Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1909 — Food Prices Now and Later. [ARTICLE]

Food Prices Now and Later.

It has been a source of relief to find that prices of some of the everyday necessities for the table can come down. Even a trifle lopped off would seem to Indicate that the top had been reached and phenomenal rates could not be maintained for long. But those who keep close watch of the subject Insist that appearances are deceiving if the temporary decline Is taken to mean a permanent reaction. Compared with a few weeks or a few months ago the small buyer Is better off. Still, prices are high for the sea-son-evidence that current production, however abundant, is not overstocking the market. The serious phase of the living problem, marketmen predict, will come 1 ? r. when the consumers mtist de- !"■ i;• 11 ■tuff now going Into storage f ’ ' ) ■ It is costing the packv ■ c . i't It than the same class j . si at an advance on last The family preserving 1 ■ 1 'I also get busy and do in'' ■<-.n.ide storing. Things will I v“ set uh (-'y cheap for a few weeks and coa.-u .sptlon perhaps lavish-. “You can’t eat your cake and have it. too,” but you can often put by what Isn’t really needed for present comfort and next winter cut down the cold storage man’s expectations by just so much.