Fig. 94 the Wheeling and Lake Erie Raibroad, 1908 to 1912

It will be noticed from the upper left-hand corner of the chart that the j'ear 1908 is taken as unity. 1908 was a year of great business depression. As business conditions naturally improved in the years following 1908, there could be a legitimate question in the reader's mind whether the better showing of the railroad is due to better management or to the increase in the general prosperity of the covmtry

CURVE PLOTTING

the years selected as unity should be taken in equal number on either side of a year which represents most nearly the normal condition.

Fig. 95 is an illustration reduced in size from a large chart 10 by 14 inches. The chart is of especial interest because it is one of a series of several hundred charts submitted to the board of arbitration in the concerted wage movement in the eastern territory by the Order of Railroad Conductors and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in 1913. These charts cover practically all phases of railroad operation and give in condensed form a tremendous quantity of information.

RELATIVE RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD: SIMPLE AND WEIGHTED AVERAGES-UNITED STATES

AVERAse PRICE TOR I890-ISS9" 100.0

1890 ia»l 1B92 1893 1694 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 19

02 11 03 1904 1906 1906 190? 1908 1909 1910 1911 IS

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Simple Year Average

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890 102.0

891 103.6 893 101.7

893 104.0

894 99.6 89& 97.2

896 94. 9