| Show TODAY'S TOllAY'S WAR PRICES 1 ICES ARE UtE I DOU DOUBLE LE THOSE OF Oh 1802 1862 I I Mouldy account books stored away in in in a Chicago va vault lt in the days of the Civil war show that war prices that were used as synonymous of prohibitive cost until the last few years rears were only about half haIr what they are toda today The housewife of seven fifty-seven years ago would have I complained more moro bitterly of profiteering profiteering profiteering profi In those days had she been called upon to pay the tho prices of today to to- to day Here is the way they compare 1862 1919 1 gallon molasses I 1 peck potatoes 25 50 2 12 2 pounds butter 50 2 pounds coffee corree 40 80 3 dozen eggs 45 50 pounds cornmeal I 5 pounds beef 70 1 barrel flour 1500 I |
