In the following table the December, 1910, relative price is compared with the average for 1890 to 1899. The average price for 1890 to 1899 is in every case the base, or 100 per cent. Only those commodities are included for which the quotations throughout the 21-year period have been for practically the same description of article. In using this table it must be borne in mind that the comparison is between the relative prices for December, 1910, and the average price for the base period. RELATIVE PRICES, DECEMBER, 1910, COMPARED WITH AVERAGE FOR 1893-1899. Farm products, 14 articles. [For a more detailed description of the articles see Table I, page 362 et seq. Average for 1890-1699=100.0.] RELATIVE PRICES, DECEMBER, 1910, COMPARED WITH AVERAGE FOR 1890-1899-Con. Cloths and clothing, 42 articles-Concluded. RELATIVE PRICES, DECEMBER, 1910, COMPARED WITH AVERAGE FOR 1890-1899-Con. Lumber and building materials, 20 articles. The facts presented in the foregoing table are summarized in the following table, which shows the changes in prices of articles in each group, classified by per cent of change: CHANGES IN PRICES OF ARTICLES IN EACH GROUP, CLASSIFIED BY PER CENT OF CHANGE, DECEMBER, 1910, COMPARED WITH AVERAGE FOR 1890-1899. The number and per cent of the above articles which showed each specified increase or decrease are given in the following table: NUMBER AND PER CENT OF ARTICLES, BY CLASSIFIED PER CENT OF INCREASE OR DECREASE, DECEMBER, 1910, COMPARED WITH AVERAGE FOR 1890-1899. In Table III, page 465 et seq., relative prices for articles of like character in a general group have been brought together for easy comparison. A table is here given in which the relative prices of certain raw commodities and of articles manufactured therefrom, or of articles. otherwise closely related, classified in the general tables in different groups, have been assembled for ready comparison. |