Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1909 — SOME SEATTLE PRICES. [ARTICLE]

SOME SEATTLE PRICES.

Christie Vick, in a letter to his parents from Seattle, Wash., gives the'retail prices of food products in the Seattle markets. Chickens, 35c pound; eggs, per doz. 45c; butter, 40c; bacon, 35c; roasting ears, 40c. doz.; bananas, 35c; tomatoes, per pound, 10c; watermelons, pound cucumbers, two for sc. Board without room, >5 per week, and the room 13 per week. If you ask a man the time of day, you must pay for it almost. Bricklayers get |7 per day; plumbers, $6; carpenters, |4; common laborers, 12 to >2.50; and teamsters >lB- per week. Lots nine miles from the city hall, in a dense woods, sell at from >SOO to |l,ooo, and are covered with stumps and timber, too.