Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-19

with the proprietor of the Hotel Kali
serhof. The hotelkeeper and the
householder agreed as to the correct
ness of the list when we had finished
WIN II. Here are the facts II con-
tains:
For potatoes, which under normal
conditions cost S112h hundred
weight at this time of the year, the
hotelkeeper now pays s1.25 to s1.5O,
the latter price for the best quality.
The small householder, however
VINO buys from the green grocers in
small lots has to pay from two and a
quarter to three cents a pound, where
in October he was paying only one
cent a pound, or one and a quarter
cents a pound for the best quality.
For the small buyer, therefore, the
price of potatoes has more than dou-
bled.
No Shortage of Potatoes.
The municipality of Aachen, how
ever is selling potatoes to the people
at the same rate the wholesalers
charge tho large buyers, but II 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 hotelkeepers are not fear
ing a shortage Of potatoes Is indicated
by the fact that with every fish and
meat course they serve more potatoes
than anybody really wants
1t Is said that in Koln potatoes car
be bought in small lots for one and az
eighth cents a pound, but 1 have not
verified that statement.
Bread iG Ona and "a uuurfpr cents
more a pound than in ordinary times
and contains 20 per cent of potato
flour.
Butter is usually thirty-five cents q
pound at this time of the year. Now
II costs thirty-seven and half cent
IN big lots and forty-three and three
quarter cents in small quantities.
Eggs-No material increase in price
for the best quality. but the cheaper
brands, for which the less prosperous
people used to pay two cents apiece
now cost three cents apiece. German,
used to import great quantities of thu
cheaper cooking eggs from Italy, bu
Italy, with food problems of her owl
on her mind, is oeasing to export eggs
Beef-No increase in price.
Poultry-No increase in price.
Pork Slightly Higher.
Pork (including the pork product
of bacon and sausage) shows an in
crease of at least one-sixth In price
The quality of bacon that used to cos
thirty cents a pound now costs fiv'
cents more a pound.
Rlce-One-thirdi increase in price.
Peas-One-third increase in price.
Beans-One-third increase in price
Cabbage - Cheap. No increabe il
price.
Fish-Cheap. Prices about as usual
varying a little from day to day, as II
ordinary times, and on some days run
ming perhaps a few pfennigs higher
than usual.
Coffee-When l showed BonifacS
Nagel of the Kaiserhof the American
newspapers dispatches about coffee
running short he said:
Nonsense! We have plenty of cof.
fee. | pay two marks pound, oi
fifty cents in your money, now for the
best coffee, where I used to pay one
mark eighty (forty-five cents)."
is it true that hulled peas are MOI
to be had?"
I'VE have sufficient but none tC
spare The price. as you see, has gon,
up one-third.
Cheese-No increase in price.
MIX Half cent more per litrt
than before the war
Cooking apples-Nearly double thu
former price. Were four and u hal
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