In an earlier bulletin, No. 75, published during the current year, the Bureau of Labor continued its "index numbers," which show, in similar manner, the average relative wholesale prices of the commodities entering into the ordinary budget of family expenditures. For the purpose of presenting the changes in these prices on a uniform basis the Bureau represents the averages for the ten years from 1890 to 1899, inclusive, as one hundred per cent. and reduces the averages for each year to percentages of the averages for the basic period. The following table presents these figures for the year 1897 to 1907, inclusive: Relative Wholesale Prices. Cloths Fuel Metals Farm and and and Year. Products. Food. Clothing. Lighting. Implements. 1890-1899 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 1897 85.2 87.7 91.1 86.4 86.6 1898 96.1 94.4 93.4 95.4 86.4 1899 100.0 98.3 96.7 105.0 114.7 1900 109.5 104.2 106.8 120.9 120.5 1901 116.9 105.9 101.0 119.5 111.9 1902 130.5 111.3 102.0 134.3 117.2 1903 118.8 107.1 106.6 149.3 117.6 1904 126.2 107.2 109.8 132.6 109.6 1905 124.2 108.7 112.0 128.8 122.5 1906 123.6 112.6 120.0 131.9 135.2 1907 137.1 117.8 126.7 135.0 143.4 Lumber and House Building Drugs and Furnishing Miscell- All Com- Year Materials. Chemicals. Goods. aneous. modities. 1890-1899 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 1897 94.4 94.4 89.8 92.1 89.7 1898 95.8 106.6 92.0 92.4 93.4 1899 105.8 111.3 95.1 97.7 101.7 1900 115.7 115.7 106.1 109.8 110.5 1901 116.7 115.2 110.9 107.4 108.5 1902 118.8 114.2 112.2 114.1 112.9 1903 121.4 112.6 113.0 113.6 113.6 1904 122.7 110.0 111.7 111.7 113.0 1905 127.7 109.1 109.1 112.8 115.9 1906 140.1 101.2 111.0 121.1 122.5 1907 146.9 109.6 118.5 127.1 129.5