Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-17
BEEFOTEAK is STILL CHEAPER
Quite Further Fall Taken in Retail
Price of Meat.
REASONS FOR THE PRICES
{. II. PfcIoens says People Are De-
mandinE All Goods Put Up in
More Fancy PackaEes-
Syrup in jugs.

Still further down the price OF beefsteak
goes, and in the wake OF the steak there
trails cheaper lamb chops, cheaper pork
chops, cheaper roasts, cheaper stews-
cheaper everything, in tact, among things
that appeal to the palate or carivorous
mankind.
Announcement ~ .,The Bee yesterday Of
the fact that there 90 general ann marked
decline in the price of meat ana other food
stuffs created widespread interest and
perhaps no publication In many months
has been more widely read.
Reference to the present and past price,
list Of meats published in The Bee Tues
day showed at a glance that the poor man
now has his chance along with the man Of
plethoric purse so far as dealing with the
butcher is concerned and Wednesday
morning brought news from one Of the
most prominent meat markets in the city
to the effect that revised schedule Of
beefsteak prices had been made over night.
and that the revision was decidedly down
ward
Here is what steak was selling for
Wednesday:
POrterhouse ............................ R52Qloc
Round ..,......,.'.....'.........'. ia
tor three pounds for 25cj
Retail dealers declare that they well
come the lowering Of prices, and it is de-
clared that already the trade in meats is
increasing, the public buying much more
literally than formerly. Such prices as
are quoted above-and that, too, by a
shop that Is noted for selling meats OF
good quality, seems almost unbelievable
in this era of high living, and there is
ecstacy today around more than one
kitchen range, where only few days ago
anxious housewives looked askance at the
ever increasing food bill
Big Corn Crop the Cause.
The abundant corn crop OF the middle
west Is said to be largely a factor in
lowering prices, and the salaried man who
has a wife and several juniors to feed is
inclined TO rise up these frosty mornings
and chant blessings upon the corn crop.
Even Thanksgiving turkey. il is said, will
| be cheaper than for many years, and that
Is anomalous I'm view OF the almost un-
bendable rule which places a premium on
the turkey crop Immediately prior to
/ Thanksgiving day
When ! was a boy, a piece OF sowbelly
in the winter time was deemed pretty
good" said c. II. Pickens, general man
/ ager OF the Paxton Gallagher company
but the last few years everyone demands
breakfast bacon, and who would eat q
slab OF pork. In tLis lies the real reason,
or one OF the most important, why the
cost OF certain foods has been high.
"A few years ago bacon was eaten foI
breakfast, say once a week. Then. for rea'
sons, the price went up, and because the
price was higher, everyone Just had tc
have bacon for his or her breakfast every
day. The same way with porterhouss
steak
who eats cornmeal for breakfast now
Most breakfast foods are commonly held
TO be cheap. Suppose you get a dish OF ost
meal at a cost OF a cent-you have to pour
10 cents worth OF cream on It,
Must Have Pretty Labels.
mo one will buy syrup I'm the jug an.
more. II must come in a can with an ex
pensive label on it, and this label, besides
the can, adds 10 the cost OF production and
to the cost OF living. The Ultimate Con
sumner insists on the can and the prettl
llabel-nowadays they even want the LABEL
embossed. and the Ultimate Consumer pay
| for all this"
Price reductions In meat products viii
not be followed by declines in grocery
prices nor viii dry goods nor hardwar,
shoot down, according to opinions Of Omahl
jobbers.
Hardware prices have besh dragging IN,
bottom in some lines for a year" sal,
William NJ. Glass Of the ee-Glass-Andree
sen company.
we look for higher prices II anything
but not By any means Immediately"
Grocery products outside Of a few lines
including milk and cheese. are now lowe
than at any time for the last eleven o
lcontInued on seeond PaFel