Wholesale Prices

Bradstreet's index number of wholesale prices (1913 average--100) stood at 151.1 on April 1, an advance of only .02 over March 1. Indexes of different commodity groups on April 1 were as follows: Breadstuffs, 127; livestock, 100; provisions, 141; fruits, 154; hides and leather, 118; textiles, 170; metals, 121; fuels, 210; oils, 157; naval stores, 328; building materials, 180; chemicals, 202; miscellaneous, 200.