Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-02-13
ENGLISH PAYING
MORE FOR FOOD
Within Two Points Of Highest
Mark During War.
SHORTAGE ALSO IN SIGHT
Dire Possibilities Of Periods When Ae-
tuai Necessaries VIII Be Extremely
scarce-Still, the Prices Are Not
Equal to Those for Same Articles In
the United States.

Food prices increased 9 per cent dur
Ing the month OF October; November
showed a steady raise They are now
within two points of the highest mark,
writes London (Eng) correspondent.
But even so, we are not paying so
much for most foodstuffs as In Amer
lea. The exceptions are Eggs, butter
(which is still rationed, though the al
lowance has been increased 10 two
ounces instead of three-fourths ounce
a person week.. milk and cheese
These are higher than In America. The
food controller predicts that during the
winter We shall have periods when
there will be, If not an actual famine
of these essential foods, certainly Il
shortage. This will. of course. be felt
most severely by the poor and the
people with small fixed incomes.
Eggs II Cents Each.
In the cheap restaurants where office
people go for lunch you can get a plain
boiled egg or poached egg for II cents,
one portion Of fried potatoes for 8
cents plain mashed or boiled potatoes
for six cents and a cup OF cocoa or
coffee with milk for six cents
A section of apple or plum pie with
out cheese costs 10 cents, the same
price charged In America In the same
grade Of eating place but the English
pie or tart, as II Is called, is not nearly
as nourishing-the crust Is only biscuit
dough, made with the minimum OF
shortening and no sugar is put In the
filling. There Is no lower crust 10 Eng
fsh pie.
Fruit is now very much more plen-
tiful than II has been for long time.
and apples. both eating and cooking.
are so cheap that they constitute a
part of the daily fare in all families.
Ten cents will buy a wedge of very
good cake In any restaurant. A small
French pastry or drop cake may be had
for the same price. But none of these
articles has anything like the food
value of the same things In America,
though In size and appearance they are
alike.
Cream 10 Forbidden.
NOt pdTllCle VI CTtdIu IL dilOWtu tO
be sold In England now. Cream filings
are substituted by custard powder mix
ture or cream made of dried eggs
and corn flour Stewed fruit costs 10
cents a portion.
There is a remarkable abundance of
meat and the prices of the cheap cuts
correspond with those In America.
Ducks cost 43 cents a pound and
chickens so or 90 cents. Rabbits cost
the same as ducks a pound, but are
of course much more economical eat
ing.
A portion of ham costs 20 cents; by
the pound, cooked, il sells for so cents.
Calves liver and bacon come to "a
cents.
French beans are 60 cents q pound,
cabbage Is 10 cents a head, medium
sized cauliflower is II cents and Brus-
sells sprouts sell at 8 cents and 10 cents
pound.
Milk remains / shilling a quart. This
we reckoned about "a cents last sum.
mer; now, with the drop in exchange,
II Is nominally cheaper than in most
American towns; but II still remains
very scarce. The diaries are rationed
by the government and each customer
is allowed an amount in proportion to
the members Of the family.