The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-19

with the proprietor Of the Hotel Kali
serhof. The hotel keeper and the
housekeepsr agreed ~ to the correct
nss OF the list when We had finished
with II. Here are the facts 1t CON
ltains:
For potatoes. which under normal
conditions cost 31.12i1 a hundred
weight az this time OF the year. the
hotel keeper nov pays t1-25 TO $50.
the latter price for the best quality.
The small householder. however.
who buys from The greengrocers in
small lots. has 10 pay from "a 10 J
cents a pound. where in October he
was paying only ! cent a pound. or
Ia cents q pound for the best quality.
For the small buyer. therefore. the
price Of potatoes has more than
doubled.
The municipality OF Aachen, how
ever. Is selling potatoes TO the people
AT the same rate the wholesalers
charge the large buyers. but Il cannot
At present sell In small lots owing TO
the large number OF salespeople and
the amount Of clerical help that re-
failing would require.
That the hotel keepers are not fear
ing q shortage OF potatoes is indicated
by he fact that with every fsh and
meat course they serve more potatoes
than anybody really wants.
IL Is said that In Kolb potatoes can
be bought In small lots for III cents
a pound. but | have o verified that
statement.
Bread is IL cents more a pound
than In ordinary tines and contains
20 per cent OF potato -four.
Butter In usually IS cents a pound
AZ this time OF the year. Now IL costs
SIh cents In large lots and 43A cents
In small Quantities.
Eggs-No material increase in price
for b best quality. but the cheaper
brands. for which the less prosperous
people used TO pay 2 cents a piece.
now . . cents q piece. Germany
used to import great quantities OF
the cheaper cooking Eggs from Italy,
out Italy. with food problems OF her
OWN on her mind. is ceasing to ex-
port eggs.
Beef-No increase In price.
Poultry-No Increase In price.
FORK Including the pork products
OF bacon and sausagel shows an in
crease OF ~ least onesixth IN price.
The quality Of bacon that used TO cost
80 cents q pound now costs 8 cents
more q pound
Rice-One-thfrd increase In price.
Peas-One-third Increase IN price.
BeanIOne-third increase in price.
Cabbage-Cheap. No increase In
price.
Fish-Cheap. Prices about as usual.
varying n little from day to day. as
In ordinary times, and on some DAYS
running perhaps q few pfennigs high
er h a usual.
Cohee-When I showed Boniface
Nagel. OF the Kaiserhof. the Ameri-
can newspapers dispatch about cof-
fee running short he said:
Nonsense. We have plenty OF cof-
Zee pay 2 marks a pound. or 80
cents In your money. now for the best
coffee. where I used to pay l mark so
CAS- cents)."
Us It true that hulled peas are not
to be had?"
I'VE have sufficient. but none 10
spare. The price. as you see. has gone
up ~onethisd."
Cheese-No increase in price.
Mflk-Half q q more per litre
than before the war.
Cooking Alphabetically double the
former price. Were AZ TO S cents a
pound In small purchases. Now S%
cents q pound. Table apples. no in
crease in price.
Marmalade-21A cents a jar. which
IL az cents less than same brand
corts In America
Sugar-Increase OF a few pfennigs
per pound.
Salt-No increase In price.
Oranges-No increase In price.
Lemons-No Increase in price.
Lady Fingers (cakes)-Were 90
cents a pound; now so cents or less
q pound.
As "a fuel and illuminants:
COAL@Same price as In usual
times. Also coke.
Gas-No increase in price.
Electricity-No increase In price.
Candles-Expensive. as always. and
cost a cent and q quarter uh) a
pound more.
Petroleum-Supply IL short and the
dealers are permitted TO sell only haif
as much Ne In peace times. some
days II II impossible TO get petro-
leum.
Sale In small quantities IL the rule
There are some curious oontradic-