The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-12

The above shows the difference Of
cost in living in Kenosha in October,
1915, and in October of the year of
grace 1916. If you are a lover of rice,
If you can eat rice porage for break
fast, rice en- casserole, or steWed rice,
for dinner and top off with rice pud-
ding for dessert and be satisfied with
rice soup as the main feature Of the
menu for the evening meal, it will be
possible for you to reduce the price Of
living, but rice is the only thing in the
long list Of food products which shows
a reduction over the cost Of year ago.
Everything else is demanding added
tribute and in4some cases it is noted
that the advance is greater than
forty per cent
These figures are authentic. They
were taken from the books of grocers
and meat dealers and coal dealers in
Kenosha on Friday and the prices for
1915 were taken from actual charges
Ai1oC Oh DOOho LII UnS SAINT CbOICS a.
year ago. They may not be exactly
what you are paying on account of the
fact that they are the average prices
made from investigating figures in four
different stores. Some of these stores
were in the outlying districts and some
in the down town district. There was
some range in prices between the stores
on the outskirts and those in the down
town district, but when all the figures
were in, it was found that the aver
age of all things made the cost Of
living just about the same ON Main
street and on Salem avenue.
With the exception of the pork pro-
ducts which have gone soaring there
cost of meats in Kenosha in the year.
Kenosha seems to be paying about the
same for beef now as it was in 1915
and people who are thrifty and carry
baskets can save considerable off the
prices named in the schedule. There
has been create and rapid changes in
prices on some of the food products.
All can goods have advanced from
twenty to thirty per cent and follow
ing the market many of the dealers
have advanced the last years pur-
chases which were brought at much
lower price than is being charged this
year. Many Kenosha dealers bought
canned goods last spring and on this
account the price was much more
favorable than at the present time.
One contributing feature to the in
crease in the cost of coal is the fact
that the freight on coal from Buffalo
by barge has been boosted from forty
cents ton last October to $1.20 this
year. Coal men declare that at 1925
for furnace coal their profits are
less than if they were selling the
coal at $500 ton.
Tt is difficult to put down in figures
the advance on clothing and shoes. It
ranges from ten to thirty per cent ac-
cording to the class of goods purchased.
There has been no reduction on any of
these things and the winter supply of
fannels and warm suits is going to
cost considerably more than it did a
year ago. The cost of fruits and vege-
tables is a good deal of a gamble
Practically no prices are being quoted
on barrel apples. One dealer when
asked for price on barrel of Johna-
thans put it at $7.75. These same
apples last year sold at about $3.50
barrel.
Anxiety is expressed over the potato
supply for the winter. Just at present
the whole salers are selling potatoes
at $130 bushel, but this is not to the
house trade. To this trade the price is
close to $1.75 charged in the stores.
It is possible that later on there will
be an influx of northern potatoes which
will bring the price down to dollar
bushel, but this is not regarded as prob
able SGrocersswho~had- hand large