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APPENDIX VI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Some of the Chief Index Numbers Current
United States
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wholesale. For period beginning 1890. Published annually in separate bulletins. Figures by years and (beginning 1900) months. Number of commodities now 296.
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retail. For period beginning 1907. Published at intervals in separate bulletins. Figures by years and (beginning 1913) months. Number of commodities 22 (foods).
Bradstreet's, New York City. Wholesale. For period beginning 1892 (as now published). Published monthly. The index number is found by adding the prices per pound of 96 commodities.
Dun's, New York City. Wholesale. For period beginning 1860. Published monthly. Number of commodities about 200, as reckoned. The exact method of computation has never been published.
The New York Times Annalist. Wholesale. For period beginning 1913. Published weekly (diagram). Number of commodities 25 (foods).
Gibson's, New York City. Wholesale. For period beginning 1912. Published weekly (market letter). Number of commodities 22 (foods).
Canada
Department of Labour. Wholesale. For period beginning 1890. Published in the annual reports of the Department and monthly in the Labour Gazette, its official organ. Number of commodities 271.
Department of Labour. Retail. For period beginning 1900. Published monthly in the Labour Gazette. In 1900 and 1905 index number given for December only; 1913–1916, by years; 1914–1916, for August; beginning July, 1917, monthly. Number of commodities 30 (foods).
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