T Retail Prices of Coal in the United States." HE following table shows the average retail prices of coal on May 15, 1921, and on April 15 and May 15, 1922, for the United States and for each of the cities included in the total for the United States. Prices for coal are secured from the cities from which monthly retail prices of food are received. In addition to the prices for Pennsylvania anthracite, prices are shown for Colorado, Arkansas, and New Mexico anthracite in those cities where these coals form any considerable portion of the sales for household use. The prices shown for bituminous coal are averages of prices of the several kinds used. The coal dealers in each city are asked to quote prices on the kinds of bituminous coal usually sold for household use. The prices quoted are for coal delivered to consumers, but do not include charges for storing the coal in cellar or coal bin where an extra handling is necessary. AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF COAL, PER TON OF 2,000 POUNDS, FOR HOUSEHOLD USE, ON MAY 15, 1921, AND ON APRIL 15 AND MAY 15, 1922. Prices of coal were formerly secured semiannually and published in the March and September issues of the MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW. Since June, 1920, these prices have been secured and published monthly. AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF COAL, PER TON OF 2,000 POUNDS, FOR HOUSEHOLD USE, ON MAY 15, 1921, AND ON APRIL 15 AND MAY 15, 1922-Continued. AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF COAL, PER TON OF 2,000 POUNDS, FOR HOUSEHOLD USE, ON MAY 15, 1921, AND ON APRIL 15 AND MAY 15, 1922-Continued. 1 Per ton of 2,240 pounds. the coal into the cellar. Fifty cents per ton additional is charged for "binning." Most customers require binning or basketing AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF COAL, PER TON OF 2,000 POUNDS, FOR HOUSEHOLD USE, ON MAY 15, 1921, AND ON APRIL 15 AND MAY 15, 1922-Continued. All coal sold in Savannah is weighed by the city. A charge of 10 cents per ton or half ton is made. additional charge has been included in the above prices. This 4 Prices in zone A. The cartage charge in zone A is $1.85, which has been included in the average. The cartage charges in Seattle range from $1.75 to $2.80, according to distance. Comparison of Retail Price Changes in the United States and Foreign TH Countries. HE index numbers of retail prices published by several foreign countries have been brought together with those of this bureau in the subjoined table after having been reduced to a common base, namely, prices for July, 1914, equal 100. This base was selected instead of the average for the year 1913, which is used in other tables of index numbers compiled by the bureau, because of the fact that in some instances satisfactory information for 1913 was not available. For Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, and the city of Rome, Italy, the index numbers are reproduced as published in the original sources. With three exceptions all these are shown on the July, 1914, base in the source from which the information is taken. The index numbers for Belgium are computed on April, 1914, as the base period, those for Germany on the average of October, 1913, January, April, and July, 1914, while those for Rome are based on the first half of 1914. The index numbers here shown for the remaining countries have been obtained by dividing the index for each month specified in the table by the index for July, 1914, or the nearest period thereto, as published. As shown in the table, the number of articles included in the index numbers for the different countries differs widely. These results should not, therefore, be considered as closely comparable with one another. In a few instances, |