Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1913 — PRICE OF FOODS WILL SOON BEGIN TO SOAR [ARTICLE]

PRICE OF FOODS WILL SOON BEGIN TO SOAR

Meats, Especially Pork, Will Go to Ceiling—Eggs Will Be Scarce and Butter High. Food producets, with the possible exceptions of wheat products, rye, sugar and canned salmon, tl)is winter will attain prices "never before reached in this country, according to H. E. Barnard, state food and drug commissioner. Mr. Barnard said Saturday that the prices would begin to soar in a few weeks and there was no telling when they would stop. “'Meats'’ especially pork, are going to the ceiling,” said Mr. Barnard. “There is a shortage in The supply and this will cause the increase. The slim corn crop also will affect pork prices. Butter prices also are going higher than ever, due to the poor pasturage during the summer. “The egg situation already is alarming in Indiana and by Christmas storage eggs will be selling at 5 cents each and will be scarce at that price. Poultry also will be sky high during the winter. It will be astonishing how high fruit will go before spring. £ll kinds of fruits are scarce. And canned goods, with the exception of salmon, will be clear out of sight.” Mr. Barnard said there was not one price in the list that would be influenced by the trader. “Thu condition is simply that the supply is not adequate to feed the American people,” he said.