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Show S ' 1 ! " - I w - . . Va.. . . . . Z. v . . - - . -, O O - uw L.xry Aril:!;, V.lfi Except!:! cf Breai, Tea and Ccffce, I!:vc Ayazced In Past Five Years. )OOOOOO0OO00 g ADVAKCE El FOOD PMCES LT FIVE YEARS. J 9 .. - - ' ' - - .' '! ' - V 1898. 1903. Advance. Flour, hundredweight , ..,.'...'.,..,11.60 J2.60 ' 68 per cent Potatoes, bushel , , ,'., ,60 ,90 50 per cent Beef, pound ... , ...... .13 ', ...jj 13 per cent Ham, pound ........ 43 ,i S3 per cent Sugar, bund red weight , ,.,....,..,.,.. (.00 6.80 . 16 per cent Bacon, pound ..... , .12V4 .18 23 per cent i Butter, pound ,........,,..... .?5 .30. . 20 per cent Breed, loaf ,".05 ' ,05 Tea, pound ,,..,....... .60 :l50" ............ 'CoJTee, pound ....,.'.. ,....,...,.. ,35 .35 ,i '.. O Pood prices have advanced to ruch an extent durjpjr the past few years that the problem of how to live moderately veil has become a serious one. to the married man of moderate Income. It cost treat deal more to eat now than It did five yeara ago and the man with a family must hustie to keep food W the house. Bonvi of the staples appear ap-pear to the consumer to be unchanged la price but that Is only because they have been adulterated. It will be found upon investigation that most of the staple sta-ple articles that have not Increased in Price have deteriorated, la ouality by adulteration. 11 ' The ' greatest advances are noticed from the table presented to be in the most common and most necessary articles ar-ticles of food-r-flour. beef and potatoes. All kinds of meat are very high and vegetables are way op. It may easily be figured out why. the price of bread has remained unchanged, although flour has advanced. In canned foods, such as peas, corn and tomatoes, everything Is sold at an advance over five years ago. There' are several reasons for these advances la the retail grocers price lists; the trusts and the railroads play their part, but the main reason is the Increase in consumption demand exceeding ex-ceeding or equaling supply. |