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purposes of this study because they sell approximately equal quanti- 
ties of butter, and the terms of sales in each case are cash. Neither 
the fruit nor the dairy stores make deliveries. (See Table 5, p. 19.) 
HOTELS, CLUBS, AND RESTAURANTS. 
Clubs, hotels, and restaurants are not retailers of butter, but rec- 
ords of purchases of this class of “‘ wholesale consumers” of butter 
were obtained for purposes of comparison with those of retailers. 
The quality of the butter purchased by New York and Philadel- 
phia restaurateurs was comparatively much better than that pur- 
chased by those of Chicago, Minneapolis, and St. Paul. Some well- 
known hostelries were able to buy at relatively low prices because of 
the advertising value of their patronage to the jobber. (See Table 
5,4. 19%) 3 
TABLE 5.—Proportionate sales of butter and oleomargarine in relation to aver- 
age cost prices and margins of gross profit of retailers and hotels, ete. 
15 REPRESENTATIVE MUNICIPAL MARKET STAND RETAILERS IN NEW YORK AND 
PHILADELPHIA. 
Per cent : 
Average | Retailers’ 
Commodity sold. Weed of Uy a cost gross 
sales. weekly aA Gs fi 
ealeat price. profit. 
Pounds. | Per cent.| Cents. Cents. 
Common creamery butter sold in bulk.......-...--..-.-.------ 1,043 45 168) 6.13 
Common creamery butter sold in trade-marked cartons.......- 742 32 4,2 7. 96 
Special quality brands sold in cartons): !.2-2.222-. 2.52222. 05- 533 23 16.0 5.13 
Totaltiomallicreamoeryebutters seca. -ses ences sees ee ee ee 2,318 100 13.2 6.4 
Process: butters verse) 2 ee nee Teva aE panto Saya see 0 Ongena Se 
Oleomanrcarine see seer sees eens eee cee oe = eee are eer 0 Oe eee al pee ee 
110 REPRESENTATIVE DELICATESSEN STORES IN NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, CHI- 
CAGO, ST. PAUL, AND MINNEAPOLIS. 
Common creamery butter sold from tubs.............-...-.---- 26. 5 32 Buy 3.0 
Common creamery butter sold in trade-marked cartons......... 45.6 55 6.0 4.7 
Special quality brands sold in cartons...............-.--..------ 8.3 10 14.0 5.0 
Total for all creamery butberki eee eee. Vek 80. 4 97 7.9 4,2 
IPROCOSS DUGLONA ie acGs. clare Se Ee eine See ete nie cama epee .8 1 — 2.0 352 
Oleoutarcanne sweets s+ eee se eee eee er ee oe ee eee 1.6 2 alley ¢ 1) 
165 REPRESENTATIVE GROCERY STORES IN NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO, 
ST. PAUL, AND MINNEAPOLIS. 
Common creamery, butter sold in bulk 2 92.2202 Sh eee eee 126 33 252 3.6 
Common creamery butter sold in trade-marked cartons.......- 214 56 4.0 5.4 
Special quality brands sold'in/cartons.....--..2- 2-5-5... 2-5 8 2 20.0 6.9 
Moral torwallicneamMerynDWutelsse. cam ese ceeelet eer eee 348 ° 91 8.7 KS 
IPROCTES IODA Ps c acon oneceons Jogs SOO KO So GNbOC au QgooUSSaoeS 4 1 — 7.0 6.9 
ONG@ oR iy aie til eae Bossa so soaoco ade ao See SCe coc ohemsceorionoc 30 8 —10.5 4.9 
1 Average per retailer. , 4 
2 Prices are expressed in margins of differences between cost prices of all grades of butter and oleomargar- 
ine and the highest New York quotations for Extras on the date of purchase. Proper allowance for trans* 
portation costs were made in cases of purchases in Chicago, St. Paul, and Minneapolis. 
