The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-12
COST OF LIVING IS
GOING STILL HIGHER
Necessities of Life Again Ad-
vance, and Dealers Are
Expecting More.
WAR CHECKS IMPORTS
Dainties From Turkey Are No
Longer Available on the
English Markets.
WAR CHECKS IMPORTS
BY PAUL LAMBETH.
Cable 20 The Tribune.

SEN'idi Ndpl" 10 L ne lIlDunc
LONDON. Nov. ll.-Tha; England Is
not alone in facing the high cost Of iiv-
ing crisis is small consolation TO the
millions who are feeling the pinch OF
hard times. Recently figures have been
prepared which afford pretty clear rea-
son for the social unrest the many
strikes and the generally unsatisfactory
condition OF the laborng classes.
IaKlng 1900 as standard and figuring
1t as 100, we find that az prcson, wages
stand at os.Io. Retail prices In London
OF the necessities OF life at 1919. In
many Of the staples the divergence is
even greater. For example, tho retail
price Of bread stands at has in COM
parison with 1900. OF sugar l2i.3. and OF
bacon i3s ..
British labor Is none TOO we'll paid
at best and VIXEN II is faced with 10
life and a small decrease in the wages
It is small wonder that they are suiky
and restless.
And there is reason TO fear worse is
Bacon. butter. sugar. cheese. meat.
potatoes, and coal. among the chief nee
essaries, VIII all be dearer Already milk
has gone up a penny a quart. a serious
catered TO. Though the summer has
been an exceptionally fine one. Il has
left Its legacy In the shape OF that extra
penny. The long drouth has caused a
great scarcity Of cattle food for the COM
ing winter, and dairymen have been
selling milk at loss during the past
few weeks. This extra penny that they
are now forced to charge means some
thousands OF pounds every week extra
TO the poor housewives,
Dear potatoes and greenstuffs ut fam
Inc prices are also another OF the things
the family caterer will have TO face. One
big wholesale merchant stated short
while ago; III the worst fears arc real-
lied, potatoes. which now range from
F,ys- dc Tz,- 4 "a
raise TO a price almost unprecedented.
The scarcity OF greenstuffs Will natur-
ally increase the demand for potatoes.
but with such bad crops there Is pros
high as 95s a ton is being paid for the
best qualities
War Stops Importations From Turkey.
Strikes and droughts are bad enough
but now that war has broken out be
tween Italy and Turkey the British
housewife Will be faced with the un
pleasant fact that she may have no
Christmas pudding TO cook. Christmas
without Christmas pudding is almost un-
tninkable. yet IL is no use blinking cold,
hard facts. The mere threat OF war
had a disastrous effect on trade with
Turkey. The outbreak of war has prac-
tically killed the trade for the time be-
ing.
The housewife VIII have good cause TO
remember the Trpoli trouble. for IL is
from Turkey that the chief supplies OF
peel and dried figs come. This is the
time OF year when thousands OF tons
OF dried fruits, ALMONDS. prunes, cur
ing London for the Christmas markets.
Italy has stopped ali that.
Already there is shortage In the |
things b that ING 30 te 10 make IKE
housewife Is ready 10 cook her buildings !
and pies for Yu!etide prices VIII have |
reached n famine standard over go.
N 90 ka 1nar IN f0r0 n
for plum pudd!ngss mince pie, and des- |
serts come from Turkey alone. and the |
sudden stoppase OF the ENORMOUS supply |
means that many q. family VIII nave no ,
Christmas pudding this year.
All Luxuries Are Out Of Reach.
Faced with The prospect of going with
out her Christmas plum pudding, the |
housewife has also 10 face the fart that
her Christmas dinner In any case. VIII
cost her more. II the war should stop
al once IL Will be weeks before trade
with Turkey is restored. and every days
delay now means All increase In prices
Moreover. sugar. necessary in the max
ing Of all kinds OF sweets. pies and !
puddngs. has gone UP, EGGS. another
necessary article when pasuy is In eVi-
dozen dearer than they were this time
last year. Butter Is two pence 10 six
pence a pound dearnr Than usual yu s Gassse
Mil flour In fact. whichever way the
housewife turns this coming winter she
will be faced with a rise in food
-ar as nine pence would last wlnte-,
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