The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-01
FOOD PRICES

FOX TOPEKA AND SHAWNEE COtNTY
| as interpreted by the price Interpretation
board of Shawnee county. f. Montgomery.
chairman
The new regulations supersede the $3.50
rule.
The retail dealer selling standard wheat
| flour is required to carry in stock. either
| barley flour. corn flour. or corn meal and
| with every sale of wheat flour must sell n
| or some Of the other recognized substitutes
| in proportion of one pound substitute to
each four pounds OF wheat flour: No dealer
ton to the consumer and the substitutes
must conform TO the standard fixed by the
United States food administration.
The rules limiting sales by retailers of
| wheat to an eighth of n barrel In cities and
| a quarter barrel In sparsely settled dis
tricts are rescinded.
This list Is printed by order of the
| United States food administration.
| This list Is printed by order of the
| United States food administration.
| Prices approved by the Topeka board are
FLoUR-wheat flour. e4.lb. sack. cost
$1.s71a@1 $50; sell 81 4s4 i:Sn Enik. per
IS S cost g. sf se nf 49, Rye onr buk
per H.. cost 57sc, sell 1@7Ac. Corn flour.
cost 5.eoe to &c. sell to &C. Rice flou:
CORN MEAI-Bulk per lb. cost 4.3s.
viCronY BREAD-24,ounce loaf. cost
12c, sell 14@1oc; 16-ounce loaf. cost Sc, sell
! OATMEAL-Or rolled oats. bulk. per H.,
age. cost 1Ozsc. sell $50 14c.
| SUGAR-Granulated. bulk. per h.. cost
1O.O1e. sell lbs. PC lbs. sc.
BEANs-White. navy navy or pea. 14kc. sell
17@19c. Colored. pinto or any other vari-
ETY.; per Ib cost 1S@loAe sell 121s@1a n.c,
cost "a to 36c. sell 40 to 45c.
| ONIONS-Per h.. cost 21a@51ac. sell 49,
| SR1ISyNS- Seedad 16-ounce pecksrc cost
Notwithstanding size. so to DOC per b..
cost cAasE NET ~ lI5 grade,
per 2o-ounce can. cost 15c. sell 1s@ zoe
CANNED CORN-Standard grade. per
| CANNED PEAs-Stnndard grade. per
2O-ounce can, cost 13A to 15c, sell is to Do.
7e 1 Eink 81. Aas g
25c. Tall red Alaska per 1G-ounce eau.
cost &c. sell 33Gi35c.
EvAPoRATEp mi MILKT IN IN per
ed. per 16-ounce can. lie, sell 1sc.
MILK-Bottled, quart cost 10@12hc, sell
.BUTTER-Cost 55h to 561ac, sell 60 to
0LEoMARGARINE-P h., cost, % to
EGGs-Per dozen, cost SOC sell IS to Coo.
CHEESE-American. full cream cut. per
h., cost 81 to 4Oc: sell 6 to &c lb. above cost.
LARD-Pure leaf. bulk. per h.. cost
2963Oc. sell 32635c.
LARD SUBSTITUTE-Bulk. per h., cost
241s6 PIC. sell 2S@301ac.
! BACON breakfast. sliced standard
grade)-Cost As to 45Ac, sell 55 to Coo per
PORK CHoPs-Cost 2s1s to s2c, sell 40
HAM tsmoked. sliced)-Cost 40 to 45c.
ROUND sTEAK-Cost 25 to CSC. sell So
HENS fyear or more ODD. dressed.
draxr de md foot off root 10
H.. sell at IS to 43c Id. Buttermilk fed
hens, dressed. drawn. feet and heads eff
cost 40c H.. :; sell Mt 55 to GOc Id.
No one is permitted to have sugar or
flour in excess Of thirty days supply. Par
ties having more will be considered hoard
ers." for which the penalty Is very severe.
place of the other kinds.
Eat potatoes rec. and corn products.
stitutes and do your bit to help win the
war. ''Af+
Save wheat: meats. fats, sugar and serve
the cause Of freedom.
Retafls should conform to the prices or
appeal to the local board for reimbursement.
customers sign for every sale Of sugar and
send their signatures every thirty days to
W. P. lines. Wichita: Kan Grocers. can
1nnes in muftiples of 4.
I Rice, oatmeal. table hominy or cracked
homfny can no longer be used is flour sub
stitutes.
The sugar distribution division at WASH
ineton has ruled that retailers should not
be allowed profit in excess of 1 cent a
pound In any case. except where the work
ing out of fractions produces such excess.
This means a margin of profit 1 cent per
pound over retailers floor cost
Dealers owning sugar at n less price
than the above market quotations must OBJ
serve this margin CT profit. 1c per ID.
Also that the ruling Of September 81 1918,
that the two pound rule for city customers
and five pound quantity limitations for
country customers will remain In full force
turnout this entire zone