The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-16
USE DANA'S SARSAPARILLA ITS
THE KIND THAT CURES"
THE BRRF QUESTION.
Manager Mayberry Gives His Side of tn,
Story.

Manager Mayberry Gives His Side of the
Story.
EDITOR HERALD Your article in Satur-
days edition of the HERALD in regard to
high prices of beef and also stating that the
Shenandoah Beef Company is in no respect a
benefit to the meat industry of this town
should not pass unnoticed. Allow me to say
that the meeting held at the salesroom Of the
Shenandoah Beef Company did not as the
writer expresses it, "break up in a quarrel
On the contrary, il was a meeting Of business
men who are gentlemen and are not disposed
to quarrel, and | must say was as orderly a
meeting as was ever held by body of men.
There was no '1ively time" as the writer
had been informed, and no one lett the room
until the meeting was dismissed Further.
more, the HERALD stated that the desire was
to advance steaks from 10 and 12l cents to
Is cents. Allow me to say that the highest
price demanded by the dealers at said meet
ing was IA cents A number of dealers
expressing themselves on the subject said
that the meeting did not interest or benefit
them, for they were already getting prices
far in advance of the prices mentioned Bv
this you will see that there was no desire on
the part of the dealers to demand prices
which the people with limited means could
not afford to pay. The writer has had as
much experience in the retail business as the
| large majority of dealers in Shenandoah and
knows what he is talking about when the
subject is meat, In view of this fact let me
| give the candid.minded people of Shenandoah
who believe in fair days wages for days
| work few figures for consideration. The
Shenandoah Beef Company is now supplying
| top grades of beef for cents which the
home-dressed meat dealer will admit he
cannot dress for less than 81 cents. How do
we do this Swift d Company buy from
5000 to 5000 cattle every day in the year
and must necessarily buy much cheaper than
the local drovers who buy only 20 cattle
a week, Then the freight is much less ON
dressed beef than ON live stock. When beef
is worth cents per hundred hind quarter
sells for cents and a fore for cents. Those
who buy beef know that a number of dealers
are now selling certain cuts for less than cost
ON this basis, When hind quarter which
costs 9 cents is cut into steaks the waste
through fat and bone on 15O-pound quarter
is at least 20 pounds, which leaves 100 pounds
beef. The flank weighs 10 pounds and the
shank meat 10 pounds, which never brings
cost, and deducted from l3O leaves 10 pounds
of steak, and allowing $3.50 for flank and
shank meat will leave the dealers 1IO pounds
of steak at Sl2, or II cents a pound. l do
not believe any business man in town can
realize profit by selling for credit or cash
goods which cost IL cents and over for l2I
cents. Nor do l believe that candid
minded citizen of Shenandoah is not willing
to pay II cents for beef steak which sells for
% to 2s cents in all parts of the country to-
day. Furthermore the retail prices of meats
has nothing whatever to do with the Shen-
andoah Beef Company. We are selling fully
two cents pound higher than we were three
months ago and the retail dealer has not
any; nor have the dealers
Of Shenandoah expressed any desire |
to return to the old methods oil
killing because they know that the beef !
market is high and our prices much lower
than they could dress beef for. Hence the