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ESSEN. 
Predominant Prices paid by the Working Classes in October, 1905, 
and September, 1907. 
Description of Cut. 
Predominant Price per lb. 
October, 1905. 
September, 1907. 
Beef :— 
Rib 
Silverside 
Shin 
Steak 
Flank 
Mutton :— 
Leg 
Shoulder 
Breast 
Neck 
Chops 
Veal :— 
Hindquarter 
Shoulder with bo 
Loin 
Shin 
Fork :— 
Leg 
Foreloin 
Belly 
Spare rib 
Chops 
7(7. to 7f(7. 
74(7. 
Id, 
Id. 
11 d, 
b\d. to 7fd, 
9# 
8# 
74(7 
7# 
Id, „ 8|d. 
7 d, „ 8\d, 
9|d, „ 1M. 
8&7. „ 9|(7. 
84(7. „ 94(7. 
11(7. 
84(7. 
84(7. to 9^(7. 
11(7. 
8# 
7# 
7§(7. 
9|(7. 
94(7. 
8^(7. „ 11(7. 
7(7. to 81(7. 
74(7. 
81(7. 
74^, 
Is. 
V. 
?4^ 
84(7. to 94(7. 
84(7. - 
7(7. 
7(7. 
94(7. 
94(7. 
94(7. 
11(7. - 
84(7. to 9|(7. 
94(7. 
84(7. 
84(7. 
11(7. 
94(7. 
94(7. 
84(7. to 94(7, 
84(7. 
74(7. 
94(7. 
74(7. 
84(7. 
84(7. 
9&(7. 
94(7. 
As already stated, sausage would appear to form about 27 per cent, of the 
meat diet of the working classes. A large variety of sausage is eaten, and the 
following Table gives the prices charged in October, 1905, and September, 
1906, by the Co-operative Society, with its 15 shops, for the sorts most in 
demand as well as for preserved meats :— 
Commodity. 
Prices per lb. 
October, 1905. 
Prices per lb. 
September, 1906. 
Liver Sausage ... 
Blood Sausage ... 
“ Fleisch ” Sausage 
Lung Sausage ... 
Garlic Sausage ... 
“ Mett ” Sausage 
Hesse Presskopf 
Bacon (fat and lean) 
4^(7. to 9|(7. 
4(7. 
94(7. 
84(7. and 9|(7. 
94(7. 
94(7. 
9|(7. to Is. 
11(7. 
11(7. 
54(7. to 11(7. 
5tj(7. ,, 11(7. 
9|(7 and 11(7. 
11(7. 
11(7. 
94(7. to Is. 
Is. 
Is. 
Inferior qualities of bacon were obtainable in the town in 1906 at lower 
prices, 9Jd. for fat and 10\d. for lean, whilst for the lowest grades (almost 
solely fat) prices were in some cases as low as 8¿á. and 8 já. 
It should be added that horseflesh cost in 1906 3jd. and 4|á. per lb., 
which was a slight increase on the prices of the preceding year. There are 
several horse butchers’ shops in the centre of the town, conspicuous owing to 
their special signs. 
Compared with other towns in Germany the price of meat at Essen was 
very low. Taking predominant prices in Berlin as 100, the index number for 
the price of meat in Essen is 98. The index number for “ other food ” is 105, 
and for coal 66, prices as a whole being represented by 99. The index number 
for rent and prices combined is 92.