Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-01

NH9 paCDn SnOuiu cost 3o-iu more ' in Benson than Yuma seems odd, though the difference between Phoe- nix and Benson might be accounted 1 for by the fact that Phoenix is a com l petitive point. the more so when the price on corn meal in both Benson and Yuma is the same. Another strange ! fact is revealed on coffee which costs S2.50 more in Phoenix than in Benson and S3.60 more than in Yuma, while 1 Phoenix is competitive point and uses more coffee many times over than both the other places combined. In dried apples Yuma. which is near est the California market, asks $1140, considerably more than Benson and $40 more than Phoenix The same facts approximately exist in respect of prunes, which are grown in Cali fornia and which can be had here $l.90 cheaper than in Yuma But in apricots and dried peaches the con ditions are reversed again. Hominy in Phoenix costs more than anywhere while corn meal is cheaper, due no doubt to the fact that meal Is made here to some extent. In lard com pound. both Benson and Phoenix are high. Phoenix being well toward twice the Yuma figure, while on onions idAbCu HI NGA1OIuId. IS CuSdD and both the other towns are high In soap Phoenix and Benson are a stand of, while in Yuma there don't seem to be any as no figures are given
 But what is still more interesting is mass of figures that have been worked out at the capitol building. showing the difference in the cost of living now and three or four years ago 1t is generally acknowledged that the cost of living is higher. esDe- cially where goods are bought at re- tail and also that wages are higher, two facts that go together.
 The governor has caused to be worked out a table including thirty eight articles bought for these insti- tutions. It shows the price paid for these articles for the year ending June 90. 1904. and for the four sue ceeding years. It also shows the per centage Of increase of decrease each year. over the figures for 1904, which are taken for basis of calculation. Without going into details of the huc- tuations during the intervening years, a comparison of figures for 1904 and 1907 is interesting. By the year 1907 is meant the present fiscal year.
 Of tde tbirty-eighf articles there is an increased price on twenty-three. a decreased price on thirteen, while the figures remain the same on the other two The prices have raised on less than two-thirds of the articles and lowered on the other third and the percentage of decrease on nose ar ticles that are now cheaper averages about the same as the percentage of increase on the other articles. both being quite large.
 Those articles on which the prices are higher show the following per centage of increase over the 1904 i prices: Pink beans s; green Saiva- l dor coffee No. 2S; corn meal [; dried l peaches 90; dried apples 39; dried | prunes 27 dried apricots s: Minne- sota hard wheat four No. |, 2; Eagle | milk 3 onions 20; ground black pep Der l3; potatoes 31: rice 13; German 1 family soap II; sTanuiated beet Eug-i 1 ar q; syrup 90; tea g; chewing tobac- 70 and 2; smoking tobacco :; rolled l cats II; vinegar %; hay 2.
 1laze articles on which the prices are se- than in 1904 show the fol- ioxsae reentage of decrease Ba-l con slvador green coffee No. 2. 2. raising 26s grapes l3; Phoenix flour 2; hominy fl; lard compound 25; molasses : dried peas 3 whole pep per ig; table salt IS; white star soap 9; fresh beef Is
 This. of course. Is not an exact re- iIection Of the retail markets for nu- merous reasons. but 1t ought. in a measure. to be a reflection of the ratios in fhe retail markets.
 
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