Word: flour
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first part of this century was a period of marked decline in prices, as is shown by the tables of Parker and Levi in which the price of flour is shown to have been reduced in 1865 to one quarter of that of 1800. Giffen, in his table published in 1885, shows the range of prices from 1839 to 1884 and makes the statement in his introduction, that the condition of the workingman has improved vastly, since the purchasing power of money has doubled and he is earning an increase in wages of from forty to sixty per cent. Comparing...
...pounds of ham and pork, 90 bushels of potatoes, 850 pounds of poultry, 530 pounds of butter, 960 pounds of lamb and veal, 75 pounds of coffee, 390 dozen eggs, 6 barrels of apples, 18 barrels of vegetables, 840 pounds of fish, 950 gallons of milk, 20 barrels of flour...
...pounds of beef, 250 pounds of veal or lamb, 225 pounds of chicken, 75 pounds of duck, 65 pounds of chops, 50 pounds of butter, 100 gallons of milk, seven bushels of potatoes, 90 pounds of ham, 80 pounds of sausages, 370 pounds of fish, two barrels of flour, 50 pounds of cereals, four barrels of general vegetables, 13 gallons of ice cream, 85 dozen eggs, and 35 gallons of pudding. Two tons of coal are used each day for cooking. The total cost of providing food for one day is $185, with $86 for service...