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Show BEEF'P'RICES HIGH IN SEATTLE. Seattle. Wash., May 2. The price of beef Is the highest ever known in Seattle. Prime steers sold cstelda at 12 rents a pound, wholesale, one cent hi-;?)' i than a year a-jo. The wholesale price of beef has advanced co much ihat retni'ojs are boosting prices. Pot roasts and boiling pieces which nave sold at 7 and S cents hnc been advanced to 10 cents a pound The prices of ham and bacon havo also taken an upward trpml. Packers attribute the bigM'ricea to a scarcity of stock. |