Evening star., 1920-01-23
z FOOD ARTICLES
JUMP | PER CENT
Increases Here in Month
VI. Shown-Figures in
u Fifty Cities.

Prices OF twenty-five dTllCleS VI
food increased during the thirty day
period from November 10 to Decem-
her 10, 1919, 1 per cent in Washing
ton, according to announcement by
the bureau of labor statistics today.
In all but four of the fifty cities
from which prices were recently Sc
cured by the bureau prices of food
increased from one-half of 1 per
cent to per cent. Minneapolis
Omaha and st. Paul being the cities
in which the greatest increase oc-
CURED.
Prices in Fall River. Boston. Norfolk
and Richmond decreased less than
five-tenths of per cent. In Column
bus, Dallas, Louisville. Memphis, Mo-
bile. New Haven, Providence and
Washington the increase was 1 per
cent. Prices increased in Birmlng-
ham, Bridgeport, Charleston, Chi
cago. Cincinnati, Cleveland. Denver.
Detroit, Houston. Jacksonville. Little
Rock, Newark. New York. Philadel-
rhia- Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, Sc
attic and Springfield per cent each;
in Buffa 10, Butte, Indiana polls, Kan
New Orleans. Peoria Portland. Greg; :;
Rochester, San Francisco and St.
Louis rer cent each and in Atlanta
and Scranton per cent each.
los Per Cent Jump in six Years.
During. the year period from De-
cembcr. 1918. to December, 1919. the
three cities showing the greatest in
creases were: Minneapolis. II per
cent: Omaha, l. per cent. and Mobile.
10 per cent. Baltimore decreased >
per cent. and was the only city which
showed a decrease as compared with
December. 1918. Food prices in Wash
ington increased 103 per cent in the
six-year period from 1913 to 1919.
During 1919. the bureaus state
hi of
food have been secured for forty-four
food articles from fifty cities
During the month from November
Is to December Is twenty-five of
these forty-four articles increased in
price as follows: Cabbage, Sc per
cent: onions. II per cent; granulated
sugar. 16 per cent: strictly fresh eggs
IL per cent; cream of wheat and po
tatoes, 10 per cent each: raiSins, 3 per
cent; flour. 4 per cent; butter and
storage eggs. 3 per cent each; fresh
milk and canned salmon. per cent
each; lamb. evaporated milk. oleomar-
garine. cheese. macaroni. rice, canned
peas and bananas, 1 per cent each.
Rib roast and chuck roast increased
less than hve-tenthS of 1 per cent
each. The twelve articles WHICH de-
creased in price were: Pork chops 10
per cent: lard and oranges 4 per cent
each: tea and prunes. 5 per cent each: :
sirioin steak. rounG steak, bacon, ham
and navy beans 1 per cent each; and
hens and crisco, less than five-tenths
of 1 per cent. Plate beef. nut mar
garine, bread. cornmeal, rolled oats,
cornnakes baked beans, canned corn.
canned tomatoes and coffee remained
the same in price as in November.
Increases During 1919.
During the year period from De-
cember. 1918, to December, 1919, nine
teen of the twenty-nine articles for
which prices we're secured on both
dates increased as follows: Onions,
coffee, 81 per cent; raisins 4S per
cent; potatoes and granuiated sugar,
"a per cent each; rice, 81 per cent;
canned n1 salmsn .,pct IS per, per cent: four nnr
cent; storage eggs. per cent; but
ter. per cont: fresh milk, 6 per
cent; bread, per cent: corn meal
and tea. per cent each; hens and
per cent. The ten articles which de-
creased in price during the year
were: Navy beans, 81 per cent: plate
beef. Is per cent; bacon. II per cent:
per cent; ham and round steak, s
per cent each: rib roast, 5 per GER;
sirioin steak. 5 per cent, and lamb,
3 per can't.
December. 1918. to December. 1919,
six of the twenty-four articles for
which prices were secured in Deem
Der. 1913. and upon which this COM
pArison can be based. increased 100
per cent and over. Rice increased 103
per cent; corn meal 113 per cent !:
lard, ~121 per cent; potatoes, 126 per
cent; flour. 141 per cent; granulated
sugar, 1S9 per cent. All the other ar
ticles increased so per cent or over
with the exception of tea, which in
CT ased 81 per cent, and plate beef,
which increased 43 per cent.
Based on the average price for the
year 1913 as 100, the retail price in
dex number for the twenty-five ar
ticles Of food for the United States
was 1872 for November and 1917 for
an increase of &c per cent in the
month