The Detroit times., 1916-10-17

GOT oNaylo .octlo
.i'it 1915 i'le
Flour btrral..... 8" $50 $50
Pork. lh ....... .I3i asa IS
Lard. no ......... n'it .l'"l 10
frunts. d. ......... asa 90 |t 30
EAtstnSt 10 ..... .n5 ga .pHil
turrauts. IU ufa, IU'- 10
salmon. dO2 cane LOS go =,
Sardiues. doz cans ." 900 $50
Iumlfs, drE. cans 50. So p.
Corn. drE cans. 81 'h -
Pens dHz cams g. ~ ~
Tea hes, Iul cans l.-f 1875 90
Meat butter and eggs are on the
lisl OF soaring foods. While bread
scorns 10 enter he dre-crnt loaf and
,ndeavors 10 Win the housewife over
20 pay ing 20 cents loaf In New
York tho district attorney and as.
sistant district attorney are ondeay
orinc 10 see whether or not the law
has been violated bt the concerted
raising OF prices ju certain CON
moditics The bakeries have been
put under tho om"isl microscope.
Tie district attorney Office has
been Informed hat a. least some
small bakers are making up for the
increased scosr of materials by
adul'erai,ng ingredients This how
ever, is wrong Information, as flr as
our biz bakers arc concerned.
These say that II there has been
an unlawful adulteration II must
have been by the very small con
Germs
Towards tho end OF The month the
Wicks Investigation committee OF
the loglslatu,e may come 10 New
York to investigate the Toul'r1
the butter and rEg market. Accord
ing 10 COMMISSIONS Dillon. New
York 10 now s,uo1poo pounds OF bat.
ter short in storage.
Meanwhile food buy ing Is going on
regardless Of price and ar rate
practically never known before
Wholesale Eroccrs rud food dis
tributors are overwhelmed WIKI bust
ness Retailers are sending IN or
ders with prices blank California.
probably ne greatest food produc
ing state in The Union outside OF the
grain states. and certainly The great
est producer OF canned goods, has
sold all OF her canned fruit, FISH and
vegetables cut OF FIRST hand and most
81 her dried fruit This is a year
of short crops OF grain fruit and
vegetables
rms last seLtence explains one
reason why We are short ola food
stuns In these United states There
Is a diminished suppll Of food tufts.
against which comes an unpreccdenJ.
ed demand Not only is there an
unquenchsble foreign demand. but
there IL lavish domestic demand.
Labor is we'll employed al h.gh
wages-higher than ever before
and it is spending lbs surplus Even
the milk strikes IN numerous local.
tiles IL Is declared are due 10 the
foreign demand Tor canned milk
Meat says tho United states Dc
partmont OF Agriculture. would be
a more available supply IN this
country. were il not for ihe enor-
nous losses caused boy disease aud
exposure In the past H. years Is is
estimated that about .475.u00 cattle
have died annually from disease. and
approximately 100000 from expos.
ure lu 1914 AZ least 10000 hogs
died Of cholera
The reports points out that the
United States still Is rot only The
greatest 'ueateating nation. but the
creates producer approximately
twice as much Is consumed a. m
Germany before tho war and total
normal consumption In Russia, Great
Britain and France Is less than In
Germany The per capita ,onsump
ton IN the United states also bon
far the greatest except IN Australia
and New Zealand
In the fiscal years 1911 ana 1918
the United states int urted morN
fresh chilled and frozen beet and
mutton than d exported and import
I'd more beef of all kinds than Il
exported in l9ll
Th' uitod States Department Of
Agriculture keeps right after TN"
meat question from CNery possible
angle II even concerns itself with
details of how the housewife can
help out the family meat budget by
utilizing the fat. bone. and trim
mings I'M meats and the leftover
cold meats u describes tho differ
ent fool values ia The parts OF meat
and cuts or fat its bulletin for Tho
housewife on r,eats says.
In The percentage OF lat present
in different kinds and cuts of meat
greater difference exists than IN
the percentage al protoids IN .
given table, the lowest percentage OF
fat wa 81 per cont IN tho chank of
bcor. Tho highest was 81 per cent
in the pork chops Tho highest
priced cuts. loin and ribs of beef
contain 90 to 30 per cent If the
lat Of meat BE- NOT eaten az tn"
table and is not utilized otherwise. a
pecuniarg loss results lf butter Is
the ia used I'M making Crusts for
meat pies and In preparing tho
cheaper cuts. there g. little economy
involved The fats from other meats
should therefore be saved ~ they
may be used in place Of butter In
such cases. as well as IN preparing