Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-21
D. c. FOOD PRICES
CUT 11% IN YEAR
Decrease Is General in 81
Cities With 141-2 Per
Cent as Average.

Retail food prices in Washington de-
creased IL per cent during the one
year period ending January IS, it was
revealed in statement issued today by
the Bureau of Labor statistics.
Prices continued to decrease during
the last month of the one-year period,
dropping 2 per cent between December
Is and January Is, according to the
bureau.
These decreases, it was pointed out,
were part of general falling off in
81 cities reporting to the bureau. The
average decrease for the country as a
whole during the one-ysar period was
1412 per cent, while for the month
ending January Is, it was per cent
Decreases Tabulated.
During the one-month period, the
following decreases were noted.
Strictly fresh eggs. IS per cent; but
ter, II per cent; oranges, 9 per cent;
lard, per cent; pork chops and navy
beans, per cent; bread, per cent;
sliced bacon, oleomargarine, cheese,
rice and canned tomatoes, 8 per cent,
Sl1Ccu LldtIl, llOuI, GOIII Iiledl, iIldCdIOIll,
pork and beans, coffee and prunes,
per cent; sirloin and round steak, chuck
roast plate beef, fresh milk evaporated
milk rolled oats, canned corn, canned
peas and raisins, l per cent, and rib
roast, wheat cereal and tea, less than
five-tenths of l per cent.
Prices of five articles increased as
follows, however:
Cabbage, l6 per cent; hens, per
cent; leg of lamb, per cent, and cam
ned red salmon and bananas, less than
f1vetenths of per cent
The bureau noted no change in the
prices of vegetable lard substitute, corn
flakes, potatoes, onions and sugar.
Figures Are Compared.
Prices have decreased more in other
cities than III Washington, according
to the bureaus statistics. A comparison
of the figures for the one-month peri-d
follow:
Boston, 6 per cent; Atlanta, Buffalo,
Fall River, Little Rock, New Haven.
dence, Salt Lake City, Savannah and
Springfield Gll), per cent; Birming-
ham, Cleveland, Columbus, Jacksonville,
Los Angeles, Manchester, Mobile, New
York, Philadelphia and Portland
(Ore), per cent; Bridgeport, Butte,
Charleston IS. c., Chicago, Cincin-
natl, Dallas, Denver, Houston. Louis
viSle, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapo-
lis, Newark, New Orleans, Pittsburgh,
Rochester, San Francisco. Scranton
and Seattle, 3 per cent; Baltimore, De-
troit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Nor
folk, Richmond, st. Louis and st. Paul,
2 per cent.
For the one-year period, the decreases
were as follows:
Portland (Ore), 10 per cent; Detroit,
Fall River, Little Rock, Los Angeles,
Memphis, Omaha and Peoria, II per
cent; Atlanta, Buffalo, Butte, Houston,
indianapolis, Louisville, Milwaukee,
Pittsburgh, Providence, st. Louis, Seat
tie and Springfield Gll), Is per cent;
Boston, Cleveland, Kansas City, Man.
chester, New Orleans, Rochester, Salt
Lake City and Savannah Is per cent;
Birmingham, Chicago Columbus, Dali
las, Denver, Minneapolis, Philadelphia,
Portland (Me), st. Paul, San Fran
cisco and Scranton, IA per cent; Balti-
more. Charleston IS. c., Cincinnati,
Mobile, Newark, New York and Rich
mond, 10 per cent; Bridgeport, New
Haven and Norfolk, II per cent, and
Jacksonville, IL per cent.