
92.8
92.8
92.8
92.8
93.4
107.0
107.6

122.6
114.0
103.9
99.1
96.3
89.6
95.0
94.2
90.1
95.5
111.0
113.5

111.1
110.2
106.5
104.9
100.1
96.5
94.0
89.8
92.0
95.1
106.1
110.9

Miscellaneous.
Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Cotton-seed
Cotton-seed oil: sum­
Jute: raw. Malt: West­
mer yel­
ern made.
meal.
low, prime.
106.4
114.8
107.9
117.0
102.7
86.1
90.8
93.1
86.5
94.7
116.3
113.9

113.2
117.2
101.4
149.5
106.4
89.4
82.6
77.7
75.2
87.5
116.8
117.3

108.1
103.3
132.3
96.4
96.1
77.7
88.9
103.9
92.5
101.7
121.2
111.4

106.7
131.9
114.0
110.3
105.9
97.5
80.1
77.4
87.7
88.5
93.0
106.0

Paper.
News.
127.8
113.7
113.7
106.4
108.0
103.0
92.0
90.6
73.2
69.9
94.0
75.6

Wrapping,
Average.
manila.
104.0
104.0
100.9
104.7
105.6
106.0
106.3
106.3
83.0
79.2
86.8
90.8

115.9
108.9
107.3
105.6
106.8
104.5
99.2
98.5
78.1
74.6
90.4
83.2

Proof
spirits.

91.6
96.1
93.5
93.2
98.5
105.3
104.6
102.9
106.3
108.0
108.4
111.8

Miscellaneous.
Tobacco.
Year.

1890....
1891....
1892....
1893....
1894....
1895....
1896....
1897....
1898....
1899....
1900....
1901....

Rope: manila,f-inch.

Starch:
Rubber: Soap: casSmoking,
laundry,
Para Is­
Plug,
granu­
tile, mot­
land, fine. tled, pure. large lump. Horseshoe, lated, Seal Average.
of North
bright.
Carolina.

160.0
111.1
122.9
98.4
82.4
78.7
71.1
67.6
90.1
117.1
141.3
116.9




104.6
98.8
84.5
89.5
84.2
92.7
99.9
105.6
115.8
124.3
122.6
106.1

104.4
109.1
109.7
108.1
103.3
89.1
88.2
93.3
96.7
98.1
107.7
115.1

106.6
122.4
107.2
105.2
105.2
104.3
89.1
86.2
86.2
86.2
97.7
104.3

102.2
101.2
94.0
100.1
101.0
101.0
96.1
94.9
104.3
105.4
111.9
117.6

98.2
98.2
98.2
98.2
98.2
98.2
98.2
98.2
104.1
110.0
110.0
110.0

100.2
99.7
96.1
99.2
99.6
99.6
97.2
96.6
104.2
107.7
111.0
113.8

Average,
miscella­
neous.

110.3
109.4
106.2
105.9
99.8
94.5
91.4
92.1
92.4
97.7
109.8
107.4

RECENT REPORTS OF STATE BUREAUS OF LABOR STATISTICS.

W ISCONSIN.
N inth B iennial R eport o f the Bureau o f Labor and Industrial Statis­
tics ^ 1898-99. Halford Erickson, Commissioner, xxx, 1141 pp.
This report consists o f seven parts: Laws o f Wisconsin relating to
labor, 114 pages; synopsis o f the reports o f the bureau o f labor o f
Wisconsin, 147 pages; child labor, 144 pages; manufacturing statistics
for 1897-98, 137 pages; manufacturing statistics fo r 1898-99, 164
pages; employment and earnings in various industries in 1898, 130
pages; factory inspection, 302 pages.
Child L abor.— This part o f the report opens with a general review
o f child labor in England and in the United States since the beginning
o f the factory system. Conditions in W isconsin are then considered
in detail in the results o f an inquiry into child labor in 1898 and 1899,
conducted through the factory inspectors. The inquiry relates to the
condition o f employment, nativity, age, education, and earnings of
children, proportion o f children employed to total employees, occupa­
tions o f parents, earnings o f families whose children were employed,
etc.
In these investigations 290 establishments were visited. These
employed 44,056 persons, o f whom 4,756, or 10.80 per cent, were 16
years o f age or under, and o f these 456, or 1.04 per cent of the whole
number, were under 14 years o f age. A s 14 years is the minimum age
at which children may be legally employed, these 456 children were
dismissed when the facts were ascertained. O f the 4,756 children
under 16 years o f age, 3,021, or 63.52 per cent, were males, and 1,735,
or 36.48 per cent, were females. The average wages paid these chil­
dren were $2.66 per week. O f the 4,756 children considered, 4,747
had attended school at some time, and 9 had not; 4,704 lived with their
parents, 46 with relatives, and 6 were boarding. O f 2,495 children
questioned, 1,540, or 61.72 per cent, reported that the father was
employed, and 955, or 38.28 per cent, reported that he had no employ­
ment at the time. O f 2,615 children reporting, 1,324, or 50.63 per
cent, stated that their families owned their homes, and 1,291 that they
paid rent. O f 4,756 children reporting, 3,634 stated that their fathers
were laborers, and 1,122 that they were skilled workmen.
486




REPORTS OF STATE BUREAUS OF LABOR— WISCONSIN.

487

There were 381 families investigated because children belonging to
them were either under the legal age limit for such employment or
appeared to be very young fo r the nature o f their work. The average
size o f these families was 7.3 persons, o f whom an average o f 2.8 were
working fo r wages. In 152 families there were 3 wage-earners; in 68
there were 4; in 18 there were 5, and in 1 there were 6, including
the father. The average yearly earnings per family were $593.94,
o f which the father earned $341.77, or 57.54 per cent, and the other
members o f the family $252.17, or 42.46 per cent. O f 250 families
questioned, the average age o f the head o f the family was 47.7 years.
The heads o f the families were employed an average o f 225.35 days,
and the other members 220.69 days per year.
The investigation also covered returns from employers giving their
opinions regarding the effects o f the enforcement o f the child labor
law. (a)
M a n u f a c t u r e s . — These statistics are given in two series, one show­
ing returns fo r identical establishments for 1897 and 1898, and the
other for identical establishments in 1898 and 1899. W hile the returns
do not cover all establishments in the State, they include the greater
portion o f them. F or the first series, these statistics are based upon
returns from 1,245 establishments fo r some items, and 1,499 establish­
ments fo r others. In the second series all the statistics are .based upon
returns from 992 establishments. The following tables give a sum­
mary o f the statistics fo r the two series:
STATISTICS OF MANUFACTURES, 1897 AND 1898.
[The figures showing number of private firms, corporations, partners, stockholders, capital invested,
cost of stock used, and value of goods made are based upon returns from 1,246 establishments; the
other figures are based upon returns from 1,499 establishments.]
Increase.
Items.

1898.

1897.

Number.
Private firms...................................................................
625
Corporations...................................................................
612
Partners.............................................................................
1,339
7,872
Stockholders...................................................................
Average persons employed..........................................
87,534
Capital invested.............................................................. $189,760,669
Value of stock u sed....................................................... $98,130,070
Value of goods made..................................................... $169,946,673
$36,583,044
Total wages paid............................................................
$416.79
Average yearly earnings per employee....................
270.81
Average days in operation..........................................
71.80
Average proportion of business done........................

612
625
1,089
10,284
96,248
$198,856,913
$112,680,185
$192,070,633
$40,320,703
$418.92
283.60.
75.64

a For a copy of this law see Bulletin No. 31, page 1309.




613
13
6250
2,412
8,714
$9,096,244
$14,550,115
$22,123,960
$3,737,659
$2.13
12.79
3.84
6 Decrease.

Per cent.
62.08

2.12

618.67
30.64
9.95
4.79
14.83
13.02

10.22
.51
4.70
5.35

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STATISTICS OF MANUFACTURES, 1898 AND 1899.
[992 establishments.]
Increase.
Items.

1898.

1899.
Number.

494
Private firm s....................................................................
498
Corporations....................................................................
903
Partners.............................................................................
9,271
Stockholders...................................................................
67,514
Average persons employed..........................................
Capital invested.............................................................. 6177,388,229
Value of stock u se d ....................................................... 688,944,925
Value of goods made..................................................... 6158,258,747
625,921,041
Total wages paid ............................................................
Average yearly earnings per em p loy ee....................
6383.95
Average days in operation..........................................
278.40
75.60
Average proportion of business done........................

Per cent.

490
a4
4
502
75
978
10,854
1,583
8,345
75,859
6190,708,257 613,320,028
696,958,104 68,013,179
6178,692,705 620,433,958
629,519,468 63,598,427
6389.14
65.19
281.90
3.60
81.20
5.60

aO. 81
.80
8.30
17.07
12.36
7.51
9.01
12.91
13.88
1.35
1.26
7.41

a Decrease.

The figures given in the first table, fo r 1897 and 1898, show an
increase in all the items except the number o f private firms and the
number o f partners, which show a decrease. The figures in the second
table, fo r 1898 and 1899, show an increase in all the items except the
number o f private firms.
E mployment and E arnings.— In this part o f the report statistics
are given showing the number o f employees and their earnings in the
manufacturing, mercantile, mining, quarrying, and logging industries,
skilled trades, and coal and wood handling. Following is a summary
o f the statistics given:
WEEKLY EARNINGS IN SPECIFIED INDUSTRIES.
Per cent of employees receiving—
Industries.

Manufactures................................................
Mercantile trades........................................
Skilled trades................................................
Coal and wood handling...........................
M ining............................................................
Quarrying.......................................................
Logging and driving...................................




Persons
em­
ployed.

96,081
13,808
18,800
2,164
1,284
1,168
12,780

69 per
66per 65 per
67 per
week or week or week or week or Under 65
per week.
over.
over.
over.
over.
42.53
36.71
69.12
72.68
34.68
43.35

100.00

68.24
55.82
83.83
95.13
97.44
81.53

77.44
68.63
88.70
97.81
99.85
91.63

82.89
78.98
92.19
98.82
99.85
98,13

17.11

21.02
7.81
1.18
.15
1.87

RECENT FOREIGN STATISTICAL PUBLICATIONS.

B E LG IU M .
l e s Salaires dans VIndustrie Gantoise: I Industrie Ootonniere. O f­
fice du Travail, Ministere de l’lndustrie et du Travail. 1901. xiv,
213 p p .; appendices, 596 pp.
The present volume, which relates to the cotton industry, is the
first o f a series o f reports to be published by the Belgian bureau o f
labor on wages paid in the industries o f Ghent. The information was
obtained and compiled by an agent especially appointed to conduct the
work according to plans prepared by the bureau.
This extensive work consists o f two parts, the first being an analysis
in text form o f the information secured and the second being devoted
exclusively to statistical tables. The first part contains a history o f
the cotton industry o f Ghent, a review o f the wages paid and hours o f
labor during the nineteenth century and at the present time, and an
account o f unemployment in Ghent. Several chapters are devoted to
the discussion o f wages paid in individual occupations in the cotton
spinning, cotton and linen weaving, and bleaching, dyeing, and
printing industries o f Ghent, wages paid in foreign countries, age o f
employees, duration o f employment, family earnings, and cost o f
living. The appended tables contain extracts o f wage statistics in the
cotton industry o f Ghent from 1802 to 1898, compiled from all avail­
able sources; data relating to hours o f labor from 1889 to 1898; sta­
tistics o f unemployment and wage data published in foreign countries.
Each extract is presented separately and the source is given in every
case. Graphic charts are also shown.
FRAN CE.
Hesultats statistiques 8m Hecensement des Industries et Professions.
(D^nombrement general de la population du 29 Mars, 1896.) D irec­
tion de rOffice du Travail, Ministere du Commerce, de PIndustrie,
des Postes et des Telegraphes. Volume I, iii, 845 p p .; Volume II,
803 pp .; Volume III, cix, 633 pp .; Volume IV , cxxviii, 440 pp.
In these four volumes are presented the returns o f the French
census o f industries and occupations taken on March 29, 1896. V ol­
ume I contains the introductory part and shows the methods employed
in taking the enumeration and presenting the results, copies o f sched­
ules used, instructions given, reports, official orders, and other docu­
ments, a classification and alphabetical list o f industries and occupations,
and copies o f enumeration schedules used in other countries. Part o f
Volume I and Volumes II and III contain the detailed returns— the
first fo r 15 departments in northern and eastern France, the second
fo r 27 departments in southeastern France, and the third fo r 45



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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

departments in central and western France. Volume IV gives the
general results fo r the whole o f France, showing the total population
engaged in gainful occupations on March 29, 1896.
The population o f France as enumerated on that date was composed
as follow s: Population engaged in gainful professional or industrial
occupations, 18,467,338; population engaged in occupations in foreign
countries, 4,515; population engaged in gainful, but other than pro­
fessional or industrial occupations, 1,027,918; population not engaged
in gainful occupations, 18,769,240; total population, 38,269,011. (a)
The present report deals only with the first-mentioned class— those
persons engaged in gainful professional or industrial occupations.
This class includes 18,467,338, or 48 per cent o f the entire population
o f France. F or each industry the occupations are grouped under
four classes, namely, proprietors and managers o f establishments
(chefs d?etablissements), salaried employees and wage workers in
establishments (employes et ouvriers des etahUssements), proprietors
and wage workers working alone on their own account (travailleurs
independants), and persons belonging to the class o f salaried employees
and wage workers who are out o f employment (employes et ouvriers
sans em ploi).
In the follow ing table this part o f the population is classified accord­
ing to the principal industry and occupation groups:
POPULATION OP FRANCE ENGAGED IN GAINFUL PROFESSIONAL OR INDUSTRIAL
OCCUPATIONS ON MARCH 26,1896.

Occupations and industries.

Salaried
Proprie­
em­
Proprie­
tors and ployees
tors
managers and wage and wage Persons Position
out of
not
of estab­ workers workers work.
(6) reported.
lish­
in es­
working
ments.
tablish­
alone.
ments.

Fisheries.......................................................
13,451
29,165
23,981
Forestry and agriculture........................ 3,072,747 3,260,253 2,016,948
M ining and quarrying.............................
6,437
209,054
8,636
Manufacturing and mechanical pur­
suits ........................................................... 687,234 2,936,882 1,505,866
Transportation and handling.................
20,962
587,730
45,278
Commercial and banking pursuits and
hotel, restaurant, and theatrical es­
tablishments and agencies................. 430,542
479,185
639,458
Professional pursuits...............................
36,039
161,368
122,715
Personal and domestic service...............
14,090
794,967
80,010
State or communal service....................
688,499
Not reported................................................
345
21,854
4,399
Total................................................... 4,281,847 9,324,046 4,292,202

Total.

630
37,934
1,883

4,399
42,177
805

71,626
8,430,059
226,815

131,313
37,194

117,074
21,447

5,378,369
712,611

26,584
3,531
18,818
594
10,990

28,048
15,523
61,179
9,120

1,603,817
339,176
969,064
689,093
46,708

269,471

299,772

18,467,338

a This total includes only such persons as were actually in France on the night of March 28-29,1896,
while the population usually given for France for 1896, namely, 38,517,976, includes also persons resi­
dent in France hut temporarily absent at the tim e of the enumeration.
b Including only persons belonging to the class of salaried employees and wage workers.




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FOREIGN STATISTICAL PUBLICATIONS----FRANCE.

O f the 18,420,630 persons whose occupations were known, 45.77
per cent were engaged in forestry and agriculture, 29.20 per cent in
manufacturing and mechanical pursuits, 8.70 per cent in commerce,
banking, etc., 5.26 per cent in personal and domestic service, 3.87
per cent in transportation and handling, 3.74 per cent in the state
and communal services, 1.84 per cent in professional pursuits, 1.23 per
cent in mining and quarrying, and 0.39 per cent in the fisheries.
O f the 18,167,566 persons the status o f whose employment was
reported, 23.57 per cent were proprietors and managers o f establish­
ments, 51.32 per cent were salaried employees and wage workers in
establishments, 23.63 per cent were proprietors and workmen working
alone, and 1.48 per cent were persons belonging to the class o f salaried
employees and wage workers, but who were out of work on March
29, 1896.
O f the 18,467,338 persons engaged in gainful industrial and p ro­
fessional occupations, the sex o f 23,559 was not reported. O f the
others, 12,061,121, or 65.39 per cent, were males, and 6,382,658, or
34.61 per cent, were females.
The average age o f persons engaged in gainful occupations in the
principal groups o f industries is shown in the following table:
AVERAGE AGE OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN GAINFUL OCCUPATIONS IN THE THREE
PRINCIPAL GROUPS OF INDUSTRIES.
Males.

Industries.

Agriculture and forestry.................
Manufacturing, m ining and quar­
rying, transportation and nanCommerce, banking, etc., and
personal service...........................

Sal­
Propri­ aried
em­
etors ployees
and
and
man­
wage
agers of work­
estab­ ers in
lish­
estab­
ments. lish­
ments.

Females.

Propri­
etors
and
wage
work­
ers
work­
ing
alone.

Sal­
Propri­ aried
em­
etors ployees
and
Persons man­
and
out of
wage
of work­
work, (a) agers
estab­ ers in
lish­
estab­
ments. lish­
ments.
29

Propri­
etors
and
wage Persons
work­ out of
ers work, (a)
work­
ing
alone.

49

40

50

29

48

43

46

45

34

45

40

40

31

37

35

33

45

34

42

29

46

35

44

a Including only persons belonging to the class of salaried employees and wage workers.

A new feature o f the present census o f occupations and industries is
the collection and tabulation o f data regarding the unemployed. This
includes only persons belonging to the class o f salaried employees and
wage workers who were out o f work on March 29,1896. The follow ­
ing table gives the number o f persons out o f work, classified according
to age groups and causes o f unemployment:




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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN FRANCE ON MARCH 29,1896.
Persons.
Cause of unemployment.

24 years 25 to 64
or under. years.

65 years Age not
or over. reported.

Total.

Sickness or in validity.....................................................
Dullness of season............................................................
Inability to secure work for other reasons...............
Not reported.....................................................................

14,556
17,619
17,367
15,438

48,625
40,095
39,038
38,762

10,949
2,866
2,322
2,597

6,469
3,564
3,725
5,610

80,599
64,144
62,452
62,407

T otal.........................................................................

64,980

166,520

18,734

19,368

269,602

O f 207,195 persons, the cause o f whose unemployment was reported,
38.90 per cent were out o f work on account o f sickness or invalidity,
30.96 per cent on account o f dullness o f season, and 30.14 per cent
on account of inability to secure work fo r other reasons. O f 250,234
reporting age, 25.97 per cent were 24 years o f age or under, 66.55 per
cent were between the ages o f 25 and 64 years, and 7.48 per cent were
65 years o f age or over. O f those 65 years o f age or over whose age
and cause o f unemployment were reported, over two-thirds were out
of work on account o f sickness or invalidity.
In enumerating establishments, all cases were included where two
or more persons were working together, either as coworkers or as
employers and employees. The follow ing table shows the number o f
establishments in each group o f industries, classified according to the
number o f employees in each:
ESTABLISHMENTS IN FRANCE ON MARCH 26,1896.
Establishments having—

Occupations and industries.

Total
11 to
establish­ No em­ 1 to 10
100
em­
em­
ploy­
ments.
ees.
ployees. ploy­
ees.

Estab­
lish­
ments
101 to Over
not
1,000 1,000 report­
em­
em­
ing
ploy­ ploy­
em­
ees. ploy­
ees.
ees.

11,430
866
9,664
Fisheries................................................................
108
Forestry and agriculture................................... 1,970,290 480,715 1,464,770 10,154
M ining and quarrying.......................................
5,412 1,023
6,939
253
Manufacturing and mechanical pursuits___
614,968 37,413
534,008 31,446
Transportation and handlin g..........................
19,917
1,013
15,907 1,113
Commercial and banking pursuits, and
hotel, restaurant, and theatrical estab­
lishments and agencies.................................
309,046 71,470
214,860 6,238
Professional pursuits..........................................
37,434
847
31,426 2,523
11,852
12,610
571
Personal ana domestic service........................
31
110
State or communal service...............................
22
29
270
Not reported.........................................................
78
181

2
31
141
3,255
71

T o ta l............................................................ 2,983,014 593,226 2,288,109 52,658




43
94
6

133
74

10

44

14

3,751

167

790
14,620
67
8,752
1,807
16,335
2,564
156
1
11
45,103

FOREIGN STATISTICAL PUBLICATIONS---- NETHERLANDS.

493

N ETH ERLANDS.
Yerslagen der Kamers van A rbeid over 1900. 252 pp. (Published by
the Ministry o f Waterstaat, Commerce, and Industry.)
This is the second annual compilation o f the reports made by the
local councils o f labor established by royal decree in accordance with
an act passed M ay 2, 1897. (a) According to regulations made in
pursuance o f this law, each council is required to make a report to the
ministry o f waterstaat, commerce, and industry on or before A pril 1
o f each year, showing the membership, names o f officers, and number
of meetings held, and giving a review o f labor conditions, a statement
o f the advice given and o f the authorities advised, copies o f agree­
ments or regulations made, information regarding labor disputes
brought to the attention o f the councils, the proceedings o f boards o f
conciliation whenever appointed, etc.
The present compilation o f these reports includes tabular statements
showing, fo r each council reporting, the date o f organization, the loca­
tion and membership o f the council, the industries represented, the
number o f employers and employees on the voting list, the number
who voted at the last election, the number o f meetings held by the
councils and by the governing boards, and other information. The
tabular statements are followed by extracts in text form from indi­
vidual reports o f 45 councils, covering a wide range o f topics. On
January 1, 1901, 79 councils had been authorized by royal decree, of
which 58 had been organized. O f these 47 reported to the ministry,
22 making returns fo r the first time.
a For an account of this law, showing the purposes, organization, etc., of these
councils of labor, see Bulletin No. 30, pp. 1046-1051.




DECISIONS OF COURTS AFFECTING LABOR.
[This subject, begun in Bulletin No. 2, has been continued in successive issues.
A ll material parts of the decisions are reproduced in the words of the courts, indi­
cated when short by quotation marks, and when long b y being printed solid. In
order to save space, matter needed simply by way of explanation is given in the
words of the editorial reviser.]

DECISIONS U N D ER ST A T U T O R Y L A W .
Civil Service— Removal of H onorably D ischarged Soldier—
Constitutionality of Statute— Stutzbach v. Coler, Court o f A p ­
peals o f New York, 61 Northeastern R eporter, page 697.— In this case
it appeared that the relator, Stutzbach, was an employee in the depart­
ment o f finance o f New Y ork City, and that, on a reduction o f the
appropriation for that department, Coler, city comptroller, was com­
pelled to dismiss a number o f employees. Fourteen men were selected
for dismissal, among whom was Stutzbach, who was a veteran o f the
civil war, o f which latter fact the comptroller was ignorant. Chap­
ter 370, sec. 21, acts of 1899, provides that “ no person holding a posi­
tion [in the civil service] by appointment or employment * * *
who is an honorably discharged soldier * * * shall be removed
from such position or employment, except fo r incompetency or mis­
conduct shown after a hearing, upon due notice, upon stated charges,
and with the right to such employee or appointee to a review by a
writ o f certiorari.”
Under this law Stutzbach applied fo r a peremptory writ command­
ing his reinstatement. This was denied in special term, and the ques­
tion was taken to the appellate division, which reversed the court
below, giving Stutzbach his position. Defendant Coler then brought
the case to the court o f appeals o f New Y ork. Further facts appear
in the remarks o f Chief Justice Parker, who delivered the opinion o f
the court, from which the follow ing is quoted:
Lack o f information justified the act o f the comptroller in attempt­
ing to discharge him [Stutzbach]; but, if his removal was illegal
because he was a veteran, it became the duty o f the comptroller, when
the fact came to his knowledge, to reinstate the relator.
* * * The purpose o f this proceeding is to compel reinstate­
ment, which we think the relator is entitled to, providea his removal
was not in compliance with the law. Stated charges were not made
against this relator fo r incompetency or misconduct, and a hearing
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495

given to him thereon upon due notice; and hence his removal was,
according to the letter o f the statute, illegal. The comptroller’s
return to the writ indicates that he was selected for discharge because
he was the least competent man in his bureau, but it is not a sufficient
compliance with the statute to discharge a man fo r incompetency.
Before the dismissal takes place, the charge o f incompetency must be
made, notice given, and the hearing had.
It is now urged that, in so far as the statute extends preference of
veterans beyond that accorded to them by the constitution, it is void.
The constitution only provides fo r a preference o f veterans in appoint­
ments and promotions in the civil service within the State, and does
not, in terms or otherwise, provide that they shall be continued in the
public service in preference to other appointees; and the contention is
that the legislature can not go further and give a preference beyond
that declared in the constitution. * * * Now while the legislature
can not enact laws repugnant to this provision o f the constitution, it
may legislate further in that direction from time to time, if in its
judgment it shall seem wise to do so. And so it was within its power
to place a limit upon the removal o f persons employed in the public
service, as it has done by section 21.
Reinstatement should be affirmed with costs.

Railroad Companies—P ayment of W ages to D ischarged E m ­
N onpayment when D ue —Fordyce et ah v.
Gorey, Supreme Court o f Arkansas, 65 Southwestern R eporter, page
]$ 9 .— G orey brought suit in the circuit court o f Polk County to recover
wages due him by Fordyce & Withers, receivers o f the Kansas City,
Pittsburg and G ulf Railway Company, and to assess the penalty accru­
ing under the statute. Section 6243, Sand. & H. Dig. (1894), provides
that wages o f discharged employees o f railroad companies shall be due
and payable on the day o f their discharge, and if not then paid, as a
penalty fo r nonpayment^ the wages o f such employees shall continue at
the same rate until paid. G orey was the conductor o f a train in charge
o f the receivers, and as such had collected certain sums o f money which
should be paid over to the said receivers, but the amount of money so
due was in dispute. Instruction No. 2 for the plaintiff was as follows:
“ I f the jury find from the evidence that the plaintiff is entitled to a
penalty in this case, then in that event he will be entitled to said penalty
from the date o f his discharge up t q the date o f the filing o f the defend­
ants’ answer in this case.” The jury awarded the penalty from date
o f discharge, and on exception to the above instruction the case came
to the supreme court, which reversed the judgment and directed a new
trial.
Judge Hughes, in delivering the opinion o f the court, said:
ployees— P enalty for

W e think there is reversible error in the second instruction set out
herein, because there had been no ascertainment o f the plaintiff’s short­
age, and consequently the amount which the railroad company owed him
had not been, and could not have been, ascertained at the time o f his

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discharge by the receivers; and this seems to have been his fault.
The receivers, therefore, were not liable to a penalty for failure to
pay his wages until they knew what was due him, or could b y the
exercise o f reasonable diligence have ascertained the same, for failure
to pay his wages after which time only the penalty would attach, and
not from the time o f his discharge. This is a penal act, and should be
strictly construed.
Strikes— I njunction—E nticing A pprentices— Construction of
Statute— Southern R ailw ay Company v. M achinists’ Local Union
No. H et al., United States Circuit Court f o r the Western D istrict o f
Tennessee, 111 Federal R eporter, page 1$.— In this case the abovenamed labor union went on strike in obedience to orders from a cen­
tral organization. The union established and maintained pickets
around the shops o f the railway company, and its members climbed
telephone poles and fences to watch such shops; gathered in numbers
at the entrances, and sent abusive and threatening messages to work­
men inside. They thrust themselves upon unwilling workmen to
argue and persuade, and in some instances personal assaults were
made upon such workmen b y strikers or their friends.
A statute o f Tennessee (Acts 1875, chap. 93) provides “ that here­
after it shall not be lawful fo r any person in this State knowingly to
hire, contract with, decoy, or entice away, directly or indirectly, any­
one, male or female, who is at the time under contract or employ o f
another.” Counsel fo r the labor union maintained that this statute
applied to farm laborers only, and that it did not apply to the act o f
the union’s committee appointed fo r the purpose o f persuading the
railroad company’s apprentices to break their contracts and leave its
service.
The company petitioned fo r an injunction against the continuance
o f the acts above named. In granting the injunction, Judge Ham­
mond used in part the follow ing language:
I f the picketing, the climbing o f the adjacent telephone poles, the
climbing upon the fences, the watching o f the shops, the assemblies in
the streets and at the entrances and the constant and unceasing surveil­
lance had been confined to obtaining information and to unobjectionable
social intercourse, fo r the purpose o f begging and entreating not to
work, there could be no injunction. But the thrusting themselves
upon unwilling “ scabs” to “ argu e;” “ persuading,” picketing, climb­
ing poles and fences, as an exhibition o f force and threats, accompanied
by such assaults as have been mentioned; violent, abusive, and threaten­
ing messages sent to “ scabs” inside, and the like, as shown in this
proof, come clearly within the decisions against such conduct.
The strikers can not have, under the law o f equal rights, a liberty of
contracting as they please, working when they please, and quitting
when they please, which does not belong alike to the “ scabs ” and their
employers. A nd it is this right the courts o f equity enforce by injunc­
tion. The Supreme Court o f the United States has established that as
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Referring to the defendant’s contention that the statute cited above
applies only to enticing farm laborers, the court said:
This nowhere appears on the face o f the statute, or otherwise in any
other way than as an inference to be drawn from what counsel and the
court know o f the political and industrial conditions o f this section o f
the country. I f a legislature intends to limit its enactment, they must
do so by the terms o f the act itself, and no other limitation is authori­
tative where the language is unambiguous and construes itself.
DECISIONS UNDER COMMON L A W .
Carriers—I njury to E mployee on Sleeping Car— Contract
L imiting L iability— Bussell v. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and
St. Louis R ailw ay Co., Supreme Court o f Indiana, 61 Northeastern
R eporter, page 678.— In this case the plaintiff, Russell, was a porter on
a Pullman sleeping car. A door or other object projecting from a train
on a side track struck and injured the plaintiff while the train on which
he was riding was moving rapidly over the main track.
The road and both trains were under the control o f the above-named
railroad company, the Pullman car on which Russell was employed
being carried under special contract. In the superior court o f Marion
County suit was brought against the company to recover damages for
the injury so inflicted, and judgment was rendered in its favor, where­
upon the plaintiff appealed.
The answer o f the railroad company alleged, in its second paragraph,
that the Pullman Palace Car Company, among other agreements made
in its contract, had promised to indemnify the railroad company for
any liability arising against it for any personal injury, death, or other­
wise o f any employee o f the Pullman Company, such employees to be
carried by the road free o f charge.
The answer further alleged that at the time o f the accident the
appellant, Russell, was being hauled in the car of which he had charge
as porter in compliance with the terms o f the contract above referred
to; and that prior to receiving the injury he had himself agreed in
writing with the Pullman Company, for himself, his heirs, and legal
representatives, to assume all risks o f accident or casualties, by rail­
road travel or otherwise, incident to such employment and service,
and to release the Pullman Company from all claims for liability of
any nature or character whatsoever on account o f any personal injury
or death in such employment and service.
A clause o f like tenor released from liability all transportation
companies over whose lines the cars o f the Pullman Company might
operate.
The third paragraph o f the answer repeated much the same facts,
introducing no new matter.
Both these paragraphs were demurred to, and the demurrers over­
ruled
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demurrers, which, as involving the same questions, were considered
together.
In giving the opinion o f the court, Judge Dowling said:
The principal question here presented is whether a contract between
a palace car company and a porter having charge o f one o f its sleep­
ing cars is invalid in so far as it attempts to exempt transportation
companies over whose lines the coaches o f the palace car company are
being run from all liability arising from their negligence and the
negligence o f their servants, and whether such contract may be
pleaded in bar o f an action by such porter against a transportation
company for an injury caused wholly by the latter’s negligence.
The court here stated the rule o f law that a common carrier o f
goods and passengers can not by contract secure release from liability
for injuries resulting from its own negligence, and continued:
The appellant did not occupy the position o f an ordinary passenger
upon appellee’s train. H e was not being carried upon any journey
from one point to another, nor was his presence incidental to the ship­
ment o f goods which the carrier was bound to accept. He occupied
the sleeping car as a part o f his employment with the Pullman Com­
pany. In no sense was the appellee bound to accept the appellant
upon its trains solely because he accompanied a palace car tendered by
the Pullman Company, fo r the obvious reason that the carrier was
under no legal obligation to accept and haul the sleeping car itself.
The court concluded that u the appellee could under these circum­
stances contract specially for a release from all liability fo r negligence
toward appellant.”
A s to Russell’s claim that inasmuch as the railroad company was
not a party to the contract entered into between himself and the Pull­
man Company, it could receive no benefit from it, it was said:
The contract referred generally to transportation companies over
whose lines the Pullman Company should run its cars. This compre­
hended the appellee, and, as the contract was prima facie for the benefit
o f the appellee, it will be presumed to have accepted its provisions, and!
it may now claim its advantages, as one in whose interest the agree­
ment was executed.
The judgment is affirmed.

Conspiracy— B lacklisting— Trimble v. Prudential L ife Insurance
Co. o f A m erica, Court o f Appeals o f Kentucky, 6^ Southwestern
R eporter, page 915.— This was an action by D. L. Trimble against the
above-entitled company to recover damages for a conspiracy to pre­
vent plaintiff, Trimble, from receiving employment. In the circuit
court o f Fayette County, K y ., where the case was heard, a judgment
was rendered fo r the defendant insurance company, and the plaintiff
appealed the case to the court o f appeals o f the State, which rendered
its decision October 29, 1901, and affirmed the action o f the lower
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Judge Hobson delivered the opinion o f the court o f appeals, which
reads as follows:
The petition in this case is substantially the same as that in the casq
o f Baker v. Insurance Co., 64 S. W . 913, [See this page, below], this
day decided, except that in this case it is charged that appellant
[Trimble] applied to the Sun L ife Insurance Company and the M etro­
politan L ife Insurance Company for employment, and was refused by
these companies by reason o f the agreement not to employ one who
had been discharged by the Prudential. Damages are prayed against
the Prudential fo r preventing his employment by the other two com­
panies. The Sun L ife and Metropolitan Companies had the right to
employ or not to employ any applicant as they pleased. The alleged
agreement that neither o f them would employ one who had been dis­
charged by either o f the other two was contrary to public policy, and
not obligatory. The refusal o f the two companies to employ appli­
cant was therefore their voluntary act. It violated no legal right of
his, and, under the principles laid down in the case referred to, he has
no cause o f action. Judgment affirmed.

Conspiracy— B lacklisting — P rocuring D ischarge — B aker v.
M etropolitan L ife Insurance Co., Court o f Appeals o f Kentucky, 64
Southwestern R eporter, page 913.— This was an action by George T.
Baker against the above-entitled company to recover damages for the
act o f the defendant company in discharging plaintiff, Baker, from its
employment pursuant to a conspiracy with others for that purpose.
The plaintiff’s petition, filed in the circuit court o f Fayette County,
K y ., where the action was brought, stated, among other particulars,
that the business o f the plaintiff was and had been that o f a solicitor
o f life insurance; that for five years he had been in the employ o f the
Sun L ife Insurance Company o f America, and that he was discharged
from said employment on January 7, 1899; that in February he was
employed by the defendant, the Metropolitan L ife Insurance Com­
pany, and was discharged by said company during the same month at
the instance and demand o f the Sun L ife Insurance Company, his
form er employer; that the Sun L ife Insurance Company, the M etro­
politan L ife Insurance Company, and the Prudential L ife Insurance
Company had confederated together for the purpose o f preventing any
one who had been in the employ o f either o f said insurance compa­
nies from receiving employment from either of said insurance com­
panies fo r the period o f two years after leaving the company by which
he had been form erly employed. T o this petition the defendant insur­
ance company filed a general demurrer, which was sustained by the
circuit court, and the petition was dismissed. The plaintiff, Baker,
then appealed the case to the court o f appeals o f the State, which ren­
dered its decision October 29, 1901, and affirmed the action o f the
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Judge Hobson delivered the opinion o f the court o f appeals and, in
the course o f the same, he used the follow ing language:
It will be observed that the plaintiff alleges that his employment
was fo r an indefinite length o f time. He had, therefore, the right to
quit whenever he saw proper. The defendant had also the right to
terminate the employment at pleasure.
W hen it discharged him,
therefore, it exercised only a legal right. But it is insisted that the
gist o f the action is not a breach o f the contract, but the conspiracy,
which resulted in the damage to appellant. This precise question was
determined by this court in Brewster v. Miller, 101 K y. 368, 41 S. W .
301. In that case the undertakers o f Louisville entered into an agree­
ment not to accept employment from a person who was indebted to
one o f them. M iller refused to serve Brewster because he was in­
debted to them [him] fo r previous service. The other defendants
refused fo r the reason that he had not paid Miller. Brewster sued for
damages, and it was held that he could not recover. The court said:
“ W e think Mr. Addison lays down the correct rule in his work on
Torts, when he says, in section 850, vol. 2: 4A criminal proceeding by
way o f indictment lies for the mere act o f conspiring, but a civil action
is not maintainable unless the plaintiff has been aggrieved or has sus­
tained actual legal damage by some overt act done in pursuance o f the
conspiracy.5 * * * One has the right to decline to enter into a
business undertaking with a n y on e.55
“ It is a part o f every man’s civil rights that he be left at liberty to
refuse business relations with any person whomsoever, whether the
refusal rests upon reason or is the result o f whim, caprice, prejudice,
or malice. With his reasons neither the public nor third persons have
any legal concern.55 (Cooley, Torts, § 238.) This case followed Bourlier v. McCauley, 91 K y. 135, 15 S. W . 60, 11 L . R.‘ A . 550, 34 Am.
St. Rep. 171, where the court said: 44 Whether a legal wrong has been
done or not depends upon the nature and quality o f the act, and not
upon the motive o f the person doing it.55 Where falsehood or coercion
is employed to secure a discharge or prevent an employment, a differ­
ent rule applies. Judgment affirmed.

Conspiracy— Blacklisting— Procuring D ischarge— B aker v.
Sun L ife Insurance Company, Court o f Appeals o f K entucky, 6£
Southwestern R eporter, page 967.— Suit was brought in the circuit
court o f Fayette County to recover damages from the above-named
company, charging conspiracy for the purpose o f procuring the dis­
charge o f the plaintiff, Baker, from his employment by another com­
pany. From an adverse judgment the plaintiff appealed.
In affirming the action o f the court below Judge Hobson said in
part:
A party to a contract can not maintain an action against a person
who has maliciously advised and procured the other party to break it,
unless the person procuring the breaking o f the contract did so by
coercion or deception, and thus caused the party to break the contract
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Conspiracy— B oycott by M embers of A ssociation— Coercion—
D amages— B outw ell et al. v. Ma7'r et al., Supreme Court o f Vermont,
1$ A tlan tic R eporter, page 607.— In this case James M. Boutwell and
others, doing business in Barre as the Boutwell Polishing Company,
sought to recover damages from Marr and others, members of the
Granite Manufacturers’ Association, fo r injury to the plaintiffs’ bus­
iness. Boutwell had purchased a granite-polishing mill which had
been in operation fo r a number o f years, and at the time o f purchase
was assured by the patrons that they would continue their custom.
They did so fo r some months, the work o f the mill averaging more
than $1,000 per month until November, when it fell to $200, while no
work was offered in December and January following. On the 10th o f
November the local association had indorsed a resolution o f the Gran­
ite Manufacturers’ Association o f New England, with which it was
connected, to the effect that “ no trade.shall be conducted with any
individual, firm, or corporation engaging in cutting, quarrying, or
polishing granite in the State o f Vermont who are not members o f
this association.” Violation o f this rule involved a fine o f $50. W it­
nesses testified that they as members o f the local association had voted
for the adoption o f the resolution, understanding that the effect would
be to prevent any person in the association from doing business with
anyone who declined to join it, and that the plaintiffs had been asked
to join, but had declined, and that their refusal was the occasion of the
loss o f their business. It was also in evidence that defendants had
said that the Boutwell company “ would find that they couldn’t do afiy
polishing business until they joined the association,” and that “ the
effect o f the resolution was to destroy their business in one day but if
they would join the association, they could get it back in one day.”
On suit in the Washington County court both actual and exemplary
damages were awarded, and on exceptions by the defendants the case
came before the supreme court o f the State, where the judgment was
affirmed as to the actual and reversed as to the exemplary damages.
The following is taken from the remarks o f Judge Munson, who
delivered the opinion o f the court:
There was clearly evidence tending to show that the defendants
undertook to compel the plaintiffs to join the association by depriving
their mill o f work, and that they made use o f their organization as a
means o f concerted action to accomplish their purpose. But there
was no evidence tending to show that the defendants made any attempt
to compel persons, not members o f the association, to withhold their
patronage, and they insist that they can not be made liable for simply
withholding their own.
It is clear that everyone has a right to withdraw his own patronage
when he pleases, but it is equally clear that he has no right to employ
threats or intimidation to divert the patronage o f another. I f it be
true as a general proposition that several may lawfully unite in doing
to another’s injury, even for the accomplishment o f an unlawful pur


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whatever each has a right to do individually, it by no means folfx>se,
ows that the combination may not be so brought about as to make its
united action an unlawful means. It may be true that if the defend­
ants, acting independently o f any organization, and moved solely by
similarity o f interest and views, had united in withdrawing their
patronage, the effect upon the plaintiffs’ business would have been
the same, and yet the defendants have incurred no liability. But, in
the case supposed, the united action would result from the free exer­
cise o f individual choice. It will be seen upon further inquiry that
this can not be said o f the action o f an organization like that o f the
defendants. The withdrawal o f patronage by concerted action, if
legal in itself, becomes illegal when the concert o f action is procured
by coercion. In this case it could easily be found that a fine of $50
for a violation o f the rules was not intended to be applied to rules
adopted to secure a performance o f the ordinary duties o f member­
ship. I f in fact designed to hold unwilling members to unity o f action
in any aggressive movement o f unlawful character, the defendants
can not complain if the law so. treats it.
The fact that the members o f the association voluntarily assumed its
obligations in the first instance, so far as it is a fact, is not controlling.
The law can not be compelled by any initial agreement o f an associate
member to treat him as one having no choice but that o f the majority,
nor as a willing participant in whatever action may be taken. The
voluntary acceptance o f by-laws providing for the imposition o f coer­
cive fines does not make them legal and collectible, and the standing
threat o f their imposition may properly be classed with the ordinary
threat o f suits upon groundless claims. It is clear that if the associa­
tion had comprised but a small portion o f the manufacturers, and had
destroyed the plaintiffs’ business by compelling the manufacturers
to 'join them in withholding patronage, its members would have been
liable. But it is claimed, in effect, that a business can be destroyed with
impunity when the organization has become so extensive that there are
no outside patrons to control, or so few that their course is a matter
o f no moment. Upon this theory, every successful instance o f coer­
cion would increase the safety with which another coercion could be
attempted, and, when coercion had been pursued until but one contu­
macious person remained, immunity would be complete. It is clear
that the law can not concede to organizations o f this character the
powers and immunities claimed for their association by these defend­
ants, and retain its own power to protect the individual citizen in the
free enjoyment o f his capital or labor.
The case stands upon grounds which are inconsistent with the allow­
ance o f exemplary damages; for damages o f this nature, if ever recov­
erable against several defendants, are recoverable only where all are
shown to have been moved by a wanton desire to injure. Judgment
for actual damages, with interest from date o f judgment below.




LAWS OF VARIOUS STATES RELATING TO LABOR ENACTED SINCE
JANUARY 1, 1896.
[The Second Special Report of the Department contains all laws of the various States and Terri­
tories and of the United States relating to labor in force January 1, 1896. Later enactments are
reproduced in successive issues of the Bulletin from time to time as published.]

CONNECTICUT.
ACTS OF 1901.
C h apter

35.— Discharged soldiers, etc., employed in public buildings.

.

S e c tio n 1 No honorably discharged soldier, sailor, or marine, having served as
such in the Union army or navy during the war of the rebellion, holding a position
b y appointment or employment as janitor, engineer, or fireman in any public build­
ing owned b y the State of Connecticut, or by the several counties thereof, shall be
removed from such position or employment except for incompetency or misconduct
shown, or have his compensation reduced except for cause shown, and after a hear­
ing held upon due notice given to him of such nearing.
S e c . 5. This act shall take effect from its passage.
Approved April 19, 1901.
C h a p t e r 6 8 .—

Employment of laborers.

1. No contractor, foreman, superintendent, or supervisor of labor shall,
while giving or contracting to furnish employment to any person or persons, exact
or receive any pay, fee, reward, or voluntary Contribution from such person or per­
sons for furnishing such employment.
Sec. 2. Every person who shall violate any provision of the preceding section shall
be fined not more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or
both.
S e c . 3. Every person and every agent of any firm or corporation who shall keep,
maintain, or have the charge of any lodging house, shanty, tent, or other structure
used or intended to be used as a boarding house, lodging place, or place of abode for
the laborers employed by such person or agent, shall, within seventy-two hours
after any such place shall have been occupied for such purpose or purposes, notify
the local health officer of the town, city, or borough in which such place is situated,
and request him to inspect the same. Such health officer shall, within a reasonable
time thereafter, not exceeding five days, inspect such premises, and shall have pow er
to order and direct such alterations or changes in the arrangements and details and
provisions for the sanitation of such premises, or to forbid the use of the same alto­
gether, as he shall under the circumstances judge will properly protect the health of
the inmates.
Sec. 4. Every person or the agent of any firm or corporation who shall fail to com ­
ply with the provisions of this act, or shall refuse to com ply with the orders of the
health officer in relation thereto, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
Sec. 5. Every person or agent of any corporation employing laborers, who also is
engaged in selling such laborers any goods or merchandise, who shall charge or exact
for the articles so sold a greater sum or amount than a reasonable price for such
articles in the town or city where said sales are made, shall be fined not more than
twenty-five dollars for each sale of each separate article so made as aforesaid.
Approved May 17, 1901.
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83.— Inspection, etc., of bakeries.

S e c t io n 1. A ll buildings or rooms occupied as biscuit, bread, or cake bakeries shall
be drained and plumbed in a manner conducive to the proper healthful and sanitary
condition thereof, and constructed with air shafts and windows or ventilating pipes,
sufficient to insure ventilation, as the inspector of factories shall direct; and no cellar
or basement, not now used as a bakery, shall hereafter be used and occupied as a
bakery, and a cellar heretofore occupied as a bakery shall, when once closed, not be
reopened for use as a bakery.
Sec. 2. Every such bakery shall be provided with a proper wash room and
water-closet or closets, apart from the bake room or rooms where the manufacturing
of such food products is conducted; and no water-closet, earth-closet, privy, or ash
pit shall be within or communicate directly with a bake shop.
Sec. 3. Every room used for the manufacture of flour or meal food shall be at least
eight feet in height; the side walls of such rooms shall be plastered or wainscoted, the
ceiling plastered or ceiled with lumber or metal, and, if required by the inspector of
factories, shall be whitewashed at least once in three months; the furniture and
utensils of such room shall be so arranged as to be easily m oved in order that the
furniture and floor may at all times be kept in proper healthful sanitary condition.
S e c . 4. The manufactured flour or meal food products shall be kept m perfectly
dry and airy rooms, so arranged that the floors, shelves, and all other facilities for
storing the same can be easily and perfectly cleaned.
S e c . 5. The sleeping places for persons employed in a bakery shall be kept separate
from the room or rooms where flour or meal food products are manufactured or
stored.
S e c . 6 After an inspection of a bakery has been made by the inspector of factories
and it is found to conform to the provisions of this act, said inspector may issue a
certificate to the owner or operator of such bakery, that it is conducted in compliance
with all the provisions of this act; but where orders are issued by said inspector to
improve the condition of a bakery, no such certificate shall be issued until such order
and the provisions of this act shall have been complied with.
S e c . 7. The owner, agent, or lessee of any property affected by the provisions of
this act, shall, within thirty days after the service of notice upon him of an order
issued by the inspector of factories requiring any alterations to be made in or upon
such premises, comply therewith, or cease to use or allow the use of such premises as
a bake shop; such notice shall be in writing and may be served upon such owner,
agent, or lessee, either personally or by mail, and a notice by registered letter, post­
age prepaid, mailed to the last known address of such owner, agent, or lessee shall be
deemed sufficient for the purposes of this act.
S e c . 8. A ny person who violates the provisions of this act or refuses to comply with
any requirement of the inspector of factories, as provided herein, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction,
shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars for the first offense;
shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned
not more than ten days for the second offense; and shall be fined not less than two
hundred dollars and imprisoned not more than thirty days for the third offense.
Sec. 9. N o employer shall require, permit, or suffer any person to work in his bake
shop who is affected, with pulmonary tuberculosis, or with scrofulous diseases, or with
any venereal diseases, or with any communicable skin affection, and every employer
is hereby required to maintain himself and his employees in a clean and sanitary
condition while engaged in the manufacture, handling, or sale of such food products.
S e c . 10. Chapter C L X X IV of the public acts of 1897 and chapter 140 of the public
acts of 1899 are hereby repealed.
Approved May 29, 1901.

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C h apter

97.— Factory inspection—Colored glass windows.

1. Any firm or corporation using stained, painted, or corrugated glass in
factory windows, where the same is injurious to the eyes of the workmen therein,
shall remove the same upon the order of the inspector of factories.
Approved May 29, 1901.
S e c t io n

C h a p t e r 1 0 0 .—Employment

bureaus.

S e c t io n 1. The commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics shall organize and
establish in each of the cities of New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, Norwich, and
Waterbury a free public employment bureau, for the purpose o f receiving applica­
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labor. No compensation or fee shall be charged or received, directly or indirectly,
from persons applying for employment or help through any such bureau. Such
commissioner shall appoint for each bureau so organized, and may remove for good
and sufficient cause, a superintendent for the proper administration of the affairs
thereof. The salaries of such superintendents shall be fixed by the commissioner.
Such salaries together with the expenses of such bureaus shall be paid in the same
manner as other expenses of the bureau of labor statistics, and shall not exceed the
sum of two thousand dollars per annum for each office operated.
S e c . 3. No person shall open, keep, or carry on any such [i. e. where fees are
charged] employment agency in this State, unless such person shall procure a license
from the commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics authorizing the licensee to
open, keep, or carry on such agency at a designated place, which license shall be
issued b y the said commissioner upon the payment to him of a fee of ten dollars for
the first year and five dollars for each succeeding year for each and every employ­
ment agency in the State. Every license shall contain a designation of the city,
street, and the number of the house in which the person licensed shall carry on the
said employment agency, and the number and date of such license. No person shall
conduct an employment agency or act
agent for procuring work or employment in
any building where liquor is sold or offered for sale.
S e c . 4. The commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics shall require such
person to file with his application for a license a bond in due form to the State of
Connecticut in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, with one or more sureties to
be approved b y the said commissioner, and conditioned that the obligor may not
violate any of the duties, terms, conditions, provisions, or requirements of this act.
The said commissioner is authorized
cause an action or actions to be brought on
said bond in the name of the State of Connecticut for any violation of any of its
conditions; and he may also revoke any license whenever, in his judgment, the per­
son licensed shall violate any of the provisions of this act.
S e c . 5. It shall be the duty of every person so licensed to keep a register in which
shall be entered, in the English language, the name and address of every applicant.
Such licensed person shall also enter in a register the name and address of every
person who shall make application for help or servants, and the name and nature of
the employment for which such help shall be wanted. Such registers shall at all
reasonable hours be open to the inspection and examination of the commissioner of
the bureau of labor statistics or his agents.
S e c . 6 It shall be the duty of every such licensed person to give to each and
every applicant for employment or work from whom a fee or other valuable thing
shall be received for procuring such employment, which fee or valuable thing shall
in no case exceed the value of two dollars, a receipt in which shall be stated the
name of the applicant, the amount of the fee or other valuable thing, the date, the
name or nature of the employment or situation to be procured, and a separate
receipt in which shall be stated the name and address of the person or persons to
whom the applicant shall be referred or sent for employment or work. In case the
said applicant shall not obtain or accept a situation or employment through or by
the procurement or agency of such licensed person within one month after registra­
tion as aforesaid, then said licensed person shall forthwith repay and return to such
applicant upon demand being made therefor the full amount oi the fee or valuable
thing paid or delivered by said applicant to said licensed person, provided that such
demand be made within thirty days after the expiration of the period aforesaid.
Every receipt aforesaid shall have printed on the back thereof, in the English
language, a copy of this section, and every such licensed person shall cause a plain
and legible printed copy of this act to be posted in a conspicuous place in such
agency or place of business. No such licensed person shall print, paint, publish, or
display on any sign, window, or in any publication the name of the State of Con­
necticut Free Public Employment Bureau or a name similar thereto.
S e c . 7. No such licensed person shall send or cause to be sent any female help or
servants to any place of bad repute, house of ill-fame, or assignation house, or to any
house or place of amusement kept for immoral purposes. No such licensed person
shall publish or cause to be published any false or fraudulent notice or advertisement,
or give any false information, or make any false promise concerning or relating to
work or employment to any one who shall register for employment; and no such
licensed person shall make any false entries in the register to be kept by him as
herein provided.
S e c . 8. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics
to look after the enforcement of this act. If he shall have reason to believe that
any of its provisions are disregarded or violated he shall report to the proper pros­
ecuting officer the facts relating to the violating thereof, whereupon it shall be the
duty of such officer to bring and carry on a proper criminal prosecution for such

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violation. Any person convicted of a violation of this act or of any part thereof,
shall be guilty o f a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than one hundred
dollars for each offense.
Sec. 9. Any and all money or moneys received b y the commissioner of the bureau
of labor statistics under or by the provisions of this act shall be paid by said com­
missioner to the treasurer.
S e c . 10. This act shall take effect from and after July 1, 1901.
Approved May 29, 1901.
Ch apter

110.—Employment of children—Certificate of age.

S e c t io n 1. Every person or corporation employing a child under sixteen years of
age in any mechanical, mercantile, or manufacturing establishment shall obtain a
certificate showing that the child is over fourteen years of age.
Sec. 2. Any employer or other person having control of any establishment or
premises where children under sixteen years of age arc employed, w ho shall refuse
or neglect to have and keep on file the certificates described in the preceding section
or to show the same, with the list of the names of such children so employed, to the
secretary or any agent of the State board of education, or any agent of the board of
school visitors, school committee, or board of education, as the case may be, of the
town in which the establishment or premises are located, when demanded during the
usual business hours, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
Sec. 4. Section 1754 of the general statutes, as amended by section two of chapter
tJX V III of the public acts of 1895, is hereby amended to read as follows: Any person
acting for himself, or as agent in any way whatever of any mechanical, mercantile, or
manufacturing establishment, w ho shall employ or authorize or permit to be employed
in such establishment any child, in violation of the preceding aection, shall be fined
not more than sixty dollars, and every week of such illegal employment shall be a
distinct offense: Provided, That no person shall be punished under this section for
the employment of any child, when, at the time of such employment, the employer
shall obtain and thereafter, during such employment, keep on file the certificate of
any registrar of births, marriages, and deaths, or town clerk, or of the teacher of the
school where such child last attended, stating that such child is over fourteen years
of age.
S ec . 5. Section 2107 of the general statutes is hereby amended to read as follows:
Any parent or other person, having control of a child, who shall make any false
statement concerning the age of such child with intent to deceive the town clerk or
registrar of births, marriages, and deaths of any town, or the teacher of any school,
or shall instruct any child to make any such false statement, shall be fined not more
than twenty dollars.
Sec. 6. Section 2106 of the general statutes is hereby repealed.
Approved June 3, 1901.
C h apter

132.— Examination, licensing, etc., of barbers.

S e c t io n 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to follow the occupation of barber
in this State unless he shall have first obtained a certificate of registration as provided
in this act: Provided, however, That nothing contained in this act shall apply to or
affect any person w ho shall be actually engaged in such occupation at the time of the
approval of this act, except as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. To carry out the provisions of this act, the governor shall appoint, on or
before the first day of July, 1901, and biennially thereafter, a board of three exam­
iners who shall have been citizens of this State for at least three years prior to their
appointment and been engaged in the occupation of a barber at least five years prior
to their appointment, and w ho shall hold tneir offices for two years from the first day
of July in the year of their respective appointments and until their successors shall
have been appointed and qualified. Each member of said boaid, before entering
upon the duties of his office, shall give a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars,
with sureties to be approved by the secretary of the state, conditioned for the faithful
performance of his duties, and shall take the oath provided by law for public officers.
Sec. 3. Said board shall elect a president, secretary, and treasurer, shall have a
common seal, and shall have power to administer oaths. The treasurer shall give an
additional bond of two thousand dollars, with sureties, to be approved by the secre­
tary of the state, conditioned that he will pay over to the State treasurer all money
in his hands in excess of five hundred dollars, as hereinafter provided. The office
of secretary and treasurer may be filled by the same person, as said board may
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S e c . 4. Each member of said board shall receive a compensation of five dollars per
day for actual service, and three cents per mile for each mile actually traveled in
attending the meetings of the board, which compensation shall be paid out of any
moneys in the hands of the treasurer of said board: Provided, That the said compen­
sation and mileage shall in no event be paid out of the State treasury.
S e c . 5. Said board shall report annually to the governor a full statement of the
receipts and disbursements of the board during the preceding year, and a full state­
ment of its doings and proceedings, and make such recommendations as to it may
seem proper, looking to the better carrying out of the intents and purposes of this
act. Any moneys in the hands of the treasurer of said board at the time of making
such report, in excess of five hundred dollars, shall be paid over to the State treas­
urer to be kept b y him for the future maintenance of the board and to be disbursed
by him upon warrants signed by the president and treasurer of said board.
S ec . 6. Said board shall hold public examinations at least four times in each year
in at least four different cities in this State, at such times and places as it may deter­
mine, notice of such meetings to be given by a publication thereof at least ten days
before such meetings in a daily newspaper in Hartford and in the county where such
meeting is to be held.
S e c . 7. Every person now engaged in the occupation of barber in this State, shall,
within ninety days after the approval of this act, file with the secretary of said board
an affidavit setting forth his name, residence, and the length of time during which
and the place where he has practiced such occupation, and shall pay to the treasurer
of said board one dollar, and a certificate of registration entitling him to practice
said occupation shall thereupon be issued to him.
S e c . 8. A ny other person desiring to obtain a certificate of registration under this
act shall make application to said board therefor, and shall pay to the treasurer of
said board an examination fee of five dollars, and shall present himself at the next
regular meeting of the board for the examination of applicants, whereupon said board
shall proceed to examine such person, and being satisfied that he is above the age of
nineteen years, of good moral character, free from contagious diseases, has either
studied the trade for three years as an apprentice under a qualified and practicing
barber, or studied the trade for at least three years in a properly appointed and con­
ducted barber school under the instructions of a competent barber, or practiced the
trade for at least three years in this or other States, and is possessed of the requisite
skill in said trade properly to perform all the duties thereof, including his ability in
the preparation of the tools, in shaving, hair cutting, and all the duties and services
incident thereto, and is possessed of sufficient knowledge concerning the common
diseases of the face and skin to avoid the aggravation and spreading thereof in the
practice of said trade in this State, shall thereupon issue to such person a certificate
entitling him to practice the occupation of a barber in this State. A ll persons mak­
ing application under the provisions of this act shall be allowed to practice the occu­
pation of a barber until the next regular meeting of said board.
Sec. 9. Nothing in this act shall prohibit any person from serving as an apprentice
in said trade under a barber authorized to practice the same under this act, nor from
serving as a student in any school for the teaching of such trade under the instruc­
tion of a qualified barber.
Sec. 10. Said board shall furnish to each person to whom a certificate of registra­
tion is issued a card or insignia bearing the seal of the board and the signature of its
president and secretary, certifying that the holder thereof is entitled to practice the
occupation of barber in this State, and it shall be the duty of the holder of such card
or insignia to post the same in [a] conspicuous place in front of his working chair,
where it may readily be seen b y all persons whom he may serve.
Sec. 11. Said board shall keep a register in which shall be entered the names of
all persons to whom certificates are issued under this act, and said register shall be
at all times open to public inspection.
S e c . 12. Said board shall have power to revoke any certificate of registration
granted by it under this act, for gross incompetency, or for having or imparting any
contagious or infectious disease in said trade: Provided, That before any certificate
shall be so revoked the holder thereof shall have notice in writing of the charge or
charges against him, and shall, at a day specified in said notice, at least five days
after the service thereof, be given a public hearing and full opportunity to produce
testimony in his behalf and to confront the Witnesses against him. A ny person
whose certificate has been so revoked may, after the expiration of ninety days, apply
to have the same regranted, and the same shall be regranted to him upon a satisfac­
tory showing that the disqualification has ceased.
S e c . 13. To shave and trim the beard or cut the hair of any person for hire or
reward received by the person performing such service, or any other person, shall be
construed as practicing the occupation of barber within the meaning of this act.




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Sec. 14. A ny person practicing the occupation of barber without having obtained
a certificate of registration as provided b y this act, or willfully employing a barber
who has not such a certificate, or falsely pretending to be qualified to practice such
occupation under this act, or violating any of the provisions of this act, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished b y a fine of
not more than one hundred dollars.
S ec . 15. This act shall take effect from its passage.
Approved June 11, 1901.
Ch apter

155.—Liability of employers for injuries to employees.

1. It shall be the duty of the master to exercise reasonable care to pro­
vide for his servant a reasonably safe place in which to work, reasonably safe appli­
ances and instrumentalities for his work, and fit and competent persons as his
colaborers.
S ec . 2 . It shall be the duty of the master to exercise reasonable care, in the
appointment or designation of a vice-principal, to appoint as such vice-principal a
fit and competent person.
S ec . 3 . The default of a vice-principal in the performance of any duty imposed b y
law upon the master shall be the default of the master.
S e c . 4. This act shall take effect from its passage.
Approved June 17, 1901.
S e c t io n

MASSACHUSETTS.
ACTS OF 1901.
C h apter

80.—Sunday labor— Bootblacks.

S e c t io n 1. It shall be lawful ( a ) for bootblacks to carry on their business on Sunday
up to the hour of eleven in the forenoon.
S ec . 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 21, 1901.
a In printing this act in Bulletin No. 38, the issue of January, 1902, page 185, this word erroneously
appeared as unlawfid.




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No. 1. Private and public debt in the United States, by George K. Holmes.
Employer and employee under the common law, by V. H. Olmsted and S. D.
Fessenden.
No. 2. The poor colonies of Holland, b y J. Howard Gore, Ph. D.
The industrial revolution in Japan, by William Eleroy Curtis.
Notes concerning the money of the U. S. and other countries, by W. C. Hunt.
The wealth and receipts ana expenses of the U. S., by W . M. Steuart.
No. 3. Industrial communities: Coal Mining Co. of Anzin, by W . F. W illoughby.
No. 4. Industrial communities: Coal Mining Co. of Blanzy, by W . F. W illoughby.
The sweating system, by Henry White.
No. 5. Convict labor.
Industrial communities: Krupp Iron and Steel Works, by W . F. Willoughby.
No. 6. Industrial communities: Familistere Society of Guise, by W . F. W illoughby.
Cooperative distribution, by Edward W . Bemis, Ph. D.
No. 7. Industrial communities: Various communities, by W. F. W illoughby.
Rates of wages paid under public and private contract, by Ethelbert Stewart.
No. 8. Conciliation and arbitration in the boot and shoe industry, by T. A. Carroll.
Railway relief departments, by Emory R. Johnson, Ph. D.
No. 9. The padrone system and padrone banks, b y John Koren.
The Dutch Society for General Welfare, by J. Howard Gore, Ph. D.
No. 10. Condition of the Negro in various cities.
Building and loan associations.
No. 11. Workers at gainful occupations at censusesof 1870,1880,and 1890, by W .C. Hunt.
Public baths in Europe, by Edward Mussey Hartwell, Ph. D., M. D.
No. 12. The inspection of factories and workshops in the U. S., by W . F. Willoughby.
Mutual rights and duties of parents ana children, guardianship, etc., under
the law, b y F. J. Stimson.
The municipal or cooperative restaurant of Grenoble, France, by C. O. Ward.
No. 13. The anthracite mine laborers, by G; 0 . Virtue, Ph. D.
No. 14. The Negroes of Farmville, V a .: A social study, by W . E. B. Du Bois, Ph. D.
Incomes, wages, and rents in Montreal, b y Herbert Brown Ames, B. A.
No. 15. Boarding homes and clubs for working women, by Mary S. Fergusson.
The trade-union label, by John Graham Brooks.
No. 16. Alaskan gold fields and opportunities for capital and labor, by S. C. Dunham.
No. 17. Brotherhood relief and insurance of railway employees, by E. R. Johnson, Ph.D.
The nations of Antwerp, by J. Howard Gore, Ph. D.
No. 18. Wages in the United States and Europe, 1870 to 1898.
No. 19. Alaskan gold fields and opportunities for capital and labor, by S. C. Dunham.
Mutual relief and benefit associations in the printing trade, b y W . S. Waudby.
No. 20. Condition of railway labor in Europe, by Walter E. W eyl, Ph. D.
No. 21. Pawnbroking in Europe and the United States, b y W . R. Patterson, Ph. D.
No. 22. Benefit features of American trade unions, by Edward W . Bemis, Ph. D.
The Negro in the black belt: Some social sketches, by W . E. B. Du Bois, Ph. D.
Wages in Lyons, France, 1870 to 1896.
No. 23. Attitude of women’ s clubs, etc., toward social economics, by Ellen M. Henrotin.
The production of paper and pulp in the U. S. from Jan. 1 to June 30,1898.
No. 24. Statistics of cities.
No. 25. Foreign labor laws: Great Britain and France, by W . F. Willoughby.
No. 26. Protection of workmen in their employment, by Stephen D. Fessenden.
Foreign labor laws: Belgium and Switzerland, b y W . F. W illoughby.
No. 27. Wholesale prices: 1890 to 1899, by Roland P. Falkner, Ph. D.
Foreign labor laws: Germany, by W. F. Willoughby.
28. Voluntary conciliation and arbitration in Great Britain, by J. B. McPherson.
System of adjusting wages, etc., in certain rolling mills,
J. H. Nutt.
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The Y ukon and Nome gold regions, b y S. C. Dunham.
Labor Day, b y Miss M. C. de Graffenried.
No. 30. Trend of wages from 1891 to 1900.
Statistics of cities.
Foreign labor laws: Various European countries, by W . F. W illoughby.
No. 31. Betterment of industrial conditions, by V . H. Olmsted.
Present status of employers’ liability in theU . S., by S. D. Fessenden.
Condition of railway labor in Italy, by Dr. Luigi Einaudi.
No. 32. Accidents to labor as regulated by law in the U. S., by W . F. W illoughby.
Prices of commodities and rates of wages in Manila.
The Negroes of Sandy Spring, M d .: A social study, by W . T. Thom, Ph. D.
The British W orkmen’ s Compensation Act and its operation, bv A. M. Low.
No. 33. Foreign labor laws: Australasia and Canada, b y W. F. Willoughby.
The British Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act and its operation, by
A. M. Low.
No. 34. Labor conditions in Porto Rico, by Azel Ames, M. D.
Social economics at the Paris Exposition, by Prof. N. P. Gilman.
The workmen’ s compensation act of Holland.
No. 35. Cooperative communities in the United States, by Rev. Alexander Kent.
The Negro landholder of Georgia, by W . E. B. Du Bois, Ph. D.
No. 36. Statistics of cities.
Statistics of Honolulu, H . I.
No. 37. Railway employees in the United States, by Samuel McCune Lindsay, Ph. D.
The Negroes of Litwalton, Va.: A social study of the “ Oyster Negro,” by
William Taylor Thom, Ph. D.
No. 38. Labor conditions in M exico, by Walter E. W eyl, Ph. D.
The Negroes of Cinclare Central Factory and Calumet Plantation, La., by
J. Bradford Laws.