The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-09-26
Merchants Prepare
For Price Raise
ali Goods Are Going Up. Flour Nav
Jump to $40 a Barrel Sugar
Raises rs Cents

''""eshiSh anu commission men i'm
view of reports from the east that
this fall will see general increase
In the prices OF clothing. staples and
even food, already are preparing 10
, meet the situation.
As an indication OF n sonrip, mar.
ket the price Of sugar was advanc.
cd % cents per hundred pounds on
the local market yesterday. with the
dealers expecting a further advance
soon. With the increase in effect.
quotations on sugar yesterday were
$50 retail for cane and 81 80 for
beet sugar.
Speaking Of the predicted advanc.
es, the manager OF a large grocery
company declared that present con.
ditions bear out the report that in.
creases in many lines will come soon.
Flour Is Going Up
"Al foods in daily demand have
advanced more or less lately. Flour
may reach $40 a barrel by Christ.
mas" he declared. Eastern -four now
commands $50 "A barrel. carload
lots. Sugar jumped % cents yester.
day. Lard is selling for better than
20 cents pound, and the increase
may be observed in all products and
cured meats and canned goods. be.
cause OF shortage in the crops this
year are expected to go higher than
at any previous time. Irvine costs
the merchants more than ever be.
fr"e, and the price of paper bags and
paper In general has also advanced
As a result, 1t takes more cash for
the merchant to do business. For
instance, whereas several months ago
one could buy 1000 sacks of sugar for
$4,000 he now has to pay $1,000 or
more for the same amount. Now a
thousand sacks Of -four cost $4,000.
whereas short time back $4,000 had
the same buying power. From this
viewpoint 1t is possible to grasp the
meaning OF advance in price.
III -four keeps on going up the
bakers say they may find it neces.
sary to decrease the size Of bread
leaves. No advance in price for the
cent loaf is contemplated. but the
bakers on the other hand will strive
TO discourage the demands for this
size OF loaf.
"Woolens, cottons and other dress
goods are also slated for sharp ad.
vances with the coming Of winter.
Mems and women's shoes, due to
leather scarcity caused by the de.
mand OF the allies for shoes. will al.
so go up, say shoe dealers. For a
shoe that cost IS a year Or So ago
one will have to pay 81 or better
this winter they predict"
Dairy Men Are Aroused
High cost of dairy cattle feed, es.
pecially hay, has brought about a sit
s"'''" ga NSoSi touhty, WHtTe tDG
farmers in the dairy business can.
not produce dairy products at prof.
1t, according to W. Preston Thomas,
Weber county farm agent. To discuss
remedial measures dairymen are to
meet with the Weber county farm
bureau at the bureau headquarters in
Ogden this afternoon. II the dairy.
ing industry Is to be extended in We.
Der county, Mr.. Thomas says, the
farmers must either get better dairy
stock-stock which will produce more
milk than the present stock-or the
formers must get a higher price for
their products. For some time the
bureau has been urging the buying
Of better dairy cattle on the grounds
that purebred stock will produce
more and require no more feed than
the inferior animals.