Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-11
WAR RAISES THE
COST Of Living
Meat Prices Jump Today 81
on the Hundred Pounds
Wholesale
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RETAIL PRICES TODAY. :


RETAIL PRICES TODAY.
Meats.
Sirloin, IS cents per pound.
Round, 30 cents per pound
Fitch, 10 cents per pound
stew meat, 10 TO 20 cents per
pound
Rib roast, Is cents per pound. !
Lamb chops, 80 to 40 cents per /
pound.
1 Pork chops, Is cents per pound.
Ham, 22 cents per pound, in pieces.
Ham, sliced, 40 cents per pound !
Bacon, rs cents per pound, in
pieces. I
Bacon, sliced, 80 cents per pound. :
Butter, $50, 40c, 42o per pound, &C.
cording to grade. :
"Oleo," rs cents per pound :
Ffanlfurters, 10 cents per pound >
Flour.
Family grade, $3.50 per barrel.
Family grade, in sacks, SO cents Z
and 81. !
Lard, 5-pound cans, IS cents. y
Eggs, % to 80 cents dozen. =
Sugar, white granulatedi Ola TO
? cents pound
Food prices scared in Wilmington
today.
Dealers declare they see no chance
for reaction and that it is probable
further advances will follow. Aside
from the failure of green stuffs and
canned goods to 60 up there ia no
reassuring feature in the market and
the pocketboobs of consumers will
be hard hit all along the line.
Meat prices are un another 81 and
straight beef is wholesaling at SIS
and Sic a hundred The market for
pork is unusually strong. Quota
tons have gone So higher. Even
corn beef in cans has felt the ten
dency toward higher prices and
Wholesale prices are 30 cents per
dozen higher. Laundry starch prices
have increased Is cents hundred.
while imported cheese may be eaten
only by millionaires.
Sugar prices took another ump
This commodity is now
wholesaling al $500 a barrel. This
IS an advance of SO cents a hundred
pounds. Another half cent has been
tackled on the price Of lard which IS
costing retail stores II 1-2 cents a
pound. or $3.50 hundred only
$3.50 less hundred than beef.
Quotations on butter are 81 and
- cents a pound wholesale. while
eggs have taken another jump Of q
cents a dozen over last weeks prices
and are costing grocerymen 81
cents. This means that the retailer
Will be forced to get 2s-3O cents or
quit handling them.
Flour prices have gone ballooninr
patent being quoted at $3.50 whole
sale. Cheaper grades are Wholesale
ing at from IS TO S5.75 a barrel This
product has gone up s1.10 a barrel.
patent during the past two weeks.
me lower qualities have increased in
1rlce from SO to rs cents a barrel.
flour is retailing at $3.50 a barrel TO-
lay. Consumers who buy in sacks nav
% cents and 81.
Wilmington retailers are thorough
y angry as result of the increases
.hey declare that the producers are
peculating and purposely pushing IN
,rces. Grocers and meat men denv !
nat the war in Europe has ANYTHING
o DO with price elevating, as stated In |
ONE quarters, and assert the adj
ances are doing them serious in
ury In support OF their contention
nat increased prices have come as . !
esult Of speculation. they point 10 !
.eef and eggs The assertion is made |
nat cold storage beef is the best the |
wilmington public is getting from the
vest, and that the declarations of /
'ar which have~been issued in Eur
Pc could not have upset American
ems to such a point that they are re-
using to lay.
Some dealers point out that the plan
n loot to provide vessels for export
'ade will work serious hardship On
wilmington consumers. They saw I
nat prices are already high enough \
nd that they will be prohibitive N n
le event grain. meats and etc. are I
lipped TO Europe and England. Ef-
'rts to provide for expectation and
le repeated increases in flour, sugar
leat and egg prices cause retailers
nd consumers to take a gloomy view
the future.