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BULLETIN 1443, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 
Table 26. — Replies to the question: Why do you buy from your meat dealer in 
preference to others? 
Total 
num- 
ber of 
replies 
Percentage replying— 
Group 
Good 
qual- 
ity of 
meat 
Con- 
ven- 
ience 
Eco- 
nom- 
ical 
prices 
Good 
service 
Busi- 
ness or 
social 
con- 
nec- 
tions 
Habit 
or cus- 
tom 
Sani- 
tary 
shop 
Pleas- 
ing 
per- 
son- 
ality 
Charge 
service 
American white: 
698 
727 
726 
558 
35.8 
34 1 
12.0 
10.4 
5.1 
4.3 
1.9 
5.2 
9.7 
15.2 
6.0 
5.8 
5.7 
4.3 
2.9 
2.9 
4.0 
2.7 
2.6 
2.9 
3.4 
2.5 
2.6 
2.6 
1.7 
2.0 
2. 1 
41. 4 1 28. 1 
48.0 | 22.3 
53. 2 15. 8 
.7 
1 
Well-to-do class 
Total American white. . 
2,709 
44.2 
25.5 
8.2 
7.6 
5.5 
3.1 
2.9 
2.2 
.8 
Colored: 
189 
178 
97 
43 
49 
166 
240 
101 
160 
49 
143 
20.6 
28.1 
56.7 
55.8 
32.7 
45.2 
36.2 
58.4 
30.6 
24.5 
36.3 
45.5 
35.4 
11.3 
25.6 
26.5 
30.1 
26.2 
14.8 
33.8 
36.7 
31.5 
21.7 
16.9 
9.3 
"To" 
3.6 
8.3 
2.0 
15.0 
"TT 
2.1 
2.2 
16.5 
4.7 
8.2 
9.7 
13.8 
10.9 
4.4 
4.1 
7.0 
2.1 
6.2 
"~2~%~ 
14.3 
7.8 
6.3 
"~5~6~ 
22.4 
6.3 
1.6 
2.2 
2.1 
9.3 
8.2 
2.4 
5.4 
13.9 
6.2 
8.2 
5.6 
.6 
3.4 
4.1 
2.3 
2.0 
1.2 
2.1 
3.7 
1.7 
2.1 
3.9 
Foreign: 
6.1 
.4 
1.3 
Polish 
3.1 
4.1 
1.4 
1.3 
3.5 
» Replies from 13 cities; Baltimore, Jacksonville, and New Haven not included. 
Table 27. — Replies to the questions: Have you ever stopped trading with a meal 
dealer because of dissatisfaction, and if so, what was the reason? 
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1 
5.2 
as 
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o 
Eh 
"No" 
replies 
" Yes " 
replies 
Reasons given by those replying "Yes"i — 
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American white: 2 
444 
458 
469 
467 
359 
326 
342 
334 
80.9 
71.2 
72.9 
71.5 
85 
132 
127 
133 
19.1 
28.8 
27.1 
28.5 
67.2 
60.6 
52.0 
54.1 
4.7 
11.3 
16.5 
13.5 
14.1 
9.8 
11.0 
11.3 
3.5 
6.1 
6.3 
15.1 
3.5 
7.6 
10.2 
4.5 
3.5 
2.3 
1.6 
1.5 
3.5 
2.3 
Well-to-do class 
2.4 
Total American white 
1, 838 
1,361 
74.0 
477 
26.0 
57.6 
12.2 
11.3 
8.2 
6.7 
2.1 
1.9 
Colored: 3 
150 
150 
45 
50 
75 
74 
49 
147 
120 
117 
31 
40 
60 
59 
39 
109 
80.0 
78.0 
68.9 
80.0 
80.0 
79.7 
79.6 
74.2 
30 
33 
14 
10 
15 
15 
10 
38 
20.0 
22.0 
31.1 
20.0 
20.0 
20.3 
20.4 
25.8 
43.3 
63.6 
71.4 
60.0 
66.7 
26.7 
80.0 
50.0 
3.4 
3.0 
21.4 
20.0 
13.3 
6.6 
~13.T 
43.3 
12.1 
~20.Y 
46.7 
10.0 
21.0 
TT 
7.2 
10.0 
3.3 
3.0 
6.7 
9.1 
Middle class - 
6.1 
Foreign: 
French 
10.0 
20.0 
"7.~9~ 
10.0 
5.3 
2.6 
i Number of replies for each reason expressed as a percentage of the total number replying " Yes." 
2 Replies from 10 cities: Birmingham, Denver, Fargo, Grand Forks, Lincoln, Minneapolis, New 
Orleans, Oklahoma City, San Francisco, and Washington. 
3 Replies from Birmingham, frew Orleans, and Washington. 
* Replies from Minneapolis and San Francisco. 
5 Replies from Denver and San Francisco. 
