This table shows for all of the 6 articles grouped under cattle and cattle products (cattle, fresh beef, beef hams, mess beef, tallow, and hides) an advance in price in 1891, but not in the same degree; in 1892, a decline in all of the articles in this group; in 1893, an increase except for hides, for which there was a further decline; in 1894, a decline, except for beef hams, which increased; in 1895, an increase, except for beef hams and tallow; in 1896, a decline in all of the articles; in 1897, an increase, except for tallow; in 1898, an increase for all of the articles, except beef hams; in 1899, an increase for all; in 1900, a decline, except for mess beef and tallow; in 1901, an increase for cattle, tallow, and hides, and a decline for fresh beef, beef hams, and mess beef; in 1902, an increase for all; in 1903, a decrease for all; in 1904, an increase for cattle, fresh beef, and hams, and a decrease for mess beef, tallow, and hides; in 1905, an increase for cattle, mess beef, and hides, and a decrease for fresh beef, beef hams, and tallow; in 1906, an increase for cattle, hides, and tallow, and a decrease for fresh beef, beef hams, and mess beef; in 1907, an increase for all except hides, which decreased. For the 18 years from 1890 to 1907 the lowest relative price for cattle was 88.3 in 1896, the highest 139.5 in 1902; the lowest for fresh beef 89.2 in 1890, the highest 125.9 in 1902; the lowest for beef hams 80.4 in 1890, the highest 144 in 1907; the lowest for mess beef 84.8 in 1892, the highest 147.1 in 1902; the lowest for tallow 76.3 in 1897, the highest 144.6 in 1902; the lowest for hides 68.4 in 1894, the highest 164.7 in 1906. The facts for the other groups may be seen by reference to the table. General Tables I, II, III, IV, and V follow. TABLE I.-WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES IN 1907. FARM PRODUCTS. BARLEY: Choice to fancy malting, by sample. [Price per bushel, in Chicago, weekly range; quotations furnished by the secretary of the Chicago Board of Trade.] [Price per hundred pounds, in Chicago, on Wednesday of each week; quotations from the Chicago Daily Drovers' Journal.] [Price per hundred pounds, in Chicago, on Wednesday of each week; quotations from the Chicago Daily Drovers' Journal.] TABLE I.-WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES IN 1907-Continued. FARM PRODUCTS-Continued. CORN: No. 2, cash. [Price per bushel, in Chicago, on Tuesday of each week; quotations furnished by the secretary of the Chicago Board of Trade.] [Price per pound, in New York, on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the New York Journal of Commerce and Commerical Bulletin.] [Price per bushel, in Chicago, on the first of each month; quotations furnished by the secretary of the HAY: Timothy, No. 1. [Price per ton, in Chicago, on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Inter-Ocean.] July... 18.00-19.50 17.50-19.00 17.50-19.00 18.50- 19.50 Nov.. 16.00-17.00 17.00-18.00 18.50-19.50 14. 50- 15.50 14.50- 15.50 14. 50- 15. 50 16.50-17.50 16.50 17.50 15.00-16.50 14.00-15.50 13.00-14.00 TABLE I.-WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES IN 1907-Continued. FARM PRODUCTS-Continued. HIDES: Green, salted, packers, heavy native steers. [Average monthly price per pound, in Chicago; quotations from the Shoe and Leather Reporter.] [Price per hundred pounds, in Chicago, on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Inter Ocean.] [Price per hundred pounds, in Chicago, on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Inter Ocean.] [Price per pound, in New York, on the first of each month; quotations from the New York Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.] TABLE I.-WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES IN 1907-Continued. FARM PRODUCTS-Continued. OATS: Contract grades, cash. [Price per bushel, in Chicago, on Tuesday of each week; quotations furnished by the secretary of the Chicago Board of Trade.] [Price per bushel, in Chicago, on Tuesday of each week; quotations furnished by the secretary of the [Price per hundred pounds, in Chicago, on Tuesday of each week; quotations from the Daily Inter |