Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1907 — Cost of Living Higher. [ARTICLE]

Cost of Living Higher.

Beginning with the increase of 1 cent 1 pound on the wholesale price of beef, within the past fortnight there has been i general advance in the prices of nearly all the necessities of life—milk, butter, »ggs, bread, fruit, canned goods, etc. The Increased price of fruit and vegetables is credited to a short crop in nearly all sections, due to an exceptionally dry summer. The price of milk has been advanced in several cities to 9 cents a quart, retail. During the season there has been a 20 per cent advance in the price of canned goods of the best quality, and it is said that the pure food law is partly responsible for this by compelling the retirement of many cheap nad adulterated articles. The tomato crop is said to be 00 per cent short, and this, too, will figure In the increased pritje of canned tomatoes, which are expected to go from So cents to $1 a dozen, wholesale. Sweet corn In the can has already gone from 45 to 75 rents a dozen. Brunes are expected to idvance one-third over tbe average price for the past five years, hs the crop is only a little more than one-third of last year's. Peas and beans will share in'the general upward trend.