Daily Republican., 1882-06-08
TO ADVERTISERS.
sEPUBL lCAN COUNTY TiChEr
THURSDAY, JANE =, 1852
High Prize ~ and Dieting.

HIGH Prize ~ and Dieting.
There are sume faint indications that
here will be decline in beef before
.ong. From Chicago comes the news
hat in consequence Of the arrival OF a
arge consignment of Southern cattle
there vas decline of a half cent per
pound, live weight, in the price of
beeves in the stock yards OF that great
cattle market. The decline is small it
is true, but then it is a decline and it's
chief significance lies in the fact that it
Is the first decided check that the up.
ward tendency of beef has received,
and il foretells that the present famine
prices are about to come down. The
decline is stated to be due to the fact
that the cattle ranges on our vast
Western prairies, knowing that with
the abundance of new pastures the price
of cattle must decline, and wishing TO
take advantage of the present high
prices have hurried their besves into
market, which has resulted in glut
The present expanding high prices of
meat and provisions are enough to
strike CONSERVATION to the hear. of the
average householder and have no doubt
been the cause of the present labor
troubles which prevail to a limited ex-
tent in our city and to greater extent
in otker sections of the country. A
variety of causes com bined last year to
produce widespread failure of the
crops. The winter of 1880 was unusu-
ally severe, and it was followed by a
backward spring. The month of May
brought on summer weather, tho mer.
curry running away up as high as eighty,
five. June was cold and unreasonable,
drought set in in July, and lasted
till late in the fall. This, ombined
with the extraordinary heat, destroyed
a large part of the crops, and the sea
son on the whole was most unprofta.
BILE one. Under these circumstances a
series Of misfortunes naturally had to
snsue. NJ, at and provisions commenced
to advance in price, ard for the first
time in the recollection of the average
inhabitant potatoes and cabbage WEI e
imported into our country from Ger.
many and Ireland to supply the home
demand.
The winter through which we have
just passed was exceptionally and bane-
ficially mild. If it had been at severe
As the previous one there is no doubt
there would le at the present time un-
told suffering among many of our peo-
pie. Happily this has been avoided,
although many householders were
obliged to practice the most rigid
economy and self denial to make both
ends meet. We are now in the begin
ming of June, the first week having
already sped by, and the summer seems
to be unusually backward, but it is re-
assuring to know that with the present
outlook decline may be expected i'll
tho ruling rates of the cost of living.
Some persons do not attribute the
present high prices altogether to the
unfavorable season of last year. They
are of the opinion that speculation has
something to do with it, and in thi, we
think they are partially correct.
Having reason they have q remedy,
which is to quit buying meat until
prices come down to areasona ole figure.
AS a rule it is said we eat too much
meat in summer time, and if we would
only change our tactics and switch of
on a vegetable diet for two or three
months, in the end we would feel much
better and our pocket books would be
prOportionally stoUter. AS the present
season promises plenty Of fruit and
vegetables, it would be very good
time for us to get out Of the habit of
eating meat three times day and turn
vegetarian and thus acquire useful
lesson in diet At the same time we
would be teaching a lesson to all specu-
latOrs in meat if all persons would re-
fuse to pay the present prices demanded
for beef and mutton, knowing that it
is not essential to the eservati0n of
life, it W ould soon be down to a nomi-
nal figure, and within the reach Of Ell
In country of unlimited production
like ours. 1t will dono harm to try the
experiment anyhow whether meat is
high or low.