Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-25

NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN
PRICES OF STAPLE GOODS
Butter, Eggs and Canned Goods Much
Higher Than Last Year-Prospects
For Decrease in Price Not Rosy
i Great Variety Of DeIieaoies, at Prices
About az Usual.

With THANKSGIVING coming on the
last day of No -ember. as near to
Christmas as possible, local merchants
have laid in an extra large stock Of
good things to eat and the market is
plentifully supplied with staple and
fancy edibles, including fresh goods
for Thanksgiving and nuts and fruits
which will keep over until Christmas.
Altho no noticeable change will be
in effect on the prices OF several
special items generally listed for
Thanksgiving dinner the present high
prices of the staple articles which are
necessary as foundations for any big
dinner will be noticed in many cases.
Particularly is this true in potatoes,
which must be used in a Thanksgiv-
ing dinner East year potatoes sold at
IS cents a bushel. Today the whole
sale price is So. The flour that goes
into the pastry is also very high.
Varieties that are selling at So per
sack of forty eight pounds, cost this
time last year $3.50. The lard that also
goes into pastry, and for other forms
" SOOnlHs, SOSto SSIltS uOW, DIS SOAA-
pared to Is cents a year ago. Oysters
that go into dressing are but very little
higher, and some dealers are selling
at the same figures they did last year
From all indications at the present
time turkeys will be only little higher
than year ago. Some dealers, how
ever, who quoted prospective prices to
T.-R. reporter week ago, are now
declaring that those figures were I'M
authorized.
Butter and Eggs Way Up.
Butter, eggs and canned goods, in
Guiding both fruits and vegetables, all
things which must be used for good
meal are much higher than last year.
Creamery butter is selling at retail
now at from AZ to "A cents pound,
an advance from 8 cents to 10 cents
over last year. Good country butter is
from 81 to SO cents, as against 80 cents
year ago.
Eggs are skyward, selling at "A cents
dozen, from 10 to Is cents above the
figure q year ago. This price may
even increase, as the storage supply
Is short, according to an article just
published in The Interstate Grocer, OF
ST. Louis. The storage supply Of but
ter at present is over 100000 pounds
less than last year, according to gov
eminent figures. while eggs are cor
respondingly less also.
Canned Goods Also High.
Canned vegetables and fruits are
also much higher. Peas, corn and beans
are all selling at from to 10 cents q
can more owing to the actual scarcity
retailing this year at from 12k to 25
cents per can as against 10 to 10 last
year. With these essentials increasing
in price the big Thanksgiving dinner
will cost more this year than at any
time for some years previous ,altho
other items generally listed for such
dinner have not increased noticeably.
Getting down to vegetables the mar
ket is plentifully stocked. Cranberries
for the sauce are still selling at from
10 to Is cents quart, the same as last
year. Good crisp celery has shown no
increase in price, and the quality Is eX-
ceptionally high. Celery cabbage, a
different variety, which grows in long
stalks, and is used great deal for
salads, is on the market and sells Tor
from Is to 20 cents stalk. Florida
grape fruit, a favorite in making
salads, can be had in various sizes.
ranging from 5 cents to three for 20
cents Florida oranges are selling at
IS cents a dozen. Navel oranges will
also be here in time for Thanksgiving.
This brand is generally cheaper, but
not as juicy as the F1oridas.
Desert: Especially Plentiful.
The assortment of delicacies and
dessert was never so plentiful as this
year, declare several local merchants
who have an unusually large stock Of
a sorts of dainties. There is candied
rhubarh. the very latest in candied
goods, selling for so cents pound, as
well as all the other candied lines,
citron, orange peel and other fruits
Preserved skinless figs, put up in cans
at 40 cents the can. are another
novelty They resemble the ordinary
preserved figs, except that the skins
have been removed. Persimmons,
ounces, Emperor grapes, stuffed figs
and dates, layer raisins, Kiefer pears,
and apples are displayed in tempting,
array in the various windows, with
accompanying prices which are not eX
orbitant.
Many Varieties Of Apples.
Barrel apples include many varieties.
There are the, Greetings, Northern Spy,
Baldwins and Grimes Golden, at from
so to rs cents peck, while Jonathans,
in boxes are sold by the dozen. A
gen eral advance has been noticed in
nuts the prices ranging from % cents
q pound up. Budded English walnuts
are 80 cents pound this year. New
York cheese, a necessity for the
Thanksgiving pie, is higher retailing
at 35 cents a pound, Toto Is cents
higher than a year ago. In August
Long Horn cheeses cost the dealer II
cepts. Now the wholesale price is 80
cents.