Lawrence Journal World in Lawrence, Kansas

Corner grocers profit from high prices and false measures

A lengthy critique condemns corner grocerymen in tenement districts for charging inflated prices on bread butter coal tea coffee and potatoes claiming profits of 100 to 300 percent aided by false measures and credit practices. It notes inspectors often overlook violations and highlights adulteration in coffee with chicory locust bark and wooden beans. It also mentions Harvard benefactor Professor Alexander Agassiz and Alabama senators urging large school funding while praising basic education.