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B. A Detailed Analysis 



Tables XLVII-XLIX are designed to furnish a comprehensive 

 view of the movement of group prices during each crisis. The 

 fall and recovery of prices of the groups having the greatest 

 spread of prices are given by classes. Six groups of commodi- 

 ties are given for England and the first three to fall, for example, 

 belong to class i, the remaining three to class 2. If several 

 groups should fall at the same time so that it is impossible to tell 

 to which class they belong, the fall is termed E, meaning either. 

 The same method is employed in classifying the recovery of the 

 prices of the different groups. Since eight groups of commodi- 

 ties are given for the United States and Germany, each class, 

 consists' of four. 



Table XLVII 

 England 



Groups Having Greatest 

 Spread of Prices 



Crisis of 1S5J— 



Vegetable food 



Minerals 



Sugar, tea, and coffee 



Crisis of / 866 — 



Textiles 



Vegetable food 



Minerals ■ 



Crisis of 1873 — 



Minerals 



Textiles 



Sundry materials 



Crisis of 1883 — 



Sugar, tea, and coffee , 



Vegetable food 



Sundry materials 



Crisis of i8go — 



Sugar, tea, and coffee 



Textiles , 



Minerals 



Average of Five Crises — 



( Vegetable food , 



\ Sugar, tea, and coffee 



r Textiles 



\ Minerals 



Sundry materials , 



Animal food 



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Recovery 

 by Classes 



