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    Quote Originally Posted by Gomerpile View Post
    Lets see here, two dozen, $36 in 1915, adjust for inflation, and that will be a smooth $1650 in todays money. That sounds about right. Now where did my granddaddy store all those cases of razors that im sure he had when he was younger?
    Quote Originally Posted by Wirm View Post
    $36.00 in 1915 had the buying power of $830.17 . A 2014 dollar would have had the buying power of about 4 cents. According to the Dollar times.com inflation calculator.
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    According to Inflation Calculator | Find US Dollar's Value from 1913-2014, $3 in 1915 would be $70.19 today.
    These are all surprisngly close - 1st post was two dozen at $1650 - second post is $830 a dozen times 2 is $1660 - third post is $70 each so 2 dozen is $1684

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    They are close because they use the same sort of framework, or in other words, omit the same important things.

    For instance the 1913 Underwood Tariff Act was in force in 1915 and had a major impact: duty on wool-goods went from 56% to 18.5%, steel, iron ore, and agricultural implements were zero rated. That in itself makes for a major impact in the true cost of goods at the time - significantly cheaper in some respects than now. What on-line calculator takes that into account? About all they cater for is the rate of inflation, which is why they are so skewed.

    In addition to that, a move to tax personal income in the 1890s was declared unconstitutional and it was not until 1913 that a tax was imposed, and this was tremendously low - just 2% combined rate for an income of $20,000 up to 7% for an income of $500,000. Salaries lower than 20k were subject to 1%. I don't know of any online calculators that take that into account, either.

    That all the online calculators have a similar degree of error is not the same thing as assuming that any of them are correct!

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    Indeed, Neil!
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    "Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
    I rest my case.

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