| COMMODITIES DECREASING IN STOCKS AND INCREASING IN PRICE. (Wholesale Prices) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commodity | Unit of quantity | Quantity | Unit of Price | Price | |||
| June, 1919 | June, 1918 | Percent increase | June 1919 | June 1918 | |||
| Corn | Bushel | 13,260,910 | 27,883,361 | 52.4 | Dollars per bu. | 1.76 - 1.77 | 1.50 - 1.55 |
| Sugar | Pound | 207,622,237 | 217,632,365 | 4.6 | Cents per lb. | 8.82 | 7.30 |
| Cheese (American) | Pound | 10,174,502 | 15,875,236 | 35.9 | Cents per lb. | 31 | 21½ |
| Dry Salt Pork | Pound | 395,940,437 | 488,344,838 | 18.9 | Dollars per bbl. | 58.00 - 58.50 | 48-50 |
| Lard | Pound | 81,275,392 | 106,649,588 | 23.8 | Cents per lb. | 33.80 - 34.30 | 24.15 - 24.25 |
The following data, taken from the Monthly Labor Review of July 1919, give a survey of the retail prices of food in the United States:
| AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES AND PER CENT OF INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE UNITED STATES MAY 15 OF EACH SPECIFIED YEAR COMPARED WITH MAY 15, 1913 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article | Unit | Average retail prices, May 15— | Per cent of increase (+) or decrease (-) May 15 of each specified year compared with May 15, 1913. | ||||||||||||
| 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | |||
| Cts. | Cts. | Cts. | Cts. | Cts. | Cts. | Cts. | |||||||||
| Sirloin steak | Pound | 25.7 | 25.9 | 25.7 | 27.8 | 32.2 | 40.0 | 44.4 | +1 | [16] | +8 | +25 | +56 | +73 | |
| Round steak | do | 22.3 | 23.3 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 29.6 | 38.0 | 41.6 | +4 | +3 | +12 | +33 | +70 | +87 | |
| Rib roast | do | 19.9 | 20.1 | 19.9 | 21.6 | 25.7 | 31.8 | 35.2 | +1 | [16] | +9 | +29 | +60 | +77 | |
| Chuck roast | do | 16.1 | 17.0 | 16.3 | 17.5 | 21.8 | 27.8 | 29.7 | +6 | +1 | +9 | +35 | +73 | +84 | |
| Plate beef | do | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 13.1 | 16.6 | 21.9 | 22.5 | +3 | +2 | +8 | +37 | +81 | +86 | |
| Pork chops | do | 20.9 | 22.2 | 20.9 | 22.9 | 30.6 | 36.7 | 43.0 | +6 | [16] | +10 | +46 | +76 | +106 | |
| Bacon | do | 27.0 | 26.7 | 26.4 | 28.4 | 41.6 | 50.5 | 56.7 | -1 | -2 | +5 | +54 | + 87 | +110 | |
| Ham | do | 26.8 | 26.8 | 25.6 | 31.8 | 38.8 | 45.6 | 54.6 | [16] | -5 | +19 | +45 | + 70 | +104 | |
| Lamb | do | 19.4 | 19.8 | 21.7 | 23.2 | 29.7 | 36.8 | 39.6 | +2 | +12 | +20 | +53 | + 90 | +104 | |
| Hens | do | 22.2 | 22.7 | 21.5 | 24.1 | 29.3 | 37.9 | 43.5 | +2 | -3 | +9 | +32 | +71 | +96 | |
| Salmon, canned | do | 19.8 | 20.0 | 25.7 | 29.6 | 31.9 | |||||||||
| Milk, fresh | quart | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 10.5 | 13.2 | 14.9 | +1 | -1 | [16] | +19 | 50 | +69 | |
| Milk, evaporated (unsweetened) | [12] | 15.1 | |||||||||||||
| Butter | Pound | 35.9 | 32.7 | 34.7 | 37.0 | 46.5 | 51.0 | 67.9 | 9 | 3 | +3 | +30 | +42 | +89 | |
| Oleomargarine | do | 40.4 | |||||||||||||
| Nut margarine | do | 35.3 | |||||||||||||
| Cheese | do | 23.5 | 24.8 | 33.8 | 33.4 | 42.2 | |||||||||
| Lard | do | 15.8 | 15.6 | 15.1 | 20.1 | 27.8 | 32.9 | 38.8 | -1 | 4 | +27 | +76 | +108 | +146 | |
| Crisco | do | 33.9 | |||||||||||||
| Eggs, strictly fresh | Dozen | 26.3 | 26.6 | 26.3 | 28.1 | 39.8 | 42.4 | 53.1 | +1 | [16] | +7 | +51 | +61 | +102 | |
| Bread | Pound[13] | 5.6 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.8 | +11 | +29 | +25 | +71 | +75 | +75 | |
| Flour | Pound | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 7.5 | [16] | +36 | +18 | +164 | +100 | +127 | |
| Corn meal | do | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 6.2 | +3 | +10 | +10 | + 80 | +133 | +107 | |
| Rolled oats | Pound | 8.4 | |||||||||||||
| Corn flakes | [14] | - | 14.1 | ||||||||||||
| Cream of wheat | [15] | 25.1 | |||||||||||||
| Rice | Pound | 9.1 | 9.1 | 10.5 | 12.3 | 13.4 | |||||||||
| Macaroni | do | 19.0 | |||||||||||||
| Beans, navy | do | 7.6 | 9.4 | 19.1 | 17.8 | 12.0 | |||||||||
| Potatoes | do | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 3.3 | +19 | [16] | +56 | +281 | +38 | +106 | |
| Onions | do | 4.3 | 5.1 | 8.6 | 5.6 | 10.7 | |||||||||
| Cabbage | do | 9.6 | |||||||||||||
| Beans, baked | No. 2 can. | 17.5 | |||||||||||||
| Corn, canned | do | 19.1 | |||||||||||||
| Peas, canned | do | 19.0 | |||||||||||||
| Tomatoes, canned | do | 15.8 | |||||||||||||
| Sugar, granulated | Pound | 5.4 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 9.1 | 10.6 | -7 | +26 | +57 | +85 | +69 | +96 | |
| Tea | do | 54.6 | 54.6 | 55.7 | 63.8 | 69.8 | |||||||||
| Coffee | do | 27.9 | 29.9 | 30.2 | 30.1 | 40.5 | |||||||||
| Prunes | do | 13.7 | 13.3 | 15.3 | 16.5 | 23.2 | |||||||||
| Raisins | do | 12.5 | 12.6 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 16.3 | |||||||||
| Bananas | Dozen | 38.8 | |||||||||||||
| Oranges | do | 54.1 | |||||||||||||
| All articles combined | +1 | +3 | +13 | +56 | +64 | +91 | |||||||||
[12]15-16 ounce can.
[13]Baked weight.
[14]8-ounce package.
[15]28-ounce package.
[16]No change in price.
"The total of dry storage stocks, including those that increased and those that decreased is as follows, all items being reduced to pounds: