216 THE MARKETING OF WHOLE MILK 



Figure 15, comparing prices of milk in the ten cities 

 with the "all commodities" index of the War Industries 

 Board, 1 shows that milk prices lagged behind other prices 

 from the middle of 1915 to near the end of 1917, and in 

 fact even during 1918 and 1919 they were not quite up to 

 the level of other prices. 



Figure 16 compares the price in Pittsburg, Chicago, 

 and New Orleans with the ten cities average. Pittsburg 

 and New Orleans show somewhat greater gains than does 

 Chicago. In Figure 17 Philadelphia apparently main- 

 tains its position relative to the average rather steadily. 

 During the early years of the period the seasonal fluctu- 

 ations were not nearly so violent as were those of most 

 of the cities. During the early war period of 1917 the 

 Philadelphia price was considerably above that of the ten 

 cities. The New York prices rose somewhat more rapidly 

 than the average during 1916 and 1917. 



Figure 18 compares Toledo and Cleveland with the ten 

 cities average. It is interesting to note the fluctuations 

 in the Toledo curve. Toledo is a condensery center, and 

 this fact is reflected in the high prices paid during most 

 of 1917, when the price at times went above the ten cities 

 average, although normally it was below. Again, in the 

 spring of 1918, the Toledo price slumped badly, since at 

 this time condensery markets were poor owing to curtail- 

 ment of exports. 



Figure 19 compares Springfield and Columbus, Ohio, 

 with the ten cities average. During the last half of the 

 seven years Springfield prices have perhaps approached 

 somewhat the ten cities average, whereas Columbus prices 

 have, if anything, fallen slightly below the ten cities aver- 



Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for 1919 were used. 



