El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
FOOD TN LONDON IS
LIMITED And PRICES.
ARE ALWAYS SOARING.
Shopper Must Get Out Early in the Morning in Order
to Obtain Any Selection; Each Shopper Takes the
Family's Ration Coupon Books and Buys For ALL
Often Pooling the Coupons For Better Bargains.

DICHMOND, Eng, Nov Am Amer
N lean woman would not get much
fun out Of shopping for food in this
representative London suburb Of $4,000
population and a single winding bust
ness street. for two reasons: There
aren't any bargain cay prices. and
there's always q considerable delay IN
being served All stores. including
butcher shops, grocers. fish markets
and vegetable and fruit stalls are in
charge Of women and girls. Crowds
Of women purchasers; shop after shop
Ct women sellers Men are very
scarce.
The American woman shopper
would find that she could buy very
little fruit, either fresh or canned and
that little is obtainable only at ex-
orbitant prices; she would find that
vegetable prices are high. meat OBJ
tainabie only with ration cards
cheese practically unobtainabie. and
that she would be forced TO select her
groceries from among the staples and
arrange her menus from an unvarying
list.
Pooling the Coupons.
II she knew the ways Of the com
mUnity she would get to the shops
carlyle oclock-for by that time
the stores have received their new
supplies. If It were near the week
end she would first collect all the
food ration books, as each member Of
the family, including babies, is regis
tered for butter fats, sugar. meat and
tea The coupons are pooled and
roast Of beef, perhaps, is obtained for
Sunday. Bacon and ham are not "a
toned although one must be regis
tered 20 buy it. each family obtaining
its supply through one. and only one,
shop.
Sample Of Prices.
Here are some prices Of miseel-
laneous groceries from which the
shopper may select: One pound can
peas. 40 cents; 10 can pork and
beans. so cents ? ID can baked beans,
IS cents; butter, per pound Sc cents;
oleomargarine, per pound IS cents;
H. can tomatoes 80 cents o. can
salmon. IS cents; Il o. can salmon. !
- cents 3 OK Jar fish paste, % cents;
ID. can skippered herring, so cents;
sardines, large size, IS cents; sardines,
small size. % cents; / ID. honey, IN
paper Jar. so cents: Spanish onions,
per H.. u cents; flour, 3 ID. bags, Is
cents; flour, Z III. bags, 50 cents; dried
French plums like prunes), lbs for
$3.50, Jam (When available), per b.
=
salad oil. per pint, 80 cents; starch
per ID. 40 cents: pimiento olives,
small bottle, 30 centss tomato catsup.
small bottle. "a cents sauce, q cents;
pancake flour, per h, 19 cents; honey
sugar. per ID. II cents; graduated
sugar. per H., IA cents; crystal sugar,
per h.. 10 cents barley kernels, per
ID, Is cents; biscuits, per h.. IS cents
flake rice. per H., Is cents; ordinary
rice. z cents best grade rice, u cents;
cats. . lbs. 10 cents; mustard. per H..
56 cents: crackers. per ID, So cents;
butter cakes. per ID. 60 cents; h.
can golden syrup, - cents; fresh eggs,
per dozen. S1-20; fresh eggs (best
grade). per dozen. sLS2; cherries, pint
jar. sL20; butterbeans, per h.. IS
cents; navy beans, per h., u cents
flake tapioca. per ID. IS cents; pint
pickles. 81 cents; scrubbing soap. per
ID. Il cents; toilet soap. per cake, Z
cents: home produce bacon, per h,
cheapest grade, % cents; home pro-
ducs bacon. per h. best, 56 cents
Don't Eat Canned Corn
One looks in vain for canned sweet
corn. 1t is not TO be found The
English don't eat it A two pound
can Of apricots may be had for SLz5,
and a somewhat smaller can Of Cali
fornia peaches is the same price. All
canned fruit Of this nature must be
imported 4 quart can Of cherries, L
available would probably sell at $3.50. I
The shopper would be lucky If there
was fresh butter or any Of the better
grades Of bacon. To buy fruit she
would seek q fruit stall There she |
would see these prices
Peaches (grCwn in hothouse)i EACH