Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25
FOOD PRICES STILL
MOUNT, WITH BEEF
LEADING THE LIST
Housewives Find Advance
70 Per Cent. Over Last
Year = Dealers Advise
Cheaper Beef Cuts.

A canvass of the Philadelphia retou
| eenters reveals the fact that prices gen.
orally asked now for meats, fish, son
1000, poultry and staple eeasonable vey.
etables are virtually 20 per cent. higher
now than they were year ago, and ,bo
thrifty housewife whose cash has not in.
creased during the past twelvemonth has
but two courses open to her: She mus,
carry smaller market basket, or e,eo
must be. content to buy cheaper cuts Of
| meat, and inferior grades of food,
Beef is. as usual the source Of lot
of argument, and as beef goes so must
! other foods allow and prices rise In
| proportion. Butchers report a scarcitv
| of beef, but call attention to the fact
that If marketers could be educated to
the real value of the cheaper cuts, such
as nriskets high-price meat troubles
would be relieved. In New York citv
the hip loins are cut and sold as norter.
mouse and tenderloln at 50 cents a pound
while the Philadelphia consumer is beno
hted to the extent that local butchers
cut and sell all srlon cuts at % cents a
pound. The present prices are about the
same as two months ago: Round, 20
cents; rump, 30 cents; rib roast, 20 cents.
polar roast, % cents; cross-cut roast. "a
cents; cornbeef, Is to 20 cents; nork
chops, SO cents; lamb chops, 30 cents. leg
or lamb, % cents; shoulder of lamb. il
cents; stewing lamb, s cents; veal chop,
S cents: veal outlets, So cents; while
calves liver is high at 40 cents a pound
POULTRY DEAR AS WELL.
The woman who turns to poultry for
relief finds high prices here as we'll
Fowls are scarce now. due largely to the
ID nf tIn t1I, H.
roasting and broillns chicken brings CSC:
stewing is 20 to 25c.; roasting, 25c., and
prime Jersey chicken Is 25c., while the
delicate SQUAD is quoted from so to 9Oc
pound, according to the size and quail
ity. It is early to consider turkeys yet
but ducks are offered at from 23 TO Is
cents per pound.
The housewife with the lean pocketbook
Will find some relief from the high meat
and poultry prices in vegetables, but even
here prices are as Il rule about 20 per
cent. higher than this time year ago
Nutritious vegetables, such as eggplants,
lima beans, etc, are much above normal.
Eggplants bring and 10 cents; lima
beans, Is cents quarter peck: string beans,
70 cents quarter peck; fancy California
caulifowcr, small Is to Is cents: large,
20 cents; Brussels sprouts, 20 cents a
quart box. New peas are scarce and sell
at 40 cents q quarter peck, Potatoes
Fruits generally remain about the same
price. with Jersey peaches, however, plen-
tiful and hanging on well at low prices
Fresh or nearby eggs are scare and bring
3S cents dozen, while the western eggs
are coming in faster and bring as much
Butter ranges from 35 to 40 cents a pound,
special fancies running even higher.
SEA FOOD HIGH. TOO.
Even in the matter of fish and seafoods
is there little encouragement for saw
ing, as prices arc lot above a year ago.
Soft crabs bring s125 DOZEN crab meat
regular, 40 cents; lump, 75 cents. Lob
sters, 80 cents; hard-shell crabs, so cents
a dozen; while oysters and clans are
about 25 per cent. higher than last Sep
temher. Bluefish bring Is cents; brook
trout, 70 cents; butterfish, 12 cents; cat
fish, Is cents cod (steak), 10 cents; foun-
ders. 10 cents; haddock. 10 cents; halibut.
% cents mackerel (fresh). 35 cents each;
Spanish, 80 cents u pound: white perch,
IS cents: rockiiSh. IS to % cents; fresh
salmon. 40 cents; sea bass, is cents snap
pers, IS cents; weaktish, 10 cents; while
scollops are priced at 81 a quart.
Country sausage and scrapple begin to
arrive from October 8 on, and cram
berries, turkey, chestnuts. etc, will be on
sale almost any day now Already some
chestnuts have arriced from points that
have experienced frost, and bring S5
cents a quart.