The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-25
FOOD HIGH HERE!
Retail Quotations in N. Y. Low
as Western Average.
Bacon so Cents in Topeka Costs
4S in Gotham.
ROUND STEAK ABOVE USUAL
Wheat Substitutes, in Some
Cases, Are Lower Here.
In Other Instances They Are
Higher Than Elsewhere.

AltnO New Ork- because Oh It's uiS-
lance from the great producing area,
is the logical place where one would
expect to find the highest prices in
the country. the cost of foodstuffs In
that city is, on an average. as low il
not lower than in the middle west,
where the majority of the conmodi-
ties originate. This shown by retail
food price figures in effect May l, and
printed in the current issue of the
American Food Journal. The prices,
apparently, include those fixed by the
local administration food boards.
The figures cover thirty-five differ
ent cities. including Topeka, and with
a few exceptions Topeka is shown TO
be paying the high average price FOR
the majority of commodities Tne
exceptions include certain wheat SUD
stitutes on which S. NJ. Brewster. at
torney general for Kansas, charges
profiteering in Kansas. On the other
hand, this city is shown to be paying
an unusually high price for some OF
the substitutes.
Bacon Exorbitant Here.
Meats are among the commodities
which consumers in Topeka are shown
to be paying a price higher than in
the majority of other eenters- For IN
stance, bacon is shown to be selling in
Topeka for so cents pound Despite
the fact that Topeka is. besides being
adjacent to the VESTS largest packing
center. the. center-of the hog produc-
ing area, New Workers get the same
quality of bacon for IS cents, the price
falling as low as AZ cents in Buffalo.
n. Y. and the majority of prices in
the thirty-five cities covered being As.
so and 90 cents a pound.
New York. hundreds of miles from
a packing center is paying 40 cents a
pound for round steak. So is Topeka
The average retail price in other
cities is IS cents. Ham in New York
in Topeka. At Denver the product is
selling retail for 35 cents and national
prices average from 40 to so cents.
Potatoes Here Double Average
There are few exceptions where
New Workers pay more for their food
stuffs than consumers in the rest of
the country. White potatoes are SELL
ing in New York for 7h cents
pound. The next highest price in the
country is in Topeka and is s \ cents
In all other cities spuds average from
l y to cents. In the face of the
fact that the next to the top price pre-
walls here, Topeka is in the center of
the Great kaw valley growing district
One bright spot in the list of prices
Is the fact that Topeka pays IS cents
a dozen for fresh eggs. New York,
however. doesn't pay any more despite
price is 40 cents.
Bread is showing to be selling in
Topeka for 10 cents a pound. Prices
in other cities range from to cents,
with the exception New York where
it is 10 cents. And Topeka is in the
center of the states millions of acres
of wheat annually.
Sugar Price Here High.
Rice in Topeka is selling for 121a
cents a pound. The price in New
York is 10 cents, y cents lower. Rice
flour retaiIs in Topeka for Is cents
pound, in New York for 2 cents. and
in Denver for IL cents. Macaroni
costs s cents n pound in Topeka, 16 in
New York. 10 in Buffalo and Is in
Chicago. Grapulated sugar, which re-
tails in Topeka for ga cents, sells in
New York for cents. the average
prices being s and 9 cents. Rye flour
here costs $500 for 24h pound
sack, 81 in Des Moines. s1.70 in New
York. The highest price is $2.4O in
Helena, Mont Wheat flour in New
York retails for $40 a 49-pound sack.
The Topeka price is So This makes
the fact that bread is selling for 10
cents in Topeka and 10 cents in New
York rather inconsistent Seattle
hundreds of miles from the wheat area
of the middle west, is only paying
s2.so for flour. Denver price is only
s2.75.
Graham Flour Low Here.
The low price for the nation, how
ever, prevails in Topeka on graham
flour. Retailers here are getting so
cents for a 10-pound sack. The price
on cornstarch in Topeka is cents a
pound. the same quotation holding
good for New York. Corn flour in
Topeka is 371z cents, and in st. Paul
IS cents. the prices covering a s.
pound sack Corn meal at Nashville
Is cents a pound. and cents in To-
peka, the price in Des Moines being 7
cents and in New York Il cents. Oat
meal in Topeka is 10 cents a pound
and Z cents in New York.
Salmon here costs 80 cents a pound
and only IS cents in New York. The
price IN Pittsburg is 20 cents, the ay-
erage being from rs to 80 cents. Leg
O. mutton in Topeka is SO cents, in
New York 80 cents. and in Chicago
% cents