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Parity of Food Prices and Tariff Effects in U S History
A historical bulletin analyzes retail food prices from 1899 to 1913 and notes price levels in October 1912 were well above the 1899–1913 average. It discusses Underwood Tariff effects, price changes across fifteen staple foods, and argues protectionism boosted domestic costs and did not lower prices promptly.
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Gerwood
United States Bureau of Labor Statietics
Washington
Aereo
Tarif
United States