The Washington herald., 1921-07-19
DECLINE NCOSTS
FOR THIRTY DAYS
REPORTED SMALL
Average American Fam
Pays Three-Tenths of
l Per Cent Less.
ANNUAL DROP HERE
Washington Residents Pay
Twenty-nine Per Cent Less
Than Year Ago.

Retail food costs to the average
family declined only three-tenths of
per cent in June, as compared
with May, according to estimates
issued yesterday by the Department
Of Labor.
From May Is to June Is twenty
six of forty-three staple articles Of
food decreased in price as follows:
Hens and granulated sugar. per
cent; plate beef and cheese, per
cent: nut margarine and butter, S
per cent: evaporated milk, per
cent; pork, cleomargarine and lard.
3 per cent; chuck roast, crisco, corn
flakes End tea, "'ib
rcast. aeon, car ned salmon, fresh
milk. bread, macaroni. baked beans,
canned tomatoes, coffee, and prunes,
per cent. The price Of sirloin
steak and raisins decreased less
than five-tenths of per cent.
Ten articles increased in price
from May Is to June Is. as follows:
Potatoes. 20 per cent; cabbage and
oranges. per cent; fresh eggs, 5
per cent: -four and bananas, per
cent: onions. per cent; leg Of
lamb and canned peas, per cent.
Thirty-Four Per Cent In Year.
Prices remained unchanged for
round steak, cornmeal. rolled oats,
cream OF wheat, rice. navy beans,
and canned corn.
For the period June Is. 1920, to
June Is. 1921. the percentage de-
creases in all articles of food COM
bined were 81 per cent. The heavi-
est decreases for the year period
were: Potatoes. "a per cent; gran
ulated sugar. II per cent: rice, So
per cent. and lard. As per cent.
For the eight-year period, June
Is, 1918, to June Is, 1921. the per-
centage increase in the price OF all
articles of food was 4s per cent.
Leg of lamb increased so per cent
in this period. ham and -four. 7s per
cent; hens, 76 per cent; bread, rs
per cent: pork chips, 81 per cent;
fresh milk, 81 per cent; round steak,
5S perc ent: bacon. 81 per cent; corn
meal, 55 per cent: sirloin steak, 81
per cent; potatoes. so per cent; rib
roast. 4S per cent: granulated
sugar, ~ per cent: cheese. 35 per
cent; chuck roast, 80 per cent, and
tea, 20 per cent.
Annual Decrease in WashinEtoa.
The average family expenditure
for food decreased from May Is TO
June Is, 1921, in thirty-four cities,
and increased in fifteen cities. In
Milwaukee and Norfolk the expen-
ditures remained the same.
turing the month the cost Of food
decreased l per cent in New York
City. Boston, Atlanta. PHILADELPHIA
Baltimore. Detroit and Indianapolis
Food costs in Chicago showed an
increase Of per cent for the cor
responding period.
For the year period, June, 1920
to June. 1921. the following de-
creases were shown: In Detroit, In
dianapolis and st. Paul, 40 per cent;
in Chicago, IS per cent: in Atlanta
and Baltimore, SO per cent; in New
Orleans. Philadelphia and Richmond
80 per cent; in New York. Boston
Cincinnati and San Francisco, 81 pei
cent; in Los Angeles, so per cent
and in Washington, d. c. 29 lei
cent.
Increase Since 1913.
AS compared with the average
cost in the year 1918, the cost Vi
food in June, 1921, showed the fol
lowing percentage increases: Wash
ington. D. C, 81 per ceent; Cincin
natl, so per cent; Chicago and New
York, IS per cent; Boston, ~ pei
cent; Baltimore, 46 per cent; De-
troit, As per cent; Atlanta and Phil
adelphia, 43 per cent: Newark ano
Philadelphia. 80 per cent: LS'
Angeles, 81 per cent. and 1ndianap'
oils. Sc per cent.
The average family expenditure
for food from May Is to June Ii
dropped in thirty-four cities and in
creased in fifteen. Among the in
creases were: Cincinnati and st
Louis. 3 per cent; Chicago, Memphis
and Texas, . per cent: Denver am
Portland, Greg, l per cent; Lot
Angeles, Salt Lake City and Sai
Francisco, less than one-half ] pc
cent.
| Among the decreases were
Charleston. S. c., per cent; Buf
falo, Columbus, Kansas City. Phil
adelphia and Rochester. per cent
Butte, Cleveland, Seattle and Rich
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