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New York, from Maryland, Virginia, 

 and Florida, 1945 



final mark-ups of course vary, but are often 100 per cent or more. Moreover, 

 the finfish are whole, and subject to a loss of around 60 per cent of weight 

 on dressing. 



The heavy hand of excessive distribution costs in the fisheries is seen here 

 quite plainly. Compare these costs with those of agricultural products already 

 given in Table 7 (page 344) and Fig. 2 (page 346), in which it is shown that 

 (as of 1940) the farmer received the average of 42 per cent of the retail 

 price of all foods, or 40.3 per cent in the case of pork products; in Fulton 

 Market, the Morehead City fishermen received, in 1946, only 31 per cent 

 of the New York wholesale price; if the fish is again marked up 100 per cent 



