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AACHEN.

It  will  be  seen  that  the  prices  of  most  articles  steadily  increased  during
these  years.
There  are  at  Aachen  several  horseflesh  butchers,  who  do  a  regular
trade  at  prices  varying  from  3^6?.  per  lb.  for  soup  meat  to  5%d.  for  the  best
joints  for  roasting.  Sausage  costs  4\d.  a  lb.,  and  “  meat  pasties  ”  are  sold  in
large  numbers  at  a  halfpenny  each.  The  horse  butchers  complain,  however,
that  their  supplies  are  gradually  decreasing,  and  one  reason  given  for  this  is
the  substitution  of  electric  for  horse  power  in  the  tramway  system.
Predominant  prices  in  Berlin  being  taken  as  100,  the  index  numbers  for
Aachen  are  as  follows  :—Food,  other  than  meat,  105  ;  meat,  111  ;  all  food,  106  ;
coal,  81  ;  and  food  and  coal,  103.  The  index  number  for  rent  and  prices
combined  is  93,  Berlin  being  100.