Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14
NJ EAT COIN U P
PRICES OF ALL KINDS HAVE UP
WARD TENDENCY.
Win u No Strike Hero Unless Local
Slaughter Houses Kill for
Western Firms.

Going up! This Is the word that Ia being
passed around in the local meat market.
While there Is no indication today that
prices are going to soar In the clouds.
there Is still a rising tendency. Some kinds
Of meat are no higher. or very little so,
than they were yesterday and others have
shown a more marked advance. However.
1t is not thought among local wholesale and
retail dealers that the Washington public
need get really nervous over the situation.
1.-The Chicago trouble will be settled
soon. very likely" said one. I'VE are more
or less used to this sort Of thing"
This may be all true enough, but the re-
tail buyers OF meat are nervous In spite of
the fact that the dealers would try to calm
their fears. 1t is unquestionable that meat
Is higher in price now than 1t was last
week. and beyond a doubt it will continue
to advance unless the strike is called off.
Prices Today.
Today live calves are selling at whole
sale for and IA cents pound; dressed,
for 10 and IL cents pound. Beef. i've Is
bringing in the local market So and $500 a
hundred pounds wholesale, and the choice
parts of the dressed beef IA and 10 cents
pound. The advance in the price of cattle
since the beginning Of the strike has been
about 81 a hundred pounds, or cent
pound.
Sheep, live stock, is selling today for 8
and cents a pound, and IS bringing 10
cents dressed at wholesale. This Is an ad-
vance of PIP cents for the live stock and
cents for the dressed over the prices of sew
eral days ago.
Live hogs are now bringing ~ cents
pound and dressed pork 12h cents. There
has been an advance of a cent pound In
hogs since the strike.
Pork loins. which were selling for IL and
111a cents several days ago. and which
~ nnptc q n
disposed of at IA cents.
The advance is noted in other retail
prices. Porterhouse steak has advanced
since the strike to 80 cents and 30 cents a
pound, 5 and 10 cents more tnan it was
selling for before, according to the quality.
Sirloin has advanced and cents. and
round about 3 cents a pound.
A tendency of the price Of pork to go up
more rapidly than that Of the other meats
is noticed. Good pork chops that sold for
Is cents Yesterday were going late ne. TINS
than Is cents a pound
Lamb at retail has advanced about 1
cent a pound since yesterday.
Danger Of Local Strike.
1t is understood that as long as the local
slaughter houses do not attempt to kill
stock for any of the representatives of the
western firms that are identified with the
so-called meat trust. there is no danger
Of a local strike Of butchers and meat
cutters. Inc Killing Tor local ufma, UNI
identified with the big western interests,
will go on as usual. 1t Is believed.
The statement that there are enough cattle
in Virginia to meet half the demand In this
city Is not confirmed, and one butcher said
today that he did not believe that source
could be depended upon for much. IL in
deed for any. He said he thought what
there were in the state were bought up yes
terday and might be shipped to other places
where they would bring higher price than
they would here.
A meeting of the Meat Cutters and Butch
er Workmen's Local Union No. 14S is
scheduled for th,s evening, and it is thought
some action Of local Importance may be
taken.
Present Supply.
The local agency of the Armour Packing
Company reported today that it had enough
meat OF all kinds on hand to last for a
week or ten days. and that then t might
be possible to get more from the west. The
price of fresh meat, said the ARMS repre-
sentative. is bound to go up a little. if the
strike holds out. but 1t may not be very
MITCH He said that what are termed
provisions IN the meat line were not ad-
vanced in price at all. as he sold them. and
we're not likely to be, as long as the supply
held out Provisions" are smoked and
sailed meats of all kinds.
The possibility of sympathetic strike Of
the railroad employees has been considered
by local meat men. Many think that II con-
ditions do not improve for the Chicago
strikers there will be danger of the rail-
roads becoming unable to carry meat. This
would, of course, cause regular famine
Every one would have to eat vegetables, 10
matter how much he was willing to pay
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