Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-12-28
PRICES LOWER IN
1914 THAN 1918

cost OF living increased during 1914,
the retail merchants must have got.
the United States were nearly one
per cent lower in 1911 than in 1918.
This increase is shown in figures made
public yesterday by the bureau of lab
or statistics of the department of lab
or based upon an examination of the
aggregate value of $40 representa-
tiv" commodities.
More than half the commodities list
ed III four main groups-clouhs and
clothing. fuel ana lighting, metals and
metal products. ana lumber and build
irI matvriaIs-decIeasCd in price
from 1913 10 1914. Notable decreas Sos
were shown in the yearly average
prices of cotton yarns. print cloths.
storm serges. Eilican cloth. worstod
yarns, coke. gasoline. crude petroleum.,
bar iron. copper ingot. shor copper.
copper wire. iron ore. pig lead. lead
pipe. pig iron, cast iron pipe. steel
billrts. steel tank platcw. steel shees.
structural steel, pig tin. wood screws.
brick in New York City. plate glass.
Douglas fir, rosin and cedar shingles.
Cotton blankets, boots and shoes,
leather. l0.4 bleached shceting quick.
silver. linseed oil. turpentinC, and Il
few other articles in the same four
groups showed an increase in the
wholesale price.
y majority of the articles which In.
creased in price between 1913 and 1911
belong TO the farm products and food
groups. Within these two groups.
comprising 124 series of price quo
tatiOns. 70 commodities or grades of
commodities increased in price. II de-.
creased and were unchanged. The
articles showing the greatest increase
were corn. oats. rye, heat. ilaXseed.
New York state hops. calfskins. pea
nuts. tobacco. canned corn, rye flour.
fresh and cvaporated apples, pruncs.
raising, corn meal, sugar, cabbage. on.
ions. potatoes, and vinegar. Some Of
the articles in these two groups which
deer ased i'll price were cotton. but.
ter canned tomatoes, coffee. lemons
an. ranges.
y! 10 commodities classed as drugs
on chemicals, , increased in price. 4
remained stationary and l decreased
in price in 1914. compared with 1919
The articles showing an increase were
slum, glyccrine. grain. alcohol. opium
and quinine. The article which de-.
creased in price was wood alcohol.
OF the $40 series of prices secured
by the bureau for 1913 and 1914. 122
series showed an increase between
these two years. l54 showed de.
the case of 81 series.
The most remarked fluctuations dur
ing 1911 occurred in the prices Of
articles belonging to the farm prod.
ucts. food, metals. and fuel and light.
ing groups. Farm products increased
in price from January TO August, af.
ter which they steadily declined un.
til the end of the year. In the food
sroup prices were lowest in March,
April and May. increasing to their
maximum in September. while in the
metals and metal products group. and
also in that of fuel and lighting. pric-
es were highest in the first three
months of tn" year and, lowest in
the last three. Drugs and chemicals
were lowest during the first eight
months and highest during the last
four months of the year I'm he rc-
naming groups, taken as whole,
prices showed rising tendency dur.
ing the earlier part and falling tend
cncy during IA" latter part of 1911.
The report shows that violent nuC.
tuations took place during 191i-in
the prices of many commodities. par.
ticularly food stuffs. Comparing the
lowest with the highest average
monthly prize within the year for
those articles showing 4 net increase.
II Is seen that granulatcd sugar varied
81 per cent: rye, 10 per cent: opium,
63 per cent; alum, 81 per cent: gly.
CCrin. - per cent: wheat i'm Mime.
apolis, &c per cent; contract corn in
Chicago. 20 per cent: an doats. 81 per
cent. OF the articles for which
net decline in price for the year Is
reported. cotton in New Orleans
shows a variation of 80 per cent be.
tween the highest and the lowest av.
erage monthly price; crude petroleum,
~ per cent; cotton seed OIL II per
cent; linsced oil. % per cent: and
ingot copper, ~ per cent.
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