The evening world., 1917-11-24
HIGH COST OF MEAT
DUE TO WAR GOUGING
BY RETAIL DEALERS
CONTINUED from First Pngc)

their butcher" no Gaid. "rhey are
paying more than the best grade Of
beef should bring, and they are get
ting tho second and third class
grades"
According 10 this packer tho choic-
est grades Of prime ribs and loins are
going 20 tho big hotels and to a few
retail chops which cater 10 the Park
Avenue and the Madison Avenue
trade. Inquiry AZ a few OF these shops
disclosed that they are charging from
Sc to CO cents pound retail for
choicest cuts--moat which they buy
at Wholesale at 20 to 2s cents a
pound.
In explaining the situation as re-
CARDS the wholesale and the retail
sale Of meat, a largo packer said
that under modern management there
Ia no waste in the retail shop. There
Is a market for every part OF tho
carcass OF the animal
The packer, In supplying the re-
tail trade, no said. divides the carcass
OF the beef into distinct parts. These,
in tho vernacular Of the packing
trade, are called round" "loin,"
"rank." plate" rib" chuck" and
'"foro shank" These are cut INTO
many parts by the butcher who sells
to tho retail trade. Three grades Of
beef-first. second and third-were
quoted by this packer.
WHERE THE IMMENSE RETAIL
PROFITS ARE MADE.
RIBS, which he quoted at II cents
n pound wholesale. brought % TO %
cents pound in the uptown sixth
Avenue and Eighth Avenue districts.
In Eighth Avenue. between 3Oth and
50th Streets. the retail price OF those
cuts was from to cents pound
higher. Better grades Of ribs which
were quoted at wholesale al 20 cents
per pound. brought corrcsponding,y
higher prices between West 3Oth and
West JOth Streets, and the best gTuue
OF ribs. which sold at wnolcsais fot
rs cents a pound, could hC found only
in shops IN the Park Avenue. Ntdi-
son Avenue and Riverside Drive sls-
tricts, where there l8 an oNg.u,lye
trade. Al these shops tho best grade
OF prime ribs, which sold ut whole
sale Tor Is cents "A pound, bruu-ut as
high as 60 cents IA pound.
The same prices were quoted on
loins, tho first, second ami third
grades OF which were quUtel al
wholesale at %, 70 ana Il cents 4
pound respectively.
Round stcnks which sold Al "A ccptg
a pound wholesale brought "a Ia 40
cents pound. In some Park Avenue
and Madison Avenue shops tho lr.t
grade Of round steak brought ss
much as 60 cents "A pound despite the
fact that the wholesale price Was
only IN cents "A pound.
Tho cheapest price "a which round
steak could be purchased I'm tho ro-
tail shops was I'm upper Eighth Ave
nue., near l47th street, and ON Wash
ington Heights. Tho price thor, a., !
from 50 TO IS cents n pound .ar rrt.
which are quoted at wholesale nj "A
cents a pound. Bottom round ma,
| ronsts brought 80 10 ~ cents % mound
Prices In other parts OF Manhatt3u
were from two to six cents a rounI
/ higher for these cuts
No. grade OF rounl steak, which
| sold al Wholesale AT % cent. n g.ynT
] brought FROM 40 TO 10 cents u.unI
/ IN the rctnil shops,
| In First Avenue what Vna .,ff..
horse shoe pot Ioa sold no o,
| cents "A pound, tho cheapest pr.., D.,
! which any part OF TINS portion of tb,
| carcass could be had.
"Chuck" sold in some shops uptowr
At 22 cents pound. The whulesal,