The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-04
a COMPARISON IN PRICES FROM
1850 To 1870.

1850 To 1870.
The Philadelphia Press published re-
Gently an elaborate and exhaustive COM
parative table of the prices of lesding ar
ticles from 1860 until now. The table
large amount of Interesting
and valuable information, and is compll-
ed with care and an understanding OF the
subject. 1t will be seen that the
cost of living now is from ~
to 80 per cent. cheaper than IN
1860. We take the annexed proml-
nent features from the Press article as
basis for this one. OF course the figures
represent the quotations IN Philadelphia,
but they will serve as guide board for
the entire country as there was
a corresponding rise or fall in prices
throughout the country at the dates CIV
en-. The figures are not given for the
eighteen consecutive years, but four pc
RODS are taken, which are the extremes,
1860. the yesr previous to the war, 1864,
the crisis Of the war, 1876, when we
were just subsiding from the effects OF
the great panic, and 1878, the present
year.
The first price after the name Of the
article is that of 1860, the second 1864,
the third 1875, and the fourth 1878.
Flour, Superfne SIS 1905 80; Sc so; So 10
IA 90; 81 OO@4 so. Extra family Sc 90
az %; 81 5O@8 90; 81 S7@5 %; IS 75@
6 rs. Rye Flour, 81 81; Sc so; So 90;
IS 9O@4 90. Corn Meal, Dbl, So 75j
So so; So 5O@5 IS; 81 80. Wheat,
Pennsylvania and Southern fair and
prime red 81 82@l So; 81 GOAL 70;
81 2O@1 81; 81 4O@l 45. White wheat
81 1901 90; 81 75@l 80; 81 &c; 81 45@
l So. Rye, 92@98; 81 4O@1 45i 95@
81; 72@78. Corn, OF; 81 II
.@1 10; 08@Sl; 5O@56. Oats,
As; 85@86; 40; 86@88. Barley
82;-;-; S4@86: Malt; 9O@$l co.;
-; s56$l 10. Mess Pork; bOl. ST. 90
@sl7 so; $19@2l co. $40 5O@21 90; $l2-
1908 90. Mess Beet; Sl8 CO@l5 90;
$13 OO@17 Co.,; $l5 OO-15 80. Hams
per ID, II @l2 - d1S@14; 1O!@11
Sides; ID, lO;-i 1O!@1lH 73@8
Shoulders; ST.; 81; 63@7. Dress
Hogs; 62 1O!i o. 5@53. Lard
II; 1904; 1885, 1906. Roll
Butter; h., l6@l8; 1892 22@
%, 1929. Goshen butter (solid packed,
Id. 22@24, 21@28; 4l@42; 21@28,
Cheese, h., 1O@l1; 1906; 1906; Il!
@l83. Eggs, dozen, 2O@2l; = 10G
20; 2S@25. Anthracite Pig Iron, %
As; 24@29; l7@19. Coffee, Rio, 1880
u; 84!@a5& 178@2O3; l5@l93. Cot,
ton, low grade and middllng uplsnds,
1ls@ll5;!82; 49, 9J@ll. Upland cot
ton 75@S3; i; 1O@lL No. lmackerel
SIG OO@16 50; SIC OO@l7 co; $15 O0@
Is co; S24 OO926 CO. Rsisins, box 81 Al
o. so; "a 20; 81 s.; 81 80. Apples Dbl.
81 5O@4 90; - 81 1908 so. Dried
apples, &c; lOc;lIci 4@6c. Dried peach,
es, 8@l1ci 18@16c; 12@18; u
Hops, 18@lT 27@8Oc; 42@48c; II
@13c. Molssses, N. o., 5O@51c
62@s5c; CSC; 46@5Oc. New York syrup
24c; 58c; &C; &C. Rice ID, 4c; 7@7Bc
63@78c; 53@6!c. New England run
gal, 36@39c; 81 O5@l O8; 81 4O@1 40
81 47@l so. Ohio whisky, 27!c; 95@
l OOc; 9S@l OOci 81 II. Sugar,
Cuban, 7l@7!c; 18c; a3c; 7sc Sugar
n. o., &c; 15@l6c; -; 74c; Tsllow
lO3; u; 8S,7s. Wool, common to fine
fleece, 45@65; 1885, 1885, 85@47
Lumber, run oflogs, Susquehanns, $14 OK
ali 90; $33 OO@S4 90; $2l OO@24 90
! Choice beeves, h., 9@lO; l4@l5@74; Z
Sheep, SOLO, 500; 5@7; 4@6. Hogs
7@8; 1O@I2i 1915 6@6!. Steel rails il
| 1853, 81 "a; in 1877, 45c. Iron rails il
1860, $48 IS; in 1877, $32 OO@85 co.