The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-15
]. 5. GROCERY
PRICES GIVEN
WAR DEPARTMENT MAKES PUB
Lie FIGURES ON ALL SUB.
sisTENcE STORES
" COMMODITIES ON THE LIST
Cost Will BE Materially Lower Than
Same Goods May BE Bought In
<open Market.-Sale Will start
August 10, say. Department

Washington. Aug. 9.-The war de-
partment made public yesterday COM
plete price list on all subsistence
stores available for sale to the public
through the parcel post or through mu-
nicipal selling agencies. Costs of the
commodities to the government. the
department said had been disregar1ed
entirely in fixing the prices of sale,
which are materially lower than pre-
vailing market rates.
The prices quoted are t. o. h. from
storage points in each Of the Is dis
tricts into which the country is divid-
ed for war department subsistence
purposes. The department Is now re-
distributing the food supplies in the
IL areas in order that each may have
it's proportion per population of the =
articles offered for public sale,
Gross Weight Given.
The price tables include the price
per car or individual units in each
case and also the price per case or
larger cOntainer. 1t also shows the
gross weight per can and per case in
order that the public may arrive at
the price they will have to pay by
adding parcel post rates from the
nearest distributing point to the home
of the consumer to the f. o. b. prices
quoted.
Municipal selling agencies will COM
pute freight rates on the shipments to
hp 1nl tn t0S, ~
war department.. On the parcel post
distribution no orders will be received
direct by the war department. hut only
through the postoffice department.
which will requisition the supplies by
case or larger package. the postmas-
ters in turn breaking these shipments
up into unit packages of a single can
or several cans.
Sales to municipalities ut the new
prices will begin as soon as the sur
plus property offices at the various
zone supply offices and depOtS have
received the quotations made public
yesterday. Sales to individuals through
the parcel post will be inaugurated
August Is and before that time all
postmasters will have price quota
ton list from which the consumer may
order.
The department emphasized the fact
that no change in policy of sales to
municipalities had been made. the
only alteration being in prices. If Il
municipality is unable to buy or sell
fOodstuffs owing to its charter or
local laws, the department will ship
to 1t upon consignment subsistence
stores in not less than case or carton
lots. the goods to be paid for or re-
turned within 30 days from date Of
receipt.
Shipments Of this character. how
ever will be made only when the
mayor or head of the local government
either acts as the federal governments
agent and SnperviSeS the distribution
Of the food or appoints someone else
to so act.
Prices Are Quoted.
Although only - food staples are
in the price list. the item
lied quotations. owing to the variety
of the packing. are quite lengthy.
Quotations on some of the leading COM
mOdities are:
Bacon. $4.15 per can of II pounds:
cOrned beef. 81 cents for can of 1.36
pounds: baked beans. : cents for can
of 1.25 pounds: sweet corn, 10 cents
for 30 pound can: dried beans. $500
per 1OO pounds: crackers. five and six
cents Il pound: army flour. 81 per 100
pounds: macarOni. seven cents per Is
pounds: rolled oats. II cents per .
pounds; seeded raisins, 10 cents per
pound: rice. S6.74 per 100 pounds:
tomatoes. cents per . pound can: and
corn meal. $50 per 100 pounds.