The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-15
DOWN THEY co.
Promised Decline in Price of
Meats Has Set In.
Wholesale Cost of Beef Is Cut
3-4 of a Cent.
CHOICE CUTS LOWER.
Fresh Pork Also Shows a Mark.
ed Decline at Retail.
Market MenAttribute Conditions
to Big Corn Crop.

New York, Nov. 15.-Reports from
various parts of the country indicat-
ing fall in the price of meats are
reflected by similar reports from local
dealers. They say the decline has al
ready begun. the wholesale price of
beef having gone off on an average of
/ X of cent in the last week.
One of the leading dealers said sir
loin steak that had brought "a cents
pound was now selling at % cents and
porterhOuse was down cents a pound.
selling at 25 cents. whereas it had
brought % cents. Fresh pork prod
uctS, however, show the greatest
drop, the market dealers selling cuts
for roasting at 1S cents a pound that
have within a short time been bring
ing % cents.
Lard is down cents a pound, the
price being 1 s cents. The best grades
of ham and bacon. on the contrary,
show hardly any change. This is ac-
counted for by the length of time it
takes in curing. The dealers say the
and it will naturally be some time
before the increased production of
hogs offsets this condition.
The market men attribute the re-
lief from high prices to the enormous
corn crop and the consequent low
feed. combined with the past high
prices of pork, they say. have resulted
as was expected, in an increased rats-
| ing of hogs.
Another Drop in Food Prices.
| Kansas City, Nov. 15.-Meat markets
of this city have reduced the price Of
pork chops from cent to 21a cents a
pound. The price of pork loins and
| pork roasts was also decreased some
| what. but ham and bacon and other
cuts of pork were not affected. No
change in the price of beef was an
nounced.
| The break in the hog market caused
| a drop in wholesale prices, making 1t
possible for the retail markets to make
| the concession.
| Boston. Nov. 15.-There has been a
| fall in the price of meat and vegeta-
| bles in the Boston markets which aver
aged from 10 to Is per cent. Beef went
| down nearly cents, poultry fell off
a like amount, while pork products de-
clined 2 or cents.
Big Drop at Chicago.
| Chicago, Nov. 15.-The prices of beef
and pork are falling.
Within the last week the price of
| b. # has been reduced between and
cents a pound by the meat packers.
! The price of pork has declined
about 8 cents from the price of IS and
20 cents a week ago, and wholesale
meat dealers say that mutton. veal,
and other products of the packing
houses will take downward turn
within the next few days
HTlc6S OF the IlTSI SIddOS VI bCSA
have been falling for about week"
said Frank A. Froehling. "They did
not go off all at once, but the packing
houses have been coming down about
half a cent at a time until now the
pric@ for prime beef is between and
| 5 cents lower than it was last week at
| this time, and that of the best grades
of pork is from 2 to cents lower. This
| applies, of course to the fine roast beef
and steaks, for the ordinary quality
has not fallen off, and I do not think
| it WILL
Bacon Five Cents Lower.
Cincinnati, Nov. 15.-Meat prices
have dropped sharply here, bacon
| leading with a decline of cents a
hundred, other pork products are
! cheapened and live hogs are selling at
! S125 a hundred less than the prices
quoted a few weekc ago. Cattle and
sheep and their products show similar
| declines Coffee, potatoes and eggs,
however, are going higher.
Potatoes Are Down.
Milwaukee, Nov. 15.-Food prices in
Milwaukee average from 10 to 20 per
! cent lower than a short time ago. Pota-
toes are 20 cents a bushel lower and
poultry is about 20 per cent lower.
Beef, pork and veal prices are about
the same as a year ago.