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LEIPZIG. 
Predominant Prices paid by the Working Classes in October, 1905, and 
September, 1906. 
Description of Cut. 
Predominant Price per lb. 
October, 1005. 
September, 1906. 
Shin 
Beef :— 
Ribs 
Silverside 
j with bone 
I without bone 
Steak 
'« Flank 
Mutton :— 
Lb^ ... ... 
Shoulder 
Breast 
Neck 
Chops 
Veal :— 
Hindquarter 
j with bone 
( wi 
Shoulder 
without bone 
Shin 
Loin» 
Chops 
Pork :— 
Leg 
Foreloin ., 
Bèlly 
Spare Rib 
Chops 
9|d. 
8|(/. to 8|d 
‘ „ H d. 
7 d, „ 9fd 
8|d. „ lid 
9# 
81d to 8|d 
8|d 
8^d 
9^d 
8fc?. 
8^d 
8|d 
9W. 
8|d 
Not sold. 
§\d. 
9fd to lid 
8|d 
8|d 
9# 
9# 
8#d 
9|d to lid 
lid 
9\d. to 9|d 
Is. 
8^d to 9|d 
9|d „ Is. 
lid to Is. Id 
8|d to 9|d 
lid 
9^d to 9|d 
9;jd 
9¿d 
9Jd to lid 
lid 
9|d 
Not sold. 
7# 
lid 
9|d to lid 
9fd „ lid 
9|d 
lid 
lid 
In considering the above prices it has to be remembered that they relate in 
many cases to cuts with which neither the local butcher nor his customers are 
familiar ; e.g., silverside and shin of beef, shoulder, neck and breast of mutton. 
Except when buying a chop or a steak, the working-class customer asks for so 
much beef or pork, mutton or veal, without reference to the portion of the 
carcass from which it is to be cut, and merely stating whether it is intended for 
boiling or for roasting. Most of the meat bought, even by middle-class families, 
is intended for boiling, and for that purpose flank of beef or belly of pork is 
most in demand. It would probably not be possible to obtain beef, mutton, 
veal cr pork anywhere in Leipzig at prices much lower than those given in the 
Table, except by going to the municipal meat stall (Freibank), where the flesh 
of animals which have failed to pass the meat inspectors is sold after being 
treated (by boiling or otherwise) in a manner intended to render it safe for 
human consumption. In 1904, the most recent year for which figures are 
available, 272 tons of this inferior meat (including 189 tons of beef and 68 tons 
of pork) were sold at the two municipal meat stalls. The highest price charged 
for beef was Id. per lb. raw, and 4|d. per lb. boiled. With boiled beef a 
certain amount of the liquor resulting from the boiling is supplied gratis. The 
lowest price for beef, whether boiled or raw, was 3\d. per lb. at the Freibank. 
Reference has already been made to the consumption of horse-flesh in 
Leipzig, and it only remains to add that the retail prices of this class of meat 
range from bd. to 7d. per lb. according to the cut. 
Prices in Leipzig are at about the same general level as in Berlin. Repre 
senting the latter by 100, the index number for the price of meat in Leipzig 
is 111 ; for other food, 98 ; for food as a whole, 101 ; for coal, 100 ; and for all 
commodities, 101. The result of combining this figure with that for rent is 91 
(compared with Berlin = 100).