Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-25
TURKEY AND "F|X|NS"
WILL COST -MUCHMORE
Prices So Much Higher As
To Eliminate Some
Thankfulness

Now that the ThanksgivingVdinner
with the turkey and all the customary
trimmings must be served next Thurs
day, it behooves the good housekeeper
to study up little on market prices,
especially since the word has gone out
that the cost of living has stepped into
q class by itself whereby living may
be termed luxury.
In order that the economical house
keeper may trim the annual turkey feast
according to the household pocketbook,
the following figures of the present day
market are given, compared to one year
ago 1t is a sad, discouraging story.
For instance, sugar, now selling at
l-2 cents a pound was worth only
q 1-2 one year ago, and today it takes
just $2.45 to buy sack of flour while
one year ago said sack was priced at
$1.65.
Lard, that household cooking neces.
sity has jumped from Is to 20 cents a
pound since last Thanksgiving and the
housekecper may returp thanks if there
are any with the consolation of il is con
ISOLATION that cottolene has advanced
from 16 cents a pound to 81 within the
past IL months.
Bacon, included with other eatables
as part of the staff of life, climbed
the ladder of living about five cents
pound and that other good old stand.
by, ham, is now four cents higher than
the last day we gave thanks for the
many manifold blessings
Eggs, equal partners in the "ham
and" family are retailing 10 cents
dozen higher than a year ago and but
ter five cents pound more. There is
no change in the price of milk but
there is little consolation in that as now
the same money that bought Is ounce
loaf of bread, will bring home only ~
ounces. However, sweet potatoes are
on an equal market basis of one year
ago, but here again there is no chancs
TO figure out an average as the good
old standby, Irish potatoes, have doub.
led in price, as one year ago they re.
tailed at so cents bushel and now
they are sky-larking along at 81.
The corn meal story Is not so dis
eouraging as now it sells for four
cents q pound, only half cent more
than one year ago and rolled oats are
only one cent higher, retail. Raisins are
Is cents pound compared to IL 1-2
one year ago.
The man who requires couple of or.
anges for breakfast may have the salts
faction of eating at the same price as
one year ago and the dinner oyster soup
will figure no more than last Thanks
giving. Bananas have not advanced in
price, nor have Brazil nuts and wal
nuts.
There is no cause to give thanks over
the price of turkeys, ducks, geese, or
chickens. Last year the average turkey
price was 26 cents a pound while this
year the average figure will. be 80 or
more. The cranberry dressing costs two
and half cents more quart. Salmon
that sold for 10 cents is now worth
II cents pound retail and halibut has
advanced from II IL cents to l7' Geese
were Is cents dressed one year ago, but
now it will require about 22 cents to
buy the same. Mushrooms have climb.
ed the ladder from so 'cents q pound to
so cents and Tillamook cheese from 25
cents to 80 cents n pound
All of which seems TO indicate that
when it comes to the commissary de-
partment OF the household, the econom-
ical housewife may return thanks for
the fact that the indications are shat
prices will hardly climb any higher and
also from the fact that doctors all de-
clare that we would all enjoy better
health If we would only cut down on the
amount we eat.