PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS. 
June 1 
July 7 
August 10 
September 10 
October 18 
November 18 
December 19 
January 12 
February 10 
March 6 
April 8 
May 4 
June 2 
INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES 
FIVE YEAR AVERAGE 1910-14 = 100 
250 
200 
150 
!00 
50 
1 
250 
200 
150 
100 
> 50 
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|I800 
1820 
1830 
1840 
1850 
I860 
1870 
1880 
1890 
1900 
1910 
Fig. 1. — Wholesale prices in the United States for 130 years. 
Table II. — Index numbers of wholesale prices in the United States, August, 1909, to July, 
1914=100} 
Year. 
Jan- 
uary. 
Feb- 
ruary. 
March. 
April. 
May. 
June. 
July. 
Au- 
gust. 
Sep- 
tember. 
Octo- 
ber. 
Novem- 
ber. 
Decem- 
ber. 
1900. . . 
84 
85 
85 
85 
84 
83 
83 
83 
82 
82 
S3 
83 
1901... 
82 
81 
81 
81 
81 
81 
82 
83 
83 
83 
83 
83 
1902... 
83 
83 
83 
84 
85 
86 
86 
86 
85 
87 
87 
87 
1903... 
88 
88 
87 
87 
85 
86 
85 
86 
86 
85 
85 
84 
1904... 
85 
86 
86 
86 
85 
85 
85 
85 
85 
85 
85 
86 
1905... 
86 
87 
86 
86 
85 
86 
87 
89 
88 
89 
90 
90 
1906... 
91 
91 
91 
91 
91 
92 
93 
93 
93 
93 
95 
96 
1907... 
97 
97 
97 
97 
97 
98 
99 
99 
99 
99 
97 
95 
1908... 
95 
94 
93 
93 
92 
92 
92 
93 
92 
92 
92 
93 
1909... 
94 
94 
94 
94 
94 
95 
96 
96 
97 
98 
99 
100 
1910... 
100 
100 
101 
100 
99 
99 
99 
100 
99 
99 
98 
98 
1911... 
97 
97 
97 
97 
96 
97 
98 
99 
98 
98 
98 
98 
1912... 
99 
99 
100 
102 
102 
102 
102 
102 
102 
102 
102 
102 
1913... 
102 
102 
102 
102 
101 
101 
102 
103 
103 
103 
103 
102 
1914... 
102 
101 
101 
99 
102 
101 
100 
103 
104 
102 
102 
101 
1915... 
1,00 
102 
101 
101 
102 
101 
103 
103 
100 
103 
104 
107 
1916... 
112 
113 
116 
118 
120 
121 
122 
127 
130 
136 
146 
149 
1917... 
153 
158 
163 
174 
184 
188 
189 
190 
186 
184 
186 
185 
1918... 
189 
190 
190 
193 
193 
197 
203 
208 
212 
209 
211 
210 
1919... 
207 
201 
205 
207 
210 
212 
223 
233 
225 
228 
235 
243 
1920... 
253 
254 
257 
270 
276 
275 
268 
258 
248 
230 
212 
193 
1921... 
181 
171 
165 
157 
153 
151 
1 Index numbers as published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics converted to a 5-year 
basis. The average for July for the five years ending with July, 1914, is called 100. Similarly the average 
for other months for five years preceding the war is 100. 
Note.— Some data are published with 1890-1899 as a base and some with 1913 as a base. With 
1890-1899 as a base 1913 is 135.2. All figures with 1913 as a base are converted to the 1890-1899 base by 
multiplying by 135.2. The 5-year averages before the war are then as follows: January, 132.4; February. 
132.4; March, 132.9; April, 132.8; May, 133.1; June, 132.2; July, 132; August, 131; September, 132; October, 
132.2; November, 132.3; December, 132.5. Figures for each month on the 1890-1899 base are divided by 
the above numbers to get the table as given above. 
