400

250

Mr. GOLDSBOROUGH. Mr. Stewart, Mr. Prall has suggested that it would be interesting to the committee and Congress to just have a list of the articles making up the 732, so if you will give it to use, we can insert it in the record.

Mr. STEWART. I will be glad to give it to you later, when we can get a corrected copy. We would like to insert it in the record. (The list referred to is as follows:)

The following table shows a list of the items now comprising the index number of wholesale commodity prices as compiled and issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, arranged according to groups and subgroups of commodities. In addition to the description of the items, the market for which the quotations are secured is shown, together with the unit generally used in the trade for such commodities, and the quantities used as weighting factors in computing said index numbers. The present weighting factors were introduced in the computations beginning with January,

1932.

The total aggregate value of all commodities for the year 1926, using the complete list of items, is $54,736,484,000. This aggregate value is the total of the weighted aggregate value of the 784 commodities.

Quantities used as weights in constructing index numbers of wholesale prices [Introduced in computations beginning with January, 1932. Average quantity marketed in 1927-1929] GROUP I.-FARM PRODUCTS

Quantities used as weights in constructing index numbers of wholesale prices-Con.
GROUP I.-FARM PRODUCTS-Continued

Potatoes, white, Portland, Oreg.

Wool, foreign, grease basis, Argentine, crossbreds, 4 blood, Boston..
Wool, foreign, scoured basis, Australian, Geelong, 56's, Boston.

Wool, foreign, grease basis, Montevideo, one-fourth blood 50's, Boston..
Wool, Ohio, grease basis, fine clothing, Boston..
Wool, Ohio, grease basis, fine dealine, Boston..

Wool, Ohio, grease basis, half blood, Boston...

Wool, Ohio, grease basis, medium grades, Boston..

Wool, Territory, scoured basis, staple, fine and fine medium, Boston..
Wool, Territory, scoured basis, half blood, Boston..

GROUP II.-FOODS

.100 pounds..
.do...
bushels..

100 pounds..

1.34

40.378

.do....

14.

do.. .56 bushel..

10

100 pounds..

41,5

do....

.do....

.do...

40.00

Quantities used as weights in constructing index numbers of wholesale prices-Con.

Pretzels, bulk, delivered.

Rice, Blue Rose, medium to good, head, clean, New Orleans..

Rice, Honduras (Edith), medium to choice, head, clean, New Orleans..

Fruits, fresh, apples, New York. (Duplicated in farm products.)

Fruits, fresh, apples, Portland, Oreg. (Duplicated in farm products.)

Fruits, fresh, bananas, Jamaica, 9's, New York.

Fruits, fresh, lemons. (Duplicated in farm products.)

Fruits, fresh, oranges. (Duplicated in farm products.)
Vegetables, canned, asparagus, 22, large, cannery..
Vegetables, canned, baked beans, 18-ounce, cannery.
Vegetables, canned, string beans, No. 2, New York.
Vegetables, canned, corn, No. 2, factory.

Vegetables, canned, peas, No. 2, New York..

Vegetables, canned, spinach, No. 22, cannery.

Vegetables, canned, tomatoes, No. 3, New York.

Vegetables, fresh, onions. (Duplicated in farm products.)

Vegetables, fresh, potatoes, sweet. (Duplicated in farm products.)

748,273

100 pounds..

10, 072

..do.. -pounds.. .do...

10, 072

40, 498

945, 083

..do....

315, 028

Vegetables, fresh, potatoes, white, Boston. (Duplicated in farm products.)
Vegetables, fresh, potatoes, white, Chicago. (Duplicated in farm products.)
Vegetables, fresh, potatoes, white, New York. (Duplicated in farm products.)
Vegetables, fresh, potatoes, white, Portland, Oreg. (Duplicated in farm products.)