The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-24
C | AN CTS IN RE TAIL
p RI CES Of FOOD IN
THE United STATES

Washington, Aug. 24.-The cost OF
the % articles making up the re-
tail food index, carried on by the
Bureau Of Labor Statistics Of the L.
S. Department of Labor, did not
change in July as compared with
June.
Prices Of food articles are reported
to the bureau of labor statistics ev-
cry month of retail dealers in 81 i'm
portant cities. From these prices the
bureau computes a weighted index
number weighing the price Of each
article by the quantity consumed IN
the average workman's family. The
weighted" retail food index is neces'
sarily limited to the articles for which
have been ascertained the quantities
consumed, hence only % articles are
included. These articles, however, make
up about two-thirds of the entire cost
of the food budget.
Since January, 1919. monthly retail
prices of food have been secured for
43 food articles. During the month
from June IS to July Is, 1920, the
prices of 29 of the 43 food articles
for which prices were obtained in
creased as follows Pork chops and
eggs, per cent, each; sirloin steak
and round steak, Per cent, each; roll
ed oats and oranges, per cent each;
canned salmon, macaroni and raisins,
. per cent, each; plate beef, bacon,
butter bread, cornmeal, navy beans,
cabbage, baked beans. canned corn,
tea and prunes, per ce,t each Cream
of wheat, coffee and bananas in
creased less than five.tenths Of one
per cent, each.
The II articles which decreased in
price We're Onions, II per cent; po-
tatoes, IA per cent hens, per cent;
lamb, cheese, lard, flour, rice and
sugar, l per cent, each. Oleomargar-
inc and crisco decreased less than
five-tenths of one per cent each.
Prices remained unchanged for nut
margarine, canned peas and can
ned tomatoes.
Changes in One Year.
During the period, July, 1919, 10
July. 1920, 81 of the 43 articles for
which prices were secured on both
dates increased as follows: Sugar,
l43 per cent potatoes, So per cent;
raisins, 63 per cent; rice, 27 per cent;
rolled oats, &c per cent; oranges, %
per cent cabbage, q per cent; cream
Of wheat and canned salmon, 20 per
cent, each; bananas, 10 per cent;
bread, IS per cent; flour, 1G per cent;
sirloin steak, u per cent round
steak, and fresh milk, II per cent,
each; macaroni, 10 per cent; lamb,
butter, and cornmeal, per cent, each,
rib roast, hens, coffee and prunes, 7
per cent, each; tea per cent; ham
and cornflakes, per cent, each;
chuck roast. per cent; oleomargar-
inc, per cent; nut margarine, eggs,
and canrsd peas, ! per cent, each.
Articles which decreased in price
during the year We're; Onions, 3:
per cent; lard, 81 per cent: plate beer.
bacon, crisco, and canned tomatoes,
per cent, each; pork chops, per
cent cheese, 4 per cent; evaporateA
milk bulk beans, and canned corn 3
per cent, each; navy beans, . per
cent.
Changes Since July, 1919
For the 7-year period, July, 1913, to
July 1920, 10 Of the % articles for
which prices were secured n July
1913, Increased over 100 per cent, as
follows: Pork chops, 10l per cent,
hens, lO7 per cont; lamb, lO9 per
cent; ham, 112 per cent? bread 10
per cent; rice, ia per cent corn
meal, 1873 per cent; flour, 1Gi pu
cent; potatoes, 1868 per cen; sugar
3S2 per cent.
The large percentage increases
shown in meal flour, sugar ar1 po
tatoes mean that in July, 1920. meal
cost, approximately, 1-S times ~
much as in July, 1918; flour over 2 IL
times as much; potatoes over l.2
times as much; and sugar ovef 3.4
times as much.
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