The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-07

7; is important IN considering the
: rrnblcin Of the high cost "f living to
i've due weight - the essential factors
! yybich make up tho sum or tn" QuutI'nt
! which the consumer pays. When Inc
! average buyer makes purchase anu
! compares the rrIcc with pr"-Whr prices
! h. is inclined to a>Sum" that the fhrm'
! - is rcCciNi ing the who'll of ~: lncrcm'
cnt.
| Eor instance. when he pays ten cents
for a loaf II bread. which afore'ihe
! 100, b,,u ry,. cents. or seventeen ana u
/ half cents for bingham that al,rt'i''''
! cost six and u quarter cents. ne Ihei'"'[
! :, cUuuratulatc the wheat laFthtr ana
! the cotton farmer. or may DC TO COM
, ri,i, Al them for the hIEh prices hc -
! ,.,,,!.. /, Is therefor" ""ll |" s'uo!
! ,,,r!, rr.,,s and a:;c, rtaIn precisely what
| The. farmer il RECEIVING u INC '''''''N
| which the consumer rTES.
| Wheat on APRIL l. 1914. was Solu oE
the farmer at s4.@ cents Ii hushrl' ana
or AnriI | 1919. Mt alI.2 cents 4 hushc'.
! According to the figures Of IN" bureau
,f I,hur Statistics the average retail!
price Of bread in Washington per pound
/ baked weight, on January -. 1914 was
| ~ cents Assuming that one pound ui
! wheat makes one pound Of bread twh''!l
! Is appruNIIratily cprTrCt, the Fc'd''
/ cost Of the wheat to the consumer WIS
J S%.3G, OF (which is approximately o.
/ CENTS Tho retail price OF prrau p''
! January Is, 1919. WAS ten cents anu 'h'
consumer was paying for the wheat at
! the rate of Sc Il bush'l. Of when Ih@
| farmer received :li.2 cents.
| \ similar method Of calculations an
! niles 20 flour IN iIly-puutId Sucks SHOWS
| that ut this time the householder VINO
PAYS g. cents u pound for flour Is puy
! lul, wheat at the rate OF $5."u Il tushSl'
| Of which the farmer receives la cents
us compared with IS cents pound lor
| flour in 1914, which is equivalent 10
| S2.l2 a bushrl for wheat. or when inc
! farmer received ST. cents.
| Tho variation in the dates or some or
/ these quotations.. that is as or April l
! for wheat and az Of January 10 Tor Hour
! : duo merely to the circumstance thai
| the writer happens To have before nm
! The figures OF the Bureau Of Crop EST
mates for farm prices on April l ana
figures OF the Bureau OF Labor Statis-
! ties on retail prices Of January Is. The
: differences are immHtcrial because II
! happens there had been no substantial
! change in the price Of wheat and Hour
! between January and April
In like manner II is, interesting u
! noto that the farm price Of cotton on
April /. 1914. was 1l.9 cents pound,
| and on April l. 1919. II was CAS- cents
! or an advance of zoo per cent. while tho
! Wholesale price OF Einghams. on April
! I, 1914. was 6A cents, and on April ;,
! 1919 It was 17la cents or an advance OF
$50 per cent.
Tho differences between the prices
which the farmer receives and the
prices which tho consumer pays are due,
| Of course, TO tho cost Of conversion
from tho wheat berry to tho bread and
! from the raw cotton 10 the finished
! product. plus considerable amount IN
! the service of distribution from the mill
or the factory as the case may be, 10
| the bakeshop. or to the dry-goodsr count
er. plus another considerable. amount in
service for distribution in small guam