CREFELD.

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Predominant  Prices  paid  by  the  Working  Classes  in  October,  1905,
and  September,  1907.

Description  of  Cut.

Predominant  Price  per  lb.

October,  1905.

September,  1907.

Shin

Beef  :  —
Rib  ...  ...  ..
Silverside
(  with  bone
(  without  bone  «.
Steak
Flank
Mutton  :—
Leg  ...  ...  ..
Shoulder
Breast
Neck
Chops
Veal  :—
Hindquarter
with  bone..

Shoulder
Loin
Shin
Pork  :—
Leg
Foreloin  ..
Belly
Spare  Rib.
Chops

without  bon

8#
8|d.
8%d.
9^d.
lid.  to  Is.  Id.
7  „  8fd.
8§d.
8^d.  to  8|d.
8|d.

Id.
8fd.  to  9|d,

7§d.

8§d.

lOJd.

9fd.

8#
Is.  to  Is.  Id.
9id.
8|d.  to  9|d.
lid.
9#d.
9§d.
9\d.  to  9|d.
lid.

8£d.  to  8|d.i

8^d.
81d.  to  8|d.
9&d.
lid.  to  Is.  Id.
8|d.  to  8|d.
9fd.
81d.  to  8|d.
81d.
8¿d.
8|d.  to  lO^d.

8|d.  to  lid.
8|d.  „  9|d.
Is.  to  Is.  Id.
8|d.  to  9£d.
8#.

9^d.

lid.
9|d.

8|d.  to  9|d,
'  9Id.
lid.

8|d,

As  the  population  of  Crefeld  is  mainly  Roman  Catholic,  a  good  deal  of  fish
is  eaten,  especially  on  Fridays.  The  fish  consumed  by  the  working  classes  is
usually  only  herrings,  salt  or  pickled;  the  latter  cost  under  Id.  each,  whilst
salt  herrings  are  somewhat  cheaper  and  cost  about  6|d.  a  dozen.  Fresh  herrings
are  obtainable  usually  only  for  a  few  weeks  ;  during  that  period  they  are  sold
by  weight,  usually  at  Id.  per  lb.  A  special  Crefeld  delicacy  is  “  fresh  seamussels,”
  which  are  advertised  by  many  of  the  cheaper  restaurants.
Horseflesh  is  much  eaten  (there  are  four  or  five  horse  butchers  in  the
town),  and  the  price  has  risen  greatly  during  the  last  two  years,  the  usual  price
being  about  5d.  per  lb.,  as  compared  with  2fd.  two  years  ago,  whilst  the  best
cut  (the  fillet)  costs  about  6|d.
Prices  in  Crefeld  were,  on  the  whole,  at  about  the  same  general  level
as  in  Berlin,  though  the  prices  levels  for  the  chief  groups  of  commodities
differed  considerably.  Taking  prices  in  the  capital  as  100,  the  corresponding
figures  for  Crefeld  would  be  102  for  food  other  than  meat,  113  for  meat,  and
71  for  coal,  while  for  all  commodities  taken  together  the  figure  is  the  same
as  in  Berlin,  whilst  the  index  number  for  rent  and  prices  com!  ined  is  90.

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