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...Hoof. In El Paso, Deputy Customs Collector Herman F. Cherry revealed that a surprise inspection at the Juarez bridge turned up: 1) 32 Ibs. of meat inside a spare tire; 2) an 8-lb. beef roast in a woman's purse; 3) a huge, raw, unwrapped round steak being worn as a girdle...
...hero of a blood & thunder historical novel, Rodney could certainly have paid more attention than he did to the uneasy behaviour of his own sepoy infantrymen. They were badly upset by the rumor (true enough, in fact) that their rifle cartridges were greased with a mixture of beef and hog fat: by the sanctions of religion, the use of beef fat was mortal offense to the Hindus among them, hog fat to the Mohammedans. Fanatics and profiteers, princes and foreign agents were also working overtime to stir up the sepoys. By the time Savage had it all deciphered...
There was another obstacle. Under the law, the prices of beef, lamb and veal, already well above parity, could be controlled now; but feed, selling below parity, cannot be controlled. If meat controls were slapped on, feed prices would still be free to rise. Actual meat production would be cut. The hard fact was that meat would stay high just as long as the U.S. housewife kept buying it at the present rate. The only real way to bring meat down was to eat less...
...Department itself helped start what some retailers called a "hidden boost" in meat prices by announcing a change in the methods of grading beef. The top-grade "prime" was broadened to include the second-best "choice." The third best, formerly called "good," was upgraded to ''choice...
Scale of Values. In Yonkers, N.Y., the burglar who broke into David Stein's home passed up silverware and jewelry, carried off a loin of pork, 2 Ibs. of chopped beef, a 3-lb. sirloin steak...