36 COST OF LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES 
comparability of demand. The items included and their 
1914 prices are shown below. 
Wool Yard Goods 1914 Price 
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Poplin.................. 150 
Broadcloth. ............. 2.00 
Cotton Yard Goods 
Percale. ................ 
Singham................ 
Longcloth............... 
Fruit of the Loom. ....... 
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Hosiery 
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Women’s, ............... 
Knit Underwear 
Men’s union suits. ....... 
Women’s vests. .......... 
Muslin Underwear 
Women’s combinations.... 1.00 
Suits 
Mens. ................. 15.00 
Women’s. ............... 15.00 
The original clothing budgets, with prices’ and with equiva- 
lent weights, are as follows: 
Relative 
Expendi- 
ture 
Weight 
25.6 
17.0 
5.9 
v2 
Relative 
Expendi- 
ture 
Weight 
25.8 
8.6 
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1914 
Cost 
Coat or suit.........$15.00 
Wool dress.......... 5.00 
Wool skirt. ......... 2.00 
Two cotton skirts.... 2.09 
Four waists. ....... 1) 
Two house dresses... 2.01) 
Aprons............. ©) 
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Three union suits. . . 
Three union suits. . 
Muslin underwear. 
Three petticoats. .... 
Three nightgowns. . .. 
One straw hat. ...... 
One velvet hat. .... 7 
Gloves. .......... 2.6 
Sundries. ....... 5.3 
All articles. .......$58.70 100.0 All articles... . .$58.15 100.0 
Woman's Budget 
Suit....... 
Overcoat. ........., 
Heavy trousers. ..... 
Two shirts. ......... 
Two work shirts. .... 
One work shirt. ..... 
Three pairs overalls. . 
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Eight pairs hose. .... 
Three sets underwear. 
T'wo sets underwear. . 
T'wo night shirts. .... 
Collars and ties...... 
Hats and caps ...... 
Gloves. ..oovuvennn- 
Sundries. ... ... 
These budgets were carried out on a basis of money cost on separate dates, until 
July, 1925. For practical reasons at that time the system of expenditure weights 
was adopted.