Show HOW PRICES HAVE GONE UP IN THE LAST SIX YEARS comparative figures tor for 1913 co boering ering the avei agi prices and standards toi loi foodstuffs and ar tides commonly con lionly purchased and niest niost of them being upon official statements are given below the increase inci eabe ease in each instance is for the same article 01 01 brand or as in the case of theatre tickets for the same seat in the fame bame cheatie 1913 1019 1919 sirloin steak pet pei pound 26 2 40 9 bacon per pound 28 1 55 6 hens 21 5 41 4 fresh milk per qt 8 9 15 7 duller butter per pound 37 8 65 7 ens per dozen 37 6 5 63 2 bread per pound 5 56 6 9 99 9 corn meal per pound 31 1 67 6 7 rice per pound 87 8 7 16 5 sugar per pound 5 57 7 15 5 dally newspapers each 1 2 jimne rides 5 16 15 shoe strings 5 10 hair cuts 25 35 manicure 35 75 gasoline Gi soline pei gallon 11 35 men s collars 2 25 50 magazines 10 20 print paper per ib 3 10 5 per box 5 10 5 10 soap 5 10 earthenware 5 is 15 safety pins 5 6 10 glass dishes 6 5 10 pa i oi ax 5 10 fisit jars 5 51 10 handkerchiefs as 10 25 movies 10 0 25 neckties 50 1 0 00 globes per pair 1 2 50 5 men 9 silk hose so 50 1 1 dollar vat atchel at ches cheB 1 2 51 sa theatre tickets 75 2 2 0 A nationally ahoo per pali pail 1913 3 00 1919 99 9 oi A nationally advertised underwear 1913 1 00 1919 2 00 A t nationally advertised shirt 1913 1 50 1919 2 60 50 the oras sin sinking jing oil wa why don t you arade at home can be drowned by tride trade surging through out oui doors in the use of judicious advertising dont silence and submission to offset the attractive publicity of merchants tB in other towns it require jav nilly billy sundae methods to hammer this into the head of anyone |