STETTIN.
457
Predominant Prices paid by the Working Classes in October, 1905, and
November, 1906.
Commodity.
Coffee per lb.
Sugar, White granulated
Bacon :—
Fat
Streaky
Eggs :—
Native per l.s.
Foreign
Cheese, Tilsit ... ... per lb.
Butter
Margarine ...
Potatoes ... ... -.. per 7 lb.
Flour: :—
Wheat ... „
Rye ... ... ... ,,
Bread, Rye ... ... ... per 4 lb.
Milk per quart
Coal per cwt.
Briquettes ... ... ... „
Paraffin Oil per gallon
Predominant Price.
October, 1905.
lid.
2^7.
11 d.
lid.
11-12&
12&"
8#
Is. 3\d.
b\d. to 8|(7.
I \d.
lllrf. to Is. Ifd.
II \d.
4|d. to 5¿e?.
2\d.
Is. 1 \d.
11 d.
November, 1906.
11 d.
2\d., 2Tjd.
lid.
lid.
11-12&
12i
8|d.
Is. 3\d.
§\d. to 8|i7.
l%d.
11|(7. to Is. Ifd.
11 \d.
4|d. to 5Id.
2W.
Is. 1§<7.
lid. •
9#.
Meat.
Except in the matter of bacon, of which a considerable quantity is
imported from the United States of America, Stettin derives the whole of its
meat supply from German sources ; a fact which local opinion is unanimous in
declaring to be the chief cause of the existing high cost of living. Statistics
collected by the local Police Department show that in the ten years 1897-1906,
the two staple flesh foods, beef and pork have increased in price, the former by
22 per cent, and the latter by 31 per cent. Whether this rise in price has been
accompanied by a corresponding decline in the consumption of meat may be
doubted. According to the price records just referred to, beef was 10 per cent.,
and pork 28 per cent, dearer in 1906 than in 1904. In spite of this it would
seem that the consumption of beef in 1906 instead of being less, was greater
than in 1904 (39 lbs. per head of population as against 36 lbs.), while the
consumption of pork declined by no more than 6 7 per cent., viz., from 59 lbs.
to 55 lbs. per head of population.
The following Table shows the per capita consumption of all kinds of fresh
meat in Stettin, according to the official slaughter-house estimates, in each of the
years 1904, 1905 and 1906—the only three years for which the data were
procurable.
Pork
Boof • • • *
V cal • • • •••
Mutton and goatsflesh
Horseflesh
Lungs, liver, hearts, &c
Fresh meat of all kinds
1904.
lb.
59
«6
5
5
2
5
112
1905.
lb.
50
37
5
5
2
5
104
1906.
lb.
55
39
5
5
1
5
110
It will be seen that about one half of all the fresh meat eaten in Stettin
consists of pork, while from 34 to 35 per cent, consists of beef.
It should be noted that the meat to which the Table relates is " fresh ”
only from the point of view of the authorities through whose hands it has
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