The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, June 09, 1921, Image 6
PRICES OF FOOD DROP. an
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Retail Trade Slower Reaching Lower
Levels than Wholesale Dealers. pi
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Wholesale food prices during the ga
past year have declined .much morejgj
rapidly than retail. This is shown j
by figures complied by the bureau of wj
labor statistics of the Department of j
Labor. I gr
Wholesale food prices dropped 47 j (j0
per cent, in 12 months. Prices paid ;wj
to farmers dropped 53 per cent during j qc
the same period. But the prices Mrs. wj
Housewife paid at the grocery store!
declined but 28 per cent. Food which
at the outbreak of the European war
would have cost her $1, during April |
would have cost her $1.52. A year!
ago it would have cost her $2.11. , tn
In the wholesale markets, however, j mi
food products which in 1913 would th<
have cost $1, in April would have'an
cost but $1.41, and a year ago $2.79. ly
Farm products show even a morejwc
striking decline, and more nearly ap-1 his
proach pre-war levels than any other; th(
group of commodities. Products for an
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*'mcn me xaimei retencu m
during April brought him $1.15; a:
year ago they would have sold for th<
$2.46. coi
In computing its statistics on retail it
food prices, the bureau of labor statis- ty
tics obtains prices on 43 principal ar- th<
tides in 61 tities. The average price wl
of each is figured. These average '
prices are then "weighed" according wi
to the quanity of each article consum- as
ed in the average workingman's fami- tel
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The price of food and farm pro- a
ducts at wholesale are based on quota- rei
tions in representative markets of the to
country. They also are weighed in cei
making computations, due alowances trj
being made for the relative import- cx
ance of the different commodities. mc
Individual commodities illustrate the ch;
discrepancy between wholesale and re- '
tail prices. re<
Cattle which in 1913 would have en
brought $1 on the market, during do
March would have brought $1.12 1-2. gii
But sirlion steak, at retail, which in be
1913 would have cost $1.54; the March wi
figures for round steak, on the same tei
basis, was $1.57. in
Hogs, still figuring the value in wl
1913 as $1, in March would have sold to
for $1,25 1-2 on the market. Pork sa;
chops, also on a 1913 basis .would ori
have cost the housewife $1.68. fie
The relative price of bacon at wholesale
and retail, figuring on the 1913 kn
basis, was $1.21 and $1.55, the latter mi
figure be: ;g retail. Hams on the tr;
same basi sold at wholesale for $1.61, ly
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id at retail for $1.81; lard at whole
le $1.11 and at retail $1.24.
Butter and eggs in their retai
ices more nearly have reflected th?
lolesale decline. Eggs which ii
13 would have sold for $1 at whole
le, in March would have sold foi
.20 at wholesale, and at $1.21 retail
itter, on the same basis, was $1.48':
lolesale and $1.50 retail.
The difference in milk is mucl
eater. Its retail figure on the 191,'
liar basis was $1.71, while th<
lolesale figure had declined to $1.49
>rn meal was at retail $1.60. and ai
lolesale $1.04.
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ie Future of The Country Weekly.
What is to be the future of the counr
weekly? This rests with the cominity
and with the publisher. H
? community recognizes the value
d possibilities of the country weekand
is willing to pay what it is
nth, and if the publisher realize.5
i responsibility to his community
;n its future is bright, it will have
important part in building up z
tisfying and wholesome rural life
First of all, the country weekly of
i future will be recognized as z
rcmunity institution. This means
will be prosperous. The copjmuniwill
realize that it is unwise foi
i community to have a newspapei
lich is not prosperous,
rhe country newspaper of the future
11 not be sold as a newspaper, bul
a community sen-ice, just as th(
ephone is service. No one thinkf
telephone rental of from $12 to $3(
year is high, yet in the service il
iders the paper is quite comparabh
the 'jmone; and the telephone repts
can't be used to put on the panr
shelves the way the old newspapei
n. A country newspaper is wortl
>re than the $1.50 or $2.00 usuallj
arged.
The publisher, of course will be s
mgnized community. He will hav<
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m of detail. He will have capabh
rls who can do this sort of wort
tter than he can do it himself. H<
11 never find that he is unable to at
id the meeting of the committee.'
charge of the community house, oi
lich he is chairman, because he ha:
fix a balky linotype. It goes withoul
ying that he will have a neat, wel
ganized, and systematized front of
e.
The people of the community wil
ow, also, that they have a part ii
ikhig it a good paper. As one coun
<? editor put it, the country week
is "not the sole product of its edi
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readers, and advertisers." No country
1 publisher could ever afford to hire
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ry as intensively as it should be cov
ered. And it is well he cannot. It is
r better for the community to feel its
. responsibility with the editor in mak
ing a representative newspaper.?M.
V. Atwood, College of Agriculture,
1 Cornell University, Ithica, N. Y.
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Friends of Mr. W. R. Scott announce
him as their candidate for
mayor in the coming municipal election.
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