The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-15
HIGH PRICES
ARTICLES THAT WILL BE AT
FECTED BY THE EURO
PEAN WAR.

st. Louis, Aug. 15.-It will cost
twice as much Is usual TO commit
suicide (via carbolic acid ; the price
| of imported Swiss cheese sandwiches
/ which has doubled, probably will be
out of reach; imported sprees. i. e.,
those in which thirsts demand i'm
ported wines, champagnes or whis-
kies, will require a doubly fat purse;
toys and dolls will be classed with
luxuries, and beans will aviate in
price during the war i'm Europe.
The most marked price increases
on imported articles since the war be-
gan have been i'm drugs and acids and
in imported wines and liquors.
Wholesale druggists announced
Tuesday that imported drugs have
advanced from 25 to 100 per cent,
Carbolic, citric and other acids have
doubled, and are sold only in small
quantities. Patent medicines. nearly
all of which have an imported ingre-
dent, are que to rise in price, ii is
said.
Table necessaries-sugar, tea, cof-
fee, sardines, cheese and others
wholesalers and importers say, are on
the incline. and beans and flour are
above the normal price. These price
changes. certain wholesalers believe,
are only temporary and will last only
untl the Atlantic trade is reopened.
Diamonds have stood firm in price
since the war opened, but importers
predict an increase Of at least % per
cent this fall. Importation of rough
as we'll as cut stones has ceased tenn
porarily.
Wine and liquor importers, accord,
ing to John Bloeser, for more than
fifty years an importer, were caught
''empty-handed" when the war broke
! out. Bloeser told a reporter for the
Globe-Democrat yesterday that the
supply of French wines and cham
| pagnes and other imported liquors In
| America will not last a month.
A able compiled by Bloeser shows
a 100 per cent increase in the price
of imported kuemmel, champagne
and all wines. Scotch whisky also
has assembled IN price, according to
Bloeser. No orders for these liquors
are being filled, and the retailers are
selling what they have on hand al
fabulous prices, according to Bloeser,
"St. Louis will not have to fear a
shortage of wine for New Years
Eve" said Bloeser, because only a
small amount of imported wines are
consumed here"
Bloeser believes New York and Chi
eago will be affected by the depleted
supply, but is of the opinion that tht
use of imported wines and othei
liquors will soon be a thing OF the
| past i'm the United States. Domestic
| goods are just as good and in man!
| cases better, Bloeser said.
Department store heads r not an
| ticipating any price increases in theI
| lines. except a few foreign-mad'
| goods, which can be substituted b!
| American-made products.
Some of the stores late in placing
| their orders for dolls and toys pre-
diet a heavy increase in the price o
Imported dolls and mechanical toys
Toilet articles, likewise, are expected
to go up in price.
NJ. l.. Wilkinson, president or TN
| Scruggs : V~andervoort : Barney Or,
| Goods company, in an interview wit
a Globe-Democrat reporter yesterda,
afternoon, declared the war will hav'
no great effect OH prices of clothing
and dry goods. He said peopl
should be admonished not to buy a
increased prices.
Spectators will attempt to ma
nipulate prices. but | am of the opin
ion that any marked increase in un
warranted" said Wilkinson.
Prices of American-made good
will decline, retailers believe, becaus
of an overproduction caused by can
~cellation of big orders by foreigl
buyers. Articles produced in thi
country and exported also are expect
ed to drop in price.
While styles in women's gowns TO
autumn and winter have already bee
brought from Paris, ii is believed tn
winter and spring styles will be Me-
York and st. Louis made.
1T will be our first real opportt
nifty to design styles for the rest
the world" said an official OF on
of the big exclusive stores.
He said st. Louis has designer
rivaling those of Paris and Ne
i. York.
i Just what will be worn by wome
could not be predicted, although,
was said, military lines will prevail !