The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-28
SURVEY SHOWS
PRICES RISlyc
Meat Il Leads Array OF L..
Necessities In Upv r,'s
Swing Since O Fpl'''

many foods and some bo-,51es
items aea have risen SHARPLY 4 s3a e
e end of price controls a r since lie
a survey showed TO-DAY year a:o,
Meat prices led the sdv..
recent months, with incrs.oNce 10
more than so per cent i i'm seas d
san4s Of the nation, a poll OF Sec
sentative cities showed u repre-
l'ems cost less today than a few
The price of pork ~
shops may take another oO'cau
ian because of current me next
are sending pigs to marts %'ias'
rather than feed them s2. sej now
corn. This probably viii yI1 noas
decrease in livestock shipms mean !
the fall, when pork pricas '.len'S n
Iy go down. NORMA,
"eoieS SLOW
inc corn futures market >.
Chicago board of trade wa Al Us
To-Day, the first session in Nov Nov
days that corn for d%eliyerr NJ III loI
mas not hit an all-time bigb ~ JN-y
corn nit a top of $2.O3 - 'a.y
ouS n, = Yesterday but closed ,ot Pc,
at sl's9 PSI. SO 81. '0osy
Shell eggs for delivery in ~.
Der rose to an all-time high Of 5 ~;
cents per dozen on the Cbi Y-'.'
mercantile exchange, breskin t'a 10
previous record Of ST 81 Cent? .s
IN September, 1920. Other egs NJ
lures MT new 27-year highs t ~.
the third time this week ''
Frice controls ended last ,n..
81 after President Truman ys .a.s
a control bill which he said ,,..,3
be Intellectual. The Office Of G p7'.a
Administration way revived 't >:
Gays later afIer congress pas,ss
a set OF weaker controls. The nrs,'
loent abolished all price coot,o,
on meat Oct. Ia.
New York city reported SOM. :.
the %sharpest increases in m.Y ~
prices today. Pork loin was ,aIT..
Tor 63 cents a pound, 80 Der cap'
higher than last year. In the farm ~
region of the Midwest, pork Ioi,,
were up 40 per cent at Minneann1'
and as much as l13 per cent bio,.
er at Pierre, S. D
Butter was considerably mar.
expensive in the Middlewest A,
Madison, Wis, the price was a
cents a pound, a rise of 50 per cent,
At Omaha, Neb., it had risen Il
per cent since last June 30. How,
yer, butter had dropped IL cent,
per pound at San Francisco.
Prices Of durable items were IN
sharply in many cities.
Washing machine prices rose so
at Portland, Ore, and $40 at Mil.
Waukee. Electric stoves jumped
$19 at New York and as much AZ
$50 at indianapolis.
Clothing Steady
Clothing prices appeared TO ba,
remained steady. Nylon hosiery,
for instance, was selling generally
at about ceiling prices Of a year
ago and there was an ADEQUATE
supply.
City-by-city reports included;
from $3.50 in 1916 to $3.50; white
shirts, up from $3.50 10 1925; ny.
New York-Children's shoes, up
Ions, no change; pork loins, u
from 81 cents to 60 cents d pouao;
butter, up from 81 to IS cents;
washing machines, from $20lj 70
$249; electric stoves, from $500 10
$219.50; Scotch from Sc to $3.50.
Atlanta - Butter up 3 cents a
pound; bread, up 2 cents a loaf,
milk, up 2 cents a quart; chill
dren's shoes up so cents; electro
irons, up SO cents; Scotch, when
sold at $3.50 or $500 a year ago
was available for $500 a fifth 10
day.
Detroit-Children's shoes up 81
cents; white shirts unchanged,
nylons, unchanged; pork loias, Up
10 cents a pound: milk down .
cent a quart; washing machines
up $1,000; Scotch up 81 cents a
Observation-Disclosures shoes, Up
from 1896 to $4.95; white Shirts
down $l.00; nylons, down Is cents
pork loin, up from "a cents q
year ago 10 49icentS today; butter
up from IS cents to Is GEMS
machines, up $40; electro
stoves, 10, s85; Scotch, up IL ceA''
a fifth.
Phoenix. Ariz.-Children'S Shoes
20 to Is per cent higher; WINE
shirts, Is per cent lower; nylon''
IS per cent higher; Scotch, nV
pork loin, 30 per cen
higher; butter, Is per cent nlSS'
err; washing machines and ranges
10 to II per cent higher.
San Francisco-Shoes no change
nylons, no change; pork lo.a' W
40 cents; butter down Il Gems,
machines and ranges "
about 8 per cent; Scotch, o0""
S1.82.
Portland, Ore.-Children's shoes
no change; white shirts. up =
cents; nylons, down 60 ce0ts' po'
up 20 cents; WaSalHe In1 IL,
chimes, up $40; ranges. up ~ u"
Scotch, up 40 cents.