The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-01-30

six of the twenty four articles for
which prices were secured in De-
cember, 1913, and upon which this
comparison can be based, increased
100 per cent and over. Rice increas.
ed 103 per cent; cornmeal, 113 per
cent; lard, 121 per cent: potatoes,
126 per cent; -four, 141 per cent;
granulated sugar, 169 per cent. All
the other articles increased fifty per
cent or over with the exception Of
tea, which increased twenty seven
per cent, and plate beef, which in
creased forty three per cent
Based on the average price for
the year 1913 as 100, the retail price
index number for the twenty-five
articles of food for the United States,
was 1872 for November and 1877 for
December, making, as stated above,
an increase of 2.6 per cent in the
month
The average family expenditure for
twenty two articles of food increas-
ed from November 10 to December
Is in all but four of the fifty cities
from which prices are secured by the
Bureau OF Labor Statistics of the U.
s. Department of Labor. The de-
crease shown in Fall River, Boston,
Norfolk, and Richmond was less
than five.tenths of one per cent. In
Baltimore, Manchester, and Portland,
Me. the increase was less than five
tenths of one per cent. In Colum-
bus, Dallas, Louisville, Memphis,
Mobile, New Haven, Providence, and
Washington the increase was one per
cent Birmingham, Bird eport,
Charleston, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Houston,
Jacksonville, Little Rock, New York,
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake
City, Seattle, and Springfield, in
creased two per cent, each. Buffalo.
Butte, indianapolis, Kansas City, Los
Angeles, Milwaukee, New Orleans,
Peoria, Portland, Greg, Rochester,
San Francisco, and 81. Louis in
creased three per cent, each. Allan
to and Scranton Increased four per
cent, each. Minneapolis, Omaha, and
St. Paul increased five per cent, each.
During the year period from De-
cember, 1918, to December, 1919, the
three cities showing the greatest in
creases were: Minneapolis, fourteen
per cent; Omaha twelve per cent;
end Mobile, ten per cent. Baltimore
decreased two per cent, and was the
ola,y city which showed a decrease
as compared with December 1918.
AS compared with the average ex-
renditure in the year 1913, the fol-
lowing cities showed an increase OF
20 per cent and over: Richmond,
and Providence, 100, per cent, each !;
Buffalo, 101 per cent; Atlanta, 1O2
Ter cent; Milwaukee and Washing
ton, 1913 per cent, each; st. Louis,
, l04 per cent; Charlestown, Memphis,
and Minneapolis, 105 per cent, each;
Detroit, LOG per cent; Omaha, 10S
per cent; and Birmingham. 100 per
cent. -
Nov, 1919, appear In the. following
table. The figures show that in ten in
dustries there was an increase in the
number of persons on the pay roll in
December as compared with Novem-
Der, and in three, a decrease. The
greatest increase, 1873 per cent, is
shown in iron and steel, while de-
crease of 1912 per cent appears in
mems ready made clothing.
When comparing December, 1919,
with November of this year, twelve
Industries show an increase in the
amount of money paid to employees
and one shows decrease. The most
important increases, 1871, 22.S, 20.3,
and 179 per cent, appear in cotton
manufacturing, iron and steel, cot
ton finishing, and WOODEN. Automo-
bile manufacturing shows decrease
Of SIS per cent. .t..-