Principes d'économie politique

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Identifikator:: 181333546X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-201592

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Mombert, Paul http://d-nb.info/gnd/117125342

Title:: Bevölkerungslehre

Place of publication:: Jena

Publisher:: Fischer

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: IV, 490 S.; graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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KÖNIGSBERG. 285 contain 2 302 kilograms of bread, or exactly 5 lbs. 1 oz., which corresponds to a price of 4§d. for 4 lbs. Bread was at that time dearer than in any month since February, 1903 (when the 6<7. loaf weighed 2*297 kilograms), and had been rising steadily in price since January, 1904, when sixpence worth of bread weighed 2*509 kilograms, or 7\ ozs. more. Thus, in January, 1904, 4 lbs. of bread were being sold for about 4\d. It may be added that the weight of the 6d. loaf has been declining steadily since October, 1905, and by October, 1907, it had reached 1*806 kilograms, which would correspond to a price of about 6d. for 4 lbs. Although fresh milk is cheap in Königsberg (about 2\d. a quart), the bulk of the milk used by working-class families is skimmed and costs about Id. the quart. The coal used for domestic purposes is imported from Scotland, and costs Is. 4(7. per cwt. when bought in small quantities. Meat. The whole of the meat consumed in Königsberg is home grown, and here, as in all other parts of Germany, pork is the principal flesh food, as may be seen from the subjoined table showing the consumption as estimated from the Municipal Slaughterhouse Returns :— Total and per capita Consumption of Meat in Königsberg, Year ended March 31 st, 1906. Consumption. Total. Pork (including Bacon) Beef Veal Mutton Horse Fresh meat of all kinds cwts. 114,694 76,371 13,385 8,831 6,566 219,847 Per capita. lbs. 58& 39 1 112 In the previous year the total consumption of meat was 250,362 cwts., and the amount per head of population 143 lbs., so that in a single year there was an absolute decline of 12 per cent, and a per capita decline of 22 per cent, in the meat consumption of the town. There can be no doubt that this was closely related to the great increase in the price of meat which Königsberg was experiencing in common with every other part of Germany. It need scarcely be said that the yearly consumption of meat per head is less among the working classes than that shown above for the whole population. Returns obtained for this inquiry from 224 working-class families con taining 1,022 persons, showed a meat consumption at an average yearly rate of 91J lb. Of this 37 per cent, was pork and bacon, 26 per cent, sausage, and 24 per cent. beef. The average wholesale price of pork in the Königsberg market in the year ended March %lst, 1906, was 64*88 marks (£3 4s. 10yt.) for 50 kilogs. (110 lbs.), or 31*2 per cent, above the corresponding price for the previous year, and this rise was accompanied by a decrease of 28*2 per cent, in the per capita consumption of this kind of meat. Beef prices in 1905-6 were only 4*6 per cent, higher than in 1904-5, but the per capita beef consumption was 12*7 per cent, less. Veal and mutton may be left out of consideration, especially in so far as the working classes are concerned ; but not horseflesh, of which the consumption increased from 5,268 to 6,566 cwt. (or 25 per cent.) in the aggregate, and from 3 lbs. to 3 lbs. 5 ozs. (or 11 per cent.) per head of population in 1905-6 as compared with 1904-5. By November, 1906, the date of the visit to Königsberg for the purpose of this report, meat prices had, however, dropped considerably, as may be seen from the following table :—

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