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Show ii pre 01 TOBOGGAN; IT FURNITURE Locomobile and Mercer Autos on Market at Considerable Reduction XKW V'RK. i'e. r. -Tl.. Man-Motors. Man-Motors. Inc.. operating cornfinro i"1 the l.ocomoMle and Mercer cbnCt rniK announced today th price -f stani ltd Locomobile rnrs had been redticel $1,350 and Mercer models $1,0"0. 'lhe rediu tlon is due c "our belief Hi. i. the spirit of the times demands a reduction in prices so thai the purchasing pur-chasing value of the dollar ma) be Increased i" point where th-r i Bufflcleni lia.vint; power to properly fi- n. in. U, husli ees needs ol the COUII- trv, ' the announcement -aal 6 it AND U.M'lHS. Mien.. Sept. 30. : There can be no imnieuiaie reduction hi the prfcC of furniture according' to a statement mide today by John L. Voung. Clcvelsnd. president of the Ke-' Ke-' tall l-urnlture Dealers association of tile United States. Reports circulated recently thai furniture i.v due tor an Imnieillatc droi in price led the association to instruct Mr. Voung and the executive eoinmlt-tee eoinmlt-tee to come to Grand Rajftds to investigate inves-tigate the situation. Following a con-Cert con-Cert uce with the National Council of Furniture associations, now convening here, Mr. Stating authorized the statement state-ment that there have been no changes affecting the cost of furniture thai would Indicate any material reduction : could take place In the near future without seriously affecting the wages , ami employment. "However." said Mr. Young, "we di cm it desirable and tor the best in- i'!'-ds ot iti- American home thai concerted effort ,"- exercised by the manufa turers t( reduce manufacturing manufactur-ing costs, other than labor ami to reflect re-flect these reductions in the finished product as soon as possible." I NCI. I'idi l M IT NEW VullK, Sept. :',i. The Let Tiro and Rubber company announced today the reduction In the price of its entire line ol tires from l per cent to 20 per eeni. effective throughout the cduntn. ( i v in-ri. i i I, OTTAWA, Sept. 80. Further de -lines m ihe cost of living throughout Canada are expected In ihe mar fu- tufe said a statement todaj iv the department of labor. Declines alreadj npti i induate the beginning of a downward movement toward pre-war lev els. I LO! Ft TOPPLES, MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. i i For the first time since September, lltll, famiy patent flour sold under the $12 per barrel mark at some of the mills here today. At one principal flour mill flour dropped 50 cents to I 1 l . H0 a barrel while at another large flour concern a reduction from $12. (0 to $12.15 was made- |