Eureka Reporter | 1905-04-07 | Page 6 | Effects of Prosperity

EFFECTS OF prosperity in the six years of the country s greatest prosperity from 1897 to 1903 average prices of breadstuffs advanced 66 per cent meats 23 1 per cent dairy and garden products per cent and clothing 24 1 all these were prod nets ot the farmer and stockman who profited more than any other class ot the community by these advances the miner benefited 42 I 1 per cent by that advance in the average price of metals the only decrease in the average prices of commodities in that period was in railway freight rates which decreased from per ton mile in 1897 to in 1903 a loss ot 4 4 per cent the report of the in ter state commerce commission shows that the average increase in the pay of railroad employed emp loyes in the period was a trifle above 8 5 per cent