The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-03
ALL MEAT PRICES
SOARING TO HIGH
ATTITUDES
Wholesalers Advance Figures
All Along the Line
RETAIL FIGURES UNCHANGED
Local Marketmen Will Endesvor 70
Maintain Present Rates to Ben.
nington Consumers

The already high prices of meat
products are again going up. The
Wholesale prices, during the past
week, have taken one of the biggest
jumps since the big boycott was in
augurated number of weeks ago.
Heavy steers are today quoted at S11
a hundred and no heavy beef can be
bought from the big companies for
less than $1,000. One local merchant
bought his beef on Saturday for
$3.50. On the previous Wednesday he
had bought for 50.
The increase in wholesale prices
affects not only beef but all other
meat products. Hams have Jumped
from 10 to l712 cents a pound and
the same price also prevails for ba-
con. The retail dealers are paving
SIG a hundred for pork loins and are
paying ne and II cents for native
hogs. Lambs are two cents higher
IMAM week ago, the present figure
being l5R. Following in the wake
OF pork products lard has advanced
from AZ to 10 cents
Poultry is also on the up grade.
Inc marketmen are paying 15lb and
10 cents live weight for chickens and
ind them hard to get at any price.
There will be no change in retail
prices to the consumers in Benning.
ton at present Four of the market
men when interviewed on the subject
stated that they would have to stand
the increase themselves. They init
mated however, that it was their be-
lief that wholesale prices are likely
TO so even higher and that any fur
ther increase would have to be met
by raising of retail figures.
Ihe local marketmen apparently
have been keeping close watch or
conditions and had placed orders for
supplies at prices that prevailed a
week ago For this reason they are
not SO much disturbed over the an.
nouncement from headquarters as
they otherwise would have been.
l.. j. Eddington said NO we are
not going to raise prices at present
Our customers would stop buving
meat If We did. Our orders went in
at last week prices and we are wait.
ing to see what is going to happen
we understand that beef is going 10
cost us Sll a hundred next week bnt
VIII have to stand it."
Conrad Schwartz stated that he
had put in a goodsized order for beef
ana that there would be no change
IN present prices to the public Tho
of the pork market seemed
% nm to be the most serious feature
with live hogs selling in Chicago at
'lO a hundred and the demand great.
er than the supply he could see NO
easoh why poor products retail
lrlces should not so up in the near
ulure. 1t isn't all trust. The east
Asses nothing nowadays" said Mr.
schwartz. We have to buy every.
hing IN Chicago 1t is only a few
ears ago that | used to buy and shin
logs to the Troy and Albany markets
II the farmers around here. but now
can't get enough for my own mar.
William S. cullinan, manager of
he Burke market said that he had
'ot received instructions to make
my changes in retail prices. He I'M.
'eIslood' however, that the whole
aie hgures had been advanced.
Harold Nj Sweet of the Sweet mar
et SAID that he should not increase
'Ilces at present, except that he had
odVanced the figure on pork steak to
y cents which he understood was
ne prevailing price with the local
larkets' Sliced ham he said was
osting the consumer % cents but
'ith the Wholesale figure at 17H
ehts there was little profit in tho
usiness when the small price az
men the butt had to be sold is
AIKEN into consideration.