. * As in the case of vegetables and fruit,
upon which the Departmental Committee recently reported, a great deal could be done by the producers themselves if only they would co-operate and organize their own machinery. The Committee points out that in July, 1914, the whole- sale price of English beef was 60., and the retail prices were 9P. for ribs and 61d. for thin flank. In January, 1922, the wholesale price was 91d., the retail prices were is. 6d. for ribs and Ild, for thin flank. In June of this year the wholesale price was 10d. and the retail prices were Is. 5P. and 101d. respectively. The Committee gives a typical example of the profits on a single animal. This was sold at £24 and yielded a gross profit of £20 8s. Another fact which emerges from the inquiry is that retailers sometimes sell overseas meat as home meat, and charge the ordinary home price for it. But surely they can be prosecuted, and they certainly ought to be.
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