The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-24
BOARD NAMES
PRICES ON SIX
MORE STAPLES

SIN more food commodities
were added Thursday 90 the list
of articles for which the q. \.
food publishing committee has
fixed the maximum and min
imum limits.
The new HIST includes butter
and eggs. No changes wero
made In either the wholesale or
retail prices ~ staples announo.
I'd Wednesday.
Tho price the committee has dccid
"a tho consumer should pay for but
ter iH as follows. Fresh creamery
bricks. from OF TO 90 cents per
pound. cubca. 90 TO 60 cents. best
storage. so 90 60 cents The retailer
pays from % 70 80 cents for bricks.
o. cents for cubes ana 90 to as cents
for best storage butter
Give Egg Price
The consumer should pay from 50
"a go cents per dozen for strictly
fresh ranch eggs. % TO 30 cents for
puiiet eggs and 40 10 4s cents for
storage eggs Retail prices. Strictly
fresh ranch. Ss to % cents, storage.
% To as cents
Cheese prices are as follows. Con.
sumner. IS to 80 cents per pound. re-.
taller. Is 20 20 cents per pound.
Iiominy and Prunes
Pearl barley Cbuikl per pound Con.
sumner 10 TO ~ cents. retailer. sh TO
. cents
iiominy sells IN 2h.pound cans AZ
i2a TO 10 cents. In s.pound sacks.
70 TO 30 cents. bulk. ~ TO So cents
per pound. The retailer pays tii7h
TO tl.ss per dozen cans. IS TO 10
cents for e.pound sacks and sk 20
ca cents per pound for bulk.
Pruncs Largo Italian variety
Consumer. IS to In cents per
pound: retailer. ~ to isA cents per
pound. Medium Italian variety
Consumer. 1874 TO 10 cents; retailer.
20 10 ~ cents.
Seattle housewives who expect
ed 90 buy grocrric. cheaper ~
result Of the fixing Of maximum
prices by the food price publish
Ing board, received n s~t~ hack
Thursday.
Many hoped that the prices Of
many food commodities would be-
lowered at least slightly.
The range 81 prices on II sta
pie foods announced yesterday
does not mean that groceries are
going 10 be any cheaper.
Proprietors OF representative
stores all over tho city say their
prices were already within tho limits
fixed by the food committee. Only
In n few instances are their prices
slightly above thu maximum.
Beans. however. are affected. Most
groceries have been selling beans
around tho top price fixed by the
board. II cents per pound for fancy
California small white and Lima
beans. several have been charging
% cents for two pounds. Tho only
place where the quotation has been
20 cents per pound In at thosc small
stores In the downtown districts
where rent and other expenses are
high.
All Undc~ Mailman
Groceries in the residential dis
tricts como well within tho rang. OF
prices on most articles. Their prices
are an near tho minimum M tho mar
lrnurn. SONS reach the high prioea.
some tho low. and others strike an
average. Even the stores considered
90 have the highest prices do not OK.
ccrd the maximum
ono OF two OF tho highgradc pat.
ent fiours are above the maximum.
In most cases this excess Of the
boards price In eliminated with de-
duction Of delivery charged One
Btore has been selling It's best flour
at s2.so per sack. Fifteen cents was
deducted when delivery was not re-
auired. bringing the price nearer the
minimum than tho maximum figure.
The prices on corn meal. rolled
oats, rice and potatoes generally
have followed closely tho minimum