Show FOOD PRICES MAKE I NEW DECREASE IN I CHICAGO MARTS tits Nf fA i settle 18 to Th The CHICAGO Feb Food 8 28 Food prices took n n. drop drol tolIa today as all the tho result of ot the tho fight fig being waged wag b by Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago hou housewives against the tho high hish cost of living Wholesale prices of oC I potatoes potatoes- eggs cogs and butter slumped perceptibly perce unit and retail pi prices Ices felt the effect Dealers predicted a a. a further f decline within a few da days and antI nearl nearly normal prices with Incoming in incoming incoming In- In coming of fresh vegetables c from tho the South within a a. short time Potatoes retailed at bu 5 cents today to toda today to- to da day eggs at 42 cents to 45 46 cents per dozen an and the best brick butter at t 42 cents to 44 cents cent per pound poun A report was received from Kansas City that thit egg eg shipments shipments ship ship- rn ments from fromn there will be twice as heavy within a week wel than the they were Wera la last t week |