Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1913 — Republican Receives Many Kind Words For Meat Article. [ARTICLE]

Republican Receives Many Kind Words For Meat Article.

The Republican believes that practically every person in this city and in surrounding country believes that meat pPipes In Rensselaer have been higher than the cost of the meat on hoof justifies? and the article published last Saturday in The Evening Republican and which is published in the current issue of the Semi-Weekly Republican has caused a great amount of discussion and many people have expressed themselves to the writer in a commendatory manner. Milt Roth, of the Roth Bros.’ firm, has taken umbrage at the article and in a pleasant little discussion about the matter has invited us to examine his purchase books to ascertain tljp price that has been paid for butcher stuff, claiming that we stated it too low in the article referred to. We have offered, to accept Mr. Roth’s invitation to make this investigation and will be pleased to accept his figures as correct for the prices he has paid. They may not alter out expressed opinion that the selling price of meat is too high, but of that we can talk later. Dozens of people have told of circumstances that make them think that their meat costs very much too much and comparisons have been made of prices here and at other places, but these have so far not been very thorough and will be gone into more extensively in the effort this paper has inaugurated to get the people their money’s worth. Mr. Roth is a man who prides himself bn his honesty and states that he is running his business so that he can make seme money, but that he does not want an unreasonable profit and has not been getting it. He says that the big farm purchased was bought largely on time and that he presumes some people think his firm has made enough money to pay for it in a short time, but that this is not )the case We mention thbse things because we want to present Mr. Roth in the light in which he desires to be presented and we would not do him an Intentional injury for the world. Mr. Roth says he don’t care who weighs his meat after he sells It, but'that he dqn’t want it weighed on any dollar scales. We believe that an absolutely honest scale can be bought for $1 an<f a loca’ dealer in scales states that they are right and can be tested with auy correct scales in town. They are for kitchen use. We believe you can not invest a dollar to better advantage and'this is said without any malice or without charging dishonesty to any person. • A lady who ordered two pounds of meat recently'weighed it and found that it only contained 1% pound. She called the butcher and he corrected the mistake. But if she had not had the scales the mistake would have stood. The Republican wishes to talk with farmers and others who have been selling butcher beef and thus to ascertain what the prlee is that is being paid., We want to be perfectly fair with the butchers and we want the public to get the benefit of this campaign if meat prices have hitherto been too high. i ——