Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1917 — Higher Than War Prices. [ARTICLE]

Higher Than War Prices.

Ipeople of t’w United States, at peace, are Wing vastl” higher prices for foodstuffs and life s necessities <than are bbe people of Germany and England, at war. —.. Tg Statistics obmipiled by Dr. Leo. r. Edenharter and based on purchases in large quantities, as wx>uld be necessary for a state institution with from 1,500 to 2,000- inmates, show that every staple kno\\n to an American household has increased m price in the last yeaT from 5 to 118 per cent. Apples have increased in price 56 7 per cent. Irish potatoes 118 per cent. Sweet potatoes 100 per cent. Eggs 40 per cent, oaimeo earn 51 per cent. To the household buying, m small quantities the increase has 'been vastly more than is indicated m Dr. Ederiharter’s figures. More than one householder is paying twice as mjich for coal for the winter of 1916-17 than he paid in 1915-16.