Emery County Progress | 1905-04-08 | Page 2 | Effects of Prosperity

EFFECTS OF prosperity la the six years of the country s greatest prosperity from to 1803 average prices of breadstuffs advanced 65 per cent meats 23 1 per cent dairy and garden products per cent and clothing all these were prod nets of the farmer and stockman who profited more than any other class of the community by these advances the miner benefited per cent by that advance in the average price of metals the only decrease in the average prices ot commodities in that period was in railway freight rates which decreased from per ton mile in 1897 to in 1903 a loss of 4 4 per cent the report of the in ter state commerce commission shows that the average in the pay of railroad employed emp loyes in the period was a trifle above 8 5 per cent