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Show I. ' PRICES FOR SEX MONTHS. "Even before the drop in prices which occurred this week, there was a tendency downward in many articles. ... I Bradstreet's for May 15 gave a tabulated statement of prices of 106 commodities from December 1, 1919,. to May 1, 1920, in which, as a whole, .there was a slight rise, but in many of the necessaries, such as provisions and groceries, a drop occurred. Beef, on December 1, 1919, was 25 cents. On May 1, 18 cents. I Pork was 24 cents December 1 and 23 cents May 1. Milk was 13 i cents December 1 and 10 cents May 1. Bread was 7 cents a loaf on December 1 and QY2 cents on May 1. Bacon was 21 3-4 cents on mM December 1 and 20 cents on May L. , ' ; Lard had'dropped 4 cents, butter 10 cents, cljeese 2 cents, mack- :j prel S cents, tea 1 cent, molasses 2 cents, beans 1:4 c'entl Sugar had advanced from 9 cents to X8V2 cents, rice 3j cent, ! salt'l-8 cent, potatoes 4 cents, flour $2 a barrel. ) The biggest advances had been in building materials. Brick had J advanced $5 a thousand, cement 60 cents a barrel, nails 50 cents a j 0 keg, glass 25 cents a box, spruce timber .$.13 a thousand. The increase in building materials are doing more to hold back j Industry than any one factor. |