Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-20
D. c. FOOD PRICES
AT HIGH ALTITUDE
Increase Since 1913, It's Per
Cent; II Per Cent Past
Year.

Food prices in this city have in.
creased lis per cent since 1913; IL
per cent in the past year, or l per
cent since April.
Take your choice, says the bureau
of labor statistics, for any way you
look at it there seems to be no i'm
mediate prospect Of an early decline
in the food budget"
While prices Of food advanced but
l per cent in Washington during
| May, a new high level was reached
throughout the country. il that is
any consolation to the people OF
| Washington.
Bureau Summary.
| The bureau stated last night. in it's
| monthly summary Of retail prices Of
food in the United States, that in
creases were shown in other cities
during May over April up to per
cent with Salt Lake City topping the
list with per cent rise. Five-tenths
was registered during May in Chi
| cago, Detroit and st. Louis
| Average cost of the food budget
| for the average family advanced II
per cent over May, 1919. and 12s per
cent over May, 1913. it was an
nounced.
Sugar took the biggest jump in
price during the month from April Is
| to May Is. while old friend onions
| went to the other extreme. with
decrease of II per cent.
| Advances and Decreases.
! Prices increased as follows:
Sugar. 26 per cent; corn meal, IA
| per cent; oranges, II per cent; -four.
per cent; potatoes per cent; ham
| and bananas, per cent each; bread.
| 3 per cent; bacon, evaporated milk.
macaroni and raisins, per cent each:
nut margarine. rolled oats, cream Of
wheat, rice, canned corn. canned peas
and tea, / per cent each Sirloin
steak. oleomargarine. cheese, eggs
and coffee each increased less than
ifive-tenths of one per cent
The thirteen articles which de-
creased in price were: Onions, Fl per
cent; cabbage, 9 per cent; butter, s
and salmon, 2 per cent each; plate
beef. hens, milk and lard. l per cent
each. Rib roast, chuck roast and
prunes decreased less than five-tenths
of per cent.
Prices remained unchanged for
round steak, corn fakes, navy beans,
baked beans and canned tomatoes
During the period May, 1919, to May,
1920. twenty-six of the forty-three
articles for which prices we're secured
OH OOlu udlcS luCIcdScO dS lollOWS
Potatoes, 191 per cent; sugar, 40 per
cent; raisins. Sc per cent; rice, 40
per cent; oranges, 33 per cent; rolled
oats. "a per cent; prunes. 20 per cent;
coffee, 81 per cent; cream of wheat,
20 per cent; corn meal. 10 per cent;
Is per cent each; bananas, II per
cent; crisco, 10 per cent: milk, 9 per
cent; hens. per cent; oleomargarine
and macaroni. per cent each; leg of
To- - = -,
5 per cent: nut margarine, 3 per cent;
ham and cheese, per cent; canned
peas, l per cent.
Articles which decreased in price
during the year were: Onions, rs per
cent; lard. 23 per cent; plate beef, Is
per cent; cabbage. IL per cent; chuck
roast. IL per cent; bacon. per cent;
rib roast, per cent: round steak,
baked beans and canned tomatoes, 1
per cent each; evaporated milk and
canned corn, 8 per cent each: sirloin
steak. navy beans. per cent each;
pork chops. 1 per cent. Eggs de-
creased less than five-tenths Of per
cent.
Seventeen Period Figures.
For the seven.year period. May,
1913, to May, 1920. eleven Of the TWEEN
ty-three articles for which prices
were secured in May. 1913. increased
over 100 per cent, as follows: Eggs,
4VA pcT CENT pork CHOPS, lVS per cent:
bread, los per cent: ham, 10S per cent:
hens. liz per cent; leg Of lamb and
rice, III per cent each: corn meal, 1856
per cent; -four. 1874 per cent; sugar.
$40 per cent, and potatoes. 500 per
cent.
The following are the relative prices
in May, 1920, az compared with the
average prices In the year 1913: Sir
loin steak. Ill per cent; round steak.
ITS per cent; rib roast, 1853 per cent:
n oct
155 per cent; pork chops, 202 per cent:
bacon. 1875 per cent; ham, EOS per cent:
lard. 189 per cent; hens. 221 per cent:
eggs. 153 per cent: butter, 1877 per
cent; cheese. 1874 per cent: milk. 1s2
264 per cent: corn meal, PAT per cent:
rice. 215 per cent: potatoes, SIS per
cent; sugar. 462 per cent; coffee, i65