====================================================================== | Cost, | | Cost, Item and amount |October, | Item and amount |October, | 1919 | | 1919 ------------------------+---------+--------------------------+-------- _Meat and Fish_ | | _Fruit_ | 2 lbs. flank |$ .32 | 3 qts. apples |$ .27 2 lbs. chuck | .40 | 3 oranges | .12 1/2 lb. bacon | .21 | 4 bananas | .15 1 lb. dried cod | .20 | 1/2 lb. raisins | .12 1 can salmon | .27 | 1 lb. prunes | .24 _Dairy Products_ | | _Bread, Cereals, etc._| 1 doz. eggs | .61 | 12 lbs. bread | 1.28 1 lb. butter | .66 | 2 lbs. flour | .16 1/2 lb. oleomargarine | | 1 lb. corn meal | .07 or lard | .18 | 1 lb. rice | .16 1 lb. cheese | .41 | 1 lb. macaroni | .16 14 qts. milk | 2.10 | 3 lbs. sugar | .33 _Vegetables_ | | 3 lbs. rolled oats | .21 1-1/2 pks. potatoes | .77 | 1 pt. molasses | .12 3 lbs. carrots | .12 | _Tea, Coffee, etc._ | 2 lbs. onions | .13 | 1/4 lb. tea | .15 3 lbs. cabbage | .14 | 1/2 lb. coffee | .23 2 lbs. dried beans | .23 | 1/2 lb. cocoa | .22 1 can tomatoes | .15 | Condiments | .11 | | |-------- | | Total weekly cost |$11.00 ------------------------+---------+--------------------------+-------- From the food budget itemized in Table 1, which must be regarded as a minimum, it appears that the least that can be allowed for food for a man, wife and three children under fourteen years of age in Fall River in October, 1919, is $11 a week. TABLE 2: MORE LIBERAL WEEKLY FOOD BUDGET FOR A MAN, WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE IN FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, OCTOBER, 1919 (National Industrial Conference Board)