TABLE 1

REPRESENTATIVE PRICES OF SELECTED
 COMMODITIES, 1860a


 Unit of
Item Measure Prices

Cloth
Cotton Flannel, medium quality yard $0.11-$ 0.15

Groceries
Tea pound .62- 1.00
Coffee, roasted pound .10- .30
Soap, common pound .05- .12

Flour, Meats, Provisions
Beef, roasting pound .08- .14
Beef, soup pound .03- .08
Pork, fresh pound .08- .12
Flour, wheat, super-fine barrel 7.00- 8.50b
Flour, wheat, extra-family barrel 9.25- 11.00b
Potatoes bushel .50- .75

Other
Men's Heavy Boots pair 2.00- 4.50c
Coal Oil gallon .30- 1.00
House Rent, four-room month 5.00-
House Rent, six-room month 10.O0d


aSource: Weeks, Statistics of Wages


in Manufacturing,


 Flour prices ranged between $4 and $6 in the
wheat states.

 cPrices of boots ranged upward to $6 in
Cincinnati.

 dRents were as high as $10 to $15 in St. Louis.


passim.