The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 22, 1919, Page 18

#® time, publish in addition to its “FAIR PRICE” BOARD | BEGINS WORK HERE. first regular meeting of the | itself definitely price committee was held the variou day in the offices of c. exe Assistant federal food admin acquarters will , in the Ron Marche, Rep of $2,000 fives of the Master Rakers’| food administration tien gave their version we receive B rise in the price of bread/ the $1,000,000 Guatified. The following state- | congress for inquiry Was given out after the/ cost of living inetemente Rn be met from budget untt recently grant into the higt fair price committee organ! ds complete and on the job. Of the committee will be at 117 White butlding Harry BE. X. Smith, execu secretary of the committee. have charge of office and field tions. committee will ints, criticlems, quesetions ints, criticiems, questions facts on any given subject Will be of interest committee will, |Portland Buys Up PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 22 has been sold thru the . Postoffice to date wWeleomo been exhausted, Corn bacon were also popular STRIKE CRIPPLES pe from time AKRON, Oblo, Aug committees met Thursday with representatives of bakers and retallers of Before a fair price on} | can be determined, the com- feels that it every other industry here were ser fously rippled by machinists today The 2,000 members voted mously to strike without sty | parley unant IT IS NEARING COMPLETION the Corner of Jackson St. and Seventh Ave. S. IN PLANNING THIS MARKET aim has been to provide plenty of room for farmers who wish to sell their vegetables and direct to you. In selegsing the location, we put’ market where rents were lowest. The tenants only to Pay 33c to $1 per day, which means a Saving in present cost of living. Sugar and at cost. stock of 6,000 pairs of shoes secured for the week, August 23rd to 30th. ’s band entertains Saturday, August 23rd. ren’s band and special entertainment, Aug. 30. ig in charge of S. T. Manard, 1726-7 L. C Bldg. Elliott 4993. NIIBLIC as to the costa of our Appropriation from | by | @ strike of union further Wr Zw of maintaining our a} left over from the (mM peng THE SHATTLE STAR-—FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1919. i" You Think Your Cart Wheel Will Hit on set Cylinder, You’re an Optimist | vo LOOK MORE LIKE 30S ons DAY $6,000 Army Food Six | thousand dollars worth of army food Portland The canned cherries allotment has RUBBER FACTORIES Akron's great rubber planta and practically SS SATLERT( Ss -< | When you breeze fnto a food |} foundry of a morning and the chef |gets you as you wigwag for a buck’s worth of ham-and, isn't It reasonable to expect that cartwheel der? Tt ie. Rut DORS it? Not #o's you can notice with undraped eye! On the contrary, your foyberry, theoretically geared up to 100 centa is good only for 594m the Fodder/ Sweepstakes. And that's a funny circumstance when you cbme to igive it the old East and Weat your the You have a dollar in your pocket. | The government assures you that WARKET. ENTRANCES FIRST AND SECOND AVENUES TURDAY SPECIALS-Market Closes 6 P.M. merican Grocery Stores Co. gr YOURSELF GROCERY—UPPER FLOOR, CENTRAL PUBLIC MARKET ENTRANCES FIRST AND SECOND AVENUES CENTRAL GROCERY—LOWER FLOOR, CENTRAL PUBLIC MARKET SEATTLE GROCERY—109 OCCIDENTAL, SEATTLE MARKET Cane Sugar, for i eee 100 Ibs. 4 | Quaker Puffed FR: 17@ | Post Toasties, 2 -10¢ | -13¢) .35¢ .A9¢ Ale .20¢ .10¢ 15¢ . Prepared Mustard, glass Bl Monte Solid Pack Tornatoe: 's Soups Biscuits, . Olney Catsup, large bottle 30¢ Vale Asparagus, green, large can 29¢ FRUIT JARS AND CANNING SUPPLIES Ball Mason Jars Economy 80¢ Pints, dozen .. Quarts, dozen . %-Gals., dozen . Kerr Mason — Wide Mouth Pints, dozen .. en . Quarts, dozen . » dozen . ‘$1. 43 %Gals,, dozen . y Jar Covers, dozen . Jar Covers, dozen n Zine Jar Covers, dozen .... Seaiin Regular Jar Covers, dozen Ivory Soap, Bon Amt Welch's Grape J 2% Ibe. K, C. Roll Lunch Wax Holly Fin Shinola St Argo Corn or ¢ | Albers’ Rolled Picnic kets Karo Syrup, lig Hills’ M. J. B, Coffee, Ib jour, Reliance Cofte Galt Blue Ribb Ridgway's Tea, ¢ %lb, BO, 1 Instant Postum, Rings, 3 dozen . flashington Fruit & Vegetable Company Yakima Watermelons, lb......2¢ | Yakima Cantaloupes, each... .10¢ 2 for..:. Fe 25¢ | Italian Prunes, dozen. Peaches a Freestone h Tomatoes, Ib. 10¢; sthouse Tomatoes, Ib... Cucumbers, each ‘ Oranges (large), 6 for. fF Fotatoes, 7 bes: a os Delicious First Aven Central Fruit Stores Oranges, dozen... . 40¢ Lemons, dozen . +. B5¢ Grape Fruit, each :10¢ one Peaches, basket .........30¢ | Peaches, extra fancy. «++ $1.20 alifornia Watermelons, lb. 216¢ f Melons, lb......... .. 4¢ Bartlett sas dozen 30¢ Onions, lb..............4 Be shell Walnuts, 2 Ek ee ‘"5¢ | Home-grown Home-grown dozen Rosedale Sliced Pineapple, Honolulu Lady Sliced Pineapple, large cans Grape Nuts and Shredded Wheat, Golden Age Macaroni Products Crystal White Soap, 6 bars ., Sunny Monday Soap, 2 bara . large bars .. bar or powder Royal Baking Powder, Baking Powder Pure Cider Vinega r 24% Ib. Flour, 49 lbs, $2.98, 24% Ibs. $1.59 Polish jloss Starck Auto Club Coffee Maximum Coffee, Crescent 99 Coffee, Bartlett ‘Pears ‘(extra fancy), | bask No. 1 tall cans 18¢ ase ».18¢ - 25¢ « Be -.18¢ 20¢ 12¢ . B5¢ o¢ B5¢ B9¢ Ba. 29 ice, Wheat or Corn... pkee 2 pkgs. 2 pkes tice, 4 Oo” 13¢, pint ... 12-0”, can Liwent can for Paper, 2 for de ar, pint bottle 12¢, large bot. 19¢ bag . $1.48 all varieties, 12-02 can pke ide 10¢ ve 33¢ 12¢ pkg. 15¢, medium and 40¢, 3 ibe. 81. Ib, 48¢, 2 Ibe Ib. BOP, 3 Ibs esc iasceered Ib. Tea, Ib. B54, 3 yrange Label, %-Ib. Tb. . large . Something New! Scotch Butter Buns of Richest Materials. Home of Famous Bake-Rite Nut Bread BAKE-RITE BREADERY ue, Between Pike and Union Telephone Elliott 232 Farmers’ Vegetable Co. | New Potatoes (fancy), 7 lbs. . | Dry Onions, 5 Ibs.... White Potatoes (small), 6 Head Lettuce (large), each. . Celery (home grown), each... Green Pole Beans, | Wax Beans, pound .25¢ .25¢ .10¢ . 10¢-15¢ .10¢-15¢ .25¢ 10¢ 10¢ 2 Ibs.. Tomatoes, lb. | Yakima Yellow Elberta’ Peaches, bsk. 30¢ Yakima Yellow Elberta Peaches, per box $1.50 et 20¢ Evergreen Corn (large), per T5¢ will hit on every cytin-| PERYECT KENESS, LS |the Siivery Disc & 100-penny of fact the sa in your Jeans hax drag. As a matter on in your keck cannot develop more than « 59-cent pull. In other words, the purchas Ing power of the bone is 41 Coppers he bad before it starts It (s no longer Rood form to tag! FOOD PRICES OVER | NOT LOWER ___ NATION NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—(United Press—America’s war against high prices and the profiteer has not yet reached « stage where any consistent reduction in the cost of living ix percept- ible. Food prices in some cities have taken a drop in the past month, but in others they have advanced and in # great many instances they have remained stationary. These are jon reports recetvea the conctusiona based today by the | United Press from nine cities, repre ! sentative of the nation. The reports deal with five commodities—butter eam, bacon, bread and potatoes All the prices quoted were obtain 4 t#om the “cash and carry” | where additional charges for credit accounts and delivery are eliminated, jand where prices are considered to | be lowest and more uniform. St. Paul New York still maintains ite repu tation am the highest priced city tho the figures show that the down- | ward tendency has been more gen eral in that city. St. Paul is the cheapest city in which to live, the | reports indicate | The prices are | month's time, atoron al comparative for a thoue of July 21 be ing matched against those of August | 21 New York during that time saw Gecreases in three products, The best bulk butter dropped from 67 to} 63 cents a pound, the price of exits fell from 80 to 78 cents a dozen, and ard bacon decreased babe 87 to a pound remained y #t 10 cents a loaf, and priced in ten-pound lots, same at 50 conte. Three Cithes Spared New York Louls in price Wash product low The item was pota at 43 cents for 10 compared with 46 cents a month ago, Exge rose from 50 to 63 ts. Other prices |remained the same, as fc ter, 61 cents 60 cents 10 29 cents BABIES’ HEALTH IS THREATENED High Price of Milk Is Peril to Infants potatoes, | were the Only three cities San| Francisco and were spared incres ington only ered in price which #old at Ir one was toes yerterday Nows: But bacon bread TACOMA, Aug. Health of babies. in Tacoma and other state jelties Is threatened by the high price |of milk, declared Dr. Robert G. Miles baby specialist, before the Washing ton Anti-Tuberculosia association j state convention in the Commercial | Club rooms he yesterday ‘Tacoma mothers are being forced |by the high cost of living to feed their babies condensed milk," Dr | Miles asserted, “Here in Tacoma where living conditions are supposed jto be good, babies are brought to me jevery day whose parents cannot af. ford to buy good fresh milk for } them “This is the result of the high cost of living, Everyone who helps force down prices is helping save the lives of the babies.” The association elected J. V Smith, Seattle, state president, Vico Presidents Dr. C, A McCredie of ted. Prof. e University of Washington, was re-elected se tary and C, A, Case, of Seattle, chosen treasurer, A and | Smith of | tL" Dub it and it will be shrinking dol ever #0 much m re ¥ appropriate u | do! “shrinking ar the shrinkin: [thing we know of, It's beginning to look like j |eearcely any more comfort to Cleve jiand. In the Ohio city exes which sold for 61 cents a month ago were! |auoted at 12 cents more yesterday, | jwhile the amount saked for pota toes had risen from 45 to 62 cents.| Butter now selling at 67 cents, had| registere & Ureecent reduction, while a half Gent was being saved Jin bread, which was formerly 11 cente loaf. Bacon at 50 cents, having dropped one cent | 8. Fo and L. A. Disagree Typical of airy matters, San Fi 200 Angeles failed to agree high cost of living insue, San Fran cisco, however, seemed to be some what less expensive At the Golden Gate they » jing 60 cents for butter, figure which prevailed a month ago; the price in Lon |ped from 66 to 63 cents. San Fran cisco eee Cost 60 cents yesterday having dropped two notches, while in the hief movie city th hen's jlabor was valued at 62 cents, after |dropping from 68. | In San Francisco, | a was on all and even on the * had drop thore who paid and literally expended 65 cente five cents lens than on July 21 In Los Angeles the price had drop- ped from 63 to 60. Bread had re |mained at 10 cents in both cities San F sco continued to pay 30 cents for potatoes while the Los Angeles grocers demanded 45 cents, a Scent rise In a month PRODUCE MAN RAPS MARKET No Rhyme Nor Reason Seen in Plan tash for their bacon brought it home, Attacking Councilman Bolton's pro- posal to build @ million-dollar far market in Seattle, Capt. KE, x-aecrotary ttle Prod saootation, said Friday he con-| sidered the plan only another exam ple of “the anxiety of some people to spend public money without rhyme mers’ ain or reason uch clared, a Gin de atly a few] market, Capt would benefit r | truck gardeners close to} the city. Most of Seattle's fruit and! vegetables, he said, are shipped herey from a distance greater than 100 miles, Less than 5 per cent 6f the city's consumption is grown within that radius, he asserts “So that Mr, Bolton proposes to spend $1,000,000 or more for the ben efit of the Japar farmers of the White river omish and Skagit} valleys roduce less than 5 per cent of the farm products consumed in the city,” said Capt. Gin, “If Mr, Bolton is going to help eut down the cost of living, why not at. tack the high prices on women's ap-| parel, men's suits, shoes, dry goods| and hundreds of other of | daily use, all of which have advanced more in price in the last four than have food producta?” REPORTER KILLED ON DUTY HONORED LONDON, Aug —British press |men are to erect a monument over the grave mes Harvey Dal youthful repor who, mortally in- jured in a str a lent, remem. bered his assignment, and sent copy to his paper before dying Japanese who articles years his} ‘The drive on the profiteer brought | Westlake Public Market TIMES SQUARE-—SIRTH AND VIRGINIA Sugar— Pure Cane) FLOUR SOAP AK¢ | Westlake Special, bars Crystal White . G8¢ | Sack 10 pounds 96¢ | Gold Sugar Stall, Lower Section Sug pounds . 49-pound 82.05 x 82.90 Lower Section. 7 pounds 49-1b Stall, wnc ~ ZOBLE GROCERY CO. STALL 105 PHONE ELA, 4314 FREE! FREE! 7 Iba, Pure Jelli’s Chocolate 1 can Booth’s Sardines ae 1 dozen Qt, Mason Jara 2he 3 cans Spanish 25e¢ ‘ot 1 can Stringless Beans 14¢ She 21b. can Snowdrift Shortening 10¢ TSe pkg. Wool Soap Flakes, .8¢ Se FLOUR SIFTER WITH $3.00 PURCHASE O7¢ 20¢ 81.00 Cane Sugar | 40c can G Tree Tea Mocha Ib and Java ¢ fee Vienna Btyle Sausage, can 6 bara NoRub Naptha se M. J. B. Coffee In 5-lb. Cans at 47c a Pound *2.35 a Can Royal Baking Powder, l2-ounce can. Del Monte Sugar corn, per can.... | 4 Dutch “leanser, | per pke | Yeast Foam 3 pkgs. for Creame per pkg. 1 Special Life-Time Aainbeien Ware at Cost “WESTLAKE GROCERY STORE PHONE MAIN 1434 THE BASEMENT STORE 19-pound sack High Patent Flour, at the Stall...$2.90 1 Ib, Best Bulk Coffee 10¢ 4 pkas. Sear ht Matches 25¢ 1 Carnation, ative CoOper rol Milk, can t4'se¢ 60¢ Tomato 18¢ 18¢ ) bars Fairy Soap 25e Ib, Cut Macaroni, bulb 10¢ Iba. White Shortening 65¢ Snowdrift Shortening 1-tb. 1 can Tetley’s Bardines can in Flake Sauce 1 can String Beans 6 rolla Toilet Paper 25¢ 6 bars Lenox Soap 25¢ 2 cans Corn or Peas or Toma 50¢ 1 1b. can 6b. can Baking Powder pkg. Baking Soda . bars Creme Oi] Soap } 1-1 " 39c 19c toes STALLS 157.158 STALLS 157-1568 Tea, fancy Gun- | Coffee, 45¢ value, | Cheese, Camem- powder, Ib. .50¢ | per Ib 35¢ i bert, 50¢ box oe | || Three Girls’ MEAT Maple Cream UNION ANNEX Golden West MARKET Almond Cream Carries It It’s | 3-Layer Cakes The Best Two fine Cakes for picnic | or Sunday’s dinner. | MEAT M. Cinnamon Regular 60c Stall 131 Phone Main 4590 Special 40c Three Girls’ Bakery It’s Quality That Count J | — Peaches, 90c .. 30c Center of Market .. 25¢ STALL, CENTER MARKET Arcade Market STALLS 8 AND 9 UNION MARKET Indorsed and Approved by Organized Labor We have BIG SPECIALS on POT ROAST AND LEq -OF LAMB You can always save j money by buying yous meats here. WHITE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE co. 10 Ibs. New Potatoes 25e¢ | Fancy Ripe Tomatoes, Ib...10¢ All Kinds of Canning Peaches at Right Prices Finest Clear same comb : Layer Figs. pound K. AKIYAMA & CO. | STALLS 35.36 Rig Specials on Watermeions, per Ib, eee . Bue & Ibs, New Potatoes, 25¢ 6 Ibe. Dry Onions 25¢ CLASS A FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CO. STALL 120 Fancy Ripe Tomatoes, 3 tba. . Canning Peaches, “crate STAL Crabapples, Canning F erate ‘ie Canning Bartlett” Pears, crate Ib...10¢ 1. 256 . 01.15 LONDON, Aug. 22.—The death ts announced, at Cheltenham, of Mrs. Edith Alice Maitland, the original of Lewis Carroll's “Alice in Wondér- land.” She was a writer anf tray- eler. FREE DOCTOR Ex-Gove: it Physician flickers or other large birds, some, BUILDS CONCRETE for martins, and small, cozy places TREE FOR BIRDS for wrens. At the base will be the 7 > large concrete basin destgned as a oe egg rome Mg ogg hose for all bird callers, r. B. Harry Warren, for years state taxidermist andthe dean of all bird lovers in this part of the state, is having erected upon his lawn an imitation tree made of concrete and wire d@&igned as a refuge for his bird friends. The “tree” is about 15 feet in height and the concrete exterior imi tates the bark of an oak. Here and there are openings, some dexignod for CHARLES SCHWARTZ Optometrist and Mfg. Optician Byes Examined and Glasses Fitted Prices Rearonabla, 2a7 ten. AIR Becond Ave. Phone Main 2551 1111 FIRST AVE. or 169 WASHINGTON ST. RIGHT DRUG Co. STORES Leok for the Free Dector Sign. OurWorth While Guarantee Your Srocer will refund the full price you paid for Md-B Qilee. ifit does not please your taste.fio matter how - much you have used out e the can. M. J. BRANDENSTEIN & CO, Olfice and Warehouse 313 OCCIDENTAL AVENUE SEATTLE Too often when a man tries to pinch others he hurts himself,