Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-13
MEAT PRICES LOWER
Dealers Proclaim Decided Fall
in Quotations Since June.
NO ADVANCE IN PRODUCE
Butter and Eggs Of Good Grade,
However, Command High Rates.
OPINION OF LOCAL DEALERS.
Figures Taken From Those Who
Know the Market-Contrast
Of Conditions.
OPINION OF LOCAL DEALERS.

There has been decided fall in the
price Of meats since June. according to
the dealers in the local market. Sell
ers Of farm produce. such as potatoes.
cabbage. onions, spinach, kale. turnips,
beets and other staples say, too, that
the low summer prices still prevail.
although such produce was much more
plentiful in the warmer weather.
Dealers in butter and eggs are not
so pronounced. They seem to incline
to the belief that people as a rule are
demanding a better quality Of every
thing. and expect to get it at the same
prices they paid for infe1ior goods
some time ago. A leading butcher.
speaking upon the subject, said many
of his customers who were formerly
satisfied with round steaks now wanted
the complaints OF the high cost Of ltv-
ing to facts such as that. This butcher
admitted that about year ago, just
as Congress convened, prices In meats
now to about the prices charged before
the rise, with marked decrease since
June last.
Some Decreases. Cited.
| In June, he said, rib roast brought
| c5 cents pound. Now 1t can be had
| for from Is to 90 cents. Round steak
that brought 20 cents in June, he said.
can be bought now for from 12h to
IS cents, according to the cut and quail
| ity. 1t Is the cut and quality OF the
meat, after all, he said, that marks a
difference in Its cost.
sirioin. that brought 10 to 25. cents in
June, he said. can now be bought for
| from IS to Is cents. Plate meat, chuck,
shin and shoulder clods, he said, largely
used IN boiling, are generally much high
cents less on the pound than week
ago. Pork loins. which brought % cents
a pound then. can be had now for from
16 to 10 cents a pound. Ham, too, ne
claims, ia cheaper for the larger size
hams. Large fresh hams of from four
teen to sixteen pounds can be had for
from is to 1s cents pound. and smaller
sizes at 10 cents. Large smoked hams,
he declares. are about 2 cents cheaper on
the pound now.
Farmers Responsible.
The trouble has been. 1t is declared.
that the farmers kept their hogs and
fattened them. "A hog when he begins
to fatten takes on about two pounds q
day. The consequence Is that now when
they are turned on the market large
hams preponderate. Smaller hams. which
are more in demand, he says. are scarce
and higher in price. The Cincinnati hog
market broke yesterday. it was added.
and prices went from about cents to
745 cents q pound on the hoOf Whether
this break Is going to be general or not
he could not say. Its effect could bet
ter be told about the middle OF the COM
ing week Lamb, he stated, IL reasona-
IL cents wholesale a pound. But veal Is
high. It brings II cents alive Is cents
wholesale and cuts retail at from 20 to
20 cents a pound. Calf liver, too, rs
very scarce and readily finds buyers at
20 cents pound. Good No. 1 sweet
breads, he said. bring from Is to 70
cents. although the No 2 grade can be
bought for from 25 to 45 cents. Here
again. he said. II all depends upon the
Grade and quality. Those why want the
best must pay the price for 1t. and the
price for the best Is very much higher
than for the ordinary. he declared.