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Show HIGH MEAT PRICES EVERYWHERE Practically Every 'Country Affected by Increases In 'Staple Food Products. Washington. ifcat'prlc6s havo advanced ad-vanced In all tho principal consuming and producing sections of tho world, according to statistics coifiplled by tho departnion of commarcd and labor. Tho 'report shtAva Mie chief meat ox-porting ox-porting countries of .thej world to be- Australia, Now Zealand, Argentine, ' Cfino.da and Hho- United States; tho .cli.lQt'.piqat'.imp'o'rllng countries, tho United jiii'gdpq'i,,'aormahy and, In a less degree, tho other European coun- i tries. The advance In fresh moat j y prices' Is less -than In salted and preserved pre-served meats, and In nearly all cases tho advanco In beef Is less than that' In'porkor1 muttbn. The fact that-th'e percentage of advance Intpprlce ot f treBh meats, xespcclally.'those shipped In chilled or frozen state, has not boen as great as tho advanco In salted oi preserved meats, Is said to bo duo to .reductions In tho past fow years in tho co3t of chilling or freozlng and of transporting meats or this olass. |
