Arizona republican., 1920-04-16
CARRY CHEAPER MEAT CAMP PAIGN
 ID HOUSE WIVES
Save Money on Meat" Drive Goes Briskly on in Homes, Stores, Theaters Gives Facts on Meat

Backed by the Woman's club, and with the cooperation of the Agricul tural Extension service of the Univers- ny or Arizona, whose local agent Is Miss Anna Wills, Assistant Fair Price commissioner H. c. Perrine is carry ing his Save Money on Meat Cam paign" into the homes, theaters, stores and everywhere else in Phoenix where people need to be educated to the fact that the way to bring down the price of meat is to buy inexpensive parts, which up to the present have been all most literally wasted.
 Last night in the Columbia theater, Mrs T. <. Stark of the Woman's club gave a four minute talk in which she spoke in heart-to-heart way to the housewives present. Her lecture was illustrated by slides showing the vari ous parts of meat that have in the past been neglected. She will speak again tonight at the same theater, and next Tuesday at the last seasons meet ing of the Womans club she will give another address on the present cam paign.
 Strike while the irons hot said Mir Perrine yesterday. NOW is the time for all good housewives to dem onstrate that they are with Uncle sam In his efforts to bring down the H. C- L.
 About the Campaign
 Speaking on the present campaign in Phoenix. MT. Perrine explained yes terday a few facts about meat and why the public should cooperate in the campaign with the federal govern nent
 The raising of live stock, cattle, calves. hogs, sheep and lambs" he said. for meat is a specialized indus Try in regions of extensive farming and in certain sections of the corn belt, though a large part of the stock is produced by farmers in the middle west, south and east in very small iots- Live stock is shipped to commits sion merchants in packing centers either direct by the grower or, in the case of small producers. by the ship per, or stock buyer. who assemblies the stock at local points and ships in car load lots. Commission merchants sell to the packers. who perform the func- tions of slaughtering, dressing, curing and distributing to retailers
 Approximately 90 per cent of fresh beef marketed is simply refrigerated. rather than frozen. and is therefore extremely perishable. It must be sold within about two weeks from the timS 1t is slaughtered. If there is a very large demand for hindquarter cuts and an unequal demand for forequarter cuts, it is evident some one is going to lose, and some one is going to pay for the loss Who pays2 The con- suner pays The retailer. the butcher
 
 get their money out of hindquarter or forequarter cuts, but they must get their money from one or the other The entire animal represents so many dollars invested.
 Unreasonable Demands
 If is were possible to just slaughter choice steaks, there would be no need Of any anxiety said MT. Perrine. Tt sounds abSurd, but that is just what the housewife is asking her butcher to do when she continually demands -hoice steaks. It can't be done never will be done. and just so long as there is an abnormal demand for this class 1T meat just so long will Mrs. House wife be compelled to pay high prices.
 Mir. Perrine pointed out that fore luarter cuts of beef were raised on the same feed as the hindquarter cuts, and hat there is as much nutrition in one as there is in the other.
 .-Let the housewife buy chuck steak and make roasts and Stews. Let her ask for plate beef and turn it into soup and pot roast Buy flank for pot pies, pr flank steak stew. in accorda nee with the part of the flank which she buys. Let her call for briskeu for pot roasts or corn beef. Try round steak just for an experiment and see how