Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-11
WAR RAISING COST
Of LIVING He RE
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eign producers and their supply has
already been cut off. American manu-
facturers are handicapped by the fact
that the necessary dyes are not made
in this country.
ToothbrusheB and hairbrushes will
soon rise sharply. The chief source
of supply of their bristles is Russia,
| which is absolutely isolated as far as
commercial communication with this
| country is concerned.
Notions, ranging from hooks and
eyes to hair nets. which are manufac-
tured in immense quantities in Ger
many, are coming in no more. The
| stocks here have been bought up and
on some items prices were advanced
100 per cent. yesterday.
Dress goods are quoted throughout
the country as subject to change in
| price without notice" Shirtings of
the best quality, used in S1.25 and
S150 garments, will go up 81 per cent.
this week. Last year about $4,000, 900
worth of material for shirts was i'm
ported. This year home-produced ma
| terials will have to be used.
Dyestuffs, which are important in
this situation, are going up steadily.
| Prices jumped 100 per cent over Sun
day and promise to keep up.
Auto Tire Prices Jump
Automobile dealers here say that
Hamburg and Liverpool being the
| principal ports in shipping crude rub
| ber, rubber goods are going up. On
certain classes of automobile tires quo
| tations were advanced 60 per cent.
| yesterday. The stock In this country,
1t was said, is only sufficient to supply
factories a fortnight.
Cigar men state that cigaret to-
in GIa
and Egyptian cigarets. is becoming
scarce. 1t is carried almost exclu-
slvely by Austrian ships, which have
been withdrawn. Advances in price,
however. are believed to be some dis
tance in the future. Enough Sumatra
tobacco is in stock in this country to
keep cigar manufacturers supplied for
! a year, IL was said yesterday. Cigar
| bands, however, have gone TO a pre-
MUM. being mostly Autographed in
Germany.
Liquor Prices Skyrocketing
Imported whiskys and liquors are
skyrocketing. Cordials went UP 25
cents a bottle yesterday, while Scotch
whisky went up 20 cents. 1.-TWO for a
quarter" is quoted over almost no bar.
German and Bohemian beer, ii proves,
is here in greater quantity than had
| been reported.
Champagnes from foreign vineyards
have gone up Sc a case since last
week.
The United States Leather Com
pany, according to local dealers yes
terday. has announced an advance of
cents per pound in practically all
| feathers, with the prospect of a fur
ther rise. The heavy foreign demand
for American shoeA particularly in
England, is expected to boost local
| prices.
May BE No Christmas Toys
Among the stores here that will
probably feel the effects of the war
more keenly than others are the toy
and novelty stores. A manager of
one of these stores said that If the
war keeps up 1t will be impossible to
obtain any of the mechanical toys that
| fill the stores at Christmas. Tree or
, naments and many Christmas novel
! ties. like the toys, are made almost
/ exclusively in Germany. Importations
, of dress fabrics will b1 greatly cut
down. It is reported that the force
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eroy & Stewart has been more than