Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-02
COST or LIVING SHOWS
SIGNS or DECREASING
Retail Price Of Meat in New
York City Drops Seven
Cents a Pound Eggs and
Cheese Report Webbing,
ny James Christopller.)

good. n the good thai Is 10 result
from the financial wind that mad.
Wall streets hair stand on End Is o.
coming manifest The man WIN,
works for q salary. the man of SINAI
means who had no part IN the stool
exchange gamble and whose c0mpe
tency did not shrink through the pro
cess Of water Squeezing even the MAJ
WIN tolls for u daily wage. IS begin
ming 10 reap the benefit
stock marker values were not iff
only ~ thar had been lnflafe +
The mania for initiation had cxtehd"l
10 the prices 81 meat and cheese ans
butter and eggs and other things fhal
go 70 make up the list Of Mes re-
cessities a corresponding shrinkag
IN the purchasing power Of o dollar,
OF course. vent IN parallel; and N.
increase In the number Of dollars 2
man could get hold 81 did not keep
pace with the number ~ them needed
10 pay the monthly bills The result
was that while an Of ~ heard q great
dsal about the abundant prosperity
with which We were blessed. the most
u us could not quite figure whore we
came IN.
Money Ia easier to get now. says the
financial expert. aud So Is the meat
and the cheese and the etc. The re-
tail price Of meat has dropped five 20
seven cents on the pound. cheese and
butter and eggs are co~rrespondingly
lower. There has been no decrease
IN the price 81 coal. but d threaten
ing Increase has been headed off
Eggs furnish about as good an Mus
tratiOn a. could be had. a few eek
ag0 select eggs were A. high as even
ty-five cents a dozen. and hard to get
at that price. WHY Because the egg
market had been c0rnered n the
supply placed In storage. II WAS in
tended to force the price up 10 q dol
lar a dozen, or ever higher N possi-
bile. along about Christmas time. The
plan gave every promise of success
until the currency famine came along.
A few Of those IN the combination got
scared and turned loose their sup
plies, Just as some people got scared
drew their money out Of the
banks This broke the corner. and
prices came down with a rush. Good
Eggs nov can be had for thirty-nv
cents n dozen.
The story Of meal il very similar.
Except that the meat orner always &
IN existence For several years the
packers had been hosting prices. get
ting "all the traffic would stand" and
a further advance was scheduled for
December ! The panic came along
and people began 10 cut down their
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town az badly as the withdrawal o.
hank deposits had scared Wall street.
n from headquarters 90 the meat
trust a general order Go cut prices
went forward.
MIN Is one Of the Few necessities
that have not decreased Boa price. In
stead Of decreasing. milk has gone up
But this ~ due 10 natural not 10 artl-
fetal. causes. MIX dealers in New-
ark, y J.. and vicinity say % serious
milk famine can be- expected boz the
next few weeks. and will probably
continue throughout the winter since
september /. the supply has fallen off
more than 1000 cans a day. and ef-
forts 90 obtain more have failed one
wholesale dealer Ia Newark said his
dniiF supply was now 400 ans short
Farmers and dairymen la New Jor-
Fey and the New York territory on the
north say the high prices are due TO
the trouble experienced getting help
FOR the harvesting OF crops A crop
yielded this year. In one instance. only
500 bushels. against an average year
d. yield ~ 5000 bushels. Added 90
The difficulty 81 obtaining harvesters
were the drouth Of last spring and The
increased price of all grains.
The price Of milk has already ad-
Vaueed two cents a quart. and the
Newark dealers say that there will be
an Increase Of three cents more be-
fore the end OF the winter. Certified
mtlk reached thirteen cents a quart
last week
With the prospect that milk 81 an
kinda VIII reach 70 price almost pro-
hibltire Go the poor o. the city, comes
anothcr warning against the use OF
rnw milk for the feeding 81 Infants q
The warning g. sounded by pr Ar
thur Randolph Green. director 81 the I
Nathan Straus laboratory for pasteur-i
lziug milk Tor free distribution
through the Siraus depnts sounds the
warning he returned d few days *
from Europe. where DE made an cN-
hausuve study 90 che mia problem
MI sfraus chief concern now
said DR. Green. ls tn rave every
mother know that the scientific men
of the world practically agree that
raw milk Dr. not safe food Tor babies.
and GO have every mother know fur
fher that Do cam reHdilf save hrr
children from lnHfrtrfinE cuusumr-
ton and other diseases from mills ht
-pasieunfiuE Tho mIlt she gives them
that can d1 This herself ln Der
U Kitchen with tcfF Ntflc trouble
and expense
Or Green cited the warning issued
Dos the International mIk c1nrres.
bruasfls against che u-a OF mW mHk
Tor infants aul Ihr advice Of IHat
eminent BODY thaf In 900 cases Doe
COW milk given tl infants boz bodied
"r p~asieurlzed. su ls ta destroy fhe
germs. particularly fne germs Hf iu-
herculosfs nT Green HiIaI
Ny Sfraus that sou
can NOT hope fn r~aseurer aU the
luilk iH the world hut ht does De-
IeNe thar 10 if uuurrr--lrr sud aluusf
criminal inr q mother BOO run IRE
grave rlsk ~ Swing Hrr child frt
gsrm- of urherraiHsIs han she can
make THE tnli's fnaI safe b.. pas
frurizlnc the MILK
The camraIEu fnI rhf I~a-eurr1-
unu of mills ts uuf % aurk Toy fne
poor. Boa fsr fhe ufore The ru..r.
- q matter 1f Fact ere pretty wen d
t~hrpirh thr farid multiplication ufI 2
infant milk stations Iu urarT aH fle
efeai critics. bot fhr rhlIren of fne
ron ana ~ the greaf middie rias-c f
nff-f o. an untold Ind ~IurnnreiFahie 4
e.ieni ffem heine FED 90 raw infect
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