Show MEAT FAMINE AMONG THE POOR OF NEW YORK NEW YORK April East Side poor Iare J I Jare beef trust trustin trustin are feeling the clutch of the manner In thousands of in a serious instances teat meat meat as an article of diet has discontinued Nearly OO been totally announced their Intention butchers have shop Some butchers of shutting up not sold any meat for a asay I have say 11 Rosen of No Ludlow week ir 1 AI R. R that his sales saies three street said saiu mounted amounted today to 55 a day I months ago I T have taken he added J. J nave taKen And And today I enough to pay my in less than not 2 rent Increase on Poor Mans Man's Meat women gather gath gath- In the tenement districts bitterly the fact In knots and deplore er a little meat for tor that they cannot have they return home their husbands when cuts of is the poorer from work It the greatest increase beef which show In cost Chuck steak which six months ag af ago was sold at about three pounds for 25 cents is now 16 to 18 16 cents a pound Porterhouse formerly 25 cents about 30 cents can now be bought for at retail ThIs Thi means an increase of about 10 cents a SL pound for the poor poorman poorman poorman man and but 5 cents for the well to Clamoring for Scraps Around the big hotels may be seen evidence of the hardships caused by the advance advance- in ira beef Many waste wast pieces of I meat are thrown into the scrap barrels I and poor women always call for them During the last two weeks the crowds clamoring for the scraps have Increased ased to such an extent that often there is a fight for them The price of pork Is following that of o b beef ef and while Its advance is not In Ira large Jumps It is steady and bids fair to continue while beef is so high Owners of the cheaper grades of restaurants restaurants restaurants res res- have been forced to put up prices in beef beefs |