Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-18

Roast beef ..........,................
Lamp chops OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1eH
Mutton chops doin or rib lbs for, %
Mutton stew, lbs for........,.,....',., 25
One Of the most literally patroniged meat
markets in Omaha announced last evening
the foregoing price list, effective this morn
ing and until further notice.
Porterhouse steak best quality IN the
beef. for only 1913 cents per poundi
Comparing this with what the porter
house consumer OF last week or last month
paid, it seems incredible, doesn't It?
And sirloin at 10 cents per poundl
Enough to make the family provider ex-
| claim, Il love my vegetarian diet, but, oh.
you sirloini"
The decline in meat prices Is the talk
Of Omaha these days, for everybody is
vitality interested In meat, since nearly
every man. woman and child is a meat con-
sumer. OF course, there are a few vege-
tarians who are immune from meat hunger.
but they are in the great minority
May Go SIM Lower.
NJ. Reum, proprietor Of the meat market
in Hayden Bros. store, says he doesn't
! know whether the bottom has been reached
yet or not Il see by one O fthe papers
said Mr.. Reum that some consumers ba Va
made complaint that the decline in whole
4 sale prices has not yet reached the retail
: shops and that the consumer pays lust az
much for his meat az he did before the
wholesale price dropped. Obviously the
complaining consumer has not bought lately
from our shop for we have cmertainly
mace reduction. And we are glad to do
IT, too. II 1t costs us less we can affor5
TO sell for less. hTats an easy proposition -
While prices may be kept at their old
standard in the suburban meat markets
nearly all the larger downtown places nave
} made notable redHGtions ana tharo Is "a
general increase of meat trade as a resnit
concerning the price OF meats, an official
OK the South Omaha stock yards yesterday
gave out the following statement:
AT the seven principal live stock mar
kets Chicago, Kansas City, South Omaha.
, st Louis, ST. Joseph. Sioux CITY and
Denver, the year 1909 showed a decrease IN
marketing Of hogs amounting to approxi-
mately 100000 head: 1910 TO date. com
pared to same period OF 1909, shows a de-
crease at the same markets OF nearly
SOOoOO hogs The marketing now. com
pared to previous year, is showing some
! Improvement however, and there Will
likely continue to be a small gain M au
the markets over last year for the same
, months to come. The new crop of hogs 4,
beginning to come to market and win sbo,,
somewhat better than last year.
Margin Betwen Grades.
e Until recently there has been main.
tanned for some time considerable mar
gin between prices paid for the heavy hog,
ana the light packing or bacon hogs, tn,
Q latter, on account OF their scarcity con,
4 nanding in some instances as much as s
Q per 100 pounds more. Since the narketinr
|. OF the new crop has begun this sprcad ba,
| steadily narrowed and will likely disan
pear entirely in few weeks and viii prob
ably swing the other way before man,
months as the light weight or bacon hog
become more plentiful.
u Hogs are selling in the west right nov
at higher prices than at the eastern mar
q q gets This is especially noticeable at sout,
omaha in comparison with prices uaid a
chicago For some time hogs have bee,
b, selling higher at South Omaha than a
: Chcago' Top prices for hogs at Soutl
a omaha have this week held 10 cents abov,
Nhlcago TOP and this remains true O
8 oolultiohs today Notwithstanding thi
, fact South Omaha has continued 10 mai,
better showing in reoelpts througn-',,
d the year than its competitorsi that IS m,
a percentage Of decrease has been mucl
u lighter at South Omaha, which demon
strates the productiveness OF the territor,
tributary to Omaha, as we'll az the impor
d lance OF Its hog packing industry. sout,
r omaha Is now drawing hogs from farthe
y INTO Iowa than usual as result OF rric
d spread in Its favor and tho outlook n poo,
Tor next year being a good one ON ina
market In the hog department. as well a
in other departments"
Reduction - GeneraI.
omaha is not the only city where mea
Is cheaper, the drop in price being lcners
throughout the United states and man
| student sof the living problem believ,
L era Of ceaper meat is permanent