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The Washington times., 1910-11-17
New York Prices.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE New York
World, in presenting the result of its in
vesugaJiOn into the alleged reduction in
the price Of meats publishes numerous
statements Of butchers, showing that in
stead OF lower prices all along the line
the reduction IS confined almost entirely
20 PORK and the highest priced steaks
Z ESpOSltOr butcher at us Mu-
berry street says Lower prices IN
New York up 10 the present time con-
Cern only pork and the best cuts of beef
Some cuts Of pork are of cents from
Two weeks ago, while pigs heads uigs
teet, etc. are lower by from 1 10 .
cents Veal and lamb are higher than
ever and chuck steak IS > cents higher
than ever before This is where The
lower prices Of beef comes IN. Whole
caTcaSSeS are a little lower, and the
prices on the hiEh-Driced steaks have
been cut. but this makes the lower
valued cuts higher"
The Washington times., 1910-11-17
PRICES IN CHICAGO
SHOWING NO SLUMP

CHICAGO, Nov. I7.-Despite the an
nouncements Of the packers that the
wholesale price OF meats had gone down
from 3 to 3 cents. Chicago butchers
did little for the consumer in the way
Of actual reductions In fact, prices
ouoted today were about the same as
those OF a week or more ago when the
TOP was said 70 haze been reached
t'anvasses TO asc- -rtain whether prices
had been reduced OF not proved that
they had not. and to add 10 the con
s,7,v,ars' burden the coal dealers an
uOUnced that hard coal mas risen =
Meanwhiie. the butchers are chaIIeng-
ing the packers. They declare the pack
ers are trying to put one across
about the reduced cost Of living
Retailers the "Goats-"
''AU this talk Of reduced prices Tor
meats has no foundation in fact The
bis packers. alarmed BY impending
Federal prosecutions, are trying te
curry favor with the public and TO make
the retailer the goat In the whole
mis- is the explanation of the United
Master Butchers of Chicago OF the N
tervieyys recently given out By ) Osoell
Armour and other beer DaEoliss ~ ~
which the assertion was made Jhal
r7,es+ rrfCes we're OF the tObOEgans ana
that the consumer would soon mo ~
rbeanpr 10 eat pOrteThoUse steak tnan
IF we car be assured by the pack
ers.-- said the master butchers, assem-
hfe1 in regular meeting. not IN news
Daper interviews. HIt by signed con
tracts that they viii reduce Ihe pIlce
OF meat 10 a certain amount aha htep
Them reduced for say three months, We
win be glad TO make corresponding re-
duCtiOns 10 our customers
The Washington times., 1910-11-17

The widely advertised drop in
meats is not a genuine and permanent
reduction, il IS only appre,table in
lambs and does not extend to beef
and pork, and It is only made notice
able by the abnormalIy high prices
charged during the summer months. is
the opinion Of leading retailers at Center
Market today
II the housewife compares her ac-
counts for November of last year she
viii hnd that she is now paying more
for pork than she di2 then, that she IS
paying about the 81 ne for beef. and
that the only real SAVING IS in lamb
The fall IN prices from last month is
attributable by the retailers 10 two
causes:
First, the storage warehouse. have
nlled up unusually early this season.
and, consequently, a large number OF
cattle have been thrown On the open
market
Second The Eastern lambs and hogs
are now being sold 20 local marketnen
IN competition with Western shipments,
and to hold their trade, the Chicago
packers are compelled 10 cut their prices
temporarily
Beef Prices Firm.
The influence Of the Eastern cattle
raiseTs is naturally more strongly felt
in lambs and hogs, since Chicago prac-
tically- controls the beef market, there
being few beef cattle raised in this
vicinity.
That strenuous efforts are being made
Dy the ChicaSo packers to hold up the
price on beef was shown this week, one
dealer pointed out, when a carload Of
beef was kept waiting ar Union station
for day because the price OF II cents
could not be obtained The beef was
finally disposed Of at . cents
To compare prices now with those
charged this time last year is difficult
task, because feE- retailers keep these
records and because or the widely varf-
ant prices charged FOR various grades
Of meats. The price also varies in dif-
ferent parts Of the city. and even IN
different sections OF the Center Market
Conditions Peculiar.
The best records obtaiuable show
that round steak could be bought last
year at this time for 10 cents. while
the prevailing price at present is Is
cents.
A rather peculiar condition prevails
In the beef prices. since the price for
theinfe riOr cuts have gone up while
the prices for the choice cuts have
gone down This was explained by
/ the high price charged for beef last
seasoA and the consequent demand
from bersOns who had hitherto eaten
tenderioin steaks for sirlion and even
round steaks
The result has been that the prices
The Washington times., 1910-11-17
REDUCTION NOT GENUINE
SAY CAPITAL RETAILERS
Dealers Here Deny That There Has Been Any Marked De-
crease l. Meat PriceS-Intmate That Packers
Are Responsible.

Of the various grades OF beef are
therefore now less widely variant
than they have been for years
Comparative Prices.
The price charged for pork today IS
% cents for chops, and the same price
for sliced ham This Is falling OF OF
5 cents for the chops and 2 and cents
for the ham over the price OF last
month
\ comparison Of these figures with last
year show that the retail pr1ce OF PORK
now IS about the same as that paid last
year at this time The Iact tnat the
y boIesaIe price has already passed the
prevailing wholesale price Of last No
veuber, already promises a raising OF
the pork prices
Last fall pork could be bought whole
sale for Il cents; retailers today p4ld Il
and Is cents.
Lamb is considered one Of the most
auctustinK meat products. and dealers
say the present drop in prices holds out
no hope that the condition Will continue
CaTter's Views
The present fail in prices is but a
moral falling of 70 be expected every
fall" said c. V. Carter. manager OF
Golden & Co., today ans it's only dis
tinction Is shat the drop L. not quite SO
rIIed as Il was last fall Instead OF
paying less than last year for filos1
meats. washington IS paying more
Mr. Carter Is one Of the best posted
men along comma issiOu row On general
market conditions, and the statements
made are drawn from carefully com
piled records
A marked silence prevailed among rep
reseutatIVeS Of the Chicago packers TO-
day. Neither the representatives Of Ar
mOur & Co nor Swift 4 Co, WOuiu
make any statement regarding prices
The Washington times., 1910-11-17

vVastefuI processes Of retail distrfbu-
ZION are what is responsible largely sor
the high cost OF food products in the
opinion of Director Roberts, OF the
United States Mint
Mr.. Roberts does not attach mt N i'm
r,ortance 10 the notion that such drop
as there Is IL the price of food products
Is due TO manipulation by big chicago
interests; that is, by the packers de
believes supply and demand at the bot
tom of it,
aIr- Roberts does not take very seri-
ousIy the notion that the big packers
are making e11orbitant profits
Il have been interested IN watching
the packing business for a good many
years said AIr. Roberts The first
money 7 ever had I invested in a small
packing plant at Fort Dodge an lost
il all When the Garfield report came
out, showing about per cent profit by
the packers on sales, while scarcely
ANYBODY believed il, ! satisfied myself
that IL was substantially correct II
ruusr be remembered that Mr. Garfield
said the rroht was about 3 per cent on
the gross sales, not On the capital IN
vested. On the capital, il is more than
that.
When head Of the Commercial Ma
tionaI Bank in Chicago had occa-
sion TO look closely into the matter, be
cause the packers are heavy borrowers
Of money. Their statements showed but
d small margin OF profit on their gross
business Il seems 10 me absurd TO sup
pose they would Understate their profits
when il came 10 q question OF borrow
ing. I have never heard a banker in
Chicago question their figures
THE question Of what profit the pack
eTS make has nothing 10 do whatever
with the question Of whether they are
in combination = question whether they
are manipulating the market at this
time. I have no doubt they are getting
rid Of large quantities OF meat in cold
storage, knowing that they Sre going &c
he able TO replace those stocks at lower
figures There NAV be something in
what Secretary wilson SAYS as 10 the
drought turning many cattle on the mar
ket-
Due to Waste
50 far as the high prices TO the con
sUmer are concerned. they are due
rather to wastefuI processes Of GistrI-
button rather than thu profits Of ths
packers Methods of distribution have
not improved with improvements ir
other lines The telephone the svstem
OF buying in small quantities, delivery
The Washington times., 1910-11-17
MaTTIaPe Iicenses-

William N PUlIiam. Of Remington. Va,
and Ray McAlliSter, Of UniOuviIe, Va
Ina r Hutchins, of Port Huron, Mich.
Alfred c. SCrOtheTS and Martha Green
both Of FauquieT county. Va
Lee G Lloyd Of jamestown. y Y. and
Charley =. BTowEeT. of Manassas. Va
Philip Locketch and Pauline DreiseutOk,
both of Washington
Dennis 2 Hayes and Helen a. Lyons,
both Of Washington
Edward r Schmidt and Eunice NJ
HnOrleiue- both OF Washington
Edward n Culliman and Edith Evans.
both Of Washington
Charles H lTelCn and Esther y Fuller
both Of Mt. Union, Pa.
Rufus W Morrison and Mary A At
WeI, both Of W ashinEton-
William L Luther and Sadie Lyme both
OF Richmond. Va
Clarence W. Duke and Mary +. Stone.
both of Hanover county. Va
Philip MontanarO and Camilla ObertO,
both OF Washington
John s. Thiemeyer and Caroline )
Graft. both Of Washington
Samuel l. Steele, OF TOrkville- : 9,
80 Mamie D Shafer, Of Middletovn,
Frank c. Foues and Ruth L Bailey.
both Of Washington
James w Sanford and Nettie L Jones
both Of Westmoreland county, Nd
Ira l. Henderson. of Washington and
Annie n EaStOn, Of Fairfax county,
Jesse J. smith and Florence f SchOene-
berger bOtn of Washington
Charles E Turner and Luella A Car
roll both Of Washington
Ernest : Crown and Sarah + EerpeT,
both OF Washington
Arthur A. Carpenter and Grace NJ Tan
sill. both of Brookland- d G
Charles 2 johnson and Edith FehT,
both OF St Paul. AIiuE-
John r Whitehead and Helen G. Ben
net. both Of Washington.
Chester L Melton and LenO-a r
Bunch both OF Palmyra, Va
The Washington times., 1910-11-17

years, ] think the increase of production
IS bound to have some effect IA lower
ing prices
q believe II is a good thing for the
country that the American people are
turning thsiT attention more and mora
- the farm. ] think II is Of the utmost
in pOrtance to our industrial life thai
the prices Of food products should come
down
I'VE have heard a great deal about
the high cost Of living. AS a matter
Of fact, the chief element in the high
cost Of living has been the increased
price OF food products Our Industrial
situation has not been adjusted to such
high prices Wages have not been ad-
justed to them and while in time the
Industrial situation would adapt itself
20 the high cost Of living, II would not
be easy
with prices Of food products in some
measure lowered, the process Of ad-
iletment is much easier"
The Washington times., 1910-11-17
ROBERTS PLACES BLAME
ON WASTE IN RETAILING
Director of the Mint Attaches Little importance Theory
That Packers Are Manipulating Prices of Food
Products - Supply and Demand"

OF small amounts, the multiplicity Of re-
tailers. the rents they pay and many
other factors combine TO make the retail
cost high II Is not SO much that the
individual retailer Is making big money
II is that the system of retail distTtbu-
tion as a whole is badly organized
Mr. Roberts is one Of the foremost
economists in the Government service
and il the entire country
Not Surprised
In discussing the drop in wholesale
prices ne said:
Il am not surprised at the fact prices
Of food products have gone down satd
Mr. RohertS- They have been abnOrTn-
ally high 1 have not seen how ii was
possible for them TO keep up where
they have been For my part, do not
believe IL is possible Tor anybody fOT
any considerable length Of time to
manipulate prices contrary to the Jaw
of supply and demand.
The heavy corn crop Is undoubtedly
a large factor in the situation It
makes II POSSIBLE 10 put more food ami
mais on the market The farmer, II
he is sure Of a good crop Of corn ahead
will count on IL in advance and feed up
his old grain. fatten his stock and send
IL TO market The number Of food ami
mails shipped 10 the leading markets
for some months back has been light
The inevitable tendency has been to in
crease prices
Stock More Plentiful
1T also has to be remembered that
for two or three years, with high prices
offered for cattle and hogs the dispo-
sition OF the farmer has been to raise
more food animals. II has turned The
attention of people more and more a
the farm. More people have gone into
farming More land has been opened
mo. Better methods Of farming are
being employed. The agricultural cot
IeCas and other agencies are making :
better farmers and increasing the pro
6uction Of the farms It takes time
for such causes as these 10 afseet Lnt
amount Of the food supply but Il has
been certain it would do 1t sooner OF
/ later
The farm .s being looked at today
in a very different light from what u
used to BE-. We are beginning to uncei-
stand that il is not necessary 10 NOV
to the city to enjoy the comforts o.
life The automobile. the telephone and
rural free delivery have changed the
character Of life on the farm
Not DrudgeTy-
The farm boy now finds that the cit2
1as little to offer him more than the
/ farm, that farming inteIligenty pur-
sued = not drudgery. Now while ] do
not expect the prices Of food products
ever to go back 20 the level II former
The Washington times., 1910-11-17
DR.. WILEY TO HELP
PURE FOOD PROBE.

NEW YORK. Nov I7.-Dr. Harvey w.
Wiley, head OF the pure food and drugs
bureau at Washington, has detailed two
inspectors 70 work in cooperation with
the New York board OF health in It's
efforts to stop the sale Of impure food
The investigation made thus far by the
Federal Inspectors has proven that meat
sprayed with sulphUr0us acid 20 conceal
its decay is being sold 20 consumers, and
IN more than fifty bakeries It was found
that cake was made with bad eggs
which had been deOdOfIzed
The Washington times., 1910-11-17
MRS. SHEPHERDS
FUNERAL is HELD

Funeral services for Mrs Elizabeth
Shepherd wife Of Grant Sne2z:-Ja; sol
- fcr--,eT Gov Alexander Z. SEe0herd.
we're held al noon today al the = Fllllg
residence Burial VIII be IA the Ia-aliS
plot at Saratoga. n Y -
Mrs. Shepherd died Tuesday al heI
home In New York city
The Washington times., 1910-11-17

butchers challenged the packers to make
good their bOasted reductions
II we can be assured by the packers
not IN newspaper InteTVirWe, but IN
black and white" say Tle butchers.
that they VIII reduce the price Of
meats 10 a certain amount and keep
them reduced for. say. three months. we
VIII be glad TO make corresponding re-
ductiOEs 10 the public"
The Washington times., 1910-11-17

Deaths

NorvaI W King. 3 years, 81 New York
..NrrIle r.-.s-t- west
Charles DIinger, . years, Providence
Hospital
Edward Hibbs, 20 years. National Home
OpaThic Hospital
Elizabeth O'Beirae. 40 years. I4f z street
northeast
Catherine Daley. aG ears, Is Seventh
street southeast
Marion F. Fan. 60 years, 2lS Eleventh
Stree5 sCT'lEaSt-
The Washington times., 1910-11-17
The Vital Records.
Births

bITThS.
Spencer w and Lille A. EdeIen. boy.
Wylie and Mary Mitchell. bOy-
John @ and Eta G. hOeniE. girl
Maurice !. and Edith L Wall, Efrf.
Herman and Flora katzwafI. boy.
frank Z and Mar F. Schmidt, girl
Isaac and Regina -5laser, girl
Albert and Marie S0TenSeu. girl
Luther and Ethel lager girl
Harry J. and COri1e A CTisS. boy
Lloyd r. and Agnes G. Darden. girl.
The Washington times., 1910-11-17

THE DEWEY HOTEL. 18th & L streets.
y w y now open for the season.
Special weekly and monthly rates Call
and look at rooms " O. < W w
The Washington times., 1910-11-17

W A. Deh5augh, JeweIer & Optician. =
Z ST y W. Christmas gifts q specially
Save middleuan's profits Diamonds di-
rect from cutter
The Washington times., 1910-11-17
C6AY HAIR RESTORED

Trial Size fOr @gc' Pos'p1se-c- I1i s. slze
G1r-f seTT = send direct to Send the
yeIl,x wrapper from two bottles purchased
Trola a druggist and we WI give y9G q full
y4h and Olive St 81 louis No sold b.
Peoples Pharmacy. 9Th < Mass ave y "
The Washington times., 1910-11-17

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
Notice IS hereby given that the partner
shin heretofore existing between Emmett
2. Bunyea and z E. Robinson trading
as r p Bunyea COMPANY. has been
dissolved Z P BCNEE-A-
November sth- 1910
The Washington times., 1910-11-17
SPECIAL NOTICES

ALL ALTERATION
Hands and Seamstresses axe invited %
attend meeting in TypoSrs phicaI TEN
pie, - q ST. y W, S O'Clock this even
ing
ing
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE UNITED
HEBREW CHARITIES viii be held
Friday evening at the Eighth Street
Temple Immediately after the services
Members please attend
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
on November IS, 1870, q petition was
tled in the Supreme Court Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia BY the American
Crude Oh & Gas Company, a Corpor-
ton organized under the laws OF the
L. :. Congress for D. c., stating that on
account Of changes IN its business, etc,
and for the benefit Of all concerned, a
change Of name Of said Company 70 the
Riverside Orchards Company IS desired,
and e decree 10 that effect prayed for in
said petition. American Crude oil &
Gas Company. By = G GEIGER- Act
ing Secretary
The Washington times., 1910-11-17

a dividend Of one Gce) per cent has
been declared on the common stock OF
the washington Railway & Electric
Company. payable December l. 1910, out
OF the net profits OF the Company for the
haIf yca- ended June 80. 1910, 10 common
stockholders OF record az the close OF
business November 10. 19IG
Books for the transfer OF common
stock will be closed from November L.
1910. 10 December 1. 1910. both dates in
elusive. T. :. WHITEHEAD,
Secret ~
The Washington times., 1910-11-17

Books for the transfer OF preferred
stock viii be closed from November Il,
1910. to December /. 1910. both dates IN
elusive F !. WHTTEHEAD,
The Washington times., 1910-11-17

THE THIRTEENTH SEEI-ANNITAI,
dividend OF JWO-and-One-haIf CZIA Per
cent has been declared on the preferred
stock Of the Washington Railway &
Electric Company, from the net earnings
OF the Company payable December L
1910, 70 preferred stockholders Of record
: a. A----a---L--- L -a--
The Washington times., 1910-11-17

Eight Good Looking STYLES Of
8 and $50 Tan Russia Calf and
Brown kidskin Button and laced
BOots-aH hand-sewed welts-
plain or tipped toes-sOme with
cloth tops.
Broken sizes in each kind, hut
sizes up 10 6 in the lot
The Washington times., 1910-11-17

of the various grades OF beef are
therefore now less widely variant
than they have been for years
The Washington times., 1910-11-17

Boys $50 grade Sterling Calf
School Shoes-sizes 8 TO 81, and
broken sizes in s. and $50 Tan
CaIf Shoes
Girls and Misses Tan, Black,
and Patent Leather $50, S-25, s.
anG $50 Shoes in broken sizes
including most all sizes up TO S1s-
The Washington times., 1910-11-17
Not Drudgery-

The farm boy now finds that the CITY
1as little TO offer him more than the
farm, that farming intelligenuy pur-
sued = not drUdgery. Now while ] do
not expect the prices Of food products
ever TO go back 20 the level II former
The Washington times., 1910-11-17

November 9Th 1910
The Washington times., 1910-11-17

15 pairs $50 double sole Win
ter Tan Calf Button Shoes, sizes,
S, 81 and cd.
IS pairs Gun Metal Calf and
Vici Kid, $3.50 double sole Blucher
and laced Shoes STYLES. Sizes.
> to "A. and 3 only.
The Washington times., 1910-11-17

on November Is, 1910
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
CAV AIRY T.E AIM
DECLINES PRIZE
Thinks Camp Perry Trophy Be
longs to Marine
Corps.

washington, September 3.-The I'M
usual spectacle of rifle team declin-
inc. q. prize which had been awarded
To it will be presented when the ma
tional board for the promotion OF rihe
practice meets in this city In few
weeks to award the prizes for the ma
floral match, which was shot at Camp
perry. O.. last month. Lieutenant w.
Fl. Clopton, Jr., captain of the cavalry
team, in a communication 10 inc
Judge acknowledgement has protested
against the decision of Colonel Ropert
X. Evans Twenty-eighth United states
Infantry, tho executive officer OF the
shoot. in placing the Marine Corps team
at the bottom of the list ana giving
the cavalry team second place.
I;autenant Clopton, in effect. says:
eve did not win the second prize and
do not want it. The place rightly pc
longs TO the Marine Corps, and should
be awarded to them"
penalty Regarded as Severe.
| Lieutenant Clopton ard the members
of the cavalry team will introduce evil
dence before the national board to snow
why the disqualification OF the Marine
| Corns team should be removed and the
cavalry team be given the third In
stead Of the second prize When the
incMent occurred for Which the MA
rine Corps team was disqualified 1t
stood second In the match. It had
passed the cavalry team, and many
surnosed that 1t would be awarded the
second place. 1t is insisted by some
|partscipants that the penalty imposed
| on the Marine Corps team was too Sc
we're, ana that 1t would be contrary
| "a the spirit of the sport for the cav
FAIRY team to accept the second prize.
!In that position Lieutenant Clopton
I and his team have the support of many
| officers and enlisted men of the cavalry
arm of the service.
The action of Colonel Evans IN de-
| Gliding against the Marine corps team
was based on an alleged technical vio-
lation Of the regulations on tho part
of that team.
Advised by Spectator.
Lieutenant w. D. Smith, member
| of the United States Marine Corps
| team. was firing in the national team
match at the 6oO-yard skirmlsh stage
! He fired two shots. and had arisen
! from the prone position when an ot'l-
4 Ger Of the Marine Corps, VINO was
i watching his shots from the visitors
/ seats In rear Of the firing line called
| out words of advice and encourages
ment In a loud tone OF voice. The
/ reason Colonel Evans gives for his
decision is that he feared that other.
4 wise he might be charged with dis.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
COOP ROADS ,rEErrNG.
List of Public School Teachers An
nounced for stafford County.

lSpecial to The Times-Dtspatch.l
Fredericksburg. Va. September A.
Messrs. c. O'Connor Goolrick, of this
city; Robert w. withers, of Suffolk,
and State Highway Commissioners
Wilson, OF Richmond, .poke at a good
roads meeting in Taylor district,
Orange county. yesterday. The meeting
was In Charge of comn1!;iao. headed
BY Colonel c. c. Tallaser',, scd was
in the fcrni OF big Dl,r.ic. the object
being to arouse interes. in o bond Is
sue fr- nat district.
Public school teachers have been an
pointed by Aqua District School Board
OF Stafford county as follows Mrs.
Kate e. Gill. Ebenezer. No. 1 Miss
Eula Green. Brooke, No. 8 Miss Ethel
Wine. Remoth, No. Al Miss Maud Luck.
Forest fome, No. 8; Miss Margaret
Moncure. Adie, No. g. Miss Elsie Har-
vey, Chappawasi. No. q; Bette D. Lewis
(colored), Brooke (colored), No. 8;
Richard Parker, Courthouse. No. q:
Sarah ]. Boxley (colored), Oak Grove
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-05
BUILDING NEW ROADS.
Many rmprovem nn,s-, Being ling. Made Abou,

Especial to Tho Times- Dispatch.1
Bedford City, Va. September 4.--About
1900 square yards OF concrete sidewalks have
been laid upon the streets OF Bedford CITY
withinsthe past three years at an npproxi.
mate cost to the corporation and the prop.
erty-hoders of $1,000. As soon as practica.
SO that in the course OF time, Bedford CITY
can boast as thorough a system of pavo.
ments as man be found in any place. IRE.
spective OF size.
The road leading to the Peaks OF Otter
from the town Is now being properly grad
town on the old Salem Turnpike are being
cut down and the valley between flied in.
This will restore to use that famous old
pike In the days when 1t was the thor
ougfnare to Lynchburg.
This was one OF tho first counties to usa
convict labor upon the roads, and great
tina county ss3+1si5 - ~ "a y