ORE WE send THE LESS WE
GET," CRY OF HOUSEKEEPERS
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Itisbands Tell TJiem
Country Is Prospering
and Pay Out Larger
Sums for Food bup-
, plies
t taanedetphla houaewlvea are lacmr. n
t-M m BnoniMluwn m ---.
hotbanaa tU .hem the country la
.... tnd nunniy them "wlin a lamer
r the weekly marketing and upkeep
table. The housewives p"""
In buying-. The uimosi precau-
ri- lnt waste Isi exerciser i-uorw
i "save a penny -i . -
ht so universally appuea a. n.
kaw. week by week, their purses, market
tJ&.S tibtei rrow leaner, and they
. '.. - -i.ii.i- nhvilcal attenuation
!S V ot thenlve, and th.,r faml-
k " " Je YulV n.eeastttles
. -PO'nl ."f'A ..".rSVi wllhln reach
W "nJf, ""f ,h. avirare mechanic
IBS wnr. --
reterk. . ... .
... Miii nniiiiiKPfliicra nnu
'wVd. aTke 'h.r. souht 'PfM'ljm
?:- ..Tiel situation from the
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more they spend, the less they ret."
Inquiries m nuw ....- ..-- ---..
.k. ! hv come from the
OL mw-w' " , . ti!vln
populated cemen .-..,....
r . t .j M.mtinttl Bilks.
I newiy-oeve'"" - - -
VITAli THASB PROVED
r..unni T.TOnin. In response to
" a .. -- i.f.miiiiui. has under..
reque....,. ."-",.-- , th
1 to inveeiia '"-""-- " ",7
w .??. "ssl -- k'w.mv ;t:i.
m centers, wi"' 77.
iMfrepresentattve, for an answer to me
?!L..rvmn himself, the medium be-
the ultimate consumer and the pro-
was aougnt ana irora un ....v....--
rleaned much Interesting maieriai
Irlnl upon the upward trend 01 prices
. H,A11 enter.
, the cause tnereior. """-- ""
remedies tor mo urn -i -Mems
to prevail In foodstuff mar-
.... i..n obtained. These are Riven
i. mi nf the rrocers themselves:
Wward Swift, of Swift & Caldwell, has
in Business in uio uinivi .
kventh and Spring- uaroen sireeis ior
rt?.even years. i "ill-f"V-
rden sireej, oui w - "
n't know how much lonKer he can af-
1 to remain behina tne counter u prrecm
anions continue.
"Why. the loaf of oreaa we nave o boh
y for nve centa is a wicntu nm, m
i.imrt u he Informed a little boy seek-
t that article that the store no longer sold
"I simply tola tne DaKery salesman
. ihr dsv: "Don't bring me any more.
fksven't the conscience to sell It And It Is
some in omer articles. 11 uu wimi-
1 toes on these will be an agitation mat
compel congress to ao someininK i
pel lower prices. The people cannot
' what we nave to bsk. riour m iv a
Ttl today. Last year It was J 6.2 5 to
M.IO for the best grades. Cakes ana
h wickers are higher all along the line an
- average of perhaps two or three cents a.
gfeuod, or about twenty per cent.
i -fiow tnere is lara, an ariicio inai oven
Jtry poor family tries to have for cooking
tyerposes. Pure lard that was sixteen cents
J year ago Is now twenty centa. Milk is up
lie nine or ten centa a quart, but that, I sup-
L Is due to the higher price pi feed and
Ilk additional dairy and sanitary Inspec-
EQOa 48 CENTS A DOZEN
I l"Ergs bring1 forty-eight centa a dozen to-
r. 1 got twenty-eight to thirty cents a
r ago. Butter also Is forty-eight cents.
en It ought not to be over forty cents.
! It looks as If It would go higher during
1 winter. Like eggs, the cold storage
wes are responsible. The big holders
Tel cornered the supply at summer prices
sad are holding what they have for bigger
BU.
rWe are not getting the benefit of the
Mrlces. Condensed milk, so necessary for
lambles has risen from ten cents can to
vn centa,' I buv It for S1.10 a dozen
Hot, In case lots, so you see how close
wt have to sell It.
; , 'Cven the penny candles for the children
Suffer from the uses of war. These tlqgy
IBMicers 01 ice cream usea to De tour
tfer a cent: now they are three. The big
Jemp In tin from the foreign demand makes
men the penny, goods higher. The sub
(Mrlne 'scare put up Insurance rates on
EvMels, and tea prices rose with them,.
tremendous insurance rates have
keotted prices on currants enormously.
kind even those dried fruits that we don't
ift from abroad are coming In dean Coffee,
lea the other hand. Is fairly low, about
twenty centa for a good household grade.
and chocolate are normal, around
irenty cents.
; The advance In tin hit alt canned goods.
Comparison of Retail
Prkcs Year Ago and Now
Retail prices of staple food prod
ucts of one year bro nnd today
nuoted by Edward SwifVof Swift
& Ca1dwoll,.trroccrs, of 10J7 Spring
Garden street, follow:
1115.
Flour (per barrel). .$I.S-.bO
tjard (perqxmnd).. .!(
Cheese- ,SS
Eggs (dozen) :i-.J0
Condensed milk (small
can) , 10
P Canned' corn- (doa'.) JO '
washing soda ' (3 lb.
lota) .C5
Swiss cheese .41
Sauerkraut (quart). .OS
1 TODAY'S FASHION
Today.
(tO.OO
.10
.11
.41
.11
.11
Coke (bag),., 10
.0I-.13
,S5
.11
.13
Ordinary corn, the sixty-cent grade, costs
me today 17 H cents a dozen. Peas of this
iJ'(n pack are ten cents a cnn. Tomatoes
are. up about tho same percentage. The
war seems to have, hit washing soda hard.
I used to sell three pounds for five cents
a year ago. Now It brings three to four
cents a pound.
"The poor people are going to be hit ter
ribly hard It this thing keeps up all win
ter, and I am afraid It will. Take sauer
kraut. When a family cannot afford meat,
and many of them have cut It out these
days, they would buy a couple of quarts of
sauerkraut and have a meal for a good
sized family that wan plentiful and nourish
ing. That ten-cent meal today costs them
thlrty-slx cents, or eighteen cents' a quart
The scarcity of the cabbage crop Is blamed.
Then there Is coke, which many persons In
.this neighborhood use for fuel as cheaper
than coal. The bag thst I used to sell for
ten cents now costs twelve, due, the dealers
say, to higher wages at the mines and to
the added cost of bags. Where they threw
the baga away, they now allow them to
be returned, If In good condition, and give
a rebate of ne-quarter cent a bag.
HIT BT rArKti rnoni.EM
"The paper problem hits us hard, but
the customer doesn't think of It. I pay
12.70 a thousand for four-pound bags, about
one-quarter cent apiece. Now a customer
buys a half-pound of pret"els, say a sale
of seven or eight cents, with less than a
cent profit. It Is bulky, and requires one
of those four-pound bags. Considering my
other overhead expenses, I Just wrap my
entire .profit on that sale In that bag. Those
little things are entlng up the margin of
our profits. We cannot charge our cus
tomers every time n commodity rises, but
must swallow these fractional losses. Only
the big fellows can do that. The big fel
lows regulate tho price, and while we,
like our customers, might be willing to stand
for a fair margin due to the war, the vast
Powers are grasping out, and It they are
not checked will soon control the output
-and prices o( all commodities."
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WAR iN H0it 0F SNCK"
Single Tax Leaders and Suffragists Say
Police Have Broken FaithTest
Meeting; Next Saturday
ftlnat Tax party leaders announced to
dy tlfat they would fight the effort of
Superintendent e Police Ttoblnson to .es
tablish, a "zone of silence" In the center
of the city, and -would open the contest
attempting to hold a test meeting on City
Hall plaza next Saturday night
Suffragists were driven from street cor
nv. near City Hall on Saturday tikritt
and have lueued a call te cMlzena to loin
them In defence of what they term a ptobllo
right Dr. meaner M. Hetetand Moore
nut the entire affair up to Mayor Smith and
his subordinates. She not only asserted
that Superintendent Robinson had broken
faith with the Women, but Insisted that
the city administration had dictated re
strictions on free speech which are not
stipulated In the municipal ordinances.
"Apart from our Indignation at unjust
discrimination." said Doctor Moore, "we
protest In general terms against an arbi
trary Infringement of the rights of law-
abMtntr ettleewa M wy ... and we eafl
upon .all true Americans hi Join with tie l
a vhrlroua protest agalnet such an usurpa
tion of authority."
Resolutions adopted by the Slngte Tax
party read, lit part as follow:
"We. the Single Tax party of PKIWnW
Phla, denounce and condemn this Mgfc
handed and arbltrazjr action of the po
lice bureau, a department oAthls adminis
tration which has been repeatedly con
demned by grand Juries. The Single Tax
party calls upon all citizens to attend and
participate In a protest meeting to be held
next Saturday, October 31, 19IC, at 3 p. m.,
on City Hall plaza,"
Mfeavtvwil
"Ouakattewn Ms M the VeHR zHattf.
has Veen. a4artt as th IWrm.1 steftan M
that berwNrh ? tM QtMkertow Boats f ,
Trade and a ptee of M has heat) MM. m
Jem l. WettMi,.wtm
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Flag Freaentesl t Arawttat .Ckttrcfk.
An AmerMan Hag was psnlsd leal
night ts the First nibutelpW Seveftft
Day Adveetlrt Church. Fifty-mwt aad lav
curt streets, by'eJttteM of West Phllaiat
phla.
"different" kimono of pink crope
dc chine.
IF YOU want a kimono which la Just a tit
tle different from tho usual, this attractive
one of pink crepe de chine will meet with
your approval. There Is a graceful drapery
at the back which Is drawn In with corded
shirring to form kimono sleeves In front
The polifted neck line Is drawn In with a
silk tasseled cord, and other tassels hang
from the sleeves. The.negtlge.e ts quite long
and boasts or a short trsln.
(Copyright)
Brand-New Babies
The Krtnlss Idser will Print, free of
rharr. notlrm at rreent births mdI In
throurh ereprr channel. Addr "llrand
Sew llabln." Etfnlnr Ledxrr. SOS Chtnot
rtrret. me and addrcna'and. when b.
ble, telephone number of trnder malt se
eompsnr each nolle e sent.
CHESTER, Mr. and Mrs. William, 1335
South Thirty-sixth street, twin daugh
ters, each weighing J pounds and t
ounces.
WE1LAND, Dr. and Mrs. Carl, 611 Vine
street daughter, 10 pounds. ,
BRADFORD, Mr, and Mrs. William, 1120
De Lancey street, son, 8 pounds 12
ounces.
MARTINO, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph, 1105 Cros-
keV street Abgellno, daughter, 8 pounds,
8 ounces.
SCIIAFFl'.B. Mr. and Mrs. -Morris, 213
Monroe street, a daughter, 7 pounds, 8
ounces. ,
CONWAY, Mr. and Mrs. Michael, 4504 Lin-
more avenue, a son. 9 pounds. 4 ounces
WATEHIIOCBK.eMr. and Mrs. Francis. 403
South Forty-third street, a eon, Charles,
10 pounds.
ZOLXIXOKR. Mr. and Mrs. Frank, 1038
Snyder avenue, a daughter, 8 pounds, 2
ounces.
ANfll.lN, Mr. and Mrs. William Wendllng,
of St Catherines, Ontario, a son. Mrs.
Apglln was formerly Miss Josephine
Eveline Sherron, of this city.
It's all alike, this
"uncommonly
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Every pound has
tho sane madc-to-order
purity and
freshness. Only
enough "'
MJERIDALE
BUTTER
is slapped each
proccrto supply
his immediate
nocds. Thero are
no bulk, shipments,
no lay-overs like
ordinary butters.
Each day tho ship
ments of fresh
' Meridale Buttor
come to please
those people who
are willing to pay a
cf ew centa more for
butter insurance.
AYER&McKINNEY
(!rwri. PhllsdelphU
Belt Phone, Mirket Z74I
Keyetone Phone, Mslo 1783
Look for the "Mtrlotl''
wrapptratr-tlxht. dull- ana
odor-proof at your xroczfj
ROBINSON & CRAWFORD mm
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at all our stores
Where quality counts
BUTTER
;' BARGAINS
The Butter mirket Is exceed
Wfjy high for this season of the
yr. This fact makes our serv
ice stand, out more pronounced.
It has, as you know; always been
w policy to 'protect our "cus
tomers, .both as, regards Quality
d Price. Our Prices quoted
wow are strong evidence that
we are faithfully holding to our
policy. ,
,GOLD "SEAL'
THK PERFECT'
' BUTTER
43c .
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V people- always mm QsM-bW.
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Hy-Lo Butter 40c
C-Ro Butter " 35c
"Whir Qmmmy Co '
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RONOUNCIO OVT1MCJ
ranTovj ,SKos)
1230 Market Street
Presenting the new
Combination Boot,
the highest de
velopment of the
,y . shoemakers art,
.which is rapidly being lost
because of the lack of ap
prentices to the craft. Tan
with Buck top or Paris field
mouse grey with ivory top..
Also in other combinations
$15 the pair.
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You Have but Seven Days, Mt$to
Think, but to Act; Do You.Neecjka
Coat, Set or a Scarf?,
We repeat, exactly seven days, all of them great big shopping days of the popular eight-hour
variety. '
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Fifteen Per Cent Discount Ends With- Halloween
The next scve& days will be without disappointment trie largest in the history of our 77 years of
successful business. We say this unhesitatingly, using the sales record of the last .sevenr days of, our
September sale as a basis of prediction. , . '
The "Eleventh Hour Person" who is forever putting off until tomorrow is always to be expected,,
and we address them specially in this advertisement in order to save them grcal disappointment on
November 1st. v r , .
, For your information we state that increased talented and efficient salesforce 'and. an augrnented
delivery have been added to further facilitate the service during the closing days of .this' busy, busy month.
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'' , . . Charge it Subject to -Bill of December 1st
Fur Coats
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rtesular
Price
October November
Sals ' rteftular
Price Price
-45.00 Russian Pony Coats . ! t 38.7S
k " (Beaver or Itaccoon Collar)
French Seal Coats , SBJaO
r Skunk Collars) V
70.00
(Skunk Collars)
80.00 Natural Muskrat Coat . ..;..'. . 68.00
(Flare Mo3M. Full Furred Skins)
85.00 Russian Pony Coats ....... 1 72.00
(Skunk Raccoon Collar and Border)
90.00 French Seal Coats . . ,'M 77.50
(Skunk Raccoon Coll&r'and Border)
90.00 French Seal Coats . .'. 77.50
(Very Pull Model aq ContrastlnE Collar)
.95.00 Natural Muskrat Coat 80.75
(Hudson Seal Collar,' Cuffs and Belt) . .
1 15.00 Hudson Seal Coats 97.75
(40-lnch with Collar and Border of Skunk or Black Lynx)
120.00 Hudson Seal Coats . 102.00
(Flare Model Selected Skins)
1 30.00 Hudson Seal Coats . 1 10.00
U (4S.nch Flare Model)
150.00 Hudson Seal Coats 127.50
(Skunk Collar and Border) x
October
' - Bale ,
a ",-', Price"
150.00 Caracul Coats . r .'.,. ; . ."127;50
' (Select Flat Skins) . f '-
60.00 Hudson Seal Coats '. .'..'... . 136.00
(Very Full Model and CholceSfeuallty) N J
1 60.00 Leopard -Skin' Coats 136.00
(Badger or Raccoon' Collars) ' ' '
1 70.00 Persian Lamb Coats 144.50
(Skunk or Persian Collars) t
1 75.00 Hudson Seal Coots' 148.75
(6-Inch Border "nnd Collar of SkunK)
190.00 Hudson Seal Coats 161.50 .
(6.fnc!i Border and Collar of Skunk)
250.00 Leopard Skin Coats -.t . :f 212.50
(Tauie Fox Collar and. Wide Border)
300.00 Scotch Moleskin Coats . , .270.00
(Flare Model with Wldo, Border Collar of Skunk or Fox)
475.00 Natural Mink Coats .... .403.75
(Finished with Sable. Mink Tails) '
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Fur Sets
October
Sale
Price
November
Regular
Price5 .
31.001 Black Fox 26.75
35'.00 Natural Raccoon ..., 29.75
39,p0Skunk ;; 33.19
55.00 Red Fox ' 46.75
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Battleship Gray Fox 63.75
75.00Kamchatka Blue Fox 63.75
75.00
100.00
1.00.00
100.00
120.00
Moleskin 63.75
Fsher 85.00
Iyed Blue Fox 85.00
Cross fVx 85.00
Slate Fox 102.00
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