Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-18
BIDS FOR SUPPLIES
SHOW HOW COST OF
LIVING ADVANCES
Dressed Beef "a Cents a Hum
dred, and Flour from $l.4O
to $l.5O Higher
OTHER COMMODITIES
NEARLY ALL HIGHER
Union Meat Company Gets
Lions Share but Local
Companies Some

Indisputable evidence Of the high
cost of living, or rather the increased
high cost, is reflected in the bids for
the supplies Of meats, flour, sugar,
etc, for the several state institutions
by the state board of control yester-
day afternoon, which practically
amounts to the award Of contract for,
in every instance, "where quality and
price are equal preference is to be Civ
en- Oregon producers and merchants"
in keeping with the spirit of home in
dustry patronage, the award will be
made to the lowest bidder.
Nearly everything in the list of sup
plies for the six months period fol-
lowing January l is higher than last
year, from 20 per cent up, with the
notable exception of sugar, which, al
though go cents per hundred higher
than the price paid for the last six
months, is 20 cents per hundred lower
than the ruling market price today.
0. Il. Fletcher, Of Portland, will prob
ably supply the sugar at $i95 per
hundred pounds,
A comparison OF the bids offered,
with the prices that the several commo-
dities were purchased for the last six
months period shows that fresh beef
is "a cents per hundred higher; soft
wheat flour $1.40 per hundred higher,
and hard wheat flour $l.5l higher; SUI
gar 60 cents per hundred higher; fish
is practically the same; and fresh NUT
ton, smoked bacon and ham, pure lard,
tallow and cut meats are all higher in
proportion. One notable feature in
the competition is that the Union
Meat company of Portland, will secure
the lion Is share Of the fresh and cured
meat contracts this time, having under
bid in every instance the Oarstens
Packing company, Of Tacoma, which
has been the successful bidder for
years.
Some Local Awards,
=. c. Cross & Son, of Salem, carried
off the award for 5000 pounds of
smoked bacon, having bid $l54S per
hundred against Steusloff Bros, the
next lowest, who bid 1885, Gross 8
Son also secured the award for 1900
pounds of cut meats for delivery at
the blind school, at 1917 cents per
pound, and Steusloff Bros the award
for 400 pounds Of cut meats for the
industrial school for girls, at l6 cents
per pound. The local firms submitted
bids in nearly all Of the other classes
Of meat supplies but were underbid by
the Portland competitors, d. A. White
& Son, of Salem, entered into the bid
ding for grains, chicken feed, etc, and
they secured the contracts for supply
ing 1926 bushels Of wheat, at $l.25; 40
bushels of oots, AT 81 cents, and 200
bushels Of barley, at 72 cents, in which
they had no competition They tied
Albers Bros, Of Portland, for the
cracked corn contract, at sl75 per hun
drcd, but were high in every other IN.
stance with the exception Of the dried
beef pulp contract, in which they bid
A 90 per hundred
I The full list Of bids, the contract for
(which will probably be awarded to the
lowest bidder in each instance, follows;
Meats.
Fresh bccf-lOO,O0O lbs; Carstens
/ Packing company Tacoma, Wash, ii
cents per pound Cross & Sons, Salem,
ll.2l cents per pound Union Meat Co.,
Portland, lO.i0 cents per pound.
Fresh muttGn--l2,000 pounds. Cars
tens Packing Co.. Tacoma llN cents
pound; Steusloff Bros, Salem, 1922
cents pound; Union Meat Co.. 9.2i
cents pound
Smoked bacon-s0OO pounds. Ar
mour & Co., Portland, he pound; Cars
tens Packing Co., l6hc; Cross g. Sons,
l5lSc; Stcusloff Bros 1906 swift
& Co.,, Portland l6Acj Union Meat
Co., 1886,
Smoked homs-S,OOO pounds, Ar
mour & Go, l7hc; Oarstens Packing
Co., lGl5c; Cross & Sons, 1880 Stcus-
loft Bros, l6AOc; Swift & Cos lIhci
Union Ment Co., l4O0c
3 Pure lard--5,50O pounds. Armour 4
Co., l2hc; Curstens & Coz llci Cross
& Sons, l2cj Cudahy Packing Co., Port
land l2hc; Swift & Cop lie; Union
Meat Co., l0.S5c
Tallow 81 10000 pounds. Carstena
| Packing Co., SAc and 6iac; Cross u
Sons, 5.4ic; stcusloff Bros 5i9c;
Swift & Co., 5.70c and 470c.
Cut meots--2,g 200 pounds, delivered
ut blind school. Cross & Sons, 15iae;
Stcusloff Bros 10 cents,
Cut meats-lO0 pounds, delivered az
girls industrial school, Croes 4 Sons,
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