New-York tribune., 1910-01-28
CHEAPER TO EAT
PRICES REALLY DROP
Amd Consumer Begins to Reap
Benefit an Stores.

The rapid fall in meat prices fairly
reached the consumer yesterday, when a
goodly number of the retail butchers of
the city marked down their beef from
l TO cents pound. To-day. it is said
by men who know the market the cut
will be more widespread. and by Satur-
day the lower prices will be general The
wholesale market fell from so cents to 81
a hundred pounds. Eggs fell cents more
in the wholesale market and retailers at
last began reducing their prices. The pre-
vailing charge throughout the city was
said to be from At to So cents dozen
for strictly freshp eggs, instead Of ts to
SO cents as for some time past
Meantime the popular movement OF pro
test continued to grow, and wholesalers
said that they expected to see the market.
especially in beef. go still lower to-day
The large egg dealers who predicted on
Tuesday that eggs would reach normal
prices in the middle of February said
yesterday that that point would be
reached during the coming week
In the first place" d retail dealer said
1--WE have cut lamb from IS cents
pound 10 IA cents to-day. Pork was Is
cents Monday. Is cents yesterday. IA cents
to-day, and we have advertised the best
cuts TO sell for 121s cents Saturday
Wholesalers are filing large orders at 111o
cents The people have simply got those
dealers all shot to pieces. We expect TO
sell beef a cent or two off from to-day's
figures by the end of the week. and we
have cut it , cents this week already
At the Office of one of the largest Chi
cago house it was said that the whole
sale price of beef had fallen in general
about so cents a hundred pounds from
Tuesdays figures. The demand from the
retailers was said 10 be light and a slight
further reduction was indicated Another
large dealer estimated the decline at from
80 cents 10 10 cents
Prices can't 90 much lower" he said
but look to see some decline before the
week is over. l should say that beef was
selling to-day at from s. 80 to IS so a
hundred pounds. That is about the normal
price. On Saturday beef was SO to $40
l should not be surprised to see the lower
grades going tomorrow at 81
THAT is a low figure, and I should not
like to see It. But there is a considerable
supply and the demand is still light. It's
nothing new for the retail men to complain
about prices but when they don't give
us the orders it is pretty sure sign that
their trade has really suffered We have
some surplus at present. Ny own concern
has from 10 to - per cent more meat on
hand than usual at this time
Julius .. Mahr, president of the Mer-
camille Exchange. said yesterday that eggs
would come down to their normal price
within few days.
THE supply has been increasin more
rapidly than we had expected" he said.
THAT IS shown by The drop of cents a
dozen in the market to-day; , or cents
more and things will be on an even
keel aeain and everybody happy. This re-
duction I want TO say. IS not because of
any agitation or anything else except the
ased supply. We are getting nearly
enough to supply everybody now. Butter
is firm. and yesterdays prices. which went
I'D d little over those Of the day before,
still hold good. There may be a slight
radiation later.