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Table X. — Wholesale prices of corn — Civil War and World War. 
Year. 
Average, October 
July, 1861: 
January 
April 
July 
October 
1861: 
October 
1862: 
January 
April 
July 
October 
1863: 
January 
April 
July 
October 
1864: 
January 
April..'. 
July 
October 
1865: 
January 
April 
July 
October 
1866: 
January. 
April...." 
July 
October 
1867: . 
January 
April./. 
July 
October 
1SG8: - 
January 
April 
July 
October 
1869: 
January 
April 
July 
October 
1870: 
January 
April 
July 
October 
L871: 
January 
April..'. 
July 
October 
1872: 
January 
• April..". 
July 
October 
1873: 
January 
April 
July 
October 
1874: 
January 
April-.: 
July 
October 
1856, to 
Corn— New York 
City.i 
Price 
Index 
per 
bushel. 
number. 
Cents. 
73.4 
100 
72.4 
100 
70.1 
100 
74.2 
100 
54. 5 
73 
64.5 
88 
57.75 
80 
55 
78 
59.5 
80 
79.25 
108 
92 
127 
75. 25 
107 
86.75 
117 
130 
177 
130 
180 
158 
225 
158 
213 
187 
255 
142. 5 
197 
74 
106 
91 
123 
92.5 
126 
77 
106 
87.5 
125 
95 
128 
116 
158 
121.5 
168 
99.5 
142 
132.5 
179 
141 
192 
123 
170 
102 
146 
113 
152 
108 
147 
94 
130 
101 
144 
97 
131 
111.5 
152 
103 
142 
96 
137 
87 
117 
76.5 
104 
83 
115 
71.625 
102 
76 
102 
78. 25 
107 
71.75 
99 
64.5 
92 
64. 5 
87 
66. 125 
90 
65 
• 90 
54. 75 
78 
66.75 
90 
82.5 
112 
85. 25 
118 
76.75 
109 
95.75 
129 
Year. 
Average, October, 1909, to 
July, 1914: 
January 
April 
July 
October 
1914: 
October 
1915: 
January 
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. 
i Wholesale prices, wages, and transportation. Report by Mr. Aldrich, from the Committee on Finance, 
Mar. 3, 1X93. Senate Report No. 1394, Fifty-second Congress, second session, pt. 2. 
» As reported by the United States Department of Agriculture. 
