Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 274, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1916 — FOOD 65 PER CENT HIGHER [ARTICLE]

FOOD 65 PER CENT HIGHER

General Cost of Living in England 46 Per Cent Greater Than Year Ago.

London.—The average increase of retail prices for the principal articles of food between July, 1914, and September, 1916, has been 65 per cent Including rent clothing, fuel and light the rise in the cost of living has been found by the food prices committee to be 45 per cent In comparison with a year ago it shows an average increase of 20 per cent w *