Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1920 — High Price* In Early New York. [ARTICLE]

High Price* In Early New York.

During the British occupation of New York in Revolutionary days, ths method was to sell In wholesale lots at public auction and to issue revocable licenses to retailers. The best flour then sold fbr sl4 a barrel, bacon at 82 cents a pound and beef at If rpnh a potind- Wages were J— tons 00 cents a day.