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Show M MEAT PRICES THI8 fl SPRING B Moat dealers In some places aro B complaining that prices aro hlghor B now than they wero through tho win- B tcr and are predicting still hlghor B llgures. Wholesale dealers deny any B considerable recent advance But B cattlo aro scarce and tho probablo B continuanco of tho war threatens tho B steady rlso of all food products. B Thoro Is no nows In high meat prlc- B cs, but tho problom still worries tho B housekeeper and tho bill payor. B Government reports havo much to B say about buying thonpor cuts of B meat. Many housekeepers say they B try to do this, but tho markets do B not havo thoso cheaper cuts. They Bfl may bo snapped up as quicuiy as B they como In by thrifty women with M market baskotn. Or elso tliero Is no B gonernl demand for them. B Almost any butcher's shop can B build up n trado In this lino by ad- B vertlslng. Thcro nro many pcoplo B- who depend on tho butcher's bargain B t'ountcr. lleccnt immigrants learned B theso thrifty ways In their own conn- B try wlioro wy 8ta,t0 nml roast' com" inon places on thu Amorlcan table, B wero unheard of luxuries. Thoro is a phroso that "tho host Is H' tho cheapest." Tho toxtllo fabric B ,i,nt sts twic ns muci1 mny wcar B thrco times ns long. Many pcoplo B seem to think tho Idea applies equal- B 1 t0 "cnt- Tliey oi,ollly I'oast that B thoy nover buy any but tho best cuts. B llMt "ieat and toxtllos nro different. B Tho old timers used to know tho B vnluo of many of tho less costly cuts. B Thoy would boll and Btow patiently, B carefully preserving Juices and (lav- c B ors. This Is too painstaking for tho B modern Amorlcan family, which pre- 1 fors tho hasty cooking of tho grill B room, nut tho hlghor cost matorial, j B prepared by an 111 trained servant is M often loss appotlzing than tho homo-1 V ly stow pot of tho Immigrant wife, m who has seasoned her liumblo meal BM' with kitchen loro of old tradition. |