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Show PRICES IN STOCKHOLM EXCESSIVELY HIGH Bacon Is Soiling at 49 Cents a Pound, With Other Meats and Vegetables in Proportion. STOCKHOLM, Sept. 1. (Correspondence (Correspond-ence of the Associated Press.) The latest lat-est A merh-an papers reaching here report re-port indignation in various cities at the j high prices of certain foodstuffs. I'ar- 1 1 ciila r complaint is made over the fact j that some butchers are demanding 4 j I cents, a pound for bacon. I Maximum prices h;i ve recently ben j established for Stockholm for all ;ui- elien of pork. The prb-p set for bacon Is -J9 cents a pound, which is a r-d ik- , tlon from t Ik; h'.W cents formerly de- . manded. The price Is convened Into American money at the normal rate of exclui nge, but the dollar now stands so j low that y:t'2 cents is actually u littler more than r,; rent.-. J.ard. which cost cents a pound In Mav, is now f 7 . .". c-nts. Smoked hum I is .".a cents a pound in whole hams, hut when sold in slices, ; T cents is churned. .Sa I ted Hide pork is 41 cents per pound. In t)n height of l (e summer. Vegetables Vege-tables remained a luxury for the we-to-du. .s;m r ;i gus, now d !sa ppra r t ng frr-m th market, never dropped below I T..'!1 cents a pound. It was being sold j at SO cents at a time when Merlin deal- , ers were charging 1 cents. Spinach com. f:'.2 cents a pound, string beans 07 I cents and green peas 4" cents. j Men's tailors have recently notified of an advance in prices of co to f,7, per cent . with on int ima t ion t hat a further hi'T-asp of IT. per cent will soon he. unavoidable. un-avoidable. Silk socks, of the grade sold in America at .",0 rer,:s a pan-, cost $1.10 In the Swedish shops, and cotton so-'ks and s:o. kincs of the quart er-1: i ade from () cents up. Two-(or-a-'j ua rter collars col-lars aie 40 cenis apiece. Apart from foodstuffs and wearing apparel, ap-parel, a most, serious phase of the outlook out-look for the criming winter is the (pies- j tion of fuel. Kor Knghsn coal as much j as $00 a ton is being aslted, and ihere is j little to be bnd at thai i.ri-e. The (;.:r- i ma ns a re eit Ikt unwilling r u na hie to deliver as mm h coal as they had prom- I ised. Ilurd wood cost1 ?M a cord. Gas I may be u.v.-d only for choking. |