Deseret Evening News | 1906-05-09 | Page 4 | Rise in Prices

RISE lUSE IN PRICES An Au Instructive on the cost of living In iii this country nt It present us lIS compared to live lIe cars ars ago ORO appears In tn Inthe Inthe the tho Bulletin for March Issued by hy tho the Bureau of Labor Lubor The statistics there I given Ien It Is III s to toy nay have havo beets been gathered with the thc utmost cIr anti they the can cnn therefore be bo considered con reli rell reliable able No Nut attempt Is made mafle to account for tor tho the rise ripe anti fall full In prices but these I I are aro simply as ItS prevailing In the market They prove l roo that the e prices on nil commodities reached n a higher point In 1905 than At nt other othor time for Cor or years ear During the three throe of oC the year the ten tendency dency dene wn downwards but hut from tho Iho tb month of April tho the rise was steady un on until til in the end of ot the year nr when whets th priced reached the tho point In Tn December De they ther were per er cent above abow the average O for the period to 1599 anti and ani per cent above the tho low prices price In Prices J In December 1905 I O were w ro G per cent above abo th the prices In December 1904 1901 l Ot The 1905 average compared with the year of It lowest average prices due dur during ing log the thc sixteen years tram from 1890 to 1905 1 O OIn In each of ot the general groups of ot com coin commodities shows farm tann products CSC per cent cont higher than In 1896 lS 6 food fond etc etl per cent higher than In 1398 IS 6 clothing 22 per cent higher than In 7 fuel and lighting 3 39 1 per cent higher than In 1894 metals and Im in Implements Ha per cent higher hiher hl hor than thanIn In 1808 1598 lumber anti building matell ais nl 11 per cent higher than In drugs s and chemicals 21 1 per cent higher than In 1895 house furnishing goods per cent higher than thun In 1897 1591 and the articles included In inthe tha i miscellaneous group Krou p 23 per cent higher than In 1896 1806 It 11 iDea doe not appear that wages of ot la lit laborers borers Inn hao a risen rUen rl en In proportion to the vast tout of uC and this thIt fact Clot explains sufficiently the move among amOrt working workingmen men Inert for tor higher r remuneration It Il nc tie counts partly for tor the tM prevailing dH III which find flod so 10