. Argument and brief submitted on behalf of locomotive firemen and hostlers . terms of the fifteen principal articles of food forwhich information is furnished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics thedollar had the following relative values in 1917, as compared with theyears listed below: 1911 cents 1912 cents cents 19141 cents 1915 cents 1916 cents This comparison among other significant things reveals the aston-ishing fact that the purchasing power of the dollar for articles of foodduring the past year alone, has declined more than one-fourth, andmore than o
. Argument and brief submitted on behalf of locomotive firemen and hostlers . terms of the fifteen principal articles of food forwhich information is furnished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics thedollar had the following relative values in 1917, as compared with theyears listed below: 1911 cents 1912 cents cents 19141 cents 1915 cents 1916 cents This comparison among other significant things reveals the aston-ishing fact that the purchasing power of the dollar for articles of foodduring the past year alone, has declined more than one-fourth, andmore than one-third as compared with the period immediately preced-ing the outbreak of the present war with Germany. By reference tothe accompanying chart the constantly diminishing power of the dollarin acquiring the principal articles of food during the entire period 1911-1917 may be seen by a glance. INCREASED COST OF LIVING 81 DECLINE IN THE PURCHASING POWER OF A DOLLAR, BY YEARS ANDPRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF FOOD, 1911-1917. 1911 UJ2 ISIS 1*14 ISIS WIS 1917 BUTTER. LB 1-8 Bbl Minn n.
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