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Show Iceland Also Experiences Increase in Cost of Food Even far-away Iceland has felt the piuch of war. An increase in the . average price .of necessaries at Reykjavik, Reyk-javik, the principal city, last July amounted to 211 per cent, when contrasted con-trasted with their cost in July, 1914, as shown by data appearing in the journal of the Icelandic statistical department. de-partment. If coal and petroleum, which show increases over prices in July, 1914, of 1,051 and 217 per cent, respectively, be omitted, and the comparison com-parison be limited to articles of food alone, it is stated that the average Increase was 190 per cent, as compared com-pared with July, 1914. The extent to which certain of the principal groups of food rose in price may be seen from the following official compilation com-pilation : Bread, 2G1 ; flour, oatmeal, beans, etc., 2S4 ; sugar, 136 ; coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolate, 109; butter, fat, milk, cheese, eggs, 235; beef, mutton, bacon and pork, 136. |