Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1909 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

MASTER BAKERS PROTEST Will Appeal to Congress For Law Against Wheat Speculation, Cincinnati, April 16.—Simon Hubig. president of the National Association of Master Bakers, says: ’The bakers throughout the country are aroused over the comer in wheat and will deluge congress with appeals for legislation forbidding gambling In the necessaries of life. Five cent bread is a thing of the past.” FLOUR IS HIGH IN OREGON Wholesale Price of Patents Advanced to $6.05 a Barrel. Portland, Ore., April 16.—The sharpest advance in flour values in a long time went into efTect. The advance is 40 cents a barrel, which will bring the wholesale price of patents to $6.05 a barrel. This will be the highest flour market known here in many years. POTATOES ARE SCARCE ; New Orleans Reports Tubers Are Hard to Get at Any Price. \ New Orleans, La.. April 16.—Several weeks ago potatoes were selling in New Orleans at $2.50 a'barrel. Now they are quoted at $4.50 a barrel and are difficult to get at any price. Beven Dollars a Barrel In Ohio. Columbus. 0., April 16.—The price of flour continues to soar in sympathy with the advancing tendency of the wheat market. Columbus millers raised the price to $7.00 per barrel. TO PREVENT FOREST FIRES New York Central to Use Locomotives Fitted With Oil Burners. Albany, N. Yr. April 16.—Notification that the New York Central railroad will operate only oil burning locomotives in the Adirondgcks at a certain period of the year, has been seat to the