Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-16
Prices Quoted by Local Deal
ers Compare FavorabIy With
New York Figures.
GENERAL REDUCTION HAS
LITTLE OR NO EFFECT
Newport News Merchants Are chars-
ing Slightly. Above or Slightly Be-
low Those In Other Cities-Chicken
Within Reach Of the Light Pocket
book.

Although no general reduction has
, as yet been made in the retail prices
, Of meats in this city, the existing
prices as quoted yesterday by Local
retail dealers compare very favorably
with the prices obtaining in various
cities In the east and west since the
general reduction in meat prices was
made last week. Up TO the time the
prices we're lowered. meats in the
western and eastern cities were re
failing for from three to FIVE cents a
pound more than they were bringing
In Newport News.
Porterhouse steak IS retailing here
In some Of the stores for Is cents
pound, and sirloin Is bringing from
16 cents to Is cents. In New York
sirioin and porterhouse steak Is re-
failing for IS cents. Smoked hams
retail here at II cents and in New
York they are bringing 16 cents as
against 90 cents two weeks ago. Ba.
con is selling here at 10 cents and
round steak is going at IL cents.
However, there are TO fixed retail
prices for meats here and different
prices are charged by different deal
ers. The prices quoted above prob
ably are the lowest in this city. Some
dealers are charging from one to
three cents more on the pound for
meats of all kinds.
A general average of the retail
, prices of five or six of the leading
stores in the city would put the
prices here slightly higher than the
prices obtaining in New York since
the reduction was made. Hams OF
all kinds-fresh, corned and smoked
are from two TO four cents pound
4, lower in New York than they are in
Newport News. The same is true
of fresh loins Of pork. Porterhouse
steak also is lower. but in New York
round steak is from four TO six cents
higher than II is here at the present
time.
Will be Lower Here.
Should the general fall in prices ex
+, tend 10 this city, and the local deaf.
ers expect that it will, the retail
prices here will be lower than they
are in any of the larger cities How
! ever, some of the dealers say that be-
, fore the cut in the prices reaches
| this city there will be some reason or
other for raising the prices again so
that the Newport News people will
| not be able to enjoy the benefit OF
| the drop in prices.
Chicken is higher here than it is
| in New York. dressed chicken here
| bringing eighteen cents a pound as
against sixteen in New York. Live
i. chickens are being sold here for from
Is to IS cents q pound Chicken is
about as cheap as any other meal
now and the consumption OF fowl In
1 this city during the past few months
has been far above the average.
Turkeys Are Down.
| While there has been no fall In the
| prices of beef. pork. hams. lamb and
| mutton Of late, there has been very
material drop in the price of turkeys
during the past few days and many
! are the men who a week ago figured
| that they could not afford a fat COB
bier Thanksgiving will be able to en-
: Joy that luxury. One local dealer
/ yesterday quoted live turkeys at 1;
| cents a pound and dressed turkey Al
| 22s cents pound The ayeraRs
| price for turkeys dressed Is from q
to % cents a pound. Even this !:
a drop of from FIVE to six cents or
the pound within q week.
Flor also has gone down. the bes
patent now retailing for from $3.50
to IS the barrel as against 81 and
/ $3.50 two months ago. Potatoes alss
\ are very cheap and the potato mar
l1ket here is very active Provisions
/ generally are well down In price nov
and the high cost Of living" seems
| to be generally on the decline.
Cause Of Fail.
While they attribute IL in part "a
the recent Democratic landslide. soms
/ OF the local dealers say that tho
bumpser crops all over the world this
/; year have been largely responsible
for the faii IL prices. Grain is much
cheaper than Il was and the stock
rsisers can buy feed for cattle and
hogs a. a much lower figure than thes
could last year. Wheat Is plentiful
and that accounts for the fan IN ths
price n -four. Potatoes. both Irish
and sweets. also are plentiful and this
has tended 10 keep their price dovr
/. 20 almost rock bottom