The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
COST OF LIVING TO TAKE FRESH
 FLIGHT UPWARD
Prices of Accessories Will Soon Soar Further, Deal
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 The predominating high prices in
 the food market, which have hit every home and incidentally every family pocketbook. are to soar to a
 still higher markg according to whole sale dealers.
 in the last few months there has been an outcry against the upward flight of prices on those comma OditicS which are classed as necessaries for sustenanceJ but the end is not near. The coming months will probably see much greater advances, the increases aecting even those staples advertised
 at specific prices. Canned, bottling and package goods are preparing for
 an increase in price.
 Reasons Given for Increase. Several causes are given for the
 change in the food market, and the
 principal one is that on which the
 law of supply and demand is based
 So tremendous are the demands for
 the necessaries of life that the sup
 ply has fallen short and the consum-
 CT is paying the freight
 Other reasons given are the glut-
 ting of the avenues, or railroads through which the commodities are
 passed from one point to another.
 Railroad freight terminals have be-
 come congested with freight, among
 which are foodstuffs.
 In certain commodities the war
 plays an important part. Ih sclne cases, Europe is demanding almost all of the output of this country and is paying fancy prices This results
 in this country in a shortage and ne-
 cessarily higher prices. Commodities imported have increased in price be-
 cause of the cost of transportation
 and marine insurance.
 Vegetables have jumped from 75 to
 100 per cent. in price, flour 60 per
 cent. and meat from to 15 per cent.
 Sugar has increased 45 per cent. Can ned goods, bottled goods-most of
 which are staple articles and have
 been selling at specific prices for fyears-are about to increase. Even cereals packed in paper-covered boxes and other commodities packed rise.
 Caused by Rise in Tin. Canned goods are going up because OI LI0 lUCT6dS0 III lnO COSL O1 LII dIlu the paper labc,s about them. Tin
 has increased about 65 per cent. in price, and paper has touched such a
 mark that every effort is being made to use it sparingly.
 Canned vegetable soups are going skyward because of the increase in thes price of vegetables and the cost of the tin cans. The tin is being used across the water, and the vegetable crop last year, with the exception of the crop of potatoes in Aroostook county, Me, was not normal. Aroos- took county is sending thousands of bushels of potatoes to Europe. short ening the below-normal market in this country. Bottled goods are due to rise for the reason that glass is scarce. This class of goods is also affected by the poor vegetable market.
 Boston Baked" that dish for which Boston is famous, has been hit as though struck by a sledge- hammer. The price has doubled and a higher mark is looked for. The poor crop last season in California is given as, the reason for the soar [ ing of the price of this commodity Flour has advanced $3 a barrel. Soldiers must eat, and the countries
 at war must be fed. This country is
 furnishing the wheat.
 Meats have joined their table com panions. In the last week beef and lamb increased in the wholesale mar
 ket from $1.50 to $2 a hundred 1 weight. Pork went up $1 a hundred weight and is scarce at that Salt
 pork is $1O barrel higher than last
 year. bisl Potatoes and Cabbage Soar. Potatoes, which were about s2.sO for two bushels at wholesale prices 2 year ago, are $4.25 for the same quantity to-day. Last year cabbage
 was selling for about $1 a barrel, and i to-day s6 for the same quantity is demanded. Onions are $5.25 100 pounds, as against $3.25 100 pounds year ago. Squash, which called for $2.50 a barrel year ago, now costs $4.5O. Apples are quoted at from $4.25 to $45O barrel, as against $235 a barrel at tkis time last year. Butter is commanding 40 cents a
 pound for higher variety, while print butter sells at AT cents. These prices show a market increase over last year. Fresh native eggs are now coming into the market, because the hens are now laying, thus causing a drop in that variety. Storage eggs have increased recently five cents a dozen, and fresh eggs have dropped.
 This market, it is expected, will be normal soon.
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