The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-09-03
PRICE CHANGES a
soI IN u. S.aCITIES
Decrease in Retail
Prices in July
Reported

IL Is possible that some of Salt
Lakes housewives have discovered
that it cost them less for staple foods
in July than it did in June. If they
did, there has been no, general
sounding of trumpets over the mat
ter. Still, the government says that
Salt Lake the range Of retail prices
on twenty-five articles was 3 per cent
less in July than 1t was in June.
The government also says that the
retail prices prevailing in Salt Lake
for July 1920, were 10 per cent
higher than those which ruled at a
corresponding time one year ago, and
also that they were SO per cent
higher than they were in 1913, q
year now held in fond and loving
memory for its slow cost Of living"
The monthly report Of the bureau
Of labor statistics says that the aver
age family expenditure for twenty
two articles Of food increased from
June Is to July Is in thfrty-two
cities and decreased in seventeen
cities. These cities are typical OF
various geographical sections of the
country. The increases were noted
in the following cities: Charleston,
Cincinnati, Columbus and Los An
geles, less than ffe-tenths of per
cent; Atlanta, Buffalo, Butte,
Chicago, Cleveland, Houston, Mem
phis, New York, Pittsburg, Rochester
and Scranton 1 per cent; Baltimore,
Boston, Bridgeport, Fall River, Jack
sonville, Milwaukee, Mobile, New
Orleans, Norfolk, Savannah and
Washington, 2 per cent; Manchester,
Newark, New Haven, Philadelphia,
Portland, Ms, and Providence, 8 per
cent.
The decreases for July were:
Birmingham and St. Paul, less than
fve-tenths of l per cent; Detroit,
Springfield and Dallas, / per cent;
Denver, Peoria, Richmond, San
Francisco and Indianapolis, per
cent; Salt Lake, Seattle and St. Louis
3 per cent; Louisville, Omaha and
Kansas City, 4 per cent Portland,
Ore, 6 per cent. at
During the year period from July,
1919, to July, 1920, the greatest in
crease, or 81 per cent, was shown in
Springfield, Ill. In Los Angeles and
Manchester, the increase was 20 per
cent: in Boston, Butte and Chicago,
the increase was 10 per cent; in Fall
River, Portland, Me-, and st. Paul,
the increase was 1Ssper cent; in De-
troit, Milwaukee Minneapolis, New
Haven, Providence San Francisco
and Kansas City, the increase was
II per cent in Cleveland, Mobile,
Newark, New York, Peoria, Phila-
delphia, Scranton and st. Louis, the
Increase was 16 per cent; in Bridge
port, Cincinnati, Indianapolis,
Pittsburg and Seattle, the in
crease was Is per cent; in Buffalo,
Portland Ore, and Rochester, the
Increase was IA per cent; in Atlanta
and Salt Lake City, the increase was
13 per cent; in Birmingham, Denver,
Jacksonville, Memphis and Little
Rock, the increase was IL per cent;
In Baltimore, Columbus, Houston
and Washington, D. c., the increase
was IL per cent; in New Orleans,
Richmond and Dallas, the increase
was 10 per cent; in Norfolk. 9 per
cent and in Charleston and Louisville
; per cent.
AS compared with the average ex-
'enditure in the year 1913, all but
our cities out of thirty-nine from
which monthly prices have been Sc
cured since 1913 increased over 100
Ter cent, as follows: Jacksonville,
-O2 per cent; Seattle, 1O4 per, cent;
little Rock, 107 per cent; Dallas,
-O9 per cent; Newark and New Or
cans, III per cent; Denver, 112 per
ent; Atlanta and Charleston, 115
'er cent; New York and Philadelphia
II per cent; Boston, New Haven
nd Pittsburg, 11S per cent; Gin
innati and Fall River, 100 per cent;
Washington, D. c., 121 per cent;
Washington, D. c., 121 per cent;
Kansas City and Indianapolis, 1922
'er cent; Baltimore and Memphis,
20 per cent; Birmingham, Provi-
lence and Richmond, 124 per cent;
Buffalo and Scranton, 1875 per cent;
Cleveland, 127 per cent; Manchester
28 per cent; Chicago, Omaha and
It. Louis, 1923 per cent; Minneapolis, {
80 per cent; Milwaukee, 1873 per (
ent and Detroit, 1873 per cent.
The four cities showing less than | |
90 per cent increase since 1881
vere; Los Angeles, 95 per cent; Ii
'ortland, Ore, 81 per cent; Salt {
AXE City and San Francisco, 80 per &
emit.
The section of the report devoted q
, the retail prices of forty-three ar r
cles Of food shows that from June c
5 to July 15 the prices increased on O
venty-nine, as follows: Pork chops
nd eggs, Z per cent each; sirloin
eak and round steak, 6 per cent t
lch; rolled oats and oranges, 8 perl r
mt each; rib roast, chuck roast, &
I'm, fresh milk, ;, evaporated milk, Il
,rnf1akaas 2 nar cent nach. cannod | n