Download or read book Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor, Vol. 75 written by United States Bureau Of Labor and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor, Vol. 75: March, 1905 An examination of the prices of the various articles covered by the investigation shows that while there was a large average increase for the year taken as a whole the increase in price did not extend to all commodities. Of the 258 articles for which wholesale prices were obtained 172 showed an increase in the average price for 1907 as compared with 1906, 35 showed no change in the average price for the year, and 51 showed a decrease in price. The following table divides the articles for which prices were secured into nine groups and shows for each group the number of articles covered, the per cent of increase in the average price for 1907 as compared With that for 1906 for each group as a whole, and the number of articles that in creased or decreased in price. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.