Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1919 — Felt Pinch of War. [ARTICLE]

Felt Pinch of War.

Even far away Iceland felt the pinch of war. Increase In the average prices of necessaries at Reykjavik, the principal city, last July amounted to 211 per cent when contrasted with their cost In July, 1914, as shown by data appearing in the journal of the Icelandic statistical department. If coal and petroleum, which show Increases over prices in July, 1914, of 1,051 and 217 per cent, respectively, be omitted, and the comparison be limited to articles of food alone, it Is stated that the average increase was 190 per cent, as compared with July, 1914. The extent to which certain of the principal groups of food have risen in price in Iceland since the outbreak* of the European war may be seen from the following official compilation: Bread, 201; flour, oatmeal, beans, etc., 284; sugar, 136; coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolate, 109; butter, fat, milk, cheese and eggs, 235; beef, mutton, bacon and pork, 136.