The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-09-14
GENERAL COST OF
LIVING NO NOT TO % co
HIGHER in WINTER
Sugar, Coffee and Potatoes Are
Soaring-Increase in Other
Things Not Expected.

LtlL1lSo LNO9
NV York, Sept. 12.-While thous-
-ands are starving in China, and
France is being torn with riots in
protest against the high cost of food,
there is renewed attention III this
country to the fact that sugar has
reached it's highest point in IL years;
that coffee is soaring, and potatoes
are selling as high as $1.10 a bushel in.
the field. In view of this, household
ers are asking themselves:
Will this winter see a recurrence of
the conditions OF 1909-10, when the cost
slowly only after many so-called boy
colts against meat and other high
pricer commodities were declared
throughout the land?"
To this question economic experts
seen here today answer no" Prices
stances above those of last winter,
but they add that the man who sets
his table with plain everyday fare,
avoiding costly brands and nea lux
uries. may await the approach of cold
weather without undue anxiety.
Better Than Last Year.
1t is pointed out that. generally
speaking, with the exception Of coffee,
sugar, potatoes and a few canned
-TsSsta.:ss the h 81 Sep
TENDER was ushered in with condi-
tions more favorable to the consumer
than the case a year ago. On Sep
TENDER 9, mess pork was quoted at
$19 a barrel, wholesale, as against S24
OF the same date in 1910. The whole
sale price of ham is a little more than
10 cents a pound, as compared with
IS cents in the early fall Of last year;
western lard is selling at a fraction
more than 8 cents, as against more
Than 1 oanfS an Gantar,, hnp ON o.,1
butter and eggs are both comparative
ly reasonable and a few cents cheaper,
retail, than in last September.
Flour of good quality is selling at
lowest retail prices at $685. a barrel,
the same price that prevailed at this
at some stores for 20 cents a pound,
as against % and rs cents a year ago.
The average family" steak costs
about 2S cents q pound, as it did last
year. though experts say that with all
feeding crops short it is not unlikely
that beef will go higher as the win
ter progresses.
The cost of poultry will be largely
determined by cold storage holdings.
Indications are that the shortage of
potatoes is serious. not only in this
country but in Great Britain and Ger
many. In he fall of last year one
could buy good potatoes in the field
for SIS cents a bushel. Today the
prices range from IS cents to more
than 81. Canned peas, beans and to-
matoes also will be higher, but rice
remains cheap and unless there is a
marked advance in pork it is argued
that the nan of slender means can
provide for his family without serious
strain.
Sugar and Coffee High.
Sugar and coffee are both phenom-
enally high, but those who are study
ing the market predict that decreased
consumption, which invariably follows
a prohibitive advance, will soon restore
these two breakfast table necessities
to a more normal level. No. T stand
ard Rio spot coffee brought 1885 cents
a pound, wholesale, in New York Sat
urday, as against 1919 cents a year
ago, and the standard grade of gran
ulated sugar was quoted at go. cents
a pound. the highest level since July,
1899. Failure of the European sugar
beet crop and poor prospects in Cuba
are given as the cause of the abrupt
jumpt in the sugar market. 1t is
almost impossible to strike al intelli-
gent average of the price to the CON
sumer, so much depending On the To-
cation of the dealer's store. The table
below of 25 standard commodities,
however, shows the prevailing whole
sale prices when the month of Sep
TENDER opened. The figures have
changed only slightly since.
Relative Prices.
Article. 1911. 1910.
Flour, straight winter, DBL. $ 40 Sass
Beeves. best native steers,
(Chicago) per 100 lbs........ 500 $50
Sheep, prime (Chicago) per
100 ass 40
Hogs, prime (chicago) per
100 lbs. 7.75 9.55
Beef, carcasses (Chicago)
per IL 10
Hogs, market pigs (Chicago)
peg .os5 ITS
Eggs, state, fresh, per doz.. rs IS &c
Beef, family, per bbl......... 1850 1900
Pork, new mess, per bbl.... 10. 90 24.W
per Observation-Disclosures. .os25 1892
Hams, smoked, per lb........ .155 IS
Lard, western, steam, per lb .Os55 1920
Butter, creamery, state,
best. per b................ q .s15
Cheese, choice, per lb....... .135 1915
Mackerel, No. /, per bbl..... 26. 90 24.W
Cod fish, large dried, per
Coffee, Rio No. 4, per lb.... 1875 1925
Sugar, graduated, per b.. .0625 .O5a5
Tea. Formosa. Oolong, per
Il ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1Ga 1.s5
Molasses, new Orleans.
prime, per gal........... 80 80
Salt, fine domestic, Sacks. "a 80
Rye, domestic. good domes-
tic, per b............... .04125 .N75
Potatoes eastern. per $50 lbs 2T5 n