The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-04-18


Tor the soaring price. Heretofore
rice has been imported into this coun.
try. This year because of the con.
ditions brought about by the war no
rice has been imported. but a consld-
ernble quantity has been exported.
Rice formerly selling at from 1925
to $500 bag ID now s4.oo to $5. 90
and the consumption Is steadily in.
creasing. because 1t is one OF the
cheapest articles OF food.
Sugar Is h4f6 TO get now and daily
the brokers who have been handling
1t are withdrawing from the market
1t has gone up from s cents q pound
to cents. nearly seventy five
per cent advance in price. nrt'
Take hog products. Butts. the
cheapest meat on the market. have
scared TO an almost unfeachable
heighth. From the normal Z 1-2 cents
a pound they are bringing 10 Ia
cents. Other meat Is in proportion.
Lard. normally ga cents. Il NOW
II 1-2. - :
Molasses is another common
household food harder to get than
ever before. at least some brands Of
It. Take the cheapest grades. which
formerly sold at ii cents a gallon.
They now bring 80 cents. More mon
ey ia made by converting this grade Of
syrup into explosives than by selling
It for eating purposes. Corn syrup
jumped from 80 to ssc gallon and
II is almost impossible to get It at
that price. Cane syrup has not In
creased so much. From 40 tos42 cents
a gallon It has gone to 81. cents All
can syrup Is high. having increased
from 75 cents to 800 a case.
Salt is another necessity which has
been caught up In the ascension. It
has gone from so to 80 cents a bag
and Is steadily going higher. .;t
Peas and beans are also bailooning.
Lima beans which one time sold for
6 to z cents pound are now selling
at 13 and 13 LIZ cents a pound. Mar
ket peas have gone from four cents
pound to s 3-4 cents. t
Take the various kinds Of con-
densed milks. The Dime brand is up
from $3.50 to $3.50 case. and cans
from ten to Is cents. Evaporated
milk has increased about fifty per cent
In price and 1t is almost impossible to
get II.
The ordinary sardine. salmon. and
other kinds Of canned fish have in
creased In price from nifty to a hun
dred per cent. Canned tomatoes have
gone from 80 cents dozen cans to
$1.45. No. % and can't be bought
at that price now. No. So have gone
from 80 cents a dozen to $3.50 and
cost more on recent prices. Other
canned goods have increased In about
the same proportion. Pickles have
gone up twenty-five to thirty cents q
dozen Jars.
Maccaroni Is still cheap article of
food. 1t has only Increased about
15 cents case, but indications point
to 1t going higher. Cheese goes with
maccaroni. This Is not the season for
1t. and 1t is even cheaper now than
II was In the winter. but with the new
cheese coming in the latter part of the
summer, the price Is now an unknown
quantity.
Canned meats have gone up, as the
price Of meat has changed. Potted
nam Is seven and a half cents more
a dozen now than formerly; Vienna
sausage sells for twenty cents more
per dozen cans than formerly and
cant DO purchased. Hash, tripe
sausage meat. corned and roast beef,
all command very much more fancy
prices now than they ever did before
Formerly they were looked upon q,
common food now. the high price re-
quired for them prevents any but the
wealthy eating them. .... ..t
Nearly everybody uses soap. Conn
mon grades have gone up about fifty
cents box. Tobacco la I'm the swim.
Ordinary chewing tobacco has gone
up'4 to 6 cents pound. Smoking
tobacco has increased even more.
Paper Is with the bird gang 1t has
gone up like the lark, and now prac.
ticaily all grades are nearly triple In
price what they were n couple of
years ago. Ordinary wrapping cord
is nearly as bad. .....
" But changing from the groceryman
to tho butcher. see what Is being dono
there for Poor Mr.. Ultimate Consum-
err Cattle have zone nm two cents a