Show Retail Cost Cos Cosof o of Edibles l r Cent in inAnd Month And nd And 16 Per Cent 1 in Year YearBy ear I By 81 Associated A Preen Frew to The Tha Telegram I IV V ASHINGTON Nov 29 Retail Retail prices of food in the I United States as a whole advanced 3 per per percent cent from September 15 to October 15 making a 16 per cent increase for twelve months as sho shown in reports compiled today by the bu bureau ea 1 of oJ la labor or statis statistics ics The fl e figures res came carne from retail dealers in m forty-five forty principal I industrial cities In tho thirty days covered in the I I reports meats declined in price from 1 to 6 pet cent but all other articles given except t tea coffee and rice advanced advanced advanced ad ad- I from 1 per cent for hens to tai 6 per cent for butter bread and sugar and 11 per cent for tor eggs I Relative Ive price pric changes for tor a number Continued on page 2 RETAIL COST Continued from page 1 1 of oi articles during he month putting the average 1915 prices at per cent are given as follows Decreases Sirloin Decreases Sirloin steak 3 per rent pent ent round steak 4 per cent rib roast 3 per cent chuck roast 2 per cent plate boiling beef 1 per cent pork chops 6 per cent ham no change Price Increases Smoked increases Smoked bacon 1 per pei percent percent cent lard 5 per cent eggs 11 per percent percent percent I cent butter 6 per cent cheese 5 per percent percent percent cent milk 3 per cent bread 6 per pez percent cent flour 11 per cent corn meal 4 4 per cent potatoes 4 per cent onions 4 per pel cent beans 2 per cent prunes 1 per cent sugar 6 per cent Tables giving price increases for twelve months show hov ho potatoes lead all foods with an increase of 75 76 per cent and beans next with 55 per cent There Thre were no price reductions but coffee tea and rice remained stationary Some of the years year's price changes are given n nas as follows Sirloin I 5 6 per cent round steak 7 per cent rib roast I 5 per cent chuck roast 6 per cent plate boiling beef 6 per cent pork chops 4 per cent smoked bacon 9 per cent smoked ham nam 16 per pei cent lard 34 per cent hens lens 18 per cent eggs 16 per cent butter 19 per cent cheese 19 per cent milk 16 per cent bread 16 per cent t flour 33 per cent meal 9 per cent potatoes 75 per cent onions 42 per percent percent percent cent beans 55 66 per cent prunes 1 per percent percent percent cent sugar 31 per pe cent |