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BULLETIN 1411, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Spreads between the weighted average wholesale and adjusted re- 
tail prices per car remain the same as before adjustment, but retail 
prices now reflect only the contrasts due to variations in type of store. 
The weighted average wholesale price for the seven commodity series 
is $1,180 per car. In Table 10 are given the figures for the original 
wholesale and retail prices, with the spread in each of the five store 
groups. The same figures after adjustment, based upon the uniform 
wholesale figure of $1,180 per car, are given in Table 11. The spread 
in Table 1 1 for each store type is identical with that derived from the 
original prices. The price spread for each of the seven commodities 
in the five store groups is shown in Table 12. 
Table 10. — Original {unadjusted) wholesale and retail prices, and price spread per 
car in jive store types, seven commodity weighted averages, New York metropolitan 
area, February, 1923, to May, 1924 
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Store type 
Wholesale 
Retail 
Spread 
$1, 130 
1,185 
1,135 
1,190 
1,200 
$1,700 
2,180 
1,960 
2,095 
2,275 
$570 
All unit 
995 
825 
905 
1,075 
Table 11. — Adjusted wholesale and retail prices and price spread per car in five 
store types, seven commodity weighted averages, New York metropolitan area, Feb- 
ruary, 1923, to May, 1924 
Store type 
Wholesale 
Retail 
Spread 
Chain 
$1, 180 
1,180 
1,180 
1,180 
1,180 
$1, 750 
2,175 
2,005 
2,085 
2,255 
$570 
All unit 
995 
825 
Cash-delivery. _. . . . ... . .. _. . 
905 
1,075 
Table 12. — Price spread per car for each commodity in five store types, New York 
metropolitan area, February, 1923, to May, 1924 
Commodity 
Chain 
stores 
All unit 
stores 
Cash- 
carry 
stores 
Cash- 
delivery 
stores 
Credit- 
delivery 
stores 
Northern potatoes... .. 
210 
870 
330 
1,010 
570 
695 
675 
615 
1,465 
880 
1,575 
960 
940 
905 
600 
985 
470 
1,340 
830 
885 
745 
580 
1,260 
815 
1,445 
880 
845 
870 
645 
1,635 
Sweet potatoes ... 
990 
Boxed apples. ... 
1,685 
Barreled apples ... 
1,045 
Eastern lettuce ... . 
990 
Yellow onions .. ..... . 
970 
570 
995 
825 
905 
1,075 
DIFFERENTIALS SHOWING CONTRASTS IN DISTRIBUTION EXPENSE PER CAR 
Contrasts of store types in distribution expense are shown by 
differences in their respective price spreads. These indicate the 
relative advantage of each store type as a retailing agency. Differ- 
entials in distribution expense per car are shown in Figure 9. A 
summary of these price-spread differentials is given in Table 13. 
In the last column of this table they are shown as percentages of the 
