JP: Goods entering into capital equipment; M: Producer goods destined for human consumption; C: Consumer goods. The class Producers' Goods as given in Economic Tendencies is merely the sum of P and M. 2 Slight change in specification, January 1938. (Continued from page 187) (toluene); 650 (phenol); and 590 (salicylic acid). At the outbreak of the war Germany was the only country having a developed technique for the production of these dyestuffs; the chief source of the world's potassium salts was the salt beds of Stassfurt; the remaining three items were imported in considerable volume before the war, and their position as raw materials for explosives and munitions greatly increased the demand. These items showed an increase in price of over 500 percent during the war period. The effect of the elimination of these items is particularly noticeable in group III where most of them occur. TABLE II.-Frequency groups [Prices grouped according to frequency of change] 455 Tin plate. 684 Linoleum 460 Wire fencing. Tablecloths. Description tivity group group 14323 Book paper. 744 Paper, newsprint. 745 Tissue paper. 746 Paper, wrapping. 770 Garden hose.. 154 Ginger ale. 1 456 Vises.. 2 561 Building board. 2 771 Window frames. 4 779 Rubbers, men's. Cigarettes... GROUP IV (12–16 CHANGES) 241 Men's dress shirts.. 540 Iron oxide.. Lithopone, domestic. 557 Whiting, imp. chalk. 92 Bread.. 559 Asphalt, bulk. 560 Plasterboard. 4 595 375 Combination harvester Inside flat paint. 548 White lead 562 Doors.. 567c Glass 569 Gravel. 571 572 579 Sand. 580 Window sash. 598 Anilin oil. 605 613 Calcium acetate. Copperas.. Logwood extracts. Napthalene. Caustic soda. Strychnine. Blankets.. do.. Comforters. 422 Door knobs 6 683 Linoleum 441 Small rivets. 4 695 Window shades 453 Terne plate. 4 756 Storage battery. 469 Aluminum, ingot. 1 768 Rubber heels. 496 Laundry tubs. 506 Hollow tile. 4 GROUP V (17-22 CHANGES) |