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Show FOOD PRICES AVERAGE LESS; Mill 1910 Gotham Statistician Figures Fig-ures Staples Cheaper Than Year Ago. NEW YORK, Sept. 11. While thousands thou-sands ara starring in China and Franca la bains; torn with riota in pro-teat pro-teat against tha high - cost of food., there is renewed attention la this country -to tha fact that sugar has reached its highest point in twelve year, that coffee is soaring: and potatoes po-tatoes ara sailing aa high ai 1.10 a bushel in tha field. In view of this, householders ara asking themselves: UWUi hia arista see a, xecurreaca Of tha conditions of 1909-10, when tha cost of living reached its. apex aad de-, de-, dined slowly only after ao many ao called boycott, against .meat aad other high priced commodities warn declared throughout the ladt" . ; To this ' question economic experts seen hers today answered "ao." Prices will be higher, they say, in noma instances, in-stances, above those of last winter, but ther add that the rose who sets hia table with plain every day fare, avoid-ing avoid-ing fanrv brands and near luxuries, mav await the approach of cold weather weath-er "without undue amiety. It la point- ed out thst. generally speaking, with tha exceptioa of coffee, sugar, potatoes pota-toes aad few canned vegetables, the present month of Heptember was ushered ush-ered in with conditions more favorable to the consumer thaa wss tha case a year ago. " Pork Prices Lower. On September 1 mesa pork waa quoted quot-ed at 19 a barrel, wholesale, as against tU oa the same data la 11( the wholesale price of ham is a littla more than 11 cents a pound, aa compared with IS rents in tha early fall of last .rear; western laid is aelliag at a fraction frac-tion mora than rests, aa against more than 13 rente ia Reptember, 1910, aad butter and eggs are both comparatively comparative-ly reasonable and a few cents cheaper retail than in last Hepteoiber. Flour of good quality is selling at lowest retail prices at H.9& a barrel, the same price that prevailed at this time last year, and bacon may be had at some stores foe 20 cents a pound,as against St sad 35 seats a year ago. The average "family" steak coats about 28 rwntir njpoond, la ft did last 'year, though experts sar that With all feeding feed-ing crope short, it ia not unlikely that beef will go higher as the winter pro-gressea. pro-gressea. Tbe cost of poultry will be largely determined by cold storage holdings. Indications are that tha shortage of potatoes is serious, aot only in this country, but in Oreat Britaia and Germany. Ger-many. In tbe fall of last year. one could buy good potatoes ia the field at 55 cents a bushel; today the prices range from 83 cents to more than t dollar. Canned peas, beans aad tomatoes to-matoes also will be higher, but rice remsins cheap, and unless there ia a marked advance ia pork, it ia argued that the man of alender means eaa provide for bis family without serious strain. Bngar and Coffee High- 8ugar and coffee are both phenomenally phenomen-ally high, but those who ara studying the market predict that decreased consumption, con-sumption, which invariably follows a prohibitive advance, will sooe restore these two breakfast table aeeeseitiee to a mora normal level. Number 7 standard grade spot eoffea brought 13kj centa a pound, wholesale, in New York Haturday, as against 104 cents a year ago and tbe standard grade of granulated augar was quoted, wholesale whole-sale at A.70 cents per pound, toe highest high-est level since July, 1890. Failure of tba Europeaa sugar bought crop and poor prospects in Cuba are glveo as ths (Continued on page a.) . J FOOD PRICES (Continued from page 1.) cause of the abrupt jump ia the sugar market. It Is almost Impossible to strike an Intelligent In-telligent average of the price to the consumer, con-sumer, so much depending on the location of the dealer's store. The following table-of twenty-flve standard commodities however, shows the prevailing wholesale prlcea when September opened. These figures have changed only slightly since: . . , September September Artlcle. 1911. m. Flour straight winter. barrel .S4.10 4.ss Beeves. best native steers (Chicago), per . loo pounds S.00 S.30 Sheep, prime (Chicago), per 100 pounds t.ft .;o Hogs, prime (Chicago). j per 100 pounda... T.7S S li Beef, rarcaasea (Chicago), (Chica-go), per pound It .i Hogs, market pigs (Chicago), (Chi-cago), per pound 097S .117 Mutton, carcasses (Chicago), (Chi-cago), per pound 0950 .117 Eggs, etate, fresh, per dosen ?g eg Bread, per loaf .04 4 Beef, family, per barrel. 13.50 l!e Pork, new mess, per barrel 19. ;4 M Bacon, short ribs. stnoked, per pound 0925 135 Hams, smoked, per lb.. .15 I-ard. western steam. per pound 0935 .1". Butler, creamery, atate best, per pound 17 .SIS Cheese, choice, per lb.. .135 "i Mackerel, No. 1. per barrel 2S.00 24.0 Codfish, dried, per quints! quin-ts! 7.19 7.(XJ Coffee. Rio. No. 7, per pound K37S .1121 Sugar, granulated, per pound mj2S .05"j Tea. Formosa. Oolong. per pound ICS .ig IXolasnes, New Orleans prime, per gallon S . .82 Salt, fine domestic,- sack .94 ,SS Rice.-domestic, good, per pound 417S .0471 Potatoes, eastern, per 10 pounds 5.75 1.73 ijf |