The Washington herald., 1921-09-25

WI INlkEo III washington oo PCT SSht
L higher. on the average. than they were in 1913
and an increase OF 43 cent in the retail cost OF
food to the average family in August as compared
with July shown in prices of forty-three food
articles as reported the Bureau of Labor statistics
each month by retail dealers in 6fty-one important
Giles.
During the month from July IS, 1921, to August
IS 1921 twentyseven OF the forty three articles in
creased in price as follows: Potatoes, "a per cent;
strictly fresh eggs IS cent pork chops. cheese
and cabbage, per cent; butter 10 per cent; lard
per cent; sugar, per cent; canned tomatoes { per
cent ham and oranges, 4 per cent; nut margarine 2
per cent plate beef fresh milk oeomargarne and
meal, per cent, and bacon, rolled oats rice canned
corn. canned peas and prunes, per cent. The price
of chuck roast. hens crisco. cream of wheat maca-
roni increased less than 6ve-tenths of per cent
Ten articles decreased in price during the month
from July IS to August IS. follows: Bananas, S
per cent? leg of lamb. per cent; canned salmon,
Hour, onions and raisns. per cent sirloin steak.
round steak and rib roast per cent. The price of
tea decreased less than fve-tenths of I per cent
Prices remained unchanged for evaporated milk bread
cornAakes, navy beans, baked beans and coffee.
For the period, August IS 1920. to August IS,
1921, the percentage decrease in all articles of food
combined IS per cent. For the eightyear period.
August IS, 1915 to August IS, 1921 the percentage
increase in all articles of food combined s. per
cent. The articles named showed increases fol-
lows: Potatoes per cent; ham, 86 per cent; leg
Of lamb and hens, 81 per cent; pork chops, "a per
cent; bread and -four, 73 per cent; fresh milk, g
per cent bacon, 81 cent round steak So per cent;
sroin steak 81 per cent; meal so per cent:
cheese 48 cent; butter IS per cent; rib and
eggs. ~ per cent? sugar. "a cent tea ~ cent
chuck roast, 26 cent; coffee, 10 per cent; lard
per cent? plate beef II per cent and rice per cent
TIME avera0e family cxocn d;ture for food Increased
l. from July IS to August IS. 1921. in all of the
ffty-one cities from which reports are secured.
In Rochester the increase was per cent In
Buffalo the increase was 7 per cent. In Baltimore.
Boston, Fall River, New York and Philadelphia. the
increase per cent In Bridgeport, Chicago,
Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis Miwau-
kce. Newark New Haven New Orleans, Norfolk,
Providence, Scranton and Washington D. c., the in
crease was per cent. In Atlanta. Charleston, S. C..
Jacksonville Kansas City, Los Angeles, Louisville.
Manchester Mobile, Pittsburgh. Portland, Me-, Rich
mond and Savannah, the increase a per cent. In
Birmingham, Cincinnati, Houston, St. Louis, San
Francisco and Springfield. ILL.,. the increase 3 per
cent In Butte, Dallas. Omaha and St. Paul, the in
crease per cent In Denver Little Rock. Mem
phis, Minneapolis, Peoria, Portland, Greg, Salt Lake
City and Seattle the increase per cent.
AS compared with the average cost in the year
1913 the of food in August 1921 in the various
cities showed the following percentage increases:
Washington &c per cent; Providence, 81 per cent;
Boston Detroit and Richmond, 63 per cent Manches-
ter and Scranton. 62 per cent; Chicago 81 per cent
Buffalo and Milwaukee, 20 per cent; New York, 50
per cent Baltimore and Charleston, S. c, So per cent:
Cincinnati and Fall River so per cent; Birmingham and
Kansas City, IS per cent Cleveland Pittsburg and ST.
Louis, 81 per New Haven and Philadelphia s. per
cent Indianapolis and New Orleans 81 per cent Atlanta
Minneapolis and Newark, so per cent; Jacksonville.
4o per cent; Dallas, AZ per cent? Omaha 46 per cent;
Memphis IS per cent Little Rock and San Francisco,
a per cent; Louisville, 43 per cent Denver AZ per
cent Los Angeles, 40 per cent; Seattle, 80 per cent
Portland Oreg and Salt Lake CITY, az Der cent