The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-01
Meal, Lard, md Meat Are limbing the Ladder
TED FRUITS
 A TUMBLE; HE EXCEPTION
That Wholesaler Might Would-Fowlkes Ex- selief When Marine Is Established

on staple Groceries from
 to the consumer varies
 uced from the tables given
 Prominent retail grocerymen
 when seen by The Age-Her-
 of living'' man.
 the retailers seemed rather
 ut giving out tables, but cov-
 ip on the ground of lack of
 repare one. Yielding Brothers
 would be quite a job and that
 take more time than could
 . spared. At Clarke Brothers.
 st or the month Is at hand. the
 bills are to be got out and I
 haven't time to go into the mat
 Fas the answer to the query of
 porter.
 list of prices given by J. c. Lee Brothers Grocery company fol- ugar. price 1913, 20 pounds for
 price 1914, l3 pounds for s1; nr. price 1913, ss5.5O per barrel; lee 1914, $6.25 per barrel; meal, Ice 1913, 95 cents per bushel; Ice 1914. $1.15 per bushel; pure log lard. 2O-pound bucket. price 91s, $2.75; price 1914, s2.75; rice. price 1913, IA pounds for s1; price i914; 1s pounds for $l; grits, price 1913, 2 iE cents a pound; price 1914, B cents pound; Irish potatoes price 1913, $140 bushel price 1914. $1.1O bushel; white meat price 1913, 15 cents a pound. price 1914, IT cents a pound; hams, price : 1913, IS cents a pound; price 1914, Z 22 cents pound; breakfast bacon, price 1913, 275z cents pound price 1914, 30 cents a pound.
 Evaporated Fruits Cheaper Mir. Lee said the evaporated fruits having received notification of an im- bending drop in the price on peaches md apples. Evaporated peaches and apples that formerly were sold for 121s ,ents pound soon will be quoted at 10 cents a pound. He couldn't account Tor the drop.
 MT. Lee also said that he was selling groceries a month ago to the consumer heaper than he himself could buy them now. His firm was fortunate. he said, in having quite a large stock in it's when the present unprece- derted rise in foodktuffs commenced arJ his customers are benefiting be cause of his forethought
 Flour is quoted lin three grades. Lee Brothers sell ond grade, with which they are well stoeked, at $6 a barrel, which MT. Lee sAys, 1is 20 cents less than the price now quoted to him. He gave a hint that the believed the pres ent rise in priced could be stopped by the wholesaler, although he did not say as much in sol many words.
 Fowlke$ on Prices
 At Fowlkes q Myatt's prices are slightly higher than at Lee Brothers. Meal is quoted bk the former firm now at s1.25 and at this time in 1913 it sold for sl. Roller Champion flour is being sold by Fpwlkes & Myatt for SS a barrel. In 19f3 the firm sold 1t at S6.50 a barrel. Henry F'6wlkes of the firm said yesterday that lard and breakfast bacon had advanced about 10 per cent over last year Rice. too, he said, had shdwn very material ad- vance. All imported goods are selling at from 20 to j0 per cent higher than they were at this time last year. "I do not believe there will be a reduction In priesent prices for at least six CT 12 months." said Mir. Fowlkes 'I believe that within 12 months, or as soon as thd United States gets it's merchant marine well established we will see verIy material reduction in prices of foodftuffs.'
 Incl Hill Figures
 H. G. Hill Grocery company. operai- Ing a chain of stores in Birmingham, give the following list of prices
 Sugar, prilce f9fS.' IS pounds for sl; price 1Sl14, IA pounds for s1 flour. price I1513, $6 a barrel; price 1914 s6 a ltarrel; meal price 191S s: price lN914 $1.10; rice. price 1918, 13 po,tnds for s1; price 1914, . pounds flor $1; pure hog lard, price 1913, I15 cents a pound; price 1a14 Is cer2ts a pound; white meat. price 1913, E15 cents pound; price 1914, Is ceIkts pound grits. price 1913 8 cenks pound; price 1914, cents a DO bind; Irish potatoes price 1913, s1.4I a bushel; price 1914, S120 a b, hel.
 1t will ,1 seen from the list that the Hill D., pie were selling flour In 1913 for hiSy her prices than that ask ed by some of their competitors Their price has nd xt changed this year, how pverf Lee Brothers now are selling |nSsb potatt es at a price lower than
 nna,~ by the Hill Grocery com
 price on white meat is IS
 e present time against
 by Lee Brothers.
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