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It will be seen that the prices charged for the various cuts of meat were 
identical at the two periods. That this should be so, in spite of the fact that 
meat was undoubtedly dearer in 1906 than in 1905, is partly due to the policy, 
stated to be adopted by butchers, of placing the burden of the increased cost on 
their middle-class customers, their view being that, already, in 1905, prices had 
reached a point beyond which the working classes would be compelled to cease 
purchasing meat. 
. Prices at Berlin being taken as 100, the index-numbers for Stettin are— 
for meat, 112 ; for other food, 97 ; for food as a whole, 101 ; for coals, 92 ; 
and for all commodities, 99. The index-number for rent and prices combined 
is 88. 
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