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Show LIVING GQSTBEGINS TO SH1DECLINE LABOR BUREAU REPORT8 8LIGHT DECREASE IN STANDARD COMMODITIES. Indications That the Decline In Food Price Levels Is General Is Seen In Statistics From Leading Cities of Nation. Washington. Twenty-seven of tho 43 standard articles going Into the American Amer-ican fnmlly market basket decreased In price between July 15 and August 15, It was unnounced Sunday by tho department of labor's bureau of labor statistics, which made public figures showing that during the thirty-day period pe-riod ended with the middle of August the retail price of potatoes fell 44 per cent and the price of cabbage went down 41 per cent. Tho drop In sugar prlco was placed at 14 per cent. Most kmds of meat decreased In price. Kggs went up 11 per cent during the period. With this exception nnd pork chops, which Increased 5 per cent, the Increases In other foodstuffs were 2 per cent or less. Indications that the decline In food price levels was general Is soen In statistics sta-tistics showing that each of the fifty-one fifty-one cities covered by tho bureau's survey sur-vey reported decreases. Minneapolis led with ir decrease of 11 per cent, with St. Paul second, with a 10 por cent decline. Ten out of fourteen representative Industries showed u decrease In employees em-ployees In August, ns compared with July, tho department of labor's bureau of labor statistics reported. Tho number of employees In the automobile au-tomobile manufacturing Industry do-creased do-creased 10 per cent In August, as compared com-pared with July. Other decrenscs were 0 per cent lii the woolen Industry and 5 per cent In the leather, hosiery and underwear Industries. Increases of 11.5 per cent and 1.5 per cent were shown In car building and repairing and In paper making. As compared with July, the payrolls In August showed decreases lu nine Industries and Increases In five. |