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TABLE 1.
STATISTICS OF WAGES AND PRICES IN GERMANY COMPILED BY THE STATISTICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE BAVARIAN GOVERNMENT,
MUNICH.
RETAIL TRADE PRICES,
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NECESSARIES OF LIFE IN 1914 and 1921.
Price in Marks. Increase of
No. Food etc: Unit of July 16 move- Prices July '14
quantity. 1914 ments '21 to 16th Nov: '21
(H) Marks. %
1 Rye bread 1 kilogr 0.34 (3.80 3.46 1018
(2 1/5 lbs) (5.20 free 4.86 1429
2 Rye flour " 0.36 4.40 (H) 4.04 1122
3 Home Wheat Meal " .46 12.0 11.54 2509
4 Winter Barley " .46 10.60 10.14 2204
5 Rice " .46 12.00 11.54 2509
6 Peas, yellow, split " .56 10.00 9.44 1685
7 Beans (butter) " .60 9. 8.40 1400
8 Potatoes " .17 2.40 2.23 1312
9 Beef " 1.84 21.60 19.76 1074
10 Pork " 1.64 34.0 32.36 1973
11 Butter " 2.76 58.0 55.24 2001
12 Margarine " 1.60 55.0 53.40 3338
13 Hog's lard " 1.80 66.0 64.20 3566
14 Haddock (in portions) " .68 17.0 16.32 2400
15 Marmalade " .70 12.0 11.30 1614
16 Cooking apples " .52 5.50 4.98 958
17 Sugar " .50 10.0 9.50 1900
18 Eggs 1 .07 3. 2.93 4186
19 Milk (unskimmed) 1 Litre .21 3.45 3.24 1543
(1 3/4 pints)
20 Cheese (limburger) 1 kilogr 1.20 21.00 19.80 1650
21 Beer (8%) 1 Litre
(3/4 pints) .28 3.0 2.72 971
22 Coal Blocks (upper (H)
Bavaria free delivery 1 cwt 1.63 27.55 25.92 1590
to cellar)
23 Peat Blocks " 1.35 18.40 17.05 1263
24 Cooking gas 1 cubic mtr .15 1.70 (H) 1.55 1033
25 Gas for lighting " .21 1.70 (H) 1.49 709
purposes
26 Electric light 1 unit .50 2.80 (H) 2.30 460
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Archive collection | Iron and Steel Trades Confederation |
| Archive file | Germany: correspondence, memoranda, various statistical tables, reports, publications, ephemera and press-cuttings |
| Document reference | 36/G11 |
| Title | Retail trade prices of the most important necessaries of life in 1914 and 1921 |
| Issuing organisation | Bayerisches Statistisches Bureau |
| Document date | 1921 |
| Decade | 1920s |
| Extent | 2 pages |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Germany--Social conditions--1918-1933 |
| Course code | HI136 |
| Course name | History of Germany |
| Copyright status | Expired. |
| Date | 1921 |
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