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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
CHAS. P. NEILL, Commissioner
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES 1
/ W H O L E 11 A
BUREAU OF LABOR STA TISTICS/ * ‘ * \NUMBER 1 1 * 1
WHOLESALE
PRICES
SERIES:
No.
WHOLESALE PRICES
1890
TO
1912
APRIL 4, 1913
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1913
CON TEN TS.
Wholesale prices, 1890 to 1912:
Page.
5
Introduction.............................................................................................
Prices of commodities, 1912 compared with 1911.....................................
6-8
Prices of commodities in 1912 compared with each year, 1890 to 1911....
8-17
17-22
Prices of commodities, by months, January, 1900, to December, 1912---Influences affecting prices........................................................................
22,23
23-41
Explanation of tables................................................................................
Table I.—Wholesale prices of commodities from January to December,
42-92
1912........................................................................................................
Table II.—Average yearly actual and relative prices of commodities
1890 to 1912, monthly actual and relative prices, January to December,
1912, and base prices (average for 1890-1899)........................................ 93-145
Relative wholesale prices, 1860 to 1912.................................................................. 147-151
Wholesale prices in Canada, 1890 to 1912.............................................................. 152-155
3
The material for this report was collected and compiled by Eugene
A. Logan under the direction of Fred C. Croxton.
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U. S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
whole no .
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4, 1913.
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.1
INTRODUCTION.
Wholesale prices in 1912 advanced sharply during the first five
months, and a strong upward tendency was maintained to the end
of the year. The most important features in the movement of prices
during the year was the marked increase in the great groups of farm
products, food, fuel and lighting, and metals and implements.
The average of wholesale prices in 1912, as measured by the prices
of 255 commodities, was 3.4 per cent higher than the average for
1911, and with this advance the level was 1.5 per cent above the high
average of 1910 prices. Wholesale prices during 1912 were 18.3
per cent higher than in 1890; 20.9 per cent higher than in 1900;
48.9 per cent higher than in 1897, the year of lowest prices in the
23-year period from 1890 to 1912; and 33.6 per cent higher than the
average price for the 10 years 1890 to 1899.
The upward movement of prices which began July, 1905, reached
its highest point in 1907 in October, from which month there was a
general decline until August, 1908. Beginning with September,
1908, wholesale prices increased without a break in any month up to
March, 1910; from this time to December, 1910, prices declined
slightly. Prices in January, 1911, showed a slight decline from those
of December, 1910, but through the year 1911 the fluctuation from
month to month was small. During the first months of 1912 prices
rose rapidly until May, when slight recessions occurred during June
and August. In September and October prices were again higher,
reaching the level of May in November, with a loss in December, 1912,
of less than one-fourth of 1 per cent.
Wholesale prices in May and November, 1912, were higher than at
any other time in the 23-year period from 1890 to 1912, being 18.5
per cent higher than in. July, 1905; 3.4 per cent higher than in Octo
ber, 1907; 11.5 per cent higher than in August, 1908, and 1.2 per
i This report summarizes data published in previous wholesale price reports of the Bureau, Bulletins 39,
45,51,57,63,69,75,81,87,93, and 99.
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cent higher than in March, 1910. Wholesale prices in December,
1912, were 12.8 per cent higher than in December, 1905; 3.6 per cent
higher than in December, 1910, and 4.6 per cent higher than in
December, 1911.
Wholesale prices for 1912, as stated above, were higher than for
any other year of the 23-year period, 1890 to 1912, covered by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics price reports, and they were also higher
than for any year since 1883.1
PRICES OF COMMODITIES, 1912 COMPARED WITH 1911.
Comparing 1912 with 1911, the group of commodities showing the
greatest increase in prices was fuel and lighting, the increase in the
group as a whole being 9.4 per cent. Seven other groups show an
increase in 1912 of 0.9 per cent to 6.2 per cent, while only one of
the 9 groups into which the 255 commodities have been classified
shows a decrease. Lumber and building materials declined 2.1 per
cent during 1912.
Of the 255 articles for which wholesale prices were obtained, 137
showed an increase in the average price for 1912 as compared with
1911, 37 showed no change in the average price for the year, and 81
showed a decrease in price. The following table shows, for each of
the 9 groups, the number of articles covered, the per cent of increase
or decrease in the average price for 1912 as compared with that for
1911 for each group as a whole, and the number of articles which
increased or decreased in price:
PER CENT OF INCREASE IN AVERAGE PRICES FOR 1912 AS COMPARED WITH
AVERAGE PRICES FOR 1911 AND NUMBER OF ARTICLES WHICH INCREASED OR
DECREASED IN PRICE, BY GROUPS OF COMMODITIES.
Number
of com
modities.
Group.
Farm products............................................................
Food, etc.....................................................................
Cloths and clothing.....................................................
Fuel and lighting........................................................
Metals and implements...............................................
Lumber and building materials..................................
Drugs and chemicals...................................................
House-furnishing goods...............................................
Miscellaneous..............................................................
Number of commodities
showing—
Per cent
of in
crease
in 1912
No
price. Increase. change Decrease.
in price.
20
55
65
13
38
28
9
14
13
5.7
6.2
.9
9.4
5.6
12.1
2.2
2.3
1.5
14
39
31
10
20
8
3
5
7
3
7
2
9
1
5
8
2
6
13
27
1
9
19
1
1
4
255
3.4
137
37
81
1 Decrease.
From the above table it is seen that farm products taken as a whole
were 5.7 per cent higher in price in 1912 than in 1911. The articles
1 See page 149 of this report for relative wholesale prices for the 53-year period, 1860 to 1912.
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
7
showing the greatest advance were cattle, sheep, hides, com, oats,
hogs, and hops. The articles decreasing in price were flaxseed,
horses, cotton, rye, mules, and barley.
Food as a group was 6.2 per cent higher in price in 1912 than in
1911. The important articles in which the advance was most pro
nounced were corn meal, canned tomatoes, glucose, fresh beef, mess
beef, beans, potatoes, bacon, lard, butter, and cheese. The most
important decreases in average prices were in prunes, evaporated
apples, salt mackerel, canned corn, cabbage, and sugar.
As a group, cloths and clothing were 0.9 per cent higher in price
in 1912 than in 1911. This advance was due mainly to the rise in
the prices of boots and shoes, suitings, carpets, leather, worsted
yarns, and print cloths. Such important articles as cotton yams,
ginghams, bleached sheetings, shirtings, and tickings declined in
price. Seven articles of this group were at the same average price
both years.
The increase in prices in the fuel and lighting group in 1912 com
pared with 1911 was 9.4 per cent. All the articles in this group but
three rose in price. The heaviest advances were in coke, petroleum,
and anthracite coal.
The metals and implements group increased 5.6 per cent in 1912
over the 1911 price. Some of the articles showing the greatest
advance were copper, spelter, locks, wood screws, bar silver, zinc,
pig iron, and bar iron. There was no change in the price of butts,
chisels, hammers, planes, saws, shovels, steel rails, and trowels.
Among the nine articles declining were quicksilver, tin plate, nails,
and barb wire.
Lumber and building materials, with a loss of 2.1 per cent, was the
only group showing a decline in 1912 from the 1911 prices. The
articles largely responsible for the lower price were turpentine, lin
seed oil, cement, plate glass, tar, and pine doors. Only one article
remained at the same price during the two years. Of the eight
articles that were higher, brick, spruce, yellow-pine siding, red-cedar
shingles, and maple lumber made the greatest gains.
The increase of 2.2 per cent in the drugs and chemical group was
due to the rise in the price of quinine, opium, and grain alcohol.
Glycerin was lower, while wood alcohol, alum, brimstone, muriatic
and sulphuric acids were the same price during both years.
The 2.3 per cent increase in the 1912 price of house-furnishing
goods was caused by the advance in furniture and table knives and
forks. Wooden tubs declined slightly, but earthenware, glassware,
carvers, and wooden pails continued at the same price for both years.
The increase of 1.5 per cent in the miscellaneous group was due for
the most part to rope, laundry starch, jute, and cottonseed meal, but
the advance of seven articles in this group was almost offset by the
lower average price for malt, castile soap, rubber, and cottonseed oil.
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The per cent of increase or decrease in the average wholesale price
for 1912 in each of the 255 articles as compared with the price for
1911 is shown on pages 29 to 33.
In addition to the classification into the nine groups named above,
the 255 articles included in the investigation have been divided into
two general groups, designated as raw commodities and manufac
tured commodities. A clearly defined classification of this charac
ter can not be made, but the commodities here designated as raw
may be said to be such as are marketed in their natural state and
such as have been subjected to only a preliminary manufacturing
process (thus converting them into a marketable condition but not
to a suitable form for final consumption), while the commodities here
designated as manufactured are such as have been subjected to
more than a preliminary factory manipulation and in which the
manufacturing labor cost constitutes an important element in the
price. In the group designated as raw are included all farm products,
beans, coffee, eggs, milk, rice, pepper, tea, vegetables, raw silk, wool,
coal, crude petroleum, copper ingots, pig lead, pig iron, bar silver,
spelter, pig tin, brimstone, jute, and rubber—a total of 54 articles.
All the other articles are classed as manufactured commodities.
As thus grouped, the average wholesale price of raw commodities
for 1912 was 6.9 per cent above that for 1911 and the average whole
sale price of manufactured commodities for 1912 was 2.4 per cent
above that of 1911.
A number of the articles showing the most marked variations in
price within the year 1912 are here noted. Eggs advanced from an
average of 22.38 cents in May to 49.75 cents in November, this being
an increase of 122.3 per cent. Rope advanced 58.1 per cent from
January to December; red-cedar shingles, 44.1 per cent from January
to September; light hogs, 43.1 per cent from January to September;
crude petroleum, 40.7 per cent from January to December; fresh
beef in New York, 40.2 per cent from February to August.
Of the decreases in prices within the year 1912, the more notable
are as follows: Potatoes, 66.7 per cent from April to December;
hops, 59.1 per cent from January to September; barley, 47.7 per
cent from April to December; oats, 44.9 per cent from April to Novem
ber; linseed oil, 44.2 per cent from July to December; corn, 39.5 per
cent from May to December; mutton, 38.6 per cent from April to
November; hay, 37.9 per cent from May to December.
PRICES OF COMMODITIES IN 1912 COMPARED WITH EACH YEAR, 1890
TO 1911.
The following table shows, by relative prices, the changes in the
average wholesale prices of the articles for which prices were secured,
by years, from 1890 to 1912, inclusive, and by months from January
9
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
to December, 1912. The relative price used in this table is simply a
percentage. The base on which the relative price is computed is not
the price in any one year, but the average of prices for 10 years, from
1890 to 1899, inclusive. The reason for adopting this base is fully
explained on page 38. Relative prices such as are here shown are
also sometimes spoken of as relative numbers or as index numbers.
For explanation of the method used in computing the relative price
of all commodities, see pages 40 and 41. To assist in comparing the
average wholesale prices for the year 1912 with the prices for each
year from 1890 to 1911, the last column of the table shows the per
cent of the increase in prices for 1912 over the prices for each of the
preceding years:
RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, BY YEARS, 1890 TO 1912, AND BY MONTHS, JAN
UARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND PER CENT THAT PRICES FOR 1912 WERE HIGHER
THAN FOR EACH PRECEDING YEAR.
[Average for 1890 to 1899=100.0.]
Year or month.
Relative
prices of
all com
modities.
Per cent
higher in
1912 than
in each
preceding
year.
112.9
111.7
. 106.1
105.6
96.1
18.3
19.6
25.9
26.5
39.0
93.6
90.4
89.7
93.4
101.7
42.7
47.8
48.9
43.0
31.4
.*...............................
110.5
108.5
112.9
113.6
113.0
20.9
23.1
18.3
17.6
18.2
......................
115.9
122.5
129.5
15.3
9.1
3.2
126.5
5.6
191 0
191 1
191 2
131.6
129.2
133.6
1.5
3.4
1912
January.........................................................
February.......................................................
March............................................................
April.............................................................
May...............................................................
June..............................................................
130.5
130.7
132.3
134.8
135.4
134.3
July...............................................................
August..........................................................
September...................................... ..............
October.........................................................
November.....................................................
December......................................................
134.4
133.7
134.7
135.2
135.4
135.1
189
189
189
189
189
0
1
2
3
4
189
189
189
189
189
5
6
7
8
9
190
190
190
190
190
0
1
2
3
4
190
190
190
190
190
5
6
7
8
9
........
122.8
8.8
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The relative wholesale prices during the years 1890 to 1912 set
forth in tabular form in the preceding table, are shown also in the
graphic table which follows:
RELATIVE PRICES OP ALL COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912.
[Average for 1890 to 1899=100.0.)
This table shows that the average wholesale prices declined each
year from 1890 to 1897, or 8 years of constantly falling prices. From
1898 to 1912 was a period of advancing prices with only 4 of the 15
years showing a decrease from the prices of the previous year. These
4 years were 1901, 1904, 1908, and 1911. The decline of the 1908
prices from those of 1907 were heavier than the decline in 1901, 1904,
or 1911. The extent of the recession in 1911 was nearly the same as
in 1901, slightly more than in 1904, and much less than in 1908.
Prices advanced sharply in 1912 to the highest point reached in
the 23 years covered by this compilation. The lowest year of the
23-year period was 1897.
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
11
As indicated by the figures on page 9, the average of wholesale
prices of all commodities for 1890 was 112.9 per cent of the average
of wholesale prices for the years from 1890 to 1899; in other words,
the average of wholesale prices in 1890 was 12.9 per cent higher than
the average for the 10-year period named.
In 1891 relative wholesale prices declined to 111.7; that is, to a
point where the average wholesale price for the year was 11.7 per cent
above the average price for the 10 years from 1890 to 1899.
In 1892 relative wholesale prices dropped to 106.1 and in 1893 to
105.6. In the next year, 1894, wholesale prices fell to 96.1, a point
3.9 below the average price for the 10-year base period. In each of
the three succeeding years wholesale prices declined until in 1897 they
reached 89.7; that is, 10.3 per cent below the average price for the
10-year period. In each of the three years next succeeding wholesale
prices advanced, in 1900 reaching 110.5. In 1901 wholesale prices
dropped back to 108.5. The next year, however, marked an increase,
prices in 1902 being on an average a restoration of the prices in 1890,
namely, 112.9. In 1903 prices advanced to 113.6. The next year,
1904, showed a slight decline, nearly back to the prices of 1890 and
1902. In 1905, 1906, and 1907, prices advanced each year. In 1908
prices declined, but advanced in 1909 and again in 1910, declined
in 1911, and advanced in 1912. Prices were at a higher level in 1912
than in any other year of the 23 years covered by the investigation.
The second column of the table (p. 9) shows that the price in
1912 was 3.4 per cent above the price in 1911, 1.5 per cent above the
price in 1910, 18.3 per cent above the price in 1890, and 48.9 per cent
above the price in 1897, the year of lowest average prices within the
23 years.
The relative prices appearing in this table are based on 251 articles
in 1890 and 1891, on 253 articles in 1892, on 255 articles in 1893 and
1912, on 256 articles in 1894, on 257 articles from 1909 to 1911, on
258 articles from 1906 to 1908, on 259 articles in 1895, 1904, and 1905,
on 260 articles in 1896 and from 1899 to 1903, and on 261 articles in
1897 and 1898.
Having shown the movement in wholesale prices for the period
from 1890 to 1912 for all commodities taken as a whole, a table is
given showing the movement in each of the nine groups previously
referred to. This table presents the relative prices by groups from
1890 to 1912.
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RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, BY GROUPS, 1890 TO 1912, AND JANUARY
TO DECEMBER, 1912.
[Average price for 1890 to 1899=100.0.]
Year.
Farm
prod
ucts.
Food,
etc.
Cloths
Metals Lumber
Drugs House
Fuel
and
and
and
and
furnish Miscel
and
cloth lighting. imple building chemi
ing
laneous.
ing.
ments. mate
cals.
goods.
rials.
AU
com
modi
ties.
1890..........
1891..........
1892..........
1893..........
1894..........
110.0
121.5
111.7
107.9
95.9
112.4
115.7
103.6
110.2
99.8
113.5
111.3
109.0
107.2
96.1
104.7
102.7
101.1
100.0
92.4
119.2
111.7
106.0
100.7
90.7
111.0
108.4
102.8
101.9
96.3
110.2
103.6
102.9
100.5
89.8
111.1
110.2
106.5
104.9
100.1
110.3
109.4
106.2
105.9
99.8
112.9
111.7
106.1
105.6
96.1
1895..........
1896..........
1897..........
1898..........
1899..........
93.3
78.3
85.2
96.1
100.0
94.6
83.8
87.7
94.4
98.3
92.7
91.3
91.1
93.4
96.7
98.1
104.3
96.4
95.4
105.0
92.0
93.7
86.6
86.4
114.7
94.1
93.4
90.4
95.8
105.8
87.9
92.6
94.4
106.6
111.3
96.5
94.0
89.8
92.0
95.1
94.5
91.4
92.1
92.4
97.7
93.6
90.4
89.7
93.4
101.7
1900..........
1901..........
1902..........
1903..........
1904..........
109.5
116.9
130.5
118.8
126.2
104.2
105.9
111.3
107.1
107.2
106.8
101.0
102.0
106.6
109.8
120.9
119.5
134.3
149.3
132.6
120.5
111.9
117.2
117.6
109.6
115.7
116.7
118.8
121.4
122.7
115.7
115.2
114.2
112.6
110.0
106.1
110.9
112.2
113.0
111.7
109.8
107.4
114.1
113.6
111.7
110.5
108.5
112.9
113.6
113.0
1905..........
1906..........
1907..........
1908..........
1909..........
124.2
123.6
137.1
133.1
153.1
108.7
112.6
117.8
120.6
124.7
112.0
120.0
126.7
116.9
119.6
128.8
131.9
135.0
130.8
129.3
122.5
135.2
143.4
125.4
124.8
127.7
140.1
146.9
133.1
138.4
109.1
101.2
109.6
110.4
112.4
109.1
111.0
118.5
114.0
111.7
112.8
121.1
127.1
119.9
125.9
115.9
122.5
129.5
122.8
126.5
1910..........
1911..........
1912..........
164.0
162.0
171.3
128.7
131.3
139.5
123.7
119.6
120.7
125.4
122.4
133.9
128.5
119.4
126.1
153.2
151.4
148.2
117.0
120.3
122.9
111.6
111.1
113.7
133.1
131.2
133.2
131.6
129.2
133.6
1912
Jan..........
Feb..........
Mar..........
Apr..........
May.........
June........
171.6
171.7
179.8
189.0
189.8
176.6
140.7
140.3
142.3
146.5
144.7
143.2
115.3
115.7
117.4
119.1
120.4
121.1
125.8
128.4
128.7
133.6
134.0
132.4
121.0
121.0
121.4
122.5
123.4
124.2
145.1
144.3
145.0
146.0
146.6
146.8
121.8
121.8
121.5
118.4
123.4
122.7
113.0
113.0
113.4
113.6
113.6
113.6
127.8
129.9
132.7
134.3
136.6
134.5
130.5
130.7
132.3
134.8
135.4
134.3
July.........
Aug..........
Sept.........
Oct..........
Nov.........
Dec..........
171.3
164.1
166.3
164.7
158.6
157.8
142.0
138.4
138.6
138.7
138.5
135.6
121.7
122.6
123.1
123.4
123.8
125.0
133.5
133.0
133.6
136.8
142.2
144.8
125.8
126.9
128.9
131.9
132.8
132.8
149.5
150.4
152.1
150.7
151.0
150.5
123.1
122.5
125.5
125.6
125.3
124.1
113.6
113.6
113.6
113.6
114.4
114.4
132.3
132.3
133.8
134.4
135.1
134.8
134.4
133.7
134.7
135.2
135.4
135.1
In this table the average relative prices of farm products are based
on 16 articles from 1890 to 1907 and on 20 articles from 1908 to 1912;
of food, etc., on 53 articles from 1890 to 1892 and from 1904 to 1907,
54 from 1893 to 1903, on 55 in 1912, end on 57 from 1908 to 1911; of
cloths and clothing, on 65 articles from 1909 to 1912, on 66 in 1908,
on 70 in 1890 and 1891, 72 in 1892, 73 in 1893 and 1894, 75 in 1895,
1896, 1906, and 1907, and 76 from 1897 to 1905; of fuel and lighting,
on 13 articles; of metals and implements, on 37 articles from 1890 to
1893, 38 in 1894 and 1895 and from 1899 to 1912, and 39 from 1896 to
1898; of lumber and building materials, on 26 articles from 1890 to
1894, 27 from 1895 to 1907, and on 28 from 1908 to 1912; of drugs
and chemicals, on 9 articles; of house-furnishing goods, on 14 articles;
and of miscellaneous, on 13 articles.
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WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
The following table shows the per cent that prices for each group
were higher or lower in 1912 than in each of the years 1890 to 1911:
PER CENT OF INCREASE OR DECREASE IN WHOLESALE PRICES: AVERAGE FOR
1912 COMPARED WITH AVERAGE FOR EACH OF THE PRECEDING 22 YEARS, BY
GROUPS OF COMMODITIES.
Price in 1912-
Farm
prod
ucts.
Food,
etc.
Cloths
and
cloth
ing.
Fuel
and
light
ing.
Metals
and
imple
ments.
Lum
HouseAll
ber and Drugs
ana furnish Miscel com
build chemi
mod
ing
laneous.
ing ma cals. goods.
ities.
terials.
Higher than in
Higher than in
Higher than in
Higher than in
Higher than in
1890.
1891.
1892.
1893.
1894.
Per
cent.
55.7
41.0
53.4
58.8
78.6
Per
cent.
24.1
20.6
34.7
26.6
39.8
Per
cent.
6.3
8.4
10.7
12.6
25.6
Per
cent.
27.9
30.4
32.4
33.9
44.9
Per
cent.
5.8
12.9
19.0
25.2
39.0
Per
cent.
33.5
36.7
44.2
45.4
53.9
Per
cent.
11.5
18.6
19.4
22.3
36.9
Per
cent.
2.3
3.2
6.8
8.4
13.6
Per
cent.
20.8
21.8
25.4
25.8
33.5
Per
cent.
18.3
19.6
25.9
26.5
39.0
Higher than in
Higher than in
Higher than in
Higher than in
Higher than in
1895.
1896.
1897.
1898.
1899.
83.6
118.8
101.1
78.3
71.3
47.5
66.5
59.1
47.8
41.9
30.2
32.2
32.5
29.2
24.8
36.5
28.4
38.9
40.4
27.5
37.1
34.5
45.6
45.9
9.9
57.5
58.7
63.9
54.7
40.1
39.8
32.7
30.2
15.3
10.4
17.8
21.0
26.6
23.6
19.6
41.0
45.7
44.6
44.2
36.3
42.7
47.8
48.9
43.0
31.4
Higher than in 1900.
Higher than in 1901.
Higher thanin\1ono (
Lower than inj yu Higher than in\1anQ /
Lower than in/
Higher than in\1on. |
Lower than in/
56.4
46.5
31.3
33.9
31.7
25.3
13.0
19.5
18.3
10.8
12.1
4.6
12.7
7.6
28.1
27.0
24.7
6.2
6.7
7.6
7.2
2.5
1.3
21.3
24.0
16.7
20.9
23.1
18.3
44.2
30.3
13.2
35.7
30.1
Higher than in\1ont. |
Lower than in/
Higher than in)
f
Lower t.Tmn inf
Higher than in u Qn7 f
Lower than in/
Higher than in\1onc |
Lower than in/
Higher than in\1onQ |
Lower than infiyuy‘
37.9
38.6
24.9
18.4
28.7
15.7
4.7
3.3
.8
2.4
11.9
11.9
.9
3.6
L.4±
8.4
2.4
.9
9.4
Lower than
Higher than in\1Q11
Lower than in/ y
1
5-7
.3
7.2
22.1
9.1
.6
17.3
17.6
9.9
10.3
1.0
15.1
20.8
11.7
1.8
19.2
18.2
28.3
7.8
4.0
2.9
16.1
12.6
4.2
18.1
15.3
23.9
.6
i.5
5.8
21.4
2.4
10.0
9.1
12.1
.6
.9
12.1
4.8
3.2
11.3
11.3
1.0
7.1
9.3
1.9
5.6
3.3
6.2
6.8
6.7
2.1
4.1
.3
1.8
11.1
8.8
5.8
5.6
5.0
1.9
.1
1.5
2.2
2.3
1.5
3.4
The greatest advance in any group was in farm products, in which
the price in 1912 was 118.8 per cent higher than the 1896 price,
making the price in 1912 more than twice that in 1896. This group
was 5.7 per cent higher than in 1911.
Food, etc., in the year 1912 was 66.5 per cent higher than in 1896,
and 6.2 per cent higher than the average price for 1911. The cloths
and clothing group in 1912 was 32.5 per cent higher than in 1897,
0.9 per cent higher than in 1911, and 2.4 per cent lower than in 1910.
Further study of the table shows that the 1912 average price for
eight of the nine groups was higher than the 1911 average price and
that only the group of lumber and building materials shows a de
crease. The point of most significance in this table is that during the
23 years five of the nine groups were higher in some other year than
they were in 1912. Cloths and clothing were higher in 1907 and
1910 than in 1912; fuel and lighting in 1902,1903, and 1907; metals
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and implements in 1906, 1907, and 1910; lumber and building
materials in 1910 and 1911; and house-furnishing goods in 1907 and
1908.
In order to follow the movement in the two great classes of com
modities—raw and manufactured—the following table and graphic
have been prepared. The articles included under each of the two
groups are indicated on page 8.
RELATIVE PRICES OF RAW AND MANUFACTURED COMMODITIES, BY YEARS, 1890
TO 1912, AND BY MONTHS, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912.
[Average for 1890 to 1899=100.0.]
Year or month.
1890.....................................................................................................
1891.....................................................................................................
1892.....................................................................................................
1893.....................................................................................................
1894.....................................................................................................
Manufac
Raw com tured
com
modities.
modities.
115.0
116.3
107.9
104.4
93.2
All com
modities.
112.3
110.6
105.6
105.9
96.8
112.9
111.7
106.1
105.6
96.1
91.7
1895.....................................................................................................
94.0
1896.....................................................................................................
84.0
91.9
87.6
1897.....................................................................................................
90.1
94.0
1898.....................................................................................................
93.3
105.9
1899.....................................................................................................
100.7
93.6
90.4
89.7
93.4
101.7
1900.....................................................................................................
1901.....................................................................................................
1902.....................................................................................................
1903.....................................................................................................
1904.....................................................................................................
111.9
111.4
122.4
122.7
119.7
110.2
107.8
110.6
111.5
111.3
110.5
108.5
112.9
113.6
113.0
1905.....................................................................................................
1906.....................................................................................................
1907.....................................................................................................
1908.....................................................................................................
1909.....................................................................................................
121.2
126.5
133.4
125.5
136.8
114.6
121.6
128.6
122.2
123.9
115.9
122.5
129.5
122.8
126.5
1910.....................................................................................................
1911.....................................................................................................
1912.....................................................................................................
139.7
139.9
149.5
129.6
126.6
129.7
131.6
129.2
133.6
148.3
150.8
154.7
160.1
157.8
153.0
126.1
125.8
126.9
128.7
129.9
129.8
130.5
130.7
132.3
134.8
135.4
134.3
150.9
146.1
147.4
148.6
146.7
144.9
130.4
130.6
131.6
132.0
132.7
132.8
134.4
133.7
134.7
135.2
135.4
135.1
1912
.Tannarv ...........
February............................................................................................
March.................................................................................................
April...................................................................................................
May....................................................................................................
August................................................................................................
September..........................................................................................
October..............................................................................................
November...........................................................................................
December...........................................................................................
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
RELATIVE PRICES OF RAW
AND MANUFACTURED COMMODITIES:
1890 TO 1912.
[Average for 1890 to 1899=100.0.]
RAM
15
MANUFACTUREQ.
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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
In 1890 the relative prices of raw commodities were on a higher level
than those of manufactured commodities and remained so until 1893,
when prices of raw commodities declined and those of manufactured
commodities were slightly above the prices of 1892. From 1894 to
1896 there was a marked decline in both groups, the raw commodi
ties being on a lower level than the manufactured in each of these years.
In 1897 raw commodities advanced and manufactured declined. From
1898 to 1900 there was a decided advance in both groups each year,
raw commodities advancing to a higher point than manufactured. In
1901 there was a very slight decline in raw and a more marked decline
in manufactured commodities. In 1902 both groups made a decided
advance, raw commodities much the greater, and in 1903 both
slightly advanced. In 1904 both raw and manufactured commodi
ties declined, but in 1905 both groups advanced. In 1906 both
made a sharp advance, and another advance, equally great, was
made in both groups in 1907. In 1908 both raw and manufactured
commodities declined.
In 1909 both general groups advanced, but the increase in raw was
much more marked than in manufactured commodities. In 1910
both groups advanced, manufactured commodities making the
greater gain. In 1911 manufactured commodities receded and raw
commodities rose higher, but in 1912 the yearly average price of both
groups advanced beyond that of other years. The manufactured
group in December, 1912, was at the highest point attained during
the 23 years covered, while the group of raw commodities was at the
highest point in April, 1912.
For the period included in this table it will be seen that generally
during the years of high prices raw commodities were on a higher
level than manufactured commodities, and during the years of low
prices raw commodities were on a lower level than manufactured
commodities.
The following table shows the per cent that prices of raw and
manufactured commodities were higher in 1912 than in each of the
years from 1890 to 1911:
PER CENT OF INCREASE IN THE WHOLESALE PRICES OF RAW AND MANUFACTURED
COMMODITIES: AVERAGE FOR 1912 COMPARED WITH AVERAGE FOR EACH OF THE
PRECEDING 22 YEARS.
Year.
Manufac
Raw com tured
com
modities. modities.
All com
modities.
1890.....................................................................................................
1891.....................................................................................................
1892.....................................................................................................
1893.....................................................................................................
1894.....................................................................................................
Per cent.
30.0
28.5
38.6
43.2
60.4
Per cent.
15.5
17.3
22.8
22.5
34.0
Per cent.
18. S
19.6
25.9
26.5
39.0
1895.....................................................................................................
1896.....................................................................................................
1897.....................................................................................................
1898.....................................................................................................
63.0
78.0
70.7
59.0
41.2
38.0
41.1
44.0
39.0
28.8
42.7
47.8
48.9
43.0
31.4
17
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
PER CENT OF INCREASE IN THE WHOLESALE PRICES OF RAW AND MANUFACTURED
COMMODITIES: AVERAGE FOR 1912 COMPARED WITH AVERAGE FOR EACH OF THE
PRECEDING 22 YEARS—Concluded.
Manufac
Raw com tured
com
modities. modities.
All com
modities.
1900i..........................................................
1901
1902
1903
1904
Per cent.
33.6
34.2
22.1
21.8
24.9
Per cent.
17.7
20.3
17.3
16.3
16.5
Per cent.
20.9
23.1
18.3
17.6
18.2
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909i..........................................................
23.3
18.2
12.1
19.1
9.3
13.2
6.7
.9
6.1
4.7
15.3
9.1
3.2
1910i..........................................................
1911
7.0
6.9
.1
2.4
1.5
3.4
Year.
8.8
5.6
PRICES OF COMMODITIES, BY MONTHS, JANUARY, 1900, TO DECEM
BER, 1912.
An opportunity is given in the table below to study the movement
in prices for each of the nine groups and for all commodities, month
by month, from January, 1900, to December, 1912, inclusive.
RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FOR EACH MONTH, JANUARY, 1900, TO DECEM
BER, 1912, BY GROUPS.
[Average for 1890 to 1899=100.0.]
FARM PRODUCTS.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Yearly
aver
age.
109.6 109.2
114.3 117.1
137.6 141.1
121.1 115.8
126.8 125.2
106.8 108.1
119.0 117.8
131.0 129.7
114.8 117.2
125.3 126.0
109.8
118.3
126.3
112.5
125.4
112.6
118.4
123.5
109.9
126.4
110.9
124.1
122.3
112.2
122.2
109.5
116.9
130.5
118.8
126.2
125.2
124.2
139.9
134.9
156.4
126.2
126.2
144.2
132.8
155.7
128.9
124.0
140.5
134.0
153.3
125.3 120.4 120.1 119.7
122.8 123.8 125.2 126.9
141.0 145.5 144.4 128.9
133.8 132.7 133.9 133.5
149.6 151.4 158.4 164.3
121.8
130.0
128.3
135.2
169.2
124.2
123.6
137.1
133.1
153.1
181.0 177.0 168.5
156.2 156.1 157.5
179.8 189.0 189.8
163.3
158.2
176.6
161.6
163.4
171.3
161.6
163.1
164.1
159.3
168.2
166.3
155.5 151.0
172.0 170.0
164.7 158.6
150.5
169.6
157.8
164.6
162.0
171.3
104.4
109.9
107.9
107.1
108.5
Year.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
1900....
1901....
1902----1903....
1904....
104.5
112.8
126.7
123.3
120.8
108.7
113.2
126.8
124.8
127.2
109.8
114.0
129.0
127.0
130.3
114.3
115.9
134.4
125.0
129.2
110.8
116.8
137.7
122.1
127.6
1905....
1906....
1907....
1908___
1909....
124.1
119.5
129.0
129.8
138.5
125.9
118.7
134.6
128.8
141.7
127.1
119.4
135.4
134.2
147.5
127.0
122.5
136.5
135.0
149.7
1910.... 169.4
1911.... 155.0
1912.... 171.6
175.1
152.7
171.7
July.
Aug.
FOOD, ETC.
1900....
1901....
1902....
1903....
1904....
103.7 103.6
106.4 105.6
111.4 111.8
112.3 111.4
106.3 108.3
102.9
104.9
111.1
112.3
108.7
1905....
1906....
1907....
1908....
1909....
112.2
112.3
117.0
120.5
122.6
110.3
111.7
116.7
120.2
123.8
113.6
112.2
118.2
119.8
122.9
102.5 101.6
103.2 102.9
111.4 112.6
110.0 104.8
107.4 105.2
101.2
102.9
109.3
105.6
105.1
102.5
103.2
109.3
103.8
105.2
103.3
106.0
108.5
103.1
106.3
106.7 108.5
107.4 107.6
112.2 112.6
104.4 105.6
107.8 110.2
108.3
111.1
114.1
105.5
111.4
104.2
105.9
111.3
107.0
107.2
109.0 104.6
109.8
113.9 113.8
121.3 118.2
125.1 126.5
102.7
111.1
115.2
120.3
126.5
103.2
112.3
114.9
120.2
126.7
105.9 108.3 108.8 110.2
113.2 112.4 112.7 115.8
115.3 117.4 123.5 122.8
120.0 121.9 122.6 121.9
125.1 128.0 125.4 127.4
112.1
118.2
120.8
124.4
129.0
108.7
112.6
117.8
120.6
124.7
127.8 128.9
135.9 136.8
138.5 135.6
128.7
131.3
139.5
111.0
1910.... 129.1 128.2 130.9 129.8
1911.... 127.9 127.6 126.5 126.5
1912.... 140.7 140.3 142.3 146.5
127.8 126.8 128.1
125.2 128.8 129.9
144.7 143.2 142.0
86629°—Bull. 114—13----- 2
129.1
134.3
138.4
130.1 129.6
134.5 135.5
138.6 138.7
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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
RELATIVE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FOR EACH MONTH, JANUARY, 1900, TO DECEM
BER, 1912, BY GROUPS—Continued.
CLOTHS AND CLOTHING.
Year.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May. June. July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Yearly
aver
age.
1900....
1901....
1902....
1903....
1904....
107.7
102.8
101.5
104.2
110.4
108.4
102.2
101.5
104.5
112.1
109.0
101.8
101.9
104.9
111.9
108.9
100.4
101.5
105.0
111.7
108.5
99.8
101.5
105.4
110.9
108.1
99.8
101.6
106.3
110.5
106.5
100.3
101.8
107.5
108.8
105.5
99.7
101.5
107.8
108.6
105.2
100.8
102.0
108.2
108.4
104.4
101.0
102.7
108.0
108.4
104.7 105.2
101.2 101.4
102.8 103.0
108.1 108.6
108.3 108.6
106.8
101.0
102.0
106.6
109.8
1905....
1906....
1907....
1908....
1909....
109.6
119.4
123.2
124.0
116.1
108.5 108.7
119.5 119.6
123.9 124 6
121.2 119.9
116.5 116.7
108.8
119.3
125.3
118.5
116.7
109.0
119.5
125.9
117.6
117.0
110.1
119.4
126.9
114.7
117.5
111.5 113.8 114.5
119.3 119.3 119.7
128.0 128.3 129.2
114.5 114.4 114.2
119.5 121.0 121.3
115.2
120.3
128.8
114.2
122.6
116.1
121.6
128.2
114.8
124.5
117.1
122.2
127.1
115.6
125.2
112.0
120.0
126.7
116.9
119.6
126.4 124.6 123.8
121.9 121.0 120.6
117.4 119.1 120.4
123.3
120.2
121.1
121.8
120.1
121.7
121.8 122.4 122.7 122.8
118.8 117.3 116.6 116.1
123.1 123.4 123.8 125.0
123.7
119.6
120.7
1910.... 126.9
1911.... 121.9
1912.... 115.3
126.7
121.8
115.7
121.6
119.1
122.6
FUEL AND LIGHTING.
1900....
1901___
1902___
1903....
1904....
122.6
119.3
119.4
178.6
143.6
1905___
1906....
1907....
1908....
1909....
130.8 132.8
134.0 131.3
135.8 136.6
134.3 132.5
131.7 130.0
127.5
120.0
118.6
178.6
141.9
1910.... 131.1 130.3
1911.... 123.9 124.1
1912___ 125.8 128.4
129.3
120.5
118.9
154.8
138.7
126.9
116.5
118.1
149.0
130.6
122.2 117.8 115.2 114.2 116.4
115.5 115.3 116.8 119.5 120.2
123.3 125.9 121.0 120.8 127.2
145.0 143.1 141.1 140.3 140.4
129.1 129.4 127.8 128.2 128.8
117.4
121.7
175.9
141.2
129.1
118.7
124.9
158.0
140.1
130.8
116.9
124.2
171.2
139.8
133.9
120.9
119.5
134.3
149.3
132.6
132.2
132.2
139.9
130.7
133.9
134.5
134.5
139.9
131.9
133.5
134.7
136.5
133.6
132.5
133.5
128.8
131.9
135.0
130.8
129.3
123.9 122.3 122.9 123.8
122.2 123.0 122.4 122.9
133.6 136.8 142.2 144.8
125.4
122.4
133.9
130.5 125.8 124.0
130.9 131.7 129.9
135.5 132.1 132.6
132.9 128.5 127 8
128.9 126.3 126.2
124.4
128.6
131.2
129.0
126.0
124.3 125.3 126.5
129.7 131.3 131.9
132.9 134.1 135.2
129.2 130.2 130.4
127.3 126.5 128.5
125.4
121.0
133.6
124.5
120.8
132.4
123.3
121.1
133.5
130.3
124.4
128.7
124.2
120.9
134.0
123.5
121.9
133.0
METALS AND IMPLEMENTS.
1900....
1901....
1902....
1903___
1904....
127.8 129.2 129.6
110.4 110.0 111.2
111.4 112.2 114.1
119.4 119.6 121.6
108.9 109.0 109.6
1905....
1906....
1907....
1908....
1909....
115.2
131.0
147.9
127.4
126.1
119.7
131.6
149.1
126.7
124.4
122.6 122.5 122.3
131.5 131.3 132.3
148.8 148.6 148.8
125.9 125.9 125.8
122.6 121.8 121.3
121.2 120.8 122.3 123.2
133.2 133.1 133.2 135.4
148.1 146.9 142.7 140.8
124.8 124.0 124.5 124.7
121.6 122.3 123.5 125.8
124.2 126.3
139.3 143.6
135.4 133.3
124.8 125.1
128.1 129.3
129.3
146.9
129.8
125.7
130.6
122.5
135.2
143.4
125.4
124.8
1910.... 129.7
1911.... 119.4
1912.... 121.0
129.3
120.0
121.0
128.9 131.5 129.9
120.6 120.7 120.0
121.4 122.5 123.4
129.1 128.2 127.0
119.2 119.1 119.6
124.2 125.8 126.9
127.2 127.1 126.8
118.5 117.7 118.6
131.9 132.8 132.8
128.5
119.4
126.1
128.7
112.0
115.1
123.1
111.0
124.6
112.3
118.1
121.9
110.6
120.9 118.0
112.0 111.6
119.9 119.9
119.7 118.1
109.3 108.6
116.4
112.6
120.6
117.0
108.3
114.3
112.8
120.4
115.8
107.6
127.0
119.3
128.9
111.9
112.5
119.4
114.3
107.7
112.4 112.6
112.6 112.6
118.7 117.3
111.8 109.0
110.7 113.4
120.5
111.9
117.2
117.6
109.6
LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS.
1900....
1901....
1902....
1903....
1904....
115.5
114.4
111.4
120.7
123.6
116.4
115.2
112.8
122.8
124.4
1905....
1906....
1907....
1908....
1909....
120.1
135.0
145.9
138.9
137.4
121.9 120.7 122.8 124.5 130.7 128.0
138.4 139.6 139.2 140.4 139.8 141.5
147.3 149.1 150.5 150.4 149.8 149.2
138.1 135.2 135.9 131.6 128.8 128.8
137.8 136.1 135.8 135.7 135.5 135.3
1910.... 149.3 151.5
1911.... 155.0 156.9
1912.... 145.1 144.3
117.1
117.7
113.2
123.5
123.5
117.3
118.1
116.3
120.9
123.6
116.3
116.2
120.5
118.7
123.9
116.9
116.1
121.5
120.6
125.5
115.4
118.0
120.1
120.1
124.4
114.4 113.0 114.1
117.3 115.7 119.3
121.6 121.0 121.8
119.5 121.5 121.3
123.6 120.4 119.5
116.3
119.4
122.6
124.3
119.4
115.8
113.0
122.7
123.1
120.1
115.7
116.7
118.8
121.4
122.7
131.6
139.9
149.0
129.9
136.8
134.2
141.6
142.2
132.3
143.5
132.1
143.3
137.2
136.3
145.0
127.7
140.1
146.9
133.1
138.4
151.3 152.0 151.2 151.6 153.6 155.2 155.9 155.9 156.5 156.4
157.6 159.4 154.6 150.3 149.9 147.2 148.3 146.7 146.4 144.3
145.0 146.0 146.6 146.8 149.5 150.4 152.1 150.7 151.0 150.5
153.2
151.4
148.2
131.9
141.0
147.2
130.4
141.3
133.4
141.1
144.9
131.1
140.6
19
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
RELATIVE PRICES OP COMMODITIES FOR EACH MONTH, JANUARY, 1900, TO DECEM
BER, 1912, BY GROUPS—Concluded.
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
Year.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May. June. July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Yearly
aver
age.
1900....
1901....
1902....
1903....
1904....
114.6
115.8
119.1
111.8
111.7
115.6
112.0
117.2
111.4
110.4
116.8
112.7
117.4
113.7
110.6
115.9
113.1
117.3
111.4
111.8
113.8
113.9
114.3
112.8
112.3
112.9
114.5
114.3
113.7
110.6
113.1
114.3
112.6
113.1
109.9
116.5
117.2
111.4
113.9
109.6
117.5
115.3
110.2
112.8
108.5
117.1
114.2
112.3
112.6
108.2
116.7
120.5
113.5
112.5
107.7
117.5
118.7
111.5
111.4
109.1
115.7
115.2
114.2
112.6
110.0
1905....
1908....
1907....
1908....
1909....
108.9
102.9
102.1
109.5
112.2
109.4
101.5
103.5
111.1
110.9
110.0
101.2
103.4
110.9
110.6
110.5
101.0
105.0
110.2
110.3
109.0
100.2
104.8
107.1
109.5
108.8
100.3
104.4
108.4
110.5
106.4
100.3
108.1
112.7
111.8
108.1
101.6
119.1
112.1
111.7
110.0
100.9
119.1
111.2
112. t)
110.2
100.7
116.7
109.7
114.7
109.5
100.7
115.8
110.2
116.3
108.8
102.9
112.4
110.9
117.2
109.1
101.2
109.6
110.4
112.4
116.2 117.5 117.5 116.6 118.8
123.2 122.5 123.2 121.9 121.4
122.5 125.5 125.6 125.3 124.1
117.0
120.3
122.9
1910.... 116.7 116.8 116.4 116.2 117.1 117.0 116.8
1911.... 117.8 118.5 118.7 118.6 118.8 118.6 119.8
1912.... 121.8 121.8 120.5 118.4 123.4 122.7 123.1
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS.
1900....
1901....
1902....
1903....
1904....
105.5
110.9
111.5
112.2
111.9
106.0 106.0 106.0 106.0
110.9 110.9 110.9 110.9
111.5 111.5 111.5 112.5
112.2 113.1 113.1 113.1
111.5 111.5 111.5 111.8
106.0
110.9
112.5
113.1
111.8
106.0
110.9
112.5
113.1
111.8
106.5
110.9
112.5
113.1
111.8
106.5
110.9
112.5
112.7
111.8
106.5
110.9
112.5
113.5
111.8
106.5
110.9
112.5
113.5
111.8
105.6
110.9
112.5
113.5
111.8
106.1
110.9
112.2
113.0
111.7
1905....
1906....
1907....
1908....
1909....
109.1
108.8
115.0
117.0
114.5
109.1
108.8
115.0
117.0
113.7
109.1
108.8
118.5
114.5
110.8
109.1
112.1
119.6
114.1
110.8
109.1
112.1
120.5
111.2
110.8
109.1
112.1
120.5
111.2
110.7
109.1
112.7
120.5
111.2
109.9
109.1
115.0
120.2
110.5
109.8
109.1
115.0
120.2
110.5
109.8
109.1
118.5
114.0
111.7
1910.... 109.1 109.7 109.7 112.4 112.4 112.4 112.4 112.4 112.4 112.4 112.4 111.6
1911.... 110.9 110.9 110.9 111.2 111.2 111.2 111.2 111.2 111.2 111.2 111.2 111.2
1912.... 113.0 113.0 113.4 113.6 113.6 113.6 113.6 113.6 113.6 113.6 114.4 114.4
113.7
109.1
108.8
117.2
117.0
113.1
109.1
108.8
117.5
117.0
113.1
109.1
108.8
117.5
117.0
113.1
111.0
111.6
111.1
MISCELLANEOUS.
1900....
1901....
1902....
1903___
1904....
109.8
105.2
115.7
113.3
110.2
110.7
105.4
112.3
113.5
111.2
112.2
104.7
114.0
114.9
112.9
113.1
106.7
115.2
114.2
112.6
114.1
107.3
115.9
115.1
112.7
110.7
107.5
116.6
114.3
111.6
110.5
106.7
116.7
114.3
112.9
108.1
107.1
114.2
114.4
111.6*
108.5
108.2
113.6
114.4
111.2
107.5
109.3
111.7
114.5
111.6
106.5
109.5
110.9
110.4
109.7
105.8
111.8
112.9
110.1
111.5
109.8
107.4
114.1
113.6
111.7
1905....
1906....
1907___
1908....
1909....
111.2
118.6
126.0
122.6
117.1
113.8
118.9
123.8
121.4
117.9
114.6
118.1
128.5
120.1
124.0
113.9
117.6
128.9
120.6
122.3
112.1
121.3
129.5
121.9
124.4
112.9
122.2
128.8
121.1
126.4
110.6
122.6
130.3
121.5
126.7
111.6
123.0
127.5
118.9
130.6
111.8
121.4
127.8
118.5
128.7
112.5
120.3
129.5
118.2
130.8
113.3
123.4
124.3
116.7
131.1
115.1
125.8
120.6
117.1
131.4
112.8
121.1
127.1
119.9
125.9
129.2 129.2
130.8 129.6
135.1 134.8
133.1
131.2
133.2
1910.... 131.8 130.6 132.2 135.1 136.9 136.1 133.8
1911.... 131.1 131.0 133.5 132.5 131.4 133.0 129.8
1912.... 127.8 129.9 132.7 134.3 136.6 134.5 132.3
135.4 136.6 130.6
129.1 129.8 132.9
132.3 133.8 134.4
ALL COMMODITIES.
1900....
1901....
1902....
1903....
1904....
111.4
108.3
110.3
115.9
113.2
112.5
107.9
110.4
116.1
114.4
112.9
108.2
110.9
115.9
114.6
112.9
107.6
111.7
114.9
114.0
111.4
107.3
113.3
113.2
113.2
110.2
107.1
113.1
113.4
112.9
109.3
107.6
113.0
112.6
112.0
108.7
108.5
112.2
112.2
112.0
108.6
109.4
112.3
113.3
112.0
108.7
109.4
115.5
112.3
111.8
109.6
109.9
114.6
112.1
112.7
109.5
110.4
115.3
111.7
113.5
110.5
108.5
112.9
113.6
113.0
1905....
1906....
1907....
1908....
1909....
114.0
120.8
127.9
125.7
124.0
115.2
121.1
129.0
124.4
124.0
114.9
121.1
129.4
124.2
124.5
114.6
121.0
129.1
124.0
124.6
113.6
121.2
129.6
122.4
125.4
114.1
121.6
130.1
121.5
125.5
114.3
122.1
130.3
121.7
126.2
116.0
122.3
130.2
121.4
126.4
116.7
122.6
130.8
121.8
128.1
117.6
123.5
131.0
122.1
129.0
118.7
125.7
128.9
122.1
130.9
119.8
127.6
126.4
123.6
132.2
115.9
122.5
129.5
122.8
126.5
1910.... 132.7 132.9 133.8 133.3 131.9 131.1 130.7 131.0 131.3 130.8 130.1 130.4
1911.... 128.9 129.0 129.3 129.0 128.1 128.4 128.8 129.4 129.8 129.8 129.2 129.2
1912.... 130.5 130.7 132.3 134.8 135.4 134.3 134.4 133.7 134.7 135.2 135.4 135.1
131.6
129.2
133.6
to
o
RELATIVE PRICES OF ALL COMMODITIES, BY MONTHS, JANUARY, 1908, TO DECEMBER, 1912.
BULLETIN
OF
THE
BUREAU
OF
LABOR
STATISTICS,
[Average lor 1890 to 1899=100.0.]
21
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
The course of prices, by months, from January, 1908, to Decem
ber, 1912, as represented by all commodities, is shown more clearly
in the graphic table on page 20. The earlier years are omitted from
the chart for lack of space.
The following table shows the movement in the wholesale prices of
raw commodities and of manufactured commodities, month by
month, from January, 1900, to December, 1912. A description of
the two classes will be found on page 8.
RELATIVE PRICES OF RAW COMMODITIES, OF MANUFACTURED COMMODITIES, AND
OF ALL COMMODITIES FOR EACH MONTH, JANUARY, 1900, TO DECEMBER, 1912.
[Average for 1890-1899=100.]
RAW COMMODITIES.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Yearly
aver
age.
107.8
112.5
119.8
118.6
118.7
107.4
112.9
119.6
120.7
119.1
108.1
112.4
131.3
118.1
117.3
110.8
114.3
128.7
117.2
120.7
110.8
117.6
131.4
117.5
122.1
111.9
111.4
122.4
122.7
119.7
117.4 118.4
124.9 124.9
136.9 134.2
123.8 124.8
138.9 138.8
118.4 119.6 122.1
125.4 126.3 128.4
132.3 132.8 134.3
125.3 125.6 127.1
136.4 138.2 138.7
123.8
132.4
128.1
127.8
141.0
126.3
135.6
124.2
132.2
143.1
121.2
126.5
133.4
125.5
136.8
138.1 138.2
139.6 140.3
153.0 150.9
138.8
140.5
146.1
136.0
143.0
148.6
135.1
144.5
146.7
136.5
145.8
144.9
139.7
139.9
149.5
112.2 112.1 110.9 110.3 109.4 108.9
107.5 107.3 106.8 107.0 107.1 107.5
109.5 110.3 111.0 111.2 110.9 110.4
113.1 112.3 111.3 111.4 110.9 110.7
112.5 112.3 111.6 111.5 110.7 110.4
108.8 108.8
108.6 108.7
110.6 111.7
111.6 110.9
110.3 110.5
109.3
108.9
111.2
110.9
110.8
109.1
108.7
111.5
110.4
111.5
110.2
107.8
110.6
111.5
111.3
113.1
120.6
127.8
124.0
121.6
116.0
121.8
130.3
120.9
125.6
116.6 117.5
122.4 124.1
130.2 129.1
120.9 120.8
126.6 128.4
118.2
125.6
127.0
121.5
129.5
114.6
121.6
128.6
122.2
123.9
129.3 128.8 129.0 129.5 129.4 128.8
125.6 126.0 126.7 126.9 126.6 125.5
129.8 130.4 130.6 131.6 132.0 132.7
128.8
125.1
132.8
129.6
126.6
129.7
Year.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
1900....
1901....
1902....
1903....
1904....
115.1
111.0
117.0
133.0
121.8
116.4
110.3
116.2
133.0
123.6
116.1
110.8
117.0
127.8
123.2
116.2 113.5 109.8
108.7 109.4 107.5
117.5 122.8 121.1
125.8 121.5 121.6
121.1 119.7 118.5
1905....
1906....
1907....
1908....
1909....
123.0 124.1 122.6 119.6
125.5 124.4 123.0 124.7
134.7 136.1 136.2 133.9
124.3 123.9 125.2 124.0
132.9 134.4 135.8 136.8
118.2
123.6
136.0
122.4
139.9
143.3
135.8
160.1
140.3
135.0
157.8
1910.... 144.9
1911___ 136.1
1912.... 148.3
144.9
135.1
150.8
144.9
135.9
154.7
May. June. July.
108.7
109.6
121.8
119.9
117.5
138.2
141.4
147.4
MANUFACTURED COMMODITIES.
111.5
107.3
109.0
112.0
112.2
1900....
1901....
1902___
1903___
1904....
110.5
107.7
108.7
111.8
111.1
1905....
1906....
1907....
1908....
1909....
111.9 113.1
119.7 120.3
126.3 127.3
126.1 124.7
121.8 121.5
113.4
120.1
128.0
124.0
121.5
112.5
120.6
128.0
122.4
121.8
1910.... 129.7 129.9 131.0 130.8 129.7
1911___ 127.2 127.5 127.7 127.3 126.4
1912___ 126.1 125.8 126.9 128.7 129.9
113.3
120.9
128.5
121.1
122.2
113.3
121.5
129.4
120.9
123.0
115.4
121.5
129.7
120.5
123.9
ALL COMMODITIES.
1900....
1901....
1902....
1903....
1904....
111.4 112.5
108.3 107.9
110.3 110.4
115.9 116.1
113.2 114.4
112.9 112.9
108.2 107.6
110.9 111.7
115.9 114.9
114.6 114.0
111.4
107.3
113.3
113.2
113.2
110.2 109.3 108.7
107.1 107.6 108.5
113.1 113.0 112.2
113.4 112.6 112.2
112.9 112.0 112.0
108.6
109.4
112.3
113.3
112.0
108.7
109.4
115.5
112.3
111.8
109.6
109.9
114.6
112.1
112.7
109.5
110.4
115.3
111.7
113.5
110.5
108.5
112.9
113.6
113.0
1905....
1906....
1907....
1908....
1909....
114.0 115.2 114.9 114.6
120.8 121.1 121.1 121.0
127.9 129.0 129.4 129.1
125.7 124.4 124.2 124.0
124.0 124.0 124.5 124.6
113.6
121.2
129.6
122.4
125.4
114.1
121.6
130.1
121.5
125.5
116.7 117.6
122.6 123.5
130.8 131.0
121.8 122.1
128.1 129.0
118.7
125.7
128.9
122.1
130.9
119.8
127.6
126.4
123.6
132.2
115.9
122.5
129.5
122.8
126.5
131.9
128.1
135.4
131.1 130.7 131.0
128.4 128.8 129.4
134.3 134.4 133.7
131.3 130.8 130.1
129.8 129.8 129.2
134.7 135.2 135.4
130.4
129.2
135.1
131.6
129.2
133.6
1910.... 132.7
1911.... 128.9
1912.... 130.5
132.9
129.0
130.7
133.8
129.3
132.3
133.3
129.0
134.8
114.3 116.0
122.1 122.3
130.3 130.2
121.7 121.4
126.2 126.4
22
BTTLLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
The course of prices of raw and manufactured commodities from
January, 1908, to December, 1912, is shown, by months, in the
following graphic table. The years 1900 to 1907 are omitted for
lack of space.
I
1
INFLUENCES AFFECTING PRICES.
No attempt has been made to investigate the causes of the rise and
fall of prices. The aim has been to give only the prices as they
actually prevailed in the market and such summaries thereof as
appear necessary. The causes are too complex, the relative influence
of each too uncertain, in some cases involving too many economic
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
23
questions, to permit their discussion in the present report. An
enumeration of some of the influences that cause changes in prices
may be of interest, however. Such influences include variations in
harvest, which not only contract or expand the supply and conse
quently tend to increase or decrease the price of a commodity, but
also decrease or increase, to a greater or less degree, the purchasing
power of such communities as are dependent in whole or in part
upon such commodity; changes in demand due to changes in fash
ions, seasons, etc.; legislation changing internal-revenue taxes,
import duties, or bounties; inspection as to purity or adulteration;
use of other articles as substitutes—as, for instance, an advance in
the price of beef will cause an increased consumption of pork and
mutton and, it may be added, a probable increase in the price of
both pork and mutton; improvements in methods of production
which will tend to give either a better article for the same price or
an equal article for a lower price; cheapening of transportation or
handling; speculative manipulation of the supply or of the raw
product; commercial panic or depression; expanding or contracting
credit; overproduction; unusual demand owing to steady employ
ment of consumers; short supply owing to disputes between labor
and capital in industries of limited producing capacity, as in the
anthracite coal industry; organization or combination of mills or
producers, thus enabling, on the one hand, a greater or less con
trol of prices or, on the other hand, economies in production or
in transportation charges through the ability to supply the article
from the point of production or manufacture nearest the purchaser.
No conclusion can be formed safely as to causes without an exami
nation of the possible influence of several—in some cases perhaps
all—of these causes. For example, the various internal-revenue and
tariff acts have, in a marked degree, no doubt, affected the prices of
proof spirits, of tobacco, and of sugar; but, on the other hand, they
have not been alone in their influences, and it probably would not in
all cases be accurate to give the change of tax or duty as representing
the measure of a certain and definite influence on the prices of those
commodities.
EXPLANATION OF TABLES.
The general statistical tables of this report are two in number,
entitled as follows:
I.—Wholesale prices of commodities from January to December,
1912.
II.—Average yearly actual and relative prices of commodities,
1890 to 1912, monthly actual and relative prices, January to Decem
ber, 1912, and base prices (average for 1890-1899).
Table I.— Wholesale prices of commodities from January to December,
1912, pages 1$ to 92.—This table shows in detail the actual prices
24
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS,
from January to December, 1912, as obtained for the several com
modities embraced by this report.
In 1901 the Bureau collected data relating to the wholesale
prices of the principal staple commodities sold in the United States
for the period from 1890 to 1901, inclusive. The actual prices for
the 12 years and the relative prices computed therefrom were pub
lished in Bulletin No. 39, issued in March, 1902. The purpose of the
investigation was to furnish a continuous record of wholesale prices
and to show the changes in the general price level from year to year.
The investigation thus begun has been continued each year and the
results published in the March issue of the bulletin1 to show actual
prices for the year immediately preceding and relative prices for the
period since 1890. The present bulletin contains actual prices for
January to December, 1912, and yearly average and relative prices
for the 23 years from 1890 to 1912.
In these reports wholesale prices have been presented for a large
number of carefully selected representative staple articles secured in
representative markets of the United States. That it would be
impossible to secure prices for all articles in all markets is obvious.
In the present report prices are given for 255 articles. With few
exceptions these articles are of the same description as those which
have been covered in the preceding reports on this subject, though
several commodities shown for 1908 to 1912 were not included in
previous years.
There is not space within a bulletin article to publish in full the
actual prices for all commodities for the entire 23-year period. Prices
for 1890 to 1911 may be found, however, in various bulletins of this
Bureau.1
It is important that the greatest care be exercised in the choice of
commodities in order that a simple average of their relative prices
shall show a general price level, and it has been the aim of the Bureau
to select only important and representative articles in each group.
The use of a large number of articles, carefully selected, minimizes
the effect on the general price level of an unusual change in the price
of any one article or of a few articles. It will be seen that more than
one series of prices have been given in the case of articles of great
importance. This has been done for the purpose of giving weight to
these important commodities, no other. method of accomplishing
this having been found satisfactory by the Bureau. The same means
have been employed by Mr. Sauerbeck in his English prices, as
explained in Bulletin No. 39, and the approximate accuracy of the
same, as an indication of the variation of prices, has been proved
by various tests based on the amount of consumption, etc.
Various methods of weighting have been attempted in connection
with compilations of relative prices. One method employed by Euro
i Bulletins39,45,51,57,63,69.75,81,87,93,and 99.
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
25
pean statisticians is to measure the importance of each commodity by
its annual consumption by the entire nation, the annual consumption
being found by adding to the home production the amount imported
and subtracting the amount exported. The method employed by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics in its publication of Retail Prices of Food in
the Eighteenth Annual Report and in its bulletins upon retail prices
consists in giving to the various articles of food an importance based
upon their average consumption in normal families. While it was
possible to determine the relative importance as far as the consump
tion of food is concerned, there are, of course, many commodities the
importance of which can not be measured by this method. The
impossibility of securing even approximately accurate figures for
annual consumption in the United States of the commodities included
in this compilation renders this method unavailable for the Bureau.
It has been thought best in the present series of index numbers,
after a careful consideration of all methods of weighting, to use simply
a large number of representative staple articles, selecting them in
such a manner as to make them, to a large extent, weight themselves.
Upon a casual examination it may seem that by this method a com
paratively unimportant commodity—such, for instance, as tea—has
been given the same weight or importance as one of the more impor
tant commodities, such as wheat. A closer examination, however,
discloses the fact that tea enters into no other commodity under con
sideration, while wheat is not only quoted in the raw state, but
enters into the two descriptions of wheat flour, the two descriptions
of crackers, and the two descriptions of loaf bread.
In securing these prices an effort has been made to include staple
commodities only. In a number of instances it was found possible
to continue prices for the same commodities that were included in the
Report on Wholesale Prices, Wages, and Transportation, submitted
by Mr. Aldrich, from the Senate Committee on Finance, March 3,1893.
Many articles which were included in that report are no longer manu
factured, or, if still manufactured, have ceased to be important
factors in the market. On the other hand, a number of articles not
shown in that report have become of such importance as to render
necessary their inclusion in any study of the course of prices.
Although in the case of commodities of great importance more than
one series of quotations have been used, in no case has an article of a
particular description been represented by more than one series of
quotations from the same market. For this reason the terms “ series
of quotations” and “ commodities” have been used interchangeably
in this report.
In the record of prices from 1890 to 1912, 234 series of quota
tions have been presented for the entire period and an additional 38
for some portion of the period. Of the latter number, 17 articles have
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been discontinued, as follows: No quotations are shown for imported
tin plate since 1898; for Ashton’s salt since 1903; for beaver over
coatings since 1905; for sun-dried apples, nutmegs, cotton and wool
blankets, split boots, men’s 84-needle hose, linen thread, all-wool
chinchilla overcoatings, shawls, Atlantic brown sheetings, Hope
bleached sheetings, and indigo 16-ounce suitings since 1907; for
cotton-warp chinchilla overcoatings since 1908, nor for Vienna loaf
bread and 89° refining sugar since 1911. The actual prices of the
above-named articles are not shown in any table in this presentation,
and those wishing to secure them for the years for which quoted may
do so by consulting preceding March bulletins. As may be seen by
reference to Table II, 2 articles were quoted for the first time in 1892,
2 in 1893, 1 in 1894, 3 in 1895, 1 in 1896, 1 in 1897, and 11 in 1908.
In all there are 255 series of quotations in the present report.
Material changes in the description of 3 articles were made in 1902,
of 2.articles in 1903, of 1 article in 1904, of 5 articles in 1905, of 7
articles in 1906, of 3 articles in 1907, of 19 articles in 1908, of 1 article
in 1909, of 2 articles in 1910, of 3 articles in 1911, and of 4 articles in
1912. For 7 of these articles the trade journals no longer supply
satisfactory quotations, the manufacture of the particular grades
of 15 previously quoted has been discontinued by the establishments
heretofore furnishing quotations, and for 28 articles the substituted
descriptions more nearly represent the present demands of the trade.
In making these substitutions, articles were supplied corresponding
as closely as possible to those which were previously used.
The prices quoted in every instance are wholesale prices. Whole
sale prices have invariably been used in compilations made for the
purpose of showing changes in the general price level of all commod
ities. They are more sensitive than retail prices and more quickly
reflect changes in conditions, and, too, it is much more difficult to
follow the changes in the quality of commodities quoted in retail
prices than in wholesale prices. Retail prices usually follow the
wholesale, but not always in the same proportion. The margin
between them in the case of some commodities is so great that slight
changes in the wholesale price do not affect the retail price. Changes
in the wholesale price which last for a short time only do not usually
result in corresponding changes in the retail price.
The net cash prices are shown for textiles and all articles whose list
prices are subject to large and varying discounts. In the case of a
number of articles, such as white pine, nails, etc., however, whose
prices are subject to a small discount for cash, no deduction has been
made.
The prices have been collected from the best available sources—
standard trade journals for 130 articles, officials of boards of trade
for 9 articles, chambers of commerce for 1 article, produce exchanges
27
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
for 7 articles, leading manufacturers or their selling agents for 107
articles, and a Government bureau for 1 article.
About one-half of the quoted prices are the prices in the New York
market. For grains, live stock, etc., Chicago prices are quoted; for
fish, except salmon, Boston prices; for tar, Wilmington (N. C.)prices;
for Elgin creamery butter, Elgin (111.) prices, etc. The prices for tex
tiles are the prices in the general distributing markets, such as New
York, Boston, and Philadelphia; and where no market is mentioned
in the prefatory note to the article in Table I it should be understood
that the prices are for the general market.
The following table shows the different markets represented and
the number of articles in each group quoted for each market:
NUMBER OF COMMODITIES OR SERIES OF QUOTATIONS CLASSIFIED BY MARKETS
FOR WHICH SECURED, 1912.
Market.
New York..........................
Chicago...............................
Factory, mine, wells, etc
Pittsburgh..........................
Philadelphia.......................
Boston................................
Trenton, N. J.....................
Cincinnati..........................
Eastern markets (Balt.,
Boston, N. Y., Phila.)- - East St. Louis, 111..............
Elgin, 111............................
La Salle, 111........................
Louisville, K y....................
Peoria, 111...........................
Washington, D. C..............
Wilmington, N. C..............
General market..................
Total.........................
Fuel Metals
Farm Food, Cloths
and
and
and
prod etc. cloth
light
imple
ucts.
ing. ments.
ing.
3
44
6
2
9
3
21
1
1
7
4
1
1
3
1
23
1
3
Drugs House- Mis
furand
cella Total.
chem nishing neous.
icals. goods.
9
6
11
3
1
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
61
20
Lum
ber and
build
ing ma
terials.
55
65
13
38
1
28
2
9
14
13
128
23
11
7
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
65
255
As regards the description of the commodity it should be stated
that the greatest care has been taken to secure prices throughout the
period from 1890 to 1912 for a commodity of precisely the same
description. Changes in quality, are, of course, reflected in prices,
and for this reason note has been made of any important changes
which have occurred. In the case of certain commodities, such as
butter, eggs, etc., prices for the best quality have been taken in order
to avoid frequent changes in grade. It should also be stated in this
connection that in the case of commodities for which prices were
secured from the Oil, Paint, and Drug Reporter the lowest quotations
were taken where a range of prices was found, because of the fact
that in that publication these represent the prices of large lots, while
the highest quotations represent the prices of smaller lots.
Weekly quotations have been secured in the case of all articles
which are subject to frequent fluctuations in price, such as butter,
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cheese, eggs, grain, live stock, meats, etc. In the case of articles
whose prices are more stable, monthly quotations have been taken.
The following table shows the number of commodities or series of
weekly and monthly price quotations:
NUMBER OF COMMODITIES OR SERIES OF QUOTATIONS, CLASSIFIED AS TO THEIR
FREQUENCY OF QUOTATION, 1912.
Frequency of quotation.
Fuel Metals
Farm Food, Cloths
and
and
and
prod etc. cloth
light
imple
ucts.
ing. ments.
ing.
Lum
ber and
build
ing ma
terials.
Drugs House- Mis
and
fur
cella Total.
chem nishing neous.
icals. goods.
Weekly...............................
Monthly.............................
17
3
24
31
1
64
1
12
38
28
9
14
1
12
44
211
Total.........................
20
55
65
13
38
28
9
14
13
255
The character of each series of quotations as regards frequency is
shown in all cases in Table I in a prefatory note, which states the
date of the quotations and, if weekly, whether the quotations are for
some particular day of the week, the average for the week, or the
range for the week. The majority of the weekly quotations show
the price on Tuesday, but if for any reason the price was not obtain
able on the particular day stated, the first price in the week has been
taken. The quotations from trade and other journals, when credited
to the first of each month, are not in all instances the price for the
exact day stated, as it is a common practice of the daily papers which
make a specialty of market reports to devote certain days to the
review of the market of certain articles. The prices are, however,
the earliest prices quoted in the journal to which the article is credited.
It should also be stated that the monthly prices credited to weekly
publications are the earliest quotations shown in such publications
for each month.
In many localities the price of bread per loaf is not affected by
changes in the price of flour, yet the weight of the loaf is changed
from time to time. With the advance in the price of flour, the
weight of the loaf is decreased in some localities. For this reason the
relative prices of bread are computed on the price per pound and not
per loaf. Table I shows the price per loaf, and in the prefatory note
to that article the price per pound, and the weight each month from
January to December, 1912.
The average price for the year was obtained by dividing the sum
of the quotations for a given commodity by the number of quota
tions shown. For example, the sum of the 53 Tuesday’s prices of
cotton for 1912 (shown on p. 43) was $6.0965. This total divided
by 53 gives $0.11503 as the average price for the year. When a
range was shown the mean price for each date was found, and this
was used in computing the yearly average as above described. The
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WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
reader will understand that, in order to secure for any commodity a
strictly scientific average price for the year, one must know the
quantity marketed and the price for which each unit of quantity
was sold. It is manifestly impossible to secure such detail, and
even if it were possible the labor and cost involved in such a com
pilation would be prohibitive. It is believed that the method
adopted here, which is also that used in the construction of other
index numbers, secures results which are quite as valuable for all
practical purposes.
The price of 8-penny nails quoted in this report is, by the estab
lished nail card of the trade, uniformly 10 cents per 100 pounds
higher than the base price, the price given in market quotations.
For an explanation of the nail card, the reader is referred to Bulletin
No. 39, page 226.
The prices for the two quotations of wool appearing in this report
were obtained as for washed wool and then reduced to the scouredwool basis by increasing the price in proportion to the amount of
shrinkage.
On preceding pages of this report an opportunity has been afforded
to note the extent of the change in wholesale prices between 1911 and
1912 by groups of commodities.
The following table shows the per cent that the average wholesale
price of each individual article in 1912 was higher or lower than the
average price in 1911. As already stated of the 255 articles here
included, 137 showed an increase, 37 showed no change, and 81
showed a decrease in the average price for 1912 as compared with
that for 1911.
PER CENT THAT THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES IN 1912 WERE
HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF THE SAME COM
MODITIES IN 1911.
Farm products, 20 articles.
Article.
Flaxseed: No. 1...............................................................................................
Horses: draft, good to choice...........................................................................
Cotton: upland, middling................................................................................
Rye: No. 2, rasn.............................................................................................
Mules: 16 hands high, medium to extra..........................................................
Barley: choice to fancy malting....................................................................
Tobacco: Burley, dark red, good leaf..............................................................
Poultry: live fowls...........................................................................................
Hay: timothy, No. 1.......................................................................................
Wheat: regular grades, cash...........................................................................
Hogs: light.........
....................................................................................
Hops: New York State, prime to choice.........................................................
Hogs: heavy....................................................................................................
Oats: contract grades, cash.............................................................................
Sheep: wethers, native, fair to fancy..............................................................
Corn: contract grades, cash.............................................................................
Hides: green, salted, packers .........................................................................
Sheep: wethers, western, plain to good..........................................................
Cattle: steers, good to choice...........................................................................
Cattle: steers, choice to prime..........................................................................
Per cent
higher in
1912.
0.7
2.8
3.8
6.6
12.3
12.3
12.6
13.8
15.2
16.2
19.2
24.4
24.9
29.4
Per cent
lower in
1912.
22.0
15.1
11.8
11.5
10.5
7.6
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PER CENT THAT THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES IN 1912 WERE
HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF THE SAME COM
MODITIES IN 1911—Continued.
Foody etc., 55 articles.
Article.
Fruit: prunes, California, 60s to 70s..
Fruit: apples, evaporated, choice___
Vinegar: cider, Monarch....................
Fish: mackerel, salt, large No. 3s.......
Canned goods: com, Republic No. 2.
Vegetables, fresh: cabbage.................
Bread: crackers, oyster......................
Sugar: 96° centrifugal........................
Sugar: granulated..............................
Tallov
Flour: rye...................................................................................
Fruit: currants, in barrels...........................................................
Starch: pure com........................................................................
Bread: crackers, soda..................................................................
Bread: loaf (Washington market).............................................. .
Soda bicarbonate of, American..................................................
Flour: buckwheat.......................................................................
Meat: pork, salt, mess.................................................................
Fruit: raisins, California, London layer......................................
Tea: Formosa, fine......................................................................
Fish: cod, dry, bank, large.........................................................
Meat: hams, smoked, loose.........................................................
Poultry: dressed fowls, western, dry picked...............................
Fish: salmon, canned..................................................................
Flour: wheat, spring patents...................................................... .
Meat: beef, salt, hams, western..................................................
Bread: loaf, homemade (New York market)..............................
Molasses: New Orleans, open kettle...........................................
Canned goods: peas, Republic No. 2...........................................
Coffee: Rio No. 7 ........................................................................
Rice: domestic, choice, head.......................................................
Fish: herring, large, Nova Scotia, split.......................................
Milk: fresh...................................................................................
Eggs: new laid, fair to fancy, near-by........................................
Meat: mutton, dressed................................................................
Butter: creamery. Elgin (Elgin market)....................................
Lard: prime, contract.................................................................
Meat: bacon, short rib sides........................................................
Butter: dairy, New York State..................................................
Meat: bacon, short clear sides....................................................
Cheese: New York State, full cream...........................................
Vegetables, fresh: onions.............................................................
Flour: wheat, winter straights....................................................
Butter: creamery, extra (New York market).............................
Vegetables, fresh: potatoes, white...............................................
Meat: beef, fresh, carcass, good, native steers (Chicago market).
Spices: pepper, Singapore...........................................................
Salt: American, medium............................................................
Beans: medium, choice...............................................................
Meat: beef, salt, extra mess........................................................
Meat: beef, fresn, native sides (New York market)....................
Glucose........................................................................................
Canned goods: tomatoes, standard, New Jersey, No. 3...............
Meal: corn, fine, white................................................................
Meal: com, fine, yellow...............................................................
Per cent
higher in
1912.
Per cent
lower in
1912.
36.1
31.3
21.0
17.5
11.6
10.6
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
0.5
7.1
6.7
5.4
4.3
3.7
1.3
.7
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
.7
.9
1.2
1.8
2.2
3.6
3.8
3.8
4.5
6.0
7.2
8.3
9.0
9.2
9.3
9.5
11.4
11.0
12.3
15.5
16.2
16.7
16.7
17.4
17.5
17.6
17.7
18.5
18.6
18.9
19.3
22.2
22.4
23.5
24.5
27.1
27.6
27.9
Cloths and clothing, 65 articles.
Bags: 2-bushel, Amoskeag...................
Sheetings: bleached, Wamsutta, S. T .
Sheetings: brown, Indian Head..........
Ginghams: Amoskeag.........................
Ginghams: Lancaster..........................
Sheetings: bleached, Pepperell.
Shirtings: bleached, Wamsutta
•
Women’s dress goods: Poplar cloth.
Cotton yams: northern, cones, 10/1...
Shirtings: bleached, Fruit of the Loon
Tickings: Amoskeag, A. C. A .............
Overcoatings: soft-faced, black...........
Women’s dress goods: Panama doth..
Cotton yams: northern, cones, 22/1...
9.4
9.2
8.3
8.2
7.1
6.8
5.5
4.6
4.5
4.2
3.4
3.0
2.8
2.7
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WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
PER CENT THAT THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES IN 1912 WERE
HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF THE SAME COM
MODITIES IN 1911—Continued.
Cloths and clothing, 65 articles—Concluded.
Article.
Drillings: brown, Pepperell....................1..................................................
Drillings: Massachusetts, D. Standard.......................................................
Women’s dress goods: cashmere, all wool, Atlantic mills..........................
Silk: raw, Italian........................................................................................
Women’s dress goods: cashmere, cotton warp, Hamilton..........................
Denims: Amoskeag....................................................................................
Cotton flannels: 3£ yards to the pound.......................................................
Shirtings: bleached, Rough Rider..............................................................
Trouserings: fancy, worsted........................................................................
Silk: raw, Japan....................................t....................................................
Blankets: cotton, 2 pounds to the pair.......................................................
Women’s dress goods: Sicilian clotn...........................................................
Sheetings: bleached, Atlantic.....................................................................
Calico: American standard prints, 64 by 64................................................
Cotton thread: 6-cord, J. & P. Coats...........................................................
Linen shoe thread: 10’s, Barbour................................................................
Underwear: shirts and drawers, white, all wool, 18-gauge.........................
Underwear: shirts and drawers, white merino, 60 per cent wool, 24-gauge.
Women’s dress goods: cashmere, cotton warp, Atlantic Mills F................
Wool: Ohio, fine fleece, scoured..................................................................
Hosiery: women’s cotton hose, combed peeler yarn.................................. .
Shirtings: bleached, Lonsdale.....................................................................
Cotton flannels: 2f yards to the pound.......................................................
Sheetings: bleached, Pepperell...................................................................
Worsted yarns: 2-40’s, Australian fine........................................................
Suitings: serge, Fulton Mills, 3192..............................................................
Boots and shoes: men’s vici calf shoes, Blucher bal...................................
Suitings: indigo blue, all wool, 14-ounce Middlesex standard.....................
Blankets: all wool, 5 pounds to the pair.....................................................
Broadcloths: first quality, black................................................................
Carpets: Brussels, 5-frame, Bigelow...........................................................
Horse blankets: all wool, 6 pounds each.....................................................
Hosiery: women’s cotton half hose, seamless, fast black, carded yarn.......
Carpets: Wilton, 5 frame, Bigelow.............................................................
Leather: harness, oak.................................................................................
Hosiery: men’s cotton half hose, seamless, fast black, carded yam............
Boots and shoes: men’s vici kid shoes, Goodyear welt...............................
Flannels: white, Ballard Vale. No. 3..........................................................
Sheetings: brown, Ware Shoals, L. L ........................................................
Worsted yarns: 2-32’s, crossbred stock, white.............. ..............................
Overcoatings: covert cloth, 14-ounce..........................................................
Wool: Ohio, medium fleece, scoured..........................................................
Leather: sole, oak.......................................................................................
Boots and shoes: women’s solid grain shoes...............................................
Leather: sole, hemlock................................................................................
Leather: chrome, calf..................................................................................
Print cloths; 64 by 64..................................................................................
Carpets: Ingrain, 2-plv, Lowell..................................................................
Suitings: clay worsted diagonal, 16-ounce, Washington mills....................
Suitings: clay worsted diagonal, 12-ounce, Washington mills....................
Boots and shoes: men’s seamless, Creedmores............................................
Per cent
higher in
1912.
Per cent
lower in
1912.
2.6
2.5
2.2
2.0
1.7
1.5
1.2
.9
.8
.7
.5
.5
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
0.3
.3
.4
.1
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
1.0
1.1
1.3
1.9
2.3
2.5
2.9
3.3
3.3
3.5
3.6
3.6
3.7
4.5
5.1
5.2
5.2
6.3
6.7
7.0
7.2
8.6
9.0
9.3
9.9
10.5
11.2
15.9
Fuel and lighting, IS articles.
Coal: bituminous, Pittsburgh (Youghiogheny) lump............
Candles: adamantine...............................................................
Matches: parlor, domestic.......................................................
Coal: bituminous, Georges Creek fat the mine).......................
Coal: bituminous, Georges Creek (f. o .b. New York Harbor).
Coal: anthracite, broken..........................................................
Coal: anthracite, egg................................................................
Coal: anthracite, stove.............................................................
Coal: anthracite, chestnut.......................................................
Petroleum: refined, for export.................................................
Petroleum: refined, 150° fire test, water white........................ .
Petroleum: crude, Pennsylvania.............................................
Coke: Connellsville, furnace.....................................................
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
1.2
3.5
3.7
4.6
4.7
5.7
13.2
20.8
21.2
46.2
2.7
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
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PER CENT THAT THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES IN 1912 WERE
HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF THE SAME COM
MODITIES IN 1911—Continued.
Metals and implements, 38 articles.
Per cent
higher in
1912.
Article.
_______________ ________ _________ -........- ............................
Tinplates: domestic, Bessemer.......................................................................
Vises: solid box, 50-pound...............................................................................
Nails; wirft, $-pftnny? fftnne and mmmnn. . . . __________________________
Barbwire: galvanized......................................................................................
Steel sheets: black, No. 27...............................................................................
Lead: pig.........................................................................................................
Fites: 8-inrVh Tinillbastard, T
r
- , , , _________________
Nails: cut, 8-penny, fence and common..........................................................
Butts: loose pin, wrought steel, 3£ by inches..............................................
Chisels: extra, socket firmer, 1-inch................................................................
Hammers: Maydole No. 1£..............................................................................
Planes: Bailey, No. 5, jack plane....................................................................
Saws: crosscut, Disston, No. 2.........................................................................
Saws: hand, Disston, No. 7 .............................................................................
Shovels: Ames, No. 2......................................................................................
Steel rails.........................................................................................................
Trowels: M. C. 0., brick.................................................................................
Pig iron: Bessemer..........................................................................................
Augers: extra, 1-inch.......................................................................................
Lead: pipe.......................................................................................................
Pig iron: foundry, No. 2 .................................................................................
Steel billets......................................................................................................
Pig iron: foundry, No. 1 . ................................................................................
Bar iron: common to best refined, from mill..................................................
Bar iron: best refined, from store....................................................................
Axes: M. C. 0., Yankee..................................................................................
Door knobs: steel, bronze-plated....................................................................
Tin: pig...........................................................................................................
Pig iron: gray forge, southern..........................................................................
Zinc: sheet.......................................................................................................
Silver: bar, fine................................................................................................
Locks: common mortise..................................................................................
Wood screws: 1-inch.......................................................................................
Spelter: western..............................................................................................
Copper wire: bare............................................................................................
Copper: sheet, hot-rolled.................................................................................
Copper: ingot, electrolytic...............................................................................
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
1.4
2.9
3.4
3.9
4.3
5.4
6.2
6.7
7.7
8.0
8.2
11.0
12.4
13.8
20.0
20.0
20.9
25.8
28.6
31.8
Per cent
lower in
1912.
10.7
5.4
5.3
3.6
2.1
2.0
.5
.4
.1
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Lumber and building materials, 28 articles.
Turpentine: spirits of.......................................................................................
Linseed oil: raw...............................................................................................
Cement: Portland, domestic............................................................................
Plate glass: polished, glazing, 5 to 10 square feet............................................
Doors: western, white pine..............................................................................
Cement: Rosendale..........................................................................................
Pine: yellow, flooring......................................................................................
Oxide of zinc....................................................................................................
Plate glass: polished, glazing, 3 to 5 square feet...............................................
Carbonate of lead: American...........................................................................
Shingles: cypress..............................................................................................
Pine: white, boards, No. 2, bam .....................................................................
Lime: common................................................................................................
Rosin: common to good, strained...................................................................
Oak: white, quartered.....................................................................................
Window glass: American, single, firsts............................................................
Window glass: American, single, thirds..........................................................
Putty: bulk..................................................................................................... Unchanged.
0.5
Pine* white, boards, uppers.............................................................................
Oak: white, plain.............................................................................................
2.8
Hemlock...........................................................................................................
3.7
Maple: hard and soft........................................................................................
6.2
Shingles: red cedar...........................................................................................
6.9
Pine: yellow, siding................................................... •.....................................
8.3
Spruce ............................................................................................................
11.1
Brick: common domestic................................................................................
14.8
30.7
23.5
10.0
6.1
5.9
5.7
5.3
4.3
3.7
3.7
3.5
3.5
2.9
2.1
1.1
.8
.6
.6
.2
Unchanged.
33
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
PER CENT THAT THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES IN 1912 WERE
HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF THE SAME COM
MODITIES IN 1911—Concluded.
jDrugs and chemicals, 9 articles.
Article.
Per cent
higher in
1912.
Glycerine: refined............................................................................................
Alcohol: wood, refined.....................................................................................
Alum: lump.....................................................................................................
Brimstone: crude.............................................................................................
Muriatic acid....................................................................................................
Sulphuric acid.................................................................................................
Alcohol: grain..................................................................................................
Opium: natural, in cases.................................................................................
Quinine: American..........................................................................................
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
1.4
10.6
26.2
Per cent
lower in
1912.
18.8
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
House-furnishing goods, 14 articles.
Woodenware: tubs, oak-grained......................................................................
Earthenware: plates, cream-colored................................................................
Earthenware: plates, white granite.................................................................
Earthenware: teacups and saucers, white granite...........................................
Glassware: nappies..........................................................................................
Glassware: pitchers........ * ..............................................................................
Glassware: tumblers........................................................................................
Table cutlery: •carvers......................................................................................
W oodenware: pails, oak-grained.....................................................................
Furniture: chairs, kitchen...............................................................................
Furniture: chairs, bed room, maple................................................................
Table cutlery: knives and forks............................. ........................................
Furniture: tables, kitchen...............................................................................
Furniture: bedroom sets, 3 pieces...................................................................
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
4.4
5.6
5.8
8.6
10.9
3.0
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Miscellaneous, 18 articles.
Malt: western made.........................................................................................
Soap: castile, mottled, pure............................................................................
Rubber: Para Island, new..............................................................................
Cottonseed oil: summer yellow, prime............................................................
Tobacco: plug.................................................................................................. Unchanged.
Tobacco: smoking, granulated........................................................................ Unchanged.
Paper: wrapping, manila.................................................................................
1.0
Proof spirits.....................................................................................................
1.7
Paper: news, wood..........................................................................................
1.9
Cottonseed meal..............................................................................................
5.7
9.9
Jute: raw .......................................................................................................
15.4
Starch: laundry...............................................................................................
Rope: trmnjlfl....................................................................................................
15.7
13.3
11.6
5.3
1.1
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
The following table shows the per cent of increase or decrease in the
average wholesale price in December, 1912, for each individual article
as compared with the price in December, 1911. Of the 255 articles,
150 were above the price in December, 1911, 54 at the same price, and
47 below the price in December, 1911, and for 4—onions, herring, and
the two descriptions of silk—there were no quotations in December,
1911.
86629°—Bull. 114—13----- 3
34
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
PER CENT THAT THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES IN DECEM
BER, 1912, WERE HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF
THE SAME COMMODITIES IN DECEMBER, 1911.
Farm products, 20 articles.
Article.
Hops: New York State, prime to choice.........................................................
Barley: choice to fancy malting......................................................................
Flaxseed: No. 1................................................................................................
Rye: No. 2,
..............................................................................................
Oats: contract grades, cash..............................................................................
Com: contract grades, cash.............................................................................
Hay: timothy. No. 1.......................................................................................
Mules: 16 hands high, medium to extra..........................................................
Horses: draft, good to choice...........................................................................
Wheat: regular grades, cash............................................................................
Poultry: live fowls
....................................................................................
Tobacco: Burley, dark red, good leaf..............................................................
Sheep: wethers, native, fair to fancy...............................................................
Hogs: heavy....................................................................................................
Hides: green salted, packers............................................................................
Cattle: steers, choice to prime.............................................. ..........................
Hogs: light......................................................................................................
Cattle: steers, good to choice............................................... ...........................
Sheep: wethers, western, plain to good..........................................................
Cotton: upland, middling................................................................................
Per cent
Per cent
higher in De lower in De
cember, 1912. cember, 1912.
2.3
5.4
17.4
20.1
20.5
21.9
24.0
26. 2
27.0
39.5
42.9
42. 2
38.1
32.3
30.7
30.0
22. 2
16. 6
9. 6
4.3
Food, etc., 53 articles}
Vegetables: fresh, cabbage.............................................
77.8
Vegetables: fresh, potatoes, white.................................
43.2
Fruit: prunes, California, 60’s to 70’s.............................
31.0
Fruit: apples, evaporated, choice..................................
24.2
Flour: rye......................................................................
22.7
Vinegar: cider, Monarch................................................
18.9
Sugar: 96° centrifugal....................................................
17.5
Flour: buckwheat..........................................................
16.2
Sugar: granulated..........................................................
14.4
Eggs: new laid, fair to fancy, near-by............................
13.8
Flour: wheat, spring patents.........................................
11.0
Meal: com, fine, white...................................................
9.2
Meal: corn, fine, yellow.................................................
9.2
Bread: crackers, oyster..................................................
7.1
Canned goods: tomatoes, standard, New Jersey, No. 3.
3.8
Fruit: currants, in barrels.............................................
3.4
Fish: mackerel, salt, large No. 3’s.................................
3.3
Butter: creamery, Elgin (Elgin market).......................
2.8
Butter: dairy, New York State.....................................
2.7
Glucose...........................................................................
1.9
Tallow............................................................................
1.0
Bread: crackers, soda.....................................................
Unchanged.
Bread: loaf (Washington market).................................
Unchanged. Unchanged.
Unchanged. Unchanged.
Canned goods: com. Republic, No. 2.............................
Fish: cod, dry, bank, large............................................
Unchanged. Unchanged.
Unchanged. Unchanged.
Fruit: raisins, California, London layer.........................
Milk: fresh.................................................................... .
Unchanged. Unchanged.
Soda: bicarbonate of, American................................... .
Unchanged. Unchanged.
Unchanged. Unchanged.
Starch: pure, com ..........................................................
Tea: Formosa, fine........................................................
Unchanged. Unchanged.
Spices: pepper, Singapore..............................................
0.5
Butter: creamery, extra (New York market)................
2.3
2.3
Fish: salmon, canned....................................................
Coffee: Rio, No. 7...........................................................
2.9
5.0
Meat: mutton, dressed...................................................
5.6
Poultry: dressed fowls, western, dry-picked.................
Molasses: New Orleans, open-kettle............................. .
5.9
Bread: loaf, homemade (New York market).................
6.0
7.1
Beans: medium, choice..................................................
8.3
Meat: beef, salt, hams, western.....................................
9.7
Flour: wheat, winter straights......................................
10.0
Canned goods: peas, Republic, No. 2........................... .
10.0
Meat: pork, salt, mess.................................................. .
10.1
Rice: domestic, choice, head........................................ .
11.9
Cheese: New York State, full cream..............................
14.8
Lard: prime, contract................................................... .
15.8
Meat: beef, fresh, good native steers (Chicago market)..
18.0
Meat: beef, fresh, native sides (New York market)___
18.4
. Meat: hams, smoked, loose...........................................
1Not including onions and herring, for which there were no quotations in December, 1911.
35
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
PER CENT THAT THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES IN DECEM
BER, 1912, WERE HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES
OF THE SAME COMMODITIES IN DECEMBER, 1911—Continued.
Food, etc., 58 articles—Concluded.
Article.
Salt: American, medium.................................................................................
Meat: bacon, short rib sides...........................................................................
Meat: bacon, short clear sides.........................................................................
Meat: beef, salt, extra mess.............................................................................
Per cent
Per cent
higher in De lower in De
cember, 1912. cember, 1912.
26.4
29.9
31.3
49.4
Cloths and clothing, 68 articles.*
Bags: 2-bushel, Amoskeag.............................................................................
Overcoatings: soft-faced, black......................................................................
Cotton thread: 6-cord, J. & P. Coats..............................................................
Ginghams: Amoskeag....................................................................................
Ginghams: Lancaster.....................................................................................
Linen shoe thread: 10’s, Barbour...................................................................
Trouserings: fancy, worsted...........................................................................
Underwear: shirts and drawers, white, all wool, 18-gauge............................
Underwear: shirts and drawers, white merino, 60 per cent wool, 24-gauge...
Women’s dress goods: cashmere, all wool, Atlantic Mills.............................
Women’s dress goods: cashmere, cotton warp, Atlantic Mills F ...................
Women’s dress goods: cashmere, cotton warp, Hamilton.............................
Women’s dress goods: Panama cloth.............................................................
Women’s dress goods: Poplar cloth...............................................................
Wool: Ohio, fine fleece, scoured.....................................................................
Hosiery: women’s cotton hose, combed peeler yarn.......................................
Cotton flannels: 3£ yards to the pound...........................................................
Worsted yarns: 2-40’s, Australian fine.......................................................... .
Sheetings: brown, Indian Head......................................................................
Boots and shoes: men’s vici calf shoes, Blucher bal...................................... .
Tickings: Amoskeag, A. C. A ........................................................................ .
Blankets: cotton, 2 pounds to the pair.......................................................... .
Sheetings: bleached, Pepperell...................................................................... .
Blankets: all wool, 5 pounds to the pair.........................................................
Cotton flannels: 2f yards to the pound...........................................................
Denims: Amoskeag.........................................................................................
Hosiery: women’s cotton hose, seamless, fast black, carded yarn..................
Suitings: indigo blue, all wool, 14-ounce, Middlesex standard......................
Shirtings: bleached. Fruit of the Loom..........................................................
Women’s dress goods: Sicilian cloth...............................................................
Hosiery: men’s cotton half hose, seamless, fast black, carded yarn................
Overcoatings: covert cloth, 14-ounce...............................................................
Drillings: brown, Pepperell............................................................................
Horse blankets: all wool, 6 pounds each.........................................................
Leather: harness, oak.....................................................................................
Broadcloths: first quality, black....................................................................
Boots and shoes: men’s vici kid shoes, Goodyear welt...................................
Carpets: Brussels, 5-frame, Bigelow................................................................
Flannels: white, Ballard Vale, No. 3.................................................................
Carpets: Wilton, 5-frame, Bigelow.................................................................
Sheetings: bleached, Wamsutta, S. T .............................................................
Boots and shoes: women’s solid grain shoes....................................................
Sheetings: bleached, Atlantic.........................................................................
Drillings: Massachusetts, D. Standard...........................................................
Sheetings: brown, Pepperell...........................................................................
Shirtings: bleached, Lonsdale.........................................................................
Leather: sole, oak..........
Shirtings: bleached, Wamsutta
......................................
Worsted yams: 2-32’s, crossbred stock, white...........................
Cotton yams: northern, cones, 22/1...........................................
Leather: sole, hemlock..............................................................
Wool: Ohio, medium fleece, scoured.........................................
Calico: American standard prints, 64 by 64..............................
Leather: chrome, calf................................................................
Suitings: serge, Fulton Mills, 3192...........................................
Suitings: clay worsted diagonal, 16-ounce, Washington Mills..
Carpets: Ingrain, 2-ply, Lowell.................................................
Suitings: clay worsted, diagonal, 12-ounce, Washington Mills..
Boots and shoes: men’s seamless, Creedmores..........................
Shirtings: bleached. Rough Rider...........................................
Sheetings: brown, Ware Shoals, L. L .......................................
Cotton yams: northern, cones, 10/1...........................................
Print cloths: 64 by 64................................................................
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
1.4
7.5
1.4
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
1.6
2.5
3.0
3.3
4.0
4.4
4.5
5.0
5.0
5.8
6.1
6.1
6.2
6.2
6.3
6.3
6.5
6.7
6.8
7.4
7.5
8.0
8.1
8.6
8.9
9.5
9.8
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.3
11.7
12.8
13.6
14.6
15.6
16.0
17.4
17.4
17.9
18.2
18.8
19.6
19.9
23.8
27.8
31.0
i Not including 2 descriptions of raw silk, for which there were no quotations in December, 1911.
36
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
PER CENT THAT THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES IN DECEM
BER, 1912, WERE HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES
OF THE SAME COMMODITIES IN DECEMBER, 1911—Continued.
Fuel and lighting, 13 articles.
Article.
Coal: bituminous, Pittsburgh (Youghiogheny), lump...........
Candles: adamantine...............................................................
Matches: parlor, domestic........................................................
Coal: bituminous, Georges Creek (f. o. b. New York Harbor).
Coal: anthracite, chestnut........................................................
Coal: anthracite, egg................................................................
Coal: anthracite, stove.............................................................
Coal: anthracite, broken..........................................................
Coal: bituminous^ Georges Creek (at the mine).......................
Petroleum: refined, for export................................................
Petroleum: refined,150° fire test, water white........................
Petroleum: crude, Pennsylvania.............................................
Coke: Connellsville, furnace....................................................
Per cent
Per cent
higher in De lower in De
cember, 1912. cember, 1912.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
3.3
4.8
5.1
5.1
1.6
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
6.1
6.9
15.6
21.6
46.2
125.4
Metals and implements, 88 articles.
Quicksilver..........................................................
Vises: solid box, 50-pound...................................
Lead: pig............................................................
Files: 8-inch mill bastard...................................
Butts: loose-pin, wrought steel? 3i by 3J inches..
Chisels: extra, socket firmer, 1-inch....................
Hammers: Maydole, No. l i ................................
Planes: Bailey, No. 5, jack plane........................
Saws: crosscut, Disston, No. 2 ...........................
Saws: hand, Disston, No. 7 .............................. .
Steel rails...................................................... .
Trowels: M. C. O................................................
Shovels: Ames, No. 2........................................ .
Tinplates: domestic Bessemer...........................
Augers: extra, 1-inch......................................... .
Lead: pipe.......
Axes: M. C. O., Yankee.................................
Door knobs: steel, bronze-plated...................
Tin: pig.....................- ..................................
Zinc: sheet......................................................
Spelter: western.............................................
Nails: wire, 8-penny, fence and common.......
Silver: bar, fine..............................................
Nails: cut, 8-penny, fence and common.........
Barb wire: galvanized__ : .............................
Locks: common, mortise................................
Wood screws: 1-inch......................................
Pig iron: Bessemer.........................................
Steel sheets: black, No. 27..............................
Pig iron: foundry, No. 1 ................................
Bar iron: best refined, from store...................
Pig iron: foundry, No. 2 ................................
Copper wire: bare...........................................
Pig iron: gray forge, southern........................
Copper: ingot, electrolytic..............................
Copper: sheet, hot-rolled................................
Bar iron: common to best refined, from mill..
Steel billets.....................................................
9.7
5.3
2.2
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
0.1
.8
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
2.7
2.9
6.9
7.7
8.0
8.4
8.9
10.0
14.1
15.1
15.9
16.4
20.0
20.0
20.8
23.0
23.8
27.2
29.2
29.8
30.4
33.3
35.3
36.6
40.3
Lumber and building materials, 28 articles.
Linseed oil: raw............................
Turpentine: spirits of....................
Pine: white,boards, No. 2, bam..
Pine: yellow, flooring...................
Lime: common.............................
Oak: white, quartered..................
Poplar...........................................
Putty: bulk..................................
Rosin: common to good, strained.
Shingles: cypress...........................
Cement: Rosendale.......................
39.4
21.5
2.7
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
1.2
2.8
2.9
2.2
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
37
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
PER CENT THAT THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES IN DECEM
BER, 1912, WERE HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES
OF THE SAME COMMODITIES IN DECEMBER, 1911—Concluded.
Lumber and building materials, 28 articles—Concluded.
Article.
Pine: white, boards, uppers.............................
Carbonate oflead: American.............................
Doors: western, white pine...............................
Oxide of zinc......................................................
Maple: hard and soft..........................................
Brick: common domestic..................................
Pine: yellow, siding..........................................
Oak: white, plain..............................................
Spruce................................................................
Cement: Portland, domestic.............................
Hemlock.............................................................
Plate glass: polished glazing, 5 to 10 square feet
Window glass: American, smgle, firsts.............
Window glass: American, single, thirds...........
Shingles: red cedar............................................
Plate glass: polished, glazing, 3 to 5 square feet.
Tar.....................................................................
Per cent
Per cent
higher in De lower in De
cember, 1912. cember, 1912.
3.0
3.6
4.1
4.9
5.7
5.8
6.3
7.3
7.8
10.3
10.8
14.3
15.4
15.4
17.6
20.0
22.2
Drugs and chemicals, 9 articles.
Opium: natural, in cases.
Alcohol: grain.................
Alcohol: wood, refined...
Alum: lump....................
Brimstone: crude............
Muriatic acid...................
Sulphuric acid.................
Glycerin: refined... .......
Quinine: American.........
15.0
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
4.2
39.3
.8
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
House furnishing goods, 14. articles.
Woodenware: tubs, oak-grained.............................
Earthenware: plates, cream colored.......................
Earthenware: plates, white granite........................
Earthenware: tea cups and saucers, white granite.
Glassware: nappies.................................................
Glassware: pitchers................................................
Glassware: tumblers...............................................
Table cutlery: carvers............................................
Woodenware: pails, oak-grained............................
Furniture: chairs, kitchen......................................
Furniture: chairs, bedroom, maple........................
Furniture: tables, kitchen.....................................
Furniture: bedroom sets, 3 pieces..........................
Table cutlery: knives and forks.............................
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
4.3
5.6
3.0
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
8.6
10.9
15.0
Miscellaneous, 13 articles.
Malt* western made.. ....................................................................................
Soap: castile, mottled, pure............................................................................
Proof spirits......................................................................................................
Paper: wrapping, nmniia................................................................................
Starch: laundry.*..............................................................................................
Tobacco: plug..................................................................................................
Tobacco: smoking, granulated........................................................................
Cottonseedmp-a-i . . . . ..................; ....................................................- ..........
Rubber: Para Island, new
...................................................................
Paper: news, wood..........................................................................................
Cottonseed oil: summer yellow, prime............................................................
Jute: raw.
.................. ................................................................................
Rope: Tna.nila.......................................; ..........................................................
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
1.7
3.2
12.5
13.6
32.4
55.9
46.6
6.3
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
Unchanged.
38
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
Table II.—Average yearly actual and relative 'prices of commodities,
1890 to 1912, monthly actual and relative prices, January to December,
1912, and base prices {average for 1890-1899), pages 98 to lift.—This
table shows for each commodity the average price for each of the 23
years from 1890 to 1912 and for each month from January to Decem
ber, 1912. In the parallel column following the average price column
is given the relative price for each year or month; that is, the per
cent that the price in each year or month is of the average price for
the 10 years from 1890 to 1899. In the line above the price for 1890
is given the average price for the 10-year period taken as the basis
of comparison.
The average price for each year or month was obtained, as has been
explained on page 28, by dividing the sum of the quotations shown
in Table I by the number of quotations. The average for articles in
which a range is quoted is computed from the mean of the two prices
limiting the range.
It was impossible to secure quotations during all of the months of
1912 for 18 of the 255 articles, viz: Flaxseed, beans, canned peas,
canned tomatoes, herring, buckwheat flour, cabbage, onions, and all
the 10 descriptions of lumber.
For the 11 articles quoted in 1908 for the first time, no monthly or
yearly relative price could be computed because the average for the
base period of 10 years was not secured. However, these articles
have been given due weight in the general groups to which they
belong. See discussion on page 40.
In reducing a series of actual prices to relative prices or index
numbers a base must first be chosen, and this may be either a single
quotation, the average price for one year, or the average for two or
more years. If the price for a single year is chosen, it is desirable
that that year be a normal one, for if prices are high in the year chosen
for the base any subsequent fall will be unduly emphasized, while on
the other hand, if prices are low any subsequent rise will be unduly
emphasized. For the reason that all the commodities probably
never present a normal condition as regards prices in any one year, it
was decided that an average price for a number of years would better
reflect average or approximately normal conditions and form a
broader and more satisfactory base than would the price for any
single year. The period chosen as this base was that from 1890 to
1899—a period of 10 years. For the 10 articles that do not show
prices for the entire period of 10 years the base in each case is the
average of the years prior to and including 1899.
The relative prices as shown in this and other tables have been
calculated in the usual manner and represent simply the percentage
which each monthly or yearly price is of the base price. The average
price for the first 10 years of the period—that is, the base—always
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
39
represents 100, and the percentages for each month or year enable
the reader to measure readily the rise and fall, from month to month
or from year to year, of the prices of each single commodity, of any
group of commodities, or of all the commodities involved. These
commodities are arranged in alphabetical order under each of the
nine general groups, as in Table I.
In order that the method pursued may be more readily understood,
the reader is referred to the table itself, as given on pages 93 to 145.
Taking up the first commodity shown, barley, we find that the aver
age price per bushel for the base period, 1890 to 1899, inclusive, was
45.34 cents; the average price for January, 1912, was 132.25 cents;
that for February was 128.63 cents; the average for 1912 was 101.88
cents, etc. The relative price for the base period, as heretofore
explained, is always 100, and is so given in the table. The relative
price for January, 1912, is shown to be 291.7, or 191.7 per cent
higher than the base or average for the 10 years. In February the
relative price was 283.7, or 183.7 per cent above the base, etc. The
relative price for the year 1912 was 224.7, or 124.7 per cent above the
base. The remainder of the table may be analyzed in a similar
manner.
The value of prices given in this relative form, it will readily be
seen, consists in the means afforded for tracing and measuring the
changes from month to month, from year to year, or from period to
period, and more especially in the grouping of the prices of a suffi
cient number of commodities to show the general price level. It
must not be assumed that a system of relative prices of representative
commodities will enable one to trace the causes of changes in the
general price level or to determine the effect of such changes on any
class of consumers or on all consumers. The use of such a system
is to show the general course of prices from time to time of one com
modity, or of a group of commodities.
It is stated on page 26 that certain articles are no longer quoted
and other articles of the same class are substituted.
An explanation of the method of computing the relative price of
these articles is necessary, and harness leather will be used as an illus
tration. It must be understood that during the years when “ country
middles” were quoted they were assumed to represent the several
grades of oak harness leather; that is, that the course of prices of a
standard grade of oak harness leather in an index number of prices
fairly represents the course of prices of the various grades of oak
harness leather. Therefore, when it became necessary to substitute,
in 1902, “ packers' hides” for the “ country middles,” prices were
secured for packers' hides for both 1901 and 1902, and it was found
that the average price for the year 1902 was the same as, or 100 per
cent of, the average price for the year 1901. The relative price of
40
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
country middles in 1901 was 114.7 (average price for the 10 years,
1890 to 1899, equals 100), and if country middles represented oak
harness leather at that time, and packers’ hides represented the class
in 1902, harness leather (shown by the price of packers’ hides) having
remained the same actual price in 1902 as in 1901, the relative price
in 1902 was therefore 100 per cent of 114.7, the relative price in 1901,
which gives 114.7 as the relative price in 1902. The average price of
harness leather in 1912 was 103.61 per cent of the average price in
1911; therefore the relative price in 1912 was 103.61 per cent of 127.3,
the relative price of 1911, which gives 131.9 as the relative price in
1912 (see p. 114). This method was used in computing relative prices
for each month. The same method of computing the relative prices
was followed for sheep, beans, crackers, herring, onions, blankets,
boots and shoes, calico, drillings, hosiery, leather, overcoatings, serge,
sheetings, shirtings, women’s dress goods, worsted yarns, augers, bar
iron, butts, copper, vises, doors, plate glass, white pine, shingles, bed
room sets, cottonseed oil, and jute. For trouserings and underwear
the exact grade quoted for 1903 was not manufactured in 1902. The
manufacturer of trouserings, however, estimated in 1903 that onehalf of the advance in price over the price for the grade quoted for
previous years was due to the fact that it was a better article and
the other half to the advance in price of material and cost of manu
facture. Thg advance was $0.1125 per yard over the price in 1902;
one-half of this, $0.05625, was added to the 1902 price of the 22
to 23 ounce trouserings to secure a theoretical 1902 price for the 21 to
22 ounce trouserings, and the 1903 relative price was then computed
as above. Underwear was arbitrarily given the same relative price in
1903 as in 1902, as the all-wool underwear manufactured by the same
firm showed no change in price. In 1904 and following years relative
prices of trouserings and underwear were found in the same way as
explained above for harness leather.
In 1908, as elsewhere stated, a number of articles were quoted for
the first time. Relative prices for these articles could not be com
puted, as the prices for the base period, 1890 to 1899, were not
obtained. As these articles were added, however, to make a larger
representation for the groups in which they were included, it was
deemed necessary to carry their price into the group averages. Up
to this time such averages were simple averages of the relative prices
of the several articles in the group, but as relative prices for these
articles could not be computed a different method had to be followed,
which is here briefly explained.
When the 1908 prices were obtained prices were obtained for 1907.
The 1908 price for each article, old and new, was divided by the 1907
price, giving a percentage based on the 1907 price. These several
percentages for the articles in the group were then added and divided
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
41
by the number of such percentages, giving an average percentage
showing the per cent the price for the group in 1908 was of the price
for the group of 1907. The relative price of the group for 1907 having
been established in the preceding report, such relative price for 1907
was multiplied by the average percentage above described, producing
the relative price for the group in 1908.
This method of obtaining the yearly relative price for a group was
followed in obtaining the monthly relative price for a group, the
yearly average actual price in 1907 being used as the base and divided
into each monthly actual price of 1908. In other words, having
obtained the average percentage for a group, the relative price for a
group was computed, as was the relative price for a single article
when a substitution was made therein, for an explanation of which
see pages 39 and 40. This system also was followed in computing the
relative price for all commodities taken as a whole.
Averages for the succeeding years and months were computed by
the same method.
The general tables follow:
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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
T a b l e I . — WHOLESALE
PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912.
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 23.)
FARM PRODUCTS.
BARLEY: Choice to fancy malting, by sample.
(Price per bushel of 48 pounds, in Chicago, weekly range,* quotations furnished by the secretary of the
Chicago Board of Trade.]
Price.
Month.
Jan.......
Feb , .
Month.
$1.27-11.31
1.29- 1.37
1.32- 1.37
1.30- 1.35
1.26- 1.36
1.23- 1.32
1.24- 1.32
1.24- 1.32
>Mar.......
1.241.241.261.281.30-
1.30
1.30
1.34
1.36
1.38
Apr__
May...
June...
Month.
Price.
$1.32-$l. 38
1.32- 1.38
1.33- 1.40
1.32- 1.38
1.27- 1.36
1.25- 1.32
1.24- 1.30
1.19- 1.30
1.18- 1.23
1.1ft- 1.22
1.14- 1.20
1.00- 1.17
1.00- 1.10
July...
Aug....
Sept...
Price.
$1.02-$l. 10
1.03- 1.08
.85- 1.09
.85- .90
.75- .82
.74- .82
.65- .75
.65- .70
.65- .70
.65- .75
.70- .75
.68- .75
.68- .76
Month.
N o v ....
Dec......
Average.
Price.
$0.70-10.76
.70- .75
.70- .75
.70- .75
.68- .76
.68- .75
.65- .74
.65- .75
.65- .77
.65- .75
.65- .77
.67- .75
.67- .75
$1.0188
CATTLE: Steers, choice to prime.
[Price per 100 pounds, live weight, in Chicago, on Monday of each week; quotations from the Chicago Daily
Farmers and Drovers Journal.]
Jan.......
Feb ....
Mar.......
$7.65-$8.60
7.65- 8.50
7.75- 8.60
7.60- 8.50
7.75- 8.75
7.75- 9.00
7.75- 7.85
7.80- 8.60
8.15- 8.85
8.208.008.108.10-
8.85
8.85
8.85
8.80
Apr__
M ay...
June...
$8.15-$8.80
8.35- 8.85
8.30- 8.75
8.35- 8.75
8.658.508.808.908.658.508.808.808.90-
9.00
9.00
9.30
9.40
9.35
9.35
9.40
9.50
9.55
J uly...
Aug....
Sept...
$8.75-$9.70
8.65- 9.75
8.25- 9.40
8.45- 9.75
8.85- 9.85
9.25-10.25
9.60-10.50
9.75-10.55
9.90-10.65
Oct.......
Nov___
$9.85-$ll. 00
10.35- 11.00
10.35- 11.00
10.25- 11.05
10.00- 10.85
10.15- 10.85
10.25- 10.85
10.15- 11.00
10.40- 11.00
“ *‘i6.’66^io.’65" Dec...... '*'io.'25^‘ii.‘66
10.00-10.90
10.10-10.95
10.00-11.00
10.309.759.309.25-
Average.
11.00
10.25
9.85
9.75
$9.3585
CATTLE: Steers, good to choice.
[Price per 100 pounds, live weight, in Chicago, on Monday of each week; quotations from the Chicago Daily
Farmers and Drovers Journal.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$6.45-$7.55
6.55- 7.60
6.45- 7.65
6.40- 7.55
6.45- 7.60
6.40- 7.65
7.15- 7.70
7.15- 7.75
7.55- 8.10
Apr__
$7.60-$8.10
7.70- 8.30
7.65- 8.25
7.75- 8.30
J uly...
M ay...
Aug....
7.65-8.10
7.45- 8.00
7.40- 8.00
7.55- 8.00
June...
8.25- 8.60
8.00- 8.40
8.30- 8.75
8.35- 8.85
8.10- 8.60
7.90- 8.45
8.15- 8.70
8.00-8.75
8.15- 8.75
Sept...
$8.00-$8.65
7.80- 8.50
7.50- 8.15
7.55- 8.40
7.85- 8.75
8.00- 9.15
8.25- 9.40
8.70- 9.60
8.75- 9.85
Nov___
8.85- 9.85
8.75- 9.85
8.75-10.00
8.60- 9.90
$8.50-$9.75
9.85-10.35
9.60-10.25
8.30- 9.40
8.25- 9.35
8.35- 9.40
8.45- 9.50
8.50- 9.50
8.65-10.35
8.65-10.20
8.70-10.30
8.20- 9.65
8.15- 9.25
8.15- 9.15
Average.
$8.4024
43
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T able
I .—WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F A R M P R O D U C T S —Continued.
CORN: Contract grades, cash.
[Price per bushel of 66 pounds shelled, or 70 pounds in ear, in Chicago, on Tuesday of each week; quotations
furnished by the secretary of the Chicago Board of Trade.]
Month.
Price.
Month.
Price.
Month.
Price.
Jan.......
$0.69 -$0.70
.6 8 - .69
.6 9 - .70
.63*- .64
.64|- .65
.65 - . 65*
.64|- .65
.64 - .64*
.63|- .64
.67*- .68
.68|- .69
.67*- .68
Apr__
$0.74 -$0.74*
.77*- .78
.77*- .78
.79 - .79*
.80 - .80*
.80|- .80*
.80 - .80*
.79*- .80
.80 - .80*
.74f- .75*
.74*- .75
.72*- .73
.73*- .74
July—
$0.73*-$0.74
.72 - .72*
.73*- .73f
.71*- .72
.73*- .74
.73*- .74
.76 - .76*
.79 - .79*
.80*- .80*
.78*- .78*
.76f- .77
.6 9 - o69*
.72 - .72*
i'
Mar.......
May__
June...
kOH
Feb . ,
Aug....
Sept....
Month.
Nov......
Average.
Price.
$0.68*-$0.69
.64*- .65
.63|- .64
.63|- .64
.61*- .62
.55 - .55*
.57*- .58
.54*- .55
.53 - .53*
.49 - .49*
.4 9 - .50
.48 - .48*
.48 - .48*
.47 - .47*
$0.6855
COTTON: Upland, middling.
[Price per pound, in New York, on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin.]
-JL
$0.1095 July....
Jan.......
$0.1165 Oct.......
$0.0935 Apr___
$0.1145
.1130
.0950
.1230
. 1110
.1170
.1245
.0960
.1075
.0950
.1200
.1280
.1100
.1170
.1310
.0965
.1135
.1190 Aug....
Feb
.1275
.0990 May__
.1190
.1185
.1190
.1065
.1220
.1160
.1180
.1050
.1240
.1150
.1130
.1045
.1300
.1145 Sept....
.1150
Mar,.
.1045 June...
.1285
.1175
.1165
.1295
.1065
.1180
.1175
.1060
.1310
.1160
.1175
.1060
.1320
.1320
Average.
$0.11503
FLAXSEED: No. 1 and No. 1 Northwestern, cash*
[Price per bushel of 56 pounds, in Chicago, on the first of each month; quotations furnished by the secretary
of the Chicago Board of Trade.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar
$2.14
2.10
2.02
Apr__
May....
June...
$2.16
2.16*
(l)
July....
Aug....
Sept....
(*)
Oct.......
$1.74
1.40
1.20
Average.
$1.8656
8
HAY: Timothy, No. 1.
[Price per ton of 2,000 pounds in Chicago, on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Inter*
Ocean.]
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar.......
$21.00-121.50
22.00- 22. 50
22.50- 23.00
22.00- 22.50
20.50- 21.50
20.00- 21.00
20.00- 21.00
20.00- 21.00
20.00- 21.00
20.00- 21.00
20- 50- 21.50
20.50- 21.50
21.50- 22.50
Apr__
May.. .
June...
$22.50-$23.50
23.00- 24.00
23.00- 24.00
25.00- 25 50
25.50- 26.00
26.50- 27.50
25.50- 26.50
25.00- 25.50
24.50- 25.00
24.00- 25.00
24.00- 24.50
20.50- 21.50
17.50- 18.50
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$17.50-$18.50
20.00- 21.00
20.00- 22.00
20.00- 22.00
20.00- 22.00
20.00- 21.00
19.00- 20.00
19.50- 20.50
21.00- 22.00
21.00- 22.00
20.00- 21.00
16.00- 18.00
15.00- 17.00
Nov......
Dec.......
Average.
1 No quotation for month.
$17.00-$18.00
18.00- 19.00
17.00- 18.50
17.00- 18.50
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
16.00- 17.00
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
16.00- 17.50
16.00- 17.50
17.00- 18.00
15.00- 16.00
13.00- 14.00
$20.4104
44
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BULLETIN OF THE BUKEAU OF LABOB STATISTICS.
I . —WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F A R M P R O D U C T S —Continued.
HIDES: Green, salted, packers’, heavy native steers.
(Price per pound, in Chicago, on the first of each month; quotations from the Shoe and Leather Reporter.]
Month.
Price.
Jan.......
Feb,
Mar
$0.16
.15f
.15f
Month.
Price.
Month.
Apr___
M ay.. .
June...
$0.15*
SO. 16*- .16*
.17*- .17|
July...
Aug....
Sept...
Price.
!
! Month.
!
$0.17* 1 Oct. ,
$0.18*- . 18*
' .19* I Dec.......
1Average.
Price.
$0.19*
.20
$0.19|- .20
$0.1760
HOGS: Heavy (range of quotations for selected 260 to 300 pound packing and fair to fancy
heavy shipping).
[Price per 100 pounds, live weight, in Chicago, on Monday of each week; quotations from the Chicago
Daily Farmers and Drovers Journal.]
Jan.
Feb.......
Mar.
$6.05 -$6.20
6.22J- 6.35
6.27*- 6.40
6.30 - 6.40
6.25 - 6.35
6.20 - 6.30
6.12*- 6.20
6.27*- 6.35
6.50 - 6.57*
6.50 6.92*7.30 7.72*-
6.60
7.10
7.40
7.85
Apr___
May...
June...
$7.90 -$8.05
7.70 - 7.80
8.00 - 8.10
7.72*- 7.85
7.45 7.50 7.45 7.72*7.15 7.40 7.50 7.42*7.45 -
7.75
7.80
7.82*
7.85
7.47*
7.55
7.65
7.55
7.55
July...
Aug....
$7.30 -$7.55
7.40 - 7.70
7.35 - 7.65
7.62*- 8.00
7.47*- 8.10
7.65 - 8.25
7.95 - 8.40
8.20 - 8.50
8.40 - 8.75
Oct
....
Sept...
8.”io‘8.30 8.10 8.40 -
8. 75
8.85
8.50
8.80
D ec...,
Average.
$8.65 -$9.05
8.95 - 9.30
8.97*- 9.25
8. 52*- 8.70
7.42*- 7. 70
7.70 - 8.10
7. 70 - 8.10
7.80 - 8.00
7. 70 - 7.80
7.60 7.70 7.27*7.50 7.45 -
7.70
7.85
7.37*
7.70
7.60
$7.5954
HOGS: Light (range of quotations for fair to fancy selected butchers’ and common to
choice, light bacon).
[Price per 100 pounds, live weight, in Chicago, on Monday of each week; quotations from the Chicago
Daily Farmers and Drovers Journal.]
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar.......
$5.90-$6.02*
6.00- 6.30
5.90- 6.40
5.80- 6.40
5.75- 6.35
5.90- 6.30
5.90- 6.20
6.10- 6.35
6.35- 6.57*
6.356.807.107.55-
6.60
7.10
7.40
7.85
Apr__
May....
June...
$7.70-$8.05
7.35- 7.80
7. 70- 8.10
7.40- 7.85
7.407.457.407.357.107.107.207.157.20-
7.85
7.90
7.92*
7.85
7.55
7.55
7.65
7.55
7.55
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$7.20-$7.55
7.30- 7.72*
7.35- 7.72*
7.75- 8.10
7.80- 8.25
8.00- 8. 45
8.15- 8. 65
8.25- 8.60
8.50- 8.95
O ct....
8."75^*8*95*
8.70- 9.00
8.30- 8.60
8.45- 8.90
$8.55-$9.10
8.80- 9.35
8.70- 9.30
8.10- 8. 70
7.40- 7.80
7.55- 8.10
7.55- 8.10
7.55- 8.00
7.35- 7.80
7.307.757.107.307.30-
Average.
7.70
7.80
7.35
7.65
7.55
$7.5517
HOPS: New York State, prime to choice.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar......
$0. 54-$ 0 .56
. 53- .55
. 47- .50
Apr___
May...
June...
$0. 53-$ 0 .55
. 49- .52
. 40- .52
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$0. 36-$ 0 .38
. 28- . 30
. 22- . 23
O ct...
$0. 30-$ 0 .33
. 31- .33
.31- .33
Average.
$0.4100
45
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912..
T able
I .—WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F A R M P R O D T J C T S —Continued.
HORSES: Draft, choice to extra.
[Price per head, in Chicago, on Wednesday of each week; quotations from the Chicago Daily Farmers
and Drovers Journal.]
Month.
Month.
Price.
Jan....... $180.00-1275.00
225.00- 275.00
195.00- 270.00
190.00- 280.00
175.00- 275.00
175.00- 275.00
Feb
175.00- 280.00
170.00- 280.00
175.00- 280.00
Mar......
175.00175.00175.00160.00-
280.00
280.00
280.00
250.00
Price.
Apr___ $160.00-$250.00
160.00- 250.00
160.00- 250.00
160.00- 250.00
M ay... 160.00160.00160.00160.00140.00June... 140.00140.00140.00140.00-
250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
Month.
Price.
Month.
Price.
Ju ly... $140.00-$250.00
140.00- 250.00
135.00- 235.00
135.00- 235.00
135.00- 235.00
Aug.... 135.00- 235.00
135.00- 235.00
135.00- 235.00
135.00- 235.00
Oct....... $225.00-1325.00
225.00- 325.00
225.00- 325.00
250.00- 350.00
225.00- 325.00
Nov___ 225.00- 325.00
225.00- 325.00
200.00- 300.00
175.00- 260.00
Sept... 135.00135.00225.00225.00-
Dec___
235.00
235.00
325.00
325.00
<0
170.00- 255.00
8
170.00- 255.00
Average.
$220.5000
MULES: 16 hands high, medium to extra.
[Price per head, in East St. Louis, on Monday of each week; quotations from the Daily National Live
Stock Reporter.]
Jan....... $160.00-1285.00
160.00- 285.00
160.00- 285.00
160.00- 285.00
160.00- 285. 00
Feb...... 160.00- 285.00
160.00- 285.00
160.00- 285.00
150.00- 270.00
Mar....... 150.00- 270.00
150.00- 270.00
150.00- 270.00
150.00- 270.00
Apr__ $150.00-$270.00
150.00- 270.00
125.00- 250.00
125.00- 250.00
125.00- 250.00
M ay... 125.00- 250.00
125.00- 250.00
125.00- 250.00
125.00- 250.00
June... 125.00- 250.00
125.00- 250.00
125.00- 250.00
125.00- 250.00
J uly... $125.00-$250.00
125.00- 250.00
125.00- 250.00
125.00- 250.00
125.00- 250.00
Aug.... 125.00- 250.00
135.00- 240.00
135.00- 240.00
135.00- 240.00
Sept... 135.00- 240.00
150.00- 200.00
140.00- 200.00
140.00- 200.00
Oct....... $150.00-$190.00
150.00- 190.00
150.00- 190.00
150.00- 190.00
150.00- 190.00
Nov...... 150.00- 190.00
150.00- 190.00
150.00- 190.00
150.00- 225.00
Dec...... 150.00- 225.00
150.00- 220.00
150.00- 220.00
150.00- 220.00
150.00- 220.00
Average.
$192.0300
OATS: Contract grades, cash.
[Price per bushel of 32 pounds, in Chicago, on Tuesday of each week; quotations furnished by the secretary
of the Chicago Board of Trade.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar......
$0,461
! 49*
•49|
.51|
.51f
.52|
.515
.51|
.52f
•53|
.521
.53f
Apr___
M ay...
June...
$0.54£
.57
.56|
.57
•56f
.57
.56
.52f
•55|
.52|
. 52f
.51
.51|
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$0.47f
.43*
.45*
.55
.49J
.31
.31f
Nov.
.
l32|
.31|
.32
.32§
.34|
Average.
* No quotation for week.
$0.31
.31|
.32|
.32*
.32$
.31*
.31
. 31J
.31
.31|
$0.32$- .32*
.324
.32|- .32|
•32J
$0.4380
46
T able
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I , — WHOLESALE PRICES OP COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F A R M P R O D U C T S —Continued.
POULTRY: Live, fowls.
[Price per pound, in New York, each week; by freight Feb. to Nov.; by express Jan. and Dec.; quotations
from the National Provisioner.]
Month.
Price.
Month.
Jan.......
$0.13*-$0.14
.1 6 - .16*
.1 4 - .14*
.1 3 - .13|
.12*- .13
.15
.15
.14
Apr__
.16
.18
.13
.16
.14*
June...
Feb......
Mar.......
M ay...
Price.
Month.
$0.17
.16*
.15*
.14
.14
.15
.16
.17
J uly...
.15*
.13*
.14
.14*
.14*
Sept...
Price.
$0.15
.16
.15*
.17
.14
.15
.14
.14*
.14*
.17
.18
.18
.16
Aug....
Month.
Oct.......
Nov-----
Dec......
Average.
Price.
$0.16
.14
.14*
.14
.14
.14
.12*
.13*
.13*
.14
.13
.13
.13
$0.1485
RYE: No. 2, cash.
[Price per bushel of 56 pounds, in Chicago, on Tuesday of each week; quotations furnished by the secretary
of the Chicago Board of Trade.]
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar......
$0.92 -$0.92*
.96
.96
.94
.9 3 - .94
.93*- .94
.92*- .93
.92 - .92*
.90
.90
.92
.92
.91*
Apr___
May—
June...
$0.92
$0.92- .92*
.94- .95
.96
.95
.95
.94*
.92
.91
.89- .90
.89
.85- .87
.78
July....
Aug---Sept....
$0.75
.75
.73
.74
$0.73*- .75
. 68 - .70
.70
.72 - .72*
. 70 - . 704
.67 - .68*
.6 6 - .68
.68*- .69
.7 0 - .71
Oct.......
Dec......
Average.
$0.67*-$0.69*
.6 8 - .69
.70
.6 8 - .69
.69
.6 5 - .69
.6 5 - .66
. 61 - .63
.61
.62
.62*
.62 - .63*
.63 - .63*
. 63 - . 63*
$0.7983
SHEEP: Native wethers.
[Price per 100 pounds, live weight, in Chicago, weekly range; quotations from the Chicago Daily Farmers
and Drovers Journal.]
Jan.......
Feb, ...
Mar.......
$4.00-$4.50
4.40- 5.00
4.35- 5.00
4.35- 4.90
4.10- 4.75
4.15- 4.75
4.25- 4. 75
4.25- 4.75
4.40- 4.90
5.005.155.755.90-
5.50
5.65
6.25
6.40
Apr__
$6.00-$6.75
6.00- 6.75
6.15- 6.90
6.35- 7.25
July ...
May....
7.85- 8.50
6.75- 7.50
5.50- 6.35
5.50- 6.25
5.50- 6.50
4.75- 5.35
4.60-5.25
4.75- 5.35
4.75- 5.35
Aug....
June...
$4.60-$5.10
4.85- 5.50
4.50- 5.25
4.25- 5.00
4.10- 4.85
4.10- 4.65
4.00- 4.35
3.60- 4.25
3.60- 4.20
Nov......
Sept... .......3.’ 75- 4*25*
3.90- 4.75
4.00- 4.50
4.00- 4.50
$3.75-$4.25
3.85- 4.40
4.00- 4.75
4.00- 4.75
3.65- 4.50
3.65- 4.60
3.60- 4.60
3.75- 4.50
3.50- 4.50
4.154.254.354.854.85-
Average.
4.50
4.75
4.85
5.60
5.60
$4.9283
47
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T a b le I . — WHOLESALE
PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY Tt)
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F A R M P R O D U C T S —Continued.
SHEEP: Western wethers.
[Price per 100 pounds, live weight, in Chicago, weekly range; quotations from the Chicago Daily Farmers
and Drovers Journal.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar......
Price.
Month.
Price.
Month.
$3.90-14.00
4.35- 5.05
4.25- 5.00
4.25- 4.85
4.00- 4.60
4.10- 4.60
4.25-4.85
4.25- 4.80
4.35- 5 00
Apr___
$6.00-$7.15
5.75- 6.85
5.90- 6.85
6.15- 7.15
July....
May....
Aug....
4.85- 5 60
4.90- 5.65
5.50- 6.25
5.30- 6.50
June...
7.65- 8.40
6.65-7.50
5.50-6.25
5.25-6.15
5.40- 6.40
4.65-5.30
4.50-5.10
4.60-5.25
4.60-5.35
Price.
Sept...
Month.
Price.
$4.50-S5.15
4.90- 5.50
4.70- 5.25
4.35- 4.90
4.15- 4. 70
4.15- 4.60
3.75- 4.25
3.60- 4.25
3.60-4.40
$3.65-$4.15
3.85- 4.35
4.25- 4.65
4.00- 4.60
4.00- 4.50
4.10- 4.50
4.00- 4.35
4.00- 4.25
4.00- 4.50
3.75- 4.60
4.15- 4.70
4.15- 4.70
4.15-4.70
4.00- 4.50
4.15- 4.80
4.25- 4.90
4.65- 5.50
4.65- 5.50
Average.
$4.9009
TOBACCO: Burley, dark red, good leaf.
[Price per 100 pounds in Louisville on Monday of each week; quotations from the Western Tobacco Journal.!
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar.......
$11.00-$12.50
11.00- 12.50
11.00- 12.50
11.00- 12.50
11.00- 12.50
11.00- 12.50
11.00- 12.50
11.00- 1-2.50
12.00- 14.00
12.00- 14.00
12.00- 14.00
12.00- 14.00
12.00- 14.00
Apr___
May....
June...
$10.00-$12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
1^ 00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$10.00-$12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
O ct...
Dec....... s
Average.
$10.00-$12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
10.00- 12.00
11.50- 13.00
11.50-13.00
11.50- 13.00
11.50- 13.00
11.50- 13.00
0)
$11.4279
WHEAT: No. 1, Northern spring, cash.
[Price per bushel of 60 pounds in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations furnished by the secretary
of the Chicago Board of Trade.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$1.07-$lo10
1.09- 1.11
1.08- 1.10
1.09- 1.11
1.12- 1.14
1.12- 1.14
1.10- 1.12
1.09- 1.11
1.08- 1.11
1.09- 1.13
1.12- 1.15
1.09- 1.11
1.11- 1.14
Apr___
May....
June...
$1.09-$l. 13
1.10- 1.15
1.12- 1.15
1.15- 1.19
1.17- 1.20
1.18- 1.22
1.19- 1.21
1.15- 1.18
1.17- 1.21
1.16- 1.19
1.15- 1.19
1.14- 1.16
1.14- 1.17
July....
Aug....
Sept....
$1.11-$1.15
1.09- 1.13
1.08- 1.12
1.06- 1.11
1.06- 1.11
1.01- 1.08
1.00- 1.05
.98- 1.05
.96- .98
.93- .97
.91- .93
.92- .95
.92- .94|
Dec.......
Average.
i No quotation for week.
$0.91 -$0.93§
.9 2 - .94
.94 - .95|
.92 - . 94f
.92|- . 93f
.8 9 - .90
.8 9 - .91
.86 - . 87J
. 85
.86;
.8 5 - .86
.85|- . 86<
.87J- .88
.88J- .90
.89|- .90f
$1.0455
48
BULLETIN OF THE BTJBEAU OF LABOB STATISTICS.
'A b le I . —WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F A R M P R O D U C T S —Concluded.
WHEAT: No. 2, red winter, cash.
[Price per bushel of 60 pounds in Chicago on Tuesday of each week; quotations furnished by the secretary
of the Chicago Board of Trade.]
Month.
Price.
Month.
Price.
Month.
Price.
Jan.......
$0.93|-$0.97
.94|- .97*
.94J- .97
.9 6 - .98
.98|- 1.01*
.99 - 1.01|
.971- 1.011
.95|- 1.00*
•96*—1.00|
1.00 - 1.03*
1.01f- 1.04*
1.00 - 1.02*
1.00*- 1.03*
Apr___
$1.00 -41.021
1.01|- 1.05
1.09 - 1.111
1.121- 1.15
1.12*- 1.16
1.171- 1.19
1.16§- 1.18*
1.12*- 1.14§
1.13*- 1.14|
1.12 - 1.13*
1.09*- 1.13
1.06|- 1.09f
1.07|- 1.10
July....
$1.06£-$l.09*
1.04 - 1.061
l.OOf- 1.03|
.99|- 1.02|
1.01 - 1.031
1.01 - 1.04
1.02 - 1.05
1.03 - 1.05*
1.04*- 1.06*
1.03f- 1.07
1.02*- 1.05*
1.04 - 1.06*
1.03 - 1.06*
Feb
Mar.......
May....
June...
Aug....
Sept....
Month.
Price.
$1.02 -$1.05|
1.03|- 1.06|
1.06 - 1.09
1.06 - 1.09
1.06 - 1.09
1.03 - 1.06*
1.03*- 1.06|
.99|- 1.03f
1.01 - 1.03*
1.001- 1.02|
.99*- 1.02f
1.05J- 1.07|
1.09-1.10*
1.10 - 1. Ilf
Average.
$1.0498
F O O D , ET C BEANS: Medium, choice.
[Price per 100 pounds, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.)
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$4.15
$4.30- 4.35
4.35- 4.40
Apr__
May....
June...
$4.35-$4.40
4.55- 4.60
4.95- 5.00
July—
Aug....
Sept...
$4.90-$4.95
4.90- 4.95
0)
$5.10-$5.20
4.95- 5.05
4.50
Average.
$4.6614
BREAD: Crackers, oyster, puff, in boxes.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar
$0.06*
.06*
.06*
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.06*
.06*
.06*
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.06*
.06*
.06*
$0.06*
.06*
Average.
0.0650
BREAD: Crackers, soda, in boxes.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$0.06*
.06*
•06i
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.06*
.06*
.06*
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.06*
.06*
.06*
Oct..
Average.
i No quotation for month.
$0.06*
.06*
.06*
$0.0650
49
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T a b l e I . — WHOLESALE
PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
BREAD: Loaf (after baking 14* ounces).
[Price per loaf, in Washington, D. C., on the first of each month. Weight before baking, 16* ounces. Price
per pound (before baking), $0.0388.)
Month.
Price.
Jan.......
Feb. .
Mar.......
$0.04
.04
.04
Month.
Month.
Price.
$0.04
.04
.04
Apr__
May__
June...
Price.
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.04
.04
.04
Month.
Price.
Oct
Nov......
$0.04
.04
.04
Average.
$0.0400
BREAD: Loaf, homemade.
[Price per loaf, in New York, on the first of each month. Weight before baking, 15 to 15* ounces. Price
per pound (before baking), $0.0420 to $0.0427.]
Jan.......
Feb. .
Mar.......
$0.04
.04
.04
$0.04
.04
.04
Apr__
May....
June...
July....
Aug....
Sept. . .
$0.04
.04
.04
Oct
Nov......
Dec.......
$0.04
.04
.04
Average.
$0.0400
BUTTER: Creamery, Elgin.
[Price per pound, on Monday of each week; price, Jan. 1 to Dec. 16, f. o. b. shipping station, and Dec. 23
and 30, f. o. b. cars Elgin, 111.; quotations from the Elgin Dairy Report.]
Jan.......
Feb. .
Mar.......
$0.36
.36
.40
.37
.36
.32
.32
.27
.28
.30
.29
.29
.30
Apr___
$0.30
.32
.31
.31
.31
.30
.30
.27
.25
.25
.25*
.25
.25
May__
June...
July....
$0.25*
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.25
.27*
.28
.28*
.30
Aug....
Sept...
Oct. , ,
$0.29
.29
.29
.29
.31
.32
.33*
.34
.35*
.35
.34
.34
.34
Average.
$0.2968
BUTTER: Creamery, extra.
[Price per pound, in New York, on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of Com
merce and Commerical Bulletin,]
Mar.......
A pr....
May....
June...
$0.31
.34
.32*
.31*
.35*
.31*
$0.30 - .30*
.27*- .27|
.26 - .26*
.26*- .27*
.27f- .28
.26*- .27
is
Feb , .
$0.36*-$0.37
.38 - .38*
.40*- .41
.37
.37
.31*
.&3*- .34
.28 - .28*
.30
.30*
.28*
.31
.31*
to
1'
Jan.......
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.27 -$0.27*
.27 - .27*
.27 - .27*
.27 - .27*
.27 - .27*
.26|- .27
.26 - .26*
.26 - .26*
.26*- .26*
.27|- .28
.28|- .29
.29|- .30
.29|- .30
O ct...
Average.
86629°—Bull. 114—13------i
$0.32
$0.30|- .31
.31
.31*- .31*
.31*
.32*- .33
.33*- .34
.35
.36
.37*- .38
.37*- .38
.36*- .37
.37 - .37*
.37 - .37f
$0.3137
50
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I.—WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
T a b le
F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
BUTTER: Dairy, New York State, tubs, finest.
[Price per pound, in New York, on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Month.
Price.
Month.
Price.
Month.
Price.
Month.
Jan.......
$0.35 -$0.36
.35 - .37
.39 - .39*
.36*- .37
.3 6 - .37
.31
.32*- .33
.28
.28*- .29*
.2 9 - .30
.28
.30
.3 0 - .31
Apr__
$0.30 -$0.31
.33 - .33|
.32
.31
.3 4 - .35
.31 - .31*
.31
.28
.26 - .26*
.26*- .27
.26*- .27
.26 - .26|
.26 - .26*
July....
$0.26 -$0.26i
.26 - . 26J
.26
.26
.26
.25*- .26
.25 - .25*
.25
.25
.26 - .26|
.27 - .27*
. 27*- .28*
.27*- .28|
Oct.......
$0.29 -$0.30
.29
.29 - .29*
.2 9 - .30
.2 9 - .30
.3 0 - .31
.31 - .32
.33
.33 - .33*
.3 4 - .35
.3 4 - .35
.3 3 - .34
.3 2 - .34
.32 - .34
Average.
$0.3001
Feb
Mar.......
M ay...
June...
Aug....
Sept...
Price.
CANNED GOODS: Corn, Republic No. 2, fancy.
[Price per dozen cans (can contains 20 ounces net), in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$0.95
.95
.95
Apr__
M!ay—
June...
$0.95
.95
.95
$0.95
.95
.95
July...
Aug....
Sept. . .
Oct .
Average.
$0.95
.95
.95
$0.9500
CANNED GOODS: Peas, Republic No. 2, sifted.
[Price per dozen cans (can contains 19 ounces net), in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.. ..
$1.60
1.50
0)
Apr__
May...
June...
$1.60
0
1.65
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$1.65
1.50
C)
Oct...
Nov.....
Dec.
Average.
(})
$1.85
1.65
$1.6250
CANNED GOODS: Tomatoes, Standard, New Jersey, No. 3.
[Price per dozen cans (5-inch can contains 34 ounces net), in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.
$1.40
1.40
1.45
Apr__
May...
June...
C) $1.50
1.50
July...
Aug....
Sept...
%
Oct.......
Nov___
Dec.
Average.
1No quotation for month.
$1.4167
51
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T a b le
I. — WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
CHEESE: New York State, full cream, large, colored, fancy.
[Price per pound, in New York, on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Month.
Jan.
Price.
$0
$0.16*. 16*-
Feb.
Mar..
.17*.18 -
Month.
Price.
Month.
Price.
Month.
Apr___
July.
Oct.
May.
Aug..
Nov..
June..,
Sept.
Dec.
.18*Average.
Price.
$0.16f
.17*
.17*
.171
$0.17*- .17*
.17*- .17*
.17*- .17*
.17|- .17*
.17*- .17*
.17*
.17*- .17|
.17*- .17f
.17*- .17|
.17*- .17|
$0.1645
COPPEE: Rio No. 7, Brazil grades.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$0.14*
Apr__
M ay...
June...
$0.14f-$0.14f
•14f- .14*
. 14J- .14*
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$0.14f
$0.14*- .14f
.14*- .14|
Dec......
Oct
$0.14|
.15
.15|
Average.
$0.1462
EGGS: New laid, State, Pennsylvania, and near-by, white.
fi
[Price per dozen, in New York, on Tuesday of each week; quotations from
the New York Journal of Com----------- . -----------la fp
------ “
merceand
Commercial
Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb ....
Mar,...
$0.35-$0.40
.34- .40
.36- .40
.36- .40
.41- .45
.44- .48
.38- .40
.36- .39
.31- .34
.25- .27
.22- .25
.24- .27
.25- .27
A pr....
May....
June...
$0.23 -$0.24*
.2 3 - .24
.21*- .23
.22 - .23
.21 - .23
.21 - .23
.22*- .24
. 21*— .23
.21 - .23
.21 - .23
.22 - .24
.23 - .26
.2 4 - .27
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.24-$0.27
.24- .27
.24- .27
.26- .29
.27- .31
.27- .31
.27- .32
.28- .32
.28- ,.32
.29- .33
.30- .35
.32- .37
.36- ,.40
Dec.......
Average.
$0.39-$0.42
.40- .45
.40- .46
.43- .50
.42- .53
.43- .55
.45- .60
.45- .60
.35- .55
.35- .55
.35- .45
.35- .45
.35- .45
.33- .42
$0. 3315
PISH: Cod, dry, bank, large.
[Price per quintal of 100 pounds in Boston, on the first of each month; quotations from the Boston Herald.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$9.00
9.00
9.00
Apr___
May....
June...
$8.50-$9.00
8.50- 9.00
8.00
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$8.00
$7.00- 7.50
7.00-7.50
$7.00-$7.50
7.00-7.50
7.50- 8.00
Average.
$8.1042
52
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I .—WHOLESALE PRICES OP COMMODITIES PROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
FISH: Herring, large, Nova Scotia, split.
[Price per barrel of 180 to 190 pounds, in Boston on the first of each month, quotations from the Boston
Herald.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb
Mar,
Month.
Price.
C1) $7.50
7.50
Price.
Apr__
May....
June...
$7.50
7.50
7.50
Month.
Price.
July....
Aug....
Sept. . .
$7.50
7.50
7.50
Month.
Dec___
Average.
Price.
$7.50
7.50
7.50
$7.5000
FISH: Mackerel, salt, large No. 3s.
[Price per barrel of 200 pounds, net, in Boston, on the first of each month.]
$13.00
12.50
12.50
Jan.......
Feb
.
Mar
Apr___
M ay...
June...
$12.50
12.00
13.00
July__
Aug ...
Sept. . .
$13.00
13.50
13.50
Oct.......
N ov___
Dec.......
$14.00
14.50
14.50
Average.
$13.2083
FISH: Salmon, canned, Columbia River, 1-pound tails.
[Price per dozen 1-pound cans, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar
$2.15-$2.20
2.15- 2.20
2.15- 2.20
Apr....
May....
June...
$2.15-$2.20
2.15- 2.20
2.15- 2.20
July....
Aug....
Sept__
$2.15-$2.20
2.15- 2.20
2.15- 2.20
Oct.......
Nov......
$2.15-$2.20
2.20- 2.25
2.20- 2.25
Average.
$2.1833
FLOUR: Buckwheat.
[Price per 100 pounds, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb .
Mar......
$2.75-$2.85
2.75- 2.85
2.75- 2.85
Apr___
May....
June...
(1)
(i)
C1)
July....
Aug....
Sept...
0)
0)
0)
Oct
Nov......
Dec.......
$2.00-$2.10
2.00- 2.10
2.20
Average.
$2.4500
FLOUR: Rye (in jute and in wood).
[Price per barrel of 196 pounds, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb, ...
Mar......
$4.50-$5.20
4.60- 5.20
4.50- 5.20
Apr__
May....
June...
$4.50-$5.20
4.70-5.35
4.70- 5.35
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$4.70-$5.35
4.00- 4.50
3.75- 4.25
Oct ..
Average.
i No quotation for month.
$3.60-$4.10
3.60- 4.10
3.45- 4.05
$4.5188
53
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T able
I . —WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F O O D , E T C *—Continued.
FLOUR: Wheat, spring patents (in sacks and in barrels).
[Price per barrel of 196 pounds, in New York, on Tuesday of each week; quotations furnished by the stat
istician of the New York Produce Exchange.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb
Mar......
Price.
$5.25-$5.50
5.25- 5.50
5.25- 5.50
5.25- 5.50
5.25- 5.60
5.35- 5.70
5.35- 5.70
5.25- 5.60
5.15- 5.50
5.25- 5.55
5.35- 5.60
5.25- 5.50
5.25- 5.50
Month.
Apr___
May....
June...
Price.
$5.2545.60
5.25- 5.60
5.40- 5.75
5.50- 5.85
5.75- 6.00
5.70- 6.00
5.70- 6.00
5.60- 5.90
5.60- 5.90
5.70- 5.90
5.70- 6.00
5.60- 5.85
5.60- 5.75
Month.
July....
Aug....
Sept...
Price.
$5.55-$5.75
5.55- 5.70
5.45- 5.60
5.35- 5.50
5.25- 5.50
5.15- 5.40
5.15- 5.40
5.15- 5.40
5.15- 5.40
5.15- 5.40
4.85- 5.20
4.75- 5.00
4.75- 5.00
Month.
Price.
Oct.......
$4.75-$5.00
4.75- 5.00
4.75- 5.00
4.75- 5.00
4.75- 5.00
4.75- 5.00
4.65- 4.90
4.55- 4.80
4.50- 4.70
4.45- 4.60
4.45- 4.65
4.40- 4.65
4.45- 4.70
4.45- 4.70
Average.
$5.2712
FLOUR: Wheat, winter straights (in sacks and in barrels).
[Price per barrel of 196 pounds, in New York, on Tuesday of each week; quotations furnished by the stat
istician of the New York Produce Exchange.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$4.25-$4.35
4.30- 4.40
4.30- 4.45
4.30- 4.45
4.40- 4.50
4.40- 4.55
4.40- 4.55
4.40- 4.50
4.30- 4.45
4.40- 4.55
4.45- 4.55
4.45- 4.55
4.45- 4.55
Apr___
May__
June...
$4.45-$4.55
4.45- 4.55
4.55- 4.70
4.65- 4.90
4.75- 5.10
5.00- 5.50
5.15- 5.50
5.15- 5.40
5.15- 5.40
5.20- 5.40
5.20- 5.40
5.15- 5.30
5.10- 5.20
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$5.15-$5.20
5.00- 5.10
4.70- 4.80
4.55- 4.75
4.50- 4.75
4.50- 4.60
4.50- 4.65
4.50- 4.60
4.50- 4.60
4.50- 4.60
4.45- 4.55
4.45- 4.55
4.55- 4.65
O ct..,.
Average.
$4.55-$4.70
4.55- 4.70
4.60- 4.75
4.60- 4.75
4.60- 4.75
4.60- 4. 75
4.60- 4.75
4.55- 4.65
4.55- 4.65
4.55- 4.60
4.50- 4.55
4.50- 4.60
4.55- 4.70
4.55- 4.70
$4.6863
FRUIT: Apples, evaporated, choice.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar
$0.08f-$0.08|
.09$- .09*
.08*- .08|
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.08*
.08*
$0.08*- .09
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.08-$0.09
.08- .09
.08- .08*
Dec......
$0.07f-$0.08*
.07*
.06*- .06|
Average.
$0.0827
FRUIT: Currants, uncleaned, in barrels.
[Price per poundvin New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin.)
Jan.......
Feb
Mar......
$0.07§-$0.07*
.07$- .07*
.07|- .07|
Apr__
M ay...
June...
$0.07*-$0.07f
.07*- .07f
.07*- .07|
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$0.07*-$0.07*
.07*- .07*
.07*- .07*
$0.07*-$0.07f
.07*- .07f
.07*- .07*
Average.
$0.0751
54
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I . —WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
FRUIT: Prunes, California, 60s to 70s.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; in 50-pound boxes in January and in 25-pound
boxes February to December; quotations from the New York Journal of Commerce and Commercial
Bulletin.]
Month.
Price.
Month.
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar.......
$0.09 -$0.09£
.08|- .091
.08 - ,08h
Apr__
M ay...
June...
Price.
$0.07$-$0.08
.06|- .07
.06J- .07
Month.
Price.
Month.
Ju ly...
Aug....
Sept...
$0.06§-$0.07
.07 - .07£
.07 - .07J
Oct.......
Nov......
$0.07 -SO. 07h
.06|- .06|
. 0GJ- .06|
Average.
$0.0743
Price.
FRUIT: Raisins, California, London layer.
[Price per box of 23 pounds, net, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar
$1.40-$1.45
1.40- 1.45
1.40- 1.45
Apr__
May__
June...
$1.40-11.46
1.40- 1.45
1.40- 1.45
July....
Aug....
Sept. . .
$1.40-11.45
1.40- 1.45
1.40- 1.45
Dec......
$1.40-$l. 45
1.40- 1.45
1.40- 1.45
Average.
$1.4250
GLUCOSE: 42° mixing.
[Price per 100 pounds, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
$1.97
2.12
2.22
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
Apr__
M a y...
June...
$2.52
2.67
2.38
July...
Aug---Sept. . .
$2.28
2.37
2.52
Oct.......
Nov......
$2.42
2.19
2.09
Average.
$2.3125
LARD: Prime, contract.
[Price per pound, in New York, on Tuesday of each week; quotations furnished by the statistician of the
New York Produce Exchange.]
Jan.... $0.0925-$0.0935
.0930- ,.0940
.0935- ,.0945
.0915- ,.0925
.0920- .0930
Feb...... .0905- ,.0915
.0900- ,.0910
.0875- .0885
.0880- ,.0890
Mar
.0915- ,.0925
.0905- ,.0915
.0945- ,.0955
.0975- . 0985
Apr__ $0.1010-$0.1020
.0990- ,.1000
.1040- ,.1050
.1030- .1040
.1090- .1100
May.... .1090- .1100
.1075- .1085
.1050- ,.1060
.1055- .1065
June... .1070- .1080
.1070- .1080
.1065- .1075
.1050- .1060
July.... $0.1050-$0.1060
.1040- .,1050
.1035- . 1045
.1040- . 1050
.1060- ..1070
Aug.... .1060- ..1070
.1085- ..1095
.1105- . 1115
.1120- . 1130
Sept... .1150- . 1160
.1140- ..1150
.1105- ,.1115
.1140- . 1150
Oct.
$0.1150-$0.1160
.1215- ..1225
.1230- ..1240
.1155- ..1165
.1105- . 1115
.1115- ..1125
.1110- ..1120
.1155- ..1165
.1125- ..1135
Dec.......
.1120- .,1130
.1085- ..1095
.1030- ..1040
.1025- ..1035
.0975— ..0085
Average.
$0.1049
MEAL: Corn, fine white.
[Price per bag of 100 pounds, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$1.60-11.65
1.55- 1.60
1.55- 1.60
Apr---May__
June...
$1.6041.65
1.60- 1.65
1.75- 1.80
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$1.7541.80
1.70- 1.75
1.65- 1.70
$1.7041.75
1.60-1.65
1.45-1.50
Average.
$1.6500
55
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T able
I . —WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
MEAL: Corn, fine yellow.
[Price per bag of 100 pounds, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
Month.
Price.
S1.60-S1.65
1.55- 1.60
1.55- 1.60
Apr__
May__
June...
Price.
SI. 60-SI. 65
1.60- 1.65
1.75- 1.80
Month.
July....
Aug....
Sept...
Price.
S1.75-S1.80
1.70- 1.75
1.65- 1.75
Month.
Price.
Oct,,.
Nov......
S1.70-S1.75
1.60- 1.65
1.45- 1.50
Average.
$1.6521
MEAT: Bacon, short clear sides, smoked, loose.
[Price per pound, in Chicago, on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Trade Bulletin.]
Jan.
July....
Apr...
Oct.
$0. llf-$0.12
.12|- .12|
.12*- .12f
Aug....
May....
F eb....
.12|- .12*
. 12- .12*
Nov..
.12J- .12*
.12|- .12*
•111- .HI
Mar___
June...
.12.111.11|.Ilf-
Dec..
Sept...
.12*
.12
.12
.Ilf
!l0f- !io|
Average.
$0.1107
MEAT: Bacon, short rib sides, smooked, loose.
[Price per pound in Chicago, on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Trade Bulletin.]
Jan.
). 08*-$0
Apr...
0*-$0.]
July...
- .]
r
Feb.
08f
Mar..
May.
Aug...
June.
Sept...
S0.11J-S0.U|
.11 - .11*
. l i j - .11#
.11 - .11*
.11*- .I lf
.ii|- .I lf
.H i- .11*
.111- .12
.l i f - .H i
. l i f - .12
.12 - .12*
.11*- .12
.11#- .Ilf
Oct.
S0.llH0.llf
. 1 2 - . 12*
. 1 2 - . 12*
.1 2 .I lf .I lf . I lf .11*.I lf .11*.11*.10*.10*.10*-
Nov..
Dec.
Average.
.12*
.12*
.12
.12
.I lf
.12
.11|
.I lf
.11*
.10f
.10f
S0.1078
MEAT: Beef, fresh, carcass, good native steers.
[Price per pound in Chicago, each week; quotations from the National Provisioner.]
Jan.......
Feb..
Mar..,.
SO. 113r$0.12*
.llir .12*
.UJr -12*
.12*
.113
.12 - .12%
.12 - .12*
.12 - .12*
.12 - .12*
.12 .lli r
.111r
.11*(—
.11*r
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
.12*
Apr..
May..
June.
$0.11*-$0.12*
.11*- ,.12*
.I lf - .,12*
.12
.12
.1 2 - !.12*
.12 - ,.12*
.12*- ,.13
.12*.12*.12*.13 .13 -
,.13
. 13*
. 13*
. 13*
. 13*
July..
Aug..
Sept.
$0.13 -$0.13f
.13 - , 13f
.1 3 - ,.13f
.13 - ,.14
.1 3 - .14
.13 - .14
.13*- ,.14*
.13*- ,.14*
.1 4 - ,.15
.1 4 - . 15
.1 4 - . 15
.1 4 - ,.15
.141- -.15*
Oct.
Nov..
Dec.
Average.
S0.14f-S0.15*
.14*- .15*
.14}- .16
.14f- .16
.1 4 - .15
.13*- .15
.13*- .14f
.1 4 - .14f
.1 4 - .14f
.14*- .14*
SO. 1329
56
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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS,
I .—WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
MEAT: Beef, fresh, native sides.
[Price per pound, in New York, on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Daily Tribune.]
Price.
Month.
Price.
Month.
Price.
Jan.......
$0.08 -10.121
.08*- ..12*
.08*- .12*
-08£- ..12
.0 8 - . 11*
.0 8 - . 11*
.0 8 - .12
.0 8 - ,.11*
.08*- .12
.0 9 - . 12*
.0 9 - ..12*
.0 9 - ..12*
.0 9 - ..12*
Apr___
$0.09 -$0.12*
.0 9 - .
.1 0 - . 12*
.10*- . 13
.11*- .13*
.11*- .13*
.11*- .13*
.11*- ,.13*
.11*- ,.13*
.11*- .13*
.11*- ..13*
.1 2 - .,14
.12*- ,.14*
July...
$0.12 -$0.14
.1 2 - . 14
.11*- ,.14
.111- . 14
.12 - ,.14*
.1 3 - ,.15
.1 4 - ,.16
.1 1 - ,.16
.1 1 - ,.15*
.11 - .16
.11 - ..16
.11 - ,.16
.1 1 - .16
Feb......
Mar.......
M ay...
June...
Aug....
Sept...
Month.
Oct, ,
Price.
$0.11 -$0.16
.11 - .16
.16
.11 - .15
.1 0 - .15
.10 - .15
.10 - .15
.10 - .15
.1 0 - .15
.1 0 - .15
.10 - .15
.10 - .14
.10 - .13*
.10 - . 131
©
r
Month.
Average.
$0.1213
MEAT: Beef, salt, extra, mess.
[Average weekly price per barrel of 200 pounds, in New York; quotations furnished by the statistician of
the New York Produce Exchange.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$13.0013.0013.0013.0013.0013.0013.0013.00-
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
Apr___
13.0013.0013.0013.0013.00-
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
June...
M ay...
$13.50-114.00
13.50- 14.00
13.50- 14.00
14.00- 14.50
14.00- 14.50
15.50- 16.00
15.50- 16.00
15.50- 16.00
15.5015.5015.5015.5015.50-
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
July...
Aug....
Sept. . .
$15.50-$16.00
15.50- 16.00
15.50- 16.00
15.50- 16.00
15.50- 16.00
15.50- 16.00
16.00- 16.50
16.00- 16.50
16.00- 16.50
16.00- 16.50
16.00- 16.50
17.00- 18.00
17.00- 18.00
Oct. ,
Nov......
Average.
$17.00-$18.00
17.00- 18.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
18.00- 19.00
19.00- 20.00
19.00- 20.00
19.00- 20.00
19.00- 20.00
$15.7933
MEAT: Beef, salt, hams, western.
[Price per barrel of 200 pounds, in New York, on Tuesday of each week; quotations furnished by the statis
tician of the New York Produce Exchange.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar......
$27.00-$29.00
27.00- 29.00
27.00- 29.00
27.00- 29.00
27.00- 29.00
27.00- 29.00
27.00- 29.00
27.00- 29.00
27.00- 29.00
27.00- 29.00
27.00- 29.00
27.00- 29.00
27.00- 29.00
Apr___
M ay...
June...
$27.50-$29.50
27.50- 29.50
27.50- 29.50
27.50- 29.50
29.50- 30.50
29.50- 30.50
29.50- 30.50
29.50- 30.50
29.50- 30.50
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$29.50-$31.50 I
29.50- 31.50 !
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50 Nov......
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50 Dec.......
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50
$29.50-$31.50
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50
29.50- 31.50
32.50- 33.50
32.50- 33.50
32.50- 33.50
32.50- 33.50
Average.
$29.8774
57
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T a b le
I .—WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
MEAT: Hams, smoked, loose.
[Price per pound, in Chicago, on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Trade Bulletin.]
Month.
Price.
Month.
Jan.
Apr..
Feb.
May.
Mar......
.121- .13|
.13|- . "
.131-
June.
Price.
$0.13f-$0
.14 .14|.1 4 .13|.1 4 .14 .141.14*.141.14fc.14 .1 4 -
Month.
Price.
Month.
July.
Oct.
Aug..
Nov..
Sept..
Dec..
Average.
Price.
$0.14|-I0.151
.1 5 - .151
.15*- .16
.15|- .16
.1 5 - .16
.1 5 - . 15*
.1 5 - .15*
.1 5 - .16
.1 5 - .16
.1 5 - .16
.1 5 - .16
.1 5 - .16
.14|- .15*
.141- .15*
$0.1429
MEAT: Mutton, dressed.
[Price per pound, in New York, on Tuesday of each week; quotations frbm the New York Daily Tribune.)
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar.......
$0.06 -$0.07*
.06*- .08*
.0 7 - .09
.07 - .08*
.07 - .08*
.06*- .08
.06|- .08
.06*— .08
.0 7 - .08*
.07*- .09
.08*- .10
.08*- .10*
.09*- .11
Apr___
May.. .
June...
$0.09*-$0.11
.09*- ,.11
.1 0 - .12
.1 0 - .12
.1 2 - ,.15
.1 0 - .13
.0 9 - ,.12*
.0 9 - ,.12*
.1 0 - ,.12*
.0 8 - ,.11
.0 8 - ,.11
.0 7 - . 10
.0 8 - ,.11
July.. .
Aug....
Sept...
$0.07*-$0.10*
.07 - .10
.07 - .10
.07*- .10
.07*- .10
.0 7 - .09*
.07 - .09
.06*- .08*
.06*- .08*
.06*- .08*
.06*- .09
.06*- .08*
.06*- .08*
Oct.......
Nov......
Average.
$0.06 -$0.08
.05*- .08
.05*- .08
.0 6 - .08
.0 6 - .08
.0 6 - .08
.0 6 - .08
.0 6 - .08
.05*- .07*
.05*- .07*
.0 6 - .08
.06 - .08*
.0 6 - .08
.07 - .09
$0.0839
MEAT: Pork, salt, mess, old to new.
[Price per barrel of 200 pounds, in New York, on Tuesday of each week; quotations furnished by the statis
tician of the New York Produce Exchange.]
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar......
$17.00-$17.50
17.00- 17.50
17.00- 17.50
17.00- 17.50
17.00- 17.50
17.50- 17.75
17.50- 17.75
17.50- 17.75
17.25- 17.50
17.00- 17.50
17.00- 17.50
17.25- 17.50
18.50- 19.00
Apr__
May__
June...
$18.50-$19.00
19.00- 19.50
19.50- 19.75
19.50- 19.75
19.50- 19.75
20.75- 21.25
20.75- 21.25
20.25- 20.50
20.50- 20.75
20.50- 20.75
20.50- 20.75
20.50- 21.00
20.50- 21.00
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$20.50-$21.00
20.50- 21.00
20.25- 20.75
19.75- 20.25
20.00- 20.50
19.75- 20.25
19.75- 20.25
20.00- 20.25
20.00- 20.25
19.75- 20.25
19.75- 20.00
19.75- 20.00
19.75- 20.00
$19.00-$19.50
19.00- 19.50
19.50- 20.00
19.50- 20.00
19.00- 19.75
18.75- 19.25
18.75- 19.25
18.75- 19.25
19.00- 19.50
19.25- 19.50
19.25- 19.75
19.00- 19.50
19.00- 19.50
19.00- 19.50
Average.
$19.2854
MILK: Fresh.
[Average monthly exchange price per quart; net price at shipping stations subject to a freight rate to New
York of 26 cents per can of 40 quarts; quotations from the Milk Reporter.]
i
Jan.......
$0.0425 Apr___
$0.0350 July....
$0.0326
$0.0375
Feb.....
.0413 May__
.0350
.0400
.0325 Aug....
Mar.......
.0375 June...
.0350
.0300 Sept.. .
.0425
Average.
$0.0368
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I . —WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
MOLASSES: New Orleans, open kettle.
[Price per gallon, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
Month.
Price.
$0.35-30.50
.35- .50
.35- .50
Apr___
May....
June...
Price.
Month.
$0.35-$0.50
.35- .50
.35- .50
July....
Aug....
Sept.. .
Price.
$0.37-10.52
.37- .52
.37- .52
Month.
Price
Oct
$0.37-$0.52
.37- .52
.35- .55
Average.
SO. 4354
POULTRY: Fresh-killed dressed fowls, western, dry packed, dry picked, fancy, in boxes, 48 to
55 pounds to the dozen.
[Price per pound, in New York, each week; quotations from the National Provisioner.]
Jan.......
Feb......
$0.14*
$0.15*- .16
.1 6 - .16*
. 15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
Apr__
.15*
.16
.16*
.16*
.16*
June...
Mar.......
May..;.
$0.16*
.17
.17
.17
.17
$0.16- .16*
.16- .16*
.15
.15
.16
.16
.15
.15
July__
Aug....
Sept.. .
$0.15*
.15*
.16*
.16*
.16*
.16*
.16*
.16*
$0.16*- .17
.16*- .17
.1 7 - .17*
.1 7 - .17*
.1 7 - .17*
Dec.......
Average.
$0.17-80.17*
.17- .17*
.17*
.17*
.17*
.16*
.16
.15*
.15*
.15*
.15*
.16
.13
$0.1615
RICE: Domestic, choice, head.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of Com*
merce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$0.04|-$0.05
.05*- .05*
.05*- .05|
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.05*-$0.05|
.05*- .05|
.05*- .05f
July....
Aug....
Sept.. .
$0.05*-$0.05|
.05*- .05|
.05|- .05*
Oct ..
Average
$0.05f-$0.05*
.05§- .05*
.05|- .05*
$0.0547
SALT: American, medium.
[Price per barrel of 280 pounds, in Chicago, on Friday of each week; quotations furnished by the secretary
of the Chicago Board of Trade.)
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar......
$0.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
Apr—
May....
June...
$0.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
.95
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.95
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
$1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
Average.
$0.9875
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DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F O O D , E T C .—Continued.
SODA: Bicarbonate of, American.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb.
Mar.......
Month.
Price.
$0.01
.01
.01
Apr__
MTay__
June...
Price.
$0.01
.01
.01
Month.
Price.
July__
Aug....
Sept...
$0.01
.01
.01
Month.
Price.
O ct...
Nov. „,
$0.01
.01
.01
Average.
$0.0100
SPICES: Pepper, Singapore, black.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb...
Mar.......
$0.11J-$0. Ilf
.11|- .12
•H i- .H i
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.11H0. HI
.I lf - .11*
.H i- .I lf
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0. llf-$0.11|
.11|- .11|
.11$- .11*
O ct...
$0. ll|-$0.11*
.ll| - .11|
.11$- .11*
Average.
$0.1150
STARCH: Pure corn, for culinary purposes, Sunbeam, 1-pound packages.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar....
$0.06
.05|
.06
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.06
.06
.06
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.06
.06
.06
Oct.......
$0.06
.06
.06
Average.
$0.0596
SUGAR: 96° centrifugal.
[Net price per pound, in New York, on Thursday of each week, including import duty of 1.68J cents per
pound; quotations from Willett & Gray’s Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal.]
Jan.......
$0.04420
.04420
.04450
.04390
Apr___
$0.04300
. 04110
.04110
.03985
July....
$0.03770
.03800
.03985
.04050
Feb......
.04410
.04550
. 04735
.04800
.04670
.04520
.04520
04420
04360
May....
.04050
.03985
.03920
.03920
.03985
.03920
.03920
.03860
.03830
Aug....
.04050
.04050
.04050
.04110
.04235
.04360
.04360
.04300
.04170
Mar......
June...
Sept...
Oct...
$0.04140
.04110
.04110
.04050
.04050
.04050
.04050
.04050
.04050
.04050
.03920
.03920
.03920
Average.
$0.04160
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SUGAR: Granulated, in barrels.
[Net price per pound, f. o. b. in New York, on Thursday of each week, including import duty of 1.90 cents
per pound; quotations from Willett & Gray’s Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal.]
Price.
Month.
Jan.......
Feb.
Month.
Price.
Month.
Price.
Month.
$0.05537
.05390
.05390
.05194
Apr__
$0.05145
.05096
.05096
.04949
July...
$0.04851
.04851
.04900
.04900
.05194
.05390
.05586
.05684
.05684
.05684
.05488
.05439
.05341
May....
.04949
.04949
.04900
.04900
.04998
.05096
.04919
.04998
.04851
Aug....
.04900
.04900
.04851
.04900
.04998
.04998
.04998
.04998
.04949
..
Mar.......
June...
Sept...
Oct.......
D ec...
Average.
Price.
$0.04851
.04802
.04802
.04802
.04802
.04802
.04802
.04802
.04802
. 04802
.04802
.04802
.04802
$0.05045
TALLOW.
[Price per pound, in New York, on Tuesday of each week, quotations furnished by the statistician of the
New York Produce Exchange.]
Jan.......
Feb,
$0,061
.06
•06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
.06
06
.06
.06
.06
.
Mar .. .
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.06
.06£
.06*
.06*
.06*
.06J
.06f
.06§
.06*
.061
.061
-m
•06|
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.06£
•06|
. 06|
.06*
•06|
.06|
.06|
. 06§
$0. oci
.06|
.06|
.06f
,oc|
.061
.06|
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
.061
:°6f
•06f
!o 4
Average.
$0.0621
TEA: Formosa, fine.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$0.24-$0.25
.24- .25
.24- .25
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.24-$0.25
.24- .25
.24- .25
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.24-$0.25
.24- .25
.24- .25
O ct...
Dec.......
$0.24-$0.25
.24- .25
.24- .25
Average.
$0.2450
VEGETABLES, FRESH: Cabbage.
[Price per ton of 2,000 pounds, in New York, each week; quotations from the Producers’ Price Current.]
Jan........
Feb.
Mar.....
(*)
$14.00-$15.00
13.00- 17.00
15.00- 20.00
12.00- 20.00
15.00- 20.00
15.00- 20.00
0)
Apr—
(*)
V
0
June...
May....
0)
0)
0)
July....
Aug....
0)
C1)
C1)
0)
0)
0)
0)
0)
Sept...
$7.00-$8.00
5.00- 8.00
5.00- 8.00
5.00- 8.00
6.00- 8.00
3.00- 4.00
3.00- 5.00
3.00- 5.00
3.00- 5.00
3.00- 4.00
3.00- 4.00
3.00- 4.00
3.00- 4.00
0)
0)
C1)
0)
0)
0)
$13.00-115.00
13.00- 15.00
8.00- 10.00
8.00- 10.00
8.00- 10.00
7.00- 9.00
7.00- 9.00
Average.
1No quotation for week.
$8.9423
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DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F O O D , E T C .—Concluded.
VEGETABLES, FRESH: Onions.
[Price per 100-pound bag, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Producers’ Price
Current.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb ..
Mar ,.
Month.
Price.
$2.00-$2.50
2.75- 3.25
3.50- 4.00
Apr___
May__
June...
Price.
$4.00-$4.50
1.50- 4.50
0)
Month.
July....
Aug—
Sept...
Price.
0)
$1.00-$1.35
1.00- 1.50
j Month.
Price.
Oct.......
Nov......
$0.85-$l. 25
.75- 1.00
.40- .80
Average.
$2.1200
VEGETABLES, FRESH: Potatoes, white, fair to fancy.
[Price per bushel of 60 pounds, in Chicago, weekly range; quotations furnished by the secretary of the
Chicago Board of Trade.]
Jan.......
Feb. ,
Mar.......
$0.85-$0.95
.85- 1.15
.92- 1.15
.90- 1.05
.90- 1.10
1.00- 1.12
.95- 1.10
. 98- 1.15
.951.051.081.081.08-
1.40
1.40
1.50
1.50
1.50
Apr___
May....
June...
$1.25-$l. 70
1.23- 1.70
1.10- 1.70
1.10- 1.70
.90- 1.70
.95- 1.70
1.00- 2.00
.90- 1.85
July....
.75-1.90
.95- 1.75
.95- 1.65
.65- 1.60
. 50- 1.30
Sept...
Aug....
$0.58-$l. 15
.50- .80
.60- .85
.70- 1.00
.65- 1.00
.60- .95
.60- .95
.50- .90
.38- .90
.38- .90
.40- .95
.40- .90
.38- .90
Oct.......
Dec.......
Average.
$0.40-$0.90
.35- .45
.38- .47
.32- .80
.37- .65
.37- .65
.37- .65
.37- .65
.40- .65
.40- .65
.40- .52
.40- .53
.40- .52
$0.9133
VINEGAR: Cider, Monarch, 45 grain, in 50-gallon barrels.
[Price per gallon, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar......
$0.18*
.16
.16
Apr___
May__
June...
$0.16
.16
.16
July__
Aug....
Sept....
$0.15
.15
.15
Nov......
Dec.......
$0.15
.15
.15
Average.
$0.1571
Nov......
$0.18*
.18*
.18*
Average.
$0.1850
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G .
BAGS: 2«bushel, Amoskeag.
Apr___
May....
June...
oooooo
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
p
[Price per bag on the first of each month.]
$0.18*
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.18*
.18*
.18*
BLANKETS: All wool, 11-4, 5 pounds to the pair.
[Price per pound on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb .
Mar.......
$1.00
1.00
1.00
Apr___
May....
June...
$1.00
1.00
1.00
July....
Aug....
Sept....
1No quotation for month.
$1.05
1.05
1.05
Oct. ...
$1.05
1.05
1.05
Average.
$1.0250
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DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H I N G — Continued.
BLANKETS: Cotton, 10-4, 2 pounds to the pair, 54 by 74.
[Price per pair on the first of each month.]
Month.
Price.
$0.50
.50
.50
Jan.......
Feb ..
Mar.......
Month.
Apr___
May....
June...
Month.
Price.
July....
Aug....
Sept__
$0.57
.57
.59J
Price.
$0.59£
.59|
.59|
Month.
Price.
Oct.......
$0.59|
.59|
.m
Average.
$0.5670
BOOTS AND SHOES: Men’s seamless Creedmores (split ties), first quality, standard screw
or peg.
[Price per pair to the jobber on the first of each month.]
$1.15
1.15
1.15
Jan.......
Feb
Mar
Apr___
May....
June...
July....
Aug---Sept...
$1.20
1.20
1.20
$1.20
1.25
1.30
Oct
,
Dec.......
$1.30
1.30
1.37
Average.
$1.2313
BOOTS AND SHOES: Men’s vici calf shoes, Blucher bal., vici calf top, single sole.
[Price per pair on the first of each month.]
$3.00
3.00
3.00
Jan.......
Feb .....
Mar.......
Apr__
May....
June...
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$3.00
3.05
3.05
$3.10
3.10
3.10
Oct
Dec.......
$3.10
3.10
3.10
Average.
$3.0580
BOOTS AND SHOES: Men’s vici kid shoes, Goodyear welt.
[Price per pair on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb. ...
Mar.......
$2.65
2.65
2.65
Apr__
May....
June...
$2.65
2.65
2.75
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$2.75
2.75
2.75
Dec.......
Oct
$2.85
2.85
2.85
Average.
$2.7333
BOOTS AND SHOES: Women’s solid grain shoes, leather, polish or polka.
[Price per pair on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$1.05
1.05
1.05
Apr___
May....
June...
$1.05
1.07|
1.07J
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$1.07|
1.10
1.12|
Oct , .
Nov......
$1.12|
1.15
1.15
Average.
$1.0896
BROADCLOTHS: First quality, black, 54-inch, made from X X X wool.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$2.02
2.02
2.02
Apr__
May__
June...
$2.02
2.02
2.07
July....
Aug....
Sept...
i
$2.07
2.07
2.12
Oct.......
$2.17
2.17
2.17
Average.
$2.0780
63
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T able
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DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H I N G —Continued.
CALICO: American standard prints, 64 by 64, 7 yards to the pound.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Month.
Month.
Price.
Jan.......
Feb
Mar....
$0.0451
.0451
.0475
Apr__
May....
June...
Price.
$0.0499
.0499
.0499
Month.
July....
Aug....
Sept...
Price.
Month.
$0.0499
.0523
.0523
Price.
Oct.......
$0.0523
.0523
.0523
Average.
$0.0499
Oct.......
Nov......
$1,248
1.296
1.296
Average.
$1.2400
CARPETS: Brussels, S=frame, Bigelow.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb.
Mar... ,
Apr__
May-..June...
$1,200
1.200
1.200
$1,200
1.248
1.248
July....
Aug---Sept...
$1,248
1.248
1.248
I
CARPETS: Ingrain, 2-ply, Lowell.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$0,528
.528
.528
Apr__
May....
June...
$0,528
.600
.600
July....
Aug....
Sept...
Oct
$0,600
.600
.600
$0,600
.624
.624
Average.
$0.5800
$2,328
2.328 j N ov ___
2.328 i Dec.......
$2,328
2.424
2.424
i Average.
$2.3120
CARPETS: Wilton, 5-frame, Bigelow.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb ...
Mar......
$2.232
2.232
2.232
Apr---M ay...
June.. .
$2,232
2.328
2.328
July ...
Aug ...
Sept...
I
COTTON FLANNELS: 2f yards to the pound.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb. ...
Mar.......
$0.08*
•09*
A pr....
May....
June...
$0.10*
.10*
.10*
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.10*
.10*
.10*
Oct.......
$0.10*
.10*
.10».
Average.
$0.1004
COTTON FLANNELS: 3* yards to the pound.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.!
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar.......
$0.06*
.06*
.07|
Apr---May....
June...
$0.07f
.07|
.07|
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.07f
.07|
.07f
$0.07§
.07$
.07|
Average.
$0.0754
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DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
CLOTHS
A N D C L O T H I N G —Continued.
COTTON THREAD: 6=cord, 200»yard spools* J. & P. Coats.
[Price per spool, freight paid, on the first of each month.]
Month.
Price.
$0.0392
.0392
.0392
Jan.......
Feb ...
Mar.......
Month.
Price.
Apr___
May....
June...
$0.0392
.0392
.0392
Month.
July....
Aug....
Sept. 4.
Price.
$0.0392
.0392
.0392
Month.
Price.
Oct.......
Nov......
$0.0392
.0392
.0392
Average.
$0.0392
COTTON YARNS: Carded, white, mule-spun, northern, cones, 10/1.
[Price per pound on the first of each month.]
$0.17*
.18*
.19
Jan.......
Feb ....
Mar.__
Apr___
May__
June...
$0.19*
.19*
.20*
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.21|
.20*
.20*
Oct.......
$0.20
.21*
.23
Average.
$0.2010
COTTON YARNS: Carded, white, mule-spun, northern, cones, 22/1.
[Price per pound on the first of each month.]
$0.21
.21*
.22
Feb ....
Mar ....
Apr___
May....
June...
$0.22b
.23
.23*
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.24
.23*
.23
Oct
Average.
$0.23
.22
.25
$0.2283
DENIMS: Amoskeag.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan....
Feb,..
Mar
.......
$0.13
.13
•13j
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.13*
.13f
.13|
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.13|
.13f
.13|
Oct
$0.13f
*^3i
Average.
$0.1356
Oct ...
$0.08
.08
.08*
Average.
$0.0802
DRILLINGS: Brown, Pepperell.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$0.08
.08
.08
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.08
.08
.08
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.08
.08
.08
DRILLINGS: 30-inch, Massachusetts D Standard, 2.85 yards per pound.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan....
Feb......
Mar.......
$0.07*
.07#
•07|
Apr—
May....
June...
$..07f
.07|
.07f
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.08
.08
.08|
O ct.. ..
$0.08|
Average.
$0.0790
l08|
65
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T able
I . —WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G r—Continued.
FLANNELS: White, 4-4 Ballard Vale No. 3.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
Month.
Price.
$0.43
.43
.44$
Price.
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.44$
.44$
.44$
Month.
July....
Aug....
Sept...
Price.
$0.46$
.46$
.46$
Month.
Price.
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec.......
$0.46$
.46$
.46$
Average.
$0.4519
Oct.......
$0.06*
.06*
.06*
Average.
$0.0625
GINGHAMS: Amoskeag.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.)
Jan.......
Feb.
Mar .
Apr___
M ay...
June...
$0.06*
.06*
.06*
$0.06*
.06*
.06*
July...
Aug—
Sept...
$0.06*
.06*
.06*
GINGHAMS: Lancaster.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.)
Jan.......
Feb
Mar,
Apr___
May....
June...
$0.06
.06
.06
$0.06
.06
.06
July.. .
Aug....
Sept...
$0.06
.06
.06
$0.06
.06
.06
Average.
$0.0600
HORSE BLANKETS: All wool, 6 pounds each.
[Price per pound on the first of each month.)
Jan.......
Feb .
Mar......
$0.75
.75
.75
Apr__
May —
June...
$0.75
.75
.75
J uly...
Aug—
Sept...
$0.80
.80
.80
Oct
Dec.......
$0.80
.80
.80
Average.
$0.7750
HOSIERY: Men’s cotton half hose, seamless, fast black, 20 to 22 ounce, 160 needles, single
thread, carded yarn.
[Price per dozen pairs on the first of each month.)
Jan.......
Feb,
Mar___
$0.80
.80
.80
Apr___
May.. .
June...
$0.80
.80
.85
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$0.85
.85
.85
$0.85
.85
.85
Average.
$0.8292
HOSIERY: Women’s cotton hose, high-spliced heel, double sole, full fashioned, combed
peeler yarn.
[Price per dozen pairs on the first of each month.)
Jan.......
Feb...
Mar.......
$1.85
1.85
1.85
A pr....
M ay.. .
June...
$1.85
1.85
1.85
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$1.85
1.85
1.85
Oct ,
Average.
86629°—Bull. 114—13----- 5
$1.85
1.85
1.85
$1.8500
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I . —WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
T a b le
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H I N G —Continued.
HOSIERY: Women’s cotton hose, seamless, fast black, 26-ounce, 176 needles, single thread,
carded yarn.
[Price per dozen pairs on the first of each month.]
Month.
Month.
Price.
Jan.......
Feb .
Mar......
$0.82*
.82!
.82*
Apr___
May.. .
June...
Price.
$0.82*
.82|
.87*
Month.
Ju ly...
Aug....
Sept...
Price.
$0.87*
.87*
.87|
Month.
Price.
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec.......
$0.87!
.87!
.87*
Average.
$0.8542
LEATHER: Chrome calf, dull, bright, or mat finish, B grade (range of prices).
[Price per square foot on the first of each month in the general market; quotations from the Shoe and Leather
Reporter.]
Feb......
Mar.......
$0.20-80.27
.21- .27
.21- .27
Apr___
M ay...
June...
$0.21-$0.28
.21- .28
.21- .28
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$0.21-$0.28
.21- .28!
.21- .28!
Nov......
Dec.......
$0.21-$0.29
.21- .29
.23- .31
Average.
$0.2467
LEATHER: Harness, oak, packers* hides, 17 pounds and up, No. 1.
[Price per pound on the first of each month in the general market; quotations from the Shoe and Leather
Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar......
$0.36-$0.38
.36- .38
.36- .38
Apr___
M ay...
June...
$0.36-$0.38
.37- .39
.37- .39
Ju ly...
Aug....
Sept...
$0.37-$0.39
.38- .39
.39- .40
Nov......
$0.39-$0.40
.39- .40
.39- .40
Average.
$0.3821
LEATHER: Sole, hemlock, Buenos Aires and Montevideo, middles, No. 1.
[Price per pound on the first of each month, in the general market; quotations from the Shoe and Leather
Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar
$0.24-$0.25
.24- .25
.24- .25
Apr___
M a y...
June...
$0.24-$0.25
.26
.26
July.. .
Aug....
Sept...
$0.26
.26
.26
Oct.......
$0.26-$0.27
.27- .28
.27- .28
Average.
$0.2579
LEATHER: Sole, oak, scoured backs, heavy No. 1.
Price per pound on the first of each month, in the general market; quotations from the Shoe and Leather
Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$0.40-$0.41
.40- .41
.40- .41
Apr__
M ay...
June...
$0.41-S0.42
.41- .42
.41- .42
July.. .
Aug....
Sept...
$0.41-$0.42
.41- .42
.42- .43
$0.40-$0.42
.43
.43
Average.
$0.4154
LINEN SHOE THREAD: 10s, Barbour.
[Price per pound on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb .
Mar.......
$0.8930
.8930
.8930
Apr___
M ay...
June...
$0.8930
.8930
.8930
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$0.8930
.8930
.8930
$0.8930
.8930
.8930
Average.
$0.8930
67
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T a b l e I . — WHOLESALE
PRICES OP COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H IN G -O ontinued.
OVERCOATINGS: Covert cloth, all wool, double and twist, 14-ounce.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb ..
Mar......
Price.
*1.9125
1.9125
1.9125
Month.
Apr__
May__
June...
Price.
$1.9125
1.9125
1.9125
Month.
July.. .
Aug....
Sept...
Price.
SI. 9125
1.9125
1.9125
Month.
Price.
Oct.......
Nov___
Dec.......
SI. 9125
1.9125
1.9125
Average.
SI. 9125
OVERCOATINGS: Soft faced, black, plain twill, 24-ounce.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar......
$1.32f
1.32*
1.32|
Apr__
May.. .
June...
SI. 35
1.35
1.35
Ju ly...
Aug....
Sept...
SI. 35
1.37*
1.37*
N ov.__
Dec.......
SI. 37*
1.37*
1.37*
Average.
SI. 3538
PRINT CLOTHS: 2S-inch, 64 by 64.
[Average weekly price per linear yard.]
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar.......
SO. 03125
.03125
.03125
.03125
.03250
.03250
.03250
.03250
Apr__
.03250
.03375
.03625
.03750
.03875
June...
May.. .
SO. 03875
.03875
.03875
.03875
.03875
.03875
. 03937|
.03875
.03875
.03875
.03875
.03875
.03875
Ju ly ...
Aug....
Sept...
SO. 03937|
.039371
.04000
.04000
.04000
.04000
.04000
.04000
.04000
.04000
.04000
.04000
.04000
Nov__ _
Average.
$0.04000
.04000
.04000
.04000
.04000
.04000
.04000
.04000
.04000
.04125
.04125
.04125
.04125
$0.038113
SHEETINGS: Bleached, 9-4, Atlantic.
[Average monthly price per linear yard.]
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar.......
$0.1887
.1887
.1972
Apr__
MTay__
June...
$0.2024
.2076
.2166
July—
Aug....
Sept....
$0.2166
.2166
.2166
$0.2166
.2166
.2166
Average.
$0.2084
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec.......
SO. 23
.23
.23
Average.
$0.2283
SHEETINGS: Bleached, 10-4, Pepperell.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar......
$0.22
.22
.23
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.23
.23
.23
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.23
.23
.23
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I ,—WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H I N G —Continued.
SHEETINGS: Bleached, 10-4, Wamsutta S. T.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Month.
Price.
$0.27f
.27f
.27|
Jan.......
Feb....
Mar.......
Month.
Apr___
May__
June...
Price.
$0.27f
.27f
•27|
Month.
July....
Aug....
Sept...
Price.
$0.27f
•27|
.27f
Month.
Price.
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec___
$0.27f
•27|
Average.
$0.2783
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec.......
$0.081
.08*
.08|
Average.
$0.0806
SHEETINGS: Brown, 4-4, Indian Head.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
$0.07f
.07|
.07f
Jan.......
Feb...
Mar.......
Apr___
May....
June...
$0.08
.08
.08
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.08
.081
.081
SHEETINGS: Brown, 4-4, Pepperel! R.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
$0.06i
.06£
.06f
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar......
Apr___
May__
June...
$0.06f
.07
.07
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.07
.07
.07
$0.07
.07
.071
Average.
$0.0690
SHEETINGS: Brown, 4-4, Ware Shoals L. L., 4 yards to the pound.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$0,051
•05§
.05|
Apr___
May__
June...
$0.06|
.061
.061
July....
Aug---Sept...
$0.06J
.061
.061
Oct.
Average.
$0,061
.061
.06|
$0.0605
SHIRTINGS: Bleached, 4-4, Rough Rider.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan........
Feb......
Mar.......
$0.06f
.07
.071
Apr___
May....
June...
$0.08
.08
.08
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.08
.081
.081
Oct
Dec. .
Average.
$0,081
.081
.081
$0.0786
SHIRTINGS: Bleached, 4-4, Fruit of the Loom.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan........
Feb.
'
Mar.......
$0.07f
.071
.07|
Apr—
May....
June...
$0.08
.08*
.08|
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.08J
.08J
.08-|
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec.......
$0.08|
•08|
.08|
Average.
$0.0829
69
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T able
I .—WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H I N G —Continued.
SHIRTINGS: Bleached, 39-inch, Lonsdale*
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Month.
Jan........
Feb
Mar.......
Price.
$0.07
.07*
.07*
Month.
Apr___
May....
June...
Price.
$0.07*
.08
.08
Month.
Price.
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.08*
.08*
.08*
Month.
Price.
Oct ..
Nov......
Dec......
$0.08*
.08
.08*
Average.
$0.0785
Oct
Dec.......
$0.1050
.1055
.1117
Average.
$0.1044
SHIRTINGS: Bleached, 4-4, Wamsutta
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$0.1000
.1000
.1000
Apr___
May....
June...
$0.1050
.1050
.1050
July...
Aug....
Sept__
$0.1050
.1050
.1050
.
SILK: Raw, Italian, classical.
[Net cash price per pound, in New York, each month; quotations from the American Silk Journal.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$3.7125
3.6828
3.7620
Apr___
May__
June...
$3.7620
3.8610
3.8610
July....
Aug....
Sept__
$3.6630
3.8115
3.8858
Oct.......
$3.9600
3.9105
3.8610
Average.
$3.8111
SILK: Raw, Japan, Kausai No. 1.
[Net cash price per pound, in New York, each month; quotations from the American Silk Journal.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$3.3223
3.3465
3.4435
Apr___
May....
June...
$3.4435
3.4435
3.3950
July---Aug....
Sept....
$3.3223
3.4435
3.5890
Oct
$3.6860
3.4920
3.4144
Average.
$3.4451
SUITINGS: Clay worsted, diagonal, 12-ounce, Washington Mills.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb. ,
Mar.......
$1.1475
1.1475
1.1925
Apr___
May—
June. . .
$1.1925
1.1925
1.1925
July....
Aug....
Sept....
$1.1925
1.2375
1.2375
Oct.
..
$1.2825
1.2825
1.2825
Average.
$1.2150
SUITINGS: Clay worsted diagonal, 16-ounce, Washington Mills.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$1.3275
1.3275
1.3725
Apr__
May....
June...
$1.3725
1.3725
1.3725
July....
Aug....
Sept....
$1.3950
1.4400
1.4400
Oct .
,
$1.4850
1.4850
1.4850
Average.
$1.4063
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T able I . — WHOLESALE
PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H I N G —Continued.
SUITINGS: Indigo blue, all wool, 54-inch, 14-ounce, Middlesex standard.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Month.
Price.
Jan.......
Feb
Mar......
$1.4850
1.4850
1.4850
Month.
Price.
Apr___
May....
June...
$1.4850
1.4850
1.4850
Month.
July....
Aug....
Sept....
Month.
Price.
Price.
Oct.......
Dec.......
$1.5750
1.5750
1.5750
Average.
$1.5225
$1.4850
1.5750
1.5750
SUITINGS: Serge, U-ounce, Pulton Mills, 3192.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
$1.0575
1.0800
1.0800
Jan.......
Feb
Mar......
A pr....
May....
June...
$1.0800
1.0800
1.0800
July....
Aug....
Sept....
SI. 1700
1.2150
1.2150
Dec.......
SI. 2150
1.2150
1.2150
Average.
SI. 1419
Dec......
$0.13
.13
.13
Average.
$0.1288
TICKINGS: Amoskeag A. C. A.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
$0.12* Apr___
.12* May....
. 12& June...
Jan.......
Feb
Mar
$0.13
.13
.13
July....
Aug---Sept....
$0.13
.13
.13
TROUSERINGS: Fancy worsted, 17 to 18 ounces, worsted warp and filling, worsted back.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
$2.3625
2.3625
2.3625
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
Apr___
May....
June...
$2.3625
2.3625
2.3625
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$2.3625
2.3625
2.3625
Dec.......
$2.3625
2.3625
2.3625
Average.
$2.3625
UNDERWEAR: Shirts and drawers, white, all wool, full-fashioned, 18-gauge.
[Price per dozen garments on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb ...
Mar
$27.00
27.00
27.00
Apr___
May....
June...
$27.00
27.00
27.00
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$27.00
27.00
27.00
Nov......
Dec.......
$27.00
27.00
27.00
Average.
$27.0C00
UNDERWEAR: Shirts and drawers, white merino, full-fashioned, 60 per cent wool, 40 per cent
cotton, 24-gauge.
[Price per dozen garments on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar
$18.00
18.00
18.00
Apr___
May....
June...
$18.00
18.00
18.00
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$18.00
18.00
18.00
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec.......
$18.00
18.00
18.00
Average.
$18.0000
71
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T able
I ___ WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
C L O T H S A N D C L O T H I N G —Continued.
WOMEN’S DRESS GOODS: Cashmere, all wool, 8-9 twill, 35-inch, Atlantic Mills.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb ...
Mar.......
Price.
$0.3479
.3479
.3479
Month.
Apr___
May—
June...
Price.
$0.3479
.3479
.3479
Month.
July—
Aug....
Sept...
Price.
$0.3479
.3430
.3430
Month.
Oct
Price.
Dec.......
$0.3430
.3430
.3430
Average.
$0.3459
WOMEN’S DRESS GOODS: Cashmere, cotton warp, 9-twill, 4-4, Atlantic Mills F.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb ....
Mar.......
$0.2205
.2205
.2205
Apr___
May....
June...
$0.2205
.2205
.2205
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.2156
.2156
.2156
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec.......
$0.2156
.2156
.2156
Average.
$0.2181
WOMEN’S DRESS GOODS: Cashmere, cotton warp, 36-inch, Hamilton.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb ....
Mar.......
$0.1862
. 1862
.1862
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.1862
.1862
.1862
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.1862
.1862
.1862
Oct
Dec.......
$0.1862
.1862
.1862
Average.
$0.1862
WOMEN’S DRESS GOODS: Panama cloth, all wool, 54-inch.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb .
Mar.......
$0.6517
.6517
.6517
Apr__
May__
June...
$0.6517
.6517
.6517
July__
Aug---Sept...
$0.6517
.6517
.6517
Oct.......
Nov......
$0.6517
.6517
.6517
Average.
$0.6517
WOMEN’S DRESS GOODS: Poplar cloth, cotton warp and worsted filling, 36-inch.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar ...
$0.19
.19
.19
Apr__
May__
June...
$0.19
.19
.19
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.19
.19
.19
O ct...
Average.
$0.19
.19
.19
$0.1900
WOMEN’S DRESS GOODS: Sicilian cloth, cotton warp, 50-inch.
[Price per linear yard on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb ...
Mar.......
$0.3185
.3185
.3185
Apr___
M ay...
June...
$0.3185
.3283
.3283
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$0.3283
.3283
.3283
Nov.
$0.3283
.3381
.3381
Average.
$0.3267
72
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T a b l e I . — WHOLESALE
PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
C ttO T H S A N D C L O T H I N G —Concluded.
WOOL: Ohio, fine fleece (X and X X grade), scoured.
[Price per pound in the Eastern markets (Baltimore, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia) on the first
of each month.]
Month.
Month.
Price.
Jan.......
Feb ,
Mar.......
Apr___
M ay...
June...
$0.6383
.6383
.6383
Price.
$0.6383
.6596
.6596
Month.
Price.
J u ly ...
Aug....
Sept...
$0.6596
.6809
.6596
Month.
Price.
Nov___
$0.6383
.6383
.6170
Average.
$0.6472
WOOL: Ohio, medium fleece (one-fourth and three-eighths grade), scoured.
[Price per pound in the Eastern markets (Baltimore, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia) on the first
of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
..
Mar.......
$0.4444
.4444
.4444
Apr---May—
June...
$0.4583
.4722
.4861
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$0.4861
.4861
.4861
Oct
N ov.. . .
$0.5139
.5139
.5139
Average.
$0.4792
O ct...,
Nov.
Dec.......
$1.25
1.23
1.23
Average.
$1.2200
WORSTED YARNS: 2«40s, Australian fine.
[Price per pound on the first of each month.)
Jan.......
Feb ....
Mar.......
Apr___
May__
June...
$1.20
1.20
1.20
$1.20
1.21
1.21
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$1.22
1.24
1.25
WORSTED YARNS: 2=32s, crossbred stock, white, in skeins.
[Price per pound on the first of each month.)
Jan.......
Feb ....
Mar.......
Apr---May__
June...
$0.78
.78
.80
$0.80
.80
.80
J u ly ...
Aug....
Sept...
$0.82
.85
.87
Oct.......
Nov.
$0.88
.88
.88
Average.
$0.8283
FU E L AN D L IG H T IN G .
CANDLES: Adamantine, 6s, 14-ounce.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.)
Jan.......
Feb ...
Mar.......
Apr___
M ay...
June...
$0.07*
.07*
.07*
$0.07*
.07*
.07*
Ju ly...
Aug....
Sept...
$0.07*
.07*
.07*
Nov___
$0.07*
.07*
.07*
Average.
$0.0725
j
COAL: Anthracite, broken.
[Average monthly selling price per ton of 2,240 pounds, at tidewater, New York Harbor.)
Jan.......
Feb .....
Mar.......
$4.2000
4.2000
4.2000
Apr___
M ay...
June...
$4.2000
4.3040
4.4135
J u ly...
Aug....
Sept...
$4.4528
4.4500
4.4500
Nov.
$4.4727
4.4519
4.4556
Average.
$4.3542
73
WHOLESALE PBICES, 1890 TO 1912.
I . —WHOLESALE PRICES OP COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
T a b le
F U E L A N D L I G H T I N G —Continued.
COAL: Anthracite, chestnut.
[Average monthly selling price per ton of 2,240 pounds, at tidewater, New York Harbor.]
Month.
Price.
$5.1978
5.1947
5.1936
Jan.......
Feb ....
Mar.......
Month.
Apr__
May...
June...
Price.
$5.2000
5.1500
5.1336
Month.
Ju ly...
Aug—
Sept...
Price.
$5.2161
5.3209
5.4266
Month.
Price.
Nov___
Dec.......
$5.4469
5.4476
5.4479
Average.
$5.2813
COAL: Anthracite, egg.
[Average monthly selling price per ton of 2,240 pounds, at tidewater, New York Harbor.]
$4.9500
4.9475
4.9457
Jan.......
Feb.
Mar......
Apr__
May....
June...
$4.9500
4.9000
4.8864
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$4.9714
5.0743
5.1567
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec......
$5.1928
5.1955
5.1937
Average.
$5.0303
COAL: Anthracite, stove.
[Average monthly selling price per ton of 2,240 pounds, at tidewater, New York Harbor.]
$4.9452
4.9481
4.9462
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
Apr__
May__
June...
$4.9500
4.9000
4.8878
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$4.9726
5.0779
5.1776
Dec.......
$5.1934
5.1984
5.1972
Average.
$5.0329
COAL: Bituminous, Georges Creek.
[Price per ton of 2,240 pounds, at the mine, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb.
Mar.......
$1.40
1.45
1.45
Apr__
May....
June...
$1.45
1.45
1.45
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$1.45
1.45
1.45
O ct...
D ec.,
Average.
$1.50
1.50
1.55
$1.4625
COAL: Bituminous, Georges Creek.
[Price per ton of 2,240 pounds, f. o. b. New York Harbor, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb.
Mar.......
*
$3.00
3.00
3.00
Apr__
May....
June...
$4.00
3.21
3.00
July....
Aug—
Sept.. .
$3.00
3.00
3.00
Oct.......
Nov......
$3.10
3.10
3.10
Average.
$3.1258
COAL: Bituminous, Pittsburgh (Youghiogheny), lump.
[Price per bushel of 80 pounds, on Tuesday of each week, Cincinnati, afloat; quotations furnished by the
superintendent of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.]
Jan.......
Feb.
Mar,
..
$0.08-$0.08*
.08- .08*
.08- .08*
.08- .08*
.08- .08*
.08- .08*
.08- .08*
.08- . 08*
.08- .08*
.08- .08*
.08- .08*
.08- .08*
.08- .08*
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.08-$0.08*
.08- .08*
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
July....
Aug....
Sept.. .
$0.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
Oct.......
Nov......
Average.
$0.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
.08
$0.0804
74
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BULLETIN OF THE BUBEAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I .—WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
F U E Ii A N D L I G H T I N G —Concluded.
COKE: Conn ellsville, furnace.
[Contract price per ton of 2,000 pounds, f. o. b. at the ovens, on the first of each month; quotations from
the Iron Age.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb.
Mar___
Price.
Month.
$1.85-41.90
1.75- 1.80
1.80- 1.85
Apr__
May__
June...
Price.
$2.10-42.15
2.50
2.10- 2.50
Month.
July....
Aug---Sept...
Price.
: Month.
$2.15-42.50
2.15- 2.25
2.15- 2.25
Price.
$2.5042. 75
3.00- 4.00
3.10- 4.00
Average.
$2.4000
MATCHES: Parlor, domestic, in cases.
[Price per gross of boxes (200s), in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb.
Mar.......
$1.50
1.50
1.50
Apr__
May—
June...
$1.50
1.50
1.50
July....
Aug....
Sept.. .
$1.50
1.50
1.50
Oct.......
Nov
Dec.......
$1.50
1.50
1.50
Average.
$1.5000
PETROLEUM: Crude, Pennsylvania.
[Price per barrel of 42 gallons, at the wells, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil City Derrick.]
Jan....
Feb. .
Mar.......
$1.35
1.50
1.50
Apr__
May....
June...
$1.50
1.55
1.55
July....
AugSept...
$1.60
1.60
1.60
Oct
Dec,,
Average.
$1.60
1.65
1.90
$1.5750
PETROLEUM: Refined, in barrels, cargo lots, for export.
[Price per gallon, New York loading, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$0.0750
.0810
.0810
Apr___
May—
June...
$0.0820
.0860
.0860
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.0860
.0835
.0835
Oct.......
Dec. . .
$0.0835
.0835
.0850
Average.
$0.0830
PETROLEUM: Refined, 150° fire test, water white, in barrels, packages included (jobbing lots).
[Price per gallon, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$0.10*
.lli
.11*
Apr___
MTay—
June...
$0.11*
.111
.11*
July....
Aug....
Sept....
$0.11* 1 Oct.......
.11* Nov......
.11* Dec.......
$0.11*
.11*
.11*
Average.
$0.1117
75
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T a b le
I . —WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
M E T A L S A N D IM P L E M E N T S .
AUGERS: Extra, 1-inch.
[Price per auger, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar
Month.
Price.
$0.35
.35
.35
Apr__
May....
June...
Price.
$0.35
.35
.35
Month.
Price.
July....
Aug....
Sept__
$0.35
.35
.35
Month.
Price.
Oct
Nov......
Dec.......
$0.35
.35
.35
Average.
$0.3500
AXES: M. C. O., Yankee, pattern handled.
[Price per ax, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar
$0.70
.70
.70
Apr__
M ay...
June...
$0.70
.70
.70
July...
A u g...
Sept.. .
$0.70
.70
.70
Nov___
Dec......
$0.70
.70
.70
Average.
$0.7000
BAR IRON: Best refined, from store.
[Average monthly price per pound, in Philadelphia; quotations from the Bulletin of the American Iron
and Steel Association.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$0.0162
.0162
.0162
Apr__
MTay...
June...
$0.0162
.0164
.0167
July...
Aug....
Sept.. .
$0.0171
.0171
.0181
Oct.......
Nov___
Dec.......
$0.0196
.0196
.0206
Average.
$0.0175
BAR IRON: Common to best refined, from mill.
[Price per pound, on the first of each month, f. o. b. Pittsburgh; quotations from the Iron Age.]
Jan....... $0.0125-$0.0130
.0125
Feb......
.0125
Mar ,.
Apr__
$0.0125
M ay... $0.0125- .0130
June...
.0125
Ju ly...
$0.0135
Aug....
.0140
Sept.. . $0.0140- .0145
Oct
$0.0150
Nov___ $0.0155- .0160
Dec.......
.0165- .0170
Average.
$0.0138
BARB WIRE: Galvanized.
[Average monthly price per 100 pounds, in Chicago; quotations from the Iron Age.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar
$2.03
2.08
2.08
Apr__
M ay...
June...
$2.08
2.08
2.08
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$2.08
2.13
2.18
Oct.......
Nov___
Dec.......
$2.18
$2.28- 2.33
2.28- 2.33
Average.
2.1342
BUTTS: Loose pin9wrought steel, 3* by 3| inches.
[Price per pair, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar......
$0.09
.09
.09
Apr—
M ay...
June...
$0.09
.09
.09
July...
Aug....
Sept.. .
$0.09
.09
.09
Oct.......
Nov___
Dec......
$0.09
.09
.09
Average.
$0.0900
76
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T a b le
I .—WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
M E T A L S A N D I M P L E M E N T S —Continued.
CHISELS: Extra, socket firmer, 1-inch.
[Price per chisel, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Month.
Month.
Price.
$0.25
.25
.25
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
Apr---May__
June...
Price.
$0.25
.25
.25
Month.
Price.
July....
Aug....
Sept...
Month.
$0.25
.25
.25
Price.
Nov......
Dec.......
$0.25
.25
.25
Average.
SO. 2500
COPPER: Ingot electrolytic.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]
$0.1412*
Jan.......
.1400
Feb
,.
Mar....... $0.1450- . 1462*
Apr___
$0.1600
May__ $0.1587*- . 1600
June... . 1712*- . 1725
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.1762*
. 1762i
.1762*
|
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec.......
$0.1770
.1725
.1750
Average.
$0.1643
COPPER: Sheet, hot-rolled (base sizes).
[Price per pound, in New York, on tha first of each month.]
$0.19
.19
.19
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.20
.21
.21*
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.22
.22
.23
Nov......
Dec.......
$0.23
.23
.23
Average.
$0.2129
COPPER WIRE: Bare, No. 8, B. and S. gauge and heavier (base sizes).
[Price per pound, f. o. b. Ansonia, Conn., on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$0.15£
.15*
.15*
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.16*
.17
.17*
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.18f
. 18f
.18f
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec.......
$0.18|
•18|
•18*
Average.
$0.1746
DOOR KNOBS: Steel, bronze-plated.
[Price per pair, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$0.27
.27
.27
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.27 July....
.27 ; Aug....
.27 Sept.. .
$0.27 |Oct.......
.27 ! Nov......
.27 I Dec.......
$0.27
.27
.27
|Average.
$0.2700
Dec.......
$0. 92t%
•92fV
•«2*
Average.
$0.9260
FILES: 8-inch mill bastard, Nicholson.
[Price per dozen on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$0.93
.93
.93
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.92T%
•92t8^
•92x%
July....
Aug....
Sept.. .
$0.92*
•92yV
.« 2 *
77
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T able
I ___ WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
M E T A L S A N D I M P L E M E N T S —Continued.
HAMMERS: Maydole, No. 1}.
[Price per hammer, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
Month.
Price.
$0.44
.44
.44
Apr___
May—
June...
Price.
$0.44
.44
.44
Month.
Month.
Price.
July....
Aug....
Sept.. .
$0.44
.44
.44
Price.
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec.......
$0.44
.44
.44
Aveiage.
$0.4400
LEAD: Pig, desilverized.
[Price per pound, in New York, from store, on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$0.0445
.0400
.0400
Apr___
May—
June...
$0.0420
.0420
.0420
July....
Aug....
Sept.. .
$0.0450
.0450
.0485
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec.......
$0.0510
.0475
.0435
Average.
$0.0443
LEAD PIPE.
[Price per 100 pounds, f. o. b. New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar......
$5.04
4.90
4.90
Apr__
May.. .
June...
$4.90
4.90
4.90
J u ly ...
Aug---Sept...
$5.19
5.39
5.39
N ov.. . .
$5.88
5.63
5.39
Average.
$5.2008
LOCKS: Common mortise, knob lock, 3&-in?!i.
[Price per lock, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$0.12
.12
.12
Apr---M ay...
June...
$0.12
.12
.12
July...
Aug---Sept.. .
$0.12
.12
.12
Dec.......
N ov____
Oct.......
$0.12
.12
.12
Average.
$0.1200
NAILS: Cut, 8-penny, fence and common.
[Price per 100-pound keg, f. o. b. Pittsburgh, on the first of each month; quotations computed from base
prices published in the Iron Age—Hardware.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar____
$1.60
1.65
1.65
Apr___
M ay...
June...
$1.70
1.70
$1.65- 1.70
J u ly ...
Aug....
Sept.. .
$1.65-$l. 70
1.70- 1.75
1.70- 1.75
Oct.......
Nov___
Dec.......
$1.70-$1.75
1.80- 1.85
1.80- 1.85
Average.
$1.7063
NAILS: Wire, 8»penny, fence and common.
[Price per 100-pound keg, f. o. b. Pittsburgh, on the first of each month; quotations computed from base
prices published in the Iron Age—Hardware.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar......
$1.65
1.70
1.70
Apr__
M ay...
June...
$1.70
1.70
1.70
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$1.70
1.75
1.80
Oct.......
Nov___
$1.80-$l. 85
1.80- 1.85
1.80- 1.85
Average.
$1.7396
78
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T a b l e I . — WHOLESALE
PRICES OP COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
M E T A L S A N D I M P L E M E N T S —Continued.
PIG IRON: Bessemer.
[Average monthly price per ton of 2,240 pounds, in Pittsburgh; quotations from the Bulletin of the Ameri
can Iron and Steel Association.]
Month.
Month.
Price.
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar......
515.09
14.90
15.09
Apr___
M ay...
June...
Price.
$15.15
15.15
15.15
Month.
Price.
J uly...
Aug....
Sept...
$15.15
15.45
16.15
Month.
Price.
Oct.......
Nov___
$17.80
18.02
18.15
Average.
$15.9375
PIG IRON: Foundry No. 1.
[Average monthly price per ton of 2,240 pounds in Philadelphia; quotations from the Bulletin of the Ameri
can Iron and Steel Association.]
Jan.......
Feb ..
Mar.......
$15.35
15.35
15.42
Apr___
M ay...
June...
$15.50
15.72
15.81
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$16.19
16.35
17.09
Nov___
Dec.......
$18.10
18.81
19.00
Average.
$16.5575
PIG IRON: Foundry No. 2, northern.
[Price per ton of 2.240 pounds, f. o. b. Pittsburgh, on the first of each month; quotations computed by
adding freight to price at the valley furnace as published in the Iron Age.]
Jan.......
Feb .....
Mar.......
$13.90-$14.15
13.90
13.90- 14.15
Apr___
May__
June...
$14.15
14.15
$14.15- 14.40
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$14.15-$14.40
14.40- 14.65
15.15- 15.40
Oct.......
Nov___
D ec.....
$16.40-$16.90
17.65- 17.90
»17.90- 18.15
Average.
$15.0875
PIG IRON: Gray forge, southern, coke.
[Price per ton of 2,240 pounds, f. o. b. Cincinnati, on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar.......
$12.50-$13.00
12.50- 13.00
12.50- 13.00
Apr___
May__
June...
$13.00-$13.50
13.25- 13.50
13.75
July.. .
Aug....
Sept...
$14.00
14.25
$14.75- 15.00
Nov___
Dec.......
$15.75
$16.50- 17.00
16.50- 13.75
Average.
$14.2396
PLANES: Bailey No. 5, jack plane.
[Price per plane in New York on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$1.54
1.54
1.54
Apr---May—
June...
$1.54
1.54
1.54
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$1.54
1.54
1.54
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec.......
$1.54
1.54
1.54
Average.
$1.5400
QUICKSILVER: Jobbing lots.
[Price per pound in New York on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug Re
porter.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar
$0.60
.60
.65
Apr__
May—
June...
$0.58
.56
.58
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.60
.60
.58
Dec.......
Oct.......
$0.58
.58
.56
Average.
$0.5892
79
WHOLESALE PBICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T able I . — WHOLESALE
PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
M E T A L S A N D I M P L E M E N T S —Continued.
SAWS: Crosscut, Disston No. 2* 6-foot, champion tooth.
[Price per saw to small jobbers, f. o. b. Philadelphia, on the first of each month.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb .
Mar.......
Price.
$1,782
1.782
1.782
Month.
Apr___
M ay...
June...
Month.
Price.
$1,782
1.782
1.782
Price.
$1,782
1.782
1.782
Ju ly ...
Aug....
Sept...
Month.
Price.
Oct
Nov___
$1,782
1.782
1.782
Average.
$1.7820
SAWS: Hand, Disston No. 7,26-inch.
[Price per dozen to small jobbers, f. o. b. Philadelphia, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb ...
Mar .
$12.95
12.95
12.95
Apr__
May__
June...
$12.95
12.95
12.95
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$12.95
12.95
12.95
Oct
Nov......
Dec.......
$12.95
12.95
12.95
Average.
$12.9500
SHOVELS: Ames No. 2, cast-steel, D handle, square point, back strap, black.
[Price per dozen on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar
$7.45
7.45
7.45
Apr__
M ay...
June...
$7.45
7.45
7.45
Ju ly ...
Aug....
Sept...
$7.45
7.45
7.45
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec.......
$7.45
7.45
7.46
Average.
$7.4508
SILVER: Bar fine.
[Average monthly price per ounce, in New York; quotations furnished by the Director of the Mint.]
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar
$0.56766
.59640
.58984
Apr___
M ay...
June...
$0.59865
.61525
.61929
July.. .
Aug....
Sept...
$0.61282
.62331
.63685
i
Oct
$0.64112
.63471
.64028
Average.
$0.61468
SPELTER: Western.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar...
$0.0635 Apr___ $0.0675-$0.0680
.0655 May__
.0690
.0697* June...
.0690
Ju ly... $0.0710-$0.0715
Aug....
.0725
Sept...
.0735
i
Oct
Nov......
Dec.......
$0.0765
.0750
.0740
Average.
$0.0706
STEEL BILLETS.
[Average monthly price per ton of 2,240 pounds, at mills in Pittsburgh; quotations from the Bulletin of
the American Iron and Steel Association.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar
$20.00
20.00
19.75
Apr___
May.. .
June...
$20.00
20.80
20.87
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$21.50
22.00
23.62
Nov___
D ec___
$26.00
27.00
27.00
Average.
$22.3783
80
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T a b le
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DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
M E T A L S A N D I M P L E M E N T S —Continued.
STEEL RAILS.
[Price per ton of 2,240 pounds at mills in Pennsylvania; quotations from the Bulletin of the American Iron
and Steel Association.]
Month.
Month.
Price.
$28.00
28.00
28.00
Jan.......
Feb ....
Mar.......
Apr__
May.. .
June...
Month.
Price.
Price.
Ju ly...
Aug....
Sept...
$28.00
28.00
28.00
$28.00
28.00
28.00
Month.
Price.
Oct.......
N ov .. . .
$28.00
28.00
28.00
Average.
$28.0000
STEEL SHEETS: Black, No. 27, box annealed, one pass through cold rolls.
[Price per pound, in Pittsburgh, on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]
Jan....... $0.0185-$0.0190
.0185- .0190
Feb
Mar....... .0175- .0180
July.. . $0.0185-$0.0190
Aug.... .0195- .0200
Sept... .0200- .0205
Apr___ $0.0180-$0.0185
May__ .0185- .0190
June... .0185- .0190
Nov......
$0.0210
.0220
$0.0220- .0230
Average.
$0.0196
TIN: Pig.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$0.4425
.4400
.4325
Apr__
May__
June...
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.4300
.4637*
.4575
$0.4600
.4512*
.4762*
$0.5025
.5015
.4930
Average.
$0.4626
TIN PLATES: Domestic, Bessemer, coke, 14 by 20 Inch.
[Price per box of 100 pounds, f. o. b. New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Iron Age.)
Jan........
Feb ...
Mar.......
$3.64
3.64
3.54
Apr__
May__
June...
$3.54
3.54
3.64
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$3.64
3.74
3.74
Oct
Average.
i
$3.74
3.74
3.74
$3.6567
TROWELS: M. C. O., brick, 10^-inch.
[Price per trowel, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
.
Mar.......
$0.35
.35
.35
Apr___
May__
June...
$0.35
.35
.35
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.35
.35
.35
Nov......
$0.35
.35
.35
Average.
$0.3500
VISES: Solid box, 50-pound.
[Price per vise, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb . .
Mar.......
$4.14
4.14
4.14
A pr....
May....
June...
$4.14
4.14
4.14
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$4.14
4.14
4.14
Oct
Average.
$4.14
4.14
4.14
$4.1400
81
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T a b le
I . —WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
M E T A L S A N D IM P L E M E N T S —Concluded.
WOOD SCREWS: 1-inch, No. 10, flat head.
[Price per gross, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb
Mar......
Price.
$0.12
.12
.12
Month.
Price.
Apr___
May....
June...
$0.12
.12
.12
Month.
July....
Aug....
Sept...
Price.
$0.12
.12
.12
Month.
O ct,.
Price:
Dec.......
$0.12
.12
.12
Average.
$0.1200
ZINC: Sheet, ordinary numbers and sizes, packed in 600-pound casks.
[Price per 100 pounds, f. o. b. La Salle, 111., on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar
$7.36
7.36
7.59
Apr___
May....
June...
$7.96
7.96
7.96
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$7.96
8.05
8.05
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec.......
$8.28
8.28
8.28
Average.
$7.9242
L U M B E R A N D B U IL D IN G M A T E R IA L S .
BRICK: Com m on domestic building.
[Price per 1,000 on dock, in New York, range from the first to the last of each month.]
------- »----------Jan.......
Feb
Mar. . .
$6.50-$7.00
6.50- 7.25
6.50- 6.75
Apr___
May....
June...
$6.50-$6.87§
6.25- 7.00
6.50- 7.00
July....
Aug—
Sept...
$6.50 -$7.00
6.50 - 7.00
6.62|- 7.00
Oct.......
Dec.......
$6.62|-$7.00
6.62J- 7.00
6.75 - 7.00
Average.
$6.7604
CARBONATE OF LEAD: American, in oil.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$0.0662
.0662
.0662
Apr___
May....
June...
$0.0662
.0662
.0662
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.0686
.0711
.0711
Dec.......
$0.0711
.0711
.0686
Average.
$0.0682
CEMENT: Portland, domestic.
[Price per barrel of 400 pounds gross, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New
York Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$1.18-$1.25
1.1&- 1.25
1.18- 1.25
Apr___
May....
June...
$1.18-$1.25
1.18- 1.25
1.30- 1.33
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$1.30-$l. 33
1.30- 1.33
1.43- 1.45
Nov......
$1.43-$l. 45
1.43- 1.45
1.43- 1.45
Average.
$1.3150
CEMENT: Rosendale.
[Price per barrel of 400 pounds gross, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New
York Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar......
$0.80-$0.90
.80- .90
.80- .90
Apr...
May....
June...
$0.80-$0.90
.80- .90
.80- .90
86629°—Bull. 114—13----- 6
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.80-$0.90
.80- .90
.85- .90
Dec.......
$0.85-$0.90
.85- .90
.85- .90
Average.
$0.8583
82
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BULLETIN OP THE BUREAU OP LABOR STATISTICS.
I . —WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
L U M B E R A N D B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L S —Continued.
DOORS: Western white pine, 2 feet 8 inches by 6 feet 8 inches, If inches thick, 5-panel, No. 1,
O. G.
[Price per door, f. o. b. Chicago, on the first of each month.]
Month.
Price.
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar......
$1.47
1.47
1.47
Month.
Apr___
M!ay....
June...
Price.
$1.50
1.50
1.50
Month.
Price.
July....
Aug....
Sept....
Month.
Price.
$1.54
1.54
1.54
$1.54
1.54
1.54
$1.5125
Average.
HEMLOCK: Base price, Pennsylvania and West Virginia stock.
[Price per M feet, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber Trade
Journal.]
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar.......
$20.50-$21.00
20.50- 21.00
20.50- 21.00
Apr___
May....
June...
$20.50-$21.00
20.50- 21.00
20.50- 21.00
July....
Aug....
Sept....
0)
$21.00-422.00
21.50- 22.50
Dec.......
$22.00-$23.00
22.00- 23.00
22.50- 23.50
Average.
$21.4545
LIME: Rockport, com m on.
[Price per barrel of 300 pounds gross, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New
York Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb. ...
Mar.......
$0.92-^1.25
.92- 1.25
.92- 1.25
Apr___
May....
June...
$0.92-$1.25
.92- 1.25
.92- 1.25
July....
Aug....
Sept__
$0.92-$1.25
.92- 1.25
.92- 1.25
Dec.......
$0.92-$l. 25
.92- 1.25
.92- 1.25
Average.
$1.0850
LINSEED OIL: Raw, city, in barrels.
[Price per gallon, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
$0.74
.71
.70
Jan.......
Feb___
Mar......
Apr___
May....
June...
$0.73
.73
.76
July....
Aug....
Sept....
$0.77
.66
.66
Oct ..
$0.62
.56
.43
Average.
$0.6725
MAPLE: Hard and soft, 1-inch, firsts and seconds, 6 inches and up wide.
[Price per M feet, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber Trade
Journal.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$34.00-$36.00
34.00- 36.00
35.00- 37.00
Apr___
May....
June...
$35.00-$37.00
36.00- 38.00
36.00- 38.00
July....
Aug....
Sept.. .
0)
$36.00438.00
36.00- 38.00
O ct...
Dec.......
$36.00-$38.00
36.00- 38.00
36.00- 38.00
Average.
$36.4545
OAK: White, plain, mixed, rock, m ountain, or West Virginia stock, 1-inch, 6 inches and up
wide.
[Price per M feet, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber Trade
Journal.]
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar.......
$53.00-$56.00
53.00- 56.00
53.00-^6.00
Apr___
May__
June...
$54.00-$57.00
55.00- 58.00
55.00- 58.00
July....
Aug....
Sept....
0)
$55.00-$58.00
55.00- 58.00
i No quotation for month.
Oct.......
Dec.......
$55.00-$58.00
57.00- 60.00
67.00- 60.00
Average.
$56.2273
83
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T a b le
I .—WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
L U M B E R A N D B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L S —Continued.
OAK: White, quartered, Indiana, clear and good seconds, 6 inches and up wide, 10 to 16 feet
long.
[Price per M feet, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber Trade
Journal.]
Month.
Price.
Month.
Price.
Month.
Price.
Month.
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$85.00-SS8.00
85.00- 88.00
85.00- 88.00
Apr---May....
June...
$85.00-$88.00
85.00- 88.00
85.00- 88.00
July....
Aug—
Sept....
0)
$85.00-$88.00
85.00- 88.00
Oct.......
Nov......
$85.00-$88.00
85.00- 88.00
85.00- 88.00
Average.
$86.5000
Price.
OXIDE OP ZINC: American, extra dry.
(Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
S0.05J
.05*
.061
Apr___
May__
June...
$0.05*
.05|
July....
Aug....
Sept....
$0.05|
.05®
.0
Oct.......
$0.05|
.05k
.05f
Average.
$0.0515
PINE: White, boards, No. 2 barn, 10 inches wide, rough.
[Price per M feet, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber Trade
Journal.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar......
$37.50
37.50
37.50
Apr__
May....
June...
$37.50
37.50
37.50
July....
Aug—
Sept__
0)
$37.50
37.50
Nov......
$36.50
36.50
36.50
Average.
$37.2273
PINE: White, boards, uppers, 1-inch, 8 inches and up wide, rough or dressed.
[Price per M feet, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber Trade
Journal.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar......
Apr__
May....
June...
$100.50
100.50
100.50
$100.50
100.50
100.50
July....
Aug---Sept....
$100.50
103.50
103.50
0)
$100.50
100.50
Average.
i
$101.0455
PINE: Yellow, flooring, B, heartface, rift sawn, 1 inch thick, 2\inches wide (counted 3 inches).
[Price per M feet, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber Trade
1
*
’
Journal.]
Jan.......
Feb ....
Mar.......
$45.00-$47.00
45.00- 47.00
45.00- 47.00
A pr....
May....
June...
$45.00
45.00
43.00
July....
Aug....
Sept....
>No quotation for month.
0)
$43.00
43.00
Oct.......
Dec.......
$43.00
45.00
45.00
Average.
$44.5455
84
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I . —WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
T a b le
L U M B E R A N D B U IL D IN G } M A T E R I A L S —Continued.
PINE: Yellow, siding, long leaf, boards, heartface, 1-inch and 11-inch.
[Price per M feet, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber Trade
Journal.]
Month.
Price.
Month.
Price.
Month.
Price.
Month.
Jan.......
Feb ..
Mar.......
$31.00-832.00
31.00- 32.00
33.00- 34.00
Apr__
May__
June...
$33.00-^34.00
33.00- 34.00
33.00- 34.00
July....
Aug....
Sept__
0)
$33.00-$34.00
33.00- 34.00
Dec.......
$33.00-$34.00
33.00- 34.00
33.00- 34.00
Average.
$33.1364
Oct.......
Price.
PLATE GLASS: Polished, glazing, area 5 to 10 square feet.
[Price per square foot, f. o. b. New York, on the first of each month.]
$0.28
.28
.28
Jan.......
Feb, . .
Mar.......
Apr__
M ay...
June...
$0.28
.29
.29
July...
Aug....
Sept.. .
$0.30
.30
.31
Oct.......
$0.31
.32
.32
Average.
$0.2967
PLATE GLASS: Polished, glazing, area 3 to 5 square feet.
[Price per square foot, f. o. b. New York, on the first of each month.]
$0.20
.20
.20
Jan.......
Feb .
Mar.......
Apr__
M ay...
June...
$0.20
.21
.21
Ju ly ...
Aug....
Sept...
$0.22
.22
.23
Oct.......
$0.23
.24
.24
Average.
$0.2167
POPLAR: Yellow, 1-inch, firsts and seconds, 7 to 17 inches and up wide, rough.
[Price per M feet, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber Trade
Journal.]
Jan.......
Feb___
Mar.......
$60.00-$63.00
60.00- 63.00
60.00- 63.00
Apr__
M a y...
June...
$60.00-$63.00
60.00- 63.00
60.00- 63.00
J u ly ...
Aug....
Sept...
(*)
$60.00-$63.00
60.00- 63.00
Oct.......
Nov......
$60.00-$63.00
60.00- 63.00
60.00- 63.00
Average.
$61.5000
PUTTY: Bulk.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar......
$0.0115
.0115
.0115
Apr__
M ay...
June...
$0.0115
.0115
.0115
July...
Aug....
Sept.. .
$0.0115
.0115
.0115
Nov......
$0.0115
.0115
.0115
Average.
$0.0115
ROSIN: Common to good, strained.
[Price per barrel of 300 to 400 pounds, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New
York Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb .
Mar.......
$7.15
6.65
6.70
Apr__
M ay...
June...
$6.90
6.50
$6.50-6.60
July...
Aug....
Sept...
i No quotation for month.
$6.45
$6.45- 6.50
6.85
Nov......
$6.60
6.50
$6.25- 6.50
Average.
$6.6417
85
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T a b le
I .—WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
L U M B E R A N D B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L S —Continued.
SHINGLES: Cypress, best, all heart, 5 inches wide, 16 inches long.
[ Price per M, f. o. b. New Orleans, La., on the first, of each month.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
Price.
$3.50
3.50
3.50
Month.
Apr__
M ay...
June...
Price.
Month.
$3.40
3.40
3.40
Month.
Price.
July...
Aug....
Sept.. .
Price.
$3.40
3.40
3.45
$3.55
3.60
3.70
Average.
$3.4833
SHINGLES: Red cedar, clear, random width, 16 inches long.
[Average monthly price per M, at mills in Washington.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$1.70
1.70
1.75
Apr___
M a y...
June...
July...
Aug....
Sept...
$1.80
1.85
1.87
$1.95
2.30
2.45
Oct .
Nov......
$2.00
1.90
2.00
Average.
$1.9392
SPRUCE: 6 to 9 inch, cargoes, eastern.
[Price per M feet, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Lumber Trade
Journal.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar......
S24.00-S27.00
24.00- 27.00
24.00- 27.00
Apr___
M a y...
June...
J u ly ...
Aug....
Sept...
$26.00-$29.00
26.00- 29.00
26.00- 29.00
C1)
$26.00-$29.00
26.00- 29.00
Dec.......
$26.00429.00
26.00- 29.00
26.00- 29.00
Average.
$26.9545
TAR.
[Price per barrel of 50 gallons, in Wilmington, N. C., on the first of each month; quotations from the New
York Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb .
Mar.......
$1.80
1.80
1.90
Apr__
May__
June...
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$1.90
1.90
1.90
$2.00
2.10
2.10
$2.20
2.20
2.20
Average.
1
$2.0000
TURPENTINE: Spirits of, in machine barrels.
[Price per gallon, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb.
Mar....
$0.54
.49*
.50
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.50*
.53
.48
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.47f-$0.48
.46 - . 46J
•42*
O ct...
Average.
$0.42*-$0.43
.42
.38
$0.4703
WINDOW GLASS: American, single, A A, 25-inch bracket (6 by 8 to 10 by 15 inches).
[Price per 50 square feet, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and
Drug Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb .
Mar......
$2.08
2.08
2.08
Apr___
May....
June...
$2.08
2.08
2.08
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$2.40
2.40
2.40
Nov__
Average.
1No quotation for month.
$2.40
2.40
2.40
$2.2400
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DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
L U M B E R A N D B U I L D I N G M A T E R IA L S -C o n clu d e d .
WINDOW GLASS: American, single, B, 25-inch bracket (6 by 8 to 10 by 15 inches).
[Price per 50 square feet, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and
Drug Reporter.]
Month.
Price.
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar
$1.6575
1.6575
1.6575
Month.
Price.
Apr__
May....
June...
$1.6575
1.6575
1.6575
Month.
July__
Aug....
Sept...
Price.
$1.9125
1.9125
1.9125
Month.
Price.
Oct.......
Nov
$1.9125
1.9125
1.9125
Average.
$1.7850
D R U G S A N D C H E M IC A L S .
ALCOHOL: Grain.
[Price per gallon, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb .
Mar .
$2.58
2.58
2.58
Apr---May....
June...
$2.58
2.58
2.57
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$2.56
2.56
2.56
Oct.......
$2.56
2.56
2.56
Average.
$2.5692
ALCOHOL: Wood, refined, 95 per cent.
[Price per gallon, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$0.50
.50
.50
Apr__
May—
June...
$0.50
.50
.50
July....
Aug—
Sept...
$0.50
.50
.50
O ct...
Dec.......
$0. £0
.50
.50
Average.
$0.5000
ALUM: Lump.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$0.0175
.0175
.0175
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.0175
.0175
.0175
July__
Aug....
Sept...
$0.0175
.0175
.0175
Oct...
Dec.......
$0.0175
.0175
.0175
Average.
$0.0175
BRIMSTONE: Crude, domestic.
[Price per ton of 2,240 pounds, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint,
and Drug Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$22.00
22.00
22.00
Apr__
May....
June...
$22.00
22.00
22.00
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$22.00
22.00
22.00
Oct.
Nov__
D ec... .
$22.00
22.00
22.00
Average.
$22.0000
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
87
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PRICES OP COMMODITIES FROM JANUARY TO
DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
D R U G S A N D CHEM ICAIiS-^Concluded.
GLYCERIN: Refined, chemically pure, in bulk.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb .
Mar......
Price.
$ o.m
.17|
.16*
Month.
Apr__
May....
June...
Price.
SO. 17
.19*
.19
i Month.
Price.
July....
Aug....
Sept....
SO. 19
.18*
.184
Month.
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec.......
Average.
Price.
SO. 20
.20
.18|
SO.1842
MURIATIC ACID: 20°.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
SO.0130
.0130
.0130
Apr---May__
June. . .
SO.0130
.0130
.0130
July....
Aug—
Sept...
SO.0130
.0130
.0130
Nov......
Dec.......
SO.0130
.0130
.0130
Average.
SO. 0130
OPIUM: Natural, in cases.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
$8.50
8.50
8.25
Apr___
May....
June...
$7.00
6.25
6.00
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$6.25
6.10
7.60
Dec.......
$7.15
7.00
6.80
Average.
$7.1167
QUININE: American, in 100-ounce tins.
[Price per ounce, in New York, on the first day of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and
Drug Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar......
$0.14
.14
.14
Apr---May__
June...
$0.14
.19*
.19*
July—
Aug....
Sept__
$0.19*
.19*
.i9*
Oct.......
$0.19*
.19*
.19*
Average.
$0.1767
SULPHURIC ACID: 66°.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar......
$0.01
.01
.01
Apr—
May....
June...
$0.01
.01
.01
July....
Aug....
Sept....
$0.01
.01
.01
Dec___
$0.01
.01
.01
Average.
$0.0100
Oct.......
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DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
H O U S E F U R N IS H IN G G O O D S .
EARTHENWARE: Plates, cream=colored, 7-inch.
[Pnce per dozen, f. o. b. Trenton, N. J., on the first of each month.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar.......
Month.
Price.
$0.4300
.4300
.4300
Apr__
May....
June...
Price.
$0.4344
.4344
.4344
Month.
July....
Aug....
Sept__
Month.
Price.
$0.4344
.4344
.4344
Price.
Oct
$0.4344
.4344
.4344
Average.
$0.4333
EARTHENWARE: Plates, white granite, 7-inch.
[Price per dozen f. o. b. Trenton, N. J., on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.
$0.4586
.4586
.4586
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.4633
.4633
.4633
July....
Aug....
Sept....
$0.4633
.4633
.4633
Dec.......
$0.4633
.4633
.4633
Average.
$0.4621
EARTHENWARE: Teacups and saucers, white granite, with handles.
[Price per gross (6 dozen cups and 6 dozen saucers), f. o. b. Trenton, N. J., on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb. .
Mar.......
$3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
Apr___
May__
June...
$3.4214
3.4214
3.4214
July....
Aug....
Sept__
$3.4214
3.4214
3.4214
Dec.......
$3.4214
3.4214
3.4214
Average.
$3.4128
Oct.......
FURNITURE: Bedroom sets, 3 pieces, iron bedstead, hardwood dresser, and washstand.
[Price per set in New York on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb.......
Mar.......
$15.25
15.25
15.25
Apr___
May....
June...
$15.25
15.25
15.25
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$15.25
15.25
15.25
Nov......
Dec,
$15.25
15.25
15.25
Average.
$15.2500
FURNITURE: Chairs, bedroom, maple, cane seat.
[Price per dozen, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar......
$9.50
9.50
9.50
Apr___
M ay...
June...
$9.50
9.50
9.50
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$9.50
9.50
9.50
Nov......
$9.50
9.50
9.50
Average.
$9.5000
FURNITURE: Chairs, kitchen, common spindle.
[Price per dozen, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar......
$6.00
6.00
6.00
Apr___
May....
June...
$6.00
6.00
6.00
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$6.00
6.00
6.00
Oct,
Nov......
$6.00
6.00
6.00
Average.
$6.0000
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DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
H O U S E F U R N I S H I N G G O O D S —Continued.
FURNITURE: Tables, kitchen, 31-foot.
[Price per dozen, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Month.
Jan.......
Feb
Mar
Month.
Price.
$22.80
22.80
22.80
Apr___
May....
June...
Price.
$22.80
22.80
22.80
Month.
July....
Aug....
Sept...
Price.
$22.80
22.80
22.80
| Month.
Price.
$22.80
22.80
22.80
Nov
Average.
$22.8000
GLASSWARE: Nappies, 4-inch, common.
[Price per dozen, f. o. b. factory, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$0.11
.11
.11
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.11
.11
.11
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.11
.11
.11
Oct ,,
Average.
$0.11
.11
.11
$0.1100
GLASSWARE: Pitchers, one-half gallon, common.
[Price per dozen, f. o. b. factory, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb ....
Mar.......
$0.80
.80
.80
Apr__
May__
June...
$0.80
.80
.80
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.80
.80
.80
$0.80
.80
.80
Average.
$0.8000
GLASSWARE: Tumblers, table, one-third pint, common.
[Price per dozen, f. o. b. factory, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar ,
$0.11
.11
.11
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.11
.11
.11
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.11
.11
.11
Oct
,
Average.
$0.11
.11
.11
$0.1100
TABLE CUTLERY: Carvers, stag handles.
[Price per pair on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb......
Mar. ,
$0.75
.75
.75
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.75
.75
.75
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.75
.75
.75
$0.75
.75
.75
Average.
$0.7500
TABLE CUTLERY: Knives and forks, cocobola handles, metal bolsters.
[Price per gross on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb .
Mar.......
$5.00
5.00
5.25
Apr___
May....
June...
$5.25
5.25
5.25
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$5.25
5.25
5.25
Oct.......
$5.25
5.75
5.75
Average.
$5.2917
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DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
H O U S E F U R N I S H I N G G O O D S —Concluded.
WOODEN WARE: Pails, oak-grained, 3-hoop, wire ear.
[Price per dozen, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Month.
Month.
Price.
$1.75
1.75
1.75
Jan.......
Feb
Mar
Apr___
May__
June...
Price.
$1.75
1.75
1.75
Month.
Price.
July....
Aug....
Sept__
$1.75
1.75
1.75
Month.
Price.
Oct.......
Nov......
$1.75
1.75
1.75
Average.
$1.7500
WOODEN WARE: Tubs, oak-grained, 3 in nest.
[Price per nest of 3, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb ....
Mar.......
$1.60
1.60
1.60
Apr__
May—
June...
$1.60
1.60
1.60
July—
Aug__
Sept__
$1.60
1.60
1.60
Oct
Nov......
Dec.......
$1.60
1.60
1.60
Average.
$1.6000
M IS C E L L A N E O U S .
COTTONSEED MEAL.
[Price per ton of 2,000 pounds, in New York, on the first of each month.]
$29.85
30.60
32.60
Jan.......
Feb ....
Mar.......
Apr__
May....
June...
$32.60
33.00
33.00
July....
Aug....
Sept__
$33.00
33.00
29.60
Oct
Average.
$29.60
30.10
30.60
$31.4625
COTTONSEED OIL: Summer, yellow, prime.
[price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter.]
Jan.......
Feb ....
Mar.......
$0.0525
.0550
.0550
Apr___
May....
June...
$0.0587^
.0740
.0675
July....
Aug—
Sept__
$0.0675
.0640
.0637*
Oct
Nov......
$0.0650
.0575
.0625
Average.
$0.0619
JUTE: Raw M-double triangle, shipment, medium grade.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb ..
Mar .....
$0,045
.048
.055
Apr___
May—
June...
$0,053
.050
.045
July....
Aug....
Sept....
$0,043
.050
.053
Oct.......
$0,055
.060
.058
Average.
$0.0513
MALT: Western made, standard.
[Price per bushel of 34 pounds, in New York, on the last of each month; quotations from the Brewers’
Journal.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$1.42-11.44
1.39
1.38- 1.42
Apr___
May....
June...
$1.41-$1.44
1.38- 1.40
1,32- 1.34
July....
Aug---Sept__
$1.12-$1.23
.88- .90
.74- .75
Oct.......
$0.70-$0.75
.70- .75
.65- .78
Average.
$1.1117
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DECEMBER, 1912—Continued.
M I S C E L L A N E O U S —Continued.
PAPER: News, wood, roll, contract.
[Price per pound, f. o. b. mill, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Month.
Month.
Price.
Jan....... SO. 0195-$0.0205
Feb
.0195- .0205
Mar
.0195- .0205
Price.
Apr___ $0.0195-40.0205
May__ .0215- .0225
.0225
June...
Month.
Price.
$0.0225
.0225
.0225
July....
Aug....
Sept__
Month.
Price.
O ct....
Nov__
Dec.......
$0.0225
. 0225
.0225
Average.
$0. 0216
PAPER: Wrapping, maniia, No. 1, jute.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan....... $0.0475-S0.0500
.0475- .0500
Feb
Mar , .0475- .0500
Apr__ $0.0475-$0.0500
May__ .0475- . 0500
June... .0475- . 0500
July.... $0.0475-$0.0500
Aug.... .0475- .0500
Sept.... .0475- .0500
Oct....... $0.0475-$0.0500
Nov......
.0475- .0500
Dec.......
.0475- .0500
Average.
$0.0488
PROOF SPIRITS: Finished goods basis.
[Price per gallon, including tax, in Peoria, III., on Tuesdays of each week; quotations from the Peoria
Herald Transcript.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar......
$1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
Apr__
May....
June...
$1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
July....
$1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
Aug---Sept...
Oct____
Nov......
Dec.......
Average.
$1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
$1.3600
ROPE: Manila, y^-inch and larger, highest grade.
[Price per pound, f. o.
b. New York, or eastern markets, on the first of each month; quotations from the
Jan....... $0.0825-$0.0850
Feb....... .0825- .0850
Mar....... .0850- .0875
Iron Age—Hardware.]
Apr__ S0.0850-S0.0875
May.... .0850- .0875
June... .0850- .0875
July.... $0.0900-$0.0925
Aug....
.1000
Sept...
.1200
Oct.......
Dec...
$0.1200
.1325
.1325
Average.
$0.1008
RUBBER: Para Island, fine.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar......
$0.97-$0.98
1.06
X.08J
Apr___
May....
June...
$1.14*
1.10
$1.04-1.05
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$1.00-11.02
1.04- 1.05
1.13- 1.14
Oct
Nov.....
Dec
$1.06-11.07
.97- .98
.98
Average.
$1.0517
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DECEMBER, 1912—Concluded.
M IS C E L L A N E O U S —Concluded.
SOAP: Castile, mottled, pure.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the Oil, Paint, and Drug
Reporter. J
Month.
Month.
Price.
Jan.......
Feb ...
Mar.......
$0.07i
.07^
.07J
Apr__
May....
June...
Price.
$0.07|
.07|
.07|
Month.
Price.
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.07£
.07J
.07£
Month.
Oct.......
Price.
Dec.......
$0.07£
.07*
.07|
Average.
$0.0748
STARCH: Laundry, 40-pound boxes, In bulk.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar......
$0.03*
.03£
.03£
Apr---May....
June...
$0.03f
.03|
.04
July__
Aug—
Sept...
$0.03|
.03f
.03|
Oct.
Nov......
Dec......
‘ $0.04
.04
.03|
Average.
$0.0375
TOBACCO: Plug, Climax.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan-----Feb___
Mar....
$0.44
.44
.44
Apr__
May__
June...
$0.44
.44
.44
July....
Aug....
Sept...
$0.44
.44
.44
'Oct.......
Nov......
Dec......
$0.44
.44
.44
Average.
$0.4400
TOBACCO: Smoking, granulated, Seal of North Carolina.
[Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month.]
Jan.......
Feb
Mar.......
$0.62$
.62$
.62$
Apr__
May....
June...
$0.62$
.62$
.62$
July....
Aug—
Sept...
$0.62$
.62$
.62$
Oct.......
Nov......
Dec.......
$0.62$
.&$
Average.
$0.6278
93
WHOLESALE PEICES, 1890 TO 1912.
Table I I .—AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OP
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912, MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899).
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see jp. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Farm products.
Year or month.
Barley: by
sample.
Cattle: steers, Cattle: steers,
choice to extra. good to choice.
Com: cash.
Cotton: upland,
middling.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
bushel. price. 100 lbs. price. 100 lbs. price. bushel. price. pound. price.
$0.3804 100.0 $0.07762
100.0
.3950
.5744
.4500
.3964
.4326
103.8
151.0
118.3
104.2
113.7
.11089
.08606
.07686
.08319
.07002
142.9
110.8
99.0
107.2
90.2
104.2
90.2
100.8
103.2
113.7
.3955
.2580
.2546
.3144
.3333
104.0
67.8
66.9
82.6
87.6
.07298
.07918
.07153
.05972
.06578
94.0
102.0
92.2
76.9
84.7
113.9
118.1
138.5
106.9
109.7
.3811 100.2
.4969 130.6
.5968 156.9
.4606 121.1
.5046 132.6
.09609
. 08627
.08932
. 11235
.12100
123.8
111.1
115.1
144.7
155.9
5.2192 110.2
5.3572 113.1
5.8120 122.8
5.9976 126.7
6.4529 136.3
.5010
.4632
.5280
.6843
.6677
131.7
121.8
138.8
179.9
175.5
.09553
.11025
. 11879
. 10463
.12107
123.1
142.0
153.0
134.8
156.0
7.0173 148.2
6. 7272 142.1
.5810 152.7
.5900 155.1
.15118
.13037
194.8
168.0
148.2
.09520
.10375
.10575
.11530
. 11713
.11650
122.6
133.7
136.2
150.9
150.1
.12460
.11938
.11663
.11130
.12375
.13060
160.5
153.8
150.3
143.4
159.4
168.3
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.4534
100.0
$5.3203
100.0
$4.7347
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
.5062
.6098
.5085
.4685
.5134
111.6
134.5
112.2
103.3
113.2
4.8697
5.8851
5.0909
5.5211
5.1591
91.5
110.6
95.7
103.8
97.0
4.1375
5.0976
4.4995
4.8394
4.5245
87.4
107.7
95.0
102.2
95.6
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
.4300
.2977
.3226
.4348
.4425
94.8
65.7
71.2
95.9
97.6
5.4849 103.1
4.5957 86.4
5.2255 98.2
5.3779 101.1
5.9928 112.6
4.9344
4.2712
4.7736
4.8846
5.3851
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
.4815
.5884
.6321
.5494
.5300
106.2
129.8
139.4
121.2
116.9
5.7827
6.1217
7.4721
5.5678
5.9562
5.3938
5.5901
6.5572
5.0615
5.1923
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
.4850
.5116
.7663
. 7336
.6740
107.0
112.8
169.0
161.8
148.7
5.9678 112.2
6.1298 115.2
6.5442 123.0
6.8163 128.1
7.3394 138.0
7.7712 146.1
7.2341 136.0
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
.7197 151.7
1.1023 243.1
1.0188 224.7
108; 7
115.1
140.4
104.7
112.0
9.3585
175.9
8.4024
8.1350
8.2188
152.9
154.5
159.2
160.5
168.3
171.0
7.7688
7.9563
157.0
164.1
168.0
8.3563
176.5
177.5
.6855
180.2
148.4
.6720
.6450
.6888
176.7
169.6
181.1
177.8
.8016
.7406
210.7
.7300
191.9
.6460
.5525
169.8
145.2
.11503
1912
January...................
February..................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
July.........................
August.....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
1.3225
1.2863
1.3000
1.3538
291.7
283.7
286.7
298.6
8.4688
8.5375
1.2840 283.2
1.1238 247.9
8.9550
9.1000
218.4
9.1400
10.0563
10.4500
10.5700
10.5813
10.0700
.9900
.7230
.7150
.7263
.7080
.7075
159.5
157.7
160.2
156.2
156.0
171.8
7.0250
7.4313
8.4200
189.0
196.4
8.1150
8.9625
9.3188
9.3600
198.9
189.3
9.0400
198.7
9.0875
171.4
189.3
196.8
197.7
191.9
190.9
.7785 204.7
194.7
.7741 203.5
. 7416 195.0
.4848
127.4
148.5
,ETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
ERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE ]
IS, 1890 TO 1912, MONTHLY ACTUAL AND
[JARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES
))—Continued.
discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed descriptio
see Table I.]
f the ai
Farm products.
Hides: green,
timothy, salted, packers’, Hogs: heavy.
Flaxseed: No. 1. Hay:No.
1.
heavy native
steers.
[ogs: li
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
ton.
price.
price. pound. price. 100 lbs. price.
irage
seper
) lbs.
$1.1132
100.0 $10.4304
1.3967 125.5
1.0805 97.1
1.0179 91.4
1.0875 97.7
1.3533 121.6
100.0
$0.0937
9.9952 95.8
12.2861 117.8
11.8375 113.5
11.2067 107.4
10.4183 99.9
.0933
.0951
.0870
.0749
.0641
100.0
4206
3.9534 89.6
4.4229 100.2
5.1550 116.8
6.5486 148.4
4.9719 112.7
9260
3404
0675
5752
9327
100.0 $4.4123
99.6
101.5
92.8
79.9
68.4
1.2449
.8119
.8696
1.1115
1.1578
111.8
11.3844 109.1
72.9 10.3269 99.0
78.1 8.4423 80.9
99.8 8.3317 79.9
104.0 10.0745 96.6
.1028 109.7
.0811 86.6
.0996 106.3
.1151 122.8
.1235 131.8
4.2781
3.3579
3.5906
3.8053
4.0394
97.0
76.1
81.4
86.2
91.5
2533
5591
7223
7587
0709
1.6223
1.6227
1.5027
1.0471
1.1088
145.7 11.5673 110.9
145.8 12.8255 123.0
135.0 12.6154 120.9
94.1 12.4279 119.2
99.6 11.7308 112.5
.1194
.1237
.1338
.1169
.1166
5.0815
5.9580
6.9704
6.0572
5.1550
115.2
135.0
158.0
137.3
116.8
1135
9177
7353
0541
1481
.1430 152.6
.1543 164.7
.1455 155.3
.1336 142.6
.1647 175.8
5.2913 119.9
6.2351 141.3
6.0795 137.8
5.7986 131.4
7.5721 171.6
3213
3274
2163
.6346
3611
.1546
.1477
.1760
8.9428 202.7
6.7474 152.9
7.5954 172.1
0091
,7260
,5517
.1600 170.8
.1575 168.1
.1575 168.1
.1525 162.8
.1638 174.8
.1750 186.8
6.2800
6.3156
7.1750
7.8900
7.5970
7.5094
142.3
143.1
162.6
178.8
172.2
170.2
0825
2094
.0938
.7438
5775
,3688
.1750 186.8
.1838 196.2
.1925 205.4
.1950 208.1
.2000 213.4
.1988 212.2
7.6150
8.2625
8.4750
8.6525
7.8625
7.5750
172.6
187.3
192.1
196.1
178.2
171.7
.6750
,4438
.7063
.5800
.7500
.4800
1.1979 107.6
1.1027 99.1
1.1808 106.1
1.2019 108.0
1.5652 140.6
11.2596 107.9
12.9615 124.3
16.9387 162.4
12.3365 118.3
13.4567 129.0
2.2671 203.7 17.2692
2.3915 214.8 19.6635
1.8656 167.6 20.4104
2.1400
2.1000
2.0200
2.1600
2.1650
0)
192.2
188.6
181.5
194.0
194.5
21.9000 210.0
20.5000 196.5
21.1250 202.5
24.2000 232.0
25.7500 246.9
21.9375 210.3
20.3000
20.3750
18. 7500
156.3 17.6000
1.4000 125.8 17.0000
1.2000 107.8 16.0000
0)
8
1.7400
165.6
188.5
195.7
194.6
195.3
179.8
168.7
163.0
153.4
127.4
132.0
142.8
124.8
124.4
165.0
157.6
187.8
1No quotation for month.
95
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
Table I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Farm products.
Hops: New
York State,
choice.
Year or month.
16 hands,
Horses: draft, Mules:
medium to
good to choice.
good.
Oats: cash.
Poultry: live,
fowls.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
pound. price. head. price. head. price. bushel. price. pound. price.
Average, 1890-1899.
100.0
$0.1771 100.0
.2621
.2640
.2505
,2271
.1515
148.0
149.1
141.4
128.2
85.5
.0940
.0877
.1160
.1621
.1563
53.1
49.5
65.5
91.5
88.3
0
1
2
3
4
.1483
.1719
.2375
.2825
.3475
83.7
97.1
134.1
159.5
196.2
5
6
7
8
9
.2673 150.9
.1629 92.0
.1738 98.1
.1188 67.1 $196.18
.2008 113.4 203.17
189
189
189
189
189
0
1
2
3
4
189
189
189
189
189
5
6
7
8
9
190
190
190
190
190
190
190
190
190
190
.
.
.
.
.
.
191 0
191 1
191 2
.3106 115.6
.3873 144.1
.3042 113.2
.2827 105.2
.3110 115.7
.2373
.1801
.1825
.2470
.2452
88.3
67.0
67.9
91.9
91.2
.2271 84.5
.3179 118.3
.3960 147.3
.3541 131.7
.3649 135.8
111.2
.3282 122.1
.4501 167.4
.5095 189.5 $0.1327
.4810 178.9
.1597
$189.13
209.76
.2588 146.1
.3650 206.1
.4100 231.5
221.91
259.75
220.50
212.50
214.62
192.03
.3856 143.5
.3850 143.2
.4380 162.9
.1691
.1445
.1485
222.50
219.38
.4900 182.3
.5188 193.0
.5316 197.8
.5640 209.8
.5531 205.8
.5191 193.1
.1438
.1419
.1550
.1575
.1550
.1440
179.4
118.7
121.7
119.0
115.7
.1588
.1440
.1725
.1463
.1350
.1325
1913
January.................
February...............
March....................
April.....................
May.......................
June......................
.5500
.5400
.4850
.5400
.5050
.4600
310.6
304.9
273.9
304.9
285.1
259.7
234.00
226.25
221.88
210.00
July.......................
August..................
September.............
October.................
November.............
December..............
.3700
.2900
.2250
.3150
.3200
.3200
208.9
163.7
127.0
177.9
180.7
180.7
189.00
185.00
230.00
280.00
254.38
212.50
187.50
187.50
175.63
170.00
174.38
185.50
205.00
203.00
195.00
196.50
187.50
187.50
(l>
.3191
.3272
.3198
.3109
.3228
JNo relative price computed. For explanation, see p. 38.
120.1
96
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
Table I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see fable I.]
Farm products.
Year or month.
Rye: No. 2,
cash.
Tobacco: Bur
Sheep: wethers, Sheep: wethers, ley,
dark red,
good to fancy. plain to choice.
good leaf.
Wheat: cash.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
Rela
tive priceper tive priceper
tive priceper tive pric
price. 100 lbs. price. bushel.
^bushel. price. 100 lbs. price. 100
Average, 1890-1899.
$0.5288
100.0 L$3.7580 1100.0 2$3.9541 2100.0
$0.7510
1120.5 2 4.6644
U20.0 2 4.5719
U27.2 2 4.8695
U03.2 2 4.1255
171.7 22.9808
2118.0
115.6
2123.2
2104.3
275.4
.9618
.7876
.6770
.5587
189
189
189
189
189
0
1
2
3
4
.5447 103.0
.8334 157.6
.6754 127.7
.4899 92.6
.4660 88.1
14.5284
14.5106
14.7798
13.8781
12.6957
189
189
189
189
189
5
6
7
8
9
.4825
.3517
.3962
.4958
.5521
91.2
66.5
74.9
93.8
104.4
12.9495
12.9322
13.4971
13.9250
13.8837
178.5 2 3.0943
178.0 2 3.1411
193.1 2 3.7692
U04.4 24.1625
U03.3 2 4.1615
2 78.3
279.4
295.3
2105.3
2105.2
.6000
.6413
.7949
.8849
.7109
190
190
190
190
190
0
1
2
3
4
.5177
.5328
.5418
.5156
.7056
97.9
100.8
102.5
97.5
133.4
14.1236
i 3.3519
i 3.7817
13.7101
14.1457
1109.7 2 4.5207 2114.3
i 89.2 2 3.7442 2 94.7
U00.6 2 4.1784 2105.7
8.7 2 3.8769 298.0
U10.3 2 4.2608 2107.8
.7040
.7187
.7414
.7895
1.0390
190
190
190
190
190
5
6
7
8
9
.7113
.6107
.7688
.7825
.7826
134.5 15.0529 1134.5
115.5 14.9481 1131.7
14 5 .4 i 4.8962 1130.3
1 48.0
4.9505 3112.3
148.0 5.4303 *123.2
.7774
.9016
147.0
170.5
151.0
5.5438 3125.8
4.2799 397.1
4.9283 3111.8
January.................
February...............
March....................
April......................
May.......................
June.......................
.9435
.9219
.9138
.9395
.9313
.8563
178.4
174.3
172.8
177.7
176.1
161.9
4.5350
4.5250
5.7000
6.5188
6.6200
5.0188
3102.9
3102.7
3129.3
3147.9
3150.2
3113.9
4.4250
4.5250
5.5688
6.4750
6.5150
4.9188
U00.8
U03.1
4126.9
4147.5
4148.4
4112.1
11.7500
12.0625
13.0000
11.0000
11.0000
11.0000
1.0328
1.0457
1.0685
1.1175
1.1774
1.1338
July.......................
August...................
September.............
October..................
November..............
December..............
.7425
.7038
.6850
.6890
.6388
.6275
140.4
133.1
129.5
130.3
4.8000 3108.9
4.0938 3 92.9
4.2063 3 95.4
4.1900 3 95.1
4 0875 3 92.7
4.7750 *108.3
4.8100
4.0750
4.3625
4.2000
4.2125
4.6900
4109.6
492.8
499.4
495.7
496.0
4106.9
11.0000
11.0000
11.0000
11.0000
11.3125
12.2500
1.0744
1.0250
.9914
1.0008
.9624
.9706
.........
191 0
191 1
191 2
2128.5
2133.5
2123.5
4.8115 4109.6 $15.0625
5.2707 <120.1 17.5980
1.0104
.7931
.9073
.9899
1.1997
5.3947 4122.9 15.5368
3.9412 489.8 11.3462
4.9009 U11.7 11.4279
1.0973
.9844
1.0490
2 5.0798
2 5.2793
2 4.8835
1913
1 Sheep: native.
2 Sheep: western.
120.8
118.7
3 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1907, $5.7461.
4 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1907, $5.4206.
No relative price computed. For explanation, see p. 38.
97
WHOLESALE PBICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T able I I .—AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Food, etc.
Year or month.
Beans: medium, Bread: crack
ers, oyster.
choice.
Bread: crack
ers, soda.
Bread: loaf
(Washington
market).
Bread: loaf,
homemade
(New York
market).
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
100
pounds. price. pound. price. pound. price. pound.1 price. pound.1 price.
Average, 1890-1899.. 2$1.6699 100.0 *$0.0673 U00.0 $0.0718
100.0 $0.0354
1890.........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
22.0292
22.2531
21.8698
2 1.9906
2 1.8469
121.5
134.9
112.0
119.2
110.6
3.0700
3.0700
3.0688
3.0650
3.0650
3104.0
3104.0
3102.2
396.6
396.6
.0800
.0800
.0763
.0750
.0725
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898.........................
1899.........................
*1.7896
2 1.1740
21.0448
21.2479
2 1.4531
107.2
70.3
62.6
74.7
87.0
3.0654
3.0650
3.0592
3.0733
3.0713
397.2
396.6
388.0
3108.9
3105.9
.0675 94.0
.0658 91.6
.0592 82.5
.0758 105.6
.0663 92.3
1900..........................
1901.........................
1902.........................
1903.........................
1904.........................
22.0969 125.6
22.1927 131.3
21.9198 115.0
22.2625 135.5
22.0104 120.4
3.0750
3.0800
3.0800
3.0758
3.0775
3111.4
3118.9
3118.9
3112.6
3115.2
.0675
.0700
.0700
.0646
.0658
1905.........................
1906.........................
1907.........................
1908.........................
1909.........................
2 2.1500
2 1.9000
2 1.7771
22.3198
22.4500
128.8
113.8
106.4
138.9
146.7
3.0892
3.0900
3.0900
.0650
.0654
3132.5
3133.7
3133.7
4133.7
4134.5
1910.......................... *2.3990 143.7
1911.......................... 22.2885 137.0
1912.......................... 4.6614 5167.4
111.4
111.4
106.3
104.5
101.0
100.0 $0.0317
100.0
.0356 100.6
.0356 100.6
.0356 100.6
.0356 100.6
.0356 100.6
.0320
.0320
.0320
.0320
.0320
100.9
100.9
100.9
100.9
100.9
.0333
.0363
.0356
.0356
.0356
94.1
102.5
100.6
100.6
100.6
.0320
.0287
.0320
.0320
.0320
100.9
90.5
100.9
100.9
100.9
94.0
97.5
97.5
90.0
91.6
.0356
.0356
.0356
.0356
.0363
100.6
100.6
100.6
100.6
102.5
.0320
.0320
.0320
.0320
.0350
100.9
100.9
100.9
100.9
110.4
.0683
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0654
95.1
90.5
90.5
90.5
91.1
.0356
.0356
.0356
.0356
.0377
100.6
100.6
100.6
100.6
106.5
.0376
.0376
.0376
.0400
.0400
118.6
118.6
118.6
126.2
126.2
.O^OO 4144.0
.0700 4144.0
.0650 4133.7
.0700
.0650
.0650
97.5
90.5
90.5
.0388 109.6
.0388 109.6
.0388 109.6
.0400
.0400
.0424
126.2
126.2
133.8
1913
January...................
February.................
March......................
April.......................
May.........................
June........................
4.1500
4.3250
4.3750
4.3750
4.5750
4.9750
5149.1
5155.3
5157.1
5157.1
5164.3
5178.7
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
4133.’/
4133.7
4133.7
4133.7
4133.7
4133.7
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
90.5
90.5
90.5
90.5
90.5
90.5
.0388
.0388
.0388
.0388
.0388
.0388
109.6
109.6
109.6
109.6
109.6
109.6
.0424
.0424
.0422
.0424
.0424
.0424
133.8
133.8
133.8
133.8
133.8
133.8
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
4.9250
4.9250
(6)
5.1500
5.0000
4.5000
5176.9
5176.9
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0o50
.0650
4133.7
4133.7
4133.7
4133.7
4133.7
4133.7
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
.0650
90.5
90.5
90.5
90.5
90.5
90.5
.0388
.0388
.0388
.0388
.0388
.0388
109.6
109.6
109.6
109.6
109.6
109.6
.0424
.0424
.0424
.0424
.0424
.0424
133.8
133.8
133.8
133.8
133.8
133.8
...
5185.0
5179.6
5161.6
1 Before baking.
2 Price per bushel.
3 Bread: crackers, butter.
* For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1907, $0.0650.
5 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1911, $3.8142.
e No quotation for month.
86629°—Bull. 114—13----- 7
98
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I I . — AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
(For explanation and discussion of this table, see» p. 3i For a more detailed description of the articles,
Tabl<LeL]
Food, etc.
Butter: creamery,
Elgin (Elgin mar-
Butter: creamery,
extra (New York
market).
Butter: dairy,
New York State.
Average
price per
pound.
Average
price per
pound.
Average
price per
pound.
Year or month.
Rela
tive
price.
Rela
tive
price.
Rela
tive
price.
Canned goods:
com^Republic
Average
price per
dozen
cans.
$0.2170
100.0
$0.2242
100.0
$0.2024
100.0
1894..
.2238
.2501
.2528
.2581
.2194
103.1
115.3
116.5
118.9
101.1
.2276
.2586
.2612
.2701
.2288
101.5
115.3
116.5
120.5
102.1
.1954
.2380
.2350
.2521
.2091
96.5
117.6
116.1
124.6
103.3
1895..
1896..
1897..
1898..
1899..
.2064
.1793
.1837
.1886
.2075
95.1
82.6
84.7
86.9
95.6
.2137
.1841
.1895
.1954
.2126
95.3
82.1
84.5
87.2
94.8
.1882
.1665
.1684
.1749
.1965
93.0
82.3
83.2
86.4
97.1
1900..
1901..
1902..
1903..
1904..
.2178
.2114
.2413
.2302
.2178
100.4
97.4
106.1
100.4
.2245
.2163
.2480
.2348
.2189
100.1
111.2
110.6
104.7
97.6
.2115
.2007
.2318
.2150
.1970
104.5
99.2
114.5
106.2
97.3
1905..
1906..
1907..
1908..
1909.
.2429
.2459
. 2761
.2692
.2893
111.9
113.3
127.2
124.1
133.3
.2489
.2830
.2711
.2920
111.0
111.0
126.2
120.9
130.2
.2339
.2325
.2671
.2449
.2653
115.6
114.9
132.0
121.0
133.1
$0.9000
.9083
1910.
1911.
1912.
.2977
.2644
.2968
137.2
.3007
.2665
.3137
134.1
118.9
139.9
.2906
.2572
.3001
143.6
127.1
148.3
.9833
1.0750
.9500
January..
February.
March___
April.......
May.........
June........
.3700
.2975
.2950
.3100
.2800
.2513
170.5
137.1
135.9
142.9
129.0
115.8
.3795
.3088
169.3
137.7
135.5
146.7
128.9
.3019
.2950
.3225
.2913
.2650
181.8
149.2
145.8
159.3
143.9
130.9
.9500
.9500
.9500
.9500
.9500
.9500
July...........
August....
September.
October___
November.
December..
.2510
.2500
.2780
.2900
.3263
.3450
115.7
115.2
128.1
133.6
150.4
159.0
.2713
.2644
.2913
.3135
.3438
.3735
.2605
.2525
.2738
.2935
.3206
.3370
128.7
124.8
135.3
145.0
158.4
166.5
.9500
.9500
.9500
.9500
.9500
.9500
Average, 1890-1899.
1890.
1891.
1892.
121.8
136.8
96.5
1912
.2891
.2716
121.1
121.0
117.9
129.9
139.8
153.3
166.6
1 No relative price computed. For explanation, see p. 38.
Rela
tive
price.
99
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
Table I I .—AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OP
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table 1.1
Food, etc.
Year or month.
Canned goods:
peas, Repub
lic No. 2.
Canned goods:
tomatoes.
Standard New
Jersey, No. 3.
Cheese: New
York State,
full cream.
Coffee: Rio
No. 7.
Eggs: new-laid,
fair to fancy,
near-by.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
dozen price. dozen price. pound. price. pound. price. dozen. price.
cans.
cans.
Average, 1890-1899..
100.0 $0.1313
$0.0987
__ ....................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
1890
100.0 $0.1963
100.0
.0958 97.1
.1011 102.4
.1058 107.2
.1076 109.0
.1060 107.4
.1793
.1671
.1430
.1723
.1654
136.6
127.3
108.9
131.2
126.0
.1945
.2160
.2167
.2247
.1835
99.1
110.0
110.4
114.5
93.5
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
.0929
.0908
.0968
.0822
.1075
94.1
92.0
98.1
83.3
108.9
.1592
.1233
.0793
.0633
.0604
121.2
93.9
60.4
48.2
46.0
.2002
.1741
.1718
. 1817
. 1994
102.0
88.7
87.5
92.6
101.6
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903.........................
1904.........................
.1128
.1011
.1126
.1217
.1019
114.3
102.4
114.1
123.3
103.2
.0822
.0646
.0586
.0559
.0782
62.6
49.2
44.6
42.6
59.6
.1977
.2095
.2409
.2418
.2650
100.7
106.7
122.7
123.2
135.0
1905.........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908.......................... $1.3833
1909.......................... 1.4000
(l)
(i)
$1.0791
.9625
0)
(i)
.1212 122.8
.1313 133.0
.1414 143.3
.1364 138.2
.1485 150.5
.0832
.0811
.0658
.0628
.0783
63.4
61.8
50.1
47.8
59.6
.2712
.2615
.2771
.2788
.3146
138.2
133.2
141.2
142.0
160.3
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
1.3833
1.5000
1.6250
0)
f.)
.9208
1.1150
1.4167
(!)
(l)
C1)
.1572
.1401
.1645
.0952 72.3
.1341 102.1
.1462 111.3
.3258
.2977
.3315
166.0
151.7
168.9
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
1.6000
1.5000
(2)
1.6000
(2)
1.6500
(i)
(i)
1.4000
1.4000
1.4500
(2)
1.5000
1.5000
0)
0)
(*)
.1650 167.2
.1703 172.5
.1825 184.9
.1733 175.6
.1519 153.9
.1419 143.8
.1450
.1425
.1438
.1481
.1444
.1419
110.4
108.5
109.5
112.8
110.0
108.1
.3870
.3875
.2525
.2280
.2238
.2375
197.1
197.4
128.6
116.1
114.0
121.0
July.........................
August.....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
1.6500
1.5000
(2)
(2)
1.8500
1.6500
(l)
.1498 151.8
.1560 158.1
.1581 160.2
.1728 175.1
.1738 176.1
.1755 177.8
.1475
.1431
.1463
.1475
.1500
.1538
112.3
109.0
111.4
112.3
114.2
117.1
.2660
.2963
.3400
.4400
.4975
.4050
135.5
150.9
173.2
224.1
253.4
206.3
159.3
141.9
166.7
1912
<l)
0)
0)
0)
0)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
1.2500
0)
i No relative price computed. For explanation, see p. 38.
* No quotation for month.
100
B U L L E T IN OF T H E B U REA U OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I I . — AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Food, etc.
Fish: cod, dry,
bank, large.
Year or month.
Fish: herring,
Nova Scotia
split.
Fish: mackerel, Fish: salmon,
salt, large,
canned. 1-lb.
No. 3s.
Flour: buck
wheat.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
quintal. price. barrel. price. barrel. price. 12 cans. price. 100 lbs. price.
Average, 1890-1899.
189
189
189
189
189
0
1
2
3
4
189
189
189
189
189
5
6
7
8
9
190
190
190
190
190
190
190
190
190
190
$5.5849
100.0 i$3.7763 1100.0 $14.1306
100.0
$1.4731 100.0
$1.9428
100.0
111.4
100.7
101.4
96.7
2.0214
2.4429
1.7891
2.3679
2.4357
104.0
125.7
92.1
121.9
125.4
86.2
5.6771 101.7 13.5250 193.3
6.7292 120.5 14.7068 1124.6
7.0521 126.3 12.9375 177.8
6.3802 114.2 13.8125 UOl.O
5.9583 106.7 13.3958 189.9
18.2500 129.2
15.3125 108.4
13.0000 92.0
13.0000 92.0
11.0556 78.2
1.6417
1.5000
1.4833
1.4938
1.4250
5.5208
4.2083
4.5208
4.6667
5.1354
101.8
13.1563
13.3542
i 3.6354
14.2083
15.0313
183.6
188.8
196.3
1111.4
1133.2
15.6250 110.6
13.9167 98.5
12.2292 86.5
13.6667 96.7
15.2500 107.9
1.5042 102.1
1.5500 105.2
1.3375 90.8
1.2667 86.0
1.5292 103.8
1.6750
1.3806
1.4656
1.5500
2.3000
71.1
75.4
79.8
118.4
0
1
2
3
4
5.3021 94.9 15.0833
5.9896 107.2 14.9792
5.0938 91.2 i 4.9063
5.8646 105.0 15.7292
7.2813 130.4 15.4531
U34.6
1131.9
1129.9
1151.7
U44.4
13.8958 98.3
10.8182 76.6
13.7500 97.3
17.4479 123.5
14.5000 102.6
1.7708
1.7125
1.6146
1.6208
1.7250
120.2
117.1
2.1036
2.1063
2.2357
2.3214
2.3333
108.3
108.4
115.1
119.5
5
6
7
8
9
7.3958
7.6042
7.7396
7.3021
7.0208
132.4 16.0000 U58.9 13.9167 98.5
136.2 16.3438 1168.0 14.7917 104.7
138.6 16.1500 U62.9 13.9167 98.5
130.7 7.0833 2160.1 11.3542 80.4
125.7 7.0682 H59.8 10.1875 72.1
1.7042
1.6833
1.6679
1.9208
1.7000
115.7
114.3
113.2
130.4
115.4
2.1893
2.2333
2.5714
3.0333
2.3583
112.7
115.0
132.4
156.1
121.4
2.1417
2.4375
2.4500
125.5
126.1
.
98.9
75.4
80.9
83.6
92.0
116.3
109.6
110.0
6.9375 124.2
7.9583 142.5
8.1042 145.1
7.3125 U65.3
6.8611 2155.1
7.5000
9.5
14.5833 103.2
16.0000 113.2
13.2083 93.5
1.7438 118.4
2.1042 142.8
2.1833 148.2
January................
February..............
March...................
April.....................
May......................
June.....................
9.0000 161.1
9.0000 161.1
9.0000 161.1
8.7500 156.7
8.7500 156.7
8.0000 143.2
(3)
9.5
7.5000
7.5000 2169.5
7.5000 2169.5
9.5
7.5000
.9.5
7.5000
13.0000
12.5000
12.5000
12.5000
92.0
88.5
88.5
88.5
84.9
92.0
2.1750
2.1750
2.1750
2.1750
2.1750
2.1750
147.6
147.6
147.6
147.6
147.6
147.6
July......................
August.................
September............
October................
November............
December.............
8.0000
143.2
7.2500 129.8
7.2500 129.8
7.2500 129.8
7.2500 129.8
7.7500 138.8
19.5 13.0000 92.0
7.5000
19.5 13.5000 95.5
7.5000
7.5000 2169.5 13.5000 95.5
19.5 14.0000 99.1
7.5000
7.5000
19.5 14.5000 102.6
7.5000
19.5 14.5000 102.6
2.1750
2.1750
2.1750
2.1750
2.2250
2.2250
147.6
147.6
147.6
147.6
151.0
151.0
191 0
191 1
191 2
120.1
110.2
1912
1 Fish: herring, shore, round.
12.0000
13.0000
2 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39: average price for 1907, $7.2083.
3No quotation for month.
144.1
144.1
1441
105.5
105.5 ’
113.2
101
W H O LE SA LE PRIC ES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I . — AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Food, etc.
Flour: rye.
Year or month.
Average
price per
barrel.
Rela
tive
price.
Flour: wheat,
spring patents.
Average
price per
barrel.
Rela
tive
price.
Flour: wheat,
winter straights.
Average
price per
barrel.
Rela
tive
price.
Fruit: sapples,
evaporate'a, choice.
Average
price per
pound
Rela
tive
price.
Average, 1890-1899..
$3.3171
100.0
$4.2972
100.0
$3.8450
100.0
$0.0847
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
3.3646
4.9208
4.0167
3.0854
2.7813
101.4
148.3
121.1
93.0
83.8
5.1856
5.3053
4.3466
4.0063
3.5947
120.7
123.5
101.1
93.2
83.7
4.6524
4.9048
4.1216
3.2832
2.7495
121.0
127.6
107.2
85.4
71.5
.1136
.1100
.0688
.0927
.1092
134.1
129.9
81.2
109.4
128.9
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
3.1333
2.6833
2.8063
3.0813
3.2979
94.5
80.9
84.6
92.9
99.4
3.6434
3.7957
4.5913
4.7293
3.7740
84.8
88.3
106.8
110.1
87.8
3.2311
3.6197
4.3606
4.1452
3.3822
84.0
94.1
113.4
107.8
88.0
.0678
.0533
.0555
.0890
.0869
80.0
62.9
65.5
105.1
102.6
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
3.4250
3.3208
3.4417
3.1479
4.3479
103.3
100.1
103.8
94.9
131.1
3.8423
3.8104
3.8082
4.3303
5.3784
89.4
88.7
88.6
100.8
125.2
3.3490
3.3085
3.4885
3.5923
4.8264
87.1
86.0
90.7
93.4
125.5
.0615
.0709
.0921
.0611
.0603
72.6
83.7
108.7
72.1
71.2
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908.........................
1909..........................
4.4667
3.8438
4.6021
4.7375
4.4854
134.7
115.9
138.7
142.8
135.2
5.4221
4.2760
4.8755
5.4183
5.7567
126.2
99.5
113.5
126.1
134.0
4.5428
3.6149
3.9877
4.2909
5.4510
118.1
94.0
103.7
111.6
141.8
.0699
.0978
.0843
.0863
.0769
82.5
115.5
99.5
101.9
90.8
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
4.2292
4.6938
4.5188
127.5
141.5
136.2
5.4952
5.0784
5.2712
127.9
118.2
122.7
4.6913
3.9837
4.6863
122.0
103.6
121.9
.0836
.1203
.0827
98.7
142.0
97.6
January...................
February................
March......................
April.......................
May.........................
June........................
4.8500
4.9000
4.8500
4.8500
5.0250
5.0250
146.2
147.7
146.2
146.2
151.5
151.5
5.3850
5.4500
5.4063
5.5950
5.8000
5.7625
125.3
126.8
125.8
130.2
135.0
134.1
4.3700
4.4438
4 4938
4.6650
5.2813
5.2438
113.7
115.6
116.9
121.3
137.4
136.4
.0881
.0919
.0863
.0825
.0825
.0863
104.0
108.5
101.9
97.4
97.4
101.9
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
5.0250
4.2500
4.0000
3.8500
3.8500
3.7500
151.5
128.1
120.6
116.1
116.1
113.1
5.5200
5.2750
5.0125
4.8750
4.7313
4.5500
128.5
122.8
116.6
113.4
110.1
105.9
4.8500
4.5563
4.5375
4.6550
4.6375
4.5800
126.1
118.5
118.0
121.1
120.6
119.1
.0850
.0850
.0825
.0813
.0750
.0663
100.4
100.4
97.4
96.0
88.5
78.3
1913
102
B U L L E T IN OF T H E B U REA U OF LABOR STATISTICS.
Table I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OP
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Food, etc.
Year or month.
Fruit: cur
rants, in
barrels.
Fruit: prunes, Fruit: raisins,
California, in California, Lon
don layer.
boxes.
Glucose.
Lard: prime,
contract.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
pound. price. pound. price.
box.
price. 100 lbs. price. pound. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.0375 100.0 $0.0774 100.0 $1.5006 100.0 i $1.4182 100.0 $0.0654
2.3604 157.3
1.8021 120.1
1.4688 97.9
1.7000 113.3
1.1542 76.9
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
.0478 127.5
.0426 113.6
.0297 79.2
.0270 72.0
.0173 46.1
.1068
.1000
.0995
.1039
.0735
138.0
129.2
128.6
134.2
95.0
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
.0254 67.7
.0327 87.2
.0479 127.7
.0580 154.7
.0470 125.3
.0666
.0581
.0546
.0544
.0565
86.0
75.1
70.5
70.3
73.0
1.4292
1.0188
1.3979
1.3917
1.2833
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
.0720
.0831
.0494
.0476
.0488
192.0
221.6
131.7
126.9
130.1
.0522
.0525
.0551
.0481
.0461
67.4
67.8
71.2
62.1
59.6
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
.0490
.0614
.0703
.0609
.0603
130.7
163.7
187.5
162.4
160.8
.0459
.0646
.0593
.0598
.0531
59.3
83.5
76.6
77.3
68.6
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
.0651
.0761
.0751
173.6
202.9
200.3
.0625
.1163
.0743
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
.0744
.0744
.0781
.0763
.0763
.0763
198.4
198.4
208.3
203.5
203.5
203.5
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.0763
.0763
.0738
.0738
.0738
.0719
203.5
203.5
196.8
196.8
196.8
191.7
100.0
*i. 7625 i.24.3*
1.5802 111.4
.0633
.0660
.0771
.1030
.0773
96.8
100.9
117.9
157.5
118.2
1.5492 109.2
1.1585 81.7
1.2190 86.0
1.3021 91.8
1.3558 95.6
.0653
.0469
.0441
.0552
.0556
99.8
71.7
67.4
84.4
85.0
1.5208 101.3
1.4417 96.1
1.6854 112.3
1.4458 96.3
1.4729 98.2
1.4875
1.6458
2.1788
1.8396
1.7917
104.9
116.0
153.6
129.7
126.3
.0690
.0885
.1059
.0877
.0731
105.5
135.3
161.9
134.1
111.8
1.1875 79.1
1.6000 106.6
1.6271 108.4
1.8100 120.6
1.2698 84.6
1.7742
2.0267
2.2608
2.6400
2.4733
125.1
142.9
159.4
186.2
174.4
.0745
.0887
.0920
.0908
.1169
113.9
135.6
140.7
138.8
178.7
80.7
150.3
96.0
1.2240
1.4125
1.4250
81.3
94.1
95.0
1.9417 136.9
1.8579 131.0
2.3125 163.1
.1253
.0908
.1049
191.6
138.8
160.4
.0925
.0900
.0825
.0775
.0688
.0675
119.5
116.3
106.6
100.1
88.9
87.2
1.4250
1.4250
1.4250
1.4250
1.4250
1.4250
95.0
95.0
95.0
95.0
95.0
95.0
1.9700
2.1200
2.2200
2.5200
2.6700
2.3800
138.9
149.5
156.5
177.7
188.3
167.8
.0930
.0895
.0940
.1037
.1073
.1069
142.2
136.9
143.7
158.6
164.1
163.5
.0675
.0725
.0725
.0725
.0638
.0638
87.2
93.7
93.7
93.7
82.4
82.4
1.4250
1.4250
1.4250
1.4250
1.4250
1.4250
95.0
95.0
95.0
95.0
95.0
95.0
2.2800
2.3700
2.5200
2.4200
2.1900
2.0900
160.8
167.1
177.7
170.6
154.4
147.4
.1050
.1098
.1139
.1178
.1131
.1052
160.6
167.9
174.2
180.1
172.9
160.9
95.2
67.9
93.2
92.7
85.5
1912
Average price for 1893-1899.
103
W H O LE SA LE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Food, etc.
Year or month.
Meal: corn,
fine white.
Mesri: com,
fine yellow.
Meat: bacon,
short clear
sides.
Meat: bacon,
short rib sides.
Meat: beef,
fresh, carcass,
good native
steers (Chi
cago market).
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
100 lbs. price. 100 lbs. price. pound. price. pound. price. pound. price.
100.0 $0.0675
100.0 $0.0656
Average, 1890-1899.. $1.0486 100.0
$1.0169
1890.........................
1891.........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
1.0613 101.2
1.4746 140.6
1.1921 113.7
1.1013 105.0
1.1188 106.7
1.0200
1.4579
1.1608
1.0833
1.0629
100.3
143.4
114.2
106.5
104.5
.0603
.0699
.0787
.1048
.0751
89.3
103.6
116.6
155.3
111.3
100.0
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
1.0721
.8129
.8158
.8821
.9554
102.2
77.5
77.8
84.1
91.1
1.0613
•.7854
.7633
.8463
.9273
104.4
77.2
75.1
83.2
91.2
.0650
.0494
.0541
.0596
.0583
96.3
73.2
80.1
88.3
86.4
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903.........................
1904.........................
1.0115 96.5
1.1979 114.2
1.5354 146.4
1.2967 123.7
1.3396 127.8
.9908
1.1875
1.5250
1.2783
1.3333
97.4
116.8
150.0
125.7
131.1
.0752
.0891
.1073
.0959
.0775
111.4
132.0
159.0
142.1
114.8
.0732 111.6
.0869 132.5
.1046 159.5
.0938 143.0
.0757 115.4
1905.........................
1906.........................
1907.........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
1.3250 126.4
1.2667 120.8
1.3575 129.5
1.6146 154.0
1.6250 155.0
1.3250 130.3
1.2625 124.2
1.3575 133.5
1.6146 158.8
1.6104 158.4
.0800
.0942
.0954
.0901
.1173
118.5
139.6
141.3
133.5
173.8
.0783
.0920
.0919
.0870
.1134
119.4,
140.2
140.1
132.6 $0.1053
172.9
.1095
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
1.5417
1.2933
1.6500
147.0
123.3
157.4
1.4792
1.2913
1.6521
145.5
127.0
162.5
.1332
.0949
.1107
197.3
140.6
164.0
.1291
.0928
.1078
196.8
141.5
164.3
.1154
.1121’
.1329
0)
0)
w
January...................
February.................
March......................
April.......................
May.........................
June........................
1.6250
1.5750
1.5750
1.6250
1.6250
1.7750
155.0
150.2
150.2
155.0
155.0
169.3
1.6250 159.8
1.5750 154.9
1.5750 154.9
1.6250 159.8
1.6250 159.8
1.7750 174.6
.0914
.0903
.0931
.1109
.1147
.1147
135.4
133.8
137.9
164.3
169.9
169.9
.0873
.0872
.0916
.1085
.1119
.1119
133.1
132.9
139.6
165.4
170.6
170.6
.1200
.1225
.1205
.1194
.1228
.1298
0)
(l)
\l)
(I)
(l)
w
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
1.7750
1.7250
1.6750
1.7250
1.6250
1.4750
169.3
164.5
159.7
164.5
155.0
140.7
1.7750
1.7250
1.7000
1.7250
1.6250
1.4750
.1149
.1185
.1213
.1235
.1206
.1144
170.2
175.6
179.7
183.0
178.7
169.5
.1120
.1157
.1190
.1202
.1182
.1300
170.7
176.4
181.4
183.2
180.2
167.7
.1341
.1390
.1463
.1522
. 1433
.1447
(0
m
m
(l)
.0586 89.3
.0681 103.8
.0764 116.5
.1010 154.0
.0736 112.2
.0632
.0479
.0522
.0594
.0558
96.3
73.0
79.6
90.5
85.1
8
1912
174.6
169.6
167.2
169.6
159.8
145.0
i No relative price computed. For explanation, see p. 38.
104
B U L L E T IN OF T H E BU R E A U OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Food, etc.
Year or month.
Meat: beef,
•fresh, native Meat: beef, salt, Meat: beef, salt,
sides (New
extra mess.
hams, western.
York market).
Meat: hams,
smoked.
Meat: mutton,
dressed.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
pound. price. barrel. price. barrel. price. pound. price. pound. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.0771 100.0 $8.0166
100.0 $18.0912 100.0 $0.0984 100.0 $0.0754
100.0
1890........................ 1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894.........................
.0688
.0819
.0762
.0813
.0748
89.2
106.2
98.8
105.4
97.0
6.9596
8.3654
6.7966
8.1938
8.0933
86.8
104.4
84.8
102.2
101.0
14.5409
15.5144
14.5577
17.8317
18.3558
80.4
85.8
80.5
98.6
101.5
.0995
.0982
.1076
.1249
.1019
101.1
99.8
109.3
126.9
103.5
.0933
.0866
.0914
.0803
.0605
123.7
114.9
121.2
106.5
80.2
1895.........................
1896..........................
1897.........................
1898.........................
1899.........................
.0792
.0698
.0769
.0781
.0835
102.7
90.5
99.7
101.3
108.3
8.1274
7.5096
7.6755
9.1563
9.2885
101.4 17.3443
93.7 15.9327
95.7 22.6250
114.2 21.4880
115.9 22.7212
95.9
88.1
125.1
118.8
125.6
.0947
.0943
.0894
.0807
.0923
96.2
95.8
90.9
82.0
93.8
.0620
.0625
.0728
.0739
.0711
82.2
82.9
96.6
98.0
94.3
1900.........................
1901.........................
1902.........................
1903.........................
1904..........................
.0804
.0787
.0971
.0784
.0818
104.3
102.1
125.9
101.7
106.1
9.7538
9.3204
11.7885
9.0673
8.7689
20.6587
20.3774
21.3413
21.2115
22.3341
114.2
112.6
118.0
117.2
123.5
.1025
.1075
.1211
.1271
.1072
104.2
109.2
123.1
129.2
108.9
.0727
.0675
.0738
.0744
.0778
96.4
89.5
97.9
98.7
103.2
1905..........................
1906......................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
.0802 104.0 10.0240 125.0
.0780 101.2 8.8462 110.3
.0884 114.7 9.8173 122.5
.0934 121.1 13.1837 164.5
.0949 123.1 11.0227 137.5
21.9952 121.6
21.5625 119.2
26.0519 144.0
27.7115 153.2
25.1058 138.8
.1046 106.3
.1235 125.5
.1303 132.4
.1125 114.3
.1310 133.1
.0859
.0910
.0875
.0863
.0899
113.9
120.7
116.0
114.5
119.2
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
.1027 133.2 14.5888 182.0 25.0000 138.2
.0982 127.4 12.9087 161.0 28.5962 158.1
.1213 157.3 15.7933 197.0 29.8774 165.1
.1644 167.1
.1398 142.1
.1429 145.2
.1005
.0752
.0839
133.3
99.7
111.3
January...................
February.................
March......................
April.......................
May.........................
June........................
.1025
.0994
.1075
.1140
.1250
.1288
132.9
128.9
139.4
147.9
162.1
167.1
13.2500
13.2500
13.2500
13.8750
15.3750
15.7500
165.3
165.3
165.3
173.1
191.8
196.5
28.0000
28.0000
28.0000
28.8000
30.0000
30.5000
154.8
154.8
154.8
159.2
165.8
168.6
.1279
.1285
.1322
.1410
.1435
.1432
130.0
130.6
134.3
143.3
145.8
145.5
.0755 100.1
.0738
97.9
.0931 123.5
.1120 . 148.5
.1106 146.7
.0925 122.7
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.1293
.1394
.1350
.1315
.1250
.1210
167.7
180.8
175.1
170.6
162.1
156.9
15.7500
16.0500
16.8750
18.0000
18.5000
19.5000
196.5
200.2
210.5
224.5
230.8
243.2
30.5000
30.5000
30.5000
30.5000
30.5000
32.5000
168.6
168.6
168.6
168.6
168.6
179.6
.1420
.1435
.1500
.1543
.1538
.1535
144.3
145.8
152.4
156.8
156.3
156.0
.0870
.0781
.0756
.0690
.0688
.0715
121.7
116.3
147.1
113.1
109.4
1913
115.4
103.6
100.3
91.5
91.2
94.8
105
W H O LE SA LE PRIC ES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I . — AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912; AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Food, etc.
Meat: pork,
salt, mess.
Year or month.
Milk: fresh.
Molasses: New
Orleans, open
kettle.
Poultry:
dressed, fowls,
western, dry
picked.
Rice: domestic,
choice.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Relar Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
barrel. price. quart. price. gallon. price. pound. price. pound. price.
Average, 1890-1899. $11.6332
100.0
$0.3151
100.0
$0.0561
100.0
189
189
189
189
189
0
1
2
3
4
.
.
.
.
.
12.1502 104.4
11.3029 97.2
11.5252 99.1
18.3389 157.6
14.1262 121.4
.0263 103.1
.0267 104.7
.0268 105.1
.0279 109.4
.0263 103.1
.3542 112.4
.2788 88.5
.3188 101.2
.3346 106.2
98.1
.0605
.0637
.0569
.0459
.0526
107.8
113.5
101.4
81.8
93.8
189
189
189
189
189
5
6
7
8
9
.
.
.
.
11.8255 101.7
8.9399 76.8
8.9087 76.6
9.8678 84.8
9.3462
.0253
.0234
.0235
.0239
.0253
99.2
91.8
92.2
93.7
99.2
97.8
.3246 103.0
.2617 83.1
.3083 97.8
.3525 111.9
.0533
.0519
.0542
.0608
.0607
95.0
92.5
96.6
108.4
108.2
190
190
190
190
190
0
1
2
3
4
.
.
.
.
.
12.5072
15.6108
17.9399
16.6514
14.0288
107.5
134.2
154.2
143.1
120.6
.0274
.0262
.0288
.0288
.0275
107.5
102.7
112.9
112.9
107.8
.4775 151.5
.3783 120.1
.3638 115.5
.3546 112.5
.3396 107.8
.0548
.0548
.0559
.0566
.0441
97.7
97.7
99.6
100.9
78.6
190
190
190
190
190
5
6
7
8
9
.
.
.
14.4183
17.5120
17.5684
15.9736
21.3438
123.9
150.5
151.0
137.3
183.5
.0289
.0301
.0335
.0329
.0338
113.3
118.0
131.4
129.0
132.5
.3400
.4088
.3550
.3500
.0417
.0474
.0534
.0624
.0619
74.3
84.5
95.2
23.7380 204.1
19.1587 164.7
19.2854 165.8
.0336
.0368
144.3
131.8
144.3
.3704 117.5
.4063 128.9
.4354 138.2
.1761
.1559
.1615
.0547
.0501
.0547
97.5
89.3
97.5
January................
February.............
March...................
April....................
May......................
June.....................
17.2500
17.5625
17.6563
19.3750
20.7500
20.6875
148.3
151.0
151.8
166.5
178.4
177.8
.0425
.0413
.0375
.0350
.0325
.0300
166.7
162.0
147.1
137.3
127.5
117.6
.4250
.4250
.4250
.4250
.4250
.4250
134.9
134.9
134.9
134.9
134.9
134.9
.1550
.1550
.1620
.1688
.1613
.1540
.0494
.0538
.0563
.0563
.0556
.0544
95.9
100.4
100.4
99.1
97.0
July.....................
August.................
September............
October................
November............
December............. .
20.4500
20.0625
19.9063
19.4750
19.0625
19.3250
175.8
172.5
171.1
167.4
163.9
166.1
.0350
.0350
.0375
.0400
.0425
127.8
137.3
137.3
147.1
156.9
166.7
.4450
.4450
.4450
.4450
.4450
.4500
141.2
141.2
141.2
141.2
141.2
142.8
.1600
.1655
.1713
.1738
.1620
.1500
.0563
.0563
.0544
.0544
.0544
.0544
100.4
100.4
97.0
97.0
97.0
97.0
191 0
191 1
191 2
$0.0255
100.0
102.5
107.9
129.7
112.7 $0.1389
111.1
.1619
111.2
110.3
1912
1No relative price computed. For explanation, see p. 38.
88.1
106
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I I . — AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912; AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Food, etc.
Year or month.
Salt: American.
Soda: bicarbonate
of, American.
Spices: pepper,
Singapore.
Starch: pure com.
Average
Average Relative Average Relative Average
price per Relative
per price. price per price. price per
price. price
barrel.
pound.
pound.
pound.
Relative
price.
Average, 1890-1899..
$0.7044
100.0
$0.0209
100.0
$0.0749
100.0
$0.0548
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
.7921
.7865
.7575
.7019
.7192
112.5
111.7
107.5
99.6
102.1
.0275
.0317
.0218
.0285
.0268
131.6
151.7
104.3
136.4
128.2
.1151
.0873
.0689
.0595
.0516
153.7
116.6
92.0
79.4
68.9
.0546
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0567
99.6
109.5
109.5
109.5
103.5
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
.7019
.6226
.6613
.6648
.6365
99.6
88.4
93.9
94.4
90.4
.0177
.0152
.0150
.0129
.0117
84.7
72.7
71.8
61.7
56.0
.0497
.0500
.0664
.0891
.1117
66.4
66.8
88.7
119.0
149.1
.0554
.0513
.0500
.0500
.0500
101.1
93.6
91.2
91.2
91.2
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
1.0010
.8567
.6360
.6140
.7704
142.1
121.6
90.3
87.2
109.4
.0123
.0107
.0108
.0129
.0130
58.9
51.2
51.7
61.7
62.2
.1291
.1292
.1255
.1289
.1229
172.4
172.5
167.6
172.1
164.1
.0500
.0470
.0440
.0507
.0525
91.2
85.8
80.3
92.5
95.8
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907.............. ..........
1908..........................
1909..........................
.7552
.7144
.7931
.7854
.8175
107.2
101.4
112.6
111.5
116.1
.0130
.0130
.0130
.0110
.0100
62.2
62.2
62.2
52.6
47.8
.1217
.1138
.0994
.0715
.0711
162.5
151.9
132.7
95.5
94.9
.0552
.0577
.0600
.0575
.0600
100.7
105.3
109.5
104.9
109.5
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
.7546
.8277
.9875
107.1
117.5
140.2
.0100
.0100
.0100
47.8
47.8
47.8
.0800
.0967
.1150
106.8
129.1
153.5
.0600
.0600
.0596
109.5
109.5
108.8
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
.9500
.9500
.9500
.9500
.9500
.9500
134.9
134.9
134.9
134.9
134.9
134.9
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
47.8
47.8
47.8
47.8
47.8
47.8
.1163
.1188
.1163
.1163
.1144
.1156
155.3
158.6
155.3
155.3
152.7
154.3
.0600
.0550
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0600
109.5
100.4
109.5
109.5
109.5
109.5
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.9875
1.0000
1.0000
1.0000
1.0600
1.1000
140.2
142.0
142.0
142.0
150.5
156.2
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
47.8
47.8
47.8
47.8
47.8
47.8
.1169
.1163
.1119
.1119
.1138
.1119
156.1
155.3
149.4
149.4
151.9
149.4
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0600
.0600
109.5
109.5
109.5
109.5
109.5
109.5
1912
107
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OP
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of tbe articles,
see Table I.)
Food, etc.
Sugar: 96° cen
trifugal.
Year or month.
Sugar: granu
lated.
Tallow.
Tea: Formosa,
fine.
Vegetables,
fresh: cabbage.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive priceper tive priceper tive priceper tive priceper tive
pound. price. pound. price. pound. price. pound. price.
ton.
price.
Average, 1890-1899. $0.03869
100.0 $0.04727 100.0 $0.0435
100.0 $0.2839
100.0
141.1
101.1
85.7
95.1
83.5
.06168 130.5
.04714 99.7
.04354 92.1
.04836 102.3
.04111 87.0
.0460
.0483
.0463
.0544
.0480
105.7
111.0
106.4
125.1
110.3
.2733 96.3
.2817 99.2
.3008 106.0
.2888 101.7
.2783 98.0
5
6
7
8
9
.03253 84.1
.03624 93.7
.03564 92.1
.04235 109.5
.04422 114.3
.04155 87.9
.04532 95.9
.04497 95.1
.04974 105.2
.04924 104.2
.0434
.0343
.0332
.0356
.0453
99.8
78.9
76.3
81.8
104.1
.2700 95.1
.2583 91.0
.2800 98.6
.2958 104.2
.3117 109.8
190
190
190
190
190
0
1
2
3
4
.04572 118.2
.04040 104.4
.03542 91.5
.03720 96.1
.03974 102.7
.05332 112.8
.05048 106.8
.04455 94.2
.04641 98.2
.04772 101.0
.0485
.0518
.0629
.0510
.0459
111.5
119.1
144.6
117.2
105.5
.2977 104.9
.2850 100.4
.3015 106.2
.2296 80.9
.2758 97.1
190
190
190
190
190
5
6
7
8
9
.04278 110.6
.03686 95.3
. 03754 97.0
.04064 105.0
.03999 103.4
.05256 111.2
.04515 95.5
.04651 98.4
.04940 104.5
.04758 100.7
.0449
.0529
.0621
.0551
.0594
103.2
119.3
142.8
126.7
136.6
.2675
.2350
.2300
.2133
.2329
94.2
82.8
81.0
75.1 $15.4394
82.0 26.1739
.04185 108.2
.04458 115.2
.04160 107.5
.04959 104.9
.05334 112.8
.05045 106.7
.0729 167.6
.0649 149.2
.0621 142.8
.2400
.2421
.2450
84.5
85.3
86.3
17.5625
10.0000
8.9423
(l)
0)
January.................
February...............
March....................
April......................
May.......................
June.......................
.04420
.04633
.04455
.04126
.03972
.03883
114.2
119.7
115.1
106.6
102.7
100.4
.05378
.05508
.05488
.05072
.04939
.04974
113.8
116.5
116.1
107.3
104.5
105.2
.0605
.0600
.0600
.0620
.0638
.0619
139.1
137.9
137.9
142.5
146.7
142.3
.2450
.2450
.2450
.2450
.2450
.2450
86.3
86.3
86.3
86.3
86.3
86.3
15.6667
17.0000
(2)
(2)
(8)
(2)
w
(l)
July.......................
August...................
September.............
October..................
November.............
December...............
.03901
.04099
.04298
.04092
.04050
.03953
100.8
105.9
111.1
105.8
104.7
102.2
.04876
.04910
.04986
.04812
.04802
.04802
103.2
103.9
105.5
101.8
101.6
101.6
.0613
.0631
.0631
.0635
.0631
.0625
140.9
145.1
145.1
146.0
145.1
143.7
.2450
.2450
.2450
.2450
.2450
.2450
86.3
86.3
86.3
86.3
86.3
86.3
(2)
12.3333
8.5000
6.7500
4.5000
3.5000
189
189
189
189
189
0
1
2
3
4
189
189
189
189
189
.
.
.
.
.
1910.......................
191 1
191 2
.05460
.03910
.03315
.03680
.03229
(l)
C1)
1912
1No relative price computed. For explanation, see p. 38.
* No quotation for month.
{l>
(l>
(l)
(l)
C1)
108
BULLETIN OP TH E BUREAU OP LABOR STATISTICS.
I I . — AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Food, etc.
Vegetables,
fresh: onions.
Year or month.
Cloths and clothing.
Vegetables,
cider,
fresh: potatoes, Vinegar:
Monarch.
white.
Blankets: all
Bags: 2-bushel wool,
5 pounds
Amoskeag.
to the pair.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive Average Rela
price per tive
100
bag.
price. pound. price.
pounds. price. oushel. price. gallon. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. i $3.3995 100.0 $0.4991
100.0 $0.1399
100.0
$0,840
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893.........................
1894..........................
14.3438 127.8
i 4.1250 121.3
i 3.6042 106.0
i 3.1875 93.8
13.2500 95.6
.5956 119.3
.7730 154.9
.4546 91.1
.6714 134.5
.6128 122.8
100.0 $0.1478
.1558
.1800
.1642
.1500
.1500
105.4
121.8
111.1
101.5
101.5
113.9
111.7
110.8
106.8
91.1
.910
.890
.900
.900
.850
108.3
106.0
107.1
107.1
101.2
1895.........................
1896.........................
1897.........................
1898.........................
1899.........................
i 3.1146 91.6
11.9479 57.3
i 3.9271 115.5
13.2708 96.2
13.2238 94.8
.4326 86.7
.1965 39.4
.3279 65.7
.5094 102.1
.4172 83.6
.1450
.1300
.1300
.1325
.1400
98.1
88.0
88.0
89.6
94.7
.1150 82.2
.1281 91.6
.1300 92.9
.1338 95.6
.1446 103.4
.750
.750
.750
.900
.800
89.3
89.3
89.3
107.1
95.2
1900..........................
1901.........................
1902..........................
1903.........................
1904..........................
i 2.4271 71.4
13.5000 103.0
i 3.6458 107.2
i 3.5675 104.9
13.5568 104.6
.3736 74.9
.5642 113.0
.5958 119.4
.5249 105.2
.7301 146.3
.1350
.1325
.1408
.1300
.1325
91.3
89.6
95.3
88.0
89.6
.1575 112.6
.1413 101.0
.1433 102.4
.1458 104.2
.1796 128.4
.900
.850
.850
.925
.925
107.1
101.2
101.2
110.1
110.1
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908.........................
1909..........................
13.2392 95.3
i 3.2917 96.8
13.5000 103.0
i 3.5357 104.0
i 3.0893 90.9
.4026 80.7
.5476 109.7
.4912 98.4
.7119 142.6
.6858 137.4
.1458 98.6
.1700 115.0
.1725 116.7
.1842 124.6
.1800 121.8
.1533 109.6
.1806 129.1
.1938 138.5
.1879 134.3
.1883 134.6
1.000
1.025
1.000
.950
1.000
119.0
122.0
119.0
113.1
119.0
1910.......................... 12.9643 87.2
1911.......................... i 3.1042 91.3
1912.......................... 2.1200 U07.3
.4275 85.7
.7706 154.4
.9133 183.0
.1750
.1988
.1571
118.4
134.5
126.6
.2042 146.0
.2042 146.0
.1850 132.2
1.054
1.000
1.025
125.5
119.0
122.0
.1594
.1563
.1550
.1494
.1275
1912
January...................
February................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
2.2500
3.0000
3.7500
4.2500
3.0000
(3)
2113.9
2151.8
2189.8
2215.1
2151.8
.9775
1.0375
1.2540
1.4350
1.3750
1.2000
195.9
207.9
251.3
287.5
275.5
240.4
.1850
.1600
.1600
.1600
.1600
.1600
125.2
108.3
108.3
108.3
108.3
108.3
.1850
.1850
.1850
.1850
.1850
.1850
132.2
132.2
132.2
132.2
132.2
132.2
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
119.0
119.0
119.0
119.0
119.0
119.0
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
(3)
1.1750
1.2500
1.0500
.8750
.6000
' 2*59.*5*
263.3
253.1
244.3
230.4
.7725
.7430
..6513
.5088
.5130
.4775
154.8
148.9
130.5
101.9
102.8
95.7
.1500
.1500
.1500
.1500
.1500
.1500
101.5
101.5
101.5
101.5
101.5
101.5
.1850
.1850
.1850
.1850
.1850
.1850
132.2
132.2
132.2
132.2
132.2
132.2
1.050
1.050
1.050
1.050
1.050
1.050
125.0
125.0
125.0
125.0
125 *0
125.0
1 Price per barrel.
2 For method of computing relative price, see page 39; average price for 1911, $1.8039.
3No quotation for month.
109
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I .—AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Cloths and clothing.
Year or month.
Blankets: cot
ton, 2 pounds
to the pair.
Boots and
shoes: men’s
seamless
Creedmores.
Boots and
shoes: men’s
vici calf shoes,
Blucher bal.
Boots and
Boots and
shoes: men’s shoes: women’s
vici kid shoes,
solid grain
Goodyear welt.
shoes.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
pair. price. pair. price. pair.
price. pair. price.
price. pair.
Average, 1890-1899.. i $0,424 1100.0 2$0.9894 2100.0 3$2.376 3100.0 $2.3000
100.0 $0.8175
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
i. 460
1.460
1.430
1.420
1.410
1108.5
U08.5
i 101.4
199.1
196.7
2 1.0500
2 1.0500
21.0375
2 1.0125
2.9688
2106.1
2106.1
2104.9
2102.3
297.9
32.400
32.400
3 2 400
3 2.400
3 2.400
3101.0
3101.0
3101.0
3101.0
3101.0
2.5000
2.5000
2.5000
2.5000
2.5000
108.7
108.7
108.7
108.7
108.7
.8500
.8000
.7750
.7500
.7500
104.0
97.9
94.8
91.7
91.7
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
1.400
1.400
1.420
1.420
1.420
194.3
194.3
199.1
199.1
199.1
2.9813
2.9938
2.9500
2.9125
2.9375
299.2
*100.4
296.0
292.2
294.8
32.400
32.400
32.400
32.320
32.240
3101.0
3101.0
3101.0
397.6
394.3
2.2500
2.2500
2.0000
2.0000
2.0000
97.8
97.8
87.0
87.0
87.0
.8500
.8500
.8500
.8500
.8500
104.0
104.0
104.0
104.0
104.0
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
1.525
1.475
1.475
1.500
1.525
1123.8
U12.0
1112.0
U17.9
U23.8
2.9375
2.9438
2.9313
2.9250
2.9250
294.8
295.4
294.1
293.5
293.5
32.240
32.300
32.300
32.350
32.350
394.3
396.8
396.8
398.9
398.9
2.0000
2.0000
2.0000
2.0000
2.0083
87.0
87.0
87.0
87.0
87.3
.9042
.8542
.8625
.8875
.9183
110.6
104.5
105.5
108.6
112.3
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
1.600
1.600
1.600
.504
.500
U41.5
U41.5
1141.5
5136.1
5135.0
2 1.0042
2 1.2542
2 1.2729
21.1354
21.2000
2101.5
2126.8
2128.7
2114.8
2121.3
32.375
2.775
2.800
2.800
2.950
3100.0
<108.0
4109.0
<109.0
4114.8
2.195S
2.3792
2.5000
2.5000
2.6000
95.5
103.4
108.7
108.7
113.0
.9771
1.0313
1.0063
.9688
1,0396
119.5
126.2
123.1
118.5
127.2
.550 5148.5 21.1375 2115.0
.570 5153.9 1.0625 H U .l
.567 5153.1 1.2313 «128.8
3.017 4117.4
3.000 4116.7
3.058 4119.0
2.6000
2.6167
2.7333
113.0
113.8
118.8
1.0229
1.0167
1.0896
125.1
124.4
133.3
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
.500
.500
.500
.570
.570
.595
5135.0
H35.0
5135.0
5153.9
5153.9
5160.7
1.1500
1.1500
1.1500
1.2000
1.2000
1.2000
6120.3
6120.3
6120.3
6125.5
6125.5
6125.5
3.000
3.000
3.000
3.000
3.050
3.050
4116.7
4116.7
4116.7
4116.7
4118.6
4118.6
2.6500
2.6500
2.6500
2.6500
2.6500
2.7500
115.2
115.2
115.2
115.2
115.2
119.6
1.0500
1.0500
1.0500
1.0500
1.0750
1.0750
128.4
128.4
128.4
128.4
131.5
131.5
July.........................
August.....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.595
.595
.595
.595
.595
.595
5160.7
5160.7
5160.7
5 160.7
5160.7
5160.7
1.2000
1.2500
1.3000
1.3000
1.3000
1.3750
6125.5
6130.7
6135.9
6135.9
6135.9
6143.8
3.100
3.100
3.100
3.100
3.100
3.100
4120.6
4120.6
4120.6
4120.6
4120.6
4120.6
2.7500
2.7500
2.7500
2.8500
2.8500
2.8500
119.6
119.6
119.6
123.9
123.9
123.9
1.0750
1.1000
1.1250
1.1250
1.1500
1.1500
131.5
134.6
137.6
137.6
140.7
140.7
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
1912
1 Blankets: 11-4, 5 pounds to the pair, cotton warp, cotton and wool filling, per pound.
2 Boots and shoes: men’s brogans, split.
3 Boots and shoes: men’s calf bal. shoes, Goodyear welt, dongola top.
4 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1905, $2.57.
s For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1907, $0,524.
« For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1910, $1.10
110
BULLETIN OP TH E BUREAU OP LABOR STATISTICS.
I I . — AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OP
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Cloths and clothing.
Year or month.
Broadcloths:
Calico: Amer Carpets: Brus
first quality,
ican standard
sels, 5-frame,
black, 54-inch, prints,
64 by 64.
Bigelow.
X X X wool.
Carpets: in
grain, 2-ply,
Lowell.
Carpets: Wil
ton, 5-frame,
Bigelow.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
yard. price. yard. price. yard. price. yard. price. yard. price.
Average, 1890-1899..
$1,732 100.0 i $0.0553 U00.0
$1.0008
100.0 $0.4752
100.0 $1.8432
100.0
1.0320 103.1
1.1280 •112.7
1.0320 103.1
.9840 98.3
.9360 93.5
.5160
.5520
.5040
.5280
.4680
108.6
116.2
106.1
111.1
98.5
1.9200
2.0160
1.9200
1.9200
1.9200
104.2
109.4
104.2
104.2
104.2
.9360
.9360
.9600
1.0320
1.0320
93.5
93.5
95.9
103.1
103.1
.4200
.4080
.4320
.4680
.4560
88.4
85.9
90.9
98.5
96.0
1.6800
1.6800
1.7280
1.8240
1.8240
91.1
91.1
93.8
99.0
99.0
194.9
190.4
190.4
191.1
195.7
1.0320
1.0320
1.0360
1.0880
1.1040
103.1
103.1
103.5
108.7
110.3
.4920
.4800
.4840
.5136
.5184
103.5
101.0
101.9
108.1
109.1
1.8720
1.8720
1.8840
2.0080
2.0400
101.6
101.6
102.2
108.9
110.7
193.5
199.5
U21.0
2104.3
297.1
1.1520
1.1800
1.2480
1.2000
1.1920
115.1
117.9
124.7
119.9
119.1
.5520 116.2
.5520 116.2
.5760 121.2
.5540 116.6
.5280 111.1
2.1360
2.1920
2.2800
2.2160
2.2160
115.9
118.9
123.7
120.2
120.2
1.2000 119.9
1.2000 119.9
1.2400 123.9
.5280
.5280
.5800
111.1
111.1
122.1
2.2320
2.2320
2.3120
121.1
121.1
125.4
*90.7
290.7
295.6
2100.4
2100.4
2100.4
1.2000 119.9
1.2000 119.9
1.2000 119.9
1.2000 119.9
1.2480 124.7
1.2480 124.7
.5280 111.1
.5280 111.1
.5280 111.1
.5280 111.1
.6000 126.3
.6000 126.3
2.2320
2.2320
2.2320
2.2320
2.3280
2.3280
121.1
121.1
121.1
121.1
126.3
126.3
2100.4
2105.2
2105.2
2105.2
2105.2
2105.2
1.2480
1.2480
1.2480
1.2480
1.2960
1.2960
.6000
.6000
.6000
.6000
.6240
.6240
2.3280
2.3280
2.3280
2.3280
2.4240
2.4240
126.3
126.3
126.3
126.3
131 5
131.5
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892...................... .
1893..........................
1894..........................
1.970
1.970
1.970
1.970
1.580
113.7
113.7
113.7
113.7
91.2
1.0650
i. 0575
1.0650
1.0625
1.0550
1117.5
1104.0
1117.5
1113.0
199.5
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
1.380
1.380
1.700
1.700
1.700
79.7
79.7
98.2
98.2
98.2
1.0525
1.0525
1.0500
1.0450
1.0483
194.9
194.9
190.4
181.4
187.3
1900..........................
1901.........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
1.870 108.0
1.910 110.3
1.910 110.3
1.910 110.3
1.914 110.5
1.0525
1.0500
1.0500
1.0504
1.0529
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
1.995 115.2
2.020 116.6
2.020 116.6
2.003 115.6
2.020 116.6
1.0517
1.0550
•06Q2
.0519
.0483
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
2.040
2.020
2.078
117.8
116.6
120.0
.0531 U06.8
.0499 2100.4
.0499 2100.4
Jurie........................
2.020
2.020
2.020
2.020
2.020
2.070
116.6
116.6
116.6
116.6
116.6
119.5
.0451
.0451
.0475
.0499
.0499
.0499
July.........................
August.....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
2.070 119.5
2.070 119.5
2.120 122.4
2.170 125.3
2.170 125.3
2.170 125.3
.0499
.0523
.0523
.0523
.0523
.0523
1913
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
124.7
124.7
124.7
124.7
129.5
129.5
126.3
126.3
126.3
126.3
131.3
131.3
* Calico: Cocheco prints.
•For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1906, $0.0495.
Ill
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I .—AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
rFor explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Cloths and clothing.
Year or month.
Cotton thread:
Cotton flannels: Cotton flannels: 6-cord,
2$ yards to the 3£ yards to the spools,200-yard
J. & P.
pound.
pound.
Coats.
Cotton yams:
carded, white,
mule-spun,
northern,
cones, 10/1.
Cotton yarns:
carded, white,
mule-spun,
northern,
cones, 22/1.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
yard. price. yard. price. spool.1 price. pound. price. pound. price.
Average, 1890-1899. $0.0706
100.0 $0.0575
100.0 $0.031008
100.0 $0.1608
100.0 $0.1969
100.0
101.6
100.7
100.7
100.7
100.7
2.1790
2.1794
2.1885
.1808
.1523
111.3
111.6
117.2
112.4
94.7
2.2208
2.2244
2.2300
.2138
.1796
112.1
114.0
116.8
108.6
91.2
91.3
95.7
95.7
80.5
88.3
.031238 100.7
.030871 99.6
.030503 98.4
.030503 98.4
.030503 98.4
.1477
.1483
.1452
.1456
.1408
91.9
92.2
90.3
90.5
87.6
.1815
.1844
.1788
.1792
.1760
92.2
93.7
90.8
91.0
89.4
.0738 104.5
.0640 90.7
.0650 92.1
.0735 104.1
.0885 125.4
.0567 98.6
.0575 100.0
.0575 100.0
.0629 109.4
.0723 125.7
.037240 120.1
.037240 120.1
.037240 120.1
.037240 120.1
.037240 120.1
.1850 115.0
.1585 98.6
.1538 95.6
.1869 116.2
.1981 123.2
.2283
.1927
.1819
.2156
.2279
115.9
97.9
92.4
109.5
115.7
1905........................
1906........................
1907........................
1908........................
1909........................
.0854
.0923
.0988
.0829
.0754
.0681
.0723
.0800
.0696
.0633
.037240
.037240
.041813
.040833
.039200
.1733
.2004
.2204
.1777
.1967
107.8
124.6
137.1
110.5
122.3
.2038
.2304
.2571
.2104
.2260
103.5
117.0
130.6
106.9
114.8
1910........................
1911........................
1912........................
.0900 127.5
.1000 141.6
.1004 142.2
.0750 130.4
.0763 132.7
.0754 131.1
.039200 126.4
.039200 126.4
.039200 126.4
.2333 138.9
.2104 130.8
.2010 125.0
.2519
.2346
.2283
127.9
119.1
115.9
January.................
February...............
March....................
April......................
May.......................
June......................
.0825
.0825
.0950
.1050
.1050
.1050
116.9
116.9
134.6
148.7
148.7
148.7
.0650
.0650
.0775
.0775
.0775
.0775
113.0
113.0
134.8
134.8
134.8
134.8
.039200
.039200
.039200
.039200
.039200
.039200
126.4
126.4
126.4
126.4
126.4
126.4
.1750
.1850
.1900
.1950
.1950
.2050
108.8
115.0
118.2
121.3
121.3
127.5
.2100
.2150
.2200
.2250
.2300
.2350
106.7
109.2
111.7
114.3
116.8
119.3
J u ly......................
August...................
September.............
October..................
November.............
December..............
.1050
.1050
.1050
.1050
.1050
.1050
148.7
148.7
148.7
148.7
148.7
148.7
.0775
.0775
.0775
.0775
.0775
.0775
134.8
134.8
134.8
134.8
134.8
134.8
.039200
.039200
.039200
.039200
.039200
.039200
126.4
126.4
126.4
126.4
126.4
126.4
.2125
.2050
.2050
.2000
.2150
.2300
132.2
127.5
127.5
124.4
133.7
143.0
.2400
.2350
.2300
.2300
.2200
.2500
121.9
119.3
116.8
116.8
111.7
127.0
1890........................
1891........................
1892........................
1893........................
1894........................
.0875 123.9
.0875 123.9
.0838 118.7
.0725 102.7
.0675 95.6
.0688 119.7
.0688 119.7
.0650 113.0
.0575 100.0
.0550 95.7
1895........................
1896........................
1897........................
1898........................
1899........................
.0650
.0650
.0575
. 0575
.0619
.0525
.0550
.0550
.0463
.0508
1900........................
1901........................
1902........................
1903........................
1904........................
92.1
92.1
81.4
81.4
87.7
121.0
130.7
139.9
117.4
106.8
118.4
125.7
139.1
121.0
110.1
.031514
.031238
.031238
.031238
.031238
120.1
120.1
134.8
131.7
126.4
1912
i Freight paid.
* Records destroyed. Price estimated by person who furnished data for later years.
112
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I I .—AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Cloths and clothing.
Year or month.
Denims: Amos
keag.
Drillings:
brown, Pepperell.
Drillings: 30inch, Massa
chusetts D
Standard.
Flannels:
white, 4-4, Bal
lard Vale No. 3.
Ginghams:
Amoskeag.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
yard. price. yard. price. yard. price. yard. price. yard. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.1044 100.0 $0.0572 100.0 i $0.0521 ilOO.O $0.3768 100.0 $0.0533
100.0
.0683 119.4
.0652 114.0
.0582 101.7
.0590 103.1
.0559 97.7
1.0640
1.0600
1.0535
1.0563
1.0502
U22.8
1115.2
1102.7
1108.1
196.4
.4400 116.8
.4400 116.8
.4367 115.9
.4125 109.5
.3546 94.1
.0625
.0650
.0650
.0631
.0485
117.3
122.0
122.0
118.4
91.0
94.6
94.6
89.2
85.9
85.8
.0529
.0573
.0525
.0513
.0510
92.5
100.2
91.8
89.7
89.2
1.0489
1.0522
1.0463
1.0437
1.0457
193.9
1100.2
188.9
183.9
187.7
.3080
.3217
.3113
.3685
.3750
81.7
85.4
82.6
97.8
99.5
.0466
.0472
.0438
.0431
.0477
87.4
88.6
82.2
80.9
89.5
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
.1073 102.8
.1046 100.2
.1050 100.6
.1127 108.0
.1217 116.6
.0606
.0585
.0575
.0619
.0727
105.9
102.3
100.5
108.2
127.1
1.0542
i. 0532
1.0539
1.0581
1.0658
1104.0
1102.1
1103.5
i 111. 5
1126.3
.4096
.3800
.3986
.4306
.4433
108.7
100.8
105.8
114.3
117.6
.0515
.0490
.0523
.0550
.0548
96.6
91.9
98.1
103.2
102.8
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
.1083 103.7
.1233 118.1
.1381 132.3
.1160 111.1
.1252 119.9
.0721
.0775
.0825
.0706
.0738
126.0
135.5
144.2
123.4
129.0
1.0633
1.0740
i. 0782
i. 0718
i. 0786
1121.5
U42.0
1150.1
1137.8
U50.9
.4461 118.4
.4613 122.4
.4638 123.1
.4611 122.4
.4594 121.9
.0515
.0565
.0658
.0548
.0588
96.6
106.0
123.5
102.8
110.3
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
.1450 138.9
.1377 131.9
.1356 129.9
.0825
.0823
.0802
144.2
143.9
140.2
1.0857 1164.5
.0810 2163.3
.0790 2159.3
.4655 123.5
.4300 114.1
.4519 119.9
.0700
.0681
.0625
131.3
127.8
117.3
January...................
February.................
March......................
April.......................
May.........................
June........................
.1300
.1300
.1325
.1350
.1375
.1375
124.5
124.5
126.9
129.3
131.7
131.7
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
139.9
139.9
139.9
139.9
139.9
139.9
.0750
.0763
.0763
.0775
.0775
.0788
2151.2
2153.8
2153.8
2156.2
2156.2
2158.9
.4300 114.1
.4300 114.1
.4433 117.6
.4433 117.6
.4433 117.6
.4433 117.6
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
117.3
117.3
117.3
117.3
117.3
117.3
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October........ ...........
November...............
December................
.1375 131.7
.1375 131.7
.1375 131.7
.1375 131.7
.1375 131.7
.1375 131.7
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0825
139.9
139.9
139.9
139.9
139.9
144.2
.0800
.0800
.0813
.0813
.0813
.0825
2161.3
2161.3
2163.9
2163.9
2163.9
2166.3
.4650
.4650
.4650
.4650
.4650
.4650
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
117.3
117.3
117.3
117.3
117.3
117.3
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893.........................
1894..........................
.1175 112.5
.1144 109.6
.1144 109.6
.1175 112.5
.1100 105.4
1895.........................
1896.........................
1897.........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
.0988
.0988
.0931
.0897
.0896
1912
123.4
123.4
123.4
123.4
123.4
123.4
i Drillings, 30-inch, Stark A.
* For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1910, $0.0816.
113
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Cloths and clothing.
Year or month.
Ginghams:
Lancaster.
Hosiery: men’s
Hosiery: wom
cotton half hose,
seamless, fast Hosiery: wom en’s cotton hose,
Horse blankets: black,
20
to
22
seamless, fast
en’s
cotton
hose,
all wool, 6
160 nee combed peeler black, 26-ounce,
pounds each. ounce,
dles, single
yam.
176 needles,
thread, carded
single thread,
yam.
carded yarn.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
priceper tive priceper tive priceper tive priceper tive priceper tive
yard. price. pound. price. 12 pairs. price. 12 pairs. price. 12 pairs. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.0573 100.0
$0,573
100.0 i $0.9555 1100.0
2
$1,850
100.0 3$0.9310 3 100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
.0692
.0700
.0700
.0638
.0504
120.8
122.2
122.2
111.3
88.0
.625
.600
.625
.600
.550
109.1
104.7
109.1
104.7
96.0
11.2740
11.1760
11.0780
U.0535
1.9800
U33.3
1123.1
1112.8
1110.3
U02.6
a 1.2250
»1.1270
31.0780
4 1.900 4io2.7 3 1.0535
4 1.900 4102.7 3.9800
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
.0496
.0500
.0494
.0488
.0515
86.6
87.3
86.2
85.2
89.9
.530
.520
.570
.570
.540
92.5
90.8
99.5
99.5
94.2
1.9065
1.8330
1.7840
i .7350
1.7350
194.9
187.2
182.1
176.9
176.9
4 1.875
4 1.875
4 1.850
4 1.800
41.750
4101.4
4101.4
4100.0
497.3
494.6
3 .8575
3.7840
3 .7595
3.7105
3.7350
392.1
384.2
381.6
3 76.3
3 78.9
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
.0550 96.0
.0531 92.7
.0575 100.3
.0575 100.3
.0556 97.0
.680
.630
.630
.675
.700
118.7
109.9
109.9
117.8
122.2
1.7840
1.6860
i .7350
1.7840
5.6370
182.1
171.8
176.9
182.1
5 82.1
4 1.900
42.000
4 1.850
4 1.875
4 1.800
4102.7
4108.1
4100.0
4101.4
497.3
3.7595
3.6615
3.7350
3.8085
3.7595
381.6
3 71.1
3 78.9
386.8
381.6
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
.0517
.0592
.0690
.0573
.0596
90.2
103.3
120.4
100.0
104.0
.750
.775
.750
.725
.725
130.9
135.3
130.9
126.5
126.5
5.6370 5 82.1
6.6615 585.3
5 . 7350 5 94.8
.7500 688.9
.8104 696.1
4 1.750 494.6
41.900 4102.7
42.025 4109.5
1.775 95.9
1.775 95.9
3.7840
3.7595
3 .8330
.8000
.8104
384.2
381.6
389.5
784.2
785.3
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
.0660
.0646
.0600
115.2
112.7
104.7
.775
.750
.775
135.3
130.9
135.3
.8042 695.4
.8000 * 94.9
.8292 698.4
1.831
1.844
1.850
99.0
99.7
100.0
.8125
.8250
.8542
785.5
786.8
789.9
3 131.6
3 121.1
3115.8
3 113.2
3 105.3
1912
January...................
February.................
March.............. .......
April........................
May.........................
June........................
.0600 104.7
.0600 104.7 ■
.0600 104.7
.0600 104.7
.0600 104.7
.0600 104.7
.750
.750
.750
.750
.750
.750
130.9
130.9
130.9
130.9
130.9
130.9
.8000
.8000
.8000
.8000
.8000
.8500
694.9
694.9
694.9
694.9
694.9
6100.8
1.850
1.850
1.850
1.850
1.850
1.850
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
.8250
.8250
.8250
.8250
.8250
.8750
786.8
786.8
786.8
786.8
786.8
792.1
July........................
August....................
September...............
October....................
November...............
December................
.0600 104.7
.0600 104.7
.0600 104.7
.0600 104.7
.0600 104.7
.0600 104.7
.800
.800
.800
.800
.800
.800
139.6
139.6
139.6
139.6
139.6
139.6
.8500
.8500
.8500
.8500
.8500
.8500
6100.8
6100.8
6100.8
6100.8
6100.8
6100.8
1.850
1.850
1.850
1.850
1.850
1.850
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
.8750
.8750
.8750
.8750
.8750
.8750
792.1
792.1
792.1
792.1
792.1
792.1
1 Hosiery: men’s cotton half hose, seamless, fast black, 20 to 22 ounce, 160 needles, two-thread. Sep
tember price, which represents bulk of sales.
2 Combed Egyptian cotton. Average for 1893-1899.
8 Hosiery: women’s co tton hose, seamless, fast black, 26 to 28 ounce, 160 to 176 needles. September price,
which represents bulk of sales.
4 Combed Egyptian cotton.
5 Hosiery: men’s cotton half hose, seamless, fast black, 20 to 22 ounce, 160 needles, single thread. Sep
tember price, which represents bulk of sales. For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; Septem
ber price, 1903, $0.6370.
•For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1907, $0.80.
7 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1907, $0.85.
86629°—Bull. 114—13----- 8
114
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I I . — AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.J
Cloths and clothing.
Year or month.
Leather : harLeather: chrome ness,
oak,packcalf.
ers’ hides.
Leather: sole,
hemlock.
Leather : sole,
oak
Linen shoe
thread: 10s,
Barbour.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
sq. foot. price. pound. price. pound. price. pound. price. pound. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. i $0.6545 ilOO.O 2 $0.2590 2100.0 $0.1939
100.0 $0.8748
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
1.6000
1.6469
1.6929
1.6450
1.6042
191.7
198.8
i 105.9
198.5
192.3
2.2571
2 .2579
2.2367
2.2400
2.2275
99.3
99.6
91.4
92.7
87.8
.1921
.1858
.1727
.1796
.1715
99.1
95.8
89.1
92.6
88.4
.3771
.3679
.3421
.3483
.3279
112.1
109.4
101.7
103.6
97.5
.8910
.8910
.8910
.8993
.9182
101.9
101.9
101.9
102.8
105.0
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
1.7333
1.6433
1.6156
1.6760
1.6875
1112.0
198.3
194.1
i 103.3
1105.0
2.2888 2111.5
2.2554 2 98.6
2.2433 2 93.9
2.2825 2109.1
2.3004 2116.0
.2073
.1881
.2033
.2129
.2254
106.9
97.0
104.8
109.8
116.2
.3421
.2925
.3079
.3213
.3358
101.7
87.0
91.6
95.5
99.9
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
.8514
97.3
*97.3
97.3
97.3
97.3
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1904..........................
1.6563
i .6281
1.6604
1.6900
1.6875
1100.3
196.0
1100.9
1105.4
1105.0
2.3025
2.2971
.3325
.3313
.3188
2116.8
2114.7
3114.7
H14.3
3 110.0
.2490
.2475
.2367
.2267
.2258
128.4
127.6
122.1
116.9
116.5
.3608
.3525
.3800
.3742
.3450
107.3
104.8
113.0
111.3
102.6
.8877
.8910
.8910
.8460
.8499
101.5
101.9
101.9
96.7
97.2
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
i .6969
1.7167
1.7667
.2183
.2313
1106.5
U09.5
i 117.1
4113.6
4120.4
.3333
.3713
.3738
.3508
.3808
3115.0
3128.1
3129.0
3121.1
3131.5
.2290
.2538
.2644
.2508
.2550
118.1
130.9
136.4
129.3
131.5
.3663 108.9
.3796 112.9
.3821 113.6
.3800 113.0
.4125 122.7
.8499
.8930
.8930
.8930
.8930
97.2
102.1
102.1
102.1
102.1
.3792 3130.9
.3688 3127.3
.3821 3131.9
.2467 127.2
.2375 122.5
.2579 133.0
.4146 123.3
.3883 115.5
.4154 123.5
.8930
.8930
.8930
102.1
102.1
102.1
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
.2275 4118.4
.2263 U17.8
.2467 4128.4
2
2
2
2
2
100.0 $0.3363
1912
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
.2350
.2400
.2400
.2450
.2450
.2450
4122.3
4124.9
4124.9
4127.5
4127.5
4127.5
.3700
.3700
.3700
.3700
.3800
.3800
3127.7
3127.7
3127.7
3127.7
3131.2
3131.2
.2450 126.4
.2450 126.4
.2450 126.4
.2450 126.4
.2600 134.1
.2600 134.1
.4050
.4050
.4050
.4150
.4150
.4150
120.4
120.4
120.4
123.4
123.4
123.4
.8930
.8930
.8930
.8930
.8930
.8930
102.1
102.1
102.1
102.1
102.1
102.1
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.2450
.2475
.2475
.2500
.2500
.2700
4127.5
4128.8
4128.8
4130.1
4130.1
4140.5
.3800
.3850
.3950
.3950
.3950
.3950
3131.2
3132.9
3136.3
3136.3
3136.3
3136.3
.2600
.2600
.2600
.2650
.2750
.2750
134.1
134.1
134.1
136.7
141.8
141.8
.4150
.4150
.4250
.4100
.4300
.4300
123.4
123.4
126.4
121.9
127.9
127.9
.8930
.8930
.8930
.8930
.8930
.8930
102.1
102.1
102.1
102.1
102.1
102.1
1Leather: wax calf, 30 to 40 pounds to the dozen, B grade.
2 Leather: harness, oak, country middles.
« For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1901, $0.3325.
4 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1907,10.2250.
115
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.J
Cloths and clothing.
Overcoatings:
Overcoatings: soft
faced, black,
covert cloth,
plain twill,
14-ounce.
24-ounce.
Year or month.
Print cloths:
64 by 64.
bleached, 9-4,
Atlantic.
bleached, 10-4,
Peppersll.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average
tive price per tive price per
price per tive price per tive
►rice
price. yard. price. yard.
yard. price. yard. price. yar<
Average, 1890-1899.
100.0 #$0.1836 3100.0
$0.1884
3.2241 3 122.1
3.2138 3 116.4
3.1996 3 108.7
3.2052 3 111.8
3.1741 3 94.8
.2190
.2008
.1900
.1946
.1742
3.1722
3.1700
3.1604
3.1527
3.1641
3 93.8
392.6
387.4
383.2
3 89.4
.1785
.1792
.1738
.1721
108.
99.3
108.9
113.3
117.3
3.2043 3 111.3
3.1853 3 100.9
3.1917 3 104.4
3.2124 3115.7
3. 2355 3 128.3
.2292
.2117
.031214
.036238
.047512
.033486
110.0
127.7
167.4
118.0
126.5
3.2024 3 110.2
.2095 5 121.5
.2315 5 134.3
.2390 s 138.7
.2073 5 120.3
.2267
.2475
.2883
.2442
.2517
1.9031 •91.1 4 1.9250 4 154.3 .038255
1.8000 6 86.2 4 1.7500 4140.3 .034856
1.9125 6 9 1 . 6 71.3538 7 136.2 .038113
134.8
122.8
134.3
.2254 5 130.8
.2087 5121.1
.2084 &120.9
.2675
.2450
.1887 5 109.5
.1887 5 109.5
.1972 5 114.4
.2024 5 117.4
.2076 5 120.5
.2166 5 125.7
.2200
.2200
.2166
.2166
.2166
.2166
.2166
.2166
.2300
.2300
.2300
.2300
.2300
.2300
i $2.3286 1100.0 2$1.2472
100.0 $0.028380
117.7
103.5
119.3
114.6
96.8
189
189
189
189
189
0
1
2
3
4
.
i 2.4616
12.4616
i 2.4616
12.4616
12.4254
1105.7
1105.7
1105.7
U05.7
1104.2
.033400
.029380
.033860
.032510
.027480
189
189
189
189
189
5
6
7
8
9
.
.
.
.
12.3259
i 2.0363
1 1.9458
i 2.2625
12.4435
i»
187.4
183.6 4 1.1833 494.9
197.2 4 1.3000 4 104.2
1104.9 *1.2583 4 100.9
.028640 100.9
.025810 90.9
.024850 87.6
.020590 72.
.027320 96.3
190
190
190
190
190
0
1
2
3
4
.
.
.
.
.
12.3621
12.21
12.2625
i 2.1!
12.1!
1101.4
197.2
197.2
194.0
194.0
190
190
190
190
190
5
6
7
8
9
.
.
.
.
.
i 2.2568 196.9 4 1.8313 4146.8
12.2568 196.9 42.0417 4163.7
12.
4 1.9708 4158.0
12.2568 196.9 4 1.8500 4148.3
2.0250
4 1.7875 4143.3
191 0
.
191 1
.
1912......................
4 1.5750 4 126.3 .030830
4 1.500C 4 120.3 .028190
4 1.5000 4 120.3 .030900
<1.5750 4 126.3 .032156
41.6500 *4 132.3 .033290
.2021
.2100
.2275
.2425
1913
January.................
February...............
March................... .
April......................
May.......................
June......................
1.9125
1.9125
1.9125
1.9125
1.9125
1.9125
691.6
691.6
691.
691.6
691.
691.6
1.3275
1.3275
1.3275
1.3500
1.3500
1.3500
7 133.5
7133.5
7 133.5
7 135.8
7 135.8
7 135.8
.031250 110.1
114.5
.035750 126.0
.038750 136.5
137.1
.038750 136.5
July.......................
August...................
September.............
October................ .
November............
December..............
1.9125
1.9125
1.9125
1.9125
1.9125
1.9125
691.6
691.6
691.6
691.6
691.6
691.6
1.3500
1.3725
1.3725
1.3725
1.3725
1.3725
7 135.8
7 138.0
7 138.0
7 138.0
7 138.0
7 138.0
.039688
.040000
.040000
.040000
.040000
.041250
139.8
140.9
140.9
140.9
140.9
145.3
125.7
125.7
125.7
125.7
125.7
6125.7
5
5
5
5
5
.2300
.2300
.2300
.2300
i Overcoatings: Covert cloth, light weight, staple goods.
» Kersey, 27 to 28 ounce; average price for 1897-1899.
3 Sheetings: Bleached, 10-4, Atlantic.
* Overcoatings: Kersey, 27 to 28 ounce.
* For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1905, $0.1901.
6 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1908, $2.0250.
7 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1911, $1.3950.
116
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Cloths and clothing.
Year or month.
Sheetings:
Sheetings:
brown.4-4,
bleached, 10-4,
Wamsutta S. T. Indian Head.
Sheetings:
brown, 4-4,
Pepperell R.
Sheetings:
brown, 4-4,
Ware Shoals
L. L.
Shirtings:
bleached, 4-4,
Fruit of the
Loom.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
yard. price. yard. price. yard. price. yard. price. yard. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.2949
100.0 $0.0626
100.0
$0.0551
100.0 i $0.0525 ilOO.O $0.0728
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
.3126
.3162
.2944
.3056
.2756
106.0
107.2
99.8
103.6
93.5
.0725 115.8
.0727 116.1
.0648 103.5
.0679 108.5
.0598 95.5
.0640 116.2
.0597 108.3
.0569 103.3
.0583 105.8
.0531 96.4
1.0660
1.0594
1.0545
1.0574
1.0521
U25.7
1113.1
1103.8
U09.3
199.2
.0845
.0799
.0808
.0832
.0727
116.1
109.8
111.0
114.3
99.9
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
.2719
.2925
.2925
.2925
.2951
92.2
99.2
99.2
99.2
100.1
.0585
.0622
.0588
.0540
.0544
93.5
99.4
93.9
86.3
86.9
.0529
.0558
.0525
.0475
.0504
96.0
101.3
95.3
86.2
91.5
1.0513
1.0511
1.0452
1.0424
1.0451
197.7
197.3
186.1
180.8
185.9
.0700
.0696
.0641
.0584
.0644
96.2
95.6
88.0
80.2
88.5
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904.........................
.3075
.2925
.2925
.3038
.2775
104.3
99.2
99.2
103.0
94.1
.0623
.0631
.0625
.0681
.0802
99.5
100.8
99.8
108.8
128.1
.0592 107.4
.0592 107.4
.0569 103.3
.0599 108.7
.0669 121.4
1.0508
1.0494
2.0566
2.0623
2.0715
196.8
194.1
2 92.6
2101.9
2117.0
.0753
.0750
.0756
.0767
.0802
103.4
103.0
103.8
105.4
110.2
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907................... .
1908..........................
1909..........................
.2700 91.6
.2733 92.7
.3050 103.4
.2794 94.7
.2867 97.2
.0758
.0802
.0835
.0779
.0752
121.1
128.1
133.4
124.4
120.1
.0644
.0685
.0746
.0683
.0688
2.0725
2.0767
2.0777
3.0519
3.0561
2118.6
2125.5
2 127.1
3102.0
3110.3
.0748
.0817
.1117
.0913
.0908
102.7
112.2
153.4
125.4
124.7
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
.3400
.3064
.2783
115.3
103.9
94.4
.0835 133.4
.0879 140.4
.0806 128.8
.0731 132.7
.0683 124.0
.0690 125.2
3.0610 3119.9
.0575 4113.0
.0605 4118.9
.0917
.0865
.0829
126.0
118.8
113.9
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
.2763
.2763
.2763
.2763
.2763
.2763
93.7
93.7
93.7
93.7
93.7
93.7
.0775
.0775
.0775
.0800
.0800
.0800
123.8
123.8
123.8
127.8
127.8
127.8
.0650 118.0
.0650 118.0
.0675 122.5
.0675 122.5
.0700 327.0
.0700 127.0
.0525
.0538
.0575
.0613
.0625
.0625
4103.2
4105.7
4113.0
4120.5
4122.8
4122.8
.0763
.0763
.0775
.0800
.0850
.0850
104.8
104.8
106.5
109.9
116.8
116.8
July.........................
August.....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.2763
.2763
.2763
.2763
.2763
.3013
93.7
93.7
93.7
93.7
93.7
102.2
.0800
.0825
.0825
.0825
.0825
.0850
127.8
131.8
131.8
131.8
131.8
135.8
.0700
.0700
.0700
.0700
.0700
.0725
.0613
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0625
.0650
4120.5
4122.8
4122.8
4 122.8
4122.8
4127.7
.0850
.0850
.0863
.0863
.0863
.0863
116.8
116.8
118.5
118.5
118.5
118.5
116.9
124.3
135.4
124.0
124.9
1912
127.0
127.0
127.0
127.0
127.0
131.6
1 Sheetings: Brown, 4-4, Stark A. A.
2 Sheetings: Brown, 4-4, Massachusetts Mills, Flying Horse brand. For method of computing relative
price, see p. 39; average price for 1901, $0.0575.
aLawrence L. L. For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1907, $0.0647.
4For method of computing relative price, see p. 39: average price for 1910, $0.0647.
117
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I . — AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OP
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Cloths and clothing.
Year or month.
Shirtings:
bleached, 39inch, Lonsdale.
Shirtings:
Shirtings:
bleached, 4-4, bleached, 4-4,
Rough Rider. Wamsutta
Silk: raw,
Italian, clas
sical.
Silk: raw, Ja
pan, filatures.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Relar Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
yard. price. yard. price. yard. price. pound. price. pound. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. i $0.0727 1100.0 2$0.0876 2100.0 $0.0948 100.0 $4.2558 100.0 $4.0187
100.0
2110.5
2 110.2
2 106.3
2 105.6
2 101.0
.1011
.1009
.0973
.0981
.0950
106.6
106.4
102.6
103.5
100.2
5.2238
4.1865
4.4826
5.0289
3.6816
122.7
98.4
105.3
118.2
86.5
5.24*29
4.0110
4.3266
4.5409
3.3627
130.5
99.8
107.7
113.0
83.7
2 97.1
.0969 102.2
.0951 100.3
.0935 98.6
.0807 85.1
.0892 94.1
4.0373
3.6293
3.6404
3.8768
4.7706
94.9
85.3
85.5
91.1
112.1
3.7855
3.4072
3.4637
3.6376
4.4085
94.2
84.8
86.2
90.5
109.7
287.4
297.0
294.7
.0965 101.8
.0875 92.3
.0885 93.4
.0974 102.7
.0921 97.2
4.5128
3.8466
4.1085
4.5241
3.8651
106.0
90.4
96.5
106.3
90.8
4.1690
3.5132
3.8224
4.1346
3.6416
103.7
87.4
95.1
102.9
90.6
296.8
a 108.0
»132.8
3 107.1
399.9
.0942
.1033
.1100
.1119
.1058
99.4
109.0
116.0
118.0
111.6
4.1085
4.3249
5.5812
4.1807
4.3777
96.5
101.6
131.1
98.2
102.9
3.9912
4.1632
5.0602
3.8902
3.8396
99.3
103.6
125.9
96.8
95.5
.0846 <101.5
.0793 495.1
.0786 <94.3
.1138 120.0
.1105 116.6
.1044 110.1
4.0054
3.8876
3.8111
94.1
91.3
89.6
3.5244
3.4709
3.4451
87.7
86.4
85.7
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
1.0845
1.0822
1.0812
1.0832
1.0727
1116.2
1113.1
1111.7
1114.4
1100.0
2.0968
2.0965
2.0931
2.0925
2.0885
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
1.0697
1.0685
1.0633
1.0595
1.0626
195.9
194.2
187.1
181.8
186.1
2.0851
2.0885
2.0836
2.0784
2.0725
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
1.0731
1.0738
1.0741
1.0755
1.0796
1100.6
1101.5
1 101.9
1 103.9
U09.5
2.0786
2.0760
2.0766
2.0850
2.0830
2 89.7
1905.........................
1906..........................
1907.....................
1908..........................
1909..........................
1.0739
1.0806
1.1025
1.0873
1.0879
1 101.7
1 110.9
1 141.0
1 120.1
1 120.9
2.0848
3.0946
8.1163
3.0938
3.0875
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
1.0892 1122.7
.0783 5 114.1
.0785 5 114.4
2 101.0
2 95.4
289.5
282.8
286.8
1913
January...................
February.................
March......................
April.......................
May.........................
June........................
.0700
.0725
•0725
.0750
.0800
.0800
5 102.0
&105.6
5 105.6
5 109.3
5 116.6
5116.6
.0688
.0700
.0*25
.0800
.0800
.0800
<82.5
<83.9
<86.9
<95.9
<95.9
<95.9
.1000
.1000
.1000
.1050.1050
.1050
105.5
105.5
105.5
110.8
110.8
110.8
3.7125
3.6828
3.7620
3.7620
3.8610
3.8610
87.2
86.5
88.4
88.4
90.7
90.7
3.3223
3.3465
3.4435
3.4435
3.4435
3.3950
82.7
83.3
85.7
85.7
85.7
84.5
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.0825
.0825
.0825
.0825
.0800
.0825
5120.2
5120.2
&120.2
5 120.2
5 116.6
5120.2
.0800
.0825
.0825
.0825
.0825
.0825
<95.9
<98.9
<98.9
<98.9
<98.9
<98.9
.1050 110.8
.1050 110.8
.1050 110.8
.1050 110.8
.1055 111.3
.1117 117.8
3.6630
3.8115
3.8858
3.9600
3.9105
3.8610
86.1
89.6
91.3
93.0
91.9
90.7
3.3223
3.4435
3.5890
3.6860
3.4920
3.4144
82.7
85.7
89.3
91.7
86.9
85.0
14-4, Lonsdale.
2 4-4, New York Mills.
34-4, Williamsville Al.
* For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1909, $0.0833.
&For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1910, estimated by the manufac
turer, $0.0842.
118
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.J
Cloths and clothing.
Year or month.
indigo Suitings: serge,
Suitings: clay Suitings: clay Suitings:
11-ounce,
all wool,
worsted diago worsted diago blue,
14-ounce,
Fulton Mills
nal, 12-ounce. nal, 16-ounce.
Middlesex.
3192.
Tickings:
Amoskeag
A. C. A.
Rela Average Rela
Rela Average Rela Average Rela
pnceper tive price per tive pnceper tive price per tive
tive
vara. price. yard. price. yard. price. yard. price. yard. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.8236 100.0
$1.0068 100.0
1890..
1891..
1892..
1893..
1894.
$1.3230 100.0
1.5470
1.5470
1.5470
1.5084
1.4697
116.9
116.9
116.9
114.0
111.1
2 $0.7526
100.0 $0.1061
100.0
3.9100 3120.9
3.9100 *120.9
3.6825 390.7
.1200
.1175
.1150
.1181
.1084
113.1
110.7
108.4
111.3
102.2
3.6825
3.6143
3.6598
3.7508
3.8106
390.7
3 81.6
3 87.7
399.8
3 107.7
.1006
.1019
.0975
.0894
.0923
94.8
96.0
91.6
84.3
87.0
1895..
1896..
1897..
.7621
.7337
.7595
.9165
.9461
92.5
89.1
92.2
111.3
114.9
.9445 93.8
.8819 87.6
.9392 93.3
1.1216 111.4
1.1468 113.9
1.1523
1.1375
1.0465
1.1375
1.1375
87.1
86.0
79.1
86.0
86.0
1900..
1901..
1902..
1903.
1904..
1.0819
.9113
.9131
.9488
.9244
131.4
110.9
115.2
112.2
1.3463
1.1175
1.0931
1.1288
1.1036
133.7
111.0
108.6
112.1
109.6
1.1375
1.1849
1.3119
1.4400
1.4438
86.0
89.6
99.2
108.8
109.1
3.8100 3 107.6
3.8025 106.6
3.7913 105.1
3.7556 3 100.4
3.7744 102.9
.1084
.1013
.1050
.1104
.1213
102.2
95.5
99.0
104.1
114.3
1905..
1906..
1907..
1908..
1909..
1.0931
1.2150
1.1700
1.1138
1.2375
132.7
147.5
142.1
135.2
150.3
1.3013
1.4738
1.4025
1.3388
1.4850
129.3
146.4
139.3
133.0
147.5
1.5300
1.7100
1.7100
1.5750
1.5750
115.6
128.1
129.3 3 1.0444 138.8
129.3 3 1.0500 3139.5
119.0
3.9938 132.0
119.0 3 1.0688 3 142.0
.1083
.1263
.1373
.1125
.1181
102.1
119.0
129.4
106.0
111.3
1910.
1911..
1912..
1.2225 148.4
1.0931 132.7
1.2150 147.5
1.4588
1.2731
1.4063
144.9
126.5
139.7
1.5750
1.4888
1.5225
119.0
112.5
115.1
1.2656 4138.9
1.1269 4123.7
1.1419 4125.3
.1285
.1333
.1288
121.1
January...
February.
March___
April.......
May.........
June........
1.1475 139.3
1.1475 139.3
1.1925 144.8
1.1925 144.8
1.1925 144.8
1.1925 144.8
1.3275
1.3275
1.3725
1.3725
1.3725
1.3725
131.9
131.9
131.9
131.9
131.9
131.9
1.4850
1.4850
1.4850
1.4850
1.4850
1.4850
112.2
112.2
112.2
112.2
112.2
112.2
1.0575
1.0800
1.0800
1.0800
1.0800
1.0800
* 116.1
4 118.6
4118.6
4118.6
4118.6
4118.6
.1250
.1250
.1250
.1300
.1300
.1300
117.8
117.8
117.8
J22.5
122.5
122.5
July...........
August----September.
October___
November..
December..
1.1925
1.2375
1.2375
1.2825
1.2825
1.2825
144.8
150.3
150.3
155.7
155.7
155.7
1.3950
1.4400
1.4400
1.4850
1.4850
1.4850
138.6
143.0
143.0
147.5
147.5
147.5
1.4850
1.5750
1.5750
1.5750
1.5750
1.5750
112.2
1.1700
1.2150
1.2150
1.2150
1.2150
1.2150
4128.4
4133.4
4133.4
4 133.4
4 133.4
4133.4
.1300
.1300
.1300
.1300
.1300
.1300
122.5
122.5
122.5
122.5
122.5
122.5
110.6
125.6
121.4
1913
1 Average price for 1895-1899.
119.0
119.0
119.0
119.0
119.0
* Average price for 1892-1899.
3 Suitings: serge, Washington Mills 6700.
4 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1909, $1.2938.
119
WHOLESALE PBICES, 1890 TO 1912.
T able I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Cloths and clothing.
Year or month.
Women’s dress Women’s dress
Underwear:
Underwear:
goods: cashTrouserings:
shirts and
goods: cashshirts and
mere, all wool, mere,
drawers,
white,
fancy worsted, drawers,
cotton
white,
8-9
twill, 35- warp, Atlantic
merino,
60
per
17 to 18 ounce.
inch. Atlantic
all wool.
cent wool.
Mills
F.
Mills.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
Average Rela Average
12 tive price per tive price per tive
12 Rela
price per tive price,
tive price,
gar
gar
yard. price. ments. price. ments.
price. yard. price. yard. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. i $1.9456 100.0
$23.31 100.0
2 $15.57
2100.0 3$0.2905 3100.0 $0.1520
100.0
1890..... ....................
1891..........................
1892.......................... 42.0734 4106.6
1893.......................... 42.0734 4106.6
1894.......................... 41.9238 498.9
24.75
25.65
25.65
25.65
21.60
106.2
110.0
110.0
110.0
92.7
2 16.65 2106.9
2 17.55 2112.7
2 17.55 2112.7
217.55 2112.7
2 14.85 295.4
3.3479
3.3663
3.3724
3.3247
3.2450
3119.8
3126.1
3128.2
3111.8
384.3
.1813
.1813
.1789
.1495
.1348
119.3
119.3
117.7
98.4
88.7
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
41.7100
4 1.7955
4 1.7955
42.1197
42.0734
487.9
492.3
492.3
4108.9
4106.6
21.60
21.60
21.60
21.60
23.40
92.7
92.7
92.7
92.7
100.4
2 14.40
2 14.40
2 14.40
2 14.85
213.50
292.5
292.5
292.5
295.4
286.7
3.2352
3.1960
3.2389
3.2573
3.3208
381.0
367.5
382.2
388.6
3110.4
.1274
.1270
.1372
.1434
.1593
83.8
83.6
90.3
94.3
104.8
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
42.2871
41.9879
41.9800
52.0925
52.1244
4117.6
4102.2
4101.8
5104.6
5106.2
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
100.4
100.4
100.4
100.4
100.4
214.85
214.85
2 14.85
16.20
16.20
295.4
295.4
295.4
695.4
695.4
3.3459
3.3234
3.3234
3.3320
3.3418
3119.1
3111.3
3111.3
3114.3
3117.7
.1642
.1585
.1642
.1679
.1740
108.0
104.3
108.0
110.5
114.5
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
52.2331
52.4131
52.4469
72.4938
92.4844
5111.6
5120.6
5122.3
i 124.6
9124.1
23.40
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
100.4
115.8
115.8
115.8
115.8
16.20
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
695.4
6106.0
6106.0
6106.0
6106.0
3.3730
3.3920
3.3920
.3185
.3479
3128.4
3134.9
3134.9
8127.1
8138.8
.2017
.2156
.2234
.2107
.2230
132.7
141.8
147.0
138.6
146.7
1910.......................... io 2.5781 10128.8
1911..........*.............. 2.3813 ®119.0
1912.......................... 2.3625 «118.1
27.00
27.00
27.00
115.8
115.8
115.8
18.00 6106.0
18.00 6106.0
18.00 6106.0
.3675 8146.6
.3536 8141.1
.3459 8138.0
.2279
.2181
.2181
149.9
143.5
143.5
1912
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
2.3625
2.3625
2.3625
2.3625
2.3625
2.3625
«U8.1
6118.1
«118.1
6118.1
6118.1
6118.1
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
115.8
115.8
115.8
115.8
115.8
115.8
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
6106.0
6106.0
6106.0
6106.0
6106.0
6106.0
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479
.3479
8138.8
8138.8
8138.8
8138.8
8138.8
8138.8
.2205
.2205
.2205
.2205
.2705
.2205
145.1
145.1
145.1
145.1
145.1
145.1
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
2.3625
2.3625
2.3625
2.3625
2.3625
2.3625
6118.1
6118.1
6118.1
6118.1
6118.1
6118.1
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
27.00
115.8
115.8
115.8
115.8
115.8
115.8
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
6106.0
6106.0
6106.0
6106.0
6106.0
6106.0
.3479
.3430
.3430
.3430
.3430
.3430
8138.8
8136.9
8136.9
8136.9
8136.9
8136.9
.2156
.2156
.2156
.2156
.2156
.2156
141.8
141.8
141.8
141.8
141.8
141.8
122 to 23 ounce. Average price for 1892-1899.
2 Shirts and drawers, white, merino, full-fashioned, 52 per cent wool, 48 per cent cotton, 24-gauge.
3 Cashmere, all wool, 10-11 twill, 38-inch, Atlantic Mills J.
422 to 23 ounce.
521 to 22 ounce. For average price in 1902 and method of computing relative price, see p. 39.
6 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39.
719 to 20 ounce. For method of computing relative price, see p. 39.
8 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1907, $0.3381.
918 to 19 ounce. For method of computing relative price, see p. 39.
1018 ounce. For method of computing relative price, see p. 39.
120
B U L L E T IN OP T H E B U R E A U OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I I .—AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OP
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Cloths and clothing.
Year or month.
dress
Womens dress Women's dress Women’s
poplar Women's dress Wool: Ohio,
goods: cash- goods: Panama goods:
cloth,
cotton
goods: Sicilian fine fleece (X
mere, cotton
cloth, cotton and X X grade),
cloth, all
warp and
warp, 36-inch, wool,
warp, 50-inch.
worsted
filling,
54-inch.
scoured.
Hamilton.
36-inch.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
yard. price. yard. price. yard. price. yard. price. pound. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. i $0.0883 1100.0 2$0.5151 2100.0 3$0.0758 3100.0 *$0.0680 4100.0 $0.5526
100.0
1890........................ :
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
1.0980
1.0980
1.0968
1.0937
1.0907
1111.0
1111.0
1109.6
1106.1
U02.7
2.5938
2.6175
2.6175
2.6056
2.4988
2115.3
2119.9
2119.9
2117.6
296.8
3.0833
3.0833
3.0821
3.0809
3.0760
3109 9
3109.9
3108.3
3106.7
3100.3
4.0735
4.0735
4.0723
4.0711
4.0686
4108.1
4108.1
4106.3
4104.6
4100.9
.7156
.6857
.6119
.5639
.4448
129.5
124.1
110.7
102.0
80.5
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
1.0846
1.0821
1.0784
1.0784
1.0821
195.8
193.0
188.8
188.8
193.0
2.4342
2.4156
2.4235
2.4552
2.4889
2 84.3
280.7
282.2
288.4
294.9
3.0735 3 97.0
3.0711 3 93.8
3.0686 390.5
3.0686 3 90.5
3.0706 3 93.1
4.0637
4.0637
4.0637
4.0637
4.0657
493.7
493.7
493.7
493.7
496.6
.3768
.3940
.4955
.6150
.6232
68.2
71.3
89.7
111.3
112.8
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
1.0882
1.0907
1.0901
1.0894
1.0976
199.9
1102.7
1102.0
1101.2
iUO.5
2.6096
2.5383
2.S581
2.5898
2.5839
2118.3
2104.5
2108.3
2114.5
2113.4
3.0760
3.0760
3.0754
3.0741
3.0809
3100.3
3100.3
399.5
3 97.8
3106.7
4.0711
4.0711
4.0705
4.0690
4.0764
4104.6
4104.6
4103.7
4101.5
4112.4
.6594
.5453
.5770
.6546
.6862
119.3
98.7
104.4
118.5
124.2
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
1.1072
.1911
.1960
.1911
.1891
i 121.4
7124.6
U27.8
7124.6
7123.3
a. 6749
2.6868
2.6531
.6983
.7041
2131.0
2133.3
2126.8
8126.8
8127.9
.1867
.1900
.1908
.1967
.1908
5107.7
U09.6
®110.1
5113.5
5110.1
«. 1150
e. 1217
e. 1250
.3491
.3317
U14.9
6121.6
6124.9
9124.9
9118.7
.7591
.7181
.7181
.7163
.7376
137.4
129.9
129.9
129.6
133.5
.2000 5115.4
.1992 5114.9
.1900 5109.6
.3383 9121.1
.3282 9117.5
.3267 9117.0
.6862
.6472
.6472
124.2
117.1
117.1
.1911 7124.6
.1895 7123.6
.1862 7121.4
.6952 8126.3
.6707 8121.9
.6517 8118.5
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
Mfay.........................
June........................
.1862
.1862
.1862
.1862
.1862
.1862
7121.4
7121.4
7121.4
7121.4
7121.4
7121.4
.6517
.6517
.6517
.6517
.6517
.6517
8118.5
8118.5
8118.5
8118.5
8118.5
8118.5
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
5109.6
5109.6
5109.6
5109.6
5109.6
5109.6
.3185
.3185
.3185
.3185
.3283
.3283
9114.0
9114.0
®114.0
9114.0
9117.5
9117.5
.6383
.6383
.6383
.6383
.6596
.6596
115.5
115.5
115.5
115.5
119.4
119.4
July.........................
August.....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.1862
.1862
.1862
.1862
.1862
.1862
7121.4
7121.4
7121.4
7121.4
7121.4
7121.4
.6517
.6517
.6517
.6517
.6517
.6517
8118.5
8118.5
8118.5
8118.5
8118.5
8118.5
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
.1900
5109.6
5109.6
5109.6
5109.6
5109.6
5109.6
.3283
.3283
.3283
.3283
.3381
.3381
9117.5
9117.5
9117.5
9117.5
9121.0
9121.0
.6596
.6809
.6596
.6383
.6383
.6170
119.4
123.2
119.4
115.5
115.5
111.7
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
1913
127-inch, Hamilton.
2 Franklin sackings, 6-4.
3Cashmere, cotton warp, 22-inch, Hamilton.
* Alpaca, cotton warp, 22-inch, Hamilton.
6 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1904, $0.1850.
« Danish cloth, cotton warp, and worsted filling, 22-inch. For method of computing relative price, see
p. 39; average price for 1904, $0.1125.
7 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1905, $0.1862.
8 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1907, $0.6983.
9For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1907, $0.3491.
121
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912. MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Fuel and lighting.
Cloths and clothing.
Year or month.
yams:
Wool: Ohio,
yams: Worsted
crossbred
medium fleece Worsted
Austra 2-32s,
stock,
white,in
(£ and | grade), 2-40s,
lian fine.
skeins.
scoured.
Candles: ada
mantine, 6s,
14-ounce.
Coal: anthra
cite, broken.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive priceper tive priceper tive price per tive priceper tive
ton.
price.
pound. price. pound. price. pound. price. pound. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.4564
100.0 $1.0183
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
.6143
.5820
.5276
.4620
.3542
134.6
127.5
115.6
101.2
77.6
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
1.2263
1.2354
1.2175
1.1342
.9292
100.0 i $1.0071 1100.0 $0.0782 100.0 $3.3669
100.0
120.4
121.3
119.6
111.4
91.3
1 1.2500
11.2625
11.1563
11.0833
1.9188
1124.1
1125.4
1114.8
U07.6
191.2
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0883
.0867
102.3
102.3
102.3
112.9
110.9
3.4858
3.4433
3.6152
3.5628
3.4172
103.5
102.3
107.4
105.8
101.5
.3280 71.9
.3186 69.8
.3999 87.6
.4805 105.3
.4966 108.8
.7425 72.9 1 .7563
.7250 71.2 i .7500
.8517 83.6 i .8188
1.0308 101.2 11.0042
1.090& 107.1 11.0708
i 75.1
174.5
181.3
199.7
1106.3
.0850 108.7
.0850 108.7
.0745 95.3
.0613 78.4
.0613 78.4
3.2833
3.2691
3.2465
3.2108
3.1350
97.5
97.1
96.4
95.4
93.1
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
.5296 116.0
.4315 94.5
.4436 97.2
.4658 102.1
,4869 106.7
1.2050
1.0404
1.1229
1.1771
1.1875
118.3
102.2
110.3
115.6
116.6
U.1938
11.0283
21.1392
2 1.2125
2 1.1717
U18.5
1102.1
2113.1
2120.4
2116.3
.1059
.1100
.1100
.0996
.0900
135.4
140.7
140.7
127.4
115.1
3.2706
3.5508
3.7186
4.2496
4.2473
97.1
105.5
110.4
126.2
126.1
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
.5348
.5125
.5158
.4899
.5429
117.2
112.3
113.0
107.3
119.0
1.2525 123.0
1.2933 127.0
1.2967 127.3
1.2300 120.8
1.3067 128.3
1.2733
1.3092
1.2933
2.8017
.9233
2126.4
2130.0
2128.4
2114.4*
3131.8
.0858
.0766
.0741
.0731
.0725
109.7
98.0
94.8
93.5
92.7
4.2134
4.2021
4.2040
4.2019
4.2003
125.1
124.8
124.9
124.8
124.8
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
.4884 107.0
.4490 98.4
.4792 105.0
1.2521 123.0
1.2063 118.5
1.2200 119.8
.8692 3124.1
.7875 3112.4
.8283 3118.2
.0725
.0725
.0725
92.7
92.7
92.7
4.2000
4.1994
4.3542
124.7
124.7
129.3
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
. 4444 97.4
. 4444 97.4
.4444 97.4
14583 100.4
.4722 103.5
.4861 106.5
1.2000
1.2000
1.2000
1.2000
1.2100
1.2100
117.8
117.8
117.8
117.8
118.8
118.8
.7800
.7800
.8000
.8000
.8000
.8000
3111.3
3111.3
3114.2
3114.2
3114.2
3114.2
.0725
.0725
.0725
.0725
.0725
.0725
92.7
92.7
92.7
92.7
92.7
92.7
4.2000
4.2000
4.2000
4.2000
4.3040
4.4135
124.7
124.7
124.7
124.7
127.8
131.1
July.........................
August.....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.4861
.4861
.4861
.5139
.5139
.5139
1.2200
1.2400
1.2500
1.2500
1.2300
1.2300
119.8
121.8
122.8
122.8
120.8
120.8
.8200
.8500
.8700
.8800
.8800
.8800
3117.0
3121.3
3124.2
3125.6
3125.6
3125.6
.0725
.0725
.0725
.0725
.0725
.0725
92.7
92.7
92.7
92.7
92.7
92.7
4.4528
4.4500
4.4500
4.4727
4.4519
4.4556
132.3
132.2
132.2
132.8
132.2
132.3
2
2
2
1913
106.5
106.5
106.5
112.6
112.6
112.6
1 Worsted yams: 2-40s, X X X . white, in skeins.
2 2-40s, X X X X , white, in skeins.
3 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1908, $3.90.
122
B U L L E T IN OF T H E BU REA U OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I I . — AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912, MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.J
Fuel and lighting.
Year of month.
Coal: anthra
cite, chestnut.
Coal: anthra
cite, egg.
Coal: anthra
cite, stove.
Coal: bitumi
Coal: bitumi nous, Georges
nous, Georges Creek (f. o. b.
Creek (at mine).
New York
Harbor).
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
ton.
price.
ton.
ton.
price.
ton.
price.
price.
ton.
price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $3.5953 100.0 $3.5936 100.0 $3.7949 100.0 $0.8887 100.0 $2.7429
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
3.3533 93.3
3.4758 96.7
3.9443 109.7
4.1673 115.9
3.5416 98.5
3.6142
3.7508
3.9803
3.8520
3.3903
100.6
104.4
110.8
107.2
94.3
3.7108 97.8
3.8542 101.6
4.1532 109.4
4.1931 110.5
3.6003 94.9
.8625 97.1
.9500 106.9
.9000 101.3
.9208 103.6
.8208 92.4
2.9875
3.0313
2.9313
2.9500
2.7375
108.9
110.5
106.9
107.6
99.8
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
2.9793 82.9
3.5561 98.9
3.7366 103.9
3.5525 98.8
3.6458 101.4
3.0296 84.3
3.5490 98.8
3.7986 105.7
3.5993 100.2
3.3714 93.8
3.1264 82.4
3.7942 100.0
4.0146 105.8
3.7978 100.1
3.7047 97.6
.7750 87.2
.9000 101.3
.8333 93.8
.9125 102.7
1.0125 113.9
2.8125
2.6625
2.4417
2.1750
2.7000
102.5
97.1
89.0
79.3
98.4
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
3.9166
4.3270
4.4597
4.8251
4.8250
108.9
120.4
124.0
134.2
134.2
3.5843 99.7
4.0565 112.9
4.3673 121.5
4.8251 134.3
4.8227 134.2
3.9451
4.3224
4.4627
4.8245
4.8246
104.0
113.9
117.6
127.1
127.1
1.2000
1.3375
2.1250
2.3958
1.7500
135.0
150.5
239.1
269.6
196.9
2.9083
2.9250
4.0583
4.4375
3.1958
106.0
106.6
148.0
161.8
116.5
190S..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
4.8226
4.8601
4.8204
4.8206
4.8198
134.1
135.2
134.1
134.1
134.1
4.8246
4.8629
4.8211
4.8203
4.7853
4.8226
4.8615
4.8215
4.8226
4.8196
127.1
128.1
127.1
127.1
127.0
1.6000
1.5500
1.5375
1.4417
1.3792
180.0
174.4
173.0
162.2
155.2
3.1500
3.1250
3.2375
3.0792
3.0517
114.8
113.9
118.0
112.3
111.3
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
4.8129 133.9
4.9985 139.0
5.2813 146.9
4.8126 133.9
4.8072 133.8
5.0303 140.0
4.8178 127.0
4.8063 126.7
5.0329 132.6
1.4083 158.5
1.4458 162.7
1.4625 164.6
3.0467
3.0208
3.1258
111.1
110.1
114.0
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
5.1978
5.1947
5.1936
5.2000
5.1500
5.1336
144.6
144.5
144.5
144.6
143.2
142.8
4.9500
4.9475
4.9457
4.9500
4.9000
4.8864
137.7
137.7
137.6
137.7
136.4
136.0
4.9452
4.9481
4.9462
4.9500
4.9000
4.8878
130.3
130.4
130.3
130.4
129.1
128.8
1.4000
1.4500
1.4500
1.4500
1.4500
1.4500
157.5
163.2
163.2
163.2
163.2
163.2
3.0000
3.0000
3.0000
4.0000
3.2100
3.0000
109.4
109.4
109.4
145.8
117.0
109.4
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
5.2161
5.3209
5.4266
5.4469
5.4476
5.4479
145.1
148.0
150.9
151.5
151.5
151.5
4.9714
5.0743
5.1567
5.1928
5.1955
5.1937
138.3
141.2
143.5
144.5
144.6
144.5
4.9726
5.0779
5.1776
5 1934
5.1984
5.1972
131.0
133.8
136.4
136.9
137.0
137.0
1.4500
1.4500
1.4500
1.5000
1.5000
1.5500
163.2
163.2
163.2
168.8
168.8
174.4
3.0000
3.0000
3.0000
3.1000
3.1000
3.1000
109.4
109.4
109.4
113.0
113.0
113.0
134.3
135.3
134.2
134.1
133.2
1912
123
W H O LE SA LE PRIC ES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I .—AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Fuel and lighting.
Year or month.
Coke: ConCoal: bitumi
nous, Pittsburgh nellsville, fur
(Youghiogheny).
nace.
Matches: par
lor, domestic.
Petroleum:
crude.
Petroleum: re
fined, for
export.
Average Rela Average Rela
Average Rela Average Rela Average
144 Rela
tive price per tive price per tive
price per tive price per tive price
boxes
ton.
barrel. price. gallon. price.
price.
price.
bushel. price.
(200s).
$1.6983 100.0 $1.7563 100.0 $0.9102 100.0 $0.0649
100.0
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.0643
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
.0664
.0789
.0749
.0758
.0634
103.3
122.7
116.5
117.9
98.6
2.0833
1.8750
1.8083
1.4792
1.0583
122.7
110.4
106.5
87.1
62.3
1.9583
1.7500
1.7500
1.7500
1.6667
111.5
99.6
99.6
99.6
94.9
.8680
.6697
.5564
.6399
.8389
95.4
73.6
61.1
70.3
92.2
.0733
.0685
.0609
.0522
.0515
112.9
105.5
93.8
80.4
79.4
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
.0600
.0573
.0570
.0565
.0531
93.3
89.1
88.6
87.9
82.6
1.3250
1.8750
1.6167
1.6771
2.1854
78.0
110.4
95.2
98.8
128.7
1.6875
1.7500
1.7500
1.7500
1.7500
96.1
99.6
99.6
99.6
99.6
1.3581
1.1789
.7869
.9118
1.2934
149.2
129.5
86.5
100.2
142.1
.0711
.0702
.0597
.0628
.0791
109.6
108.2
92.0
96.8
121.9
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
.0752
.0752
.0787
.0925
.0852
117.0
117.0
122.4
143.9
132.5
2.6458
1.9625
2.6875
2.9125
1.6375
155.8
115.6
158.2
171.5
96.4
1.7500
1.7500
1.5833
1.5000
1.5000
99.6
99.6
90.1
85.4
85.4
1.3521 148.5
1.2095 132.9
1.2369 135.9
1.5886 174.5
1.6270 178.8
.0854
.0749
.0734
.0860
.0826
131.6
115.4
113.1
132.5
127.3
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
.0800
.0789
.0824
.0851
.0809
124.4
122.7
128.1
132.3
125.8
2.2875
2.6750
2.8250
1.7083
2.0021
134.7
157.5
166.3
100.6
117.9
1.5000
1.5000
1.5000
1.5000
1.5000
85.4
85.4
85.4
85.4
85.4
1.3842 152.1
1.5975 175.5
1.7342 190.5
1.7800 195.6
1.6633 182.7
.0722
.0762
.0824
.0869
.0835
111.2
117.4
127.0
133.9
128.7
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
.0805
.0826
.0804
125.2
128.5
125.0
1.9688
1.6417
2.4000
115.9
96.7
141.3
1.5000
1.5000
1.5000
85.4
85.4
85.4
1.3442 147.7
1.3000 142.8
1.5750 173.0
.0770
.0733
.0830
118.6
112.9
127.9
January...................
February.................
March......................
April.......................
May....... ................
June........ r .............
.0813
.0813
.0813
.0805
.0800
.0800
126.4
126.4
126.4
125.2
124.4
124.4
1.8750
1.7750
1.8250
2.1250
2.5000
2.3000
110.4
104.5
107.5
125.1
147.2
135.4
1.5000
1.5000
1.5000
1.5000
1.5000
1.5000
85.4
85.4
85.4
85.4
85.4
85.4
1.3500
1.5000
1.5000
1.5000
1.5500
1.5500
148.3
164.8
164.8
164.8
170.3
170.3
.0750
.0810
.0810
.0820
.0860
.0860
115.6
124.8
124.8
126.3
132.5
132.5
July.........................
August....................
-September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
.0800
124.4
124.4
124.4
124.4
124.4
124.4
2.3250 136.9
2.2000 129.5
2.2000 129.5
2.6250 154.6
3.5000 206.1
3.5500 209.0
1.5000
1.5000
1.5000
1.5000
1.5000
1.5000
85.4
85.4
85.4
85.4
85.4
85.4
1.6000
1.6000
1.6000
1.6000
1.6500
1.9000
175.8
175.8
175.8
175.8
181.3
208.7
.0860
.0835
.0835
.0835
.0835
.0850
132.5
128.7
128.7
128.7
128.7
131.0
1913
124
B U L L E T IN OF T H E BU REA U OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I I .—AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Fuel and light
ing.
Year or month.
Metals and implements.
Petroleum: re
fined, 150° fire Augers: extra,
test, water
1-inch.
white.
Bar iron: com
Bar iron: best mon
to best re
Axes: M.C.O., refined, from fined,
from mill
Yankee.
store (Philadel
(Pittsburgh
phia market).
market).
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive
tive
price
price
tive price per tive price per tive
gallon. price. each. price. each. price. pound. price. pound. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.0890 100.0 i$0.1608 1100.0 $0.4693 100.0 $0.0164 100.0 2$0.0145 2 100.0
1890.........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893.........................
1894.........................
.0995
.0879
.0794
.0725
.0725
111.8
98.8
89.2
81.5
81.5
1.1900
1.1900
1.1900
1.1800
1.1542
1118.2
1118.2
1118.2
1111.9
195.9
.5650
.5550
.5000
.5000
.4733
120.4
118.3
106.5
106.5
100.9
1895..........................
1896.........................
1897.........................
1898.........................
1899.........................
.0922
.1039
.0900
.0909
.1015
103.6
116.7
101.1
102.1
114.0
1.1333
1.1394
1.1425
1.1425
1.1465
182.9
186.7
188.6
188.6
191.1
.4600
.4150
.3938
.3750
.4555
1900.........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904.........................
.1188
.1096
.1108
.1363
.1367
133.5
123.1
124.5
153.1
153.6
1.2000
1.1700
1.1800
1.2310
1.2400
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
.1263 141.9
.1300 146.1
.1346 151.2
.1350 151.7
.1225 137.6
1.3067
1.3567
1.3600
.4200
.3723
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
.1079 121.2
.0925 103.9
.1117 125.5
January...................
February.................
March......................
April.......................
May.........................
June........................
.1025 115.2
.1125 126.4
.1125 126.4
.1125 126.4
.1125 126.4
.1125 126.4
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.1125 126.4
.1125 126.4
.1125 126.4
.1125 126.4
.1125 126.4
.1125 126.4
.0205 125.0
.0190 115.9
.0187 114.0
.0170 103.7
.0134 81.7
2.0184
2.0171
2.0164
2.0150
2.0120
98.0
88.4
83.9
79.9
97.1
.0144
.0140
.0131
.0128
.0207
87.8
85.4
79.9
78.0
126.2
2.0125 2 86.2
2.0122 2 84.1
2.0110 2 75.9
2.0107 273.8
2.0195 2 134.5
1124.4
1105.7
1111.9
1143.7
U49.3
.4831 102.9
.4166 88.8
.4833 103.0
.5050 107.6
.5788 123.3
.0196
.0184
.0213
.0200
.0172
119.5
112.2
129.9
122.0
104.9
2.0215
2.0180
2.0194
2.0177
2.0148
2 148.3
2124.1
2133.8
2122.1
2 102.1
1 190.7
.6323
.6715
.6800
.6800
.6683
134.7
143.1
144.9
144.9
142.4
.0192 117.1
.0198 120.7
.0211 128.7
.0170 103.7
.0176 107.3
2.0187
.0169
.0175
.0146
.0146
2 129.0
8 126.8
3131.3
3109.5
3109.5
.3660 4195.1
.3400 4181.2
.3500 4186.5
.6813 145.2
.6500 138.5
.7000 149.2
.0185 112.8
.0164 100.0
.0175 106.7
.0155 3 116.2
.0130 3 97.5
.0138 3103.5
.3500
.3500
.3500
.3500
.3500
.3500
4 186.5
4 186.5
4186.5
4186.5
4186.5
4186.5
.7000 149.2
.7000 149.2
.7000 149.2
.7000 149.2
.7000 149.2
.7000 149.2
.0162
.0162
.0162
.0162
.0164
.0167
98.8
98.8
98.8
98.8
100.0
101.8
.0128
.0125
.0125
.0125
.0128
.0125
3 96.0
3 93.7
3 93.7
3 93.7
3 96.0
3 93.7
.3500
.3500
.3500
.3500
.3500
.3500
4186.5
4186.5
4186.5
4186.5
4186.5
4186.5
.7000
.7000
.7000
.7000
.7000
.7000
.0171 104.3
.0171 104.3
.0181 110.4
.0196 119.5
.0196 119.5
.0206 125.6
.0135
.0140
.0143
.0150
.0158
.0168
3101.3
3105.0
3 107.3
3 112.5
3 118.5
3126.0
1221.8
1223.9
4223.9
4198.5
2 126.9
2U7.9
2 113.1
2103.4
2 82.8
1912
149.2
149.2
149.2
149.2
149.2
149.2
1 Augers: extra, three-fourths inch.
2 Bar iron: best refined, from mill (Pittsburgh market).
3 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1905, $0.0172.
4 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1907, $0.42.
125
W H O LE SA LE PRIC ES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I . — AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles.
see Table I.]
Metals and implements.
Year or month.
Barb wire:
galvanized.
Butts: loose
pin, wrought
steel, 3* by 3J
Chisels: extra,
socket firmer,
1-inch.
Copper: sheet,
Copper: ingot, hot-rolled
(base
electrolytic.
sizes).
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price
tive price per tive price per tive
price per tive price per tive
100 lbs. price. pair. price. each. price. pound. price. pound. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $2.5261
100.0 i $0.0316 1100.0 $0.1894
100.0 2$0.1234 2100.0 $0.1659
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
3.5665
3.2189
2.7662
2.5188
2.1750
141.2
127.4
109.5
99.7
86.1
1.0353
1.0353
1.0306
1.0311
1.0303
1111.7
i111.7
196.8
198.4
195.9
.2100
.2100
.2100
.1933
.1733
110.9
110.9
110.9
102.1
91.5
2.1575
2.1305
2.1154
2.1093
2.0948
2127.6
2105.8
293.5
2 88.6
276.8
.2275
.1900
.1600
.1500
.1425
137.1
114.5
96.4
90.4
85.9
1&5..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
2.2458
1.9625
1.8000
1.8375
3.1696
88.9
77.7
71.3
72.7
125.5
1.0317
1.0329
1.0306
1.0292
1.0292
U00.3
1104.1
196.8
192.4
192.4
.1710
.1793
.1710
.1720
.2038
90.3
94.7
90.3
90.8
107.6
2.1075
2.1097
2.1132
2.1194
2.1767
287.1
288.9
291.7
296.8
2143.2
.1425
.1425
.1463
.1400
.2175
85.9
85.9
88.2
84.4
131.1
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
3.3942
3.0375
2.9542
2.7375
2.5075
134.4
120.2
116.9
108.4
99.3
1.0400
1.0369
1.0400
1.0400
1.0400
1126.6
1116.8
i 126.6
1126.6
i 126.6
.2417
.2300
.2700
.2800
.3000
127.6
121.4
142.6
147.8
158.4
2.1661
2.1687
2.1201
2.1368
2.1311
2134.6
2136.7
297.3
2110.9
2106.2
.2067
.2088
.1783
.1917
.1800
124.6
125.9
107.5
115.6
108.5
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
2.3829
2.4283
2.6342
2.6217
2.3592
94.3
96.1
104.3
103.8
93.4
1.0400
1.0400
1.0400
.0900
.0927
1126.6
i 126.6
1126.6
3126.6
U30.4
.3967 209.5
.4188 221.1
.4438 234.3
.3750 198.0
.3319 175.2
2.1576
2.1961
2.2125
.1334
.1311
2127.7
2158.9
2172.2
4110.5
4108.6
.1992
.2375
.2792
.1792
.1792
120.1
143.2
168.3
108.0
108.0
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
2.1325
2.1800
2.1342
84.4
86.3
84.5
.1075 3151.2
.0900 3126.6
.0900 3126.6
.3475 183.5
.2500 132.0
.2500 132.0
.1291 4106.9
.1247 4103.3
.1643 4136.1
.1803
.1656
.2129
108.7
99.8
128.3
January...................
February.................
March......................
April.......................
May.........................
June........................
2.0300
2.0800
2.0800
2.0800
2.0800
2.0800
80.4
82.3
82.3
82.3
82.3
82.3
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900
3126.6
3126.6
3126.6
3126.6
3126.6
3126.6
.2500 132.0
.2500 132.0
.2500 132.0
.2500 132.0
.2500 132.0
.2500 132.0
.1413
.1400
.1456
.1600
.1594
.1719
4117.0
4116.0
4120.6
4132.5
U32.0
4142.4
.1900
.1900
.1900
.2000
.2100
.2150
114.5
114.5
114.5
120.6
126.6
129.6
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December...............
2.0800
2.1300
2.1800
2.1800
2.3050
2.3050
82.3
84.3
86.3
86.3
91.2
91.2
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900
.0900
3126.6
3126.6
3126.6
3126.6
3126.6
3126.6
.2500
.2500
.2500
.2500
.2500
.2500
.1763 4146.0
.1763 4146.0
.1763 4146.0
.1770* 4146.6
.1725 4142.9
.1750 4145.0
.2200
.2200
.2300
.2300
.2300
.2300
132.6
132.6
138.6
138.6
138.6
138.6
1912
*
132.0
132.0
132.0
132.0
132.0
132.0
1 Butts: loose joint, cast, 3 by 3 inch.
2 Copper: ingot, lake.
8For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average prite for 1907, $0.09.
For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1907, $0.2078.
126
B U L L E T IN OF T H E BU REA U OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OP
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Metals and implements.
Year or month.
Copper wire:
bare.
Door knobs:
steel, bronzeplated.
Files: 8-inch
mill bastard.
Hammers:
Maydole No. 1|.
Lead: Pig.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive
price
tive price per tive
pound. price. pair. price. dozen. price. each. price. pound. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $0.1464 100.0 $0.1697 100.0 $0.8527 100.0 $0.3613 100.0 $0.0381
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
.1875 128.1
.1650 112.7
.1438 98.2
.1350 92.2
.1156 79.0
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
.1660
97.8
97.8
97.8
97.8
97.8
.9100
.8917
.8717
.8667
.8300
106.7
104.6
102.2
101.6
97.3
.3500
.3500
.3500
.3500
.3500
96.9
96.9
96.9
96.9
96.9
.0440
.0437
.0413
.0374
.0331
115.5
114.7
108.4
98.2
86.9
1895..........................
189(i..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
.1238
.1356
.1375
.1375
.1825
84.6
92.6
93.9
93.9
124.7
.1953
.1733
.1660
.1660
.1660
115.1
102.1
97.8
97.8
97.8
.8133
.7775
.8050
.8250
.9358
95.4
91.2
94.4
96.8
109.7
.3525
.3800
.3800
.3633
.3867
97.6
105.2
105.2
100.6
107.0
.0326
.0300
.0358
.0380
.0448
85.6
78.7
94.0
99.7
117.6
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
.1800
.1815
.1326
.1497
.1438
123.0
124.0
90.6
102.3
98.2
.1813
.1900
.2153
.2250
.2458
106.8
112.0
126.9
132.6
144.8
1.0900
1.0500
1.0500
1.0500
1.4000
127.8
123.1
123.1
123.1
122.0
.4189 115.9
.4233 117.2
.4233 117.2
.4660 129.0
.4660 129.0
.0445
.0438
.0411
.0428
.0443
116.8
115.0
107.9
112.3
116.3
1905..........................
1906.........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
.1702
.2108
.2402
.1519
.1483
116.3
144.0
164.1
103.8
101.3
.3625
.4408
.4500
.4000
.4000
213.6
259.8
265.2
235.7
235.7
1.0367 121.6
1.0217 119.8
.9975 117.0
.9542 111.9
.9333 109.5
.4660 129.0
.4660 129.0
.4660 129.0
.4660 129.0
.4660 129.0
.0479
.0588
.0552
.0422
.0429
125.7
154.3
144.9
110.8
112.6
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
.1435
.1388
.1746
98.0
94.8
119.3
.4750 279.9
.2500 147.3
.2700 159.1
.9300
.9300
.9260
109.1
109.1
108.6
.4690 129.8
.4400 121.8
.4400 121.8
.0448
.0445
.0443
117.6
116.8
116.3
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
.1525
. 15*0
.1550
.1650
.1700
.1750
104.2
105.9
105.9
112.7
116.1
119.5
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
159.1
159.1
159.1
159.1
159.1
159.1
.9300
.9300
.9300
.9280
.9280
.9260
109.1
109.1
109.1
108.8
108.8
108.6
.4400
.4400
.4400
.4400
.4400
.4400
121.8
121.8
121.8
121.8
121.8
121.8
.0445
.0400
.0400
.0420
.0420
.0420
116.8
105.0
105.0
110.2
110.2
110.2
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.1875 128.1
.1875 128.1
.1875 128.1
.1875 128.1
.1875 128.1
.1850 126.4
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
.2700
159.1
159.1
159.1
159.1
159.1
159.1
.9250
.9230
.9230
.9230
.9230
.9230
108.5
108.2
108.2
108.2
108.2
108.2
.4400 121.8
.4400 121.8
.4400 121.8
.4400 121.8
.4400 121.8
.4400 121.8
.0450
.0450
.0485
.0510
.0475
.0435
118.1
118.1
127.3
133.9
124.7
114.2
1912
WHOLESALE PRICES, 189# TO 1912.
127
I I . — AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.)
Metals and implements.
Year or month.
Lead pipe.
Locks: com
mon mortise.
Nails: cut, 8penny, fence
and common.
Nails: wire, 8penny, fence
and common.
Pig iron: Bes
semer.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive
price
tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
ton.
price.
100 lbs. price. each. price. 100 lbs. price. 100 lbs. price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $4.8183 100.0 $0.0817 100.0 $1.8275 100.0 $2.1618 100.0 $13.7783
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
5.4000
5.6000
5.1833
5.0000
4.4333
112.1
116.2
107.6
103.8
92.0
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0830
.0818
101.6
101.6
101.6
101.6
100.1
2.2875
1.8333
1.7583
1.6813
1.5271
125.2
100.3
96.2
92.0
83.6
2.9646
2.4667
2.1896
1.9917
1.6521
137.1
114.1
101.3
92.1
76.4
18.8725
15.9500
14.3667
12.8692
11.3775
137.0
115.8
104.3
93.4
82.6
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
4.2000
4.1000
4.3167
4.6000
5.3500
87.2
85.1
89.6
95.5
111.0
.0833
.0867
.0833
.0750
.0750
102.0
106.1
102.0
91.8
91.8
1.9250 105.3
2.7125 148.4
1.3329 72.9
1.1927 65.3
2.0240 110.8
2.1177
2.9250
1.4854
1.4375
2.3875
98.0
135.3
68.7
66.5
110.4
12.7167
12.1400
10.1258
10.3317
19.0333
92.3
88.1
73.5
75.0
138.1
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
5.1208 106.3
5.0479 104.8
5.2167 108.3
5.1958 107.8
4.7950 99.5
.0788
.0750
.0850
.0900
.1025
96.5
91.8
104.0
110.2
125.5
2.2500 123.1
2.1125 115.6
2.1333 116.7
2.1958 120.2
1.8188 99.5
2.6333
2.3646
2.1042
2.0750
1.9063
121.8 19.4925
109.4 15.9350
97.3 20.6742
96.0 18.9758
88.2 13.7558
141.5
115.7
150.0
137.7
99.8
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
5.2250
6.4208
6.7050
4.7400
4.8208
108.4
133.3
139.2
98.4
100.1
.1496 183.1
.1808 221.3
.2000 244.8
.1660 203.2
.1593 195.0
1.8250 99.9
1.9313 105.7
2.1625 118.3
1.9500 106.7
1.8688 102.3
1.8958
1.9583
2.1167
2.1000
1.9167
87.7 16.3592
90.6 19.5442
97.9 22.8417
97.1 17.0700
88.7 17.4083
118.7
141.8
165.8
123.9
126.3
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
5.0608 105.0
5.0283 104.4
5.2008 107.9
.1650 202.0
.1000 122.4
.1200 146.9
1.8438 100.9
1.7083 93.5
7063 93.4
1.8875
1.8042
1.7396
87.3
83.5
80.5
17.1925
15.7133
15.9375
124.8
114.0
115.7
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June.........................
5.0400
4.9000
4.9000
4.9000
4.9000
4.9000
104.6
101.7
101.7
101.7
101.7
101.7
.1200
.1200
.1200
.1200
.1200
.1200
146.9
146.9
146.9
146.9
146.9
146.9
1.6000
1.6500
1.6500
1.7000
1.7000
1.6750
87.6
90.3
90.3
93.0
93.0
91.7
1.6500
1.7000
1.7000
1.7000
1.7000
1.7000
76.3
78.6
78.6
78.6
78.6
78.6
15.0900
14.9000
15.0900
15.1500
15.1500
15.1500
109.5
108.1
109.5
110.0
110.0
110.0
July.........................
August.....................
September...............
October....................
November...............
December................
5.1900
5.3900
5.3900
5.8800
5.6300
5.3900
107.7
111.9
111.9
122.0
116.8
111.9
.1200 146.9
.1200 146.9
.1200 146.9
.1200 146.9
.1200 146.9
.1200 146.9
1.6750
1.7250
1.7250
1.7250
1.8250
1.8250
91.7
94.4
94.4
94.4
99.9
99.9
1.7000
1.7500
1.8000
1.8250
1.8250
1.8250
78.6
81.0
83.3
84.4
84.4
84.4
15.1500
15.4500
16.1500
17.8000
18.0200
18.1500
110.0
112.1
117.2
129.2
130.8
131.7
1912
128
B U L L E T IN OP T H E BU REA U OF LABOB STATISTICS.
I I .—AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Metals and implements.
Year or month.
Pig iron:
Pig iron:
foundry No. 1. foundry No. 2.
Pig iron: gray
forge, south
ern, coke.
Planes: Bailey
No. 5, jack
plane.
Quicksilver.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive
price
tive price per tive
ton.
ton.
ton.
price.
price. each. price. pound. price.
price.
Average, 1890-1899.. $14.8042 100.0 $13.0533 100.0 $11.0892 100.0 $1.3220 100.0
$0.5593
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
18.4083
17.5208
15.7492
14.5167
12.6642
124.3 17.1563 131.4
118.4 15.3958 117.9
106.4 13.7729 105.5
98.1 12.4396 95.3
85.5 10.8458 83.1
14.5000 130.8
12.5167 112.9
11.7917 106.3
10.6354 95.9
8.9375 80.6
1.4200
1.4200
1.4200
1.4200
1.3783
107.4
107.4
107.4
107.4
104.3
.7300
.6283
.5642
.5213
.4792
130.5
112.3
100.9
93.2
85.7
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
13.1033
12.9550
12.1008
11.6608
19.3633
88.5
87.5
81.7
78.8
130.8
10.3229
9.6042
8.8021
8.7188
15.0625
1.2417
1.2300
1.2300
1.2300
1.2300
93.9
93.0
93.0
93.0
93.0
.5133
.4979
.5157
.5425
.6004
91.8
89.0
92.2
97.0
107.3
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1004..........................
19.9800
15.8683
22.1933
19.9158
15.5725
135.0 18.5063
107.2 14.7188
149.9 21.2396
134.5 19.1417
105.2 13.6250
141.8 15.6042 140.7 1.4142
112.8 12.5521 113.2 1.4600
162.7 17.6042 158.8 ' 1.5100
146.6 16.2292 146.4 1.5300
104.4 11.6771 105.3 1.5300
107.0
110.4
114.2
115.7
115.7
.6769
.6629
.6458
.6342
.5900
121.0
118.5
115.5
113.4
105.5
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
17.8850 120.8 16.4104 125.7 14.4896
20.9825 141.7 19.2667 147.6 16.5313
23.8950 161.4 23.8688 182.9 20.9875
17.7000 119.6 16.2500 124.5 14.3750
17.8058 120.3 16.4104 125.7 14.9375
1910.......................... 17.3617
1911.......................... 15.7125
1912.......................... 16.5575
11.6750
11.7708
10.1000
10.0271
17.3500
89.0
90.2
77.4
76.8
132.9
122.4
111.2
115.6
93.1
86.6
79.4
78.6
135.8
130.7
149.1
189.3
129.6
134.7
1.5300
1.7100
1.5300
1.5300
1.5300
115.7
129.3
115.7
115.7
115.7
.5446
.5517
.5429
.6100
.6317
97.4
98.6
97.1
109.1
112.9
117.3
106.1
111.8
15.9833
14.5188
15.0875
14.5729
12.8333
14.2396
131.4
115.7
128.4
1.6575
1.5400
1.5400
125.4
116.5
116.5
.6492
.6596
.5892
116.1
117.9
105.3
1913
January...................
February..................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June.........................
15.3500
15.3500
15.4200
15.5000
15.7200
15.8100
103.7
103.7
104.2
104.7
106.2
106.8
14.0250 107.4 12.7500
13.9000 106.5 12.7500
14.0250 107.4 12.7500
14.1500 108.4 13.2500
14.1500 108.4 13.3750
14.2750 109.4 13.7500
115.0
115.0
115.0
119.5
120.6
124.0
1.5400
1.5400
1.5400
1.5400
1.5400
1.5400
116.5
116.5
116.5
116.5
116.5
116.5
.6000
.6000
.6500
.5800
.5600
.5800
107.3
107.3
116.2
103.7
100.1
103.7
July.........................
August.....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
16.1900
16.3500
17.0900
18.1000
18.8100
19.0000
109.4
110.4
115.4
122.3
127.1
128.3
14.2750 109.4
14.5250 111.3
15.2750 117.0
16.6500 127.6
17.7750 136.2
18.0250 138.1
126.2
128.5
134.1
142.0
151.0
149.9
1.5400 116.5
1.5400 116.5
1.5400 116.5
1.5400 116.5
1.5400 116.5
1.5400 116.5
.6000
.6000
.5800
.5800
.5800
.5600
107.3
107.3
103.7
103.7
103.7
100.1
14.0000
14.2500
14.8750
15.7500
16.7500
16.6250
129
W H O LE SA LE PEICES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OP
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles*
see Table I.]
Metals and implements.
Year or month.
Saws: cross
cut, Disston
No. 2.
Saws: hand,
Disston No. 7,
Shovels: Ames
No. 2.
Silver: bar,
fine.
Spelter: west
ern.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price
tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
each. price. dozen. price. dozen. ! price. ounce. price. pound. price.
!
Average, 1830-1899.. $1.6038
100.0 $12.780 100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
1.6038
1.C038
1.0038
1.6038
1.6038
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
14.400
12.600
12.600
12.600
12.600
112.7
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
$7.8858
7.8700
7.8700
7.8700
7.8700
7.4500
100.0 $0.74899
100.1
100.1
100.1
100.1
94.7
100.0
$0.0452
100.tr
1.05329 140.6
.99034 132.2
.87552 116.9
.78219 104.4
.64043 85.5
.0554
.0508
.0465
.0410
.0355
122. ft
112.4
102.9
90.?
78. S
1895..........................
189C..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
12.600
12.600
12.600
12.600
12.600
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
7.4500
7.8100
7.9300
7.9300
8.6075
94.7
99.3
100.8
100.8
109.4
.66268
.68195
.60775
.59065
.60507
88.5
91.0
81.1
78.9
80.8
.0362
.0401
.0421
.0453
.0588
80.1
88.7
93.1
100.2
130.1
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
1.C038
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
12.600
12.600
12.600
12.600
12.600
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
98.6
9.1200
9.1200
9.3550
8.0200
7.6533
115.9
115.9
118.9
102.0
97.3
.62065
.59703
.52816
.54208
.57844
82.9
79.7
70.5
72.4
77.2
.0442
.0405
.0487
.0558
.0515
97. S
89.«
107. T
123. S
113. §
1905.........................
1906.........................
1907.........................
1908.........................
1909..........................
1.6038
1.C038
1.6038
1.6038
1.6038
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
12.600
12.950
12.950
12.950
12.950
98.6
101.3
101.3
101.3
101.3
7.6200
7.6200
7.8400
7.8217
7.6200
96.9
96.9
99.7
99.4
96.9
.61008
.67379
.65979
.53496
.52164
81.5
90.0
88.1
71.4
69.6
.0592
.0620
.0617
.0475
.0551
131.®
137.2
136. S
105.1
121. S
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
1.6038
1.7820
1.7820
100.0
111.1
111.1
12.950
12.950
12.950
101.3
101.3
101.3
7.7383
7.4500
7.4508
98.4
94.7
94.7
.54245
.54002
.61468
72.4
72.1
82.1
.0563
.0584
.0706
124.1
129.2
156.2
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
1.7820
1.7820
1.7820
1.7820
1.7820
1.7820
111.1
111.1
111.1
111.1
111.1
111.1
12.950
12.950
12.950
12.950
12.950
12.950
101.3
101.3
101.3
101.3
101.3
101.3
7.4500
7.4500
7.4500
7.4500
7.4500
7.4500
94.7
94.7
94.7
94.7
94.7
94.7
.56766
.59640
.58984
.59865
.61525
.61929
75.8
79.6
78.8
79.9
82.1
82.7
.0635
.0655
.0698
.0678
.0690
.0690
140. S
144.8
154.4
150.6
152.7
152. J
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
1.7820
1.7820
1.7820
1.7820
1.7820
1.7820
111.1
111.1
111.1
111.1
111.1
111.1
12.950 101.3
12.950 101.3
12.950 101.3
12.950 101.3
12.950 101.3
12.950 101.3
7.4500
7.4500
7.4500
7.4500
7.4500
7.4600
94.7
94.7
94.7
94.7
94.7
94.8
.61282
.62331
.63685
.64112
.63471
.64028
81.8
83.2
85.0
85.6
84.7
85.5
.0713
.0725
.0735
.0765
.0750
.0740
157.7
160.4
162.6
169.2
165.9
163.1
1913
86629°—Bull. 114—13----- 9
130
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOE STATISTICS.
I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Metals and implements.
Year or month.
Steel billets.
Steel rails.
Steel sheets:
black, No. 27.
Tin: pig.
Tin plates: do
mestic, Besse
mer, coke.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
ton.
ton.
price. 1pound, price. pound. price. 100 lbs. price.
price.
Average, 1890-1893.
$21.5232
100.0
$0.1836
100.0 2$3.4148
100.0
.0235
104.9
.0244
.02i5
.0195
.0160
.0267
108.9
96.0
87.1
84.8
119.2
.1405 76.5
.1330 72.4
. 1358 74.0
. 1551 84.5
.2721 148.2
3.4354
3.1823
2.8500
4.1913
100.6
93.2
83.5
122.7
32.2875
27.3333
28.0000
28.0000
28.0000
123.9
104.9
107.4
107.4
107.4
.0293
.0315
.0291
.0260
.0210
130.8
140.6
129.9
116.1
93.8
.3006
.2018
.2648
.2816
.2799
163.7
142.6
144.2
153.4
152.5
4.6775
4.1900
4.1233
3.9400
3.6025
137.0
122.7
120.7
115.4
105.5
24.0283 111.6
27.4475 127.5
29.2533 135.9
26.3125 122.2
24.6158 114.4
23.0000
28.0000
28.0000
28.0000
28.0000
107.4
107.4
107.4
107.4
107.4
.0222
.0237
.0250
.0240
.0223
99.1
105.8
111.6
107.1
99.6
.3127
.3922
.3875
.2942
.2958
170.3
213.6
211.1
160.2
161.1
3.7067
3.8608
4.0900
3.8900
3.7367
108.5
113.1
119.8
113.9
109.4
25.3800
21.4583
22.3783
117.9
99.7
104.0
28.0000
28.0000
23.0000
107.4
107.4
107.4
.0227
.0200
.0196
101.3
89.3
87.5
.3420
.4274
.4620
186.3
232.8
252.0
3.8400 112.5
3.8650 113.2
3.6567 ..........
20.0000
92.9
92.9
91.7
92.9
96.6
97.0
28.0000
28.0000
28.0000
28.0000
28.0000
28.0000
107.4
107.4
107.4
107.4
107.4
107.4
.0188
.0188
.0178
.0183
.0188
.0188
83.9
79.5
81.7
83.9
83.9
.4425
.4100
.4325
.4300
.4638
.4575
241.0
239.7
235.6
234.2
252.6
249.2
3.6400
3.6400
3.5400
3.5400
3.5400
3.6400
106.6
106.6
103.7
103.7
103.7
106.6
102.2
109.7
120.8
125.4
125.4
28.0000
28.0000
28.0000
28.0000
28.0000
28.0000
107.4
107.4
107.4
107.4
107.4
107.4
.0188
.0198
.0203
.0210
.0220
.0225
88.4
90.6
93.7
98.2
100.4
.4600 250.5
.4513 245.8
.4763 259.4
.5025 273.7
.5015 273.1
.4930 268.5
3.6400
3.7400
3.7400
3.7400
3.7400
3.7400
106.6
109.5
109.5
109.5
109.5
109.5
30.4675 141.5
25.3292 117.7
23.6308 109.8
20.4358 94.9
16.5783 77.0
189
189
189
189
189
5
6
7
8
9
18.4842
18.8333
15.0800
15.3058
31.1167
190
190
190
190
190
0
1
2
3
4
25.0625 116.4
24.1308 112.1
30.5992 142.1
27.9117 129.7
22.1792 103.0
190
190
190
190
190
5
6
7
8
9
191 0
191 1
191 2
100.0 ;1$0.0224 100.0
93.4
107.4
71.9
67.6
107.9
0
1
2
3
4
.
$26.0654
.2121 115.5
.2025 110.3
.2037 110.9
.2002 109.0
.1812 98.7
189
189
189
189
189
31.7792 121.9
29.9167 114.8
30.0000 115.1
28.1250 107.9
24.0000 92.1
85.9 24.3333
87.5 28.0000
70.1 18.7500
71.1 17.6250
144.6 28.1250
1912
January..................
February...............
March.....................
April......................
May........................
June.......................
July........................
August...................
September.............
October..................
November..............
December...............
20.0000
19.7500
20.0000
20.8000
20.8700
21.5000
22.0000
23.6200
26.0000
27.0000
27.0000
1Average price for the period July, 1894, to December, 1899.
1 Average price for 1896-1899.
131
W H O LE SA LE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
(For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Lumber
and building
materials.
Metals and implements.
Year or month.
Wood screws:
Trowels:
solid box, 1-inch,
No. 10,
M. C. O., brick, Vises:
50-pound.
lOHnch.
fiat head.
Zinc: sheet.
Briek: common
domestic.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
tive
price
tive price per tive priee per tive price per tive
price
price.
M.
each. price. each. price. gross. price. 100 lbs. price.
Average, 1330-1899.. $0.3400
100.0
$3.9009
100.0
100.0
$5.3112
100.0
$5.5625
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
.3400
.2400
.3400
.3400
.3400
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
4.1400
4.1400
4.2550
4.1975
4.0567
106.1
106.1
109.1
107.6
104. C
.1970 130.5
.2000 132.5
.2100 ►
139.1
.2100 139.1
.1558 103.2
6.0542
5.7192
5.4900
4.9942
3.9500
114.0
107.7
103.4
94.0
74.4
6.5625
5.7083
5.7708
5.8333
5.0000
118.0
102.6
103.7
104.9
89.9
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899.........................
.3400
.3400
.3400
.3400
.3400
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
3.7933
3.7200
3.5000
3.2800
3.9267
97.2
95.4
89.7
84.1
100.7
.1117
.1033
.0850
.0918
.1452
74.0
68.4
56.3
60.8
96.2
4.5217
4.9400
4.9400
5.4983
7.0042
85.1
93.0
93.0
1&3.5
131.9
5.3125
5.0625
4.9375
5.7500
5.6875
95.5*
91.0
83.8
103.4
102.2
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
.3400
.3400
.3400
.3400
.3400
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
4.2683
5.0200
5.1300
5.1767
4.2550
109.4
128.7
131.5
132.7
109.1
.1820
.1045
.0952
.1093
.0945
120.5
69.2
63.0
72.4
62.6
6.0950
5.5583
5.7308
6.0183
5.6092
114.8
104.7
107.9
113.3
105.6
5.2500
5.7656
5.3854
5.9063
7.4948
94.4
103.7
96.8
106.2
134.7
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
.3400
.3400
.3400
.3400
.3400
100.0 4.1400 106.1
100.0 4.5208 115.9
100.0 5.7500 147.4
100.0 i 4.3700 1147.4
100.0 i 4.6000 1155.2
. 1055
.1055
.1219
.1000
.1157
69.9
69.9
80.7
68.2
76.6
6.8250
7.1725
7.4858
6.4400
6.6425
128.5
135.0
140.9
121.3
125.1
8.1042
8.5469
6.1563
5.1042
6.3854
145.7
153.7
110.7
91.8
114.8
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
.3400
.3500
.3500
100.0 14.4850 Uol.3
102.9 14.3700 U47.4
102.9 14.1400 1139.6
.1488
.1000
.1200
98.5
66.2
79.5
7.0192
7.0483
7.9242
132.2
132.7
149.2
5.7188
5.8906
6.7604
102.8
105.9
121.5
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
.3500
.3500
.3500
.3500
.3500
.3500
102.9
102.9
102.9
102.9
102.9
102.9
i 4.1400
14.1400
14.1400
14.1400
14.1400
14.1400
U39.6
H39.6
1139.6
U39.6
1136.9
U36.9
.1200
.1200
.1200
.1200
.1200
.1200
79.5
79.5
79.5
79.5
79.5
79.5
7.3600
7.3600
7.5900
7.9600
7.9600
7.9600
138.6
138.6
142.9
149.9
149.9
149.9
6.7500
6.8750
6.6250
6.6875
6.6250
6.7500
121.3
123.6
119.1
120.2
119.1
121.3
July.........................
August.....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.3500
.3500
.3500
.3500
.3500
.3500
102.9
102.9
102.9
102.9
102.9
102.9
14.1400
14.1400
14.1400
14.1400
14.1400
14.1400
1136.9
1136.9
1136.9
1136.9
1136.9
1136.9
.1200
.1200
.1200
.1200
.1200
.1200
79.5
79.5
79.5
79.5
79.5
79.5
7.9600
8.0500
8.0500
8.2800
8.2800
8.2800
149.9
151.6
151.6
155.9
155.9
155.9
6.7500
6.7500
6.8125
6.8125
6.8125
6.8750
121.3
121.3
122.5
122.5
122.5
123.6'
$0.1510
1913
i Price quoted by another firm in 1908 and years following. For method of computing relative price,
see p. 39; average price for 1907, $4.37.
132
B U L L E T IN OF T H E BU REA U OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I I . — AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles.
see Table 1.1
Lumber and building materials.
Carbonate of Cement: Port
lead: American, land,
domestic.
in oil.
Year or month.
Cement:
Rosendale.
Doors: western
white pine(Chicago market).
Hemlock.
Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per
door. price. M feet.
pound. price. barrel. price. barrel. price.
Average, 1830-1899.
189
189
189
189
189
0
1
2
3
4
$0.0577
100.0 i $1.9963 100.0
$0.8871
1.0542
.9417
.9688
.8875
.9271
.
.
.
.
.
.0638
.0650
.0658
.0609
.0524
110.6
112.7
114.0
105.5
90.8
189 5
.
1806...................... .
189 7
.
189 8
.
189 9
.
.0525
.0517
.0535
.0543
.0568
91.0
89.6
92.7
94.1
98.4
190
190
190
190
190
0
1
2
3
4
.
.
.
.
.
.0625
.0576
.0539
.0615
.0598
108.3
99.8
93.4
106.6
103.6
2.1583 108.1
1.8S96 94.7
1.9500 97.7
2.0292 101.6
1.4604 73.2
190
190
190
190
190
5
6
7
8
9
.
.
.
.
.
.0633
.0600
.0697
.0650
.0637
109.7
119.6
120.8
112.7
110.4
1.4271
1.5750
1.6458
1.4600
1.4117
71.5
78.9
82.4
73.1
70.7
191 0
191 1
191 2
.
.
.
.0692
.0707
.0682
119.9
122.5
118.2
1.4483
1.4613
1.3150
January................ .
February............. .
March................... .
April.................
May.......................
June..................... .
.0662
.0662
.0662
.0662
.0662
.0662
114.7
114.7
114.7
114.7
114.7
114.7
July.......................
August................. .
September.............
October................ .
November.............
December.............
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0711
.0686
118.9
123.2
123.2
123.2
123.2
118.9
100.0 2$1.0329 UOO.O $11.9625
118.8 2 1.3750 2125.8
106.2 2 1.2500 2114.4
109.2 2 1.2500 2114.4
100.0 2 1.2250 2112.1
104.5 2 1.0500 2 96.1
12.5833
12.4583
12.2917
96.1
93.9
84.8
85.7
100.8
283.5
2 76.6
2 74.3
284.6
2118.2
11.1458
11.1667
11.0000
11.7500
13.5208
.8021
114.6 2 1.5900 2145.5
114.8 2 1.8913 2173.1
97.5 2 2.1208 2194.1
100.3 2 1.7292 2158.2
90.4 2 1.6900 2154.6
16.5000
15.0000
15.8333
16.7917
17.0000
.8333
.9500
.9500
.9500
.9500
81.8367 3163.2 17.8750
107.1 s 1.7271 3153.5 21.8958
107.1 31.8842 3167.5 22.2500
107.1
1.7438 4161.3 20.8750
107.1 1.7750 4164.2 20.5833
72.5
73.2
65.9
.9458
.9063
.8583
106.6
102.2
96.8
1.2150
1.2150
1.2150
1.2150
1.2150
1.3150
60.9
60.9
60.9
60.9
60.9
65.9
.8500
.8500
.8500
.8500
.8500
.8500
95.8
95.8
95.8
95.8
95.8
95.8
1.4700
1.4700
1.4700
1.5000
1.5000
1.5000
4136.0
4136.0
4136.0
4138.7
4138.7
4138.7
20.7500
20.7500
20.7500
20.7500
20.7500
20.7500
1.3150
1.3150
1.4400
1.4400
1.4400
1.4400
65.9
65.9
72.1
72.1
72.1
72.1
.8500
.8500
.8750
.8750
.8750
.8750
95.8
95.8
98.6
1.5400
1.5400
1.5400
1.5400
1.5400
1.5400
4142.4
4142.4
4142.4
4142.4
4142.4
4142.4
(5)
21.5000
1.9688
2.0000
1.9667
1.9979
2.0479
100.2
98.5
100.1
102.6
.8521
.8333
.7521
.7604
.8938
1.0167
1.0188
2 .9125
2 .8375
2 .8125
2 .9250
2 1.2917
12.0000
11.7083
1.6733 41.54.8 20.6250
1.6033 4148.3 20.6818
1.5125 4139.9 21.4545
1913
22.0000
22.5000
22.5000
23.0000
1 Average price for 1895-1899.
2 Doors: pine, unmolded, 2 feet 8 inches by 6 feet 8 inchcs, 1\ inches thick (Buffalo market).
3 Doors: western white pine, 2 feet 8 inches by 6 feet 8 inches, If inches thick, 5 panel, No. 1, O. G.
(Buffalo market). For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1904, $1.74.
4For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1907, $1.8108.
&No quotation for month.
133
W H O LE SA LE PRIC ES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I .—AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
1
r
see Table I.]
Lumber and building materials.
Lime: com
mon.
Year or month.
Linseed oil:
raw.
Maple: hard.
Oak: white,
plain.
Oak: white,
quartered.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
barrel. price. gallon. price. M feet. price. M feet. price. M feet. price.
Average, 1830-1899.. $0.8332 100.0 $0.4535 100.0 $26.5042 100.0 $37.4292 100.0 $53.6771
I860.........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
.9792 117.5
.9125 109.5
.9292 111.5
.9292 111.5
.8479 101.8
.6158
.4842
.4083
.4633
.5242
135.8 26.5000 100.0 37.8750
106.8 26.5000 100.0 38.0000
90.0 26.5000 100.0 38. 4583
102.2 26.5000 100.0 38.7500
115.6 26.5000 100.0 37.2500
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
.7813
.6938
.7188
. 7417
.7979
93.8
83.3
86.3
89.0
95.8
.5242
.3683
•32/o
.3925
.4267
115.6
81.2
72.2
86.5
94.1
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
.1904..........................
.6833
.7742
.8058
. 7875
.8246
82.0
92.9
96.7
94.5
99.0
.6292 138.7 27.5000 103.8
.6350 140.0 26.7083 100.8
.5933 130.8 28.5833 107.8
.4167 91.9 31.6667 119.5
.4158 91.7 31.0000 117.0
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909......................
. 8908
.9471
.9492
1.0450
1.0450
106.9
113.7
113.9
125.4
125.4
.4675 103.1 30.5000 115.1
.4050 89.3 31.0000 117.0
.4342 95.7 32.2500 121.7
. 4375 96.5 31.6250 119.3
.5800 127.9 31.0000 117.0
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
1.0450 125.4
1.10S3 133.0
1.0850 130.2
.8467
.8792
.6725
186.7 31.8000 120.0 54.2500
193.9 34.3182 129.5 54.6818
148.3 36.4545 137.5 56.2273
26.5000
26.5000
26.5000
26.5000
26.5417
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.1
101.2
101.5
102.7
103.5
99.5
100.0
51.4583
53.5833
53.0000
53.0000
51.1250
95.9
99.8
98.7
98.7
95.2
36.2500 96.8 53.2500
36.2500 96.8 54.5000
36.2500 96.8 53.8333
36.2500 96.8 52.5000
38.9583 104.1 60.5208
99.2
101.5
100.3
97.8
112.7
40.8333
36. 7708
40. 8750
44.8333
46.5000
109.1 64.4583
98.2 59.1667
109.2 63.0833
119.8 74.7917
124.2 80.7500
120.1
110.2
117.5
139.3
150.4
47.3333
50.4167
55. 2083
49.2917
48.4167
126.5 80.2500
134.7 79.1667
147.5 80.0000
131.7 80.1667
129.4 84.3333
149.5
147.5
149.0
149.3
157.1
144.9
146.1
150.2
87.7500
87.1818
86.5000
163.5
162.4
161.1
1912
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
1.0850
1.0850
1.0850
1.0850
1.0850
1.0850
130.2
130.2
130.2
130.2
130.2
130.2
.7400
.7100
.7000
. 7300
.7300
.7600
163.2
156.6
154.4
161.0
161.0
167.6
35.0000
35.0000
36.0000
36.0000
37.0000
37.0000
132.1
132.1
135.8
135.8
139.6
139.6
54.5000 145.6 86.5000
54.5000 145.6 86.5000
54.5000 145.6 86.5000
55.5000 148.3 86.5000
56.5000 151.0 86.5000
56.5000 151.0 86.5000
161.1
161.1
161.1
161.1
161.1
161.1
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
1.0850
1.0850
1.0850
1.0850
1.0850
1.0850
130.2
130.2
130.2
130.2
130.2
130.2
.7700
.6600
.6600
.6200
.5600
.4300
169.8
145.5
145.5
136.7
123.5
94.8
(i)
37.0000
37.0000
37.0000
37.0000
37.0000
139.6
139.6
139.6
139.6
139.6
(l)
(l)
56.5000 ' 151.0 86.5000
56.5000 151.0 86.5000
56.5000 151.0 86.5000
58.5000 156.3 86.5000
58.5000 156.3 86.5000
161.1
161.1
161.1
161.1
161.1
i No quotation for month.
134
B U L L E T IN OF T H E B U REA U OF LAB O S STATISTICS.
I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1890)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this tabic, see n. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Lumber and building materials.
Year or month.
Oxide of zinc.
Pine: white,
boards, No. 2
bam (New
York market).
Pine: white,
boards, uppers
(New York
market).
Pine: yellow,
flooring.
Pine: yellow,
siding.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
pound. price. M feet. price. M feet. price. M feet. price. M feet. price.
Average, 1890-18S9.. $0.0400 100.0 •$17.1104 1100.0 *$46.5542 1100.0
$18.4646
100.0
194.7
i 96.7
i 98.9
1104.2
i 99.7
20.7500
19.9583
18.5000
18.5000
18.5000
112.4
108.1
100.2
100.2
100.2
i 98.8
1100.2
i 99.5
199.0
1108.4
16.9167
16.4167
16.4375
18.6250
20.0417
91.6
88.9
89.0
100.9
108.5
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
.0451 112.8 121.5000 U25.7 157.5000 1 123.5
.0438 109.5 120.8750 1122.0 160.4167 1 129.8
.0440 110.0 123.5000 1137.3 174.8333 1 160.7
.0463 115.8 124.0000 1140.3 180.0000 1 171.8
.0463 115.8 123.0000 1134.4 181.0000 1 174.0
20.7083
19.6667
21.0000
21.0000
21.4167
112.2
106.5
113.7
113.7
116.0
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
.0465 116.3 124.1667 1141.2 182.0000 1176.1
.0508 127.0 129.7500 1173.9 184.7500 1182.0
.0538 134.5 37.4167 2195.7 97.0833 3200.2
.0513 128.3 36.3750 2190.3 96.0833 3198.1 $43.9167
.0517 129.3 37.1042 2194.1 93.0417 3191.8 45.8333
8
24.9167
29.3333
30.5000
30.5000
33.0417
134.9
158.9
165.2
165.2
178.9
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
.0538 134.5 38.2500 2200.1 98.8000 3203.7 46.3000
.0535 133.8 38.3455 2200.6 100.5000 3207.2 46.5455
.0515 128.8 37.2273 2194.7 101.0455 3208.3 44.5455
(*)
(4)
(4)
30.8000
30.5909
33.1364
166.8
165.7
179.5
(4)
(4)
(4i
(4)
(4)
31.5000
31.5000
33.5000
33.5000
33.5000
33.5000
170.6
170.6
181.4
181.4
181.4
181.4
(4)
<4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(5)
33.5000
33.5000
33.5000
33.5000
33.5000
181.4
181.4
181.4
181.4
181.4
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893................
1894..........................
.0425 106.3 116 7917 198.1 144.0833
.0419 104.8 M7 0000 199.4 145.0000
.0426 106.5 117.1458 1100.2 146.1417
.0413 103.3 118.6250 1108.9 148.5000
.0373 93.3 118.1667 1106.2 146.4167
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
.0350
.0383
.0377
.0396
.0438
87.5
95.8
94.3
99.0
109.5
117.2500
116.5000
i 15.8333
115.5000
118.2917
1100.8
i 96.4
i 92.5
i 90.6
U06.9
146.0000
146. C250
146.3333
146.0833
150.4583
1912
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
.0513
.0513
.0513
.0513
.0513
.0513
128.3
128.3
128.3
128.3
128.3
128.3
3207.2
3207.2
3207.2
3207.2
3207.2
3207.2
46.0000
46.0000
46.0000
45.0000
45.0000
43.0000
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.0513
.0513
.0513
.0513
. 0513
.0538
128.3
(5)
(5)
128.3 37.5000 2196.2 100.5000 3207.2
128.3 37.5000 2196.2 100.5000 3207.2
128.3 36.5000 2191.0 100.5000 3207.2
128.3 36.5000 2191.0 103.5000 3213.4
134.5 36.5000 *191.0 103.5000 3213.4
(5)
43.0000
43.0000
43.0000
45.0000
45.0000
37.5000
37.5000
37.5000
37.5000
37.5000
37.5000
2196.2
2196.2
2196.2
2196.2
2 196.2
2196.2
100.5000
100.5000
100.5000
100.5000
100.5000
100.5000
1 Buffalo market.
2 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1906, $33.25.
s For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1906, $88.25.
4No relative price computed. For explanation, see p. 38.
s No quotation for month.
135
WHOLESALE PBICES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I . — AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table X.]
Lumber and building materials.
Year or month.
Plate glass:
Plate glass:
polished, glaz polished, glaz
ing, area 3 to 5 ing, area 5 to 10
square feet.
square feet.
Poplar.
Putty.
Rosin: good,
strained.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
sq. ft. price. * sq. ft. price. M feet. price. pound. price. barrel. price.
100.0
$0.0158
100.0
$1.4399
100.0
2.7000
2134.9 30.5000
2.6900 2 132.9 30.5000
2.5500 2 105.0 30.6042
2.5500 2 106.0 33.6250
2.4500 2 83.7 31.7500
97.2
97.2
97.6
107.2
101.2
.0175
.0175
.0161
.0160
.0157
110.8
110.8
101.9
101.3
99.4
1.3844
1.4740
1.3417
1.2615
1.2510
98.1
102.4
93.2
87.6
86.9
182.6
i 93.7
i 55.1
174.4
182.6
2.4800
2.5400
2 92.5 31.0000
* 104.0 31.0000
2.3200 2 61.7 30.6667
2.4300 282.9 30.0000
2.4800 2 92.5 34.0208
98.8
98.8
97.8
95.6
108.5
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0145
.0168
91.8
91.8
91.8
91.8
106.3
1.5615
1.7458
1.6125
1.4208
1.3458
108.4
121.2
112.0
98.7
93.5
1.3400
1.3200
i. 2575
1.2625
1.2275
193.7
188.2
170.9
i 72.3
i 62.7
2.5400
2.4900
2.4113
2.4313
2.3650
2104.0
294.4
279.2
2 83.1
270.3
37.6875
36.7083
42.1042
49.6458
50.3292
120.2
117.0
134.2
158.3
160.5
.0190
.0150
.0192
.0141
.0110
120.3
94.9
121.5
89.2
69.6
1.6021
1.5302
1.6125
2.2156
2.8333
111.3
106.3
112.0
153.9
196.8
1.2408
.2207
.2300
.1733
.2017
166.3
376.1
3 77.2
358.2
367.7
2.3729
.3300
.3400
.2750
.2837
2 71.8
48.2083
477.7 50.9583
480.1 58.0833
4 64.8 58.2917
466.4 0 /.6250
153.7
162.5
185.2
185.8
183.7
.0109
.0119
.0120
.0120
.0120
69.0
75.3
75.9
75.9
75.9
3.4229
4.0146
4.3771
3.2817
3.5000
237.7
278.8
304.0
227.9
243.1
61.5000
61.5909
61.5000
196.1
196.4
196.1
.0115
.0115
.0115
72.8
72.8
72.8
5.2333
6.7167
6.6417
363.4
466.5
461.3
Average, 1890-1899.. i $0.3830 1100.0 2$0.5190 2100.0 $31.3887
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1.5300
1.5200
i. 4200
i. 4200
1.3300
1146.0
U43.3
1115.7
U15.7
190.9
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
1.3000
1.3400
i. 2000
1,2700
1.3000
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
.2492 383.6
.2250 375.5
.2107 3 72.7
.3475 481.9
.3158 474.4
.2967 463.9
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2000
.2100
.2100
3 67.1
367.1
3 67.1
3 67.1
370.5
370.5
.2800
.2800
.2800
.2800
.2900
.2900
466.0 61.5000
466.0 61.5000
466.0 61.5000
4 66.0 61.5000
468.3 61.5000
468.3 61.5000
196.1
196.1
196.1
196.1
196.1
196.1
.0115
.0115
.0115
.0115
.0115
.0115
72.8
72.8
72.8
72.8
72.8
72.8
7.1500
6.6500
6.7000
6.9000
6.5000
6.5500
496.6
461.8
465.3
479.2
451.4
454.9
July.........................
August.....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.2200
.2200
.2300
.2300
.2400
.2400
3 73.8
373.8
3 77.2
3 77.2
3 80.5
3 80.5
.3000
.3000
.3100
.3100
.3200
.3200
470.7
(5)
470.7 61.5000
473.0 61.5000
473.0 61.5000
475.4 61.5000
475.4 61.5000
196.1
196.1
196.1
196.1
196.1
.0115
.0115
.0115
.0115
.0115
.0115
72.8
72.8
72.8
72.8
72.8
72.8
6.4500
6.4750
6.8500
6.6000
6.5000
6.3750
447.9
449.7
475.7
458.4
451.4
442.7
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
1912
1 Plats glass: polished, unsilvered, area 3 to 5 square feet.
Plate glass: polished, unsilvered, area 5 to 10 square feet.
8 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1905, $0.1975.
* For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1905, $0.3050.
6 No quotation for month.
2
136
B U L L E T IN OF T H E BU REA U OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I I .—AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed-description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Lumber and building materials.
Year or month.
Shingles:
cypress.
Shingles: red
cedar, 16 inches
long.
Spruce.
Turpentine:
spirits of.
Tar.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
M.
price.
M.
price. M feet. price. barrel. price. gallon. price.
100.0 i $3.7434 1100.0 $14.3489
100.0
$1.2048
100.0
$0.3343
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
3.3500
3.2500
3.1500
3.0000
2.8000
118.7
115.2
111. 7
106.3
99.2
13.8417
14.0000
13.9063
13.8500
13.7500
1102.6 16.2917
1106.9 14.2183
1104.4 14.8542
1102.8 13.7708
1100.2 12.7083
113.5
99.1
103.5
96.0
88.6
1.4750
1.5833
1.3000
1.0458
1.0917
122.4
131.4
107.9
86.8
90.6
.4080
.3795
.3227
.3002
.2932
122.0
113.5
96.5
89.8
87.7
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
2.6500
2.5000
2.3500
2.5000
2.6625
93.9
88.6
83.3
88.6
94.4
13.7000
13.6125
13.5417
13.5521
13.6792
198.8
196.5
194.6
i 94.9
198.3
14.2500
14.2500
14.0000
13.7500
15.395S
99.3
99.3
97.6
95.8
107.3
1.1417
1.0125
1.0542
1.0979
1.2458
94.8
84.0
87.5
91.1
103.4
.2923
.2743
.2924
.3221
.4581
87.4
82.1
87.5
96.4
137.0
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
2.8500
2.8500
2.6708
2.5667
2.6000
101.0
101.0
94.7
91.0
92.2
i 4.0000 1106.9 17.3750
i 4.1875 i 111. 9 18.0000
23.5875 2 123.0 19.2500
2 3.6500 2 125.1 19.1875
23.5750 2122.5 20.5000
121.1
125.4
134.2
133.7
142.9
1.3625
1.2817
1.3250
1.6792
1.6792
113.1
106.4
110.0
139.4
139.4
.4771
.3729
.4740
.5715
.5757
142.7
111.5
141.8
171.0
172.2
1905.........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
2.7250
3.2417
4.2250
3.5375
3.2667
96.6 23.5000 2119.9
114.9 2.2125 3157.2
149.8 2.6958 3191.5
125.4 2.0125 3143.0
115.8 2.0042 «142.4
21.41.67
25.5417
24.0000
20.7917
25.2500
149.3
178.0
167.3
144.9
176.0
1.7583
1.9583
2.3292
1.6000
1.6375
145.9
162.5
193.3
132.8
135.9
.6276
.6649
.6344
.4533
. 4908
187.7
198.9
189.8
135.6
146.8
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
3.4917
3.6083
3.4833
123.8
127.9
123.5
2.0083 »142.7 24.6000
1.8133 3128.8 24.2727
1.9392 '137.7 26.9545
171.4
169.2
187.9
2.2542
2.1250
2.0000
187.1
176.4
166.0
.6829
.6789
.4703
204.3
203.1
140.7
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
3.5000
3.5000
3.5000
3.4000
3. 4000
3.4000
124.1
124.1
124.1
120.5
120.5
120.5
1.7000
1.7000
1.7500
1.8000
1.8500
1.8700
•>120.8
3120.8
124.3
3127.9
3131.4
3132.8
25.5000
25.5000
25.5000
27.5000
27.5000
27.5000
177.7
177.7
177.7
191.7
191.7
191.7
1.sooo
1.8000
1.9000
1.9000
1.9000
1.9000
149.4
149.4
157.7
157.7
157.7
157.7
.5400
.4950
.5000
.5050
.5300
.4800
161.5
148.1
149.6
151.1
158.5
143.6
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
3.4000
3.4000
3.4500
3.5500
3.6000
3.7000
120.5
120.5
122.3
125.8
127.6
131.1
1.9500
2.3000
2.4500
2.0000
1.9000
2.0000
3138.5
3163.4
3174.0
3142.1
3135.0
3142.1
00
27.5000
27.5000
27.5000
27.5000
27.5000
191.7
191.7
191.7
191.7
191.7
2.0000
2.1000
2.1000
2.2000
2.2000
2.2000
166.0
174.3
174.3
182.6
182.6
182.6
.4788
.4625
.4250
.4275
.4200
.3800
143.2
138.3
127.1
127.9
125.6
113.7
Average, 1890-1899.. $2.8213
1913
1 Shingles: white pine, 18 inches long.
2 Shingles: Michigan white pine, 16 inches long, X X X X .
For method of computing relative price, see
p. 39; average price for 1901, $3.2625.
3 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1905, $1.6875.
4 No quotation for month.
137
WHOLESALE PEICES, 1890 TO 1912.
Table I I .—AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
IFor explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Lumber and building materials.
Year or month.
Window glass: Window glass:
American, sin American, sin
gle, firsts, 6 x 8 gle, thirds, 6 x 8
to 10 x 15
to 10 x 15
inches.
inches.
Drugs and chemicals.
Alcohol: wood,
Alcohol: grain. refined, 95 per
cent.
Alum: lump.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
50 sq. ft. price. 50 sq. ft. price. gallon. price. gallon. price. pound. price.
Average, 1830-1899.. $2.1514
100.0
$1.8190
100.0
$2.2405
100.0
1S90..........................
1«V91..........................
Is 92..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
2.2283
2.2125
3.9935
2.1375
1.9913
103.6
102.8
92.7
99.4
92.6
1.7858
1.7700
1.5948
1.7100
1.6326
98.2
97.3
87.7
94.0
89.8
2.0717
2.2150
2.1417
2.1808
2.1521
92.5
98.9
95.6
97.3
96.1
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1S.99..........................
1.5988 74.3
1.8021 83.8
2.19S6 102.2
2.6432 122.9
2.70S1 125.9
1.3919 76.5
1.6000 88.0
1.9630 107.9
2.3428 128.8
2.3986 131.9
2.3292
2.3008
2.2767
2.3250
2.4117
104.0
102.7
101.6
103.8
107.6
.8667
.8500
.6938
.7500
.7708
1900..........................
1901.........................
1902.........................
1903.........................
1904.........................
2.6990 125.5
4.1282 191.9
3.2187 149.6
2.6400 122.7
2.8867 134.2
2.3194 127.5
3.2823 180.4
2.5649 141.0
2.1600 118.7
2.3283 128.0
2.3f67
2.4583
2.4057'
2.3958
2.4325
106.5
109.7
107.4
106.9
108.6
1905.........................
1906..........................
1907.........................
1908.........................
1909.........................
2.7637 128.5
2.9196 135.7
2.8133 130.8
2.3600 109.7
2.3200 107.8
2.1365
2.2563
2.2419
1.8806
1.84S8
117.5
124.0
123.2
103.4
101.6
2.4275
2.4642
2.5229
2.6367
2.6175
1910.........................
1911.........................
1912.........................
2.9300 136.2
2.2533 104.7
2.2400 104.1
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
2.0800
2.0800
2.0800
2.0800
2.0800
2.0800
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
2.4000
2.4000
2.4000
2.4000
2.4000
2.4000
$0.9539
100.0
$0.0167
100.0
1.1375 119.2
1.1598 121.6
1.2973 136.0
1.2917 135.4
.7193 75.5
.0182
.0158
.0160
.0174
.0169
109.0
94.6
95.8
104.2
101.2
90.9
89.1
72.9
78.6
80.8
.0160
.0164
.0166
.0165
.0168
95.8
93.2
89.4
98.8
100.6
.8000
.6125
.6417
.5917
.5375
83.9
64.2
67.3
62.0
61.6
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0173
.0175
104.8
104.8
101.8
103.6
104.8
108.3
110.0
112.6
117.7
116.8
.6750
.7000
.3992
.4275
.5000
70.8
73.4
41.8
44.8
52.4
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
104.8
104.8
104.8
104.8
104.8
2.3375 128.5
1.7956 98.7
1.7850 98.1
2.5525 113.9
2.5350 113.1
2.5692 114.7
.5000
.5000
.5000
52.4
52.4
52.4
.0175
.0175
.0175
104.8
104.8
104.8
98.7
96.7
96.7
96.7
96.7
96.7
1.6575
1.6575
1.6575
1.6575
1.6575
1.6575
91.1
91.1
91.1
91.1
91.1
91.1
2.5S00
2.5800
2.5800
2.5S00
2.5800
2.5700
115.2
115.2
115.2
115.2
115.2
114.7
.5000
.5000
.5000
.5000
.5000
.5000
52.4
52.4
52.4
52.4
52.4
52.4
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
104,8
104.8
104.8
104.8
104.8
104.8
111.6
111.6
111.6
111.6
111.6
111.6
1.9125
1.9125
1.9125
1.9125
1.9125
1.9125
105.1
105.1
105.1
105.1
105.1
105.1
2.5600
2.5600
2.5600
2.5600
2.5600
2.5600
114.3
114.3
114.3
114.3
114.3
114.3
.5000
.5000
.5000
.5000
.5000
.5000
52.4
52.4
52.4
52.4
52.4
52.4
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
.0175
104.8
104.8
104.8
104.8
104.8
104.8
1913
138
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU 03? LABOR STATISTICS.
I I .—AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OP
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Drugs and chemicals.
Year or month.
Brimstone:
crude, seconds.
Glycerin:
refined.
Muriatic acid: Opium: natural, Quinine: Amer
20°.
in cases.
ican.
Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela Average Rela
price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive price per tive
price. pound. price. pound. price. pound. price. ounce. price.
ton.
100.0
$2.3802
100.0
$0.2460
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
21.1458 102.2
28. (3042 138.2
24.1458 116.7
18.7292 90.5
16.5833 80.1
. 1767 126.3
.1538 109.9
.1396 99.8
.1346 96.2
.1194 85.3
.0104 100.0
.0098 94.2
.0121 116.3
.0101 97.1
.0088 84.6
2.6208
1.9438
1.6708
2.3917
2.2854
111.0
82.4
70.8
101.3
96.8
.3275
.2508
.2183
.2150
.2621
133.1
102.0
88.7
87.4
106.5
1895..........................
1896.........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
15.6250 75.5
17.9583 86.8
20.1250 97.2
22.9167 110.7
21.1250 102.1
.1204 86.1
.1671 119.4
.1308 93.5
.1238 88.5
.1329 95.0
. 0083
.0075
.0109
.0128
.0135
79.8
72.1
104.8
123.1
129.8
1.8413
2.0917
2.3417
3.3417
3.0729
78.0
88.6
99.2
141.6
130.2
.2508
.2406
.1829
.2146
.2975
102.0
97.8
74.3
87.2
120.9
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
21.1458
22.0000
23.4375
22.3333
21.7750
102.2
106.3
113.2
107.9
105.2
.1515
.1504
.1444
.1446
.1396
108.3
107.5
103.2
103.4
99.8
.0135 129.8
.0150 144.2
.0168 161.5
.0160 153.8
.0160 153.8
3.2000
3.2292
2.8313
3.0S13
2.7500
135.6
136.8
120.0
130.6
116.5
.3325
.3025
.2575
.2525
.2333
135.2
123.0
104.7
102.6
94.8
1905.........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
21.2667
22.1563
21.4983
21.7917
22.0000
102.8
107.1
103.9
105.3
106.3
.1238 88.5
.1129 80.7
.1383 98.9
.1492 106.6
.1700 121.5
.0160 153.8
.0135 129.8
.0135 129.8
.0135 129.8
.0134 128.8
3.0333
2.9500
4.9458
4.7146
4.6104
12S.5
125.0
209.6
199.8
195.3
.2100
.1658
.1775
.1567
.1408
F5.4
67.4
72.2
63.7
57.2
1910.......................... 22.0000 106.3
1911.......................... 22.0000 106.3
1912.......................... 22.0000 106.3
.2142 153.1
.2269 162.2
.1842 131.7
.0130 125.0
.0130 125.0
.0130 125.0
5.3708 227.6
6.4333 272.6
7.1167 301.5
.1400
.1400
.1767
56.9
56.9
71.8
Average, 1330-1899.. §20.8958
100.0
§0.1293
100.0 $0.0104
1912
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
22.0000
22.0000
22.0000
22.0000
22.0000
22.0000
106.3
106.3
106.3
106.3
106.3
106.3
.1750
. 1750
.1625
.1700
.1925
.1900
125.1
125.1
116.2
121.5
137.6
135.8
.0130 125.0
.0130 125.0
.0130 125.0
.0130 125.0
.0130 125.0
.0130 125.0
8.5000
8.5000
8.2500
7.0000
6.2500
6.0000
360.1
360.1
349.5
296.6
264.8
254.2
.1400
.1400
.1400
.1400
.1950
.1950
56.9
56.9
56.9
56.9
79.3
79.3
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December...............
22.0000
22.0000
22.0000
22.0000
22.0000
22.0000
106.3
106.3
106.3
106.3
106.3
106.3
.1900
.1850
.1825
.2000
.2000
. 1875
135.8
132.2
130.5
143.0
143.0
134.0
.0130 125.0
.0130 125.0
.0130 125.0
.0130 125.0
.0130 125.0
.0130 125.0
6.2500
6.1000
7.6000
7.1500
7.0000
6.8000
264.8
258.5
322.0
302.9
296.6
288.1
.1950
.1950
.1950
.1950
.1950
.1950
79.3
79.3
79.3
79.3
79.3
79.3
i
i
139
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I . — AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OP
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles.
see Table I.]
Drugs and chem
icals.
Sulphuric acid: 66°.
House-furnishing goods.
Earthenware:
plates, creamcolored.
Earthenware:
plates, white
granite.
Earthenware:
teacups and saucers,
white granite.
Year or month.
Average
price per
Average Relative Average Relative Average Relative gross (6 Relative
price per price. puce per price. price per priee.
dozen
price.
pound.
dozen.
dozen.
cups and
6 dozen
saucers).
Average, 1890-1899..
$9.0089
100.0
$0.4133
100.0
$0.4479
100.0
$3.4282
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
.0088
.0081
.0095
.0085
.0073
98.9
91.0
106.7
95.5
82.0
.4485
.4367
.4230
.42130
.4177
108.0
105.6
102.3
102.3
101.0
. 4888
. 478-5
.4641
.4644
.4566
109.1
106.9
103.7
103.7
101.9
3.7600
3.6817
3.5720
3.5720
3.5250
109.6
107.4
104.2
104.2
102.8
1895..........................
1896................... .
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
.0070
. 0070
.0095
.0113
.0120
78.7
78.7
106.7
127.0
134.8
.3913
.3807
.3807
.4153
.4208
94.6
92.0
92.0
100.4
101.7
.4162
.3991
.3991
. 4515
.4607
92.9
89.1
89.1
100.8
102.9
3.2374
3.0907
3.0907
3.3595
3.4026
94.4
90.1
90.1
98.0
99.2
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
.0120
.0125
.0130
.0127
.0129
134.8
140.4
146.1
142.7
144.9
.4410
.4655
.4655
.4775
.4705
106.6
112.5
112.5
115.4
113.8
.4841
.5036
.5096
.4988
.4943
108.1
113.8
113.8
111.4
110.4
3.5750
3.7632
3.7632
3.6832
3.6503
104.3
109.7
109.7
197.4
106.4
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
.0124
.0100
.0100
.0102
.0100
139.3
112.4
112.4
114.6
112.4
.4410
.4410
.4410
.4300
.4300
108.6
106.6
106.6
104.0
104.1
.4586
.4586
.4586
.4586
.4586
102.4
102.4
102.4
102.4
102.4
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
93.8
98.8
93.8
98.8
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
.0100
.0100
.0100
112.4
112.4
112.4
.4333
.4333
.4333
104.8
104.8
104.8
.4621
.4621
.4621
103.2
103.2
103.2
3.4128
3.4128
3.4128
99.5
99.5
99.5
January..............
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June.........................
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
112.4
112.4
112.4
112.4
112.4
112.4
.4300
.4300
.4300
.4344
.4344
.4341
104.0
104.0
104.0
105.0
105.0
105.0
. 4586
,4586
.4586
.4633
.4633
.4633
102.4
102.4
102.4
103.4
103.4
103.4
3.3869
3.3869
3.3869
3.4214
3.4214
3.4214
98.8
98.8
98.8
99.8
99.8
99.8
Julv.........................
August.....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
.0100
112.4
112.4
112.4
112.4
112.4
112.4
.4344
.4344
.4344
.4344
.4344
.4344
105.0
105.0
105.0
105.0
105.0
105.0
.4633
.4633
.4633
.4633
.4633
.4633
103.4
103.4
103.4
103.4
103.4
103.4
3.4214
3.4214
3.4214
3.4214
3.4214
3.4214
99.8
99.8
99.8
99.8
99.8
99.8
98.8
1912
140
BULLETIN OF THE BUBEAU OP LABOK STATISTICS.
I I . — AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OP
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
House-furnishing goods.
Year or month.
Furniture: b e d
room sets, iron Furniture: chairs,
bedstead, hard bedroom, maple.
wood dresser,and
washstand.
Furniture: chairs,
kitchen.
Furniture: tables,
kitchen.
Average Relative Average Relative Average
Average
per price. price per price. price per
price per Relative
price. price
dozen.
dozen.
set.
dozen.
Relative
price.
Average, 1890-1899..
i $10.555
ilOO.O
$6,195
100.0
$3.8255
100.0
$14,435
100.0
1S00..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1894........... .............
112.000
112.000
112.000
111.000
U1.000
1113.7
1113.7
1113.7
1104.2
1104.2
7.000
7.000
6.850
6.850
6.000
113.0
113.0
110.6
110.6
96.9
4.2000
4.2000
4.2500
4.2500
3.5000
109.8
109.8
111.1
111.1
91.5
15.000
15.000
15.000
15.000
14.250
103.9
103.9
103.9
103.9
98.7
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897........ ................
1898..........................
1899..........................
19.950
i 8.750
i 8. 750
110.000
110.100
194.3
182.9
182.9
194.7
195.7
6.000
6.000
5.000
5.125
6.125
96.9
96.9
80.7
82.7
98.9
3.5000
3.5000
3.5000
3.3130
4.0420
91.5
91.5
91.5
86.6
105.7
14.250
13.800
13.800
13.800
14.450
98.7
95.6
95.6
95.6
100.0
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
111.250
111.250
111.750
112.167
112.250
1106.6
1106.6
i 111.3
1115.3
Ui6.1
8.000
7.000
7.333
7.917
8.000
129.1
113.0
118.4
127.8
129.1
5.2080
4.7500
4.9167
5.0000
4.7708
136.1
124.2
128.5
130.7
124.7
15.600
15.600
15.600
15.600
15.600
108.1
108.1
108.1
108.1
108.1
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
112.354
112.958
114.500
11.000
10.875
1117.0
i 122.8
i 137.4
2 134.3
2 132.8
8.000
8.917
10.000
9.417
9.000
129.1
143.9
161.4
152.0
145.3
4.7500
5.1250
5.7917
6.0000
5.5833
124.2
134.0
151.4
156.8
145.9
15.600
16.500
18.000
18.000
18.000
108.1
114.3
124.7
124.7
124.7
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
11.875
13.750
15.250
2 145.0
2 167.9
2 186.2
9.000
9.000
9.500
145.3
145.3
153.3
5.5000
5.7500
6.0000
143.8
150.3
156.8
20.000
21.000
22.800
138.6
145.5
157.9
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
15.250
15.250
15.250
15.250
15.250
15.250
2 186.2
2 186.2
2 186.2
2 186.2
2186.2
2 186.2
9.500
9.500
9.500
9.500
9.500
9.500
153.3
153.3
153.3
153.3
153.3
153.3
6.0000
6.0000
6.0000
6.0000
6.0000
6.0000
156.8
156.8
156.8
156.8
156.8
156.8
22.800
22.800
22.800
22.800
22.800
22.800
157.9
157.9
157.9
157.9
157.9
157.9
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October....................
November...............
December................
15.250
15.250
15.250
15.250
15.250
15.250
2 186.2
2 186.2
2 186.2
2 186.2
2 186.2
2 186.2
9.500
9.500
9.500
9.500
9.500
9.500
153.3
153.3
153.3
153.3
153.3
153.3
6.0000
6.0000
6.0000
6.0000
6.0000
6.0000
156.8
156.8
156.8
156.8
156.8
156.8
22.800
22.800
22.800
22.800
22.800
22.800
157.9
157.9
157.9
157.9
157.9
157.9
1912
1 Furniture: bedroom sets, ash.
2 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1907, $11.25.
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
ERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATE
:s, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AI
CJARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRI(
9)—Continued.
discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed descr
see Table 1.1
House-furnishing goods.
Glassware:
nappies, 4-inch.
Glassware:
pitchers, ^-gallon,
common.
Glassware:
tumblers, £-pint,
common.
Average Relative Average
Relative price
per price. price per
price.
dozen.
dozen.
ge
>er
100.0
$1,175
100.0
$0.1775
80
107.1
107.1
107.1
107.1
107.1
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.250
1.250
106.4
106.4
106.4
106.4
106.4
.1800
.2000
.1900
.1900
.1900
,80
,80
,80
,95
,80
107.1
89.3
89.3
89.3
89.3
1.250
1.250
1.000
1.000
1.000
108.4
106.4
85.1
85.1
85.1
.1850
. 1800
.1700
.1600
.1300
,80
,80
,75
,75
,75
89.3
125.0
125.0
125.0
125.0
1.000
1.300
1.300
1.300
1.150
85.1
110.6
110.6
110.6
97.9
.1800
.1800
.1850
. 1767
.1600
,75
,75
,75
,75
,75
125.0
125.0
125.0
108.9
104.5
1.050
1.050
1.050
.963
.996
89.4
89.4
89.4
82.0
84.8
.1500
.1500
.1500
.1325
.1342
,75
,75
,80
,75
,75
100.9
98.2
98.2
.942
.800
.800
80.2
68.1
68.1
.1200
.1100
.1100
,75
,75
,75
98.2
98.2
98.2
98.2
98.2
98.2
.800
.800
.800
.800
.800
68.1
68.1
68.1
68.1
68.1
68.1
.1100
.1100
,75
.75
,75
,75
,75
,75
.800
.800
.800
.800
.800
.800
68.1
68.1
68.1
68.1
68.1
68.1
.1100
.1100
.1100
.1100
.1100
.1100
.1100
.1100
.1100
.1100
,75
,75
,75
,75
,75
,75
142
BULLETIN OP THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
House*furnishing goods.
Year or month.
Table cutlery:
knives and forks,
cocobolo handles.
W oodenware:
pails, oak-grained.
Miscellaneous.
Woodenware:
tubs, oak-grained.
Cottonseed meal.
Average
Average
Average
Average
price per Relative
price per Relative
price per Relative
price per Relative
price.
price.
price.
ton
of 2,000 price.
dozen.
nest of 3.
gross.
pounds.
Average, 1320-1899..
$8.0600
100.0
$1.2383
100.0
$1.3471
100.0
$21.9825
100.0
1830..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
7.7500
7.7500
6.8500
5.5000
5.5000
127.9
127.9
113.0
90.8
90.8
1.5917
1.4500
1.3500
1.3125
1.2583
122.6
111.6
103.9
101.1
96.9
1.6500
1.5667
1.4000
1.3083
1.2875
122.5
116.3
103.9
97.1
95.6
23.3750
25.2083
23.6958
25.7042
22.5583
100.4
114.8
107.9
117.0
102.7
1895..........................
1890..........................
1897..........................
1899..........................
5.5000
5.5000
5.00C0
5.5000
5.7500
90.8
90. S
82.5
90.8
94.9
1.1208
1.2625
1.2417
1.1333
1.2667
86.3
97.2
95.6
87.3
97.5
1.2500
1.2500
1.2500
1.2500
1.2583
92.8
92.8
92.8
92.8
93.4
18.9125
19.9375
20.4375
19.0000
20.7958
86.1
90.8
93.1
86.5
94.7
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
5.7500
6.5000
6.5000
6.5000
6.6667
94.9
107.3
107.3
107.3
110.0
1.4917
1.5500
1.5500
1.5875
1.7000
114.9
119.3
119.3
122.2
130.9
1.4417
1.4500
1.4500
1.4500
1.4500
107.0
107.6
107.6
107.6
107.6
25.5458
25.0203
27.1333
26.70&3
26.2000
116.3
113.9
123.5
121.6
119.3
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
6.6875
6.0500
6.4833
5.4167
5.0000
110.4
99.8
107.0
89.4
82.5
1.7000
1.7000
1.9708
2.1000
1.9167
130.9
130.9
151.7
161.7
147.6
1.4500
1.4500
1.6000
1.6500
1.6500
107.6
107.6
118.8
122.5
122.5
26.3583
30.3917
28.7042
29.3917
32.0373
120.0
138.4
130.7
133.8
145.9
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
5.0000
5.0000
5.2917
82.5
82.5
87.3
1.9000
1.7500
1.7500
146.3
134.7
134.7
1.6125
1.6500
1.6000
119.7
122.5
118.8
33.5625
29.7667
31.4625
152.8
135.5
143.3
January...................
February.................
March......................
April........................
May.........................
June........................
5.0000
5.0000
5.2500
5.2500
5.2500
5.2500
82.5
82.5
86.6
86.6
86.6
S6.6
1.7500
1.7500
1.7500
1.7500
1.7500
1.7500
134.7
134.7
134.7
134.7
134.7
134.7
1.6000
1.6000
1.6000
1.6000
1.6000
1.6000
118.8
118.8
118.8
118.8
118.8
118.8
29.8500
30.6000
32.6000
32.6000
33.0000
33.0000
135.9
139.3
148.4
148.4
150.3
150.3
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
5.2500
5.2500
5.2500
5.2500
5.7500
5.7500
86.6
86.6
86.6
86.6
94.9
94.9
1.7500
1.7500
1.7500
1.7500
1.7500
1.7500
134.7
134.7
134.7
134.7
134.7
134.7
1.6000
1.6000
1.6000
1.6000
1.6000
1.6000
118.8
118.8
118.8
118.8
118.8
118.8
33.0000
33.0000
29.6000
29.6000
30.1000
30.6000
150.3
150.3
134.8
134.8
137.1
139.3
1913
143
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
JX —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
T a b le
[Fcr explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Miscellaneous.
Year or month.
Cottonseed oil:
summer yellow,
prime.
Jute: raw,
M-double triangle.
Malt: western
made.
Paper: news.
Average
Average Relative Average
Average
price per Relative
per price.
price per
price per Relative
price. price
price.
pound.
bushel.
pound.
pound.
Relative
price.
Average, 1880-1899..
1 §0.3044
100.0
2 §0.0359
2100.0
$0.7029
100.0
$0.0299
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
1.3446
1.3567
1.3088
1.4550
1.3238
113.2
117.2
101.4
149.5
106.4
2,0388
2.0371
2.0475
2.0346
2.0345
2 108.1
2 103.3
2 132.3
2 96.4
2 96.1
.7500
.9271
.8015
.7750
.7446
106.7
131.9
114.0
110.3
105.9
.0382
.0340
.0340
.0318
.0323
127.8
113.7
113.7
106.4
108.0
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
1.2721
1.2513
1.2365
1.2288
i. 2663
89.4
82.6
77.7
75.2
87.5
2.0279
2.0319
2.0373
2.0332
2.0365
2 77.7
2 88.9
2 103.9
2 92.5
2 101.7
.6854
.5629
.5438
.6163
.6221
97.5
80.1
77.4
87.7
88.5
.0308
.0275
.0271
.0219
.0209
103.0
92.0
90.6
73.2
69.9
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
1.3556
1.3571
1.4067
1.3977
1.3135
116.8
117.3
133.6
130.7
103.0
2.0435
2.0400
2.0438
2.0484
2.0444
2 121.2
2 111.4
2 122.0
2 129.2
2 123.7
.6538
.7450
.7925
.7246
.6758
93.0
106.0
112.7
103.1
96.1
.0281
.0226
.0242
.0253
.0267
94.0
75.6
80.9
84.6
89.3
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
1.2696
1.3613
1.4869
1.4090
1.4399
88.6
118.7
160.0
134.4
144.5
.0398
.0539
.0486
.0370
.0318
3 151.0
3 204.5
3 184.4
s 140.4
3 120.7
.6150
.6471
1.0346
.9325
.7867
•87.5
92.1
147.2
132.7
111.9
.0242
.0219
.0249
.0248
.0205
80.9
73.2
83.3
82.9
68.6
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
1.5969
1.4857
.0619
196.1
153.0
4 151.3
.0344
.0467
.0513
3 130.6
8 177.3
3 194.8
.8S67
1.2829
1.1117
126.1
182.5
158.2
.0206
.0212
.0216
68.9
70.9
72.2
Januars^...................
February.................
March......................
April............
May.........................
June........................
.0525
.0550
.0550
.0588
.0740
.0675
4 128.3
4 134.4
4 134.4
4 143.6
4 180.9
4 165.0
.0450
.0480
.0550
.0530
.0500
•0450
3 170.8
3 182.2
3 208.8
3 201.2
3 189.8
3 170.8
1.4300
1.3900
1.4000
1.4250
1.3900
1.3300
203.4
197.8
199.2
202.7
197.8
189.2
.0200
.0200
.0200
.0200
.0220
.0225
66.9
66.9
66.9
66.9
73.6
75.3
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.0675
.0640
.0638
.0650
.0575
.0625
4 165.0
4 156.4
4 155.8
4 158.9
4 140.5
4152.8
,0430
.0500
.0530
.0550
.0600
.0580
3 163.3
3 189.8
3 201.2
3 208.8
3 227.8
3220.2
1.1750
.8900
.7450
.7250
.7250
.7150
167.2
126.6
106.0
103.1
103.1
101.7
.0225
.0225
.0225
.0225
.0225
.0225
75.3
75.3
75.3
75.3
75.3
75.3
1913
1 Price per gallon.
2 Jute: raw.
* For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1904, $0.0326.
4 For method of computing relative price, see p. 39; average price for 1911, $0.0628.
144
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
T able I I . —AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OP
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Continued.
{For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the articles,
see Table I.]
Miscellaneous.
Year or month.
Paper: wrapping,
manila.
Rope: manila,
base sizes.
Proof spirits.
Rubber: Para
Island.
Average
Average
Average Relative Average
price per Relative
per price. price per
price per Relative
price.
price. price
gallon.
pound.
pound.
pound.
Relative
price.
Average, 1830-1899..
$0.0353
100.0
$1.1439
100.0
i $0.0934
1100.0
$0.8007
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894 ........................
.0575
.0575
.0558
.0579
.0584
104.0
104.0
100.9
104.7
105.6
1.0533
1.1052
1.0757
1.0713
1.1326
91.6
96.1
93.5
93.2
98.5
1.1494
1.1038
i . 1148
1.0919
1.0770
1 160.0
i 111. 1
i 122.9
198.4
i 82.4
.8379
.7908
.6763
.7167
.6744
104.6
98.8
84.5
89.5
84.2
1895..........................
1896..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
.0586
.0588
.0588
.0459
.0438
106.0
106.3
106.3
83.0
79.2
1.2109
1.2031
1.1830
1.2220
1.2421
105.3
104.6
102.9
106.3
108.0
1.0735
1.0664
1.0631
1.0842
1.1094
i 78.7
171.1
167.6
190.1
1117.1
.7425
.8000
.8454
.9271
.9954
92.7
99.9
105.6
115.8
124.3
1900..........................
1901..........................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
.0480
.0502
.0497
.0526
.0530
86.8
90.8
$9.9
95.1
95.8
1.2460
1.2861
1.3138
1.2809
1.2G92
108.4
111.8
114.3
111.4
110.4
1.1320
1.1092
1.1348
2.1146
2.1171
i 141.3
i 116.9
i 144.3
2 122.7
2 125.4
.9817
.8496
.7273
.9054
1.0875
122.6
106.1
90.8
113.1
135.8
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909..........................
.0525
.0500
.0506
. 0500
. 0475
94.9
90.4
91.5
80.4
85.9
1.2616
1.2879
1.3133
1.3565
1.3575
109.7
112.0
114.2
118.0
118.1
2.1195
2.1252
2.1290
.1015
.0841
2"134.0
2 138.1
2 127.9
108.7
90.0
1.2425
1.2131
1.0633
.8708
1.4810
155.2
151.5
132.8
108.8
185.0
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
. 0475
.0483
.048S
85.9
87.3
88.2
1.3248
1.3379
1.3600
115.2
116.3
118.3
.0879
.0871
.1008
94.1
93.3
107.9
1.9075
1.1104
1.0517
238.2
138.7
131.3
January...................
February.................
March......................
April.......................
May.........................
June........................
.0488
.0488
.0488
.0488
.0488
.0488
88.2
88.2
88.2
88.2
88.2
88.2
1.3600
1.3600
1.3600
1.3600
1.3600
1.3600
118.3
118.3
118.3
118.8
118.3
118.3
.0S3S
.0838
.0863
.0863
.0863
.0863
89.7
89.7
92.4
92.4
92.4
92.4
.9750
1.0600
1.0850
1.1450
1.1000
1.0450
121.8
132.4
135.5
143.0
137.4
1^0.5
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.0488
.0488
.0488
.0488
.0488
.0488
88.2
88.2
88.2
88.2
88.2
88.2
1.3600
1.3600
1.3600
1.3600
1.3600
1.3600
118.3
118.3
118.3
118.3
118.3
118.3
.0913
.1000
.1200
.1200
.1325
.1325
97.8
107.1
128.5
128.5
141.9
141.9
1.0100
1.0450
1.1350
1.0650
.9750
.9800
126.1
130.5
141.8
133.0
121.8
122.4
1913
1 Three-eighths inch.
2 Seven-sixteenths inch.
145
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
I I .—AVERAGE YEARLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE PRICES OF
COMMODITIES, 1890 TO 1912; MONTHLY ACTUAL AND RELATIVE
PRICES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1912, AND BASE PRICES (AVERAGE
FOR 1890-1899)—Concluded.
T a b le
[For explanation and discussion of this table, see p. 38. For a more detailed description of the article^
see Table I.]
Miscellaneous.
Year or month.
Soap: castile, mot
tled, pure.
Starch: laundry.
Tobacco: plug.
Tobacco: smoldng,
granulated.
Average Relative Average Relative Average
Average
price per Relative
per price. price per price. price per
price. price
pound.
pound.
pound.
pound.
Relative
price.
Average, 1890-1893..
$0.0569
100.0
$0.0348
100.0
$0.3962
100.0
$0.5090
100.0
1890..........................
1891..........................
1892..........................
1893..........................
1894..........................
.0594
.0621
.0624
. 0615
.0588
104.4
109.1
109.7
108.1
103.3
.0371
.0426
.0373
.0366
.0366
106.6
122.4
107.2
105.2
105.2
.4050
.4008
.3725
.3967
.4000
102.2
101.2
94.0
100.1
101.0
.5000
.5000
.5000
.5000
.5000
98.2
98.2
98.2
98.2
98.2
1895..........................
1890..........................
1897..........................
1898..........................
1899..........................
.0507
.0502
.0531
.0550
.0558
89.1
88.2
93.3
96.7
98.1
.0363
.0310
.0300
.0300
.0300
104,3
89.1
86.2
86.2
86.2
.4000
.3808
.3758
.4133
.4175
101.0
96.1
94.9
104.3
105.4
.5000
.5000
.5000
.5300
.5600
98.2
98.2
98.2
104.1
no.#
1900..........................
1901....'...................
1902..........................
1903..........................
1904..........................
.0613
.0655
.0663
.0658
.0647
107.7
115.1
116.5
115.6
113.7
.0340
.0363
.0454
.0431
.0369
97.7
104.3
130.5
123.9
106.0
.4433
.4658
.4542
.4500
.4700
111.9
117.6
114.6
113.6
118.6
.5600
.5600
.5592
.5700
.5825
110. *
110. §
109. f
112. e
114.4
1905..........................
1906..........................
1907..........................
1908..........................
1909.........................
.0650
• .0650
.0671
.0700
.1042
114.2
114.2
117.9
123.0
183.1
.0329
.0367
.0404
.0433
.0429
94.5
105.5
116.1
124.4
123.3
.4900
.4833
.4700
.4700
.4700
123.7
122.0
118.6
118.6
118.6
.6000
.6000
.6000
.6000
.6000
117. S
117.9
117.9
117.8
117.9
1910..........................
1911..........................
1912..........................
.0975
.0846
.0748
171.4
148.7
131.5
.0390
.0325
.0375
112.1
93.4
107.8
.4700
.4400
.4400
118.6
111.1
111.1
.5850
.6278
.6278
114. §
123.3
123.3
January...................
February.................
March....................
April.......................
May.........................
June........................
.0725
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
127.4
131.8
131.8
131.8
131.8
131.8
.0350
.0350
.0350
.0375
.0375
.0400
100.6
100.6
100.6
107.8
107.8
114.9
.4400
.4400
.4400
.4400
.4400
.4400
111.1
111.1
111.1
111.1
111.1
111.1
.6278
.6278
.6278
.6278
.6278
.6278
123.3
123.3
123.3
123.3
123.3
123.3
July.........................
August....................
September...............
October...................
November...............
December................
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
.0750
131.8
131.8
131.8
131.8
131.8
131.8
.0375
.0375
.0375
.0400
.0400
.0375
107.8
107.8
107.8
114.9
114.9
107.8
.4400
.4400
.4400
.4400
.4400
.4400
111.1
111.1
111.1
111.1
111.1
111.1
.6278
.6278
.6278
.6278
.6278
.6278
123.3
123.3
123.3
123.3
123.3
123.3
1912
86629°—Bull. 114—13----- 10
APPENDIXES
APPENDIX I.—RELATIVE WHOLESALE PRICES, i860 TO
1912.
This series of relative wholesale prices was compiled to form a
continuous series upon the same base from 1860 to the present time.
This period includes the years for which the Senate Finance Com
mittee 1 collected wholesale price data, 1860 to 1890, and the years
for which the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2 has collected wholesale
price data, 1890 to 1912. The base used is the average price for the
ten years, 1890 to 1899. This is the base period used by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics in both its wholesale and retail price compilations.
In this compilation the actual prices as published in the Senate
Finance Committee report of 1893 were used. The relative price of
each article in 1890, as shown in Bulletin 39, was used as the medium
through which to compute the relative price for all the years from
1889 back to 1860.
It was assumed that the prices of the selected articles, as shown in
the Senate Finance Committee report, would have stood at the same
relative price level as the relative price shown for the same articles
in Bulletin 39.
The average price for each article was computed each year from the
number of quotations given for the year. Each average actual price
was reduced to a percentage of the average actual price for 1890.
This percentage was then applied to the established relative price
for 1890 (Bulletin 39, Bureau of Labor), which produces a relative
price for the article upon the basis of the average price for 1890-1899.
For example, the average price of barley per bushel in the Senate
Finance Committee report was 54 cents for 1890, and 66.67 cents for
1889; thus the price in 1889 was 123.46 per cent of the average price
in 1890. The relative price of barley in 1890, as shown in Bulletin 39,
was 111.6 (average price 1890-1899 = 100).3 Therefore, if barley in
1890 stood at 111.6, and the price in 1889 was 123.46 per cent of the
price in 1890, the relative price of barley in 1889 upon the basis of the
average price for 1890-1899 being 100, would be 123.46 per cent of
111.6, or 137.8, as the relative price in 1889.
1 Senate Report No. 1394 (part 2), 2d session 52d Congress, Finance Committee, 1893.
2 Bulletin Nos. 39, 45, 51, 57, 63, 69, 75, 81, 87, 93, and 99.
3 See also p. 93 of this bulletin.
147
148
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
This same process was applied to each of the selected articles for
each year from 1889 to 1860. The number of articles included
varied from year to year from 193 in 1889 to 127 in 1860.
Many of the articles selected from the Senate Finance Committee
report were of the same description as found in Bulletin 39. Where
the same or similar description of article could not be had, one of the
same class was selected. Having computed the relative price for
each article, these relatives were added for each year and the sum
divided by the total number of articles quoted for the year. The
result was the index of all commodities for that year.'
The number of articles varied in different years; hence the divisor
varied. For instance, in the year 1889 quotations were available for
193 articles, and the sum of their relative prices was 21,929.5, which
divided by 193 produced 113.6 as the index of all commodities for that
year. But in 1860 quotations for only 127 articles were found, the
sum of whose relative prices was 7,904.5, which divided by 127 gave
141.0 as the index for 1860. A similar process was used to secure
the index for the various groups by years. For example, in the food
group prices for 38 articles were compiled in the year 1889, and the
sum of their relative prices was 4,398.4, which divided by 38 equals
115.7 as the index for the food group that year. Again, in 1864, only
29 of the articles in this group showed quotations, with a total of the
relative prices of 7,092.3, which being divided by 29 produced 244.6
as the index of wholesale prices of food for that year. This explana
tion applies to all the groups.
The following table shows, as explained above, the relative.prices
of commodities by groups from 1860 to 1912. The number in small
type to the left of each relative price indicates the number of articles
included in the group for that year.
149
WHOLESALE BRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
RELATIVE PEICES OF COMMODITIES, 1860 TO 1912, BY GROUPS OF COMMODITIES.
[Average prices, 1890 to 1899=100.0. The small figures in each column represent the number of commodi
ties upon which the relative price for each specified group is based.]
Year.
Farm
prod
ucts.
Food,
etc.
Metals Lumber
Drugs House
Fuel
and
Cloths
and
and. furnish Miscel
and
and
imple building
ing
laneous.
mate* chemi
clothing. lighting. ments.
cals.
goods.
rials.
160.2 20 98.1
16 155.9 22 114.8
16 173.8 20 156.4
16 216.7 21 192.5
16 347.3 22 264.7
8 252.8
8 269.3
8 325.0
8 352.8
8 427.0
202.3
209.0
9 160.8
12 259.6
io 341.1
5
5
5
5
5
124.9
120.9
146.9
198.6
269.9
127
130
128
129
128
141.0
137.7
163.1
224.7
317.5
22
24
26
29
33
377.8 8 296.5 17 314.9 22 222.5
326.3 8 290.0 is 279.9 22 205.4
253.3 7 239.2 is 259.0 22 192.5
2185.1
210.2 7 228.8 18 237.8 2
219.6 8 227.3 20 237.1 22 183.3
8 435.0
8 409.1
8 341.1
8 316.1
8 325.3
i i 338.2
9 240.9
9 219.2
12 274.5
is 239.2
5
5
5
5
5
259.3
219.3
214.3
214.9
198.8
135
138
141
146
154
292.3
260.3
233.0
227.5
221.6
35
40
43
43
45
200.9
191.9
203.2
193.4
175.7
io
io
214.1
175.4
180 .4
12 197.9
i i 196.1
5
5
5
5
5
197.2
178.2
175.5
153.8
151.3
156
161
162
162
164
197.6
183.3
190.0
189.0
180.4
1860.
1861.
1862.
1863.
1864.
117.1
93.1
132.9
231.1
328.1
32 124.1 18 140.9 7 129.6
33 112.2 18 134.1 7 127.2
33 133.5 19 180.3 7 128.9
30 167.8 20 296.8 6 173.3
29 244.6 20 431.6 7 247.3
1865.
1866.
1867.
1868.
1869.
239.8
187.4
204.0
232.9
204.7
31 238.5
33 230.8
35 216.6
34 226.4
34 215.7
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
167.8
157.3
147.3
147.3
171.1
35 196.2
37 169.6
36 168.0
36 169.7
37 170.7
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879'.
170.9
134.7
134.4
115.0
114.9
38 159.4 46 162.9
38 149.2 46 147.9
38 145.4 45 139.9
37 123.3 46 128.9
38 114.0 48 125.0
1880.
1881.
1882.
1883.
1884.
133.8
151.0
158.8
133.3
131.0
38 130.0 53 144.2 8 142.4
38 135.8 53 137.2 8 144.7
38 144.4 54 136.3 8 143.8
38 139.4 53 130.7 8 134.3
38 125.6 54 121.9 8 114.8
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
114.7
111.7
125.6
111.5
16
8 204.3 20 205.3 22 154.3 8 297.7
8 199.5 20 200.3 22 155.9 8 269.4
8 185.9 is 233.5 23 166.1 8 273.9
8 192.1 16 230.6 23 169.6 8 288.6
8 191.2 16 201.6 23 154.5 8 282.6
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
183.1 18 191.7
165.5 19 189.1
136.6 28 170.5
134.4 28 154.1
121.3 29 150.5
102.5
98.3
103.9
106.3
105.6
13 175.9
12 157.8
12 151.6
13 141.5
14 134.2
5
5
5
4
5
150.4
145.3
142.6
124.3
123.3
170
170
178
178
185
168.9
156.6
152.8
138.0
132.4
275.6
251.3
239.0
206.9
178.3
13 140.4
13 129.3
13 129.5
13 125.6
13 121.7
5
6
6
6
6
135.4
137.5
138.7
140.0
119.9
190
191
192
190
192
147.5
143.2
145.5
137.6
125.3
29
29
29
29
29
116.8
115.0
115.8
117.4
112. 7
25
25
25
25
25
114.4
117.5
112.2
113. 0
113.0
8
8
8
8
8
140.6
125.9
125.6
118.7
115.7
14 119.1
14 115.4
14 115.0
14 113.6
14 112.5
6
6
6
6
6
114.5
102.4
101.3
107.4
115.7
193
191
193
192
193
115.8
113.5
114.4
117.9
113.6
70
70
72
73
73
113.5
111.3
109.0
107.2
96.1
104.7
3 102.7
3 101.1
3 100.0
92.4
37 119.2
37 111.7
37 106.0
37 1 0 0 .7
33 90.7
1895.
1896.
1897.
1898.
1899.
93.3
78.3
85.2
96.1
100.0
54
54
54
54
54
75
75
76
76
76
92.7
91.3
91.1
93.4
96.7
98.1
3 104.3
96.4
95.4
3 105.0
38
39
39
39
38
1900.
1901.
1902.
1903.
1904.
109.5
116.9
130.5
118.8
126.2
54 104.2
54 105.9
54 111.3
54 107. 1
53 107.2
76
76
76
76
76
106.8
101.0
102.0
106.6
109.8
3 120.9
3 119.5
3 134.3
3 149.3
3 132.6
1905.
1906.
1907.
1908.
1909.
124.2
123.6
137.1
20 133.1
20 153.1
53 108.7 76 112.0
53 112. 6 75 120.0
53 117.8 75 126.7
57 120.6 66 116.9
57 124.7 65 119.6
1910.
1911.
1912.
>164.6 57 128.7
20 162.0 57 131.3
20 171.3 55 139.5
8 258.6
8 248.8
8 323.4
8 307.0
8
8
8
8
8
110.0 53 112.4
121.5 53 115.7
111.7 53 103.6
65
65
65
141.5
136.4
126.9
114.4
115.9
124.6
122.4
126.5
118.6
116.0
1890.
1891.
1892.
1893.
1894.
98.3
23
23
23
23
24
25
25
25
25
25
115.1
115.1
116.2
116.5
114.3
94.4
12
172.6
156.0
158.3
148.0
128.0
54
53
54
53
54
94.6
83.8
87.7
io
io
29
29
29
29
29
120.6 38 111.9
37 108.6
33 114. 8
38 126.5
38 115.7
107.9 54 1 1 0 . 2
95.9 54 99.8
All
com
modi
ties.
26 1 1 1 .0
26 108.4
26 1 0 2 .8
26 101. 9
26 96.3
9 1 1 0 .2 14 111.1
9 103.6 14 110.2
9 102.9 14 106.5
9 1 0 0 .5 14 104.9
14 100.1
13
13
13
13
13
110.3
109.4
106.2
105.9
99.8
251
251
253
255
256
112.9
111.7
106.1
105.6
96.1
8 6 .6
86.4
114.7
27
27
27
27
27
94.1
93.4
90.4
95.8
105.8
9 87.9 14 96.5
9 92.6 14 94.0
9 94.4 14 89.8
9 106.6 14 92.0
9 111.3 14 95.1
13
13
13
13
13
94.5
91.4
92.1
92.4
97.7
259
260
261
261
260
93.6
90.4
89.7
93.4
101.7
38
38
38
38
38
120.5
111.9
117.2
117.6
109.6
27
27
27
27
27
115. 7 9 115.7 14 106.1
116.7 9 115.2 14 110.9
118.8 9 114.2 14 112.2
121.4 9 112.6 14 113.0
122.7 9 110.0 14 111.7
13
13
13
13
13
109.8
107.4
114.1
113.6
111.7
260
2€0
260
260
259
110.5
108.5
112.9
113.6
113.0
128.8
3 131.9
3 135.0
130.8
3 129.3
38
38
38
38
38
122.5
135.2
143.4
125.4
124.8
27
27
27
28
28
127.7
140. 1
146.9
133.1
138.4
14 109.1
14 1 1 1 .0
14 118.5
14 114.0
14 111.7
13
13
13
13
13
112.8 ! 259
121.1 258
127.1 258
119.9 258
125.9 257
115.9
122.5
129.5
122.8
126.5
123.7 3 125.4
119.6 3 122.4
120.7 13 133.9
38
38
38
128.5
119.4
126.1
28
28
28
153.2 9 117.0 w 111.6
151.4 9 120.3 14 111. 1
148.2 9 122.9 14 113.7
13
13
13
133.1
131.2
133.2
131.6
129.2
133.6
92.0
93.7
9
9
9
9
9
109.1
101.2
109.6
110.4
112.4
257
257
255
150
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
The following table shows the per cent of increase or decrease in
1912 as compared with the price for each year from 1860 to 1911:
PER CENT OF INCREASE OR DECREASE IN WHOLESALE PRICES: AVERAGE FOR
1912 COMPARED WITH AVERAGE FOR EACH OF THE PRECEDING 52 YEARS, BY
GROUPS OF COMMODITIES.
Price in 1912-
Higher than in 1860.
Lower than in I860..
Higher than in 1861.
Lower than in 1861..
Higher than in 1862.
Lower than in
_
Higher than in 1863.
Lower than in 1863..
Higher than in 1864.
Lower than in 1864..
Higher than in 1S55.
Lower than in 18G5..
Higher than in 1866.
Lower than in 1866..
Highpr than in 1867 „
Lower than in 1867..
Higher than in 1868.
Lower than in 186S..
Higher than in 1869.
Lower than in 1869..
Higher than in 1870.
Lower than in 1870
Higher than in 1871.
Lower than in 1871..
Higher than in 1872.
Lower than in 1872..
Higher than in 1873.
Lower than in 1873
Higher than in 1874.
Lower than in 1874
Higher than in 1875.
Lower than in 1875..
Higher than in 1876.
Lower than in 1876..
Higher than in 1577.
Lower than in 1877..
Higher than in 1878.
Lower than in 1878
Higher than in 1879.
Lower than in 1879
Higher than in 1880.
Lower than in 1880
Higher than in 1881.
Lower than in 1S81
Higher than in 1882.
Lower than in 1882..
Higher than in 18-83.
Lower than in 1883
Higher than in 1884.
Lower than in 1884
Higher than in 1885.
Lower than in 1885
Higher than in 1880.
Lower than in 1886
Higher than in 1887.
Lower than in 1887..
Farm
prod
ucts.
Food,
etc.
Cloths
and
cloth
ing.
Fuel
and
light
ing.
Metals
and
imple
ments.
Per
cent.
Per
cent.
Per
cent.
Per
cent.
Per
cent.
46.3
12.4
14.3
84.0
24.3
28.9
4.5
25.9
16.9
59.3
47.8
43.0
28.6
8.6
3.3
5.3
Lum
HouseAU
ber and Drugs
and furnish Miscel com
build chemi
modi
ing
laneous.
ing ma cals. goods.
ties.
terials.
21.3
Per
cent.
51.1
29.1
Per
cent.
51.4
Per
cent.
43.8
Per
cent.
6.6
Per
cent.
5.2
10.2
54.4
45.6
27.4
5.2
62.2
29.3
9.3
18.1
22.7
41.8
23.0
65.2
56.2
32.9
40.5
72.0
45.9
G3.7
44.0
71.2
66.7
50.6
57.9
41.5
68.1
71.7
66.4
48.6
54.3
03.0
27.8
70.0
52.8
39.3
48.7
16.0
35. 6
52.4
54.8 i 60.0
I
53.8 j; 55.0
I
44.0 ]1 51.3
33.4
39.6
23.0
64.0
48.1
37.8
42.7
26.5
38.4
42.6
41.5 ,
19.9
61.1
58.6
38.0
41.3
16.3
2.1
8.9
16.3
10.0
33.1
3.9
19.1
47.0
3.0
35.3
45.0
46.8
19.1
52.5
33.0
39.7
28.9
39.9
;
4L1!
34.5
62.2
38.6
4.0
58.8
46.9
32.5
32.4
17.7
37.1
32.9
37.1
4.9
54.4
35.2
25.3
27.1
17.0
40.6
28.0
46.0
10.8
55.1
37.0
24.1
29.7
17.8
37.6
30.3
45.3
12.6
57.4
42.6
13.4
29.3
18.3
31.3
30.0
37.5
56.5
42.0
12.0
26.0
12.5
25.9
26.9 j
34.2
4.1
4.7
52.5
35.4
11.4
20.9
6.5
18.4
19.1 j
33.3
50.6
27.9
8.3
14.7
13.7
2.0
20.1
62.0
25.0
60.0
19.6
6.6
7.2
12.6
49.0
4.1
13.1
49.1
22.4
28.0
7.3
13.4
2.7
16.3
.1
.2
27.2
27.5
7.9
6.4
3.4
16.3
12.0
11.4
.4
10.4
18.2
16.2
6.0 j 27.0
I
7.5 | 19.2
I
6.9
20.4
8.7
16.8
29.5
27.9
18.9
17.2
28.5
30.8
11.1
42.0
24.7
1.0
4.9
30.6
1.5
8.0
49.3
28.5
4.9
36.2
9.7
26.1
53.4
21.5
3.9
23.9
8.9 I
32.1
.3
16.6
14.8
25.0
27.8
29.5
15.3
3.2
9
9.4
55.4
19.0
1.6
51.1
12.1
3.1
6.7
48.6
12.2
4.0
8.2
40.6
9.5
31.1
6.6
4.9
11.1
2.9
6.6
12.6
4.5
16.3
15.4
2.4
1.5
30.1
17.7
2.1
i.i
31.5
16.8
21.1
3.4
.1
7.7
57.1
8.0
151
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 19J2.
PER CENT OF INCREASE OR DECREASE IN WHOLESALE PRICES: AVERAGE FOR
1912 COMPARED WITH AVERAGE FOR EACH OF THE PRECEDING 52 YEARS, BY
GROUPS OF COMMODITIES—Concluded.
Price in 1912—
Higher than .in 1888.
Farm
prod
ucts.
Food,
etc.
Cloths
and
cloth
ing.
Fuel
and
light
ing.
Metals
and
imple
ments.
Per
cent.
Per
cent.
Per
cent.
Per
cent.
Per
cent.
36.4
Higher than in 1889.
I/OW^t* than in 1889,.
Higher than in 1890.
10.3
Lum
HouseAH
ber and Drugs
and furnish Miscel com
build chemi
modi
ing
laneous.
ing ma cals. goods.
ties.
terials.
Per
cent.
31.2
Per
cent.
Per
cent.
26.0
7.4
5.6
26.8
11.9
31.2
6.2
1.1
33.5
11.5
3.6
53.6
20.6
55.7
24.1
6.3
27.9
5.8
30.4
12.9
3.5
0.1
Per
cent.
24.0
Per
cent.
13.3
15.1
17.6
2.3
20.8
18.3
21.8
19.6
Higher than in 1891.
41.0
20.6
8.4
36.7
18.6
3.2
Higher than in 1892.
Lower than in 1892..
Higher than in 1893.
Lower than in 1893..
Higher than in 1894.
Lower than in 1894..
Higher than in 1895.
Lower than in 1895..
Higher than in 1896.
Lower than in 1896
Higher than in 1897.
Lower than in 1897
Higher than in 1898.
Lower than in 1898
Higher than in 1899.
Lower than in 1899
Higher than in 1900.
Lower than in 1900
Higher than in 1901.
Lower than in 1901
Higher than in 1902.
Lower than in 1902
Higher than in 1903.
Lower than in 1903
Higher than in 1904.
Lower than in 1904
Higher than in 1905.
Lower than in 1905
Higher than in 1906.
Lower th^n in 1906
Higher than in 1907.
Lower than in 1907
Higher than in 1908.
Lower than in 1908
Higher than in 1909.
Lower than in 1909
Higher than in 1910.
Lower than in 1910
Higher than in 1911.
Lower than in 1911
53.4
34.7
10.7
32.4
19.0
44.2
19.4
6.8
25.4
25.9
58.8
26.6
12.6
33.9
25.2
45.4
22.3
8.4
25.8
26.5
78.6
39.8
25.6
44.9
39.0
53.9
36.9
13.6
33.5
39.0
83.6
47.5
30.2
36.5
37.1
57.5
39.8
17.8
41.0
42.7
118.8
66.5
32.2
28.4
34.5
58.7
32.7
21.0
45.7
47.8
101.1
59.1
32.5
38.9
45.6
63.9
30.2
26.6
44.6
48.9
78.3
47.8
29.2
40.4
45.9
54.7
15.3
23.6
44.2
43.0
71.3
41.9
24.8
27.5
9.9
40.1
10.4
19.6
36.3
31.4
56.4
33.9
13.0
10.8
4.6
28.1
6.2
7.2
21.3
20.9
46.5
31.7
19.5
12.1
12.7
27.0
6.7
2.5
24.0
23.1
31.3
25.3
18.3
7.6
24.7
7.6
1.3
16.7
18.3
44.2
30.3
13.2
22.1
9.1
.6
17.3
17.6
30.1
9.9
10.3
1.0
7.2
35.7
15.1
20.8
11.7
1.8
19.2
18.2
37.9
28.3
7.8
4.0
2.9
16.1
12.6
4.2
18.1
15.3
.6
1.5
5. S
21.4
2.4
10.0 |
9.1
.9
12.1
4.8 |
3.2
11.1 |
8.8
5.8 !
i
5.6
38.6
23.9
24.9
18.4
28.7
.3
6.7
15.7
4.7
3.3
.8
2.4
12.1
.6
11.3
11.3
11.9
11.9
.9
3.6
1.0
7.1
9.3
4.1
8.4
6.2
1.9
5.6
3.3
5.7
2.4
.9
6.8
9.4
2.1
4.1
.3
1.8
5.0
1.9
2.2
2.3
.lj
1.5
1.5
3.4
......... i..........
APPENDIX II.—WHOLESALE PRICES IN CANADA, 1890
TO 1912.
Wholesale prices in Canada, according to a report issued by tlie
Canadian Department of Labor/ show during 1912 a pronounced
advance above the high general level of 1911. Taking the 287 rep
resentative articles included in the record of the department of
labor, the rise in 1912 over 1911 amounted to 6.5 per cent. In the
terms of the department’s index number, which is based on weekly
or monthly quotations for 272 commodities selected over the entire
field of production and consumption, a level indicated by 127.4 in
1911 had risen to one of 134.4 in 1912, a gain of seven points, the
numbers being percentages of the average prices prevailing during
the decade 1890-1899, the period adopted by the department as the
standard of comparison throughout its investigation. These figures,
according to the statement of the Canadian report, probably minimize
the practical bearing of the increase on cost of living, inasmuch as
they are reached by averaging all the commodities on an equal basis,
whereas some of the most notable advances of the past year were in
foods, fuel, and other articles of great importance in domestic con
sumption. A calculation which assigns to the various groups their
approximate relative weight from this standpoint shows the rise in
1912 to have been well over 9 per cent. In retail prices the advance
was approximately 5.8 per cent.
The report presents the movement of wholesale prices in Canada
from year to year for the past 23 years, i. e., from 1890 to 1912.
Within this period prices have at no time approached the level
of 1911-12, save perhaps in 1907, when, however, the highest
point was still considerably below that of 1911-12. From 1890 to
1897 the movement w^as consistently downward, since when the
tendency has been very rapidly upward, with interruption of a serious
nature only in 1907-8, the whole constituting the movement wiiich
has been the subject of such incessant and general discussion in recent
years as the “ high cost of living.” The past year accordingly appears,
speaking broadly, as a further step in this upward progress. A simple
average of the prices of the articles covered in the Canadian inves
tigation shows the general level to be approximately 46 per cent
i Wholesale Prices, Canada, 1912. Report by R. H. Coats, editor of the Labor Gazette, Dominion of Can
ada, Department of Labor, Ottawa, 1913.
152
153
WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1912.
higher in 1912 than in 1897, while if allowance be made for the greater
importance of certain groups of articles in trade the rise approaches
60 per cent.
The aggregate index numbers commonly used by the [Canadian]
department are calculated by averaging on an equal basis the index
numbers for the several commodities. The effect of this is to give
each article an e<jual importance, whereas from the standpoint of con
sumption their importance varies materially. This objection, how
ever, is overcome in part by the inclusion of several quotations in the
case of the more important commodities and in part by the fact that
several articles are represented indirectly more than once, as, for exam
ple, wheat in quotations for bran, shorts, flour, bread, and soda bis
cuits. There is the additional consideration that “ weighting” is
much less called for in an inquiry covering so many articles as the
present and at a period unaffected by abnormal conditions such as
war, famine, etc. By way, however, of adjusting the group index
numbers approximately to their importance a method based on a
system of weights originally suggested by the British Association for
the Advancement of Science has been worked out in previous years.
WEIGHTS ASSIGNED TO THE VARIOUS GROUPS OF COMMODITIES.
Group.
Grains and fodder................................
Animals and moats.............................
Fish.....................................................
Dairy produce.....................................
Other foods ........................................
Textiles..........
.............................
Hides, leather, boots and shoes...........
Metals and implements:
Metals............................................
Iinplements
Fuel and lighting................................
House furnishings................................
18
10
2J
7h
15'
8
2
8
1
10
2
Weight.
Group.
Weight.
Building materials:
Lumber.........................................
Miscellaneous building materials...
Paints, etc.....................................
Drugs and chemicals...........................
Miscellaneous:
Furs..............................................
Liquors and tobacco.....................
Sundry..........................................
6
2
1
2
1
2
2
Total..........................................
100
The table of weighted and unweighted numbers is shown below:
WEIGHTED AND UNWEIGHTED INDEX NUMBERS, 1890-1912.
Year.
1890
1891
1802
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897,
1898.
1899
1900
1901,
Weighted
number.
112.0
111.3
104.9
103.9
97.2
95.6
90.6
89.9
95.5
99.0
105.8
106.0
Un
weighted
number.
110.3
108.5
102.8
102.5
97.2
95.6
92.5
92.2
96.1
100.1
108.2
107.0
Year.
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
Weighted
nmnber.
Un
weighted
number.
109.6
109.7
110.6
113.8
120.1
129.2
125.1
126.3
128.0
131.1
143.9
An indication of the general extent of the rise in prices during 1912
may be obtained from the fact that of the 287 articles for which
figures were available 180 showed an advance, 52 remained un
changed, and only 55 showed a decline.
154
B U L L E T IN OF T H E BU REA U OF LABOR STATISTICS.
The following three summary tables show in concise form the
results of the investigation of wholesale prices as given in the report
of the Canadian Department of Labor:1
PER CENT OF INCREASE IN PRICES IN 1912 OVER CERTAIN OTHER YEARS, BY GROUPS
OF COMMODITIES.
Compared
with
decade
1890-1899.
Group.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
Dairy products..................................................
Fish....................................................................
Other foods.................................. .....................
Textiles:
Woolens.......................................................
Cottons.........................................................
Silks.............................................................
Flax products........................ .....................
Jutes.............................................................
Oilcloths.......................................................
Hides, tallow, leather, boots, and shoes:
Hides and tallow.........................................
Leather........................................................
Boots and shoes...........................................
Metals and implements:
Metals...........................................................
Implements.................................................
Fuel an4 li^htin^................................................1|
Building materials:
Lumber........................................................
Misoei iansous materials................................
Paints, oils, and glass....................... ........
House furnimm^s...............................................
Druses and ch em ica ls......................................
Miscellaneous:
Furs.............................................................
Liquors and tobacco____ _______________
Sundries
.
....................................
Compared
with the
low year.
Compared
with
1911.
34 7
i 15.1
16.2
70.5
46
43.4
44.6
54.0
50.7
4.7 !
13.7
14.9
i 28.3
17.3
59.5
i 14 1
77.2
36.5
40.6
66.5
43.8
40.1
121.7—1894
46.6—1894 |
;
42.3—1894
17.4
4.7
13.3
i 6.4
• .8
5.5
37.0—1897
12.4—1897
21.2—1898
12.7
66.5
5.4
48.6
14.5
15.5
60.8
i 10.3
35.7
14.2
4.5
83.4—1898
20.6—1898
55.6—1899
17.4—1896
23.8—1899
.7
2.7
1G.S
15.4
3.0
197.3
55.2
4.3
243.7
63.5
i 6.9
269.3—1895
63. f,_ 1890
14.4—1897
17.6
2 1.8
45.7—1897
5.6
1. Grains and fodder...............................................
3.
4
5.
6.
Compared
with
1890.
67.3
60.8
59.0
55.7
26.0
All commodities........................................
2 1.0
34.4-
107.5—1897
95.1—1896
76.5—1897
71.8—1892
46.5—1897
12.7
9.7
16.7
8.4
6 .6
42.2—1902 !
49.0—1898
9.0—1912
48.4—1895
90.5—1898
29.0—1899
1.4
i 4.8
i 1.3
12.3
12.3
11.9
0.0
10.8
3.1
8.4
.2
2 .6
4.0
i Decrease.
INDEX NUMBERS OF COMMODITIES, BY GROUPS, FROM MONTH TO MONTH, 1912.
[Average prices 1890-1899=100.3
Group.
1.
2.
2.
4.
5.
G.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
Jan.! Feb.j Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year.
Grams and fodder............... 168.5*173. 2;175.4 178.5 187.?Animals and meats............. 144 6:150.8 153.5 161.2 169.5
Dairy products................... 176.3186. 6 167.8 159.5 141.0
Fish..................................... 159.4140.6 163.0 163.2 154.0
i
Other foods:
Fruits and vegetables... 149.9158. 2:161.2 164 4 169.6
Miscellaneous................ 118.3ill7.9;ilS. 7 119.2 120.0
Textiles............................... 114 71115.9i 118.9 120.3 119.4
Hides, leather, etc............... 143.8:142. 7 142.1145.4 146.8
Metals and implements:
|
Metals........................... 113. Si112.8 112.8 L13. e 115.4
Implements.................. 104.7;i04 7 104. 7 104. C104.6
Fuel and lighting................ 106.0 107.4 108.0 111. I ill. 6
Building materials:
Lumber........................ 185.0 164.5 165.4 L64.S 185.1
Miscellaneous................ 102. 6 102.9 102.9 103. e 103.8
Paints, oils, and glass... 148.4^46.9 145.9 164.4 147.2
Ilo^se furnishings............... i 12.4112.8 112.8 112.8 112.8
Drugs and chemicals........... 114. 0:1.14. 0 i14 C114 0 *14 0
Miscellaneous:
Furs.............................. 290.6 299.2 286.6 286. f. 266.1
Liqnora and tobacco— 167.7;170. 4 167. 7 167. 7 162.4
Sundries....................... 100. 2 :100.7 lOi.2 i03.1 102.3
189.7 171.9 159.3 158.4 152.8 151.0 144.8
172.9 168.8 162.0 162.4 162 . OiieO. 7162.2
138.2 139.5 144.0 147.8 159.9 173.0 174.0
152.0 143.5 146.7 154.2 j.56.2 164.6 163.7
167.3
160.8
158.9
155.7
138.1 135.1 135.1 119.8 121.8 124 2 128.0 1341
119.2 118.6 118.5 118.1 117.9 117.1 115.7 118.3
119.5 119.7 121.9 121.3 123.0 125.9 126.8 : 120.7
154.0 155.0 154.8 157. 6 158.2 163.5 165.3 152.4
116.1 117.8 117.9 118.8 L23.7 124 2 123.1 117.4
104. 6 104.6 104.8 104 8 u04.8104.8 105.1 104.7
110.2 113.0 Q3.7 112.8 114.6 125.6 125. ( 113.3
166.4 166. S166.9 167.0 167.2 169.5 170.9
104.2 104.4 104.9 105.9 il0.3 109.8 112.9
150.7 152.3 153.0 151. Gi48.9 146.6 146.1
112.8 116.1 116 .1 117.0 118.1 118.1 118. j
114.7 116. t 116.7 116.7 117.6 117.2 117. J
166.5
105.4
148.5
114.5
115.5
266.1 266.1 266.1 266. i J58.0 358.0 358. ( 297.3
162.4 153.4 153.4 151.1 136.1 135.0 135. ( 155.2
101.5 10 1 .9 105.1 107. C 110.5 110 .2 109.: 104.3
All commodities........ 133.1^134. 7 134.8 136.0 136.3 136.6 1341 133.3 132.7 ‘35.0 136.6 136.6 134 4
i The department’s index number for January, 1913, was 136.2, and for February, 135.4
155
W H O LE SA LE PRIC ES, 1890 TO 1912.
INDEX NUMBERS OF COMMODITIES, BY GEOUrs, 1890-1912.
[Average prices 1890-1899=100.0.]
Group.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
Grains and fodder........
Animals and meats......
Dairy products.............
Fish..............................
Other foods...................
Textiles........................
Hides, leather, boots__
Metals and implements:
Metals.......................
Implements..............
Fuel and lighting.........
Building materials:
Lumber.....................
Miscellaneous............
Paints, oils, glass......
House furnishings........
Drugs and chemicals__
Miscellaneous:
Furs..........................
Liquors and tobacco.
Sundries...................
Total......................
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
1892 1893
1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900 1901
116.7
111.2
103.0
103.3
120.3
111.4
100.6
106.7
103.5
105.8
90.6
104.7
102.2
99.8
94.3
98.7
104.6
96.4
95.0
97.3
89.9
99.9i
103.4:
109.0i
106.4:
96.4:
100. C!
113.8
85.2
82.4
90.1
102.6
87.1
96.9
92.9
80.6
90.4
90.1
98.6
86.0
98.0
100.1
125.4 114.4 107.6 102.1 91.1 87.0 87.5
103.8 103.2 102.9 102.6 102.2 101.0 98.5
107.4 106.7 106.6 102.9 97.5 97.0 98.9
85.7
93.1
96.4
87.6 111.9 121.2 110.4
94.3 98.0 100.1 102.2
93.5 98.9 100.8 98.1
90. S
87.4
123.9
104.7
106.2
97.3
121.3
104.2
102.6
86.5
94.9
110.3
98.8
92.2
94.8
101.4
95.2
93.6
98.6
98.8
97.9
92.9
99.6
94.3
95.2
105.0
96.7
95.1
101.4
110.0
93.6
99. 8
109.4
107.3
111.3
102.5
113.2
98.6
103.6
112.8
103.7 104. 6
103.7 98.7
98.6 95.5
101.1 101.3
104.4 103.1
102.8
95.2
96.1
97.9
100.3
97.1
93.9
96.2
97.5
99.8
93.9
87.7
95.5
99.8
96.5
99.7 103.7 123. e 113.5
99.0 99.7 99.4 98.7
106.7 98. S 100.3 93.7
80.5
99.4
9i.3
80.7
98.0
92.6
88.0
m 3.9
s>1.2
111.3 111. 8 147.3 140.9
103. S 102.3 103.3 103.3
103.3 109.5 113.0 110.9
97.2
95.6
92.5
92.2
96.1 100.1 108.2 107.0
1906
1907
1908
103.5 102.7 104.4
117.6 110.4 106.8
109.5 103. 8 98.2
100.2 100.5 100.9
110.5 110.3 104.4
112.0
99.1
117.7
110.4
99.7
102.1
101.2
101.8
108.5 102.8 102.5
i
1902 1903
1904
1905
116.1 106.5
117.9
108.9
116.2
98.1
105.9
115.7
115.5
111.3
107.2
119.5
101.8
110.4
113.6
116.4 118.5;
120.7 130.1
115.1 120.2!
115.7 121.8!
100.7 103.1
114.6 123.4
119.6 128.1
140.2
138.8
131.5
129., 5
112.5
126.1
125.5
102.8 105.5 99.7 108.4
104.7 105.7 106.2 106.1
104.9 111.0 103.0 104.1
128.6
106.0
106.4
122.0
104.6
128.1
109.2
102.2
134.1
106.8
125.3
107.3
106.4
95.8
97.2
107.6
100. c
99. ( 100.2
91
93.3
114.0
111. 8
125.9
110.2
101.5
114.6
106.0
121.9
107.9
99.8
1910
1911
1912
148.3 149.9
129.6 148.6
136.3 133.6
120.5 134.0
110.3 107.6
111.0 108.3
120.0 135.4
140.7
163.6
135.7
145.1
111.3
114.6
135.4
148.4
146.6
136.2
143.6
118.7
119.2
139.6
167.3
160.8
159.0
155.7
126.0
120.7
152.4
134.8
107.1
108.8
106.3
104.2
102.2
101.9
104.5
103.8
97.6
104.5
103.0
108.3 117.4
104.5 104.7
100.5 113.3
152.7
104.7
134.3
113.0
106.3
165.2
108.7
139.1
112.7
108. 5
162.6
107.5
135.3
112.8
107.1
154.6
105.7
134.7
110.4
103.9
158.5
109.2
145.5
110.6
109.5
165.4
102.6
154.5
110.4
112.1
145.2 168.1 171.3 217.4
103.7 107.0 107.8 108.1
116.8 115.9 119.1 121.1
229.2
106.1
120.9
239.4 231.8 227.2
125.5 118.0 117.5
123.0 117.6 121.6
234.5
132.9
118.0
252.9 297.3
151.2 155.2
100.3 104.3
Total...................... 109.0 110.5 111.4 113.8
120.0
126.2
124.2
127.4 134.4
Group.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
1890 1891
Grains and fodder........
Animals and meats......
Dairy products.............
Fish..............................
Other foods...................
Textiles........................
Hides, leather, boots__
Metals and implements:
Metals.......................
Implements..............
Fuel and lighting...... ..
Building materials:
Lumber....................
Miscellaneous............
Paints, oils, glass......
House furnishings........
Drugs and'chemical3__
Miscellaneous:
Furs..........................
Liquors and tobacco.
Sundries...................
122.2
106.9
110.2
98.4
101.0
118.2
128.8
107.7
126.3
109.6
105.5
131.3
107.2
122.4
112.7
109.6
120.8
1909
121.2
166.5
105.4
148.6
114.5
115.5
IN DE X.
Page.
Actual price quotations of commodities, 1912, source and market, and yearly average......................42-92
Average and relative prices of commodities, 1890 to 1912, and January to December, 1912............... 93-145
Canada, wholesale prices, 1890 to 1912.............................................................................................. 152-155
Commodities, weights assigned to various groups of..................................................................... 153
Increase or decrease in 1912 prices, per cent of, as compared with certain other years................. 154
Index numbers of commodity groups, by months, 1912............................................................ 154,155
Index numbers, weighted and unweighted, 1890 to 1912............................................................... 153
Cloths and clothing:
Actual price quotations, source and market, and yearly average, 1912..........................................61-72
Average and relative prices, 1890 to 1912, and by months, 1912.................................................108-121
Increase or decrease in 1912, per cent of, as compared with—
prices for each of 52 preceding years.................................................................................... 150,151
prices for each of 22 preceding years........................................................................................
13
prices for 1911.................................................................................................................. 6,30,31,35
Quotations, series of, classified as weekly or monthly, and by markets....................................... 27,28
Relative prices, 1860 to 1912........................................................................................................... 149
Relative prices, 1890 to 1912, and by months, 1912........................................................................
12
Relative prices, 1900 to 1912, by months........................................................................................
18
Commodities, wholesale prices of:
Comparison, by months, January, 1900, to December, 1912.......................................................... 17-22
Comparison, 1912 with each year 1890 to 1911................................................................................ 8-17
Comparison, 1912 with 1911............................................................................................................ 6-8
Explanation of tables.................................................................................................................... 23-41
Increase or decrease in 1912, per cent of, for each group of commodities as compared with—
prices for each of 52 preceding years.................................................................................... 150,151
prices for each of 22 preceding years........................................................................................
13
prices for 1911....................................................................................................................... 6,29-37
Influences affecting prices..............................................................................................................22,23
Quotations, series of, classified as weekly or monthly, and by markets........................................ 27,28
Raw and manufactured, relative prices................. ...............................................................14^17,21,22
Relative prices, 1860 to 1912........................................................................................................ 147-151
Commodities. (See also Prices, wholesale, of specified commodities, 1890 to 1912.)
Drugs and chemicals:
Actual price quotations, source and market, and yearly average, 1912......................................... 86,87
Average and relative prices, 1880 to 1912, and by months, 1912.................................................. 137-139
Increase or decrease in 1912 prices, per cent of, as compared with—
prices for each of 52 preceding years..................................................................................... 150,151
prices for each of 22 preceding years........................................................................................
13
prices for 1911....................................................................................................................... 6,33,37
Quotations, series of, classified as weekly or monthly, and by markets........................................ 27,28
Relative prices, 1860 to 1912...........................................................................................................
149
Relative prices, 1890 to 1912, and by months, 1912........................................................................
12
Relative prices, 1900 to 1912, by months........................................................................................
19
Explanation of tables........................................................................................................................... 23-41
Farm products:
Actual price quotations, source and market, and yearly average, 1912......................................... 42-48
Average and relative prices, 1890 to 1912, and by months, 1912.....................................................93-66
Increase or decrease in 1912 prices, per cent of, as compared with—
prices for each of 52 preceding years..................................................................................... 150,151
prices for each of 22 preceding years........................................................................................
13
prices for 1911....................................................................................................................... 6,29,34
Quotations, series of, classified as weekly or monthly, and by markets........................................ 27,28
Relative prices, 1860 to 1912...........................................................................................................
149
Relative prices, 1890 to 1912, and by months, 1912........................................................................
12
Relative prices, 1900 to 1912, by months........................................................................................
17
Food, etc.:
Actual price quotations, source and market, and yearly average, 1912..........................................48-61
Average and relative prices, 1890 to 1912, and by months, 1912................................................... 97,108
Increase or decrease in 1912 prices, per cent of, as compared with—
prices for each of 52 preceding years..................................................................................... 150,151
prices for each of 22 preceding years........................................................................................
13
prices for 1911................................................................................................................... 6,30,34,35
Quotations, series of, classified as weekly or monthly, and by markets........................................ 27,28
Relative prices, 1860 to 1912................................................................................................ , .........
149
Relative prices, 1890 to 1912, and by months, 1912........................................................................
12
Relative prices, 1900 to 1912, by months........................................................................................
17
Fuel and lighting:
Actual price quotations, source and market, and yearly average, 1912.......................................... 72-74
Average and relative prices, 1890 to 1912, and by months, 1912.................................................. 121-124
Increase or decrease in 1912 prices, per cent of, as compared with—
prices for each of 52 preceding years..................................................................................... 150,151
prices for each of 22 preceding years........................................................................................
13
prices for 1911....................................................................................................................... 6,31,36
Quotations, series of, classified as weekly or monthly, and by markets........................................ 27,28
Relative prices, 1860 to 1912...........................................................................................................
149
Relative prices, 1890 to 1912, and by months, 1912........................................................................
12
Relative prices, 1900 to.1912, by months........................................................................................
18
House-furnishing goods:
Actual price quotations, source and market, and yearly average, 1912.......................................... 88-90
Average and relative prices, 1890 to 1912, and by months, 1912.................................................. 139-142
Increase or decrease in 1912 prices, per cent of, as compared with—
prices for each of 52 preceding years..................................................................................... 150,151
prices for each of 22 preceding years........................................................................................
13
prices for 1911...................................................................................................................... 6,33,37
157
158
IX D E X .
House-furnishing goods—Concluded.
Page.
Quotations, series of, classified as weekly or monthly, and bv markets........................................ 27.23
Relative prices, 1860 to 1912....................................‘ . ........... 1....................................................... 149
Relative prices, 1890 to 1912, and by months, 1912........................................................................
12
Relative prices, 1900 to 1912, by months........................................................... ............................
19
Increase or decrease in 1912 prices, per cent of, for each group of commodities, as compared with—
prices for each of 52 preceding years..................................................................................... 150,151
prices for each of 22 preceding years........................................................................................
13
prices for 1911....................................................................................................................... 6,29-37
Influences affecting prices...................................................................................................... .............. 22,23
Lumber and building materials:
Actual price quotations, source and market, and yearly average, 1912......................................... 81-S6
Average and relative prices, 1890 to 1912, and by months, 1912................... '............................. 131-137
Increase or decrease in 1912 prices, per cent of, as compared with—
prices for each of 52 preceding years................................................................ .................... 150,151
13
prices for each of 22 preceding years........................................................................................
prices for 1911................................................................................................................... 6,32,36,37
Quotations, series of, classified as weekly or monthly, and by markets................................... . 27,28
Relative prices, 1860 to 1912................................... .*...................................................................... 149
Relative prices, 1890 to 1912, and by months, 1912........................................................................
12
Relative prices, 1900 to 1912, by months........................................................................................
18
Manufactured and raw commodities, relative prices.................................................................. 14-17,21,22
Metals and implements:
Actual price quotations, source and market, and yearly average, 1912......................................... 75-81
Average and relative prices, 1890 to 1912, and by months, 1912.................................................. 124r-131
Increase or decrease in 1912 prices, per cent of, as compared with—
prices for each of 52 preceding years..................................................................................... 150,151
prices for each of 22 preceding years........................................................................................
13
prices for 1911....................................................................................................................... 6,32,36
Quotations, series of, classified as weekly or monthly, and by markets........................................27,28
149
Relative prices, 1860 to 1912...........................................................................................................
Relative prices, 1890 to 1912, and by months, 1912........................................................................
12
Relative prices, 1900 to 1912, by months........................................................................................
18
Miscellaneous commodity group:
Actual price quotations2source and market, and yearly average, 1912........................................ 90-92
Average and relative prices, 1890 to 1912, and by months, 1912..................................................142-145
Increase or decrease in 1912 prices, per cent of, as compared with—
prices for each of 52 preceding years.....................................................................................150,151
prices for each of 22 preceding years........................................................................................
13
prices for 1911....................................................................................................................... 6, 33,37
Quotations, series of, classified as weekly or monthly, and by markets........................................27,28
Relative prices, 1880 to 1912.....................................*...................................................................... 149
12
Relative prices, 1890 to 1912, and by months, 1912........................................................................
Relative prices, 1900 to 1912, by months........................................................................................
19
Prices, wholesale, of specified commodities, 1890 to 1912:
Acid, muriatic.............................................................................................................................. 87,138
Acid, sulphuric............................................................................................................................. 87,139
Alcohol, grain and wood...............................................................................................................86,137
Alum............................................................................................................................................ 86,137
Anthracite and bituminous coal....................................................................................... 72,73,121-123
Apples, evaporated.......................................................................................................................53,101
Augers.......................................................................................................................................... 75,124
Axes..............................................................................................................................................75,124
Bacon........................................................................................................................................... 55,103
Bags..............................................................................................................................................61,108
Bar iron........................................................................................................................................ 75,124
Barb wire..................................................................................................................................... 75,125
Barley............................................................................................................................................ 42,93
Beans............................................................................................................................................. 48,97
Beef, fresh..........................................................................................................................55,56,103,104
Beef, salt.......................................................................................................................................56,104
Bicarbonate of soda...................................................................................................................... 59,106
Bituminous and anthracite coal........................................................................................ 72,73,121-123
Blankets............................................................................................................................ 61,62,108,109
Blankets, horse.............................................................................................................................65,113
Boots and shoes, men’s and womens.......................................................................................... 62,109
Bread, crackers.............................................................................................................................. 48,97
Bread, loaf......................................................................................................................................49,97
Brick............................................................................................................................................ 81,131
Brimstone.....................................................................................................................................86,138
Broadcloths................................................................................................................................. 62,110
Buckwheat flour...........................................................................................................................52,100
Butter........................................................................................................................................ 49,50,98
Butts........................ ................................................................................................................... 75,125
Cabbage........................................................................................................................................ 60,107
Calico............................................................................................................................................ 63,110
Candles......................................................................................................................................... 72,121
Canned goods (corn, peas, and tomatoes)................................................................................. 50,98,99
Carbonate of lead..........................................................................................................................81,132
Carpets......................................................................................................................................... 63,110
Carvers, knives, and forks..................................................................................................... 89,141,142
Cattle, steers...................................................................................................^............................. 42,93
Cement, Portland and Rosendaie................................................................................................ 81.132
Chairs and tables..................................................................................................................... 83,89,140
Cheese............................................................................................................................................ 51,99
Chisels...........................................................................................................................................76,125
Chrome calf leather...................................................................................................................... 66,114
Coal, anthracite and bituminous....................................................................................... 72.73,121-123
Codfish......................................................................................................................................... 51,100
Coffee..............................................................................................................................................51,99
Coke.............................................................................................................................................. 74,123
IIsTDEX.
159
Prices, wholesale, of specified commodities, 1890 to 1912—Continued.
Page.
Copper (sheet, ingot, and wire)............................................................................................. 76,125,126
Corn, canned..................................................................................................................................50,98
Corn, grain..................................................................................................................................... 43,93
Com meal................................................................................................................................ 54,55,103
Cornstarch.................................................................................................................................... 59,106
Cotton............................................................................................................................................ 43,93
Cotton flannels..............................................................................................................................63,111
Cotton thread............................................................................................................................... 64,111
Cotton yams.................................................................................................................................64. Ill
Cottonseed meal........................................................................................................................... 90,142
Cottonseed oil............................................................................................................................... 90,143
Currants, evaporated....................................................................................................................53,102
Cutlery, table (carvers, knives, and forks)............................................................................89,141,142
Denims.................. ....................................................................................................................... 64,112
Doorknobs................................................................................................................................... 76,126
Doors............................................................................................................................................ 82,132
Drawers and shirts........................................................................................................................70,119
Dress goods, women’s.............................................................................................. 1............ 71,119,120
Drillings........................................................................................................................................64,112
Earthenware (plates, teacups, and saucers).................................................................................88,139
Eggs............................................................................................................................................... 51,99
Files.............................................................................................................................................. 76,126
Fish (cod, herring, mackerel, and salmon)..............................................................................51,52,100
Flannels........................................................................................................................................ 65,112
Flannels, cotton............................................................................................................................63,111
Flaxseed......................................................................................................................................... 43,94
Fleece, wool........................................................................................................................... 72,120,121
Flour, buckwheat, rye, and wheat.................................................................................... 52,53,100,101
Forks and knives, and carvers............................................................................................... 89,141,142
Fruit, evaporated (apples, currants, prunes, and raisins)................................................ 53,54,101,102
Furniture (chairs and tables)................................................................................................. 88,89,140
Ginghams............................................................................................................................... 65,112,113
Glass, plate................................................................................................................................... 84,135
Glass, window......................................................................................................................... 85,88,137
Glassware (nappies, pitchers, and tumblers)............................................................................... 89,141
Glucose......................................................................................................................................... 54,102
Glycerin........................................................................................................................................87,138
Hammers........................................................................................................................................ 126
Hams............................................................................................................................................ 57,104
Harness leather............................................................................................................................ 66,114
Hay................................................................................................................................................ 43,94
Hemlock lumber...........................................................................................................................82,132
Herring......................................................................................................................................... 52,100
Hides..............................................................................................................................................44,94
Hogs...............................................................................................................................................44,94
Hops...............................................................................................................................................44,95
Horse blankets....................................................................................................................... .
65,113
Horses............................................................................................................................................ 45,95
Hosiery, men's and women's................................................................................................... 65,66,113
Iron, bar....................................................................................................................................... 75,124
Iron, pig................................................................................................................................. 78,127,128
Jute...............................................................................................................................................90,143
Knives and forks, and carvers............................................................................................... 89,141,142
Lard............................................................................................................................................ . 54,102
Lead (pig and lead pipe)........................................................................................................ 77,126,127
Leather (chrome calf, sole, and harness)...................................................................................... 6.6,114
Lime............................................................................................................................................. 82,133
Linen shoe thread.........................................................................................................................66,114
Linseed oil.................................................................................................................................... 82,133
Locks............................................................................................................................................ 77,127
Lumber (hemlock, maple, oak, pine, poplar, spruce)...................................................... 82-85,132-136
Mackerel........................................................................................................................................52,100
Malt.............................................................................................................................................. 90,143
Maple lumbor................................................................................................................................82,133
Matches.........................................................................................................................................74,123
Meal, com................................................................................................................................ 54,55,103
Meal, cottonseed........................................................................................................................... 90,142
Meat (bacon, fresh and salt boof, hams, mutton, and pork)............................................. 55-57,103-105
Milk.............................................................................................................................................. 57,105
Molasses........................................................................................................................................58,105
Mules..............................................................................................................................................45,95
Muriatic acid.................................................................................................................................87,138
Mutton, dressed............................................................................................................................57,104
Nails, cut, and wire...................................................................................................................... 77,127
Nappies, pitchers, and tumblers.................................................................................................. 89,141
Oak lumber.............................................................................................................................. 82,83,133
Oats................................................................................................................................................ 45,95
Oilj cottonseed.............................................................................................................................. 90,143
Onions...........................................................................................................................................61,108
Opium..........................................................................................................................................87,138
Overcoatings................................................................................................................................. 67,115
Gxlde of zinc........................................................... ....................................................................83,134
Pails and tubs...............................................................................................................................90,142
Paper, news and wrapping................................................................................................... 91,143,144
Peas, canned................................................................................................................................... 50,99
Pepper.......................................................................................................................................... 59,106
Petroleum, crude and refined................................................................................................. 74,123,124
Pig iron................................................................................................................................... 78,127,128
Pig lead.,................................................................................................................- ....................77,126
Pig tin.......................................................................................................................................... 80,130
Pine lumber............................................................................................................................. 83,84,131
160
INDEX,
Brices, wholesale, of specified commodities, 1890 to 1912—Concluded.
Page.
Pipe, lead...................................................................................................................................... 77,127
Pitchers, nappies, and tumblers...................................................................................................89,141
Planes........................................................................................................................................... 78,128
Plate glass.....................................................................................................................................84,135
Plates, teacups, and saucers......................................................................................................... 88,139
Poplar lumber.............................................................................................................................. 84,135
Pork, salt......................................................................................................................................57,105
Portland and Rosendale cement......................................................................................; ...........81,132
Potatoes, white.............................................................................................................................61,108
Poultry, dressed, fowls................................................................................................................. 58,105
Poultry, live, fowls.........................................................................................................................46,95
Print clotlis...................................................................................................................................67,115
Proof spirits.................................................................................................................................. 91,144
Prunes...........................................................................................................................................54,102
Putty............................................................................................................................................ 84,135
Quicksilver................................................................................................................................... 78,128
Quinine......................................................................................................................................... 87,138
Rails, steel.................................................................................................................................... 80,130
Raisins......................................... ................................................................................................ 54,102
Rice............................. ................. : ............................................................................................. 58,105
Rope............................................................................................................................................. 91,144
Rosendale and Portland cement.................................................................................................. 81,132
Rosin............................................................................................................................................ 84,135
Rubber..................................... . ..................................................................................................91,144
Rye flour...................................................................................................................................... 52,101
Rye, grain...................................................................................................................................... 46,96
Salmon, canned............................................................................................................................ 52,100
Salt................................................................................................................................................ 58,106
Saucers and teacups......................................................................................................................88,139
Saws (crosscut and hand).............................................................................................................79,129
Screws, wood................................................................................................................................ 81,131
Sheep......................................................................................................................................... 46,47,96
Sheetings........................................................................................................................... 67,68,115,116
Shingles........................................................................................................................................ 85,136
Shirtings............................................................................................................................ 68,69,116,117
Shirts and drawers........................................................................................................................70,119
Shovels......................................................................................................................................... 79,129
Silk............................................................................................................................................... 69,117
Silver, bar.....................................................................................................................................79,129
Soap..............................................................................................................................................92,145
Soda, bicarbonate of..................................................................................................................... 59,106
Sole leather................................................................................................................................... 66,114
Spelter.......................................................................................................................................... 79,129
Spices, pepper............................................................................................................................... 59,106
Spruce lumber.............................................................................................................................. 85,136
Starch, com.................................................................................................................................. 59,106
Starch, laundry............................................................................................................................ 92,145
Steel (billets, sheets, and rails)................................................................................................ 79,80,130
Sugar........................................................................................................................................ 59,60,107
Suitings.................................................................................................................................... 69,70,118
Sulphuric acid.............................................................................................................................. 87,139
Table cutlery (carvers, knives, and forks)............................................................................. 89,141,142
Tables and chairs..................................................................................................................... 88,89,140
Tallow...........................................................................................................................................60,107
Tar................................................................................................................................................ 85,136
Tea................................................................................................................................................60,107
Teacups and saucers............................................................................................................... 88,89,140
Thread, cotton.............................................................................................................................. 64,111
Thread, linen shoe........................................................................................................................ 66,114
Tickings........................................................................................................................................70,118
Tin (pig and plate)......................................................................................................................80,130
Tobacco, leaf.................................................................................................................................. 47,96
Tobacco, plug and granulated smoking........................................................................................92,145
Tomatoes, canned...........................................................................................................................50,99
Trouserings...................................................................................................................................70,119
Trowels.........................................................................................................................................80,131
Tubs and pails.............................................................................................................................. 90,142
Tumblers, nappies, and pitchers................................................................................................. 89,141
Turpentine, spirits of................................................................................................................... 85,136
Underwear (shirts and drawers)................................................................................................... 70,119
Vegetables (cabbage, onions, and white potatoes)............................................................ 60,61,107,108
Vinegar............ ! . . ............ ................. ...................................................................................... 61,108
Vises............................................................................................................................................. 80,131
Wheat flour...................................................................................................................................53,101
Wheat, grain.............................................................................................................................. 47,48,96
Window glass........................................................................................................................... 85,86,137
Wire, barbed................................................................................................................................. 75,125
Wire, copper.................................................................................................................................76,126
Wire nails................................................................................................................................ - - - 77,1-7
Women’s dross goods..............................................................................................................71,119,120
Wood screws.................................................................................................................................
Woodenware (pails and tubs)...................................................................................................... 90>142
Wool, fleece.. ..................... ................................................................................................. 72,120,121
Worsted yarns.............................................................................................................................. 72,121
Yarns, cotton................................................................................................................................
Yams, worsted..............................................................................................................................72,121
Zinc, oxide of................................................................................................................................
Zinc, sheet.................................................................................................................................... 81,131
Quotations,, series of, classified as weekly or monthly, and by markets.......................................... - - 27,28
Raw
and manufactured commodities, relative prices................................................................ 14-17,-1,22
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