New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-02
The increase the retail prices of articles OK 1000
by quarters Is shown In the following taoIc' b
HOOD
Decrease for oil articles but food. s47,'

Decrease for oil articles but 1Ood. Oh Vvv<-O
Tho next table shows the same striking results for
tho nine months Immediately following the enactment
Of the Mckinley law-nsmcly. great increase in the
cost Of food products but decrease In the cost OF
all other articles. The figures are: Increase oil re-
tall prices at dates named over those OF september
l. 1890: 1e9O-October j, 81 ,333, 333; November /,
s34l6, 668; December /, Sl7 100000 ls9l-JanuaTy
l. SlO,033333; February l. Sll.o33,333; March
l. sll Os0, soo: hp,n /. I:,6Ge.o06; May l. sS,
$50, 900: June !, G3,6GG,GG6 total, S0o,o3o,6o3
Increase in retail prices OF food over september,
1880 at the following dates: 169O-Octobcr $6.lo5.-
DAD; November, So,40s.9a0; Ecrcmber sl6.34l 4oo
Is0l-JanuaIy, Sol. ,249; February, S23Ossooo {:
March, SEA 3a1 400; April, Sos 1749D0; May s23,-
344o00; June. Sl5,Gl6,yD0; total. lGo,2ol,4 9l.
Net Increase. food SlOo, 2ol ADJ Net increase all
articles $50 5J6GG3 Total net decrease for all else
than food, 500, GA, S2s
The Increases In wholesale prices from October /.
1885, to July l. 1sDl inclusive. shown follows.
all articles including food 1850 October ]. t1l1o-
600: November /. 81. 49,. 1888 December l. sie.3s3.
1888. ls0O-January !. $3.50, 900; February l.,
S18.3OOOOO; March l. O,s33,333 April /. $500.
600 May J. S2o, 100000; June l. sl7. $4,000: July
1. el87oo.oJo August l. $l7 Zoo 900; September l..
s24 9O6,55o; October J. $2a. zoo. 600 November l..
S25, 6O0. 900; Decembe: !, az 333333 l69l-Jan-
uary /. S2O.l $4,000; February /. s30olG.s6o: March
l. S32. eCO 900 April l. $35.4l6.G56; Nav l. sjJ.-
s33. 1888; June /. s21,770,o0O: July l. SS.7500oo
total, S44o.6lo,Seo. DecreaScS-AugtSt l. 1911,
s5a3,333; September !. 1901; S2.525o,o
total, $31O5,333; net increase. S442,olO.-
$50. Increases IN Wholesale prices for food alone
lss9-Octobcr. S5,433.740; November, EOe3.oo0 :;
December, Sl4,GlO.740 ls90-Jannary, s23006 400 :;
February. 520.se6.ooo: March. 81 .9l300o; April,
s26.ee0.749; May, $2o,54l go; June, $780,
10000 july S.O,6O7 500; August. S24, =
,740 September. S3GDo5.74o; october. S34,333.-
24o November so33s5 900: December. $40, 200, 2%o.
Isel-January, S49, 703,o0S; February, $50 2O4243
March, $50, JAP 609 April. SIS, G57 900; May, &c.,,
400, 900 june S46,l70,240; July. $25, s4o0 900 :;
August; $il.032,c49 september, Ss,G03,000; total,
SG5l 1874 Net Increase, all articles. S42, DO.
oS2. Net decrease, all except food. $3035l4,2o3.
But it cannot be too much insisted upon that the
changes, after all, inconsiderabe, and that the
prevailing tendency toward stability in retail
prices As stated in Table No. of the report, there
were no less than l255O series OF quotations for df
fercnt cities OF which 7730 &C. % pcr cent showed
exactly the same prices In September. 1901. rs at
the beginning Of the period. Table No. . shows the
auctuation of The average prices OF articles. IL is
there shown that Of ola articles there $50,
much 7433 per cent, which show neither increase
OF decrease in price to the extent OF IL per cent
When consider that We are dealing here With 70
tail prices and with low units Of quantity Is evil
dent TINT must make very large calculations for
the whole country in order TO obtain results that make
an Impression Tie saving Of 4O.o0 per cent sugar
mounts up TO millions Of dollars for the people n
whole, and as such makes u great impression On
an expenditure OF $500 per annun the saving the
cost Of sugar for family would be. per year. $40 %.
Now Il will be remembered that sugar the only
article on which such marked change tool. place.
II carry Table No. = step further we shall find
largo number Of articles which did not change even
much US l per cent. There are ninety seven such
articles out Of 214. over 43 per cent Of all. II
should be added that there seventeen articles
which rise In price between and IL per cent, and
forty-fve articles which fall in price within the same
limits An examination Of Table No. showing the
articles which rise fall In price l-o per cent
shows only article that rises in price per cent
exclusive Of the food group. II Is wood-screws.
which reaches the point 1923 On the other hind.
OF the thirteen articles which fall In price per cent
only three are IN the food group. and the remaining
tan In other groups Leaving food out OF considcrn
ton We may consider briefly the following advances