Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1902 — FOOD PRICES SOARING. [ARTICLE]

FOOD PRICES SOARING.

Cost of Necessities 25 Per Cent High®* than Last Year. During the last year the prices of food products have Increased fully 25 per cent and the prices of tho necessaries of life are still on the Increase. During the last two years the prices of food products have increased 83 1-3 per cent. Of the entire line of staple goods at one of the leading grocery houses in Chicago, only coffee* flour and sugar are lower than rated two years ago and at the present time sugar is racing upward at a rate which will soon put it out of the minority. Dried fruits, canned fruits, vegetables, poultry, butter, eggs, beef, pork, mutton and veal all have had an upward tendency. The following table will show in a measure the advance in prices taken by different staple articles during the last two years. The prices quoted are wholesale prices and the retail merchant Is obliged to pay the jobber a stiff profit: Dec. 6, Dec. 7, Dec. 8, 1902. 190 L 1900. Wheat flour, brl., hard spring patents *7O 8 70 8 88 Rye flour, brl... 2 90 2 88 2 80 Buckwheat flour, lb 084 03 02% Cornmcal, per 100 lbs 160 1 60 1 50 New Orleans molasses, gal. . .86 @42 82 @37 80 Granulated sugar, lb 502 4 90 550 Rice, lb 4 @74 5 @7 4Vi@ 7 I‘ork, brl 16 75 16 75 1L25 Beef, ib 10 @l2 B@C2 64®18 Lard, per 100 lbs 1045 980 7 12% Bacon, per 100 lbs 0 00 8 60 8 40 Mutton, lb 8 @l3 6@U 7 @l2 White beans, lb. 2 40 1 80 1 90 Peas, bu 178 1 40 1 30 Butter, best best cream, lb. 2S 21 24 Butter, best dairy, lb 24 20 24 Cheese, full cr'm, II) 134 114@12 1140124 Eggs, best fresh, doz 24 24 25 @2« Evaporated apples, lb C4@ 84 8 @lO 4%@ 8 Evaporated cherries, 11* 17@18 94@t04 12 @l6 Dried peaches, lb 6@ 84 8 @lO oVi@ 94 Dr'd apples, lb. 4%@ 6% 6 <§ 64 44@ 6 I>ried apricots, lb 7 @ll4 11 @l2 74@14 Spring chickens 10 @l2 74 74 Hens, dressed, lb- • 10 @l2 7 7 @ 74 Turkeys, dressed, lb 15 74@ 8 s4@ 9 Ducks, dressed, lb 14 @l3 84 S4@ 0 Goose, dressed, lb 11 @l4 7 @ 8 7@ 7 Coffee, Mocha and Java, 1b.24 @34 23 @33 26 @34 Tea, English breakfast, 1b.34 @SO 26 @46 86 @4O Canned tomatoes, doz. 3lb. cans .... I@l 50 120 83@4 20 Canned com, doz. 2-ib. cans 85@150 75 @95 76 @9O