The Record-Argus from Greenville, Pennsylvania • Page 16

PAGE SIXTEEN Food THE RECORD-ARGUS GREENVILLE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 19L Don't Help to Meet Bills tJAWSON XEW YORK WV-The hrmsr farm foods, fish, and some the hi cf food. Tlic farmer complains nbout the dror in the prices he pels. And foreign foods such as bananas. The NICIB contend that this accounts for much of thfc pocming thfe middleman Vomplnlns that he, sprend between the indexes, inslMFl Apparwit to he hadn't profitted from the spread! To the render, hem-ever, the between lower farm price and not spread is very apparent. The farm low procery prires.

price index has gone down nearly Ml sides-including the govern- 20 per rent since the first quarter been pinning in ex- of 195J. while the consumer's food planntions of seemlnp contra- price index gone up two per diction The explanations won't cut cent. croccrv bill any, -of On one point that the housewife htit here are few of them: always watches price Many of the piice drops at of meat-the Agriculture Depart- He'farm'level been for the nient has a word to say for the poorer grades of food which the. middleman, housewife rarely buys, mid It reports that he lias not. in- of the best grades haven't dropped much.

2. The housewife demands morn of food nil the. time- It creased his profit?) as charged. It finds on the contrary slight decline in the margins or price spreads of meat handlers. more packaging and preparing and I The department emphasizes thai adding of of which the big drop in the price of cattle cost money.

in the lower grade catties. 8. The costs of handling food The housewife rarely buys this from the, farm to the grocery have beef as retail cuts. II mostly goes pone up ali along the into the making of sausage and and labor and packaging mato- lials. Too Many Statistics Today still another is brought forth.

This is the view that maybe much of the spread between farm prices and grocery prices doesn't really exist, that it just seems that way because people other processed meats. Also, the consumer's price index represents choice grade cuts, which many hotiaewives buy. The farm price index Includes all beef cattle, whore the lower grades have fallen much more uhnrply. Tliis explanation won't help you meet your bills, but it's what your rely too much on government butcher would lllco you to keep In statistics. The National Industrial Conference Board suggests today that people are being fooled because they are comparing two government statistical indexes.

And at a number of Important points the indexes are different and therefore, comparisons give a distorted view. 6he Is the general farm price index measuring price "lovemcnts at the farm level. The other is the consumer's food price index reflecting price changes at the retail level. TJie trouble is, the conference board contends, that the general farm price index includes broad range of nonfood items, such as cotton, wool, feed for animals and mind, anyway. At the Hospital Admitted Clark Hague, Kinsman.

Roger Cramer, Jamestown. Mrs. Howard Dllley, Sharpsvillc R. 1. William Cheuka, 07 West Main Street.

Mrs. George Cole, 241 East Avenue. Nicholas Labln, Jamestown R. D. 2.

Robert Love, R. D. 1. George Lewis, 121 Clarksvllle Street. hayy'Take these out and the index Mrs.

George McNatnec, 35 Shen- doesn't show such a sharp decline, anffO street. 37je consumers' price index on the other hand contains some non- TELEVISION FREE Reg. 59c TOOTHBRUSH with purchase of Economy size Pepsodent TOOTHPASTE AT DAVIS AND FOULK-DAVIS DRUGSTORES Mrs. Alpha McGranahan, R. D.

3. Myrtle and Howard Hayes, Jamestown. Patricia and John Ross, 27 Alan Avenue. Discharged Mrs. Edward Russell, Fredonia R.

D. 2. Mrs. Warren Gallagher, 5 Slewart Avenue. Mrs.

George Dean, R. D. 2. Mrs. Ralph Ball and son, Hartstown R.

D. 1. Frank Knapp, 70 Eagle Street. Rebecca Linn, R. D.

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