Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1918 — Dry Goods High in Germany. [ARTICLE]

Dry Goods High in Germany.

Dry goods prices as reported by German newspapers. in their market reports have reached unprecedentedly high figures. Half wool stuffs formerly 38 cents a yard now command $5.76; velvets, once $1.44 are now sl2 a yard; sateen, once 20 cents a yard, now cannot be had under $2.88. Other textiles have advanced in like proportion, even shoe laces increasing to 20 times their antewar prices.