Round steak, per pound $.159 Rib roast, per pound .148 Pork chops, per pound .157 Bacon, per pound .206 Ham, per pound .199 Lard, per pound .122 Hens, per pound .165 Eggs, per dozen .267 Butter, per pound .294 Milk, per quart .071 Flour, per bag of 24.5 pounds .722 Corn meal, per pound .023 Potatoes, per peck .243 Sugar, per pound .051 It is interesting to note that in September of 1919, when there was a universal outcry against retail prices, an outcry vigorously encouraged by notoriety-seeking politicians, that retail prices were about as might have been expected from Dun’s index number. Dun’s index number was $238.34 on September 1, 1919, and the first column of Table 2 gives the retail price which we might expect by applying the standard ratios. The second column gives actual prices on September 15th, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: TABLE 2. Sirloin steak, per pound $.436 $.409 Round steak, per pound .379 .379 Rib roast, per pound .352 .312 Pork chops, per pound .374 .460 Bacon, per pound .490 .556 Ham, per pound .474 .552 Lard, per pound .291 .382 Hens, per pound .393 .414 Eggs, per dozen .636 .632 Butter, per pound .701 .657 Milk, per quart .169 .157 Flour, per bag of 24.5 pounds 1.721 1.790 Corn meal, per pound .055 .067 Potatoes, per peck .579 .645 Sugar, per pound .122 .110 The factors as worked out in Table 1 are ratios between yearly average retail prices and yearly average Dun’s index numbers. Even retail prices, however, have some seasonal swing. For instance, meats tend to be cheaper in the winter than in the summer, whereas butter and eggs tend to be cheaper in the summer than in the winter. Because of the seasonal swing, the first column of Table 2 is not absolutely accurate. For instance, the retail price of sirloin steak in September is usually about 2 per cent higher than the yearly average, and, corrected for the month of September, the price should have been 44.5 cents, instead of 43.6 cents. On the same basis, the seasonally corrected price for butter for September, 1919, was 68.6 cents, instead of 70.1 cents.