The evening world. Newspaper, December 1, 1920, Page 15

. “price of St. a Bic, admits of a faif CONTINUES, WITH ND BENEFIT TO PEOPLE ‘Retailers Fail to Keep Step * With Wholesalers—Con- sumer Suffers. Pv P.O. Fou. « Food Expert, Evening World. 4 The decline in price of nearly all Btable items of subsistence has been @o rapid that while the producers, In Many instances, are being penalized by the low wholesale prices prevail. | Mig the consumers not getting, the benefit of the lower cost, ‘Thjs| tan: oply be accomplished by con- |, structive marketing by housewives, who tust patronize the dealers giv- ing them the benefits of the whole- ®ale price reductions. Western dressed beef has shown a further decline, with medium steers welling at lic. a }T0., while common steér and cow beef, quite abundaht | tn thé wholesale market, is offered at Ye, u 1c. a pound by the whole car- | ‘hab. © Retail dealers should not charge thore than S4c, for best cuts of roget! beef from medium steers, with good Deeful cuts of roast at 28c. a SOc, €huck roast should uot cost more} than 26c. On the girloins, a retail profit, and 36c, a 38c. on untrimmed | Porterhouse steak should be the limit | prices A limited amount of prime! dfessed steers is coming and this Should be retailed at about be. a Pound higher than the prices given) on medium quality. } A drop of 10c. to llc. a pound in! Western pork loins in one week | brings the wHoleaale market down to | Zic, to 27c. a pound, Which |s fc. aj pound higher than the Chicago mar- | ket and lower prices are still in| sight. Pork is now, cheaper than any | other meat food and the prices at) the end of the week sh be still) lower. The finest W rm loins! should not cost the hougewife more than 28¢ to 80c 4 pound in the light | and Y5e. to 28e, on the heavy ones, | while pork chops can be retailed at! 5c. to 39c. on the Hight und 820, to, ic, a pound for the inside cuts on} heavy loins, but the eng chops can be | sold at a profit at 28c. to 30¢ a pound. | Fresh hams should cost’ more! |live chickens In e pork should not retail higher than i. Bresh Western dressed poultry ts Increasing rapidly in supply and prices are from # to § cents pound 1 Cornfed roasting chickens can be retailed’ to consumers at 3% to 40, cents a pound for birds weigh- ing 4 pounds, while those weighing from 8 to 8% pounds each, can be re- talled at 35 sto 36 cents a pound. Some of the bigh class ‘avenue mar- kets are retailing milkfed chickens as high as 50 cents a pound, while the same grades in the more popu- lous neighborhoods are charged up to cdnsumers at 45 cents a pound. » Kosher dressed poultry continued plentiful and cheap. ‘The more than 4 million Jewish consumers are not paying mote than 10 cents a pound over the carload price, while during the existence of the combination the consumers were compelled to pay fully 20 to 25 cents a pound over the wholesale cost: Fricasse¢ fowls, kosher dressed, are being retalled at |, 35 to 87 cents, while large roasting chickens can be retailed to . the) Hebrew housewlyes at .36°vente 4 pound. There are nearly 4,000,000 potinds of vidence this’ week, t Nis season. not generally on creamery to the largest on rece Retai] dealers hav reduced their pric correspond with . ‘The very st tub butter should not cost than #4 to 6} jeents, and good table butter can be retalled at a profit at 58 to 60 cents. A leading wholesale butter regelver estimates that not more than 10 per cent, of the supply is high g: ter, ‘nuch as whould be rote cents a pound, while the cost of the other 99 per cent. of the receipts sells at 45 to 59 cents in the wholesale mari consumers 18 the few. fan ges, not get thelr butter at a fair margin over the wholesale cost, Sugar is now retailing at 25, conte for three pounds, and gome stores are selling three and a half pounds of Java sugar at 25 cents, American cheese continues cheap and finest sharp held grades can’ be retailed, in pound or more cuts, at M4 to 35 cents, while good table eheese can be retuiled at 30 to 32 cents. 7 than 800. and fresh shoulders of State F000 PRE SLE & wer whiolesile | *| good, all-wool suits is as ,|easy as twirling thumbs. .| Watcherwantforxmias? In spite of the heavy crop of apples and the low wholesale prices, the con- aumers are not getting the benefits that they are entitled to. Several of the meat and grocery stores are sell- ing apples at 5 cents a pound, others are selling by the measure at @ much higher price. Tpe retail dealers that occupy #pase on street corners and othor city property with the privilege of free rent ate now gharging 5 to 6 cents each for State apples that cost $4.50 for a barrel, containing 600 count. The same fruit could be re- tafled at 2 to 3 cents each and make | @ large profit at that. Besides, tt would bring joy to millions of chil- ren to get apples at a fair price. a Cheerio, old pal! ‘Finding extra values in | Four storefuls. at revised | prices. : All our own ture. Plenty now $50 to $60. manufac- Dressing Gowns in color- ings and designs as rich or |plain as you like. | Mateinsso slik. Plain silk olther ‘tinea or unitned. Plush, Polo cloth, Wool | Fancy toWeling, Sheep lined canvas coats. | Impervious to wind, Inexpensive too! 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