The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-02-21

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t,rTi, tia,.;,,a ni'; -" p!lce seasons the hlEh
;,,,,a,y,, 80 'to '"t'ci '''arNcI are more
g1ito wolI fn,ototd ,r,,oro ~ to
hie,, cost nnrind. i, M l,u,to, ,,nnI
ana uniy nnn lov. ,rbo ,i,.o, hiob ~;
period NAV be in eithcr Iom,arv Iroh
ruary NprcI ~, AMI r,i,iin ,1,n acn
Noyo,nbn,. ~ bnrn,mhn, r;tT ,,at,,
then Backward fnctiotion ma Oa.
t0brr Hr, ,hn loy, rn,I !. ,I1't,.., !,
Inmn .rL iri,. aJ,5a,,,t, T MN -, ~ =,
six chartrl ynSr. !, nnrr,..nL i, N,,,,,,
1,bn .nr,oo of hn,,a, .o,cIol =, ,'i',N' Io,,'
ssr IN 'loI1 ,vhnn III Inril ,hn Sos,
crn9urc,,y cnnid ho ri,,.ci,.s,, ,,.,,,I,
sn'n at is.05 .rrpts . .npnna .ube XIX
C,nyar charf4 inbirnt. n,t rnn.l
vtrl stand fDr y lrnu ttn, r,, Il, III
raar vc.n.e II hos a,.r.,.aa ,fon, j..
vcnts.a pound in thr nerioda y,brn Nh
npicgs o,a lnwnst Thn n,,,i.l,u,, hnt.
Ter eupplv wps most bnnntif,,l MA M
prices as shDwn in n,n lirC,n,S,,,
charts have hoycrcd nctwrcn Al anG
80 cents in the two hiph nricc nrrinds
while tho low records hovc bccn ,,oarh.
ed in all wears cxccnt 101I IN 10
mounts Of June. .Iulv ana Argnst
And that is why McGowan generally
visits The butter markets in the last
three months named
Take one other great FOOD commo.
dity. namely, wbcat nour ana Va, nm
across one OF the paymos,or Grncr-
ais biggest and most pi,Z2ling man
Ions. In 1911. 1912. ana 1912 thc
prices Of rour nor hnsheI hnravrI
'yrry dccCntlv". MS thc Admiral him.
self cXarosscI il . rcw dovs 400 FOR,
only on two occasions. aid tho stonIc
climb uD 10 ard oycr ihc 81 mark;
in the latter BART OF Srptcmber lol
and in MAN and June. 1912 If. navnr
went above 81 cents i'm 1919 hut in
1914, tho hcginnina of thp great war
is indicated by the fact that tho price
Jumped from 9S cents a hushcl on
August |, TO $l.29 on Snntcmhcr 10
urounG which figure, with occnsional
slight variations. II remained for thc
rc3t Of that year In 1915 wheat thcn
started at SIPS on January / iumpcd
TO Sl.ol on April 20. declined to $l.27
on Juno 10, then jumped TO $l.33 on
July 20, droppcd to 81 cents on Sep
tember ana then slowly climbed
nnni, bE The end OF Eecombcr it was
Wh0icSalinE al $i.lo a buShcl.
AS for 1916. il IS 4 different StOr~.
the chart tells. Admiral MCGOWAN
contracted for tho nayy's supply OF
Hour in juno of asst Year, and hy do
ing so TOOK ADVANTAGE Of 4 market
IN which the price of wheat varied
during a period of thirty days from
Sio9 to Sl.lo a bushcl. The navy
uses over lo,ooo,ooo pounds or flour
cAch year and the amount saved to
n.
Cd by taking into consideration the
TACT that after Juno wheat climbed TO
- % on Sept. and $l.9l in N0vcm-
Der, after which it slowed down a BIT
ana ended December at Sill.
IheSc references to the charts that
snow INC prices OF eggs, butter, and
liour Tor the SiX years ending Doccm-
- . G""'" pc h,ul,,pileu hoei'Ni'er
i, ,',. ;" /" :, ~ ''l"' ~ -, "''or "
.,n,;,.' 9" ',,s,n'v Nc'e."i ~ hot!,n
,n|a =, ~ ~" iiN""Nl
meats, "u2af' canned Sood5 OF every
N,lu' c"l'cc' cocoa choco,atc, al are
nilaII.n oaE D! Gay ana me liilic
I''.oS 'i'n' "'sHhE iFoh January 10 'e-
cci''DeI nave mace II possible Tor Nd
I,''i"! NHuo"ah 10 on'aih me rcpnla-
~ "'',' '','.'7" nc"
nsol 'ilc 'h''cu STATES Navy mas
Nlo"h.
There are now between $1,000 and
"o'voo ehliS'eu men IN me united
S'"teS navy IN no navy IN nc world
- ne men scl Sucil sood lood ana
80 h'uci OF IT, me pure iood laws are
on'ortco Mc',oWah sees 10 maj. IN
S',' nc: ISSUED TO me service ~. ~
-" i',ioI'S, NC iotnl cost OF Whicn