Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-07
HAS ADVANCED IS CENTS IN TWO
DAYS, OWING TO ENGLISH
DEMAND.
NO LIMIT IF EUROPEAN
WAR CONTINUES LONG
Navy Beans Show Advance Of so Cents
BusheI in Two Days, and Will
Likely Go Higher Before New Crop
Is in-Predict Advance in Coffee
Spices and Nuts Up.

If the war in Europe continues six
months there will hardly be any limit
TO the price of sugar" said w T. Smith
manager of the Let's Fletcher Com
pany, when asked today about the et-
feet of the war on staple products that
would affect the housewife.
Cane sugar this morning was selling
at Sc per hundred. an advance of 50
cents in two days. Sect sugar -einer-
les have withdrawn all prices. To
make matters worse the high price of
sugar comes in the midst OF the can
ming season. Lucky is the housewife
who put in a few hundred pounds last
winter when the price was below 50.
The Cause of High Sugar.
England gets its sugar from Aus
tria, Germany and Russia, three of the
biggest sugar producing countries II
the world, said Mr. Smith. in eN-
planning the cause for the high cost OF
sugar. England uses 10000 tons or
100000 bags, every month. England
has 10 get its sugar somewhere. and
has come TO this country after trying
10 buy raw sugar in Cuba, where most
Of our susar comes from. TUESDAY. in
New York. England tried 70 buy 500.
600 100 pound bags OF sugar. Naturally
the demand sent the price up. If the
war continues, and England continues
to buy sugar here l don't see how SUI
gar can help but go up 81 a hundred
more
Beans Also Advance.
The demand for navy beans in the
armies and navies of the warning Eur
opean countries has sent navy beans
up so cents bushel in two days This
is at the rate OF about a cent a pound.
or 25 per cent. The bean supply is
not large in this country now. nor will
it be until about the first of November
when the new crop will be on the mar
ket.
Coffee Up 3 Cents.
Green coffee has advanced 8 cents a
pound in the past week, and whole
salers predict that to the consu.n er
coffee will be up cents pound with
in a few weeks. The Brazil crop will
not be moved for ninety DAYS. and
most of our coffee comes from that
country. It is said that there is not
enough coffee in the country no.. to
/ take care of the home demand until
the new crop arrives
Other Shapes Increase.
Increase in other staples, such as
spices. olives, all foreign cheeses. Nor
wegian and French canned and dried
fish dried fruits. spices and nuts,
have all shown increases within few
DAYS. or viii within few weeks. it is
predicted.
FilberJs from Cicily and Brazil nuts
from the country OF the same name.
ere both up cents pound. Imported
English walnuts from France md
Spain are also up.
II there is the expected demand for
canned salmon from this country. due
to the desire of the European govern
ments TO use salmon for meats. that
commodity will go up in this country.
Dried fruits, which are produced in
( large quantities in this country, are
likely to show big advance. Ger
many is the largest consumer of dried
apricots in the world, and if il is ar
ranged that the dried fruits can ne
! transported to that country there will
/ be a big increase in the price here. If
! transportation is not permitted, The
price will not advance.
Canned corned beef, used by the
armies and navies. showed an advance
/ of 20 per cent in this country Thurs
! day.