18 Capita! Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday, December 5, 1949
HIGH AS THE SKY
I Black Pepper Raises From
3 Cents to $142 a Pound
By ItADKR WINGET
" New York, Dec. 5 W The wholesale prices on most foods
are more than double prewar, but black pepper has gone up 47
times.
The retail price has jumped too, but less spectacularly. The
housewife at her grocery now pays about 60 cents for the pre
war dime can of black pepper'
the common kind you use at
home.
In 1939 the lowest price for
black pepper was three cents a
pound wholesale. It hit an all
time peak of $1.42 a pound early
last August, and it isn't very far
from that now.
: The situation is potentially
explosive, pepper men say. It's
something like a man screwing
up his face to sneeze. He wrin
kles his nose, takes a deep
breath and everybody waits.
Back in 1939, we Imported
some 30,000 tons of pepper,
mostly from India and Indone
sia. Pepper that year averaged
Jour cents a pound. The war up
set all that. Imports were erra
tic. In 1943 we imported only
eight tons. The next year not
even a shaker full ran the block
ade to get in.
Such shortages boosted the
price until OPA put a ceiling of
ten cents a pound on black pep
per. That lasted until early 1946
when the lid was lifted. Pepper
Jumped from an average of ten
cents in 1945 to an annual aver
age of 39 cents, to 43 cents, and
to an average of 62 cents last
year. This year it has moved
steadily upward to Its current
high plateau.
. The end of the war and higher
prices didn't increase the pepper
supply. In prewar days Indone
sia produced 90 per cent of the
world's pepper. But the Japan
ese wrecked the pepper gardens
during their occupation. After
they were thrown out, the Indo
nesians started rebuilding their
Industry. That's slow work. It
takes about seven years for a
domestic pepper plant to ma
ture. And the work was delayed
or halted from time to time by
civil strife.
As a result, India took pepper
leadership and turned out 80 per
cent of world production.
Adding to the uncertainty was
the American government's de
cision that pepper is a strategic
war material in critical supply.
It was marked for stockpiling.
Such operations are top secret,
but government buying always
Is a potential market factor to
keep the price from sagging.
The big uncertainty is Indo
nesia, once the world's biggest
producer. Some of New York's
most important pepper traders
have their agents in Indonesian
ports where they gather all the
information they can on pepper
for their companies.
But they don't know, they say,
what the situation is in the in
terior. Travel is difficult
throughout the country and in
formation is restricted. Some be
lieve there may be large stocks
of pepper there harvested from
gardens that escaped notice.
Others think there may be some
stocks concentrated from har
vests of wild pepper plants or
from abandoned gardens.
If large stocks were uncover
ed, or if shipments from Indone
sia should start suddenly, it
would have a dramatic effect on
the pepper situation.
Tract Purchased
By McKillop Firm
Further development of the
Liberty area is noted in plans
by the McKillop Real Estate
company of Salem, which has
purchased a tract of 25 acres
from Mrs. Matilda Oakman.
The tract Is located between
Browning avenue and Cunning
ham lane and will be subdivided
into lots. Electric power is now
available and efforts are being
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Youngest Iron Lung Polio Victim Completely paralyzed
at four months old, little Dianne Chubol lies in a respiratory at
General hospital, the youngest polio victim to be placed in an
iron lung in Los Angeles. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
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until two days after she was stricken because of an error in
diagnosis. Her condition is critical. (Acme Telephoto)
made to bring water to the loca- The new subdivision will be
tion. I known as Oakman Acres.
Wilder Play Well Presented
By Cast From Willamette
By EILEEN SCOTT ROSS
Stage Manager Frank Lockman looked over a near-capacity
crowd at the Salem high school auditorium Saturday night as he
appeared on stage for the prologue of "Our Town." The play,
a Willamette university production, war under the capable di
rection of Prof. Ruane B. Hill who is a newcomer to the school
this year.
director. Rex Lindemood as
technical director, Chic Schmidt
on lighting and Mary Louise Lee
as makeup technician.
Display ing enthusiasm
With Lockman's deep voice
setting the mood, the simplicity
of the Thornton Wilder play
was sustained by the actors
throughout the three acts. Audi
ence interest was noted in the
unorthodox setting, which uti
lized a minimum of properties,
and in the pantomime.
- Lloyd Hanson played the ado
lescent role with both sincere
feeling and humorous touches.
Playing opposite was Audrey
Bliss, who handled the part ef
fectively. The older leads were
taken by Dorothy Wood, Jim
Lester, Barbara Langley and
Dave Place.
Sam Pitner was well cast as
the pedant, and Cleora Norwood
exhibited a fine sense of timing
in her comedy. The cast was a
large one, and all the members
were convincing as townspeople
of Grover's Corners, New Hamp
shire. Assisting Hill in the direction
were Marion Sparks as assistant
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