Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-16

The tenacity with which the local
dealers are holding on to the old prices
of beef. pork and lamb despite the
general reduction In these articles Of
food. is equaled only by their-eyasiv@
replies ip discussing the long looked FOR
reduction.
Two dealers frankly admit that
wholesale prices are lower and say that
the opportunity now presents itself
to recoup for loss ) they claim to have
suffered when the prices were advanced
some time age I'D during ths time
they were in ehect.
The very noticeable feature of the
meat prices situation in this city is rhe
contradictory statements of the various
dealers. While some admit that prices
are lower. others persistently deny that
there has been a change. It Stems that
the butchers above Broad street and
in the Hill section are charging less
for everything than they did 'ast week.
and are quite ready to admit hat rnera
is no reason for asking the forner
high prices
Prices High In Heart of City.
Right in the heart of the city. in and
around Broad street, the highest prices
are asked. and dealers resent being
questioned. saying that prices are
where they have been for months. The
only reduction. they say, is on pork
They say that the price of pork has
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pound, whereas the butchers. as we'll
as the pork packers on the Hill, ara
getting four cents less for the very
finest Jersey pork
The Wholesale price of pork loins IL
now Is cents and the retail price In
of the city dealers are getting from
IS TO % cents for pork chops, and many
of them admit that they handle nothing
but Western pork, which is always
cheaper than the local product and cam
be bought for 13 cents.
Several butchers stated this morning
that the price of prime beef has no1
been lowered: that the reduction apS
plies only to the second quality. Other
dealers within stones throw of the
men who say this very emphatically
stated that prime beef has dropped
about one cent on the pound and Sec
ond grade beef is still sold at the old
price.
Chance for Big Profits.
Two dealers frankly told a represen-
tative of the EVENING STAR that
the prices on beef. lamb and pork ara
lower but that the retailers do not
like TO admit it. These men said that
owing to the high prices which pre-
vailed for so many months the butch-
ers maze very small profits and now
that prices are easier they want to
take advantage of the reduction them~
selves.
you see," said one of them, we
make nothing in the summer time, ana
because Of the high prices we made
nothing for so long that we feel justi>
fed in holding out and making all we
can now"
Poultry dealers are as reluctant in
talking about price conditions as are
the butchers. In some shops chickens
are sold from Is TO 20 cents aud in
others from 20 to % cents. Turkeys are
sold everywhere for 2S cents.
In the various shops throughout fho
city the following prices are asked for
prime beef: Porterhouse steak 22 to
% cents (this is the price that has been
asked for several months and which
still prevails); sirloin steak. 20 to -
cents: rib roast, Is to IS cents.
Prices on second grade meats ara
reduced about two cents on the pound
in some shops. For porterhouss stea1