The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-22
.KE0Kuh'5 GROCERY
BILLS LARGEST
Quincy, burlington and citfs Prices
on Staple Articles of
Food Show Some
Differences
FIGURES ARE QUOTED
Interpretation Committees Lists Com
pare@Potatoes and Canned
Goods Highest

! The price Of new potatoes in
j KsoSuk was cut from Z cents
L pound 10 the consumer TO 51a and
Il s cents a pound. today. The price
OF lard has been advanced from
II 30S. 10 s1l~ cents TO 81 and 80
y cents q pound 70 the consumer.
KeoEuk hoUsehoIders are paying
considerably more for their groceries
than purchasers of foodstnffs in eth
ler Burlington or Quincy. In some in
stances, too, meats are higher here
than in those cities
( Comparison is made of price Lists
furnished by interpreting commit
tees Ia the three cities for Friday,
June n
In practically every item. Keokuk
prices are highest
The greatest disparity Is noticed
in The prices of grain foods and pota-
tees
Spuds Much Higher Here.
1 Keokuk dealers for instance are
getting seven cents pound for new
potatoes There are sixty pounds in a
b1shel. dry measure That would
make the price $40 here while
Budngtuu new potatoes are selling
lat ~ cents pound or $2-s5 a BUSH
81 Quincy Is selling new potatoes at
sz35 10 $40 bushel
Ths reason Keokuk new potatoes
;are high Is because dealers are push
ing this stock rather than the old,
housewives believe. Old potatoes are
lot listed al all by Keokuk dealers
II the official food price list as fur
nsshed by the interpreting committee
here
Quincy and Burlington official lists
bo1h carry them. Some old potatoes
ere roeting in this section, it is re-
ported
Strictly fresh eggs in Quincy are
selling at 80 cents dozen Keokuk
dealers are getting 80 cents doc,
en- for No. 1 candled eggs
syrups Not Listed.
Syrup, a table staple is given no
mention at all in the Keokuk price
lists for several brands and grades
are quoted for the benefit of con-
sumers.
One Of the few articles of food be-
ing sold In the three cities at about
it is 81 cents a pound; Quincy, 9 to
81 cents; Burlington about the
same.
Flour Substitutes Lead.
Wheat flour substitutes are higher
in every item in Keokuk that Burl-
ington and Quincy dealers are selling
them for.
Dealers here are asking and get
ting GA to 6h cents a pound for
cornmeaL. 1t Is 81 and 6 cents in
Quincy and SO cents for ten pound
sacks in Burlington.
Quincy sells pearl hominy from
to tx cents; Keokuk 81 to 81
cents a pound Burlington gets 77z to
8 cents.
Country Butter unquoted.
Creamery butter is 471s to 1875
cents in Burlington; in Quincy it is
40 to so for creamery and 40 cents
for country butter. Dealers IN Keo-
kuk get so to SO cents a pound for
creamery and do not quote country
butter.
Oleomargarine in the three cities
is about the same price.
While ham is 80 to So a pound In
Quincy, Keokuk pays not less than
SO cents for it, according to the list |
Bacon here is as cents a pound |
Quincy sells it at 40k to 46 cents for |
medium grades and Burlington. omits |
the item.
Ground rolled oats. 91a and 10 |
cents a pound in Keokuk brings only |
tx to cents in Burlington and to |
tx cents in Quincy.
When it comes to canned goods |
Keokuk prices on some articles top |
those of the other two towns.
Some Canned Prices.
comparison of the food price Ia
bles shows that Keokuk pays 1914 to
% cents for canned corn, Burlington,
does not quote and Quincy pays 1914
to Is cents for standard and 1T1s to
2?2 cents for fancy corn Canned
peas, fancy brand, sell for Is to 20 +
cents in Quincy; Keokuk pays IS to
28k cents a can for Their
Milk in tall cans, here, brings Is ~
to IA cents; Quincy gets IL and 13
cents and Burlington. IL to Ii cents. !
Navy beans here are 1914 and 20
cents; Quincy, 14h to 17k cents
and Burlington, Is to 20 cents. Lima
beans runs this way in the three
towns; Keokuk, 20 to 211s cents:
Quincy, IL to 1S1s; Burlington, 10 to
%.
Quincy prices, taking the lists as
a whole are lower on nearly all ar
ticles than are those of Keokuk and
Difference in Prunes
While there are various grades of
prunes, Keokuk quotations on this :
article are 16 to 2Sk cents a pound;
Burlington gets Is to 10 cents for /,
them and Quincy 1914 to 17h cents