Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1919 — HORSE MEAT 50c PER POUND [ARTICLE]

HORSE MEAT 50c PER POUND

In “the Fatherland,” But Where Is the Four Bits? A. Leopold received a letter a few days ago from his daughter, Mrs. Leo Wolfe, of Hammond, sent her by Mr. Leopold’s brother-in-law, who resides at Bonn, Germany, in which he enclosed some newspaper clippings that would give one a fair Idea of the food conditions there. One of these clippings referred to the sale, for the benefit of the poorer people, of a quantity of fats of first and second-class and 7 horses of the aggregate dressed weight of 4,171 pounds, which was to be sold at 2 marks and upwards per pound. Two marks is 50 cents cents. This was to be sold Sept. 26, 1919. We think perhaps that food prices are high here, where <money is the most plentiful ever known, but we have not yet come to paying 50 cents a pound for horse meat nor are we compelled to eat that sort of meat. With the scarcity of money in Germany we can appreciate the poor people having to pay 50? cents a pound for this class of meat, if they can get the price to buy it.

See the free rubber exhibit at B. N. Fendig’s Shoe Store Saturday, Nov. 1. The Beacon Falls representative wll> give away a pair of the famous Buddy Boots on that date. Get particulars from him at our store.