Copper, 100 lbs $22.00 @ $25.00 $41.00 @ $42.00 Coal, ton 4.50 @ 5.00 9.00 @ 10.00 Iron, pig 21.00 @ 25.00 48.00 @ 49.00 Lead, 100 lbs 6.50 @ 6.75 11.75 @ 12.00 Nails, 100 lbs 3.25 @ 3.75 6.00 @ 6.25 Ashes, pot bbl 5.50 @ 5.75 8.75 @ 8.87 Dry cod, cwt 3.37 @ 4.25 6.50 @ 7.00 Flour, bbl 4.50 @ 5.60 7.30 @ 7.35 Corn, 100 bush 58.50 @ 60.00 131.00 @ 134.00 Hay, 100 lbs .80 @ .85 1.35 @ 1.40 Wheat, bush 1.30 @ 1.45 1.63 @ 1.65 Hemp, cwt 10.00 @ 11.25 14.00 @ 16.12 Barley, bush .85 @ 1.00 1.35 @ 1.50 Oats, bush .37 @ .39 .90 @ .91 Hops, 100 lbs 14.00 @ 20.00 26.00 @ 33.00 Clover seed, 100 lbs 7.50 @ 7.75 12.50 @ 13.50 Lime, bbl .60 @ .65 1.25 @ 1.35 Oil, whale, gal .25 @ .35 .58 @ .60 Oil, coal, gal .48 @ .57 1.10 @ 1.12 Pork, bbl 13.25 @ 13.75 21.75 @ 23.50 Beef, bbl 5.50 @ 8.00 10.00 @ 15.00 Lard, 100 lbs 7.50 @ 8.25 13.59 @ 14.00 Whisky, 100 gals 25.00 @ 25.50 89.00 @ 91.00 Tallow, 100 lbs 8.75 @ 9.00 12.62 @ 12.75 Whalebone, 100 lbs 68.00 @ 70.00 150.00 @ 155.00 Wool, fleece, 100 lbs 52.00 @ 53.00 78.00 @ 82.00 Wool, pl'd, 100 lbs 44.00 @ 45.00 70.00 @ 75.00 Butter, 100 lbs 16.00 @ 21.00 36.00 @ 37.00 Cheese, 100 lbs 5.00 @ 7.00 15.00 @ 18.00 "Wheat flour, one of the prime necessities, 'was at no time during the Civil War above $7.35 per barrel, which is somewhat less than four cents per pound,' while at the present time it is seven cents per pound, 'or close to 100 per cent. higher than the top notch of the '60s.' Lard has already advanced about 100 per cent., while its greatest advance during the Civil War was 75 per cent.