THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. DECE3IBEF 3, 1916. 17 AVERAGE FOOD COST RISE IS 21 PER GENT Increase in Last Four Years Is Shown by Bureau of Labor Statistics. r CAUSE PUZZLES STUDENTS Embargo Favored by American Fed eration of Labor Is Opposed by National Grange; Advance In Kew York Is Warning. An Important Index to changing eco nomic conditions is afforded by the re cent bulletin of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which ehows the price ad vances in 27 different foodstuffs over a period of four years. Commodities has been the case for an previous year. "It must be borne in mind Oat the high prices have struck the farmer In whatever he buys aa much as it has the city consumer. Farm labor is scarcer and higher than ever before in tliis country. Everything the farmer buys. Whether machinery, fertilizer, fencing;, clothing, or the necessities of life, has Increased in price by leaps and bounds. This also is true of taxations, t:e in crease in many sections being- 50 'per cent or more during the last five years. Living Method Changed. "Our city cousins have changed their method of living quite as much as we have. Instead of buying in quantities, as formerly, they live in cramped quar ters, with a. kitchenette 6x8 feet, and buy in very small quantities, or live out of cartons and cans." Some economists and observers have favored a trade commission that would regulate the distribution and sale of foodstuffs. It is suggested that emer gency methods now in operation among the warring peoples of Europe could be applied to this country, even in times of peace; that maximum prices be established, and that shortages, whether through meager crops, or the manipulations of speculators, be care fully guarded against. Experts on marketing have advocat ed a new system of marketing food stuffs that eliminates needless trans portation from various depots. A more efficient system, they say, would es tablish the sale of foodstuffs from -centers convenient of access both to pro ducers ana buyers. The situation in New York that requires all perishable goods to be hauled through the city AVERAGE AND RELATIVE COSTS OF FOOD PRODUCTS LAST FIVE YEARS. Sirloin steak, lb Round steak, lb Bib roast, lb Chuck roast, lb Plate hollingr beef, lb. Pork chops, lb Smoked bacon, lb.... Smoked ham. lb. . . ... T.ard. pura. lb........ Hon. Ib.i Canned salmon, lb... Eegs. doz Butter, creamery, lb. Cheesa. lb Milk, q Bread, 16-oa , Flour, H bbl Corn meal, lb Rice, lb Potatoes, lb Onions, lb Beuis, navy. lb....... Prunes, lb Raisins, seeded, lb... Sugar, Ih Coffee, lb Tea. lb Aver&jre S 1913 1013 1 .S.242 X.200 S . .205 .30 . . .192 .200 .222 .237 .248 .135 .204 .342 .3(10 .229 .24 .279 .181 .21d .372 .378 . . .088 .091 .S33 .030 .803 .029 money price ept. 15. J14 1H13 270 S.263 1.281 243 .284 .:r,s 20S .204 .218 178 .16 .176 .122 .228 .273 .208 .139 .208 .200 .r.42 .330 .228 .090 .o:.7 Relative price 100 ub normal 1912 1913 1914 95 102 108 101 100 80 96 .130 .238 .2f'5 .2-.T .If.T .219 .3R2 .378 .091 .0.V2 ,lt03 .032 .130 .2S4 .31 .302 .1S6 .244 .204 .405 .208 .2.08 .093 .002 .H33 1.174 .031 .033 .245 .284 .082 .057 .080 .ool .204 .o::o .078 .133 .128 .065 .302 .651 .091 .415 .045 .119 .131 .129 .077 .302 .551 109 94 96 105 08 102 10O 83 96 112 104 10S 109 104 111 105 80 04 107 104 109 107 117 10S 111 108 105 108 105 jot 91 90 101 (based en ) Sept. 15. 1915 1918 103 110 10T 124 118 103 102 101 3 00 111 100 lOO 94 lOO 100 102 94 98 100 lOO 93 !9 10) 89 86 98 100 loo 98 100 100 112 109 109 107 125 110 117 128 117 102 121 110 ' 111 103 109 117 104 100 181 133 155 U9 103 11T 100 100 are listed from approximately 725 deal ers in 44 of the princtpal cities of the t'nited States, the retail costs are care fully averaged, and the relatives pricee established, so that percentage of in creases can be noted. The conclusions, although prosaic, will interest house holders and family providers with an Intensity eeldom aroused by other news articles. While housewives are sometimes in terested by the news of the war, po litical affairs, or notes on the drama, t'-iere is no item that attracts such breathless attention as the one which shows an advance in the price of flour, the price of sugar, or the price of but ter. Economists Long Puzzled. Economists have puzzled for a long time over the causes of the advances. The increase of tje gold supply, the re duction of the food supply through ex ports, short crops, lack of importations, are all discussed with great thorough ness. But the actual extent of the price changes, whitfj in all discussions has been a matter of conjecture. Is here brought to a matter of dollars and cents. The average incrsafc noted bp the Bureau of Labor Statistics dur ing the last four years s approximate ly 21 per cent. That is to say, the av erage food product that was bought at retail for $1 is now Bold to tae con sumer at $1.21. There is no evading the situation which prevails. Talk of an embargo is now prevalent, and there is a remote possibility that exports of foodstuffs may be curtailed. Certain it is that uch a measure, in operation or in pros pect, would bring down the prices of certain foodstuffs with a thump. But the difficulties incurred by considera tions of t'.ils issue are numerous and prolific. It Is significant to note that, while the American Federation of La bor, meeting at Baltimore, was declar ing in favor of an embargo, the Nation al Grange, representing the farmers of the country. adopted resolutions gainst an embargo. Grange Summarizes Conditions. The attitude of the Grange is ex pressed in the following clauses from their statement: "In many countries, with their c'-ieap labor and high-priced lands, the yield per acre exceeds that of the United Ptates. The American farmer, with cheap lands and high-priced, labor, pro duces many times as much per man as does the farmer of any country in the world. "A long. cold, wet Bprlng, followed by -very hot. dry weather, extending over a larger area of country than is usually the case, reduced acreage and yield to a more marked degree than GIRLS! ACT NOW! HAIR COMING OUT MEANS DANDRUFF 25 -Cent "Danderine" Will Save Your Hair and- Double Its Beauty. Try This! Your Hair Gets Soft. Wavy, Abundant and Glossy at Once. Eave your halrt Beautify It! It Is only a matter of using a little Dan oerlne occasionally to have a head of heavy, Deautnui hair; soft, lustrous, wavy ana rreo from dandruff. It is easy ana inexpensive to have nrettv. charming hair and lots of it. Just get a is-ceni Dome or JbLnowlton's Dan derlne now all drug stores recommend It apply a little as directed and within ten minutes there will be an appear ance or aounaance; freshness, fluff! ness and an incomparable gloss and luster, and try as you will you cannot find a trace of dandruff or falling hair; but your real surprise will be after about two weeks' use, when you will see new hair fine and downy at nrst yes out really new hair sprout ing out all over your scalp Danderine is, we believe, the 'only sure hair grower: destroyer of dandruff and cure for itchy scalp and 'it never fails to stop falling hair at once. If you want to prove bow pretty and soft you hair really is, moisten a cloth with a little Danderine and care fully draw it through your hair tak ing one small strand at a time. Your hair will be soft, glossy and beautiful in Just a few moments a delightful surprise awaits everyone who tries this Adv, streets to the lower end of Manhattan Island, and then retransported by heavy trucks to retail stores and to storage warehouses, could be eliminated through heavy investment In new mar ket centers distributed throughout tZie whole city. Only a part of the whole shipment to the city would be sent to each of these stations, so that a great expense of shipment and reshipment would he eliminated. Ratio Merely Increased. One shaft of light thrown on the sit uation shows that the heavy gold sur plus in this country lias merely in creased the ratio between the money in our pockets and the commodities in our storehouses. The loose change of com merce has been increased in amount so that we have $1.21 cents buying what $1 formerly bought. To bring about an adjustment, there have been extensive changes in wage and salary schedules. The wages of machine workers in the munition plants are said to top all previous records, while the new industrial stimulus has materially reduced the amount of un employment and other ills which had affected the economic condition of American labor. "Salaries" are usually slower to go up than "wages," for a number of ob vious reasons. The man employed in an office, however, may anticipate a raise in salary, if the gold Increase continues. Already a raise ?as been registered among the banking employes of the Central Trust Company, of New l orK, in imitation or what has been done by the managers of many great industrial corporations. The bank has established a fund which will pay to its employes lor the period of one year. If tlie present period of high prices continues, an additional amount equal to 31 per cent of their regular salaries. Statisticians Study Costs. The actual increase in living ex penses had been a matter of some con cern to the employes of the bank since the outbreak of the European war. It had been decided by the management of the bank to raise salaries in propor tion to the increase in living costs. To determine the exact amount of tlie in crease, the bank set trained statisti cians to work on-the problem. For several weeks these statisticians were kept busy investigating prices paid for rent, fuel, clothing and food products. The findings of the New York statis ticians may not be taken as exact for the Increase in living- costs here, al though many of the items tiave keut pace with the New York Increases. Rent Is one of the items, however, which have not registered material advances in "Western cities; food products, in some cases, have not gone quite so higt in New York. But, on the whole. the 31 per cent Increase which was dis covered in New York might be taken by Westerners as a very definite warn ing, and a measure by which they should plan their savings and their economies. TWO HOMES ARE BURNED Hillsboro Family Suffers Loss Twice In 60 Days. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Fields, of Hills boro. have reason to think that a fire hoodoo is pursuing them, for, during the last two months they have lost by fire two houses in Portland. Mr. Fields, who is an engineer on the Southern Pacific, returned to his home at 1107 Milwaukle avenue September so to rind that it had burned down during the night and that his wife and little boy had barely escaped In their night clothes. Then they moved to Hillsboro. On November 27, the next blaze wiped out a residence -at 1685 Taylor's Ferry roan, wnicn naa ..Deen lert to his wife by her parents and Mrs. Fields did not learn of the loss until she carae to town to collect the rent. An ver turned lamp Is believed to have been the cause of the last fire. MAN DEAD; MILL BLAMED Coroner's Jury Charges Iack of Ma chinery Safeguards. Lack of proper safeguards to the ma chinery at the St. Johns Lumber Com pany's mill caused the death of J. O. Stephens, a millwright, of 830 Michigan avenue, Friday morning, according to the verdict of a Coroner's Jury,, ren dered on Friday night. The verdict was to the effect that Mr. Stephens came to his death through the negligence of the company. Which the verdict said, had not properly safe guarded its machinery. Four of Mr. Stephens' fellow workers testified that the shaft on which his clothing caught when he was whirled to instant death was not properly guarded. Another swore that the end of the shafting which kliled Mr. Stephens had been sawed off after the accident," I Buy tKe Best . Books for Your Children Books are the children's companions their teachers and their inspiration! Choose books for your children as you would their associates and the child will acquire purer morals, better habits and higher ideals. The greatest writers, the cleverest scholars and the most brilliant teachers have contributed to "Good Book Week" at Gill's December 4th to 9th. The Children's Book Room Balcony Floor The Children's Book Room at Gill's, the only room of the kind, is devoted to the cause of good books for children. Books of approved worth only are here, collected for con venient inspection and choosing. "Con structive Mental Material" only is in this room and the child may choose unattended, the parent knowing it .can only procure books of merit and character. 1 111! ; n ' 4 South View of Gill's Children's Book Room. North View of Gill's Children's Book Room. Random Selections for Children of Various Ages For Children Under Eight For Children 8 to 12 Picture Books of Familiar Animals, 10c to $2.50; "Mother Goose," various inexpensive' copies from 25c to $1.00 also illustrated by Jesse. Wilcox Smith, $2.50 ; Volland Edition, $2 and $2.60; "Peter Rabbit" and others in the series, 25c to 50c; "Adventures of Johnny Chuck," and others in the series, by Burgess, 50c per vol. ; "Cave Twins" Eskimo, Mexican, Japanese and Dutch Twins by Lucy Perkins, $1.00 per vol.; "The Cock, the Mouse and the Little Red Hen," Felicite Lef evre, 90c ; "Master Quack" and others in the series, Cecil Alden, 40c; Louis Wain's Cat Books, 60c to $2.50. "Hans Brinker" 50c, handsomely illustrated edition, M. M. Dodge, $1.50 ; "Robinson Cru soe" 25c to 50c, handsomely illustrated, $1.35 to $2.00; "Treasure Island," "Kidnapped," "Black Arrow," R. L. Stevenson, 25c, 50c to $2.25; "The Jungle Book," etc., Kipling, $1.50; "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain, 'each, $1.40; "Robin Hood," illustrated, by Crane, $1.50 ; "Heidi," "Pinnochio," "At the Back of the North Wind" and others, 25c to $1.50 each; "Chil dren's Stories From the Masters," by Maude Menefee, price, 50c. For Children 12 to 16 "The Wonder Book and Tanglewood," by Haw thorne, handsomely illustrated, 35c to $2.25; "Lorna Doone," Blackmore, 25c, 50c, $1.25 and $2.00 ; "Two Years Before the Mast," by Dana, handsomely illustrated edition, $1.50, $2.50; "The Oregon Trail," by Parkman, 60c and $1.00 ; "Boy With the U. S. Foresters" and other titles, same series, $1.20; "Historic Boyhoods and Girlhoods," by Holland, $1.50 each; "Old, Old Tales From the Old, Old Book," Nora Smith, $1.50; "Water Babies," Kingsley, 25c to $3.50; "Penrod," Booth Tarkington, 60c; "Boy Scouts Library," authorized edition, 60c each. Book Lists Ready for Distribution Including a 36-page list of "Books for Children for Christmas," "Best Books for Children," issued by the Pure Literature Committee of the Parent-Teacher Asso ciation and a "List of One Hundred Books" carefully selected from the best and arranged by ages. Books that can be purchased for 25c, 35c and 50c. Write or call for one of these lists. GOOD BOOK WEEK December 4th to 9th The entire Nation will celebrate Good Book Week; libraries will co-operate schools will participate sermons will be preached on good books and Good Book Week. Gill's will enter into the spirit of Good Book Week not in the light of an annual event, but with the spirit and regard for good books that has characterized Gill's for over fifty years. Examine the Books at Your Leisure You are never importuned at Gill's! Drop in at any time and examine the books at your leisure. The Main and Balcony Floors are full of books on every sub ject, and if there is any information you desire on any book it is available at Gill's. For Christmas giving you will find an especially attractive collection of worth-while books for your consideration. Mi' l,i I i Ml I ciT AUNTS'- " J 111 tiP (I fililliilliV "if in reading to the children, or they will enjoy reading themselves. Other items im- Vw 0 1 I Vm Peter and Polly I e0?JJ I Jaunts of Junior IM. ! Hi III 1 r-zc Hi III oiiaiific .ti.uvcm.uie3 ui a I'te I Boy in Pursuit of It" 5iiC. 'KeU szCftAf&m rr. ant-no? r?;; ouc . This book Is by Lillian Bell; is Illustrated Fheltin and Hunt are the I TTX ' S ti J I ' with 16 comical illustrations by Peter authors. "Children, dear, I ljgb - a.-t J I Newell. A story in which "Blllie Boy" from far and near, who love I I learns many geographical facts that de- adventures new. come lis- ; light him hUKely. Stout cloth binding, ten well to the tale we tell 112 DAereB. Reeular rrice SI. 25. SDe-r?A of a boy lust like vou: for I HI about 6x4 Inches 97 clal for Good Book Week OlC Junior dreamed, and so real ' II I I JJ ti, -h. Kft 1 u "eemed. he thought it 'j. ., t, . ! I. " ' Pagres. Regular price 60c. . must he true" W r 1 r - --- J price $1.25--aood j I special H ' Boolc Week dUt ' I Personal Greeting Cards Second Floor sJrB a 'l 1 Toys, Games, Etc. Fourth Floor II THE J. K. GILL CO. Booksellers, Stationers and Complete Office Outfitters THIRD AND ALDER Three Specials for Good Book Week Below we list three specials for "Good Book Week." These are books you Avill delight in reading to the children, or they will enjoy reading themselves. Other items im possible to list here will be found in the big display of children's books. Come! Ptft onrl Pollv I "The Runaway Equator and the Strange Adventures of a ZDC Little Elisabeth H. Wilkinson Is the author. Suitable for children from 5 to 10 years of age. Is a story of two lovable oats, and Is Illus trated with 22 colored pho tographs. Size of book about 8x4 Inches 97 pages. Regular price 60c "Good Book Week," OlS 60 GIRLS ARE FEASTED BIO THANKSGIVING DINNER SERVED BV Y. "W. C. A. Merry Time Had by Young Womtn Away From Home, and Some "BIk Brothers" Are Asked In. There was an open door and there were seats at the table for 60 girls on Thanksgiving day at the Young Wom en's Christian Association. Thl9 organization, knowing the needs of girl life and realizing what Thanks gving away from home means to hun dreds of girls without homes in this city, arranges each year at Thanksgiv ing time for just such a gathering aa this. A profusion of holly branches with their bright red berries for- color ing made a most artistic table decora tion, Mrs. Charles Kanim donating the holly for the occasion. Five big, brown, crisp turkeys, one at each corner and and one In the center of the big K shaped table gave .the real home Thanksgiving touch to the scene. Three young men invited over from the Y. M. C. A. gave' the "big brother" feature to the dinner. Six Y. W. C. A. secretaries, girls themselves away from home, volun teered to do the serving on this oc casion, and helped In no small way to spread the feeling of hospitality and friendliness which was characteristic of the occasion. ' Miss Constance Wheeldon was In charge of the dining-room and the pro gramme. Miss Carrie A. Holbrook, president of the association, acted as toastmistress. Between courses there were songs, stories, conundrums and stunts of various kinds. An unexpected guest on this occasion was Miss Grace Maxwell, one of the Northwestern field workers, who dropped Into the associa tion just as dinner was called. She reported that a new Y. W. C. A. had just been organized In Walla Walla. Miss James said she was thankful for the sweet spirit of love and friendli ness which bound together the Y. W. C. A. girls of 22 different nations, and told the Incident of the little flaxen haired, blue-eyed girl, who shortly after arriving In this country told a Y. W. C A. secretary she was so glad there was a Y. W. C. A. In America like there was In Sweden. The time, the place and the girls each served to make this occasion one of Portland's most happy and success ful Thanksgiving gatherings. KLAMATH BEETS ARE RICH American Beet Sugar Company Tests Show Oregon Product Good. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Deo. i. (Special.) The Klamath Commercial Club is In receipt of a letter from the American Beet Sugar Company, of San Francisco. In answer to Its request for a test of the sugar beets grown In Klamath County this year. The answer contains an analysis of the beets sent by the Commercial Club as made by the company's chemists, and covers the sugar properties of beets grown In five different kinds of soil in Klamath County. The sugar content of the beets mentioned runs from 13.2 per cent to 20.2 per cent. It Is said that beets must contain at least 12 per cent sugfer to be grown "profitably. The complete analysis as received follows: Grown by J. W. Jory on black loam wash Boll eight miles south of Klamath Falls, 2U.2 per cent. Grown by F. I. -Vblte on sandy loam soli three miles from . Klamath Falls 16. S per cent. - Grown by Al Melbase on sandy loam soli two miles east of Klamath Falls 18.4 Por cent. Grown by Lee Thomas on sandy loam soil 25 miles southeast of Klamath Falls 13.7 per cent. Grown by F. T. Kelson on marsh land soil 12 miles southwest of Klamath Falls 13.2 per cent. ALCOHOL "DRUNKS" FEWER Apparent Heed of Drugrlsts Is Pleasing to Court Officials. The uncompromising attitude of Mu nicipal Judge Langguth toward the sales of alcohol, andi the rigid Investi gation that follows the appearance of "white mule" victims In court, appears to be telling on the evil. But one inebriate before the Municipal Court yesterday morning laid his sorrow at the door of the drusglst. Officers of the court were Jubilant at the evidence that pharmacists are taking heed. ThomasyCornell. who admitted that he had drunk alcohol, was sentenced to a few-hours In Jail. John Morrisey, who took the whisky route to police headquarters, was similarly treated, while Patrick McNeil, Frank Golse and J. E. Ballen were each fined 10. In the latter case the fine was suspended. MINING MACHINERY BOUGHT Preparation Made to Increase Out put of Plant at Bullards, Or. MAESHFIELD, Or.. Dec. 2. (Spe cial.) 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