A second letter begins, "My Most
Dear Husband." It closes with, "I
rest, thy obedient wife," Governor
Ho begins: "Mine own Dear Heart."
Winthrop's letters are as beautiful.
Articles which decreased In price
during the year were; Plate foeef, 16
per cent.; navy beans, 11 per cent;
chuck roast and bacon, 10 per cent,
each; baked beans and canned toma
toes, 9 per cent; canned corn, 5 per
cent; round steak, 4 per cent; rib
roast and ham, 3 per cent, each; sir
loin steak, pork chops, evaporated
milk, canned peas, 1 per cent each.
There was no change in the price of
cornflakes.
For the 7 year period, February,
1913 to February 1920, 12 of the 24
articles for which prices were secur
ed in February, 1913, increased 100
per cent or over, as follows: Fork
chops and bam, 100 per cent; lard
110 per cent; lamb 111 per cent; rice
113 per cent; hens 115 per cent; corn
meal 117 per cent; strictly fresh
eggs 118 per cent; flour 145 per cent;
and storage eggs 153 per cent. Pota
toes increased 275 per cent, and sug
ar 242 per cent For the first ten
articles named the price was, there
fore, more than double and for pota
toes and sugar, the price was more
than three times what it was in Feb
ruary, 1913.
Based on the average price for the
year 1913 as 100, the retail price In
dex number for the 22 articles of
food for the United States was 201
in January and 200 in February.
The average family expenditure for
22 ( articles of food increased from
January 15 to February 15, 1920, in
15 cities and decreased in 35 cities.
