U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR JAMES J. DAVIS, Secretary. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ETHELBERT STEWART, Commissioner WHOLESALE PRICES

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1 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR JAMES J. DAVIS, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ETHELBERT STEWART, Commissioner BULLETIN OF THE UNITED S T A T E S \... BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS/ WHOLESALE PRICES SERIES WHOLESALE PRICES 1929 INDEX NUMBERS OF PRINCIPAL GROUPS, 1890 TO 1929 INDEX NUMBERS OF SUBGROUPS, 1913 TO 1929 WHOLESALE PRICES, INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES, 1929 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR, 1913 TO 1929 AUGUST, 1930 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1930 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price 15 cents

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3 CONTENTS Page Movement of wholesale prices in Farm products and nonagricultural commodities 10 Raw materials, semimanufactured articles, and finished products 11 Index numbers of wholesale prices, 1890 to Index numbers of wholesale prices, by months, 1890 to Average wholesale prices of important commodities, Unweighted commodities 57 Purchasing power of the dollar 65 A p p e n d ix. Quantities used as weights in constructing index numbers m

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5 BULLETIN OF THE U. S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS n o. 52i WASHINGTON a u g u s t, 1930 WHOLESALE PRICES IN 1929 This publication differs from the previous bulletins on wholesale prices issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in that it does not repeat the detailed price data for individual commodities for years prior to In view of the fact that detailed price figures are now published monthly in pamphlet form by the bureau, it does not seem necessary to bring all these data together in a single volume as frequently as once a year. The present bulletin gives complete information for the year 1929 and index numbers for the principal commodity groups for the years 1890 to 1929*. Persons desiring the earlier detailed data are referred to Bulletin 493 and previous reports.1 MOVEMENT OF WHOLESALE PRICES IN 1929 The general level of wholesale prices showed little variation during the year The peak was reached in July, when prices averaged about 1 per cent higher than in January. Weakening markets in the second half of the year brought the general level down to the lowest point of the year in December, when the average was 3 per cent below that of January. The year s average was about 1% per cent below the 1928 level. Farm products advanced in price from January to March, but declined in the next two months. July prices were the highest of the year, but steady recessions thereafter brought the November level to a point 4 per cent lower than the January figure. December prices advanced somewhat. Foods, after weakening in the first half of the year, increased in August and September, but declined again thereafter. Hides and leather products showed marked variation, the index falling 6 per cent from January to May, reacting to some extent in summer and fall, and declining again in the closing months of the year. Textile products showed little price fluctuation in 1929, but with a downward tendency, while fuel and lighting materials also moved within narrow limits. Metals and metal products slowly advanced in the early months of the year, but steadily declined later. Prices of building materials and chemicals and drugs fluctuated slightly from month to month, while housefurnishing goods were quite stable. Compared with average prices in 1928, decreases in 1929 were recorded for the groups of farm products, foods, hides and leather products, textile products, fuel and lighting materials, chemicals and drugs, housefurnishing goods, and miscellaneous commodities, while two groups, viz, metals and metal products and building materials, showed increases. These and other facts are brought out in Table 1. i Previous reports are Bulletins Nos. 27, 39, 45, 51, 57, 63, 69, 75, 81, 87, 93, 99, 114, 149, 181, 200, 226, 269,296,320,335,367,390,415,440, and

6 2 WHOLESALE PRICES IN 1929 Table 1. Index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups and subgroups of com," modifies, 1913 to December, 1929 [1926=] Farm products Foods Year or month Grains Livestock and poultry Other farm products All farm products Butter, cheese, and milk Meats Other foods All foods i m January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August... S September October November December

7 MOVEMENT OF WHOLESALE PRICES 3 T a b le 1. Index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups and subgroups of commodities, 1918 to December, 1929 C ontinued Hides and leather products Year or month Hides and skins Leather Boots and shoes Other leather products All hides and leather products March January... February April June August September October November December March April January February August September October November December January February March April August September October November December

8 4 WHOLESALE PRICES IN T a b l e 1. Index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups and subgroups of commodifies, 1913 to December, 1929 C ontinued Textile products Year or month Cotton goods Silk and rayon Woolen and worsted goods Other textile products All textile products January February March May June July August September October November December January February March ICS April May July A ugust September October November December January February March A.pril May July August September October November December

9 MOVEMENT OF WHOLESALE PRICES 5 T a b le 1. Index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups and subgroups of commodities, 1913 to December, 1929 C ontinued Fuel and lighting Year or month Anthracite coal Bituminous coal Coke Gas Petroleum prod and light All fuel ucts ing * January February March April M ay June August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April: May June July August September October November h7 December

10 6 WHOLESALE PRICES IN T a b l e 1. Index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups and subgroups of commodities, 1913 to December, 1929 C ontinued Metals and metal products Year or month Iron and steel Nonferrous metals Agricultural implements Automobiles Other metal products All metals and metal products January February March April M ay June August September October November December January February March April M a y._ August September October November December January February March April June July August September Ootober November December

11 MOVEMENT OF WHOLESALE PRICES 7 T a b l e 1. Index numbers of wholesale prices by groups and subgroups of commodities, 1918 to December, 1929 C ontinued Building materials Year or month Lumber Brick Cement Structural steel Paint materials Other All building mate building materials rials i m i m January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December

12 8 WHOLESALE PRICES IN Table 1. Index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups and subgroups of commodities, 1918 to December, 1929 Continued Chemicals and drugs House-furnishing goods Year or month Chemicals Drugs and pharmaceuticals Fertilizer materials Mixed fertilizers All chemicals and drugs Furniture Furnishings All housefurnishing goods m i..._ January February March April M ay June July August September. _ October November December January February March April M ay June July August September October November December January February March April M ay June July August l: September October November December

13 M OVEMENT OF WHOLESALE PRICES 9 T a b le 1. Index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups and subgroups of commodities, 1913 to December, 1929 Continued Miscellaneous Year or month Cattle feed Paper and pulp Rubber, crude Automobile tires Other miscellaneous All miscellaneous All com modities January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December

14 10 WHOLESALE PRICES IN 1929 FARM PRODUCTS AND NONAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES In Table 2 the price trend of farm products since 1913 is compared with the trend of all other commodities combined into one group and designated Nonagricultural commodities. T a b l e 2. Index numbers of wholesale prices of farm products, nonagricultural commodities, and all commodities, 1913 to December, 1929 [1926=] Year or month irm ducts Nonagricultural All commodities mo * January. February.. March... April... M ay... June July August... September.. October November.. December.. January February March April May June July August... September.. October November.. December.. January February March A pril.. May June... July... August... September.. October November.. December

15 WHOLESALE PRICES IN RAW MATERIALS, SEMIMANUFACTURED ARTICLES, AND FINISHED PRODUCTS A comparison of the price trends of raw materials, semimanufactured articles, and finished products is afforded by the figures in Table 3. For a list of the commodities included under the three groupings see Bulletin No. 493, page 31, or the Labor Review for March, 1928, page 193. T a b l e 3. Index numbers of wholesale prices of raw materials, semimanufactured articles, and finished products, 1913 to December, 1929 [1926=] Year or month Raw materials Semimanufactured articles Finished products All commodities Jan narv February March April M ay June July August September October November December Jannarv February M arch April M ay June July August September October November December J a n u a r v February March April M ay June July /) August September October November December

16 12 WHOLESALE PRICES IN 1929 INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO 1929 In Table 4 the index numbers of wholesale prices as computed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the major groups of commodities have been extended back to 1890, the earliest year for which wholesale prices were collected by the bureau. While results here given for years prior to 1913 are necessarily based on a smaller number of commodities than are the results for the years since 1913, they may be considered comparable for all practical purposes. T a b l e 4. Index numbers of wholesale prices, 1890 to 1929 [1926=] Year Farm products Foods Hides and leather products Textile products Fuel and lighting Metals and metal products Building materials Chemicals and drugs Housefurnishing goods Miscellaneous All commodities i 42.9 I I ! ! , I ( INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES, BY MONTHS, 1890 TO 1912 Table 5 contains monthly as well as yearly index numbers for the period from 1890 to 1912, inclusive. These index numbers are comparable with those for subsequent months appearing in this and other publications of the bureau.

17 INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO T a b l e 5. Index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups of commodities and by months, January, 1890, to December, 1912 il926=] Year and month Farm products Foods Hides and leather products Textile products Fuel and lighting Metals and metal products Building materials Chemicals and drugs Housefurnishing goods Miscellaneous All commodities 1890 Average for year January February March... ± April M ay Ju ne J u ly August Septembei October November December Average foi yeai January February March April M av June July August September ? October.... November December Average for year January February March April M ay June July August September October November December Average for year January February March April May June July... August September October November... December Average for year January February ! March April May June July August September October November December

18 14 WHOLESALE PRICES IN 1912 T a ble 5. Index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups of commodities and by months, etc. Continued Sir. 1!...-:t:,"===^----- Year and month Farm products Foods Hides and leather products Textile products Fuel and lighting Metals and metal products Building materials Chemicals and drugs Housefurnishing goods Miscellaneous All commodities 1895 Average for year January February March April May June July a August September October November December Average for year January February March April , May June July August September October November December Average for year January February March April May June i July August September October tf November December Average for year January February March April... May... June July August September October I November i December Average for year i January February M arch April May June July August September October , November..., December I

19 INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO T ab le 5. Index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups of commodities and by monthsy etc. Continued Year and month Farm products Foods Hides and leather products Textile products Fuel and lighting Metals and metal products Building materials Chemicals and drugs Housefurnishing goods f Miscellaneous All commodities 1900 Average for year January February March April... May... June July August September October November December Average for year January February March April May June July August September October November December Average for year January February March April May June July August September October November December Average for year January February March April : May June July August September October November December Average for year January February March April May June., July August September October November December

20 16 WHOLESALE PRICES IN 1912 T a ble 5. Index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups of commodities and by months, etc. Continued Year and month Farm products Foods Hides and leather products Textile products Fuel and lighting Metals and metal products Building materials Chemicals and drugs Housefurnishing goods Miscellaneous All commodities 1905 Average for year January February March April M a y June July August September October November December Average for year January February March April May June July August September October November December Average for year January February March April May June July August September October November December Average for year January February March April May June July August September October November... December A verage for year January February March April May June July... i August i September... : October....! November I December

21 INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES, 1890 TO T a b l e 5. Index numbers of wholesale prices, by groups of commodities and by months, etc. Continued Year and month Farm products Foods Hides and leather products Textile products Fuel and lighting Metals and metal products Building materials Chemicals and drugs Housefulnishing goods Miscellaneous All commodities 1910 Average for year January February March April May June July August September October November ! December i Average for year January February March , April May June July August September October November December Average for year January February March April May June July August September October November December

22 18 WHOLESALE PRICES IN AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF IMPORTANT COMMODITIES, 1929 The average wholesale prices of individual commodities for each month of 1929 are shown in detail in Table 6. Yearly figures from 1890 to 1928, inclusive, and monthly figures for the years from 1913 to 1928, inclusive, have, wherever this information has been collected by the bureau, been published in previous bulletins.2 Table 6 contains, in addition to the average money prices, the index numbers for each month as compared with the average price in the year 1926; that is, the per cent that the average price in each month is of the average price in the year These index numbers have been computed from average prices carried to four decimal places, while the average prices as here published have been rounded off to three decimal places. In some instances, therefore, the index numbers show changes that are not reflected in the average prices. For each commodity the average price for the year was computed by dividing the sum of the quotations by the number of quotations. Where a range of prices was found, except in the case of chemicals and drugs, the mean price for each date was taken and the sum of such means was divided by their number to obtain the average price for the year. For example, the sum of the 53 mean weekly prices for No. 2 hard wheat at Kansas City obtained for 1929 was found to be $ This total divided by 53 gives $ as the average price for the year For monthly averages a similar plan was followed in cases where prices on a particular day of each week were used. For many commodities, however, monthly averages based on daily quotations have been obtainable. First-of-the-month prices have been used for a limited number of articles whose prices are quite stable. In computing the averages shown in the table the net cash price was used for textiles and all other articles subject to large and varying discounts. In the case of a few commodities, such as plain wire, nails, steel plates, steel sheets, etc., the prices of which are subject to a small discount for cash within 10 days, no deduction has been made. * Bulletins Nos. 149, 181, 209, 228, 269, 296, 320, 335, 367, 390, 415, 440, 473, and 493.

23 T a b l e 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 AVERAGE PRICES Commodity GROUP 1. FARM PRODUCTS March April May June July August January February September (a) Grains: Barley, feeding, per bushel, Chicago... Corn, per bushel, Chicago $0,600 $0.618 $0,593 $0,550 $0,548 $0.531 $0.650 $0.639 $0,689 $0,638 $0,661 $0,658 $0,615 Contract grades No. 3, mixed Oats, No. 2, white, per bushel, Chicago... Rye, No. 2, per bushel, Chicago... Wheat, per bushel October November December No. 2, red winter, Chicago No. 2, hard, Kansas City No. 1, northern spring, Minneapolis No. 2, dark northern spring, Minneapolis No. 1, hard winter, Portland, Oreg No. 2, red winter, St. Louis L324 (6) Livestock and poultry: Cattle, per 100 pounds, Chicago Calves, good to choice, vealers Fair to good Good to choice Steers Fair to good Good to choice Hogs, per 100 pounds, Chicago Fair to choice, heavy butchers Fair to choice, light butchers Sheep, per 100 pounds, Chicago Ewes, native, all grades, fair to best * Lambs, western, fair to good Wethers, fed, poor to best Poultry, live fowls, per pound Chicago New York (c) Other farm products: Beans, medium, per 100 pounds, New York Cotton, middling, per pound Galveston New Orleans , New York Year AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 19

24 T a b l e 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 C ontinued AVERAGE PRICES-Continued Commodity March April May June July August January February September October November December Year GROUP 1. FARM PRODUCTS Continued (c) Other farm products Continued. Eggs, fresh, per dozen $0,433 $0.321 $0,280 $0,312 $0.313 $0,324 $0,347 $0.374 $0.402 $0,491 $0,521 $0,374 Firsts, Chicago Extra firsts, Cincinnati Candled, New Orleans Firsts, New York Extra firsts, Philadelphia , No. 1, extras, San Francisco Fruit Apples, fresh Baldwins, per barrel Chicago. _ ) 0) 0) 0) * New Vorlr (0 0) * Medium grade, per box, Portland, Oreg ) Lemons, choice or fancy, California, per box, Chicago Oranges, choice, California, per box, Chicago Hay, per ton Alfalfa, Kansas City Clover, mixed, No. 1, Cincinnati Timothy, No. 1, Chicago Hops, prime to choice, Pacifics, per pound, Portland, Or e g Milk, fluid, per 100 pounds Chicago New York San Francisco Peanuts, per pound, Norfolk Seeds Alfalfa, per 100 pounds, Kansas City ) Clover, per 100 pounds, Chicago Flaxseed, per bushel, Minneapolis Timothy, per 100 pounds, Chicago Tobacco, leaf, warehouse sales, average 12 months, per 100 pounds Vegetables, fresh Onions, per 100 pounds, Chicago WHOLESALE PEICES IN

25 Potatoes, white, per 100 pounds Boston Chicago... New York Portland, Oreg Potatoes, sweet, per %-bushel, Philadelphia.. Wool, per pound, Boston Ohio, grease basis Fine clothing.... Fine delaine... Half blood.... Medium grades... Territory, scoured basis Staple, fine and fine medium.... Half blood Foreign- Argentine, crossbreds, quarter blood, grease basis.... Australian, Geelong, 56s, scoured basis... Montevideo, one-fourth blood, 60s, grease basis GROUP 2. FOODS (a) Butter, cheese, and m ilk: Butter, creamery, per pound Boston Extra Firsts Seconds... Chicago- Extra... Extra firsts... Firsts.... Cincinnati, as to score.... New Orleans- Fancy.... Choice... New York Extra Firsts Seconds _.... Philadelphia- Extra... Extra firsts.... Firsts... St. Louis, extra... San Francisco- Extra Firsts... 1No quotation ) (1) (l) <*> (9 0).981 a i , I * Partly interpolated. AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 21

26 T a b l e 6* Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 C ontinued AVERAGE PRICES -Continued Commodity March April May June July August January February September October November December Year GROUP 2. FOODS Continued (a) Batter, cheese, and milk Continued. Cheese, whole milk, per pound Chicago $0,228 $0,222 $0,226 $0.215 $0.217 $0.218 $0.213 $0.221 $0,227 $0,228 $0,223 $0,213 $0,221 New York , San Francisco Milk, condensed, per case, New York Milk, evaporated, per case, New Y ork Milk, fluid. (See Farm products.) (6) Meats: Beef, fresh, carcass, steers, per pound Chicago New York _ Beef, cured, family, per barrel (200 pounds) New York Lamb, fresh, per pound, Chicago Mutton, fresh, dressed, per pound, New York Pork, cured Bacon, per pound, Chicago Hams, per pound, Chicago Mess, per barrel (200 pounds), New York Sides, clear, per pound, Chicago Sides, rough, per pound, Chicago Pork, fresh (composite price), per pound, Chicago Poultry, dressed, per pound Chicago (9 0) 0) 0) 0) 0) 0) New York Veal, fresh, good, per pound, Chicago (c) Other foods: Beans. (See Farm products.) Bread, loaf, per pound before baking Chicago Cincinnati New Orleans New York San Francisco Cocoa beans, Arriba, per pound, New York WHOLESALE PEIOES IN

27 Coffee, Brazilian grades, per pound, New York! Bio No. 7 Santos, No. 4 j Copra, South Sea, per pound, New York....j Crackers, soda, per pound, New York Eggs. (See Farm products.) Fish Cod, pickled, cured, per 100 pounds, Gloucester, Mass... Herring, pickled, per pound, New York Mackerel, salt, per pound, New York... Salmon, canned, Alaska, red, per dozen cans, factory Salmon, smoked, Alaska, per pound, New York...I Flour, rye, white, per barrel, Minneapolis Flour, wheat, per barrel Standard patents, hard winter, Buffalo First clears, hard winter, Buffalo Short patents, winter, Kansas City Straights, winter, Kansas City Standard patents, Minneapolis Second patents, Minneapolis Patents, Portland, Oreg... Short patents, soft winter, St. Louis Straights, soft winter, St. Louis Standard patents, soft winter, Toledo Fruit, canned, per dozen, New York Peaches, 2J^ s Pineapples, 2 ^ s Fruit, dried, per pound, New York Apples, evaporated.. Currants, cleaned...: Prunes, California, Raisins, coast, seeded j Fruits, fresh 1 Apples. (See Farm products.)» Bananas, Jamaica, per bunch, New York j Lemons. (See Farm products.) j Oranges. (See Farm products.) Glucose, 42 mixing, per 100 pounds, New York.. Hominy grits, white, per 100 pounds, mill...i Lard, prime, contract, per pound, New York... I Meal, corn, per 100 pounds White, mill...i Yellow, fancy, Philadelphia Molasses, New Orleans, fancy, per gallon, New Y ork Oatmeal, in 90-pound sacks, per 100 pounds, New York...J 1No quotation. t a S , * Partly interpolated. AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OP IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 23

28 T a b l e 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 C ontinued AVERAGE PRICES Continued Commodity March April May June July August January February September October November December Year GROUP 2. FOODS Continued (c) Other foods Continued. Oleomargarine, standard, uncolored, per pound, Chicago... $0,235 $0,235 $0,235 $0,235 $0,235 $0,235 $0,235 $ $0,235 $ $0,235 $0.235 $0,235 Oleo oil, extra, per pound, Chicago , Pepper, black, per pound, New York , Rice, head, clean, per pound, New Orleans- Blue Rose, medium to good ) Edith, medium to choice (1) *.047 Salt, Chicago American, medium, per barrel (280 pounds) Granulated, per ton Sugar, per pound, New York Granulated Raw, Tallow, edible, per pound, Chicago Tea, Formosa, fine, per pound, New York Vegetables, canned^ per dozen String beans, Iso. 2, New York Corn, No. 2, factory Peas, No. 2, New York Tomatoes, No. 3, New York Vegetables, fresh Onions. (See Farm products.) Potatoes. (See Farm products.) Vegetable oil Coconut, per pound, New York Corn, per pound, New York Cottonseed, per pound, New York Olive, per gallon, New York Peanut, per pound, mill ,t) Soy bean, per pound, New York Vinegar, cider, per gallon, New York GROUP 3. HIDES AND LEATHER PRODUCTS (a) Hides and skins: Hides, per pound, Chicago- Country cows Packers Heavy, native steers Heavy, Texas steers Skins, per pound Calf, No. 1, country, Chicago i WHOLESALE PBIOES IN

29 Goat, Brazil, first selection, New York. Kip, No. 1, country, Chicago... Sheep, packers, per pelt, Chicago (6) Leather: Chrome calf, per square foot, tannery (composite price) B grade C grade Glazed kid, top grade, per square foot, Boston Harness, California oak, per pound, general market. Side, black, chrome, tanned, B grade, per square foot, Boston Sole, oak, per pound, Boston In sides Scoured backs...^.... Sole, union backs, steers, per pound, New York.. (e) Boots and shoes, factory: Children s, per pair Child s, gun metal..._... Little boys', tan calf... Misses, gun metal... Youths, tan calf Men s, per pair Black, calf, oxford Black, calf.... Black, side leather, blucher... Black, vici kid... Chocolate, elk, blucher... Dress, medium grade... Gun metal, blucher... Mahogany, chrome, bal Tan, calf, oxford Tan, side leather, blucher Work, medium grade... Women s, per pair Black, kid, oxford... Black, kid, McKay sewed... Medium grade Better grade... Colored ca lf... Patent-leather pump (d) Other leather products: Gloves, per dozen pairs, factory Men s... Women s... Harness (composite price), per set Suit cases (composite price), each... Traveling bags (composite price), each (0 0) , , No quotation. 2Partly interpolated. AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 25 Digitized for FRASER

30 T a b l e 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 C ontinued AVERAGE PRICES Continued Commodity January February March April May June July i August 1September October November December Year GROUP 4. -TEXTILE PRODUCTS (a) Cotton goods: Blankets, colored, per pair, Boston... $1,090 $1.090 $1,090 $1,090 $1.090 $1.090 $1.090 $1.090 $1,090 $1,090 $1,090 $1,090 $1,090 Denims, Massachusetts, 28-inch, per yard, mill Drillings, brown, per yard, mill Pepperell, 30-inch Pepperell, 29-inch , Duck, per yard, mill 8-ounce, Army Wide, 36-inch Flannel, per yard, mill Bleached, 36-inch, Unbleached, 33-inch Gingham, per yard, mill Amoskeag, 27-inch Security, 32-inch Hosiery, per dozen pairs, mill Men s, combed yarn Women s, mercerized Muslin, bleached, per yard, mill Fruit of the Loom Lonsdale Rough Rider i , ' 142 Nainsook, Wamsutta i , Print cloth, per yard, mill 27-inch ^-inch...i Sheeting, bleached, per yard, mill! 10/4, Pepperell... ~ J /4, Pequot Sheeting, brown, per yard, mill /4, Pepperell /4, Trion j Thread, 6 cord, 100 yards, per spool, m ill... j I , Ticking, Amoskeag, 32-inch, per yard, m ill...j ! Underwear, mill 1 1 j Men s shirts and drawers, per dozen garments, j Women s union suits, per dozen ! WHOLESALE PRICES IN 192 9

31 Yarn, carded, per pound, mill white northern 10/1 cones White, northern, 22/1 cones... Single, warp, 40/1, southern, spinning... Twisted, 20$, carded, weaving Twisted, 40/2, carded, weaving... (ft) Silk and rayon: Rayon, per pound, New York 160 first quality 150 second quality 300 first quality 300 second quality Silk, raw, per pound, New York China, steam filature, third category... Canton, double extra A cracks... Japan, double extra cracks... Japan, 13/15... Silk, spun, per pound, New Y o rk - Domestic, 60/1... Domestic, 60/2... Imported, 200/2, first quality... Hosiery, per dozen pairs, mill Men s silk, mercerized top, heel, and toe... Women s pure silk... Women s, rayon and silk (c) Woolen and worsted goods: Blankets, all wool, 4 to 5 pounds, per pound, mill Flannel, No. 6400, 64-inch, per yard, mill... Overcoating, per yard, mill Heavy Light Suiting, per yard, mill Serge, 16-ounce, Serge, 11-ounce, inch Uniform serge, fine grade, 12*ounce... Uniform serge, medium grade, 12-ounce... Unfinished worsted, 13-ounce... Trousering, cotton warp, 11-ounce, per yard, mill.. Underwear, men s, mill Shirts and drawers, per dozen garments Union suits, per dozen... Women s dress goods, per yard, mill Broadcloth, 9M-ounce Flannel, 12-ounce Flannel, 54-inch French serge, 39-inch Serge, 36-inch, cotton warp... Sicilian cloth, 54-inch, cotton warp o & AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 27

32 T a b l e 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, C ontinued AVERAGE PRICES Continued Commodity March April May June July August January February September October November December Year GROUP 4. T E XTILE PRODUCTS Continued (c) Woolen and worsted goods Continued. Yarns, per pound, mill 2/32 s, crossbred stock, white $1.575 $1.575 $1.575 $1,550 $1,500 $1.450 $1,450 $1,450 $1.475 $1.475 $1,425 $1,400 $ /40 s, half-blood, weaving /50 s, fine, weaving (d) Other textile products: Binder twine, standard, per bale (50 pounds), mill Burlap, 1 0 -ounce, 40-inch, per yard, mill Hemp, manila, per pound, New York Jute, raw, medium grades, per pound, New York Linen shoe thread, 10 s, Barbour, per pound, New York Rope, pure manila, %-inch and larger, per pound, New York Sisal, Mexican, per pound, New York GROUP 5. FUEL AND LIGHTING (a) Anthracite coal, per gross ton (com posite price): Chestnut Egg Pea (6) Bitum inous coal, per net ton (com posite price): Mine run Prepared sizes , Screenings (c) Coke, per net ton : Beehive Alabama, foundry, oven ) 0) 0) 0) 0) 0) 0) 0) *5.000 Connellsville, furnace, oven By-product Alabama, Birmingham : New Jersey, Newark i WHOLESALE PRICES IN

33 (d) Manufactured gas (composite price), per 1,0< cubic feet.... (e) Petroleum products: Petroleum, crude, per barrel, wells California... Kansas- Oklahoma Pennsylvania... Fuel oil, refinery Oklahoma, per barrel... Pennsylvania, per gallon... Gasoline, per gallon, refinery California... Oklahoma Pennsylvania... North Texas Natural, Oklahoma... Kerosene, refined, per gallonstandard, New York Water white, refinery... GROUP 6. M ETALS AND M ETAL PROD UCTS (a) Iron and steel: Iron ore, Mesabi, per gross ton, lower lake ports Bessemer Non-Bessemer Pig iron, per gross ton Basic, furnace... Bessemer, Pittsburgh.... Foundry, No. 2, northern, Pittsburgh.... Foundry, No. 2, southern, Birmingham.... Ferromanganese, furnace Spiegeleisen, furnace......i.. Bar iron, per pound Best, refined, Philadelphia Common, refined, Pittsburgh... Bars, concrete reinforcing, 3 inch and larger, per 100 pounds, mill... Nails, wire, per 100 pounds, Pittsburgh... Pipe, cast-iron, 6-inch, per net ton, New York Pipe, black steel, per 100 feet, Pittsburgh... Skelp, grooved, per 100 pounds, Pittsburgh... oteel billets, rerolling, per gross ton, Pittsburgh... bteel merchant bars, per 100 pounds, Pittsburgh.. Steel plates, tank, per pound, Pittsburgh... Steel rails, open-hearth, per gross ton, mill... oteel scrap, per gross ton, Chicago. Steel sheets, No. 27, box annealed, per pound, mill No quotation Partly interpolated. AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 29

34 T a ble 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 C ontinued AVERAGE PRICES Continued CO O Commodity March April May June July August January February September October November December Year GROUP 6. METALS AND METAL PROD- U CTS Continued (a) Iron and steel Continued. Steel, structural, per 100 pounds, mill $1,900 $1,900 $1.900 $1,900 $1.950 $1.950 $1.950 $1.950 $1.950 $1,900 $1.900 $1,900 $1,921 Terneplate, No. 8,1. C. package, per 200 pounds, m ill Tin plate, domestic, standard, coke, per 100 pounds, Pittsburgh Wire fence Barbed, galvanized, per 100 pounds, mill Galvanized, No. 9, per 100 pounds, Pittsburgh Plain, annealed, per 100 pounds, Pittsburgh Woven, per net ton, Pittsburgh (b) Nonferrous metals: Aluminum, per pound, New York Antimony, per pound, New York Brass, sheets, per pound, mill Copper, ingot, electrolytic, per pound, refinery Copper, sheet, hot rolled, per pound, New York Copper wire, bare, per pound, mill Lead, pig, desilverized, per pound, New York Lead pipe, 100 pounds, New York Nickel, ingot, per pound, New York Quicksilver, per 76-pound flask, New York Silver, bar, fine, per ounce, New York... Tin, pig, straits, per pound, New York Zinc, sheets, per 100 pounds, La Salle, Zinc, slab, per pound, New York fe) Agricultural implements, each factory: Binder, grain Cultivator Drill, grain Engine, 3-horsepower Harrow Spike, peg-tooth Spring-tooth ( Loader, hay Mower, hay WHOLESALE PRICES IN 19 29

35 Picker, corn... Planter, com Plow, tractor... Flow, walking 1-horse (composite price)... 2-horse (composite price)... Rake Self-dump Side-delivery Separator, cream Sbeller, corn Spreader, manure Tractor... Wagon, 2-horse (composite price). id) Automobiles, each, f. o. b. factory: Weighted average price of Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, and Packard passenger cars. (c) Other metal products: Sewing machines (composite price), each Electric... Treadle... Stoves, cooking (composite price), each Coal Gas... OH... GROUP 7. BUILDING MATERIALS (a) Lumber, per 1,000 feet: Cypress, shop, St. Louis Douglas fir, mill No. 1 common sheathing... No. 2 and better, drop siding... Gum, plain, sap, St. Louis... Hemlock, northern, No. 1, Chicago... Maple, hard, No. 1, Chicago Oak, plain, white, No. 1, common, Cincinnati Pine, white, No. 2, Buffalo... Pine, yellow, flooring, mill... Pine, yellow, timbers, mill... Poplar, No. 1, Cincinnati... Spruce, eastern, Boston... Lath, per M, mill Douglas fir, No Pine, yellow, No Shingles, per M, mill Cedar, red... Cypress ? , # K) a ft L ) No quotation ) Z * Partly interpolated ) ) % AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 31

36 T a b l e 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 C ontinued AVERAGE PRICES Continued Commodity March April May June July August January February September October November December Year GROUP 7. BUILDING M ATERIALS- Contd. (b) Brick, per M : Common building, plant (composite price)... $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Common building, run of kiln, Chicago Common, domestic, New York Front, New York Paving blocks, 3H inch, St. Louis Sand-lime, plant (c) Cement, Portland, per barrel, plan t (composite price)... 1, Buffington, Ind Northampton, Pa {d) Structural steel. (See Metals and metal products.) (e) Paint materials: Barytes, western, per ton, New York Bone black, powered, per pound, New York Copal gum, manila, per pound, New York , Lampblack, velvet, per pound, New York... Linseed oil, raw, per pound, New York... Litharge, commercial, per 100 pounds, New York Lithopone, domestic, per pound, New York Putty, commercial, per pound, New York Red lead, dry, per 100 pounds, New York Rosin, B grade, per barrel, New York C0 8, 3<>4 Shellac, T. N., per pound, New York , Turpentine, southern, per gallon, New York White lead, in oil, per pound, New York Zinc oxide, leaded grades, per pound, New Y ork (/) Other building materials: Asphalt, bulk, per ton, refinery Crushed stone, 1H inch, per cubic yard, New York Glass, plate, per square foot, New York i 3 to 5 square feet to 10 square feet WHOLESALE PEICES IN

37 Glass, window, per 50 square feet, works Single A... Single B... Gravel, building, per ton, plant (composite price).. Hollow tile, building, per block, Chicago... Lime, building, per ton, plant (composite price). Lime, hydrated, per ton, plant (composite price)... Sand, building, per ton, plant (composite price) Slate, roofing, sea green, per 100 square feet, quarry. Copper, sheet. (See Metals and metal products.) Copper wire. (See Metals and metal products.) Nails, wire. (See Metals and metal products.) Pipe, cast-iron. (See Metals and metal products.) Pipe, lead. (See Metals and metal products.) Pipe, black steel. (See Metals and metal products.) Reinforcing bars. (See Metals and metal products.) Terneplate. (See Metals and metal products.) Zinc, sheet. (See Metals and metal products.) GROUP 8. CHEMICALS AND DRUGS (a) Chem icals: Acid, New Y o r k - Acetic, 28 per cent, per 100 pounds... Boric, per pound... Carbonic, per pound... Muriatic, 20, per 100 pounds, works... Nitric, 42 ; per 100 pounds... Oleic, distilled, per pound... Salicylic, U. S. P., per pound... Stearic, triple-pressed, per pound... Sulphuric, 66, per ton... Alcohol, per gallon Denatured, works.... Wood, refined, New York... Aluminum sulphate, commercial, per 100 pounds, New York... Ammonia, anhydrous, per pound, New York Anilin oil, per pound, New York... Arsenic, white, powdered, per pound, New York. Benzene, pure, per gallon, works.... Bleaching powder, per 100 pounds, works... Borax, crystals, per pound, New York... Calcium arsenate, per pound, New York.... Calcium chloride, solid, per cent, per ton, New York... Caustic potash, per cent, per pound, New York OCO , ji AVERAGE WHOUESALE PEICES OP IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 33

38 T a b l e 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 Continued AVERAGE PRICES Continued Commodity March April May June July August January February September October November December Year GROUP 8. CHEMICALS AND DR U GS - Continued (e) Chemicals Continued. Coal-tar colors, per pound, New Y o r k - Black, direct $0.350 $0,350 $0.350 $0,350 $0,350 $0,350 $0,350 $0,350 $0,350 $0,350 $0,350 $0,350 $0,350 Brown, sulphur Indigo, paste Jet, nigrosine Copper sulphate, per 100 pouhds, New York Copperas, per ton, works Copra. (See Foods.) Creosote oil, grade 1, per gallon, works Formaldehyde, per pound, New York Lime, acetate, per 100 pounds, New York Naphthalene flake, per pound, New York Sal soda, per 100 pounds, New York Salt cake, ground, per ton, works Soda ash, light, 58 per cent, per 100 pounds, works Soda, bicarbonate, per 100 pounds, works Soda, caustic, per 100 pounds, works Sodium silicate, 40, per 100 pounds, works Sulphur, crude, per ton, m in es Tallow, packers prime, per pound, Chicago Toluene, pure, per gallon, works Vegetable oils, per pound Coconut. (See Foods.) Corn. (See Foods.) Palm, niger, New York Palm kernel, crude, New York Soy bean. (See Foods.) (b) Drugs and pharmaceuticals: Acid, New Y o r k - Citric, domestic, crystals, per pound Tartaric, crystals, per pound Alcohol, grain, per gallon, New York Camphor, Japanese, refined, slabs, per pound, New Y ork Castor oil, medicinal, per pound, New York WHOLESALE PRICES IN

39 Cream of tartar, powdered, per pound, New York.... Epsom salts, U. S. P., per 100 pounds, New York. Glycerin, chemically pure, per pound, New York. Menthol, imported, per pound, New York Opium, U. S. P., per pound, New York... Peroxide of hydrogen, U. S. P., 4-ounce bottles, per gross, New York.... Phenol, U. S. P., per pound? New York.... Quinine, sulphate, domestic, per ounce, New Y o rk.... Soda phosphate, commercial, per pound, New York... Zinc chloride, granular, per pound, New York... (e) Fertilizer materials: Bones, ground, per ton, Chicago Kainit, 12.4 per cent, per ton, New York Manure salts, 20 per cent, per ton, New York Muriate of potash, per cent, per ton, New York Nitrate of soda, 95 per cent, per 100 pounds, New York... Phosphate rock, Florida land pebble, per ton, mines.... Sulphate of ammonia, per 100 pounds, New York. Sulphate of potash, per cent, per ton, New York Superphosphate, per ton, Baltimore Tankage, per ton, Chicago... (d) Fertilizers, mixed, per ton (composite price): New England Middle Atlantic South Atlantic, South Atlantic, other... South Central and Southwest... Middle West... GROUP 9. HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS (a) Furniture, factory (composite price): 3 Bedroom, each Beds Benches Chairs Dressers and vanities i No quotation. 1 Prices of individual articles of furniture are only roughly comparable from month to month, owing to frequent changes in patterns announced by manufacturers ( G AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 35

40 T a b l e 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 C ontinued AVERAGE PRICES Continued March April May June July August Commodity January February September October November December Year GROUP 9. HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS Continued (a) Furniture, factory (composite price) Contd. Dining room Buffets, china cabinets, and servers, each... Chairs, set of 6 ; Tables, each... K itchen- Cabinets, each Chairs, per dozen... Refrigerators, each... Tables, each... Living room, each Chairs Davenports... Tables... (6) Furnishings: Blankets. (See Textile products.) Carpets, per yard, factory Axminster $2,880 $2.880 $2,880 $2,880 $2,880 $2,880 $2,880 $2,880 $2,880 $2,880 $2.880 $2.930 Brussels Wilton Cutlery, factory Carvers, per pair Knives and forks, per gross Pails, galvanized-iron, per gross, factory Sheeting, 10/4. (See Textile products.) Tableware, factory Dinner sets, 100-piece, semi vitreous, per set.. Dinner sets, 104-piece, vitreous, per set... Nappies, glass, 4-inc'h, common, per dozen Pitchers, glass, H-gallon, common, per dozen. Tumblers, H-pint, common, per dozen Plates, white granite, per dozen Teacups and saucers, white granite, per dozen Ticking, Amoskeag. (See Textile products.) Tubs, galvanized-iron, per dozen, factory , i $2, WHOLESALE PRICES IN 192 9

41 Sewing machines. ucts.) (See Metals and metal prod Stoves, cooking. ucts.) (See Metals and metal prod GROUP 10. MISCELLANEOUS («) Cattle feed: Bran, per ton, Minneapolis... Cottonseed meal, prime, per ton, Memphis... Linseed meal, per ton, New York Middlings, standard, per ton, Minneapolis (6) Paper and pulp: Box board, per ton, mill Chip Manila-lined chip 85-pound test liner.... Paper Newsprint, rolls, contract, per 100 pounds, mill... Wrapping, manila, No. 1, jute, per loo' pounds, New York wood pulp... Mechanical No. 1, domestic, per ton, m ill Sulphite, domestic, unbleached, news grade, per 100 pounds, New York... (e) Rubber, crude, per pound, New York: Amber #3... Latex, crspe Plantation, ribbed, smoked sheets (d) A utom obile tires (com posite price), each, factory: Balloon Cord... (<) Other miscellaneous: Cylinder oil, per gallon, refinery Oklahoma... Pennsylvania..._...IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! Neutral oil, per gallon, refinery Gulf coastal... Pennsylvania Soap, laundry, per 100 cakes... Cincinnati... Philadelphia...' "" 1 ' Starch, laundry, per pound, New York I... Tobacco, New York Plug, per pound Smoking, 1-ounce bag, per gross , AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OP IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 3 7

42 T a b l e 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 C ontinued INDEX NUMBERS [1926= ] Commodity March April May June July August January February September October November December Year ALL COMMODITIES GROUP 1. FARM PRODUCTS (a) Grains Barley, feeding, per bushel, Chicago Corn, per bushel, Chicago Contract grades No. 3, mixed Oats, No. 2, white, per bushel, Chicago Rye, No. 2, per bushel, Chicago Wheat, per bushel No. 2, red winter, Chicago No. 2, hard, Kansas City No. 1, northern spring, Minneapolis No. 2, dark northern spring, Minneapolis * No. 1, hard winter, Portland, Oreg No. 2, red winter, St. Louis (b) Livestock and poultry... m i Cattle, per 100 pounds, Chicago Calves, good to choice, vealers Cows Fair to good Good to choice Steers Fair to good Good to choice Hogs, per 100 pounds, Chicago- Fair to choice, heavy butchers Fair to choice, light butchers Sheep, per 100 pounds, Chicago Ewes, native, all grades, fair to best Lambs, western, fair to good Wethers, fed, poor to best Poultry, live fowls, per pound Chicago New York WHOLESALE PRICES IN 19 29

43 (ft) Other farm products... Beans, medium, per 100 pounds, New York Cotton, middling, per pound Galveston New Orleans New York... Eggs, fresh, per dozen Western, firsts, Boston... Firsts, Chicago.-... Extra firsts, Cincinnati... Candled, New Orleans... Firsts, New York Extra firsts, Philadelphia,... No. l, extras, San Francisco... Fruit Apples, fresh Baldwins, per barrel Chicago New York Medium grade, per box, Portland, Oreg.. Lemons, choice or fancy, California, per box, Chicago... Oranges, choice, California, per box, Chicago. _ Hay, per ton Alfalfa, Kansas City Clover, mixed, No. 1, Cincinnati Timothy, No. 1, Chicago... Hops, prime to choice, Pacifics, per pound, Portland, Oreg _ Milk, fluid, per 100 pounds Chicago New York San Francisco.. _ Peanuts, per pound, Norfolk Seeds Alfalfa, per 100 pounds, Kansas City.... Clover, per 100 pounds, Chicago.... Flaxseed, per bushel, Minneapolis... Timothy, per 100 pounds, Chicago... Tobacco, leaf, warehouse sales, average 12 months, per 100 pounds _ Vegetables, fresh Onions, per 100 pounds, Chicago... Potatoes, white, per 100 pounds Boston Chicago _ New York Portland, Oreg Potatoes, sweet, per H-bushel, Philadelphia sa J AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OP IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 39

44 T a b l e 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 C ontinued INDEX NUMBERS Continued Commodity March April May June July August January February September October November December Year GROUP 1. FARM PRODUCTS-Continued (c) Other farm products Continued. Wool, per pound, Boston Ohio, grease basis Fine clothing Fine delaine Half blood Medium grades Territory, scoured basis Staple, fine and fine medium Half blood Foreign- Argentine, crossbreds, quarter blood, grease basis Australian, Geelong, 56s, scoured basis Montevideo, one-fourth blood, 60s, grease basis GROUP 3. FOODS («) Butter, cheese, and milk Butter, creamery, per pound B oston- Extra Firsts Seconds Chicago- Extra Extra firsts Firsts Cincinnati, as to score New Orleans- Fancy Choice i New Y o rk - 1 Extra , Firsts I Seconds WHOLESALE PRICES IN 1929

45 Philadelphia- Extra.... Extra firsts Firsts St. Louis, extra... San Francisco- Extra Firsts. Cheese, whole milk, per pound Chicago... New York... San Francisco Milk, condensed, per case, New York. Milk, evaporated, per case, New York.. Milk, fluid. (See Farm products.) (6) Meats... Beef, fresh, carcass, steers, per pound Chicago.... New York Beef, cured, family, per barrel (200 pounds) New Yonx Lamb, fresh, per pound, Chicago... Mutton, fresh, dressed, per pound, New York... Pork, cured Bacon, per pound, Chicago... Hams, per pound, Chicago... Mess, per barrel (200 pounds), New York Sides, clear, per pound, Chicago... Sides, rough, per pound, Chicago... Pork, fresh (composite price), per pound, Chicago. Poultry, dressed, per pound Chicago... New York Veal, fresh, good, per pound, Chicago... (c) Other fo o d s... Beans. (See Farm products.) Bread, loaf, per pound before baking Chicago Cincinnati New Orleans... New York San Francisco Cocoa beans, Arriba, per pound, New York. Coffee, Brazilian grades, per pound, New York Rio, No Santos, No Copra, South Sea, per pound, New York... Crackers, soda, per pound, New York... Eggs. (See Farm products.) A tt « AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 41

46 T a b l e 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 C ontinued INDEX NUMBERS Continued Commodity March April May June July August January February September October November December Year GROUP 2. FOODS Continued (c) Other foods Continued. Fish Cod, pickled, cured, per 100 pounds, Gloucester, Mass Herring, pickled, per pound, New York Mackerel, salt, per pound, New York Salmon, canned, Alaska, red, per dozen cans, factory Salmon, smoked, Alaska, per pound, New York Flour, rye, white, per barrel, Minneapolis... Flour, wheat, per barrel Standard patents, hard winter, Buffalo First clears, hard winter, B u ffa lo Short patents, winter, Kansas City Straights, winter, Kansas City Standard patents, Minneapolis Second patents, Minneapolis Patents, Portland, Oreg Short patents, soft winter, St. Louis... Straights, soft winter, St. Louis... Standard patents, soft winter, Toledo Fruit, canned, per dozen, New York Peaches, 2 ^ s Pineapples, 2H s Fruit, dried, per pound, New York Apples, evaporated Currants, cleaned Prunes, California, Raisins, coast, seeded Fruits, fresh Apples. (See Farm products.) Bananas, Jamaica, per bunch, New York Lemons. (See Farm products.) Oranges. (See Earm products.) Glucose, 42 mixing, per H)0 pounds, New York Hominy grits, white, per 100 pounds, m ill , Lard, prime, contract, per pound, New York WHOLESALE PRICES IN

47 Meal, corn, per 100 pounds White, mill Yellow, fancy, Philadelphia... Molasses, New Orleans, fancy, per gallon, New Y ork... Oatmeal, in 90-pound sacks, per 100 pounds, New Y ork... Oleomargarine, standard, uncolored, per pound, Chicago... Oleo oil, extra, per pound, Chicago Pepper, black, per pound, New York... Rice, head, clean, per pound, New Orleans- Blue Rose, medium to good... Edith, medium to choice Salt, Chicago American, medium, per barrel (280 pounds)... Granulated, per ton... Sugar, per pound, New Y o r k - Granulated. Raw, Tallow, edible, per pound, Chicago Tea, Formosa, fine, per pound, New York... Vegetables, canned, per dozen String beans, No. 2, New Y ork Corn, No. 2, factory.... Peas, No. 2, New York.... Tomatoes, No. 3, New York Vegetables, fresh Onions. (See Farm products.) Potatoes. (See Farm products.) Vegetable oil Coconut, per pound, New York.... Corn, per pound, New Y ork... Cottonseed, per pound, New York... Olive, per gallon, New York,... Peanut, per pound, m ill.... Soy bean, per pound, New York.... Vinegar, cider, per gallon, New York... GROUP 3. HIDES AND LEATHER PROD UCTS... (a) Hides and skins... Hides, per pound, Chicago- Country cows.... Packers Heavy, native steers... Heavy, Texas steers.... Skins, per pound Calf, No. 1, country, Chicago Goat, Brazil, first selection, New York Kip, No. 1, country, Chicago... Sheep, packers, per pelt, Chicago i AVBRAGB WHOLESALE PRICES OF IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 43

48 T a b l e 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 Continued INDEX NUMBERS Continued Commodity March April May June July August January February September October November December Year GROUP 3. HIDES AND LEATHER PROD UCTS Continued (6) Leather S Chrome calf, per square foot, tannery (composite price) B grade (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) 0) (4) (4) (4) (4) C grade... (<) (<) (4) (0 (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) Glazed kid, top grade, per square foot, Boston Harness, California oak, per pound, general mark e t Side, black, chrome, tanned, B grade, per square foot, Boston Sole, oak, per pound, Boston In sides Scoured backs Sole, union backs, steers, per pound, New York (c) Boots and shoes, factory Children s, per pair Child s, gun metal... Little boys, tan calf Misses, gun metal Youths, tan calf..._ Men s, per pair Black, calf, oxford Black, calf Black, side leather, blucher Black, vici kid Chocolate, elk, blucher Dress, medium grade Gun metal, blucher Mahogany, chrome, bal Tan, calf, oxford Tan, side leather, blucher Work, medium grade Women s per pair Black, kid, oxford Black, kid, McKay sewed... Medium grade Better grade WHOLESALE PRICES IN

49 Colored calf.... Patent-leather pump (d) Other leather products... Gloves, per dozen pairs, factory Men s... Women s... Harness (composite price), per set... Suit cases (composite price), each... Traveling bags (composite price), each... GROUP 4 T E XTILE PRODUCTS... (a) C otton goods.... Blankets, colored, per pair, Boston... Denims, Massachusetts, 28-inch, per yard, mill... Drillings, brown, per yard, mill Pepperell, 30-inch... Pepperell, 29-inch.... Duck, per yard, mill 8-ounce, Army.... Wide, 36-inch... Flannel, per yard, mill Bleached, 36-inch.... Unbleached, 33-inch... Gingham, per yard, mill Amoskeag, 27-inch.... Security, 32-inch... Hosiery, per dozen pairs, mill Men s, combed yarn.... Women s, mercerized... Muslin, bleached, per yard, mill Fruit of the Loom.... Lonsdale Rough Rider... Nainsook, Wamsutta Percale, Scouts, 38^-inch per yard, m ill..... Print cloth, per yard, mill 27-inch ^-inch... Sheeting, bleached, per yard, mill 10/4, Pepperell... 10/4, Pequot.... Sheeting, brown, per yard, mill Indian Head, 36-inch _ 4/4, Pepperell _ 4/4, Trion.... Thread, 6-cord, 100 yards, per spool, mill... Ticking, Amoskeag, 32-inch, per yard, mill... Underwear, mill Men s shirts and drawers, per dozen garments. Women s union suits, per dozen 4No 1926 base price t (*) (4) (*) (*) (<) (<) (<) (*) (<) i (») (<) (<) (<) AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF IMPORTANT COMMODITIES

50 T a b l e 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 C ontinued INDEX NUMBERS Continued Commodity March April May June July August January February September October November December Year GROUP 4. TE X TILE PRODUCTS Continued («) Cotton goods Continued. Yarn, carded, per pound, mill White, northern, 10/1 cones White, northern, 22/1 cones Single warp, 40/1, southern, spinnings Twisted, 20/2, carded, weaving Twisted, 40/2, carded, weaving (6) Silk and rayon Rayon, per pound, Now Y o r k first quality second quality fiist quality second quality Silk, raw, per pound, New York China, steam filature, third category Canton, double extra A cracks Japan, double extra cracks Japan, 13/ Bilk, spun, per pound, New Y o r k - Domestic, 60/ Domestic, 60/ Imported, 200/2, first quality Hosiery, per dozen pairs, mill Men s silk, mercerized top, heel, and toe Women s, pure silk Women s, rayon and silk (c) W oolen and worsted goods Blankets, all wool, 4 to 5 pounds, per pound, mill Flannel, No. 6400, 54-inch, per yard, mill Overcoating, per yard, mill Heavy Light Suiting, per yard, mill Serge, 16-ounce, Serge, 11-ounce, inch Uniform serge, fine grade, 12-ounce Uniform serge, medium grade, 12-ounce i Unfinished worsted, 13-ounce WHOLESALE PRICES IN 192 9

51 Trousering, cotton warp, 11-ounce, per yard, mill.. Underwear, men s, mill Shirts and drawers, per dozen garments Union suits, per dozen... Women s dress goods, per yard, mill Broadcloth, 9^-ounce Flannel, 12-ounce Flannel, 54-inch French serge, 39-inch Serge, 36-inch, cotton warp Sicilian cloth, 54-inch, cotton warp... Yarns, per pound, mill 2/32 s, crossbred stock, white... 2/40 s, half-blood, weaving... 2/50 s, fine, weaving. (cq Other textile products Binder twine, standard, per bale (50 pounds), mill. Burlap, loh-ounce, 40-inch, per yard, mill... Hemp, manila, per pound, New York... Jute, raw. medium grades, per pound, New York... Linen shoe thread, 10 s, Barbour, per pound, New York... Rope, pure manila, 34-inch and larger, per pound New York., Sisal, Mexican, per pound, New York GROUP 5. FUEL AND LIGHTING (o) Anthracite coal, per gross ton (composite price) Chestnut (6) Bituminous coal, per net ton (composite price), Mine run... Prepared sizes Screenings... (c) Coke, per net ton Beehive Alabama, foundry, oven Connellsville, furnace, oven By-product Alabama, Birmingham New Jersey, Newark (d) Manufactured gas (composite price), per 1,000 cubic feet , ti m AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 47

52 T a b l e 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 C ontinued INjDEX NUMBERS Continued Commodity March April May June July August January February September October November December Year GROUP 5. - FUEL AND LIGHTING Continued («) Petroleum products Petroleum, crude, per barrel, wells California Kansas-Oklahoma Pennsylvania « Fuel oil, refinery Oklahoma, per barrel Pennsylvania, per gallon Gasoline, per gallon, refinery California Oklahoma... ~ Pennsylvania North Texas Natural, Oklahoma Kerosene, refined, per gallon Standard, New York Water white, refinery GROUP 6. M ETALS AND M ETAL PRODUCTS (a) Iron and steel Iron ore, Mesabi, per gross ton, lower Lakes ports Bessemer Non-Bessemer Pig iron, per gross ton Basic, furnace Bessemer, Pittsburgh Foundry, No. 2, northern, Pittsburgh Foundry, No. 2, southern, Birmingham Ferromanganese, furnace... Spiegeleisen, furnace Bar iron, per pound Bars, concrete reinforcing, 3-inch and larger, per Best, refined, Philadelphia *... Common, refined, Pittsburgh pounds, mill Nails, wire, per 100 pounds, Pittsburgh Pipe, cast-iron, 6-inch, per net ton, New York Pipe, black steel, per 100 feet, Pittsburgh WHOLESALE PRICES IN 192 9

53 Skelp, grooved, per 100 pounds, Pittsburgh... Steel billets, rerolling, per gross ton, Pittsburgh.^. Steel merchant bars, per 100 pounds, Pittsburgh.. Steel plates, tank, per pound, Pittsburgh... Steel rails, open-hearth, per gross ton, mill... Steel scrap, per gross ton, Chicago... Steel sheets, No. 27, box annealed, per pound, mill. Steel, structural, per 100 pounds, mill... Terneplate, No. 8,1. C. package, per 200 pounds, mill... Tin plate, domestic, standard, coke, per 100 sounds, Pittsburgh... Wire fence Barbed j galvanized, per 100 pounds, mill... Galvanized, No. 9, per 100 pounds, Pittsburgh. Plain, annealed, per 100 pounds, Pittsburgh- Woven, per net ton, Pittsburgh... (6) N onfcrrous metals Aluminum, per pound, New York Antimony, per pound, New York Brass, sheets, per pound, mill... Copper, ingot, electrolytic, per pound, refinery... Copper, sheet, hot rolled, per pound, New York.. Copper wire, bare, per pound, mill... Lead, pig, desilverized, per pound, New York Lead pipe, 100 pounds, New York Nickel, ingot, per pound, New York... Quicksilver, per 76-pound flask, New York Silver, bar, fine, per ounce, New York.... Tin, pig, straits, per pound, New York... Zinc, sheets, per 100 pounds, La Salle, Zinc, slab, per pound, New York... <c) Agricultural im plem ents, each, factory... Binder, grain... Cultivator Drill, grain... Engine, 3-horsepower.... Harrow Spike, peg-tooth.... Spring-tooth... Loader, hay Mower, h a y... Picker, corn Planter, corn... Plow, tractor... Plow, walking 1-horse (composite price)... 2-horse (composite price)... Rake Self-dump Side-delivery * AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 49

54 T a b l e 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 Continued INDEX NUMBERS Continued Cn O Commodity March April May June July August January February September October November December Year GROUP 6. METALS AND METAL PROD- U CTS Continued («) Agricultural Implements, each, factory Con. Separator, cream Sheller, corn Spreader, manure Tractor Wagon, 2-horse (composite price) (d) Automobiles, each, f. o. b. factory: Weighted average price of Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, and Packard passenger cars (e) Other metal products Sewing machines (composite price), each Electric Treadle m o Stoves, cooking (composite price), each Coal Gas Oil GROUP 7. BUILDING MATERIALS (a) Lumber, per 1,000 feet Cypress, shop, St. Louis a Douglas fir, mill No. 1 common sheathing No. 2 and better, drop siding Gum, plain, sap, St. Louis Maple, hard, No. 1, Chicago 91* Oak, plain, white, No. 1, Cincinnati Pine, white, No. 2, B uffalo Pine, yellow, flooring, mill T>inA vaiihot timhprs mill Poplar, No. 1, Cincinnati Spruce, eastern, Boston Lath, per M, mill Douglas fir, No Pine, yellow, No Digitized for FRASER WHOLESALE PBICES IN

55 Shingles, per M, mill Cedar, red Cypress (6) Brick, per M... Common building, plant (composite price) _ Common building, run of kiln, Chicago Common, domestic, New York... Front, New York... Paving blocks, 3H inch, St. Louis Sand-lime, plant... (e) Cement, Portland, per barrel, plant (composite price)... Buffington, Ind Northampton, Pa (d) Structural steel... (e) Paint materials... Barytes, western, per ton, New York Bone black, powdered, per pound, New York... Copal gum, manila, per pound, New York... Lampblack, velvet, per pound, New York... Linseed oil, raw, per pound, New York Litharge, commercial, per 100 pounds, New York.. Lithopone, domestic, per pound, New York... Putty, commercial, per pound, New York... Red lead, dry, per 100 pounds, New York... Rosin, B grade, per barrel, New York... Shellac, T N., per pound, New York... Turpentine, southern, per gallon, New York... White lead, in oil, per pound, New York Zinc oxide, leaded grades, per pound, New York.. (/) Other building materials... Asphalt, bulk, per ton, refinery... Crushed stone, 1^-inch, per cubic yard, New York Glass, plate, per square foot, New York 3 to 5 square feet to 10 square feet... Glass, window, per 50 square feet, works Single A Single B.... Gravel, building, per ton, plant (composite price). Hollow tile, building, per block, Chicago... Lime, building, per ton, plant (composite price). Lime, hydrated, per ton, plant (composite price). Sand, building, per ton, plant (composite price) AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OP IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 51

56 T a b l e 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 C ontinued INDEX NUMBERS Continued Commodity March April May June July August January February September October November December Year GROUP 7. BUILDING MATERIALS Continued (J) Other building materials Continued. Slate, roofing, sea green, per 100 square feet, quarry _ Copper, sheet. (See Metals and metal products.) Copper wire. (See Metals and metal products.) Nails, wire. (See Metals and metal products.) Pipe, cast-iron. (See Metals and metal products.) Pipe, lead. (See Metals and metal products.) Pipe, black steel. (See Metals and metal products.) Reinforcing bars. (See Metals and metal products.) Terneplate. (See Metals and metal products.) Zinc, sheet. (See Metals and metal products.) GROUP 8. CHEMICALS AND DRUGS (*) Chemicals Acid, New York Acetic, 28 per cent, per 100 pounds Boric, per pound Carbonic, per pound Muriatic, 20, per 100 pounds, works Nitric, 42, per 100 pounds , Oleic, distilled, per pound Salicylic, U. S. P., per pound Stearic, triple-pressed, per pound Sulphuric, 66, per ton Alcohol, per gallon Denatured, works Wood, refined, New York Aluminum sulphate, commercial, per 100 pounds, New York i Ammonia, anhydrous, per pound, New York Anilin oil, per pound, New York Arsenic, white, powdered, per pound, New York Benzene, pure, per gallon, works Bleaching powder, per 100 pounds, works... j Borax, crystals, per pound, New York WHOLESALE PRICES IN

57 Calcium arsenate, per pound, New York... Calcium chloride, solid, per cent, per ton, New York Caustic potash, per cent, per pound, New York... Coal-tar colors, per pound, New Y o rk - Black, direct. Brown, sulphur Indigo, paste... Jet, nigrosine Copper sulphate, per 100 pounds, New York Copperas, per ton, works... Copra. (See Foods.) Creosote oil, grade 1, per gallon, works Formaldehyde, per pound, New York... Lime, acetate, per 100 pounds, New York Naphthalene flake, per pound, New York... Sal soda, per 100 pounds, New York Salt cake, ground, per ton, works... Soda ash, light, 58 per cent, per 100 pounds, works. Soda, bicarbonate, per 100 pounds, works... Soda, caustic, per 100 pounds, works... Sodium, silicate, 40, per 100 pounds, works Sulphur, crude, per ton, mines Tallow, packers prime, per potmd, Chicago Toluene, pure, per gallon, works Vegetable oils, per pound Coconut. (See Foods.) Corn. (See Foods.) Palm, niger, New York Palm kernel, crude, New York... Soy bean. (See Foods.) '&) Drugs and pharm aceuticals Acid, New York Citric, domestic, crystals, per pound Tartaric, crystals, per pound Alcohol, grain, per gallon, New York Camphor, Japanese, refined, slabs, per pound, New York Castor oil, medicinal, per pound, New York Cream of tartar, powdered, per pound, New York. Epsom salts, U. S. P., per 100 pounds, New York. Glycerin, chemically pure, per pound. New York. Menthol, imported, per pound, New York.... Opium, U. S. P., per pound, New York... Peroxide of hydrogen, U. S. P., 4-ounce bottles, per gross, New York... Phenol, U. S. P., per pound, New York i U ' i AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 53

58 T a b l e 6* Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 C ontinued INDEX NUMBERS Continued Commodity March April May June July August January February September October November December Year GROUP 8. CHEMICALS AND DRUGS Con. (6) Drugs and pharmaceuticals Continued. Quinine, sulphate, domestic, per ounce, New York Soda phosphate, commercial, per pound, New $ York... Zinc chloride, granular, per pound, New York (c) Fertilizer materials Bones, ground, per ton, Chicago Kainit, 12.4 per cent, per ton, New York Manure salts, 20 per cent, per ton, New York Muriate of potash, per cent, per ton, New York Nitrate of soda, 95 per cent, per 100 pounds, New York Phosphate rock, Florida land pebble, per ton, mines Sulphate of ammonia, per 100 pounds. New York Sulphate of potash, per cent, per ton, New York Superphosphate, per ton, Baltimore Tankage, per ton, Chicago id) Fertilizers, mixed, per ton (composite price) New England Middle Atlantic South Atlantic, South Atlantic, other South Central and Southwest Middle West WHOLESALE PRICES IN GROUP 9. HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS (a) Furniture, factory (composite price)* Bedroom, each Beds ; Benches Chairs Dressers and vanities Digitized for FRASER

59 Dining room Buffets, china cabinets, and servers, each Chairs, set of Tables, each... K itch en- Cabinets, each... Chairs, per dozen... Refrigerators, each... Tables, each... Living room, each Chairs Davenports Tables (6) Furnishings... Blankets. (See Textile products.) Carpets, per yard, factory Axminster... Brussels Wilton... Cutlery, factory Carvers, per pair... Knives and forks, per gross Pails, galvanized-iron, per gross, factory Sheeting, 10/4. (See Textile products.) Tableware, factory Dinner sets, 100-piece, semivitreous, per set Dinner sets, 104-piece, vitreous, per set... Nappies, glass, 4-inch, common, per dozen Pitchers, glass, H-gallon, common, per dozen. Tumblers, H-pint, common, per dozen Plates, white granite, per dozen... Teacups and saucers, white granite, per dozen. Ticking, Amoskeag. (See Textile products.) Tubs, galvanized-iron, per dozen, factory... Sewing machines. (See Metals and metal products.) Stoves, cooking. (See Metals and metal products.) GROUP 10. MISCELLANEOUS... («) Cattle feed... Bran, per ton, Minneapolis _ Cottonseed meal, prime, per ton, Memphis Linseed meal, per ton, New York Middlings, standard, per ton, M inneapolis..... e See footnote 4 on p a n a 4 AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF IMPORTANT COMMODITIES 55

60 T a b l e 6. Wholesale prices of commodities, 1929 Continued INDEX NUMBERS Continued Commodity March April May June July August October January February September November December Year GROUP 10. MISCELLANEOUS-Continued (6) Paper and pulp Box board, per ton, mill Chip Manila-lined chip : pound test liner Paper 1 Newsprint, rolls, contract, per 100 pounds, mill ' Wrapping, manila, No. 1, jute, per 100 pounds, New York Wood pulp Mechanical, No. 1, domestic, per ton, mill ii j Sulphite, domestic, unbleached, news grade, per 100 pounds, New York \c) Rubber, crude, per pound, New York Amber # Latex, cr pe i Plantation, ribbed, smoked sheets (d) Automobile tires (composite price), each, factory Balloon Cord (e) Other miscellaneous Cylinder oil, per gallon, refinery Oklahoma Pennsylvania Neutral oil, per gallon, refinery Gulf coastal Pennsylvania Soap, laundry, per 100 cakes Cincinnati Philadelphia... Starch, laundry, per pound, New York Tobacco, New York Plug, per pound... Smoking, 1-ounce bag, per gross... WHOLESALE PRICES IN 192 9

61 UNWEIGHTED COMMODITIES Table 7 gives the average prices and index numbers for the articles which are not included in the bureau s regular weighted series of index numbers of commodities, but for which prices are collected. T a b l e 7. Wholesale prices of unweighted commodities, 1929 AVERAGE PRICES March April May June July August Commodity January February September Wheat No. 1, northern spring, per bushel, Chicago... $1.198 $1,272 $1.228 $1.156 $1,049 $1,099 $1.315 $1,272 $1.309 $1.279 $1,206 $1.255 $1,222 Cattle, per 100 pounds, Chicago: Calves, fair to good, vealers Cows, choice to prime Heifers, fair to good Heifers, good to choice U Heifers, choice to prime Steers, choice to prime Seeds, cottonseed, per ton, at gins Tobacco, leaf, average warehouse sales, per 100 pounds, Kentucky ) (0 0) 0) Hops, State, prime to choice, per pound, New York Wool, foreign, Argentine, high quarter blood, per pound, Boston Beef, fresh, steer, per pound, Chicago: Loins, end (hips) , Ribs, No Rounds, No Beef, fresh, steer, per pound, New York: Native sides..., Loins, No. 2, city Ribs, No. 2, city , Rounds, No. 2, city Beef, mess, salt, per barrel (200 pounds) New York Pork, fresh, per pound, Chicago: Bellies, green , Hams, green, regular Loins Picnics, green Pork, fresh, loins, western, per pound, New York... Veal, fresh, choice, hide on, per pound, Chicago... Crackers, oyster, per pound, New York... 1No quotation. October November December , Year UNWEIGHTED COMMODITIES

62 T a b l e 7. Wholesale prices of unweighted commodities, 1929 C ontinued AVERAGE PRICES-Continued March April May June July August Commodity January February September October November December Year Fish, mackerel, pickled, salt, large, S s, per barrel (200 pounds), Boston $ $ $16,830 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $12,375 $ $13,984 Flour, wheat, bakers patents, per barrel, Los Angeles Cornstarch, per porind, Naw Yorlr Hides, packers, cow s, native, over 55 pounds, per pound, Chicago Leather, chrome calf, B grade, per square foot, Boston. _ Shoes, men s, Russia naif, b»l, per pair, factory Cotton goods, per yard, mill: Calico, American, standard prints, 64 x Duck, sail, No. 4, 22-inch.374, Gingham, Winthrop, zephyrs, 32-inch Muslin, Hope, bleached, 4/ Sheeting, 10/4, Wa.msnt.tfl Silk, raw, per pound, New York: Italian, extra classical Japanese, filatures, best, 1/x, Worsted suiting, Middlesex, dyed blue, 16-ounce, per yard, mill Underwear, men s, shirts and drawers,50 per cent wool, 12 pounds to dozen, per dozen, mill Burlap, 40-inch, 8-ounce, per yard, New York Anthracite coal, average sales realization, per gross ton, New York tidewater: Broken 0) 0) ) ) C1) (!) ) C1) Chestnut Egg J Stove Bituminous coal, per net ton: Mine run, southern Illinois field, f. o. b. Chicago Mine run, Kanawha, f. o. b. Cincinnati Mine run, New River, f. o. b. Cincinnati Mine run, Indianapolis, No. 4 Prepared sizes, southern Illinois field, f. o. b. Chicago. Screenings, central Illinois field, f. o. b. Chicago... Semibituminous, Pocahontas, per gross ton, Norfolk, Va Coke, furnace, per net ton, ovens: Connellsville basis, Portsmouth Wise County, beehive Gasdline, motor, per gallon: To garages, New York a Arkansas, 58-60, refinery , WHOLESALE PRICES IN

63 Gasoline, natural, grade B, north Texas, per gallon, refinery Matches, No. 5, per matchman s gross, New York Augers, regular, 1-inch, each. New York Asbs, 3H to 4 pounds, each, New York... _ Butts, loose pin* wrought steel, 3H x 3M, pef dozen pairs, factory... Chisels, regular, 1-inch, socket firmer, each, New York..' Door knobs, steel, bronze plated, per pair, New York Files, 8-inch, mill, bastard, per dozen, factory... Hammers, Maydole, No. 1H, per dozen. New York Locks, common mortise, knob lock, 3^-mch, each, New York... Pig iron, foundry, No. 2, southern, per gross ton, Cincinnati.... Planes, Sargent, jack, each, New Y ork... Plow bolts, Nos. 3 and 7 heads, per hundred, factory Saws, Disston Philadelphia: Cross cut, No. 2, 6-foot, each Hand, No. 8, 26-inch, per dozen Shovels, Ames, No. 2, round point, per dozen, factory... Steel rails, Bessemer, standard, per gross ton, mill, Pittsburgh... Steel sheets, standard, box annealed, No. 28, per pound, mill Structural steel, 3 inches and larger, per pound, Chicago district... Trowels, Johnson, brick, 10^-inch, per dozen, New York... I Vises, each, New York: Machinists, standard, bench... Solid box, 50 pounds. Wood screws, 1-inch, No. 10, fiat-head, per gross, New York Lumber, per 1,000 feet: Douglas fir, surfaced, mill No. 1, common boards 1 x 8, B and better, boards... No. 2, dimension Flooring, V. G. 1 x 4, B and better Small timbers, No. 1, common... Hemlock, northern, No. 1, piece stuff, 2 x 4 x 12, Chicago... Hemlock. Pennsylvania, base price, New York Maple, 4/4, hard and soft, F. A. S., New York Oak, white, 4/4, F. A. S. Plain, mixed, New York Quartered, New York Quartered, St. Louis No quotation CTO I II UNWEIGHTED COMMODITIES O f SO Digitized for FRASER

64 T a b le 7. Wholesale prices of unweighted commodities, 1929 C ontinued AVERAGE PBICES Continued Commodity January March April May June July August February September October November December Year Lumber, per 1,000 feet Continued. Pine, white, No. 2, barn, 1 x 10, New York... Pine, yellow Boards, No. 2, common, 1x8, mills... Dimension, No. 2, 2 x 4 x 16, mills... Flooring, 1 x 3, B. E. G. sap, mills... Flooring, 1x3, B. and better, heart rift, New York Flooring, 1 x 4, F. G. sap, No. 2, common, mills... Shiplap, 1 x 8, No. 2, mills... Siding, No. 2 and better, 4/4 edge, under 12 inches, Norfolk, V a... _... Poplar, yellow, rough, F. A. S. New Y ork... Spruce, 2x8, eastern random cargoes, Boston... Lath, No. 1, 4-feet, spruce, per M, New York... Brick, common building, per M: Red, Cincinnati Concrete, 2J^ x 3H x 8, Philadelphia... Cement, Portland, per barrel, without bags, San Francisco Doors, white pine, 2' 8" x 6' 8", 4-panel, each, Chicago Drain tile, clay, 4-inch, per 1,000 linear feet, New York... Expanded metal lath, painted, per 100 yards, New York Roofing, prepared, per square, factory: Medium... Shingles, individual _ Shingles, strip Slate surfaced Sewer pipe, 8-inch, per foot, New York Acid, oleum, 20 per cent, tank cars, per ton, New York.. Alum, lump, ammonia, per pound, New York Potash, carbonate, per cent, calcined, per pound, New York Ether, washed, drums, per pound, New York Iodine, resublimed, kegs, per pound, New York.*... Asbestos, paper stock, per net ton, mines... $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ WHOLESALE PRICES IN Digitized for FRASER

65 OS o fl Q fll Commodity January February INDEX NUMBERS [1926=] March t. April May June July August! September October November Decein- I ber Wheat, No. 1, northern spring, per bushel, Chicago Cattle, per 100 pounds, Chicago: 1 Calves, fair to good vealers Cows, choice to prime Heifers, fair to good Heifers, good to choice Heifers, choice to prime Steers, choice to prime Seeds, cottonseed, per ton, at gins Tobacco, leaf, average warehouse sales, per 100 pounds, Kentucky Hops, State, prime to choice, per pound, New York Wool, foreign, Argentine, high quarter blood, per pound, Boston Beef, fresh, steer, per pound, Chicago: f Loins, end (hips) Ribs, No i Rounds, No Beef, fresh, steer, per pound, New York: 1 Native sides Loins, No. 2, city Ribs, No. 2, city Rounds, No. 2, city Beef, mess, salt, per barrel (200 pounds), New York Pork, fresh, per pound, Chicago: Bellies, green Hams, green, regular Loins Picnics, green Pork, fresh, loins, western, per pound, New York Veal, fresh, choice, hide on, per pound, Chicago Crackers, oyster, per pound, New York Fish, mackerel, pickled, salt, large 3 s, per barrel (200 pounds), Boston Flour, wheat, bakers patents, per barrel, Los Angeles Cornstarch, per pound, New York. Hides, packers, cows, native, over 55 pounds, per pound, Chicago Leather, chrome calf, B grade, per square foot, Boston Year UNWEIGHTED COMMODITIES

66 T a b l e Wholesale prices of unweighted commodities, 1929 C ontinued INDEX NUMBERS Continued March April May June July August Commodity January February September October November December Year Shoes, men s, Russia calf, bal, per pair, factory C Cotton goods, per yard, mill: Calico, American, standard prints, 64 x Duck, sail, No. 4, 22-inch C Gingham, Winthrop, zephyrs, 32-inch (2) (2) (2) (2) i (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Muslin, Hope, bleached, 4/ , Sheeting, 10/4, Wamsutta Silk, raw, per pound, New York: i ! Japanese, filatures, best, 1/x, Worsted suiting, Middlesex, dyed blue, 16-ounee, per yard, mill Underwear, men s, shirts and drawers, 50 per cent wool, pounds to dozen, per dozen, mill Burlap, 40-inch, 8-ounce, per yard, New York Anthracite coal, average sales realization, per gross ton, New York tidewater: Chestnut S * G ' 91 2! Bituminous coal, per net ton: 1 Mine run, southern Illinois field, f. o. b. Chicago Mine run, Kanawha, f. o. b.cinoinni'ti ( Mine run, New River, f. o. b. Cincinnati Mine run, Indianapolis, No Prepared sizes, southern Illinois field, f. o. b. Chicago Screenings, central Illinois field, f. o. b. Chicago C Senilbituminous, Pocahontas, gross ton, Norfolk, Coke, furnace, per net ton, ovens: Connollsville basis, Portsmouth Wise County, beehive j Gasoline, motor, per gallon: To garages, New York ' Arkansas, 58-60, refinery Gasoline, natural, grade B, north Texas, per gallon. refinery Matches, No. 5, per matchman s gross, New York Augers, regular, 1-inch, each, New York I m o WHOLESALE PEICES IN

67 Butts, loose pin, wrought steel, 3H x. 3H, per dozen pairs, factory... Chisels, regular, 1-inch, socket firmer, each, New York. Door knobs, steel, bronze plated, per pair. New York Files, 8-inch, mill, bastard, per dozen, factory Hammers, Maydole, No. Locks, common mortise, knob lock, 3H-inch, each, New York Pig iron, foundry, No. 2, southern, per gross ton, Cincinnati Planes, Sargent, jack, each, New York... Plow bolts, Nos. 3 and 7 heads, per hundred, factory... Saws, Disston, Philadelphia: Crosscut, No. 2, 6-foot, each Hand, No. 8, 26-inch, per dozen... Hemlock, northern, No. 1, piece stuff, 2x4x12, Chi-. cago Hemlock, Pennsylvania, base price, New York Maple, 4/4, hard and soft, F. A. S., New York Oak, white, 4/4, F. A. S. Plain, mixed, New York Quartered, New York _ Quartered, St. Louis Pine, white, No. 2, barn, 1 x 10, New York Pine, yellow Boards, No. 2, common, 1x8, mills Dimension, No. 2, 2 x 4 x 16, mills Flooring, 1 x 3, B. E. G. sap, mills C0.0 per dozen, New York ICO Shovels, Ames, No. 2, round point, per dozen, factory Steel rails, Bessemer, standard, per gross ton, mill, Pittsburgh Steel sheets, standard, box annealed, No. 28, per pound, mill Structural steel, 3 inches and larger, per pound, Chicago district Trowels, Johnson, brick, 1034-inch, per dozen, New York Visej, each, New York: Machinists, standard, bench _ 1C0.0 Solid box, 50 pounds Wood screws, 1-inch, No. 10, flat head, per gross, New York Lumber, per 1,000 feet: Douglas fir, surfaced, mill No. 1, common boards 1 x 8, B and better, boards No. 2, dimension _ * No 1926 base price C C C C C IOC C m o f:8. 8 ICO ICO G0.0 ICS C C C C S UNWEIGHTED COMMODITIES C* CO

68 T a b le 7. Wholesale prices of unw eigh ted commodities C ontinued INDEX NUMBERS Continued March April May June July August Commodity January February September October November December Year Lumber, per 1,000 feet Continued. Douglas fir, surfaced, mill Continued. Flooring, 1 x 3, B. and better, heart rift, New York 91, Flooring, 1 x 4, F. Q. sap, No. 2, common, mills Shiplap, 1x8, No. 2, mills Siding, No. 2 and better, 4/4 edge, under 12 inches, Norfolk, Va Poplar, yellow, rough, F. A. S., New York Spruce, 2x8, eastern random cargoes, Boston Lath, No. 1, 4-feet, spruce, per M, New York Brick, common building, per M: Red, Cincinnati Concrete, 2H x 3H x 8, Philadelphia Cement, Portland, per barrel, without bags, San Francisco Doors, white pine, 2' 8" x 6' 8," 4-panel, each, Chicago Drain tile, clay, 4-inch, per 1,000 linear feet, New York Expanded metal lath, painted, per 100 yards, New York Roofing, prepared, per square, factory: Medium Shingles, individual Shingles, strip l Slate surfaced Sewer pipe, 8-inch, per foot, New York Acid, oleum, 20 per cent, tank cars, per ton, New York Alum, lump, ammonia, per pound, New York Potash, carbonate, per cent, calcined, per pound, New York Ether, washed, drums, per pound, New York Iodine, resublimed, kegs, per pound, New York i Asbestos, paper stock, per net ton, mines WHOLESALE PEICES IN

69 WHOLESALE PRICES IN PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR Variations in the purchasing value of the dollar since 1913, as measured by the index numbers of wholesale prices of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, are shown in Table No. 8. The dollar's average buying power in the year 1926 forms the basis for these comparisons. The figures in the table are but reciprocals of the index numbers on pages 2 to 9. To illustrate, the index number representing the general level of wholesale prices in 1913, with prices in 1926 as the base, is seen to be The reciprocal of this index number is Translated into dollars and cents this becomes $1,433. The table shows that the dollar shrank so much in its value that, in buying power, $1,433 in 1913 was equal to only $1 in 1926, a decrease of over 30 per cent. In 1929 its value increased to $1,036.

70 66 WHOLESALE PF.ICES IN 1929 T a b l e 8, Changes in buying power of the dollar in the purchase of specified groups of commodities at wholesale, 1918 to [1926= $ 1,000] Farm products Foods Year or month Grains Livestock and poultry Other farm products All farm products Butter, cheese, and milk Meats Other foods All foods $1,406 $1,366 $1,412 $1,339 $1.517 $1.672 $1.517 $ J & S S oco m l! January February OH) March April M ay..., June July August H September , October , November December January February , ^ March April M ay June , July August September October November December January February March {' April May , June July August September October November December i Comparable information for all months from January, 1913, to October, 1928, will be found in Bulletin No. 473, pp

71 PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR 67 T a b l e 8. Changes in buying power of the dollar in the purchase of specified groups of commodities at wholesale, 1918 to 1929 Continued Hides and leather products Textile products Year or month Hides and skins Leather Boots and shoes Other leather products All hides and leather products Cotton goods Silk and rayon Woolen and worsted goods Other textile products All textile products $0,936 $1,447 $1,835 $1.969 $1,468 $1.734 $1,393 $1,863 $1.595 $1, ! January February M a rch April M a y._ June... ; July August , 7f> September October , November December , January $ February M arch April ,923, May June , , July-...,642! August , September October November December ( January , February , M a rch April M a y._ , , June July August September October November ,. 9? December

72 6 8 WHOLESALE PBICES IN 1929 T a b l e 8. Changes in buying power of the dollar in the purchase of specified groups of commodities at wholesale, 1918 to 1929 Continued Fuel and lighting Metals and metal products Year or month Antbra-. cite coal Bituminous coal Coke Manufactured gas Petroleum products Iron and steel All fuel and lighting Nonferrous metals Agricultural implements Automobiles Other metal products All metals and metal products $1.698 $2.625 $3.160 $1.280 $1,364 $1.631 $1,410 $1.125 $1.372 $0.678 $1,862 $1, tooo I ' January February March Ill April M ay June Ill Ju ly August September October November December January February March April M ay June July August September October November December January February March ( il April i. 2 a M ay June July August September October , November December

73 PURCHASING POWER OP THE DOLLAR 69 T a b l e 8. Changes in buying power of the dollar in the purchase of specified groups of commodities at wholesale, 1913 to 1929 Continued Building materials Year or month Lumber Brick Cement Structural steel Paint materials Other building materials All building materials $1,852 $2,571 $1,678 $1,297 $1,969 $1,585 $1, _ , _ January... February * March April May June July August September... October November December January... February March April May June G July August September October November S December January i February March April May June July August September CC October l.cp November December

74 70 WHOLESALE PEICES IN 1929 T a b l e 8. Changes in buying power of the dollar in the purchase of specified groups of commodities at wholesale, 1913 to 1929 Continued Chemicals and drugs House-furnishing goods Year or month Chemicals Drugs and pharmaceuticals Fertilizer materials Mixed fertilizers All chemicals and drugs Furniture Furnishings All housefurnishing goods $1.119 $1.767 $1.170 $1.186 $1,247 $1,414 $2,088 $ C C G fioo COO i. m C January i. odb February M arch April , i M a y i. m June I July August (, September October November D ecem ber January..... i February M a r c h G17 April. CS M ay June J u l y August September October Novem ber December January February March April M a y June August September October November December

75 PUR CHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR 71 T a b l e 8. Changes in buying 'power of the dollar in the purchase of specified groups of commodities at wholesale, 1913 to 1929 Continued Miscellaneous Year or month Cattle feed Paper and pulp Rubber, crude All commodities Automobile tires Other miscellaneous All miscellaneous $1,217 $1.684 $0,588 $0,483 $1,553 $1,074 $1, _ m o _ l; January February , March April May June July August September October November December January February March April G May June July August September October November December January February March , A pril May June , July , August September October November December

76 72 W HOLESALE PEICES IN 1929 T a b l e 8. Changes in buying power of the dollar in the purchase of specified groups of commodities at wholesale, 1913 to 1929 Continued Year or month Raw materials Semimanufactured articles Finished products Nonagricultural commodities $1,453 $1,335 $1,441 $1, i m , January February March April M ay June August September October November December January February March April M ay July August September October November December January February March June July August September October November December

77 APPENDIX Quantities used as weights in constructing index numbers of wholesale prices [Introduced in computations beginning with January, Average quantity marketed in ] GROUP 1. FARM PRODUCTS Commodity Quantity (000 omitted) (a) Grains: Barley, feeding, Chicago bushels. Corn, Chicago Contract grades..._... do No. 3, mixed do. Oats, No. 2, white, Chicago do Bye, No. 2, Chicago....d o... Wheat No. 2, red winter, Chicago....d o... No. 2, hard, Kansas City... d o... No. 1, northern spring, Minneapolis...d o.._ No. 2, dark northern spring, Minceapolis... d o... No. 1, hard winter, Portland, Oreg d o... No. 2, red winter, St. Louis d o... (6) livestock and poultry: Cattle, Chicago Calves, good to choice, vealers...ico pounds. Cows Fair to good......d o... Good to choice d o... Steers Fair to good...d o... Good to choice d o... Hogs, Chicago- Fair to choice, heavy butchers d o... Fair to choice, light butchers....d o... 8beep, Chicago Ewes, native, all grades, fair to best...do Lambs, western, fair to good do Wethers, fed, poor to best... d o... Poultry, live fowls Chicago...pounds. New York......d o... (e) Otberfarm products: Beans, medium, New York..._1C0 pounds. Cotton, middling Galveston pounds. New Orleans do New York do Eggs, fresh Western, firsts, Boston... dozen.. Firsts, Chicago... do Extra firsts, Cincinnati... do Candled, New Orleans...do Firsts, New York......do Extra firsts, Philadelphia do No. 1, extra, San Francisco... do Fruit Apples, fresh Baldwins Chicago....barrels.. New Y ork...-do Medium grade, Portland, Oreg -... boxes.. Lemons, California, choice to fancy, Chicago... do Oranges, California, choice, Chicago...do Hay Alfalfa, Kansas City tons.. Clover, mixed, No. 1, Cincinnati...do Timothy, No. 1, Chicago d o Hops, prime to choice, Pacifics, Portland, Oreg... pounds.. Milk, fluid Chicago pounds.. New York do San Francisco do Peanuts, Norfolk...pounds , , , ,473 30, , ,464 59, ,785 65,759 74,778 15, ,619 91,856 2,712 9,492 1, ,820 5,578,931 1,992, , , ,421 43,452 42, , ,457 57,937 4,257 11,277 16,233 8,223 35,182 8,165 3,280 3,135 30, , ,684 39, ,805

78 74 APPENDIX Quantities used as weights in constructing index numbers of wholesale prices Con. GROUP 1. FARM PRODUCTS Continued Commodity Quantity (000 omitted) Other farm products Continued. Seeds Alfalfa, Kansas City Clover, Chicago do 924 Flaxseed, Minneapolis.... bushels 41, *78 Timothy, Chicago.. 100pounds 723 Tobacco, leaf, warehouse sales, average 12 months do 13,764 Vegetables, fresh Onions, Chicago d o... 10,263 Potatoes, white Boston do 38,072 Chicago...do 54,430 New Y ork do 22,438 Portland, Oreg do 29,821 Potatoes, sweet, Philadelphia ^-bushel.. 31,893 Wool, Boston Ohio, grease basis Fine clothing pounds.. 33,555 Fine delaine.. do 12,583 Half blood do 16, 779 Medium grades do 20,972 Territory, scoured basis Staple, fine and fine medium......do 46,496 Half blood......do Foreign- 46,496 Argentine, crossbreds, quarter blood, grease basis...do 94,583 Australian, Geelong, 56s, scoured basis..._do 52,966 Montevideo, one-fourth blood, 50s, grease basis do 68,573 GROUP 2 FOODS (a) Butter, clieese, and milk: Butter, creamery Boston Extra....pounds.. 44,898 Firsts d o 157,143 Seconds d o... 22,449 Chicago- Extra do 123,469 Extra firsts... do 432,142 Firsts d o 61, 735 Cincinnati, as to score...d o... 62,136 New Orleans Fancy do 18,039 Choice do 42,092 New York Extra do 130,685 Firsts do 457,398 Seconds d o... 65,343 Philadelphia- Extra do 38,885 Extra firsts.do ,097 Firsts... do 19,442 St. Louis, extra do 120, 262 San Francisco- Extra......d o... 21,647 Firsts...do 50,510 Cheese, whole milk Chicago do 369,696 New York d o 135,123 San Francisco d o... 35,672 Milk, condensed, New York cases.. 9,672 Milk, evaporated, New York _...d o... 30,252 (b) Meats: Beef, fresh, carcass, steers Chicago pounds.. 2,305,329 New York ,610,659 Beef, cured, family, New York......barrels Lamb, fresh, Chicago......pounds.. Mutton, fresh, dressed, New York do 499, ,752 Pork, cured Bacon, Chicago do 615,563 Hams, Chicago......d o 615, 563 Mess, New York ,971 Sides, clear, Chicago... Sides, rough, Chicago......do 497, ,066

79 QUANTITIES USED AS W EIGHTS 75 Quantities used as weights in constructing index numbers of wholesale prices Con. GROUP 2. FOODS Continued Commodity Quantity (000 omitted) (6) Meats Continued. Pork, fresh (composite price), Chicago......pounds.. 5,189, 798 Poultry, dressed Chicago do 205,292 New York do 541, 226 Veal, fresh, good, Chicago......do 939,584 (c) Other foods: Beans. (See Farm products.) Bread, loaf, before baking Chicago d o 3,040,490 Cincinnati do 454,451 New Orleans..do 432,810 New York..d o 6,319,026 San Francisco d o 573,473 Cocoa beans, Arriba, New York.....d o 403, 288 Coffee, Brazilian grades, New York Rio, No do Sfvntns, No do 261,697 1,046,787 Copra, South Sea, New York , 535 Crackers, soda, New York do 1,228,444 Eggs. (See Farm products.) Fish Cod, pickled, cured, Gloucester, Mass 100 pounds 574 Herring, pickled, New York pounds. _ 50,956 Mackerel, salt, New York 20,024 Salmon, canned, Alaska, red, factorv 1 dozens.. 22,190 Salmon, smoked, Alaska, New York... pounds.. 6,081 Flour, rye, white, Minneapolis barrels 1,661 Flour, wheat- Standard patents, hard winter, Buffalo....do 18,339 First clears, hard winter, Buffalo do 6,113 Short patents, winter, Kansas City do 13,972 Straights, winter, Kansas City... do Standard patents, Minneapolis _do 4,658 40,171 Second patents, Minneapolis ,391 Patents, Portland, Oreg do 6,987 Short patents, soft winter, St. Louis. do 5,240 Straights, soft winter, St. Louis do 1,747 Standard patents, soft winter, Toledo. do 5,822 Fruit, canned, New York Peaches, 2H s.. 21,831 Pineapples, 2Hs do 17,608 Fruit, dried, New York Apples, evaporated pounds.. 21,701 Currants, cleaned... do 12,970 Prunes, California, do 418,657 Raisins, coast, seeded... do 489, 508 Fruit, fresh Apples. (See Farm products.) Bananas, Jamaica, New Y ork......bunches Lemons. (See Farm products.) 58,246 Oranges. (See Farm products.) Glucose, 42 mixing, New York......ICO pounds._ Hominy grits, white, m ill do 11,343 2, 545 Lard, prime, contract, New York... pounds. _ 1,553,862 Meal, corn - White, mill 100 pounds.. Yellow, fancy, Philadelphia.... ' do. 9,559 9,559 Molasses, New Orleans, fancy, New York. gallons._ 35, 587 Oatmeal, in 90-pound sacks, New York pound? 11,187 Oleomargarine, standard, uneolored, Chicago. pounds 252, 924 Oleo oil, extra, Chicago do 134, 889 Pepper, black, New York d o 32,432 Rice, head, clean, New Orleans- Blue Rose, medium to good do 872,545 Edith, medium to choice....do 253,319 Salt, Chicago American, medium... barrels.. Granulated..._... 26,960 3,774 Sugar, New Y o rk - Granulated pounds 12,508,586 Raw, ,139,816 Tallow, edible, Chicago do Tea, Formosa, fine, New York d o... 55,867 95,064

80 76 APPENDIX Quantities used as weights in constructing index numbers of wholesale prices C on. GROUP 3. FOODS-Continued Commodity Quantity (000 omitted) (<c) Other foods Continued. Vegetables, canned String beans, No. 2, New York...dozen. Corn, No. 2, factory do... Peas, No. 2, New York......do... Tomatoes, No. 3, New York do... Vegetables, fresh Onions. (See Farm products.) Potatoes. (See Farm products.) Vegetable oil Coconut, New York...pounds. Corn, New York do... Cottonseed, New York do... Olive, New York gallons. Peanut, mill......pounds. Soy bean, New York do... Vinegar, cider, New York...gallons. 15,213 34,667 30,820 35, , , 797 1,469,175 10,587 12,873 16,512 71,199 GROUP 3. HIDES AND LEATHER PRODUCTS (а) Hides and skins: Hides, Chicago Country cows...pounds. Packers Heavy, native steers... do... Heavy, Texas steers... do... Skins Calf, No. 1, country, Chicago... do. Goat, Brazil, first selection, New York... do... Kip, No. 1, country, Chicago...do... Sheep, packers', Chicago...pelts. (б) Leather: Chrome, calf, tannery......square feet. Glazed kid, top grade, Boston do... Harness, California oak, general market...pounds. Side, black, chrome tanned, B grade, Boston...square feet. Sole, oak, Boston In sides...pounds. Scoured backs... do... Sole, union backs, steers, New Y o rk... d o... (e) Boots and shoes, factory: Children s Child s, gun metal... pairs. Little boys, tan, calf... I...do... Misses, gun metal......do... Youths, tan, calf...do... Men s Black, calf, oxford...do... Black, calf...d o... Black, side leather, blucher. _... do... Black, vici kid _... do... Chocolate, elk, blucher... do... Press, medium grade......do... Gun metal, blucher... do... Mahogany, chrome, bal.....d o... Tan, calf, oxford do... Tan, side leather, blucher... do... Work, medium grade.... do... Women s Black, kid, oxford... do... Black, kid, McKay sewed... do... Medium grade... do... Better grade...do... Colored calf... do... Patent-leather pump...do... (d) Other leather products: Gloves, factory Men s dozen. Women s do... Harness sets. Suit cases.... cases. Traveling bags... ~ bags ,715 93,222 66,358 34, , ,143 19, , ,896 6,581 16,479 16,478 22, ,

81 QUANTITIES USED AS W EIGHTS 77 Quantities used as weights in constructing index numbers of wholesale prices C on. GROUP 4. TEXTILE PRODUCTS Commodity Quantity (000 omitted) (а) C otton goods: Blankets, colored, Boston......pairs. Denims, Massachusetts, 28-inch, mill...yards. Drillings, brown, mill Pepperell, 30-inch... do Pepperell, 29-inch do Duck, mill 8-ounce, Army... do Wide, 36-inch... _..._do Flannel, mill Bleached, 36-inch...do Unbleached, 33-inch...do Gingham, mill Amoskeag, 27-inch......do Feature, 32-inch... do Hosiery, mill Men s, combed yarn dozen.. Women s, mercerized....do Muslin, bleached, mill Fruit of the Loom... yards.. Lonsdale......do Rough Rider do Nainsook, Wamsutta......do Percale, Scouts, 38^-inch, m ill...do Print cloth, mill 27-inch...do 38H-inch do Sheeting, bleached, mill 10/4, Pepperell...d o 10/4, Pequot......do Sheeting, brown, mill Indian Head, 36-inch....do 4/4, Pepperell do 4/4,Trion uo. Thread, 6-cord, 100-yard, mill spoois... Ticking, Amoskeag, 32-inch, mill >ards.. Underwear, mill Men s shirts and drawers.....dozen.. Women s union suits do Yarn, carded, mill Northern, 10/1 cones pounds.. Northern, 22/1 cones do Southern, spinning, single warp, 40/1 do---- Twisted, 20/2, weaving do Twisted, 40/2, weaving... do (б) Silk and rayon: Rayon, New Y o rk first quality do 150 second quality d o 300 first quality...do second quality... do Silk, raw, New York China, steam filature, third category...do Canton, double extra A cracks......d o Japan, double extra cracks......do Japan, 13/15... do Silk, spun, New Y o rk - Domestic, 60/1....do Domestic, 60/2...do Imported, 200/2, first quality...-do Hosiery, mill Men s silk, mercerized top, heel, and toe... _... dozen.. Women s, pure silk...do Women s rayon and silk...do (e) Woolen and worsted goods: Blankets, all wool, 4 to 5 pounds, mill... pounds. Flannel, No. 6400, 54-inch, per yard, mill... yards. Overcoating, mill Heavy d o... Light...d o... Suiting, mill Serge, 16-ounce, d o... Serge, 11-ounce, inch......d o... Uniform serge, fine grade, 12-ounce...d o... Uniform serge, medium grade, 12-ounce......d o... Unfinished worsted, 13-ounce......d o... Trousering, cotton warp, 11-ounce, mill......do , , ,346 35, , ,995 21,657 19, , ,582 1,145, , , ,670, 5ii9 53,823 4,924 6, , ,57J 2,857 42,852 14, ,121 8,233 19,052 9,766 8,158 1, ,237

82 78 APPENDIX Quantities used as weights in constructing index numbers of wholesale prices Con. GROUP 4. TEXTILE PRODUCTS Continued Commodity Quantity (000 omitted) (c) Woolen and worsted goods Continued. Underwear, men s mill Shirts and drawers... dozen Union suits......do 755 Women s dress goods, mill Broadcloth, 9^-ounce... 20,378 Flannel, 12-ounce do 30,567 Flannel, 54-inch do 20,378 French serge, 39-inch do... 30, 567 Serge, 36-inch, cotton warp.....d o 38,728 Sicilian cloth, 54-inch, cotton warp.....d o 25,819 Yarn, mill 2/32 s, crossbred stock, white pounds.. 41,556 2/40's half-blood, weaving d o 41,556 2/50 s, fine, weaving......d o... 41,556 (d) Other textile products: Binder twine, standard, mill lb. bales.. 4, 303 Burlap, 10^-ounce, 40-inch, mill... yards.. 905,467 Hemp, manila, New York pounds.. 133,625 Jute, raw, medium grades, New York...d o 160,447 Linen shoe thread, 10 s, Barbour, New York......do 2, 717 Rope, pure manila, %-inch and larger, New York d o ,310 Sisal, Mexican, New York do 286,070 GROUP 5 FUEL AND LIGHTING (а) Anthracite coal: Chestnut...gross tons. Egg do. Pea... (б) Bituminous coal: Mine run net tons. Prepared sizes d o... Screenings......do. (e) Coke: Beehive, oven Connellsville, furnace... do... By-product Alabama, Birmingham..._do. Portsmouth, Ohio, foundry...do. New Jersey, Newark..d o... (d) M anufactured gas...1,000 cubic feet. (e) Petroleum products: Petroleum, crude, well California. barrels. Kansas- Oklahoma... do... Pennsylvania...do... Fuel oil, refinery Oklahoma......d o... Pennsylvania......gallons. Gasoline, refinery California...do... Oklahoma do... Pennsylvania do... North Texas... do_. Natural, Oklahoma.....d o.. Kerosene, refined Standard, New York do.. Water white, refinery do.. 29,003 11,999 23, , ,323 75,138 8,261 10, , , , ,975 35, ,190 6,680,241 2,402,962 2, 201,667 4,189,458 3,786,868 1,377, GROUP 6. METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS (a) Iron and steel: Iron ore, Mesabi, lower lake ports Bessemer... gross tons.. Non-Bessemer... do 24,368 40,613 Pig iron Basic, furnace......do 2,092 Bessemer, Pittsburgh do 350 Foundry, No. 2, northern, Pittsburgh d o ,435 Foundry, No. 2, southern, Birmingham do 2,435

83 QUANTITIES USED AS W EIGHTS 79 Quantities used as weights in constructing index numbers of wholesale prices Con. GROUP 6. METALS AND M ETAL PRODUCTS Continued Commodity (c) Iron and steel Continued. Iron ore Continued. Ferromanganese, furnace gross tons.. Spiegeleisen, furnace do Bar iron Best refined, Philadelphia...pounds.. Common refined, Pittsburgh.do Bars, concrete, reinforcing, 3-inch and larger, m ill pounds.. Nails, wire, Pittsburgh d o... Pipe, cast-iron, 6-inch, New York net tons.. Pipe, black-steel, Pittsburgh feet.. Skelp, grooved, Pittsburgh pounds., Steel billets, rerolling, Pittsburgh...gross tons.. Steel merchant bars, Pittsburgh pounds.. Steel plates, tank, Pittsburgh... pounds.. Steel rails, open-hearth, mill......gross tons.. Steel scrap, Chicago do Steel sheets, No. 27, box annealed, mill...pounds.. Steel, structural, mill pounds.. Terneplate, No. 8,1. C. package, mill pounds.. Tin plate, domestic, standard, coke, Pittsburgh pounds. Wire, fence Barbed, galvanized, mill......do Galvanized, No. 9, Pittsburgh.....d o Plain, annealed, Pittsburgh......do Woven, Pittsburgh...net tons.. (ft) Nonferrous metals: Aluminum, New York pounds.. Antimony, New York....do Brass sheets, m ill do Copper, ingot, electrolytic, refinery... do Copper, sheet, hot rolled, New York... do Copper wire, bare, mill do Lead, pig, desilverized, New Y ork...do Lead pipe, New York pounds.. Nickel, ingot, New York... pounds.. Quicksilver, New York pounds.. Silver, bar, fine, New Y ork...ounces.. Tin, pig, New York......pounds.. Zinc, sheet, La Salle, pounds.. Zinc, slab, New York...pounds.. (c) Agricultural implements, factory: Binders, grain each. Cultivators d o Drills, grain......do Engines, 3-horsepower... do Harrows Spike, peg-tooth...d o Spring-tooth...do Loaders, hay...do Mowers, hay do Pickers, corn...do Planters, corn do Plows, tractor... do. Plows, walking 1-hors e...do 2-hors e....do Rakes Self-dump... do Side-delivery...do Separators, cream......do Shellers, corn......do Spreaders, manure...do Tractors do Wagons, 2-horse... do (d) Automobiles, f. o. b. factory: Weighted average price of Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, and Packard passenger cars (combined weight each.. (e) Other metal products: Sewing machines Electric do Treadle......d o Stoves, cooking Coal...do Gas do Oil...do- Quantity (000 omitted) ,705,5,489 2,029 23,818 11,664 2,233 97,635 8,348,594 2,802 1,837 0,182,985 76, ,220 4,610 4,055 15, ,902 26, ,697 2,366, , ,409 1,575,492 1,143 36, , ,563 1,453 1,165, , ,482 1,103 I Buick, 343; Cadillac, 36; Chevrolet, 738; Dodge, 333; Ford, 1,772; Packard, 42.

84 80 APPENDIX Quantities used as weights in constructing index numbers of wholesale prices C on. GROUP 7 BUILDING MATERIALS Commodity Quantity (000 omitted) (a) Lum ber: Cypress, shop, St. Louis.... Douglas fir, mill No. 1 common sheathing... No. 2 and better, drop siding... Gum, plain, sap, St. Louis Hemlock, northern, No. 1, Chicago... Maple, hard, No. 1, Chicago. Oak, plain, white, No. 1, common, Cincinnati. Pine, white, No. 2, Buffalo Pine, yellow, flooring, mill. Pine, yellow, timbers, mill Poplar, No. 1, Cincinnati.. Spruce, eastern, Boston. Lath, mill Douglas fir, No Pine, yellow, No Shingles, mill Cedar, red... Cypress -... (6) Brick: Common building, plant (composite price). Front, New York Paving blocks, 3^-inch, St. Louis... Sand-lime, plant... (c) Cement, Portland, plant (d) Structural steel. (See Metals and metal products.) (e) Paint materials: Barytes, western, New York... Bone black, powdered, New York Copal gum, manila, New York Lampblack, velvet, New Y ork. Linseed oil, raw, New Y o rk Litharge, commercial, New York Lithopone, domestic, New York Putty, commercial, New Y ork Red lead, dry, New York... Rosin, B grade, New York.... Shellac, T. N., New York. Turpentine, southern, New York White lead, in oil, New York... Zinc oxide, leaded grades, New' York... (c) Other building materials: Asphalt, bulk, refinery. * Crushed stone, 1 inch, New York _ Glass, plate, New York 3 to 5 square feet... 5 to 10 square feet... Glass, window, works Single A... Single B Gravel, building, plant Hollow tile, building, Chicago... Lime, building, plant Lime, hydrated, plant... Sand, building, plant... Slate, roofing, sea green, quarry Copper, sheet. (See Metals and metal products.) Copper wire. (See Metals and metal products.) Nails, wire. (See Metals and metal products.) Pipe, cast-iron. (See Metals and metal products.) Pipe, lead. (See Metals and metal products.) Pipe, black-steel. (See Metals and metal products.) Reinforcing bars. (See Metals and metal products.) Temeplate. (See Metals and metal products.) Zinc, sheet. (See Metals and metal products.).1,000 feet....do.. _do_. _do. _do...d o....do...do...do...do...do....do.. _do_. -do. _do d o... d o... do d o.....barrels. ton_. _ pounds. d o d o... do d o... do. -.. d o. do....barrels.. pounds. -gallons. -pounds. do tons.. cubic yards. _.square feet. d o square feet do. tons....blocks tons d o d o square feet ,224 2,075 1,101 2, ,067 1,433 4,524 7, ,842 2,762 8, ,255 2, , ,770 31,965 11, , , , ,089 77,811 3,976 33,381 31, , ,660 4,426 51, , ,225 2,462 1,461 45,

85 QUANTITIES USED AS W EIGH TS 81 Quantities used as weights in constructing index numbers of wholesale prices C on GROUP 8. CHEMICALS AND DRUGS Commodity Quantity (000 omitted) (а) Chemicals: Acid, New Y o rk - Acetic, 28 per cent... Boric... Carbonic... Muriatic, 20, works... Nitric, Oleic, distilled... Salicylic, U. S. P... Stearic, triple-pressed.... Sulphuric, Alcohol- Denatured, works... Wood, refined, New York Aluminum, sulphate, commercial, New York... Ammonia, anhydrous, New York Anilin oil, New York Arsenic, white, powdered, New York... Benzine, pure, works Bleaching powder, works... Borax, crystals, New York Calcium arsenate, New York Calcium chloride, solid, per cent, New York... Caustic potash, per cent, New York... Coal-tar, colors, New Y ork - Black, direct, Brown, sulphur... Indigo, paste... Jet, nigrosine Copper sulphate, New York... Copperas, works... Copra. (See Foods.) Creosote oil, grade 1, works... Formaldehyde, New York Lime, acetate, New York Naphthalene flake, New York Sal soda, New York... Salt cake, ground, works Soda ash, light, 58 per cent, works Soda, bicarbonate, works Soda, caustic, works Sodium silicate, 40, works Sulphur, crude, mines Tallow, packers prime, Chicago Toluene, pure, works... Vegetable oils Coconut. (See Foods.) Corn. (See Foods.) Palm, niger, New York Palm kernel, crude, New York Soy bean. (See Foods.) (б) Drugs and pharmaceuticals: Acid, New Y o rk - Citric, domestic, crystals... Tartaric, crystals.... Alcohol, grain, New York... Camphor, Japanese, refined, slabs Castor oil, medicinal, New York Cream of tartar, powdered, New York.... Epsom salts, U. S. P., New Y ork... Glycerin, chemically pure, New York... Menthol, imported, New York.... Opium, U. S. P., New York... Peroxide of hydrogen, U. S. P., 4-ounce bottles, New York.. Phenol, U. S. P., New York Quinine, sulphate, domestic, New York... Soda phosphate, commercial, New York... Zinc chloride, granular, New York (c) Fertilizer materials: Bones, ground, Chicago... Kainit, 12.4 per cent, New York... Manure salts, 20 per cent, New York... Muriate of potash, per cent, New York.. Nitrate of soda, 95 per cent, New Y ork... Phosphate rock, Florida land pebble, mines... Sulphate of ammonia, New York Sulphate of potash, per cent, New York. Superphosphate, Baltimore... Tankage, Chicago pounds..... tons..... pounds pounds...do...pounds.. do do... tons.....gallons.. :..d o.100 pounds..... pounds..... do... do gallons pounds.....tons..... pounds.. tons..... pounds..... do do... do do..100 pounds..... tons.....gallons..... pounds pounds.. pounds pounds.. tons pounds.....d o... do..._do tons.. pounds.....gallons...pounds.. do.. do do..gallons...pounds., do....do pounds..... pounds.....do do...gross..... pounds.....ounces pounds..... pounds.. tons.. d o do.... d o pounds.. tons pounds..... tons.....d o... do ,099 3, ,799 5,482 25,776 4,995 88,711 6,548 5,924 92,881 13,446 48,422 22,595 2, , ,518 19,339 24,597 36,801 13, ,423 24,210 1,476 53,806 1, ,356 2,445 10,929 8,949 1, ,631 8, ,545 47,876 7,508 8,755 10,264 5,867 47,400 7, , ,819 3,049 1,660 59, ,843 3,740 11, ,618 11

86 82 APPENDIX Quantities used as weights in constructing index numbers of wholesale prices C on. GROUP 8. CHEMICALS AND DRUGS Continued Commodity Quantity (000 omitted) (d) Fertilizer, mixed: New England......tons.. Middle Atlantic...d o South Atlantic, do South Atlantic, other......do South Central and Southwest..._... do Middle West...._......_do 150 1, GROUP 9.-HOUSE-FURNISH ING GOODS («) Furniture, factory: Bedroom Beds... Benches... Chairs Dressers and vanities... Dining room Buffets, china cabinets, and servers.. Chairs... Tables... K itchen- Cabinets... Chairs Refrigerators... Tables... Living room Chairs... Davenports -... Tables... <6) Furnishings: Blankets. (See Textile products.) Carpets, factory Axminster Brussels... Wilton... Cutlery, factory Carvers... Knives and forks... Pails, galvanized-iron, factory... Sheeting, 10/4. (See Textile products.) Tableware, factory Dinner sets, 100-piece, semi vitreous... Dinner sets, 104-piece, vitreous... Nappies, glass, 4-inch, common Pitchers, glass, ^-gallon, common... Tumblers, H-pint, common... Plates, white granite... Teacups and saucers, white granite... Ticking, Amoskeag. (See Textile products.) Tubs, galvanized-iron, factory... Sewing machines. (See Metals and metal products.) Stoves, cooking. (See Metals and metal products.) each. do. d o.... do. d o....set of 6. each...do. _ dozen. each....d o.....do....do....do...yards....d o....do...pairs..gross...d o... sets...d o....do-:en_...d o...d o...d o......d o.._...d o 1,088 1,036 1,091 2,441 1, , , ,761 34,297 8,277 14,033 1, ,616 18,616 45,777 4,225 4,199 GROUP 10, MISCELLANEOUS (o) Cattle feed: Bran, Minneapolis...tons.. Cottonseed meal, prime, Memphis do Linseed meal, New York... do Middlings, standard, Minneapolis...do (b) Paper and pulp: Box board, mill Chip......do Manila-lined chip......_...do 85-pound test liner....do Paper Newsprint, rolls, contract, mill pounds., Wrapping, manila, No. 1, jute, New York d o Wood pulp Mechanical, No. 1, domestic, mill...tons. Sulphite, domestic, unbleached, news grade, New Y ork,..., 100 Pounds , ,188 1,188 1,188 65,237 28, ,564

87 QUANTITIES USED AS W EIGHTS 83 Quantities used as weights in constructing index numbers of wholesale prices Con. GROUP 10. MISCELLANEOUS Continued Commodity Quantity (000 omitted) (c) Rubber, crude, New York: Amber No pounds 94,902 Latex crepe......d o Plantation, ribbed, smoked sheets d o 94, ,219 (d) Automobile tires, factory: Balloon. Cord 30,584 30,584 (e) Other miscellaneous: Cylinder oil, refinery Oklahoma gallons 342,872 Pennsylvania ,872 Neutral oil, refinery Gulf coastal ,872 Pennsylvania do ,872 Soap, laundry Cincinnati cakes 16,811 Philadelphia do 16,811 Starch, laundry, New Yrok pounds 974,575 Tobacco, New York Plug do 107,655 Smoking, 1-ounce bags...gross 26,982

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89 LIST OF BULLETINS OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS The following is a list of all bulletins of the Bureau of Labor Statistics published since July, 1912, except that in the case of bulletins giving the results of periodic surveys of the bureau only the latest bulletin on any one subject is here listed. A complete list of the reports and bulletins issued prior to July, 1912, as well as the bulletins published since that date, will be furnished on application. Bulletins marked thus (*) are out of print. Conciliation and Arbitration (including strikes and lockouts). No Conciliation and arbitration in the building trades of Greater New York. [1913.] No Report of the industrial council of the British Board of Trade on its inquiry into industrial agreements. [1913.] No Michigan copper district strike. [1914.] No Industrial court of the cloak, suit, and skirt industry of New York City. [1914.] No Conciliation, arbitration, and sanitation in the dress and waist industry of New York City. [1914.] No Collective bargaining in the anthracite-coal industry. [1916.] No Collective agreements in the men s clothing industry. [1916.] No Operation of the industrial disputes investigation act of Canada. [1918.] No Joint industrial councils in Great Britain. [1919.] No History of the Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board, 1917 to No National War Labor Board: History of its formation, activities, etc. [1921.[ No Use of Federal power in settlement of railway labor disputes. [1922.] No Trade agreement in the silk-ribbon industry of New York City. [1923.] No Collective bargaining by actors. [1926.] No Trade agreements, No Joint industrial control in the book and job printing industry. [1928.] Cooperation. No Consumers cooperative societies in the United States in No Cooperative credit societies (credit unions) in America and in foreign countries. [1922.] No Cooperative movement in the United States in 1925 (other than agricultural). Employment and Unemployment. *No Statistics of unemployment and the work of employment offices. [1913.] No Unemployment in New York City, N. Y [1915.] No Regularity of employment in the women s ready-to-wear garment industries. [1915.] No Unemployment in the United States. [1916.] No Proceedings of the Employment Managers Conference held at Minneapolis, Minn., January 19 and 20, No Proceedings of the conference of Employment Managers Association of Boston, Mass., held May 10,1916. No The British system of labor exchanges. [1916.] No Proceedings of the Employment Managers Conference, Philadelphia, Pa., April 2 and 3, No Employment system of the Lake Carriers Association. [1918.] No Public employment offices in the United States. [1918.] No Proceedings of Employment Managers Conference, Rochester, N. Y., May 9-11,1918. No Industrial unemployment: A statistical study of its extent and causes. [1922.] No Unemployment in Columbus, Ohio, 1921 to No Social and economic character of unemployment in Philadelphia, April, Foreign Labor Laws. No Administration of labor laws and factory inspection in certain European countries. [ No Labor legislation of Uruguay. [1929.] No Labor legislation of Argentina. [1930.] Housing No Government aid to home owning and housing of working people in foreign countries. [1914.] No Housing by employers in the United States. [1920.] No Building operations in representative cities in No Building permits in the principal cities of the United States in [1921 to] (i)

90 Industrial Accidents and Hygiene. No Lead poisoning in potteries, tile works, and porcelain enameled sanitary ware factories ] No Hygiene of painters trade. [1913.] *No Danger to workers from dust and fumes, and methods of protection. [1913.] *No Lead poisoning in the smelting and refining of lead. [1814.] No Industrial accident statistics. [1915.] No Lead poisoning in the manufacture of storage batteries. [1914.] No Industrial poisons used in the rubber industry. [1915.] No Report of British departmental committee on the danger in the use of lead in the painting of buildings. [1916.] *No Report of the committee on statistics and compensation insurance cost of the International Association of Industrial Accident Beards and Commissions. [1916.] No Hygiene of the printing trades. [1917.] No Industrial poisons used or produced in the manufacture of explosives. [1917.] No Hours, fatigue, and health in British munition factories. [1917.] No Industrial efficiency and fatigue in British munition factories. [1917.] No Mortality from respiratory diseases in dusty trades (inorganic dusts.) [1918.] No Safety movement in the iron and steel industry, 1907 to No Effects of the air hammer on the hands of stonecutters. [1918.] No Industrial health and efficiency. Final report of British Health of Munition Workers Committee. [1919.] No Preventable death in the cotton-manufacturing industry. [1919.] No Accidents and accident prevention in machine-building. [1919.] No Anthrax as an occupational disease. [1920.] No Standardization of industrial accident statistics. [1920.] No Industrial poisoning in making coal-tar dyes and dye-intermcdiates, [1921.] No Carbon-monoxide poisoning. [1921.] No The problem of dust phthisis in the granite-stone industry. [1922.] No Causes and prevention of accidents in the iron and steel industry, No Occupational hazard and diagnostic signs: A guide to impairments to be looked for In hazardous occupations. [1922.] No Survey of hygiene conditions in the printing trades. [1925.] No Phosphorous necrosis in the manufacture of fireworks and in the preparation of phosphorus. [1926.] No Health survey of the printing trades, 1922 to 1925, No Proceedings of the Industrial Accident Prevention Conference, held at Washington, D. C., July 14-16, No A new test for industrial lead poisoning. [1928.] No Settlement for accidents to American seamen. [1928.] No Deaths from lead poisoning, No Statistics of industrial accidents in the United States to the end of No Causes of death by occupation. [1929.] Industrial Relations and Labor Conditions. No Industrial unrest in Great Britain. [1917.] No Chinese migrations, with special reference to labor conditions. [1923.] No Industrial relations in the West Coast lumber industry. [1923.] No Labor relations in the Fairmont (W. Va.) bituminous-coal field. [1924.] No Postwar labor conditions in Germany. [1925.] No Works council movement in Germany. [1925.] No Labor conditions in the shoe industry in Massachusetts, No Labor relations in the lace and lace-curtain industries in the United States. [1925. Labor Laws of the United States (including decisions of courts relating to labor). No Labor laws and their administration in the Pacific States. [1917.] No Wage-payment legislation in the United States. [1917.] No Minimum-wage laws of the United States: Construction and operation [1921.] No Labor laws that have been declared unconstitutional. [1922.] No Kansas Court of Industrial Relations. [1923.] No Laws providing for bureaus of labor statistics, etc. [1923.] No Labor laws of the United States, with decisions of courts relating thereto. [1925.] No Laws relating to payment of wages. [1926.] No Decisions of courts and opinions affoeting labor, No Labor legislation of No Decisions of courts and opinions affecting labor, (n)

91 Proceedings of Annual Conventions of the Association of Governmental Labor Officials of the United States and Canada. (Name changed in 1928 to Association of Governmental Officials in Industry of the United States and Canada). No Seventh, Seattle, Wash., July 12-15, No Eighth, New Orleans, La., May 2-6, No Ninth, Harrisburg, Pa., May 22-26, *No Tenth, Richmond, Va., May 1-4, *No Eleventh, Chicago, HI., May 19-23, *No Twelfth, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 13-15, No Thirteenth, Columbus, Ohio, June 7-10, *No Fourteenth, Paterson, N. J., May 31 to June 3, No Fifteenth, New Orleans, La., Maj^ 21-24, No Sixteenth, Toronto, Canada, June 4-7, Proceedings of Annual Meetings of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions. No Third, Columbus, Ohio, April 25-28, No Fourth, Boston, Mass., August 21-25, No Fifth, Madison, Wis., September 24-27, *No Sixth, Toronto, Canada, September 23-26, No Seventh, San Francisco, Calif., September 20-24,1920. No Eighth, Chicago, 111., September 19-23, No Ninth, Baltimore, Md., October 9-13, *No Tenth, St. Paul, Minn., September 24-26, No Eleventh, Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 26-28, No Index to proceedings, No Twelfth, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 17-20, No Thirteenth, Hartford, Conn., September 14-17, *No Fourteenth, Atlanta, Ga., September 27-29, No Fifteenth, Paterson, N. J., September 11-14, No Sixteenth, Buffalo, N. Y., October 8-11, Proceedings of Annual Meetings of the International Association of Public Employment Services. No First, Chicago, December 19 and 20, 1913; second, Indianapolis, September 24 and 25, 1914; third, Detroit, July 1 and 2,1915. No Fourth, Buffalo, N. Y., July 20 and 21, No Ninth, Buffalo, N. Y., September 7-9,1921. No Tenth, Washington, D. C., September 11-13, No Eleventh, Toronto, Canada, September 4-7,1923. No Twelfth, Chicago, HI., May 19-23, No Thirteenth, Rochester, N. Y., September 15-17, No Fifteenth, Detroit, Mich., October 25-28, No Sixteenth, Cleveland, Ohio, September 18-21, Productivity of Labor. No Productivity costs in the common-brick industry. [1924.] No Time and labor costs in manufacturing 100 pairs of shoes, No Labor cost of production and wages and hours of labor in the paper box-board industry. [1926.] No Wages, hours, and productivity in the pottery industry, No Productivity of labor in the glass industry. [1927.] No Productivity of labor in merchant blast furnaces. [1928.] No Productivity of labor in newspaper printing. [1929.] Retail prices and Cost of Living. *No Sugar prices, from refiner to consumer. [1913.] *No Wheat and flour prices, from farmer to consumer. [1913.] *No Butter prices, from producer to consumer. [1914.] No Foreign food prices as affected by the war. [1915.] No Cost of living in the United States. [1924.] No The use of cost-of-living figures in wage adjustments. [1925.] No Retail prices, 1890 to Safety Codes. *No Code of lighting: Factories, mills, and other work places. No Safety code for the protection of industrial workers in foundries. No Specifications of laboratory tests for approval of electric headlighting devices for motor vehicles. *No Safety code for the construction, care, and use of ladders. No Safety code for laundry machinery and operations. No Code of lighting school buildings. No Safety code for paper and pulp mills. ( m )

92 Safety Codes Continued. No Safety code for power presses and foot and hand presses. No Safety codes for the prevention of dust explosions. No Safety code for the use, care, and protection of abrasive wheels. No Safety code for rubber mills and calenders. Ng Safety code for forging and hot-metal stamping. No Safety code for mechanical power-transmission apparatus first revision. No Textile safety code. No Code for identification of gas-mask canisters. No Safety code for woodworking plants, as revised Vocational and Workers Education. *No Short-unit courses for wage earners, and a factory school experiment. [1915.] No Vocational education survey of Richmond, Va. [1915.] No Vocational education survey in Minneapolis, Minn. [1917.] No Adult working-class education in Great Britain and the United States. [1920.] No Apprenticeship in building construction. [192s.] Wages and Hours of Labor. No Wages and regularity of employment and standardization of piece rates in the dress and waist industry of New York City. [1914.] No Wages and regularity of employment in the cloak, suit, and skirt industry. [1914.] No Wages and hours of labor in the clothing and cigar industries, 1911 to No Wages and hours of labor in the building and repairing of steam railroad cars, 1907 to No Wages and hours of labor in the cotton, woolen, and silk industries, 1907 to No Street-railway employment in the United States. [1917.] No Wages and hours of labor in the lumber, millwork, and furniture industries, No Industrial survey in selected industries in the United St ates, No Wages and hours of labor in the petroleum industry, No Productivity costs in the common-brick industry. [192-1.] No Wages and hours of labor in the automobile-tire industry, No Time and labor costs in manufacturing 100 pairs of shoes, No Wages and hours of labor in the paper and pulp industry, No Wages and hours of labor in metalliferous mines, No Labor costs of production and wages and hours of labor in the paper box-board industry. [1926.] No Wages, hours, and productivity in the pottery industry, No Hours and earnings in anthracite and bituminous coal mining, 1922 and No Hours and earnings in bituminous-coal mining, 1922, 1924, and 192*3. No Wages and hours of labor in foundries and machine shops, No Wages and hours of labor in the slaughtering and meat-packing, No Union scales of wages and hours of labor, [Supplement to Bulletin 457.] No Wages and hours of labor of common street laborers, No Wages and hours of labor in woolen and worsted goods manufacturing, 1910 to No Wages and hours of labor in cotton-goods manufacturing, 1910 to No Wages and hours of labor in the lumber industry in the United States, No Wages and hours of labor in the boot and shoe industry, 1910 to No History of wages in the United States from colonial times to No Wages and hours of labor in the motor-vehicle industry, No Wages and hours of labor in the men s clothing industry, 1911 to No Wages and hours of labor in the hosiery and underwear industries, 1907 to No Wages and hours of labor in the iron and steel industry, No Pennsylvania Railroad wage data. From Report of Joint Fact Finding Committee in wage negotiations in No Union scales of wages, May 15,1929. No Hours and earnings in bituminous-coal mining, Welfare Work. *No Employer s welfare work. [1913.] No Welfare work in British munitions factories. [1917.] *No Welfare work for employees in industrial establishments in the United States. [1919.] No Health and recreation activities in industrial establishments, 192*3. Wholesale Prices. No Index numbers of wholesale prices in the United States and foreign countries. [1921.] No Revised index numbers of wholesale prices, 1923 to July, No Wholesale prices, 1913 to (IV)

93 Women and Children in Industry. No Hours, earnings, and duration of employment of wage-earning women in selected industries in the District of Columbia. [1913.] No Prohibition of night work of young persons. [1913.] No Ten-hour maximum working day for women and young persons. [1913.] No Working hours of women in the pea canneries of Wisconsin. [1913.] No Employment of women in power laundries in Milwaukee. [1913.] No Hours, earnings, and conditions of labor of women in Indiana mercantile establishments and garment factories. [1914.] No Minimum wage legislation in the United States and foreign countries. [1915.] No Summary of the report on conditions of women and child wage earners in the United States. [1915.] No Effect of minimum-wage determinations in Oregon. [1915.] No The boot and shoe industry in Massachusetts as a vocation for women. [1915.] No Unemployment among women in department and other retail stores of Boston, Mass. [1916.] No Dressmaking as a trade for women in Massachusetts. [1916.] No Industrial experience of trade-school girls in Massachusetts. [1917.] No Effect of workmen s compensation laws in diminishing the necessity of industrial employment of women and children. [1918.] No Employment of women and juveniles in Great Britain during the war. [1917.] No Women in the lead industries. [1919.] Workmen's Insurance and Compensation (including laws relating thereto). No Care of tuberculous wage earners in Germany. [1912.] No British national insurance act, No Sickness and accident insurance law in Switzerland. [1912.] No Law relating to insurance of salaried employees in Germany. [1913.] No Compensation for accidents to employees of the United States. [1914.] No Proceedings of the conference of social insurance called by the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, Washington, D. C., December 5-9, No Workmen s compensation legislation in the United States and foreign countries, 1917 and No Comparison of workmen s compensation insurance and administration. [1922.] No National health insurance in Great Britain, 1911 to No Comparison of workmen s compensation laws of the United States as of January 1, No Public-service retirement systems, United States and Europe. [1929.] No Workmen s compensation legislation of the United States and Canada as of January, (With text of legislation enacted in 1927 and 1928.) Miscellaneous series. No Subject index of the publications of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics up to May 1, No Profit sharing in the United States. [1916.] No. $542. Food situation in central Europe, No International labor legislation and the society of nations. [1919.] No Historical survey of international action affecting labor. [1920.] No Mutual relief associations among Government employees in Washington, D. C. [1921.] No The Bureau of Labor Statistics: Its history, activities, and organization. [1922.] No Methods of procuring and computing statistical information of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. [1922.] No International Seamen s Union of America: A study of its history and problems. [1923.] No Humanity in government. [1923.] No Convict labor in No Cost of American almshouses. [1925.] No Growth of legal-aid work in the United States. [ No Family allowances in foreign countries. [1926.] No Labor organization in Chile. [1928.] No Park recreation areas in the United States. [1928.] No Beneficial activities of American trade-unions.* [1928.] No Activities and functions of a State department of labor. [1928.] No Conditions in the shoe industry in Haverhill, Mass., No Care of aged persons in United States. [1929.] No Handbook of labor statistics, 1929 edition. No Directory of homes for the aged in the United States. [1929.] No Handbook of American trade-unions: 1929 edition. No Personnel research agencies edition. (V)

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