Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-01-30 | Page 4 | Bureau Statistics of Food Advances

BH STATISTICS - OF FOOD SDVfiMCES WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Increases of from 50 to 200 per cent in retail prices of the principal food products of the country and from 70 to mofc than 200 per cent in wholesale prices during tho last six years are shown in figures issued today by the bureau of labor statistics. Taking the year 1913 as the normal year for basing comparative prices the bureau shows that by December, 1919, retail prices of meats had advanced from 50 to SO per cent over the average aver-age for 1913. Bacon and ham lot! in meat prices with Increases of 86 per cent each and pork chops stood second sec-ond highest with an advance of 81 per cent. Butler rose 10-1 per cent; eggs 1G1 per cent; hens S4 per cent; and lard 121 per cent. Breadstuff s and dairy products climbed to higher levels than the meat group. Flour advanced 133 per cent; bread 179 per cent; rice 103 per cent and potatoes 153 per cent. Coffee, tea and sugar advanced 64. 27 and 164 per cent respectively. Cheese went up 96 per cent, and milk 88 per cent. Wholesale clothing prices, according to the bureau's figures, showed an increase in-crease of 235 per cent laat Decerabor over tho 1913 levels and house furnishings fur-nishings went up 203 por cent. An advance ad-vance of 13 1 por cent in food as a commodity com-modity was shown while farm products rose 144 per cent- Lumber and building build-ing materials climbed 153 per cent in the six years while the average price of ail the commodities tabulated rose 138 per cent. Average increases of threo per cent in wholesale prices woro shown in comparative figures of 'Dccembei and November last. Farm products remained re-mained the same, food went up five per cent, clothing three per cent, fuel ana lighting and household furnishing one per cent each. Lumber and building build-ing materials showed an increase of five per cent.