Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU
SHOWS THIS COUNTRY is
NOT ALONE.
ADVANCE IN sALTED MEATS
EXCEEDS THAT FOR FRESH
All European countrie. Indicate High |
or Wholesale Priees-lnerease Has
Been Gradual During Past Several
Years-Export Countries All Show
Higher Prices.

Washington, March Meat prices
have advanced in all the principal pro-
ducing and consuming sections Of the
world, according to compilations just
made by the bureau Of statistics OF the
department of commerce and labor. The
figures which the bureau has COM
piled consist chiefly Of the export prices
OF the principal meat-exporting coun-
tries of the world and the import and
quoted wholesale prices in the CHIEF
meat importing and consuming coun-
tries. The chief exporting coun-
tries are Australia, New Zealand. Ar
gentina, Canada, and the United States:
and the chief meat-tmporting coun-
tries, the United Kingdom, Germany.
and, in a less degree, the other Euro
pean countries. All of the meat-ex-
porting countries show higher prices
per pound in their exports in recent
years than those Of decade ago, and
all of the meat-importing countries
show higher rates in their import Ag-
ures and in the current market quota
lions.
Curiously, however, the advance in
fresh meats Is less than that in saIted
~~~AN~ Wv
cases the advance in beef is less than
that In pork or mutton. The fact that
the percentage of advance in prices OF
fresh meats, especially those exported
in the chilled or frozen state. has not
been as great as that Of sailed or pre-
seryed meats Is supposed to be due, in
part at least, to the reduction made
curing the past decade in the cost OF
chilling or freezing and transporting
meats of this class, and to the increased
supply OF fresh meats in European
markets resulting from the growth OF
the system. On the other hand,
prices of fresh mutton have advanced
more than those of fresh beef, the
reason being, presumably, In part at
least. the comparatively slow growth in
the worlds supply Of sheep and the
consequent advance in price of wool.
The method employed by the bureau
Of statistics in determining the export
and import prices OF meats in the var
ious countries is a comparatively simple
one. 1t takes from the official sta
tistics Of the countries exporting or
importing considerable quantities of
meats the stated quantities Of meat ex-
ported or imported and the export or
import price per pound.
ever statistics are available, higher
wholesale prices in the local markets.
In Moscow, Russia &c Of the first
quality has advanced in price per
pound from $50 cents in 1903 TO - cents
in 1908; beef OF the second quality.
from 6.s to 81 cents: OF the third quail
ity, from 3.4 to 6.S cents: and sailed
beef. from SO to 10.3 cents. Mutton,
pork. and smoked ham have also adj
vanced In the German cities Of Dan.
zig, Berlin, Magdeburg. Mannheim. and
Stuttgart, beef, mutton, and pork have
advanced, the city Of Berlin, showing.
IN beef advance in price per pound
from 1872 cents in 1896 to 1875 cents; for
pork from 1873 cents to 1853 cents; and
mutton, from 1872 cents in 1895 to 17.4
cents in 1908. these quotations being
representative Of either European cit