REVIEW OF FOOD
AFFAIRS IN LONDON
A Canadian writer, J. M. 1 wohv,
in the Manitoba Free Press, writes in- j
terestingly of food prices in London,
and compares them with those of New
York and Winnipeg:
London, Sept. 20.—That F.ngland is
heavily oppressed by the increased
cost of living is proved by the drastic
measures Food Controller Lord Rhonda
announced in the House of Lords in re
sponse to the public demand for protec
tion against ruthless spoliation at the
hands of speculators and profiteers.
The U-boats have restricted the im
port of foodstuffs, and the British prof
iteer—the worst offenders b \ng the j
small tradesmen in the mid He class
districts—has traded upon that restric
tion to extort usurious profits from a ‘
defenselss people. '
Within a week of the declaration of
war the price of bacon was put up in !
most districts from 23 cents to :>»i cents ;
per pound, although the importation |
of bacon was not really affected for1
over 15 months. Other necessary com- ,
modifies wore priced up in proportion ^
until the government took powers to :
lix the prices of them.
This scheme, however, fell to the:
ground because of tiie difficulty of ad
ministering it, and with a fi e hand !
tho shopkeeper raised the prees all
round in such outrageous disproportion
to the supply that Lord Rhoi ;!da—in .
whom unlimited powers are vested by !
parliament— has been obliged to;
threaten imprisonment, without- the
option of a line, to those who are guilty ,
of speculating or of trading in excess j
of the prices his department- proposes !
to fix.
The ordinary housewife, with a lira- !
ited income, who in peace time was j
able to make ends meet and save some- j
thing for a rainy day, now is con- j
fronted with an average all round in-J
crease of from 75 to 100 per cent, for j
vegetables and eatables.
In the case of wearables the increase ,
is more justifiable, because the restric- i
tion in the imports of wool and cotton i
have been considerable and because i
England previously imported a large j
proportion of these goods from coun- j
tries with which we are now at war. |
The retail price of bread in London j
today is 21 cents per four-pound loaf, j
In large wheat-growing districts it is |
21c, but the average price is 23c pet
four pound loaf. T -ord Rhondda pro
poses to fix it at 18c by supplying the
wheat to the millers at $18 per quar
ter, a subsidizing of the loaf, which it j
is estimated will cost the country $100.- I
000,000 per annum. The master bakers, j
not satisfied with 23c a loaf, were ar- J
ranging to increase it by 2c—a scheme
now knocked on the head.
Government regulation flour—that is
il^ur with the admixture of other cere
als—is 47c per seven pounds while the
finest flour is 50c per seven pounds.
Lord Rhondda now proposes to reduce
the retail price in proportion to the re
duced price of bread. Wholewheat
flour is 58c per seven pounds, and whole
wheat meal 50c per seven pounds.
INew laid eggs are 7c each; good
breakfast eggs Gc each, and cooking
eggs 5c each.
Best quality English hams range
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R. C. BUTTON, Cashier
from 44c to 48c, American hams 35c,
cooked English ham, whole joint, 08c.
Bacon ranges from 40c to 50c per
pound.
Government cheese is fixed at 32c
per pound, English chedder — the
cheese most commonly used—is 35 per
pound. Dutch cheese from 34c to 38c
i per pound. Pork sausages arc 34c per
i pound, and suet 34c.
Fineet Bermuda arrowroot is $1.08
per pound, natal 22c pound, harricot
beans, dried. 14c pound, pearl barley
13c pound. Macaroni is difficult to get
I and costs about 24c per pound.
| Sardines range from 38c to 44c per
' tin, the best French brands bringing
] r>\c.
Irish lard is 39c per pound: Ameri
j can, in pails, about 28 pounds, costs 31c
| per pound.
Best English fresh butter costs otic
1 per pound, “good fresh” 43c, Irish tiu
1 est ;70c. and cooking butter 4 4c. Mar
i garine costs 28c.
| Ground coffee in I ns is 48c pound,
; cheaper admixtures 49c.
i “Control tea, (tea sold by the govern
ment, which is not guaranteed as to
j uniformity of grade or quality 1, is 56c
I per pound, while China tea ranges
J from 64c,to "Go. Indian 64c to 69c. and
i Ceylon the same.
1 Jains range from 19c to 30c per pound
! pot. Orange marmalade is 28c.
Kerosene oil costs 40c per gallon, as
against 12c before the war.
1 Caroline rice costs 15c per pound.
' Japanese 9c, Rangoon 4c. Sago is 18c
per pound. Salt, household, 14 cents
1 per bag of seven pounds.
| Plain household soup costs 35c per
pound, while toilet soaps have risen
about 70 per cent. Rice starch is 16c
per pound, and tapioca 36c.
Household coal for use in open fire
places is $9 a ton, while coal for use in
kitchens is $7. These are London
prices, which vary somewhat according
to the district, owing to the increased
cost of horse transport.
Milk is 12c per quart. This is a
commodity which Lord Rhondda says
lie sees no means of reducing, The
dealers have been planning to raise it
2 cents, but this has not yet come into
operation.
Meat lias been increased in cost more
than any oilier commodity, due, it is
claimed, to the operations of the trusts.
Lord Rhondda plans to take the
whole meat supply from all sources
under his control and to reduce the
price 12c per pound by limiting profits
at all stages.
! South American beefsteak at present j
[costs 50c per pound; rump steak, o2c; j
filet steaks, (30c, and wing ribs, under
steaks, 42c per pound.
Home-grown beefsteaks, 55c per
pound; filets, 65c, and wind ribs, 43c.
Home-grown mutton (the butchers
j profess not to be able to obtain the
! cheaper colonial product): Legs, 44c
| per pound; loins, 54c; shoulders, 40c to
i 44c, and chops, 51c per pound.
| A medium-sized fowl costs $1; a pig
| eon, 50c; a rabbit, 60c, and ducklings
j from $1.03 to $2 each.
Potatoes are 7c a pound; cauliflower,
8c to 12c, and cabbage, 6c per head.
A suit of tweed or flannel which be
fore the war cost $28 at West End tail -
j ors, now costs $40. The increase in
I cheaper tailoring is as much, if not
1 more. The city tailors charge $26 for
i a suit that previously cost $18 or there
I abouts.
I All sorts of underwear have in
i creased nearly 100 per cent.; vest and
! pants of medium quality cost $3.12, a
| rise of $1.12, while the higher qualities
! have increased still more.
The former $4.12 vest and trousers of
wool now cost $4.50 to $4- <5. It may be
! said that nothing wearable of this kind
in the very cheapest lines can be go
for less than $2 or $2.25. Ordinary cot
' ton socks, which formerly were 37
! cents are now 62 cents, and ladies
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stocking's that cost from 75c to $2 now
cost from $1.62 to $3.87. These prices)
are still steadily rising and the quality
is deteriorating.
The shortage of leather has caused
boots that formerly cost$5 to $5.70 now
cost $0.75 to $8,50, while the increase j
in the higher grades of boots still is
larger. Ladies’ shoes are $0.50 to $10 i
per pair for ready made, while made to
order cost $1.25 per pair more. The
government, which had commandeered
the hoot leather stock for the army,
now is releasing some of them in order
to prevent the price from being raised
further. Army officers’ heavy boots
that at the outbreak of the war cost
$7.50 per pair, now cost from $1L.25 to
$12.50. In these commodities the qual
ity is also going down.
Men’s linen turnover collars are sell
ing from 17 to 21 cents each; stiff front
linen shirts from $2 up, and derby hats
from $2.25 up.
Compare prices of foods in Winnipeg,
in New York, and in England:
E’don. N. Y. VV pg
Bacon .30 .30 .4')
Ham, curod -44 .-3 .40
Beef, filet' .00 .03 .33
Mutton, leg -4 4 .23 .30
Fowl -20 .2-i --T
Flour -07 .0!) .00
Pearl barley 13 -10 O'.
Rolled oats,. • 40 .00 .04
Rice •!•"> -43 .00
Hard -31 .23 .33
Butter -44 -43
Margarine .28 -23
Coffee jo .2s ,28
Mixed tea • •><> .40 .30
Salt -02 .02 .02
Eggs, dozen , -00 .43 .30
Cheese. -32 -34 -30
Milk, pint .12 .12 .12
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With very limited publicity and only
one and a half days in winch to make (
its report, the Miners & Merchants1
Bank of Icitirod disposed of $10,100
worth of Liberty Loan bonds. This is
certainly a creditable showing for the
people of Otter precinct. Had the
time been extended, the total would
iiave been correspondingly greater.
Following is a list of subscribers:
Thus N Turner Mrs C E Taylor
James Blodgett Wm B Thomas
M Clularte Robert Soutar
Jno Nelson Mauda D Reck
Jessie A Jacob R C Cameron
J F Finnegan R M Hall
Sam'l Applebaum A D Currie
Earl II Hunt Mrs M J McKenzie
Edwin Wilkinson Frank Righini
Mrs Harry Leland Margaret Hally
! A J Weiss J J Smith
j A E Meacham A S Bourne
YV R Solibakke Larry Donnelley
John Beaton C P Wood
Thos McMahon Mrs Fred Dickson
j Fred Dickson Paul Reiraer
C L Cadwallader N II Thompson
R C Button Claud Baker
Mrs Claud Baker Paul Laplant
Geo W Albrecht Fred Soule
Ira F Wood Mrs Herb Riley
The attention of subscribers is called
te the following in regard to payments:
Two per cent, at time of subscribing;
18 per cent, is duo next Thursday, No
vember 15; 40 per cent, on December
15, and the remaining 40 per cent, on
January 15, 1918.
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SEATTLE HOOKIES
GO INTO TRAINING
Seattle, Nov. 3. — Four hun
dred and eight members of the
selective draft, representing the
fourth and final contingent from
Seattle and King county for the
ns*' national army, left today for
Camp Lewis.
I a
Good Fight Whiie It Lasted
Jens Olson, of the Green Tree Inn
at Dawson, feeling weary, retired to a
room in his hostelry one afternoon
recently for a snooze. When he
opened his eyes after a dreamy slum
ber the first thing he saw was a huge
lynx in the room. Nothing daunted
Jens seized a blanket and went to the
attack, and for a few minutes the air
was filled with a mixup of lynx and
Swede, but man and blanket were too
much for the unsophisticated denizen
of the wild and Jens emerged from
the conflict, somewhat the worse for
wear but with the Ivnx securely tied
up in the blanket. Investigation re
vealed that t^he lynx came down the
river on some driftwood, and swam
ashore in front of the hotel, where he
took refuge in the room occupied by
Olson.—Ex.
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Job Printing at Pioneer office.
SEATTLE IS TRYING |
TO BE VERY GOOD
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Seattle, Nov. 3. —Although lie!
refused to discharge Chief of Po
lice Beckingham, Mayor Gill de
tailed Inspector Michael Power
to “clean up'’ Seattle in accord
ance with expressed wishes of
Gen. Greene, commandant at
('anip Lewis. -
All the dance hall in the city
were closed last night.
Chairman Davidson, who ar
rived this morning from Olympia,
states that Attorney-General
Tanner had received orders from
the federal government to see to
it that Mayor Gill did a good job
of cleaning up the city.
The churches of the city are
syndicating their efforts to oh- ;
tain evidence against lax officials
— which they will submit to the
grand jury.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To J. F. Bainl, Marie Baird and diar
ies Hoxsie, and to their heirs and as-:
signs:
You are hereby notified that the un-.
dersigned have expended in each of the
years" 1915 and 191G the sum of one hun
dred dollars in labor and improvements
upon each of the placer mining claims
known and described as follows, to wit:
The Rainbow association, situated at
the head of Flat creek, in Otter pre
cinct, Fourth division, territory of
Alaska, the location certificate of which
is found of record in book one of loca
tions, page 318, in the office of the re
colder for said precinct: the Mont.u a
association, adjoining the above-de
scribed Rainbow association, the Locu
lion certificate of which is found of rec
ord in volume one of Locations, page
318. in the office of the recorder of said
precinct; in order to hold said claim
under the provisions of Section 2324 of
the Revised Statutes of the Fnited
Slates, and the amendment thereto ap
proved January 22, 1880,concerning an
nual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said placer
mining claims for the periods ending on
the 31st. day of December, 1915. and 1910.
And if, within ninety days from the
personal service of th is notice, or within
ninety days after the publication there
of, you fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of such expenditure as a co
owner, your interests in the said two
placer mining claims will become the
property of the subscribers, your co
owners, who have made the required
expenditures, by the terms of said suc
tion. *( i MO. \Sr. Al.HRKCHT.
< HAS. tv TAVU ‘It.
First publication Nov. 3, 1917.
Last publication Feb. 2, 191.8._
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To Ous Johnson, his heirs and assigns.
You are hereby notified that during
each of the years of 1013, 1914, 19L> and
1919 the undersigned has expended at
least one hundred dollars in labor and
improvements upon each of the follow
ing named placer mining claims, to-wit:
Lower 3, 4 and f> above upper discovery
on Ophir creek in the Innoko mining
and recording district, in the territory
of Alaska, in which mining locations
you claim an undivided one-half inter
est. as shown by the records of said re
cording district. The said labor was
performed as and for the annual repre
sentation of the said claims and each of
them for the said years of 1913, 1914,
1915 and 1910 as required by the laws
of the United States concerning annual,
labor upon mining claims, and the.
same was the amount required to hold
said claims for said years. You arc
further notified that unless within 9u
days after the completed service of
this notice upon you and within 90 days
after the publication thereof, you con
tribute your portion of said expendi
ture as a co-owner, to-wit: The sum of
two hundred dollars for each of said
claims and six hundred dollars m all,
vour interest in said claims or in any
one of which you so feil to contribute
will be forfeited to the undersigned,
who has made such expenditure, and
will become his property in the manner
provided by law.
Dated at ()phir September 4, 1917.
ALFRED JOHNSON, Co-owner.
First publication Nov. 3, 1917.
- Last publication Feb. 2, 1918,
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