, 1881-06-11
An Effort to Find Out Why 1t Is
So Expensive.
The Retailer Explains that II Is Be-
cause It Is So Good.
The jackson STREET Man Says Tho lsc.
tal1er Is Making Nollling,
And gcolda at tho Public Tasto for thc
Best Cuts,

"Tl,D general fmurcssioll," he remarked to
one ns tho 1Iatl;rtlBrn. "is lint Tho prices
which fiAse beu,i ciurral of laio llnvE been
]lfgt, considering tint 0iiy Tho
ptt0rpst Of the cattle which come to Chicago
n ~ reserved inr ltDnle co,,sIInlptLnl1."
"Tltnt eannut bc j.cllcd." tic llarkctmai,
explained, "Hs ln1lR us thnrn IL IN IurElse-
ilta'al l,Gru for the hlglcr-ctaSsed rntiIc, anil
ter,4ls steady iena1ll for them III tie East
WitlH re4artt tD recent prices. ] WOULD Hluse
tint for tlIstu months past Chicago tnblcs
have been supplied with q m,ct
finer n1thltty Of nltnt thni ,lsl,nl, aud viii
give you tl,a rrasnn fur II. The very hard
winter kt,futl tlle grs!ks erop ut ttuso Western
attl Southwestern, pututs frnrl which zones
tho supply Of poor eaiic tt!lun Which Chlca-
go usually feels. ThIs le.l to thu plircl1Ase
by tho lNrk0lMcn 0f staii-ictl cattle only,
mud tho scriauA rse II, prices wliicl, has been
Of )lns bcen quite unavailable.
AS sum rs tlto grass-lGtl cnttle from tho
points rlcntlpn cotlle III agaii,
THE MAlKiT rllCEA WILL. LOWER AGAIN"
"Wlen well that De?''
"Wittt fine weather il, tl.nso rcgIors they
ought 10 begin shlpplng In nlnonth Or six
weeks"
"'1'l,e suggestion has bec, male That If tic
1narketnlen wer0 allowed to du their own
purchasing at tho Stucl-Ya aml tlletr
own sla,lghteri,lt;, they would even now be
ablo to supply good iuoat at from y to 10
cents. Instead Ut from 1G TO Is cents u pound
ns Mt present."
"Unly tho very largest mnrkntmei-tt,nsa
who kill ten to twenty cattle Il Any-could t!u
their own Strengthening with profit. Tho
small tlunlers who only soil fow cattle
week, cnuld mi spare the time tn 60 down
10 the St0ck-Ynrds mid then intend to tho
sinughtering. 1t Is Il fuct TINT the West Jack
SON street wholesale dealers lluyt not lnndu
my money for tic past six months; So there
certainty woul.t llnve brcn Il dead loss 10 tho
Retailers n IN attempt to do their own
san!EEinterinsm wits; i',S roxot f,oxo IT, .o
rctoi!srs:" .,, :,
West Jackson strctt.'
That there wo,i'd bc ,uonoy for the retail.
ers nntl cheaper prices for their customers 4
eh s ;G a"f px mi f0' "a tsr ss o@ wy kn 1s sets vas
shown by the conversation, the reporter had
with II retniler doing Il very Iarge business
on tl!e West Sitle The tiIni, which consists
ofthree bmih9rs, who divide their work a,'-
ter, by which n!rAlis they Nre enabled to til-
t!crsell thu snMl retailers ailtt to llnve n mo-
rt,pp nopply Of largo portion OF tho West sido
sTiin views Of several other markct,ncn
were ~ the mini sinnlar to tllDse areAtly net
f0rlls. They seemed to be quite satisfied
With the condition Of affairs ut present 1lre-
yailfnE III tho butcher business, md, is n
which have recently. obtained for lueut lluyo
beel1 warranted by the circumstances.
Tie reporter during tho ttay wandered over
,s,y,c+r = i r,.co.- t.c,,,,.,,
n1id talked t0 aDnle Of tho tunlers tllore,
their figures Il!entu that tho retail butchers
lnte 10 'gltrn very clusc III oi!ler to ,iake
tu4l, ends meet. DMrlng tho week the whale
Gonl'sun lsef, 4ee5y{ cents ner poaml; my
S;%' S""'os sh s esifs e@%S Smtpaia paSit sG'9t.; s
Dt4; good. .n5@l.. Mutton --ConnM!ll, aiaG
Ssts 54 c;a 'sl" to ;h9iss esS' cs rsl, sl otf. t.
prices puitl. by tho retalpr fur carcaBses.
Il year u!R0 fresh beef was about Slao nGr l0O
pounds lower than II Ii .noW. file JaclisO,t
strest sneEs say t!e prlcc 81, 9s nasase 9w
Eastern, ant furelgn den!0lul fDr caltlc.
Prices Mt tho yttrtts arc ab0llt one cent a
pound Or 81 per t00 pDtIsHls higher thar, last
year. 1ti$ expgctc.i that tho run Of Texan
Caltl0 will bo lur4er IN Il faW tfnys, alId deal
tls predict ntecilnu III prlers within nlnIttll.
'rhese COARSE Rrat1es Of cats1p aru USED lurEc-
~ by the c!lslleTs, nsld solnu ret!lers n'St,
plirclMsss. them, especially those who supply
n' 5 'Sit wossaets Ssast o' svy Il y arSSls SSS 'fi ts
high prlcu OF beef to
THE TASTES or THE PUBLIC.
Tho people, especially tllD. AmeyleaMa, call
fur tic cllolco eltts,r,thu sirloln. porturouse.
md bust ronsts; ;Tnke y careass welRl!,nK
only y:ss,' pounds Of It !Is used for steaks anA
pounds for the bltehnr to .lisposa of THO best