Show investigate FOOD PRICES will find out if illegal are behind rise in prices washington with avith the department deau ament of justice under instructions froia from president wilson seeking to deter mine whether any illegal combinations are back of the recent sudden rise in foodstuff prices and the departments of agriculture and commerce campil ing figures showing the amounts of food supplies la in the united states and the recent increases in exports the government began vigorous efforts on saturday to cop cope with nith the food price situation in addition legislation riving the president power to atop stop the exports tion of foodstuffs khene r necessary and other billa bills designed to lower loer prices were discar discussed ted informally at the capital but there were no indica cons that an thing along this line will be done during the present session of congress |