Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1919 — FOOD SALE TO BEGIN AUG. 18 [ARTICLE]

FOOD SALE TO BEGIN AUG. 18

SUPPLIES TO BE SOLD DIRECT TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH PARCELS POST. Sale of all surplus war department food direct to the public through the parcels post will begin Munday, August 18, the war departmen announced. The necessary forms and blanks for use by the 58,000 postmasters now are being provided by the war department. The announcement said the sales would be made in case or carton lots only, and that purchasers would have to add the cost of delivery by parcels post from the storage points where the food is now held. Millions of pounds of meat, beans, pumpkins, squashes and other commodities will be offered. Prices for the food were quoted as follows: Meats: Corned beef—No. 1 can, 30 cents; No. 2 can, 58 cents; sixpound can, $2. Roast lheef —No. 1 can, 29 cents; one-pound, can, 41 cento; two-pound can, 66 cents; sixpound can, $2.20. Corned beef hash—One-pound can, 23 cents; twopound can, 40 cents. Bacon—ln -crates, 34 cento a .pound; in twelvepound tins, 26 cents a pound. Vegetables: Baked beans, No. 1 can, 7 cents; No. 2 can, 13 cents; No. 3 can, 18 cento. .Stringless (bean? —No. 2 can, 11 cents, No. 10 can, 48 cents. Corn—No. 2 can, 12 cents. Peas—No. 2 can, 11 cents. Tomatoes—No. 2 can, 11 cents; No. 2 1-2 can, 13 cents; No. 3 can, 15 cento; No. 10 can, 45 cents. Pumpkin—No. 2, can, 6 cento; No. 3 can, 9 cents; No. 10 can, 24 cents. Squash—No. 2 can, 6 cents.

The number of cans available for sale in each commodity range from 22,030,325 of the No. 3 cans of tomatoes to 1,025 cans No. 10 size of pumpkin. The largest amounts otherwise are 15,000,000 No. 1 cans and 19,000,000 No. 2 cans of corned beef, 12,000,000 each of the one and two-pound cans of roast beef, 11,000,000 each of the one and twopound cans of corned beef hash, 13,000,000 cans of No. 3 size baked beans; 18,000,000 No. 2 cans of corn; 10,000,000 pounds of crated bacon and 6,000,000 of bacon in twelve-pound tins. The sale, the war department said, will be “the largest direct sale to the American people ever attempted” The prices were declared to be “materially lower” than those prevailing in the commercial market and the food was described as being in excellent condition. “All of the commodities,” the statement continued, “were government inspected and prepared in accordance with the army specifications.”