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FROM THE ARCHIVESep 1, 1917·Missoula, Montana

BREAD PRICE INCREASE ANNOUNCED

Scanned from The Daily Missoulian, Sep 1, 1917
BREAD PRICE INCREASE ANNOUNCED
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10 MIS TOM Bakers Announce Increase in Price and Size of Wares SAY ITS INEVITABLE Flour Too High to Permit Continuance of Dime Sales. Now Following thi announcement of the 220 whoat price set by the govern ment the bakers of Missoula an nounced yesterday that the price of bread would be raised from in cents to 1 15 cents a loaf beginning next Tues day. The action of the bakers is the result of n meeting held Thursday night at which the local bread makers decided that a rise in bread prices would be necessary in view of the high cost of flour Iocal bakers said yesterday that the question of raising bread prices had been under advisement for several weeks but that no definite action was taken until the government had acted. I on the wheat price.

They declared I that if the wheat price had been set at 15fl there would have been no need for a raise in the price of bread Bought Flour at Low Price. Although wheat prices have been j high for the past few months local bakers say they have been able to hold the price of bread at 10 cents be.

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