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DORTMUND.
The consumption of horseflesh has increased of late. This is undoubtedly
due to the enhanced prices of other meat and not to the growth of poverty.
To the flesh of horses in good condition there appears to be no scientific
objection ; its nutritive and digestive qualities alike are said to be good, and the
dislike which it inspires in some places seems to be due to its appearance and
taste. But the great defect in Germany is that worn-out horses are slaughtered,
without being given two or three weeks’ grazing, which would put them into
good condition.
There is, as already indicated, a large consumption of sausage. The
advance in the price of fresh meat made sausage dearer also, and in 1906 the
following were the prices per lb. of the more popular kinds :—Blood sausage
(“ black puddings ”), 6Jd ; liver sausage, inferior, 5Jd. ; liver sausage, better
quality, 8J-<i. ; “Mett” sausage, 8%d.\ ham sausage, Is. 3Jd. ; while smoked
ham cost Is. Id.
Predominant Prices paid by the Working Classes in October, 1905,
and September, 1907.
Description of Cut.
Shin
Beef :—
Rib ... ...
Silverside
{ with bone
( without bone
Steak
Flank
Mutton :—
Leg ... ...
Shoulder
Breast
Neck
Chops
Veal :—
Hindquarter
Shoulder j withbone
Loin
Shin
Pork :—
Leg
Foreloin
Belly
Spare-rib
Chops
without bon
Predominant Price per lb.
October, 1905.
71d. to 8fd.
81d.
7|d. to 8¿d.
9fd. „ Is.
9fd. „ lid.
7^d.
8|d. to 8|d.
8\d. ,, 93-d.
8$d.
7§d.
8|d.
8#d.
8jd.
Is. id.
8fd.
8±d.
8#d.
8#
9fd.
9§d.
9|d.
Is. 3\d.
lOfd.
8#d.
8fd. „ 9|d.
8|d. „ 9|d.
7fd. „ 8|d.
8fd. ,, 9^d.
lid.
8^d,
September, 1907.
7|d. to 8|d.
8^d.
7 fd. to 8|d.
9|d. „ Is.
9|d. „ Is.
7%d.
8Jd. to 8|d.
8|d. „ 9\d.
8\d. „ 8|d.
7|d. „ 8|d.
iL
8 \d.
9#
9§d.
9\d. to 9|d,
Is. Id. „ Is. 3\d.
8|d.
8¿d.
9#d.
8|d. to 9|d.
9^d.
8¿d.
8|d. to 9|d.
9#
Prices at Dortmund are low. Taking prices at Berlin as 100, the index
number for the price of meat at Dortmund is 105, for other food 98, and for
coal 70, the general figure for all commodities being 96. Of the 33 towns
included in this enquiry, Breslau and Königshütte alone showed a lower prices
level. The index number for rent and prices combined is 90.