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BUTTER PRICES 



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Diagram XII. — Comparison of Butter Prices with the General Price Level 

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a — Receipts of butter at Chicago, 

 b — Relative wholesale prices of all commodities 

 c — Relative wholesale prices of Elgin creamery butter. 

 Data for receipts of butter from Report of the Chicago Board of Trade. 

 Relative prices from Bulletin 149, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Summary 

 of business conditions from Business Cycles, by W. C. Mitchell (p. 88). 



