Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-15
THE RANGE OF PRICES.

1t is interesting to occasionally 60 over the
records of past years and compare the prices
Of various articles with those of the present.
Some industrious person who has recently
given his attention and time to this occupa-
ton, presents to the world a table of the prices
of farm produce for fifty-three years, or from
1925 to 1878, and it affords very profitable
study. The prices are given as the average
prices in New York City, for the month of
January for each year. Take the item of
corn, for example: We will not attempt. to
give the table in full, but present the most
notable fluctuations. Inl825 corn was worth
AZ cents per bushel and from that year to
1886, it fuctuated from the foregoing price to
903 cents, and in 1887 it reached 81. l.O6.
Falling off again in 1888 to Sc cents, and. in
1874 touched 43 cents, it began once more its
upward course, and in 1856 was rated at $1.0l.
During the eight years following, it rose and
fell from SO cents in 1856 to 81 cents in 1868,
and, in 1864, when the war was at its height,
it touched s1.26; in 1865, it jumped to $1.94.
then fell, in 1866, to 953 cents in 1857
touched $1.163, and in 1868 was $1.2O; fell
to 80 cents in 1859; in 1870 was $1.12; in
1875 was worth 81 cents, and in 1877 was
quoted at 59 cents. <#<
In 1925 wheat was worth $101 in 1928.
S1.15, and in 1888 had touched $1.92t.
There was then a depreciation up to 1843,
when it fell to 8S4 cents, but it jumped the
following year to 81, and in 1854 was found
stiff at $204, while in 1856 it rose to the
very high figure of S257 per bushel. From
this time on to 1856 there was downward
tendency, in 1861, it having fallen to $1.A,
while up to January of the year the war
closed, 1866, it had not gone above $1.85. In
1857, however, it suddenly shot to SO, fell Oft
in 1868 to $245, and was quoted at Sl.25 in
1875, and in 1877 was worth $1.47. ."
Oats, in 1926. were worth 273 cents per
bushel; in 1927, Sc cents; in 1887, 81 cents !;
in 1888, with wheat $1.92s, 42t cents, and in
1910, 33s cents. From that year down to
1866 the price was not marked by any vital
variation, but in the: last named year it rose
to $1.O3, and in 1865 to $1.20, the maximum
for the So years under consideration. In
1867 it fell to 80 cents, rose to 80 in 1868,
and in 1877 had fallen to DO cents.
Mess pork in 1926 was quoted ct 1887
per barrel. = In 1887 it rose to s23.5o, and iu
1910 Iell Oh W 0c.ol .. 4AS ioiAo"HS yeoi
it rallied to $1012t, in 1846 it was worth
1885, and in 1866 had reached $35.25.
The price since then has been generally down.
ward, sinking to $19.12in 1867 rallying to
s29.75 in 1870, and touching $17.50 in 1877.
The article of wool has undergone some
radical changes. In 1926 the quotation was
32s cents per pound. In 1927 it fell to %
cents, in 1880 to 21s cents, and then, begin
ming an upward course, went to 80 cents in
1888. 1t fell off to 385 in 1889 and to 19
cents in 1843, when the following year it once
more enhanced in value, and went steadily on
until 1868, when it was 63a cents. In 1864
it fell to 2St cents, rose to 56 cents in 1856, to
70 cents in 1866, fell to 4S cents in 1871, and
again went up to 70 cents in 1872, holding
that price for two years. Beginning a decline
it went down steadily until 1877, when it was
worth 48 cents.-Pairie Farmer.