The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-17

lCOmmlSslon men here tuesday pre-
dicted lower prices still on everything
except eggs. which they say are higl
and going higher.
The following shows some of the re
duction here in the last week:
This Week Last Week
Sugar ....$ .05 s .051k@ o.
Flour ..... 675 $50
Pork . 16@ % 20 q 2.
Lamb ........ 10 Is
Chickens 80. 121k Ia
Beef /. .... 100 Is 70 a q
The decline since the first of oc
Itober is from so to,75 cents on cattle
in the bulk, and the market in general
lis so cents lower than it was a week
1ago. Hogs have dropped from $685.
a hundred weight on October / tc
ls7S2K.
In New York the wholesale price OF
beef has gone off on an average OF
ga of cent in the last week. One
of the leading dealers said sirloin
steak that had brought "a cents a
pound now is selling at % cents, and
porterhouse is down cents a pound,
lselling at 25 cents. Fresh pork prod
ucts show the greatest drop, the mar
ket dealers selling cuts for roasting
at IS cents a pound that within a short
time have been bringing 20 cents.
Lard is down cents a pound, the
price yesterday being Is cents. The
best grades of ham and bacon show
no change. This is accounted for by
|the length of time it takes in curing.
The dealers say the stocks of cured
meats are light, and it naturally will
be some time before the increased pro
'duction of hogs offsets this condition.
The market men attribute the relief
from high prices to the enormous corn
crop and the consequent low price of
the cereal. Low prices of feed COM
bined with the past high prices of
pork, they say, have resulted, as was
Expected, in an increased raising of
hogs.
In Washington, d. c., wholesale deal
ers said Tuesday that prices are TAX
ing a tumble, with indications of sym
pathetic relief for the housewife along
other lines of food supplies. The price
of beef has been reduced between 4
and cents a pound by the packers.
At the same time the price of pork had
gone down about cents.
In Topeka fresh pork has dropped
" cents pound. Six-cent hogs next
spring, the result of large crops of for
age and grain, was the prediction of
heat packer today.
In Milwaukee, food prices average
from 10 to 20 per cent lower. Potatoes
are 20 cents a bushel lower. Poultry
is down 20 per cent Beef, pork and
veal prices are about the same as last
year.
In Cincinnati bacon led today with
a decline of 5 cents pound, Live
hogs are selling $1.25 a hundred less
than three weeks ago. Coffee, po-
tatoes and eggs are higher
In Omaha there has been a drop of
2 cents a pound in the prices of all
fresh meats. A further decline of 5
cents by January is expected by the
packers. Cured meats are about the
same.
In Detroit there has been a marked |
reduction in prices within two months. |
The retail price of porterhouse steak
has fallen from zoe per pound to Ice;
sirloin, 1Sc to 14c; roundsteak 15c to
l2c; rib roast, Ice to t2he; pot roast,
lie to &c; loin roast pork, zoe to 15c:
oin pork chops, 2lc to Ice; shoulder
roast pork, 17c to 14c Poultry has
fallen several cents, hams, / cent. ba-
ION ! cent and lard 1 3-4 cents.
In st. Joseph, Mo, prices in most all
'ood products show downward tend
sney, Pork is off 2h cents a pound.
In Atchison, Kans., meat markets re-
'ponded readily to the drop of meat
prices in the larger cities. Fresh pork
$ to cents pound cheaper than
t brought last Saturday and the
butchers promise reduction i'll the
rice of beef and lard within a few
lays.
In Indianapolis wholesale prices of
PROVISIONS are going lower.
In st. Louis fresh meats are down
rom 2 to cents pound. Pork loins, L
8 cents last week, brought 121a cents
Beef carcasses declined
rom II to 5 cents and mutton from
to cents. The consumers have re.
eived the benefit of the decline. The Ic
ecent high prices of beef caused a
emand for the cheaper cuts and these
ave advanced 2 cents. while the
hoice steaks have declined. Is
In Duluth pork has dropped from % la
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