Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-15
Noticeable Fall Reported
From the Leading
Centers.
PORK TAKES THE LEAD
General Reduction of 2 to a
Cents, WhoIeSaie-0ther
FoodStuffS Follow.


tumbling all over the country, accord
ing to reports received from various
centers. The reduction on beef runs
from 2 to 5 cents a pound, and pork
averages about 212 cents decline. But
ter and eggs, however, show little or
no reduction in price.
New York. Boston and other eastern
cities note a fall in prices during the
past week. In the west the tendency
of all reports is toward lower prices
In Chicago packers have cut prices of
beef 4 to 5 cents, pork 2 to cents,
and veal and mutton are expected 10
follow soon.
Poultry Cheaper I'm Ohio.
Columbus and Cincinnati. Ohio note
a reduction of to cents on all
grades of meat, and in poultry a fall
of the same proportions is reported.
Milwaukee places the decline at 10 to
90 per cent below the prices of meat
last fall. Vegetables also share the
decline to the same extent.
st. Joseph, Mo. notes a decline in
the wholesale prices of meats, but no
change as yet in retail figures.
Turkeys Down : Cents
Denver reports the heaviest de-
cline in poultry. cents on turkeys
and on chickens cents. Meat prices
are unchanged.
st. Louis and Kansas City, Mo,
report price declines about the same
as at other places, with the promise
of further falling off in the near
future. Bay City, Mich, is an ex-
ception in that lower prices are
quoted on hams and bacon. Other
places reported prices in these
classes unchanged. The reduction
of the price of beef and fresh pork
at Bay City is smaller than the av-
erage Of the other cities. At St.
Paul the cut in beef prices averaged
H cents and pork cents.
See 5-Cent Drop.
Four cents a pound is the decline
in beef prices in Detroit, pork is 3
TO cents and poultry to . cents.
Omaha expects a cents decline
on all meats will be reached by Jan.
l. The present drop in prices is
about 2 cents.
New York Benefited.
New York, Nov. 15.-Prices of meat,
both wholesale and retail, have under
gone a considerable reduction the past
week. The wholesale price of beef is
down to cents, and the retail off
an average of about 2 to cents a
pound. Pork is down 4 cents.
Further Decline Coming.
Chicago. Nov. 15.-According to
present indications the wholesale
and retail prices of meats in Chicago
and surrounding territory will suf-
fer a marked decrease within the
next few days. Dispatches from
other cities last night showed that
the prices of pork had been greatly
reduced and the local market is ex-
pected soon to be similarly affected.
"The prices of all meats will be
lowered within the next day or two,
said John Irwin of Irwin Brothers,
one of the largest markets in the
city, on learning of the decline in
other cities. During the first of the
year, when prices were high. the
farmers started to fatten up the cat
tie and hogs. The stock is now be-
ing shipped to the Chicago market
and this will lead to a reduction in
the prices of pork and beef. as well
as hams and bacon"
Pork Chops Tumble.
At Kansas City a reduction rang
ing from 2 u to ) y cents pound
in the price of pork chops was re-
corded Seventeen and one-half /
cents a pound for pork chops was
the prevailing price, where 90 to % /
cents a pound was the price several /
weeks ago.
In Boston similar conditions pre-
vailed. Beef went down nearly > /
points and pork products suffered .
a like decline. The prices of nearly /
all lines of fresh vegetables also |
were affected. The butter and egg
market held firm and was slightly /
higher at the close of the day than
for the few days preceding
Many Reasons Given.
Many reasons are given by the
packers for the decline in prices:
The decline in the prices of beef
and pork in Boston and Kansas City
William F. Burrows, vice president
of Libby, Mcneil & Libby, said lis
due purely TO local conditions that
exist in those cities"
1t is expected also that the prices
of poultry and vegetables will un
dergo a drop in the local markets. L
Commission men would not admit
last night that this was likely to