Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1917 — It Is Predicted That Potatoes Will Reach $3.00. [ARTICLE]

It Is Predicted That Potatoes Will Reach $3.00.

They are pretty nearly giving potatoes awaV now, compared to what the price will be for this year’s crop next winter, is the assertion and belief of the commission men. Thpy say. they will not .be surprised if people have to pay $3 a bushel when the new crop, goes bn the market. . The smallness of the crop in the big potato raising states and the immature condition of the crop, which jnakes the tubers hard to keep, is the ground on which the high prices a year from now are predicted. When the new crop arrives, they say the country, will be practically without potatoes. / There are commission men- however, who take exception to.the doleful look, and who also say the suppHy .is hot as short as some commission men want Jto make it appear. Hhey say there are plenty, of good potatoes in the country- right now and that owing to the dry.weather of the winter they are-keeping well.