CHEMNITZ. 
149 
The foregoing table affords confirmation of what has been remarked in 
reports on other German towns, viz., that there is little difference in the prices 
charged for different cuts of meat by German butchers. The butcher knows 
what he must realise per pound on the average if he is to secure what he 
considers a fair profit, and the German housewife’s manner of buying meat 
makes it possible for him to charge much the same price for all cuts except beef 
steaks and mutton and pork chops. So far as working class diet is concerned, 
however, these cuts may be neglected, the usual request of the customer being 
for so much “ beef” or “ pork ” without reference to any special cut. 
The price of meat in Chemnitz is high, as also is the price of coal, notwith 
standing the comparative proximity of mines. Other commodities are at about 
the usual level as regards prices. Taking prices in Berlin as 100, the index 
numbers for Chemnitz are—for food other than meat, 100 ; for meat, 116 ; for 
coal, 112 ; and for these commodities together, 105. The index number for 
rent and prices combined is 92, the figure for rent alone being as low as 40,