THE COST OF LIVING IN UNITED STATES IN 1926 29 
Tasre 10: Rares AND INDEX NUMBERS OF CARFARE IN 
Speciriep CITIES, JuLy, 1914, June AND DECEMBER, 1926 
— (Continued) 
July, 1914=100 
(National Industrial Conference Board) 
Note. —This table continues figures for November and December, 1925, given in 
a green table (H) on page 202 in “The Cost of Living in the United States, 
1914-1926.” 
Locality 
Tacoma, Wash............ 
Tampa, Fla.. ...........0 
Taunton, Mass............ 
Terre Haute, Ind.......... 
Toledo, Ohio. . . .. 
Topeka, Kan. .. 
Trenton, N. J... 
Troy, N. _.. 
Tulsa, Okla. 
Utica, N.Y. 
Waco, TexXe...covneennenns 
Waltham, Mass.. ......... 
Warren, Ohio. ............ 
Washington, D. C........ 
Waterbury. Conn... .. .. 
Waterloo, Ia. ............. 
Watertown, N. Y.......... 
West Hoboken, N. J....... 
West New York, N. J...... 
Wheeling, W. Va... . ... 
Wichita, Kan..... ..... 
Wichita Falls, Tex......... 
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.......... 
Williamsport, Pa.......... 
Wilmington, Del... ae 
Wilmington, N. C......... 
Winston-Salem, N. C....... 
Woonsocket, R. IL. ........ 
Worcester, Mass... ........ 
Yonkers, N. Yo... ovnnnenn 
York, Pa........coovvenn 
Youngstown, Ohio. ....... 
Zanesville, Ohio. . . 
July, 1914 
0500 
0500 
0500 
0417 
0417 
0500 
0500 
0500 
0500 
G500 
0500 
0600 
0500 
0417 
0500 
0417 
0400 
0500 
0500 
0417 
0417 
0500 
0500 
0417 
0500 
0417 
0455 
0500 
0500 
0500 
0417 | 
0400 
O500 
Rate of Fare 
Tune, 1926 
0800 
0500 
0714 
0500 
0830 
0625 
0800 
0700 
0625 
0750 
0625 
.1000 
0833 
0667 
0833 
0750 
0625 
0500 
0500 
0500 
0556 
0550 
0750 
0500 
0750 
0750 
0625 
0700 
.1000 
0500 
0625 
0714+ 
NS8h 
Dec.. 1926 
0800 
0500 
0769 
0500 
0830 
0625 
0800 
0700 
0625 
0750 
0625 
1000 
0833 
0667 
0833 
0750 
0625 
0500 
0500 
0500 
0556 
0550 
0750 
0500 
0750 
0750 
0625 
0700 
.1000 
0500 
0625 
0714 
NANCE 
Index Nos. 
Dec., 1926 
Tune, 1926 
160 
100 
143 
120 
200 
160 
100 
154 
120 
200 
125 
160 
140 
125 
{50 
125 
160 
140 
125 
150 
125 
167 
167 
160 
167 
125 
167 
167 
160 
167 
180 
i56 
100 
100 
(20 
180 
156 
100 
100 
120 
133 
‘10 
150 
120 
150 
133 
110 
150 
120 
150 
180 
137 
140 
200 
100 
150 150 
179 179 
The Purchasing Value of the Dollar 
As prices of commodities increase it naturally follows that 
the purchasing value of the dollar decreases. At the begin- 
ning of 1926 the value of the dollar, based upon its purchasing