Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-12

IN Strong contrast with The ~ @
cent for fIolyoke. its near nelRhbor,
with a different sort OF inhabitants.
A gross profit of 20 per CEN was
round in New York, y. Y, and Phil
n delphia. Pa; IS per cen in Buffalo,
n. Y, and SO per cent in Boston,
Mass.
Everywhere appears the general
fact that the lower the grade of beef
the greater the percentage of gross
profit. Allentown's high percentage
is based on wholesale prices of I l-2
and s l-2 cents. In Boston the rate
of gross profit is twice as great for
Scent beef as for beef costing II and
IL l-2 cents. Indeed. the rule is quite
general that low-priced beef is mark
ed up twice as much relatively as
high-priced beef. In other words, per-
haps it is Il safe inference that The
poorer people pay nearly twice the
gross profit that the more well-to-do
people pay.
Baltimore, Md, in the South Attain
tic states. is another large city with
a low rate of gross profit. II per cent;
but Washington, ID, c., has a much
higher rate, AZ per cent, and Takoma
Park, d. c.. A per cent. Richmond,
Va, has the low rate of 81 per cent.
and Augusta. Ca, the high one of 61
per cent. The amount Tor the South
Atlantic states is 3S per cent.
In the North Central states the
mean is SO per cent, and the foregoing
observations apply concerning the
higher rate of gross profit for cheap
beef. The Chicago. H., returns are
for cheap beef, and the gross retail
profit is 46 per cent, but in Cincin-
natl, o., it is only % per cent; Omaha,
Neb., 23 per cent; South Omaha, Neb.,
25 per cent. Kansas City, Kan, has
a cheap beef gross profit of so per
cent, while Kansas City, Mo-, reports
only 2S per cent.
For the twin cities, Minneapolis and
st. Paul, Mimi, the gross profit is re-
ported at 81 and 35 per cent, respec-
lively; for Detroit. Mich, and Milwau-
kee, Wis, 40 per cent; and Tor st.
Louis, Mo, SO per cent. In the small
er places the rates of gross profit in
selling beef are 50 per cen for Alton,
H.; So per cent for Cedar Rapids,
Iowa; 43 per cent for East Liverpool.
Ohio; 81 per cent for Port Huron,
Mich; 40 per cent for Wichita, Kan,
and ~ per cent for Winona, MINI. :
No other division of states stands as
high in gross profit as the South Cen
trail states, with "a per cent. The
places with rates above this mean are
Fort Smith, Ark, 81 per cent: Mo-
bile. Ala, "a per cent; Nashville,
Tenn, SO per cent; Natchez, Miss, Sc
per cent, and Shreveport, La, 6S per
cent. On the other hand. Fort Worth.
Tex, reports only 3S per cent; Louis
VILE, Ky, So per cent, and Memphis.
Tenn, 32 per cent.
The mean of 1874 per cent of gross
profit is derived from reports from
the Western states. The highest rate
is 81 per cent for Lewiston, Idaho;
e is SIS per cent for Spokane,
wash; so per cent for Ogden, Utah;
80 per zen for San Francisco, Cal,
and Cheyenne, wyo.; 81 per cent for
Denver, Colo; "a per cent in Seattle.
Wash, and 16 per cent for Tacoma.
Wash.
For the so cities throughout the
United States for which reports We're
received, the mean gross profits in
beef. that is, the total retail
charged to consumers above the
wholesale cost paid by the retailers, is
80 per cent. In five cities The rate of
is 90 per cent or under; in
cities, 81 to 80 per cent; in twelve
cities. 81 to 40 per cent; in twelve
Al to so per cent; and in eleven
cities over so per cent.
Retail Cos,.
There are some expenses attached
o a retail meat or meat and grocery
business in a city that customers desire
or their accommodation which are
,ostly to them. They want delivery
If goods, perhaps by special trip. and
his requires at least one man, horse
wagon. They want the market
nan also to send a man to their dwell
ngs to take orders.
Much more productive of co~stliness
o the retail distribution of meat is
he overriding of the retail business.
'he multiplication OF small shops is
burden to consumers and no source
# riches to the small shopkeepers.
When twenty or more small shops di-
" hN itiaii DuSiitSS NilDln lnt area
hat could be served by one large shop.
he expenses of the many shops for
abor, horses, rem and other things
hat are in xcess of what would be
efficient for the one shop must go
nto the retail prices of the meat sold.
Furthermore, customers are dis
'osed to focus their choice of cuts
certain ones, M these naturally
ear the higher prices. If the por-
steak is really beyond the
ash or credit of the customer, then
sirloin must be had. and a rib roast
of mother cut for roasting.
teaks and roasts are the preferences
{ beef customers, and the steaks and
oasis must nave names that are re-
arded as respectable. Consequently
of the carcass is bought at I
ne highest prices-porterhouse steak I
{ 20 to 80 cents n pound, sirloin at I
0 to 25 cents, and rib casts at 20 !
being some of the prices |
oted in the u received from the [
0 cities. a
Conditions Affecting Meat Supply. .
Among the peoples of he earth :,
Icept those of Australia, the inhabi- :
lnts of the United States are the =
ost liberal meat eaters. Investiga- :
ons made by this department have :.
sclosed the fact hat the per capita !,
assumption of meat in this country, !,
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