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wages and prices. (Chart VI). While it is true that the trend of total 

 consumption of apples follows more closely the upward trend of real 

 wages, per capita consumption is more fairly representative for comparison 

 with these wage data. This lack of correlation between apple prices, per 

 capita consumption and wages may be taken to indicate that apples, liTce 

 certain other products, have become such a staple article of diet that 

 apple consumption is little affected by the rise or fall of money wage? 

 or by the purchasing power of wages. 



Chart VI. Per Capita Consumption of Apples, with Trend, and Index of 

 Eeal Wages, 1918-1923. 



Index 

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1918 1919 1920 \Vi\ 1922 1923 1924 t92f 1926 1927 



Per capita consumption is calculated on the basis of the commercial crop from which 

 the volume exported is deducted. This does not include farm consumption, for which 

 no data are available. 



