New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
Food Cost Here
Up 3 Per Cent
For November
Increase in Retail Prices for
Rest of the Country
Slightly Less, Department
of Labor Report Shows
Farm Products Lead
Sixteen Articles Show a
Small Decrease, While IL
Re m a in Unchanged
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17~-Ihs retail
cost Of food 10 the sverAge family
IN November, as compared with octo'
Der. Increased 2 per cent, the Retail
Food Index, issued to-day BY the
United States Department Of Labor,
shows. The increase for New York
City for the month vas per cent. In
creases we're shown in a total Of forty
seven cities and ranged frem per
cent down 70 less than hvs-tenths Of
per cent.
During the month from oetobsr 49,
1922, 70 November Is. 1ss1. sixteen ar
tieles on vhieh monthly prices are Sc
cured increased in pries as follows
Strictly fresh eggs. 10 per cents bat
ter, per cent; evaporsted milk and
cheese, { per cent; sugar and bananas,
3 per cent; storage eggs, 2 per cent?
fresh milk, oleomarEarns, nut mar
caYine, lard, rolled oats, navy beans
and coffee, per cent. Bacon and tea
increased less than hve-tenths Of I per
cent
Sixteen Articles Are Cheaper
Sixteen articles decreased in price
Is folloVs:
Oranges, 81 per cant; pork chops, 10
per cent; potatoes ) per cent; raisins'
4 per cent; sirioin steak. round steak.
ham, hens and cabbage, 9 per cents rib
roast, chuck roast and prunes, 2 per
4
cent, and lamb and salmon less than
hve-tenths Of 1 pen cent.
Twelve articles remained unchanged
In prices Criseo, bread, flour, eornmeal,
corn fakes, cream OF wheat, naearont,
rice, onions. baked beans, canned peas
and tomstoes.
For the year period November 10.
1881, 20 November 10, 1929, the decrease
AZ ali articles Of food combined vas 3
per cent.
For the nine-year period, November
l5. 1918, 70 November IS, 1922, the in
crease In all articles Of food combined
vas IS per cent.
The trend Of Wholesale prices Of
com namodities was upward In November,
according 70 information gathered N
Representative markets By the United
lknlrN department VI AebNA
the Bureau Of Labor Statistics. Meas
ured By the bureaus weighted index
number, which includes to1 eommodi-
Ties or price series, the increase from
the general level Of the month before
was Is per cent.
Parm Products Lead Increases
Yarn products again led in price in
ereases, due 20 advances in grains.
cotton and cottonseed, hay, eggs, pea
nuts, sheep and wool Prices In this
group averaged 3h per cent higher In
November than In October. Food srti-
elss and cloths and clothing advanced
over per cent, and chemicals and
drugs advanced almost "a per cent IN
average price from October 10 Novem-
Der. Smaller increases were recorded
for building materials, house furnish
ing goods and miscellaneous eommodi-
ties, the increase in the last named
group being caused BY mounting prices
OF bran, eottonsced and linseed meal
and other cattle feed.
Further decreases took place In the
group Of fuel and Lighting materials,
soft coal and coke averaging less than
In the month before. Metals and metal
products, due 10 The drop IN pig iron
and steel blllets. also showed decline
from the October level.