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Table 24. — Replies to the question: How long have you bought meat from your 
-present dealer? 
Total 
number 
of 
replies 
Percentage replying— 
Group 
6 months 
or less 
7 to 12 
months 
13 to 24 
months 
25 
months 
to 5 
years 
5 to 10 
years 
Over 10 
years 
American white: 
Poor class 
696 
726 
714 
556 
14.5 
16.7 
11.8 
5.2 
21.4 
16.7 
14.0 
11.7 
21.7 
22.6 
20.3 
15.1 
23.0 
24.2 
30.9 
32.7 
11.2 
10.9 
10.6 
18.2 
8.2 
8.9 
Well-to-do class 
12.5 
17.1 
Total American white 
2,692 
12.4 
16.2 
20.2 
27.4 
12.4 
11.4 
Colored: 
Poor class 
190 
178 
97 
43 
50 
168 
237 
100 
157 
49 
146 
17.4 
15.7 
6.2 
9.3 
16.0 
5.4 
5.9 
9.0 
5.7 
15.3 
12.4 
13.4 
9.3 
14.0 
7.7 
16.0 
17.0 
15.9 
12.2 
18.5 
18.9 
19.7 
25.8 
9.3 
8.0 
19.0 
20.3 
28.0 
17.2 
42.9 
24.6 
23.2 
29.2 
29.9 
34.9 
32.0 
23.8 
30.0 
25.0 
30.6 
20.4 
30.8 
12.6 
17.4 
13.4 
27.9 
16.0 
17.3 
13.5 
14.0 
15.3 
14.3 
13.7 
12.6 
Middle class 
5.6 
Foreign: 
English 
11.3 
Finnish.. 
9.3 
French 
German 
14.0 
26.8 
Italian 
14.3 
7.0 
Polish 
15.3 
10.2 
Scandinavian 
6.2 
6.2 
1 Replies from 13 cities; Baltimore, Jacksonville, and New Haven not included. 
Table 25. — Replies by cities to the question: How long have you bought meat from 
your present dealer? 
[Middle class and well-to-do class American white replies combined] 
Total 
number 
of replies 
Percentage replying — 
City 
6 months 
or less 
7 to 12 
months 
13 to 24 
months 
25 months 
to 
5 years 
5 to 10 
years 
Over 10 
years 
Baltimore 
76 
69 
90 
91 
97 
99 
84 
100 
94 
85 
100 
88 
96 
88 
85 
98 
13.1 
7.2 
25.6 
8.8 
10.3 
22.2 
15.5 
11.0 
15.9 
9.4 
28.0 
18.2 
3.1 
6.8 
18.8 
11.2 
2.6 
7.2 
14.4 
14.3 
23.7 
18.3 
23.8 
16.0 
14.9 
20.0 
10.0 
18.2 
17.7 
12.5 
17.7 
11.2 
9.2 
17.4 
24.4 
24.2 
22.7 
22.2 
26.2 
25.0 
18.1 
20.0 
9.0 
26.1 
29.2 
18.2 
14.1 
33.6 
29.0 
29.1 
18.9 
29.6 
37.1 
30.3 
25.0 
33.0 
24.5 
24.7 
23.0 
25.0 
14.6 
45.5 
25.9 
26.6 
10.5 
20.3 
10.0 
14.3 
6.2 
4.0 
8.3 
12.0 
13.8 
8.2 
16.0 
9.1 
7.3 
9.1 
15.3 
9.2 
35.6 
Binghamton 
18.8 
Birmingham 
6.7 
Denver 
8.8 
Fargo. 
Grand Forks 
3.0 
Jacksonville.-. 
1.2 
Lincoln 
3.0 
Minneapolis 
12.8 
17.7 
New Orleans 
14.0 
Oklahoma City 
3.4 
Philadelphia 
28.1 
Pittsburgh . 
7 9 
San Francisco . 
8.2 
8 2 
All cities 
1,440 
14.2 
15.3 
21.5 
27.6 
10.7 
10.7 
