Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1916 — Costs More to Hunt Than It Did in 1914. [ARTICLE]

Costs More to Hunt Than It Did in 1914.

It will be a more expensive proposition to hunt this fall than in the fall two years ago, the price of powder, shot and shells having increased 20 per cent since the first of July and 40 per eent in the last year. Th 3 latest increase of prices had been made known to all local dealers through notices and it will take effect immediately. The boost is directly due to the European war. Shells which heretofore cost the consumer 75 cents, will now be sol i at 90 cents per box and all other shells of different prices will be sold accordingly. Common rifle shells now cost five cents a box more than before July Ist. The price to dealers in the last year has very nearly doubled. Smokeless shotgun shells which the dealers paid 48 cents a box for are now costing them 70 cents, and although they make a very small profit on each box, the shells are sold in such quantities especially in the fall, that the total profit for the season amounts to a fairly large figure. With the exception of one or possibly two local dealers, the increase in price has caught the local merchants with a low stock and they will have to fill up their supply at the increased rate.