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Table 4.—COST OF LIVING, FARM, AND RETAIL PRICE INDEXES[Base year in bold-faced type]
YEAR AND MONTH
1909-14 monthly av.1913 monthly av1914 monthly av1915 monthly av1916 monthly av
1917 monthly av1918 monthly av1919 monthly av1920 monthly av1921 monthly av
1922 monthly av1923 monthly av1924 monthly av1925 monthly av
1935January...FebruaryMarchApril
MayJune _ __JulyAugust
SeptemberOctoberNovember __December
1926JanuaryFebruaryMarchApril .
MayJuneJulyAugust
September _October. _November _December _
COST OF LIVING
FoodShel-ter
Cloth-ing
Fuel and Eight
Com-bined Fuel Light
Sun-dries
Allitems
Relative to July, 1914 s
100100111
146173186205156
142146146157
154151151151
152155160160
159162167166
164162160162
161160
!
100100102
105118129154169
166173184180
184183182182
182182179179
178178178177
177177177176
176176
10O103120
143185205261166
155170175174
174172173171
172174175175
176176176177
176176176175
175174
172161161
162162161157
156157157158
161162167166
166169166162
158158
197182181
183183182176
174175176177
181183190188
189195190184
179179
123121121
121121121121
121121121121
121121122122
122118118118
118118
100100104
117152164185184
173173174175
175175175175
175175175175
174174175176
176175175173
173172
100101109
131159172198167
157161164168
167165165165
165167169169
168170172171
170170169168
168167
FARM PRICES *
Grain
6quota-tions
Fruitsand
vegeta-bles
9quota-tions
Meatani-mals
5quota-tions
Dairyand
poul-try
prod-ucts
4quota-tions
Cottonandcot-ton-seed
2quota-tions
Un-classi-
fied
5quota-tions
AHgroups
31quota-tions
Relative to 1909-1914 average (fiscal years)
10092
103120126
217226231231112
105114129156
172178172152
159164152157
148135138140
143140133131
131130
10092
10083
123
202162189249148
152136125160
122131138146
162184178178
142152194194
214218220253
240216
100108112104120
173202206173108
113106109139
123126145146
139139148149
140141136136
140146147146
148154
10010010199
106
133160182197151
135147137143
154142134131
132132134139
141154162163
153144137133
131130
10O978578
119
187245247248101
156216211177
182183195189
184183186186
178171144139
138142133135
130132
100949595
100
13015716215290
9410910092
94969494
87868896
90909592
87878583
8281
100100102100117
176200209205116
124135134147
146146151147
146148149152
' 144143144143
143143140140
139139
RE
TA
IL F
OO
D P
RIC
ES
1
RE
TA
IL C
OA
L P
RIC
ES
2
Relative to 1913
100102101114
146168186203153
142146146157
154151151151
152155160160
159162167166
164162160162
161160
100100100104
118127151171192
191194194
*192
194194194187
187188189190
196199(6)(6)
(«)(«)201194
192192
1 The retail food price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the prices of 22 articles of food being weighted according to theirconsumption in working man's families as reported by retail dealers in 51 of the largest cities as of the 15th of the month. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in Bulletin 396of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, p. 12.
2 The retail coal price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, is based on an unweighted average of quotations on Pennsylvaniaanthracite, white ash, chestnut, as of the 15th of each month in 51 cities. The annual figures from 1913 through 1920 are based on two quotations a year, on January 15 andJuly 15; thereafter monthly averages are used.
3 Index numbers of the cqst-of-liying, compiled by the National Industrial Conference Board, represent, up to March, 1922, retail prices on the first day of the monthexcept food, which is the retail food index of the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 15th of the preceding month. Beginning with March, 1922,
from 1923 forward, the monthly data for 1923 to 1925 being shown in the June, 1926, issue of the SURVEY (No. 58), p. 24: segregation for previous years is not available. Thecost-of-living indexes of the U. S. Department of Labor, now compiled only semi-annually, are being omitted from the SURVEY.
* Compiled by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, as of the 15th of the month. These indexes are based upon prices received by farmersthroughout the country for their respective crops and animal products, as collected by the Department, and are weighted by the average annual marketings by farmers forthe period 1919-23. For the detailed explanation of this index see August, 1925, monthly supplement to " Crops and Markets " published by the ~ . . . . . .
£ Ten months' average, January to October, inclusive, no quotations being available for other months.6 No quotations.
I by the Department of Agriculture.
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August 1926
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Table 4.—€OST OF LIVING, FARM, AND RETAIL PRICE INDEXES[Base year in bold-faced type]
YEAR AND MONTH
1909-44 monthly av1913 monthly av1914 monthly av1915 monthly av1916 monthly av
1917 monthly av1918 monthly av1919 monthly av1920 monthly av1921 monthly av
1922 monthly av1923 monthly av1924 monthly av1925 monthly av1926 monthly av
1926MayJuneJulyAugust
SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember _ _ _
1927JanuaryFebruaryMarchApril -
MayJune -- -JulyAugust _ .
SeptemberOctober _.NovemberDecember
COST OP LIVING i
Food Shel-ter
Cloth-Ing
Fuel and light
Com-bined Fuel Light
Sun-dries
Allitems
Relative to July, 1914
100100111
146173186205156
142146146157160
161160157156
159160162162
159156154154
155
100100102
105118129154169
166173184180176
176176176175
175174174173
173172172171
170
100103120
143185205261166
155170175174174
175174173173
174173173174
173172172172
171
100102104
126138144168183
179180169167163
158158158160
161163170169
168167166161
160
197182181186
179179179180
182185195194
192190189181
179
146142140120
118118118121
121121121121
121121122122
122
10O100104
117152164185184
173173174175174
173172174173
173174173174
174174173173
173
100101109
131159172198167
157161164168168
168167166165
167167168168
167165164164
164
FARM PRICES >
Grain 1
Fruitsand
vegeta-bles
Meatani-mals
Dairyand
poul-try
prod-ucts
Cottonandcot-ton-seed
Un-classi-
fiedAll
groups
Number of quotations
6 9 5 4 2 5 31
Relative to 1909-1914 average (fiscal years)
10092
103120126
217226231231112
105114129156129
131130125128
121123121120
120122121119
127140
10092
10083
123
202162189249148
152136125160189
240216195166
136136142137
140142140147
158201
10O108112104120
173202206173108
113106109139146
148154152144
148148142140
140143144143
137129
10O10010199
106
133160182197151
135147137143141
131130131130
139144157161
152143133133
130124
100978578
119
187245247248101
156216211177122
130132126130
134948881
8594
102101
113119
10O949595
100
13015716215290
941091009288
82818589
93979791
87848180
7982
100100102100117
176200209205116
124135134147136
139139136133
134130130127
126127126125
126130
RE
TA
IL F
OO
D P
RIC
ES
RE
TA
IL C
OA
L P
RIC
ES
*
Relative to 1913
100102101114
146168186203153
142146146157160
161160157156
159160162162
159156154154
155159
10010099
104
117127150
5190192
6191
194193
71917 194
192192192192
193194195195
195195194185
184186
1 Index numbers of the cost of living, compiled by the National Industrial Conference Board, represent, up to March, 1922, retail prices on the first day of the monthexcept food, which is the retail food index of the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 15th of the preceding month. Beginning with March, 1922,all prices shown are as of the 15th of the month indicated. The index is weighted according to the estimated consumption of average wage earners before the war, on thefollowing basis: Food, 43.1 per cent; shelter, 17.7 per cent; clothing, 13.2 per cent; fuel and light, 5.6 per cent; sundries, 20.4 per cent. Figures from 1914 to 1917 are basedon July quotations: 1918 figures are for 2 months: 1919 for 3 months and thereafter monthly. Owing to different trends, the fuel and the light data have been segregatedfrom 1923 forward and revised, the monthly data for 1923 to 1925 being shown in the June, 1926, issue of the SURVEY (No. 58), p. 24; segregation for previous years is notavailable and the fuel and light data previous to 1923 are not quite comparable with the revised figures following, which are 8 points lower than the original figures for thoseyears on fuel and light. The cost-of-living indexes of the U. S. Department of Labor, now compiled only semiannually, are omitted.2 Compiled by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, as of the 15th of the month. These indexes are based upon prices received by farmersthroughout the country for their respective crops and animal products, as collected by the department, and are weighted by the average annual marketings by farmers forthe period 1919 -̂23. For the detailed explanation of this index see August, 1925, monthly supplement to " Crops and Markets," published by the Department of Agriculture.
3 The retail food price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the prices of 22 articles of food being weighted according to theirconsumption in workingmen's families as reported by retail dealers in 51 of the largest cities as of the 15th of the month. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in Bulletin 396of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, p. 12.
* The retail coal price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, is based on an unweighted average of quotations on Pennsylvaniaanthracite, white ash, chestnut, as of the 15th of each month in 51 cities. The annual figures from 1913 through 1920 are based on two quotations a year, on Jan. 15 andJuly 15; thereafter monthly averages are used.
* Eight months' average, February, March, April, and May missing.6 Eleven months' average, August missing.7 Ten months' average, no quotations being available for other months.
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August 1927
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Table 4.—COST OF LIVING, FARM, AND RETAIL PRICE INDEXES[Base year In bold-faced type]
YEAR AND MONTH
1909-14 monthly av..1913 monthly av1914 monthly av1915 monthly av1916 monthly av_. . .
1917 monthly av1918 monthly av1919 monthly av1920 monthly av1921 monthly av.-..
1922 monthly av1923 monthly av1924 monthly av1925 monthly av1926 monthly av1927 monthly av
1926SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
1927January .FebruaryMarchApril . . .
M a vJune __ _ . _ .JulyAugust
SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember.
1928JanuaryFebruary.. _ .MarchApril
May _ _June _ . . . _
COST OF LIVING i
Food Shel-ter
Cloth-ing
Fuel and light
Com-bined Fuel Light
Sun-dries
i
Allitems ;
Relative to July, 1914
100100111
146173186205156
142146146157160155
159160162162
159156154154
155159
153152
154156157156
1OO 1OO100 103102
105118129154169
166173184180176169
175174174173
173172172171
170169168169
168167167166
120
143185205261166
155170175174174171
174173173174
173172172172
171169169170
171170171171
1OO102104
126138144
168
183
179180169167163163
161163170169
168167166161
160160160161
162163163163
197182181186184
182185195194
192190189181
179180180
181
183
184184184
146142140120122
121121121121
121121122122
122122122
122
122122122122
1OO100 ;
104 1
117152164185184
173173174175174173
173174 |173174
174 i174 ;173173
173172173172
172173173173
1OO101109
131159172198167
157161164168168164
1671671681G8
167165164164
164165162162
163164104164
FARM PRICES »
Grain
6
Fruitsand
vegeta-bles
Meatani-mals
Dairyand
poul-try
prod-ucts
Cottonandcot-ton-seed
Un-classi-
fiedAll
groups
Number of quotations
9 5 4 2 5 31
Relative to 1909-1914 average (fiscal years)
1OO92
103120126
217226231231112
105114129156129128
121123121120
120122121119
127140139138
134128120123
I1 |!|
li II
1OO92
10083
123
202162189249148
152136125160189155
136136136
137
140142140147
158201195172
145138136141
1OO108112104120
173202206173108
113106109139146139
148148142140
140143144143
137129
131136
142145141138
1OO10010199
106
133160182197151
135147137143141138
139144157161
152
100978578
119
187245247248101
156216211177122128
134948881
85
143 1 94133133
130124125127
137146153158
102
101
113119125136
179169162151
100949595
100
13015716215290
94109100
92
8883
93979791
87848180
7982
81
81
87838690
100100102100117
176200209205116
124135134147136131
134130130127
126127126125
126130130132
140139137137
RE
TA
IL F
OO
D P
RIC
ES
'
RE
TA
IL C
OA
L P
RIC
ES
*
Rela t ive to 1913
1OO102 |101114
146168186203 i153
142 ;146146157 ;160156 i
159160162162
159156154154
155159
154152
154156157156
100100
99104
117127150
5 190192
6 191194193
7 1917 194
190
193194195195
195195194
185
184186187187
190190191191
1 Index numbers of the cost of living, compiled by the National Industrial Conference Board, represent, up to March, 1922, retail prices on the first day of the monthexcept food, which is the retail food index of the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 15th of the preceding month. Beginning with March, 1922all prices shown are as of the 15th of the month indicated. The index is weighted according to the estimated consumption of average wage earners before the war, on the'following basis: Food, 43.1 per cent; shelter, 17.7 per cent; clothing, 13.2 per cent; fuel and light, 5.6 per cent; sundries, 20.4 per cent. Figures from 1914 to 1917 are basedon July quotations: 1918 figures are for 2 months: 1919 for 3 months and thereafter monthly. Owing to different trends, the fuel and the light data have been segregatedfrom 1923 forward and revised, the monthly data for 1923 to 1925 being shown in the June, 1926, issue of the SURVEY (NO. 58), p. 24; segregation for previous years is notavailable and the fuel and light data previous to 1923 are not quite comparable with the revised figures following, which are 8 points lower than the original figures for thoseyears on fuel and light. The cost-of-living indexes of the U. S. Department of Labor, now compiled only semiannually, are omitted.
2 Compiled by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, as of the 15th of the month. These indexes are based upon prices received by farmersthroughout the country for their respective crops and animal products, as collected by the department, and are weighted by the average annual marketings by farmers forthe period 1919-23. For the detailed explanation of this index see August, 1925, monthly supplement to " Crops and Markets," published by the Department of Agriculture.
a The retail food price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the prices of 22 articles of food being weighted according to theirconsumption in workingmen's families as reported by retail dealers in 51 of the largest cities as of the 15th of the month. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in Bulletin 396of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, p. 12.
4 The retail coal price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, is based on an unweighted average of quotations on Pennsylvaniaanthracite, white ash, chestnut, as of the 15th of each month in 51 cities. The annual figures from 1913 through 1920 are based on two quotations a year, on Jan 15 andJuly 15; thereafter monthly averages are used.
• Eight months' average, February, March, April, and May missing.8 Eleven months' average, August missing.1 Ten months' average, no quotations being available for other months.
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February 1928
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Table 5.—COST OF LIVING, FARM, AND RETAIL PRICE INDEXES[Base year In bold-faced type]
YHAB AND MONTH
COST OF LIVING i
Food Shel-ter
Cloth-ing
Fuel and light
Com-bined Fuel Light
Sun-dries
Allgroups
Relative to July, 1914
1909-14 monthly av i1913 monthly av i1914 monthly av1915 monthly av1916 monthly av
1917 monthly av1918 monthly av1919 monthly av1920. monthly av1921 monthly av
1922 monthly av1923 monthly av1924 monthly av1925 monthly av1926 monthly av1927 monthly av
1927MayJuneJulyAugust
SeptemberOctoberNovember _December
1928JanuaryFebruaryMarch __April
May _JuneJulyAugust
SeptemberOctober _November
100100111
146173186205156
142146146157160155
155159153152
154156157156
155152151152
154153
100100102
105118129155169
166173184180176169
170169168169
168167167166
166165165163
163162
100103120
143185205261166
155170175174174171
171169169170
171170171171
172171173171
171171
December I ij !
100102104
126138144168183
179180169167163163
160160160161
162163163163
163163163160
158158
100 100
i
i"" 1
197182181186184
179180180181
183184184184
184184184179
176176
146142140120122
122122122122
122122122122
122122122122
122122
100100104
117153164185184
173173174175174173
173172173172
172173173173
172172171171
171171
100101109
131159172197167
157161163168168164
164165162162
163164164164
163162161161
162161
FARM PRICES 2
GrainsFruitsand
vegeta-bles
Meatani-mals
Dairyand
poul-try
prod-ucts
Cottonandcot-ton-seed
Un-classi-
fiedAM
jgrou ps
Number of quotations
6 9 5 4 ! 2 5 31
Relative to 1909-1914 average (fiscal years)
1OO92
103120126
217226231231112
105114129156129128
127140139138
134128120123
125128136144
160152
10092
10083
123
202162189249148
152136124160189155
158201195172
145138136141
144153174179
181168
100108112104120
173202206173108
113106109139146139
137129131136
142145141138
138139139142
151150
10010110199
106
134160182197151
135147137143141138
130124125127
137146153158
154144137134
134132
100978578
119
187245247249101
156216211177122128
113119125136
179169162153
152141147154
166162
100949595
100
13015716215290
88101100928883
79828181
87838690
91908985
8687
!100
100102100117
176200209205118
123134134147136131
126130130132
140139137137
137135137140
148145
! j
EE
TA
IL
FO
OD
P
RIC
E 3
EE
TA
IL
CO
AL
P
RIC
E*
Relative to 1913
100102101114
146168186203153
142146146157161155
155159153152
154156157156
155152151152
154153
! ; |
j
10010099
104
117127150
«190192
6191
194193
71927 194
190
184186187187
190190191191
191191191185
183185
1 Index numbers of the cost of living, compiled by the National Industrial Conference Board, represent, up to March, 1922, retail prices on the first day of the monthexcept food, which is the retail food index of the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 15th of the preceding month. Beginning with March, 1922,all prices shown are as of the 15th of the month indicated. The index is weighted according to the estimated consumption of average wage earners before the war, on thefollowing basis: Food, 43.1 per cent; shelter, 17.7 per cent; clothing, 13.2 per cent; fuel and light, 5.6 per cent; sundries, 20.4 per cent. Figures from 1914 to 1917 are basedon July quotations: 1918 figures are for 2 months: 1919 for 3 months and thereafter monthly. Owing to different trends,_the fuel and the light data have been segregatedfrom 1923 forward and revised, the monthly data for 1923 to 1925 being shown in the June, 1926, issue of "3 of the SURVEY (No. 58), p. 24; segregation for previous years is notavailable and the fuel and light data previous to 1923 are not quite comparable with the revised figures following, which are 8 points lower than the original figures for thoseyears on fuel and light. The cost-of-living indexes of the U. S. Department of Labor, now compiled only semiannually, are omitted.
2 Compiled by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, as of the 15th of the month. These indexes are based upon prices received by farmersthroughout the country for their respective crops and animal products, as collected by the department, and are weighted by the average annual marketings by farmers forthe period 1019-23. For the detailed explanation of this index see August, 1925, monthly supplement to " Crops and Markets," published by the Department of Agriculture.
» The retail food price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau o/ Labor Statistics, the prices of 22 articles of food being weighted according to theirconsumption in workingmeu's families as reported by retail dealers in 51 of the largest cities as of the 15tii of the month. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in Bulletin 396of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, p. 12.
4 The retail coal price index compiled by the U. S. Department of^Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, is based on an unweighted average of quotations on Pennsylvania. anthracite, white ash, chestnut, as of the 15th of each month in 51 cities. The annual figures from 1913 through 1920 are based on 2 quotation? a year, on Jan. 15 andJuly 15; thereafter monthly averages are used.
* 8 months' average, February, March, April, and May missing.6 11 months' average, August missing.710 months' average, no quotations being available for other months.
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August 1928
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Table 5.—COST OF LIVING, FARM, AND RETAIL PRICE INDEXES[Bam ye»r In bold-faced type]
YKAB AND MONTH
1909-14 monthly av~1913 monthly av1914 monthly av1915 monthly av1916 monthly av1917 monthly av
1918 monthly av1919 monthly av1920 monthly av.... .1921 monthly av1922 monthly av1923 monthly av.....
1924 monthly av1925 monthly av1926 monthly av1927 monthly av1928 monthly av
1937SeptemberOctoberNovember - -December .
1928January .FebruaryMarchApril
MayJuneJulyAugust
SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
1929January...,.February _ _ _ ..MarchApril..
MayJune .. _
COST OF LIVING i
Food Shel-ter
Cloth-Ing
Fuel and light
Com-blned Fuel Light
Sun-dries
Allgroups
Eelative to July, 1914
100100111146
173186205156142146
146157160155154
154156157156
155152151152
154153153154
158157157156
100100102105
118129155169166173
184180176169162
168167167166
166165165163
163162161161
161161160160
100103120143
185205261166155170
175174174171172
171170171171
172171173171
171171174173
174173172171
1OO102104126
138144168183179180
169167163163161
162163163163
163163163160
158158158159
160161162163
100
197
182181186184181
183184184184
184184184179
176176177178
180182183184
100
146
142140120122122
122122122122
122122122122
122122121121
121121121121
100100104117
153164185184173173
174175174173171
172173173173
172172171171
171171171171
171171171171
100101109131
159172197167157161
163168168164162
163164164164
163162161161
162161161161
163163163162
FARM PRICES >
GrainsFruitsand
"S2T-Meatani-mals
Dairyand
poul-try
prod-ucts
Cottonandcot-ton-seed
Un-classi-
fiedAn
groups
Number of quotations
6 9 5 4 2 5 31
Kelative to 1909-1914 average (fiscal years)
10092
103120126217
226231231112105114
129156129128130
134128120123
125128136144
160152142120
117116110112
10092
10083
123202
162189249148152136
124160189155146
145138136141
144153174179
181168156137
127114109108
100108112104120173
202206173108113106
109139146139150
142145141138
138139139142
151150157162
174160150143
1OO10110199
106134
160182197151135147
137143141138143
137146153158
154144137134
134132134136
' 145150155159
100978578
119187
245247249101156216
211177122128152
179169162153
152141147154
166162170153
142147146148
100949595
100130
1571621529088
101
10092888387
87838690
91908985
86878887
85838690
1OO100102100117176
200209205118123134
134147136131139
140139137137
137135137140
148145145139
141137134134
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PR
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Relative to 1913
100102101114146
168186203153142146
146157161155154
154156157156
155152151152
154153153154
158157157156
10010099
104117
127150
U90192
•191194
193?192U94
190188
190190191191
191191191185
183185185187
189189190190
1 Index numbers of the cost of living, compiled by the National Industrial Conference Board, represent, up to March, 1922, retail prices on the first day of the monthexcept food, which is the retail food index of the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 15th of the preceding month. Beginning with March, 1922,all prices shown are as of the 15th of the month indicated. The index is weighted according to the estimated consumption of average wage earners before the war, on thefollowing basis: Food, 43.1 per cent; shelter, 17.7 per cent; clothing, 13.2 per cent; fuel and light, 5.6 per cent; sundries, 20.4 per cent. Figures from 1914 to 1917 are basedon July quotations: 1918 figures are for 2 months: 1919 for 3 months and thereafter monthly. Owing to different trends, the fuel and the light data have been segregatedfrom 1923 forward and revised, the monthly data for 1923 to 1925 being shown in the June, 1926, issue of the SURVEY (No. 58), p. 24; segregation for previous years is notavailable and the fuel and light data previous to 1923 are not quite comparable with the revised figures following, which are 8 points lower than the original figures for thoseyears on fuel and light. The cost-of-living indexes of the U. S. Department of Labor, now compiled only semiannually, are omitted.
s Compiled by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, as of the 15th of the month. These indexes are based upon prices received by farmersthroughout the country for their respective crops and animal products, as collected by the department, and are weighted by the average annual marketings by farmers forthe period 1919 -̂23. For the detailed explanation of this index see August, 1925, monthly supplement to " Crops and Markets," published by the Department of Agriculture.
1 The retail food price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the prices of 22 articles of food being weighted according to theirconsumption in workmgmen's families as reported by retail dealers in 51 of the largest cities as of the 15th of the month. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in Bulletin 396of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, p. 12.
4 The retail coal price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, is based on an unweighted average of quotations on Pennsylvaniaanthracite, white ash, chestnut, as of the 15th of each month in 51 cities. The annual figures from 1913 through 1920 are based on 2 quotations a year, on Jan. 15 andJuly 15; thereafter monthly averages are used.18 months' average, February, March, April, and May missing.
• 11 months' average, August missing.110 months' average, no quotations being available for other months.Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
February 1929
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Table 5.—COST OF LIVING, FARM, AND RETAIL PRICE INDJ[Base year In bold-faced type]
YBAB AND MONTH
1909-14 monthly av_.1913 monthly av1914 monthly av1915 monthly av1916 monthly av1917 monthly av
1918 monthly av1919 monthly av1920 monthly av1921 monthly av1922 monthly av1923 monthly av
1924 monthly av1925 monthly av1926 monthly av1927 monthly av1928 monthly av
1938
May _ _ ._June __JulyAugust
SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember ......
1939
JanuaryFebruary _ _MarchApril. . ._
May. _ _June-JulyAugust _
SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
COST OF LIVING 1
Food Shel-ter
Cloth-ing
Fuel and light
Com-bined Fuel Light
Sun-dries
Allgroups
Relative to July, 1914
100100111146
173186205156142146
146157160155154
154153153154
158157157156
155154153152
153155
10O100102105
118129155169166173
184180176169162
163162161161
161161160160
159159159160
160159
1OO103120143
185205261166155170
175174174171172
171171174173
174173172171
169170166168
167167
100102104126
138144168183179180
169167163163161
158158158159
160161162163
163162162160
157157
i
100
197
182181186184181
176176177178
180182183184
184184184180
175175
100
146
142140120122122
122122121121
121121121121
121120120120
120120
100100104117
153164185184173173
174175174173171
171171171171
171171171171
170170170170
168168
100101109131
159172197167157161
163168168164162
162161161161
163163163162
161161160159
159160
FARM PRICES >
GrainsFruitsand
vegeta-bles
Meatani-mals
Dairyand
poul-try
prod-ucts
Cottonandcot-ton-seed
Un-classi-
fiedAll
groups
Number of quotations
6 9 5 4 2 5 31
Relative to 1909-1914 average (fiscal years)
10092
103120126217
226231231112105114
129156129128130
160152142120
117116110112
115123124120
113111122
10092
10083
123202
162189249148152136
124160189155146
181168156137
127114109108
109111112110
119120136
100108112104120173
202206173108113106
109139146139150
151150157162
174160150143
146150160164
164163167
10010110199
106134
160182197151135147
137143141138143
134132134136
145150155159
149148144138
137137137
100978578
119187
245247249101156216
211177122128152
166162170153
142147146148
148149155152
148146145
100949595
100130
1571621529088
101
10092888387
86878887
85838690
92919088
868585
100100102100117176
200209205118123134
134147136131139
148145145139
141137134134
133136140138
136135140
RE
TA
IL F
OO
D P
RIC
E '
RE
TA
IL
CO
AL
P
RIC
E*
Relative to 1913
100102101114146
168186203153142146
146157161155154
154153153154
158157157156
155154153152
153155
10010099
104117
127150
« 190192
«191194
193U92M94
190188
183185185187
189189190190
190190190186
182187
1 Index numbers of the cost of living, compiled by the National Industrial Conference Board, represent, up to March, 1922, retail prices on the first day of the monthexcept food, which is the retail food index of the V. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 15th of the preceding month. Beginning with March, 1922,all prices shown are as of the 15th of the month indicated. The index is weighted according to the estimated consumption of average wage earners before the war, on thefollowing basis: Food, 43.1 per cent; shelter, 17.7 per cent; clothing, 13.2 per cent; fuel and light, 5.6 per cent; sundries, 20.4 per cent. Figures from 1914 to 1917 are basedon July quotations: 1918 figures are for 2 months: 1919 for 3 months and thereafter monthly. Owing to different trends, the fuel and the light data have been segregatedfrom 1923 forward and revised, the monthly data for 1923 to 1925 being shown in the June, 192G, issue of the SURVEY (No. 58), p. 24; segregation for previous years is not
throughout the country for their respective crops and animal products, as collected by the department, and are weighted by the average annual marketings by farmers forthe period 1919-23. For the detailed explanation of this index see August, 1925, monthly supplement to " Crops and Markets," published by the Department of Agriculture.
a The retail food price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the prices of 22 articles of food being weighted according to theirconsumption in workingmen's families as reported by retail dealers in 51 of the largest cities as of the 15th of the month. Monthly data from 1913 appeared in Bulletin 396of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, p. 12.
4 The retail coal price index compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, is based on an unweighted average of quotations on Pennsylvaniaanthracite, white ash, chestnut, as of the 15th of each month in 51 cities. The annual figures from 1913 through 1920 are based on 2 quotations a year, on Jan. 15 andJuly 15; thereaftPr monthly averages are used.
6 8 months' average, February, March, April, and May missing.611 months' average, August missing.710 months' average, no quotations being available for other months.
Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
August 1929