Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-04

Bread. which is a untversa staple, vas, according Q a report made by
March 81, / cent cent on a four 5" n1 loaf , with 91 the tsa minimum hh1 nup pghe s per , loaf Il
vanced in that district in a similar ratio
In the city of Washington, an agreement between bakers hs been
price price, of Dr" dt by reducing ing the N weis n,e If I'll the , loaf as a better better es p d,snt On
increased to 9 cents. Particularly does this affect the purchaser # a small
From all parts of Germany smar advances in prices in the necessities
Of life life, especially E, in fo 90asn ifs, are reported s9rea. by y, cG G1Sms .xn.nsos tnao ns
beer al increase in the csto living, which has kept pace with the in
In a recent French publication the increase ss, recorded eco ss in. in tooastuns +. and
cent &C. mutton mutton 2 25 pr cent; pork: 81 psr cent en- 1a pastry pctG Is pr cen cent; ~ petroleum camn
fresh vegetables, IS per cent; coal, "a per- cent; hrewood' "a per cent; "a
Same Story from Austria.
In Austria the government has found the situation s. serious that it has
taken steps to check thu advance OF prices for provisions
with the exception of ,nua on and pork. the prices OF , all meats at Were were
except apples and pears, we're dearer in 1905 than in 1907. onions and pea
we're something ens G%1 " s sssnsas to e ehech 5 t%e efforts an "A ' of the s' United States overn
ment to reach and exempt the i increase Use ii NJ prices s5n Of food foods tufts "a, and J.. ne ~s
of arriving at a complete showing Of this enormous rise in things which
This was tn period asst covered b y III Bureau o Labor, which issued
s ton in 'w Which e the man Of small salsry was placed. The year 1908 has been
covered in a n Investigation Of wholesale prices but it did not reach the e.
From the last figures collected by the government which are available,
increased. while hops which are lot a absolute necessity to the average
age, decreased.
meats, butter, -four, fish and rice, of fortyeight articles about which the sta
price decreased. Practically the san ratio a apparent in clothing: where
Coal coke and petroleum went p. while Of articles Of fuel and lighting
nishings, drugs, building materials and implements. Everywhere the tend
ency vas upward.
England las kept a closer watch upon the growth of the increase than
the United States, and has a report upon the costof living which comes
down into 1908. Taking London as n example of high prices, 1t is found
that the general level for commodities or 1907 was 1 per cent higher than
two years before.
In reaching this conclusion the Investigators took twentyone articles Of
food but excluded coal, an important factor The real price of this fuel
in London in 1907 was 10 per cent higher than it "a in 1905.
In France, Also.
There is a system in France which enables that government to keep in
very close touch with the cost of living, and its people speak ut when the
cost rises too rapidly to enable them to keep pace with 1t.
Investigations of the two years ended with 1907 show that the trend Of
prices there has also been upward. PORK showed a n Increase of Z per cent
per cent. While mutton remained almost stationary in some quarters prob
ably nearer tn sourceo of supply it iuruped in othersf from 2 rcent II II
per cent Beef showed the same popularity, and its increase in some cities
vas ron 7 per cent to 9 per cent.
1t is estimated that the average expenditure of a French working class
per cent, and if meat we're included the advance would be 5 pei cent.
Prices Still Going Up.
While the Investigations of wholesale prices made by the United States
In 19S,. Just before it stopped this record, showed a slight decline in prices
Of some ordinary articles which are looked upon Is necessities. food still
showed al increase. This increase las lot only been maintained, but has
increased by leaps and bounds.
Food as a whole increased "a per ent in the average price of 1908, as
compared with 9OI In making this table the government statstcians
found hat twentyeight articles had increased in price, among which were
neans, beef, Hour, meal, sugar, rice, 6 an fresh vegetables.
The investigation of 1908 showed a remarkable tendency IN the fuctu-
alton of prices. Prices reached their highest in January Then there anne
a slight decline, to be followed by another rise in July August seemed to
rather lower prices. That month and June showed the lowest of the
year. Prices advanced in September and October remained practically sta
uonary in November, and advanced in the last month of the year.