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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR JAMES J. DAVIS, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ETHELBERT STEWART, Commissioner BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES \ BUREAU OF LABOR STA TISTICS/ • • • • WHOLESALE PRICES J lO e A CO **0 0 SERIES REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES 1923 TO JULY, 1927 SEPTEMBER, 1927 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON 1927 CONTENTS Page Introduction_________________________________________ _____ _______________ 1 Table 1. Revised index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups of com modities, January, 1923, to July, 1927______________________________ ___ 2-7 Table 2. Index numbers of wholesale prices and purchasing power of the dollar, January, 1923, to July, 1927____________________________________ 8 Table 3. Weights and base prices used in constructing revised index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups of commodities________________ 9-19 Table 4. Wholesale prices of commodities, July, 1926, and June and July, 1927_______________________________________________________________20-31 hi BULLETIN OF THE U. S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS NO. 453 WASHINGTON SEPTEMBER, 1927 REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1923 TO JULY, 1927 INTRODUCTION There are presented herewith the results of a recently completed revision of the index numbers of wholesale prices constructed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This revision consists of (1) the addition of a number of important articles to the list of commodities included in the index, (2) a shift of the price base to the last completed year, 1926, and (3) the substitution of more recentw eights” for those heretofore employed. In addition, there has been a slight rearrange ment of commodities in certain groups, while the former group of “ clothing materials” has been superseded by two groups— “ hides and leather products” and “ textile products.” The number of commodities or price series .has been increased from 404 to 550, some of these being composites jpciade by combining three or more quotations into one. A complete list of the commodities in the new index, together with the 1926 base prices and the quantities used as weights, will be found on pages 9 to 19 of this bulletin. Additions to the list formerly used include, among others, such im portant items as agricultural machinery and plows, automobiles and tires, prepared fertilizers, by-product coke, manufactured gas, gloves, traveling bags and suit cases, rayon, sewing machines, stoves, box board, and mechanical wood pulp. Several articles no longer im portant, as clay worsted suiting, New York State hops, and Bessemer steel billets and rails, have been dropped. The shift in the price base from 1913 to 1926 has been made in order that the latest and most reliable information may be utilized as the standard for measuring price changes. Also, it has become increasingly apparent that the year 1913 is now too remote to furnish a satisfactory base for comparing price levels in recent years. For much the same reasons data for the years 1923 to 1925 have been substituted for the 1919 figures used in weighting the prices included in the index numbers. Where trustworthy information for the three years 1923, 1924, and 1925 could be procured, as in the case of agricultural products, the average for these years was used as the weight. For manufactured products the biennial census reports of 1923 and 1925 were used. In all cases the most recent and dependable information obtainable has been employed in con structing the weighted index numbers for the various groups of commodities. It is the purpose of the bureau to extend the revision of its index numbers further into past years as the exigencies of the work will permit, and additional results will be announced as fast as the computations are completed. 1 2 REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES T a b l e 1. — Revised index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups of commodities, January, 1928, to July, 11926=100] Farm products Year and month Grains Foods Livestock Other All farm Butter, and farm cheese, poultry products products and milk Meats Other foods All foods 1923 Average for year-----January________ February_______ March_________ April.................... M ay----------------June___________ July........... ......... August_________ September______ October________ November ------December............ 88.0 87.8 90.0 89.4 92.7 91.5 87.8 83.6 84.3 87.2 92.9 85.3 82.4 77.7 78.9 78.7 78.8 75.7 77.8 75.1 78.1 82.0 84.2 78.0 71.8 72.7 116.7 118.0 118.3 118.8 116.2 111.6 113.4 108.6 109.2 115.5 118.9 128.2 127.1 98.6 99.6 100.0 100.2 98.5 96.7 96.0 94.0 95.8 100.0 100.6 101.8 101.0 103.4 110.9 107.4 106.0 102.4 94.3 92.5 94.3 100.1 105.9 108.4 110.5 109.0 76.2 80.3 76.0 74.6 74.5 74.6 75.5 76.1 77.2 81.9 79.6 74.1 71.6 99.6 92.9 94.9 99.3 102.3 103.3 102.0 98.5 94.2 97.2 101.7 103.1 100.7 92.7 92.3 91.2 92.6 93.3 92.3 91.7 90.5 89.9 94.0 95.8 95.1 92.9 100.6 85.3 87.5 85.9 85.2 86.0 90.4 104.4 109.1 109.2 114.2 116.9 129.9 79.3 74.0 74.0 77.7 79.7 77.7 74.4 77.5 84.2 84.3 86.0 78.8 82.6 114.2 125.9 120.0 111.5 113.7 110.3 109.5 111.2 111.9 108.6 111.5 116.2 118.6 100.0 101.4 98.8 95.7 97.3 95.1 94.3 98.6 102.0 100.4 103.2 103.6 108.3 94.5 105.1 102.8 99.6 90.8 85.4 87.1 87.5 91.1 93.7 91.6 98.8 101.1 75.7 71.4 70.1 70.4 71.4 73.3 76.2 74.7 78.3 80.1 80.8 80.6 82.0 100.0 99.3 99.9 97.5 95.2 93.1 93.0 95.7 97.9 100.8 105.4 107.4 110.0 91.0 91.4 90.8 89.2 86.7 85.3 86.5 87.4 90.3 92.8 94.9 97.1 99.3 118.3 139.7 136.9 124.5 116.3 123.8 121.5 114.8 115.9 107.5 104.3 106.8 110.0 98.9 87.8 91.7 104.8 100.0 96.8 100.9 106.7 105.5 105.1 97.9 93.8 93.9 114.5 122.9 118.1 114.2 109.9 108.8 110.9 115.0 114.3 114.4 114.4 118.4 111.8 109.8 113.8 112.4 112.8 107.6 107.3 109.3 112.1 111.6 110.0 107.0 108.1 105.4 101.1 99.5 100.0 103.5 100.0 96.3 94.4 97.6 100.8 103.9 106.2 106.0 104.6 93.3 82.3 81.8 88.8 91.6 88.8 89.3 94.3 97.4 98.5 104.6 104.2 99.0 104.5 111.2 107.2 104.1 99.8 101.8 104.6 103.2 103.5 102.4 102.2 107.6 103.9 100.2 99.7 97.7 99.1 97.3 96.7 97.8 99.4 101.2 101.6 103.8 106.2 102.4 100.0 112.6 108.2 101.8 102.9 100.3 97.6 100.7 95.7 95.3 97.4 93.6 96.9 100.0 98.8 100.4 99.8 98.6 103.8 106.7 102.2 98.3 103.7 102.2 93.3 93.5 100.0 111.6 107.3 103.0 105.6 102.2 98.0 95.3 97.1 97.7 95.1 96.2 95.2 100.0 107.4 105.1 101.7 102.8 102.4 100.9 98.6 97.2 99.3 97.9 94.7 94.9 100.0 102.3 101.6 99.5 97.2 96.0 95.4 95.5 97.3 101.1 102.9 104.5 107.4 100.0 100.3 97.8 98.0 99.3 100.2 102.3 101.4 99.9 101.6 101.3 99.0 98.4 100.0 104.2 101.9 99.7 102.5 101.7 101.3 98.2 95.9 98.0 99.7 99.9 99.6 100.0 102.6 100.5 99.1 100.4 100.1 100.5 98.8 97.5 99.8 100.8 100.5 100.7 95.9 95.3 93.0 93.2 104.3 109.7 107.0 98.5 99.4 100.6 101.2 93.9 90.6 95.3 95.4 92.6 90.2 89.8 95.1 95.9 95.9 96.5 95.4 94.2 94.3 102.1 100.2 101.2 105.4 107.1 106.1 105.2 98.9 97.7 97.9 89.4 89.6 89.9 90.9 89.8 88.6 90.5 98.8 95.7 93.0 93.0 95.7 97.1 94.7 96.9 95.9 94.5 94.6 94.4 94.4 93.9 1924 Average for year____ January._______ February_______ March_________ April___________ M ay----------------June___________ July-----------------August_________ September______ October________ November______ December______ 1925 Average for year____ January________ February_______ March................. April___________ M ay___________ June___________ July............. ........ August_________ September______ October_________ November______ December.......... . 1926 Average for year____ January________ February........— March_________ April___________ M ay___________ June..................... July____________ August............... . September______ October............ . November______ December.______ 1927 January.___________ February___________ March........................ April_______________ M ay----------------------June_______________ July....................... . 3 •REVISED INDEX NUMBEKS OF WHOLESALE PEICES T a b l e 1 .— Revised index numbers of wholesale 'prices, by groups of commodities, — Continued January, 1928, to July, [1926=100] Hides and leather products Year and month Textile products All Other hides Woolen Other Boots leather Hides Cotton Silk and and textile and worsted and Leather and goods rayon leather prod prod . skins shoes prod goods ucts ucts ucts All textile prod ucts 1923 Average for year___ January............. February........... March................ April.................. M ay................. . June.................. July.................... August............... September......... October----------November......... December........ . 117.6 130.9 135.5 137.2 137.1 135.4 121.8 110.8 107.3 102.0 100.8 91.2 99.1 104.1 107.0 107.1 107.8 107.8 107.0 104.6 104.9 102.9 102.4 101.7 100.0 98.4 99.1 98.9 98.9 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9 103.8 103.8 103.8 103.8 103.8 103.8 103.8 103.8 103.8 103.8 103.8 103.8 103.8 104.2 107.6 108.6 109.4 109.3 108.8 105.5 103.3 102.1 100.7 100.3 97.9 99.2 116.9 116.9 118.9 121.0 120.3 117.3 115.0 111.8 110.3 113.5 115.5 120.3 124.1 129.5 127.8 129.5 132.0 135.3 135.1 128.9 123.3 122.1 134.0 135.1 126.3 124.7 107.5 104.4 106.0 107.6 110.1 110.4 109.2 108.2 107.3 107.2 106.8 106.4 106.3 77.4 79.5 79.7 78.9 78.9 77.1 76.6 76.5 75.4 75.9 76.2 76; 5 77.0 111.3 110.2 111.8 113.4 114.4 113.0 110.5 107.9 106.7 110.2 111.1 111.4 112.7 1924 Average for year___ January............. February........... March................ April.................. M ay................... June................... July................... August............... September......... October............ . November......... December.......... 110.2 103.9 115.8 112.5 106.5 103.1 102.7 103.3 109.0 108.9 112.3 116.5 126.2 99.8 98.5 99.7 100.1 100.1 99.7 95.9 95.7 99.3 99.4 100.5 103.1 106.2 98.4 98.8 98.8 98.8 98.7 98.6 98.6 98.6 97.7 97.6 98.0 98.7 99.1 103.9 103.9 103.9 103.9 103.9 103.9 103.9 103.9 103.9 103.9 103.9 103.9 103.9 101.4 100.1 102.9 102.3 101.0 100.2 99.2 99.3 100.8 100.7 101.9 103.7 106.6 114.7 121.6 118.2 114.8 113.5 114.8 114.8 114.2 115.3 112.9 112.4 112.3 112.2 103.1 125.4 115.5 109.4 102.3 97.9 92.9 94.7 100.4 99.6 97.7 100.8 101.2 106.8 105.6 105.6 106.1 106.2 106.0 105.2 104.7 104.9 105.9 108.9 110.6 111.5 87.1 82.1 81.7 81.9 82.5 82.1 82.8 83.9 86.8 87.7 96.9 98.5 97.7 106.7 112.3 109.1 106.8 105.0 104.7 103.6 103.7 105.6 104.9 106.4 107.7 107.8 1925 Average for year___ January............. February______ March................ April................. M ay................... June................... July.................... August............... September....... . October.............. November_____ December-......... 118.7 136.3 138.7 129.9 120.0 114.6 110.4 114.6 114.8 112.5 110.0 110.0 112.8 104.8 109.1 110.6 110.6 108.2 103.1 103.5 103.1 101.9 101.9 101.9 102.1 101.8 100.5 100.2 100.4 100.6 100.6 100.6 100.6 100.7 100.7 100.7 100.7 100.7 100.7 104.0 104.0 104.0 104.0 104.0 104.0 104.0 104.0 104.0 104.0 104.0 104.0 104.0 105.4 109.9 110.9 109.1 106.5 104.3 103.5 104.3 104.1 103.6 103.1 103.1 183.6 110.0 111.1 111.0 112.0 111.5 110.3 108.8 108.8 109.3 109.8 110.3 108.7 107.4 104.5 101.8 102.9 100.5 101.1 102.4 102.9 103.9 106.1 107.9 108.5 107.8 108.1 110.2 113.3 114.2 114.1 113.1 111.1 110.6 109.8 108.2 107.0 106.8 107.3 107.0 104.1 104.1 103.6 105.5 102.5 101.7 100.9 102.2 103.5 104.2 107.0 107.6 106.8 108.3 108.8 109.2 109.4 108.6 107.7 106.9 107.1 107.4 107.6 108.3 107.7 107.0 1926 Average for year----January............. February........... March......... ...... April.................. M ay................. June................. July.................. August............September.----October....... — November......... December........ . 100.0 112.8 104.1 98.0 91.6 94.8 94.6 97.5 100.5 95.8 106.2 103.2 103.3 100.0 101.8 101.8 101.8 101.4 99.6 99.2 98.6 98.7 99.1 99.2 99.4 99.4 100.0 100.5 100.5 100.5 100.4 100.4 100.3 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 103.3 101.4 100.1 98.7 98.9 98.8 99.0 99.7 98.8 101.0 100.4 100.4 100.0 105.8 104.8 103.5 102.3 100.5 99.1 98.6 99.5 100.0 97.3 95.4 93.3 100.0 108.2 107.6 104.0 100.5 100.1 100.3 98.0 97.6 99.0 97.6 94.7 92.4 100.0 106.7 105.3 103.1 101.4 100.5 100.3 99.3 98.7 98.4 98.3 98.5 98.4 100.0 106.2 104.9 101.7 101.0 99.3 98.3 *98.4 97.7 98.5 99.2 98.1 99.7 100.0 106.3 105.2 103.0 101.3 100.1 99.4 98.5 98.5 98.9 97.7 96.3 95.2 1927 January.................... February.............. . March...................... April......................... M ay......................... June.......................... July.......................... 105.5 101.5 102.3 108.2 114.2 123.8 133.5 99.6 99.7 100.2 100.2 103.3 107.6 113.5 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.9 101.0 103.0 101.2 101.2 101.2 101.2 101.2 101.2 101.6 101.0 100.2 100.5 101.7 103.7 107.3 111.7 92.1 92.6 92.7 92.5 93.8 95.1 96.1 90.1 90.9 90.6 91.8 90.7 90.3 87.4 98.2 98.9 98.8 98.7 97.4 97.1 97.2 99.9 97.9 93.5 94.5 92.5 93.0 93.9 94.3 94.6 94.0 94.2 93.9 94.3 94.3 4 BEVISED INDEX NUMISEKS OF WHOLESALE PEICES T a b l e 1,— Revised index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups of commodities, January, 1923, to July, 1007— Continued [1926=100] Fuel and lighting Year and month Anthracite Bituminous coal coal Coke Manufac tured gas Petroleum products All fuel and lighting 1923 Average for year....................... January.............................. February-.......................... March................................ April.................................. M ay............ ...................... June------ ------ ---------------July_____ ____________ August........ ......... ............. September______________ October,-.......................... November......................... December........................... 100.8 101.4 101.1 100.7 97.0 97.5 98.1 99.2 100.4 102.9 103.6 103.8 104.0 113.4 136.9 129.9 122.1 115.4 112.6 110.1 107.9 106.8 107.1 105.7 103.8 103.0 118.8 134.6 130.7 131.6 130.5 123.3 119.5 114.3 113.1 113.3 108.8 103.0 101.9 104.8 106.8 105.8 105.8 105.8 105.8 104.8 104.8 102.9 102.9 102.9 102.9 102.9 82.6 88.7 101.4 103.7 98.5 87.5 86.0 79.1 75.0 71.3 69.6 64.7 65.5 97.3 108.4 111.8 110.6 105.6 99.3 97.6 93.6 91.4 90.0 88.6 85.5 85.6 98.6 101.4 100.8 99.8 95.7 96.0 96.8 97.7 98.4 98.9 99.3 99.2 99.3 99.7 104.0 103.5 101.6 99.7 99.1 99.1 97.4 96.7 98.1 99.0 98.7 99.1 97.2 101.9 102.6 102.6 99.3 98.0 96.6 94.6 93.5 94.2 93.5 93.5 96.1 102.9 101.9 101.9 102.9 102.9 102.9 102.9 102.9 102.9 102.9 102.9 102.9 101.9 83.5 83.3 94.7 94.0 92.9 89.1 83.0 81.2 76.7 76.6 73.2 75.7 80.2 92.0 93.8 98.9 98.0 96.2 94.2 91.4 90.0 87.7 88.2 86.9 88.0 90.3 99.7 98.3 98.1 97.0 93.0 92.7 93.3 94.1 95.7 99.9 108.6 112.9 112.9 96.5 98.3 96.5 95.5 94.3 94.3 93.8 93.8 94.7 97.7 98.2 100.5 100.7 97.7 97.4 96.9 95.6 94.3 93.3 92.5 92.6 93.4 94.9 105.8 111.0 105.9 101.9 101.9 101.9 101.9 102.9 101.9 102.9 102.9 102.9 101.9 101.9 101.9 101.0 95.0 83.5 104.2 99.9 94.3 96.4 104.2 102.3 95.4 89.3 87.4 89.4 91.7 96.5 91.5 100.6 98.1 94.6 95.5 99.0 98.2 95.5 94.1 95.1 97.6 98.3 100.0 113.7 102.0 101.2 98.1 97.6 97.3 97.4 98.1 98.4 98.4 98.8 98.8 100.0 98.9 99.0 97.2 95.0 95.2 95.2 95.4 96.6 98.2 104.3 116.8 107.9 100.0 114.0 115.3 102.2 93.6 92.6 94.0 93.8 94.3 95.3 96.3 106.2 103.3 100.0 101.9 101.0 101.9 101.9 101.0 101.0 101.0 100.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 98.1 100.0 92.3 96.3 96.9 99.4 106.3 106.6 103.3 104.6 105.4 100.9 94.1 93.7 100.0 98.7 99.1 98.1 97.7 100.8 101.0 99.5 100.6 101.5 101.3 102.5 99.4 99.1 98.9 96.8 93.8 93.6 94.8 95.2 103.9 101.5 100.1 99.9 99.8 100.3 100.0 97.4 96.1 96.0 95.4 94.0 94.2 93.7 99.0 99.0 98.1 98.1 99.0 99.0 99.6 93.0 90.9 80.0 70.0 68.0 68.0 68.1 97.7 95.8 90.0 84.9 83.9 84.2 84.2 1924 Average for year....................... January.............................. February. ......................... March................................ April................................... M ay...................... ............ June................................... July................................. . August................................ September...................... . October................. ............ November.......................... December......................... 1925 Average for year______ ____ January.............................. February. ........................ March...................... ......... April..............................._. M ay................................... June................................... July..................... .............. August.............................. September............ ............ October.............................. November.......................... December.......................... 1926 Average for year.'..................... January.............................. February. ...................... . March................... ............ April................................... M ay................................... June................................... July.................................... August............... ................ September.......................... O ctober..:......................... November.......................... December.......................... 1927 January................................... February.................................. March.................................. . April......................................... M ay......................................... 5 REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES T a b l e 1*— Revised index numbers of wholesale pricesy by groups of commodities, January, 1923, to July, 1927— Continued (1926=100) Metals and metal products Year and month Iron and steel Agri Noncul ferrous tural metals imple ments Building materials Auto mo biles Other metal prod ucts All metals and metal prod ucts Lum ber Brick Port Struc land tural cement steel 1923 Average for year----January............. February........... March................ April.................. May*_................. June................... July.................... August............... September_____ October.............. November......... December.......... 117.3 106.6 110.6 117.1 122.9 122.8 120.6 119.5 119.1 118.7 117.6 116.9 117.2 95.3 95.0 99.4 107.4106.8 100.4 95.8 92.3 91.2 90.6 87.4 88.4 90.5 98.8 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.6 98.6 98.8 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9 98.9 108.7 107.9 107.9 107.9 107.9 107.9 108.0 114.3 111.8 112.0 105.3 105.2 105.2 103.3 104.2 104.2 103.2 103.2 103.2 103.2 103.2 103.2 103.2 103.2 103.2 103.2 109.3 105.0 107.1 110.8 112.8 111.7 110.3 111.8 110.5 110.3 106.7 106.5 107.0 111.8 114.1 116.8 120.7 123.4 120.0 114.2 110.9 107.6 103.9 104.7 104.2 101.2 103.6 102.2 102.7 103.3 104.3 102.8 104.9 105.3 104.3 103.2 103.3 103.3 104.2 107.9 105.2 108.5 108.5 108.5 108.5 108.5 109.4 109.6 109.6 108.6 105.7 104.2 123.7 102.1 107.2 112.3 132.8 134.0 130.2 127.7 127.7 127.7 127.7 127.7 127.7 1924 Average for year----January............. February........... March................ April.................. M ay................... Ju ne................. Ju ly.„................ August............... September......... October.............. November......... December.......... 109.4 117.5 117.6 116.9 113.2 110.8 109.1 107.5 105.8 103.9 102.9 103.0 105.6 93.0 91.1 94.0 97.7 93.4 88.9 86.8 87.0 93.1 92.4 92.8 97.3 101.4 105.7 105.8 105.8 105.8 105.8 105.8 105.8 105.7 105.7 105.7 105.7 105.7 105.6 107.5 107.0 107.0 107.1 107.1 107.1 107.1 107.1 109.1 109.3 109.1 109.1 107.8 101.7 101.5 101.5 102.1 102.1 102.1 102.1 101. 5 101.5 101.5 101.5 101.5 101.5 106.3 108.0 108.5 108.9 106.8 105.2 104.3 103.7 104.9 104.2 103.8 104.5 105.6 99.3 103.8 104.6 103.7 103.5 102.6 96.6 93.8 94.1 95.9 96.3 97.5 99.5 103.4 104.3 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.1 104.3 103.7 103.5 103.0 103.0 102.0 100.8 105.7 104.8 105.2 105.6 105.7 106.1 106.1 106.1 106.1 106.1 106.1 106.1 104.5 114.2 127.7 127.7 127.7 125.1 121.3 116.2 112.3 109.8 104.7 99.6 97.0 100.8 1925 Average for year----January............. February........... March................ April.................. M ay................... June................... July................... August.............. September......... October.............. November_____ December.......... 102.2 107.3 107.2 106.5 103.1 101.5 100.6 100.0 99.4 99.2 99.6 100.9 101.4 101.4 105.8 103.3 99.5 95.1 95.7 96.7 99.1 103.2 103.7 104.9 106.5 103.9 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.3 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.3 100.3 105.3 107.2 107.2 107.6 107.6 107.6 107.6 107.6 103.3 101.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.5 100.6 100.6 100.6 100.6 100.3 100.3 100.3 100.3 100.3 100.9 100.9 100.9 103.2 106.5 106.1 105.4 103.5 103.0 102.8 102.9 101.7 100.9 100.7 101.4 101.2 100.6 103.2 106.7 103.3 99.5 100.8 96.9 96.8 99.4 99.0 99.7 100.5 102.2 100.1 100.5 100.6 100.4 100.8 100.9 99.9 99.7 99.5 99.5 99.4 100.0 100.1 102.6 103.1 103.2 103.2 103.2 103.2 103.2 103.2 103.2 103.2 101.7 100.4 100.4 102.2 107.2 104.7 107.2 104.7 102.1 102.1 102.1 98.3 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 1926 Average for year----January............. February........... March................ April.................. M ay................... June................... July.................... August............... September_____ October.............. November_____ December.......... 100.0 100.0 101.3 . 102.7 100.7 102.6 100.7 100.6 100.3 98.5 99.4 97.3 98.9 97.8 99.5 100.2 99.4 102.2 99.8 102.2 99.9 100.5 100.2 98.8 100.0 96.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 97.3 97.3 97.3 97.4 97.4 99.7 102.1 102.3 102.3 102.3 102.3 102.3 100.0 101.1 101.1 100.4 100.4 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.4 99.4 99.4 100.0 99.9 99.6 99.3 98.8 98.3 99.1 100.7 101.0 101.2 101.0 100.8 100.4 100.0 103.3 103.0 102.5 100.9 99.9 99.2 98.4 98.1 98.5 98.2 100.2 98.9 100.0 101.0 101.7 101.7 101.6 101.6 101.4 101.4 99.5 97.7 97.7 97.5 97.5 100.0 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.4 99.9 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 100.0 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 94.5 99.6 99.6 102.1 102.1 102.1 102.1 1927 January.................... February.................. March...................... April......................... May......................... June.......................... July......................... 99.2 97.7 97.4 97.2 96.8 96.1 95.5 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.8 102.9 102.9 102.6 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 100.6 100.6 98.8 98.0 98.2 97.8 98.6 98.2 97.7 96.7 96.0 95.0 95.0 95.2 94.9 93.9 98.3 96.0 93.6 93.5 93.5 93.4 93.3 98.3 96.5 96.5 96.5 96.5 96.5 96.5 102.1 99.6 97.0 97.0 97.0 94.5 90.7 61577°— 27-------2 94.8 93.6 95.1 93.2 91.0 90.0 89.3 6 REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES T a b l e 1.— Revised index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups of commodities, January, 1928, to July, 1927— Continued [1926=100] Building materials— Continued Year and month 1923 Average for year... January........... February......... March............. April............... M ay................ June................ July................ August............ September___ October........... November December....... Other Paint build ing mate rials mate rials All AU Drugs All build Chem and Ferti chem Fur houselizer Mixed Furni furing phar ferti icals maceu mate lizers icals ture nish nishmate and ings ing rials ticals rials drugs goods 101.3 103.0 105.4 109.1 113.1 107.5 104.1 99.1 97.2 95.9 98.1 95.5 95.0 105.5 100.8 102.3 104.3 106.5 109.6 107.9 106.7 106.2 106.1 105.4 105.2 105.3 108.7 107.1 109.4 112.2 115.5 114.3 111.1 108.9 107.1 105.4 105.7 104.9 103.6 100.6 100.1 100.5 102.1 103.3 101.8 99.3 98.5 97.9 98.7 100.1 102.9 103.0 95.7 95.1 95.7 97.1 97.0 96.5 95.9 94.8 94.4 95.9 95.5 95.3 94.9 102.5 105.9 108.1 110.8 110.1 105.0 100.9 99.9 98.8 98.7 99.5 96.9 95.9 107.4 107.4 107.4 107.4 107.4 107.4 107.4 107.4 107.4 107.4 107.4 107.4 107.4 1924 Average for year... 99.7 January______ 97.4 February......... 99.0 March............. 99.3 April............... 97.6 M ay................ 97.6 June_________ 96.1 July................ 96.1 August............ 99.2 September___ 99.8 October........... 101.7 November 104.9 December....... 106.3 104.0 105.9 106.2 106.8 106.2 105.4 103.1 102.3 103.1 102.1 101.3 101.8 103.2 102.3 105.1 105.7 105.5 105.0 104.3 100.8 99.2 99.7 99.9 99.8 100.5 101.8 102.2 103.7 103.3 102.3 101.2 99.2 97.7 98.9 102.3 102.4 103.5 105.5 105.5 95.8 95.5 95.5 95.3 95.5 95.0 94.2 94.2 95.6 96.3 96.8 97.5 97.3 92.6 95.0 92.6 91.7 92.1 91.5 91.7 89.6 92.2 91.9 92.3 94.2 96.2 1925 Average for year... January........... February........ March............. April________ M ay................ June____ ____ July................. August______ September___ October........... November December 109.3 111.7 111.6 108.6 105.6 107.6 106.1 103.6 106.7 112.8 113.7 113.5 100.6 100.4 102.2 102.7 101.5 100.5 99.1 99.3 99.5 99.9 100.0 99.9 99.8 100.2 101.7 103.8 105.2 103.3 101.1 101.4 99.6 99.3 100.6 101.1 101.3 101.5 101.9 104.1 105.8 103.6 103.4 102.4 102.3 102.2 102.7 104.1 105.6 106.0 106.2 104.6 97.7 97.5 97.5 97.5 97.9 97.3 97.2 97.1 97.1 96.9 97.1 99.8 100.1 1926 Average for year... January........... February........ March............. April............... M ay................ June................ July................. August............ September___ October______ November December....... 100.0 107.7 103.4 99.0 95.4 91.5 96.3 101.1 103.7 102.7 101.1 100.5 97.6 100.0 100.3 100.4 100.2 99.8 99.5 99.3 99.5 99.8 99.8 100.8 100.6 100.1 100.0 102.3 101.8 101.1 100.0 99.1 98.9 99.4 99.5 99.5 99.5 100.1 99.2 100.0 102.2 100.5 99.3 99.4 100.2 101.7 101.1 100.3 101.0 99.3 97.9 97.7 1927 January................. February............... March.................... April...................... M ay....................... June....................... July........................ 96.0 94.5 92.5 91.0 93.9 92.7 91.5 97.7 96.6 96.4 95.9 95.2 94.5 94.0 97.5 96.2 95.3 95.0 95.1 94.6 93.7 98.0 98.2 97.4 99.1 99.8 99.9 100.0 House-furnishing goods Chemicals and drugs 101.1 116.7 101.3 118.7 102.0 118.7 103.6 118.7 104.1 119.1 102.3 119.1 100.1 119.4 99.4 119.6 98.8 115.9 99.4 115.9 100.3 115.9 101.4 109.8 101.2 109.8 104.8 108.9 104.0 109.4 104.3 109.6 104.3 109.6 105.«4 110.4 105.5 110.5 105.5 110.6 104.7 110.2 104.7 ' 108.8 104.6 108.8 104.8 108.9 105.1 106.8 105.7 107.2 95.9 95.9 95.9 95.9 95.9 95.9 95.9 95.9 95.9 95.9 95.9 95.9 95.9 98.9 100.1 99.4 98.7 98.2 96.9 95.9 96.2 98.8 98.9 99.6 101.2 101.5 107.9 109.2 109.2 108.2 108.2 108.2 107.9 107.3 107,3 107.3 107.3 107.3 107.3 103.4 105.2 105.3 105.5 105.4 103.0 102.4 101.7 101.9 102.1 102.0 102.9 103.3 104.9 106.7 106.7 106.5 106.4 104.9 104.4 103.8 103.9 104.0 104.0 104.6 104.8 98.8 98.7 99.5 99.8 99.3 98.7 96.4 95.9 96.8 98.9 100.3 100.7 101.1 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.4 101.4 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.4 101.8 102.7 101.6 101.5 100.9 100.7 100.2 100.4 101.4 102.6 103.0 103.6 102.8 104.6 108.1 108.1 105.7 105.7 105.7 105.7 105.4 105.4 103.9 103.7 102.3 102.3 102.2 102.5 102.4 102.5 102.9 102.8 102.1 101.5 101.5 101.6 102.4 102.0 102.0 103.1 104.5 104.5 103.7 103.9 103.9 103.4 .102.9 102.9 102.4 102.9 102.1 102.1 100.0 99.6 99.2 98.0 97.6 98.5 100.2 101.6 101.1 101.1 101.1 101.0 101.2 100.0 102.9 104.0 105.0 103.6 101.6 99.4 97.4 96.7 97.0 95.8 98.0 99.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 101.6 100.8 100.2 99.9 100.2 100.9 100.4 99.8 100.2 99.1 98.6 98.8 100.0 101.8 101.3 101.0 100.7 100.1 100.0 99.9 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 100.0 101.2 100.9 100.9 100.8 100.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.4 99.3 98.9 98.4 100.0 101.4 101.0 100.9 100.8 100.2 100.0 99.9 99.8 99.5 99.4 99.1 98.8 91.3 90.2 88.7 88.2 88.0 87.7 86.9 99.1 99.6 100.1 99.3 98.0 98.3 93.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 82.1 84.8 86.6 97.6 97.6 97.1 97.8 95.4 95.8 95.3 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.8 98.8 98.9 98.8 98.8 98.8 99.0 99.1 97.9 97.9 97.8 97.8 97.8 98.0 98.0 REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES 7 T a b l e 1*— Revised index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups of commodities, January, 1928, £o — Continued [1926=100] Miscellaneous Year and month Cattle feed Paper and pulp Other Rubber, Automo miscel bile tires laneous crude All miscel laneous All com modities 1923 118.5 124.8 127.4 126.2 120.0 122.3 106.3 104.1 111.7 119.6 122.5 120.3 116.9 102.8 104.0 103.7 102.8 103.8 103.9 103.6 102.9 103.0 103.0 101.9 100.6 99.5 61.3 64.5 71.6 71.8 67.5 62.7 53.9 57.7 61.2 59.1 53.4 57.1 55.2 102.0 100.3 104.2 107.3 107.4 104.5 102.9 101.5 100.0 98.9 99.0 99.1 99.6 98.8 99.8 102.7 103.4 102.4 100.8 97.0 96.7 97.5 97.4 96.3 96.3 95.5 100.6 102.2 103.5 104.6 104.0 102.0 100.4 98.6 97.9 99.7 99.6 98.6 98.3 110.2 117.1 110.5 104.8 99.0 92.4 93.3 110.3 114.8 112.7 118.0 117.5 127.9 100.7 98.8 98.6 98.5 99.5 99.5 99.6 98.0 99.5 101.6 101.2 101.8 111.7 54.3 52.9 52.6 46.0 47.1 39.9 37.5 45.8 54.2 57.6 66.9 70.4 80.5 100.8 106.5 104.0 104.0 104.5 103.1 100.6 97.9 96.1 96.4 97.4 98.3 100.6 95.5 97.4 95.7 93.9 94.2 91.8 90.5 92.0 93.8 95.1 97.4 98.5 105.9 98.1 99.8 100.0 98.7 97.6 96.1 95.1 95.9 97.4 97.5 98.6 99.6 102.1 112.7 129.7 110.4 107.1 107.4 117.7 118.3 111.3 114.3 111.3 104.7 111.4 110.0 105.2 101.9 98.9 98.8 112.0 109.6 107.7 108.2 108.9 109.8 103.8 103.9 100.3 149.9 75.2 73.6 84.7 90.2 117.7 158.8 215.3 167.5 180.0 205.8 217.0 206.2 99.6 101.5 102.7 101.8 99.9 98.9 100.2 99.8 98.1 97.5 98.2 97.8 99.0 113.9 101.7 99.0 100.3 105.5 110.0 117.1 126.5 118.0 120.0 121.9 124.4 121.5 103.5 103.5 104.5 104.8 102.4 102.1 103.4 104.6 104.2 103.7 103.6 104.5 103.4. Average for year......................... January................................ February.............................. March............................ ...... A pril.......................... ......... M ay............................... ...... June............................ ......... July....................................... August....................... ......... September............................ October................................ November............................ December............................. 100.0 111.1 101.1 98.0 104.8 99.1 96.2 100.3 99.3 95.6 93.5 97.6 105.3 100.0 106.5 109.4 105.8 102.6 101.6 100.7 100.3 99.5 95.7 92.1 92.1 93.7 100.0 164.1 128.3 120.9 105.2 99.7 89.2 85.6 80.7 85.1 87.7 82.0 78.1 100.0 123.3 110.8 108.8 108.3 108.3 108.3 97.2 92.8 91.4 91.4 83.6 78.6 100.0 99.9 99.5 99.7 99.9 99.8 100.8 100.4 100.3 100.0 99.8 99.6 99.7 100.0 116.8 109.0 106.3 103.9 102.5 101.0 97.5 95.4 94.2 93.4 90.8 89.9 100.0 103.6 102.1 100.4 100.1 100.5 100.5 99.5 99.0 99.7 99.4 98.4 97.9 1927 January....................................... February..................................... March......................................... April........................................... M ay............................................ June............................................. July............................................. 110.0 115.8 110.9 113.2 117.7 117.8 115.4 93.0 92.9 92.8 93.4 92.2 92.0 92.0 80.7 78.3 84.1 83.8 84.1 76.1 72.0 78.6 78.7 78.7 78.7 78.7 78.3 77.9 99.6 100.3 100.0 100.2 100.3 100.6 100.0 90.3 90.6 90.9 91.3 91.3 90.2 89.3 96.6 95.9 94.5 93.7 93.7 93.8 94.1 January ________________ February________________ March _____________ June August September ______________ October ______________ November ______________ December, __ 1924 Average for year ____________ January ,, February________________ March___________________ April __________________ M a y ____________________ June -- - _____________ July_____________________ August_________ ____ •____ September ____________ October__ _______________ November_______________ December________________ 1925 Average for year ____________ January_________________ February....................... ...... March _______________ April____________________ May________________ ____ June __________ _______ July...................................... August.................................. September............................ October......... .............. ........ November_______________ December_______________ 1926 8 REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES The following table furnishes a comparison of the bureau’s old and revised general index numbers reduced to the same base, viz, 1926 equals 100, together with the purchasing power of the dollar as measured by each series, for the period from January, 1923, to July, 1927. T a b l e 2. — Index numbers of wholesale prices and purchasing power of the dollar, January, 1923, to July, 1927 [1926=100] Old series Year and month New series Pur Pur chas chas ing ing Index power Index power of of dollar dollar 1923 Average for year. January____ February___ March.......... April_______ May........ — June............. July.............. August-------September.... October____ November... December___ 101.8 103.2 103.8 105.0 105.1 103.4 101.7 99.7 99.4 101.8 101.4 100.7 100.0 Cents 98.2 96.9 96.3 95.2 95.1 96.7 98.3 100.3 100.6 98.2 98.6 99.3 100.0 99.1 100.1 100.5 99.3 98.3 97.3 95.8 97.4 99.1 98.5 100.6 101.1 104.0 100.9 99.9 99.5 100.7 101.7 102.8 104.4 102.7 100.9 101.5 99.4 98.9 96.2 Cents 99.4 97.8 96.6 95.6 96.2 98.0 99.6 101.4 102.1 100.3 100.4 101.4 101.7 98.1 99.8 100.0 98.7 97.6 96.1 95.1 95.9 97.4 97.5 98.6 99.6 102.1 101.9 100.2 100.0 101.3 102.5 104.1 105.2 104.3 102.7 102.6 101.4 100.4 97.9 1925 Average for year. January____ February----March.......... 105.1 106.0 106.4 106.6 95.1 94.3 94.0 93.8 Year and month Index New series Pur Pur chas chas ing Index ing power power of of dollar dollar 1925 100.6 102.2 103.5 104.6 104.0 102.0 100.4 98.6 97.9 99.7 99.6 98.6 98.3 1924 Average for year. January....... February----March.......... April............ May........... . June........ — July............ August......... September... October....... . November... December— Old series 103.5 103.5 104.5 104.8 96.6 96.6 95.7 95.4 Averageforyear-Con. April....... ........... May— .............. June.................... July.................... August................ September.......... O ctober............ November_____ December........... Cents Cents 103.4 102.8 104.2 105.9 106.2 105.8 104.4 104.4 103.4 96.7 97.3 96.0 94.4 94.2 94.5 95.8 95.8 96.7 102.4 102.1 103.4 104.6 104.2 103.7 103.6 104.5 103.4 97.7 97.9 96.7 95.6 96.0 96.4 96.5 95.7 96.7 100.0 103.3 102.6 100.3 100.1 100.5 100.9 99.8 98.8 99.7 99.1 98.1 97.5 100.0 96.8 97.5 99.7 99.9 99.5 99.1 100.2 101.2 100.3 100.9 101.9 102.6 100.0 103.6 102.1 100.4 100.1 100.5 100.5 99.5 99.0 99.7 99.4 98.4 97.9 100.0 96.5 97.9 99.6 99.9 99.5 99.5 100.5 101.0 100.3 100.6 101.6 102.1 97.3 97.0 96.2 95.5 95.4 95.2 95.8 102.8 103.1 104.0 104.7 104.8 105.0 104.4 96.6 95.9 94.5 93.7 93.7 93.8 94.1 103.5 104.3 105.8 106.7 106.7 106.6 106.3 1926 Average for year . . . January............. February_______ March..... ........... April....... ........... M ay.................... June................... July____ _______ August________ September....... . October________ November.......... December........... 1927 January............. February............ March................. April................... May.................... June............. . July..................... The quantities of the various commodities used as weights in computing the revised index numbers, also the 1926 base prices, are shown in Table 3. As previously explained, the weights represent averages for the years 1923, 1924, and 1925, or where satisfactory information for 1924 was lacking, averages for 1923 and 1925. REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES 9 T a b l e 3 .— Weights and base prices used in constructing revised index numbers of wholesale prices, by group of commodities Commodity Unit Quantity used as weight (000 omitted) Base price (average for 1926) GROUP I.—FARM PRODUCTS (a) Grains: Barley, malting, Chicago................................. .................. Bushel............ Corn, Chicago— Contract grades................. ......... .................................. ____ do_______ No. 3, mixed - - ___ _____ . .......... . .........- ....... do_______ Oats, No. 2, white, Chicago ___ ____________________ ____ do_______ Rye, No. 2, Chicago_______ ______ ______________ _____ ____ do_______ Wheat— No. 2, red winter, Chicago________________________ ____do_______ No. 2, hard, Kansas City......... .............................. ...... ....... do_______ No. 1, northern spring, Minneapolis........................... ....... do............. No. 2, dark northern spring, Minneapolis.................... ....... do_______ No. 1, hard, white, Portland, Oreg - ____do............. No. 2, red winter, St, Tennis ___ ....... do_______ (6) Livestock and poultry: Cattle, Chicago— Calves, good to choice, vealers____ ________________ 100 pounds----Cows— Fair to good_____ ______ _______ _______ ....... do............. Good to choice................ ............ —.............. ......... ....... do_______ Steers— ____ d o ______ Fair to good_______ _____ ______ _________ Good to choice ____________________________ ____ do_______ Hogs, C hicagoFair to choice, heavy butchers_____________________ ____ do_______ Fan* to choice, light butchers______________________ ____ do_______ Sheep, Chicago— Ewes, native, all grades, fair to best________________ ____do_______ Lambs, western, fair to good ___________________ ____do_______ Wethers, fed, poor to best_________________________ ____ do_______ Poultry, live fowls— Chicago __ __ . ____________ Pound_______ New York_______________________________________ ____ do_______ (c) Other farm products: Beans, medium, New York............, .................................... 100 pounds___ Cotton, middling— Galveston ............................ ............ ................... . Pound_______ New Orleans _________ ______ ____________________ ____do............. New York ________ ________ . _ _______________ ....... d o .......... . Eggs, fresh— Western, Boston _ ______________________________ Dozen_______ Firsts, Chicago___________ _______________________ ____ do_______ Extra firsts, Cincinnati______ __________________ ____ do_______ Candled, New Orleans __________________________ - ....... do............. Firsts, New York_________________________________ ____ do_______ Extra firsts, Philadelphia____ _____________________ ____ d o ______ No. 1, extras, San Francisco_______________________ ____ do_______ Fruit— Apples, fresh— Baldwins— Chicago_______________________ ____ ______ Barrel_______ New York............ ................... ...................... . ____ do_______ Winesaps, medium grade, Portland, Oreg_______ Box................ Lemons, choice or fancy, California, Chicago.............. ____do............. Oranges, choice, California, Chicago ............................. ....... do............. Hay— Alfalfa, TTansas City .................................................... T o n ............... Clover mixed, No. 1, Cincinnati_________ __________ ....... do............. Timothy, No. 1, Chicago__________________________ ....... do........ . Hops, prime t© choice, Pacifics, Portland, Oreg................ Pound............ Milk, fluid— 100 pounds___ Chicago___________ ______ ____________ _________ New Y o r k _________________________________ _____ ____do............. San Francisco...................... .......................................... ....... do............. Peanuts, Norfolk................................................................. Pound_______ Seeds— Alfalfa, Kansas City............... ...................................... 100 pounds— Clover, Chicago__________________________________ ....... do_______ Flaxseed, Minneapolis______ ______________________ Bushel______ Timothy, Chicago.......................................................... 100 pounds___ Tobacco, leaf, average warehouse sales, Kentucky............. 70,506 $0.694 212,978 319,466 375,450 39,168 .759 .736 .430 .954 121,164 164,436 47,389 142,167 62,871 90,684 1. 542 1.496 1.549 1.555 1.436 1.555 15,511 12.135 22.366 44.732 5.764 6.489 22.366 44.732 8.763 9.529 30,852 92,453 12.336 13.115 2,547 8,916 1,274 6.592 13.701 8.181 413,241 413,242 .252 .298 8,291 5.442 4,640,487 1,325,853 662,927 .170 . 168 .175 136,122 345,255 40,836 39,599 499,939 118,797 56,924 .356 .335 .356 .339 .356 .395 .298 7,203 11,295 67,280 7,291 34,423 4.102 4.032 2.133 5.571 5.957 8,003 3,473 3,624 25,901 21.034 22.212 23.481 .241 113,601 227,721 37,954 515,059 2.940 3.581 3.130 .050 499 514 41,110 653 14,324 16.475 31.817 2.328 6.111 8.472 10 REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES T a b l e 3.— Weights and base prices used in constructing revised index numbers of wholesale prices, by group of commodities— Continued Unit Commodity Quantity used as weight (000 omitted) Base price (average for 1926) GROUP I —FARM PRODUCTS-Continued (c) Other farm products—Continued. Vegetables, fresh— Onions, Chicago............................... ............... ............ 100 pounds___ Potatoes, white— Boston..................... ................................... ............. ____ do_______ Chicago._______ __ ___ _ __________ _______ ____do_______ New Y o r k ___________________________________ ____do_______ Portland, Oreg. _____________________________ ____ do_______ Potatoes, sweet, Philadelphia ____________________ ^-bushel......... Wool, Boston— Ohio, grease basis— Fine clothing............................................................ Pound_______ Fine delaine..................... ...................................... ____ do_______ Half blood.................... ...... ..................................... ....... do.............. Medium grades....................................................... ____ do.............. Territory, scoured— Staple, fine and fine medium.................................. ____do_______ Half blood................................................................. ____ do_______ F oreignArgentine crossbreds, quarter blood, grease basis. _ ____do.............. Australian, Qeelong 56’s, scoured basis.......... ........ ....... do.............. Montevideo, one-fourth blood, 50’s, grease basis. „ ....... do.............. 6,062 $2,447 27,176 47,207 21,905 20,850 28,533 3.525 3.013 3.776 2.873 1.531 43,485 16,307 21,743 27,178 .402 .467 .462 .457 36.077 36.077 1.152 1.047 126,984 52,482 66,577 .283 .678 .369 Pound. ___ do.. ___ do.. 44,180 154,629 22,090 $0,439 .421 .391 -do.. .do.. -do. ,-do. 120,630 422,205 60,315 59,547 .429 .414 .390 .395 -do.. .d o. 17,288 40,338 .476 .458 ,.do.. .do.. .d o. 123,703 432,961 61,852 .443 .420 .388 ..do. ..do. .d o. ..do. 35,728 125,048 17,864 115,251 .455 .443 .407 .440 ..do. ..d o. 20,169 47,061 .436 .418 ___ do. ....d o . ----- do. C ase... ----- do. 397,501 143,078 36,346 9,841 28,229 .217 .227 .229 5.857 4.393 Pound............ .— .d o ............ Barrels (200 pounds) Pound............ ___ do............. 2,314,664 4,629,327 406 .164 .171 23.491 393,395 196,425 .262 .144 ___ d o............. ..— do............ Barrels (200 pounds) Pound............ .......do............. 623,847 623,847 5,878 .304 .308 37.447 587,817 587,817 .201 .198 GROUP H.—FOODS (a) Butter, cheese, and milk: Butter, creamery— B oston Extra...... ............................... Firsts..................................... Seconds-................................ Chicago— Extra...................................... Extra firsts............................ Firsts..................................... Cincinnati, as to score............... . New OrleansFancy................................... . C h oice.--............................. . New York— Extra...... .............................. Firsts.. ................................ . Seconds--............................. PhiladelphiaExtra..................................... Extra firsts........................... Firsts................................... St. Louis, extra........................... San FranciscoExtra...... ................ ............ F irs ts .................................. Cheese, whole milk— C h icag o.-.................................. New York................................... San Francisco............................. Milk, condensed____ _______ _____ Milk, evaporated.............................. Milk, fluid. (See Farm products.) (&) Meats: Beef, fresh, carcass, steers— Chicago.-.................................... New York..... ............................. Beef, cured, family, New York____ Lamb, fresh, Chicago....................... Mutton, fresh, dressed, New York.. Pork, cured— Bacon, Chicago.......................... Hams, Chicago........................... Mess, New Y ork....................... Sides, clear, Chicago... Sides, rough, Chicago.. REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES 11 T a b l e 3 . — Weights and base prices used in constructing revised index numbers of wholesale prices, by group of commodities— Continued Commodity Unit Quantity used as weight (000 omitted) Base price (average for 1926) GROUP H.—FOODS—Continued (6) Meats—Continued. Pork, fresh, dressed hogs, Chicago_____________________ Pound_______ Poultry, dressed— Chicago_____________________________ _ ________ ....... do..... ........ New York___________________________ ______ ....... do_______ Veal, fresh, good, Chicago____________ :________________ ....... do............. (c) Other foods: Beans. (See Farm products.) Bread, loaf (per pound before baking)— Chicago____________________________ ____ _________ ____ do_______ CiTininnati _ _ ___ ....... do—_........ "NTp.w Orleans _ _ ....... do—......... New York................................................ ....................... ....... do_______ San Francisno _____ ___ __ __ ... ....... ____do_______ Cocoa beans, Arriba, New York_______________________ ____ do_______ Coffee, Brazilian grades, New York— Rio No. 7.......................................... .............................. ____ do_______ Santos, No. 4 ............. ____ do_______ Copra, South Sea, New York___________ ______________ ....... do............. Crackers, soda, New York............... ................................. ....... d o „ _ ........ Eggs. (See Farm products.) Fish— Cod, pickled, cured, Gloucester, Mass......................... 100 pounds___ Herring, pickled, New Y ork._____________ ______ Pound_______ Mackerel, salt, New York_________________________ ....... do_______ Salmon, canned, Alaska, red, factory.- ____________ Dozen cans__ Salmon, smoked, Alaska, New York_______________ Pound_______ Flour, rye, white, Minneapolis........................................... Barrel_______ Flour, w h ea tStandard patents, hard, winter, Buffalo........ .............. ....... do_______ First clears, Buffalo....................................................... ____do_______ Short patents, winter, Kansas City.............................. ____do_______ Straights, winter, Kansas City......................... ........... ____do_______ Standard patents, Minneapolis__________ __________ ....... do—......... Second patents, Minneapolis________________ ____ ....... d o .— ........ Patents, Portland, Oreg................................................. ....... do............. Short patents, soft, winter, St. L ou is.-........................ ____do—......... Straights, soft, winter, St. Louis___________________ ____do__ ........ Standard patents, soft, winter, Toledo______________ ____ do_______ Fruit, canned, New York— Peaches, 2 ^ s............... ........................................... .... Case_______ _ Pineapple, 2%s__________________ _______ _________ ____ do_______ Fruit, dried, New York— Apples, evaporated_______________________________ Pound_______ Currants, cleaned_________________________________ ___ _do..... ........ Prunes, California, 60-7Qs............................................. ____ do_______ Raisins, coast, seeded_____________________________ ....... do_______ Fruit, fresh— Apples. (See Farm products.) Bananas, Jamaicas, New York...... ............................... Bunch_______ Lemons. (See Farm products.) Oranges. (See Farm products.) Glucose, 42° mixing, New York________________________ 100 pounds___ Hominy grits, white, mill..................... ............................. ....... do............. Lard, prime, contract, New York............. ........... ............ . Pound............ Meal, corn— White, mill 100 pounds___ Yellow, fancy, Philadelphia........................................ . ....... do.............. Molasses, New Orleans, fancy, New York__............ ......... Gallon. .......... Oatmeal, in 90-pound sacks, New York.............................. 100 pounds___ Oleomargarine, standard, uncolored, Chicago.................... Pound............ Oleo oil, extra, Chicago______________________________ ....... do.............. Pepper, black, New York________________ _______ _____ ....... do.............. Rice, head, clean, New Orleans— Blue Rose, medium to good___ _____ _______ _______ ....... do.__......... Honduras, medium to choice...................... .................. ____do_______ Salt, Chicago— American, medium............................. .......................... B a r r e l (280 pounds). Granulated................................ ..................................... Ton_________ Sugar, New Y o r k Granulated______________________________________ Pound_______ Raw, 96° ........................................ ................................ ....... do.............. Tallow, edible, Chicago............................................... ........ ....... do............. Tea, Formosa, fine, New York...................... .......... .......... ....... do.............. 6,405,181 $0.250 253,457 506,913 937,661 .271 .314 .187 2,980,983 445,556 424,340 6,195, 352 562, 249 391,504 .075 .071 .072 .070 .077 .180 342,885 1,028,655 329,375 1,156,431 .182 .223 .058 .140 574 51,491 15,085 24,900 6,699 1,598 7.258 .132 .100 3.326 .383 5.600 8,582 2,861 25,405 8,468 36,219 12,073 8,125 5,321 1,774 5,607 8.690 8.374 8.035 7.252 8.426 8.148 7.984 7.832 7.108 7.626 17,566 14,624 1.950 2.150 20,329 16,313 324,625 464,276 .118 .090 .078 .092 48,941 2.451 11,547 2,963 1,792,994 3.439 1.558 .150 10.320 10.320 42,052 9,137 228,788 152,106 30,394 1.558 2.663 .528 3.073 .228 .120 .256 855,859 213,965 .062 .073 25,704 2.195 3,599 7.509 11,505,726 10,360,669 51,605 99,604 .055 .043 .095 .355 12 REVISED INDEX NUMBEBS OF WHOLESALE PBICES T a b l e 3 .— Weights and base prices used in constructing revised index numbers of tvholesale prices^ by group of commodities—^Continued Unit Commodity Quantity used as weight (000 omitted) Base price (average for 1926) GROUP n .—FOODS—Continued (c) Other foods—Continued. Vegetables, canned— String beans, New York.......... .................................... ............................................ Corn, factory ..................... Peas, New Y ork... __ __ _ ________ Tomatoes, New York....................... . .................... Vegetables, fresh— Onions. (See Farm products.) Potatoes. (See Farm products.) Vegetable oil— Coconut, New York _ _ _ . ________ Corn, New Y o rk ._ _______ _______________ ____ _ Cottonseed, New York......................... ....................... Olive, New York_______________ ______ ______ ____ Peanut, mill.................. ............................................... Soya bean, New Y ork ...........................................^___ Vinegar, cider, New York_______ . . _ . . . ___________ Dozen............. ____ do_______ ....... do.............. ....... do.............. 13,775 33,705 34,128 33,528 $0.893 .901 1.316 1.433 Pound............. ____ do.............. ....... do.............. G allon ........... Pound............ ____ do.............. Gallon............ 424,837 110,854 1,086,705 10,560 13,233 21,737 77,453 . 106 .120 .118 1.911 . 113 .126 .186 Pound. 443.410 $0,097 .do.. .do.. 443.410 443.410 .140 .134 ..d o ............ ....... do............ ..d o ............ . .do............ 138,570 83,634 69,285 38,554 .173 .733 .155 2.168 Square foot... ___ do............ Pound______ Square foot... 170,680 184,550 23,020 213,104 .453 .675 .437 .253 Pound. .....d o .. ___ do— 72.341 72.341 108,514 .353 .438 .429 6,365 15.905 15.905 21,178 1.330 1.473 1.568 1.663 -do.. _do_. .d o „ _do~ -d o -do.. .do.. .do.. .do.. -do.. -do.. 6.464 11.312 6.464 11.312 11.312 6.464 6.464 6.464 6.464 6.464 11.312 4.924 6.400 3.199 6.000 1.723 3.350 4.600 3.600 4.924 3.375 2.050 _do_. -d o .do.. .do.. _do.. -do_. 14.160 14.160 35,399 14.160 14.160 14.160 4.074 3.600 2.000 2.850 4.150 3.600 434 795 3.100 3.100 33.840 21.150 44.975 7.903 6.513 GROUP i n .—HIDES AND LEATHEI1 PRODUCTS (a) Hides and skins: Hides, C hicagoCountry cows................................................................. Packers’— Heavy native steers...... .......................................... Heavy Texas steers................................................. Skins— Calf, No. 1, country, Chicago....................................... Goat, Brazil, first selection, New York....................... Kip, No. 1, country, Chicago...................................... . Sheep, packers’, Chicago............................................... (&) Leather: Chrome calf, B grade, Boston............................................ . Glazed kid, top grade, Boston........................................... Harness, California oak, general market........................... . Side, black, chrome, tanned, B grade, Boston.................. . Sole, oak, Boston— Insides.......................................................................... . Scoured backs.............................................................. . Sole, union backs, steers, New York................................... (c) Boots and shoes, factory: Children’s— Child’s gun metal. __.................................................... Little boy’s, tan calf, blucher...................................... Misses’ , gun m etal....................................................... Youths’, tan calf, blucher............................................. Men’s— Black, calf, bal.............................................................. Black, calf, blucher....................................................... Black, dress, welt, side leather.................................... Black, vici kid............................................................... Chocolate, elk, blucher.............. ......................... ........ Dress........................................ ................... ................. Gun metal, blucher....................... .............................. Mahogany, chrome, bal............................................... Tan, dress, welt, calf.................................. ................. Tan, dress, welt, side leather..................................... Work............. ............................................................... Women’s— Black, kid, dress.......................................................... Black, kid, M cKay sewed............................................ Medium grade.............................................................. Better grade.................................................. ............... Colored calf.. ............................................................... Patent leather pump.......................................... ......... ( cl) Other leather products: Gloves— Men’s................«............................................ .............. Women’s........................................................................ Harness (composite price)................................................... Suitcases (composite price) ........................................ ........ Traveling bags (composite price)....................................... Pair............... ....... do............ - d o ........... ..d o ........... Dozen pairs. .......d o......... Set............... Each_______ .......do.......... REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES 13 T a b l e 3 .— Weights and base prices used in constructing revised index numbers of wholesale prices, by group of commodities— Continued Commodity Unit Quantity used as weight (000 omitted) Base price (average for 1926) GROUP IV.—TEXTILE PRODUCTS (a) Cotton goods: Blankets, colored, Boston ..... ............... ...... ...... Denims, M^sanhusetts, 28-inp.hmill__ Drillings, brown— Massachusetts, 30-inch, mill.......................................... Pepperell, 29-ineh, mill _ __ _____ Duck— * Eight-dunce, army, mill................................................. Wide, 36-inch, mill......................................................... FlannelColored, 27-inch, mill_____________________________ Unbleached, 33-inch, mill^ _______ _ Gingham— Amoskeag, 27-inch, mill................................................. Security, 32-i neb, mill .... _ Hosiery— Men’s, combed yam, mill_________________________ Women’s, sillr mercerized, millT .......... ........ .. Muslin, bleached— Fruit of the Tiftom, m ill. ....... . , "Lonsdale, mill TJongh Rider, mill . _ Nainsook, Wamsutta, mill........................................... Pftrralft, Snouts, 38^-infth, mill _T Print cloth— Twenty-seven inch, mill__________________________ Thirty-eight and one-half inch, mill_______ _________ Sheeting, bleached— 10/4, Pepperell, mill_______________________________ 10/4, Wamsutta, mill____ _________________________ Sheeting, brown— Indian Head, 36-inch, mill............................................. 4/4 Pepperell, mill________________________________ 4/4 Trion, mill____________________________________ Thread, 6-cord, 100 yards, mill___________________________ Ticking, Amoskeag, 32-inch, mill________________________ Underwear— Men’s, shirts and drawers, mill_____ 1_______________ Pair_________ Yard............... 20,153 270,755 $1,235 .169 ....... do.............. ____ do_______ 176.862 176.862 .132 .127 ____ do.............. ____ do.............. 150,553 29,656 .197 .418 ____ do............. ____ do_______ 180.454 180.454 .126 .176 ____ do.............. ____ do.............. 278.443 278.443 .090 .123 Dozen pairs.__ ____ do_______ 22,349 31.662 1.624 2.329 Yard............... ____ do_______ ....... do.............. ....... do.............. ....... do............. 86.662 86,662 86,662 86,662 352,461 .167 .151 .143 .228 .129 ....... do.............. ___ do_______ 343,071 1,029,214 .052 .075 __ do_______ __ ;_do_^______ 166.685 166.685 .416 1.140 ____ do.............. ____ do_______ ____ do.............. Spool________ Yard............... 277.808 277.808 277.808 2,907,744 50,931 .123 .123 .093 .036 .205 D ozen gar ments. Women’s, union suits, mill__ ____ ____________ ___ _ D o z e n ......... Yam Carded, white, northern, 10-1 cones, mill___________ _ -Pound_______ Carded, white, northern, 22-1 cones, mill................. — ____ do.............. Carded, single warp, 40/ls, southern spinning, mill__ ____ do.............. Twisted, 20/2, carded, weaving, mill............................. ____ do.............. Twisted, 40/2, carded, weaving, mill_________________ ____ do.............. (6) Silk and rayon: Rayon, New Y o r k 150 A denier_____________________________________ _ ____ do_______ 150 B denier_________________ ____ ________________ ____ do_______ 300 A denier________ _____________________________ ____ do.............. 300 B denier____________________________________ . . ___ do_______ Silk, raw, New York— China, steam filature, third category_______________ ____ do.............. Canton, double extra A-crack______________________ ..... d o _______ Japan, double extra cracks_________________________ ___ do_______ Japan, 13-15____ _________________________________ ____ do.............. Silk, spun, New York— Domestic, 60/1.............................. ............................. ....... do.............. Domestic, 60/2............................................................... . ____ do_______ Imported, 200/2, first quality_______________________ ____ do_______ Hosiery— Women’s, pure sillr, mill _ ................. Dozen pairs... Women’s, artificial silk, mill.......................................... ....... do.............. Men’s, silk, mercerized top, heel, and toe.................... ____ do............. (c) Woolen and worsted goods: Blankets, all wool, 4 to 5 pounds per pair, mill__________ Pound_______ Flannel, No. 6400, 54-inch, mill__________________________ Yard............... Overcoating, mill— H eavy__________________________________________ ..... d o _______ Light____________________________________________ ____ do_______ 5,232 6.837 7,373 9.875 105.826 105.826 141.102 141.102 141.102 .324 .358 .508 .324 .472 12,086 12,086 12,086 12,086 1.810 1.692 1.603 1.508 * 8,127 2,709 32,507 10,836 6.348 4.655 6.044 6.194 1.744 1.744 1,340 4.693 5.966 5.784 15,221 7,266 9,316 12.168 2.792 4.795 7,404 1,708 1.349 1.678 32.523 32.523 3.042 4.542 6 1 5 7 7 ° — 27-------- 3 14 T able REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF 'WHOLESALE PRICES 3. — Weights and base prices used in constructing revised index numbers of *wholesale prices, by group of commodities— Continued Commodity Unit Quantity used as weight (000 omitted) Base price (average for 1926) GROUP IV.—TEXTILE PRODUCTS—Continued (c) Woolen and worsted goods—Continued. Suiting— Serge, 116 M. B. m ill_ __ ............................................ Serge, 11-ounce, 56-68 inch, mill..................................... Uniform serge, fine grade, 12-ounce, mill...................... Uniform serge, medium grade, 12-ounce, mill.............. Unfinished worsted, 13-ounce, mill................................ Trousering, 2,900 range, cotton warp, 11-onnr>p., mill.. Underwear, men’s— Shirts and drawers, mill_________ ______ __________ Union suits, mill______________ ______ ____________ Women’s dress goods— Broadcloth, 9^-ounce, mill........................................ . Flannel, 12-ounce, mill................................................... Flannel, WFD, 54-inch, mill......................................... French serge, 39-inch, mill............................................. Serge, 36-inch, mill......................................................... Sicilian cloth, 54-inch, mill_________________________ Yams— 2/32s, crossbred stock, white, mill______ ___________ 2/40s, half-blood, weaving, mill.......................... ........... 2/50s, fine, weaving, mill___________________________ (ft) Other textile products: Binder twine, standard, mill ________________________ Burlap, 10^-ounce, 40-inch, mill_______________________ Hemp, Manila, New York____________________________ Jute, raw, medium grades, New York__________________ Linen shoe thread, 10s, Barbour, New Y o rk .................. . Rope, pure Manila, ^-inch and larger, New York_______ Sisal, Mexican, New Y o rk ____________________________ Yard............... ....... do.............. ....... do.............. ....... do.............. ....... do.............. ____do.............. 21,682 21,682 21,682 21,682 21,682 25,766 $3.818 2.168 2.752 1.997 2.005 1.527 D ozen gar ments. Dozen_______ 710 30.000 972 30.380 Yard............... ....... do.............. ....... do.............. ____ do.............. ____d o ............ ____ do_______ 21,682 32.523 21,682 32.523 42,927 28,618 2.360 1.944 1.451 1.034 .458 .792 Pound_______ ____do.............. ____ d o............. 47.862 47.862 47.862 1.435 1.854 2.106 50 lb. b a le ___ Yard________ Pound_______ ____ do_______ ____ do_______ ____ do_______ ____ do_______ 49,978 879,229 193,274 145,432 3,440 96,636 261,661 6.531 .092 .148 .090 1.946 .251 .091 Gross ton____ ____ do_______ ____ do_______ 31,475 13,022 25,138 $13.767 13.290 10.652 ____ do_______ ____ do_______ 248,122 173,685 74,437 4.314 4.794 3.422 ____ do_______ ____ do............. 2,019 11,441 5.555 4.106 ____ do_______ ........do_______ 1,000 cubic feet 9,298 27,892 357,978 5.728 10.622 1.034 ____ do_______ ____ do_______ 300,168 470,534 40,563 1.092 1.884 3.501 ____ do_______ Gallon_______ 210,250 5,298,312 1.295 .064 ____ do_______ ____ do_______ ___ .d o ............. ____ do............. ____ do_______ 2,027,271 1,720,390 3,106,002 2,445,744 951,662 .113 .104 .128 .103 .089 ____ do_______ ____ do_______ 1.230.318 1.230.318 .086 .104 GROUP V.—FUEL AND LIGHTING (a) Anthracite coal (composite price): Chestnut____________________________________________ Egg_________________________________________________ Pea _______________________________________________ (5) Bituminous coal (composite price): Mine run ___________________________________________ Prepared sizes________________________________________ Screenings___________________________________________ •(e) Coke: Beehive— Alabama_________________________________________ Connellsville_________________________________ ___ By-product— Alabama_________________________________________ New Jersey______ _______________________________ (<?) Manufactured gas (composite price)_____________________ (e) Petroleum products: Petroleum, crude, wells— California________________________________________ TCaims-Okiahoma. Pennsylvania____________________________________ Fuel oil, refinery— Oklahoma ___ Pennsylvania __________________________________ Gasoline, refinery— California __________________________________ Oklahoma ______________________________________ Pennsylvania __________________________________ North Texas __________________________________ Natural, Oklahoma. _____________________________ KeroseneStandard white, New York Water white, refinery ___________________________ 15 REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES T a b l e 3 . — Weights and base prices used in constructing revised index numbers of wholesale prices, by group of commodities— Continued Quantity used as weight (000 omitted) Commodity price (average for 1926) GROUP VI.—METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS (a) Iron and steel: Iron ore, Mesabi, lower lake ports— Non-Bessemer_______________________________ Pig iron— Basic, furnace.______________________________ Bessemer, Pittsburgh------------------------------------Foundry, No. 2, northern, Pittsburgh_________ Foundry, No. 2, southern, Birmingham............ . Ferromanganese, furnace--------- ---------------------Spiegeleisen, furnace_________________________ Bar iron— Best refined, Philadelphia-----------------------------Common, refined, Pittsburgh_________________ Bars, concrete reinforcing, %-inch and larger, mill—. Nails, wire, Pittsburgh---------------------------------------Pipe, cast iron, 6-inch, New York_________________ Pipe, black steel, Pittsburgh-------------------------------Skelp, grooved, Pittsburgh------ ---------------------------Steel billets, open-hearth, Pittsburgh-------------------Steel merchant bars, Pittsburgh__________________ Steel plates, tank, Pittsburgh_____________________ Steel rails, open-hearth, mill______________________ Steel scrap______________________________________ Steel sheets, No 27. box annealed, m ill-----------------Steel, structural, mill____________________________ Teme plate, No. 8 ,1. C. package, mill-----------------Tin plate, domestic, standard, coke, Pittsburgh____ Wire, fence— Barbed, galvanized, mill-------------------------------Galvanized, No. 9, Pittsburgh________________ Plain, annealed, Pittsburgh__________________ Woven, Pittsburgh__________________________ <&) Nonferrous metals: Aluminum, New Y ork---------------------------------------Antimony, New York___________________________ Brass, sheets, mill----------------------------------------------Copper, ingot, electrolytic, refinery----------------------Copper, sheet, hot rolled, New York______________ Copper wire, bare, mills--------------------------------------Lead, pig, desilverized, New York________________ Lead pipe, New York___________________________ Nickel, ingot, New York_________________________ Quicksilver, New York__________________________ Silver, bar, fine, New York_______________________ Tin, pig, straits, New York---------------------------------Zinc, sheet, La Salle, 111-............................................ Zinc, pig, slab, New York.......................................... . <c) Agricultural implements, factory: Binder, grain............................................................... . Cultivator..................................................................... Drill, grain.................................................................. . Engine, 3-horsepower................................................... Harrow— Spike, peg tooth..................................................... Spring tooth.......................................................... . Loader, hay................................................................. . Mower, hay.................................................................. Picker, corn................................................................. Planter, corn............ ................................................... Plow, tractor....................................................... _•....... Plow, walking— 1-horse (composite price)....................................... 2-horse (composite price)....................................... R akeSelf dump............................................................... Side delivery.......................................................... Separator, cream.......................................................... Sheller, corn.................................................................. Spreader, manure......................................................... Tractor-................................... . ........................... ....... Wagon, 2-horse............................................................. Gross ton. ___ d o . . . . 25,601 42,667 $4,400 4.250 .d o. ___ do____ ___ do____ ___ do____ ___ do____ ____ do____ 2,255 595 2.657 2.657 312 118 18.548 21.318 20.616 21.154 94.827 33.769 Pound_____ ___ do______ 100 pounds... .do. Net ton___ 100 feet_____ 100 pounds.. Gross t o n .._ 100 pounds— Pound_____ Gross ton___ .do. Pound_____ 100 pounds... 200 pounds—. 100 pounds—. 350.274 350.274 14,169 16,564 1,946 18,067 11,946 4,899 107,683 8,915,498 2,802 1,574 5,854,650 76,019 1,050 33,198 .029 .030 1.992 2.750 51.340 4.261 1.900 35.000 1.996 .019 43.000 13.481 .032 1.958 11.700 5.500 ___ do______ ___ d o _____ ___ d o ......... 100 rods------- 5,078 4,682 16,315 2,049 .3.400 3.100 2.650 20.030 233,429 21,314 342,517 2,206,325 149,066 465,658 1,413,985 1,032 32,052 2,091 69,745 170,632 1,270 1,038,381 .270 .159 .190 .138 .216 .162 .084 9.916 .350 1.226 .624 .653 10.589 .077 Each... ___ do. ___ do. ___ do. 35 131 28 121 156.750 44.170 91.670 76.000 _do. _do_ _do. ..do. ..do. _do_ _do. 195 106 19 94 5 39 54 16.720 22.040 85.260 59.140 325.000 57.710 104.500 -do_. .do.. 168 185 7.283 16.095 -do. 42 16 157 3 46 23 109 32.060 78.370 59.370 26.600 114.000 680.000 103.070 Pound. . ___ do__ ___ d o .. ___ do d o. .do. do100 pounds.. Pound____ ___ d o........ . Ounce_____ Pound____ 100 pounds. Pound....... . .do.. .do.. .do.. -do. -do- 16 REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OP WHOLESALE PRICES T a b l e 3 . — Weights and base 'prices used in constructing revised index numbers of wholesale prices, by group of commodities— Continued Commodity Unit Quantity used as weight (000 omitted) Base price (average for 1926) GROUP VI.—METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS—Continued (<Z) Automobiles, factory (composite price): Buick................................................................................... Cadillac.......................... _........................ Chevrolet_________________________ __________________ Dodge_______________________________ __________ ____ Ford...................................................................................... Packard „ ... .......................................................... . (e) Other metal products: Sewing machines (composite price)— Electric_______________________________ _________ Treadle__________________________________________ Stoves, cooking (composite price)— Coal....... ................................................ Gas................. ......................................... Each..... .......... ....... do............. ____ do_______ ....... do_______ ....... do_______ ____ do_______ ____ do_______ ____ do ____ 2491 2490 77.550 49.120 ..... d o ._ ....... 21,022 21,397 21,153 62.869 62.924 62.274 d o . ........ ___ do___ _ on............................................................ ....... GROUP TO.—BUILDING MATERIALS (a) Lumber: Cypress, shop, St. Louis _ __________ 1,000 feet_____ Douglas fir, null— No. 1............................................................................... ....... do_______ No. 2............................................................................... ....... do ......... Gum, plain, sap, St. Louis................................................... ..... d o . ........ Hemlock, northern, No. 1, Chicago......................... ....... do__ ....... Maple, hard, No. 1, Chicago.................................. ....... do_ ........... Oak, plain, white, No. 1, Cincinnati.............................. . ____ do_______ Pine, white, No. 2, Buffalo.................................................. ....... do............. Pine, yellow, flooring, mill................................... ......... ____ ..... d o _ . ...... Pine, yellow, timbers, mill_______________________ ___ ____ do______ Poplar, No. 1, Cincinnati—_______ _______ __ ....... do _ _ Spruce, eastern, Boston_________ __________ ....... do............. Lath— Douglas fir, No. 1, Chicago________________________ M _........ ...... Pine, yellow, No. 1, mill__________________________ M .................... Shingles— Cypress, mill_____________________________________ M .............. Cedar, red, mill. ______ , T ....... M .............. (6) Brick: Common, building, plant (composite price)________ M .................... Brick, front, New York_______________________________ M .................... Brick, sand lime, plant_______________________________ M .................... Paving blocks, 33^-ineh, St. Louis___________________ _ M ................. (c) Cement, Portland, plant (composite price)............................ Barrel_______ (d) Structural steel. (See Metals and metal products.) (e) Paint materials: Barytes, western, New York____ ________________ ____ _ Ton................. Bone black, powdered, New York_____________________ Pound_______ Copal gum, mamla, mill______________________________ ____ do_______ Lampblack, velvet, New Y ork________________________ ____ do_______ Linseed oil, raw, New York____ ___________ ____ ______ ....... do.............. Litharge, commercial, New York................................... . ....... do__......... Lithopone, domestic, New York................................ ........ ....... do__......... Putty, commercial, New York______ ___________ ____ do_______ Red lead, dry, New York ................................................... ....... do__......... Rosin, B grade, New York________ _____ ___ ______ Barrel_______ Shellac, T. N., New York ____ __ __ ___________ Pound ____ Turpentine, Southern, New Y ork ______________ Gallon. _ _ White lead, in oil, New York _________ __ ______ Pound_______ Zinc oxide, leaded grades, New York ____ ___________ ____ do............ (/) Other building materials: Asphalt, bulk, refinery_______________________________ T o n .............. Crushed stone, 1^-inch, New York.___________ ________ Cubic yard___ Glass, plate, New York— 3 to 5 square feet............................................................. Square foot___ 5 to 10 square feet________________ ____ ___________ ____ do_______ Glass, window, works— Single A _______________________ __________________ 50 square feet _ Single B................. ........... .............................................. ____ do.............. i Based on sales of all makes of passenger cars in 1926. i Production in 1925. 1374 $1,467.896 125 3,730.765 1805 613.646 1366 884.453 425. 792 11,935 129 3,599.462 861 $48.750 6,132 2,047 1,058 2,006 882 2,078 1,547 4,910 8,182 364 755 16.483 33.468 55.346 34.115 55.673 66. 019 50.039 45.109 27.835 55.404 33.014 1.999 2.999 7.589 4.959 924 9,038 5.825 2.724 7,424 2,203 272 494 149,560 13. 913 48. 904 11.539 42.500 1.744 236 57,583 29,131 12,644 703,082 154,165 245,231 96,113 76, 546 3,446 42,489 28,636 291,080 324,462 34.000 .055 .104 .120 .112 .112 .055 .040 .117 12.416 .343 .930 .152 .074 3,405 45,549 12.000 1.773 52.965 52.965 .398 .478 5.387 5.387 3.900 3.110 REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OP WHOLESALE PRICES 17 T a b l e 3 . — Weights and base prices used in constructing revised index numbers of wholesale prices, by group of commodities— Continued Commodity Unit Quantity used as weight (000 omitted) Base price (average for 1926) GROUP v n .—BUILDING MATERIALS—Continued ( / ) Other building materials—Continued. Gravel, building, plar\t (nompnsitft p ricft)_____ u _ T o n ________ ___ _______ ________ _ _ Block.............. Hollow tile, building, Chicago. Lim e, building, plant (composite price)................_ _ _ Ton_________ 57,827 456,745 1,210 1,069 42,261 501 $0,941 .078 8.984 9.984 .635 14.000 Pound_______ ....... do_______ ____ do__....... . ____ do_______ ....... do............. ....... do............. ____ do._______ ....... do............. ....... do............. 60,660 16,738 54,909 307,539 48,617 56,907 4,632 21,121 9,071,760 $0,033 .089 .060 .009 .064 .093 .342 .163 .007 G a llo n ..____ ____do_______ 100 pounds___ Pound_______ ____d o ............. Gallon_______ 100 pounds___ P ou n d.._____ ....... do............. Ton .......... Pound_______ 69,687 5,714 5,601 27,673 13,913 20,145 2,542 103,061 14,225 142 11,557 .367 .634 1.400 .131 .164 .242 2.000 .049 .073 21.000 .071 ____do_______ ____do_______ ____do.............. ____do_______ ____do............. Ton................. 18,550 22,817 32,920 12,802 37,948 62 .344 .212 .140 .456 .047 12.423 Gallon_______ Pound_______ 100 pounds___ Pound_______ 100 pounds___ T o n ________ 100 pounds___ Pound_______ ____do............. 100 pounds___ Gross ton____ Pound_______ Gallon_______ Pound_______ 115,687 21,093 1,437 60,931 1,360 144 26,286 268,820 977,718 7,266 1,739 387,557 3,890 45,603 .141 .097 3.279 .055 1.012 20.000 2.290 .019 .038 .779 18.212 .087 .350 .035 ....... do_______ ____ do__-____ 133,837 27,095 .080 .100 Lime, hydrated, plant (composite price)............................ ....... do............. Sand, building, plant (composite price)............................. ....... do............. Slate, roofing, sea green, quarry_____ ______ ___________ 100 square feet_ Copper, sheet. (See Metals and metal products.) Copper, wire. (See Metals and metal products.) Nails, wire. (See Metals and metal products.) Pipe, cast-iron. (See Metals and metal products.) Pipe, lead. (See Metals and metal products.) Pipe, black-steel. (See Metals and metal products.) Reinforcing bars. (See Metals and metal products.) Terneplate. (See Metals and metal products.) Zinc, sheet. (See Metals and metal products.) GROUP v m . — CHEMICALS AND DRUGS (o) Chemicals: Acid, New Y o r k Acetic, 28 per cent________________________________ Boric____________________________________________ Carbonic________________________________________ Muriatic, 20° , works______________________________ Nitric, 42°__ _______ ______________________________ Oleic, distilled_________ _____ ____________________ Salicylic, U. S. P., New York..................................... Stearic, triple-pressed_____________ ____ __ _____ ___ Sulphuric, 66°____________________________________ Alcohol, New Y o r k Denatured . _ _ _ ^ _ _ _ ____ ____ Wood, refined____________________________________ Alnminnm sulphate, commercial, New Y ork___________ Ammonia, anhydrous, New York_____________________ Anglin oil, New York________________________________ Benzine, pure, works_________________________________ Bleaching powder, works__________________ __________ Borax, crystals, New York____________________________ Calcium arsenate, New York__________________________ Calcium chloride, 73-75 per cent, New York____________ Caustic potash, 88-92 per cent, New Y ork______________ Coal-tar colors, New Y o r k Black, direct_____________________________________ Brown, sulphur__________________________________ Indigo, paste_____________________________________ Jet, nigrosine__________________________ __________ Copper sulphate, New Yorlr ................... . ... Copperas, w orks_________________ ____________ . _____ Copra. (See Foods.) Creosote oil, grade 1, works___________________________ Formaldehyde, New York____________________________ Lime, acetate, New York_____________________________ Naphthalene flake, New York_________________________ Sal soda, New York________ , ________________________ Salt cake, ground, works______________ - ______________ Soda ash, light, 58 per cent, New York___ _____________ Soda, bicarbonate, works_____________________________ Soda, caustic, New York_____________________________ Sodium silicate, 40°, works...... ................... ........... ............ Sulphur, crude, mines________________________________ Tallow, packers’ prime, Chicago_______________________ Toluene, pure, works_________________________________ White arsenic, powdered, New York___________________ Vegetable oils— Coconut. (See Foods.) Corn. (See Foods.) Palm, niger. New York______ ____________________ Palm kernel, crude, New York____________________ Soya bean. (See Foods.) 18 BEVISED INDEX NUMBERS OP WHOLESALE PBICES T a b l e 3 . — Weights and base prices used in constructing revised index numbers of wholesale prices, by group of commodities— Continued Commodity Unit Quantity used as weight (000 omitted) Base price (average for 1926) GROUP v m .—CHEMICALS AND DRUGS-Continued (&) Drugs and pharmaceuticals: Acid, New York— Citric, domestic, crystals............................................... Tartaric, crystals............................................................ Alcohol, gram, New Y ork__________ _ „ „. _ „ . Camphor, Japanese, refined, slabs, New Y ork.................. Castor oil, medicinal, New York .................... Cream of tartar, powdered, New York______ _________ Epsom salts, U. S. P., New York.................. ................... Glycerine, chemically pure, New York______ ____ _____ _ Menthol, imported, New York________________________ Opium, TT. S. P., N p.w York Peroxide of hydrogen, U. S. P., New York_____________ Pound_______ ____ do............. Gallon_______ Pound_______ ____ do.. ____ ....... do.............. 100 pounds___ Pound_______ ....... d o ______ ....... do ........ Gross 4-ounce bottles. Phenol, U. S. P., New York................................................ Pound_______ Quinine, snlphat.fi, domestic, New York __ . Ounce_______ Soda phosphate, commercial, New York_______________ Pound_______ Zinc chloride, granular, New York........... ................ - ........ ....... do_______ (c) Fertilizer materials: Acid phosphate, Baltimore ............................ „........ ..... Ton................. Bones, ground, Chicago...... ........................ ........................ ....... do_______ Kainit, 12.4 per cent, New York.................... _................... ....... do_______ Manure salts, 20 per cent, New York............................ . ____ do_______ Muriate of potash, 80-85 per cent, New York.................... ....... do_______ Nitrate of soda, 95 per cent, New York.............................. 100 pounds___ Phosphate rock, Florida land pebble, mines...................... Ton............... Sulphate of ammonia, New York______________________ 100 pounds___ Sulphate of potash, 90-95 per cent, New York.................... Ton_________ Tankage, Chicago_____________ _____ _____ ___________ ____ do_______ (d) Fertilizers, mixed (composite price): New England_______________________________________ ____ do_______ Middle West......................................................................... ____ do_______ South Central and Southwest .................. ....................... ....... d o . . . ........ Middle Atlantic. ............ ..................................................... ____ do_______ South Atlantic, 8-3-3.......... ............................................. ____ do_______ South Atlantic, other. - ........................................................ ____ do_______ 7,167 8,639 11,146 6,551 41,896 7,304 554 85,519 244 107 918 $0,447 .293 4.855 .740 .126 .214 2.474 .275 5.101 12.000 7.712 6,676 4,050 119,087 62,781 .197 .431 .033 .065 2,626 163 196 366 210 22,444 3,639 9,805 74 127 9.592 26.519 8.293 11.782 35.121 2.550 3.140 2.628 46.058 34.608 154 386 588 927 1,402 934 38. 771 27.817 27.922 32.497 23.200 29.915 Each............ . ____ do_______ ....... do_______ ....... do_______ 1,071 1,189 2,382 1,041 $31,039 6.208 40.693 7.068 ....... do_______ Set of six_____ Each............... 782 992 825 36.912 48.561 31.341 ....... do_______ Dozen_______ Each________ ____ do_______ 493 298 3,392 741 39.667 16.667 17.000 6.500 ....... do............. ____ do_______ ____ do_______ 2,126 655 3,652 40.708 64.823 19.000 Yard............... ....... do_______ ....... do_______ 34,240 11,170 14,280 $3,120 3.064 5.072 Pair................. Gross________ ....... do............. 953 288 110 1.350 12.500 21.903 GROUP IX.—HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS (a) Furniture, factory (composite price): Bed room— Beds................................................................................ Chairs_______________________ __________ ____ ____ Dressers....... ........... ................... ............................ ...... Rockers__________________________ _____________ _ Dining room— Buffets............................................................................ Chairs.................... ............... ........................................ Tables___________________________________________ Kitchen— Cabinets. ....................................................................... Chairs____________________________ __________ ___ Refrigerators__________________________ ___________ Tables______________________ _____ _______________ Living room— Chairs___________________________________________ Davenports..................................................................... Tables................................................................ ............ (6) Furnishings: Blankets— Cotton. (See Textile products.) Wool. (See Textile products.) Carpets, factory— Axminster________ _______________ _______________ Brussels............ ............................. ........... ..................... Wilton______ ____________________________________ Cutlery, factory— Carvers.................. ................................. ..................... Knives and forks............................................................ Pails, galvanized iron, factory________ _________________ Sheeting, 10/4— Pepperell. (See Textile products.) Wamsutta. (See Textile products.) 19 REVISED INDEX NUMBEBS OF WHOLESALE PBICES T a b l e 3 . — Weights and base prices used in constructing revised index numbers of wholesale prices, by group of commodities— Continued Commodity Unit Quantity used as weight (000 omitted) Base price (average for 1926) GROUP IX.—HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS—Continued (6) Furnishings—Continued. Tableware, factory— Dinner set, 100-piece, semivitreous_________________ Dinner set, 104-piece, vitreous................................ ...... Nappies, glass, 4-inch, common____________________ Pitchers, glass, ^ gallon, common__________________ Tumblers, pint, common_______________________ Plates, white granite _ ___ ______ Tea cups and saucers, white granite________________ Ticking, Amoskeag. (See Textile products) . __________ Tubs, galvanized iron, factory_________________________ Sewing machines, factory. (See Metals and metal products.) Stoves, cooking— Coal. (See Metals and metal products.) Gas. (See Metals and metal products.) Oil. (See Metals and metal products). 528 528 18,616 18,616 45,777 4,400 4,383 $19,860 45.700 .200 2.142 .183 .980 1.260 662 6.550 Ton................. ____ do_______ ____do_______ ____do_______ 2,271 1,808 636 2,271 $23,084 28.542 47.731 23.430 ____do_______ ____do_______ ____do_______ 1.029 1.029 1.029 39.008 48.916 61.298 100 pounds___ Pound_______ 57,417 2,534,670 3.450 .110 Ton.......... ...... 100 pounds___ 602 38,257 30.817 2.865 Pound_______ ____do_______ 37,036 703,689 .380 .487 Each________ ....... do_______ ____do_______ 20.842 20.842 10,421 18.289 14.016 8.796 Gallon_______ ____do_______ 313.453 313.453 .180 .264 ....... do............. ....... do............. 313.453 313.453 .129 .280 100 cakes_____ ___ d o _______ Pound_______ 14.614 14.614 878,552 4.469 4.851 .058 ____do........ .... Gross 1-ounce bags. 116,095 26,816 .696 8.320 Set.................. ....... do_______ Dozen_______ ....... do_______ ....... do.... ........ ____ do_______ ....... do_______ ....... do_______ ....... do_______ GROUP X.—MISCELLANEOUS (a) Cattle feed: Bran, Minneapolis____ _______________________________ Cottonseed meal, prime, Memphis_____________________ Linseed meal, New York_____________________________ Middlings, standard, Minneapolis_____________________ (6) Paper and pulp: Box board, mill— C h ip .............................................................................. Manila-lined chip________________________________ 85-pound test liner________________________________ Paper— Newsprint, rolls, contract, mills___________________ Wrapping, manila, No. 1, jute, New Y o r k _________ Wood pulp— Mechanical, No. 1, domestic, mill______ _____ ______ Sulphite, domestic, unbleached, news grade, New York. (c) Rubber, crude, New York: Para, island, fine_____________________________________ Plantation, ribbed, smoked sheets_____________________ (d) Automobile tires, factory (composite price): Balloon_____________________________________________ Cord__ _____________________________________________ Fabric_______________________________________________ (e) Other miscellaneous: Cylinder oil, refinery— Oklahoma_______________________________________ Pennsylvania____________________________________ Neutral oil, refinery— Gulf Coast______________ _____ ___________________ Pennsylvania____________________________________ Soap, laundry— Cincinnati_______________ _______ ____ ___________ Philadelphia___ _____________ _____ _____ _____ ___ Starch, laundry, New York.............................................. Tobacco, New York— Plug................................................................................. Smoking_________________________________________ Table 4, which follows, contains prices for each of the 550 commodi ties for the months of July, 1926, and June and July, 1927. Corre sponding index numbers for the various commodity groups are contained in Table 1. 20 BEVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES T a b l e 4. — Wholesale prices of commodities, July, 1926, and June and July, 1927 Index numbers (1926=100) Average prices Commodity July, 1926 June, 1927 July, 1927 July, 1926 June, 1927 $0.722 $0,916 $0.786 104.0 132.0 113.3 .804 .786 .417 1.040 1.003 .980 .503 1.146 1.021 .999 .477 1.096 132.1 133.2 116.8 120.2 134.6 135.8 110.9 114. & 1.440 1.373 1.693 1.701 1.445 1.433 1.448 1.487 1.456 1.494 1.510 1.511 1.428 1.401 1.440 1.486 1.378 1.455 93.4 91.7 109.3 109.4 100.7 92.1 93.9 99.4 94.0 96.1 105.2 97.2 92.6 93.6 93.0 95.6 96.0 93.6 12.750 5.525 6.263 8.719 9.419 11.844 7.113 7.988 10.613 11.831 13.031 7.013 8.038 10.825 12.300 105.1 95.9 96.5 99.5 97.6 123.4 123.1 107.4 12.981 13.900 9.075 8.975 9.969 105.2 106.0 5.875 14.263 7.313 5.156 13.250 7.500 5.313 14.219 6.500 78.2 96.7 91.7 80.6 103.8 79.4 .248 .270 .206 .243 .215 .248 82.0 81.4 85.5 83.1 5.056 6.400 6.531 92.9 117.6 120.0 .180 .182 .187 .165 .164 .168 .179 .177 .180 105.6 108.4 106.4 96.9 97.5 95.7 .293 .274 .280 .318 .293 .322 .265 .228 .219 .231 .173 .231 .250 .248 .232 .260 .183 .248 .275 .223 82.1 82.0 78.7 93.7 82.3 81.5 89.0 64.0 65.4 65.0 50.9 65.1 63.3 67.2 0) 5.725 1.406 4.500 4.875 0 0) 0) 0) 6.188 5.906 6.313 6.406 8.469 7.156 18.250 19.875 23.750 15.750 18.125 19.625 15.550 14.750 18.000 July, 1927 FARM PRC>DUCTS (a) Grains: Barley, malting, per bushel, Chicago.............. Corn, per bushel, Chicago— Contract grades.......................................... No. 3, mixed............................................... Oats, per bushel, No. 2, white, Chicago......... Rye, No. 2, per bushel, Chicago.................. . Wheat, per bushel— No. 2, red winter, Chicago........................ No. 2, hard, Kansas C ity. ........................ No. 1, northern spring, Minneapolis........ No. 2, dark, northern spring, Minneapolis. . No. 1, hard, white, Portland, Oreg............... No. 2, red winter, St. Louis........................... (&) Livestock and poultry: Cattle, per 100 pounds, Chicago— Calves, good to choice, vealers....................... Cows, fair to good........................................... Cows, good to choice...................................... Steers, fair to good. ........................................ Steers, good to choice.................................... Hogs, per 100 pounds, Chicago— Fair to choice, heavy butchers. ............ ....... Fair to choice, light butchers......................... Sheep, per 100 pounds, Chicago— Ewes, native, all grades, fair to best.......... Lambs, western, fair to good......................... Wethers, fed, poor to best.............................. Poultry, live fowls, per pound— Chicago........................................................... New York....................................................... (c) Other farm products: Beans, medium, per 100 pounds, New York....... Cotton, middling, per pound— Galveston........................................................ New Orleans................................................... New York. ................................................ . Eggs, fresh, per dozen— Western, Boston............................................. Firsts, Chicago. ..................................... Extra firsts, Cincinnati................................ Candled, New Orleans................................... Firsts, New York........................................... Extra firsts, Philadelphia............................. No. 1, extras, San Francisco.......................... Apples, fresh, per barrel— Baldwins, Chicago........................................ . Baldwins, New York..................................... Winesaps, medium grade, Portland, Oreg.... Lemons, choice or fancy, California, per box, Chicago.............................................................. Oranges, choice, California, per box, Chicago____ Hay, per ton— Alfalfa, Kansas City..................................... . Clover mixed, No. 1, Cincinnati................... Timothy, No. 1, Chicago............................. . Hops, prime to choice, Pacifics, per pound, Portland, Oreg................................................... Milk, fluid, per 100 pounds— Chicago......................................................... . New York..................................................... . San Francisco............................................... . Peanuts, per pound, Norfolk.............................. Seeds— Alfalfa, Kansas City, per 100 pounds............ Clover, Chicago, per 100 pounds................. . Flaxseed, Minneapolis, per bushel-............ . Timothy. Chicago, per 100 pounds.............. . Tobacco, leaf, warehouse sales, per 100 pounds, Kentucky.......................................................... 1 N o quotation. .200 121.1 124.2 121.7 123.9 123.5 129.1 72.8 76.0 142.0 65.9 .255 .223 .199 105.9 2.863 3.517 3.084 .055 2.878 3.517 3.140 .053 2.994 3.517 3.140 .059 97.4 98.2 98.5 111.1 19.000 27.654 2.446 6.361 0) 34.615 2.233 4.289 0) 30.620 2.215 4.440 115.3 86.9 105.1 104.1 108.8 95.9 70.2 96.2 95.1 72.7 6.265 7.633 8.786 74.0 90.1 103.7 100.3 120.0 21 REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES T a b l e 4. — Wholesale prices of commodities, July, 1926, and June and July, 1927— Continued Index numbers (1926=100) Average prices Commodity July, 1927 July, 1926 June, 1927 $5.078 $4,632 112.4 207.5 189.3 3.400 3.694 2.750 4.406 0) 1.635 2.138 2.017 3.406 0) 69.6 67.6 57.0 70.7 96.5 122.6 72.8 153.4 46.4 70.9 53.4 118.6 .370 .450 .440 .430 .390 .460 .450 .440 94.6 96.4 95.3 94.2 92.1 96.4 95.3 94.2 97.1 98.6 97.5 96.3 1.075 .988 1.095 1.006 96.4 94.6 93.3 94.3 95.1 96.1 .280 .660 .292 .660 96.3 94.3 98.8 97.3 103.0 97.3 .355 .361 94.9 96.3 97.9 $0.405 .385 .358 $0.423 .400 .367 $0,416 .396 .367 92.3 91.4 91.5 96.4 94.8 93.7 94.8 93.9 93.8 .384 .377 .358 .360 .403 .394 .371 .383 .399 .386 .368 .370 89.6 90.9 91.7 91.2 94.0 95.1 95.0 96.9 93.0 93.0 94.2 93.7 .440 .420 .453 .413 .449 .410 92.5 91.6 95.1 90.0 94.3 89.5 .405 .384 .354 .425 .395 .367 .416 .394 .369 91.4 91.6 91.2 95.8 94.2 94.6 93.8 94.0 95.3 .415 .403 .373 .395 .434 .423 .388 .423 .426 .411 .381 .413 91.3 91.0 91.6 89.7 95.4 95.4 95.3 96.0 93.7 92.8 93.7 93.7 .407 .390 .418 .402 .418 .399 93.4 93.3 95.9 96.2 95.8 95.4 .198 .218 .203 5.869 4.325 .226 .218 .200 5.900 4.600 .223 .243 .204 5.825 4.581 91.3 96.0 88.7 100.2 98.4 104.3 96.2 87.4 100.7 104.7 102.9 107.2 89.1 99.5 104.3 .162 .165 .170 .188 .182 .200 98.7 96.7 103.5 109.8 110.8 117.2 22.100 .284 .150 19.625 .300 .144 19.500 .294 .156 94.1 108.6 104.0 83.5 114.7 99.7 83.0 112.4 108.4 July, 1926 June, 1927 July, 1927 FARM PRODUCTS—Continued (c) Other farm products—Continued. Vegetables, fresh— Onions, Chicago, per 100 pounds................... $2.750 Potatoes, white, per 100 pounds— Boston.............................. ...................... . 2.452 Chicago..................................................... 2.038 New York........................... .................... 2.153 Portland, Oreg......................................... 2.031 Potatoes, sweet, per %-bushel, Philadelphia. 0) Wool, per pound, Boston— Ohio, grease basis— Fine clothing............................................ .380 .450 Fine delaine— ...................................... . Half blood................................................. .440 Medium grades...................... ................. .430 Territory, scoured— Staple, fine and fine medium................._ 1.110 .990 Half blood................................................. Foreign— Argentine crossbreds, quarter blood, .273 grease basis........................................... Australian, Geelong 66’s, scoured basis... .640 Montevideo, one-fourth blood, 50’s, grease basis.... ..................... ................. .350 FOODS (а) Butter, cheese, and milk: Butter, creamery, per pound— B ostonExtra.................................................. ...... Firsts......................................... .............. Seconds_____________________________ C hicagoExtra......................................................... Extra firsts........ ...................... ......... ...... Firsts___________ _______ _____ _______ Cincinnati, as to score................................ — New Orleans— Fancy..................... ................................ Choice...................................................... New York— Extra........................................................ Firsts_________ _____________________ Seconds.................................. ................. PhiladelphiaExtra................. : .............. .......... .......... Extra firsts..... .......................................... Firsts___________ ____ _____ __________ St. Louis, extra............................................... San FranciscoExtra____________ ___________ _______ Firsts........................................................ Cheese, whole milk, per pound— Chicago............ ............................................. New York................... .................................. San Francisco.................................................. Milk, condensed, per case, New York............... . Milk, evaporated, per case, New York................ Milk, fluid. (See Farm products.) (б) Meats: Beef, fresh, steers, per pound— Chicago....... ................................................... New York............ .......................................... Beef, cured, family, per barrel (200 pounds), New York........................................................... Lamb, fresh, per pound, Chicago....................... . Mutton, fresh, dressed, per pound, New York__ 1No quotation. 22 REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICBS T a b l e 4t,— Wholesale 'prices of commodities, July, 1926, and June and July, 1927— Continued Index numbers (1926=100) Average prices Commodity July, 1926 June, 1927 July, 1927 July, 1926 $0.331 .351 40.375 .224 .224 .250 $0,280 .246 33.250 .186 .184 .183 $0.270 .243 33.000 .172 .168 .183 108.9 113.9 107.8 .275 .295 .184 .195 .268 .178 .075 .071 .070 .070 .078 .179 June, 1927 July, 1927 FOODS—Continued (6) Meats—Continued. Pork, cured— Bacon, per pound, Chicago....................... Hams, per pound. Chicago.................... ........ Mess, per barrel (200 pounds), New Y o rk ... Sides, clear, per pound, Chicago................... Sides, rough, per pound, Chicago.................. Pork, fresh, dressed hogs, per pound, Chicago... Poultry, dressed, per pound— Chicago............................................................ New Y ork....................................................... Veal, fresh, good, per pound, Chicago................. (c) Other foods: Beans. (See Farm products.) Bread, loaf, per pound (before baking)— Chicago........................................................... Cincinnati....................................................... New Orleans.................................................. . New Y o r k ..................................................... San Francisco__________ _____ ____ ______ _ Cocoa beans, Arriba, per pound. New York___ Coffee, Brazil grades, per pound, New York— Rio No. 7....................................................... . Santos No. 4................................................... Copra, South Sea, per pound, New York.......... . Crackers, soda, per pound, New York............... . Eggs. (See Farm products.) Fish— Cod, pickled, cured, per 100 pounds, Glouces ter. Mass................ ................................... . Herring, pickled, per pound, New York___ Mackerel, salt, per pound, New York.......... Salmon, canned, Alaska red, per dozen cans, factory.-...................- ................................ Salmon, smoked, Alaska, per pound, New York....................... ................................... Flour, rye, white, per barrel, Minneapolis......... Flour, wheat, per barrel— Hard winter, standards, Buffalo.................. Clears, firsts, Buffalo.................................... Patents, short, winter, Kansas City............ Straights, short, winter, Kansas City.......... Standard patents, Minneapolis.................... Second patents, Minneapolis....................... Patents, Portland, Oreg............................... Patents, short, soft, winter, St. Louis......... Straights, soft, winter, St. Louis.................. Patents, soft, winter, Toledo....................... Fruit, canned, per oase, New York— Peaches, 2^ s................................................. Pineapple, 2Ms.............................................. Fruit, dried, per pound, New York— Apples, evaporated....................................... Currants, cleaned, Amalias.......................... Prunes, California, 60-70s............................. Raisins, coast, seeded................................... Fruit, fresh— Apples. (See Farm products.) Bananas, Jamaicas, per bunch, New Y o rk ... Lemons. (See Farm products.) Oranges. (See Farm products.) Glucose, 42° mixing, per 100 pounds, New York. Hominy grits, white, per 100 pounds, f. o. b. mill-. Lard, prime, contract, per pound, New York___ Meal, corn, per 100 pounds— White, f. o. b. mill..................................... Yellow, fancy, Philadelphia......................... Molasses, New Orleans, fancy, per gallon, New York.................................................................... Oatmeal, in 90-pound sacks, per 100pounds, New York.................................................................... Oleomargarine, standard, uncolored, per pound, Chicago........................................................ 88.8 79.0 113.1 100.2 92.1 80.0 88.8 92.9 92.9 73.1 .218 .260 .195 101.7 94.0 98.3 72.1 83.7 94.9 80.4 82.9 104.2 .075 .071 .066 .070 .069 .204 .075 .069 .070 .070 .069 .203 100.0 100.3 97.8 100.0 100.9 99.2 100.0 100.3 91.6 100.0 89.8 113.2 100.0 97.6 97.8 100.0 89.8 112.8 .198 .228 .060 .140 .148 .169 .052 .140 .142 .169 .052 .140 108.7 102.2 103.4 100.0 81.5 75.8 89.0 100.0 78.1 75.7 90.2 100.0 7.250 .135 .100 6.500 .153 .110 6.500 .145 .090 99.9 102.2 100.0 89.6 115.4 110.0 89.6 109.8 90.0 3.575 2.675 2.694 107.5 80.4 81.0 .400 6.263 .430 6.238 .420 5.950 104.4 111.8 112.2 111.4 109.6 106.2 8.250 7.885 7.355 6.805 8.975 8.669 8.090 7.540 6.860 7.300 6.844 7.813 7.063 7.913 7.625 8.060 7.213 6.381 6.938 8.030 6.990 7.585 6.920 7.813 7. 556 8.012 6.940 6.295 6.575 94.9 94.2 91.5 93.8 106.5 106.4 101.3 96.3 96.5 95.7 96.2 81.7 97.2 97.4 93.9 93.6 100.9 92.1 89.8 91.0 92.4 83.5 94.4 95.4 92.7 92.7 100.3 1.900 2.150 1.775 2.250 1.775 2.250 97.4 100.0 91.0 104.7 91.0 104.7 .103 .115 .069 .069 .111 .111 .068 .069 102.7 97.1 101.0 106.4 87.0 127.6 89.0 75.1 94.2 123.5 86.5 75.1 1.631 116.8 68.8 66.5 .121 .088 .079 2.863 111.6 88.1 85.7 84.7 73.1 3.435 1.663 .165 3.160 2.068 .131 3.160 2.145 .132 99.9 106.7 109.7 91.9 132.7 86.9 91.9 137.7 87.8 1.663 2.580 2.068 3.075 2.145 3.210 106.7 96.9 132.7 115.5 137.7 120.5 .520 .650 .650 98.5 123.1 123.1 3.014 3.681 3.597 98.1 119.8 117.1 .225 .215 .215 98.6 94.2 94.2 Re v is e d In d e x n u m b e r s o f w h o l e sa l e 23 p r ic e s T a b l e 4*— Wholesale prices of commodities, July, 1926, and June and July, 1927— Continued Average prices Index numbers (1926=100) Commodity June, 1927 July, 1927 July, 1926 June, 1927 $0.134 .245 $0.132 .320 $0,134 .358 111.5 95.7 109.6 124.9 111.3 139.7 .063 .073 .044 .063 .041 .061 102.4 98.9 71.1 85.3 67.0 83.6 2.195 7.600 2.195 6.600 2.195 6.600 100.0 101.2 100.0 87.9 100.0 87.9 .056 .042 .106 .355 .060 .046 .084 .345 .059 .'045 .082 .345 101.3 95.6 111.4 100.1 110.2 106.7 88.2 97.3 107.3 104.4 85.8 97.3 .841 .875 1.363 1.400 1.150 .975 1.225 1.500 1.150 .975 1.225 1.500 94.1 97.2 103.5 97.7 128.8 108.3 93.1 104.7 128.8 108.3 93.1 104.7 .111 .140 .151 1.850 .133 .125 .185 .097 .110 .092 2.150 .125 .120 .185 .096 .110 .095 2.150 .125 .120 .190 104.6 116.3 127.8 96.8 118.1 99.2 99.6 91.3 91.4 77.5 112.5 111.0 95.2 99.6 90.8 91.4 80.5 112.5 111.0 95.2 102.3 $0.151 .195 .181 $0.173 .219 .199 96.8 101.1 96.5 156.5 139.0 135.2 179.4 156.4 148.9 .201 .753 .196 2.275 .226 .759 .221 2.250 99.1 93.8 99.1 98.0 115.9 102.8 126.3 104.9 130.5 103.6 142.6 103.8 .480 .675 .510 .675 99.3 100.0 105.9 100.0 112.5 100.0 .440 .478 100.9 100.8 109.5 .320 .370 98.7 126.3 146.1 .380 .490 .464 .390 .510 .490 99.1 93.5 96.3 107.6 111.8 108.3 110.4 116.4 114.4 1.330 1.473 1.568 1.663 1.330 1.473 1.568 1.663 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 4.902 6.400 3.185 6.000 1.880 3.450 4.600 3.600 5.000 6.400 3.250 6.000 1.967 3.550 4.750 3.650 98.5 100.0 98.5 100.0 99.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.5 100.0 98.5 100.0 109.1 103.0 100.0 100.0 101.6 100.0 101.6 100.0 114.1 106.0 103.3 101.4 July, 1926 July, 1927 FOODS—Continued (c) Other foods—Continued. Oleo oil, extra, per pound, Chicago.................... Pepper, black, per pound, New York------ -----Rice, head, clean, per pound, New OrleansBlue Rose, medium to good......................... Honduras, medium to choice......................... Salt— American, medium, per barrel (280 pounds), Chicago...................- ................................ Granulated, per ton, Chicago...................... Sugar, per pound, New Y o r k Granulated.-................................................ Raw, 96°.......................................................... Tallow, edible, per pound, Chicago. ................. Tea, Formosa, fine, per pound, New York........ Vegetables, canned, per dozen— String beans, New Y o r k ............................. . Corn, f. o. b. factory. ................................... . Peas, New York............................................ Tomatoes, New York................................... Vegetables, fresh— Onions. (See Farm products.) Potatoes. (See Farm products.) Vegetable oils— Coconut, per pound, New York................... Corn, per pound, New York........................ Cottonseed, per pound, New York.............. Olive, per gallon, New Y ork........................ Peanut, per pound, f. o. b. mill..................... Soya bean, per pound, New York________ _ Vinegar, cider, per gallon, New York................. HIDES AND LEATHER PRODUCTS (а) Hides and skins: Hides, per pound, C hicagoCountry cows................................................. $0,093 Packers’ , heavy native steers........................ .142 Packers’, heavy Texas steers........................ .129 Skins, per pound— Calf, No. 1, country, Chicago...................... .172 Goat, Brazil, first selection, New York....... . .688 Kip, No. 1, country, Chicago........... .......... .154 Sheep, packers’, Chicago.............................. . 2.125 (б) Leather: Chrome calf, B grade, per square foot, Boston.. .450 Glazed kid, top grade, per square foot, Boston— .675 Harness, California oak, per pound, general market............................................................... . .441 Side, black, chrome, tanned, B grade, per square foot, Boston....................................................... . .250 Sole, per pound— Oak, m sides, Boston........................ .......... . .350 Oak, scoured backs, Boston......................... . .410 Union backs, steers, New Y o r k ................. . .413 (c) Boots and shoes— Children’s, per pair, factory— Child's, gun metal.................................. . 1.330 Little boy’s, tan calf blucher................. . 1.473 Misses’, gun metal............ .................... . 1.568 Youths’, tan calf blucher......................... 1.663 Men’s, per pair, factory— Black calf, bal......................................... . 4.850 Black calf, blucher................................... 6.400 Dress welt, black, side leather................ 3.150 Black, vici kid......................................... 6.000 Chocolate, elk, blucher........................... . 1.719 Dress........................................................ 3.350 Gun metal, blucher................................. 4.600 Mahogany, chrome, baL.......................... 3.600 24 T able REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES 4 .— Wholesale 'prices of commodities, July, 1926 , and June and July , 1927— Continued Average prices Index numbers (1926=100) Commodity July, 1926 June, 1927 July, 1927 July, June, 1927 July, 1927 HIDES AND LEATHER PRODTJCTS-Continued (c) Boots and shoes—Continued. Men’s, per pair, factory—Continued. Dress welt, tan, c a ll................................ Dress welt, tan side leather.............. ...... Work........................................................ Women’s, per pair, factory— Black kid, dress........................................ Black kid, McKay sewed____ _________ Medium grade....... ................................. Better grade....................._.................... . Colored calf.............................................. Patent leather pump................................ (d) Other leather products: Gloves— Men’s, per dozen pairs................................... Women’s, per dozen pairs.............................. Harness, per set (composite price)....................... Suitcases, each (composite price)....................... . Traveling bags, each (composite price)............... $4,850 3.350 2.050 $4,902 3.367 2.150 $5,000 3.400 2.250 98.5 99.3 100.0 98.5 99.3 104.9 101.6 100.8 109.8 4.000 3.600 2.000 2.850 4.150 3. 600 4.000 3.600 2.100 2.950 4.150 3.600 4.000 3.650 2.200 3.050 4.250 3.750 98.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.2 100.0 105.0 103.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.2 101.4 110.0 107.0 102.4 104.2 33.840 21.150 44.975 7.903 33.840 22.560 44.975 8.070 22.560 45.585 6.513 6.597 33.840 8.070 6. 597 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 106.7 100.0 100.0 106.7 102.1 101.3 101.4 102.1 101.3 100.0 96.9 82.6 92.8 83.7 97.0 100.4 96.3 91.6 85.8 92.9 89.4 98.7 96.9 92.7 93.3 94.7 91.5 99.3 99.5 87.2 93.5 87.4 93.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 101.1 100.0 98.5 98.8 95.4 97.7 95.4 97.7 99.5 98.2 97.1 100.7 96.7 96.6 90.8 106.1 98.8 98.3 96.6 91.0 107.6 98.8 98.3 95.8 95.0 104.8 96.8 106.9 98.5 98.0 100.0 88.5 100.0 89.2 100.0 102.0 97.9 95.3 100.0 97.8 87.8 91.4 90.2 100.0 100.2 89.5 96.9 93.8 100.0 101.3 101.4 101.3 88.3 86.1 88.3 86.1 97.1 96.0 98.4 94.2 97.0 90.7 96.7 92.4 92.9 96.3 94.2 98.7 94.7 96.8 96.5 91.2 88.6 93.6 92.9 82.9 85.7 81.1 84.9 82.9 85.7 81.1 84.9 TEXTILE PRODUCTS (а) Cotton goods: $1.235 $1.020 $1,034 Blankets, cotton, per pair, Boston................. .164 Denims, Massachusetts, 28-inch, per yard, mill. .164 .157 Drillings, per yard, mill— .132 .121 .123 Brown, Massachusetts, 30-inch.__________ .114 Brown, Pepperell, 29-inch. ............... .......... .109 .123 Duck, per yard, mill— 8-ounce- Army................... ...... ..................... .187 .195 .183 .382 Wide, 36-inch......... ....................................... .406 .390 Flannel, per yard, mill— Colored, 27-inch................. ........................... .110 .125 .110 Unbleached, 33-inch...................................... .175 .164 .165 Gingham, per yard, mill— Amoskeag, 27-inch--------- ------------- ---------.091 .090 .099 Security, 32-inch............ .............................. .123 .123 .123 Hosiery, per dozen pairs, mill— Men’s, combed yarn.................................... 1.550 1.600 1.550 Women’s silk mercerized.............................. 2.275 2.302 2.275 Muslin, bleached, per yard, mill— .162 Fruit of the Loom.......................................... .166 .162 Lonsdale......................................................... .137 .148 .137 .154 Rough Rider.................................................. .152 .139 Nainsook, Wamsutta, per yard, mill. ......... .225 .229 .225 Percale, Scouts, 38^-nach, per yard, mill______ .127 .125 .127 Print cloth, per yard, mill— 27-inch............................................................ .056 .055 .050 38^-inch......................................................... .075 .072 .073 Sheeting, bleached, per yard, mill— 10/4, Pepperell................................................ .371 .408 .369 10/4, Wamsutta............................................. 1.140 1.140 1.140 Sheeting, brown, per yard, mill— .110 Indian Head, 36-inch..................................... .125 .108 .112 .119 4/4 Pepperell.................................................. .120 .084 .087 4/4 Tnon......................................................... .089 .036 .036 .036 Thread, 6-cord, 100 yards, per spool, mill______ .207 Ticking, Amoskeag, 32-inch, per yard, mill-----.200 .205 Underwear, mill— Men’s shirts and drawers, per dozen gar ments....................................................... 6.039 6.930 6.039 8.500 Women’s union suits, per dozen................... 10.000 8.500 Yarn, per pound, mill— .294 .305 Carded, white, northern, 10/1 cones............. .315 .354 .344 Carded, white, northern, 22/1 cones.............. .346 .481 Carded, single warp, 40/ls, southern spinning. .500 .470 Twisted, 20/2, carded for weaving................. .305 .301 .313 .454 . .456 .458 Twisted, 40/2, carded for weaving................. (б) Silk and rayon: Rayon, per pound, New York— 1.500 1.500 150 A denier..................................................... 1. 650 150 B denier..................................................... 1.500 1.450 1.450 1.300 300 A denier......................... ........................... 1. 500 1.300 1.280 1.280 300 B denier..................................................... 1. 400 25 REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES T able 4.— Wholesale prices of commodities, July, 1926, and June and July, 1927— Continued Average prices Index numbers (1926=100) Commodity June, 1927 July, 1926 July, 1927 •July, 1926 June, 1927 July, 1927 TEXTILE PRODUCTS—Continued (6) Silk and rayon—Continued. Silk, raw, per pound, New York— China, steam filature, third category_______ Canton, doublft e*tra A-crack-_______ _____ Japan, double extra cracks________________ Japan, 13-1 Silk, spun, per pound, New Y o r k Domestic, 60/1___________________________ Domestic, 60/2___________________________ Imported, 200/2, first quality______________ Hosiery, per dozen pairs, mill— Women’s, pure silk___________i __________ Women’s, artificial silk___________________ Men’s, silk, mercerized top, heel, and toe__ (c) Woolen and worsted goods: Blankets, all wool, 4 to 5 pounds per pair, per pound, mill_______________________________ Flannel, No. 6400,64-inch,per yard, mill________ Overcoating, per yard, mill— Heavy__________________________________ L i g h t __ _________________ Suiting, per yard, mill— Serge, 116 M . B __________________________ Serge, 11-ounce, 66-58 inch___________________ Uniform serge, fine grade, 12-ounce________ Uniform serge, medium grade, 12-ounce____ Unfinished worsted, 13-ounce____________ Trousering, 2900 range, cotton warp, 11-ounce, per yard, m i ll ____________________________ Underwear, men’s, mill— Shirts and drawers, per dozen garments .. Union suits, per dozen___________________ Women’s dress goods, per yard, mill— Broadcloth, 9H>-ounce____________________ Flannel, 12-ounce________________________ Flannel, W FD, 64-inch___________________ French serge, 39-inch_____________________ Serge, 36-inch____________________________ Sicilian cloth, 64-inch_____________________ Yarns, per pound, mill— 2/32s, crossbred stock, white_______________ 2/40s, half-blood, weaving_________________ 2/60s. fine, weaving_______________________ (d) Other textile products: Binder twine, standard, per bale (60 pounds), m ill___________________________ ._________________ Burlap, Iftl^-nnncft, 40-inch, per yard, mill _____ Hemp, manila, per pound, New Y ork................. Jute, raw, medium grades, per pound, New York. Linen shoe thread, 10s Barbour, per pound, New York__________________________ _____ _____ Rope, pure manila, % inch and larger, per pound, New Y ork_________________________ Sisal, Mexican, per pound, New York................ $6,235 4.836 5.959 6.076 $5.775 4.100 5.688 5.488 $5,418 3.989 5.442 5.292 98.2 103.9 98.6 98.1 90.9 88.1 94.1 88.6 85.3 85.7 90.0 85.4 4.606 5.880 5.640 4.214 5.096 5.047 4.077 4.978 4.978 98.2 98.6 97.5 89.8 85.4 87.3 86.9 83.4 86.1 12.250 2.750 4.500 11.270 2.300 4.000 10.780 2.450 4.000 100.7 98.5 93.8 92.6 82.4 83.4 88.6 87.8 83.4 1.367 1.642 1.313 1.715 1.313 1.715 101.3 97.8 97.3 102.2 97.3 102.2 3.000 4.500 3.000 4.350 3.000 4.350 98.6 99.1 98.6 95.8 98.6 95.8 3.848 2.073 2.734 2.070 1.913 3.848 2.048 2.678 1.935 1.913 3.848 2.048 2.678 1.935 1.913 100.8 95.6 99.3 103.6 95.5 100.8 94.5 97.3 96.9 95.4 100.8 94.5 97.3 96.9 95.4 1.521 1.500 1.500 99.6 98.2 98.2 30.000 30.380 28.000 27.440 28.000 27.440 100.0 100.0 93.3 90.3 93.3 90.3 2.255 1.925 1.475 1.050 .450 .800 2.255 1.900 1.325 .975 .510 .775 2.255 1.900 1.325 .975 .510 .775 95.6 99.0 101. 6 101. 5 98.2 101.1 95.6 97. 7 91.3 94.3 111.3 97.8 95.6 97.7 91.3 94.3 111.3 97.8 1.400 1.788 2.025 1.325 1.738 2.038 1.350 1.750 2.025 97.5 96.4 96.1 92.3 93.7 96.7 94.1 94.4 96.1 6.531 .088 .133 .083 6.056 .090 .064 6.056 .093 .144 .069 100.0 96.0 89.8 92.1 92.7 97.6 95.3 71.4 92.7 101.5 97.7 77.0 1.946 1.946 1.946 100.0 100.0 100.0 .240 .093 .245 .076 .245 .076 95.5 102.1 97.5 83.4 97.5 83.4 99.1 99.3 98.6 94.8 94.3 100.0 95.5 95.3 99.6 94.8 95.2 99.0 99.0 99.2 109.6 98.5 98.9 109.6 .141 FUEL AND LIGHTING (a) Anthracite coal: Composite spot price, per gross ton— Chestnut........................................................ $13.643 $13,057 $13.148 Egg.................................................................. 13.194 12.535 12.665 Pea................................................................... 10.505 10.648 10.614 (6) Bituminous coal: Composite spot price, per net ton— Mine run......................................................... 4.090 4.251 4.272 Prepared sizes................................................. 4.563 4.755 4.741 Screenings.................................................... 3.388 3.752 3.748 REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES 26 T able 4 .— Wholesale prices of commodities, July, 1926, and June and July , 1P#7—Continued Index numbers (1926=100) Average prices Commodity July, 1926 June, 1927 July, 1927 July, 1926 June, 1927 July, 1927 FUEL AND LIGHTING—Continued (c) Coke: Beehive, Alabama, per net ton.......... . Beehive, Connellsville, per net ton__ By-product, Alabama, per net to n .. . By-product, New Jersey, per net ton.. (d) Manufactured gas, per 1,000 cubic feet.. (e) Petroleum products: Petroleum, crude, per barrel, wells— California...................................... . Kansas-Oklahoma........................ . Pennsylvania...................... .......... Fuel oil, refinery— Oklahoma, per barrel................... . Pennsylvania, per gallon............... Gasoline, per gallon, refinery— California........................................ Oklahoma....................................... Pennsylvania................................ . North Texas.................................. Natural, Oklahoma...................... . Kerosene, refined, per gallonstandard white, New Y o rk ........ . Water white, refinery.................... $5,563 2.944 5.750 10.180 1.039 $6,000 3.169 5.563 10.180 1.022 $6,000 3.044 5.500 10.180 1.026 100.1 71.7 100.4 95.8 100.4 108.0 77.2 97.1 95.8 98.8 108.0 74.1 96.0 95.8 99.2 1.100 2.050 3.463 .850 1.155 2.900 .850 1.155 2.900 100.8 108.8 98.9 77.9 61.3 82.8 77.9 61.3 82.8 1.231 .063 .906 .047 .900 .047 95.1 97.5 70.0 73.2 69.5 73.6 .125 .112 .131 .109 .082 .078 .066 .089 .065 .048 .079 .070 .088 .066 .044 110.4 107.8 102.8 106.4 91.3 68.5 63.7 70.0 63.4 53.5 69.6 67.9 68.5 64.8 49.0 .086 .099 .063 .072 .064 .070 99.7 95.6 72.8 69.1 74.6 67.0 METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS (a) Iron and steel: Iron ore, per gross ton, lower Lake ports— Mesabi Bessemer............................................ Mesabi non-Bessemer.................................... Pig iron, per gross ton— Basic, furnace.................................................. Bessemer, Pittsburgh..................................... Foundry, No. 2, northern, Pittsburgh.......... Foundry, No. 2, southern, Birmingham....... Ferromanganese, furnace................................ Spiegeleisen, furnace....................................... Bar iron, per pound— Best refined, Philadelphia............................. Common, Pittsburgh.................................... Bars, concrete reinforcing, % inch and larger, per 100 pounds, mill................................................. Nails, wire, per 100 pounds, Pittsburgh.............. Pipe, cast-iron, 6-inch, per net ton, New Y ork .. Pipe, black steel, per 100 feet, Pittsburgh........... Skelp, grooved, per 100 pounds, Pittsburgh....... Steel billets, open-hearth, per gross ton, Pitts burgh.................................................................. Steel merchant bars, per 100 pounds, Pittsburgh. Steel plates, tank, per pound, Pittsburgh______ Steel rails, open-hearth, per gross ton, mill....... . Steel, scrap, per gross ton..................................... Steel sheets, No. 27, box annealed, per pound, mill.................................................................... . Steel, structural, per 100 pounds, mill................. Terne plate, No. 8,1. C . package, per200 pounds, mill....... ............................................................. Tin plate, domestic, standard coke, per 100 pounds, Pittsburgh.......................................... . Wire, per 100 pounds— Barbed, galvanized, mill.............................. . Galvanized, No. 9, Pittsburgh...................... Plain, annealed, Pittsburgh......................... . Woven, fencing, per 100 rods, Pittsburgh__ (b) Nonferrous metals: Aluminum, per pound, New Y ork...................... Antimony, per pound, New York...................... . Brass, sheets, per pound, mill.............................. Copper, ingots, electrolytic, per pound, refinery. Copper, sheet, not rolled, per pound, New York. Copper wire, bare, per pound, mills.................... Lead, pig, desilverized, per pound, New York__ $4.400 4.250 $4,400 4.250 $4,400 4.250 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 17. 625 20.385 19. 448 21.000 88.000 33.000 17.875 17.500 20. 635 20.260 19.890 19.760 18.000 17.438 90.000 90.000 35.875 33.750 95.0 95.6 94.3 99.3 92.8 97.7 96.4 96.8 96.5 85.1 94.9 106.2 94.3 95.0 95.8 82.4 94.9 99.9 .029 .030 .028 .028 .028 .028 100.0 100.0 96.6 91.7 96.6 91.7 1.950 2.750 51.600 4.261 1.900 1.900 2.600 45.425 4.261 1.800 1.825 2.625 43.750 4.261 1.800 97.9 100.0 100.5 100.0 100.0 95.4 94.5 88.5 100.0 94.7 91.6 95.5 85.2 100.0 94.7 35.000 2.000 .019 43.000 14.188 33.000 1.813 .018 43.000 12.000 33.000 1.800 .018 43.000 12.063 100.0 100.2 101.1 100.0 105.2 94.3 90.8 95.7 100.0 88.9 94.3 90.2 95.7 100.0 89.5 .031 1.950 .032 1.850 .032 1.775 96.8 99.6 99.4 94.5 99.4 90.6 11.700 11.700 11.475 100.0 100.0 98.1 5.500 5.500 5.500 100.0 100.0 100.0 3.400 3.100 2.650 20.030 3.250 3.000 2.513 20.030 3.275 3.000 2.550 20.030 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 95.6 96.8 94.8 100. C 96.3 96.8 96.2 100.0 .270 .140 .189 .139 .215 .162 .086 .254 .123 .177 .124 .204 .147 .064 .254 .120 .177 .125 .203 .147 .063 100.1 88.0 99.6 100.8 99.5 99.9 101.4 94.1 77.4 92.9 89.7 94.5 90.6 76.3 94.1 75.0 92.9 90.4 94.0 90.6 74.7 27 REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES T able 4 . — Wholesale prices of commodities, July, 1926, and June and July, 1927— Continued Average prices Index numbers (1926=100) Commodity July, 1926 June, 1927 July, .1927 July, 1926 June, 1927 July, 1927 METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS—Continued (5) Nonferrous metals—Continued. 100. 7 Lead pipe, per 100 pounds. New York_________ $9,990 $7,840 $7,735 .350 100.0 Nickel, ingot, per pound. New Y ork__________ .350 .350 Quicksilver, p«r pound, Naw York. _ ___ 1.203 1.617 98.1 1.570 Silver, bar, firm, per ounce, Npw York r r . . . . . . . .651 .571 .567 104.3 .639 96.5 Tin, pig, straits, per pound, New York________ .630 .673 Zinc, sheet, per 100 pounds. La Salle, 111_______ 10.407 8.793 8.793 98.3 .078 Zinc, pig, slab, per pound, New York_________ .066 .066 100.8 (c) Agricultural implements, factory: 156.750 156.750 156.750 100.0 100.0 Cultivator, each_____________________________ 44.170 42.270 42.270 100.0 Drill, grain, each____________________________ 91.670 90.720 90. 720 76.000 76.000 76.000 100.0 Harrow, each-^Spike, peg tooth_________________________ 16.720 15.670 15.670 100.0 100.0 22.040 19.470 19.470 100.0 Loader, hay, e a ch .._____ __________________ 85.260 84,310 84,310 100.0 Mower, hay, each_________ __________________ 59.140 59.140 59.140 325.000 325.000 325.000 100.0 Planter, corn, ea ch ... ^ ... ....... . 57.710 57.710 57.710 100.0 Plow, each— Tractor_________________________________ 104.500 104.500 104.500 100.0 "Walking, 1-horse (composite price) ___ 7.299 100.4 7.315 7.315 Walking, 2-horse (composite price)............... 16.294 16.174 16.174 101.2 100.0 Rake, self dump, each_______________________ 32.060 30.400 30.400 Rake, side delivery, each_____________________ 78.370 77.420 77.420 100.0 Separator, cream, each.._____________________ 59.370 61.270 61.270 100.0 Sheller, corn, each.__________________________ 26.600 26.600 26.600 100.0 100.0 Spreader, manure, each______________________ 114.000 114.000 114.000 100.0 Tractor, each______________________________ _ 680.000 680.000 680.000 Wagon, 2-horse, each_______ _________________ 103.070 103.070 103.070 100.0 (d) Automobiles (composite price), f. o. b. factory: Buick, each_________________________________ 1,448.125 1,492.500 1,492.500 98.7 Cadillac, each_______________________________ 3,876.071 3,566.000 3,566.000 108.9 Chevrolet, each__ _________________ __________ 616.250 627.500 627.500 100.4 99.9 Dodge, each, ___________ ________ _______ 883.636 890.000 895.417 Ford, each. _________________________________ 453.000 453.000 453.000 106.4 Packard, each_______________________________ 3 610000 3,547.188 3.263.421 100.3 (e) Other machinery and tools: Sewing machines, each (composite price)— 100.0 Electric____ _______________ _____________ 77.550 82.080 82.080 Treadle_________________________________ 49.120 50.840 50.840 100.0 Stove, each, factory (composite price)— 98.5 Coal____________________________________ 61.943 61.616 61.616 Gas............... - .............. .......... - ____ ______ 62.924 63.409 63.409 100.0 100.4 Oil...................................................... ............. 62.510 61.565 61. 565 79.1 100.0 128.1 91.4 103.0 83.0 85.5 78.0 100.0 131.9 90.8 97.8 83.0 85.1 100.0 95.7 99.0 100.0 100.0 95.7 99.0 100.0 93.7 88.3 98.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 93.7 88.3 98.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.4 100.5 94.8 98.8 103.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.2 100.5 94.8 98.8 103.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 101.7 92.0 102.3 100.6 106.4 98.5 101.7 92.0 102.3 101.2 106.4 90.7 105.8 103.5 105.8 103.5 98.0 100.8 98.9 98.0 100.8 98.9 BUILDING MATERIALS (a) Lumber: Cypress, shop, per 1,000 feet, St. Louis_________ $48.750 Douglas fir, per 1,000 feet, mill— No. 1................................................................ 16.970 No. 2................................................................ 33.220 Gum, plain sap, per 1,000 feet, St. Louis............. 53.000 Hemlock, northern, No. 1, per 1,000 feet, Chicago. 34.000 Maple, hard, No. 1, per 1,000 feet, Chicago......... 55.000 Oak, plain, white, No. 1, per 1,000 feet, Cincin nati______________________________________ 67.000 Pine, white, No. 2, per 1,000 feet, Buffalo______ 50.000 Pine, yellow, per 1,000 feet, mill— Flooring________________________________ 43.170 Timbers_________________________________ 26.730 Poplar, No. 1, per 1,000 feet, Cincinnati________ 55.000 Spruce, eastern, per 1,000 feet, Boston_________ 33.000 Lath, No. 1, per 1,000— Douglas fir, Chicago_____________________ 7.600 Pine, yellow, *nni________________________ 4.840 Shingles, per 1,000, mill— Cypress_________________________________ 6.000 Rea cedar...... ........................................ ........ 2.620 $43,750 $43,750 100.0 89.7 89.7 16.340 16. 510 30.080 29.990 66.000 62.000 34.000 34.000 51.500 51.500 103.0 99.3 95.8 99.7 98.8 99.1 89.9 119.2 99.7 92.5 100.2 89.6 112.0 99.7 92.5 67.000 47.000 65.000 47.000 101.5 99.9 101.5 93.9 98.5 93.9 38.960 26.420 55.000 33.250 38.310 26.500 53.000 32.750 95.7 96.0 99.3 100.0 86.4 94.9 99.3 100.7 84.9 95.2 95.7 99.2 6.600 3.280 6.600 3.280 100.2 97.6 87.0 66.1 87.0 66.1 5.750 2.470 5.750 2.470 103.0 96.2 98.7 90.7 98.7 90.7 28 T able REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES 4. — Wholesale prices of commodities, July , 1926 and June and July, 1927— Continued Average prices Index numbers (1926=100) Commodity July, 1926 June, 1927 July, 1927 July, 1926 $13.880 $14,029 $13.988 60.600 41.500 41.500 11.600 11.000 11.000 42.500 42.600 42.500 99.8 103.3 99.7 100.0 84.9 95.3 100.5 84.9 95.3 June, 1927 July, 1927 BUILDING MATERIALS—Continued (6) Brick: Common, building, per 1,000, plant (composite price)....... .......................... .............................. Brick, front, per 1,000, New York__________ _ Brick, sand lime, per 1,000, plant— ___________ Paving blocks, 33^-inch, per 1,000, St. Louis____ (c) Cement, Portland, per barrel, plant (composite price)................................................ .................. id) Structural steel. (See Metals and metal products.) (e) Paint materials: Barytes, western, per ton, New York.................. Bone black, powdered, per pound, New York___ Copal gum, manila, per pound, mill.................... Lampblack, velvet, per pound, New York......... Linseed oil, raw, per pound, New York.............. Litharge, commercial, per pound, New York___ Lithopone, domestic, per pound. New York___ Putty, commercial, per pound, New York......... Red lead, dry, per pound, New York__.............. Rosin, B grade, per barrel, New York................. Shellac, T . N ., per pound, New York................. Turpentine, southern, per gallon, New York...... White lead, in oil, per pound, New York............ Zinc oxide, leaded grades, per pound, New York_ (f) Other building materials: Asphalt, bulk, per ton, refinery........................... Crushed stone, lK-inch, per cubic yard, New York______________________________________ Glass, plate, per square foot, New York— 3 to 5 square feet............................................. 5 to 10 square feet............................................ Glass, window, per 50 square feet, works— Single A_ ......................................................... Single B ... ....................................................... Gravel, building, per ton, plant (composite price). Hollow tile, building, per block, Chicago.......... . Lime, building, per ton, plant (composite price) . Lime, hydrated, per ton, plant (composite price). Sand, building, per ton, plant (composite price). Slate, roofing, sea green, per 100 square feet, quarry............................................................... . Copper, sheet. (See Metals and metal prod ucts.) Copper wire. (See Metals and metal prod ucts.) Nails, wire. (See Metals and metal products.) Pipe, cast iron. (See Metals and metal prod ucts.) Pipe, lead. (See Metals and metal products.) Pipe, black steel. (See Metals and metal prod ucts.) Reinforcing bars. (See Metals and metal prod ucts.) Terneplate. (See Metals and metal products.) Zinc, sheet. (See Metals and metal products.) 100.8 100.0 100.0 1.750 1.683 1.683 100.4 96.5 96.5 34.000 .055 34.000 .055 .100 .120 100.0 100.0 96.3 100.0 100.0 96.3 100.0 100.0 .055 .040 .117 13.350 .270 .882 .153 .071 .090 .053 .060 .100 9.925 .493 .570 .141 .066 31.900 .055 .100 .120 .106 .089 .053 .060 .099 9.738 .572 .559 .138 .066 97.0 100.4 80.1 95.8 150.0 85.3 79.9 143.5 61.3 92.8 90.2 93.8 100.0 96.3 100.0 95.4 79.3 95.8 150.0 84.4 78.4 166.7 60.1 90.3 90.2 12.000 12.000 12.000 100.0 100.0 100.0 1.840 98.7 103.8 103.8 100.4 100.4 80.3 83.6 80.3 83.6 .100 .120 .119 .112 .112 1.750 .400 .480 .320 .400 .320 .400 3.900 3.072 .936 .075 8.967 9.955 .623 3.600 3.135 .907 .076 8.754 9.753 .586 3.600 3.135 .907 .076 8.764 9. 743 .595 14.000 14.000 106.5 99.7 100.4 100.0 99.7 107.5 78.7 94.8 100.2 100.0 92.3 98.8 99.6 95.8 99.7 99.7 98.1 92.3 100.8 96.5 97.1 97.4 97.7 92.2 14.000 100.0 100.0 100.0 $0,034 .083 .060 .010 .065 .088 .400 .133 .008 99.7 101.6 100.0 102.2 101.4 97.1 87.6 101.4 102.7 103.7 93.1 100.0 102.2 101.4 94.4 116.9 81.4 102.7 103.7 93.1 100.0 108.6 101.4 94.4 116.9 81.4 102.7 100.8 96.5 97.1 97.6 97.6 93.7 CHEMICALS AND DRUGS (a) Chemicals: Acids, per pound— Acetic, 28 per cent, New York....................... $0,033 .090 Boric, New York............................................. .060 Carbonic, New York....................................... .010 Muriatic, 20°, works....................................... .065 Nitric, 42°, New York.................................... .090 Oleic, distilled. New Y o r k -.......................... .300 Salicylic, U. S. P., per pound, New York.— .165 Stearic, triple pressed, New York............. .008 Sulphuric, 66°, New York......................... $0,034 .083 .060 .010 .065 .088 .400 .133 .008 29 REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES T a b le 4 .— Wholesale prices of commodities, July, 1926, and June and July, 1927— Continued Average prices Index numbers (1926=100) Commodity July, 1926 June, 1927 July, 1927 July, 1926 June, 1927 July, 1927 CHEMICALS AND DRUGS—Continued (a) Chemicals—Continued. Alcohol, per gallon, New Y o r k Denatured........................................................ Wood, refined............ ..................................... Aluminum sulphate, commercial, per 100 pounds. New York............................................. Ammonia, anhydrous, per pound, New Y o rk ... Analin oil, per pound, New York........................ Benzene, pure, per gallon, works......................... Bleaching powder, per 100 pounds, works........... Borax, crystals, per pound, New York................ Calcium arsenate, per pound, New York............ Calcium chloride, 73-75 per cent, per ton, New York.................................................................... Caustic potash, 88-92 per cent, per pound, New York.................................................................... Coal-tar colors, per pound, New Y o r k Black, direct.................................................... Brown, sulphur............................................... Indigo, paste.................................................... Jet, nigrosine. Copperas, per ton, works. Copper sulphate, per pound, New York.. . xSee Copra. (S e eFoods.) " ’ Creosote oil, grade 1, per gallon, works.............. Formaldehyde, per pound, New York............... Lime, acetate, per 100 pounds, New York......... . Naphthalene, flake, per pound. New York....... Sal soda, per 100 pounds, New York.................. Salt cake, ground, per ton, works....................... Soda ash, light, 58 per cent, per 100 pounds, New York.................................................................. Soda, bicarbonate, per pound, works................. Soda, caustic, per pound, New York................. Sodium silicate, 40°, per 100 pounds, works....... Sulphur, crude, per ton, mines........................... . Tallow, packer’s prime, per pound, Chicago-----Toluene, pure, per gallon, works Vegetable oils— Coconut. (See Foods.) Com. (See Foods.) Palm, niger, per pound, New York............... Palm kernel, crude, per pound, .New York— Soya bean. (See Foods.) White arsenic, powdered, per pound, New York. (6) Drugs and pharmaceuticals: Acid, citric, domestic, crystals, per pound, New York.................................................................. Acid, tartaric, crystals, per pound, New Y ork... Alcohol, grain, per gallon, New York.................. Camphor, Japanese, refined, slabs, per pound, New York.... ............................................... ..... Castor oil, medicinal, per pound, New York----Cream of tartar, powdered, per pound, New York Epsom salts, U. S. P., per 100 pounds, New York. Glycerine, chemically pure, per pound, New York................................................................. . Menthol, imported, per pound, New York......... Opium, U. S. P., per pound, New York............. Peroxide of hydrogen, U. S. P., per gross 4 oz. bottles, New York............................................. Phenol, U. S. P., per pound, New York............. Quinine, sulphate, domestic, per ounce, New York................................................................... Soda phosphate, commercial, per pound, New $0,339 .562 $0,500 .660 $0.512 .660 92.3 88.6 136.2 104.1 139.5 104.1 1.400 .130 .160 .250 2.000 .050 .075 1.400 .113 .150 .230 2.000 .043 .075 1.400 .115 .150 .230 2.000 .043 .075 100.0 99.0 97.4 103.3 100.0 102.9 102.6 100.0 85.7 91.4 95.1 100.0 87.4 102.6 100.0 87.6 91.4 95.1 100.0 87.4 102.6 21.000 26.000 26.000 100.0 123.8 123.8 .071 .075 .075 100.0 105.2 105.2 .340 .200 .140 .460 12.000 .049 .400 .240 .140 .400 13.000 .049 .400 .240 .140 .400 13.000 .049 98.8 94.2 100.0 100.9 96.6 103.6 116.2 113.0 100.0 87.8 104.6 104.3 116.2 113.0 100.0 87.8 104.6 105.1 .140 .090 3.250 .054 1.020 20.000 .160 .099 3.500 .045 .900 18.000 .160 .095 3.500 .045 .900 18.000 99.4 93.2 99.1 97.3 100.8 100.0 113.6 102.9 106. 7 81.8 89.0 90.0 113.6 98.3 106.7 81.8 89.0 90.0 2.290 .019 .038 .800 19.000 .086 .350 2.290 .019 .038 .750 18.000 .079 .350 2.290 .019 .038 .750 18.000 .078 .350 100.0 100.0 100.0 102.6 104.3 98.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.2 90.6 100.0 89.4 100.0 .083 .104 .069 .089 .068 .089 103.0 104.2 86.3 89.3 85.3 89.5 .035 .038 .038 100.0 107.1 107.1 .445 .295 4.855 .445 .360 3.750 .445 .370 3.750 99.5 100.6 100.0 99.5 122.8 77.2 99.5 126.2 77.2 .726 .123 .210 2.500 .643 .130 .270 2.350 .644 .126 .278 2.250 98.1 97.4 * 98.3 101.1 86.8 102.9 126.3 95.0 87.0 99.7 129.9 90.9 .304 4.540 12.000 .253 4.250 12.000 .242 4.320 12.000 110.4 89.0 100.0 91.7 83.3 100.0 87.9 84.7 100.0 7.750 .190 7.750 .160 7.750 .160 100.5 96.5 100.5 81.3 100.5 81.3 .400 .400 .400 92.9 92.9 92.9 .033 .064 .033 .064 .033 .064 100.0 98.6 100.0 98.6 100.0 98.6 100.8 106.3 99.5 100.6 86.0 105.6 108.5 105.2 88.6 105.6 108.5 105.2 99.4 103.6 103.6 Zinc chloride, granular, per pound, New York___ (c) Fertilizer materials: Acid phosphate, per ton, Baltimore................... 9.600 8.250 8.500 Bones, ground, per ton, Chicago...... .................. 28.200 28.000 28.000 Kainit, 12.4 per cent, per ton, New York.......... 8.250 9.000 9.000 Manure salts, 20 per cent, per ton, New York___ 11.850 12.400 12.400 Muriate of potash, 80-85 per cent, per ton, New York.................................................................. . 34.900 36.400 36.400 98.8 98.8 30 T able REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES 4.— Wholesale prices of commodities, July , 1926, and June and July, 1927— Continued Average prices Index numbers (1926=100) Commodity July, 1926 June, 1927 July, 1927 July, 1926 June, 1927 July, 1927 CHEMICALS AND DRUGS—Continued (c) Fertilizer materials—Continued. Nitrate of soda, 95 per cent, per 100 pounds, New York.................................................................. . $2.390 Phosphate rock, Florida land pebble, per ton, mines................................................................ . 3.150 Sulphate of ammonia, per 100 pounds, New York. 2.520 Sulphate of potash, 90-95 per cent, per ton, New 45.850 Tankage, per ton, Chicago................................... 38.900 (d) Fertilizers, mixed, per ton (composite price): New England..................................................... . 38. 771 Middle W est.................................. .................... 27.817 South Central and Southwest___ ______ ______ 27.922 32. 497 Middle Atlantic............ ......... ......................... South Atlantic, 8-3-3....... .......................... ......... 23.200 South Atlantic, other____________ __________ _ 29.915 $2.713 $2,390 93.7 106.4 93.7 3.000 2.300 3.000 2.300 100.3 95.9 95.5 87.5 95.5 87.5 47.300 35.750 47.300 36.650 99.5 112.4 102.7 103.3 102.7 105.9 35.592 25. 738 20. 498 27. 980 20.400 24. 510 35.698 25.28720. 372 29.105 21.400 24. 510 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 91.8 92.5 73.4 86.1 87.9 81.9 92.1 90.9 73.0 89.6 92.2 81.9 100.0 100.0 97.2 94.6 100.0 97.2 94.6 HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS (а) Furniture:2 Bedroom, average price, factory— Bed, each............................................... ..... Chairs, each................................................ Dresser, etc., each............................ .......... Rocker, each................................... __........ Dining room, average price, factory— Buffet, each................................. .............. Chairs, set of six...... .................................. Table, e a c h ...___________ ____________ Kitchen, average price, factory— Cabinet, each............................................. Chairs, per dozen.... ................................. Refrigerator, each.......................... ........... Table, e a c h ................................... ........... Living room, average price, factory— Chair, ea ch ................ ...................... ........ Davenport, each ........................... ............. Table, each..................................... .......... (б) Furnishings: Blankets, cotton. (See Textile products.) Blankets, wool. (See Textile products.) Carpets, per yard, factory— Axminster................................................... Brussels....................................................... Wilton......................................................... Cutlery, factory— Carvers, per pair........................................ Knives and forks, per gross................. . Pails, galvanized iron, per gross, factory________ Sheeting, Pepperell, 10/4. (See Textile prod ucts.) Sheeting, Wamsutta, 10/4. (See Textile prod ucts.) Tableware, factory— Dinner sets, per set— 100 piece, semivitreous........................... . 104-p^ece, vitreous................................... Nappies, glass, 4-inch, common, per dozen___ Pitchers, glass, 3^-gallon, common, per dozen. Tumblers, } i pint, common, per dozen.......... Plates, white granite, per dozen.................... Tea cups and saucers, white granite, per dozen............................................................ Ticking, Amoskeag. (See Textile products.) Tubs, galvanized iron, per dozen, factory.......... . Sewing machines, factory. (See Metals and metal products.) Stoves, factory— Coal. (See Metals and metal products.) Gas. (See Metals and metal products.) Oil. (See Metals and metal products.) $3.120 3.072 5.088 $3.120 2.976 4800 $3.120 2.976 4.800 1.350 12.500 20.700 1.350 12.500 21.050 1.350 12.500 21.050 19.860 45.700 19.860 45.700 .200 .200 19.860 45.700 .200 2.100 .160 100.0 100.0 100.0 2.250 100.0 100.0 94.5 100.0 100.0 96.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.1 105.1 98.2 100.0 100.0 98.1 87.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.1 87.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 1.260 1.260 1.260 .100.0 100.0 6.375 6.475 6.475 97.3 98.9 3 No comparable month to month prices for individual items. 2.100 .160 100.3 100.3 31 REVISED INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES T a b l e 4 .— Wholesale prices of commodities, July, 1926, and June and July, 1927— Continued Average prices Index numbers (1926=100) Commodity July, 1926 June, 1927 July, 1927 July, 1926 June, 1927 95.7 109.5 96.4 98.3 113.4 128.8 97.9 123.5 107.8 114.7 97.8 134.4 92.9 94.3 93.7 105.6 104.4 105.0 105.6 104.4 105.0 100.0 94.2 94.2 103.2 83.9 83.3 July, 1927 MISCELLANEOUS (a) Cattle feed: Bran, per ton, Minneapolis............................... $22,094 $26,188 $24,875 Cottonseed meal, prime, per ton, Memphis----- 31.250 36.750 32.750 Linseed meal, per ton, New York...................... 46.000 46.750 46.700 Middlings, standard, per ton, Minneapolis....... 23.031 28.938 31.500 (&) Paper and pulp: Box board, per ton, mill— Chip............................................................... 36.234 41.184 41.184 Manila lined chip.......................................... 46,134 51.084 51.084 85-pound test liner......................................... 57.420 64.350 64.350 Paper— Newsprint, rolls, contract, per 100 pounds, 3.450 3.250 3.250 Wrapping, manila, No. 1, jute, per 100 .114 .093 .093 pounds, New York.------ -----------------------Wood pulp— Mechanical, No. 1, domestic, per ton, mill. 30.875 28.500 28.500 Sulphite, domestic, unbleached, news 2.950 2.600 2.600 grade, per 100 pounds, New Y o rk --......... (c) Rubber, crude, per pound, New York: .278 .335 .255 Para Island, fine............... - ----- ------------ a_____ .416 .371 .352 Plantation, ribbed, smoked sheets.... ................ (<2) Automobile tires, factory (composite price): Balloon........................................................... 17.630 14.045 14.045 Cord............................................................... 13.554 10.948 10.948 7.199 6.815 8.610 Fabric............................................................ (e) Other miscellaneous: Cylinder oil, per gallon, refinery— .170 .180 Oklahoma- .................................................... .170 .253 .250 Pennsylvania................................................. 0) Neutral oil, per gallon, refinery— .130 .115 .109 Gulf Coast.. .................................................. .285 .344 .340 Pennsylvania................................................. Soap, laundry, per 100 cakes— 4.180 4.583 4.180 Cincinnati.............. ...................................... 4.851 4.851 Philadelphia................................ ................. 4.851 .058 .058 .058 Starch, laundry, per pound, New Y ork -............ Tobacco— .696 .696 .696 Plug, per pound, New Y o r k ................ ........ 8.320 8.320 Smoking, per gross 1-ounce bags, New York. 8.320 100.2 92.5 92.5 103.0 90.7 90.7 88.2 85.5 73.0 76.2 67.1 72.2 96.4 96.7 97.9 76.8 78.2 81.8 76.8 78.2 77.9 100.0 94.4 95.6 94.4 94.6 101.1 101.9 89.4 122.9 84.6 121.5 102.6 100.0 98.6 93.5 100.0 98.6 93.5 100.0 98.6 180.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 LIST OF BULLETINS OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS The following is a list o f all bulletins o f the Bureau o f Labor Statistics published since July, 1912, except that in the case o f bulletins giving the results of periodic surveys of the bureau only the latest bulletin on any one subject is here listed. A complete list o f the reports and bulletins issued prior to July, 1912, as well as the bulle tins published since that date, will be furnished on application. Bulletins marked thus (*) are out o f print. Conciliation and Arbitration (including strikes and lockouts). *No. 124. Conciliation and arbitration in the building trades of Greater New York. [1913.] ♦No. 133. Report of the industrial council of the British Board of Trade on its inquiry into industrial agreements. [1913.] ♦No. 139. Michigan copper district strike. [1914.] No. 144. Industrial court of the cloak, suit, and skirt industry of New York City. [1914.] No. 145. Conciliation, arbitration, and sanitation in the dress and waist industry of New York City. [1914.] ♦No. 191. Collective bargaining in the anthracite coal industry. [1916.] ♦No. 198. Collective agreements in the men's clothing industry. [1916.] No. 233. Operation of the industrial disputes investigation act of Canada. [1918.] No. 255. Joint industrial councils in Great Britain. [1919.] No. 283. History of the Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board, 1917 to 1919. No. 287. National War Labor Board: History of its formation, activities, etc. [1921.] No. 303. Use of Federal power in settlement of railway labor disputes. [1922.] No. 341. Trade agreement in the silk-ribbon industry of New York City. [1923.] No. 402. Collective bargaining by actors. [1926.] No. 419. Trade agreements, 1925. Cooperation. No. 313. Consumers’ cooperative societies in the United States in 1920. No. 314. Cooperative credit societies in America and in foreign countries. [1922.] No. 437. Cooperative movement in the United States in 1925 (other than agricultural). Employment and Unemployment. ♦No. 109. Statistics of unemployment and the work of employment offices in the United States. [1913.] No. 172. Unemployment in New York City, N. Y. [1915.] ♦No. 183. Regularity of employment in the women’s ready-to-wear garment industries. [1915.] ♦No. 195. Unemployment in the United States. [1916.] No. 196. Proceedings of the Employment Managers’ Conference held at Minneapolis, Minn., January, 1916. ♦No. 202. Proceedings of the conference of Employment Managers’ Association, Boston, Mass., held May 10,1916. No. 206. The British system of labor exchanges. [1916.] ♦No. 227. Proceedings of the Employment Managers’ Conference, Philadelphia, Pa., April 2 and 3, 1917. No. 235. Employment system of the Lake Carriers’ Association. [1918.] ♦No. 241. Public employment offices in the United States. [1918.] No. 247. Proceedings of Employment Managers’ Conference, Rochester, N. Y., May 9-11,1918. No. 310. Industrial unemployment: A statistical study of its extent and causes. [1922.] No. 409. Unemployment in Columbus, Ohio, 1921 to 1925. Foreign Labor Laws. ♦No. 142. Administration of labor laws and factory inspection in certain European countries. [1914.] Housing. ♦No. 158. No. 263. No. 295. No. 368. No. 424. No. 449. Government aid to home owning and housing of working people in foreign countries. Housing by employers in the United States. [1920.] Building operations in representative cities in 1920. Building permits in the principal cities of the United States in 11921 to] 1923. Building permits in the principal cities of the United States [1924 and] 1925. Building permits in the principal cities of the United States in 1926. (In press.) [1914.] Industrial Accidents and Hygiene. ♦No. 104. Lead poisoning in potteries, tile works, and porcelain-enameled sanitary ware factories. [1912.] No. 120. Hygiene of the painters’ trade. [1913.] ♦No. 127. Dangers to workers from dusts and fumes, and methods of protection. [1913.] ♦No. 141. Lead poisoning in the smelting and refining of lead. [1914.j ♦No. 157. Industrial accident statistics. [1915.] ♦No. 165. Lead poisoning in the manufacture of storage batteries. [1914.] ♦No. 179. Industrial poisons used in the rubber industry. [1915.] No. 188. Report of British departmental committee on the danger in the use of lead in the painting of buildings. [1916.] ♦No. 201. Report of committee on statistics and compensation-insurance cost of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions. [1916.] ♦No. 207. Causes of death by occupation. [1917.1 ♦No. 209. Hygiene of the printing trades. [1917.] No. 219. Industrial poisons used or produced in the manufacture of explosives. [1917.] No. 221. Hours, fatigue, and health in British munition factories. [1917.] No. 230. Industrial efficiency and fatigue in British munition factories. [1917.] ♦No. 231. Mortality from respiratory diseases in dusty trades (inorganic dusts). [1918.] (I) Industrial Accidents and Hygiene—Continued. No. 234. Safety movement in the iron and steel industry, 1907 to 1917. ♦No. 236. Effect of the air hammer on the hands of stonecutters. [1918.] No. 249. Industrial health and efficiency. Final report of British Health of Munition Workers Committee. [1919.] *No. 251. Preventable death in the cotton-manufacturing industry. [1919.] No. 256. Accidents and accident prevention in machine building. [1919.] No. 267. Anthrax as an occupational disease. [1920.] No. 276. Standardization of industrial-accident statistics. [1920.] No. 280. Industrial poisoning in making coal-tar dyes and dye intermediates. [1921.] No. 291. Carbon-monoxide poisoning. [1921.] No. 293. The problem of dust phthisis in the granite-stone industry. [1922.] No. 298. Causes and prevention of accidents in the iron and steel industry, 1910 to 1919. No. 306. Occupational hazards and diagnostic signs: A guide to impairments to be looked for in hazardous occupations. [1922.] No. 339. Statistics of industrial accidents in the United States. [1923.] No. 392. Survey of hygienic conditions in the printing trades. [1925.] No. 405. Phosphorus necrosis in the manufacture of fireworks and the preparation of phosphorus. [1926.] No. 425. Record of industrial accidents in the United States to 1925. No. 426. Deaths from lead poisoning. [1926.] No. 427. Health survey of the printing trades, 1922 to 1925. No. 428. Proceedings of the “Industrial Accident Prevention Conference, held at Washington, D . C., July 14-16,1926. Industrial Relations and Labor Conditions. No. 237. Industrial unrest in Great Britain. [1917.] No. 340. Chinese migration, with special reference to labor conditions. [1923.] No. 349. Industrial relations in the West Coast lumber industry. [1923.J No. 361. Labor relations in the Fairmount (W . Va.) bituminous coal field. [1921. No. 380. Postwar labor conditions in Germany. [1925.] No. 383. Works council movement in Germany. [1925.] No. 384. Labor conditions in the shoe industry in Massachusetts, 1920 to 1924. No. 399. Labor relations in the lace and lace-curtain industries in the United States. [1925.] Labor Laws of the United States (including decisions of courts relating to labor). No. 211. Labor laws and their administration in the Pacific States. [1917.] No. 229. Wage-payment legislation in the United States. [1917.] No. 285. Minimum-wage legislation in the United States. [1921.1 No. 321. Labor laws that have been declared unconstitutional. [1922.] No. 322. Kansas Court of Industrial Relations. [1923.] No. 343. Laws providing for bureaus of labor statistics, etc. [1923.] No. 370. Laws of the United States, with decisions of courts relating thereto. [1925.] No. 408. Labor laws relating to the payment of wages. [1926.] No. 434. Labor legislation of 1926. No. 444. Decisions of courts and opinions affecting labor, 1926. (In press.) Proceedings o f Annual Conventions of the Association of Governmental Labor Officials of the United States and Canada. No. 266. Seventh, Seattle, Wash., July 12-15, 1920. No. 307. Eighth, New Orleans, La., May 2-6,1921. ♦No. 323. Ninth, Harrisburg, Pa., M ay 22-26, 1922. No. 352. Tenth, Richmond, Va., M ay 1-4,1923. No. 889. Eleventh, Chicago, 111., M ay 19-23,1924. No. 411. Twelfth, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 13-15, 1925. No. 429. Thirteenth, Columbus, Ohio, June 7-10, 1926. Proceedings of Annual Meetings of International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions. No. 210. Third, Columbus, Ohio, April 25-28,1916. No. 248. Fourth, Boston, Mass., August 21-25,1917. No. 264. Fifth, Madison, Wis., September 24-27,1918. ♦No. 273. Sixth, Toronto, Canada, September 23-26,1919. No. 281. Seventh, San Francisco, Calif., September 20-24, 1920. No. 304. Eighth, Chicago, 111., September 19-23, 1921. No. 333. Ninth, Baltimore, M d., October 9-13,1922. No. 359. Tenth, St. Paul, Minn., September 24-26, 1923. No. 385. Eleventh, Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 26-28,1924. No. 395. Index to proceedings, 1914-1924. No. 406. Twelfth, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 17-20, 1925. No. 432. Thirteenth, Hartford, Conn., September 14-17, 1926. Proceedings of Annual Meetings of International Association of Public Employment Services. No. 192. First, Chicago, December 19 and 20,1913; Second, Indianapolis, September 24 and 25,1914; Third, Detroit, July 1 and 2,1915. No. 220. Fourth, Buffalo, N. Y ., July 20 and 21,1916. No. 311. Ninth, Buffalo, N. Y ., September 7-9,1921. No. 337. Tenth, Washington, D. C., September 11-13, 1922. No. 355. Eleventh, Toronto, Canada, September 4-7, 1923. No. 400. Twelfth, Chicago, HI., May 19-23, 1924. No. 414. Thirteenth, Rochester, N. Y ., September 15-17, 1925. Productivity of Labor. No. 356. Productivity costs in the common-brick industry. [1924.] No. 360. Time and labor costs in manufacturing 100 pairs of shoes. [1924.] No. 407. Labor cost of production and wages and hours of labor in the paper box-board industry. [1925.] No. 412. Wages, hours, and productivity in the pottery industry, 1925. No. 441. Productivity of labor in the glass industry. [1927.] (In press.) (I I ) Retail Prices and Cost of Living. *No. 121. Sugar prices, from refiner to consumer. [1913.] ♦No. 130. Wheat and flour prices, from farmer to consumer. [1913.] ♦No. 164. Butter prices, from producer to consumer. [1914.] No. 170. Foreign food prices as affected by the war. [1915.] No. 357. Cost of living in the United States. [1924.] No. 369. The use of cost-of-living figures in wage adjustments. [1925. No. 445. Retail prices, 1890 to 1926. (In press.) Safety Codes. No. 331. Code of lighting factories, mills, and other work places. No. 336. Safety code for the protection of industrial workers in foundries. No. 350. Specifications of laboratory tests for approval of electric headlighting devices for motor vehicles. No. 351. Safety code for the construction, care, and use of ladders. No. 364. Safety code for the mechanical power-transmission apparatus. No. 375. Safety code for laundry machinery and operation. No. 378. Safety code for woodworking plants. No. 382. Code of lighting school buildings. No. 410. Safety code f©r paper and pulp mills. No. 430. Safety code for power presses and foot and hand presses. No. 433. Safety codes for the prevention of dust explosions. No. 436. Safety code for the use, care, and protection of abrasive wheels. No. 447. Safety code for rubber mills and calenders. (In press.) No. 451. Safety code for forging and hot-metal stamping. (In press.) Vocational and Workers9 Education. ♦No. 159. Short-unit courses for wage earners, and a factory school experiment. [1915.] ♦No. 162. Vocational education survey of Richmond, Va. [1915.] No. 199. Vocational education survey of Minneapolis, Minn. [1916.] No. 271. Adult working-class education in Great Britain and the United States. [1920.] Wages and Hours of Labor. ♦No. 146. Wages and regularity of employment and standardization of piece rates in the dress and waist industry of New York City. [1914.] ♦No. 147. Wages and regularity of employment in the cloak, suit, and skirt industry. [1914.] No. 161. Wages and hours of labor in the clothing and cigar industries, 1911 to 1913. No. 163. Wages and hours of labor in the building and repairing of steam-railroad cars, 1907 to 1913. ♦No. 190. Wages and hours of labor in the cotton, woolen, and silk industries, 1907 to 1914. No. 204. Street-railway employment in the United States. [1917.] No. 225. Wages and hours of labor in the lumber, millwork, and furniture industries, 1915. No. 265. Industrial survey in selected industries in the United States, 1919. No. 297. Wages and hours of labor in the petroleum industry, 1920. No. 348. Wages and hours of labor in the automobile industry, 1922. No. 356. Productivity costs in the common-brick industry. [1924.] No. 358. Wages and hours of labor in the automobile-tire industry, 1923. No. 360. Time and labor costs in manufacturing 100 pairs of shoes. [1924.] No. 365. Wages and hours of labor in the paper and pulp industry, 1923. No. 374. Wages and hours of labor in the boot and shoe industry, 1907 to 1924. No. 376. Wages and hours of labor in the hosiery and underwear industry, 1907 to 1924. No. 394. Wages and hours of labor in metalliferous mines, 1924. No. 407. Labor cost of production, and wages and hours of labor in the paper box-board industry. [1925.] No. 412. Wages, hours, and productivity in the pottery industry, 1925. No. 413. Wages and hours of labor in the lumber industry in the United States, 1925. No. 416. Hours and earnings in anthracite and bituminous coal mining, 1922 and 1924. No. 421. Wages and hours of labor in the slaughtering and meat-packing industry, 1925. No. 422. Wages and hours of labor in foundries and machine shops, 1925. No. 431. Union scale of wages and hours of labor, May 15,1926. No. 435. Wages and hours of labor in the men’s clothing industry, 1911 to 1926. No. 438. Wages and hours of labor in the motor-vehicle industry, 1925. No. 442. Wages and hours of labor in the iron and steel industry, 1907 to 1925. No. 443. Wages and hours of labor in woolen and worsted goods manufacturing, 1910 to 1926. No. 446. Wages and hours of labor in cotton goods manufacturing, 1910 to 1926. No. 450. Wages and hours of labor in the boot and shoe industry, 1907 to 1926. (In press.) No. 452. Wages and hours of labor in the hosiery and underwear industries, 1907 to 1926. (In press.) Welfare Work. ♦No. 123. Employers’ welfare work. [1913.] No. 222. Welfare work in British munition factories. [1917.] ♦No. 250. Welfare work for employees in industrial establishments in the United States. [1919.] Wholesale Prices. No. 284. Index numbers of wholesale prices in the United States and foreign countries. [1921.] No. 440. Wholesale prices, 1890 to 1926. Women and Children in Industry. No. 116. Hours, earnings, and duration of employment of wage-earning women in selected industries in the District of Columbia. [1913.] *No. 117. Prohibition of night work of young persons. [1913.] ♦No. 118. Ten-hour maximum working-day for women and young persons. [1913.] ♦No. 119. Working hours of women in the pea canneries of Wisconsin. [1913.] ♦No. 122. Employment of women in power laundries in Milwaukee. [1913.] No. 160. Hours, earnings, and conditions of labor of women in Indiana mercantile establishments and garment factories. [1914.] ♦No. 167. Minimum wage legislation in the United States and foreign countries. T1915.] ♦No. 175. Summary of the report on conditions of woman and child wage earners in the United States. [1915.] ♦No. 176. Effect of minimum-wage determinations in Oregon. [1915.] (I ll) W om en an d Children in Industry—Continued. *No. 180. The boot and shoe industry in Massachusetts as a vocation for women. [1915.] ♦No. 182. Unemployment among women in department and other retail stores of Boston, Mass. [1916.] No. 193. Dressmaking as a trade for women in Massachusetts. [1916.] No. 215. Industrial experience of trade-school girls in Massachusetts. [1917.] *No. 217. Effect of workmen’s compensation laws in diminishing the necessity of industrial employ ment of women and children. [1918.] No. 223. Employment of women and juveniles in Great Britain during the war. [1917.] No. 253. Women in lead industries. [1919.] Workmen’s Insurance and Compensation (including laws relating thereto). *No. 101. Care of tuberculous wage earners in Germany. [1912.] *No. 102. British national insurance act. [1911.] *No. 103. Sickness and accident insurance law of Switzerland. [1912.] No. 107. Law relating to insurance of salaried employees in Germany. [1913.] *No. 155. Compensation for accidents to employees of the United States. [1914.] No. 212. Proceedings of the conference on social insurance called by the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, Washington, D. C., December 5-9,1916. No. 243. Workmen’s compensation legislation in the United States and foreign countries, 1917 and 1918. No. 301. Comparison of workmen’s compensation insurance and administration. [1922.] No. 312. National health insurance in Great Britain, 1911 to 1920. No. 379. Comparison of workmen’s compensation laws of the United States as of January 1,1925. No. 423. Workmen’s compensation legislation of the United States and Canada. [1926.] Miscellaneous Series. "“No. 174. Subject index of the publications of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics up to May 1,1915. No. 208. Profit sharing in the United States. [1916.] No. 242. Food situation in central Europe, 1917. No. 254. International labor legislation and the society of nations. [1919.] No. 268. Historical survey of international action affecting labor. [1920.] No. 282. Mutual relief associations among Government employees m Washington, D. C. [1921.] No. 299. Personnel research agencies: A guide to organized research in employment management, industrial relations, training, and working conditions. [1921. ] No. 319. The Bureau of Labor Statistics: Its history, activities, and organization. [1922.] No. 326. Methods of procuring and computing statistical information of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. [1923.] No. 342. International Seamen’s Union of America: A study of its history and problems. [1923.] No. 346. Humanity in government. [1923.] No. 372. Convict labor in 1923. No. 386. The cost of American almshouses. [1925.] No. 398. Growth of legal-aid work in the United States. [1926.] No. 401. Family allowances in foreign countries. [1926.] No. 420. Handbook of American trade-unions. [1926.] No. 439. Handbook of labor statistics, 1924-1926. No. 448. Trade agreements, 1926. 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