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How these prices compare with those most generally paid by the working 
classes for sound meat at the ordinary butchers’ shops in Plauen may be seen 
from the subjoined Table, based upon information obtained at nine such shops, 
situated in different parts of the town, and all doing a considerable business with 
working-class families :— 
Predominant Prices paid by the Working Classes in October, 1905. 
and September, 1906. 
Predominant Price per lb. 
Description of Cut. 
October, 1905. 
September, 1906. 
Shin 
Beef :— 
Rib ... ... 
Silverside 
I with bone 
I without bone 
Steak ... ... 
Flank 
Mutton :— 
Leg ... ... 
Shoulder... 
Breast 
Neck 
Chops 
Veal :— 
Hindquarter 
I with bone 
Shoulder 
without bone 
Loin 
Shin 
Pork :— 
Leg 
Foreloin .. 
Belly 
Spare Rib 
Chops 
8W., to 8§d 
9§d 
8W., to 8|d. 
11 d. 
9# 
8^d 
9# 
8# 
8# 
8# 
9# 
9W. 
9# 
Is. 3\d. to Is. 5W. 
9|d 
9# 
11 d. 
9| d, 
9# 
lid 
11 d. 
8|d to 9£d 
10\d. 
8fd to 9£d 
11 d. 
10|d to 11 \d. 
8|d 
9|d 
93d. 
9§d 
9^d 
9fd to 11 d 
9#d „ lid. 
9# 
9^d 
Is. \\d, to Is. 5^/. 
lid “ 
9^d 
11 d. 
9# 
9§d 
lid. 
lid 
From the above it would appear that no change has taken place between 
October, 1905, and September, 1906, in the price of the staple flesh food—pork, 
while the price of beef has risen but very little. As articles of working-class 
consumption, mutton and veal are negligible. 
Taking prices at Berlin as 100, the following are the index-numbers for 
Plauen :—Meat, 115 ; other food, 98 ; food as a whole, 102 ; coal, 104 ; and 
“all commodities,” 102. The index-number for rent and prices combined 
is 92.