Show RAPID ADVANCE 1 ALLTOQD PRICES War in Europe Causes Meat and Flour to Soar j Throughout Country CHICAGO Aug 11 -Uar prl ea for! food continued to spread over the entire central west toda i Four proposed o ig ess o al Inquiries to determine j prl eg should go up In he face of the e o d breaking har eat ; and the cutting oft of European markets failed to check the advance One of the causes gl en for tl e ad I vance was that farmer; a d sto kralaers are holding the r produ ts n t e hope that the demand from Kurope f It can be filled n 11 send pr cea to a new high e el An Increase In wholesa e eat prices during the last ten das 3 shown In the following Aug 1 A ig 10 Pork loin $15 40 18 41 Shor ribs September $11 90 1 0 Oc ober 11 12 S January 10 3 11 46 Lamb 13 -o 13 9 Beef cuts 1 6 U 00 A comparison or re all meat prices shows an Increase since la at week l Toda Saturday Round eteak $ 2o 8 S -2 Sirloin steak -S 2& Porter! ouse 35 300 33 Rib roast S "5 Pork chops 3 2 4 Lamb chops 30 3o Lg of lamb 24 23 Veal steak S 30 32 Veal chops 2 35 Sim lar advances ha e been made ln the prices of o her foodstuffs within ten da as follows tsow ug 1 Flou barrel $b O0& 00 $6 o0a 76 Flour 41 b sk. 88 76 Sugar lb 06 07 06 Beans lb 0 08 06 Eggs per dozen 30 '6 Lemons per doz 360 40 26 An Investigation as to wl ether these prices are Justified w 1 be begun by the co nc! committee on public markets wh ch according to Alderman James A. Lawle Its chairman w 1 meet with state off1 al heads of civic organizations ex pen economists and representatives of the wholesa e and retal dea ers Retal prices are going up no faster than the cost of raw material said F E VThl e a director of Armour Co oda A c asses of meats are advanc ing n P ce Th s s on v natural be cause we a e now ca ed pon to 1 e off o r own s pply of ca e and hogs and at the ame time Europe wa 8 to b j from s he ng unabe as jet to import from ciouth America and Australia Tinned and barre ed meats p Incl pa pork are etp a Iv adaptable to a mv use F rm nanufacturing these ommod t es dre not g ing quotat ons on hem h ocke n th s coun n are oo m ed We cannot ma ufac u e goods fa eno "h for the demand "W e were ca ght w h o v s ocks wh h mea s sk h or es on th ?e goods R ai meat ea c art Inclined o blame the who sa e s and a mee ng of he n ted Mas er B tcher asso t Ion as been a ed fo Thu sda |