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Table X. — Wholesale prices of corn — Civil War and World War. 



Year. 



Corn — New York 

 City.i 



Price 



per 



bushel. 



Average, October, 1S56, to 

 July, 1861: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1861: 



October 



1862: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1S63: 



January ■. 



April 



July 



October 



1864: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1865: 



January 



Apiil 



July 



October 



1866: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1S67: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1S6S: 



January 



April 



July '. 



October 



1S69: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1870: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1871: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1872: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1873: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1874: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



Cents. 

 73.4 

 72.4 

 70.1 

 74.2 



54.5 



64.5 

 57. 75 

 55 

 59.5 



79.25 

 92 



75.25 

 86.75 



130 

 130 

 158 

 158 



187 

 142. 5 



74 



91 



92.5 

 77 



87.5 ' 

 95 



116 

 121.5 

 99.5 

 132.5 



141 

 123 

 102 

 113 



108 



94 

 101 



97 



111.5 

 103 

 96 



87 



76.5 

 83 



71. 625 

 76 



78. 25 

 71.75 

 64.5 

 64.5 



66. 125 

 65 



54.75 

 66.75 



82.5 

 85.25 

 76.75 

 95.75 



Index 

 number. 



100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



108 

 127 

 107 

 117 



177 

 ISO 

 225 

 213 



255 

 197 

 106 

 123 



126 



106 

 125 

 128 



158 

 168 

 142 

 179 



192 

 170 

 146 

 152 



147 

 130 

 144 

 131 



152 

 142 

 137 

 117 



104 

 115 

 102 

 102 



107 

 99 

 92 



87 



78 

 90 



112 

 118 

 109 

 129 



Year. 



Average, October, 1909, to 

 July, 1914: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1914: 



October 



1915: 



Januar y 



April 



July 



October 



1916: 



January 



April.. 



July 



October 



1917: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1918: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1919: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1920: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1921: 



January 



April. .'. 



Corn No. 2- 

 Chicago. 2 



Price 



per 



bushel. 



Cents. 

 58. 02 

 61.68 

 66.32 

 63.08 



73.75 



72.75 



75. 5 

 78. 625 

 63. 375 



76.0. 



76. 875 

 81.25 

 99. 625 



98. 125 

 141.5 

 204. 75 

 202. 25 



177. 5 

 167.5 

 167.5 

 140 



152.5 

 163.8 

 194.8 

 145 



150. 3 

 173.3 



161.8 

 95.8 



76.3 

 58 



Index 

 number. 



100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



117 



125 

 122 

 119 

 100 



131 

 125 

 123 



15S 



169 

 229 

 303 

 321 



308 

 272 

 253 

 222 



263 



266 

 294 

 230 



259 

 2S1 

 244 

 152 



132 



94 



i Wholesale prices, wages, and transportation. Report by Mr. Aldrich, from the Committee on Finance. 

 Mar. 3, 1893. Senate Report No. 1394, Fifty-second Congress, second session, pt. 2. 

 2 As reported by the United States Department of Agriculture. 



